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All right, good morning, everybody.

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It is 8:30. Uh, I will note that we
have four out of five commissioner
present.

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Mr. Tony is down in the cities today.
Please thank her for being selected.

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[inaudible]

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I am confident that with courage,
balance,

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education, and your guidance, we can
achieve this goal,

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the liberty.

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Mr. Chair, yes.

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It says tomorrow online.

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If he is online, so I then indicated
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a lot of additions on the gender you
would like to vote and then roll
call.

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He does want to vote?

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If there's an an addition.

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Okay. Currently as it sits is fine.

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How many voting?

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Uh, does anybody have anything for
the consent agenda?

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All right, do we have a motion to
approve the consent agenda?

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I will make that second.

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All in favor say aye. Aye.

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All same sign? There are no opposed,
it's carried.

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I approved the regular agenda. Do we
need discussion?

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There's a removal. A removal? What's
one?

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Page one, uh, Commissioner, Tony
cannot be here.

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So we, uh, said we've moved that off
of the transfer budget.

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It was specifically a transfer off
the agenda.

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All right, Jerry. Could add one
closed session, please.

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Closed session, so page three.

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Anything else?

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All right, Karen, do we have a motion
to approve?

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So moved. Second.

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We have a motion and a second.

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Any discussion?

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All in favor say aye. Aye.

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All same sign, there are no opposed,
it's carried.

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All right, uh, E1, Family Resource
Center.

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Good morning, thank you,
Commissioners.

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Um, we are happy to have Brenda share
a little bit more about the

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Power Family Foundation.

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you received a grant for $67,000 for
your services.

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So we didn't have Brenda due to a
death in the family.

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Good morning, everyone. Good morning,
Commissioners.

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Uh, in 2018, the federal government
passed the Families

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First Prevention Services Act, that
is a way to look at

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how we provide

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uh, protection services to children
and their families and look at

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reducing the number of children of
color especially in

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out of home placements.

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And Family First Prevention Services
recognizes family resource centers

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as a way to provide services to
strengthen families, prevent

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out of home placements,

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and to have the community take a
stronger state in raising our

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children rather than looking at
social services and government
programs.

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The Power Family Foundation has been
in Minnesota for almost five years,

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uh, and they'll be ending their, um,
program here, but

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Power Family will be taking that
over.

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And their primary interest in
Minnesota was helping to, um, assist

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communities and counties in
developing family resource centers.

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We applied for a family resource
center exploration grant,

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and we were granted that grant.

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The next process will be looking at,
uh, developing a parent advisory

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committee, that is kind of the heart
and soul of family resource centers,

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are looking at families that would
actually use the services, uh, to be

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part of the planning for the
services.

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Uh, the exploration would be
contracting with, uh, Loop,

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and we also already have paid a
consultants out of the Loop that are

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interested in have done, uh,
community, um,

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exploration grants before.

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And we would look at our community's
response and do we feel we need

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a family resource center?

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Uh, family resource centers in our
community, um, feels strongly that

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we would utilize that service.

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are really looking at community
providers, not necessarily

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government services, but more looking
at our community partners such as

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Excuse me, Right Water Health, um,
local early childhood family
education

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programs, uh, perhaps United Way, our
on-house program and looking at

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having a hub for families to kind of
have one-stop shop.

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Um, the grant is a two-year grant.
The first year would be the primarily

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the researching and the community
needs assessment and then the

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second year would be looking at where
to go from there.

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Uh, Power Family is having a few, uh,
funds left in Minnesota, even

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after they've given those would be,
uh, largely buy-

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other family foundation. So if our
community did look uh at the

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family resource center felt that we
needed to develop one

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they could look for the
implementation grant later on.

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Um, just some highlights quickly

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in looking at uh the outcomes.

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A study on the longitudinal analysis
of family resource

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centers and the cost benefits to
child welfare agencies

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is that there's a 292% return on
investment

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for every dollar invested in a child
family services resource

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center

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the county child welfare system saved
200, or $2.92

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for every dollar invested.

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And there was a 62.84% reduction in
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child maltreatment cases

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uh between uh 2015 and 2018.

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And so this morning we're looking at
um asked from the

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board approval to accept this grant

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and do a community needs assessment.

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Any questions?

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I'll make motion. Second. Second.

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Questions?

