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[0:38] Okay, yeah, I'm sorry.
[1:46] Good morning, everyone.
[1:50] Welcome to the Board of Calm County Commissars, this June 4th.
[1:54] And before we begin, let me just announce for everyone's benefit here, it's going to be an unusual day.
[2:01] We have 60 plus and minus kids coming down, I don't know exactly when they'll show up.
[2:07] So we may be about to enter into something and so we'll actually kind of stop our meeting and start it again after we get done.
[2:16] So just so everyone, when you see all the kids come recognize, we will have a somewhat convoluted sort of organization that comes and goes.
[2:24] But, again, we'll take all testimonies and continue with the hearing when we get done.
[2:31] The second item I just want to announce for everyone I'll do it at the end is from June 11th through
[2:37] Thursday, June 13th, the Department of Committee Development, Road Department Health Department and Human Services Department will be closed to the public due to the launch of a new permit program,
[2:50] which we think is going to be very good,
[2:51] but I just want to make sure everyone's aware of that.
[2:55] And with that, with everyone, please write and join me in the pledge.
[3:02] I'd like to read
[3:20] it.
[3:20] I'd like to read it.
[3:21] Deputy Administrator Reyes.
[3:25] We could modify the agenda.
[3:27] You guys, do you have one of the modifications
[3:29] to the consent agenda?
[3:30] It's the addition of item 1E and the letter
[3:32] to see if we're going to go to the very need 20.
[3:36] So thank you, Tom.
[3:37] I would like to move to approve the consent agenda
[3:40] as amended with the inclusion of item 1E.
[3:45] My second net motion, can you further just go ahead?
[3:48] All those in favor, the motion, please signify by saying hi.
[3:52] Hi.
[3:52] Motion periods.
[3:53] Thank you very much.
[4:00] We're right through a couple of things.
[4:04] Public comment.
[4:04] And again, public comment is met.
[4:06] This particular part of public comment.
[4:09] From 1A through 3D.
[4:13] Please, if you'd wish to testify for the hearings that we have, we'll have an opportunity
[4:19] to go to the program and if you wish to testify, please come forward or wish your
[4:28] hand on mine and we're three minutes.
[4:32] Please also announce today that we're coming.
[4:36] I see Mr. Worthy.
[4:50] No,
[4:56] no, in any places anything on our whole agenda, you're, please, to see.
[5:03] Okay, we're going to see John working to swim with G.
[5:09] And to act with G.
[5:11] My John was on those, or the GIA has the same kind of flow bar.
[5:16] That reminds me of the hall of the sound.
[5:19] It's a federal safety panel of hip-war.
[5:22] And we like to have the panel of the sound.
[5:25] The panel of the voice.
[5:25] And when we reach the emergency, we're talking to hear the sound.
[5:29] The GIA program available.
[5:30] It's nice that the first four is the fifth five on the top and the half are like that.
[5:39] But I'd like to see the BIA stuff in the court with a few B's.
[5:45] The first thousand dollars without a second RCW-47 is the O.T.6.
[5:52] RCW-367 is the O.T.4.
[5:55] 0, RCW-90, 5834-0, last 173, 256-0, RCW-407-144-0, the line, the comprehensive plan didn't
[6:09] address those.
[6:10] And I understand that there's a town road separate, so I'm just going to give it to you
[6:14] over.
[6:15] And this is going to be an accurate route in corporate.
[6:19] He goes in a lot.
[6:21] And they don't do it.
[6:21] They don't figure out where they're suffering from
[6:24] and how they're going to reduce the amount of labor
[6:26] that's in the nautical miles.
[6:28] They're self-hathed to travel against to them.
[6:31] And town road is in a farming area.
[6:33] And I'm pretty sure they're going to be hired to go over that.
[6:36] There's a particular submission of these already
[6:38] stated his preference for doing that.
[6:42] Meanwhile, those satchies are probably going to be ignored
[6:45] because those are going to be conducive
[6:47] to just eliminating a farmer or using it to practice.
[6:50] Thank you.
[6:52] Thank you, Mr. Reagan.
[6:55] Is there anyone else who wishes to testify?
[7:00] I don't see anyone else on the land.
[7:03] Good, Tom.
[7:04] Can we send it there?
[7:06] Yes, I do.
[7:06] One day is the approval of vouchers for the week of May 2017.
[7:10] Item 1v approval of minutes for the week of May 2017.
[7:14] Item 1c is a proclamation recognizing Pride Month 2024.
[7:19] Item 1v letter of support for Washington Post Restoration
[7:22] and resiliency initiative, and either one e is a letter to the City of Port Antios,
[7:28] regarding the joint public security project.
[7:31] I will move again to approve the consent agenda as a modified, but the addition of item 1 e.
[7:36] And I am second and second.
[7:38] You've heard a bit of a section.
[7:40] All those that have been paid the most simply sing the five by sing I.
[7:43] Motion carries.
[7:46] We have, uh, broccoli.
[7:53] Oh, thank you.
[7:56] Today, it's my honor to read into the record a proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month 2024.
[8:06] Whereas, our nation was founded on the principle of equal rights for all people, and whereas critical moments in American history have launched civil rights movements to advocate for equal rights for all people.
[8:18] And whereas a major watershed event for equal rights for the LGBTQ plus community occurred
[8:25] on June 28, 1969, in New York City, known as the Stonewall Riots.
[8:32] And whereas Pride celebrations occur nationally and globally, every June to commemorate
[8:38] the Stonewall event and to champion civil rights for all who comprise the LGBTQ plus community.
[8:45] And whereas, Klawam County has a diverse LGBTQ plus community that includes people of all ethnicities, religions, professions, families, and whereas, all people should expect to live without fear of prejudice, discrimination, violence and hatred for any reason, including against sexual orientation and gender identity, and whereas, county residents may take this moment to reflect on enduring, excuse me, on ensuring,
[9:15] human kindness and respect for all members of the LGBTQ plus community and to build a culture
[9:22] of inclusion for all. Now, therefore, we the Board of Climate and County Commissioners here
[9:27] by honor and recognize the month of June 2024 has Pride Month in Climate and County signed this
[9:34] they have June 2024 by commissioners Frances Johnson and OSIS.
[9:39] Thank you.
[9:44] And I'll bring this green board to you,
[9:48] Chris.
[9:48] Just a couple of things real briefly wanted to note that the Association of Counties bylaws
[9:54] committee continues to meet in preparation for the organization's special meeting
[10:00] that's scheduled for June 26.
[10:02] We have worked through most of the by-law updates that I expect.
