Remarks by Genevieve Adair
58 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 1:27:59
“Yeah I think one thing I like about the current amendment is one reason I voted for it is it's very common sense to measure between two and eight feet because that is our eye level and we want transparency at eye level and it accounts for the fact that buildings need foundation you don't want windows flush to the ground so that and one reason I am not in favor of relaxing the regulations beyond what is proposed. If we look at Emily's wonderful photos that she took of Front Street, I think it really epitomizes the difference between buildings with high, low, medium transparency levels. And the…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:42:44
“Yeah, just to Kristen's point, I would like to see us dive into townhomes in the future because that was actually something I really thought about with regards to the transparency and when we were asked to exclude them from transparency standards. And I realized that middle housing and single family didn't have transparency standards the same way multifamily did. And I was like, OK, so ultimately townhomes are closer in my mind to multifamily and single family. So, yeah, I think we should, there's a lot of them going up everywhere and might be worth revisiting.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:50:18
“So if I'm understanding correctly, then we could amend the maximum number of parking spots, but to prevent it from being all along the street as a garage front, would that be a different portion of the code that would then have to be addressed later? Or could it be addressed at this time?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 1:54:26
“So I don't disagree with any of the points made. I agree with them. I only just wonder if we could have an example of the text or the table, how it might appear. That would be great because I just want to be very clear that it's too provided it's not on the front street. If that is the case, if it's not on the publicly facing street, I am in support. I just want to make sure it's very clear.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 2:05:20
“So I'm of the opinion I would like more discussion regarding the minimums and I would almost go further and say I would like to see it split into commercial and residential because personally I feel more comfortable reducing or eliminating minimums I mean, like apart separately from the state requirements for residential, but I have different feelings about commercials. So I agree that I would like maybe more time to discuss and dig in and see rather than just, hey, let's get rid of all parking minimums required, period.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 2:10:21
“So Commissioner Adair. I second Vice Chair Patterson's motion. Do I need to say what it is again?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 2:11:34
“Yeah, and I'm, you know, I'll probably wound in getting rid of parking minimums. But at this point, I do want to see more research and I want to know what kind of safeguards we can put in place, for example, for people who live in neighborhoods. Like we had a public comment brought up and she's saying everyone's parking on streets and we don't know when or where. So if we need to set up a permit system or something like that, I'd rather have a good idea of what kind of administrative cost does that come with, that sort of thing.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
- Play at 2:21:09
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Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026