Remarks by Chelsea McCann
100 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Acting Chair McCann, you may take over. All right. Thank you very much. Greetings. Now is the time and place for a meeting of the Beaverton Planning Commission. For the record, I will do roll call to verify which commission members are participating this evening. Commissioner Holmes? Present. Commissioner Speck? Present. HERE. COMMISSIONER MACKLOR. LET THE RECORDS SHOW THAT COMMISSIONER ADAM IS ABSENT AND EXCUSED THIS EVENING AND COMMISSIONER WINTER IS NOT HERE AT THIS TIME. SO WE ARE NOW AT COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS. COMMISSION, ARE THERE ANY COMMUNICATIONS TONIGHT? All right none. We will…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. So we will move on to new business. The first item on the agenda this evening is a public hearing for the application for LU 3-2026-00094, Scholz Heights and SVH PUD boundary mods, case file numbers PP2-2026-00085, PUD 3-2026-00093, PUD 32026-00100, RP 22026-00080 and ZMA 32026-00081. Before we move to the substance of the hearing, I will ask the staff to cover the pre-hearing matters.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“So we will now begin with the staff presentation.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. Are there any questions of staff with regard to the proposed application? Commissioner McAvoy. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right, any other questions? All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. So we will move on to the applicant presentation. Yes. All right. The applicant will now have 20 minutes to present. Please begin by introducing yourself and stating your name and address for the record.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thanks. All right. Thank you very much. Are there any questions for the applicant with regard to the proposed application? It does not appear that they are, so thank you very much. We will move on to public testimony. We are now at the public testimony portion for this agenda item. We will call for testimony in groups starting with those in favor of the application, then those in opposition to the application, than those neither in favor nor in opposition. We will take testimony from those attending in person first, followed by those attending via Zoom webinar. As a reminder, testimony is…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, thank you very much. Let's close that portion of the public hearing. With all of that completed, we'll close the public hearing. So now is the time for deliberation. Do commissioners have further discussion on the proposal? No, okay. Then is there a motion?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. So a vote will be taken by roll call. When your name is called, please say aye if in favor or nay if opposed. Commissioner Holmes? Aye. Commissioner Speck?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Commissioner McEvoy? Aye. And I vote aye as well. The motion passes unanimously. The Planning Commission's decisions will be memorialized in land use orders provided to all parties who testified. Appeals must be filed in accordance with the Beaverton Development Code and LUBA rules. Thank you very much. Okay, um Because we did just receive a kind of late-breaking memo We were gonna take a quick recess so the commissioners have a moment to read through this. How long do we want here? How about five minutes we'll make it quick I Thank you everyone for allowing us that moment so that we had a…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you very much. So we will now begin with the staff presentation.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much for that presentation. Are there any questions of staff with regard to the proposed application? Commissioner McAvoy.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I believe you're asking about protection, though. Is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Are there additional questions? I am curious, and maybe this is getting slightly off topic, is I believe from experience that some areas of Beaverton, the trees have been identified, but that is sort of a moment in time when certain trees have been designated for various status. So given that there is a very significant tree on an adjacent property, which is part of one of the arguments in this conversation, What is the process for someone to acknowledge that that truly is a very significant tree and may require special treatment?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“And is there anything in the development code that allows for, you know, I assume that when the state or city officials are going around to designate the trees and groves, you don't necessarily see every single tree in the entire area. So is there anything in the code that allows for, say, you discover a tree that is significant in size? bigger than 48 inches at diameter or something that actually sort of triggers beyond what someone who designated trees”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“OR SIMILAR TO SAYING A COMMUNITY TREE IS A CATCHALL FOR ALL TREES THAT DON'T FALL INTO THIS BUCKET, WHAT IS THE CATCHALL FOR WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A TREE THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SPECIMEN OR A SIGNIFICANT SIZE, AGE, THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN BY”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I do have one other question which is to better understand what the process that the city has for identifying alternatives. You noted that one of these, you know, if we preserve the tree that's straddling the property line and the plan as designated, you know, as shown, the duplex doesn't work in that lot and still preserve the tree that you're now suggesting we need to keep because it's on the property line. you suggested that there is the potential that the developer could modify the building footprint. So was there any other sorts of alternatives displayed for these…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. All right, I will rest my questions. Anyone else? Okay. Oh, sorry, Commissioner McAvoy.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“All right. We will move on to the applicant presentation. The applicant will now have 20 minutes to present. Please begin by introducing yourselves and stating your names and addresses for the record. They're online. Yes.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Commission, are there any questions of the applicant with regard to the proposed application? Commissioner Speck.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you Thank you Are there additional questions? Okay, thank you very much we will move to the appellant presentation So the appellant will now have 20 minutes to present. Please begin by introducing yourselves and stating your names and addresses for the record.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Commission, are there questions of the appellant with regard to the proposed application? All right, I don't oh Commissioner Holmes.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Oh, right, yes, because that is going to be confusing.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I EXPECTED IT MIGHT BE GOING THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. All right, we are now at the public testimony portion for this agenda item. We will call for testimony in groups, starting with those in favor of the application, not the appeal. Then we will do those in opposition of the application, which sounds like some of you will be raising your hands for that. And then those neither in favor nor in opposition. We will take testimony from those attending in person first, followed by those attending via Zoom webinar. As a reminder, testimony is limited to the criteria that apply to the application.…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you very much. All right. Thank you. OK. Next, this I will call Arianna. Thank you. And I apologize if I mispronounced your name.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, thank you very much. I neglected to ask if anyone had questions for Robert, but I will first ask here, did anyone have any questions for Arianna? Thank you very much. Robin, may I go back and ask if anyone had questions for Robert?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026