[0:11] Good morning. I call this

[0:12] session's scheduled County

[0:12] commissions to

[0:13] order JULY 7th

[0:13] ,

[0:14] 2026, a little

[0:14] after 8:30 in

[0:15] the morning, please join me in

[0:16] the Sutar flag

[0:19] . I

[0:19] pledge

[0:21] allegiance to the

[0:21] flag of the

[0:21] United

[0:22] States

[0:23] of America and to

[0:24] the republic

[0:25] for which

[0:25] it

[0:26] stands, one

[0:26] nation

[0:27] under GOD

[0:28] ,

[0:28] indivisible with liberty

[0:29] and

[0:30] justice

[0:34] . We expect Commissioner

[0:35] Burns in a few minutes

[0:36] , so we

[0:37] will get started. We

[0:37] are

[0:38] here

[0:39] with the

[0:41] um Public

[0:41] Works

[0:43] and

[0:43] the what do you

[0:43] call this

[0:45] , the

[0:45] tag

[0:47] , the

[0:47] Quimus

[0:48] Island

[0:48] Ferry

[0:49] Replacement

[0:49] Project

[0:50] Technical

[0:51] Advisory Group

[0:53] . Um

[0:54] go ahead

[0:56] .

[0:56] Good morning

[0:57] , commissioners

[0:57] Is

[0:57] it on

[0:59] ? Yeah. Oh, ok

[1:01] Sorry

[1:01] .

[1:02] Marie Lambert, Assistant

[1:03] Public

[1:04] Works director. We're here

[1:04] today for

[1:05] a

[1:06] presentation from

[1:07] Sandy McKeon

[1:08] , the chair of the

[1:09] Temporary Technical

[1:10] Advisory

[1:10] Group

[1:11] , formed

[1:11] last fall

[1:12] to

[1:12] evaluate

[1:13] the

[1:13] gleamous

[1:14] ferry

[1:15] replacement options

[1:16] . The 9

[1:16] members

[1:17] 9

[1:17] member

[1:19] group

[1:19] meant

[1:19] monthly from

[1:20] NOVEMBER

[1:21] 2025

[1:21] through

[1:22] JUNE

[1:22] 2026

[1:23] . Captain

[1:24] Rachel Rowe

[1:24] , myself

[1:26] ,

[1:27] facilitator Hilary

[1:27] Wilkin

[1:28] Wilkinson and her

[1:28] assistant

[1:29] Claire

[1:29] Morder

[1:30] also

[1:30] attended

[1:31] .

[1:31] The

[1:31] tag

[1:32] was tasked

[1:33] with

[1:34] providing recommendations for

[1:35] replacing

[1:35] the

[1:36] current Guimus

[1:36] Island

[1:36] ferry

[1:37] , a written report

[1:37] will be

[1:38] submitted to the

[1:38] board

[1:39] by the

[1:39] end

[1:40] of

[1:40] AUGUST. I

[1:41] will

[1:41] turn

[1:41] this over

[1:42] to Rachel

[1:42] Rowe

[1:43] for

[1:43] a

[1:44] brief description

[1:44] of

[1:44] the

[1:45] history of

[1:45] the

[1:46] ferry

[1:46] replacement project

[1:47] . Good

[1:47] morning

[1:48] , commissioners, and

[1:49] good morning

[1:49] teg

[1:50] members

[1:50] . Um

[1:51] ,

[1:51] you're gonna hear from

[1:52] Sandy

[1:53] McKeon, the chair of

[1:53] the tag

[1:54] ,

[1:55] uh, but before that, I just

[1:56] wanted to give

[1:57] a

[1:57] brief project

[1:58] update

[1:59] . Um, kind of

[2:00] talk about

[2:00] how we

[2:01] got here

[2:02] . The discussion

[2:02] of

[2:04] replacing Skagit County's

[2:05] ferry really began back

[2:06] in 2013

[2:07] We hired

[2:07] Elliott

[2:07] a

[2:08] Design Group

[2:09] to

[2:09] do

[2:09] uh a

[2:11] replacement study.

[2:11] They

[2:12] determined that out of

[2:12] 3

[2:12] options

[2:15] , uh immediate tenure

[2:16] and

[2:16] 20-year

[2:17] intervals

[2:18] for

[2:18] replacement

[2:19] that

[2:19] an

[2:20] immediate

[2:20] replacement

[2:21] was

[2:21] preferred. Uh

[2:22] ,

[2:22] it

[2:22] was

[2:23] the

[2:23] most

[2:24] economically

[2:25] viable choice for the county at

[2:26] the time

[2:27] . It

[2:27] wasn't

[2:28] until

[2:28] 2017

[2:28] that

[2:29] we hired Gloucton

[2:30] and

[2:30] previous to that, we had heard

[2:30] a

[2:31] lot

[2:31] of

[2:32] ideas about all

[2:33] electric

[2:34] tech technology uh

[2:34] brought to us

[2:35] as an option for

[2:36] our

[2:36] replacement ferry

[2:37] . Glasson

[2:38] was hired with

[2:38] the intent

[2:39] of

[2:40] designing an

[2:41] all-electric

[2:41] vessel to

[2:41] replace the

[2:42] current

[2:43] diesel power ferry

[2:43] that we have

[2:45] They

[2:45] worked on that design for

[2:46] quite a

[2:46] while

[2:47] and

[2:47] finally

[2:47] in

[2:49] 2023, we went out for a

[2:50] bid at

[2:50] the end of the

[2:51] year for the

[2:52] new

[2:52] vessel

[2:53] . In JANUARY

[2:54] of 2024

[2:56] , the

[2:56] commissioners rejected those

[2:57] bids. They did come in higher

[2:58] than

[2:59] the engineer's estimate.

[2:59] Uh

[3:00] , the vessel

[3:02] , uh,

[3:03] construction bids came in at 23

[3:05] to

[3:05] $24 million

[3:07] . At the

[3:08] same

[3:09] time, uh, some of our

[3:10] funding

[3:10] ,

[3:10] which

[3:11] totaled

[3:12] about

[3:12] 35

[3:12] million

[3:12] potentially

[3:13] at

[3:14] that point

[3:14] was

[3:15] in jeopardy, with

[3:16] 24

[3:17] million

[3:17] being from

[3:18] the

[3:18] cca and

[3:19] the cca

[3:19] going for

[3:21] a

[3:21] vote

[3:22] in NOVEMBER

[3:23] of

[3:24] 2024

[3:25] to possibly

[3:26] uh be repealed

[3:26] meaning

[3:27] we

[3:27] would

[3:28] potentially

[3:28] lose $24

[3:29] million in

[3:29] funding and

[3:30] the

[3:31] cca is

[3:31] the Washington

[3:32] State

[3:33] Climate Commitment Act

[3:33] funding.

[3:33] Yeah

[3:34] , we

[3:35] , we received that

[3:35] through the Move

[3:36] Ahead

[3:37] Washington Act

[3:37] and two

[3:37] separate

[3:38] installments

[3:39] . Of

[3:39] 14

[3:39] and then

[3:41] 10

[3:41] million

[3:42] , uh, which the 10

[3:43] million was

[3:44] subject to that

[3:44] vote in NOVEMBER

[3:46] of 2024

[3:48] . The

[3:49] um, the voters voted in

[3:50] NOVEMBER

[3:50] of 24. It

[3:50] did not

[3:51] get

[3:51] repealed

[3:52] . But we

[3:53] did not go

[3:53] back

[3:54] out for

[3:54] bid

[3:55] , rather

[3:55] , the

[3:57] board decided that they

[3:59] wanted

[3:59] to

[4:00] give

[4:01] um the citizens of

[4:02] voice in

[4:03] the project at the

[4:03] time

[4:04] , there

[4:04] were concerns about

[4:06] the

[4:07] all-electric replacement

[4:08] ,

[4:09] uh, technology specific to

[4:10] the

[4:10] charging arm

[4:11] , its size

[4:11] , its

[4:11] cost

[4:13] , it's complexity

[4:14] . And so

[4:15] ,

[4:15] uh, the board

[4:16] elected

[4:17] to form

[4:17] the

[4:18] temporary advisory

[4:19] group to

[4:19] give you

[4:20] a recommendation

[4:21] . Uh

[4:21] ,

[4:22] they were

[4:23] informed

[4:23] of

[4:24] uh

[4:24] project

[4:26] history

[4:26] timeline. We

[4:26] went over

[4:27] the initial design

[4:28] .

[4:29] We went over all of the

[4:29] different

[4:30] propulsion options.

[4:31] They

[4:31] really spent a lot of

[4:33] time

[4:33] volunteering their time on this

[4:34] group

[4:36] , digging into the work

[4:36] that's already

[4:37] been done

[4:38] and

[4:39] thoughtfully creating

[4:39] a

[4:40] recommendation that you're

[4:40] getting

[4:41] here today

[4:42] . Again

[4:42] ,

[4:43] they're going to produce

[4:43] our

[4:44] final

[4:45] advisory report at

[4:45] the

[4:45] end

[4:46] of AUGUST

[4:46] . You

[4:47] did receive

[4:47] today

[4:48] an

[4:48] executive summary

[4:49] , as

[4:49] well

[4:49] as

[4:51] um another document

[4:51] containing

[4:51] the

[4:52] propulsion

[4:52] options that

[4:53] they

[4:53] looked

[4:53] more

[4:55] thoroughly yet. And with

[4:56] that,

[4:56] unless you have

[4:57] any questions

[4:58] about

[4:58] the project itself, I'll

[4:59] turn

[4:59] it over

[5:00] to

[5:01] Sandy McKeon to

[5:02] give

[5:02] his presentation of the

[5:03] tag's

[5:04] recommendation.

[5:05] Commissioner Browning, do you

[5:05] any questions

[5:07] ? Not yet

[5:08] All

[5:09] right, Sandy, you're up

[5:09] . Rachel

[5:10] So

[5:11] , uh, there was

[5:11] a

[5:12] bioengineering on

[5:13] the

[5:13] Glasson

[5:13] thing, that

[5:14] report, when's it

[5:14] coming

[5:15] or

[5:16] what's the story on

[5:16] that one

[5:17] ? Yes

[5:18] , we

[5:18] , uh, did a

[5:19] value

[5:21] engineering workshop

[5:22] in

[5:23] APRIL

[5:23] , we

[5:24] are working

[5:24] with

[5:24] a

[5:25] consultant now

[5:26] to finalize

[5:27] the

[5:27] study

[5:28] . We're working

[5:28] on

[5:29] updating

[5:30] cost estimates

[5:30] , and

[5:31] we

[5:31] should

[5:31] have that

[5:32] report by the

[5:32] end of

[5:33] AUGUST as

[5:33] well. So

[5:34] at

[5:34] the same

[5:34] time you get

[5:35] the

[5:35] tag

[5:36] recommendation, you'll also

[5:36] see

[5:36] the

[5:37] value

[5:37] engineering

[5:38] recommendations

[5:38] . The

[5:38] value

[5:39] engineering is just on

[5:40] an

[5:40] all-electric

[5:40] type of

[5:42] ferry

[5:43] ,

[5:43] correct? The

[5:44] value engineering

[5:45] looked

[5:45] at

[5:46] the all-electric

[5:48] uh

[5:48] design

[5:49] as

[5:49] a base

[5:50] . Uh

[5:51] , several

[5:52] ideas and

[5:52] proposals

[5:52] were

[5:54] generated surrounding

[5:54] different

[5:55] alternatives

[5:56] and

[5:56] options

[5:57] for

[5:59] your consideration

[5:59] . Um

[6:00] so yes

[6:01] ,

[6:01] it focused on

[6:01] all electric

[6:02] as

[6:03] the base design

[6:05] . Thank

[6:06] you

[6:07] .

[6:08] Thank you very much for the

[6:08] committee being here

[6:09] . We

[6:10] really

[6:10] appreciate

[6:10] that and

[6:11] all your

[6:12] time and effort and

[6:12] the

[6:13] knowledge

[6:14] that this group

[6:14] brought together. It

[6:15] was

[6:15] really

[6:15] important

[6:16] to have was

[6:18] quite fun

[6:19] actually in a lot of ways

[6:19] , uh,

[6:19] we had

[6:20] a good

[6:21] group and

[6:21] with

[6:21] lots of

[6:22] different perspectives

[6:23] ,

[6:23] and I

[6:23] think we're

[6:24] pretty proud

[6:24] of what we came

[6:26] up with, and we

[6:26] hope

[6:27] it's useful to you

[6:28] . Um

[6:30] uh

[6:30] before we start

[6:32] , uh, uh, is

[6:32] there anybody on Zoom I'm

[6:33] just

[6:33] interested

[6:34] if

[6:34] other

[6:35] committee

[6:35] members

[6:37] . Uh-huh

[6:37] , I can't see it

[6:39] I think I

[6:40] see Becca

[6:40] Fong

[6:41] , I

[6:41] think

[6:42] . Ok. Good, good morning

[6:43] ,

[6:44] guys. I can join you for just a

[6:44] little bit. Andy

[6:45] , thanks for

[6:46] being there in person, and

[6:47] I

[6:48] can't see who else is in the

[6:49] room either

[6:49] . Alan

[6:50] and Ryan

[6:50] are

[6:51] here

[6:51] . Thanks

[6:51] , Ryan

[6:52] , and thanks,

[6:53] Ellen, for being there to

[6:53] represent

[6:55] . Ok

[6:55] . Just real quick,

[6:55] it

[6:56] looks

[6:57] like Jonah. Might

[6:57] be

[6:59] online because sometimes. Yeah,

[6:59] I expected Jonah

[7:00] . He's

[7:01] iPhone.

[7:01] Jonah, are you with us

[7:03] ? Oh

[7:03] , I

[7:04] see

[7:04] it right here

[7:06] . Jonah

[7:06] is

[7:08] a

[7:08] tugboat captain, and he spends

[7:09] a lot of time there

[7:10] , so he

[7:10] , he

[7:11] was in our meetings

[7:12] often

[7:12] by

[7:13] Zoom because he

[7:13] was

[7:16] anchored

[7:17] someplace, which was sort of

[7:17] appropriate for our

[7:18] group

[7:19] , uh,

[7:19] but anyway, good morning

[7:20] , uh

[7:21] . I

[7:22] think most people in this room

[7:23] know me because

[7:23] I've been

[7:24] involved with the

[7:24] ferry for a

[7:25] decade or

[7:26] so

[7:26] or

[7:27] more except

[7:28] Joe

[7:29] who's not

[7:30] here yet

[7:38] . Let's see,

[7:38] I just have

[7:39] to push these

[7:40] buttons, right

[7:42] ? Ok

[7:47] ok

[7:48] , well

[7:48] , we

[7:49] were created as a

[7:49] technical

[7:51] advisory group

[7:52] , uh, by

[7:53] resolution, which

[7:53] the numbers

[7:54] there

[7:56] . And asked to do

[7:56] these

[7:58] things

[7:58] , uh, that to

[8:02] in

[8:02] fact,

[8:03] let me just sort of

[8:04] say one

[8:05] thing. There's sort of a

[8:06] a

[8:07] feeling of some of the things

[8:07] that were said just this

[8:09] morning that we were looking at

[8:11] a

[8:11] complete

[8:11] set

[8:12] of

[8:12] options for

[8:13] a

[8:14] new

[8:15] ferry

[8:16] . Actually, what we

[8:16] focused on, because it

[8:17] makes

[8:18] sense when you work

[8:19] through

[8:19] it

[8:21] was what, looking at

[8:22] the

[8:23] alternative propulsion options.

[8:24] That's

[8:24] really

[8:25] what's

[8:25] key in

[8:26] terms

[8:27] of

[8:27] size

[8:28] or capacity

[8:29] ,

[8:29] things

[8:30] like that

[8:30] are

[8:31] well done

[8:31] and

[8:32] probably

[8:32] quite

[8:33] useful from

[8:33] the

[8:34] Gloucestton design

[8:34] from

[8:35] years ago

[8:35] , so

[8:35] the

[8:36] propulsion is

[8:36] really

[8:37] the key thing

[8:39] . And so

[8:39] we

[8:39] were to

[8:40] look

[8:40] at these

[8:41] things

[8:41] according to you

[8:42] guys in

[8:43] your

[8:43] resolution

[8:45] , uh, and

[8:45] so those

[8:46] are the

[8:47] , the options that we

[8:48] looked at

[8:52] . We

[8:52] were defined to

[8:53] be

[8:54] a nine-member group

[8:56] Good

[8:56] morning, Joe. My

[8:57] name is

[8:58] Sandy

[8:58] McKeon. Apologies for being

[8:59] late. No problem

[9:00] . Thank you

[9:01] . Um

[9:01] we

[9:03] just started

[9:03] . Um

[9:05] and

[9:06] 5 of

[9:07] the

[9:08] members were to be

[9:08] residents

[9:09] of

[9:10] Guaymas Island

[9:11] ,

[9:12] and

[9:12] 4

[9:12] representatives from

[9:14] Skagitt County

[9:16] , uh, not living

[9:17] on the island, although some of

[9:19] that's changed since

[9:19] since

[9:20] since, since the resolution

[9:21] was

[9:22] passed. Uh

[9:23] , but

[9:23] the four

[9:24] representatives are really

[9:24] to

[9:25] be

[9:26] focused

[9:26] on

[9:27] more expertise in

[9:27] the

[9:28] maritime industry

[9:30] . Such

[9:31] things as in fact we

[9:32] did cover

[9:33] these things um

[9:34] . Operating a

[9:35] vessel in these

[9:37] local

[9:37] waters

[9:38] .

[9:39] We

[9:39] have

[9:39] one

[9:40] member

[9:41] , Corey

[9:43] , who

[9:43] was the

[9:44] marine

[9:46] Delivery Service

[9:46] We know

[9:46] , we know

[9:47] him as

[9:47] what

[9:48] we'll get

[9:48] into that in a

[9:50] moment

[9:51] the

[9:52] things you can read there

[9:53] ,

[9:54] naval architecture, and

[9:54] then we

[9:55] had county membership

[9:55] . We've

[9:56] already said

[9:57] that here

[9:57] this

[9:57] morning, and we

[9:58] have

[9:58] some

[9:58] consultants

[10:01] . Uh

[10:02] and I

[10:03] just make

[10:04] it an aside, by the

[10:04] way

[10:04] , I

[10:05] thought

[10:06] the

[10:06] consultants did a

[10:06] terrific job. They

[10:08] work with us

[10:08] all the way through and

[10:09] really

[10:09] facilitated the

[10:10] whole

[10:11] thing. So

[10:11] it's really

[10:12] a compliment to

[10:13] you

[10:14] three because

[10:14] here at

[10:15] the time,

[10:15] I guess

[10:16] , but

[10:17] uh because you

[10:17] picked those

[10:18] consultants, I

[10:18] think you did

[10:19] an

[10:19] excellent job

[10:26] .

