Remarks by Stuart Graham
60 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 1:55:26
“Yes, I mean, I'm primarily focused on those areas to the south of the current areas that we are collecting and have impact fees in place. So my concern is that if we, I think we need to put some language in there that triggers the development agreement.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:56:22
“So, I mean, I guess the question is, do we require that or do we say that this, I mean, what would be good language to put in that? that says may right okay so i mean that's that's discretion so if we i'm just trying to walk through a scenario someone comes in uh an applicant comes in they say i want to rezone these 50 acres they they see the they see talk to planning staff and planning staff is going to say we say may i mean i guess it's up to the developer and and to have conversations with the planning staff but i'm trying to figure out like what How do we stay out of trouble in those…”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:57:51
“you know by if it's by right sure right right if it's if they if they're proposing a project and it's they they already got ldr i mean and it's ldr like i'm i'm not sure how if there's any mechanism that we can use i would love to hear it so making them categorically mandatory could be”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:59:01
“But to be clear, it could only be triggered in a rezoning situation.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:00:15
“So if somebody comes in, they have LDR, they submit a project for that LDR land, for that property, they enter a negotiation, but they already have, what are we negotiating at that point? Because they already have it by right. So if there's a negotiation, I'm not understanding what the negotiation”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:01:36
“Yeah, I mean, if there's nothing to negotiate and they have it by right, it's really council deciding to do impact fees or not. Like to me, that's the thing. And if you're not gonna do impact fees, then you're only gonna go through a development agreement when someone is trying to request higher density or typically than what they're currently zoned for. I mean, that's most of the negotiation.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:03:08
“policy or procedure that walks through. I just don't want us to have a 50 acre lot sitting next to each other and this one has a DA and they have this similar project, they look the same, this one does and this one doesn't. I think we're asking for a problem.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:03:57
“Dang. I was afraid you were going to say that.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:07:04
“school funding or something is that correct okay i think that's something the other point we might want to come back and review after we well i'd like to have the da at least a general term in the udo right now because i don't want to come out of this and and have a flood of”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:09:42
“Well, I think the timeframe of that period of that development agreement obviously is very important and probably something over 50 years is probably not a great place to be.”
County Council · Sep 1, 2026