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by Commissioner Perry.

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» Our dear heavenly father, we come before
this time grateful for the many

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blessings thou has blessed us with.
We're indeed grateful for this moisture

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that we're receiving at this time.
We ask that you continue to bless us

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with the moisture we need to continue to
take care of the needs that we have here

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in Box Elder County and here in the
state of Utah.

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We pray that thy spirit will be with us
this day in this meeting that we can

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do those things that thou would have us
do, that we can listen and be open and

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be able to learn and and understand and
be able to make the decisions that thou

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would
be blessed and move forward with. And we

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ask you to please bless and watch over
those who are serving our country

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and keeping us free and especially those
who serve us locally in in the law

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enforcement and fire and EMS that
they'll be protected from harm and that

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they'll
be blessed for their efforts and the

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things they do to keep us all safe.
And we ask you to bless those who are in

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special need of blessings from thee that
stand in need of that that thou can

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bless them and help them in their time
of need. And we ask for these favors and

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blessings and say these things in Jesus
Christ's name.

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» Amen.
>> We will have our Treasurer Shawn

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Thornley lead us in the Pledge of
Allegiance.

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» Please stand for the Pledge of
Allegiance.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Thank you, Shawn and Lee. We appreciate
that.

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Um
I need a motion to approve uh the

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minutes from April 8th, 2026.
>> I'll make a motion we approve the

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minutes from April 8th, 2026.
>> Second.

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» We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
and a second by Commissioner Bingham.

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All in favor, say I. I. Thank you very
much.

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Okay, administrative review, reports and
future agenda items.

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Uh
Commissioner Bingham.

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» Uh I I
>> Mr. Perry.

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» Nothing at this time.
>> And I have nothing as well.

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» Okay, very good. Uh
former agenda items?

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Commissioner Perry?
>> Nothing.

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» Commissioner Bingham?
>> Nope.

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» Okay, very good.
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Mark emergency management issues.
>> Nope.

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» None? Okay, very good. Thank you.
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Box Elder County employee recognition.
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we have chosen Ann Hansen.
She has done

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We have thrown some curve balls at her
the last

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few months that have been extremely
hectic and so we really appreciate Ann

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and all that she does for our county.
So, if she would come up to receive this

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award.

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» Just so everybody knows Ann Annie is our
county civil attorney and because of

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that she has to deal with the commission
as much as our county attorney does and

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so we every time we have an issue or
problem, we throw it to Annie and we

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call Steve but then we really throw it
to Annie and so she just ends up with a

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lot of the problems that we that we
create or have happened from the

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commission. So, we just really feel
strongly that

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she had does goes way above and beyond
to help the county out. So, thank you.

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» And the commissioners are hard on her
because usually we you know, it's like

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last minute things where we've done
something and say, "Ann, what do you

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think?" And she's like, "Oh my
goodness."

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So, we truly appreciate our attorney's
office. Annie is she's awesome and she's

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hard working and willing to help
wherever we need her. So, thank you so

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much, Ann. It's well deserved.
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um
ARPA and LATCF

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and uh Sheryl Ann Arson's going to come
and visit with us for a minute.

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» Sherlene Larson, County Auditor. Um, the
Sheriff's Department had approached me

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about an additional $5,000 for
same radio situation to make them all

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communicate with each other and asked if
they could get another 5,000 in the

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LATCF funding.
And so that's I'm bringing it to you.

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» Okay. I'd make a motion that we approve
the expenditure of the additional $5,000

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for the handheld radio encryption.
Um, out of the LATCF fund.

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» Second.
>> We have a motion from Commissioner Perry

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and a second from Commissioner Bingham
for fund usage

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for $5,000 for a handheld radio
encryption.

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Uh
All in favor?

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» I.
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» Motion [clears throat] passes. Thank you
very much.

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» So, could we have Commissioner Perry
explain why we have to do that?

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» Well, yeah, I mean we can have the
Sheriff's office do it as well, but

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yeah, what happened is um
because of the split between the radio

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the the because of some of the agencies
that are on a different radio system, in

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order for our folks to be able to
communicate what we had to do is change

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and have some of our radios encrypted so
that we can communicate effectively with

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Brigham City, Tremonton, and Perry
back and forth. And so this is

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kind of what we have to do if we're
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can communicate with one another. So,
it's we may have some more expenditure

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before we're done because we are going
to have to figure some things out and

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work with some of our fire departments
and EMS folks possibly in the future.

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Right now, fire department luckily I
don't have to be encrypted like law

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enforcement does, so.
>> Yeah, it was the it was the change that

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Brigham City
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So, it's also that we we have to do this
so that we can all communicate properly

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and
safety for our citizens as well as our

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officers.

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» Sherilyn, I'm glad you're still here.
>> Right off the accounts receivable, old

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fire billings.
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we review our accounts receivable and
there have been

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four accounts that have been on since
well before my time and

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maybe even before Tom's time before me,
but there's three account These are all

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related to fire and they used to bill
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um call outs on fire to the owners of
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fires. And so,
we've got four that

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as far as we can find any history on a
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And the biggest one being a Whirly Bird
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That's for 6,242,
but it's our understanding they've gone

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out of business and we've been able to
reach anyone to ever get payment. So,

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we're asking um that we can clear those
off as a bad debt

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going forward. And I reached out to
Kevin who is our fire marshal and he

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agreed.

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» I'd make a motion that we allow our
auditor to write off those account

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receivable on the old fire billings.
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» We have a motion by
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» Commissioner Perry
and a second by Commissioner Bingham to

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write off old fire billings.
Uh is there any further discussion? If

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not, all in favor?
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» Aye. Motion passes. Thank you.

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Updated consolidated fee schedule
resolution and Sherilyn's going to

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discuss that one with us as well.
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updates to fairground fees along with
some changes for the recorder's office

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that they were required to update their
fees as well. So, we're doing a few

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updates to the fee schedule. This was
very much done in coordination with

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Annie and Jan. So, if you have further
questions about that fee schedule and

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the resolution, um
you can ask who knows the answers. So.

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» Okay, very good.
Need a motion.

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» So, one of the things I noticed we are
going to where we're not going to be

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using cash transactions. We're trying to
going to make sure we're using credit

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card transactions and and other
electronic transactions to keep a better

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tracking mechanism.
>> I'm assuming that's part of the contract

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also that you'll be looking at.
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» That's on the agenda that does state
that we will do that online and e-checks

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make it so they don't get charged a fee
to do that.

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» Perfect.
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resolution 2609 for the consolidated fee
schedule.

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» Second.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

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and a second by Commissioner Bingham to
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the consolidated fee schedule resolution
for the fairgrounds.

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If there's no further discussion, all in
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» I.
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» Motion passes. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay.
We have uh a interlocal agreement number

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26-15 between Box Elder County and the
Military Installation uh Development

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Authority, MAIDA,
uh related to the Stratus project

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area. Um
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he's with MAIDA. If you can just tell us
who you are and

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we we'll get going.
>> Thank you very much. Really appreciate

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this opportunity. I'm Paul Morris. I'm
the executive director and general

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counsel for MAIDA.
MAIDA, for those who don't know, stands

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for the Military Installation
Development Authority. It was created by

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the Utah Legislature in 2007. I've been
with the

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MAIDA since 2008.
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we're an organization and authority that
was created specifically

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uh for economic development with a
military focus.

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Uh the military is very important to
Utah.

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Um not just for our patriotic reasons,
but because it is also an economic

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driver for the state of Utah. Uh people
aren't aware sometimes that it rivals

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the entire construction industry as far
as the GDP annually over about $22

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billion.
Uh the Kem C. Gardner Institute does a

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study every 3 years and uh it'll be even
higher the next year. It employs it

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rivals the whole construction industry
for the whole state. The military rivals

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it. But the but it employs more people
than the military about 178,000 versus

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we're talking about defense contractors
and related military personnel. But it

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pays about 30% more than the
construction industry for the kind of

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jobs that it has. So, I tell people that
the state of Utah cares about the

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military, but every county you down to
Washington County and Juab County, we

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should all care because the GDP is
pretty significant that comes from the

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military. Plus, we're all very proud
Americans that we have such a incredible

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military and a great presence here in
the state of Utah.

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MIDA has a seven has a seven-member
board, five appointed by the governor,

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one appointed by the speaker of the
house, one by the president of the

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Senate. Five of of the governor's five
appointees, three must be local elected

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officials from the at or near our
project areas. And the highest or the

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top revenue producing project areas
always have to have permanent

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appointee. The governor has to appoint
somebody from the

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highest
um revenue producing. MIDA has had great

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success. We've I won't go through all of
our projects, but we've uh by any

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measure we have done very very well.
At Hill Air Force Base for example, it

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went from zero taxable value to 5,000
high-paying jobs that came from out of

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state and now has about $600 million of
taxable value. Um um along the

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Hill Air Force Base that straddles the
two counties down there. We have another

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major project down in Wasatch County and
that went from about $20 million of

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taxable value to a little over $2
billion of taxable value and it'll

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probably hit about four or five billion
dollars of taxable value where we

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support the morale, welfare, recreation.
This specific of the way my data works

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is
we have to create a project area in

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order to be able to do use the tools
that the legislature gave us to help

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both the state economic development
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help a local government, and also help
the military. So, what is before you is

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there was a
group that came to the state of Utah and

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they went to the governor's office of
economic opportunity. It's going back to

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the old name, governor's office of
economic development, so GOED, as we

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call it.
And then they referred it because of the

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military component of this
data center and the kind of data center,

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the hyperscale data center, and the
military uses that would come from it.

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» [snorts]
>> They referred it to my data. This was in

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January, so we are working on it with
the group. We get a lot of proposals

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and we turn them down. Either they're
not viable or they don't have a military

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component. So, we hear a lot of things,
but this one was unusual for both its

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military
and national security reasons as well as

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its viability and economic opportunity
it would bring.

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Um they specifically focused on your
county because you have some

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several unique assets. One is the Ruby
pipeline

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where you it could generate power uh, a
significant level and also because you

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have redundant fiber. You have in the
vicinity educated workforce, and we have

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the universities and others that could
could help

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with the employment and and and such.
So, when they looked at it, they

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concluded Box Box Elder could be one of
the best places in the entire country to

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locate something like this.
The interesting thing, and we we know

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that this is a rural county, and we
respect the rural nature of it. And some

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of the things that we do in Wasatch
County and that we do at Hill, we would

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not propose to do here. We have Hill
Northrop Grumman

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uh, at Hill, and that's on 20 acres.
It's 5,000 high-paying employees, which

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is great in that area, but that wouldn't
fit. That's not something that would

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fit. But this seems to us, particularly
given your interest and concern and need

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about agricultural and wanted to keep
that, that this is something that could

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really work. When I look at it, and I've
been at this economic development game

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for 40 years and in in Utah. We're a
governmental entity. We're not

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quasi-governmental.
So, there's no bonus program. We're I'm

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here just to to do good for for the
state and hopefully for you and for the

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military. Um, but as I look at this, it
seems to fit. It's one of the least

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dense per acre as far as impact. It will
have an impact. Probably several

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thousand, not probably it'd have several
thousand construction jobs, and once

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those go away, about 2,000 permanent
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But it
per acre, it's the least impactful of

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what I've seen from commercial,
industrial, and residential, but it's

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the highest value per acre. It's a very
interesting way that this could fit and

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be compatible, dark sky compliant, out
in a rural area, having ranchers and

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grazing right next to its fence,
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you know, low noise and
and many ways very very very compatible

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with what's going on. Okay, so how it
works is we do not like to go MIEDA

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where we're not welcome and wanted. So,
we years ago went to the legislature

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instead of we're going to have private
land that's part of our project area in

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addition to military land that we need
the consent of the local government.

