Remarks by Justine Underhill
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 56:13
“Just a few quick comments and then a question for you. Absolutely. So yeah, as everyone else has said, the library truly is a gem in our community. I'm actually having family come to Falls Church next week and one of the things I'm excited to show them is our library. We hear about the decline of third spaces and so this truly is that sort of place where people can gather. And I think about how I just stopped by on a random Saturday and there was a Lego convention happening downstairs and then there was a book sale and just all these wonderful things and events and programming. And now as a…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I was just wondering if people should be aware that there is a cost to it. And so if I was genuinely not planning, if I rented Moby Dick and then I was like, oh, I'm not going to read it. And then I still ended up checking it out anyway. I don't know. But maybe it's so insignificant that it's not worthwhile.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“We will be good citizens and return them early. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Sorry, can we scroll down to the motion? Thank you. I move to refer Tier 2630 to the Planning Commission and Economic Development Authority, schedule a public hearing for November 9th, 2026, and advertise the same according to law.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:22:35
“Egan on the second. You call roll, please.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, so I just had a few questions looking back at, because a lot of this came out of the shadow studies. If we could go back to the shadow studies, I guess it would be the page on what is allowed by right right now. So the maximum by right shadow at 3 p.m. shows like pretty much already by right shows that entire area already in shadow. And then I guess at 10 a.m. the shadow extends further. just by right already to the backyard. Maybe not quite as, and then let's go down to the what's proposed. So actually you need a third one side by side. By right, existing, and then proposed. And so I…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Can we encourage, I mean, so I guess moving forward with the development community, can we encourage that sort of housing type? Is that something that we can, I guess, as we're going through this process, specifically ask for?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Great. And so I guess my thinking is that this is the first of several first readings. As we go through this process, we can bring things down. But I guess, and this gets to my frustration, which is it would be helpful to see how the process goes before- cutting things off right now.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:16:54
“I meant first of many first readings, but many more meetings to come on this. Yes, yes.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:42:33
“Sorry, it's .6 for the affordable, .9 for what?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:43:27
“So I guess what I will say is that I do know that last I checked 455 Tinner Hill, which is right across the street. And so this is from the building itself cuz they actually know how many units they have and they know how many parking spaces are filled. They have a 0.8 utilization right now at 455 Tinner Hill. And so that includes the mix of units that they have.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:44:19
“I guess my only, like, I guess my, because I hear what you're saying, Art, I guess my, you know, the code that we have was written in the 1950s or 60s, and so I guess, like... It could be a 100, you know, we could do a 99% reduction, and maybe that's the right level. I mean, so it's almost like the code that we have written was such an arbitrary number to begin with based on, like, false church in the 1950s. So saying, like, oh, my gosh, that's a 90% reduction versus, you know, a 40% feels better. But I hear what you're saying overall. I just wanted to flag that the original numbers were…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:45:33
“And this is just the general tricky thing about parking is that we have what I would consider a tragedy of the commons, which we have free street parking. And so if there's not enough parking that's provided in a building, then people park on the street. And so the ultimate way to solve everything is that people, like you pay for a house, you pay for parking. wherever it is. So it's like you're putting your property somewhere, you're storing your property, it gets paid for somewhere. I guess a few things that come to mind is that there's also, to all of this, there's a cost. And so it's…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“So I agree with you there where like the size of the unit absolutely probably does change what the, and the mix of units probably does change like what the parking situation is going to be. I guess, I don't know, is that something that we absolutely have to set right now? Is it something that we need to decide? Because I feel a little bit weird being so prescriptive about it at this exact point.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:53:21
“I mean, is this something that we have flexibility to shift at a later stage?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:54:08
“I guess this is where, like... Data would be... I know you already looked at some things. I mean, I would really be interested in like 455 Tenure Hill is right there. And like if we could just get that data of this is what it is right now. I guess we can't find information from... The other tricky thing is like especially for affordable units, we're selecting on for... Specifically like people who work in the city and seniors so that's going to be a different maybe mix of people and so I guess We can't fully know the numbers, but it would be nice to at least maybe compare this to 455 tenor…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 3:02:48
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, and I just wanted to say that at 455 Tenner Hill, it looks like it's a majority one bedroom and they don't have any studios. So it seems that that would even be... Anyway, so I think it would be good to look at these numbers later.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“So I guess for the motion, though, do we need to... change the wording to say to incorporate. I mean, I can just say to incorporate the discussion tonight at the city council meeting.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Okay, so it would be to amend the, well, it would be to draft language regarding the back of the townhome section. I mean, is that clear enough or does it need to be more specific? Draft.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I'm mostly worried we're going to forget something that was in this discussion, but I feel like staff was... Staff will have... Okay. Okay, so it's... I guess maybe we can have a general thing to draft language and make amendments based on the discussion at... THE SEPTEMBER 28TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. THAT'LL WORK. THAT'LL WORK. OKAY, SO I MOVE TO GRANT FIRST READING TO TO 2615. With revisions, including the draft language and suggestions proposed at the September 28th, 2026 city council meeting and refer this to the planning commission, set a public hearing and schedule second reading…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Can we scroll to it? It's a short motion.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 4:01:19
“Sorry, you need to scroll to it. I can't read it. Oh, is it right there? Oh, sorry, it's very short. Oh, it's very short. All right, all right. I move to adopt tier 2622.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 4:23:06
“definitely it's it's yeah it's very difficult i i completely understand that thank you and i guess echoing cindy's point yeah i think it's wonderful to see so many different ideas um coming to us um and something that I strongly support is place making. And so this is just, it's wonderful to see all these different things that are coming to the city. And it's almost like for a little bit more, we could have even more wonderful events and place making opportunities. And so I know that the Arts and Humanities Council has been asking for a very long time for more funding for some of these…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026