Remarks by Jerry Cochran
42 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Thank you very much. The Planning Commission is an advisory board made up of volunteers appointed by City Council. The purpose of the Planning Commission is to provide recommendations to City Council regarding changes to the city's comprehensive plan, land use updates, block grant allocations, and zoning code. The Planning Commission is tasked with considering the long-term growth and the development of the community, the impact of land use decisions on the community, livability, economic opportunity, housing affordability, public services, and the environment. I'd like to remind the audience…”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Commissioner Jones has moved. Second. All right. And Commissioner Crawford, right? Seconded. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. All right. Any opposed? All right. The meeting minutes have been unanimously approved. We have no old business or no public hearing, so we will jump right to workshop mode. And the first item on the agenda is the commercial land capacity. And I assume I will turn that over to Director Mattson. Okay.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner Kressfield. Commissioner Jones, I see you.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Well, so far you're three out of seven. So any other commissioners want to comment or weigh in with their feedback?”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Great, yeah, no, I think, I don't know that the commissioners are always in a complete agreement, but it sounds like we're in complete agreement in supporting you and your position to limit or create hurdles for commercial to residential conversion. The other thing that hasn't been mentioned that you might emphasize with others is that it's also a fiscal issue, right, is the more commercial and industrial generate much needed sales tax revenue for PASCO that we desperately need. Residential doesn't. It generates property tax for the state and the county. And so it actually makes the problem…”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Well, it might be something for future consideration to try to have some sort of guideline about the percentage mix.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“All right, any more comments or feedback for staff? Sounds like you have good support and alignment with you and the council on this issue. Go ahead.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“All right, if there's no other feedback on this issue, we can move on to the Unified Code Development presentation.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“I remember how hot the arguments were about that Argent corner store, so you have to be really careful, but like you said, you've got to be, if the state's pushing it, then we've got to figure out the lightest possible compliance.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Well, I applaud the approach and ambitious kind of thing to simplify, make the permitting, simplify the code, simplify the zones. I think those are really great efforts that developers and citizens will really appreciate. One thing we can talk about offline, you may consider whether it's through consultants or your own internal city IT staff is, I'm familiar with a project with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission where permitting for nuclear plants, power plants, is a pretty complex code and permitting process. And they're using AI acceleration to not only help with filing and applying for the…”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I imagine that in February you wanted to get this through as fast as possible for the moratorium, so I get it. Well, I think it's great that we're taking a proactive approach. It's kind of like Kennewick's, what happened in Kennewick was almost fortuitous for us because it allowed us to actually plan ahead before it happens to us. That's really great. Go ahead.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Gotcha. It's very lucrative. The state gives them grants to buy the property, and they give them grants to operate the property.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“So Tuesday it will be released. You could either provide your comments or all of the commissioners can certainly go to the city council meeting and testify. When's the council meeting?”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“All right. Other items, structure, business, no commission, no planning commission meetings and anything else you want to tell us about?”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“So welcome, Sharon. We're kind of a little weird from the wacky Island County folks.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Excellent. Well, we also wish you the best for the birth of your child next month.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“I'm sure you're wishing it was this month, but you've got a couple of weeks to go.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“All right, if nothing else, I will entertain a motion to adjourn.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Second? I second. It's been moved and seconded. We're adjourned at 7.52 p.m. Thank you, everyone.”
Planning Commission · May 21, 2026
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“Excellent. To begin tonight's meeting, I'd like to ask the clerk to call the roll.”
Planning Commission · Mar 19, 2026
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“The Planning Commission is an advisory board made up of volunteers appointed by the City Council. The purpose of the Planning Commission is to provide recommendations to City Council regarding changes to the City's comprehensive plan, land use updates, block grant allocations, and zoning code. The Planning Commission is tasked with considering the long-term growth and development of the community, the impact of land use decisions on the community, livability, economic opportunity, housing affordability, public services, and the environment. I'd like to remind the audience that tonight's…”
Planning Commission · Mar 19, 2026
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“All right. And Commissioner Waits has seconded. All those in favor?”
Planning Commission · Mar 19, 2026
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Planning Commission · Mar 19, 2026
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“Excellent, thank you. Are there any questions from the commissioners? One of the things I was going to ask is can you clarify the connection between this and, say, CDBG, which are both HUD, or is there any connection, no connection, there's no relevance to CDBG?”
Planning Commission · Mar 19, 2026