Remarks by Michelle Stallings
270 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 11
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“And talking about the historic downtown, I mean, I get the old buildings and they weren't designed to have parking, right? But when we are tearing them down and building new buildings. That's where I'm like, they could put in some parking. I mean, they've got garages down under the Parker Brown building there. I guess that was one thought I had. And I'm not thinking this is possible, but does it add a ton of expense for people to put, if they want to do an office space, maybe two or three stories, whatever, to put parking on the bottom level? Is that hugely expensive, like prohibitively…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Some cities have it. A lot of them don't. We have it. We're one of the oldest cities. And to me, that should be the draw and the attraction, that we don't want a ton of people down here, that we would need a parking structure, I'm thinking. But you talked about managing demand. I just like the idea of the cute little shops and old buildings and that kind of stuff. And I see that work well in some cities. Like I said, just getting back from traveling, we stopped in one city where it didn't work well. I mean, they were very nice old buildings, but they were closed. And one thing I noticed, they…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“And access drives that. Again, just traveling and seeing the differences. So I think it needs to be thought out carefully. And some of the things that we've heard from residents that about parking issues or the business owners, it could really hurt businesses. And it causes a lot of contention between neighbors there. So thank you for your presentation. It's something we definitely need to work on and look into.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Sorry, quick question to follow up on that. So do we need to put in code where if there is redevelopment and they're going to, okay, we're looking at the Parker Brown one, the parking lot thing, where they could help, we could require them to help pay for it? fix, you know, redoing the road where it needs to be, because there's not even a sidewalk there, right? It's even a... Do we need to codify that somehow to get them to help pay for that? Because I believe that was part of the parking they were looking at, right?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, there you go. He is now, right? It was mine. It was like that. That's what you get when you miss a meeting. You get to speak. And we are having the Heritage Days coming up on August 29th, and Mayor, I'm putting you on the spot because I didn't send you an email yet, but they would like you to speak at that when we honor the honorees, and I can get you more information on that. We had on Saturday, the day after Pioneer Day, we had our kind of a soft opening of the Southern Railroad depot, train depot, Um, and it's, I stopped by, I think you all got invitations. I don't know if you were…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“give that time back any questions I just I have one just out of curiosity why is it non-residentially that can go towards the apparatus or the vehicles it's kind of a”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I move that we adopt ordinance number 33-2026, the impact fee enactment ordinance. Impact fee facilities plan and impact fee analysis for the provision of public safety facilities within Lehigh City So I have a first from council member Stallings.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So thank you for your work on this, Shelby. And thanks for answering some of the questions that I had. And I'm going to second what Rachel said about using social media, because I don't know how many people actually read the newsletter as much as they should, or there's good information in there. But the other thing, along with that, as far as informing the public, I think helping Residents understand why it's so important to you know Keep pollutants out of this stormwater would be very helpful. I think when people understand why they're more motivated to take action on it But one thing I did…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I don't know. OK, well, I Again, I mentioned to you, I think it's a balancing act, but it would be good to have clear policy on how to manage that. But I appreciate your work on all of this. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“May I make a comment? Yeah. So I did notice that some of the things were taken away from the council to the engineer or whatever staff. And I'm OK with that, because I would defer to you anyway. There's some things I have no clue about. So I appreciate your expertise. I'm good with those changes.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Mayor, I will make a motion. I move that we approve ordinance number 34-2026, approval of amendments to the design standards and public improvement specification manual chapter 2.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, so originally you proposed, I think in the last meeting you proposed a 20-foot placement of this fence. So now you're reducing it to the 15-foot. I'm just wondering if we include that in a motion, how... Best to word that, I guess.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Can I just make a comment? Sure. I just appreciate you once again. I mentioned this before that I appreciate all your work on this and your responsiveness to the residents and helping to protect their rights to that water in the irrigation ditch and We don't see that often, so I really appreciate it and just wanted to thank you for your work there. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I can take a stab at it, but I think I need Brad's help with the last part. I don't write fast enough. OK. And feel free to help me out. OK. Mayor, I move that we approve the preliminary subdivision sorry that we yes approve the preliminary subdivision of the Cortese subdivision and 18 excuse me a lot residential look development located at 1450 West 1220 north in an r-122 zone with direction to staff to included condition in the final review for a 15-foot easement, and that the fence be located on the western, excuse me, eastern side. And also, help me out here, Brad, for lots four and five.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. I'll just teach you what he said. And is not to be altered. And not to be altered, yes. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree with that. The one concern I have, too, is 2100 north is also on the east side of the freeway and their homes there so yeah we forget that right you think of the big main road um i have a few things and i i appreciate the questions that you've answered so far for me especially about the historical markers because i had a little panic moment then i read the whole thing and i was like they got it because we both deal with that so yes everything's good there thanks for thinking of that um So these are just my suggestions or thoughts. In the beginning, in the first section about the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So in the very first paragraph where it's struck out. Yeah, okay. Yeah, so it's more than just maintaining a well-kept community. To me it's a safety issue as well, so.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Because you make a good point that, you know, we are restricting free speech in a way with this, so we do have to justify it pretty strongly, right?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. Then the other, and this is a question I'm not quite sure the answer to, but so it's violations, and I appreciate the kind of the structure there where it's notifying, giving people a chance to remove signs and that, but ultimately it could be a Class C misdemeanor. But in state code... And I guess I pay attention to this because someday I'll be putting campaign signs up again, possibly. But if there are political signs that are posted on utility polls, what do you call it? The violation is just an infraction, not a misdemeanor. So I don't know if we could go above. As far as I…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Utility pole, light pole, electric box, traffic control device, or railroad signer signal. That's state code. But I'm just, it's a different level of.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, because I don't know if we could do a higher one than state.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. They're ugly, and I hope nobody does that, but, you know. Let's see. And then just these are minor things, but I think It matters for the public to be aware. You have something about temporary signs for homes for sale. Maybe just include for rent as well. And then for the temporary signs, and this is probably for clarity for residents, under four square feet or under, does that include yard sale signs or”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Do you want the section 23.7Q for the, yeah.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“give more flexibility with the size of the temporary signs whatever you decide or the rest of the council decide I just think it that needs to be clarified because people do put those signs up and yeah”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026