Remarks by Tom Lange
10 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 56:16
“Thanks. I had a few questions. What is a shear wall?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 56:57
“So what's standing there right now are shear walls?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 58:01
“What's that? OK. And then I was wondering, I don't know much about the Historical Preservation Commission, but didn't you say it was approved by them?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 58:54
“But was missile Leary representing the HPC when she was up here or just a neighbor?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 59:04
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:01:15
“Sorry. I was kind of loving the give and take, but yeah, you made a good point.”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:16:00
“I'm still not clear. So let's say the variance gets approved. They have to apply for a permit with some pretty detailed plans and a survey, not cheap. What are the odds that they can keep up those studs right now that they have and those footers? I mean, those footers, what if they're like a foot deep? I mean, is part of the process, do you go out there and actually measure how deep they go and say whether they're going to work or not and know they're only one foot deep, they need to be forward, get rid of them and pour some new ones? Or how does that look?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:17:21
“Okay. And so... you're kind of almost getting a talking about just general home improvements. You're almost, you'd be issuing a permit kind of, you know, the other way around where it's, you know, after the fact where you're going out and looking at it and saying, okay, but it, but it sounded like they could salvage what they have up already. Could you say, yeah, that, If the variance is granted, I think we can go with this and move on from this. You're not going to make them start from scratch, right?”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:18:27
“Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate the route you're taking with, you know, getting the variants first. I think putting something there, you definitely have to flesh out those plans. Looks a little AI generated to me, but... If we can get at some actual construction plans and get some good thorough specs on that thing and hopefully salvage what we have there already, I'm in favor of the variance.”
Planning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:30:47
“Commissioner Ling. Thank you, Chair. To follow up on that question, did the state law change recently on the construction defects? It's a C word, right? We're talking condos. So... I mean, I know that's from a developer's perspective. They kind of shy away from those just because it opens up to liability. So I can see in this part of town, you're not going to find a lot of single attached dwellings. It's going to be a multi-tenant unit. So it's either going to be a rental or a condo kind of situation. Did the state not make that a little less of a liability for builders going forward? I'm not…”
Planning Commission · Jul 22, 2026