Remarks by Brenden Elwood
25 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, Your Honor. We met September 1st at 4 p.m. in the City Hall Adjournment Room. We had a light agenda. We got a fire update from Deputy Chief Walker, police update from Chief Hall. Our big ticket discussion item was the update on the ordinance regarding e-motorcycle storage and impound. And we talked about driving some more marketing and awareness around that. And we had some walk-ons, but I don't remember right now exactly what they were. So check us out next time if you want to know. Cliffhanger.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm kind of glad it's moving to twice every two years instead of having to do this every year. And I'm sure it's out there, so I apologize. I haven't Googled lately. When we're talking about putting in a new infrastructure in the city of North Bend, I know we've talked about this in the past, and I think you've said, and rightly so, that remodeling the existing school is just cost prohibitive and you can't get what you need to get as far as the student ratio. So building net new would be the plan. And I think this was a conversation we had a couple of years ago. Have you picked or…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so that would become the new playground area.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, I concur. It's an impact fee. Growth pays for growth. This is my third term. We've had a lot of heated discussions in the past. Portables have driven me crazy. And now it's about time we're going to have North Bend Elementary School. We're going to get up to speed with to date. We're going to have some modernization here. It'll be built better for flooding and all the environmental conditions that we have to deal with. And actually being downtown. I do support the committee's decision on that. And I understand the rationale. But I also like the fact that we're going to have a…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I like using my stage voice. Just a procedural one. So I'm assuming I'll be making this motion, which is fine. But do we need to amend the motion that provided the summary statement will be updated? Or is that irrelevant?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Motion to approve AB 26-082, authorizing the mayor to execute an amendment to the interlocal agreement with SCORE for jail services in a form and content acceptable to the city attorney.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Brendan, would you like to speak to your motion? I think Amber and the chief explained it perfectly well as to why we need to move on this. So thank you. Wonderful.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have a comment. I love the ratio, the matching ratio. I think you could do better, Tom. I mean, come on. This is amazing. Well done.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, just continuing the praise and send it on to your staff and team. This is fantastic. These are the nights that we look forward to coming to. So thank you for having it on here, but also being able to celebrate it. So well done.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, I'm looking at the clock and I'll say nothing me tonight.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Good. Motion to approve AB26-068, confirming the reappointment of Eileen Yusubio to youth member position number five on the Parks Commission, term expiring August 31st, 2027. Second.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“First of all, thank you for coming back for more. It's wonderful to see young people get involved with the public process. It's something that we need and you're leading by example. So I appreciate that. And please continue on with your service. I mean, it just gets better and better and better. The more you get involved, the more fun it is. So especially on the Parks Commission, you guys do so much cool stuff over there. So thank you very much.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yes. Apologies up front for putting you on the spot. But I'm interested and you may not think about this yet, but coming at our community from your position, are there things that you're seeing like innovation wise that we as a council body should be considering in the future? Because ultimately when revenue, tax revenue comes in, we have to figure out how to spend it, right? And voices like yours that are critical in shaping those decisions that we have to make. And so if you don't have anything now, that's fine. I understand. But if there are any things that you've seen in your time served…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And then a follow-up, because we do have a lot of darker months here because of the weather, any sort of creative ideas or something that you can just spitball for us that we should be thinking about in those dark times of year?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“That's great. And the third final one, we have another committee, it's called Public Health and Safety. And the point that you just made is a good one for us to be considering as we start moving forward. So it's an open invitation as you continue on your service here. If you come up with ideas that you think would help our community, especially folks of your age and younger residents, you're welcome to come to the Public Health and Safety Committee. And pitch those ideas to us because those are things where we have the chief there. We try to brainstorm on things that we could do for the…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. I don't have an eloquent, prepared speech like Councilmember McFarland, but I do want to extend another appreciation point to thank you for stepping up again. And hopefully word gets out and we get more young participants involved in our process. Also, as you all know, the Error is foul, so do what you can to stay inside. And I know there's a bunch of things online, and I think we're even publishing something to give some pro tips on how to stay safe on that. And I just love the fact that Mayor points out that we have elk sitting out here. I'm going to text some of my…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So... I'm going to take a picture of this and send this to my family member and say, I love my council job. Not only do I get to serve the public, but I get rare moments like this. So thank you all.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Um, you download candy crush and you go candy crush. Yeah. Scroll down the bottom. It'll say all the data that it's collecting from you and you're giving it when you download that game onto your phone.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“They track your purchases, where you go. They do. Calling, contact.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“But it's all spelled out. Not all games, but they'll spell out.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you for the presentation. Super informative. Yeah. I like to think that my stage voice is better. Thank you for that. Super informative. And I do appreciate the data and it'd be interesting just as a sidebar, maybe in CED or something where we look at our retail leakage study and maybe we could, cause I think we had similar kind of data, but I don't remember. the impact of that. But so that's for us to kind of chew on, but also for you, if other communities and cities are doing retail leakage studies, there could be other available data for you that you don't have to spend $20,000 to…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“For sure. And then when you think about the economy and the cost of everything, people aren't traveling as much. So there's a lot of variables that go into”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Your Honor. Public health and safety meeting met June 2nd at 4 p.m. A few items. Of course, we have wonderful updates from our police chief and our fire chiefs. There was other topics of water safety. We also have it on the agenda and actually to talk more about, I believe, on the bike lane, 140th. And the next meeting for July has been canceled. And so the next one will be in August. Unless that gets canceled too, but okay. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. First of all, I want to say thank you for coming before us and sending emails on behalf of your friend. Accessibility is an important thing. We want every resident, anybody that visits our community to be able to participate fully and wholesomely. So thank you for that. And I want to give you my card before you go, before we cut out. So thank you for that. Also appreciated the presentation on the Chamber's actions. And I do want to follow up with you on your, we're becoming a house of brands instead of a branded house. I have some questions on that. So I'll reach out to you,…”
City Council · Jul 16, 2026