[10:09] We will be recommending to the membership with the exception of a little bit of additional work on the do structure, so we will be meeting again on Friday and hopefully we will be prepared as possible to update those organizations by-laws of the June 26 special meeting.
[10:28] so I should have more specific to report ahead of that meeting. Also wanted to let you know that Thursday
[10:36] I will be attending the first at least in the last couple of years in persons meeting of the State
[10:43] Emergency Management Council. I serve as the alternate for counties on that board the primary
[10:49] informing that he's not going to be able to be there. So I look forward to attending building some
[10:54] relationships. I've been in communication with Sheriff King and Diane to make sure that I'm
[10:59] as prepared as possible. I expect some of the time we'll be spent reviewing the update to the
[11:06] State's Emergency Management Plan and I look forward to reporting in more next week. Thank you.
[11:12] Just quickly a question if you talked about these areas.
[11:20] We're working through that right now, we're, you know, the goal will be to have a by-law update and updated
[11:29] do structure in place and ready to hopefully be approved at the membership meeting on June 26th.
[11:38] And there has been some progress over the last few years in trying to elevate
[11:46] the base do's that all counties pay there's a base do's there's a population do's component
[11:52] and then there's a number of special assessments so the some of the work that we've been doing
[11:58] is to try and increase the level of base do's and reduce the amount of population base do's
[12:04] that are paid that both that's important both to the big counties and there's a fair amount of
[12:11] financial risk for the organization having so much of the do's concentrated in so few
[12:15] pairs. I think the bulk of the conversation is going to focus on how we can continue to ensure
[12:26] that enough dues are paid to support the basic functioning of the organization. When there's
[12:34] a lot of interest from all the counties in most of the social assessment funds, but of course
[12:42] those can exist if the organization is not there in thriving.
[12:46] So that's what we're working through right now.
[12:48] We've continued to have really positive participation
[12:51] from Stahomish and Pierce Counties,
[12:55] the interim director, Derek Young,
[12:57] has been working hard in communication with King County as well.
[13:02] And I think we're on a relatively positive trajectory.
[13:07] Mike, we're going to go with the King County.
[13:09] Yeah, well, Derek keeps telling us
[13:11] not to give up. Certainly no one on the executive committee has given up yet, and I think just my own editorial
[13:18] comment about this would be that this is work that the organization is probably needed to do for a
[13:23] long time that has been neglected. And I think we see that in some ways in the handful of counties
[13:32] that haven't been real active participants and who don't necessarily experience the value in the same
[13:38] is that counties who do regularly participate do, and so I think really reconnecting with some
[13:46] of those counties is part of the work that we need to do, but you know, every county is
[13:52] struggling to afford dues that are increasing as is every other expense, and so really making
[13:59] sure we understand what value counties want to see from this organization and what role they want
[14:07] see the organization playing and what it actually looks like to support that is is important
[14:12] and not may very well mean downsizing and I hope that's not the case.
[14:18] We have put together a relatively aggressive potential legislative agenda or set of interest
[14:37] to accomplish that with less staff, but that's really what we're going to be focused on is how can we diversify the revenue, reduce the truly onerous burden on the largest counties without raising dues so much for the small counties that they can't.
[15:01] And what does that sweet spot look like? So we're going to keep working at it. Thank you.
[15:30] So, again, I want to thank the entire staff and the county working on this for how many years,
[15:39] the last four years, three years, something that was not an easy negotiation, actually.
[15:45] Randy, the first meeting that I went to in Olympia after being elected and taking office in 2016
[15:50] was to do the DNR and talk about this land transaction.
[15:53] So it's been released since the end of the year.
[15:57] And just to everyone knows,
[15:58] it's a piece of because there was an upside-on property.
[16:01] So who feeds up and what who is to what?
[16:03] I mean, it goes like that.
[16:04] Right.
[16:05] So nothing is ever quite as easy as it seems when you begin.
[16:09] So, and thank you.
[16:10] I didn't realize it's that long.
[16:12] But again, I, you know, we have no more great people
[16:15] for the off-channel reservoir,
[16:17] but also as part of the part for all of the citizens.
[16:22] I think it's a great opportunity for us.
[16:26] The other thing is quickly, I think,
[16:28] is when we, when the cause opened,
[16:30] had a whole need for their real site,
[16:32] which manufactures in last longer, largely,
[16:37] a whole life size that will then go
[16:39] into the composite recycling technology scenario.
[16:42] Seems to make all the sense in the world,
[16:44] don't know if the economical pay,
[16:47] we will see if that happens,
[16:49] but I'm really excited, don't look into the macaws,
[16:51] and what they're doing, but also the composite recycling and technology that you've been
[16:55] looking at across London, the timber and other products in the big issue of, like, all
[17:01] come to in a second, is continuing supply. So I used to work, but the products have a very long
[17:09] sustainable supply, 16-much, kind of, or a region for the trees, and there's obviously a very
[17:21] It's a great benefit for county, just remind everyone, CRTC, currently employees over 30
[17:27] people, as it's continued to expand.
[17:31] And then finally, by recently, the Department of Congress also pocketed by four products
[17:35] and new four products, by a chart, et cetera, the one issue that we heard from certainly
[17:40] all of the industrial clients that were at that meeting, the University of Washington is also
[17:46] the co-hosts of the meat or supply you may have supply and a continuing base and with that,
[17:53] how do you want to What you've done, oh the contractions agreements.
[17:59] The following nine steps have been discussed in work session.
[18:02] We'll get the first item to add a purchase order with the budget for the delivery for the
[18:07] cleanup group.
[18:09] Thank you, Tom.
[18:10] I would move that we approve a purchase order with the budget for the cleanup group.
[18:15] second and the motion.
[18:18] For second, all those are painted in motion
[18:19] focusing on the point of violence in on.
[18:22] Cannedлек.
[18:24] I have two B in this cream flip with
[18:27] foresight laughs to deploy overwatch sensation.
[18:31] I would move to a true in agreement with foresight labs
[18:36] to deploy Overwatch centers.
[18:38] The second and the motion.
[18:39] for the discussion.
[18:41] Hello.
[18:42] Hello.
[18:45] Next
[18:49] up.
[18:50] I am juicy.
[18:51] Agreement amendment two with the work.
[18:57] I would like to move approval of amendment two with Department of Ecology for the Olympia
[19:04] Oyster Restoration Project.
[19:07] I'd say.
[19:08] I'd like to move.
[19:09] I'd like to move.
[19:13] Hello.
[19:13] Hello.
[19:14] Motion carries.
[19:16] To the, I didn't do these agreement with us in the West Bank, or updating the comprehensive plan.
[19:24] And that case I'm ready to move to approve the agreement with Facet Northwest Inc.
