Remarks by Jason Voiss
247 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 10
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“calculations are difficult they need the density and either way you get affordable okay I do want to make a pause because we have Commissioner Zakharoff who's been waiting to in raising her hand so please Commissioner Zakharoff”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I think to Commissioner Crass's point earlier, we just have so many different goals and we have to really get down to what are the priorities. I mean, again, we've got goals as open spaces, we've got goals as affordability, I mean, goals to develop housing. So at some point, these goals are coming into conflict with one another. And if the goal is to develop, okay. Let's do what we can in order to spur that forward. If the goal is solely affordability, that's fine. All of this is going to have to be arranged more towards affordability. But again, you can see the data that's…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I don't even think there's a price on the ones on Front Street yet. I don't think so. I think the ones for Newport have a I tried to look it up like last week, and it still hadn't had anything.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“That's a good suggestion. I mean, when we consider everything. And I do want to make sure, Commissioner Zachroff, is that your hand again? No?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So make sure that I get this right too, Kristen. So even if we got rid of the development bonus program, those developments would still have an affordability piece?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“As far as the planning department, would you say the, I won't ask for numbers, just give me a one to five, like a pain level, right? Like the doctor asked, on a pain level of one to five, five being the highest, how much is the burden to go through the density bonus program? 3.5 okay so it's relative it's actually painful i mean yeah that's pretty painful i would say so in order they still have the affordability requirements we're just letting them get the density that they want in order to get the the units and get the project to come down a little i have that right very very crude i know…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Right. And I know everyone's scared of that, even though all codes can be re-amended, but I know that freaks people out. Yeah, I guess I want more information. The go-to response, right? More information. But I could very easily be convinced to get rid of the density bonus program and see what happens. Do we see these again? Are we going to see this again?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Oh, that is Anne. Commissioner Zakharoff.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Further comment? Questions? You get what you needed?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. That's going to do it for regular business this evening.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yes, and yes, thank you very much, Matt, and appreciate your presentation. That was great. I want to say thanks, Carl, also for his remarks and staff who always do a fantastic job. We're going to move on to reports, and we'll start with City Council updates. If there are any.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“That was funny. Okay. Any community updates? Issaquah updates, city of Issaquah updates?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, that's great. So do we officially have a rivalry with Kirkland?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, like I said, Team Isoquel all the way. Okay, any other business or announcements? Anything for the good of the order? Commissioners? Commissioner Adair?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“I don't have a problem with that. Is there any legal reasons why that would be weird? No. Okay. And then the only question I would have for Kristen and staff is, in our recommendation, did we Did we make clear why we chose those numbers? Was that not clear to the PDE?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay. Well, they went from 45 to 40 for commercial, so they basically stayed in line with commercial. went a very different way.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Okay. Yeah, I don't think there's a real problem having Commissioner Adair draft a letter that would just buttress the staff report. I mean, do you see a problem with that, Kristen?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay. I'm fine with that. Obviously, you know, the commissioners, so how would that work as far as the commissioners would get it through an email, we all sign, or would this wait until another meeting?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Perfect. Let's do that. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner Adair. Any other... Any other items before we close out? All right, well, thank you, everybody. Again, thank you to Matt and thank you to Carl and everyone else. We will adjourn this meeting of the Planning Policy Commission at 8.29 p.m. Have a good night.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Good evening, everyone. I hope everybody's having an enjoyable summer. I can't believe it's almost over. What is this nonsense about it being August 13th already? Well, thank you for joining us this evening. We would like to call the Planning Policy Commission to order, and it currently is 6.31 p.m. Today's meeting is a hybrid meeting. The Planning Policy Commission is in person, but staff or members of the public may also be joining us virtually or in person. Staff, do we have a quorum this evening?”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Excellent. All right, the first item of business, as per usual, is our approval of minutes. You would have found those in your agenda packet. Any questions, concerns with the minutes provided in your guys' packet? All right. Getting a bunch of... I was going to say that qualifies as a no, too. So the no changes. So those meeting minutes are approved. Now we want to set aside some time for public comment because this is an important part of the public process. Do we have anyone signed up to speak this evening?”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, everybody else is enjoying summer. Everybody's taking the summer off. We're going to jump right in for our regular business this evening, and tonight there will be three presentations on proposed amendments related to the 2026 Comprehensive Plan Amendment process. We're going to begin with 4A, which is the Comprehensive Plan Amendments, the ICAP update. So this first presentation will be from Stacey Vinn-McKinstry, the city's sustainability manager on comprehensive plan amendments related to the 2026 Issaquah Climate Action Plan, or lovingly called the ICAP plan. So this is the update.…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Any other comments for Stacy? I'll just make a comment. Thank you so much for the line items. That was very easy to follow and get to. Trust me, that was much appreciated, at least for me. Seems pretty straightforward. I think the goals, they all seem pretty appropriate. I know the canopy was a big discussion a couple years ago. And I appreciate you kind of filling us in on the nuance of how you guys got to the new number. Great.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Well, I hope we see you before 2035. Yes, we will.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, well, thank you very much, Stacey. Appreciate it. All right. Where are we now? All right, we are moving on to 4B, which is our Comprehensive Plan Amendments, the Park System Plan Update. the second item is a presentation from principal planner kate kaney on comprehensive plan amendments related to the 2024 park system plan update kate when you are ready please feel free to go ahead oh and then fyi i know we've been gone for a little bit but If you will, when you guys chime in on your microphones, please state your name so the recorder can get it. That's one of the reasons I like to call…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026