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You're the local government because it's
all all this is entirely contained

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unincorporated county. So, we need your
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And then number two, we need all the
land owners consent. This is not like

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assessments areas where you need 2/3 or
66%. MIEDA requires and I wrote the

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legislation said I want it 100%. You
want all the land owners

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to say that yes, they would welcome and
want to be part of a particular project

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area.
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of all of the land owners. This is about
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Alley, Hansel Valley, and then some near
the freeway. All of the land owners have

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signed the consent. And and are are
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[snorts] I have a letter from as a
representative from one of their short

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from one of the
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uh,
Jed Heaton. My name is Jed Heaton. I

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have been working with the West Gen Co
team for the last few months and teaming

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um, and learning about the project and
what it will be used for. I understand

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the project and the need for power and
computing for national security. Also,

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the need for industrial manufacturing
that is military focused. This location

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was picked because of the gas pipeline
and its location of large amounts of

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flat buildable land. I signed the
consent form for MIEDA and I'm will

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and I am a willing participate in the
project. I'm happy to have my land be a

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part of it. And I think that's a
representative of of the

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of the of the landowners.
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need. Um there is a desperate national
security need to keep up with China and

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other locations. We do not have the
computing power

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uh to do what needs to be done. It's and
we don't have the power generally and

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then we don't have the
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do the AI. Particularly, I'm focused on
military and pentagon sorts of uses and

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then of course there's the other uses.
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center. Now, couple points. Data centers
of the old have a bad reputation. They

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call gobble up a lot of water.
They use up your power and then and when

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they're all built, they don't employ
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This is not that. This is a hyperscale
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the latest technology is the power's
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is completely self-contained. 100% of
the power will be generated off the Ruby

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pipeline. It will not take
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In fact, they believe that they'll
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they'll be able to put back into the
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Um the water usage is minimal. The water
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the land for both the cooling, it's not
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It's uh it's circulated water that's
reused. And the particular water has

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brine in it. So, they're going to clean
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then it will go back down into the
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Lake. So, I think it'll be a net gain to
the Great Salt Lake. So, lower water

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usage, self-contained on its power, and
high high value. And then the last one

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is the jobs. The jobs are are very
high-paying jobs to run something this

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mag- magnitude, scope, and scale.
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to turn some time over to Colonel Owens.
He is going to be the assistant adjutant

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general for the National Guard, and he
can describe why it's so important to

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the military. Thank you.

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» Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, uh
thank you for allowing me to address you

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today.
Um from a military standpoint, projects

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like this matter. Our homeland is no
longer a sanctuary. Our enemies have the

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capability to touch us at home.
So, national security has to be built

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into our infrastructure from the start.
Investments that strengthen energy

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resilience and support critical systems
help to ensure we're prepared for the

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challenges ahead and are able to operate
without interruption when it matters the

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most.
Thanks for letting me uh

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address the the group today.
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I can tell you that uh
what the Mighty is doing here on the

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national level as we compete against our
enemies, China and Russia, um this is

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going to help bridge those gaps, those
capability gaps that we see well into

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the future. Thank you.
>> Will you just give your give your name

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and stuff so we can have it on the
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» So, my name is Andrew Owens. Um
I'm a colonel in the Utah National

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Guard. I serve as uh currently the
director of the joint staff, and um in

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June, I will be the assistant adjutant
general army commander.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» So, what you have on the agenda that's
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to vote on it today, but I wanted you
just to say what the two different

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things are. One is the consent. As I
indicated, we needed double consent. You

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have to consent as the uh land use
authority, and then we needed the

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landowners' consent.
Uh is it that one's a simple resolution,

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and the law says it has to be done by
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Um the the second part is the interlocal
agreement. So, as patriarch

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as happy as we are to help the military,
and we still needs to make economic

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sense, okay? It needs to make economic
sense for the state of Utah, and it

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needs to make make sense for the
military, and it needs to make sense for

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you and the local government. And this
one checks all of the boxes in an

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incredible way. It's the biggest project
I've ever been involved in. I've been in

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a lot of big projects. Our entities had
for a long time the number one and

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number two economic develop-
economic development projects for the

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state of Utah. You could add both of
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and this is bigger than that. This is
one of those once-in-a-generational

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opportunities that we have. I happen to
know of two states that would rather us

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not do it. They'd rather us go slow and
not figure it out because we're trying

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to jump ahead of them. Right at this
moment, there's things that are

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happening, particularly on the power
um the backlog of the power of

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generators that are built. You've got
many years out if you order today to get

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the best technology. We have a unique
opportunity to jump in front and

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actually get some that are already
allocated to an another state to have it

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allocated to our state, and it's the
best technology out there. It's the

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number one for data centers. If we can
capture that one, it's zero water

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for the generators, zero. The other ones
are low water. This is zero water. It's

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all air cooled. And it's the lowest
emissions out there. And so, we're

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That's why we're
working hard, not trying to push you,

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not trying to push the state or my data
or my board, except because we're aware

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that there's a real competition because
of the high value, low impact

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comparatively that this brings. So, the
So, but we got to make sure it makes

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economic sense. So, what the interlocal
agreement does is and we've done this as

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Wasatch County with Hideout with the the
different entities is we say, "Okay, how

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are we going to be competitive?" So,
some of the money that they're they're

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going to generate the increase, a lot of
that for the specifically the energy and

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the data center has to go back into
building water and sewer and storm drain

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and roads and all of those sorts of
things because we've

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negotiated with the
the developers

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no requirement for un Box Elder County
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In fact, it has to be the opposite. You
subsidize them. So, you have to put in

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all the infrastructure and then dedicate
it to the appropriate governmental

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entity when that comes.
So, we have a tax structure and MIDA

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basically has two funds. You get a
development fund that has certain

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restrictions on how to use it. It's for
development from that incremental

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increase.
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fund.
And so, as we've looked at this, MIDA

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has always liked to defer to the local
government. You are the elected

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official, so the better fund the better
way for you to be funded is out of that

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and use the other fund for the
development and to the state of Utah and

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to MIDA for the military.
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that particular fund, municipal
services, the way the law works is you

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provide municipal services with that
and then anything that's excess

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you just use it however you want to. So,
the proposal in this interlocal

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agreement is that you would provide
whatever municipal services you deem

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appropriate.
You don't have to give them more, don't

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give them less, just what you would
normally do for that

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for the this kind of a development.
And then, by default, anything that's

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not needed for municipal services goes
to the city or county that levies a

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property tax. You're the only one that
levies a property tax cuz this is

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entirely in the unincorporated county.
So, therefore, you get that money. In

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the agreement we're proposing that on
the first phase, which is three 3 GW of

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power, you will get a minimum of $30
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And then when they've built this first
phase out that we're describing, you'll

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get $108 million annually.
>> That's right.

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Being a reporter, do you have any
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» Thir- $30 annually to the general fund
and then $108 million annually

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annually to the general fund with you
deciding what's the best way to spend

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that money.
>> It goes back to [snorts] the taxpayer

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for the last 20 years.
>> What? Thanks, Tim.

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» [laughter]
>> We'll we'll we'll look into that.

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I appreciate this time. Um there's a lot
I bore I could say, but I I don't want

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to belabor it, but if you have any
questions for me, I'd be glad to answer

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them. Uh we have a board board meeting
on Friday. And the reason we picked

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Friday was because there were certain
things that are happening nationally

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where some decisions are being made
about this this high-quality power. And

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so, that's why we're having the board
meeting on Monday to our Friday to

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create the project area, to adopt the
standards and guidelines that govern the

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land use here, to make sure the
agricultural uses are permitted, the

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green belt continues on, there was going
to be link leasebacks to

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to the ranchers and such. Um and then we
would adopt this inner our our side of

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this interlocal agreement with you with
such changes as your attorneys

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um have that we need to make. And uh and
then we would adopt the development

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agreement with the with this particular
group to incentivize them to do what we

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need them to do in our our state and in
Box Elder. Thank you very much.

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» Hey Hey, Paul. Um
>> Yes.

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» Are you comfortable talking about um
the upfront cost to the county.

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» Oh, yes. I That's a great point. Yes.
So, they they proposed that they would

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pay because there's about a 3-year leg
a lag and that's

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it's been a problem for me when I first
started is you do all this work and you

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have no money until the building's built
and then finally the taxes start flowing

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in and so we had that was always been a
challenge is is to get to prime the pump

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to make this thing happen. Well,
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that you need some upfront cost cuz you
don't want we don't expect they do not

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expect you to subsidize them.
And, and you came up with a number that

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was more than I thought and they agreed
to it and it's $16.2

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million
spread out over 3 years. So, on the when

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they first get a building permit, that
means construction workers are coming on

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that first building permit, they pay you
$5.2 million.

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And again, you use it how you deem
appropriate for providing services. The

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next year, they pay another $5.2
million. The next year, they pay another

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$5.2 million and then by then the cash
flow will start uh start coming in. So,

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yeah, excellent point.
>> So, the purpose of that is

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we understand there's going to be added
pressure on the sheriff's department, on

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our fire department, on our EMS people.
And so that's why we needed the funds to

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to boost those different organizations
so that we can provide the service that

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we need to.
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infrastructure. Absolutely.
>> Yes.

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» And then I I did want to make one other
point. In the interlocal agreement, we

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always create we did this in our two
other locations they've worked

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excellent. We create what's called a
development review committee.

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The executive director, my position or a
designee, chairs that committee. The

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other six members are all that you ask
us to put. We ask for people like and we

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recommend even a a landowner on there
or the your planners, public works, your

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fire people, the technical kind of
people. Those are the ones that look at

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all the subdivision, all the site plan,
where are the roads going to go, where

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are they building and they're the ones
that have to approve that. And as six of

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the seven are all people that you want
to have on that on that board. And it's

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worked out really well in Wasatch County
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Hill Air Force Base project. We've had
We've had years of experience with them.

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Works excellent. Thank you.
>> Thanks, Paul. Thanks, Paul.

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» Well, we are grateful for you folks
being here today. I mean, that's one of

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the things, you know, as this
come before us and

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there's been some hiccups in the road
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caused us to want to slow down a little
bit. One of the big things that that the

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commission talked about was making sure
that we involved um our folks in our

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00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:45,760
county, that our citizens had the
opportunity to come and and hear what

424
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:50,240
this was about and and somewhat try to
understand this. I I don't know how you

425
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:54,480
feel, but I remember when Paul came and
they first talked to us, I felt like I

426
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:59,080
was drinking out of a fire hose and
trying to digest all of this

427
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,480
so quickly and trying to understand
this.

428
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:06,080
Um
And so, that's why uh

429
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:10,360
these two items we're going to table
today. But

430
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:15,280
one of the big things is we wanted you,
our community and our county to be

431
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:20,440
involved. I I mean, this project looks
exciting and the potential investment,

432
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:24,400
job creation sounds great. Um but we
want to make sure this project's done in

433
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:30,480
the right way. We want to protect our
agricultural heritage, maintain and we

434
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:34,400
want to maintain local control and uh
and also address the concerns of our

435
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:38,280
residents.
The commissioners and the county

436
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:41,640
attorney uh attorneys are taking time to
fully review the interlocal agreement

437
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:46,640
and understand it.
And uh so, that's why we're not ready at

438
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:53,000
this time to, um,
to make a decision on the interlocal

439
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:56,920
agreement, uh, as well as, um,
the resolution.

440
00:30:54,640 --> 00:31:00,320
Um, we just want to make sure that, uh,
we're taking time to be thorough in

441
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:05,080
understanding everything and making sure
that all of the players, uh, especially

442
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:08,840
the commission and our attorneys, all
understand the project and understand

443
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:13,400
what we're doing. We don't want to just
jump into something and down the road,

444
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:18,160
uh, have it come back to bite us in and
and have a problem. And then just to

445
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:24,280
make sure that, uh, the property land
the private property land owners that

446
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:27,120
are involved, uh, in this project are
being taken care of.

447
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:32,360
That that we make sure that they
understand and and are aware of the

448
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:37,680
impacts and those type of things,
uh, which will, um, make sure that we're

449
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:41,480
strong in the future as well.
So, um, I would just like to ask those

450
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:46,720
who,
uh, have land in the project area that

451
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:51,520
are actually going to be, uh, impacted
by this project, who are in favor to

452
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,520
raise your hands.

453
00:31:52,560 --> 00:32:00,000
Okay, those
that have property in the impact area

454
00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,000
that are opposed, raise your hands.

455
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:05,120
Okay.
Very good. Um,

456
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,040
» How about all of us in the impact area
that are

457
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,680
undecided [clears throat] because we
need more information?

458
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:14,520
» Well, and that's the honestly that's the
reason we're where we're at. Is we want

459
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:20,200
to make sure that that there's more
information to you to you folks, so you

460
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:24,840
understand this project. And
it's, like I say, the commissioners, um,

461
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:29,680
as we addressed this and went, uh, and
had meetings, um,

462
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:33,320
I I I wanted to be able to understand it
better as well, but most important thing

463
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:38,720
that the commission discussed and and
visited about was making sure that our,

464
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:42,280
um, citizens had information. That they
knew what was going on. And Paul, we

465
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:47,520
realize the urgency in those type of
things, but again, um as we've

466
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:50,720
discussed, uh we just need some some
time to digest some things.

