Remarks by Nathan Iglesias
52 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Commissioner Galatius. Thank you, Chair. Thank you for the presentation. Just a quick question. So the renderings, the architectural renderings that you presented that gave the perspective from Wolf, beautiful homes, but per what the Chair said as well, there's a plan to have some type of sound wall, right? It's either, it's an eight-foot fence that would be right between, if I understand correctly, between Wolf Road and then the side of the houses?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. So then maybe I misunderstood. What is the plan then for mitigating the sound?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“So if I understand correctly, if you're going down Wolf and you look to the right, the houses are, it's the side yards you're saying they're exposed?”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay. And so then I think that I misunderstood because I thought that that's where the noise would be the most severe would be right off of Wolf.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“I just didn't know who's the guy. So it's the house. It's through the backyard. It's not so. Yeah.”
Planning Commission · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Three questions. First one was the staff's opinion of all the adjustments that the applicant made. Had they not made those, would the staff have still supported the project?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for that. Second, so I have a question about massing as well. It's different. Generally when we talk about, when I generally think about massing, it's the view from the street. How does staff think about massing from the view of a neighbor?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Okay, and then does staff recall, is there any precedent that you can think of that we've used massing from the perspective of a neighbor to either support or deny a project?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“My last question was, can you please remind me what the setback, the requirement is and what their setback is for the second story?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Any further questions?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. A question. Just to confirm, you said that the neighborhood to the north would be impacted by shade. Did you do a shade study? Okay. What was that? Yes, we did.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Yes, I can make the findings. I concur with the City's comments of findings we met across all seven basic design principles in Attachment 3. Furthermore, I think that this case is exactly actually why the Planning Commission exists. I think the reality is, as much as we try to create language that's clear, It's hard to interpret it consistently. This commission exists in partnership with the planning department for that interpretation purposes. And I absolutely commend the appellate. I think you put together a very, very compelling case. I think that you were very articulate…”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I just had a question. If you could help me understand the required finding, the second one, a little bit more. When it says the proposed use ensures dot, dot, dot, will not impair either orderly development of or existing uses being made of adjacent properties. When they say existing uses being made, what does that mean?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“OK. And then just to confirm, is the opinion of staff that something that could be construed as a competitor, let's just say a direct competitor, would that not be something that would impair the existing use?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“I guess that's why I asked, because for the required finding, that's the part that, because it says, or the use to be made will not impair the existing uses being made.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“So I understand. So I'm just wanting to know how to. I still don't know how to interpret that if it's saying, so the uses of the property are not impaired in development of or existing uses being made. Could you give me an example? Maybe an example might help me.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thanks, that was a really helpful example.”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Just a quick clarifying question for the staff. Can you elaborate on the email on 630 that said that the business licensed the position by mistake?”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. This is, I think, a pretty painful case for everyone involved, and that's been clear. I think it's also unfortunate that it would seem that, to me, I don't think that there's, like, anyone who's done anything malicious on either side. And I think that what is unfortunate is that you have someone who's persistent and And they made it and I'm not saying you're not persistent to be clear but that you you received an answer and you and you accepted it and Not in the right way or wrong way. I think that quite frankly in an ideal world in what we would we aspire to be here is that…”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I just had a quick comment because the conversation about the PG&E undergrounding seems to be a charged issue tonight, and so I was looking into it as well, and I am not an engineer, and I do plug things in occasionally, but I did plug this into Gemini, and I do have Gemini Pro, and I just asked it point blank. Is there a density impact if you have a limited lot by going underground with transformers versus above ground and they gave a whole bunch of reasons why it does actually impact the ability to build based off of requirements in California for space around the…”
Planning Commission · Aug 31, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. Three questions. First one was the staff's opinion of all the adjustments that the applicant made. Had they not made those, would the staff have still supported the project?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“OK, thank you for that second. So I have a question about masking as well. It's different generally when we talk about when I generally think about massing, it's the view from the street. How does staff think about massing from the view of a neighbor?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“okay and then does staff recall is there any precedent that you can think of that we've used massing from the perspective of a neighbor to either support or deny a project only when there was a setback that was non-conforming but in this case the second story setback meets and exceeds the minimum required so in a case like this it would be typical that staff would approve it my last question was can you please uh remind me what the setback the requirement is and what their setback is for the second story”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Any further questions?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Commissioner Iglesias. Thank you, Chair. I have a question. Just to confirm, you said that the neighborhood to the north would be impacted by shade. Did you do a shade study? OK. What was that?”
Planning Commission · Aug 24, 2026