Remarks by Jason Voiss
247 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 10
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“Okay. We will move to the vote. So if there is no further discussion on the motion to recommend approval of the proposed Title 18 amendments related to requirements for natural context areas in Central Issaquah as presented, let's take a vote. All in favor, please raise your hand and say, yay. Okay, that's a unanimous vote. One, two, three.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“There's a lot of words in here, right? But one, two, three, four, five, six. Yeah, seven or seven, right? Yeah. One, two, three, four, five. A lot of stuff going on. OK, that was unanimous. Seven voting to confirm. All right. We're going to move to transparency.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Oh, that's right. OK. So the city council, I believe it's the city council, has asked us to help them understand our reasoning. And we're going to do this after the vote every time, just give them a brief understanding of our thinking why.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I think Commissioner Adair and myself kind of mentioned the way we felt. Would anyone like to add as to why you voted this particular way? Commissioner Crafts.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“We'll save that for parking. We'll save that for parking. Agreed. No, agreed. And again, the other thing I would say is we've had, you know, three, this is our fourth meeting on this particular topic. So I think we've kind of fleshed it out. Obviously staff has taken a lot of what we've had to say. turned it into those proposals. So there really isn't as much deliberation. Like John said, this is pretty straightforward. As Commissioner Adair stated this, I mean, I feel like we're giving a little and we're still keeping our context area, you know, the way we want it to. And again, having a…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Wow. Yeah. Interesting. Anyone want to add? Yeah.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Yeah, that's a great summary. Fantastic job by Chair Patterson. Yeah. I mean, a lot of hard work went into those design standards previously and again, but in all fairness, the most vocal people that came here were developers and they cited plenty of reasons they felt that these, some of their projects weren't feasible. So again, trying to meet people halfway. Commissioner Adair.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I was trying to put my place in the script. There's got to be something after this, right? Okay. Moving on to transparency. Is there a willing commissioner out there to make this motion? Commissioner Kras.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Is there a willing commissioner to make a second? Commissioner Zakharoff.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay. The motion to recommend approval of the Title 18 Land use code amendments regarding transparency as presented has been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion or amendments? But we'll start with discussion. Is there any discussion regarding transparency? Commissioner Holmstrom.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I would assume that would help the builder. Achieve their numbers. even though we've lowered the threshold in a lot of circumstances with the exception of urban core and front street, which still have a very high transparency rate. But for the majority, we actually dropped it a lot. And again, I think going from two to eight, we helped them achieve those numbers.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Well, I mean, Commissioner Holmes from your builder, it'd be a lot more difficult to have those windows without any type of curb. So to actually have them start at two feet, again, you saw those numbers that Emily was kind enough to go tape all of Front Street. They actually grew, so it helped their numbers. Okay. More comments? Please, Commissioner Zakharoff.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay. I definitely want to let other commissioners get in here. So commission, Do you guys want to make a motion to, does someone want to make a motion to change that? Got to be careful with questions because we can't really. Oh yeah, go ahead.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Would someone like to answer Commissioner Krause?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Sorry. I saw Commissioner Matthews. Commissioner Matthews.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll just do very quickly. I'll just say to me, I mean, if a developer is looking at a piece of land, he clearly sees the natural context area. It doesn't, it didn't just come into being from the time he purchased the plot. So he's going to know exactly what's going on with that part of land, and then when he looks in the code, he's going to see, oh, I'm required to do this, this, and this. The deviations are actually a flexibility tool for the developer. We're just saying that if you do happen to be on a parcel that has two streets and a natural context area, here's the list of menu…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I, and again, I, I'm, I know we're not really asking the staff questions right now. It's really more for us to deliberate. So I mean, again, let me, let me know if, if anyone thinks otherwise, but to me it gives them more flexibility because they can choose different things to do. If we tell them, okay, you have, These three areas that you're buttressed, you have to do this. Well, OK, that's fine. I mean, I guess you get more clarity, but you're also limiting what they can do. With a deviation, they can go, OK, I'm going to design everything because they bought their lot, they know what…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I'm comfortable, but again, this is our time. Commissioner Adair.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Yeah. No, and that's true. And I think that's true to Commissioner Olmstrom's point is, again, when you're building, every site has a saying. But to me, that's more of like a variance. Like, oh, I didn't know I had an aquifer down here. Like, you know, the city didn't map it. That, to me, is probably more of like a variance thing. You're starting to go down that road if you are surprised. The deviation is just it's part of the design standard you're setting when you're coming up with the blueprints and everything on the land that you've purchased or are looking to buy. And again, it seems…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“No, that's great. Thank you, Commissioner Kras. Anyone like to contribute? Commissioner Matthews.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Yeah, great comment. Thank you. Commissioner Derrick?”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I want to make sure I capture everybody. Vice Chair Patterson.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“Does everyone that's spoken want to speak? I want to make sure Commissioner Millinder Irwin, Commissioner Zachroff, Commissioner Holmstrom. Want to make sure I get you guys in the conversation too.”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026
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“I'll second that. Yeah, not really a whole lot to add. I think the Commissioner's summed it up pretty well as to why we landed on that particular one. We listened to the developers who came in and made their case that these windows were everything from inefficient to costly. To Vice Chair Patterson's point, we're actually a little bit lower than our peer cities, yet in our very high thoroughfares, we've kept it up to 70. We've changed the way that we're measuring So that is a boon to the developers. And again, I don't think we want to go lower or relax in the regulations further. We're trying…”
Planning Commission · Jul 23, 2026