Remarks by Paul Mann
69 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“I'm sorry, I missed the first part of the presentation.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“But just if you could very briefly tell me Why I should vote for it.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“Okay, but state law has a say as to whether the people on the south side of 22nd Terrace have any standing in not wanting a T4 of zoning across the street for them?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“There's one thing through the chair, if I just may. I'd just like to make a comment to the board. Last year, 50 Grove members came into this chamber withstanding. They had the strongest case to deny a diminishing, which would have increased density in their area, reduced the canopy, and increased the traffic on a very small street that even the police that lived in that area said it's a bad idea. Even staff said it was a bad idea. The District Court of Appeals had said a couple of years earlier for an identical case, it's a bad idea, and overturned it. These folks had four aces, and this…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“What they're doing is taking the T4 with the T5s and the T6s so that they can get what they want, which is to intrude into T3s. If we do need T4s, It should be on a case-by-case basis. And it should not be a blanket like this. This is a blanket knitted by developers that make it much easier for them to get what they want when it should not be much easier. So that's why I cannot vote for this. Because this board has proven in the past that it will not stand with a neighborhood that comes up and says, case by case basis, we really don't like this. Please don't let it happen. And this board…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“The folks that showed up here had the strongest hand I've ever seen. And I doubt we'll ever see a group with a stronger hand than that. And they were denied. And this is going to make it even more difficult for them to get their issues addressed. They did win their case. They did ultimately win their case.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“It cost them money. It cost them money. It doesn't matter.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jun 17, 2026
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“This will be for staff. If you replatted a 5,000 square foot T3R, wouldn't that be a diminishing? Wouldn't that be doubling the density in essence?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“That's what I thought, but it was confusing because I thought you just said all T3s. No, no, no.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“So you're talking about lots that are already undersized.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“Because the only thing I would worry about here is it would be, we just went through last year a thing about diminishing, particularly in the growth. So I just wanted to make that clear that whether it's T3O or not, if it's a T3O could be replanted and it's not going to be an increase in density because you either have two combined units or two separate units. Right, so you can, that's correct. But in a T3R...”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“Yeah. Nowhere was it really spelled out what you're going to do with that property. I guess this is a fire station upgrade. It is. And right now, all the fire trucks are exiting to the south of those.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“T3 residents around there, what would be the best outcome would be if they would not exit to the east or to the north, but if they could exit to the south? Ultimately, are you rebuilding that entire fire station?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“So we're not talking about any concrete plan. You just want to give them more room.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“I mean, that's a pretty small, even adding that fourth line on top there is still really awkward for any real fire, for fire trucks or anything sizable to get in or out of there. It just seems like it's a really bad spot for a fire station to start with. And now you're taking away, you're basically invading T3. to add to a bad situation. And so if you had a plan, it'd be easier to say, oh, okay, absolutely. Add more space. But that's a horrible place for a fire station. And now you're just gonna make it bigger and maybe one day put a bigger fire station in a horrible place. It just doesn't…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“Through the chair? Sure. In the full agenda, there is a, I guess it's a satellite view of this property, and it really blows up beautifully. I don't see where the fire trucks are coming out of this building. I don't. There's a tree on the second lot up. There's another tree on the street by the third lot up. I don't see any fire trucks, I see some cars parked there, and I understand that the lot in question now doesn't even have a house on it anymore, so this is a pretty old picture, but does anybody know where the fire trucks are actually exiting this building now? Are there any fire trucks…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“Okay. During the exception process, we could, in a way, force them to use Northwest 7th, because Northwest 7th is the only street that makes sense. Mm-hmm.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“This is going to be a leap of faith here that the fire department in this location there has a plan, whether they've divulged it or not, And the plan isn't to be using 41st Street for ingress and egress, which doesn't make sense at all. But anyway, I hope they have a plan.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026
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“Board Member Paul Main? Not without a plan, no.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026