Remarks by Lesley Wiscomb
62 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“It would be an abstention. It's an abstention. It's an abstention.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yes, I just wanted to talk about the gates for a minute. Thank you, Commissioner Butler, for being here. Um, did you have any discussion about, I noticed in the minutes that it said that you wanted, um, PC to weigh in on the gates. Um, did you have any discussion about, or recommendations from your commission as to how you felt the gates should be operated?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Chair Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna start with mr. Ernest first just going I want to thank you for the revised conditions of approval. You really have saved me a lot of time asking questions about those. I just have a couple other questions on those, on the revised ones. There was a condition in there, and I didn't see it this time, and I want to make sure it's not there, to consolidate the two stormwater reports into one. That's gone now?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, okay. I would make a comment that I just don't think we should be creating extra work for applicants since it's two different stormwater done at two different times, but unless there's a really good reason. And then Let me go through this.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, okay. So on page four of the new conditions of approval, there's a facility use fee agreement. And I'm just trying to familiarize myself with this. Some of these things seem vague to me. I know you didn't write them. And it basically talks about will require full compensation to city through a facility use fee agreement, including assessed costs that may not be listed in the downtown parking fee resolution. Well, where are they listed and how is that decided?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Can we name downtown parking then instead of it will be worked out through the city? If downtown parking is going to work it out, I imagine the manager of downtown parking will be responsible for that. Is that correct?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Um, I just think that would be good. Okay. And then I, this is another one and I'm getting picky, but I, I'm just, I would really like us to get more specific in these. So we're not having applicants going all over the place. Well, I thought this guy was doing it. No, this department does it, um, on page six. After certificate of occupancy is granted, all stormwater treatment improvements installed will be subject to water quality testing by city staff to ensure they are performing as designed and operating in compliance with city stormwater MS4 permit. Okay. Who is city staff in…”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. I would appreciate that. Just so applicant knows where they need to go for this or who they need to ask. And then on page 10, and I'm sorry I didn't get this to you before because this didn't come in until yesterday afternoon, or I didn't read it until yesterday, actually this morning. On page 10 of the C of A under F, well, before F in It says a final report on archaeological monitoring shall be submitted to the city. And then you go down to F3, and it says the same thing again. So that's just a repeat. I think that's a repeat.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“You're not? No. Okay, thank you. So you're not... Not considering that for... Not in terms of stormwater improvements. You can come up if you want.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“And, okay, so you have a different approach, I guess, than HLC, who wanted them closed only when you have private, or who suggested some member, some commissioner suggested that closed during private events. So what happens when you are not, you're not open, so you talked about, safety of staff. So if you don't have any staff there, you know, and you're not open, why can't they be open?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Have you had, have there been problems? There have. There have. And are these documented by the police department or?”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I appreciate it and that's all I have mr. Chair. Thank you.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, I don't think we need to add the thornless bougainvillea I think you know that we don't need to get that picky I I think that covers everything. The thing is, are our comments going to be included? Because I think a lot of us talked about the historical plaque and the donor wall, and I would like to see HLC review those things. That would be a comment that I think most of my fellow commissioners would agree with.”
Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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Planning Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, and I think when the $91, I know it seemed high to people, a lot of people, but When we've talked about this in the past, we've talked about what it costs to build a unit. And my recollection is it's around $800,000 to build a unit. And this is $738,000 per unit. So it seems like it's reasonable to me if you don't want to have the record keeping of the deed restricted units.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“You're also getting the benefit, as the developer, getting the benefit of not having to. Correct. there is no relationship with the government that's required for the unit. So for 90 years or whatever. So, okay. Um, I'm going to move on. I want to go to net livable area and I want to ask you a question and you tell me if I'm right or wrong, because I still don't know what net livable area is. If you have a project and the average unit size is, let's say a thousand square feet. Okay. And, um, you have 10 units. Is it 10 times 1,000? Yes. Okay, so that's the simple calculation. It's the average…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So you could play it both ways logically, yes. But you, whether you use AUD or not, you're going to have to calculate an average unit size to get to the net livable square feet.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah. You have one that's 800 square feet and another that's 1,000 square feet, so that's 1,800 square feet and on and on. Okay. Yeah, that's fine. It takes out the one step. Correct.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Okay. So that's good. I'm glad to know that. I'm actually very relieved to know that. And you talk in the IN YOUR STAFF REPORT ABOUT AN OFFSET FEE. IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A FEE OUT?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So your presentation today called it fee out. but it's really offset fee. And could we make that consistent somewhere and have a definition of that so we know that, because that confused me a little bit. Is a fee out the same thing as the offset fee? I think it is.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I'm paying a fee to offset. That sounds like planners.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026