Remarks by Jim Hefferan
114 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Well, yeah, but I'm saying, all right, but then like we can't, what happens if somebody, all right, we have the interviews in April and somebody moves in June so that, then it's just vacant for like 10 months. You know, that's what I'm saying.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
- Play at 45:49
“Yeah, I think you risk becoming insular that that part of it is what about the people that move here and are, you know, want to get involved. How many times have we heard, well, I just moved here and I want to find a way to get involved. And I mean, even me when I first started. join the planning board. I didn't know anyone. I just read it on the website. I've been meaning to get involved and that would be a good thing suitable to my talents. I didn't know anyone. No one would have nominated me for the planning board.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, another thing we could do, and we've sort of skirted around sort of unofficially the last couple times is You know previous counsels that we want to interview everyone it doesn't matter if you, you know, been a member for three years and are reapplying or whatever I mean. we don't necessarily have to interview people who are re-upping if we're comfortable that, well, that's a really good member. They want another three-year term. You know, oh, but they can't make it on such and such a date. You know, is it really – because, I mean, we've sort of honored that breach sometimes,…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“with the schedule yeah I certainly think the second one can be like truncated like short as needed like right maybe we won't even so can we possibly do that words get a good time frame we can yes sir you do have your your policy report policy does state that that it's April and October currently so that could be revised or whatever y'all I echo Alex's sentiments, congratulating Jared, Kevin, and everyone else for getting this off the unit assistance list. It seemed like that day would never come. I'm glad it has come. So congratulations to everyone in that regard. That's a great weight, I…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you. And I'm sure everything will run smoothly and there will be no complaints whatsoever.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“We've already sort of seen that around that area. Yeah.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“all right well if there are no other questions we'll have them thank you so i want to make a motion i'll make a motion to approve the request for proposals and authorize staff to advertise the request for proposals and initiate the consultant selection process thank you motion by jim second second by mark all in favor any opposed all right so that passes i appreciate that thank you staff for putting that together”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“When we pull it down, it's simple. We'll soon see about that.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 8:34
“I don't think this is capable of being put in a nice little box. Let's try. All right.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Well, all right. Yes. As I understood it, the rowing club donated three acres to us. But there was a portion adjacent to the three acres that was donated called the rowing center site that they were going to keep. And so you're saying that all of it now is...”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“All right, because I'm confused because in terms of the lease that was provided and the operating agreement with BRC, the lease that we are being asked to approve today concerns, I believe, 0.3652 acres and the... The agreement with Belmont Rowing Club, as I understood it, the park was a little over three acres, and the warranty deed that's in the packet is, I believe, 3.0490 acres. So I'm just confused as to what property we're even talking about when it comes to the lease, which is 0.3 acres vis-a-vis the operating agreement refers to three acres.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“So that area is in our property, not theirs. Not BRC's.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“So they don't have a FERC permit for the property that they own.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“because the lease agreement is not that's just between Duke in the city and it doesn't need to be filed but I understand the memorandum of lease would be filed with the register of deeds I would assume that that's correct so can we talk a little bit more come back to how where that would be filed”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“So is that just a deadline set by Duke, or does it have anything to do with the actual validity of the FERC license?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“And the lease, I should also point out, is for nominal consideration. So it's not like our recent discussions of other leases that are... Non-nominal amounts. So we wouldn't be... It's not like we'd be obligated to pay like... $1,500 a month or anything for nominal consideration.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“And if we don't, then it reverts to BRC?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 22:41
“So there's no lease on this property at the moment by anyone, whether us, BRC, there's nothing?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay. And the lease seems to be for an indeterminate time. It just expires at the end of the term of the FERC license, and that seems to be, no one seems to know when that might be. Is that correct?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“And that's Duke's FERC permit, or is it?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 23:36
“And that's the same FERC license that's referenced in the agreement with the BRC that that was going to be obtained through the city with assistance from the BRC. Is that correct? I would assume. This FERC license that we're talking about in connection with the lease that we want to execute, is that the same FERC license that in the agreement from 2017 with BRC, Section 4 says that the parties will use diligent effort to get a FERC license? That's the one. That's the same one? Yes. Okay. All right. If we could, what is the exact relationship between this lease that we're being asked to…”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“What's the relation? How does, how does, what's the relationship? Because there were, there were a number, there are several agreements in the agenda pack. There's a memorandum of lease, there's the lease, and then there's the agreement with BRC from 2017. The 2017 was there just for your knowledge. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 25:31
“I think we were talking earlier. I might be mistaken, but I thought there were some revisions made to it in 2020.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 26:48
“Now, they're also going to run their own operations from there.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Because they were supposed to do certain things within six months of the FERC permit issuing. Correct. Which obviously hasn't happened. But this is...”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026