Remarks by James Harrison
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“No, I really appreciate this data. I appreciate the qualitative aspects as well because those are hard to quantify, right? One of my biggest concerns was if we have our police officers going to Provo on a regular basis on duty, right, how does that affect how many officers we have here in Lehigh? Does it affect headcount? So if you added up all the hours in Provo versus a quick stop here in Lehigh, over time, I think that would represent maybe a full headcount or two of police officers if we want as many officers on the streets patrolling here in Lehigh as possible. So I know that's hard to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Mike and Kim, for this. Just a couple questions. So one of the reasons we've seen agenda items come up where the general plan, I was reading the description on the website And it's like it's not supposed to be specific. But when it comes down to it, a home property is very specific. And so I think my goal is to ensure that when you move into a neighborhood or you have a business coming in, ideally they're looking at both the zoning, so they can actually build what they want to build, but also the general plan to know the future of that particular area of the city. And I think…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“if you do an extensive overhaul it would definitely be over a hundred thousand and did we plan on that i guess from the beginning or did we did we approach it like okay let's let's see how far we want to go as city staff and council and then you know bring in a consultant or was the consultant involved from the very beginning”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And that cost is mostly for that external consultant, right?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Yeah, because I think from my perspective, I'd love to look at, at least start with how comprehensive we want to do it. I think, again, I don't know if we need to do a full rewrite. I think 11 years between general plans, especially in like the fastest growth decade in Lehigh, I don't know if we have to go that far deep. But it would be nice to determine which, you know, look at the goals for sure, and then, you know, Look at areas that especially the undeveloped areas. I mean the percentages on the screen now that's based on the current general plan, right So those I mean…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I guess you brought up ADUs, and that got my brain moving a little bit. So how does that count toward? I mean, if you have an ADU that's occupied, people are living there, it's essentially adding to the density. It's a whole new unit that takes toll on sewer and everything else. So is that counted against these units that have already been allocated?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, that makes sense. Just because I know the state has been pushing legislation on ADUs and making it kind of across the state so that cities can't restrict them too much. So I was just curious. So thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'll just add for that. Like, since we had that discussion, all of a sudden I start noticing pedestrians on that road, right? When I go past where before I just didn't notice them, obviously. I think, and I personally got some feedback after our last discussion from several people that do walk that. So I think if it's the trail, I'm just thinking of that neighborhood on the southwest side of the train tracks where if we want to encourage people to walk to the train station or to the college or in that general direction, I just wonder if we can come up with Maybe a couple other options on how…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“TO A EAST SIDE ONLY INTERCHANGE INITIALLY?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“and it kind of forced them to take that into account as an interchange and which is part of it so that's a good point yeah it could be a phased approach to help push udot to get the interchange yeah and all of our traverse residents further up the hill you live i mean it's you're going through some pretty narrow roads i mean it's a long drive all the way around it would probably relieve quite a bit of traffic on sr92 as well which is a great thing but”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And just one comment. So just looking at 700 south, does that extend so the blue highlight, that's eventually going to extend?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, and that'll relieve especially the connection from 7th to Pioneer. That's going to relieve a lot of traffic.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. And then, yeah, just the other issue with the previous option two, I mean, I know it's just kind of highlighted, right, just kind of as a concept right now. But I would be interested to kind of figure out maybe, you know, even if generally that direction is where it's going, it goes south, As soon as it hits neighborhoods in Holbrook, I just want to see if there's any other options. Because I know on the south end of... Are you talking the roadway now?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, sorry. Yeah, so once you start hitting neighborhoods, I think that's where I'm concerned as well, just because... The neighbors don't like it, and it really feels more like a regional connection than a local traffic relief solution at this point. And that's fine if it's regional or whatever we want to call it. It's just I don't want a regional connection to cause damage to property values and quality of life in that area. So I'm just curious, is there any flexibility on Camp Williams on that southern end of their property? Because I know the northern end, I think that's where they said…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And it's, I think, regional commercial zoned, right? Yeah, so it's going to have to be lower speed and friendly for future development. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You heard bike lane, and you came up like liars.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Well, I was just going to say, like, if, I mean, you mentioned that Camp Williams is willing to give a little bit of land to be able to make this happen. I mean, if it's truly a regional connector, instead of having it come down and connect to 4200 West and go on to 2700 North, what if it's parallel? And so those neighborhood roads stay neighborhood roads. There's no way for cars to filter into it. And so you get off I-15, the next opportunity to get, you know, just connect straight to Redwood. Right? Does that make sense? So it's actually impossible, unless you go over the barrier, to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“for exchange, lease, or sale of real property, and pending or reasonably imminent litigation. I believe those are the only two.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, and the character, competence, or physical or mental health of an individual or any other lawful purpose. So the whole thing.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, if I may ask a question of staff. I know in the agenda it references the Planning Commission, but we don't see any of their notes or minutes. Can you, how did that vote or discussion go if you were there?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. I was just curious. I assume they made a positive recommendation. I just don't see that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No questions, but I'm really excited about it. I know we gave the mayor a lot of work in interviewing several dozen applicants for this, but I'm very excited to see it kicked off.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Yeah, so, you know, the FIBUS plus the mayor, we felt a need for small businesses in Lehigh, especially representing 50 or fewer employees, full-time employees. These businesses being represented and have a better channel of communication between the city and the businesses because we all know the Adobe's and the and the large companies in Lehigh for which we're grateful. But there's so many entrepreneurs and small businesses out there that are paying a lot of taxes. They're playing workman's comp. They're doing the best that they can with their resources. And sometimes dealing with…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Sure. Mr. Mayor, I move that we approve Resolution 2026-51, appointing members to serve on the Lehigh Small Business Advisory Council.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I guess, Rachel, would you, I guess maybe for Cole as well, I tend to agree with that. I think naming it after the Peck family is great. Sounds good to me. Are you okay if we maybe name it the Peck Mill Pond instead of the Peck Mill Pond Recreation Area? Is that something that you're comfortable with? I don't think we care. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026