[10:26] See

[10:28] My, my

[10:29] way of thinking

[10:29] ,

[10:30] these buttons work

[10:31] . Backwards,

[10:31] so I'll keep doing

[10:32] that

[10:33] , I'm

[10:33] sure

[10:33] . Um

[10:34] , so here

[10:35] are the

[10:35] members of

[10:35] the

[10:36] tag

[10:36] , uh, Paul

[10:37] Becker, who's a

[10:38] naval architect

[10:40] uh Allan

[10:41] Bush is here

[10:42] with us

[10:42] as one of the

[10:43] GAMus members

[10:44] ,

[10:44] Becca Fong

[10:45] , who

[10:45] you heard was

[10:46] on

[10:47] Zoom

[10:47] . Corey Jost

[10:47] , that was

[10:48] ,

[10:49] that's the

[10:51] uh San

[10:51] Juan

[10:51] Marine

[10:52] Freight

[10:53] . Whose

[10:55] runs

[10:56] a

[10:56] barge on

[10:56] the on

[10:58] these waters

[10:58] . And

[10:58] he's

[10:59] sort of a

[11:00] , a savior to us

[11:00] on

[11:01] Glamis Island. You

[11:02] probably

[11:03] know that when the ferry

[11:03] has

[11:04] problems, he's

[11:05] the guy

[11:05] at

[11:06] midnight, it doesn't matter

[11:06] . He

[11:07] gets us

[11:07] off that

[11:08] island

[11:08] and

[11:08] back

[11:09] , so he's kind of a hero

[11:09] to

[11:10] us

[11:11] . Um

[11:12] myself

[11:13] , my

[11:14] background

[11:14] was, is

[11:16] , management

[11:16] consulting

[11:17] and

[11:18] project management

[11:18] which

[11:18] is

[11:19] kind

[11:20] of

[11:20] why I think I became

[11:21] the chair

[11:22] . I

[11:23] didn't have the

[11:23] expertise

[11:24] the

[11:24] rest

[11:25] did

[11:27] . Uh Ryan

[11:28] Monahan

[11:29] , who's here with us

[11:29] ,

[11:29] who works

[11:30] for PACar and

[11:31] has

[11:31] worked

[11:32] specifically

[11:33] on

[11:34] doing

[11:34] electrification of

[11:36] power

[11:36] trains

[11:36] on

[11:37] large vehicles, so

[11:38] a

[11:38] great

[11:39] big truck and

[11:39] a ferry are

[11:40] not

[11:41] so different from each other

[11:41] .

[11:41] Um

[11:45] Adam Paul, who

[11:45] is

[11:47] in this

[11:47] area and builds boats

[11:52] . Jonah

[11:52] Patrick

[11:53] , who's baby with us

[11:53] on

[11:54] Zoom, as I said before, he's

[11:56] a

[11:57] tugboat captain, and Tom

[11:58] Fouts,

[11:59] who lives on the island

[11:59] , who

[11:59] has a lot

[12:01] of experience in

[12:01] the

[12:01] maritime

[12:02] and as

[12:04] aeronomical

[12:06] industries in

[12:07] terms

[12:08] of large

[12:08] machinery and engines and

[12:10] diesels and how all

[12:11] that works

[12:16] .

[12:17] So this is a

[12:17] very busy

[12:18] slide

[12:19] .

[12:19] I'm not

[12:20] , I'm not expecting

[12:21] you

[12:21] to read

[12:21] this particularly,

[12:22] although

[12:23] I highlighted some of

[12:23] the

[12:24] more

[12:25] important parts

[12:26] , um,

[12:26] these in the

[12:28] next

[12:29] slide

[12:30] represent

[12:30] the

[12:32] 6

[12:32] propulsion

[12:33] options that we looked

[12:33] at

[12:35] , ok

[12:35] ?

[12:36] And

[12:36] one of

[12:37] the first things

[12:37] that we

[12:37] uh

[12:39] um

[12:42] so to

[12:43] get this

[12:43] right here

[12:44] . One of the first

[12:46] things we had to deal

[12:47] with was

[12:48] the

[12:49] terminology. When

[12:50] you say

[12:51] diesel hybrid

[12:53] Ron

[12:53] , you might

[12:53] think of

[12:55] one thing, and

[12:55] I might

[12:55] think

[12:57] of another

[12:57] , and

[12:58] Alan here

[12:58] MAY

[12:59] think of another

[13:00] . It's, it

[13:00] gets

[13:01] confusing even to the

[13:02] industry. If you

[13:03] read

[13:04] articles

[13:04] or

[13:04] hear

[13:05] presentations

[13:07] , um, you

[13:07] ,

[13:08] you

[13:08] find out

[13:09] after 5

[13:09] minutes of

[13:09] discussion

[13:10] , you're talking

[13:11] apples

[13:11] and

[13:11] oranges

[13:12] . And we

[13:12] , we

[13:13] struggled with that for a

[13:13] couple

[13:15] of meetings

[13:16] , uh, and

[13:16] finally decides, you know

[13:17] , we

[13:17] really needed to

[13:18] find this

[13:18] clearly

[13:19] , and that's part of, I

[13:20] think

[13:20] , the value

[13:22] of

[13:22] these

[13:23] , uh,

[13:24] it's on two slides here

[13:24] , but

[13:25] you have it on one

[13:26] page

[13:26] in

[13:27] your

[13:27] packet, and the reason

[13:28] I

[13:29] included that in

[13:29] your

[13:29] packet

[13:30] is

[13:31] not for

[13:31] this presentation so

[13:32] much, but as you

[13:33] think

[13:33] through

[13:34] this

[13:34] or read

[13:34] the report

[13:35] in

[13:36] AUGUST

[13:37] , um, you'll have

[13:37] this

[13:38] to

[13:38] refer to

[13:40] . It's I

[13:40] can't

[13:41] stress

[13:41] enough to keep

[13:42] it

[13:42] straight.

[13:43] What you mean

[13:43] by

[13:44] plug-in hybrid

[13:45] What

[13:45] you

[13:46] mean by

[13:47] diesel hybrid

[13:47] ,

[13:47] and

[13:48] the industry has some of

[13:48] the

[13:50] same problem in

[13:51] terms of

[13:51] keeping these

[13:52] terms straight

[13:53] .

[13:53] Uh, we kind

[13:54] of settled on

[13:54] these

[13:54] a lot of it came out

[13:55] of

[13:56] Glaston's work. It's very

[13:56] similar to

[13:57] what

[13:58] Glaston did and

[13:59] also other

[14:00] industry sources

[14:01] . Uh

[14:07] Now there's

[14:09] cer

[14:09] certain things

[14:10] the

[14:11] sort of common

[14:13] to all

[14:14] of

[14:14] these

[14:16] and they're the kind of

[14:17] key characteristics of

[14:18] of

[14:18] them

[14:19] that that maybe you can't

[14:20] keep

[14:20] in top

[14:21] of

[14:21] mind

[14:21] . And one

[14:22] is

[14:22] ,

[14:23] it's really only

[14:23] two

[14:24] practical

[14:25] energy sources

[14:27] . So

[14:27] you know,

[14:28] the energy

[14:29] has to come from

[14:30] somewhere, right? It could be

[14:30] compressed natural

[14:31] gas. It

[14:32] could

[14:32] be

[14:32] diesel

[14:34] , but really the

[14:35] only practical ones that

[14:35] come

[14:36] down to in terms

[14:37] of here

[14:37] in

[14:39] Skagitt County would

[14:39] be diesel

[14:40] and electric

[14:41] . There's

[14:42] depressed

[14:43] natural gas

[14:43] . There's hydrogen

[14:44] ,

[14:44] there's things like that

[14:46] are

[14:46] being used

[14:47] , usually

[14:47] not

[14:48] very

[14:49] commonly used in

[14:49] the industry

[14:50] ,

[14:50] but

[14:50] we just one

[14:51] of the

[14:51] things

[14:51] that

[14:52] we

[14:52] can't

[14:53] concluded

[14:53] was

[14:54] those things are just

[14:54] not

[14:55] practical for

[14:56] the

[14:56] foreseeable

[14:57] future. They're

[14:57] just not

[14:58] available

[14:58] in this area

[15:00] . If

[15:00] you

[15:00] see the

[15:01] word

[15:01] diesel in any of

[15:03] these six

[15:04] propulsion options

[15:05] .

[15:05] That

[15:05] means

[15:06] diesel

[15:06] is the source

[15:07] of

[15:08] the energy

[15:08] that

[15:09] is

[15:10] diesel

[15:10] is

[15:10] pre, not

[15:11] , not

[15:12] 100% usually

[15:12] but

[15:13] or often

[15:14] , but

[15:15] that's what's

[15:15] driving the boat. That's where

[15:16] the energy's

[15:17] coming from diesel

[15:18] If you see

[15:18] the

[15:19] word

[15:19] hybrid,

[15:20] that means there's a battery

[15:21] in

[15:21] there someplace

[15:23] So

[15:23] , uh

[15:24] , that

[15:26] helps to distinguish between

[15:26] these things

[15:28] . Most

[15:30] of

[15:30] the

[15:31] options, even

[15:32] if

[15:33] they're diesel

[15:35] often have generators

[15:35] on

[15:37] board

[15:38] and that's

[15:38] for

[15:39] backup

[15:39] reasons

[15:40] and

[15:40] but certainly uh

[15:41] one

[15:41] of

[15:42] the

[15:44] options that's

[15:45] um let's

[15:46] say,

[15:46] this is one of the

[15:48] slides

[15:48] that

[15:48] we had two

[15:49] different pieces,

[15:49] sets of

[15:51] software doing this and

[15:51] they, they

[15:51] didn't

[15:52] quite

[15:53] translate, so this

[15:53] slide went

[15:54] off the edge here

[15:55] , but

[15:56] , um, in

[15:56] the diesel

[15:57] hybrid

[15:57] , for instance

[15:58] um

[16:02] , the diesel

[16:02] is

[16:06] providing the

[16:06] energy

[16:08] through a

[16:09] generator and

[16:09] the

[16:11] electricity goes and drives

[16:11] the

[16:12] boat

[16:13] through an

[16:13] electric

[16:14] motor

[16:15] . So those

[16:15] are the things

[16:16] that

[16:16] are highlighted, for

[16:17] instance, a

[16:18] plug-in

[16:18] hybrid is

[16:20] the power

[16:22] is provided

[16:22] . Through

[16:22] an

[16:25] electric motor, and there's

[16:25] a lot of

[16:26] electricity

[16:26] being used

[16:27] and often is

[16:28] the primary energy

[16:29] source

[16:29] . Others here

[16:33] say

[16:40] diesel

[16:40] mechanical, which is

[16:41] the

[16:41] definition

[16:42] which is the way you

[16:43] would describe

[16:44] the

[16:44] current

[16:45] Weymouth ferry

[16:46] , the

[16:47] powers

[16:48] provided mechanically to

[16:48] the

[16:49] propeller

[16:50] . Solely by

[16:51] diesel

[16:52] engines, so

[16:52] there's no

[16:53] generator involved, although

[16:53] there might be one

[16:54] on board

[16:58] .

[16:58] This is

[17:00] you know, too busy to

[17:01] see

[17:02] really here, but

[17:03] in

[17:03] the

[17:04] report when

[17:04] you get it at the

[17:05] end of

[17:05] AUGUST

[17:07] , we included, and

[17:08] most of this came from

[17:09] Boston,

[17:09] by the way, done

[17:10] years ago

[17:12] , uh,

[17:13] a schematic of

[17:13] each of

[17:14] these

[17:14] now

[17:16] . Just

[17:17] reading

[17:18] this

[17:18] , say

[17:19] it's kind of hard to keep in

[17:20] mind and it's easy to

[17:21] get

[17:21] confused

[17:22] , but it

[17:24] the

[17:25] graphic

[17:25] here really helps with that. So

[17:26] I encourage

[17:27] you when you look

[17:27] at

[17:28] the report to look

[17:29] at these

[17:29] ,

[17:30] uh, a lot of

[17:30] this makes sense

[17:32] when you look at the

[17:34] the

[17:35] schematic. You can

[17:36] see where

[17:37] the generators

[17:37] are

[17:37] , where they

[17:38] feed into

[17:39] In

[17:39] this case, it's a

[17:41] plug-in hybrid

[17:41] . There's

[17:41] electric motors

[17:48] . So

[17:49] in

[17:49] your

[17:50] resolution you asked us

[17:51] to look

[17:52] at

[17:52] these

[17:53] 6

[17:53] propulsion options

[17:55] .

[17:55] Using these criteria

[17:57] . And we

[18:00] dropped a couple of them and

[18:00] you'll

[18:01] see why and we added

[18:01] a

[18:02] couple

[18:03] , but

[18:03] there are

[18:03] in

[18:04] the

[18:05] end

[18:05] 9

[18:06] evaluation criteria

[18:10] . So

[18:10] if you're trying to decide, I

[18:11] mean

[18:12] , basically our

[18:13] task

[18:14] was

[18:14] of

[18:14] those

[18:16] 6

[18:17] propulsion options,

[18:17] which one will

[18:19] we recommend to

[18:19] you

[18:19] ? Or perhaps

[18:21] a

[18:21] couple of

[18:22] them perhaps if that made sense

[18:26] which I think as we went

[18:26] along

[18:27] we decided

[18:28] that we really need

[18:29] to get

[18:30] to

[18:30] one

[18:31] because handing

[18:31] you two

[18:32] different options

[18:33] , just

[18:33] you know

[18:35] , passes the buck

[18:35] to

[18:36] you. So that's

[18:37] our job

[18:37] , so we

[18:37] really

[18:38] worked hard to

[18:38] get

[18:38] a

[18:39] single option

[18:43] . These

[18:44] , the

[18:44] first

[18:44] thing we did

[18:46] when we got to

[18:46] this

[18:47] evaluation phase

[18:48] was to

[18:48] rank

[18:49] these 6

[18:51] . 9

[18:51] criteria

[18:53] . That

[18:55] we would use

[18:55] to evaluate the

[18:55] 6

[18:57] propulsion options

[18:58] . So these

[18:58] are

[18:59] in the

[19:00] order that we came

[19:00] to. We did a

[19:01] little

[19:02] exercise

[19:02] where

[19:02] we

[19:03] all, uh

[19:04] , through

[19:04] a

[19:05] process

[19:07] prioritize these

[19:08] 9

[19:09] options

[19:09] , and this is the

[19:10] the

[19:11] ,

[19:11] the

[19:11] , the

[19:13] groups

[19:13] this

[19:13] decision

[19:14] of the importance of each one

[19:14] of those

[19:15] , so

[19:16] capital

[19:16] cost

[19:17] was

[19:18] number one

[19:20] . The

[19:20] maintenance

[19:21] cost

[19:22] , the liability, and I

[19:22] just

[19:23] point out one of these

[19:24] things

[19:25] there. In fact, this came from

[19:25] Ryan

[19:26] , I think

[19:27] , uh, really

[19:28] struck

[19:29] me

[19:29] is reliability

[19:30] . The

[19:30] ferry service

[19:31] is

[19:31] a lifeline

[19:32] ,

[19:32] not

[19:32] a

[19:33] luxury

[19:33] , and that's the

[19:34] name of

[19:34] the game on

[19:35] Glamis

[19:36] Island. I'm sure you've heard

[19:36] that from

[19:38] many people

[19:38] from Guay

[19:38] misses

[19:38] . It's

[19:40] how we get to the

[19:41] doctor. It's how we see our

[19:42] family. It's

[19:43] it's

[19:43] , uh, it's,

[19:43] it's

[19:44] like a member of the

[19:45] family

[19:45] , that fairy

[19:46] hunt

[19:47] ,

[19:47] everybody who lives on the

[19:48] island

[19:48] , I

[19:49] think, um

[19:50] so

[19:50] you

[19:50] could

[19:51] read

[19:52] these

[19:52] complexity

[19:52] is

[19:52] something

[19:54] to

[19:54] consider

[19:54] .

[19:54] Emissions

[19:55] is

[19:56] very

[19:58] important

[19:58] in

[19:59] a sort of an

[19:59] indirect way

[20:00] . We

[20:01] all would like to

[20:03] help

[20:03] with

[20:03] emissions in the

[20:04] world

[20:05] , but

[20:05] it

[20:06] turns out, as I think

[20:07] you well

[20:07] know

[20:08] , the

[20:08] funders really

[20:10] like

[20:10] an

[20:12] option that's cuts

[20:12] back

[20:14] emissions. I mean, just look

[20:14] what's happening with

[20:16] the

[20:16] Washington State

[20:17] ferry

[20:17] systems

[20:18] .

[20:19] They're moving, trying

[20:20] to

[20:21] move

[20:21] quickly to

[20:21] electrify in

[20:23] order

[20:23] to reduce emissions

[20:25] . Uh

[20:25] , so

[20:25] that becomes a

[20:26] very important

[20:27] thing as much for

[20:28] the

[20:30] environment or as much for

[20:30] the

[20:31] funding of

[20:31] the

[20:32] project as it is

[20:33] for the environment

[20:34] . The other

[20:34] thing on

[20:35] emissions are

[20:36] the

[20:37] newer engine, anything to

[20:37] replace it

[20:38] . The

[20:38] standards are

[20:39] dramatically different than

[20:39] they were 40

[20:40] years

[20:41] ago

[20:41] . The

[20:42] engines today

[20:43] have much

[20:43] less

[20:44] emissions

[20:45] . But

[20:45] from the, I

[20:46] think the funding you've

[20:47] had

[20:48] already

[20:50] , uh, and I what I

[20:50] can

[20:50] tell it's going to be that

[20:51] way

[20:52] for

[20:52] at

[20:53] least several

[20:54] more

[20:54] years

[20:55] That's a, that's a hot

[20:56] button

[20:57] with the funders. They're still

[20:57] going to want to see that. I

[20:58] think one

[20:59] of their

[20:59] first

[20:59] questions

[21:00] would be, how do

[21:00] you

[21:01] help with admissions

[21:01] with this

[21:02] project

[21:11] ? So

[21:13] we have

[21:14] 9

[21:15] criteria

[21:15] to

[21:16] evaluate 6 options

[21:17] . So how

[21:17] do

[21:19] we go

[21:19] about doing that

[21:21] ? And

[21:21] the

[21:24] consultants really helped

[21:24] us here in

[21:26] many ways, but here

[21:26] in particular. We were

[21:28] kind

[21:28] of

[21:28] like, how do we put our

[21:29] minds

[21:31] around applying these

[21:31] 9

[21:31] criteria

[21:32] , these

[21:33] 6 options

[21:33] . So

[21:35] they came up with

[21:35] a

[21:35] scheme.

[21:36] Again

[21:37] , don't even begin to try

[21:37] to read this

[21:38] , but

[21:39] the

[21:39] point is,

[21:40] we went through

[21:40] a

[21:42] process

[21:42] where

[21:43] vertically

[21:44] there is

[21:44] the

[21:45] 9

[21:45] criteria

[21:46] , and we had

[21:46] a sheet

[21:47] like this for

[21:47] each one of

[21:48] the

[21:48] 6

[21:49] options

[21:49] , and each one

[21:49] of the

[21:50] tag members

[21:51] made

[21:51] an evaluation

[21:52] and

[21:52] put a

[21:53] number on each

[21:53] . For

[21:55] each of

[21:56] the criteria, something

[21:56] let's

[21:57] say

[21:58] maintenance costs or

[21:58] life cycle costs

[22:00] . How important

[22:01] they thought that was

[22:02] . And

[22:02] then

[22:03] we went through

[22:04] a process where

[22:04] we

[22:07] crunch

[22:07] these

[22:07] numbers

[22:08] together and

[22:09] came

[22:10] up

[22:10] with a

[22:11] and

[22:13] again, don't try to read this

[22:14] particularly, but the

[22:15] point

[22:15] is

[22:15] that

[22:16] the group at the bottom

[22:16] there

[22:18] where it

[22:18] says

[22:19] final total

[22:20] that's how at

[22:21] that we were kind

[22:22] of

[22:22] halfway through our

[22:24] our

[22:25] uh

[22:25] process when we

[22:26] got here.