[19:31] For updating the county's comprehensive plan.
[19:35] Any additional discussion?
[19:50] I'm happy to move that we approve the agreement with the will you drive for the North Olympic Peninsula of the compete coalition
[20:11] we're going to have to turn this over.
[20:15] Yeah, now I will move that we approve an agreement with the macotribe for the North Olympic Peninsula Recompete Coalition.
[20:22] I'll check in and move it.
[20:25] It's always invaded.
[20:25] Most importantly, signify by saying aye.
[20:28] Aye.
[20:29] Motion carries.
[20:30] Next up.
[20:31] Next up.
[20:32] Why do two G agreement with whole tribe for North Olympic Peninsula?
[20:36] We can need coalition.
[20:38] I'm ready to move that we approve an agreement with the whole tribe for the North Olympic
[20:43] and that's all they can eat delicious.
[20:45] Second, I'm not sure,
[20:48] but it is actually
[20:49] always in the way that most of you are seeing each other
[20:51] as you are.
[20:52] Hi.
[20:53] What's in here?
[20:54] Next up.
[20:56] By the end of the two H,
[20:57] as agreement was found,
[20:58] can the economic development council
[21:00] for North Olympic Peninsula we can eat cold.
[21:03] And thank you Tom.
[21:05] I will move approval of the agreement with
[21:07] the Crown County EDC for the North Olympic
[21:10] Peninsula we can eat cold.
[21:11] Second, I'm not sure.
[21:44] all right, and it looks like there are six proposals to open here, so
[22:01] These are big, these are just proposals, so I guess
[22:18] I guess if you have a process in them.
[22:20] So I'm going to go ahead and read this.
[22:22] I'm looking at a proposal from the Center for Public Safety Management LLC, CPSM, for the Community
[22:31] wildfire protection plan project, and in the projected cost and proposed services, they
[22:40] project a total price of 118,715 dollars.
[22:49] And I have a proposal here from Klohida, control infrastructure, and they're estimated total
[22:58] and all of you for this contract would be 73,000,
[23:02] and 73,000, and 73,000, and 73,000.
[23:24] Okay, just for total is been prepared by Alexander Cooper
[23:28] with Jinson Hughes, and it looks like they are
[23:33] projecting a total cost of $122,600 dollars.
[24:03] Okay, let's see the total is made possible.
[24:07] Go ahead, Mark, if you can.
[24:09] All right,
[24:24] I found this proposal has been submitted by SWCA Environmental Consultants, and their total costs without optional tasks is $124,471.
[24:43] And
[24:47] this proposal came from ESA for the World Park Architecture Plan.
[24:53] And their total estimated cost of $1.000 per month.
[25:56] This date comes in in L.E.
[26:00] And their total estimated cost of $9.0.0.
[26:04] $9.0.0.
[26:06] I would move that we remain these proposals for the community wildfire protection planning effort
[26:18] to the Department of Community Development, no to the Department of Emergency Management
[26:24] for their review and recommendation.
[27:01] Thank you very much Mr. Reyes. I would
[27:03] move that we approve our hotness, mixed asphalt bid award to lakeside industries.
[27:12] The second item of the meeting, the second item of the meeting, the second item of the meeting.
[27:15] All those in pay, the motion of food is getting applied by say aye.
[27:18] Aye.
[27:19] Motion carries.
[27:23] Can 30 we will begin our public hearings, so that leaves us of enough time to take several
[27:33] if anyone who wants
[27:38] to provide a public comment, please come to the
[27:41] Dias and three minutes and just announce for your from and again, please.
[27:56] My name is Karen Huber and I live in Splendent in S.
[27:59] We are right across the construction of the new town road.
[28:04] I just want to access my overall feelings this morning.
[28:11] I don't care about my feelings to be at a public meeting, but this morning it was like
[28:14] the part of me was dying to watch C, Earth's moving equipment, come off those tractors
[28:22] and to see this work again.
[28:25] I come up here all the time and I think about future generations.
[28:29] My brother, Nash Hubert, as we all know, has thought about future generations as a steward of the land.
[28:35] He always used that word as a steward. Taking care of the land, we're here just for a short time here in our lives.
[28:42] And there's generation after generation that has to deal with the decisions we make today.
[28:47] And I'm wondering, okay, we know we've made this decision.
[28:50] And I just want to say how it saddens me to see this development go on and how it's going to impact the immediate community.
[28:59] I live across the road. During this construction, the pounding and the bridge making has created cracks in my foundation and caused making that I'm still dealing with.
[29:13] I live right across from that bridge that is probably going to need to be repaired so that you can run a road.
[29:18] I also live across that new channel, a water that runs parallel with the Anderson Road, where
[29:24] there's now about 15 huge large trees that have totally died because of the water that
[29:30] you have rerouted into that area.
[29:33] These trees have been there for maybe a hundred years.
[29:36] There are maybe a two hundred feet high, and they've all died since this project was done
[29:42] because of the dumping of the water.
[29:45] So as we continue on this project and the dumping of the water, it's going to occur on the south side of the dock.
[29:54] And then which eventually goes into the Huber Farmland, the Eberly Farmland, the Metal Brook Creek.
[30:00] We will see more death. We will see more trees die along that creek. I'm wondering, is the county prepared to remove those huge trees? Is there a budget there?
[30:10] Because as they f**ked, everyone's parapled to Anderson Road on the dive, there's going to have to be a block.
[30:26] I'm personally going to remodel my house because I have a really nice view of the mountains now. I didn't before, but I have a beautiful view now with this road and all the construction and removal of those trees and the death of those trees.
[30:38] I'm really sorry, because our future generations, I worked for 30, 40 years as a teacher for the future generations.
[30:48] I'm just so sad to see that this has happened and what we're leaving our future generations are what we're not leaving them.
[30:55] It's no different than what we're doing to the L.A. Watershed with the logging of the 3000-plus thing.
[31:02] Thank you very much. It will destroy that Riverside.
[31:14] I'm glad we do because with your permission, I would like to make an additional motion related to item 3b.
[31:25] I neglected to include in my motion specific authorization for the chair to sign the contract once it's available.
[31:35] So, with regard to item 3D, which was our bid award to Lakeside Industries for the hot mix
[31:42] asphalt floor this year, I would like to move additionally that we authorized the chair to
[31:50] sign the contract once available.
[31:53] And thank you very much.
[31:54] And I, of course, second and motion.
[31:56] Any additional discussions?
[31:58] I hope I haven't forgotten anything else.
[32:01] Thank you.
[32:01] All those in favor of the motion, please signify the word saying hi.
