Remarks by Lindsay Lecour
399 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 16
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“From June 25th I wasn't there but I'm happy to move to approve.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Question for the town attorney. Can you confirm whether the 2008 design guidelines are in play tonight?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“OK. And so tonight, what should we be judging from a code perspective? What should we be judging and reviewing applicants?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Maybe you could give us an overview of what the plan is for these. I've seen the pictures, but are you asking for a decision or a recommendation on something?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Through the chair. I just want to say I love what you do. I think I've been to a few of your events. I love the idea of taking the garbage and the plastic off our beaches and making something beautiful. I think these are beautiful. I think the bay bench is a good option because it doesn't have metal. It's sturdy. You can feel how sturdy this is. I think it's going to hold up. So I strongly support this idea. I would love to see some of these on the beach or at the street ends facing the canal. And I also like the collection stations you have. I mean, I walk on the beach three or four times a…”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“The garbage can? Yeah, I love the garbage can too.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“And just one more point, I buy a lot of benches and garbage cans for my developments, and they have to be heavy and sturdy so they don't walk away. We're spending more than these prices on those sorts of large concrete or heavy materials, so I think the price point is also good for the town.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“I would move we recommend the bay bench and consideration of the green bins and also the collect this fishing stations forward to the town commission for next steps there's one you made a comment about having a bar in the middle to so that nobody can sleep on them.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I don't know how much detail we need to provide. I think they're just looking for us to yay or nay and, you know, so. I vote yay. I move yay to the town commission.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Three items, the bench, the bay bench, the garbage can, and the collecting station.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, it's tough. The maintenance versus the warmer look is a tough trade-off, yeah. Do you have any comments?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“That's a tough header. Those are always tough. Yeah.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“I would say thank you so much for working with us over these months. I think this design has improved so much, and I think you should be really proud of it. I think it's beautiful. And I think, you know, just for the board's sake and anyone listening, this is exactly how P&Z helps make some of these designs possible. you know, better with collaboration with the applicant. And this is why I think our design guidelines are so important and why the collaboration between the applicant and the Planning and Zoning Board is important. So thank you for working with us. I'm in favor of moving this…”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“again that was just a suggestion thank you very much so do we have a motion yeah i have a motion on the table to approve with staff conditions and consideration of james's suggestions and i'll second the motion you can't second the motion yeah the the chair can second he cannot make yeah wow i wish i'd known that these last 15 years i was surprised last time so you know from now on i'll do it”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Hi. Yeah, I think this is an interesting location. And I think the scale, were it anywhere else, would not be compatible with its neighbors. I'm still a little concerned about the single families across the street, which are going to be half the size of this home. So that gives me some pause. The disjointed nature of the balconies in the front is a little hard for me. Can you talk a little bit about why you've got the two elevations?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“And the other consideration on those balconies, the glass, the west-facing glass may make that feel, I mean, real hot up there. You might think about some stainless steel cables or something that might let a little airflow up to those areas. Um, but the other two areas of questions that I have are, um, I, I do appreciate the new landscaping. However, I noticed you're removing the all existing trees, even those that are on the boundary line. And I'm wondering if we can't keep some of those existing mature trees as part of the landscaping plan.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, we're a tree city. We're a designated tree city. So we really try to preserve the canopy that exists when we can. And it looks just from the location of those existing trees that you should be able to work around them. So if you could, I'd like to have you do that. Okay. And then in terms of the lighting, the external lighting in the soffits and the LED strip lighting, I think is... not compatible with the neighborhood. I think the uplighting is beautiful, but I think especially given the height and the scale of this home, that all of that soffit lighting is going to be pretty…”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“The soffit lights and the LED strip lighting. Yeah.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“And then on the fencing, I noticed you had a fence in your materials, but I don't see where that is. And I'm not sure that the fence shown in the plans meets the 50% transparency requirement of the code. So that would definitely be something you would want to make sure you're meeting the code.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Can you move your cursor to just show us on the plan? I'm sorry, I'm not seeing it.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“I think mine were trying to keep the existing trees on the property line and trying to, and removing the LED and soffit lighting or replacing that with a softer lighting program. And confirming that the fence meets the code.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“And are you referring specifically to second story setback elements or lack thereof?”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“There's a shiflera at the property line that you're proposing to remove that I think you could probably keep.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“Okay. So I also appreciate the new architectural style. I think we welcome that. We don't have any particular architectural style in Surfside, and I think this has a lot of articulation. For me, the challenge is the compatibility with the neighborhood in terms of its height and scale. And I think when you look at page 0 to the Context massing really bears that out You know, I think like George mentioned You've you've have a unique use of the void that the code requires but in this particular application the void is entirely interior to the home and so the Neighbors and the street don't get…”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026
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“They have that beautiful, huge tree. Yeah, the one that looks like a top hat. Orchids and, yeah.”
Planning and Zoning Board · Jul 30, 2026