467
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,160
» Mr. Chair,
I just want to point out the fact that

468
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:57,080
the commission has not been sitting on
this for months. Um this is as is

469
00:32:55,040 --> 00:33:00,200
pointed out, it it started or back in
January, February. The commission has

470
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,480
only been made aware of it in the last
couple of weeks, and so that's where

471
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,600
we're at at this point. We're trying
trying to absorb the information at this

472
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:11,960
point, and that's one of the reasons the
commission can't go forward today

473
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,960
with this particular resolution. So.

474
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:18,840
» Okay, very good. Um again, those of you
who would like to make comments, please

475
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:23,520
fill out uh
fill out the the uh forms. Um you we we

476
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:30,240
will give you an opportunity to speak as
to this in our public comment period. Um

477
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:34,160
because of the might of the investors'
sensitive timeline on this project, we

478
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:38,640
would like to notify the public that
there will likely be a special set

479
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:42,560
county commission meeting to readdress
the interlocal agreement and provide

480
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:47,360
consent before the next regularly
scheduled commission meeting.

481
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:51,480
The meeting will be noticed at least 24
hours in advance as required by state

482
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:54,360
law.
So.

483
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:59,800
Anyway, if you would like to speak to
that, please fill a form out, and uh

484
00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:04,120
we'll give you an opportunity in our uh
public comment period. So, but we really

485
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:09,639
appreciate you being here. Paul, thank
you, and Colonel, thank you for you guys

486
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:12,320
and and your time, and so.
Okay, uh

487
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,399
» So so uh
do we need a motion to

488
00:34:13,240 --> 00:34:17,960
» Yeah, we need a motion to to table the
>> items 9A and 9B.

489
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:23,360
» Yep.
>> I will make a motion that we table items

490
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:25,560
9A and 9B on our agenda today.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner

491
00:34:24,399 --> 00:34:27,919
Bingham.
>> I'll second it.

492
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:30,639
» And second by Commissioner Perry. If
there's no further discussion, all in

493
00:34:29,879 --> 00:34:32,560
favor?
>> I.

494
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,800
» Thank you.
>> We have a different resolution that we

495
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:38,993
want to propose or not?
>> What's that?

496
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:41,960
» Do we have another resolution that we
>> [cough]

497
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:45,360
» So,
yeah, if we could have Annie, we have a

498
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:49,080
resolution that we do want to talk about
though in dealing with this. So,

499
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:55,399
» Um based off of the discussions that
we've had that I've had with you on the

500
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:59,000
commission,
um

501
00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:03,800
you wanted to instead of passing consent
by resolution during this meeting, um we

502
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:08,520
prepared a resolution that talks about
the importance of the project, outlines

503
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:13,680
the details um that Mr. Morris has
shared, and um

504
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:20,200
just extends the county's um intent to
engage and to look into the full

505
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:25,840
benefits for the county along with um
what other impacts and outcomes might

506
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:30,200
might come just to demonstrate that um
your participation with MYDA on looking

507
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:33,960
into this project. And then that will
get you through until

508
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:37,680
um you may be ready in the future to
consent officially.

509
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,760
» Okay.
So, I [snorts] have

510
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:44,760
» Any motions?
>> So, I have a motion. It's um amended.

511
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:47,640
It's an amended resolution 2610.
Um it's a resolution of Box Elder County

512
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,840
Commission to engage with the Military
Installation Development Authority on

513
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:54,800
exploring the opportunity to have a
private land located in unincorporated

514
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:58,960
Box Elder County included in the Stratus
projected area. And I would make a

515
00:35:56,280 --> 00:36:01,600
motion to to pass that resolution at
this time.

516
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:06,720
» Second. We have a motion by Commissioner
Perry to pass resolution 2610 and a

517
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:10,720
second by Commissioner Bingham.
>> The amended 2610.

518
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:14,840
» Excuse me, amended 2610.
We have a motion by Commissioner Perry

519
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:17,280
and a second by Commissioner Bingham.
If there's no further discussion, all in

520
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:21,000
favor?
>> I.

521
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,000
» Okay, thank you.

522
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:25,000
Okay.
>> [clears throat and cough]

523
00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:29,960
» And number 10 on the community
development,

524
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:34,985
Garland 300 South Corridor Preservation
Fund request by Scott Lyons.

525
00:36:32,965 --> 00:36:34,985
» [clears throat]

526
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,755
» Thanks, Scott.
>> Thank you.

527
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:46,775
All right.
>> [cough and clears throat]

528
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:54,960
» First item
is a quarter preservation fund request

529
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:59,160
by Garland City for the 300 South
roadway between Main Street and 100

530
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:05,680
West.
So, Garland is proposing to rebuild this

531
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:11,680
portion of roadway and as part of that
they have requested of the cog and the

532
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:14,960
county commission funding out of the the
local transportation quarter

533
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:21,240
preservation fund.
This has been reviewed by staff. There's

534
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:25,640
a scoring matrix that it goes through.
The minimum score required to be

535
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:30,360
considered for funding is 15 points and
this project scored 15 points.

536
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:35,440
Uh
it went to the cog for review and for

537
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:40,240
their decision.
And the cog

538
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:46,880
decided they made a motion to fund the
project. Um

539
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:51,040
the request the requested amount
by Garland City was $295,318.

540
00:37:51,840 --> 00:38:00,840
That fund the current balance is just
over $120,000 currently.

541
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:06,000
Uh so, the cog's motion recommended that
it be funded up to $120,000.

542
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,600
Um I don't know if you have any
questions on it

543
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:11,040
or if there's anything else you'd like
me to cover.

544
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:18,120
» not for right-of-way?
>> Correct. It's an existing existing

545
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:22,120
roadway that they wanted to improve.
>> This roadway is not impacted by the

546
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:24,640
current inland port project that have up
there, is that correct?

547
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,000
» Not that I'm aware of.
>> Okay.

548
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:36,600
» Okay. I I'd make a motion that we
approve uh

549
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:40,080
the Garland 300 South Quarter
Preservation Fund request that's been

550
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:42,760
presented by Scott Lyons.
>> Second.

551
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:46,960
» We have a motion to approve the Quarter
Preservation Fund request by Garland

552
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:50,320
uh
Commissioner by Commissioner Perry and a

553
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:53,360
second by Commissioner Bingham. Is there
any further discussion?

554
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:57,200
All in favor, say I.
>> I.

555
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,200
» Motion passes. Thank you.

556
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:04,720
» Next item I have is a Quarter
Preservation Fund request by Willard

557
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:09,960
City. This one is for right of way
acquisition. Uh the

558
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:15,880
total right of way acquisition cost is
$60,400.

559
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:22,520
The city is proposing to contribute 25%
of that, and they are requesting out of

560
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:30,360
the Quarter Preservation Fund $45,300.
Um this project uh for for large cities

561
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:35,600
uh the minimum score required to be
eligible for funding is 25 points, and

562
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:41,720
this project scored 37 points. So, it
was well above the minimum. Uh this

563
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:48,560
project staff feels is exactly what this
fund was established for. Um and this

564
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:53,800
one went to the COG as well, and the COG
approved the request for $45,300.

565
00:39:54,520 --> 00:40:00,160
» Hey, I will make a motion that we
approve Willard City's request for the

566
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:04,040
300 East Quarter Preservation Fund
request of $45,300

567
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,480
for right of way
acquisition.

568
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:11,000
» I'll second it.
>> Have a motion by Commissioner Bingham

569
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:15,800
and a second by Commissioner Perry to
approve Willard's request on the 300

570
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:19,400
East Quarter Preservation Fund.
Uh

571
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:22,920
if there is no other
um

572
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,720
if if no other comments, all in favor?
>> Aye.

573
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:28,840
» Aye.
>> Motion passes. Thank you.

574
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:31,720
» Uh next item is
uh memorandum of understanding.

575
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:36,240
Uh
we have it listed as agreement 2617.

576
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:40,880
This would be between the Box Elder
County and the BLM

577
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:44,440
regarding the High Desert Trail. So, the
High Desert Trail

578
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:50,840
um is a trail that extends from
Washington County. So, basically the

579
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:56,320
southern point of Utah to uh Snowville,
the northern point of Utah. Um

580
00:40:53,760 --> 00:41:02,600
and so, each
county would participate in this MOU

581
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:07,120
between Box Elder County and the BLM
as part of an environmental assessment

582
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:12,320
that the BLM does. Essentially, what the
county does is say, "Here's your point

583
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:16,480
of contact um for any questions you may
have as you are conducting your

584
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:20,920
environmental assessment, and that point
of contact will assist you as needed

585
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:27,320
throughout that process."
Um I anticipate for our portion of that,

586
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:30,800
it will be incredibly minimal. Our
portion of the High Desert Trail through

587
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:34,720
Box Elder County is using existing
county roads.

588
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:38,320
Um so, there would be no new trail cut
through BLM land or anything like that.

589
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:43,120
So,
uh but with that said, uh

590
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:47,680
we can either choose to be a cooperating
agency through that process or we can

591
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:51,560
decline. They do require a reason for
declination, but uh

592
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:59,840
anyway, so.
>> I'd make a motion that we approve um

593
00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:03,520
the MOU with the BLM in Box Elder County
2617 for the High Desert Trail

594
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:07,240
environmental assessment. We've been
working on this project with the other

595
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:10,560
counties for quite some time, so I think
it's necessary we continue to do that.

596
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,760
» Second.
>> I have a motion by Commissioner Bingham

597
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:20,240
or by Commissioner Perry
to approve Box Elder County and BLM MOU

598
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:24,160
number 26-17
for the High Desert Trail environment

599
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:27,040
and as second by Commissioner Bingham.
If there's no further discussion, all in

600
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:30,040
favor say I.
>> I.

601
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:34,680
» Motion passes. Thank you.
>> Yeah. So, next item is a surplus

602
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:39,560
property request. Uh this came before
you a few weeks back. An adjacent

603
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:44,920
property owner to a
uh sliver parcel in Perry City

604
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:48,640
was interested in in acquiring that
property.

605
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,640
Um

606
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:53,240
between now and then I've done a little
bit of research and

607
00:42:52,869 --> 00:42:56,880
» [clears throat and cough]
>> the

608
00:42:54,280 --> 00:43:03,720
the parcel is listed in our recorder's
database as 0.06 acres in size. Um I

609
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:08,200
it looked larger than that on our web
map, so I got in touch with the

610
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:11,400
recorder's office to and asked them if
they could dig into it a little bit and

611
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:16,600
find out more information on this
property. Um the pro the county obtained

612
00:43:14,240 --> 00:43:20,160
possession of the property in
via

613
00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:26,400
tax deed in 1999.
Um with that said, after consulting with

614
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:30,360
the recorder's office, their
recommendation, they kind of dove into

615
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:37,480
it, went down a little bit of a rabbit
hole, is that the if

616
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:42,320
if the property owner is interested in
acquiring this, that a survey be done.

617
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:45,760
Um there's some conflicting property
lines, deeds, and other things like that

618
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:52,480
in that area.
Um otherwise, it is unclear enough that

619
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:56,360
if no survey is done that that the
recorder's office

620
00:43:54,160 --> 00:44:02,240
would recommend that it not be
surplussed.

621
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:07,160
» So, uh would the potential purchaser pay
for that survey?

622
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:10,680
» Correct. If they want it done, yeah.
>> So, we're kind of waiting for that to

623
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:14,480
happen type thing then?
>> So,

624
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:17,960
yeah. I mean, I I I haven't spoken with
them specifically about that yet.

625
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:21,320
Uh
discussed this with the recorder, I

626
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:24,840
think on Monday,
um and then wanted to bring it before

627
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:28,000
you so that you could give us some
direction there. If that is your

628
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:31,160
direction, then I'll get back to the
landowner and let him know that that's

629
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:35,320
the direction that's what the county
commission feels on this before starting

630
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:37,800
the surplus pro the surplus disposal
process.

631
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:40,600
» So, because of the boundary issue, you
don't know exactly how large the parcel

632
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,760
is?
>> Correct.

