Remarks by Laura Bellis
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“If Councilor Dutton wants to say something.”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Councillor Bellis. Yeah, I just wanted to briefly say, because people, you know, we had people here pouring their hearts out, and want to highlight this to my colleagues just as like a standpoint that I think needs to be heard. And I know this is not the intention when officers go out every day and I know that they're and I've seen in the training facility a number of years ago a sign that said Jail hospital or the Borg you pick one, but no matter what I'm going home For those officers perspective and I want them to make it home but I also want everyone's loved ones to make it home and I And…”
City Council · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah. Just really briefly, sorry to put you on the spot, Susan. Would you mind clarifying just for all of us what's happening with this zoning overlay today versus the next steps? Because I know this, when we've done these character overlays, I just wanted to make sure we're clear on what we're doing today compared to down the line, because I think this is part of...”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I think that was my only just really quick pulse checking where we were in that process. And then just to my colleagues or the folks that spoke, and I know I understand the concerns about the driveways. That's come up with other character overlays. They're one are still BOA exceptions someone can pursue. I know that can add a layer, but it's kind of that balancing act of how do you... put in some stipulations, allow for infill housing while also doing the character preservation pieces. And two, I will name part of the issue that's happened that we've seen in some of these…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“And I do want to kind of second on to a counselor Bush just shared Yeah, this was seen repeatedly when Gathering Place went in and Brookside Maple Ridge area became a really highly desirable area to live Homes of a similar size in mass We've watched it repeatedly happen got built out to the lot lines of people doing a roof as high as they could go and the flooding issues I must get an email Probably every other day daily where someone's like having flooding newly come into their yard and it has big infrastructure implications And as I've been discussed about these overlays previously this…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I just wanted to clarify, because I know sometimes people will see or what seems like a rapid or urgent motion, and it can seem, of course, and is serious when we opt to waive Charter rules order of business. It's not unprecedented, but it does occur when there is a time-sensitive Circumstance and these are very belated Incoming grant dollars from the state level that are needed to reimburse ongoing programming and so just wanted to clarify for folks that Well, it is not a usual action for us to take it's not unprecedented. It had extenuating circumstances Thank you”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“All right. Any council discussion. Colleagues I did want to call folks attention to that. The backup had a slightly newer amended version. You may not have had an opportunity to see yet. I mean I promised Sarah and Jack I would make sure everyone noted the one little amendment is in the garage setback. It changed from for this specific neighborhood. 18 feet to 36 feet that was after a lot of negotiation that I know the neighborhood did with the planning office to arrive at something that was a solid objective standard and still met what they were pursuing and of course still is up for any…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“I just want to thank my council colleagues for having an ongoing collaborative workshopping process. I think we've got a lot of really good amendments and feedback throughout from folks. And one thing I really do want to surface because I acknowledge a lot of folks that we are getting concerns from our property owners or people who potentially you know are the ones that legally do like the eviction docket. And. if we pass this tonight, which I'm very optimistic about, that means that we have this opportunity to create a table where various voices are represented and we can all be at that…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“unless there's more council discussion. Are you making a motion? If you don't mind.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yes, yes. I would like to move to approve item 8B with the amended backup as distributed in the 4 p.m. meeting today. Second.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026