[32:04] Hi, hi.
[32:05] Motion carries.
[32:07] This now in 30 and we're public terrain, Tom.
[32:30] Thank you.
[32:32] Good question.
[32:34] Good morning.
[32:35] Good morning.
[32:39] So we're calling, having not just be control board.
[32:41] And we're going to need to hold the required public hearing on the renewal of
[32:45] like some of the management district number two.
[32:48] After the hearing, if the commission is fine,
[32:50] that the renewal of the district is in the public interest,
[32:54] and that the financing and the control of Eurasian
[32:56] Water Mill foes feasible, the board will then pass
[32:59] the Resolution Smith last week.
[33:01] That puts the renewal of the district to a vote
[33:04] of all property owners within the proposed district.
[33:07] So I can go through a quick recap
[33:09] of what the district is about.
[33:10] I know you've heard it a lot, but I'm happy to do it.
[33:14] I don't think it's necessary.
[33:19] I'm just kind of a little bit about the district, so the renewal we're going to fund the manual
[33:24] move will go for another non-evasive plan.
[33:26] The proposed district boundary is the same and includes all property that either friends or has community access
[33:33] the link to properties that are exclusively for roads, utilities or open community space that can't be built on or excluded from the assessment.
[33:43] And the proposed assessment rate is a $1 per parcel per year, which is a increase from the previous assessment and just $15 per parcel per year.
[33:52] The rate hasn't changed since the district was originally home in 2005.
[33:56] And obviously inflation, and it's not my class, and my class has increased.
[34:00] So we need this new increase rate to be able to continue in the region and control program.
[34:04] And it was found that the Millfoil control is of equal benefit to all landowners,
[34:09] which is why we're proposing a flatweight proposal for the assessment.
[34:14] No, I have no questions.
[34:16] I'd like to move that we open a hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony on a resolution related to the renewal of the weights of the one management to 15.
[34:27] I feel like second and second.
[34:29] We'll just stay at the moment.
[34:30] All right.
[34:35] We now will take.
[34:36] Go ahead and put a comment on this, um, did people sign up? I didn't, um, I'm about to
[34:47] go ahead, please.
[34:49] Where you're from and, and you have three minutes?
[34:59] My name is Marie, my name is Marie, my name is Marie, that bracket Mars.
[35:04] I move on Lake Sutherland and I'm on the steering committee for the management district and I'm here speaking in support of continuing
[35:14] this committee which is in going off for 20 years now. My husband John and I live on property that is been in my family for almost 100 years.
[35:25] my grandparents bought it in the 1920s with an association and I'm 81 years old and I have lived
[35:33] or I've spent some time particularly summers at that property all the one summer my entire life.
[35:41] So I'm very familiar with it and I swim every day in the summer and we decided when we retired to
[35:50] move their full time. Okay. One of the issues of the many issues connected with
[35:55] millfoil and one that I can speak was clearly honest with one connected with
[35:59] the beavers. When millfoil is cut, it breaks apart and becomes three or four
[36:09] different plants. Beavers swim through the emerging millfoil and you can see
[36:16] tunnels from above, Kathy Lucero can speak to Beaver tunnels, who did this
[36:23] guiding for so long. You don't see it, it's on above, it's down under, and the
[36:30] East Peace becomes multiple more. The wetlands swamp that we own, which is in the
[36:46] huge lodge. Beavers are a keystone species, particularly in this area, the frogs, the migrating
[36:54] birds, the little fishes, all depend upon the beavers to maintain that wetland and to
[37:01] oxygenate the water. Eurasian millfoil is not native to this lake. Humans brought it in,
[37:10] humans have to take care of it. And that's what this steering committee is trying to do. The beavers
[37:15] are not going to go away. We learned, and back in the day, we tried to trap them out because
[37:22] they were eating a lot of trees in those days, and they come back, particularly since the
[37:27] dams are out of the Elwah. That's the Lake Southern empties into Indian Creek, which
[37:35] the empties into the Allah. So,
[37:41] the committee works very hard on maintaining the
[37:45] millfoil at a level that can be dealt with. Thank you.
[37:53] I see a Bob Pen has signed up in three minutes and where you're from?
[38:02] I'm Bob Pepin. I live also on the Excel 11, on the 28-Lix 11 row. I'm Mike Mori. I am not
[38:12] native for Washington. We moved here about four or five years ago. And there will probably have
[38:18] some delay and we now live there and you're wrapped. And again, I guess both my pleasure and my sadness
[38:26] that I've had to learn about milk. I've never heard of milk before. I'm going to be like someone. I
[38:32] Because fortunately, I hadn't had a chance to work with Catfish Sero with my federal and with all these other members of the community and other people,
[38:42] I'm happily who have spent the last 20 years on Heart and Soul in the keeping local control.
[38:50] And they have done a splendid job.
[38:52] There are different thousands upon thousands upon thousands.
[38:54] There are probably hundreds of thousands of plants in the Catfish Sero and the rest of this group,
[38:59] Sorry, we're back in the middle of the world.
[39:02] Last year, there were 800, what was it at?
[39:05] The 826 or 96 or something.
[39:08] One of the years before that, it had been down to 300,
[39:11] which of course means we have to keep this by now.
[39:14] And that's what we're trying to do.
[39:16] The redoules of the land that I can use there is
[39:18] in the design specifically to do that.
[39:21] And pull away to do that and deal with other currently,
[39:25] we currently, we finally now,
[39:27] and we're keeping an eye on as well, but that's our focus, that's what we're trying to do.
[39:35] And it's why we hope that everybody will be this continuation and we're supportive of you.
[39:40] Thank you.
[39:43] Next.
[39:45] Thank you.
[39:47] Thank you.
[39:56] Thank you.
[39:56] Thank you.
[39:56] Thank you.
[39:58] Thank you.
[40:07] I'm also a part of the steering committee, and I'm not much of a public speaker, so I'll keep this short.
[40:13] I would just say that the success and the sustainability of the program per over 20 plus years really speaks for itself.
[40:24] We have been made aware of other lakes that have been out of the immigration of what.
[40:31] And how it happens for around a minute,
[40:33] it's been much less successful than it's damaged their ecosystem.
[40:39] So I really have some more Instagram or also with the findings of other invasive species that have been
[40:46] brought into my present.
[40:48] There's two now.
[40:50] I really think we need to keep this going.
[40:52] Thank you for your time.
[40:53] Thank you so much.
[40:56] Is there anyone else in the audience who wishes to testify on the subject?
[41:01] Anyone on the table?
[41:04] See anyone.
[41:08] Then I move it.
[41:09] We closed the hearing.
[41:10] I seconded.