633
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:47,560
Yeah.
And I I know Chad's here. If you have

634
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:51,360
additional questions, he knows more
about the specifics of it than I do

635
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:56,920
having, you know, his department and his
background knowledge in in legal

636
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,920
descriptions and all of that. So,

637
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:03,080
» Do you want to come talk to us for a
second, Chad, just to make sure I

638
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:06,200
I mean, right now I'm inclined to say if
they want to have it assessed and come

639
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:09,240
or have it surveyed and come back, then
I would be willing to possibly put it on

640
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:12,760
the surplus, but
>> And I think the questions that were

641
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:16,520
provided in your packet as far as if we
go to surplus, I think those can be

642
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:22,800
addressed at
the time, like if the survey is done,

643
00:45:19,240 --> 00:45:25,560
right, then that can be addressed.
>> So, Chad Montgomery, Box Elder County

644
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:28,800
Recorder.
The

645
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:32,640
The issue is that the the acreage
doesn't match the the legal description.

646
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:36,840
It's all based on lessers.
As we drew the surrounding parcels, it

647
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:40,320
looks like the gap extends further north
than what is actually shown on the web

648
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:44,520
map.
Um because that's unclear, they come

649
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:48,160
from separate section corners, and they
don't tie to each other.

650
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:51,920
It looks like the one to the north
actually should be, if it's tied

651
00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:54,920
properly, should
be the road on the east side rather than

652
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,800
the west side.
But, based on the description that's

653
00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:01,080
currently used from when it went to tax
sale,

654
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:06,320
um it would be a much larger parcel and
could cause some conflicts with other

655
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:09,880
landowners. And I don't think we want to
create any issues with additional

656
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:13,360
landowners. And that's why we suggested
that we

657
00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:18,080
have them get a survey for
the particular parcel that they were

658
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:18,080
interested in for surplusing.

659
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,240
» Yeah, I think we I think we ought to
wait to have a survey.

660
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,480
» Do we need a motion to that effect? Do
you Would you like a motion to that

661
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,760
effect?
>> Uh I don't know that you need a motion,

662
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:29,320
but uh
>> direction from

663
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:32,200
» Direction that I think they have to have
a survey before they can bring it back

664
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:33,040
before we can feel good about putting it
for

665
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,240
» Yeah.
>> Then we can vote on it.

666
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:39,240
» It's still
Okay.

667
00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:39,240
» Thank you. Thanks, Chad.

668
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:48,360
» All right. So, my next item is the
ordinance 649. This is a request for a

669
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:52,320
zoning map amendment in the Tremonton
area.

670
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:55,520
More specifically, third ward area, if
you're familiar with that. It's kind of

671
00:46:53,720 --> 00:47:00,640
southeast or sorry, southwest of
Tremonton.

672
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:03,360
Um it's approximately 1,362
acres.

673
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:07,600
This one consisted of multiple
landowners requesting that their

674
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:11,880
property in a joint application
requesting that their property

675
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:16,080
uh change from unzoned to the
agricultural heritage zone.

676
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:20,040
This went to the planning commission in
March on March 19th.

677
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:24,880
Public hearing was held
uh and the planning commission following

678
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:28,480
that public hearing process recommended
approval to the county commission.

679
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:36,520
» Hey, I will make a motion that we
approve ordinance 649 to rezone from

680
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:38,680
unzoned to ag heritage zone 1,362
acres.

681
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:42,280
» I'll second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham

682
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:49,000
and a second by Commissioner Perry to
approve six number 649 rezone

683
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:52,480
um from unzoned to ag heritage zone as
presented. Any further discussion? All

684
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:55,080
in favor say aye.
>> Aye.

685
00:47:55,280 --> 00:48:00,680
» Okay, and then the final one, ordinance
650. This is

686
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:07,440
uh similar.
This one is requesting to rezone

687
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:11,840
approximately 1,622
acres. This one's located in the Garland

688
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:17,440
and Riverside area.
Similarly, that area zone is unzoned,

689
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:21,920
and this property owner is requesting
that his property be rezoned to the

690
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:25,560
agricultural heritage zone as well.
Um

691
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:30,440
and this one went to the planning
commission in April on April 16th.

692
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:35,440
Public hearing was held, and the
planning commission forwarded a

693
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:35,440
recommendation of approval.

694
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:43,480
» So, I will make a motion to approve
ordinance number 650 to rezone from

695
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:46,920
unzoned to ag heritage zone, 1,622 acres
in the

696
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:49,760
Garland Riverside area.
>> I'll second it.

697
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:56,360
» We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham
and a second by Commissioner Perry

698
00:48:52,000 --> 00:49:00,400
to appro- to approve number 650 rezone
from unzoned to ag heritage zone as

699
00:48:58,920 --> 00:49:03,080
presented.
If there's no further discussion, all in

700
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,560
favor?
>> Aye.

701
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:09,560
» Aye.
>> Motion passes.

702
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:11,080
» And my final item will move to a future
meeting. Thank you.

703
00:49:10,760 --> 00:49:14,240
» Okay.
>> Thanks, Scott.

704
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,240
» Thanks, Scott.

705
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:23,960
» Okay. Uh number 11 under fairgrounds
is going to come and talk to us about uh

706
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:28,040
facility use agreement.
Number

707
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:28,040
and number 26-12.

708
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:38,840
» This facility use agreement 26-12
um will update the agreement between Box

709
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:44,720
Elder County and Lola Baker,
um often known as the boot lady, with

710
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:51,400
the rental of exhibit hall number three
out at the county fairgrounds. Um it

711
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:56,280
updates the monthly amount um required
for rent. Um

712
00:49:53,800 --> 00:50:02,520
and stipulates that the agreement
expires in February of 2027.

713
00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:08,160
Um in speaking with Lola, she is working
on her new location and so

714
00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:12,840
she will keep us in the county updated
county commission updated on if she is

715
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:19,040
able to move before then or if she
requires some additional time.

716
00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:19,040
» Very good.

717
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,720
» So you need a motion?
>> Yep.

718
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:27,640
» I'll make a motion we approve facility
use agreement 26-12

719
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:30,920
fairgrounds building.
>> I'll second it.

720
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:36,160
» We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham
and a second by Commissioner Perry to

721
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:39,920
approve agreement number 26-12 as
presented. Is there any further

722
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,840
discussion? If not,
all in favor say I.

723
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:45,200
» I.
>> I.

724
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:45,200
» Motion passes. Thank you.

725
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,400
» Are you ready for me on the next?
>> Yes, I'm ready for the next one.

726
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:59,560
» Okay.
>> Sorry.

727
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:03,600
» No, you're fine. On this next one, um
the attorney's office has been working

728
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:09,120
in conjunction with um Commissioner
Tyler, Jan with the fairgrounds, and

729
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:14,400
Sherlene in the auditor's office to
update the current horse stall

730
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:20,760
rental agreement. Um once this is put in
place, we'll be able to follow up with

731
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:25,640
the current um renters to if if they're
willing and able to meet the new

732
00:51:22,720 --> 00:51:29,680
requirements to renew
um their agreement to continue. As of

733
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:36,160
this time, just to update you on the
status, they were given until I think it

734
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:39,680
was June 12th or right around there
>> Right.

735
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:45,240
» in the original notice um to vacate. And
so, as long as we're able to help them

736
00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:50,000
renew this agreement before June 12th,
um there should be no impact to them.

737
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:53,880
And then additionally, we're working
with the others on special equipment

738
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:57,800
that's there at the grounds. But the
updated agreement and it is very

739
00:51:55,760 --> 00:52:02,720
comprehensive, much longer than what we
had in place before, just to cover the

740
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:07,400
liability of the county and to ensure
that, um, both the renter and the county

741
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:11,240
are on the same page as to what's
allowed in and what would is not allowed

742
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:14,240
in what would require special
permission, um, through Jan or through

743
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:17,160
the commission.
>> It looks like it's very similar to what

744
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:20,840
I noticed Cache County has something
similar. Utah State has something very

745
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:24,600
similar. So it's basically protecting us
similar to those folks as well. So

746
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:28,960
» It should. And in this agreement, that's
where it removes the option for cash

747
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:33,960
payments on horse stall rentals, but
does allow for not only the online

748
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:38,000
credit card payments, but also an
e-check or an electronic checking

749
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:41,480
account option. So that hopefully that
will be a fit for everyone.

750
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:43,720
» Great. Very good.
I'd make a motion that we approve the

751
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:46,240
updated standard horse stall
month-to-month rental agree- the form

752
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:49,000
agreement.
>> Second.

753
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:53,280
» We have a motion by Commissioner Perry
and a second by Commissioner Bingham to

754
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:58,360
approve the updated standard horse stall
month-to-month rental agreement form as

755
00:52:56,240 --> 00:53:00,680
presented by Ann Hansen. If there's no
further discussion, all in favor?

756
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:04,920
» Aye.
>> Aye.

757
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,920
» Motion passes. Thank you, Ann.

758
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:10,800
Okay, Recorder's Office.
Uh

759
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,080
Hi, Chad.
>> Hello.

760
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:18,680
» You're going to talk to us about the
Common Chain, uh, LLC agreement.

761
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:24,000
» Yes. Chad Montgomery,
county recorder. So I'm here to talk

762
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:28,840
about, uh, the agreement 2613 with the
company Common Chain LLC.

763
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:34,320
Um, this does two things for the
Recorder's Office. Um, it'll it uses,

764
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:38,160
um,
it's used as a backup. So we'll have a a

765
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:43,000
separate online
issue so that when things happen, like

766
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:46,400
what happened in August, the the title
industry will still have a second option

767
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:50,280
that's cloud-based
to be able to still do their

768
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:53,960
um title searches and things and keep
that economy moving.

769
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:58,880
Um so that was the biggest reason that
we wanted to go with them.

770
00:53:55,520 --> 00:54:03,200
The second reason was to They provide
They take all of our historical

771
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:06,800
documents that we now have scanned, and
they will

772
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:09,840
using AI index all that information and
put it in, which will significantly

773
00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:14,320
reduce
the cost to the county. Other

774
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:19,000
um An important
thing to note is that other groups that

775
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:22,200
that can do this would cost the county a
dollar per

776
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:24,960
document to do that, and with so many
historical things that would be a huge

777
00:54:23,840 --> 00:54:29,760
cost.
The nice thing about this company is

778
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:34,720
that there's no cost to the county.
Their Their money in this is all through

779
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:39,520
the title searches that they provide,
and and any copies that are made from

780
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:44,240
that go back to
the the county at the normal fee that we

781
00:54:41,720 --> 00:54:49,120
have in our fee structure. Um so with
the fact it doesn't cost us any money,

782
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:53,440
we get all the benefit from that. That's
and we get the backup option.

783
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:56,400
That That's why I'm asking the
commission to

784
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:59,240
go with this agreement with Common
Ground.

785
00:54:57,000 --> 00:55:04,640
» So I mean do they have any guarantees
that in the event of a hack that their

786
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:10,680
cloud-based system will protect you?
>> So it's a it's a completely separate

787
00:55:07,240 --> 00:55:13,680
thing, so we only we upload once a week.
And so there's not a continual

788
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:17,320
connection there.
>> network then.

789
00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:21,160
» No, and so it's completely separate. So
that's one of the things, and we had the

790
00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:25,040
contract reviewed by the attorney's
office, and they made sure that those

791
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:29,080
kind of things were the important things
were included in that, but with that

792
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:34,160
separation where it's not a constant
communication, if one or the other goes

793
00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:36,200
down, it should not affect the other.
And that was an important thing for us

794
00:55:35,640 --> 00:55:38,200
as well.
>> Yeah.

795
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:45,280
» Okay, well, I will make a motion that we
approve the Common Chain LLC agreement

796
00:55:43,360 --> 00:55:48,320
number 26-13.
>> I'll second it.

797
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:53,600
» We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham
Bingham and a second by Commissioner

798
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:57,920
Perry to approve the Common Chain LLC
agreement number 26-13 as presented by

799
00:55:56,320 --> 00:56:00,760
Chad Montgomery.
If there's no further discussion, all in

800
00:55:59,800 --> 00:56:03,400
favor say I.
>> I.

801
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:05,640
» Motion passes. Thanks, Chad. Appreciate
you.

