Remarks by Lee Wells
38 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I'm not a guy of many words, but Kathy, you've run a wonderful journey since you graduated in 1984 from the Ridgefield High School. She graduated with my oldest daughter. So staying in the community and serving our community, and I know that you will still stay here from here on out. And we really appreciate you. I appreciate you. We haven't been real close, but we still had a bonding between us for all of the years. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Another was charging 43% more for the same product than another company.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All I'm requesting, I would like to have a hard copy of this presentation that we have here so I can reference it in the past. So thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I just wanted to use an example on Railroad. and the 15th roundabout on Royal Road if you're going north and you're driving up the pavement and as you're going up the hill, 300 feet from the roundabout, your vehicle does a like that. There's a crosswalk there. And to come off of that crosswalk, the pavement's got to be flat to turn around and accommodate ADA. When you're driving your vehicle, you think they poured the asphalt wrong. But you've got that flat, flat spot where according to the ADA rules. So next time you're on 15th, you're driving that, you feel that, that's what it's for. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I have one question on that. The six hours per week city-sponsored programming at the facility for people with disabilities, are they going to be charged for that, or will that be on the city's...”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“The lease rate is $184,230. So for the... No, I mean over 50 years. I guess I'll add that to my question.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“The only comment I was going to make, the lease is transferable to the next party that should happen to take over. They can accept it at that.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Question. Okay. It's on. It's on. So it sounds like that the change order cost has not been determined yet.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Go ahead. I just have one simple question, a quick one. When is the completion date anticipated?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, I raised one question in the briefing, but I wanna hear it from our engineer, city engineer. The TIF rate for Geek Creek Plateau is $1141.11 per trip. The TIF rate for this project would be 1,073. Their rate was set 10 years ago, for construction of the road out of the plateau. How come the TIF rate is cheaper now, 10 years later?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you, Brian. I'm glad you're the engineer and not me. We all are.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“One comment go ahead we did we receive an email from an individual I just want that put on the record So we all have seen that and that that's it.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. Next. I'll tap on top of that one. We had one of our twins was face down in the water under the bridge there too and was saved. Also we had two neighbors that drowned there in that same spot. right underneath the freeway. It's really a nice spot, but it's really dangerous. So that's my report.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I just gotta say something else. The luncheon we had on Tuesday with all the Public Works people, This is not a negative comment, but if we get any more employees, we're gonna have to have another building to hold it in Bennett question was full and everybody had a really good time Don't touch don't test staff with a good time.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So we'll start with you The only question I have occurred it's all oh I turn it off. I'm sorry The only question I have hurt is the prime sales you said it goes by address so anybody that lives in the city of Ridgefield gets charged a nine percent and where if they live in corporate Clark County down the street, then they'd be the 7.9 or whatever it is for Clark County.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, just a little precursor here. There was a lot of public comment when this development was being proposed, and Helen's View, which was next door, and they had large lots, so that's a reason. They had large lots adjoining them, and then they come down in size as they got away. So that's the reasoning behind it. Okay, I appreciate that.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“The normal, okay. No, I would like to amend the motion.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“And the normal delay time is 30 days on it. after it passes? I'd like to make a comment. The normal passing time is 30 days before it becomes official. And I'd like to delay the implementation. Got the word all twisted. Delay of having it take an effect until January 1st, 2027. That's the, when it takes effect. That's a word I, there's that word that I, I've got it wrote down, huh?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Implementation, yeah. I was twisting that one.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah. And the reason for that is so that we can turn around and really scrutinize some more of these... Okay, there's a there's a motion to amend do I have a second I'll ask one more time. Is there a second?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I would not want to jeopardize the comprehensive plan. That isn't the intent. The intent is maybe possibly, and I don't know how we can do it, but we could pass it, but not implement it until the first of the year. When is the comp plan going to be implemented? with the county and with the state. The state is involved in it for the final blessing and so I was trying to just buy a little bit of time.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Because just like the one glitch that I found today, there may be other ones in some of these other graphs, and we would have the opportunity to turn around and rectify it before it's put into law.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“My comment is the last meeting, when we had the last meeting, I had questions of what the different buffers were or how they had changed. And that would be brought back to us, which it was brought back on a graph. I've got a paper where it comes from. I got today. And I did see one glitch. But I think as a council, we need to discuss them in a workshop, site-specific, of different things and see what it adds up, what it means, and then turn around and pass the ordinance. I'm not against it 100%. But I still think that we need to scrutinize it a little tighter and take a look at it.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I think you can Can't you turn around and table it? even with with a motion on the floor I”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I could rescind my amendment. I'll take that off. And then I'll move to table it to a work session. And I don't know time specific.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026