Remarks by Jared Nieuwenhuis
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 2:38:01
“Okay. Yeah, that's going to be a tricky one going forward. But I'm glad it's top of mind. So... But excited about it. I'm excited that Lime's the partner once again here. I have a lot of confidence in them, especially with partnering with our great staff. That's going to be a successful launch and a well-needed one to solve all the last mile, first mile issues that were already discussed. So I'm excited that they'll be back in our city, and I'm excited to use Lime in my own city and not in another one. So thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, this is an exciting update. I 100% agree that we're making a lot of great progress to be more efficient, be more, I think, the speed and the predictability really, really important and paramount. Love the talk about the new tools, especially AI. I, too, speaking at NLC, was on a panel. No other city had implemented. They were talking about it. They were interested in it, but they actually hadn't implemented anything yet. And I know we're taking, I would say, a very measured approach to see how AI can help us with the permitting process, which is great, and we should…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Oh, so they were not in the program yet when they ran into that issue. Gotcha. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, but that's a great story. That's a success story right there that we were able to turn that around. And I don't believe they ended up having to do that part. They did not. Good, because they were shut down for a certain period of time. And every small business owner can understand, every day counts, every hour counts that they're not open. They're not having revenue come in. So I know that certainly that was a stressful time for them. Very. How do we intercept those earlier? Is it when they first make the permit submittal, do we get a sense immediately if they meet that criteria, if they…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So what, and that's a great story and I love that and I love the constant improvement. That is fantastic. Just wondering, what other feedback loops do we have to continuously look at improving or changing or adapting if needed? What other feedback loops are there available?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Do they have an opportunity to rate the quality of customer service that they received?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, fantastic. And what is our goal for that?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So similar to the timeline. To the timeline. Yeah, I was going to say. That's not bad. Okay. All right. Great. Well, I look forward to that number continually to go up and improve. And very excited about this moving forward. So thank you for all your work. Really appreciate it.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“As a proud Lake Hills resident, glad we could weigh in on this this evening. You know, this is an opportunity, I think, always to enhance existing neighbourhoods and maintain the unique characteristics of each neighborhood. And it's such a great opportunity to engage with the residents, hear directly from them. Because I think this goes beyond just what we take in in terms of comprehensive plan amendments, et cetera. It's really the kind of get in the weeds in terms of what's happening in every neighborhood. And speaking of that, I wanted to mention something that Steve brought up earlier…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“But certainly, you know, defer to Council if Council wants to provide direction for us to... Well, it could be just a follow-up in terms of the staff requirements, what staff would be for as it relates to 14, was it 91? 1491, that's the TOD transit order. To have just a greater understanding of that, I think, and you can follow up on that would be great. But I'd love to say in that cadence too, in terms of to each time. Versus it's just gonna take us longer to get through all of the neighborhoods right in the city. So So, you know every neighborhood as I said is unique with unique…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, I think it's also just an opportunity, right, to educate and to help people understand, you know, how we, you know, develop policy at the city level, why certain decisions were made or why they weren't. You know, I'd be prepared to answer middle housing-type questions as well as you're doing all your engagement. But that's a good thing. So the memo mentioned a successful community-led urban design pilot in Eastgate. Can you go into some depth on that a little bit in terms of how that model might be able to be replicated or scaled in some way?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I really appreciate all the community groups that you've already met with and engaged with and will be working with as you move forward. One of my questions, as well as Council Member Bhargava, was just about how we're going to reach out to some of those underserved communities and others that we don't hear from as much. Lake Hills is probably... At least the last time I checked, it was the most diverse neighborhood in all the city of Bellevue, so we want to make sure that all voices are equally heard and we want to hear everything they have to share. Last question, and it kind of goes to the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“We're able to follow back up with those that have provided feedback to us and then we reach out to them Hey, here's the initial plan or it's going to the Planning Commission. We want you to okay. Yes good.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Great presentation. Thank you, Nick. I just want to dive just a little bit more into that tree just to make sure I understand the tree candidate. So we pivoted from the retention model to a tree credit model, correct? Is the confusion stemming from some of the emails that we've received about the conditions in a neighborhood that that ascertains how many credits they could have per square foot, or how does that, where is the confusion coming from, or I guess folks concerned that we are relaxing our tree canopy code that we've now made. I think there are always gonna be some…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So the critical areas code kind of trumps the tree.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, okay, great. Thank you so much. I appreciate that further clarification. And I also appreciate the passion that people have for our tree canopy and want to maintain that in our city. So thanks for going that extra step and going out and meeting with them and walking through that. I think that's very helpful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Smotiverio.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026