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Questions to the board?

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Just a comment from me.

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Uh, this is, I super excited that you
received this grant.

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Um, it's definitely a need in our
community,

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so I'm excited to see what

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what comes of the needs assessment
the first year.

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Thank you.

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All right, we have a motion and a
second. Any further discussion?

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So is this, this doesn't overlap
anything. This is a

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a new initiative or is this
reallocating resources or

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or what?

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It's a gap, I believe.

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Yes, it would be a gap. There
wouldn't be any um,

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reallocation of resources. It's just
support for families,

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um, especially kinship families. So
we're looking at adoptive

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families and families that take
custody,

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uh, serving around the teenage years.
That gets to be a very

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challenging period of time.

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And within a family resource center,
there are supportive

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services that we could provide

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such as functional family uh therapy
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but that would be provided by the
community. And then medical

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assistance through the Family's First
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would pay for those services.

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Uh, so it's really like a gap
analysis to see what services

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are missing and how we can better
coordinate existing and new

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services so that families just have
to go to one place

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instead of having to call all these
different agencies.

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Any other questions?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed, same sign. Hearing none,
motion is carried.

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Thank you. All right.

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Uh, I zone in green school

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, Carlton
Redshaw, I'm here for

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our Green School grant. Um,

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to purchase a refrigerator and
signage for a food share program

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to reduce food waste as well as
magnetic garbage can lids to

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recover recyclable materials.

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I'm asking that we approve this
grant.

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All right, we have a motion.

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I'll make that motion.

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Second.

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Second. Any discussion?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed, same sign. Hearing none,
motion is carried.

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Thank you.

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Uh, good morning, Commissioners.

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Um, I'm coming forward looking for
approval of the Houghton

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County B Management area.

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It has been stripped of its local
fiscal responsibilities.

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It's just for supporting and

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recovering grant funds for noxious
wheat treatments.

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I'll make that motion.

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We have a motion and a second.

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Second.

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Any discussion?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed, same sign. Hearing none,
motion is carried.

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Thank you.

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Transportation.

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Good morning.

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Um, requesting approval to enter into
a land lease for the FDL

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that we had discussed previously.

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This is the land lease that we had uh
discussed previously at

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the on Airport Road, uh, for

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for the FDL to put in their driveway
to the compost facility

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in via a 50-year land lease.

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Uh, the county attorney has approved
the contract and so has

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um, FDL's attorney and they have also
approved it.

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I'll make the motion.

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And a second.

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We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Opposed, same sign. Hearing none,
motion is carried.

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[chair gavel]

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Uh, the second item I have is approve
the transfer of

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jurisdiction that we held a public
meeting, a public hearing

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in Thompson Township uh last

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Tuesday. Uh, with so that we'd be
transferring of the two front

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end roads along the US 61 North and
South and then the old US 61

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and then we would exchange that for
the North portion, North two

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miles of Erickson Road.

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Thank you.

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[chair squeak]

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So no.

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No, sir.

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a second.

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Any discussion?

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Is it, um,

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are we transferring like

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maintenance values from one to the
other?

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So we had agreed to transfer them and
as is condition

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because we had worked up, uh,

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we had worked up estimates for both
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and then also Ericsson Road, uh,

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to dis to to see what the cost would
be

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and the costs were pretty comparable,
so we that is why

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we decided to transfer and as is
condition.

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All right.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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All same, sorry.

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number.

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Thank you.

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Oh, one more thing.

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Uh especially for Mark, Cosat 61 will
not be open today because of the
weather.

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We that that weather has pushed us
behind in paving.

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So um, hopefully the weather clears,
and we'll get it paved sometime this
week and

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we'll get it off.

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Uh

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Thank you.

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H2 alcohol beverage license.

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Mr. Cherry projects

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he proposes electing to add a
consumption and display permit

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they currently already have on whole
on sale licenses.

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If they choose to close the clubhouse
in the winter,

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They have a golf simulator in a
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and you can use consumption and
display.

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So.

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[laughter]
many.

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I'll second.

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I second.

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Any further discussion?

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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Hi.

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All same, sorry.

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Thank you.

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[crowd]

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All right, we want you to go in close
session.

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I'll make that motion.

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I'll say it.

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All in favor say aye.

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Aye.

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We will make no motion.