Remarks by Judith Murphy
347 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 14
- Play at 31:28
“Okay. Is there any other person from Crotona that needs to speak? Yes.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Elena. I am now going to open the public hearing can you save them for our discussion you have another person okay”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Is there anyone else from Crotona that wants to speak? Okay.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I just wanted to speak to that Thank you At this time I'm going to open the public hearing and the first card is from Bill Miley”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Bill. I have a card from Guru Prasad. You're not going to speak, okay, thank you. Is there anyone online who wishes to address this item?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, then I will close the public communications and we will return to the Planning Commission for discussion.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. While we are dealing with multiple issues, the response time by the city could and ideally would have been faster. There's the misunderstanding between the arborist and the contractor No fault of Crotona, but it was their problem that they did not communicate appropriately with each other. And we have different views from two respected arborists in town. So what are we going to do? It is my opinion $58,000 feels like a lot of money, just me. But I think that reasonable people here can and should be able to come to an agreement to mitigate this problem and I would want to see all parties…”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Requiring additional trees to be planted to offset the loss of this oak.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“This is a very good point. I mean, I would not plant an oak at this point simply because I wouldn't want the future problem. But we could ask them to plant another kind of tree.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think that there's some flexibility here in the term hazardous. It seems like the two... arborists had different opinions about what that definition is.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I also heard the applicant open to that. So I think we can come to some. agreement about how to conclude this and whether that should be all of us in this room working it out or whether we have a smaller group work with staff.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I would like to change it from being of the same genus because I think that this oak tree thing is getting to be an issue.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“That's too bad. I was just going to ask for his advice on the size of a tree.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, an appropriate, yeah, not so big that it's going to become hazardous in and of itself by transplanting, but big enough to not be just a seed in the ground.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Could you also address the issue of replacing an oak with an oak versus the possibility of a variety of kinds of trees, whether that's a good thing to do or not?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And because we had all elm trees, it just took out the whole town. So I guess that's why I'm prone to wish for a variety of trees, but.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Are we getting ready to bring this together and wrap it with a motion?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so the process would be that we would dictate what we would like in the resolution and then you would bring it back at our next meeting in that format.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, that would move things along. we need to address the fee the tree permit fee we need to address what we're going to do about the fine and we need to address what we would want them to do in lieu of that fine the number of trees in 15 What were those 15 gallon boxes?”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“You've got to come up because there's an audience online waiting with baited breath for your answer.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Presumably Elena is going to have someone plant that for her. So let's operate on the 250 figure.”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“24 inch box okay we could just put this to bed tonight by telling Katrina would you so that's better Katrina would you be willing to add under the supervision of a licensed arborist to those plantings yes okay yeah”
Planning Commission · Jul 15, 2026