[41:12] All was invaded.
[41:13] Motion to signify by saying aye.
[41:16] And with that, I would like to move to that we approve a resolution
[41:23] submitting renewal of the Lake Southern Land Management District 2 to a vote of property owners
[41:29] pursuant to RCW36.61.070.
[41:34] Thank you.
[41:35] Thank you.
[41:39] Sorry, just briefly thank you to the group who has been working so diligently on organizing
[41:46] and advancing this.
[41:48] we know how important it is to,
[41:51] so many property owners are on like,
[41:52] so the one, but it doesn't happen by magic,
[41:56] or by accident, it happens through hard work.
[41:58] So thanks to all of you who not only
[42:00] may time to show up today, but who took the time
[42:02] to put the work on.
[42:04] And my editor, your comments, always great to see Kathy.
[42:07] And of course, I'd help.
[42:08] No, move, move it along, too.
[42:10] So thank you all.
[42:12] Again,
[42:14] almost invading motion.
[42:15] We sing it by version I.
[42:17] Hi.
[42:17] motion carries. Thank you.
[42:25] Next up is an Units of Mini and Claw and Claw and Claw
[42:28] and Claw.
[42:30] Yes, I saw this on a mini-clap,
[42:40] counting button building and construction building.
[42:44] Yes, and so it's a net. And a net is the resident next to Claw and all things built
[42:48] and so I'll defer to her.
[42:51] We agreed.
[42:54] Just to give some background for everybody that's here and interested in this, the Washington State Building Code Council has reviewed amended and implemented the 2021 international building codes into St. Law.
[43:07] These codes regulate building construction, plumbing and mechanical equipment installations, fire protection systems and doing existing buildings, propane installations and the like.
[43:17] In all there are 13 different disciplines that comprise the Washington State legal code.
[43:22] Each of the code disciplines provide appendices to assist building staff with specific applications that are not addressed in the main body of the code.
[43:30] These provisions contained in the appendices are not considered part of the code and are therefore not enforceable unless they are specifically adopted by our county ordinance.
[43:41] Previously, the county adopted aid appendices to provide additional guidance to building staff.
[43:45] They are in the international bill of COP,
[43:49] a pending C, agricultural buildings,
[43:52] a pending C, flood resistant construction,
[43:55] and a pending five patio covers.
[43:58] In the uniform plumbing code is a pending C,
[44:01] sizing storm water drainage systems and a pending C,
[44:04] manufactured mobile home parks,
[44:07] and recreational vehicle parks.
[44:09] In the international mechanical code is a pending C,
[44:11] which is a combustion error opening
[44:12] that you can connect your past groups.
[44:16] And in the International Fire Code of Phoenix E,
[44:19] hazard categories, and the Phoenix F hazard ranking.
[44:24] Also, in the California Code 1021, section 21, 01.045,
[44:30] we're exempt from permit item number two,
[44:33] is no longer necessary since section 105.2,
[44:36] item number one, and 2021, in the National Bill and Code,
[44:40] includes the exemption for 120
[44:42] It's worth food, commercial structures, using historic purposes.
[44:45] This would eliminate the redundancy and having the exemption for the same storage purposes as a current code reads.
[44:51] This proposal seeks to amend cloud kind of code section 2101,
[44:55] three-fledged after it,
[44:56] 2121 in our National Model Code Year date for each.
[45:00] The committee's deputies deputies previously adopted with the intention of the eliminating also the redundancy and work except for permit requirements.
[45:07] Additionally, this proposal aims to bring these deputies in line with the current Washington State bill.
[45:15] We have an ability to pick and choose amongst any of these updates or once the one state
[45:25] laws updated are all local jurisdictions obligated to adopt updates as supported by the
[45:33] same.
[45:35] The state building code adopted the 2021 code title and that's that's set law.
[45:40] we can't change that. We do have these options of adding in some appendices. These were done
[45:46] years and years ago by previous building official. They have to always be approved by the state building
[45:51] code council. They can shoot them down if they don't agree with our trying to put these into
[45:57] the code in our counties or cities.
[46:02] This is just keeping what we had before that updating to new
[46:05] Thank you.
[46:07] I have no questions.
[46:10] Oh, there's no further questions.
[46:11] There's anything else that's on it.
[46:12] I don't.
[46:14] Okay.
[46:15] In that case, I move that we open the public hearing
[46:18] for the purpose of receiving testimony on an
[46:21] ordinance and ending.
[46:23] Cloud Encouncy Code Title 21 building and
[46:26] construction.
[46:27] Specifically chapter 21.01 building and
[46:30] construction code.
[46:31] I think the motion.
[46:34] I'll just obey the motion when you see the fight by C.I.
[46:36] Hi.
[46:38] You're in a double.
[46:39] And no one has signed up to seek to go and sign up.
[46:43] There's anyone in the audience which does have to apply.
[46:47] I don't see anyone on Zoom here.
[46:52] Okay.
[46:54] All right.
[46:54] If there is no one who wishes to testify,
[46:58] then I move that we close the public room.
[47:07] I would like to move that we approve the ordinance amending file on county code titled 21 building and construction again specifically chapter 21 dot zero one, which is the building and construction code and I second hand motion.
[47:25] on this session.
[47:26] Although it was a big deal.
[47:27] Please send me a bug like that.
[47:29] All right.
[47:30] Go to your parents.
[47:32] Thank you.
[47:35] That brings us to the last public comment period.
[47:40] Again, three minutes.
[47:43] And anyone who wishes to testify?
[47:46] Please.
[47:47] On line.
[47:48] All right.
[47:50] Please.
[48:02] Good morning.
[48:05] So I had, I'd never been to a hearing examiner's meeting and was able to sit in on the hearing examiner's meeting for the Carl's for 194 home proposal.
[48:20] And one of the things that we have been talking about is transparency, and to me, dumping
[48:27] 70 pages that might be for the hearing, and 700 pages that day of the hearing is not transparent.
[48:38] I know you guys want intelligence, fact-based questions, concerns, how can we do that?
[48:45] I certainly cannot, I know you can't, I can't read 700 pages in a couple of hours and that was from the planning department and so that to me is not transparent.
[48:58] That does not give the community an opportunity to ask those intelligent questions to bring up certain concerns.
[49:06] things like that. So, I'm just saying we need a little bit more time to read 794 pages
[49:14] of a proposed 9400 property sign in Carl'sberg. I'm four property rights. And so, this
[49:25] is in our urban growth boundary and I think if it's done correctly, that's fine, that's great,
[49:30] but there are some concerns. In addition to that, the hearing actually had the table set up
[49:37] so that the audience could actually hear the people. You didn't need any special equipment or anything
[49:44] like that. They were turned, they spoke to the audience. We don't have to spend any more money on that.
