Remarks by Tolulope Omokaiye
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 1:14:31
“My question is, well, I have a couple questions, and one for staff. Is it true that with this being 0.7 acres of land, not counting the, was it 24 feet? of property that would have to be cut off, plus 140 foot of all the stuff that's going to have to be taken off the property, that 16 units could fit here without it being some sort of cluster of houses, traffic issues, safety problems, 16 units can fit on this 1.8 0.87 acres minus all the stuff that he would have to give up for the highway extension and everything.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:16:23
“Okay. My other question is, has there been any, is there any safety information we can get on lab mine from the staff as far and where it is on, if it's on the list of infrastructure priorities that we've been discussing, and if so, where?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:17:05
“Okay, but no plan in the next five years.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:18:15
“Yeah, I have one more question to the applicant. With the theoretical calculations of which type of housing could go there from 16 townhomes on that space of land, eight detached, I know that you keep mentioning missing middle, which would be maybe tiny homes or cottages. Do you have a plan for what you want to put there, especially since it's a small piece of land that seems to slowly be shrinking from some of the commitments that are on the land? And if so, have you communicated that to the residents as far as if you do tiny homes, I will cap it at this amount. If I do this, I'll cap it at…”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:24:35
“Just one more question. Minus the land allotment that he has to give up for the right-of-way and what part is frontage that he was mentioning, what is actually left after that from that one, I mean 0.87?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:25:25
“Do you have, to the applicant, do you have an idea of what the, minimum and potential maximum of square footage of units you would put on the property.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:25:45
“Then how much land would have to be also dedicated? So the home, the driveway, how much square footage would be needed in your mind for a suitable home to put on the property?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:33:31
“I agree with Commissioner Neptune. I just think that... I understand that there's development, there's housing that we can build here. I do think that the current zoning is sufficient. This feels more like an increase in zoning, more for profit, and to put as many houses there as possible than what the neighborhood needs, what quality of life, even for the people who potentially move in there, may look like. Even adding a couple homes adds to the housing supply. Even looking at some of the research and articles that have come out recently talking about how we have a lot of homes, it's just…”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:27:02
“Just to clarify, you said 55 units, but only four would be affordable?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:27:29
“So also, can you tell me what the current max height is and then... I think with the proposal, is five the max also as far as stories? If approved, how tall could it be and how tall can it be right now?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:28:10
“but that right now they can build it with no affordability, but if they built it at five, they could add four units of affordability.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:28:28
“That's what I'm saying. So right now they can redevelop it and have no affordability or they could possibly use the option if redeveloped and get five stories and they could add four units, even though.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:28:43
“And that still will be, of course, like losing the 24 units that we have now. Can I ask the client if they have any consideration, since that you all are destroying naturally occurring affordability in this area, that it could also impact housing around it. Are you all interested in adding any conditions that would add affordability to the project? Outside of if you went five stories and you could add four.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:30:07
“Well, I have a comment, not a question. I can wait until we get to the comment section.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:30:37
“I do. This is a tough project for me to support, not for the typical reasons, but partly for some of those, but also because I feel like we are getting rid of a lot of affordable units. and in the city, and I know that they can still be demolished, but I think that with the layering of things in this particular case, with the NCOD, with the loss of affordability, with a lot that's going on in this area, it really does concern me to continue to approve housing or development or density for the sake of approving it. As I mentioned earlier, There have been studies and articles now that show that…”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:52:26
“Just piggybacking on that. Is there any way that for our own edification, because like she said, it is like a drastic difference in the, and I'm not against this, property at all but I do have a separate question for the owner is there any way that we can see what that looks like on a map because it it is confusing that there's like literally this house is falls within the large racial minority and low income and then this house is grossly like it's like the whole completely other side of the spectrum so is there any way that we can see it I mean maybe not today maybe at the retreat or…”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:53:30
“And just more so, also, can you specifically call out these two cases as an example? And to the... to the owner of the property, will there be any units of affordability? I understand that you're not using the subsidized subsidy, but will there be any economically accessible units, especially since it's in an area where across the street?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 2:54:26
“I'm not going to hold it up. I'm just curious if it's possible. And can you possibly discuss with your client, even if the other place where we're looking at losing 24 units, and possibly gaining while only having four, so losing 20 units. Even if it's incremental, that number of units in the space, all economically accessible housing could be helpful.”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:06:15
“Would you all also consider adding the condition of no gambling houses or things like that in this location?”
Planning Commission · Sep 22, 2026