802
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:13,120
All right, under the Treasurer's office,
request of forgiveness on interest and

803
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:19,280
penalties for the unpaid property tax on
parcel 05

804
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:19,280
0-53-01

805
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:24,320
09, Heather Murphy.
>> Hi.

806
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:27,720
» How are you? You going to come Can you
You want to come up?

807
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:31,080
» Sorry.
>> Sean's going to come.

808
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:35,720
We just want to have you up there with
us.

809
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:35,720
» Do you want all that papers?

810
00:56:39,200 --> 00:56:44,520
Um
Um my 2025

811
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:46,200
taxes just got done this morning.
>> Yeah, tell us who you are. Yeah, we need

812
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:50,160
to know who you are.
>> Hi, I'm Heather Murphy [clears throat]

813
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:53,520
and I used to live in Box Elder County a
couple and while I was living here a

814
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:56,800
couple decades ago, my
paternal grandparents passed away and

815
00:56:55,160 --> 00:57:01,520
instead of paying down my mortgage on my
house, I decided to purchase a small

816
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:06,200
building on Main Street in Tremonton
across from the old bell tower on the

817
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:11,320
same street that my dad was born on in
1940. It was a good thing I did buy that

818
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:14,840
um
commercial building because the rent

819
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:18,840
from it has kept me and my five kids
afloat when my husband left us 10 years

820
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:22,800
ago when my baby was youngest and I had
no job or training.

821
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:28,360
I'm here today because I failed to pay
my property tax on the building in 2022

822
00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:32,760
through 2025.
And

823
00:57:29,600 --> 00:57:35,840
how in the world did I not notice that I
didn't pay it?

824
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:42,080
I will tell you.
Um

825
00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:46,600
I went I remarried in 2022 and moved and
failed to contact the tax collector

826
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:52,320
county to get my property tax bill
address changed and so where I wasn't

827
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:58,240
receiving the notice
I didn't notice plus I wasn't um

828
00:57:55,800 --> 00:58:02,440
at my my second husband was paying our
taxes and

829
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:05,600
I didn't, you know, didn't notice that I
mean

830
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:09,840
he was doing our taxes and he didn't
notice that

831
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:14,560
we weren't paying and um
and I was having a a lot of challenges

832
00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:21,520
with my second marriage
and at the beginning of 2025 I went

833
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:21,520
through a divorce and now I'm in the

834
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:27,680
process of rebuilding and taking full
responsibility of my finances and tax

835
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:32,000
obligations again.
As part of that I recently became aware

836
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:35,840
of the unpaid taxes while preparing my
2025 filings.

837
00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:40,680
And I am working to get everything
caught up as quickly as possible.

838
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:44,120
Since my divorce my income has decreased
significantly which makes the

839
00:58:42,040 --> 00:58:47,760
accumulated penalties and interest a
much greater financial hardship at this

840
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:50,720
time.
I take responsibility for not catching

841
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:54,440
this sooner and I'm committed to
ensuring

842
00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:59,200
that all future tax notices
are properly received and monitored so

843
00:58:56,360 --> 00:59:02,680
this doesn't happen again.
So given the circumstances specifically

844
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:07,160
the lack of notice due to the address
change, the significant life transitions

845
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:12,280
of moving and getting married and all
those things um and my current financial

846
00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:15,680
hardship I I respectfully request that
the county consider waving or reducing

847
00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:18,200
the penalties and interest that have
occurred.

848
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:26,040
» Sure. Sean, you want to tell us what the
penalties and interest are that we're

849
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:30,880
talking about?
>> Yeah. So this is I just to make clear

850
00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:33,560
it's not a tax sale property.
Uh

851
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:38,360
penalties and interest
uh amount to a total of $1,005.35.

852
00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:45,280
» Okay. And
can you substantiate to me the fact that

853
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:48,400
we sent the letters out where we do we
know if we were getting them getting

854
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:51,160
letters coming back to us or did they
just

855
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:54,120
» Probably or else the person that was
receiving them just threw them away, but

856
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:55,800
» Okay.
>> Yeah, they were going to the wrong

857
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:58,960
address.
>> So it is they were not getting to her

858
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:01,640
and that's so the
>> Yeah, they weren't getting to her. They

859
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,120
had the wrong address on. They had the
previous address, right?

860
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:06,960
» Okay.
>> So Shawn, because you're saying it's not

861
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:10,000
a tax sale, that means we haven't
reached 5-year limit?

862
01:00:08,520 --> 01:00:14,240
» That's right. It's 4 years delinquent at
this point.

863
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:18,400
» So I have a question for you.
So if if we decide to

864
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:21,200
do away with the penalty and the
interest, are you going to be able to

865
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:27,000
catch up on your taxes?
>> Yes, I have a a HELOC that's a 8%

866
01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:32,880
currently 8% interest rate and I will um
pay that. I will get caught up today.

867
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:34,600
I will take use that loan to
to get caught up.

868
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,640
» That's that's awesome. That's what I
That's what I like to hear actually, the

869
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:39,120
fact you're going to catch up on your
taxes. That's great.

870
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:42,000
» I'm really embarrassed.
>> Well, that that is the fact you're

871
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:45,880
willing to to do what you've done to go
out and get a HELOC to get take care of

872
01:00:43,440 --> 01:00:48,080
your taxes is impressive. We sometimes
don't always see that either, so I'm

873
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:51,520
impressed that you're willing to do
that. With that, I would make a motion

874
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:57,280
that we do forgive the interest and
penalties on the unpaid property taxes

875
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:57,280
for parcel 50-53-0109.

876
01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:03,200
» I'll second that.
>> We have a

877
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:07,920
motion by Commissioner Perry and a
second by Commissioner Bingham to waive

878
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:12,760
the uh interest and penalties on the
unpaid property tax on parcel

879
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:12,760
050-53-0109,

880
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:20,200
Heather Murphy, as
uh presented. Is there any further

881
01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:22,120
discussion? All in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.

882
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:26,160
» Motion passes.
Thank you.

883
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:26,160
» Thank you so much.

884
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:32,320
» Okay,
request forgiveness on interest and

885
01:01:30,360 --> 01:01:35,880
penalties for the unpaid property tax on
parcel 031-25-0103,

886
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:40,320
Larry Stevens.

887
01:01:44,722 --> 01:01:46,742
» [snorts]

888
01:02:01,320 --> 01:02:09,440
» Yes, it is.
>> My name is Larry Stevens and I'm the

889
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:15,120
owner of this. My mother-in-law actually
gave it to my wife. My wife has been in

890
01:02:11,840 --> 01:02:20,160
the hospital for quite a big time now
and I'm legally blind

891
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:23,760
and so I haven't had a
uh

892
01:02:22,120 --> 01:02:28,080
way to pay all these things and
everything because of all the situations

893
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:32,000
anyway. Long story short is I was trying
to wave that where I will pay the whole

894
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:36,840
amount. I just wanted to see if I could
get the

895
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:40,520
wave the uh fees and the interest rate
for it so I can come up with the rest of

896
01:02:38,520 --> 01:02:44,000
the amount. I have the money for that
but

897
01:02:42,680 --> 01:02:48,640
» What is the penalties and interest,
Shawn? Can you tell us that?

898
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:55,360
» Yeah. Um
This is a tax sale property.

899
01:02:51,960 --> 01:03:01,480
And uh it's also a secondary residence
which makes the taxes quite a bit higher

900
01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:07,240
than a primary residence. The taxes
uh well, the penalties and interest

901
01:03:03,640 --> 01:03:07,240
combined are $3,374.47.

902
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:17,600
» How much are the taxes?

903
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:22,480
» You know, taxes are almost twice as much
what they

904
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:26,840
of what they would be if it was a
primary residence. So, the taxes the

905
01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:29,840
total taxes owing for 5 years is
$14,775.13.

906
01:03:30,760 --> 01:03:36,920
» We do I live there about 6 months of the
year.

907
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:39,880
So, we go back and forth and down there.
Whenever we have to do

908
01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:42,160
different
situations.

909
01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:46,240
» And the primary residence is in
Clearfield, is that right?

910
01:03:43,480 --> 01:03:48,360
» Primary I have in Clearfield.
So.

911
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:51,960
» So, Mr. Stevens, do you
>> there about 6 months a year.

912
01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:56,040
» So, Mr. Stevens, you said that you you
can take care of the the taxes without

913
01:03:54,320 --> 01:03:58,200
the penalties and the interest?
>> Yeah.

914
01:03:56,760 --> 01:03:59,920
» And you can do that today?
>> Well, it'll be

915
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:03,040
» Yeah, you can do it today.
>> Can you do it today? Okay, you can do it

916
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:08,000
today.
Okay, with that uh

917
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:11,800
agreement, I I make a motion that we um
approve the request for forgiving on

918
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:17,680
interest and penalties for the
unpaid property tax on parcel 031

919
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:20,160
-25-0103
for Larry Stevens.

920
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:24,760
» I'll second it.
>> We have a motion by Commissioner Bingham

921
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:29,360
and a second by Commissioner Perry to
approve the

922
01:04:27,200 --> 01:04:35,400
uh removing removing the interest and
penalties for the unpaid property tax on

923
01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:35,400
parcel 050-53-0

924
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:41,360
No, excuse me.
031-25

925
01:04:41,800 --> 01:04:47,120
-0103
Larry Stevens. All in favor, say aye.

926
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:49,800
» Aye.
>> Motion passes.

927
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:52,400
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

928
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:58,004
» Thank you.
Okay, under human resources

929
01:04:55,984 --> 01:04:58,004
» [clears throat]

930
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:03,440
» Jenica's going to come and visit with us
for a few minutes.

931
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:07,400
About policy 28.

932
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:18,000
» Okay, so we are in need of a new policy.
The state legislature passed a new law

933
01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:20,920
that goes into effect on May 6th of this
year

934
01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:26,320
that states that we as an employer are
not allowed to ask for an employee to

935
01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:29,840
pay for a medical exam up front when
it's work related.

936
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:34,920
We have to just automatically pay for
it. We can't pay them, so we can't have

937
01:05:32,840 --> 01:05:37,520
them pay for it and then reimburse them,
which we have done with some in the

938
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:41,280
past, so
this would just make it so that

939
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:45,520
effective today, we wouldn't do that
practice anymore. We would just pay the

940
01:05:42,680 --> 01:05:45,520
bills directly.

941
01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:52,240
» So that that would become part of their
benefit package or

942
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:57,200
» of already is, so um these are things
like uh CDL medical cards or a fit for

943
01:05:55,240 --> 01:06:00,480
duty exam, which we already pay directly
anyway.

944
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:04,920
Um we mostly have been reimbursing the
medical cards for CDLs.

945
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:08,720
So that's where you're going to see the
biggest impact, but we've already been

946
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:12,160
paying it, so this just means I can't
have the employee pay up front and then

947
01:06:10,840 --> 01:06:13,760
reimburse them. We just have to pay
directly.

948
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:17,920
» Pay directly.
>> Yep. We have two providers that are

949
01:06:15,480 --> 01:06:21,880
contracted to do that already, so should
be easy.

950
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:25,280
» I make a motion that we adopt policy 28
employee medical examinations.

951
01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:29,360
» Second.
>> We have a We have a motion by

952
01:06:26,680 --> 01:06:33,080
Commissioner Perry to adopt policy 28
and second by Commissioner Bingham.

953
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:34,920
There's no further discussions. All in
favor say I.

954
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:38,960
» I.
>> Motion passes. Thank you.

955
01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:43,880
» Thanks, Janet. Appreciate it.
Okay, we're to the public comment period

956
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:49,240
of our meeting. Those wishing to make
public comment shall sign the comment

957
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:54,040
roll and be responsible for the
following rules outlined in the county

958
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:58,240
commissioner rules and procedures.
Speakers will have one 3-minute

959
01:06:56,240 --> 01:07:03,440
opportunity to speak regardless of the
number of items they wish to address.

960
01:07:00,520 --> 01:07:08,320
Speakers shall address their comments to
the county commission only. There is

961
01:07:06,720 --> 01:07:12,280
This is a time to be heard. There will
be no back and forth dialogue with the

962
01:07:10,840 --> 01:07:16,800
commissioners.
Speakers may file copies of the remarks

963
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:22,040
or supporting information with the
county clerk. The county clerk will make

964
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:29,560
the information uh
available to the county commission.