[49:50] The next hearing I got to sit in was the health and human, whatever they're called.
[49:57] So, apparently, we're going to, as a county, give $800 and some $1,000 from the Johnson and Johnson,
[50:08] opioid debacle, and what surprised me was, boy, we get to spend money.
[50:16] How about to pay back the taxpayers?
[50:19] Put that towards the taxpayers, instead of spending it on other programs and stuff.
[50:24] Why don't you reimburse the taxpayers that have been paying for this?
[50:28] So that's just a comment today.
[50:30] Thank you very much.
[50:32] Is there anyone else of Mr. Worthington?
[50:34] I see you're on the line.
[50:37] Again, please introduce yourself in your agreements.
[50:41] You know, I wouldn't have to swim just at all on the previous one, two hundred and the
[50:51] earlier commenter.
[50:52] Two hundred and sixty four thousand dollars to spend when you know there's going to
[50:57] say that we need more of them to say is because they're going to turn to the people who
[51:02] say we need more open space.
[51:04] and Town Road, we heard about faiths and other signs.
[51:09] And so to give you a few hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars to parents,
[51:15] what we already know is coming.
[51:18] I know one of you's happy about that, but I'm not.
[51:23] Okay, last week you had the ladies from and all of this college.
[51:28] These other registers for an agent come to your committee
[51:32] and demand you to pay the letter.
[51:36] And I'm taxizing the cotton county's cost to you to write here right now,
[51:40] because when you make an oath, you make it for America,
[51:44] and it's a state of Washington.
[51:46] And then you sign up to pay and you sign a contract,
[51:49] where you give an oath to an international government.
[51:53] You're an unregistered warning.
[51:54] When I'm on a side sign, when I'm on a side sign,
[51:57] when I go too fast, I get cold over.
[51:59] the log of the fortifying. It's pretty repugnant to sit here and listen to some lady who's an
[52:06] unregistered foreign agent of criminal, who's sitting in the old, holding an office.
[52:12] Part of you guys, so what you didn't put in the letter, this is because she wants to go back
[52:16] to get some carbon key-class places. I don't see some of those who don't sit in that chair.
[52:21] I saw an unregistered foreign agent sitting in that chair telling you what to do with our land.
[52:28] Maybe we can't do rough-log important according to what.
[52:32] Okay, we can't compete with China, we can't compete with China, we can't compete with China,
[52:35] we just don't have enough land, but we certainly could take that, whatever we did,
[52:39] and make something out of it here, and make a product here, create a job here.
[52:45] You have doing these people science contracts to take old, free and actual governance
[52:50] And the tribes, I live in work in the appropriate land of the tribes, and I'm going to do what's left for us.
[53:01] No, they haven't been. Look at that church. The shipping goes up and it's going to continue to go up, open spaces and trails to come out our years, but we're not sustainable.
[53:13] all that is graph right there is not sustainable.
[53:18] So here we have a globalist who should be basically
[53:21] in jail for violating the sparrow.
[53:24] Telling you guys, you got to write a letter to the state,
[53:30] and the carbon sequestration mixture sense.
[53:32] There's not enough there to offset Quebec.
[53:36] So let's then call it more, let's call it a coin or more.
[53:40] We need those jobs and came on the compounding prosecutor who wouldn't put the recall petition up.
[53:53] Everybody who wants to share something about COVID, they get right in the media to have an old car on their own.
[54:04] Thank you.
[54:05] Thank you, Mr. Worthington.
[54:11] Please, we're about to...
[54:16] We've made it through most of the public meeting.
[54:18] We're just in public comments, so your timing is perfect.
[54:22] We have a lot of public here.
[55:37] I didn't want to go back over to you guys,
[55:43] but we have to go forward here.
[56:03] I didn't.
[56:04] First of all, welcome everyone, my name is Randy Johnson.
[56:07] My name is Marcos, I am straight to have you all.
[56:09] Thank you for being here today.
[56:11] And this, we're really pleased that you came to look at what happens in the
[56:17] Legislative Arena if you want to call us at.
[56:20] You may not be very excited about that, I get back, but you know,
[56:27] And so I'll let Mr. Commissioner Azaya talk a little bit about some of the things we do and then I'll give you a kind of a quick synopsis of what my day looks like.
[56:37] That's okay.
[56:38] Well, what I wanted to talk about is a little bit less sort of what we do on a kind of hour by hour basis, but what we're all doing here together.
[56:48] And when we all live together that can be tough sometimes because we all have different opinions and we all have different ideas and we all have different things that we think are important and and you know they're not always the same as your next or neighbor and your friend or your brother and your sister and somehow when in a world where we all have a wide range of beliefs and interests and things that we think are important we still need to find some way to live together and work together.
[57:18] productively and when you're inside of a Fort House or city council meeting or the capital building
[57:26] down in Libya or any other place where elected officials are working, working, that's exactly
[57:33] what we're trying to do. We're trying to listen to all of the different kinds of opinions and ideas
[57:40] and on priorities and things that people who live here would like to see and would like to see
[57:48] or the like to see, or the like to see preserve.
[57:53] And we have to figure out how we work together
[57:56] to find solutions that will work for all of us.
[58:02] And sometimes that means that we get exactly what we want
[58:05] and sometimes that means that things don't work out exactly the way we want.
[58:10] And that's just the way it goes.
[58:12] But what's important is that in this country and in this community, we have a democracy.
[58:22] You know what that means is that we all, every one of us, has some little responsibility to get involved in some way.
[58:32] To find something that interests you, to find others, you know, neighbors and friends and others in your community to work with.
[58:39] a little bit of attention to what's going on and to not be afraid to get involved and to put your hand in the air and to work with others to try and come up with solutions.
[58:51] In fact, if we're going to have a great community and a great place to live, then we need people who care about what's going on and who have some interested who want to work with others in order to do that.
[59:05] So, well, there's a lot of official business that we do and we'll have different ways
[59:12] that we spend our time with what we're really here to do in my opinion as to try and help
[59:16] build and support community and if we don't have all of your help, then we're not going
[59:23] to be able to be successful.
[59:25] So it's really important that you're all here.
[59:28] You'll notice others from the public you're here and they let us know what important things
[59:34] What are important things to them? So I'll give a simple example. We had a class in Grace Harbour.
[59:41] I can't remember, fourth of fifth grade. You came to the county commissioners and what was their request?
[59:47] We need to recognize Sasquatch. The class said, we county, this county needs to recognize Sasquatch.