[22:27] That's how

[22:27] we ranked

[22:29] the

[22:30] six

[22:30] options

[22:31] as

[22:32] a group

[22:33] and with

[22:34] everyone's input and

[22:35] it didn't

[22:36] stay this way, by

[22:36] the way

[22:38] , but

[22:39] they're not in order there, but

[22:39] if

[22:40] you look

[22:41] at the

[22:41] highest

[22:42] number

[22:42] is

[22:43] diesel hybrid

[22:45] . And

[22:45] interestingly, I just point

[22:46] this out

[22:46] , you'll

[22:47] see

[22:47] why

[22:47] the

[22:49] lowest number is

[22:50] plug-in hybrid

[22:50] at

[22:51] that stage

[22:51] . And

[22:52] I'll

[22:52] just

[22:52] jump ahead a

[22:53] little there, but

[22:54] the reason

[22:54] that

[22:56] happened

[22:56] is

[22:56] plug-in

[22:57] hybrid was

[22:58] very

[22:59] desirable

[22:59] , but Rachel

[23:00] already

[23:01] mentioned that

[23:02] charging arm

[23:02] was

[23:03] just

[23:04] a showstopper

[23:05] . It

[23:06] was

[23:06] expensive

[23:07] . It cost

[23:08] a lot of

[23:10] required a lot

[23:10] of change to the

[23:12] terminal area

[23:14] . Uh

[23:14] , it's

[23:14] only

[23:15] made

[23:16] , as I

[23:16] understand, still

[23:16] ,

[23:17] Rachel, in one

[23:18] country, Germany

[23:19] I believe, is that right

[23:21] ? And

[23:21] really there's

[23:23] no technical

[23:23] people here to

[23:23] service

[23:25] it

[23:25] . So

[23:28] all those things as we

[23:28] discussed these really

[23:29] brought

[23:30] the numbers

[23:30] down

[23:32] for plug-in

[23:32] hybrid

[23:34] . But the

[23:35] point

[23:36] is we

[23:36] went through

[23:37] a

[23:38] rigorous

[23:39] objective process

[23:39] to

[23:40] try

[23:41] to

[23:41] evaluate the six

[23:42] options using

[23:43] the 9

[23:44] criteria that you laid

[23:44] out in

[23:45] your resolution

[23:48] . So

[23:50] here

[23:51] here, without

[23:52] trying to read

[23:53] all that

[23:53] . Here's

[23:54] the

[23:54] , the

[23:55] meaning of it. The

[23:56] top

[23:57] 3

[23:57] propulsions options, so we're

[23:58] trying

[23:59] to reduce the number of

[23:59] things we're

[24:00] looking at

[24:01] was

[24:02] mechanical diesel like we

[24:02] have

[24:03] now

[24:04] . Diesel hybrid

[24:06] and series

[24:06] ,

[24:06] which is a

[24:08] diesel

[24:08] is the

[24:09] , as

[24:09] I

[24:09] said before

[24:10] , diesel means

[24:11] that's the

[24:11] energy source

[24:12] , but

[24:13] it

[24:13] goes

[24:14] through

[24:15] generators

[24:15] that

[24:16] charge batteries

[24:17] . The

[24:17] word

[24:17] hybrid means

[24:18] there's

[24:19] batteries

[24:20] involved, that drives

[24:21] electric

[24:22] motors, but the energy is still

[24:23] coming from diesel

[24:24] and then

[24:25] diesel electric

[24:26] , which is a

[24:26] little

[24:27] bit different

[24:28] . So

[24:29] we

[24:29] rejected

[24:30] 3

[24:31] of them, 3 of

[24:31] the of

[24:32] the 6 and

[24:33] and

[24:33] these

[24:35] the

[24:35] remaining

[24:35] three

[24:36] were our

[24:37] top

[24:38] options. Ones we

[24:39] rejected was

[24:40] plug-in hybrid for the reasons

[24:40] I just mentioned

[24:42] . Uh

[24:42] , the

[24:44] diesel hybrid

[24:44] parallel, that's

[24:45] where you

[24:46] have

[24:47] both diesel

[24:49] it,

[24:49] it

[24:50] has two

[24:51] drive shafts. It's

[24:51] ,

[24:51] it's used

[24:54] in maritime industry

[24:54] in certain

[24:54] particular

[24:55] applications

[24:55] , but especially

[24:56] the

[24:57] maritime

[24:57] people

[24:58] uh on the

[24:58] tag who

[24:59] who

[25:00] work in that

[25:00] industry for a

[25:02] living

[25:02] , thought

[25:02] that that would be just a

[25:03] ridiculous

[25:04] way to

[25:04] do it for a

[25:05] ferry like this, so that was an

[25:06] easy one

[25:07] . And

[25:07] the last

[25:08] one was

[25:09] the lummy

[25:09] Fay design

[25:09] , as you

[25:11] well know, Lummy

[25:11] is going

[25:12] forward with also doing a

[25:13] new

[25:13] ferry

[25:14] like this, and

[25:14] they're

[25:15] using a

[25:17] a

[25:18] hybrid

[25:19] design and

[25:20] so

[25:21] the idea of

[25:22] including the

[25:22] you

[25:23] included it in

[25:24] the resolution

[25:25] of making it one of the options

[25:27] is maybe we

[25:27] could piggyback

[25:27] with them and save

[25:29] money and

[25:30] effort and a lot

[25:30] of things

[25:31] by

[25:31] somehow

[25:34] um having a joint thing

[25:34] or at least

[25:36] working together,

[25:36] but we, we

[25:38] talked about that

[25:38] quite a

[25:39] bit because the

[25:39] maritime

[25:40] people on

[25:40] the tag

[25:42] could see how

[25:43] much money could

[25:43] be

[25:45] saved by asking a boatyard

[25:45] to build two boats

[25:47] instead of

[25:47] one

[25:48] . And things like

[25:49] that, but

[25:50] we just felt that it was

[25:51] too

[25:52] complicated

[25:52] . Their timetables

[25:53] very different

[25:54] than yours. Uh

[25:54] ,

[25:54] and

[25:55] we thought

[25:56] the coordination

[25:57] between the two counties would

[25:58] be

[25:59] almost impossible. You've

[26:00] got your requirements

[26:01] . They've

[26:02] got theirs

[26:03] . They're

[26:03] fairy

[26:03] writers

[26:04] have

[26:04] certain

[26:05] priorities

[26:05] that

[26:06] they want

[26:06] . We have

[26:06] ones

[26:06] and

[26:07] trying to get

[26:07] that

[26:08] all

[26:09] coordinated would just

[26:09] be too

[26:10] complex, we thought

[26:17] . So

[26:21] cause

[26:22] I'm gonna head there a little

[26:22] bit

[26:25] . So

[26:26] we sat

[26:26] there with

[26:27] those

[26:27] 3

[26:28] and we

[26:29] started discussing

[26:29] pros

[26:30] and cons, which of the

[26:30] three would be our

[26:31] top

[26:32] recommendation

[26:33] . And

[26:34] at

[26:35] the end

[26:35] of our

[26:37] MARCH meeting

[26:39] just

[26:39] before we close

[26:41] for

[26:41] the day

[26:43] , um

[26:44] Brian sitting here

[26:45] App

[26:45] , who

[26:46] again works a pack car and

[26:46] works

[26:48] with electrification as

[26:49] large vehicles. Made

[26:50] a

[26:50] comment

[26:50] saying, you

[26:51] know

[26:52] , smaller

[26:52] ,

[26:53] cheaper charging options

[26:54] exist

[26:54] today

[26:55] . And when he

[26:55] met by

[26:56] today

[26:57] was compared to

[26:57] 10

[26:58] years ago

[26:59] when

[26:59] Gloucton did

[27:00] its

[27:00] preliminary

[27:01] . Design

[27:03] In

[27:04] other

[27:04] words, and that

[27:05] , that we

[27:06] all

[27:06] walked out the door

[27:08] . And

[27:08] it

[27:08] wasn't like, hey, I'm going to

[27:09] announce this. It was

[27:10] just

[27:10] an

[27:11] offhand comment he made

[27:13] . But

[27:13] some of us

[27:14] started thinking

[27:15] about that in

[27:15] the

[27:16] intervening

[27:17] months before

[27:17] the

[27:19] APRIL

[27:19] meeting

[27:20] so

[27:20] much of

[27:22] , well

[27:22] , basically,

[27:23] all of

[27:24] the rejection

[27:24] of

[27:24] the

[27:26] tag

[27:26] of

[27:27] an all-electric

[27:29] . Ferry was

[27:30] because of that charging arm

[27:31] .

[27:31] And

[27:34] we hadn't really thought, I

[27:34] guess

[27:35] , in

[27:35] several years

[27:36] . Is

[27:36] that

[27:37] technology still the

[27:38] latest thing out there

[27:40] ? Well

[27:41] so

[27:42] we asked, actually, I

[27:42] called

[27:43] Ryan up

[27:44] and asked him if he'd

[27:44] give us a

[27:45] quick presentation in

[27:46] the

[27:48] APRIL meeting of what

[27:48] these

[27:49] new options were

[27:51] . He came

[27:51] back

[27:51] with a

[27:52] terrific presentation

[27:53] ,

[27:53] and it was

[27:53] a

[27:54] key moment

[27:56] . In

[27:57] the

[27:57] tags operation

[27:58] because because

[27:58] it gave us a

[27:59] whole

[28:00] another

[28:00] perspective

[28:05] . This is what

[28:09] today's

[28:09] charging options could

[28:10] look like

[28:12] . You don't see a big

[28:13] swinging arm

[28:15] . These

[28:15] are

[28:16] charging stations

[28:16] , not

[28:17] so

[28:18] undididididididididiet's say

[28:20] hybrid car

[28:20] . Uh

[28:20] , they're

[28:22] about

[28:22] the size of

[28:23] two refrigerators.

[28:23] Would that be

[28:24] about right

[28:25] ? Um

[28:34] the difference is

[28:36] uh, actually

[28:37] ,

[28:38] I mentioned this a little later

[28:39] but uh, ok, I'll say it

[28:40] oh I

[28:40] see, here we go

[28:47] . So

[28:49] , today's

[28:49] technology

[28:50] of smaller

[28:51] charging

[28:52] stations

[28:54] eliminate

[28:54] those

[28:55] negatives of

[28:56] the char, the

[28:58] , the

[29:01] all-electric option

[29:02] being

[29:02] too

[29:03] expensive

[29:03] the

[29:04] big

[29:05] infrastructure that's required,

[29:06] I think it was

[29:07] about

[29:07] $10

[29:07] million if I

[29:08] remember

[29:09] right

[29:09] , of

[29:10] the original thing was just

[29:11] for

[29:12] that

[29:13] portion. Uh

[29:14] I don't know

[29:15] if we ever

[29:16] solved that what do

[29:16] we do with

[29:18] handicapped parking

[29:19] because of the changes to

[29:20] the

[29:21] terminal area that would

[29:21] be

[29:22] required

[29:23] , things

[29:23] like that

[29:24] Uh

[29:30] So

[29:30] this kind of

[29:31] demonstrates

[29:32] how

[29:33] far technology

[29:34] because it

[29:34] is a

[29:35] fast moving

[29:37] area, which

[29:38] you

[29:39] probably realize this

[29:39] whole

[29:41] electrification is not just in

[29:42] ferry boats

[29:43] or

[29:43] cars or you know

[29:44] it's

[29:44] in so

[29:45] many

[29:45] things

[29:46] today

[29:46] ,

[29:47] battery technology

[29:48] is

[29:48] moving

[29:49] quickly

[29:50] , so it

[29:50] shows you kind

[29:50] of in

[29:51] 10 years

[29:52] , about

[29:52] 10

[29:53] years

[29:53] ,

[29:53] how quickly

[29:54] this can

[29:54] change

[29:55] from that big

[29:55] swinging arm to

[29:55] something

[29:57] like this

[29:57] . Uh

[29:59] and

[29:59] there's probably going to be,

[30:00] and that's a key thought

[30:02] that

[30:03] we in

[30:04] our conclusions

[30:06] is

[30:06] that

[30:06] that change

[30:08] to the

[30:09] technology

[30:09] isn't

[30:10] isn't isn't slowing down

[30:13] .

[30:13] By some of the

[30:14] members who are

[30:15] working on

[30:15] these things

[30:17] , like

[30:18] Paul Becker, for instance, who

[30:19] works on trying

[30:19] to electrify

[30:20] boats here in

[30:21] this

[30:22] area that

[30:24] it's hard for them to

[30:25] even

[30:26] decide to do something right

[30:27] now because they know

[30:28] in a year

[30:29] or two it's going to change so

[30:29] much

[30:30] . Now you

[30:30] can

[30:31] futureproof

[30:31] that

[30:33] , but still

[30:35] , he brought

[30:35] that perspective to us

[30:37] . So at

[30:38] least

[30:39] talking

[30:40] about

[30:40] today's

[30:40] technology. What this

[30:41] , if this

[30:42] is what it looks like

[30:44] . It

[30:44] would

[30:45] only

[30:47] supply

[30:49] the

[30:49] the electricity

[30:51] that would be

[30:53] used on

[30:53] , let's

[30:54] say a month or a

[30:55] year's worth

[30:56] of operation

[30:57] would

[30:57] likely only

[30:58] be 50

[30:58] or 75% of

[31:00] the

[31:00] total

[31:01] energy budget

[31:02] . Uh

[31:02] , if you try

[31:03] to do what

[31:04] Glaston did, which

[31:05] works with a big swinging

[31:06] arm

[31:07] ,

[31:07] Glaston's criteria was

[31:09] like

[31:09] 95%

[31:09] of in

[31:11] order to

[31:11] reduce

[31:11] emissions

[31:12] as much

[31:12] as

[31:13] possible

[31:13] of the

[31:14] energy coming

[31:15] from electric

[31:16] . Uh

[31:16] so

[31:19] we

[31:20] can't quite replace that

[31:20] with these

[31:22] two

[31:22] refrigerators.

[31:22] Uh

[31:23] , but if we

[31:24] brought

[31:24] that

[31:25] criteria

[31:25] from

[31:25] 95%, so

[31:26] this

[31:27] isn't inconsistent with

[31:27] Glaston

[31:28] by the way

[31:29] . Glawson did the

[31:30] right thing

[31:31] at that time

[31:31] that

[31:32] was when

[31:32] the objective was

[31:33] to

[31:34] do 95%, but if

[31:34] you lower that

[31:36] objective

[31:36] a bit, and then the

[31:38] batteries get

[31:38] smaller and so on

[31:39] and so forth

[31:47] . This

[31:47] is what the

[31:48] crew would

[31:49] have

[31:49] to do in

[31:49] this

[31:50] smaller charging

[31:52] . Technology

[31:54] and being the

[31:56] commissioners,

[31:56] you probably focus on a word

[31:57] name cost

[31:58] a lot

[31:59] . You know, this

[31:59] costs

[32:00] like

[32:01] 10,000, not 10

[32:01] million

[32:03] . Uh

[32:05] so

[32:05] , and

[32:05] you imagine

[32:06] the boat

[32:07] coming into

[32:08] the

[32:09] dock

[32:09] after a

[32:10] run

[32:10] , is it

[32:12] after it's

[32:12] docked up, a

[32:14] crew member would

[32:14] just take this thing much like

[32:15] he would do with

[32:16] a

[32:16] Prius and

[32:17] plug it into the ferry, that'd

[32:17] be it

[32:19] . Uh

[32:30] One thing

[32:32] that

[32:32] would

[32:32] just be a, a, oh by

[32:35] the way

[32:36] ,

[32:37] these charging

[32:37] stations would

[32:38] need to be, if

[32:38] you think about

[32:39] it

[32:41] located near the boat

[32:41] .

[32:42] Because

[32:43] you've got a cord here

[32:44] that's got to be plugged in

[32:44] again like

[32:45] a Prius

[32:46] . So that

[32:46] means

[32:48] these charging stations

[32:48] would have to be mounted on the

[32:49] ramp or

[32:50] something like that

[32:50] So

[32:51] that's just

[32:51] a

[32:52] technical design

[32:53] thing that would have to be

[32:53] worked out

[32:57] . This is

[32:59] weird

[33:00] looking slide graphs, but this

[33:00] is probably

[33:01] the most important

[33:02] slide of the whole presentation

[33:04] This is how it would work

[33:09] as

[33:11] you're probably well aware

[33:11] , the

[33:13] well, I'll just say

[33:15] it this way

[33:15] the energy required

[33:17] to propel

[33:17] that boat depends a lot on the

[33:18] sea state. So

[33:19] if

[33:20] it's calm, it

[33:20] has certain

[33:22] requirements. If

[33:22] it's

[33:23] bumpy

[33:24] and stormy and windy

[33:24] and

[33:26] so

[33:26] on

[33:26] . It it

[33:27] requires more

[33:27] energy

[33:28] , and

[33:28] that's why there

[33:29] are two graphs here. So

[33:30] just

[33:31] look at the top one there

[33:33] . The

[33:34] line that goes up is

[33:35] when the

[33:35] boat's at the dock being

[33:37] charged. That red

[33:38] line

[33:39] is the

[33:39] amount of

[33:40] kilowatt hours

[33:41] available in the

[33:42] battery. So if

[33:42] you look at

[33:42] the top

[33:45] , top

[33:45] of

[33:45] the

[33:46] of the of

[33:46] the

[33:46] graph that's a

[33:47] fully charged battery

[33:48] , ok? So

[33:49] as you run

[33:49] the boat

[33:51] the

[33:53] down

[33:53] lines are when the batteries

[33:54] are

[33:55] being

[33:55] discharged to run the

[33:56] boat across the channel

[33:58] . When

[33:58] it gets

[34:00] back to

[34:00] the Anacored

[34:00] stock, it

[34:02] gets plugged in and

[34:02] it goes

[34:02] back

[34:03] up

[34:04] . And of course

[34:04] at

[34:05] the noon break, if you look

[34:07] there 11:15, there's a

[34:07] big jump

[34:09] up because there's

[34:09] an hour

[34:09] and

[34:09] 15

[34:11] minutes there to

[34:11] charge,

[34:12] right

[34:13] ? So

[34:14] that's

[34:15] not so

[34:16] different from from all

[34:16] electric if you think about it

[34:17] .

[34:18] Not really

[34:20] but

[34:20] in

[34:20] extreme

[34:21] conditions and

[34:22] other situations

[34:23] if you look toward the end of

[34:23] the day, the batteries

[34:24] just

[34:25] don't have enough. Right

[34:26] ? We go

[34:27] below 0 there

[34:40] . Well

[34:41] this

[34:43] which

[34:43] is

[34:44] called plug-in

[34:44] , we're

[34:45] calling it

[34:45] our

[34:45] definitions

[34:47] ,

[34:47] plug-in hybrid. There are

[34:48] generators on the boat

[34:51] So

[34:56] if

[34:57] you're in that bottom, if it's

[34:58] an

[34:59] extreme weather situation or

[34:59] some other situation

[35:00] that

[35:01] requires the

[35:01] boat

[35:01] to use

[35:03] more

[35:03] energy than typical

[35:05] . When

[35:05] you

[35:06] start getting to whatever

[35:07] you

[35:07] decide to be, that's getting

[35:08] too close now, which could

[35:09] be

[35:10] zero as you

[35:10] see the end of that

[35:12] bottom

[35:13] graph showing

[35:15] . You fire

[35:15] up

[35:16] the generators

[35:18] and most of

[35:19] the discussion in the

[35:19] tag from

[35:21] knowledgeable people

[35:22] of

[35:23] electrification in the marine

[35:24] industry

[35:26] . Recommend multiple

[35:26] generators

[35:27] . Small, each

[35:28] one

[35:28] being smaller

[35:30] um, up to 4

[35:30] even.

