Remarks by Jonathan Chesley
138 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“to remove language that requires a specific ABC license.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“OK. You want to see. You want a deadline. You like deadlines.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“OK. 90 days. Yes. The item to be continued in 90 days, within 90 days.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I think with the experience of the last one, for example, it seems like there's just some sort of procedural and kind of overarching things that are probably better for us to try to move forward. Within in in like a clear way, you know, and I think since there's a clear opportunity here and not a lot of time it can make a lot of sense to just You know do it in a process where we're all moving forward with the information that we want to have, you know I mean we could make a decision sure and pass it back, but I think there's an opportunity to to have all of the resources at hand, which…”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“I guess- Why would you like to make a, you'd prefer us make a decision tonight and pass it to HPC?”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yeah, because for sure with the description you laid out, which is an option, that being a pretty quick process, given it's all happening in the next few weeks.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“That's kind of what's nice. That's why I sort of like, okay, this is sort of, I guess maybe there's disagreements of exactly being the explicit procedure but it's like written up that this can be the way in which we move forward and ideally it's so that the project can move forward so there aren't questions down the line oh we don't know enough of this thing like we did on so many projects we ask these questions you know.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Yeah, because I think then it's just about this thing about whoever is, let's say, taking over this business and changing it to something else. It's their own, as the words come up, due diligence and to figure out.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“So you're asking maybe there are some things we can not revisit.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“We do. Yeah, we do. I don't know if it's clear in my head.”
Planning Commission · Aug 5, 2026
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“Wait. Abstain, right? Because I wasn't here. Abstain.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“That seemed to indicate a significant risk Thanks When did the tri-valley tree service do you know when they collected the what they thought the submission which they thought was the permit from your office”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“to submit for a tree that is in a quite dire or emergency kind of status. It's more just like you try to go to them directly and be like, hey, guys, we've got to really watch out. But there isn't a protocol that you've ever known about to submit for that?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, so just, I think maybe just to like, I think maybe what the question there was at, what Katrina's question was about in this, so it's not your assessment necessarily that the tree was gonna fall down tomorrow, but it was definitely a tree that was at a, in decline and was based on this context, the electric lines being near homes, that it was more advisable to remove it than to, for it to remain.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I was just curious what the yeah what this well I was cut a couple of questions I guess one is knowing how important trees are both for safety and for the aesthetic and beauty of Ojai like where where does a I mean because there's a lot of questions I think about the timeline of this now obviously it's a there's not it's a small staff I'm sure there's plenty of applications still coming in, but is there a way that these are prioritized, or how are applications prioritized? Obviously, there's an emergency path, but either way, it might be argued that a tree question where it's being claimed…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I agree. I felt like there was definitely some language in the report where it didn't feel like something had to happen tomorrow. I guess I was just curious, though, within the context of Ojai.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“No, I agree. I mean, I kind of just, I guess I wanted to, just in thinking about this and thinking about what kind of precedent it sets also and how we think about it or how you guys think about it, it's kind of a question of, you know, clearly there was follow-up from the arborists, and I don't know what kind of, you know, intensity Bill was adding when he was following up on his report. But just, yeah, this is the question of whether there's ways of, or whether you guys consider different prioritizations of types of projects, I guess, as they come in.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And then if, before, just one second, before, so, it wasn't until basically kind of I guess let's say there was 30 you had 30 days let's say it was 30 days you looked at the application and at that point you determined oh I think we'd like to get a second opinion because you were just concerned well can you speak to why you requested the second opinion”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think that's kind of maybe unknowingly that's a little bit what Judy was saying also that I think some level of replanting would be desirable. So maybe now that you realize that.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Maybe like maybe the recommendation you're looking for is to remove from number one remove provider replacement oak of equivalent size. I mean that would also be a very large investment. And hard to locate. Possible. But maybe just the replanting of at least two trees of the same genus. That seems to be a little more ambiguous as far as, like, what that is. So maybe that would be something you guys, I guess, could figure out afterwards. remove or we could I guess dictate it and then remove the potentially remove the the ISA appraisal value and so kind of cutting out half of one in cutting out…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think that there's reasons the oak is here, as annoying as our policies might be around them. So I don't know. Well, hang on a minute.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So we're saying that we are, I mean, with the way this is kind of outlined, we're willing to uphold the elements of the director's decision for the tree permit application fee.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Don't worry so much about the resolution.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So then do I just choose a number? I don't think we're going to choose 30 because that seems like a lot.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I feel like one is a bit of a token because I think.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026