Remarks by Jason Voiss
247 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“Commissioner Matthews? I was thinking the same thing. Any other questions or comments for Kate? Please, Commissioner Matthews.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“So that was the idea, Kate, is the Regional Growth Center took precedent?”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments for Kate? Not done with Kate, but on this topic. Okay. Thank you very much. We'll move on to our third item of regular business tonight. And again, Principal Planner Kate Kaney will be speaking on this particular amendment related to Central Issaquah's Regional Growth Center policies. Kate, it looks like you're ready, but please go ahead when you are.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great. Thank you, Kate. Questions, comments? A lot of numbers thrown around right there. I'm sorry, I'm drawing a blank. Commissioner Adair, sorry.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Adair. Just to piggyback on what Commissioner Adair was getting to with the math, and I like the idea of saying it because there's no harm in it, and you get the money. Give us the money up front. But honestly, it sounds like 267 units out of just 2,170 units If I'm doing my math right, we're at 12%, and we're already seven years into that target. I think aspirational is kind. Because I don't know how many more projects the city's looking at in that part of the valley floor. I mean, again, our bigger builder agreements are built out. They're not even in the RGC. So…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Can I ask a question? Chair of Voice, what's the con of putting 65? I mean, I can understand why the Puget Sound Regional Council wants a high number. They want everyone to be racing towards a high number. I understand it from their point of view. You know, they don't want to set the bar low. They're the ones putting out these funds. So I get their reasoning. What's the con of having it at 65, kind of to Commissioner Adair's point? I mean, I don't really see a negative in it. I don't I mean, I appreciate Kristen chirping in there about the 1,500 units, because that makes me feel…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, I think, again, I know as planners, you guys probably want numbers to be spot on. I think everybody wants spot on numbers. You want to know if your forecast is legitimately attainable. I just wonder from like a funding point is, you know, and again, I think you're right. It's how you tell the story. I mean, Issaquah does have a great story to tell. We have not heard enough about high hip. I've heard it in other venues, but like you said, that's a good story. Yeah, just as long as there's no detriment as far as funding and things like that, yeah. I don't know. I mean, I want legitimate…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah. And to your point, yeah, the jobs would seem to be a little bit tougher. But, okay. Any further discussion? Yes, Commissioner Matthews.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah. The city can help facilitate, but that's the dirty bird for you. Um, vice chair Patterson.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“I think you guys want to I mean we could always we could I mean I think Jesse just put a little bit more meat on the bone for Commissioner Adair is my thought process but I mean we're still going to talk about it on September 10th. Yes absolutely. Okay so informal vote. Does anyone have any negatives or and see any detrimental reasons why 62 to 65 for the housing units would be problematic? Okay, there you go.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“And just note, wordsmithing never ends. You guys can always, always send emails to Kate and Kristen when it comes to wordsmithing.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Any other comments? All right. Thank you, Kate. I believe that does it for regular business this evening. Actually... It does not.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“That went quick. Any questions for Kate? Are we intending to see this again?”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Want to do an informal vote? Who would like to see those come back for a full presentation? Please raise your hand. Okay.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“then you know october pve review november heading to council so um thank you so much for your input tonight and do you have any last thoughts or okay i was just going to say i'm going to miss the green necklace i like that language it's cool i really liked it i've always liked it by creeks to peaks maybe it'll grow on me but i i i mean i enjoy the fact that it's going city wide so clearly something was born that was great there But thank you, Kate. Great. Thank you. Okay. That is it for our regular business. So we will move on to reports. And specifically, we'll begin with City Council…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right, thank you, Kristen. Any other staff updates to provide?”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Everybody realizes that next week is our next BPC meeting. Yeah, so. Packets tomorrow. Packets tomorrow, that's right. Yeah, so kind of a little odd, the second and third Thursday this month. Okay, any other business or announcements from anyone? staff, commissioners. There is the aircraft.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“I saw the alfresco this weekend. That was fun, too. A little bit more low-key. But it's still a lot of fun. It helps, you know, if you can get out there and support our local businesses, that'd be great. And did I see a, what is that? What is it that I saw at the Izaquah Community Center like a week ago? Did they have like some medieval play out there? Do they do that out there? I'm pretty sure I saw like a knight. Was it that? You saw it too? Yeah. Yes, okay, so Kristen doesn't have any idea what we're talking about, but yeah, I saw it too, Genevieve. Right, okay, I wasn't crazy, I stopped,…”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Well, wonderful. So, again, if you can make it down there, go say hi to Katya. Well, great. Thank you, everybody. Again, we'll see everybody next week, but we will adjourn this evening at 7.57 p.m. Have a good night, everyone.”
Planning Commission · Aug 13, 2026
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“Hey, good evening everyone. We got an echo. Testing. Maybe that's an empty room.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“All right, well, thank you, Amanda. Okay, welcome everyone to this evening's Planning Policy Commission. July 23rd, and we're gonna gavel this meeting into session. It's currently 6.31 p.m. Today's meeting is a hybrid meeting. The Planning Policy Commission is in person. Staff or members of the public may be attending virtually this evening. Kristen, do we have a quorum this evening?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Excellent. Okay. We're going to have a fun evening tonight. This is my nightmares are made of. So the great thing is this evening, you guys have seen this material probably three to four times now. So I think most of our responses are probably going to be baked in. The fun part of this evening, it's going to be very formal. We're going to make motions and amendments and have votes and we'll see how that goes. But we want to begin with the approval of minutes, and before you, you have the July 9th PPC meeting minutes. Are there any questions, concerns, anything to point out to staff? Okay,…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay. And it's worth mentioning to those who are watching us online that again, we'll have separate time during this session to have public comments for the actual public hearing that is about the regular business. So again, we're just right now, it's just for the good of the order, the planning policy commission, the city, anything you'd like to mention, but having no hands and having no audience this evening, we're going to move along to our public hearing. So this is the first item of business, which is to hold that public hearing and provide a formal opportunity for public comment…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, this is where the formality begins. Commissioners, do you have any questions regarding the presentation? on natural context areas. Any questions at all? Commissioner Adair.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Any other questions? OK. So now we're going to formally open the public hearing, which we will close after all the presentations. But we would like to open the public hearing this evening at 6.43 PM. This is a team effort tonight. So Amanda, has anyone signed up to speak? Amanda?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026