Remarks by Elle Burger
21 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Okay, excellent. So that'll be a call to order at 628. And I need to call the roll. Casey, can you call the roll?”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. We'll do an approval of the agenda next. We are looking at the preliminary 2027-2032 capital facilities plan. Can I get a motion?”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'll second. And we will vote. All in favor?”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“We're moving into public comments. During this portion of the meeting, community members may address the planning commission regarding items related to city business, including items on the agenda. In order for the commission to maintain impartiality and the appearance of fairness and to comply with the public disclosure law for political campaigns, speakers will not be permitted to make public comments before the commission in two areas. Items for which the commission held a public hearing but has not yet completed its deliberations and issued a recommendation to city council or where the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay, then we will move into business items.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. So Daniel, you were able to do this last year. Do you feel like you have a familiarity with any of the chapters that are available?”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, transportation is definitely also my favorite.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I can do waste resources and then I don't want to step on Zeynep's toes with storm and wastewater, but I'm noticing that those are both longer chapters. So I'd be willing to support maybe with wastewater. That brings us to drinking. And then you already have perks. So that brings us to drinking water in capital facilities. I mean, that's all that's left.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah? Okay. Then I feel like maybe Samira can do drinking water soon. She doesn't miss out entirely.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think I was going to help with wastewater, if that's okay. Okay. Got it.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah. That's 70 pages, I think, for you, Daniel. You've got more than half of it, I think, with all those chapters. Is that feeling right for you?”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. I mean, would you be comfortable, uh, letting Samir also do the general capital facilities? I know that he, um, I just want him to have an opportunity to be involved, even if he couldn't be here tonight.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Then we're going to adjourn at 6.42. Thank you, everybody.”
Planning Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“OK, yeah, I mean, I can see that there still needs to be some more work on this. And I think what I'm trying to understand in this moment is it seems like we need to update the amendments anyways, because it's outdated, I think was one of the things that came up in the last meeting. And so the amendment should reflect the actual intent along with the comprehensive plan. to address the specific issues of the South Capitol area. Is there a South Capitol subarea development plan for that? And so that we can focus on the larger comprehensive plan for our amendments?”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. So on to see the word participate is used, but I think that the intent is that it should be individuals employed. And so that way we're not having to regulate who actually comes into the business or comes into somebody's home. We can focus on who is actually employed by the business. And that would be an impact.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, and whether they live in the home or not, if that is the, again, I want to check the intent, but if the intent is that people, to see the second draft home-based business amendments. And so it has the word participate. No persons other than those who live in the residence shall participate in the home-based business, but participate is a very broad word. And I think the intent is to be employed by. and maybe starting there and then discussing whether the amendment with the more specified language still meets the intent of the proposals.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. So she'll be employed in the home of the home. Yeah. Right. Right. I wonder.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“I think the recommendation would be to just define participate better. And then I can totally let somebody else take that.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“I just think to follow up on that, it'd be really great for any numbers that are in here, like the 25%. If we could understand where they come from, definitely a rule that I'm aware of is like, there shouldn't be magic numbers because there is an intent. There is a reason why we have these rules in place. And so if we don't understand that, then we're not really connected to what it should be doing. We're just holding rules for world's sake.”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“So are you asking if somebody could live in the house but rent the accessory unit to a business to operate?”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026
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“I'm really interested in the idea that you could own that property, but rent out the ADU essentially. And so that would be taking with enforcement, not with the home-based business license itself, but with the property instead in order to actually have enforcement so that somebody is actually living on the property and we maintain the definition of a home-based business. Is that, am I following correctly here?”
Planning Commission · Aug 17, 2026