Remarks by Kollin Kosmicki
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
- Play at 3:56:10
“And Mr. Chair, I must say, I don't think that, and this again, why this whole thing doesn't work, I got to say, but the property owner should not be choosing who's living there. We have a list and I heard a thousand, what?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:56:27
“49 units, 1,100. So we know there's demand, as you pointed out. So why are we allowing the property owner to choose who lives there, which would only further complicate delays and vacancies and all that. We know there's demand. So if there's a property manager that vets the folks that want to live in these places, this should be treated like affordable housing because it's supposed to be affordable housing. So we have a process in place that would allow that demand That list, call it a priority list or whatever you want to call it, an eligibility list, we have that list. So as long as we're…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:59:53
“Right, and we still would have the, Mr. Chair, we still would have the discretion to reject that project because it does not fit in line with the vehicle's mild travel requirement.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 4:08:07
“Yeah, I just want to. clarify what supervisor curl said just we may have a newer member of the media here um just so you know a final map is we are not approving a development this development was approved 14 years ago there are entitlements to this development which means that as long as the developer is following the development agreement that this is a ministerial vote that we are required to approve these maps as they go along and work their way through the phases of these projects. Just want to make that very clear. That said, are there any questions that have arisen with regard to…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 27:10
“Sure, I can come in. Just a couple issues we've talked about in the past. So the CFD 2018, that's just for the public. That's the one that essentially all new development in the country, unincorporated, would automatically be pushed into the CFD 2018. And those fees, that's based on a CPI formula?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 27:57
“So I'm wondering, is there any avenue, you know, if, for instance, The county has a sudden surge in costs like like we've seen in the last several years we had the pandemic and then we've had this, you know, hyperinflation environment that we're in. There's basically no mechanism to, you know, look at specific it but it's it's CPI, but is Have we had a huge jump uh, in any of those years where, uh, cause I see this year's decent, you know, increase, frankly, 3.8 or something like that. I thought I saw, um, were there any years where it went up, you know, in accordance with the real inflation?…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 29:12
“Okay, 1% to 2%. Oh, wow. It just doesn't seem like in some situations that the increases necessarily keep up with just those years or those periods. I don't want to promote overcharging or anything like that, but it just seems like in specific periods... We've had a lot of, you know, and we went through this whole budget situation recently where there was this major deficit. I just want to, are there any mechanisms to look at the current formula and how that increases?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 30:29
“Yeah, and I just, again, I'm just trying to wrap my head around whether we started at the right baseline. Again, I don't want to promote at all dinging people, you know, with these unexpected increases. I do think that for future development, because the county has seen costs rise so much in recent years that we may want to look at I'm not saying I support it, but we may want to look at that option that you noted, because I did have that in my notes, whether you could develop a new CFD for future development, just because I am concerned about whether the revenue is ultimately going to, over…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 32:18
“Yeah, and I just think with new development in particular, that would be my focus, is just having a better handle on exactly what you're saying as far as those costs, just because the cost of everything has gone up so substantially, and I'm just... It just doesn't feel like, and we've always, we're always, and I think we're going to have another, this is part of our whole revenue generation umbrella. You know, I think there's a need to generate more revenue, whether it's through economic development or whether we look at our fees and are we actually recouping in real costs? And this just…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 34:18
“Okay, and it kind of leads naturally into one of these other topics. We've talked about HOAs, and I know we had a speaker come up and talk about, which I understand where he's coming from. I think we should have some options on the table at some point as we move forward. One of those options could be looking at a new CFD, but the other option to me, whether we just fully move toward the HOA model, maybe with some exceptions. And so if you are a... And I'd have to research this more. This is why we value public speakers coming up and putting in their anecdotal points. But maybe we look at HOAs…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 36:41
“I'm almost done. I'll finish up right now. I'll finish up. I promise. I thought Anne Hall's point was reasonable about coming to the board two times. So perhaps we can look at that. I don't know what the procedural changes were when that happened or if there's legalities involved from the county council side, but just at least something. I appreciate that. If we could look into that, just if there's a reason why we're making folks go through multiple steps. I do want to clarify, I think my point was there's a lot of applications for the CFD going, not necessarily CSAs. I don't think we've…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 1:26:36
“One last thing to piggyback. I think, you know, I talked about trying to have some options going forward. I think we've had good conversation here. But what I said earlier about CFDs, HOA, I think it would be good to have – there's certain things that you – It seems like HOAs are a natural fit for landscaping and for certain, keeping the streets clean and all that sort of stuff. And then having the option for, they also be required to, if we formed a new CFD for the police and fire services and those sorts of things, because you can't leave those services on an HOA because that's hiring…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 14, 2026
- Play at 30:19
“you know, a little more specifics just to make sure that there's an understanding there?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 31:09
“Yeah, I appreciate it. I understand that. But a little more specific, how much time would they have? Are we going to survey the landscape?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 31:28
“less than the full amount is grown then they come for a reduction to the county on that total amount thank you based on but essentially they wouldn't get taxed on the correct but how would we um implement implement that in a way that's both reasonable for the grower but also firm and from the county side so that we can kind of have a reasonable approach to that”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 32:01
“More of a general thing. So I think generally speaking, it makes sense. But I just want to make sure that there's, I just want to have a better understanding. I guess there's more work to do, it sounds like.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 32:38
“Okay. So that's one. Minimum parcel size. I understand the reasoning behind it. For the most part, you want the larger growers. It's more efficient. I think Teresa Crowe was suggesting we kind of like take that at one time. Go ahead.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 39:18
“Thank you for that clarification. So does that solve it for everybody?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 45:59
“I think we're all on the same page. You basically get charged a tax for what you're permitted. You're taking the risk as a business, and that's the way it needs to be, and that's the way that we get out of the business altogether, and that's just part of the model. You're going to have to bake it into your costs and revenues, and that's that. It sounds like that's... Sounds like we're all in agreement. Next issue.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 46:20
“Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, minimum parcel size. Like I was saying, I get the reasoning behind it. I'm just curious what the minimum parcel size may look like. I'm not familiar with what these folks need. I heard some numbers thrown around. I know there's larger. I know there's relatively smaller. I get that we probably want to get away from having people growing”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 47:12
“Okay, and I don't know if, again, folks in the audience might be able to elaborate, but 40 acres, I'm not an agriculturalist, but that's a decent size for cannabis, is it not? I mean, I know when we were talking in our ad hoc discussions, the numbers were, I think, a little lower than that somewhat. These aren't large parcels where cannabis is being grown. I do know that. This isn't rangeland we're talking about here. So I don't know if anybody in the audience wants to elaborate again, if we could just do it as briefly as possible.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 48:18
“That sounds about right to me. And then just so there's clarity on, like if you're somebody who's just in the backyard sort of thing, do you need a medical license for that, or how does that work?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 48:38
“Great. So that wouldn't apply to all this. Would there be a proportional tax to those folks?”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 48:48
“Got it. And then I just want to, you know, I just want to point out, you know, we're looking at a runway on both sides. We're looking at a runway of, you know, this $1,000 to $10,000. I think we all agree it's not the low end. It's not the high end, somewhere in between. But we do have, we do, you know, there's a runway for the fee, the tax, but there's also a runway that we're dealing with for the acreage. And I think from a smart business perspective from the county side as well, I think we have to try to find a number that's reasonable so that not only are we welcoming these growers to an…”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 52:28
“Can I, when you're done, we're talking about five because I'm thinking about this, all these five acre parcels that we have and it concerns me quite a bit.”
Board of Supervisors · Sep 10, 2026