965
01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:29,560
And we will start with

966
01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:32,640
Kent Hyer.

967
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:52,800
» My name is Kent Hyer. Uh we are property
owners in the Blue Creek area.

968
01:07:48,800 --> 01:07:57,360
About 2,000 acres there and I came
specifically because of Mayda. I didn't

969
01:07:55,200 --> 01:08:03,160
know what it was. Suddenly I heard about
it this week and came to find out that

970
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:09,560
you only learned about it 2 weeks ago.
So, it's not so confusing.

971
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:13,040
But, I'm concerned about three things.
First, the amount of traffic this is

972
01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:18,040
going to bring into the area because we
are after all a rural area. And we're

973
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:23,319
talking about 2,000 employees that are
going to have to travel up and down the

974
01:08:20,359 --> 01:08:26,839
Highway 84 to get to Hansel Valley
unless they're living in Hansel Valley.

975
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:32,759
And that wasn't addressed in what he
said about Mayda. Secondly, um the power

976
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:35,600
that's being used they say is coming
from

977
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:38,359
the
Rhu

978
01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:41,480
pipeline?
I don't even know what that is.

979
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:42,839
So, is that natural gas?
>> Yes.

980
01:08:41,839 --> 01:08:47,319
» Okay.
I thought as much.

981
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:51,279
So, [snorts] it will not raise our
electrical

982
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:54,799
prices at all, which is great. Um the
third thing when they talked about

983
01:08:52,520 --> 01:08:58,480
taking the briny water from the
Locomotive Springs and cleaning it and

984
01:08:56,600 --> 01:09:04,279
using it for cooling and then putting it
back in the aquifer.

985
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:10,040
Do we know how far the aquifer reaches?
Does it reach out

986
01:09:06,799 --> 01:09:13,880
to Blue Creek from Hansel Valley?
I mean, I've heard stories the aquifer

987
01:09:12,480 --> 01:09:18,240
reaches to
um what was Thiokol, now it's whatever

988
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:22,759
it's called.
But, I'm wondering if that's going to

989
01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:26,520
affect the aquifer or not.
They talked about putting it into the

990
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:30,799
Great Salt Lake, which would be great to
increase the water level there cuz it

991
01:09:28,440 --> 01:09:34,799
desperately needs to be maintained.
But, those are the kinds of concerns I

992
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:38,799
had when I came to this meeting. At
least I got some responses. I was

993
01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:42,600
worried that it was going to be just a
for-profit

994
01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:42,600
um

995
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:49,000
mining facility [snorts] not
related to the government at all,

996
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:53,759
especially after I heard that one of the
people from Shark Tank is involved in

997
01:09:51,720 --> 01:10:00,880
the project
So, yeah, I just hope you consider

998
01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:04,680
the people around the area, not just
those immediately affected in Hansel

999
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:07,640
Valley when you consider what to do with
the mine of project, okay? That's all

1000
01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:10,640
I've got to say.
>> Thank you, Kent. Appreciate it.

1001
01:10:09,733 --> 01:10:13,760
» [clears throat]
>> Okay, Deanna Hardy.

1002
01:10:24,143 --> 01:10:26,163
» [clears throat]

1003
01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:31,720
» Okay.
Deanna Hardy Brigham.

1004
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:35,160
The Box Elder Committee of Liberty is
concerned that several times our

1005
01:10:33,400 --> 01:10:39,600
comments have been incorrect in the
County Commission meeting minutes.

1006
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:43,440
When we submit our com- comments in
written form to the commission,

1007
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:47,600
a correction of the minutes of March
25th should reflect that our committee

1008
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:52,640
believes that zoning should only be
implemented when a property owner is

1009
01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:56,480
doing something immoral or dangerous
with their property.

1010
01:10:54,320 --> 01:11:00,520
In the minutes of March 25th, it only
stated immoral.

1011
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:05,440
Commissioner Perry reported to the
convention at the convention that the

1012
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:09,040
commissioners cut 4% from each county
develop-

1013
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:13,680
each county department, but failed to
inform the people of the large salary

1014
01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:18,800
increases for elected representatives.
The sheriff received 17,594

1015
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:22,120
increase for 2025
and 4,391

1016
01:11:20,480 --> 01:11:27,960
for 26.
County attorney received 7,098 increase

1017
01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:33,480
for 25 and 4,785
for 26.

1018
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:40,200
Judge, 6,388 increase
for 25 and 4,308 for 26.

1019
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:47,160
The assessor, auditor, clerk, recorder,
treasurer each received 4,840

1020
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:51,120
increase for 25 and 3,271
for 26.

1021
01:11:49,320 --> 01:11:55,240
The citizens do not receive an increase
in salary every year.

1022
01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:58,160
They keep getting their money taken away
every year.

1023
01:11:56,680 --> 01:12:01,840
The citizens' cries to our
representatives not to raise taxes were

1024
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:05,800
ignored.
The citizens have every right to protect

1025
01:12:03,560 --> 01:12:10,160
their property by not paying tax
increases that were not consented to by

1026
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:13,760
the governed.
Grateful for all the citizens that

1027
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:16,080
stood, even if it was just for a little
while.

1028
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:21,320
And for those citizens that are
continuing to stand in resistance

1029
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:26,640
against the tax increases.
Quote, "A every major increase in

1030
01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:31,520
liberty in our country's history has
been the result of people showing

1031
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:37,160
disobedience against bad laws.
Disobedience is the true foundation of

1032
01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:40,800
liberty." Henry David Thoreau.
The citizens are being forced to turn

1033
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:45,600
over their hard-earned money so that
elected representatives can have larger

1034
01:12:42,800 --> 01:12:49,760
salaries and to fund unconstitutional
socialist government programs.

1035
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:53,440
Our elected representatives are showing
no respect or concern for their

1036
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:58,440
constituents.
It was also reported county purchased an

1037
01:12:55,680 --> 01:13:02,720
ambulance at a reduced rate. Why is our
county purchasing an ambulance?

1038
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:06,840
This should be the hospital's purchase
and part of the free market system.

1039
01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:10,960
The citizens are double taxed with being
forced to pay into this service and then

1040
01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:16,160
when the citizen actually use the
service, they are billed at an enormous

1041
01:13:13,640 --> 01:13:19,760
rate, which is a double taxation.
Solution, restore the free market

1042
01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:23,000
system.
Commissioner Bingham reported that he is

1043
01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:27,480
for property rights but is trying to
zone all of the county's property, which

1044
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:31,360
is unconstitutional.
This country was founded on private

1045
01:13:29,120 --> 01:13:34,600
property rights and representatives are
supposed to be protecting this right.

1046
01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:35,960
» Okay, your time is up.
>> Okay, thank you.

1047
01:13:35,360 --> 01:13:40,920
» Yep.
>> I'll let you read the rest of it.

1048
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:40,920
» Luanne Adams.

1049
01:13:52,240 --> 01:13:56,560
» What is this for?
>> That's for you to snuggle with it if you

1050
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:59,641
» It's a comfort bunny.
>> Yeah, you just squeeze it if you get

1051
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:01,661
really upset.
>> [laughter]

1052
01:14:02,280 --> 01:14:08,240
» It does it does hug back, so be careful.
>> My notes says spread kindness.

1053
01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:16,040
Anyway, my name's Luanne Adams and I'm
I'm here um our family has property in

1054
01:14:14,200 --> 01:14:18,680
the Salt Wells area and we're affected
by this

1055
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:24,120
um
this Myton deal.

1056
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:29,200
I was called some time ago um about the
property and and we let him know that we

1057
01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:32,880
are a working ranch and
our ranch, let me just tell you a little

1058
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:36,760
bit about our ranch. It's historic
property, it goes back to um Bob's

1059
01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:40,960
grandfather
and um we've put a lot of work into

1060
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:47,040
that. We have a seed business there,
forage kosher, and we have cattle on it.

1061
01:14:44,040 --> 01:14:50,960
In in the wintertime, it's a good place
to to have your cattle because you don't

1062
01:14:48,880 --> 01:14:56,160
have to feed a lot of hay. It's kind of
a open winter, so it's it's really great

1063
01:14:54,000 --> 01:15:01,000
for that. And because we don't use a lot
of hay, it helps with this alfalfa that

1064
01:14:58,240 --> 01:15:06,120
everybody's talking about. Um
They don't want farmers to raise.

1065
01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:11,600
Anyway, we want to keep ranching. We
have I have my son is also here and his

1066
01:15:09,400 --> 01:15:15,960
his son is. So, we got several
generations coming and there's we we

1067
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:19,800
couldn't take the money that they gave
us and turn around and find property

1068
01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:25,760
that we have for winter range. And that
it is our good winter range. And um I

1069
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:30,000
learned a lot today. When they called
me, they first of all, they wanted

1070
01:15:27,240 --> 01:15:33,760
20,000 acres. Now, it's 40,000. They
didn't say the government was involved.

1071
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:38,280
They didn't say it was just the private,
the Shark Tank guy, you know, and and um

1072
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:42,320
so, and I didn't know it was going to be
an economic development. So, is

1073
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:47,320
is our property going to be involved in
that? And and how will we be affected by

1074
01:15:45,680 --> 01:15:51,600
all that? I know they wanted a
non-attainment area and there's reasons

1075
01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:57,080
why they want non-attainment. How is
that going to affect us? Um

1076
01:15:54,640 --> 01:16:03,960
because it will. And um
with pollution and and other things,

1077
01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:07,920
these um AI plants have loud noise.
If you've got on the internet, they're

1078
01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:15,240
they're loud noises.
And water pollution, I'm I'm concerned

1079
01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:21,880
about the water pollution and and um
when I talked to um

1080
01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:24,640
the Holmgrens earlier, they thought that
the water was they were going to use it,

1081
01:16:23,400 --> 01:16:27,880
they were going to recharge it, put it
back, and then they were going to be

1082
01:16:26,320 --> 01:16:31,600
able to use it. Now, it's all going to
the Great Salt Lake.

1083
01:16:29,520 --> 01:16:34,880
We're we're concerned about even
watering our cattle. I know it's

1084
01:16:33,000 --> 01:16:40,080
brackish water, but our cattle uses
brackish water to that um

1085
01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:45,440
you know, salty water, it's okay.
Um we're concerned about roads. On the

1086
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:50,120
roads of Salt Wells Road. If I I hope
they don't use that. It's got a lot of

1087
01:16:46,920 --> 01:16:54,760
blind corners in it. And also even
coming out from Northrop Grumman from

1088
01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:59,880
Brigham City, that road is getting worse
and worse. There's so much traffic on it

1089
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:05,600
and it will be an impact um going
forward. I guess we just want to know

1090
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:10,360
I know you guys didn't I think you kind
of learned from us in 10 months about

1091
01:17:07,440 --> 01:17:13,920
this project. We did know earlier. They
said don't tell anybody. Don't tell

1092
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:19,360
anybody. We got some property owners
that you you know just don't tell. So

1093
01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:24,920
I kept it to to myself for a little
while and then um anyway

1094
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:29,240
Um, we're we're not interested in in
selling our property this time and we

1095
01:17:26,720 --> 01:17:30,840
want to be protected for what we have in
the future. So

1096
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:33,173
» up.
>> Thank you.

1097
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:37,640
» Thank you, LuAnn. Appreciate it.
>> [clears throat]

1098
01:17:34,400 --> 01:17:41,240
» Okay, Suzanne Reese.
>> Um, they're going to give me a

1099
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:43,760
microphone cuz I can't stand and walk up
there.

1100
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:48,240
But
LuAnn just expressed my biggest concern

1101
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:50,840
concern. [clears throat] We own property
down in Salt

1102
01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:54,200
» till the microphone for just 1 second so
we can record it?

1103
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:58,000
» Oh, okay. Now,
LuAnn expressed what I'm really

1104
01:17:55,680 --> 01:18:03,520
concerned about, too,
is [clears throat] the roads that uh it

1105
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:09,440
it's really kind of a dangerous place
out there. The blind corners and up and

1106
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:15,080
down. And I'm concerned about 2,000
employees traveling those roads that

1107
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:19,840
could create a real hazard. And the
other thing I'm really concerned about

1108
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:24,000
is why this was kept so hush-hush and
not talked about. My grandson came home

1109
01:18:22,160 --> 01:18:28,360
from college saying it was talked about
in his college class. And that's how we

1110
01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:32,560
became aware of what was going on.
Because nobody else was supposed to

1111
01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:38,920
know, but it was talked about over at
Utah State. But anyway, my My concern is

1112
01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:42,800
the roads. It's pretty dangerous on
those roads right now, and you add

1113
01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:49,000
another 2,000 people, it's going to be
life-threatening. Thank you.