[35:31] I don't know

[35:32] if that makes

[35:33] sense on the boat our size

[35:35] , but

[35:35] certainly 2

[35:36] and there's a

[35:37] couple of reasons for that

[35:39] . One

[35:39] is

[35:39] generators

[35:41] , as

[35:41] most engines,

[35:42] run most efficiently

[35:43] at

[35:43] a

[35:44] certain rpm in

[35:44] a

[35:46] certain speed.

[35:46] So if you're trying to vary

[35:47] how

[35:48] much your

[35:48] output is depending

[35:49] by varying the

[35:50] speed

[35:50] , you're

[35:51] making that

[35:51] generator

[35:52] inefficient

[35:53] . If you have, let's

[35:53] say

[35:55] 3 generators

[35:55] , it's much

[35:56] better. You

[35:56] can run

[35:56] one

[35:57] generator

[35:57] at full speed. You

[35:58] need more power. Run

[35:58] the second

[35:59] one

[35:59] , maybe

[35:59] do that

[36:00] full

[36:00] speed.

[36:00] You see

[36:01] what I'm saying

[36:02] ? So you

[36:03] the generators

[36:04] , you

[36:04] vary

[36:05] the

[36:06] power

[36:06] produced

[36:07] by how

[36:07] many

[36:08] generators

[36:09] are running

[36:09] . Each

[36:10] generator gets to run

[36:11] near its

[36:13] most efficient speed

[36:15] . Also

[36:17] this

[36:18] provides a lot

[36:19] of

[36:19] redundancy,

[36:20] certainly compared to the boat

[36:20] we

[36:21] have now

[36:22] . If

[36:24] I mean

[36:24] , I don't

[36:25] I should know this living on

[36:26] the island for 15 years, but

[36:27] uh

[36:29] Rachel, if one of

[36:30] the

[36:30] engines

[36:31] go out

[36:31] . Is

[36:31] the boat

[36:33] out or can

[36:33] you run on one engine

[36:35] ? Can't

[36:35] run on one engine. No

[36:36] . No

[36:37] .

[36:38] Physically you can, but Coast

[36:38] Guard says you can't

[36:39] . Isn't

[36:40] that what it is? Yeah, I mean,

[36:41] she

[36:42] can get

[36:42] back to shore

[36:44] , but

[36:44] right

[36:45] ? Yeah

[36:45] , if you

[36:45] lose one

[36:46] engine

[36:46] , you can

[36:47] no

[36:48] longer

[36:49] operate to

[36:50] carry

[36:50] passengers

[36:51] , um

[36:51] you

[36:52] can move

[36:52] the vessel if

[36:52] you

[36:53] needed to

[36:53] to a

[36:54] repair facility.

[36:54] On Coast

[36:55] Guard gives you

[36:55] that

[36:56] approval, but yeah

[36:56] , we're

[36:57] out

[36:57] of

[36:58] service

[36:58] . So

[36:59] we

[36:59] really we're

[37:00] not dead on

[37:00] the water is what

[37:01] I'm getting at

[37:01] . So it's

[37:02] not.

[37:02] Yeah, you

[37:03] could move

[37:03] it around

[37:04] .

[37:04] Yeah. But really

[37:04] , the

[37:05] ferry

[37:05] service

[37:06] that you're providing

[37:07] for which we're very grateful

[37:07] on the island, by

[37:08] the

[37:08] way. Uh

[37:08] ,

[37:09] what would we do

[37:09] without

[37:09] it

[37:11] ?

[37:12] Has no redundancy in it

[37:12] , really

[37:12] Uh

[37:13] , you can't even lose one

[37:14] engine. We certainly don't have

[37:15] a

[37:16] second boat. I mean, in this

[37:17] situation, there would be

[37:18] a

[37:18] second boat either

[37:18] , but

[37:19] the

[37:19] point

[37:20] is if

[37:21] the

[37:22] , if you, if

[37:23] there's no electricity for

[37:23] some

[37:23] reason

[37:25] , the generators produce

[37:25] the electricity

[37:26] needed to run

[37:27] the boat

[37:27] . If

[37:28] you got, if

[37:29] a

[37:30] generator goes down, you got

[37:30] another generator

[37:32] . So there's

[37:34] there's a lot

[37:34] of redundancy

[37:35] here

[37:36] that we don't have today,

[37:36] and that's another big

[37:37] advantage

[37:41] . Another thing

[37:41] is

[37:42] the

[37:43] industry is

[37:43] definitely going

[37:43] this direction

[37:45] Um

[37:46] There's

[37:47] a

[37:47] periodical for the industry

[37:48] called Work Boat. I don't know

[37:48] if

[37:50] you're familiar with that

[37:51] ,

[37:52] but uh it

[37:52] , it

[37:53] kind of is trends

[37:54] in

[37:54] the

[37:55] industry. Here's just a

[37:55] couple of quotes

[37:56] again. This is

[37:57] in the report

[37:57] , so we

[37:57] don't need

[37:58] to

[37:58] read them

[37:59] , although

[37:59] I've

[38:00] underlined

[38:00] . Kind

[38:01] of

[38:01] the reasons

[38:01] you've got

[38:03] fuel efficiency

[38:03] ,

[38:04] minimize

[38:05] emissions

[38:06] , improved

[38:06] performance

[38:07] , um

[38:08] that's

[38:08] , that's

[38:10] a lot of the

[38:10] reasons

[38:10] why the

[38:11] industry

[38:12] is going

[38:12] in this

[38:12] direction

[38:13] . The second

[38:14] quote is

[38:14] kind of like

[38:15] , hey

[38:16] , everybody's

[38:16] doing

[38:17] this. The the

[38:19] the

[38:19] ferry

[38:19] fleets built in the

[38:21] 70s and

[38:21] the

[38:22] 80s are reaching the end

[38:23] of

[38:23] their service lives. That's

[38:24] exactly the situation we're in

[38:26] and people are

[38:27] looking

[38:28] at

[38:28] electrification

[38:28] and also

[38:29] the

[38:30] federal funds, as we

[38:30] mentioned

[38:32] before, often are looking for

[38:33] lower emissions

[38:34] . To

[38:35] be awarded.

[38:35] So

[38:37] uh

[38:39] if

[38:42] Scatter County goes

[38:42] this

[38:44] direction, you're right in

[38:44] keeping with where the

[38:46] industry

[38:46] is going

[38:47] With

[38:48] the proviso that

[38:48] it's

[38:49] changing quickly again

[38:50] .

[38:50] It's

[38:52] and

[38:52] I

[38:53] read

[38:53] several things

[38:53] around

[38:54] the

[38:55] industry as we're

[38:55] putting

[38:57] this

[38:57] together, where

[38:57] people

[38:58] are hesitant

[38:59] to

[38:59] move

[39:00] now

[39:00] because of the change that

[39:02] might occur in 3 years from now

[39:02] and yet they feel

[39:03] the need

[39:04] to

[39:04] do it now, especially if

[39:04] you've

[39:05] got end of service

[39:07] . Which is,

[39:07] you know

[39:08] , our

[39:08] fair

[39:08] is reaching

[39:09] that too

[39:13] . So

[39:15] here's

[39:15] the

[39:16] recommendation

[39:19] After

[39:20] we

[39:20] analyzed this idea

[39:22] that Ryan

[39:23] first mentioned of, hey

[39:24] ,

[39:24] they're smaller. You don't need

[39:25] to charge the arm

[39:26] . You

[39:27] can use

[39:27] smaller batteries

[39:29] . As long as

[39:29] you

[39:29] understand

[39:31] this zigzag

[39:31] thing

[39:31] Um

[39:33] and you

[39:33] have

[39:35] redundancy with

[39:36] generators. So

[39:40] after discussing that

[39:42] , the

[39:42] tag

[39:43] changed if you

[39:44] might remember,

[39:44] we, we had

[39:45] eliminated

[39:46] the

[39:46] options down

[39:47] to 3

[39:47] . Now

[39:48] it

[39:49] became

[39:50] very clear again

[39:51] ,

[39:51] interestingly

[39:51] , that

[39:52] plug-in

[39:52] hybrid on

[39:53] the

[39:54] initial analysis

[39:54] was

[39:54] last

[39:55] . Now it's

[39:56] the first

[39:56] .

[39:56] It's all

[39:57] about

[39:58] that charging

[39:58] her

[39:59] . And cost

[40:00] and

[40:01] the

[40:03] mechanical diesel is

[40:04] the #2

[40:05] option. So that's kind of where

[40:05] we stood for

[40:07] a while

[40:07] . We had

[40:07] quite a bit

[40:09] of

[40:09] debate

[40:09] about

[40:10] this

[40:11] . And that's where we

[40:12] thought, well, we, we

[40:13] could

[40:14] recommend to to

[40:16] the

[40:16] commissioners

[40:16] . Here are

[40:18] two

[40:18] options

[40:18] .. Between the two, but

[40:19] that seemed like we

[40:20] were

[40:21] copping out to do that. So we

[40:21] had a lot

[40:23] of debate about

[40:23] it

[40:24] .

[40:25] And then another

[40:25] thought came

[40:25] in

[40:27] . Which is, if you think

[40:28] about it, both

[40:29] of these options

[40:30] have a flaw

[40:32] . The

[40:32] plug-in hybrid

[40:34] its flaw

[40:36] is the

[40:36] technology is

[40:37] not really mature yet

[40:38] It's

[40:38] come

[40:39] a long ways. You could

[40:40] do

[40:41] it

[40:41] today, but according

[40:43] to the

[40:43] people like Paul

[40:44] who work with

[40:45] this all the

[40:46] time

[40:46] , and

[40:46] Ryan

[40:48] , uh

[40:48] the next 5 years are

[40:49] going

[40:49] to

[40:50] be

[40:51] that's kind of gonna be

[40:51] the

[40:52] sweet spot

[40:52] . We find

[40:53] it'll

[40:54] keep

[40:54] improving, but we're past the

[40:55] knee of the curve

[40:56] then

[40:57] something like 5 years from now

[40:59] So the

[41:01] technology just is

[41:01] not

[41:02] mature enough yet

[41:03] . You could

[41:03] do

[41:03] it

[41:04] but

[41:04] you'd be better

[41:05] off

[41:05] waiting a while

[41:08] . The

[41:08] mechanical

[41:09] diesel has

[41:10] a problem

[41:11] and that

[41:11] is

[41:12] once the existing

[41:13] ferry

[41:13] reaches its

[41:14] end of life service

[41:17] service life, what do you do

[41:17] then

[41:17] ? If

[41:19] you imagine the end of

[41:19] service

[41:21] our

[41:21] ferry

[41:21] is projected.

[41:22] I mean

[41:23] , there's no science to

[41:23] this

[41:24] , but to

[41:26] be at the end of

[41:26] its useful

[41:28] service

[41:28] in 2039

[41:28] .

[41:29] That's a

[41:30] 60-year life

[41:30] . Most

[41:31] boats we went

[41:32] through this for

[41:33] a while

[41:33] , most boats in the

[41:34] , in

[41:35] the, in

[41:35] the Puget Sound, which

[41:35] is

[41:37] a rough place to run a

[41:39] boat.

[41:40] Have a service life of about

[41:40] 4

[41:40] years, but

[41:41] it turns

[41:42] out I

[41:42] certainly didn't know this

[41:44] , but

[41:45] Rachel kind of gave us a

[41:46] great

[41:46] description of the history

[41:47] of

[41:47] this

[41:48] , when the

[41:48] boat was built

[41:49] ,

[41:49] it

[41:49] was built really

[41:50] , really

[41:51] well

[41:51] . It's thicker

[41:52] steel than

[41:53] they'd

[41:53] use today

[41:53] , and

[41:54] this

[41:54] boat

[41:54] we

[41:55] all

[41:55] felt comfortable

[41:56] ,

[41:56] including

[41:56] the

[41:57] maritime people

[41:57] on

[41:58] the

[41:58] tag that

[41:59] this boat

[42:00] really has

[42:01] a 60-year service

[42:01] life

[42:01] . Better than most because

[42:02] it was so well built to start

[42:03] with

[42:04] . But then you're going to

[42:05] have to do something

[42:07] , so in you

[42:09] can't start the day of

[42:10] the last

[42:11] day of the

[42:11] service life of the

[42:12] boat

[42:13] . So

[42:13] let's

[42:13] say in

[42:15] 2035

[42:16] which

[42:17] is

[42:17] only what

[42:18] 7 or

[42:18] 8 years

[42:18] from now

[42:20] you're gonna have to

[42:20] do something, you're

[42:21] gonna

[42:22] build another

[42:22] uh

[42:25] diesel-only

[42:25] boat when

[42:29] when the industry

[42:30] says this

[42:33] uh, 7 years from

[42:33] now,

[42:34] a lot

[42:34] of these uh

[42:36] maybe ifs

[42:37] in

[42:38] this quotes are going to be

[42:39] gone. I think it's going to be

[42:40] this is

[42:40] the

[42:40] way

[42:42] . So

[42:42] that's a

[42:43] problem. Uh

[42:45] , so either both

[42:45] of

[42:45] those options have

[42:46] a flaw

[42:47] . And

[42:47] what

[42:49] the

[42:49] aha moment for us on

[42:51] the

[42:52] tag was what we ended up

[42:52] calling

[42:53] the

[42:53] blended option

[42:54] which is

[42:55] if

[42:56] you think about it

[42:58] each of

[42:58] those two options

[42:59] solves the other's problem

[43:02] So

[43:02] if

[43:03] the technology is not quite

[43:05] mature enough now, you've got

[43:05] to wait 5 years

[43:06] . The

[43:07] existing

[43:07] boat gets you there

[43:09] . If

[43:09] we were

[43:10] end of service right

[43:11] now, what

[43:11] would you do

[43:13] ? 7 or 8 years from

[43:14] now when you're when you're

[43:14] doing the

[43:16] final pen, you know,

[43:17] pen to

[43:18] paper on this is what

[43:18] we're going

[43:19] to do

[43:25] . I lost my

[43:26] thought there for a second, but

[43:26] the, the, the

[43:27] point

[43:28] is that

[43:29] what

[43:29] then

[43:30] becomes where the

[43:30] industry

[43:32] is going

[43:32] with a

[43:34] plug-in hybrid

[43:35] . So our

[43:36] final

[43:36] conclusion is

[43:39] maintain the

[43:41] existing ferry. It's in good

[43:41] shape

[43:42] All

[43:43] the

[43:43] surveys say that

[43:45] it costs some money. You've

[43:46] always taken some big steps

[43:47] in

[43:48] that direction with the

[43:48] new

[43:50] engines. Uh, I

[43:50] guess

[43:50] the

[43:51] outdrives

[43:52] are on

[43:52] the docket,

[43:53] right? Rachel

[43:54] , that's

[43:54] it's

[43:54] not

[43:55] approved, but it's

[43:56] talked about

[43:57] certainly, right

[44:01] ? I

[44:01] should ask

[44:02] you. I don't have an answer for

[44:03] you on that

[44:04] . Yeah. But that

[44:04] would be a

[44:05] major thing, but not

[44:06] as big as the engines, right,

[44:06] in terms of cost

[44:10] . Up there

[44:12] Yeah

[44:13] you're

[44:14] asking some pretty big

[44:15] questions. Although, yeah, I, I

[44:17] guess I kind of

[44:17] , uh, I

[44:17] remember

[44:18] this discussion that

[44:19] we

[44:19] had

[44:20] that it's not clear the out

[44:20] drives

[44:21] need replacement, right

[44:22] ?

[44:22] It

[44:23] , the

[44:24] answer is, I think

[44:24] it

[44:24] depends on

[44:26] when the end of the

[44:27] service life of the ferry

[44:27] is

[44:28] going to be

[44:28] . Ok

[44:29] , so the

[44:30] point

[44:31] is

[44:31] , certainly you're not out in

[44:32] the woods

[44:32] . You've

[44:33] got decisions

[44:33] to make, but

[44:34] the

[44:35] point is

[44:35] to

[44:36] maintain

[44:36] that ferry

[44:38] to properly

[44:40] till it's

[44:40] end

[44:42] of service, which

[44:42] is 60 years

[44:44] . And

[44:44] by

[44:44] that time

[44:46] the technology not

[44:48] being mature

[44:49] enough yet, the

[44:49] problem will

[44:50] go

[44:51] away. So

[44:53] uh we're

[44:55] saying

[44:55] maintain the

[44:56] existing boat for

[44:56] the next

[44:57] few years

[44:58] . Properly

[44:59] and

[45:00] then start the design

[45:01] of a

[45:02] new plug-in hybrid the way we

[45:03] described it

[45:04] with

[45:04] smaller

[45:05] charging stations and so on

[45:08] .

[45:09] Something like 5 years

[45:09] , maybe 6

[45:09] years from now

[45:11] , something like

[45:11] that, get that

[45:11] process going

[45:13] .

