Remarks by Jason McShane
179 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 8
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“that loud enough it is now 6 30 and the meeting will come to order good evening and welcome to the september 15 2026 kennewick city council meeting council meetings are streamed live on our website go to kennewick.com viewers can enable closed captioning by accessing this feature this setting feature in their preferred web browser either during the live broadcast or when watching the recording will the city clerk please state who is present and whether a quorum is established”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Will Council Member Anderson please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? No one is registered this evening to provide tonight's invocation. Persons interested in giving the invocation can find information on our website or through the city clerk's office. We'll now do some proclamations and a recognition, and I would ask if Deputy Fire Marshal Ethan Bishop will join me at the podium. All right. Whereas the City of Kennewick is dedicated to the safety of its residents and visitors, and whereas fire poses a significant safety risk, heightened by lithium ion batteries in household…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next, we'll have a recognition, and I would request Council Member Milbauer to please join City Manager Aaron Erdman at the podium.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I was just going to ask if Council Member Wilbel ever had anything you wanted to say.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next on the agenda is visitors. This is the only opportunity for visitors to comment at tonight's meeting. Visitors are welcome to state their opinion on any topic except for election matters, quasi-judicial matters, and items under a pending or previous public hearing. The city clerk has informed me there are no online visitors signed up to speak. All right. Are there anyone that would like to make public comment this evening?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The public comment period is not an opportunity for mutual conversation with council members or for posing questions with the expectation of an immediate answer. Council members will listen closely to your comments but will not directly respond to you. The city clerk's business card is by the door. If you need to follow up after the meeting, please reach out to her and she will connect you with someone who can help you. When it's your turn, please come to the podium and state your name and city of residence before beginning your remarks. Each person is permitted to speak once for a maximum of…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Yes, please, in the back. If you'd like to speak, you're welcome to speak next. We have one on their way.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Or helping. Thank you, Terry. Additional comments this evening? All right. This comment period is closed. Oh, did I miss one? All right. There we go.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, any more comments, final comments this evening? All right, so this comment period is closed. Thank you all. This next item is approval of the agenda. If the council member wants an item removed from consent agenda, please be recognized by the mayor and state the item number you want to remove. For further discussion, this item will be considered separately. I will entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It has been moved by Mayor Pro Tem Torelli and seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve the agenda as presented. The floor is open for discussion. There being no further discussion, it has been properly moved and seconded. To approve the agenda as presented, will the clerk please start the vote?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next item is the approval of the consent agenda. All matters listed within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the Kennewick City Council for reading and study and are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion of the council with no separate discussion. I'll entertain a motion. Mayor McShane? Mayor Pro Temporelli.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Is there a second? Mayor, I second that. It has been moved by Mayor Pro Temporelli and seconded by Council Member Anderson to approve the consent agenda as presented. Will the clerk please start the vote?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so I think you could abstain. I think you can abstain from this vote. That would be the appropriate action. Thank you for bringing that to our attention.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, that motion is passed six to zero with one abstain as noted earlier. Next on the agenda, we'll consider the adoption of ordinances and resolutions. The city clerk has published each ordinance title with the agenda and does not need to read those aloud. That's right. Thank you for that. So items 5A, 5B, and 5C are dockets containing multiple items. All items listed in the docket have been made available to each member of the Kennewick City Council for their review and consideration. All items in a docket can be approved with a single motion from the council. A staff report will be…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Additional questions? I have a follow-on question, Anthony, regarding these maps in critical areas. How defined are these maps that the state used, and are they really looking at actual areas where – you know, there's some critical use for habitat, or are they really just, you know, using some type of, and I hate to say, AI to determine where these may or may not have been, or some analysis of aerial imagery to try to determine where this is, rather than actually boots on the ground, recognizing whether habitat is actually there or not.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I might contest whether fairly good is the accurate depiction or not, but we'll leave that for a second. Depends on what you're looking at. What I appreciate is that this is not something that we've designated. This is something that's come to us from the state. We're applying the principles in the narrowest way we can and ensuring that boots on the ground actually determine the actual condition of the property and what needs to happen. I think that's about as narrow as we can get. Correct. Okay. Any additional questions of staff?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Does council wish to pull any item from the docket for individual consideration? Not hearing any, I'll entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, Council Member, or Mayor Pro Tempore.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It has been moved by Council Member Anderson and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Torelli to adopt docket items 5A1 through 5A3 with a modification to exclude Benton County Tax Parcel ID 10789-300-0001-002 from the public facilities designation in the future land use map. The floor is open for discussion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Additional comments? Additional discussion? All right. It has been properly moved and seconded to adopt docket items 5A1 through 5A3 with the modification to exclude Benton County tax parcel ID 10789-300-0001002 from the public facilities designation in the future land use map. Will the clerk please start the vote?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So this is the docket, which includes... Well, I'll defer over.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, that motion is passed six to one. All right. Next is a docket with 18 development, and thank you for the presentation. Thank you. Don't go too far. All right, next is a docket with 18 development code amendment ordinances pertaining to the 2026 comprehensive plan periodic update. And we don't need to read those because they have been previously done as part of the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So are there any questions of staff regarding these ordinances that we're considering under this docket? Does any council member wish to pull any item from the docket for individual consideration? I'll entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Does council have any questions of staff on these items? Does any of council wish to pull an item from the docket for individual consideration? I'll entertain a motion.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026