Remarks by Michael Boutzoukas
136 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
- Play at 1:46:59
“I'm just answering your question about where.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:47:40
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:51:25
“When I asked why, he spoke not only- I'm going to need you to wrap it up quickly, because your three minutes is actually up, but I'll give you another 30 seconds.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:51:44
“Anybody else from the public wish to speak? Sir, come forward, state your name. Let us know if you've been sworn, and you've got three minutes.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:52:41
“Does anybody else in the public have any comments they wish to make to the board? Seeing none, close remarks by planning and development staff.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:53:26
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:55:06
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:56:09
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:58:42
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 1:59:27
“No. Lights at Duncan and King. Duncan. um what's your let's discuss it first and then if we need to go to statement um at the testimony many of the applique of the third party or the uh grant party”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:00:16
“Yeah, and the reason why I want to hear your question first is that's kind of part of their presentation. And it's a good question because... I felt that one of the emails that came in, and I believe it was Mrs. O'Rourke's email, I tried to address the city's points on compatibility one by one. And I thought it was a well thought out email. And I think the city, in putting their presentation together, was addressing that. So the report from the city that we have as part of our evidence has addressed all those points and that's part of what we should have read in advance here and i think we…”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:01:34
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Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:06:00
“Combined two to make it one. Right. But there was a curb cut there. There were two curb cuts there. Right. A new curb cut is a little bit different. And you're more of an expert on that. I know from my clients coming to me as a commercial real estate attorney, one of the biggest impediments is getting a new curb cut as compared to combining and reducing curb cuts, which they're reducing a lot of the significant impediments that just wouldn't be allowed in today's scheme of development.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:06:56
“I understand your comments, and I'm not going to disagree with you on this. So I was going to get to curb fence as being a challenge, and you're saying it may not be such. Great to know just from that context.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:07:12
“limiting what the property can be used for and and the fact that properties abutting it are all commercial properties regardless of how they're using it that's a choice of the owners of that property and how they use it with their zoning and that that's where the dilemma becomes arises that's where it becomes difficult for these things since how do you limit somebody from property use that otherwise and i don't know that we can actually impose upon this developer to put sidewalks all the way up the street on both sides of the street they're putting sidewalks that are wrapping around the…”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:07:59
“Can you get out from Rainbow? Well, from Rainbow you can.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:08:05
“No, I think you have to go up to Cleveland to get to the Cleveland. So you'd be going through that? Yeah, you'd be going up to Cleveland to turn right, then turn right on Keene to go or left on Keene.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:08:22
“A U-turn or... Or go down to, if you want to go that direction, go down to Saturn where the light is and go north that way. There's, you know, and the neighborhood north of that, because on my way here I drove through, on Saturn's side, I came down to Saturn from... from Keene on Cleveland, just because it was worthwhile of you on the way here. They already have traffic calming devices with some of the islands and the narrow curbing so that cars are limited to go”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:09:02
“I think there's some things that could or should be considered that would help enhance safety that are abutting this property so that people are already going slow before they go up the street because they already have it further up the street. There's at least two of those going between Cleveland and the north side of this property at Rainbow that have the narrowing of the yacht, the circle in the middle.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:09:31
“Yeah, I think that's an interesting point. So those are my general comments on this. I'm not kind of suggesting which way I'm voting on this. I'm looking at it from the standpoint of just some of the factors that I'm looking out there. It always does irk me, being that my daytime job is a lawyer, even though I don't go to court anymore, that expert testimony isn't met with expert testimony. And that always makes it difficult for me because that burden of proof to me is significant. Those are my thoughts on it. If anybody else wanted to share any thoughts or if anybody wanted to make a motion…”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:10:34
“If DOT comes back and says... To add that as a condition. I mean, that changes the whole...”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:11:14
“Can Pete answer the question? Before we go to Peter, let me ask you, before we go any further on that part of it, just so the board is clear in terms of our options, We either make a motion to vote to approve it, make a motion to deny it. Could we also, on our own, ask that it be continued to get more information with some of the stuff that we're looking for? Or are we limited to approve or deny?”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:12:13
“He feels that it's feasible. So I'm not going to, don't take my comment on that.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:12:37
“I think the problem with that is that the plan changes if you do that, so it couldn't happen. Just please wait. But I think that the plan changes if that were the case. So we wouldn't be approving the plan they gave us, and that's not really a condition that we can impose.”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:12:55
“I appreciate that. We'll come back to some other stuff while she's looking at that. Did you have any comments?”
Community Development Board · Aug 20, 2026