[45:13] We figured it's probably, and I

[45:14] think in

[45:15] your experience, you

[45:16] know, from when you say, hey

[45:17] ,

[45:18] let's start thinking about it,

[45:18] let's start doing something

[45:19] about this

[45:20] . It's probably 5

[45:20] years before

[45:21] the boat's on

[45:22] the

[45:22] water

[45:27] . There

[45:27] are

[45:27] some other

[45:28] considerations

[45:29] and these are

[45:30] things that

[45:31] we thought weren't

[45:33] um

[45:36] directly

[45:37] . In

[45:38] the path of

[45:38] coming up

[45:40] with a

[45:40] single

[45:41] recommendation for you all. Oh,

[45:41] by the way

[45:42] , I should have

[45:43] mentioned this for sure

[45:44] . This

[45:44] ,

[45:45] I underline that

[45:47] word unanimous

[45:47] The

[45:49] tag unanimously supported

[45:50] the splendid option

[45:51] . Before

[45:52] that, when we had

[45:52] the two

[45:53] ,

[45:54] which solve each

[45:54] other's

[45:54] problem

[45:55] . We

[45:56] had some

[45:56] debate

[45:56] about that and we weren't

[45:57] unanimous

[45:58] , but

[45:58] this

[45:59] splendid

[45:59] option was something

[46:00] we all

[46:01] supported

[46:01] unanimously

[46:03] . So

[46:03] funding

[46:04] is

[46:05] always an issue

[46:05] , of

[46:05] course

[46:07] , but I

[46:07] just put this

[46:08] here. There are

[46:09] these

[46:09] other

[46:10] considerations

[46:10] . These are all

[46:11] of this is

[46:12] more thoroughly

[46:14] uh

[46:14] spelled out in

[46:16] the report. The

[46:16] report is basically written, by

[46:17] the way

[46:18] . It needs

[46:18] some

[46:19] more

[46:19] editing and some additions

[46:20] here

[46:21] and there

[46:21] , but it's

[46:21] pretty much

[46:22] done

[46:23] . So

[46:23] , uh

[46:25] this is all

[46:26] fleshed out in the report

[46:28] . Uh

[46:30] There's a lot of stuff

[46:31] happening in terms

[46:32] of

[46:32] reliability of the technology,

[46:33] but I've

[46:34] kind

[46:34] of implied that a

[46:36] lot

[46:36] that though

[46:37] it's changing

[46:37] this

[46:38] . Um

[46:41] the kind of

[46:41] futureproofing things that you

[46:42] have

[46:43] to do are going to be a

[46:44] lot easier five years from now

[46:44] than they

[46:45] are today

[46:46] . We already

[46:48] mentioned

[46:48] Coast Guard, what

[46:48] does

[46:50] , what does the

[46:50] Coast Guard

[46:51] allow and what it doesn't,

[46:51] that's

[46:52] in flux

[46:53] The industry

[46:53] seems to feel

[46:54] the

[46:54] Coast Guard's

[46:55] behind the times

[46:56] . It's the

[46:57] industry is ahead of

[46:57] the

[46:58] Coast

[46:59] Guard in

[47:00] this area, but

[47:01] again

[47:01] ,

[47:02] 567 years from now, a

[47:02] lot of

[47:03] that will

[47:04] be resolved

[47:04] . And

[47:05] then

[47:05] there's a

[47:06] very

[47:06] key and

[47:08] Alan

[47:08] was

[47:09] very uh uh

[47:11] . Instrumental in

[47:11] getting

[47:12] us to

[47:13] see this that

[47:14] all

[47:15] these things you're doing to

[47:16] maintain the

[47:17] existing boat,

[47:17] let's say it has something to

[47:18] do with the ramp or the

[47:20] dolphins or something

[47:21] like that

[47:22] If

[47:24] this is the direction you're

[47:24] going to go

[47:26] . What

[47:26] you're

[47:27] doing

[47:28] today needs to be thought about

[47:29] in terms of fitting with

[47:30] where

[47:31] you're going 5 or 6 years

[47:32] from

[47:33] now. So there's a

[47:33] lot

[47:35] of

[47:35] futureproofing

[47:36] basically every

[47:38] project that you do on

[47:39] the

[47:39] existing boat

[47:40] there

[47:40] needs to be

[47:42] a discussion as how does that

[47:42] fit with our long range plan

[47:44] ?

[47:45] And so you don't find out

[47:46] , you

[47:47] got to pull up

[47:49] . Something and

[47:49] rework

[47:50] it because

[47:50] nobody

[47:51] thought of that. Bris

[47:52] is a

[47:53] good

[47:53] example might be if you're

[47:54] going to rebuild

[47:55] the ramps

[47:55] , and

[47:56] I can't remember if that's on

[47:56] the

[47:58] schedule or not, is

[47:59] it

[48:00] Rachel rebuilding the ramps

[48:02] ?

[48:02] The aprons, apron

[48:04] . It's

[48:05] on the,

[48:05] it, it's

[48:07] That's

[48:08] what we

[48:09] received the grant

[48:09] funding for

[48:10] ,

[48:11] and it's 5.8

[48:11] million, is that

[48:12] right, Tom? It's for

[48:13] the

[48:13] electrical

[48:14] and

[48:16] hydraulic

[48:16] replacement on

[48:18] the bridges

[48:18] as

[48:18] well as

[48:19] the replacement of

[48:20] the

[48:20] aprons

[48:20] . So

[48:21] that's. That's a

[48:23] terrific project, but we're

[48:23] ,

[48:24] we're saying is

[48:25] when

[48:25] you do

[48:25] that

[48:26] project

[48:27] , have the meeting

[48:27] ,

[48:27] have the discussions

[48:29] about how

[48:29] does this fit with our

[48:30] long-range plan

[48:32] . Uh

[48:36] so

[48:38] bottom

[48:38] line

[48:39] we're

[48:40] recommending to you

[48:41] what we're calling the

[48:42] blended

[48:43] option, which is maintain the

[48:43] existing ferry

[48:44] well

[48:45] , leading to

[48:45] a

[48:46] plug-in hybrid with this

[48:47] more

[48:47] modest

[48:47] charging

[48:48] thing

[48:49] , and

[48:49] we

[48:50] encourage you to

[48:51] adopt

[48:52] that

[48:52] ,

[48:53] and one reason I think we

[48:53] would

[48:54] all

[48:54] we

[48:54] who live on Guaymas

[48:56] Island, you

[48:56] as commissioners

[48:58] .

[48:59] Public works

[48:59] , ferry crew

[49:00] . I

[49:01] think we'd all be

[49:02] very happy to

[49:03] say we know where we're going

[49:05] .

[49:05] This is

[49:06] our plan, and we

[49:07] are

[49:07] recommending to you that this

[49:08] be your plan

[49:10] . So

[49:10] I guess that's

[49:11] it

[49:12] . Now you got questions, I'm

[49:12] sure

[49:14] . Just thank you very much

[49:16] for the presentation. I don't

[49:17] know if Allan

[49:18] and

[49:19] , uh, Ryan, do

[49:19] you wanna

[49:21] , um

[49:23] , add anything to

[49:23] it at all

[49:23] ? I

[49:24] mean, we

[49:25] really do

[49:25] appreciate all the time and

[49:26] efforts put into it

[49:29] . I

[49:30] , I think

[49:30] yeah, Sandy did

[49:32] a great

[49:32] job, um

[49:32] I guess

[49:34] some comments at the

[49:34] ,

[49:35] uh, you really need to go to

[49:35] the mic

[49:36] get

[49:37] him at home, be

[49:37] able to hear it

[49:39] . You might, you

[49:39] might want to say more about

[49:40] this. I think this

[49:41] is the

[49:42] key

[49:43] operational

[49:44] . Yeah um yeah

[49:45] ,

[49:45] thank

[49:46] you for

[49:47] , uh, creating the

[49:48] committee and I think we've had

[49:48] some

[49:50] really

[49:50] great

[49:51] discussions

[49:51] and

[49:52] um have all come to a

[49:53] very

[49:53] good

[49:54] conclusion

[49:54] here

[49:55] Um

[49:55] , as

[49:56] Sandy said

[49:56] , the

[49:57] uh

[49:59] the

[50:00] information shared here

[50:01] is uh

[50:01] was

[50:01] kind of

[50:02] a

[50:02] critical step for

[50:02] a

[50:03] lot

[50:03] of

[50:04] us to

[50:04] realize that

[50:06] an

[50:06] all electric ferry would be a

[50:08] challenge given the

[50:09] infrastructure upgrades

[50:10] , but

[50:10] changes

[50:11] to

[50:12] charging

[50:13] technology

[50:13] using

[50:14] the

[50:15] current

[50:16] infrastructure allowed

[50:17] us to

[50:18] ,

[50:18] uh, contribute

[50:19] significantly to

[50:22] emission reductions to put

[50:22] things in perspective

[50:23] , the

[50:23] charger that

[50:23] I put

[50:24] as just

[50:25] an

[50:25] example is

[50:26] about

[50:26] 1/6

[50:27] the power

[50:27] of

[50:28] the

[50:29] charging arm that

[50:30] was

[50:30] previously

[50:31] considered

[50:32] , so

[50:33] that's

[50:33] why it's

[50:34] much

[50:34] more

[50:35] affordable and

[50:36] reasonable and

[50:36] feasible, I should

[50:37] say

[50:37] . Pugist

[50:38] on Energy would like that more

[50:38] too

[50:39] because of the

[50:40] load

[50:40] . So

[50:41] , um

[50:42] and the tech

[50:42] technology is well

[50:44] established there

[50:44] and continues

[50:45] to evolve

[50:47] and so yeah

[50:49] , I think

[50:50] uh several of us thought

[50:50] that

[50:50] you know

[50:51] , in

[50:51] 5 years

[50:53] , if we go

[50:53] out to bid

[50:54] for this

[50:55] new

[50:55] ferry

[50:56] and planned

[50:56] to have

[50:57] , you know,

[50:58] again, depending on how long

[50:59] it

[51:00] takes to get the bids

[51:00] out and

[51:01] build

[51:02] a boat 8

[51:03] to

[51:03] 10

[51:04] years of

[51:05] remaining life

[51:05] for

[51:06] the

[51:07] current

[51:08] ferry at would

[51:09] be ideal

[51:09] . The

[51:10] technology will

[51:10] advance

[51:11] . We've

[51:11] just repowered

[51:12] the

[51:12] current

[51:12] ferry

[51:14] , and so it

[51:14] seems like

[51:14] a

[51:15] good timeline

[51:16] , I think so

[51:17] . And

[51:18] I'm happy to answer any

[51:18] questions about

[51:20] the charging.

[51:20] That was kind

[51:22] of

[51:22] my expertise

[51:23] on the projects I've

[51:24] worked on

[51:25] recently, so happy

[51:25] to answer

[51:26] any questions there

[51:27] .

[51:28] Commissioner Browning, any

[51:28] questions

[51:29] on

[51:30] that? No, actually

[51:31] I really appreciate it. And,

[51:32] you know, the difference

[51:33] between your trucks and

[51:33] the

[51:34] ferry is you can pull over the

[51:34] side of the road. We can't pull

[51:35] over to

[51:36] the side of the of the

[51:36] ferry

[51:37] , so, so

[51:38] I really love the

[51:38] the

[51:39] , the

[51:39] thinking behind this

[51:40] .

[51:40] It really is

[51:41] nice and

[51:41] , and I

[51:42] did

[51:43] not want to pull

[51:43] away

[51:43] from

[51:44] electricity. I just

[51:44] did not

[51:45] want to go

[51:45] fully

[51:46] electric for

[51:46] that

[51:47] reason

[51:47] . And so this has

[51:48] really

[51:49] helped

[51:50] me

[51:50] tremendously

[51:51] listening to

[51:51] all the options

[51:52] you

[51:52] have. I

[51:53] really appreciate

[51:53] the

[51:54] expertise

[51:54] we've brought

[51:55] that was

[51:55] brought together

[51:56] , um

[51:57] the

[51:58] , um, technology with the

[51:59] I

[51:59] mean

[52:01] yeah

[52:01] , I love the, the

[52:02] 10

[52:03] year

[52:03] the

[52:03] , the

[52:05] 10

[52:05] years of kind

[52:06] of grace while

[52:07] we work towards

[52:07] a

[52:08] really good solution. It's

[52:09] also

[52:10] exactly what fits after

[52:10] all the money we

[52:12] just recently

[52:12] put into it

[52:12] going

[52:13] to

[52:14] run well

[52:14] ,

[52:15] so everything you brought

[52:16] today

[52:17] is absolutely in line

[52:18] with the,

[52:19] how I've

[52:19] been thinking

[52:20] . I'm

[52:21] not

[52:21] smart enough to know all the

[52:22] complexities

[52:23] , but I still kind

[52:23] of

[52:24] heading the same direction

[52:25] .

[52:25] So I love it

[52:26] . It's great. But

[52:26] yeah

[52:27] , thank

[52:28] you. Thank

[52:28] you for

[52:29] all you bring to this because

[52:29] that

[52:30] really

[52:30] is that that's

[52:31] pretty much a game

[52:32] changer when

[52:32] you

[52:33] realize

[52:33] that

[52:34] that arm

[52:34] has

[52:35] been really a problem

[52:35] for

[52:36] us

[52:37] ,

[52:37] both financially

[52:37] and

[52:38] structurally

[52:39] . At the time

[52:41] when

[52:41] Glaston did that, it made

[52:43] sense

[52:44] But that's the whole point here

[52:44] The technology is

[52:45] moving so

[52:46] quickly

[52:46] it probably

[52:47] doesn't

[52:48] make

[52:48] sense anymore

[52:48] . And

[52:50] I think

[52:50] even with the

[52:51] changes in

[52:51] technology, we need

[52:52] the

[52:53] redundancy that you brought

[52:54] up

[52:55] that is so important. We need

[52:55] to have the

[52:56] safety

[52:57] valve

[52:57] if if

[52:58] one does not work

[52:59] , if the to be

[53:00] able to still get

[53:01] to shore

[53:02] , so

[53:02] that

[53:04] really is the big

[53:04] difference in

[53:04] all electric to

[53:05] this, and

[53:06] I'm real comfortable

[53:06] with it

[53:07] . Mr

[53:08] . Burns

[53:08] , any

[53:09] questions on

[53:09] ? First, thank

[53:10] you

[53:11] all for the effort you put

[53:11] in

[53:12] .

[53:12] Um, sounds like

[53:13] a well-rounded

[53:13] group you

[53:14] brought

[53:15] together and

[53:16] uh I appreciate the information

[53:17] that

[53:18] you presented to us. I do

[53:19] have a few

[53:19] questions on, uh,

[53:20] first, the

[53:21] charger. This took

[53:22] roughly equivalent to

[53:23] the

[53:24] automotive

[53:24] uh tier 3

[53:26] . Yeah

[53:26] , it,

[53:26] you know, a

[53:27] lot of people think

[53:28] of

[53:29] Tesla chargers. The one I

[53:29] use, this

[53:29] is equivalent

[53:30] to

[53:31] the

[53:31] highest powered

[53:32] Tesla

[53:33] superchargers. Ok

[53:33] . Um

[53:34] , so like

[53:36] you wouldn't have this at most

[53:36] ,

[53:36] even

[53:37] retail outlets, because it

[53:38] is pretty

[53:38] high

[53:40] powered, um, so

[53:40] yeah, this has

[53:42] a

[53:42] 360 kilowatt

[53:42] rating

[53:44] , the charging arm is

[53:45] 2

[53:45] megawatt, you know

[53:46] , at your

[53:47] home, you're

[53:47] getting 2

[53:49] or

[53:49] 3

[53:50] kilowatts, so

[53:51] , um, it's

[53:52] significant

[53:53] , but

[53:53] there's

[53:54] many

[53:55] manufacturers out there

[53:56] , um,

[53:56] there's

[53:58] some discussion

[53:58] of

[53:58] going

[53:59] up

[53:59] to

[54:00] 800

[54:00] kilowatts using

[54:01] this

[54:02] charging standard

[54:03] . Um

[54:03] , I

[54:05] think the highest

[54:05] powered

[54:06] charger that you can buy

[54:06] off

[54:07] the shelf that I'm aware of

[54:07] right

[54:09] now

[54:09] that uses

[54:09] this

[54:10] standard

[54:11] as

[54:11] 450 kilowatts. What

[54:12] if

[54:12] we did like

[54:13] a multi-battery

[54:14] bank and then had a

[54:14] charger on

[54:16] each side or

[54:16] two chargers

[54:16] and

[54:17] that speed

[54:18] up

[54:18] charging

[54:19] and

[54:19] absolutely

[54:20] yeah overheat

[54:21] . Uh,

[54:21] you

[54:21] can use

[54:22] the

[54:23] battery

[54:24] management systems to manage

[54:24] all

[54:24] of

[54:25] that

[54:26] , but

[54:26] I think the

[54:27] reason I

[54:27] just selected

[54:28] one

[54:28] charger

[54:28] for

[54:29] these

[54:30] graphs is

[54:30] the

[54:31] constraints

[54:32] from

[54:32] pse

[54:33] , um,

[54:33] didn't get a

[54:34] chance

[54:34] to discuss

[54:35] with

[54:36] pse what is

[54:36] actually

[54:37] available. Ok

[54:37] . Um

[54:38] , thinking

[54:38] about the Anchor Cove

[54:39] Marina

[54:39] being right next

[54:40] door and the

[54:41] fact that I think

[54:41] probably

[54:42] every

[54:43] birth that marina has

[54:43] a

[54:43] 30

[54:44] amp or

[54:44] 50

[54:45] amp outlet

[54:45] .

[54:46] There's

[54:46] probably

[54:47] a reasonable

[54:48] amount of energy

[54:48] available

[54:50] , um,

[54:50] but you'd need to

[54:51] have

[54:51] extended

[54:51] discussions

[54:52] with pse

[54:52] about

[54:53] what's

[54:53] available

[54:54] , um, but I

[54:55] think

[54:55] that also

[54:56] goes to

[54:56] the

[54:57] future

[54:58] proofing

[54:59] that if

[54:59] electrical

[55:00] service

[55:00] was improved

[55:01] in the

[55:01] future

[55:02] , you

[55:02] add another

[55:03] one

[55:03] of

[55:04] these

[55:04] 360

[55:05] kilowatt

[55:05] chargers

[55:06] . You

[55:06] could

[55:06] run

[55:07] almost

[55:07] 100% electric a lot of

[55:08] the

[55:08] time

[55:08] ok, what's

[55:09] the maximum

[55:10] cord

[55:10] length on this? I'm thinking

[55:11] about how

[55:12] far away can

[55:12] the boat

[55:13] ? Yeah, it's a good question

[55:14] .

[55:14] Um

[55:15] , the

[55:16] , uh, so

[55:17] there's

[55:17] ,

[55:17] there's

[55:18] different standards

[55:18] .

[55:19] There's all in

[55:20] one

[55:21] chargers

[55:21] where from the

[55:22] charging

[55:22] unit

[55:22] that's like

[55:23] that

[55:25] refrigerator-sized unit to

[55:25] the

[55:26] outlet on

[55:27] the boat

[55:27] would be

[55:27] 2

[55:28] to

[55:28] 3

[55:29] m, so it's got

[55:29] to be

[55:30] pretty close, like at the end

[55:31] of the

[55:31] ramp. Ok

[55:32] . There's

[55:33] others

[55:33] where you

[55:34] can have

[55:34] the majority

[55:35] of

[55:37] the

[55:38] electrical equipment in

[55:39] other cabinets and that's just

[55:39] a

[55:41] smaller dispenser at the end

[55:42] of

[55:42] the ferry

[55:43] or the

[55:43] ferry

[55:44] dock

[55:44] that could have a

[55:46] longer cable

[55:46] ,

[55:46] so there are

[55:47] limits to that

[55:47] . It

[55:48] just

[55:48] depends

[55:48] on

[55:49] which

[55:49] charging

[55:49] system

[55:50] you use

[55:51] . Has anyone set

[55:52] it up where it's actually

[55:52] on

[55:52] the

[55:53] , the

[55:53] I

[55:55] don't know

[55:55] about

[55:55] moving

[55:57] ramps

[55:57] . Um

[55:57] , I saw one

[55:58] example. I think

[55:59] it was

[55:59] in

[56:00] Turkey

[56:00] , where they

[56:01] actually

[56:01] had

[56:02] 20 of these

[56:04] style

[56:04] chargers

[56:04] , all

[56:05] on a

[56:06] fixed

[56:06] pier

[56:07] so yeah

[56:07] , the

[56:08] moving pier makes it

[56:09] a

[56:09] challenge

[56:09] , but

[56:10] as I recall

[56:12] , the

[56:13] charger weighs somewhere

[56:14] around

[56:14] 2000 pounds

[56:15] , so

[56:16] it's

[56:16] not

[56:17] extremely heavy

[56:17] . Yeah

[56:18] . Um

[56:18] , what

[56:20] is the max drawdown on

[56:20] these

[56:20] batteries because I see

[56:21] that

[56:22] they're showing going under

[56:24] 200

[56:25] kilowatt hours. I

[56:26] wasn't sure

[56:26] what the max

[56:27] draw down before

[56:27] you're causing problems

[56:28] with

[56:29] the battery. Yeah, no, that,

[56:29] that's a great

[56:31] question

[56:31] . I

[56:33] didn't really use that in

[56:33] the

[56:34] analysis because it's such

[56:35] a

[56:36] basic analysis

[56:36] right here

[56:36] . Um

[56:38] ,

[56:39] ideally, you know

[56:39] , for some

[56:39] people who might

[56:40] drive

[56:40] electric

[56:41] cars. Um-hum

[56:41] . You

[56:42] try to

[56:42] use

[56:43] a

[56:44] daily operational range of 80

[56:45] to 20%

[56:45] . So

[56:46] you could

[56:46] factor

[56:47] that in and by sizing up

[56:49] the

[56:49] batteries a little bit. Um-hum.

