Remarks by Scott Diener
71 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
- Play at 31:51
“So I too was thinking about updating our maps just to make it more clear and also I think when we have future discussions about communities it would be nice to to note whether it's a McCormick community or the community at large. So I think that confuses people a little bit too. Those are my comments. I look forward to a final product. It looks like a great park.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 52:42
“So thank you for taking advantage of the program. And this is exactly what we're hoping for. I support an interpretation that's liberally construed in favor of this project. I look forward to more discussion because maybe some renderings might be helpful to see what we might like ultimately. But for this particular project, I think it looks good. And thank you again. There was something else I was going to say, but it has trains left the station on that one. So I'm good. All right. Any other comments?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, well, one of the first questions I had was who put this presentation together, and I was wondering if it had some external support. So great job, staff. I'm going to talk about a couple things. With respect to active recreation, I think we have other parks in the city that are primed for that. I think of the Paul Powers Park and some of these other parks that we have simply that are underutilized. And so I personally am not necessarily a favor of a park that's dedicated to active recreational use, and I think that also came out in the surveys. I wanted to talk about maybe including a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, I just, I think I know the answer, but detention vaults are not being considered as part of this project.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I thought the last town hall was, you know, an improvement. I think we're marching into a direction that I think we all want to get to and we got lots of good feedback on that. One of the things that I had advocated before the town hall was that we have displays and something that people could gravitate towards and talk about before the actual town hall got underway with presentations. but i i personally was a little disappointed that there was only one or maybe two displays there was one display that talked about that showed uh roundabout renderings but there weren't any other displays…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:27:06
“So what I was going to say, or I was saying, is that some of these might just be blowing up the talking points a little bit and showing those so that people can kind of read what they're going to hear later, maybe word it on paper a little differently than what they do. here uh later on so that they have maybe more of a context but um i just for me it was it was important to see that people could wander around and get engaged in in some graphics or just some displays before the meeting got underway but we really didn't have that so that's my two cents thoughts go on councilman rosbeck um no i…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Can I just state for the record, I'll be abstaining from the head nodding.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I JUST WANTED FOR TIFFANY TO ILLUMINATE. WE USED TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WORKED FOR DOT AND HE WOULD SAY I WORK FOR DOT BUT I DON'T FEEL THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE COUNCIL WOULD SAY YEAH OR NAY ON THAT. SO COULD BE VERY SIMILAR IN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR THE COUNTY IT'S ACTUALLY BAKED INTO THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL FOR THE ELECTEDS, SORRY, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK UNDER THAT”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:47:43
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'LL JUST MENTION THAT I ALSO ATTENDED, AND IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE MORE CARS THAN EVER BEFORE, AND I'M GOING TO GUESS MORE PEOPLE, BUT VERY WELL DONE.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Charlie, could you cite the name of that case again? Because it does seem like a really big deal.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:59:08
“I thought we were going to talk about this. So you're talking about the staff actually that are stationed there?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:59:20
“Because my understanding is that there may be staff stationed there.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 2:00:09
“So that's why they have . Let's rock and roll, guys. I have not been asked for a while.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I move to adopt a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute the Washington State Public Works Board loan agreement and accept $650,000 in funding for the old Clifton Road water system intertie project.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 28:28
“IF YOU COULD GO GET OUR OTHER ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 44:59
“Councilmember Deane. So I agree about not adding a six but but before I'm in complete agreement can you remind me what what does the presentation format look like like is there an opening opportunity and how many minutes is that and I'm because I'm concerned about time and a half hour and so that's why I'm not necessarily in favor of six but if there's other things that this applicant will be speaking to like who they are and that'll chew away some of the available time. So I'm trying to recall what that looked like.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 45:44
“So to get to, I'm in agreement with Jay. I can live with these. I think you did a good job. I don't have any changes.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 48:03
“I'm seeing head nods. I agree. If we had more time, I think that's a great question as well.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 49:20
“YOU'RE DOING JUST FINE BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR PROCESS.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 49:26
“I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT JAY SAID. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO PLAY AROUND WITH, SO I SUPPORT THE BRIEF INTRODUCTION UP FRONT, THE CLOSING STATEMENT, FIVE QUESTIONS. I WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GRADE THESE APPLICANTS AS WELL.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“To that end, I believe that we should be rigid with our time. It presents equity across the spectrum for everybody.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 55:11
“YES. COULD WE BUILD IN A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT HEADING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE ARE READY TO PRESENT OUR TOP THREE FAVORITES? OR TOP FOUR. OTHERWISE I SEE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME SPENT ON PERHAPS APPLICANTS THAT REALLY WE ALL THINK ARE NEAR THE BOTTOM.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 56:05
“I was talking more internally being prepared to represent your top three.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 56:17
“Charlie was pretty clear that we can't do any sort of ranking. Correct, correct. Just as a mindset coming out and being prepared to pick your top or talk about your top choices.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026