Remarks by Melissa McMahon
81 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'll take a motion for a deferral of docket item four.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“I HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER DOCKET ITEM 4. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DUBAY AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MANNER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6-0. AND THAT BRINGS US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY, LET'S SEE, WOULD ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM FROM CONSENT TONIGHT? And if not, do we have any public comments on items from consent?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. So we're pulling docket item 2 from the consent calendar, and that leaves docket item 3 on the consent calendar. I'm sorry. If you could hold just one moment, let me just double check. I think we might have been expecting a public speaker on 1 East Custis.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WHICH REMAINS ONLY DOCKET ITEM 3, 1 EAST CUSTIS AVENUE.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“I will second that. All right. I have a motion to recommend approval of the consent calendar from Commissioner Harris and a second from Commissioner Manor. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? MOTION CARRIES 6-0. SO LET'S DO DOCKET ITEM 2.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“LET'S DO A SPEEDY PRESENTATION AND THEN ROLL RIGHT INTO YOUR MEMO.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“It should be on, there might be two other things in front of it, a letter from DRCA and... Oh, okay, I see it attached on the back of the DRCA item, like the letter and then the memo is attached to that. Okay. For some reason... It's in some people's iLegislate, and it's not in mine. Sorry. I'm not sure why. This might relate to the fact that my iLegislate wasn't showing all of the materials correctly, just as sort of a note. I don't know why it's not showing up in mine. Thank you. Okay. I've got a copy of it now. So please proceed to describe the items that are in that memo.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Any other questions? Yes, Commissioner Harris.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, well, why don't we open the public hearing?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Final speaker all right I'll take a motion to close the public hearing motion to close the public hearing Motion by Commissioner Dube and a second by Commissioner manner all those in favor. Please say aye aye Opposed motion carries 6-0 and that brings us to Commissioner discussion Commissioner Ramirez.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“I will note, and staff can just confirm, that condition one applies the SUP to the applicant or the business entity in which the applicant has a controlling interest. So as I read it, that means that if the applicant sells the property and moves to Florida, this wouldn't exist at this location anymore until a new applicant came in. Is that a correct reading?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. So if he sells his business to another person and then That appears typically in our administrative, the list of administrative things that we get like at the end in the month docket for awareness. Okay. So it is possible for it to go to another business entity, but it doesn't run with the land. So unless they buy the business, they wouldn't get the SUP.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“For situational awareness only, at the bottom of our docket, there's a list of administrative things that staff do each month, and it would appear in that list.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, Commissioner Dubé, and then Commissioner Linehan.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“DO YOU THINK INSURE IS STRONG? IN THE CONDITION IT READS INSURE. versus what you just said was encourage people to not be like, I can imagine the applicant saying, all right, guys, come off the sidewalk and come into the, but I'm not sure how we would enforce ensuring in this instance, much like the noise stuff, you have to come and observe it and then you have to like ding them 20 times. with a violation. I'm just, I don't know.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“You wanted to react? I don't need to say anything anymore.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Don't cut me. Other questions comments discussion.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“I was just gonna I'm sorry. Yeah Throughout some options so I could receive a motion to approve as recommended by staff including their memo and then that would be just the base and and or potentially a motion to approve amend that that we could vote on separately if there's differences of opinion on which conditions we might not want to include um but if there's a consensus that there are one or two conditions among those that staff have recommended that we aren't comfortable including in this particular package we can sort of i don't know take a take a look at raised hands or something and…”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right. Second. I have a motion by Commissioner Dube and a second by Commissioner Lenahan to recommend approval of, goodness, of SUP 2026 with staff's recommended conditions except for conditions 5, 11, and 12. Do I have any reactions to that? Second no, we got a second. I've got yep. I've got a motion in a second So we can vote if there are any concerns about those omissions of conditions please raise them now because we want to make sure that we give everyone a chance to support something if they want to support it and or Give me a warning if you can't support it, but I'm not seeing any…”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I can kick off with some questions Maybe I'm trying to think if you cover it on one of those slides I'm I was curious how the required density per acre allowance compares to our residential zones because I don't really have a good mapping of 20 units per acre in what zone is that's similar to? Is that something that you guys happen to know offhand?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah. Since most of what we see is in terms of a zone and then it's hard to see that. But that's a helpful image. OK. You mentioned on the city noticing standard that sort of as an aside that something like a placarding is that What does noticing do for a project that's eligible for administrative approval?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“Right. Is this similar? I feel like when there are some kinds of, I don't know, building permity things that get posted on Windows when stuff is happening and it's not like it's asking permission. Is it sort of that idea? You walk by, you can see it. We're not mailing neighbors with direct mail.”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026
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“And a follow-on question to that. Can you just clarify for me, would this administrative site plan approval HAVE SOME SORT OF COURSE FOR APPEAL IF SOMEONE DID SEE IT COMING UP AND DIDN'T LIKE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, FELT LIKE THERE WAS A CONFLICT? IS THAT A THING IN THIS ENVISIONED PROCESS?”
Planning Commission · Sep 1, 2026