1114
01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:53,080
» Thank you. Appreciate that, Suzanne.
Tim Munns.

1115
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:56,480
» I thought we were
going in order of who was coming. It was

1116
01:18:54,480 --> 01:18:59,120
a lottery. You drawing them out of a
hat, who's next?

1117
01:18:57,960 --> 01:19:03,920
» You're it.
>> I only got 3 minutes, Commissioner.

1118
01:19:00,880 --> 01:19:07,880
Thank you. Tim Munns, Hansel Valley.
Yeah, this thing is going to be huge.

1119
01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:11,320
You get right to my 3 minutes. Change.
The only one who enjoys change is a

1120
01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:15,640
baby, and that's the way it is. It
Nobody wants change in the name of

1121
01:19:13,480 --> 01:19:20,280
progress, development. We've got to
manage what we're doing, but

1122
01:19:18,680 --> 01:19:24,880
I get pretty wound up, and I did get
wound up. That's like Luann said, all my

1123
01:19:23,000 --> 01:19:28,080
neighbors called me
for months. Have they talked to you? Did

1124
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:32,600
he talk to you? I think I'm the last
guy, the landowner on the list, me and

1125
01:19:30,000 --> 01:19:36,920
my son Bud, to know what I shouldn't say
what the hell is going on, but that was

1126
01:19:35,200 --> 01:19:41,400
a fact. And then the And then so
immediately after Austin called me,

1127
01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:45,800
running by me, I chastised him a little
for being

1128
01:19:42,520 --> 01:19:49,080
late to the game. He He had his reason
why he did, but

1129
01:19:47,240 --> 01:19:55,120
it's going to make a huge impact on this
county, this state, and especially the

1130
01:19:51,840 --> 01:19:55,120
valley, Hansel Valley.

1131
01:19:55,520 --> 01:20:01,360
Unlike a lot of the red ranchers there,
which are all my neighbors, all my

1132
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:05,080
friends, we all respect each other's
opinion, but

1133
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:09,360
me and my son Bud have lived there. I've
been there 49 years as of last week.

1134
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:12,800
As anybody's going to be impacted in
this county,

1135
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:16,880
it's going to be us that actually live
there. It's been our residence, which

1136
01:20:14,760 --> 01:20:20,600
that's no brag, that's fact, and ain't
debatable.

1137
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:25,440
And when something sounds too good to be
true, probably isn't.

1138
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:30,200
But given all the the short time with
just the digest the information we had,

1139
01:20:28,440 --> 01:20:35,160
I got information on that. The first
call Austin was on a Thursday night. The

1140
01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:39,880
next morning I was sitting at the
state capital building at 6:00 a.m. to

1141
01:20:37,480 --> 01:20:43,080
ask every elected official there what
they knew about it.

1142
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:46,040
And I just got that kind of a blank
stare. Called the county commissioner on

1143
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:48,720
the way, they knew nothing about it. So,
one of our

1144
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:54,560
whatever word you want to use was
coming late to the game.

1145
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:58,320
Now,
it doesn't matter now.

1146
01:20:56,520 --> 01:21:02,120
We've been informed
it's going to be an economic boom for

1147
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:05,280
the county if we can believe what
they're telling us and what and I got no

1148
01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:09,920
reason not to.
It's going to be a massive

1149
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:13,640
increase in the budget for the county,
the school district, and others.

1150
01:21:11,720 --> 01:21:18,440
It's going to affect us
immensely. It's going to affect all of

1151
01:21:15,440 --> 01:21:18,440
my neighbors down there.

1152
01:21:19,960 --> 01:21:25,120
I don't I I guess the tipping point on
that deal was was the might aspect of

1153
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:30,480
it.
Was the military, the Department of

1154
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:34,720
Defense, the need for this data center.
I still don't comprehend why we need it

1155
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:37,480
why it's got to be so giant, but
after weighing all the information, my

1156
01:21:36,120 --> 01:21:41,320
two sons are in the ranching business
with me. We

1157
01:21:39,240 --> 01:21:44,360
I told Austin money isn't the object. We
want to just continue doing what we're

1158
01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:48,160
doing. We're happy with what we're
doing, but like I said, change is

1159
01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:50,840
inevitable. Progress is going to come.
Who would ever agreed with that Ruby

1160
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:55,160
went through? We did not own that
personal land that it's going but we own

1161
01:21:53,440 --> 01:21:58,720
a substantial piece. We've been blessed
to no end. The 49 years

1162
01:21:57,796 --> 01:22:00,760
» [clears throat]
>> I told you I'd get emotional. We even

1163
01:21:59,840 --> 01:22:04,880
know We've been there. We've been
blessed to no end. To expand that thing

1164
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:09,760
tenfold over. It's going to be less than
5% of the land we own

1165
01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:13,560
currently that they've
approached us about purchasing. The

1166
01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:18,560
sliver right beside of the
of the state. So, we're not selling out,

1167
01:22:15,880 --> 01:22:23,400
but we are on the team.
We are on board with this project.

1168
01:22:21,760 --> 01:22:28,160
I wouldn't say like Paul said it was a
welcome with open arms. Hell no, we

1169
01:22:26,360 --> 01:22:31,560
we had a lot of unanswered questions,
just like the commission did and like

1170
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:35,520
everybody did.
And I think you know that but after

1171
01:22:33,440 --> 01:22:40,000
weighing
if or not it could be stopped by the

1172
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:44,040
time we come in there this
this goose was hatched and this turkey

1173
01:22:41,800 --> 01:22:48,240
was cooked. It looked like to me and we
it was either watch what's happening or

1174
01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:52,040
be involved. So we chose to be involved.
We're supporting the project right now.

1175
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:52,840
» Okay, Tim, your time's up.
>> Is it?

1176
01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:55,640
» Thank you.
>> Yeah.

1177
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:58,120
» I know it's unbelievable but it is.
Thanks, Tim.

1178
01:22:56,747 --> 01:23:01,800
» [laughter]
>> I had a thought when you said welcome

1179
01:22:59,880 --> 01:23:07,400
with open arms but this is not the place
to tell it so

1180
01:23:04,640 --> 01:23:07,400
» Rick Ellis.

1181
01:23:14,480 --> 01:23:19,520
» Rick Ellis, Howell Valley.
Um

1182
01:23:17,880 --> 01:23:23,360
we don't have any idea of the scope of
this project. I've seen several of these

1183
01:23:21,560 --> 01:23:28,120
across the country.
Uh it's mind-boggling.

1184
01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:31,920
Good or bad, I'm for it and I'm and I'm
against it.

1185
01:23:29,640 --> 01:23:36,760
It's going to change Box Elder County
and our areas out there forever.

1186
01:23:34,360 --> 01:23:39,720
The lack of transparency really concerns
me.

1187
01:23:37,800 --> 01:23:44,200
And the $15 million that they're
offering

1188
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:47,600
Box Elder County is a drop in the bucket
of what the infrastructure is going to

1189
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:52,160
cost us.
Where's that money going to come from?

1190
01:23:49,880 --> 01:23:55,600
Uh like I said, I'm not not for and
against it. I've got interests both

1191
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:59,760
ways.
Um but it is going to change what we're

1192
01:23:57,440 --> 01:24:03,960
doing forever and we need to look at it
very carefully and structure it

1193
01:24:02,280 --> 01:24:06,520
to where it's going to benefit Box Elder
County

1194
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:11,000
and the residents.
We've we've heard the sales pitch, the

1195
01:24:08,400 --> 01:24:14,480
patriotic heartstrings.
That's all fine and great

1196
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:17,560
but we need to make darn sure that it
benefits us.

1197
01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:22,560
Thank you.
>> Thanks, Rick. Appreciate that.

1198
01:24:23,920 --> 01:24:26,720
Douglas Holland

1199
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:42,400
» My name is Douglas Holland. I'm one of
the landowners in uh

1200
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:44,800
the MIDA area.
Um

1201
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:52,040
I just wanted to thank the county
commission,

1202
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:56,360
uh MIDA representatives, and
and the developers and the information

1203
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:58,880
that they have been able to provide for
us.

1204
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:01,440
And the due diligence that the
commission seems to be doing.

1205
01:25:00,760 --> 01:25:05,800
Um
it's all important.

1206
01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:09,520
I've been in meetings with
some of the county commissioners, with

1207
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:15,160
the MIDA representatives,
and the local landowners that are

1208
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:19,520
directly impacted with purchase of the
properties.

1209
01:25:17,040 --> 01:25:22,720
And both the commission and the MIDA
representatives

1210
01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:29,640
were
very interested in mitigating any of the

1211
01:25:27,080 --> 01:25:35,320
potential impacts
to the area, not only just that valley,

1212
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:38,480
Hansel Valley, but the local the entire
area in the county.

1213
01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:41,320
And I just wanted to thank the
commission

1214
01:25:39,640 --> 01:25:46,880
and the MIDA representatives and the
developers for their willingness to

1215
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:50,280
mitigate whatever problems there are
and for the landowners and the local

1216
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:54,680
representatives.
Thank you.

1217
01:25:51,160 --> 01:25:54,680
» Thank you. Appreciate that.

1218
01:25:56,160 --> 01:25:58,840
Ann Varner

1219
01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:09,600
Hi, Ann.
>> Hi. I'm Ann Varner and we are one of the

1220
01:26:06,680 --> 01:26:12,440
landowners in Hansel Valley where this
has been talked about today for the data

1221
01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:17,720
center and we feel like this is a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

1222
01:26:15,080 --> 01:26:22,600
We feel like this will help the impact
of the state of Utah and Box Elder and

1223
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:25,120
um
Doug is one of the who just barely spoke

1224
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:30,520
is
also said the way I feel we're for it.

1225
01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:34,200
And thank you for your time.
>> Okay, thank you Anne. Appreciate that.

1226
01:26:37,280 --> 01:26:40,880
Becky Miller

1227
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:56,440
» Okay, I'm
I'm Becky Miller and I'm also one of the

1228
01:26:54,000 --> 01:27:02,720
landowners. Um we live on the property
with Anne and Doug and I feel like um

1229
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:05,680
it's going to be a great economic thing
for

1230
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:09,840
um this county or I wouldn't um be
supporting it. I I I feel like it will

1231
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:13,760
be a positive thing with not a lot of
impact. I'm sure to the people who live

1232
01:27:12,120 --> 01:27:16,640
here of course but with
um some of the other things that they've

1233
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:20,800
been saying they say that it should be
fine. So, um I just give my support to

1234
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:25,960
the project.
>> Okay, thank you.

1235
01:27:23,080 --> 01:27:25,960
Matt Tubbs

1236
01:27:29,230 --> 01:27:31,250
» [clears throat]

1237
01:27:33,840 --> 01:27:40,360
» Commissioners, my name is Matt Tubbs. Um
I own property

1238
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:45,680
that's within the bounds of the Stratus
area project. Um I just want to

1239
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:51,000
uh let you know that I do support that
project and am in favor of Mayda.

1240
01:27:49,040 --> 01:27:55,640
Um I've been working with the Westgen
Co. team for

1241
01:27:53,320 --> 01:28:00,360
a few months now and they've been uh
very transparent and they only want

1242
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:04,000
what's best for the county and the
landowner. So, I I do support the

1243
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:06,840
project. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much.

1244
01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:11,120
Russell Boyer

1245
01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:26,560
» Yes, my name's Russ Boyer, landowner
Locomotive

1246
01:28:24,960 --> 01:28:31,280
Springs there.
We are in support of this project, the

1247
01:28:29,160 --> 01:28:36,880
Stratus project.
Uh my family has ranched there since

1248
01:28:33,640 --> 01:28:41,840
late 1800s down there in Locomotive.
Also based in Idaho, and so we're very

1249
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:46,160
familiar with the ground.
My family is also employed at Northrop

1250
01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:52,000
Grumman.
And I feel this project is needed. This

1251
01:28:49,680 --> 01:28:56,200
pipeline was put through on us with the
Ruby pipeline. I think it was in

1252
01:28:54,240 --> 01:28:59,160
2010.
And there's not been much use for the

1253
01:28:57,800 --> 01:29:04,240
county here.
And the economic gain that can be gained

1254
01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:09,080
from this and the jobs, we need it. For
the race to space and everything else in

1255
01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:14,120
our military.
Uh with all the conflicts we have going

1256
01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:19,200
on in the world, it is a data
based driven race and this is the

1257
01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:22,360
current technology we're using and so
our family's in support of it with our

1258
01:29:21,120 --> 01:29:28,120
ground.
>> Thank you very much.