[56:50] To give you

[56:51] more range

[56:51] . Ok

[56:51] . Um

[56:53] I chose a

[56:53] 1

[56:54] megawatt hour

[56:55] battery or

[56:56] 1000 kilowatt

[56:57] hour

[56:58] battery, um, because I think

[56:59] that had been discussed in one

[56:59] of

[57:00] the

[57:01] earlier reports

[57:02] , um

[57:03] but

[57:03] the

[57:05] , uh, energy density in

[57:05] batteries is improving

[57:07] , so what

[57:07] I

[57:10] 1000 kilowatt hour battery

[57:10] MAY

[57:11] have weighed 10 years ago

[57:13] .

[57:13] It's significantly reduced, so

[57:14] you could size that

[57:15] up

[57:16] to

[57:16] 1200

[57:17] kilowatt hours to give you a

[57:17] little

[57:18] more

[57:18] flexibility

[57:19] and

[57:19] longevity

[57:20] . Ok. Uh

[57:21] , I can ask

[57:21] more questions, but I'll stop

[57:23] there and just thank you

[57:23] for

[57:23] the

[57:24] review and

[57:25] the analysis

[57:25] of

[57:25] this

[57:25] . I

[57:26] think that

[57:27] the

[57:27] recommendation put forward

[57:28] makes a lot

[57:29] of sense

[57:29] . The

[57:30] hybrid does give us lot

[57:31] of

[57:31] flexibility if there's ever

[57:32] a

[57:33] power problem, you know

[57:33] , we

[57:34] lose

[57:34] power to

[57:35] that station

[57:35] .

[57:35] It's very

[57:36] easy to just kick on

[57:37] the

[57:37] diesel generators and run

[57:38] it

[57:39] , um, Commissioner Wheaton

[57:40] was correct that

[57:40] uh emission

[57:41] standards have, have come a

[57:42] long ways on these engines

[57:42] ,

[57:43] although you can make them run

[57:44] quite dirty. You

[57:45] can also make

[57:45] them very

[57:45] clean

[57:46] , uh, depending

[57:46] on

[57:47] the

[57:47] emissions

[57:48] outputs. You

[57:48] you at Packard, I'm

[57:49] sure you're

[57:50] you're completely used to

[57:51] dealing

[57:51] with

[57:52] those mission

[57:52] systems as I

[57:53] was where you

[57:54] can

[57:54] literally take the

[57:55] exhaust

[57:55] filters off and

[57:56] wash them

[57:57] . Um

[57:57] ,

[57:58] and

[57:59] , uh, helped capture quite a

[57:59] bit of that carbon

[58:00] that's

[58:00] coming off

[58:01] of it and

[58:01] you really

[58:02] just don't see

[58:02] the same

[58:03] type

[58:03] of

[58:03] mission

[58:04] . So

[58:04] , um, I'd

[58:05] be

[58:06] perfectly

[58:06] comfortable with

[58:07] ,

[58:07] with that type

[58:07] of

[58:08] propulsion

[58:09] system being the backup

[58:09] . And

[58:10] making sure that we could keep

[58:10] running it, especially

[58:12] in

[58:12] rough

[58:12] seas where we're not

[58:13] overloading the

[58:14] boat

[58:14] with

[58:15] batteries to, you know

[58:16] , weight

[58:17] ratios and become an issue, I'm

[58:17] sure at

[58:18] some point

[58:19] . So

[58:19] , yeah

[58:20] ,

[58:20] thank you

[58:21] . Yeah. Yeah

[58:21] , one

[58:22] question I have on the

[58:23] , the

[58:24] batteries. I mean

[58:24] , your

[58:25] nice

[58:26] graphs I I appreciate that, but

[58:26] like

[58:26] if you

[58:27] had 3

[58:28] or

[58:28] 4

[58:29] generators and when it

[58:29] starts

[58:30] getting down

[58:30] , you just

[58:30] kick one

[58:31] on

[58:31] . If you

[58:32] still need more

[58:32] , you

[58:32] kick

[58:33] the second

[58:33] one

[58:34] and maybe

[58:34] the

[58:34] 3rd

[58:35] 1, so you're

[58:37] just still

[58:37] using

[58:38] the battery

[58:38] , but

[58:39] you're

[58:39] adding

[58:40] the generator to

[58:40] get

[58:40] the

[58:41] electricity on it, that's right

[58:41] ? Yeah, that's

[58:42] correct

[58:42] . Yeah

[58:43] ,

[58:43] yeah

[58:44] Yeah, yeah yeah. Yeah, you

[58:45] you, you know

[58:46] , you'd

[58:46] set

[58:46] up

[58:46] logic in

[58:47] the

[58:48] system

[58:48] to say, ok

[58:48] ,

[58:49] when we

[58:49] get to

[58:51] 40% and we have

[58:52] whatever

[58:53] , 12

[58:53] runs left in

[58:53] the

[58:54] day

[58:55] . We're going to kick the

[58:56] batteries on to make sure we

[58:56] don't

[58:57] drop

[58:57] to 2%

[58:58] , something

[58:58] like

[58:59] that, that can

[58:59] all be

[59:00] built into

[59:00] the logic

[59:01] and

[59:02] on

[59:02] the

[59:03] redundancy, I understand, you

[59:03] know, 2

[59:04] or

[59:04] 3

[59:05] generators

[59:05] , 4

[59:06] generators

[59:06] there

[59:06] , but

[59:07] the

[59:07] batteries

[59:08] to redundancy

[59:09] on that

[59:10] they're complicated enough that

[59:11] they

[59:11] can figure out

[59:11] what to do.

[59:12] I mean, you

[59:13] know more about

[59:13] the

[59:13] batteries

[59:13] than I

[59:14] do

[59:14] , so yeah

[59:15] ,

[59:15] I'm not

[59:16] a battery

[59:16] expert. I

[59:16] I

[59:17] have a little more

[59:18] expertise on

[59:18] the charging

[59:19] side

[59:20] , but there's

[59:21] sale balance

[59:21] balancing the

[59:22] battery management system

[59:23] .

[59:24] Takes care of that in

[59:24] the

[59:25] software

[59:26] , um, but

[59:27] , uh, yeah

[59:28] ,

[59:28] that's, it

[59:29] is

[59:29] quite

[59:30] complex.

[59:31] Yep, like you said

[59:31] , the

[59:32] technology keeps changing

[59:33] , so

[59:34] thank you very much for your

[59:35] expertise to bring to the

[59:36] committee. I

[59:36] appreciate that

[59:36] .

[59:37] Thank you

[59:38] . Allen, do you want

[59:38] to comment

[59:39] at

[59:40] all or

[59:44] Yes

[59:45] ,

[59:45] thanks

[59:46] for taking the

[59:47] time

[59:47] today to hear us

[59:49] . Um

[59:50] , I guess

[59:50] the

[59:51] main

[59:51] thing would be

[59:52] the

[59:52] futureproofing

[59:53] and

[59:54] you

[59:55] making

[59:56] decisions regarding a new

[59:56] ferry

[59:56] if

[59:58] we

[59:58] are indeed

[59:59] getting

[1:00:00] a

[1:00:01] new

[1:00:01] bigger

[1:00:02] homo cars

[1:00:03] , more

[1:00:03] people,

[1:00:04] larger

[1:00:05] . Um

[1:00:05] we just

[1:00:07] need to keep

[1:00:07] in mind that it

[1:00:08] is affecting

[1:00:09] a

[1:00:10] system

[1:00:11] that

[1:00:12] moves people to and

[1:00:14] from Guimas and

[1:00:15] that um if

[1:00:15] we're gonna

[1:00:18] . Discuss a parking

[1:00:18] lot

[1:00:20] that

[1:00:21] accommodates, you know

[1:00:23] 50% of what we

[1:00:23] have now

[1:00:25] We need

[1:00:25] to keep that in

[1:00:27] mind so that

[1:00:27] we're not

[1:00:28] designing things

[1:00:29] on

[1:00:30] the system that

[1:00:30] won't

[1:00:31] accommodate

[1:00:32] a desire

[1:00:34] or

[1:00:34] a

[1:00:34] plan

[1:00:35] going forward. So

[1:00:36] if we're

[1:00:37] looking

[1:00:38] at aprons

[1:00:40] , um, doc

[1:00:41] dolphins, all that type of

[1:00:42] thing. We need to

[1:00:43] make

[1:00:43] sure

[1:00:44] that with

[1:00:44] our

[1:00:45] current

[1:00:46] proposal

[1:00:47] here

[1:00:48] or idea

[1:00:48] that

[1:00:49] we're

[1:00:50] accommodating an

[1:00:51] old

[1:00:51] ferry

[1:00:52] that's 40

[1:00:53] years

[1:00:53] old and

[1:00:54] that it

[1:00:56] uh, anything we do to

[1:00:58] the

[1:00:58] system

[1:00:59] is

[1:00:59] uh open

[1:01:00] to

[1:01:00] change and

[1:01:01] that

[1:01:01] new ferry coming on

[1:01:02] It

[1:01:03] accommodates both at the same

[1:01:04] time, so we're

[1:01:05] not

[1:01:06] obsoleting

[1:01:06] our, our idea in

[1:01:08] the

[1:01:09] future or

[1:01:09] um

[1:01:10] um

[1:01:11] taking anything away from

[1:01:13] the current system, so if

[1:01:14] sizes

[1:01:15] and

[1:01:16] shapes

[1:01:16] and

[1:01:17] and throughput

[1:01:17] if we're

[1:01:19] talking about a

[1:01:19] schedule change

[1:01:21] , reducing

[1:01:22] uh

[1:01:22] ferry service

[1:01:23] , uh, that

[1:01:24] kind of

[1:01:25] goes against

[1:01:25] a bigger

[1:01:26] , larger

[1:01:27] ,

[1:01:27] more

[1:01:28] efficient

[1:01:28] ferry

[1:01:30] . I mean we

[1:01:31] can

[1:01:31] get into

[1:01:32] fairs

[1:01:33] even

[1:01:33] if

[1:01:35] we're experiencing

[1:01:35] a

[1:01:35] loss in

[1:01:37] that growth of why we need a

[1:01:38] bigger ferry or a

[1:01:39] more

[1:01:40] efficient ferry

[1:01:41] , um, and we

[1:01:42] don't have the

[1:01:42] ridership

[1:01:42] to

[1:01:44] support it

[1:01:44] . It

[1:01:45] becomes

[1:01:45] difficult to go out and

[1:01:46] get

[1:01:46] funding that

[1:01:48] we're needing to

[1:01:48] ,

[1:01:49] uh, you know

[1:01:49] , funders and

[1:01:50] saying

[1:01:50] , hey, we

[1:01:51] need

[1:01:51] a

[1:01:52] new

[1:01:52] ferry

[1:01:53] , and yet

[1:01:54] we don't have

[1:01:54] the

[1:01:54] use

[1:01:55] or

[1:01:55] um we're doing

[1:01:56] other

[1:01:57] things within

[1:01:57] the

[1:01:58] system to

[1:01:59] , uh

[1:01:59] I

[1:02:00] guess my marketing

[1:02:01] .

[1:02:01] Background

[1:02:02] we've

[1:02:02] got to sell

[1:02:03] it

[1:02:04] and so

[1:02:05] uh we've got to keep all

[1:02:07] those elements in mind on

[1:02:07] the

[1:02:07] system and make

[1:02:08] sure

[1:02:09] that we're

[1:02:09] planning for the future

[1:02:10] if this

[1:02:11] is

[1:02:11] the way

[1:02:11] we're going to do it

[1:02:12] because this is

[1:02:13] an

[1:02:13] expensive

[1:02:14] endeavor, so

[1:02:16] . Ok

[1:02:17] , any questions

[1:02:17] for Alan

[1:02:24] ? I forgot to mention

[1:02:25] one thing that I found useful

[1:02:26] looking at this

[1:02:27] graph again

[1:02:28] . If

[1:02:29] you

[1:02:29] think about technology, you

[1:02:30] have

[1:02:31] some

[1:02:31] good questions along

[1:02:32] these lines

[1:02:33] , you know, what

[1:02:34] happens when the

[1:02:35] battery

[1:02:35] is

[1:02:36] getting low and so on and

[1:02:36] so

[1:02:36] forth

[1:02:38] . If you look at this

[1:02:38] ,

[1:02:39] let's just look at this

[1:02:40] top

[1:02:40] graph

[1:02:41] . Let's

[1:02:42] say

[1:02:43] batteries

[1:02:43] have

[1:02:43] 50%

[1:02:44] more

[1:02:45] capacity 4 years from

[1:02:45] now

[1:02:47] . Then what we'd be looking

[1:02:47] at today

[1:02:49] . If

[1:02:49] you just take that

[1:02:50] red line, well, I

[1:02:51] guess it's

[1:02:51] better to look at the

[1:02:52] bottom

[1:02:52] one and move

[1:02:54] it up

[1:02:54] . Let's

[1:02:54] say

[1:02:54] it's

[1:02:55] got another

[1:02:56] . 300

[1:02:56] or

[1:02:58] 400

[1:02:58] kilowatt

[1:03:00] The effect on

[1:03:01] these

[1:03:01] lines is that it

[1:03:02] just moves

[1:03:03] them up. In other words, toward

[1:03:03] the end of the day

[1:03:05] , if the

[1:03:05] capacity of the

[1:03:05] batteries

[1:03:06] improved

[1:03:07] enough in the next 3

[1:03:07] or 4 years

[1:03:07] , it

[1:03:08] would run out at

[1:03:09] the end of the day

[1:03:10] . So that's

[1:03:10] one way to

[1:03:12] look

[1:03:13] at technology

[1:03:15] for electrification with these

[1:03:15] graphs

[1:03:16] , that is, if

[1:03:18] there is

[1:03:19] more capacity in batteries

[1:03:20] ,

[1:03:21] that red line just

[1:03:21] goes up

[1:03:21] .

[1:03:22] Another

[1:03:23] thing is if the

[1:03:23] amount

[1:03:25] of amps that you could push

[1:03:26] down the

[1:03:27] line to, to

[1:03:28] charge,

[1:03:28] that just means these

[1:03:30] red lines

[1:03:30] or

[1:03:30] these

[1:03:32] little jags that go

[1:03:32] up

[1:03:33] are

[1:03:34] steeper. So you can kind

[1:03:34] of

[1:03:35] visualize

[1:03:37] the effect of some of

[1:03:37] these

[1:03:38] technology changes by

[1:03:39] just moving this graph up and

[1:03:41] down or changing the slope of

[1:03:41] some of the lines

[1:03:43] . I

[1:03:43] found that

[1:03:43] helpful to

[1:03:44] think about

[1:03:45] the

[1:03:46] impact of technology

[1:03:46] . And

[1:03:47] one

[1:03:48] last comment I want to make is

[1:03:48] I just want

[1:03:50] to say

[1:03:50] in all

[1:03:52] of

[1:03:52] our

[1:03:53] meetings, I guess we had 8

[1:03:54] ,

[1:03:55] I think, um

[1:03:56] you

[1:03:56] know, your

[1:03:57] people, we're there

[1:03:58] . County

[1:03:59] was

[1:03:59] there. Rachel

[1:03:59] was always there.

[1:04:00] Marie

[1:04:01] was there many

[1:04:01] times

[1:04:02] , and

[1:04:04] other people helping us. I

[1:04:04] just

[1:04:04] want to

[1:04:05] 0.1 thing out

[1:04:06] cause

[1:04:07] it's uh I think it's

[1:04:07] very

[1:04:08] important

[1:04:08] . You're

[1:04:09] getting

[1:04:10] an

[1:04:11] independent

[1:04:12] citizen-based

[1:04:13] recommendation here, and I

[1:04:15] really compliment

[1:04:15] especially

[1:04:16] Rachel, that

[1:04:17] no

[1:04:18] , at no time

[1:04:19] were redirected in

[1:04:20] some

[1:04:21] direction or

[1:04:22] corrected

[1:04:24] or

[1:04:25] encouraged to take

[1:04:25] a

[1:04:26] particular

[1:04:26] point of view. They were there

[1:04:27] to help us

[1:04:28] , to

[1:04:28] give us

[1:04:29] background, to

[1:04:29] give

[1:04:30] us

[1:04:31] information, and I thought that

[1:04:32] was very

[1:04:33] I

[1:04:33] took some discipline

[1:04:34] I think

[1:04:35] , because I, I'm sure

[1:04:35] they all have their

[1:04:37] own

[1:04:37] ideas

[1:04:38] ,

[1:04:38] but the

[1:04:39] , the 9

[1:04:40] of us on

[1:04:40] the

[1:04:41] tag

[1:04:42] This

[1:04:42] is

[1:04:42] our

[1:04:43] thoughts without

[1:04:44] having been influenced by

[1:04:45] the

[1:04:45] county

[1:04:46] , and I

[1:04:46] think

[1:04:47] that's

[1:04:47] important to point out

[1:04:49] . Thank

[1:04:49] you

[1:04:50] . Anything else

[1:04:51] ? Commission

[1:04:51] Burns, any other thoughts on

[1:04:52] this

[1:04:53] ? Um

[1:04:53] , just wanted to

[1:04:53] ask

[1:04:54] Rachel, if

[1:04:55] we

[1:04:55] could

[1:04:55] contact pse

[1:04:56] and just ask

[1:04:56] them what

[1:04:57] power is

[1:04:58] available right now

[1:04:58] in that

[1:04:59] area

[1:04:59] . I'd

[1:05:00] appreciate

[1:05:00] that

[1:05:01] information

[1:05:02] . Otherwise, uh,

[1:05:03] that's all the questions I have

[1:05:04] Thank you, Mr

[1:05:04] . Browning,

[1:05:05] anything

[1:05:06] ? Well

[1:05:06] , I've

[1:05:06] never

[1:05:07] wanted to be

[1:05:07] the

[1:05:08] person with

[1:05:09] the

[1:05:10] first electric boat out

[1:05:11] there and

[1:05:11] be

[1:05:12] vulnerable

[1:05:13] to

[1:05:13] whatever could potentially go

[1:05:14] wrong

[1:05:14] . So this is

[1:05:15] really

[1:05:16] encouraging for me because I

[1:05:17] don't want to be the head of

[1:05:17] the

[1:05:18] parade. I

[1:05:18] think Scout

[1:05:18] needs

[1:05:18] to

[1:05:19] be very smart

[1:05:20] and sit back

[1:05:20] and see

[1:05:21] what's

[1:05:21] working and

[1:05:22] join

[1:05:22] the people who

[1:05:23] are

[1:05:23] successful

[1:05:24] rather than

[1:05:25] be vulnerable

[1:05:25] with

[1:05:26] something. So

[1:05:27] this is

[1:05:27] very

[1:05:28] comforting for me, so

[1:05:28] thank you

[1:05:29] And

[1:05:30] you're lucky to have

[1:05:31] this

[1:05:32] well-built boat. It gets us

[1:05:32] from here to

[1:05:33] there

[1:05:33] . You're

[1:05:34] right. All right, once again, I

[1:05:36] want to thank all the

[1:05:36] committee

[1:05:38] members and all the time and

[1:05:39] effort put into this. I really

[1:05:40] do appreciate that. I think it

[1:05:41] goes to show

[1:05:42] , um, you get

[1:05:43] the

[1:05:43] expertise and the knowledge

[1:05:44] that

[1:05:45] people want to put in time

[1:05:45] you come up with the good

[1:05:46] results, and so

[1:05:47] I

[1:05:47] really

[1:05:48] appreciate what you guys were

[1:05:48] able to come up with

[1:05:49] here and

[1:05:49] I

[1:05:49] do

[1:05:50] thank you for

[1:05:50] all the time

[1:05:51] and effort

[1:05:52] bringing and

[1:05:52] also

[1:05:53] the support staff

[1:05:53] had on

[1:05:54] the

[1:05:54] process

[1:05:55] . I understand

[1:05:56] it

[1:05:56] definitely takes time

[1:05:57] , but

[1:05:57] I

[1:05:57] think

[1:05:58] the results here

[1:05:59] are

[1:06:00] very

[1:06:01] um very

[1:06:01] good. So

[1:06:01] thank you for

[1:06:02] all

[1:06:02] the time and effort

[1:06:05] . Rachel

[1:06:05] anything else

[1:06:07] ? Uh

[1:06:08] , no

[1:06:08] , we have

[1:06:08] until

[1:06:09] 10

[1:06:10] o'clock if there was

[1:06:10] more discussion

[1:06:11] , but

[1:06:12] uh if

[1:06:12] not

[1:06:12] ,

[1:06:12] Marie

[1:06:14] , did you have anything

[1:06:15] else? I don't. I just want

[1:06:16] to

[1:06:16] thank you guys

[1:06:16] for

[1:06:17] coming

[1:06:18] in

[1:06:19] and

[1:06:19] working

[1:06:19] well

[1:06:21] together and

[1:06:21] coming up

[1:06:22] with

[1:06:22] this

[1:06:22] recommendation

[1:06:23] . It was a feat

[1:06:23] .