[59:55] So we listen to them, right? All the commissioners, we ask them questions.
[1:00:00] Understit some of the background and everything else to it. Would that have happened if that class had come to ask us to recognize that as much?
[1:00:08] Absolutely not. Wouldn't have been on my list of things I was thinking about right away, but they thought this was important.
[1:00:15] If therefore important to us. So we listened to everyone. So no, it's agree with everyone. Please understand that.
[1:00:22] But we very much listened to that class, and we, therefore, passed a satch-cotch, what
[1:00:30] do we want to call a calculation to recognize satch-cotch in this kind of, and again,
[1:00:37] that would not have happened that all of you did not participate, and so it's really important
[1:00:42] that all of you participate in government at the local level, at the state level, at the
[1:00:47] level level. But certainly at the local level, you can come. If any of you ask questions or
[1:00:52] want to come testify or do anything else, we are certainly going to listen to you. And
[1:00:57] we appreciate you being involved. The other thing is, what does a Commissioner do in an
[1:01:02] average day? So, I'll just give you my day. So, very first thing this morning, we have
[1:01:07] a department called the assessor. So, the very first thing we did, all the commissioners
[1:01:11] tried to meet with all of our operating departments. And so, I went on to listen to the
[1:01:15] and they would tell me what they thought about the county,
[1:01:19] what things we were doing right, sometimes.
[1:01:22] They don't agree with something.
[1:01:23] That makes sense.
[1:01:24] It's like any other organization.
[1:01:26] So that was beginning the day, part of the day.
[1:01:29] Right after that, this commissioner testified
[1:01:33] because we've been working for, as I discovered from Mark today,
[1:01:37] we've been working for the last eight years
[1:01:39] on creating a digital property for an off-town reservoir,
[1:01:43] which is to help fish and help farmers and help people, but also it would be a park where all the residents
[1:01:50] here in this county, or 100 acres, up to the edge of this just outside the square.
[1:01:56] Pretty important thing, so we testified for that.
[1:01:59] We wanted that to go forward.
[1:02:01] When it happens next, we have this meeting today, and we talk about things like oysters,
[1:02:07] and how do we help protect oysters?
[1:02:09] things very mundane. We need vehicles, a new vehicle that we're looking at and also related
[1:02:17] to jobs and how to get jobs in this area of working with all the drives and a whole bunch
[1:02:22] of other things. So we're working on those. And then the last part of my day, which will
[1:02:27] not end so much later, is we're talking about the issue which is very difficult to solve
[1:02:32] our homelessness. We have a homelessness task worth working together, we try to work
[1:02:38] on the issues of homeless homelessness and how can we talk?
[1:02:41] Well, there's a typical day of a panic initiative.
[1:02:45] You can, many of you may not think that's very exciting,
[1:02:48] but again, why do we do this?
[1:02:50] Because we think that we, I don't think I know we can make a difference.
[1:02:54] So let's run.
[1:02:55] And I know you've heard a little bit from some other people
[1:02:59] on the county, some of our engineers,
[1:03:02] and a sheriff to learn a little bit about some of the things
[1:03:04] that counties do.
[1:03:06] So, and out of all the different kinds of government, county government is the one that you'll probably hear the least about, and it's the one that will probably have the most impact on your lives, because if you go to a park,
[1:03:19] like how many have you been to Salt Creek, or in Dungeonless Rack area?
[1:03:23] So, those are both county parks, and South America.
[1:03:26] That's right.
[1:03:27] Yeah, that's pretty good, but how many of you have driven on a road around here?
[1:03:33] Yeah, all right, so those are just a few of the things that county government does.
[1:03:39] You saw some of the court trucks there, so when someone breaks a law and gets in trouble,
[1:03:44] then this is the place where we're trying to deal with that.
[1:03:50] There are just so many really neat things that county government does.
[1:03:54] And we would love for you to be interested in it starting right now.
[1:04:04] So I have to do it if you have any questions.
[1:04:06] What would you like to order about?
[1:04:39] That's
[1:04:42] a really good question.
[1:04:45] And we do different things down here than they do in the court.
[1:04:49] There are sometimes they're similar, but they're not the same.
[1:04:58] We're in the court.
[1:04:59] I'm going to go to the side. Yes?
[1:05:01] I'm going to go to the school. Are you guys going to get married, Jonathan?
[1:05:06] No.
[1:05:07] In my 6 foot 11 was I had pictured for the Mariners and did I have a $15 million contract?
[1:05:13] The answer is no. I'm sorry.
[1:05:16] I just don't.
[1:05:17] Hi. I wish I did.
[1:05:25] Yes.
[1:05:36] Are there any other questions?
[1:05:38] You know, the one thing we as county commission was really, really appreciate.
[1:05:42] Is it we could get a picture with all of you up in the past because this is a great time to remember and again
[1:05:49] I'm so much appreciate you and all folks. All right. You have one more question
[1:05:58] What is probably like your favorite thing
[1:06:05] that is a great question as my favorite thing to talk about is when
[1:06:12] There it doesn't really matter what the subject is it could be parks it could be
[1:06:18] I'll cut you a few roads.
[1:06:20] It could be any of the things that we talked about.
[1:06:22] My favorite thing is when we have a group of people
[1:06:26] who are excited and interested in sharing ideas
[1:06:31] because there's just a few of us.
[1:06:34] And we know that we usually don't have the best ideas.
[1:06:37] We don't always have the right answers.
[1:06:40] And as we don't have other people who are helping us,
[1:06:44] then we're not going to have a good enough conversation.
[1:06:47] And so my favorite thing is when we have a really great group of people, sometimes that's
[1:06:53] people who work here in the courthouse, sometimes it's members of the community, sometimes
[1:06:57] it's both who are really helping us think creatively about tough things.
[1:07:03] And some of the things that we try and talk about and work on are really hard and they could
[1:07:10] be really personal for people sometimes, they could sometimes affect your own family or
[1:07:15] people that you know, and so having others who want to be here and who want to participate
[1:07:23] and who want to share their ideas and who are brave enough, sometimes it can be kind
[1:07:28] of scary to come to a real light this and see people that you don't know and it doesn't
[1:07:33] matter if you're a kid or an adult. We had someone earlier today who made time to be here
[1:07:39] in the first thing that she said was how nervous she was because she's not used to public speaking.
[1:07:44] So, but what she was here to share was really important for us to hear.
[1:07:51] So, you know, having those conversations, especially when people are a little bit nervous about being here and helping them feel confident, is my favorite thing to do here.
[1:08:01] And sometimes we have, in the county, special programs that help people in different ways.
[1:08:07] So, I'll give you a simple example.