1259
01:29:25,200 --> 01:29:28,120
Ken Eliason?

1260
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:41,040
» Hello. Ken Ken Eliason.
>> Eliason.

1261
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:45,160
» And I ranch down there with uh
Locomotive Springs area, too. My

1262
01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:49,720
grandfather's been there
75 years ago and along with other

1263
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:54,400
ranchers and uh
me and my two sons, we still ranch there

1264
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:59,000
with private ground and on private
ground and BLM ground.

1265
01:29:56,880 --> 01:30:03,760
And the first thought I had when it came
when I heard about it was uh you know,

1266
01:30:01,040 --> 01:30:09,000
no way, you know, wasn't for it, but
more I learned about it, uh

1267
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:13,440
for us it'd just be a small part on
in our area. I am concerned about the

1268
01:30:11,080 --> 01:30:18,600
roads, the traffic.
Uh but uh they've eased, you know, our

1269
01:30:16,280 --> 01:30:23,880
concerns with with the technology that
they say that they have.

1270
01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:29,400
Uh not using a lot of water, but uh
I am in in favor of it and I

1271
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:36,800
I think it'll be a big boon for Curlew
Valley, the up the valley up north there

1272
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:40,600
for employment and other things. Uh but
yes, I that's where I'm at, so.

1273
01:30:38,960 --> 01:30:42,920
» Okay, Ken, thank you so much. Appreciate
it.

1274
01:30:43,760 --> 01:30:46,400
» Bud Munns.

1275
01:30:57,160 --> 01:30:59,760
Gentlemen, thank [clears throat] you for
your time.

1276
01:30:58,800 --> 01:31:03,080
I'd like to thank you that the
commissioners for holding this hearing

1277
01:31:01,240 --> 01:31:06,000
and and hearing out what we have to say.
Uh just for the record, I am for the

1278
01:31:04,320 --> 01:31:11,320
MIDA application the MIDA application
specifically. I I think it is a

1279
01:31:08,880 --> 01:31:14,280
is a good thing. Um
or you know, back My name is Bud Munns.

1280
01:31:12,760 --> 01:31:18,680
I'm an I'm a property owner that's
actually in the proposed MIDA area. You

1281
01:31:17,320 --> 01:31:24,320
guys have seen the proposed map,
correct? I'm I'm assuming, yeah. Um

1282
01:31:22,120 --> 01:31:28,200
The impacts, we know there's going to be
some negatives

1283
01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:32,240
and there's going to be some positives.
I'm in favor because as long as we show

1284
01:31:29,680 --> 01:31:34,920
a net positive to the locals, like the
direct locals,

1285
01:31:33,800 --> 01:31:38,360
and the surrounding areas that are
around that, the neighboring ranches,

1286
01:31:36,120 --> 01:31:44,040
and then to our county specifically, and
I think the the benefits are there. Um

1287
01:31:41,440 --> 01:31:48,400
and should go forward with that. Um
as far as the military aspect goes, I

1288
01:31:46,120 --> 01:31:51,888
can speak to that personally.
Um

1289
01:31:50,080 --> 01:31:53,720
We're behind
>> [clears throat]

1290
01:31:52,040 --> 01:31:58,640
» in our computing power. It is what it
is. I'm a realist. I know that

1291
01:31:56,240 --> 01:32:01,960
humanity has got to move on and and if
not us, then who? You know, this could

1292
01:32:00,560 --> 01:32:05,400
move on to a different state, and we
could move we could lose the opportunity

1293
01:32:03,560 --> 01:32:09,320
that's right here before us. So, I say
we jump on it and gain it so um we can

1294
01:32:08,040 --> 01:32:12,640
get the benefit from it and I think our
workforce

1295
01:32:11,320 --> 01:32:16,440
can handle it and we can put up a good
product for the military aspect of it.

1296
01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:21,080
Um
I would like to for you to uh the your

1297
01:32:18,640 --> 01:32:24,280
consideration for a local like direct
local to sit on that seven-member might

1298
01:32:22,600 --> 01:32:26,160
aboard that was discussed and I live
there.

1299
01:32:25,080 --> 01:32:31,280
So,
um time is of the essence.

1300
01:32:28,800 --> 01:32:33,920
It's what they're saying. So,
I know you guys need to gather a lot of

1301
01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:37,000
information
um and I'm not saying that we need to

1302
01:32:35,160 --> 01:32:39,880
bypass anything or take a look at
things.

1303
01:32:38,120 --> 01:32:42,400
Um but
if we delay [clears throat] it, there's

1304
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:46,440
an opportunity that it could go to a
different county. Um

1305
01:32:45,080 --> 01:32:50,440
We were notified by the yeah, a couple
of months ago when we wrapped our mind

1306
01:32:48,000 --> 01:32:54,600
around it and it'll be
it was what it was um

1307
01:32:52,680 --> 01:32:57,560
but like I say, I I think it's going to
be a positive thing that a lot of

1308
01:32:55,880 --> 01:33:01,400
negatives that were you know, all three
of you know that my concerns and we have

1309
01:32:59,960 --> 01:33:04,680
addressed those and I think from their
end they've uh

1310
01:33:02,960 --> 01:33:07,320
they've appeased me of what what they
need to do and what they can do to

1311
01:33:05,720 --> 01:33:09,160
mitigate those. So, we move forward the
process. Thank you for your time.

1312
01:33:08,680 --> 01:33:13,880
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

1313
01:33:11,120 --> 01:33:13,880
» Dustin Mills.

1314
01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:23,760
Dustin Mills,
uh fourth generation rancher also in

1315
01:33:22,240 --> 01:33:26,640
that same area.
Not sure if I consider myself Hansel

1316
01:33:25,240 --> 01:33:31,160
Valley or Promontory. We're about 4
miles south of where the proposed area

1317
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:35,560
is. Um
Kind of no man's land. But my concern is

1318
01:33:34,080 --> 01:33:39,240
this. I as has been stated, there's
positives and there's negatives. What I

1319
01:33:37,560 --> 01:33:44,280
want to know is as we move forward if
this project go moves forward, what can

1320
01:33:41,480 --> 01:33:48,400
be done to mitigate any negative impacts
that it may have that we don't recognize

1321
01:33:46,080 --> 01:33:51,960
right now. The the proposed site's in
the bottom of a valley. We all have

1322
01:33:50,040 --> 01:33:55,920
water and wells and things that are
above there. If the water impact is

1323
01:33:53,920 --> 01:34:00,160
greater than anticipated and it affects
us, what can what moving forward what

1324
01:33:58,200 --> 01:34:05,040
our What's our recourse? What can we do
to ensure that our livelihood and our

1325
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:08,760
properties are protected? And number
two, with that on that same note, I

1326
01:34:07,520 --> 01:34:11,160
mean, with the amount of traffic and
things that's going out there, a lot of

1327
01:34:09,600 --> 01:34:13,720
that's open range. Is some of that going
to have to be fenced in order to cause

1328
01:34:13,000 --> 01:34:17,920
to
to stop cattle on car collisions? Who

1329
01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:22,800
pays for that? Who Who pays for the
ongoing impacts that we may not even see

1330
01:34:20,720 --> 01:34:27,440
right now if this goes forward. That's
That's my big concern.

1331
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:31,520
And then my other concern is and this is
kind of a I realize progress moves

1332
01:34:29,200 --> 01:34:35,880
forward no matter what, but as these
type of things move into our county, the

1333
01:34:33,480 --> 01:34:39,560
land values go up and that's can be a
good thing and that can be a bad thing.

1334
01:34:37,840 --> 01:34:44,200
But as we look at I mean, we're already
at a marginal level in which agriculture

1335
01:34:42,200 --> 01:34:47,160
can support the value of the land. If
this project drives the land values up

1336
01:34:45,840 --> 01:34:49,800
even higher, it's going to have an
impact on the entire portion of the

1337
01:34:48,600 --> 01:34:53,320
western county, which it'll drive the
next generation off their ranches

1338
01:34:51,320 --> 01:34:56,880
because they can't afford to stay there.
That's something I think as a county as

1339
01:34:54,680 --> 01:34:59,560
we look at our heritage and our culture,
we need to consider that. Thanks

1340
01:34:58,565 --> 01:35:04,520
[snorts] for your time.
>> Thank you so much.

1341
01:35:01,840 --> 01:35:04,520
Shayne Holmgren.

1342
01:35:05,770 --> 01:35:07,790
» [snorts]

1343
01:35:11,240 --> 01:35:16,600
» Uh Shayne Holmgren, Bar H Ranch.
Uh

1344
01:35:15,360 --> 01:35:21,320
I'm a
fifth generation

1345
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:24,520
on our our ranch out there.
I've got

1346
01:35:22,760 --> 01:35:32,040
three kids which are all here with me
today and my wife and we have

1347
01:35:28,120 --> 01:35:36,960
continued on our legacy.
And when Austin approached me with this

1348
01:35:34,760 --> 01:35:40,040
with Gen West Co,
I thought, you want to what? This is

1349
01:35:38,360 --> 01:35:45,320
crazy.
The more we have had family meetings and

1350
01:35:42,640 --> 01:35:49,280
discussed back and forth, we can see
nothing but the pros

1351
01:35:47,840 --> 01:35:55,080
of this
coming versus the cons.

1352
01:35:52,720 --> 01:36:00,320
Uh
I want to use one example

1353
01:35:57,360 --> 01:36:06,600
years ago when bought when Beaver City
was approached by Proctor & Gamble

1354
01:36:03,640 --> 01:36:11,200
to be a part of Beaver City.
The forefathers then shut

1355
01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:15,880
Proctor & Gamble out and said, "We don't
want you."

1356
01:36:13,120 --> 01:36:19,720
They found a way to go around
the loop

1357
01:36:17,040 --> 01:36:25,520
and they still put the building in.
And to this day it says Beaver City, but

1358
01:36:21,760 --> 01:36:29,240
Beaver City doesn't get any revenue.
So, that being said, I think to get on

1359
01:36:27,600 --> 01:36:35,240
board now the county's going to do
great, the state's going to benefit,

1360
01:36:32,080 --> 01:36:40,440
and I'm 100% supportive of this.
Thank you.

1361
01:36:36,920 --> 01:36:40,440
» Thank you. Appreciate it.

1362
01:36:41,480 --> 01:36:47,000
Okay, if there's no other comments,

1363
01:36:47,720 --> 01:36:53,680
we appreciate um
those who spoke to us and

1364
01:36:51,800 --> 01:36:57,760
and uh raised your concerns. We
appreciate being able to hear from you

1365
01:36:55,000 --> 01:37:01,040
today. Um those things have been said we
won't take lightly. That's one of the

1366
01:36:59,480 --> 01:37:07,840
reasons we wanted to visit with you so
we could get your feelings and uh as we

1367
01:37:04,920 --> 01:37:12,240
look at this project and and uh
those issues that it could have on our

1368
01:37:09,480 --> 01:37:13,840
county. So, thank you for being here.
Uh

1369
01:37:12,840 --> 01:37:18,280
» Weren't registered?
>> We just took care of it.

1370
01:37:14,680 --> 01:37:21,800
» Got that done. So, uh
Do we don't have anything in closed

1371
01:37:19,520 --> 01:37:25,040
session, right?
Okay.

1372
01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:27,920
Um
I take a motion to adjourn.

1373
01:37:26,600 --> 01:37:30,200
» I move we adjourn.
>> I second.

1374
01:37:28,600 --> 01:37:33,560
» Have a motion by Commissioner Bingham to
adjourn and and a second by Commissioner

1375
01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:35,200
Perry.
All in favor?

1376
01:37:34,480 --> 01:37:38,160
» Aye.
>> We're adjourned. Thank you.

1377
01:37:49,560 --> 01:37:51,800
» I did.

1378
01:37:57,400 --> 01:38:00,320
» Right. That's actually