Remarks by Jonathan Mitchell
189 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 8
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“Okay. um so commissioners on uh planning commissioners on eight and nine are there any uh recommendations that you would want to make um i'm okay with the the trade-off uh with the trees understanding that uh clearance sightlines needs of the fire station and also the um kind of brutal trade-off between having using the house for then the site for dense affordable housing versus having trees there it's It's a tough trade off, but I'm not. I don't think it's unreasonable personally, but others may have different thoughts. Libby.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next. Thank you. So bringing it back to the Commission, I tried to keep up with the discussion and the notes here. Is there anything that folks want to discuss that we haven't touched upon or you want to circle back to? And if not, maybe we could move toward a motion. Now, there are two things that we have to consider. One is consistency with the comprehensive plan, and the other is the ordinance, ordinance A. And sometimes what we do is combine it all together in one motion. You don't have to, where you could propose, you know, yes, we feel it's consistent with the comprehensive plan at the…”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, it seems like Catherine is probably receptive to it. It's sort of a technical informity point.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, now it's in here, so if they read our work product, which is an if, then they won't be misled.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, I thought that there are mixed messages here.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“And if so, we could just put in the, or the staff could just put in the modifications that you don't have to hit the 60% mark. The planning commissioner would be fine with that. We just wanted to remove the ambiguity.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right, I think that was, yeah, that was the part, but it sounds like we've cleared this up. OK, anything else we need to sort out and if not, Maybe somebody could make a motion.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. But the greenway is on the opposite side of the street.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“The multi-use path is on the east side, and the sidewalk is on the west side of it.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right, like the grass strip or whatever. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's in your emails as an attachment. Sure, I can stop sharing if you want to throw it up there.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, we'll start with that. Jeff, please vote. I think we need a second. Oh, we haven't had a second yet. I'm sorry. Is there a second?”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I said. Okay, that's Chuck. You got him first. So just to be clear, Jeff motioned for us to opine that this proposal is indeed consistent with the comprehensive plan. Chuck seconded. So Jeff. Yes. Chuck.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mike. Yes. And I'm a yes. So that's five out of five. Okay. Now for ordinance A. which is what the council would vote on to pass the project or not.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“And I'm a yes, so that's five out of five again. And that is it. So thank you to Catherine, Maggie, and also thank you to the development team and to the fire department team that was here with us tonight. We appreciate your time. Sorry about the technical glitch for the first 15 minutes, but good luck with the project. Very exciting.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Now, um, just to give a preview of what's going to happen, uh, next month. So this was our last September meeting, but we had a meeting October 6th, I think, and then one October 20th is optional. I can count 14, 6, 14, 20. Yeah. So, and the council is going to start to meet on, I think they're starting to meet on Lumo, like within the legislative session being open on the 21st of October. So we had two meetings. that some of us were able to attend the first of this month, and then there was one in August. And when we take up the LUMO again on October 6th, the idea is for us to not just…”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm reasonably confident that nothing has changed. but I don't know for sure.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, so that's the question. It would be good to know if anything has changed since the version that we were looking at as of a couple weeks ago. I don't think anything has changed, but if something has, it would be good to get a heads up on that.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. But yeah, Jeff, good point. I think now Ted probably is going to want to make, now that you mentioned that a presentation, um, on the sixth. And also I think we are obligated to take public comment for now a third time on the Lumo, which is fine. Um, which could consume, you know, a bunch of time, depending on how many people want to want to show up to that one. Um, Doesn't matter, just setting expectations.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I'll have, I'll come prepared with a couple ideas of my own in terms of what we might, things that we might want to, um, advise or recommend to the council. Uh, and, uh, I anticipate Liz will probably have a thing or two and Jeff may have some things. He may have a large, longer list of technical things, uh, for all I know, because he does this for a living. Um, I don't, Liz doesn't. And Libby, Mike, Chuck, if you have things that are important to you that you've sort of noticed over the last couple of hearings or otherwise, just come with them because I'm sure that the rest of us would…”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, don't do that. If given that you're not, I don't need folks to send me things in advance, but if you're not going to be at the meeting, then just send me and only me what you want to introduce and I can be your mouthpiece.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“I may distort and twist your words, but that's a risky take.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So it sounds like we have a plan. And I guess that's it. Josh, anything else that... Are there going to be other agenda items besides LUMO on the 6th? not that i know of okay no i think we've preserved that okay so tentatively we're going to plan on having the optional meeting on the 20th which is the day before the council starts meeting just for the purpose of wordsmithing and doing a sort of final formality type of vote on the stuff that we're really going to be working through on the 6th this is good Is there just a random thought that popped into my head? Is there any procedural…”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“But could we do that on, oh yeah, I guess we can if you're going to open it that day.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026
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“Alright, I mean, you see what I'm going for here. Maybe there's not a way to do it. But if you can see a way, let me know because that would kind of streamline things for us.”
Planning Commission · Sep 15, 2026