Remarks by James Harrison
160 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 7
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“Yeah, just because if... I mean, I don't know how long that topic would go. I know a couple months ago it went until almost 1 a.m. And so I think I'd much rather have...”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So I know the question now is the zone change, right? And the issue with the zone change is that it's not specific to the property owner, it's specific to the land, right? Correct. For the concept, Kim, I guess based on what you know of what they plan to do, and I know that's a future conversation, but is it light, medium, heavy, based on what they want to build?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah. Yeah, thank you. I think, again, if anybody followed the election, I think people know me and several others up here. are very supportive of commercial and retail development because that type of revenue in the city actually keeps property taxes low for residents. And at least the early concept plan sounds less invasive to the surrounding neighbors. But I still have some concerns. Again, I already mentioned the rezoning. would be for the property itself, not for the owners. So 10 years down the road, if ownership changed, they could go a much heavier commercial route than what you're…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, I just would like Grow Development just to come up and explain. I saw your email on the new proposal. Can you just explain what progress you've made, what kind of access? Do they have to go beyond the fence?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think toward the west, so the northwest corner, the ditch doesn't line up perfectly with the property line, right? So part of the ditch is out, and like... at least from the imagery i saw in the last meeting some of the property line went right through the ditch is that correct yeah so some of that we will have to operate within the existing irrigation easement as an irrigation maintenance to install the new sections of the pipe okay and so and then on the west side you're saying there's 20 foot easement where the property owners technically own that property outside their fence line for…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So how far in the fence line is the head gate?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Do you know how far into the property within that fence is the head gate?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think just to add on to that, Rachel, I agree with Rachel's concerns. I think from the surrounding property owners with rights to that water, I think the main question is the practicality of it. So making it as, I mean, the property owner's gonna own it, right, but if they need to go and ask permission or inform them for their own safety every time they need to access the head gate, if there's some sort of an emergency, if we're having flooding or whatever and something needs to be done they don't even have time to do that i think that that becomes just a impractical solution for them um to…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I would go for that. So the headgate would be on the outside of the fence? Yep.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So you're saying you would redirect the pipe to stay outside the property?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Okay, so that's the north end. For the west side, I like what you just said as far as keeping the fence or keeping the head gate and access to the entire ditch outside of the homeowner's fence line, right? Because I think, and I don't know if I can get a head nod if that's a better solution for Bart. I don't understand what they're saying. Okay. I think what they're saying is the fence line would be pushed toward the home until your head gate is no longer within the fence. So is that correct?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Basically the same as now. Same as now. But you'll actually have more space. My understanding is right now it's not a full 20 feet to where the existing fence is. There's going to be actually more space for you to maintain that. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, I think, you know, if Bart and the Trout family, if you guys are good with it, I'm much more comfortable with it. Because that was my main concern, so that you wouldn't have to deal with property owners and getting inside their fence line. I think this helps solve the problem if you guys are comfortable with it.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“So how much is that going to be under? Is it all going to be buried or only partial?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Because I remember from the last discussion, I think that's all going to be still open, right? So he'll need to maintain it.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Sorry. Go ahead. And that's offset, right, for burning? I think we dealt with that the last time we met.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I think it's more for the property owner, right? It's not on your property and you can still burn the ditch, right? You just don't want to melt their fence. So I don't know if there are requirements or if you you can put in a different like a cinder blocker or something that's non burnable yeah just to protect those yeah we'll look at the other options that are non flammable within the no climb definition in the code is there a way that we can make sure that what's being said is done staff”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“think just just one more question with we talked about at some point in the future i think there's three users of the water is that right park yes okay so for this one section okay for the section going north and south there's three okay um So at some point in the future, if it's no longer being used, if the ditch isn't being used, obviously the property owners will be able to extend their fence and utilize all of their property. But, I mean, if two of the three no longer use it, is it – and maybe this is for you, Brad, or Kim – It has to be zero users, right?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I mean, for the stipulations, obviously we can table. Or can we approve with stipulations that solve this problem? OK, Kim's nodding. OK. Because as long as we have it in the motion, then it will be solved before the final comes through.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And this applies equally to the city, right? Okay.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I move to approve ordinance 2026-30, approving a development code amendment to chapter 35, community forestry, adding requirements for trees affected by migratory birds and clarifying the city's recommended public tree planting list.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, there's some. There would. Yeah, so I'm good with both of those.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026