Remarks by James Harrison
160 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 7
- Play at 4:14:40
“Any questions for Kim? Kim, do you have a rough idea how many additional homes in Lehigh this would open up to?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:29:41
“For the 10-foot setback, is that gone altogether?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:30:33
“Was that granted to the new auto sales business on Main Street and 23rd? Because I know that's, I mean, honestly, I kind of like that they don't have it because they can market their cars better. Yeah. Because it's a gravel lot with just sidewalk and then the cars park up to the sidewalk. So I just don't want to, I just want to make sure if that was an exception granted, then great. But I don't know.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:40:04
“Thank you, Ryan, for all of your help on this. It's been a lot of emails and back and forth. And now I understand very much firsthand why government moves as slow as it does sometimes. But I think based on the feedback and the help from staff and the input from others up here, I think we're in a much better position for the city to approve this. There's things that benefit the developer, and I think there's more language that protects the interests of the residents of Lehigh. So I'm happy with it. I think the, you know, not everything's going to be perfect in it, but I think we're in a much…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:42:19
“One point in the participation agreement 9.1, and maybe, Ryan, you can help me with this if I'm missing something. Probably about halfway down the new paragraph in the red line, there's reference to the allocation schedule. Is that something we can have as an exhibit?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 4:43:49
“Anyway, James, sorry, what was your solution? Yeah, I think as long as maybe we rephrase it to be the reimbursement schedule if it's already referenced in 5. Okay. Just for clarity.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:17:56
“I'll second, and I'll just maybe add, Heather, if you're good with it, not all of the language is entirely relevant from the previous item to this one, but I think a lot of the sentiment and explanation that Michelle provided in her previous motion is also relevant to this one. Clearly different products, different developers, but around the certain legal language and justifications for changes. I would like to add that to the lesson.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:25:28
“I guess would it be an issue, Ryan, if there are material changes the developers come back with? that we can amend this as well? I mean, is there any legal concern or would it be better to table it? That's my preference.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:32:35
“I would support that idea because once they've signed the participation and stack agreements, then we're done with any potential amendments they may propose, and then we can bring this forward at the following meeting. Yeah. Yeah, okay. Is that okay?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 5:35:00
“If we put a date for maybe the first August meeting next month.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026