Remarks by Luke Winchester
361 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 15
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“there's been very little site plan changes since FMDB no that doesn't change a poor design it's a poor design it's poorly thought out poorly laid out it might be in compliance but there's just zero consideration to people they're gonna live here I mean I just don't see how you can stand there and say that there's not I mean there's just it's in compliance we can say that uh outside of that it's no vision i mean i could keep on with adjectives but and if i may mention please what happens when you don't have”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“please if anybody else has any additional discussion feel free and have it i'm reading some stuff personally over here i do have one more question please what if the postmaster doesn't approve this mail kiosk being located internally in building 100 i wouldn't i mean the postmaster”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“and here's my concern and this is based upon staff's comment as well if we were to say hey you can get with staff to resolve some of these issues and move forward the fact that staff has already indicated that they've requested several things of you in their meetings and you have had zero willingness to work with staff in order to hear their concerns in regards to the site but yet continue to press the site forward is of concern in itself so how can i put that back upon staff to say hey we this body feels like we need more than two dumpsters this body feels like the mail kiosk is here when…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“John, do you believe that issues that you've heard from us here tonight if we were to make those conditions of approval that this would be able to be worked through uh by yourself and additional staff at the city and dumpsters i think that's about it Okay. Sam, we're able to add conditions? Very well.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. Further discussion, questions, comments?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Let's go ahead and open the floor for citizen comments. Any citizens that wish to make a comment, I welcome the courage to do so. And please come to the microphone and name and address for the record. Seeing no citizen comments, I am going to open the floor for a motion in regards to this item on our agenda.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“individual dumpster for the restaurant most restaurants do have a dumpster and they fill them up so i know i had a concern in regards to some crosswalks we have additional dumpsters male kiosks Access and parking to the kiosk.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Anybody like to dare to craft a motion in regards to this item? I'll make a motion to approve subject to the additional following conditions one is the addition of a crosswalk and I will provide my drawing to staff that I have here indicating these points an addition of the crosswalk at the north northwest uh sidewalk connection as you come in off the north side uh crosswalk again um from the commercial uh to the uh to the parking lot um i'm going to include in that crosswalk section the extension of the sidewalk up to old beckwith road a additional make sure that is it an additional dumpster…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“is uh review the site plan for in light beckwith uh located at 12009 volunteer boulevard mr john all right volunteer boulevard”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Questions, comments from the Commission?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Got a quick question for you. Are you tilt up on this? Yes, sir. So I got your color palette and everything back here, and then you're doing texture on top of it. is the are you using the smooth form tilt up then is the plan that is my understanding i mean from an architectural standpoint there may be some stamping for texture uh but i do believe it's smooth form okay so the text the texture would be applied during the application of the paint is it just paint or is it some kind of a stucco or drive it or i guess you know you can put the color out there But what is being applied? We just had…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, and just curiosity out of myself, how is it? We're just going to be a guy with a spray gun and spraying just direct Sherwin-Williams or Sherwin-Williams paint colors. So Sherwin-Williams paint colors to it. Or is he actually going to have a, you know, you actually got textured guns or materials or just adding that color to something out there. and a different type of spray on material that would give it that kind of finish like the old school stucco, you know, that's sprayed on as well, but then you put whatever color that you want to it, red, green, or purple, or whatever, and…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Well, thank you. Shane, anything from Public Works?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Ah, where would you like them to move the bike rack?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Seeing none at this time, let's call for citizen comments. Anyone wish to make comments, welcome, encourage to do so. Please come to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. Seeing no citizen comments at this time, I'd like to ask for a motion in regards to this item on our agenda. make a motion to approve subject to staff comments and the uh movement of the bike rack to a site as determined by our traffic engineer it's motion in a second all those in favor signify by saying aye raise your hand aye against abstentions so approved next item up on our agenda is a…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“i don't think they're they're not really related to what we're talking about okay okay understood see one of the things that that i've had and and in my particular issues i mean you can see it it's not as evident as as i thought it was going to be but it is um the pmdp I mean, maybe it's as easy as saying your FMDP building locations have to be the same at FMDP.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“It's funny how we don't see any of this PMDP to FMDP when it comes to a laid out subdivision. um we'll see a few but it's nothing really major out there you know your road is your road your your house is split off or your house is split off um i can't speak to one that is just a residential neighborhood that i've i said man this doesn't look anything like what we approved um and yet here we are in a 12-month time period that i can maybe three or four that that just don't know they come in selling a vision and and somewhere between pmdp and fmdp the vision is lost totally modified just doesn't…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“i think the bigger concern with central pike is where do all those kids go to school right i don't know that wilson county has any land over over that way like they do off golden bear you know that is a perfect question for a county commissioner to answer and that's kind of that's right the central pike interchange you know i can see the the density staying north and or staying south of 40 and whatnot uh but then it's central pike moves up through there um and we get into some of our traditional properties some of our older age properties and and larger lots um i mean you know i wouldn't have…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, one of the things that's coming to mind that kind of we don't think that things will happen out there. One of them, and you look at it today, you're like, man, why didn't we make this thing happen? The connection right there at now Volunteer Bank used to be F&M Bank. Everybody's like, oh, West Willis Utility ain't going to buy that property. It ain't going to be a boneyard or a scrapyard. an awesome opportunity to put our apartments right there at that location. And it is a bone in a scrap yard. We had a good traffic design, we had a good road design to come through there. We lost an…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree. I get a lot of feedback from people, you know, we just do this where you just prove that this is, you know, you got property owners have rights and, um, um, we try to make a consideration towards that. What would be, um, so her two things let's cover first one first so what john said there so staff is looking at a um a potential regulation change uh right now and the regulation change would be kind of focused towards the multi-use category and particularly, or is it towards the multi-use category or is this towards gonna cover everything, really transition from PMDP, FMDP,…”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“And put better teeth into what transition from PMDP to FMDP. Would it include language kind of particularly towards this multi-use and i.e. the commercial? Because as we've stated here, we feel like the commercial is the worm on the back of a big hook. and that the commercial may or may not, as I feel like did that plan tonight. Unfortunately, I was in a position where I had to recommend it for approval, but their commercial looked like they just threw it up there and really, who cares?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Can we require, Sam, the commercial to be phase one of all of every one of them?”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“But they could, correct me if I'm wrong, like the one that we approved tonight, they could come in and just do the residential. Could they not? There is no requirement for them to do that commercial portion.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah. Yeah. I mean, personally, if I'm developing, I wouldn't do it. I mean, finding good tenants right now are, are pretty challenging thing in that world. Um, but finding people to buy apartment complexes are pretty easy in this world right now. Um, And so can we put, you know, just a requirement. Commercial must be completed in phase one of these multi. And I think that that potentially solves a lot of problems. And you don't even have to put triggers on COs. You just say, hey, commercial has to be done in your first phase.”
Planning Commission · Aug 20, 2026