[1:06:24] But you

[1:06:25] got there

[1:06:27] I think

[1:06:27] it

[1:06:28] also goes to show that the

[1:06:29] tag

[1:06:30] group for a

[1:06:30] specific

[1:06:31] projects

[1:06:32] that can work on a system to

[1:06:33] have the good

[1:06:34] people

[1:06:34] volunteer

[1:06:35] to do some come up with

[1:06:36] some

[1:06:37] good answers looking at

[1:06:37] some

[1:06:38] things outside

[1:06:38] the

[1:06:39] box

[1:06:39] or

[1:06:40] different options and so

[1:06:40] forth.

[1:06:41] So I

[1:06:41] really

[1:06:42] think

[1:06:43] the members

[1:06:43] and all

[1:06:44] the different

[1:06:44] people

[1:06:44] put time in

[1:06:45] it's really

[1:06:46] important

[1:06:48] . Any other questions

[1:06:51] Well, with that, we

[1:06:52] are going

[1:06:52] to

[1:06:53] adjourn until

[1:06:54] 11

[1:06:54] o'clock

[1:06:55] today we have

[1:06:56] Public works back

[1:06:57] in here. With that we're

[1:06:58] adjourned. Thank you

[1:07:12] , um, and

[1:07:13] it's

[1:07:15] , it's antiquated

[1:07:15] , it's

[1:07:16] ancient

[1:07:16] barely keeps up in

[1:07:17] the

[1:07:18] springtime. Well, this spring

[1:07:19] was the first time we

[1:07:19] violated

[1:07:20] our permit. Didn't

[1:07:20] violate it

[1:07:20] by much, but

[1:07:21] enough to

[1:07:23] to

[1:07:23] uh uh

[1:07:23] exceed

[1:07:24] those

[1:07:25] thresholds this

[1:07:25] spring. So

[1:07:27] , uh, every spring

[1:07:28] this belt press can't keep

[1:07:29] up

[1:07:29] with it, just

[1:07:29] a a

[1:07:30] a little

[1:07:31] bit

[1:07:31] of very

[1:07:32] labor intensive and

[1:07:33] frequent maintenance

[1:07:33] with

[1:07:34] this

[1:07:34] thing

[1:07:35] . Um

[1:07:36] it

[1:07:36] has very

[1:07:37] poor

[1:07:37] performance

[1:07:38] . It

[1:07:38] , it

[1:07:40] , it

[1:07:40] produces about

[1:07:41] or

[1:07:41] reduces

[1:07:42] uh uh

[1:07:43] liquid stream by 8 to 12%

[1:09:47] Sketch County commissions to

[1:09:48] order

[1:09:48] . It

[1:09:48] is

[1:09:49] JULY 7

[1:09:50] , 2026, a

[1:09:51] little after 11 o'clock

[1:09:51] in the

[1:09:52] morning and we are here

[1:09:52] with

[1:09:52] Public

[1:09:53] Works

[1:09:53] and consider

[1:09:54] testimony regarding

[1:09:56] the sale

[1:09:56] of

[1:09:57] surplus property

[1:09:58] , so

[1:10:00] . I'm

[1:10:00] gonna

[1:10:01] let Tom

[1:10:02] It's a

[1:10:03] county engineer.

[1:10:03] Good. Good morning,

[1:10:03] commissioners

[1:10:05] . Again

[1:10:05] , this is

[1:10:05] for

[1:10:07] , um, surplus vehicles and

[1:10:08] other

[1:10:09] equipment and

[1:10:09] , uh, we

[1:10:10] scheduled this meeting, uh

[1:10:11] for

[1:10:12] a

[1:10:12] public

[1:10:12] hearing because

[1:10:14] we've

[1:10:14] got many

[1:10:15] items here that

[1:10:16] are

[1:10:16] valued greater

[1:10:16] than

[1:10:18] $2500 and

[1:10:19] then we've also

[1:10:19] got some uh

[1:10:21] Newark County policy

[1:10:22] with

[1:10:23] regards to

[1:10:23] when

[1:10:23] we

[1:10:24] um send

[1:10:25] vehicles to

[1:10:26] auction

[1:10:26] when we

[1:10:26] put

[1:10:28] them

[1:10:28] on

[1:10:29] um maintenance and um

[1:10:32] m&o operation and so

[1:10:33] , uh,

[1:10:33] without further ado

[1:10:34] , I

[1:10:34] will

[1:10:35] kick

[1:10:35] things over

[1:10:36] to

[1:10:36] Jason to go

[1:10:37] through the

[1:10:37] details of what

[1:10:39] we're proposing to auction this

[1:10:39] fall

[1:10:41] . All right. Good afternoon

[1:10:41] commissioners

[1:10:43] . I'm

[1:10:43] Jason

[1:10:43] Bleddgood

[1:10:44] . I'm representing

[1:10:45] the

[1:10:46] equipment division of Skagia

[1:10:46] County

[1:10:47] Public

[1:10:48] Works

[1:10:48] . This is

[1:10:49] the public

[1:10:50] hearing to

[1:10:50] allow

[1:10:50] Sedget County

[1:10:51] to surplus

[1:10:52] the

[1:10:52] items that you

[1:10:53] see listed in

[1:10:54] your packet as

[1:10:54] well as

[1:10:55] on

[1:10:55] the

[1:10:56] screen. All

[1:10:56] the

[1:10:57] vehicles

[1:10:57] and

[1:10:58] equipment on this

[1:10:58] list that

[1:10:59] you

[1:11:00] have today reached the end of

[1:11:00] their

[1:11:01] useful

[1:11:01] lives and

[1:11:02] have

[1:11:03] been replaced or are

[1:11:03] no

[1:11:03] longer

[1:11:04] needed

[1:11:04] . Some

[1:11:04] of

[1:11:05] the

[1:11:06] items

[1:11:06] have

[1:11:07] reached the end of

[1:11:08] even

[1:11:08] two

[1:11:09] lives

[1:11:10] . Each year

[1:11:10] during the

[1:11:11] budget process

[1:11:11] , we

[1:11:12] request to

[1:11:13] replace vehicles

[1:11:13] and equipment

[1:11:14] based on

[1:11:15] a combination of

[1:11:16] the

[1:11:17] following factors

[1:11:18] , um, you'll

[1:11:18] see

[1:11:19] some are

[1:11:20] , uh, 6 years

[1:11:20] for a

[1:11:21] share

[1:11:21] of vehicles

[1:11:22] , 10 years for

[1:11:24] our passenger cars

[1:11:25] and 20 years

[1:11:25] for

[1:11:26] our

[1:11:26] heavy equipment

[1:11:27] . When

[1:11:27] we get

[1:11:28] close to that

[1:11:29] original

[1:11:29] assigned replacement

[1:11:30] year

[1:11:31] , we

[1:11:31] evaluate each

[1:11:32] vehicle

[1:11:33] , um, the

[1:11:33] last couple of years we've

[1:11:34] really taken

[1:11:35] a good look

[1:11:35] at

[1:11:36] mileage and seeing if we

[1:11:37] can

[1:11:37] push some of

[1:11:38] those

[1:11:38] , even 10

[1:11:39] years

[1:11:40] for

[1:11:40] passenger

[1:11:40] cars

[1:11:41] to 12

[1:11:42] or

[1:11:42] so

[1:11:42] and

[1:11:43] 8 on

[1:11:43] sheriff vehicles

[1:11:46] After evaluating each unit, we

[1:11:47] determine if it makes

[1:11:48] the

[1:11:48] most

[1:11:49] sense to replace it

[1:11:49] or keep

[1:11:50] for

[1:11:51] additional years of service. In

[1:11:52] some cases

[1:11:53] we keep

[1:11:53] the unit

[1:11:53] for

[1:11:54] several more years

[1:11:56] . If

[1:11:57] we do

[1:11:58] replace it and no

[1:11:58] longer have a

[1:11:58] need for it

[1:12:00] , we will go through

[1:12:00] the surplus

[1:12:02] process

[1:12:02] also

[1:12:02] , um,

[1:12:03] after the

[1:12:04] public hearing,

[1:12:04] you'll

[1:12:05] see

[1:12:05] a resolution be

[1:12:06] routed

[1:12:07] , our

[1:12:07] surplus will

[1:12:07] be

[1:12:08] sold at

[1:12:09] the James

[1:12:09] g

[1:12:10] . Murphy

[1:12:10] auction

[1:12:11] in Marysville

[1:12:12] . Um

[1:12:12] , it

[1:12:12] starts at 10

[1:12:13] o'clock OCTOBER

[1:12:14] 1st and ends

[1:12:15] at 10:00

[1:12:16] A.M.

[1:12:16] OCTOBER 8th

[1:12:17] . The

[1:12:18] Murphy Company

[1:12:18] will

[1:12:19] have a hold

[1:12:20] , a preview

[1:12:20] in

[1:12:22] person starting at 8

[1:12:22] to

[1:12:23] 4

[1:12:23] OCTOBER

[1:12:24] 6th

[1:12:24] and

[1:12:25] 7th, and you

[1:12:26] can also

[1:12:27] , and all

[1:12:27] the

[1:12:27] auction

[1:12:28] items will be

[1:12:28] done online

[1:12:31] . Um

[1:12:31] ,

[1:12:32] you'll see it in members of the

[1:12:32] public are

[1:12:33] welcome to call me

[1:12:34] and ask

[1:12:34] questions

[1:12:35] , um, about

[1:12:36] any of the equipment

[1:12:40] . I'll

[1:12:40] make

[1:12:40] a note

[1:12:41] , you'll see

[1:12:42] we do

[1:12:42] have a

[1:12:43] couple of

[1:12:43] vehicles

[1:12:44] under

[1:12:46] 100,000 miles um two of

[1:12:47] those

[1:12:48] are snowplow vehicles

[1:12:48] that are,

[1:12:48] uh

[1:12:49] , pretty

[1:12:50] , pretty rough shape

[1:12:50] from

[1:12:51] the salt and all

[1:12:52] the

[1:12:52] chemicals

[1:12:53] , and

[1:12:54] then you'll see

[1:12:55] ,

[1:12:56] um, 2010

[1:12:56] and

[1:12:57] 2065

[1:12:57] , uh, those

[1:12:58] are

[1:12:59] actually turned in

[1:12:59] as

[1:12:59] departments

[1:13:00] do their budget.

[1:13:01] They need to reduce

[1:13:02] their fleet

[1:13:03] and then

[1:13:03] they decided they no

[1:13:04] longer needed those

[1:13:08] . Um, but

[1:13:09] that

[1:13:10] you guys have

[1:13:10] any

[1:13:10] questions

[1:13:12] ? MR. Burns

[1:13:12] , any

[1:13:12] questions

[1:13:14] ? No

[1:13:16] , overall, this

[1:13:17] makes sense to me. Look at the

[1:13:17] mileage. I mean

[1:13:19] , the

[1:13:20] interceptors have tons of

[1:13:20] idle

[1:13:21] hours on them. I'm going to

[1:13:21] guess

[1:13:23] the f550s

[1:13:23] are

[1:13:23] probably

[1:13:24] somewhere in the same boat plus

[1:13:25] just time

[1:13:25] of

[1:13:26] sitting. Yeah

[1:13:26] ,

[1:13:27] really, yeah

[1:13:27] , pretty

[1:13:28] in the

[1:13:29] sand and salt and

[1:13:30] the chemicals

[1:13:30] is

[1:13:31] what kills

[1:13:31] them

[1:13:31] mostly

[1:13:32] . Ok.

[1:13:32] Uh

[1:13:32] , we've done

[1:13:33] a pretty

[1:13:33] good

[1:13:33] job

[1:13:34] last year or

[1:13:34] 2 years ago

[1:13:34] ,

[1:13:35] we started

[1:13:35] a new

[1:13:37] , uh, process

[1:13:38] after a snow

[1:13:38] season

[1:13:39] of cleaning

[1:13:40] and

[1:13:40] , and that seems

[1:13:41] to really

[1:13:41] be

[1:13:41] helping

[1:13:42] our chassis

[1:13:43] and

[1:13:44] undercarriage. Ok. Well

[1:13:44] , good,

[1:13:44] good

[1:13:45] . I'm

[1:13:45] , uh, I'm

[1:13:46] glad that's

[1:13:46] going to help uh, extend the

[1:13:47] life of

[1:13:47] the vehicles, but now

[1:13:48] these all make sense to me

[1:13:49] .

[1:13:49] Thank you

[1:13:50] . Mr

[1:13:50] . Browning, any

[1:13:51] questions

[1:13:52] ? No

[1:13:52] , but I appreciate

[1:13:53] your, your

[1:13:54] looking

[1:13:54] at

[1:13:55] the

[1:13:55] appropriate use and

[1:13:56] not just

[1:13:58] just years and miles

[1:13:59] , but kind

[1:13:59] of

[1:14:00] a combination and

[1:14:01] I'm trying

[1:14:01] to

[1:14:01] visualize

[1:14:02] a

[1:14:03] 2011

[1:14:04] 550 Ford

[1:14:04] ,

[1:14:04] but

[1:14:06] it's

[1:14:06] those

[1:14:06] snowplow trucks.

[1:14:07] Yeah

[1:14:08] . Yeah, yeah, the

[1:14:08] the yeah,

[1:14:09] they're

[1:14:10] , they're

[1:14:10] , they've

[1:14:11] been

[1:14:11] pretty, pretty

[1:14:11] rough shape

[1:14:12] ,

[1:14:12] yeah

[1:14:13] , yeah. Hate to have one of

[1:14:15] their wheels fall

[1:14:17] off

[1:14:20] . Yeah,

[1:14:20] but

[1:14:22] Any

[1:14:22] other

[1:14:24] questions? No

[1:14:24] . Um

[1:14:25] thank you

[1:14:26] very much for

[1:14:27] bringing me through and going

[1:14:27] through and

[1:14:28] evaluating and just

[1:14:29] like you

[1:14:29] did mention all

[1:14:30] of

[1:14:31] these have already been

[1:14:31] replaced or chosen

[1:14:32] not

[1:14:33] to

[1:14:33] replace

[1:14:33] them, correct

[1:14:35] ? And the

[1:14:35] way our

[1:14:35] enr

[1:14:36] works is

[1:14:37] the

[1:14:38] department that uses them

[1:14:40] when

[1:14:40] replacement

[1:14:41] vehicle

[1:14:42] comes in,

[1:14:42] then you start

[1:14:42] , we

[1:14:44] start

[1:14:44] taking

[1:14:44] money out of

[1:14:45] their

[1:14:45] department

[1:14:47] yearly operation to buy

[1:14:47] a

[1:14:48] new

[1:14:49] vehicle when this

[1:14:49] one wears

[1:14:49] out

[1:14:51] is this

[1:14:51] , but then there are

[1:14:52] some we just go on the

[1:14:53] maintenance and operation

[1:14:55] which

[1:14:56] are

[1:14:56] generally for

[1:14:57] local

[1:14:57] use

[1:14:58] for

[1:14:58] different departments. Yep, yep

[1:15:00] and as budget times are coming

[1:15:01] with

[1:15:02] a lot of

[1:15:02] people are

[1:15:03] realizing they

[1:15:04] , well

[1:15:04] , obviously

[1:15:05] a

[1:15:05] 2010

[1:15:07] with 55,000 miles on it

[1:15:08] probably wasn't

[1:15:09] needed, so

[1:15:09] that's why we got rid

[1:15:10] of

[1:15:10] that

[1:15:10] one

[1:15:11] . Yeah

[1:15:11] , but that's

[1:15:12] the

[1:15:12] departments making those

[1:15:13] choices

[1:15:14] . You're

[1:15:14] just

[1:15:14] running

[1:15:16] the

[1:15:16] rental

[1:15:17] fleet because

[1:15:18] you're

[1:15:18] doing

[1:15:18] , so

[1:15:18] . Yeah

[1:15:19] . That's all the

[1:15:20] questions

[1:15:20] I have. So

[1:15:21] this is

[1:15:22] a

[1:15:23] public hearing on

[1:15:24] the

[1:15:25] disposition of these

[1:15:27] . Um

[1:15:28] vehicles for

[1:15:29] um surplus. Is

[1:15:30] there anybody from the

[1:15:31] public

[1:15:32] like to comment on those

[1:15:34] ?

[1:15:34] Anybody from

[1:15:36] the public like to

[1:15:36] comment on the surplus of these

[1:15:37] vehicles

[1:15:40] . Do you

[1:15:40] have anybody

[1:15:41] online

[1:15:42] Yes, but

[1:15:42] I think they're

[1:15:43] here for the

[1:15:43] 11:30

[1:15:44] . Ok

[1:15:49] . Any

[1:15:50] other questions? Any other

[1:15:50] comments

[1:15:52] ? We

[1:15:54] must have a motion

[1:15:55] here somewhere, don't we? I

[1:15:55] like

[1:15:56] to move that we close the

[1:15:57] public hearing. I'll

[1:15:58] second

[1:15:58] that

[1:15:59] . Let's move a second to

[1:15:59] close the

[1:16:00] public

[1:16:01] hearing on

[1:16:01] the

[1:16:01] surplus

[1:16:03] of

[1:16:04] these vehicles

[1:16:05] . Any

[1:16:05] more discussion

[1:16:07] ? All those

[1:16:07] in

[1:16:08] favor say

[1:16:08] aye

[1:16:09] , aye

[1:16:09] , o

[1:16:10] pose

[1:16:10] ,

[1:16:11] motion passes

[1:16:14] . So the next step

[1:16:15] is you will bring

[1:16:16] something

[1:16:17] through um for

[1:16:18] the

[1:16:19] consent to

[1:16:19] sign and move them

[1:16:21] forward, so

[1:16:22] .