[1:08:08] Everyone understands 4-H in the 4-H programs.
[1:08:12] We've got involved with horses and taking care of those who are doing a whole bunch of animals or whatever
[1:08:18] gods.
[1:08:19] But anyway, the number of kids in the involved in the programs had dropped, probably because we didn't have the individual,
[1:08:28] some people that helped participate in the program.
[1:08:31] So how do we get more people involved in the program?
[1:08:34] We hired someone very special who then started going out and meeting with kids and then
[1:08:41] Managed to uh in large of the program so that a lot more kids are able to participate
[1:08:47] We have more volunteers and more adults taking place in that and suddenly we have now like almost 300 kids involved in the 4-8 program
[1:08:55] So it makes a difference makes a big difference. So
[1:09:04] It's very true.
[1:09:06] Absolutely.
[1:09:08] And you want to...
[1:09:09] You want to know a fun piece of that story.
[1:09:12] A long time ago before either of us were here.
[1:09:16] The 4-H program was about to go away
[1:09:20] because it didn't have enough money.
[1:09:23] And so what the community did is they showed up at the courthouse with goats and llamas
[1:09:30] And she'd been all sorts of things to make it very evident
[1:09:35] to all of the folks here in the courthouse,
[1:09:38] that 4-H program was important.
[1:09:40] So it's exactly because of people like you
[1:09:43] who have helped us understand that.
[1:09:45] This quickly, I was going to just
[1:09:47] randomly back to the back.
[1:09:59] And it sounds like we've got time for one more question.
[1:10:00] OK, one more question, please.
[1:10:02] Do you like schedule and appointment?
[1:10:04] Or can you just kind of comment?
[1:10:06] Some people come in.
[1:10:08] Most of the time, we have a very,
[1:10:10] very important person back here named Lonnie who helps make sure that we all have time and
[1:10:16] avail Lily to meet with people and you like anyone else could call Lonnie or sometimes
[1:10:23] people come in and if we're available we certainly always enjoy talking to any any of the
[1:10:28] public all the time. So I'm told this where about I don't want to keep your funds scheduled
[1:10:34] so at this point we want to do a picture. So if you guys can move up and stand in front of
[1:12:11] for commercial fresh yeah okay and then
[1:12:23] we want
[1:12:33] to do really quick while we're
[1:12:34] we so can we have let's count like 15 of you know I'm going to put you like
[1:12:41] what kind of contest move the group in so some of you are going to have stand up
[1:12:44] So, let's try to do...
[1:13:07] Friends,
[1:13:10] I give
[1:13:57] one minute.
[1:14:03] A person.
[1:14:06] So, can everybody see you long?
[1:14:20] Thank you. Good.
[1:14:23] You said he's on his way?
[1:14:24] He said give him one minute.
[1:14:30] Okay, let me go check for one second.
[1:14:32] Okay, so remember I told you there's three county commissioners.
[1:14:37] And the third one is being in the media.
[1:14:39] So he's just about wrapping up his meeting.
[1:14:41] So he's going to come in one step.
[1:14:43] Once again, a picture with a group.
[1:14:45] So.
[1:14:46] I see that that part of the fortune is not going
[1:14:52] to happen.
[1:14:53] It's too much.
[1:14:54] I don't think it will.
[1:14:56] It's too much.
[1:14:57] So?
[1:15:00] So while we're waiting for you guys, so while we aim for Commissioner Branch, one of you asked the question about whether the commission is doing anything with the courts upstairs.
[1:15:14] So the one thing the commissioners do, they set the budget for every department in the county.
[1:15:21] So the one, the involvement they have is the courts, they set the budget for the courts, they set the budget for the sheriff, and the assessor and everyone else.
[1:15:30] Okay. He's got a great. Is everyone looking here? Everybody you look here.
[1:15:34] Everybody look at this right here.
[1:15:49] Thank you
[1:17:29] everyone. This is kind of an important thing. I swear that I'm concerned.
[1:17:35] So let me reconvene meeting and is there anyone else who wishes to give a public comment?
[1:17:52] My name is Jeff Toser, I live in Squim, Washington, and I'd like to read two statements.
[1:17:58] They're both from Commissioner Osayus.
[1:18:01] The first one says, once the new levees built, the new town road will be on top of the
[1:18:05] levee, and the section of town road will be removed as part of the restoration of the flood
[1:18:10] plane.
[1:18:11] That was about two years ago.
[1:18:13] Then last month, Commissioner Osayus said, from the very beginning, this project was always
[1:18:18] intended to feature a trail, the road component was always considered optional.
[1:18:22] From the very beginning, the trail was a given, the road was not.
[1:18:27] As a taxpayer who funded part of the town road, Levy Restoration Project, I'd like to
[1:18:33] know which one of those statements is accurate.
[1:18:39] And I've still got over two minutes left, so I'll be up here for my whole three minutes.
[1:18:46] I know sometimes you'll respond, I would be happy to respond.
[1:18:54] What I was referencing is that going back to the public meeting at the early part of
[1:19:04] this project, there was a survey done at the public to understand whether there was
[1:19:12] interest in having a road on top of the levee or not.
[1:19:18] And so when I was saying that the road was not a given,
[1:19:22] what I was referencing is that when the project was being created,
[1:19:27] it was not a given that there would be a road.
[1:19:29] The road was designed and engineered into the project
[1:19:33] in response to community input that happened
[1:19:39] back in the 2015-ish timeframe.
[1:19:41] So that's what I was referencing.
[1:19:45] I hope that provides some clarity.
[1:19:47] So that was 2015 and then in 2022,
[1:19:51] you said the road will be open on top of the levy.
[1:19:56] But then after that, you said it was never a given.
[1:20:09] I just, I got a minute left.
[1:20:11] As a taxpayer, that funds these projects,
[1:20:14] It doesn't give me confidence that we embark on a multi-decade multi-agency 20 million-dollar project and not really have a defined goal
[1:20:25] If there's going to be a road on top, so we
[1:20:28] Build it twice as wide as we need to or if there was never intended to be a road on top.
[1:20:34] Thank you.
[1:20:35] Thank you.
[1:20:38] Is there anyone on line?
[1:20:40] we just do that supply. I don't see anyone. Anyone else in the audience who wishes to
[1:20:45] testify?
[1:20:49] If not, I, uh,
[1:20:53] commissioners may have fewer more being together with coffee
[1:20:57] with Colleen, which is on Wednesday at 8 o'clock. Our housing solutions committee is
[1:21:02] at 9 a.m. on Friday June 7th. And with that, I'll join the meeting. Thank you very much.
[1:21:26] you're in the bathroom