[1:16:23] All right, thank you,

[1:16:24] commissioners. Thank you, Jason

[1:16:26] Anything else

[1:16:28] So with that,

[1:16:28] we're going to adjourn. We're

[1:16:28] back

[1:16:30] in session at

[1:16:30] 11:30 for

[1:16:30] our

[1:16:32] public comment with that we

[1:16:33] adjourn. Thank you

[1:16:46] that's

[1:16:46] why all

[1:16:47] the senior centers

[1:16:48] , the

[1:16:49] contracts had to be read

[1:16:51] .

[1:16:51] Redone because we changed them

[1:16:52] .

[1:17:26] It's a little

[1:17:27] after

[1:17:27] 11:30

[1:17:27] on

[1:17:27] morning. I call

[1:17:28] this

[1:17:28] sessionsketch County

[1:17:29] commissions to order

[1:17:29] . It

[1:17:30] lie

[1:17:30] 7th

[1:17:31] , 2026

[1:17:32] . I'll

[1:17:32] read our

[1:17:33] script

[1:17:33] here for the

[1:17:34] public comment.

[1:17:35] Thank you for all

[1:17:35] attending

[1:17:37] the

[1:17:37] commissioner's Public comic

[1:17:38] meeting. We

[1:17:39] discovered

[1:17:39] these

[1:17:41] televised sessions almost every

[1:17:41] week as

[1:17:41] our

[1:17:42] schedule allows to

[1:17:43] provide public

[1:17:43] with

[1:17:44] frequent

[1:17:45] opportunities to share

[1:17:46] feedback

[1:17:46] and

[1:17:47] concerns

[1:17:47] about

[1:17:48] any county

[1:17:48] program

[1:17:48] or

[1:17:49] service

[1:17:50] . Each

[1:17:50] speaker has

[1:17:51] 3 minutes

[1:17:52] to speak

[1:17:53] and you will hear

[1:17:53] a

[1:17:53] time ring

[1:17:55] at

[1:17:55] 2 minutes and a

[1:17:57] 1-minute

[1:17:57] warning and then again at

[1:17:58] 3

[1:17:58] minutes

[1:17:59] when your time

[1:18:00] has

[1:18:00] expired, we

[1:18:00] ask you to

[1:18:02] direct

[1:18:03] all comments to the board of

[1:18:04] County commissioner and to keep

[1:18:04] your

[1:18:04] language appropriate

[1:18:05] and

[1:18:05] civil

[1:18:07] . Please understand

[1:18:08] that

[1:18:09] this time is to take

[1:18:09] feedback

[1:18:09] from the public and

[1:18:10] the

[1:18:11] commissioners will not be

[1:18:11] responding to comments at

[1:18:13] this

[1:18:13] time

[1:18:14] , written comments

[1:18:15] or

[1:18:15] follow up inquiries

[1:18:15] can

[1:18:16] be

[1:18:16] submitted to our

[1:18:17] office

[1:18:17] by

[1:18:18] email

[1:18:18] at

[1:18:23] commissioners@co.Skche.Wa.S or

[1:18:24] by mail

[1:18:24] at

[1:18:25] 1800 Continental

[1:18:25] Place, Mount Vernon

[1:18:26] , Washington

[1:18:28] 98273

[1:18:29] . We

[1:18:29] generally appreciate

[1:18:30] the time

[1:18:30] you

[1:18:31] all have

[1:18:31] taken

[1:18:31] to

[1:18:32] attend

[1:18:32] today's meeting

[1:18:33] , and

[1:18:33] we're looking forward to

[1:18:34] hearing

[1:18:35] your comments

[1:18:35] . We will

[1:18:36] first start

[1:18:36] with attendees

[1:18:38] um

[1:18:38] online via Zoom and then moved

[1:18:40] to attendees in

[1:18:40] the room

[1:18:40] . So

[1:18:41] first

[1:18:42] , if there's anybody

[1:18:43] who

[1:18:43] wants

[1:18:44] not talk, let's do

[1:18:45] the

[1:18:45] northern state

[1:18:47] Swift

[1:18:47] Center

[1:18:47] last

[1:18:48] was anybody online that

[1:18:49] would like

[1:18:49] to

[1:18:50] talk about

[1:18:51] a

[1:18:52] subject not

[1:18:52] with Northern state

[1:18:54] Tweety, I

[1:18:55] see you there

[1:18:58] I

[1:18:58] am

[1:18:58] here. Uh

[1:19:00] , thank you

[1:19:00] ,

[1:19:01] commissioners. Good morning

[1:19:02] ,

[1:19:02] commissioners

[1:19:03] . Larita Humboldt

[1:19:03] ,

[1:19:03] aka Tweety

[1:19:05] , Lake Kavanaugh

[1:19:05] .

[1:19:06] Regarding

[1:19:07] North Shore, I

[1:19:07] have

[1:19:08] previously

[1:19:09] reported that after

[1:19:10] many trials

[1:19:10] and tribulations

[1:19:11] ,

[1:19:11] the

[1:19:12] garbage cans

[1:19:12] for North

[1:19:13] Shore residents

[1:19:14] are stationed

[1:19:15] at adjoining Side

[1:19:17] Street

[1:19:17] locations at

[1:19:18] each

[1:19:18] end and

[1:19:18] as

[1:19:19] much

[1:19:19] as

[1:19:19] 2 miles

[1:19:20] from

[1:19:21] customer

[1:19:21] homes

[1:19:22] . These locations

[1:19:22] were

[1:19:23] chosen by

[1:19:24] waste

[1:19:24] management

[1:19:25] as

[1:19:25] being in

[1:19:25] an area

[1:19:26] where there

[1:19:26] is

[1:19:27] room

[1:19:27] for the

[1:19:28] waste

[1:19:28] management

[1:19:28] truck to dump

[1:19:29] the cans and

[1:19:29] turn

[1:19:30] around

[1:19:30] . In addition to these

[1:19:31] cans not near

[1:19:32] the

[1:19:32] residents'

[1:19:33] homes it

[1:19:33] affords

[1:19:34] the constant

[1:19:35] opportunity of being

[1:19:36] filled

[1:19:36] by

[1:19:37] someone other than

[1:19:37] those paying

[1:19:38] for

[1:19:39] the service. That

[1:19:40] being

[1:19:40] said

[1:19:41] , a more

[1:19:42] interesting story

[1:19:43] is that

[1:19:43] we've had

[1:19:43] a

[1:19:44] resident

[1:19:46] bear

[1:19:47] since February

[1:19:47] that has

[1:19:48] been

[1:19:48] circulating

[1:19:49] circulating

[1:19:49] circling

[1:19:50] the lake

[1:19:51] looking

[1:19:51] for

[1:19:52] food. Now

[1:19:52] that so

[1:19:52] many

[1:19:53] residents

[1:19:54] have returned for

[1:19:54] the

[1:19:55] season

[1:19:55] , those

[1:19:55] garbage

[1:19:56] cans are

[1:19:56] filled

[1:19:57] with lots

[1:19:57] of

[1:19:58] delicious

[1:19:58] snacks for

[1:19:58] Yogi

[1:19:59] . Imagine the

[1:20:00] surprise of one

[1:20:01] single

[1:20:01] senior

[1:20:02] lady attempting to put

[1:20:03] her

[1:20:03] trash in

[1:20:04] her can

[1:20:04] at

[1:20:05] the

[1:20:05] staged

[1:20:06] area

[1:20:06] and surprised by

[1:20:07] Yogi

[1:20:08] overturning the cans

[1:20:08] and

[1:20:09] enjoying

[1:20:10] his

[1:20:10] lunch

[1:20:11] once again

[1:20:11] ,

[1:20:11] just

[1:20:12] another

[1:20:12] safety

[1:20:13] concern

[1:20:13] and

[1:20:13] reason

[1:20:14] for North

[1:20:15] Shore to

[1:20:15] be

[1:20:16] restored so

[1:20:17] that residents

[1:20:17] can

[1:20:17] keep

[1:20:17] their

[1:20:18] garbage

[1:20:18] can at

[1:20:19] their

[1:20:19] own home

[1:20:20] and in

[1:20:20] the

[1:20:22] garage

[1:20:22] as

[1:20:22] opposed

[1:20:23] to providing

[1:20:23] the

[1:20:23] buffet

[1:20:24] for

[1:20:25] yogi. Can

[1:20:25] you

[1:20:26] all consider

[1:20:27] the danger that

[1:20:27] North

[1:20:27] Shore

[1:20:28] residents

[1:20:28] are enduring

[1:20:29] . Is

[1:20:29] it

[1:20:30] just ok because it's our lives

[1:20:31] in

[1:20:31] danger and it's

[1:20:32] not in

[1:20:33] your

[1:20:33] backyard

[1:20:33] , and yes

[1:20:35] , dfw

[1:20:35] is

[1:20:36] called and there is a trap

[1:20:37] , but

[1:20:37] I have no

[1:20:38] knowledge as to

[1:20:39] whether Yogi the Bear

[1:20:39] has

[1:20:40] been

[1:20:40] captured

[1:20:41] yet

[1:20:42] . Please

[1:20:42] restore

[1:20:43] North Shore so that we

[1:20:44] are able

[1:20:44] to

[1:20:45] live

[1:20:46] peaceful and

[1:20:46] normal

[1:20:47] lives. On

[1:20:47] a

[1:20:48] different note

[1:20:48] , if

[1:20:49] you have the

[1:20:49] time

[1:20:50] , I

[1:20:50] cordially

[1:20:51] invite you to

[1:20:51] the

[1:20:52] Lake Kavanagh

[1:20:52] car

[1:20:53] show this

[1:20:53] Saturday

[1:20:54] , the

[1:20:54] 11th

[1:20:55] from 11 to

[1:20:56] 2 at

[1:20:56] the

[1:20:57] community center

[1:20:57] . Thank you

[1:20:58] for

[1:20:58] your time

[1:20:59] . Thank you

[1:21:00] Is

[1:21:00] there

[1:21:00] anybody else online you'd

[1:21:01] like

[1:21:02] to comment, not

[1:21:02] dealing

[1:21:04] with

[1:21:04] the Northern state property

[1:21:07] .

[1:21:07] Hearing none

[1:21:08] . Is

[1:21:08] there anybody

[1:21:09] in room? I would like to

[1:21:11] comment on something

[1:21:11] besides

[1:21:11] the Northern

[1:21:13] state

[1:21:13] property

[1:21:15] . Go

[1:21:16] ahead

[1:21:18] . Good

[1:21:18] morning. This is

[1:21:20] Elka McCartney

[1:21:20] , Anacortes. Uh,

[1:21:20] this is

[1:21:22] comment

[1:21:23] number

[1:21:24] 26 to

[1:21:24] stop

[1:21:25] the installation

[1:21:25] of

[1:21:27] battery energy

[1:21:27] storage

[1:21:27] systems.

[1:21:28] Uh, one of

[1:21:28] the

[1:21:29] most

[1:21:29] horrendous

[1:21:30] developments

[1:21:31] in

[1:21:31] this

[1:21:31] country

[1:21:32] since sometime in

[1:21:33] the

[1:21:33] 90s

[1:21:34] , is

[1:21:35] the

[1:21:35] complete lack

[1:21:36] of

[1:21:36] accountability

[1:21:37] and liability

[1:21:38] of

[1:21:38] huge

[1:21:40] mega companies

[1:21:41] that

[1:21:41] manufacture

[1:21:42] harmful poisons

[1:21:43] and

[1:21:43] products

[1:21:45] . These companies

[1:21:45] dole

[1:21:45] out

[1:21:46] billions of

[1:21:46] dollars

[1:21:47] in

[1:21:47] settlements to people who

[1:21:48] suffer

[1:21:49] ill effects and death

[1:21:49] from

[1:21:50] so-called medicines

[1:21:51] that

[1:21:51] injured and

[1:21:52] killed people or

[1:21:53] poisons like

[1:21:54] glyphosate

[1:21:55] , which

[1:21:56] bear

[1:21:56] Monsanto

[1:21:56] had

[1:21:57] recently

[1:21:58] agreed to

[1:21:58] shell

[1:21:59] out

[1:22:00] $11 billion

[1:22:00] worth

[1:22:01] of lawsuits

[1:22:03] , but now

[1:22:03] ,

[1:22:03] since

[1:22:03] this

[1:22:04] recent

[1:22:05] Supreme Court

[1:22:05] deemed

[1:22:05] that

[1:22:06] glyphosate can

[1:22:06] be

[1:22:06] used

[1:22:07] with impunity

[1:22:08] and

[1:22:08] ruin

[1:22:09] people's health

[1:22:10] and lives

[1:22:10] without

[1:22:11] getting

[1:22:12] sued

[1:22:12] . All bets

[1:22:13] are off

[1:22:14] to

[1:22:14] hold

[1:22:14] companies

[1:22:15] accountable for all kinds of

[1:22:16] things that do

[1:22:16] us harm

[1:22:18] , for

[1:22:18] instance

[1:22:19] , the

[1:22:20] so-called

[1:22:20] green

[1:22:21] companies that

[1:22:21] install

[1:22:22] these

[1:22:23] horrific, full

[1:22:23] of toxic

[1:22:24] and

[1:22:25] flammable

[1:22:26] chemical chemicals

[1:22:27] best units

[1:22:28] . There

[1:22:28] is

[1:22:28] no

[1:22:30] accountability for the damage

[1:22:30] they

[1:22:31] will

[1:22:31] do

[1:22:32] , not

[1:22:32] even

[1:22:32] after

[1:22:33] severe damage

[1:22:34] is done

[1:22:35] . And let

[1:22:35] me remind

[1:22:36] you

[1:22:36] that

[1:22:36] corporate

[1:22:37] sponsored

[1:22:38] environmental impact

[1:22:39] studies by companies such

[1:22:40] as

[1:22:41] Nextera or Jupiter

[1:22:41] or

[1:22:43] whatever

[1:22:43] ,

[1:22:43] are

[1:22:43] highly

[1:22:44] skewed

[1:22:45] and

[1:22:46] manipulated. These

[1:22:46] include

[1:22:48] noise

[1:22:48] studies if

[1:22:48] there

[1:22:49] are any

[1:22:49] ,

[1:22:50] and

[1:22:50] recall that

[1:22:51] in one of

[1:22:51] my

[1:22:51] comments it

[1:22:52] was determined

[1:22:53] by

[1:22:53] Nex era

[1:22:54] that we

[1:22:54] do not

[1:22:55] have

[1:22:55] any

[1:22:56] birds

[1:22:56] to

[1:22:56] worry

[1:22:57] about here in

[1:22:57] the

[1:22:59] Skcache County

[1:22:59] . No

[1:23:00] problem

[1:23:00] installing

[1:23:01] something that

[1:23:01] can

[1:23:01] burst

[1:23:02] into

[1:23:02] difficult

[1:23:03] to

[1:23:05] extinguish fires with to x

[1:23:05] ic

[1:23:06] smoke that will spread for

[1:23:06] miles and damage

[1:23:07] our

[1:23:08] environment, kill birds

[1:23:09] , salmon

[1:23:10] other wildlife

[1:23:11] that apparently

[1:23:11] we shouldn't

[1:23:12] care about

[1:23:13] . It's

[1:23:13] disgusting

[1:23:14] . Greed

[1:23:15] That's

[1:23:16] the

[1:23:17] word for all

[1:23:17] of

[1:23:19] this

[1:23:19] non-accountability, and it is

[1:23:20] what you need

[1:23:21] to consider as

[1:23:22] you consider

[1:23:22] and

[1:23:24] reconsider the

[1:23:24] installation

[1:23:24] of

[1:23:26] lithium battery

[1:23:26] energy storage

[1:23:27] systems

[1:23:28] and

[1:23:28] data

[1:23:29] centers in

[1:23:29] our

[1:23:29] beautiful county

[1:23:31] We had an earthquake near my

[1:23:31] home

[1:23:32] the other night

[1:23:33] . I felt it

[1:23:33] while in my

[1:23:35] easy chair reading,

[1:23:35] and I

[1:23:35] thought

[1:23:36] to

[1:23:37] myself

[1:23:38] , holy

[1:23:38] cow

[1:23:39] ! Best units

[1:23:40] can go

[1:23:40] into

[1:23:42] geothermal runaway

[1:23:42] fires

[1:23:44] from

[1:23:45] jostling or many

[1:23:45] other

[1:23:46] reasons

[1:23:46] such

[1:23:47] as overheating

[1:23:47] . Please

[1:23:48] take

[1:23:48] this

[1:23:49] into

[1:23:50] consideration

[1:23:50] ,

[1:23:50] especially

[1:23:51] the

[1:23:52] non-accountability of

[1:23:53] these

[1:23:53] companies

[1:23:54] . There is

[1:23:54] no

[1:23:55] recourse

[1:23:56] for

[1:23:56] evacuation

[1:23:57] plans in case

[1:23:57] of

[1:23:58] a fire

[1:23:59] . There is

[1:24:00] no recourse

[1:24:00] for

[1:24:01] extinguishing the fire

[1:24:02] .

[1:24:02] Entirely put on

[1:24:03] our local and

[1:24:04] brave

[1:24:05] firefighters don't let

[1:24:05] them get

[1:24:06] away

[1:24:06] with it

[1:24:07] . Thank

[1:24:07] you so

[1:24:08] much. Thank you

[1:24:10] . Anybody

[1:24:11] else

[1:24:11] with non, go ahead

[1:24:16] .

[1:24:16] Exactly

[1:24:18] Good morning. My name

[1:24:20] is

[1:24:20] Kathleen Redman, and

[1:24:21] I

[1:24:22] am

[1:24:22] speaking for

[1:24:23] Ingrid Hinton

[1:24:25] .

[1:24:25] This morning as

[1:24:26] she is from

[1:24:27] Mount Vernon, and

[1:24:28] I'm also from

[1:24:29] Mount Vernon

[1:24:31] . Dear

[1:24:32] commissioners, and this

[1:24:33] is

[1:24:33] from

[1:24:34] Zach

[1:24:34] Small

[1:24:34] on

[1:24:36] Samish Island

[1:24:37] . An

[1:24:38] 80

[1:24:38] pound

[1:24:40] residential lithium

[1:24:41] ion battery caught

[1:24:42] fire

[1:24:42] in

[1:24:43] Hayfort

[1:24:45] , California last week

[1:24:46] .

[1:24:47] The incident resulted in

[1:24:47] road

[1:24:48] closures

[1:24:49] a

[1:24:50] shelter in

[1:24:51] place

[1:24:51] order

[1:24:54] . Haxic fumes concerns

[1:24:56] runoff monitoring

[1:24:58] and

[1:24:58] evacuation planning

[1:25:00] . The

[1:25:01] Samish

[1:25:01] Island

[1:25:02] Bess is

[1:25:05] uh, is

[1:25:06] substantially larger

[1:25:07] and

[1:25:07] is

[1:25:09] located approximately

[1:25:10] 20

[1:25:10] ft

[1:25:11] from my property

[1:25:13] . This incident

[1:25:13] is

[1:25:14] a reminder that

[1:25:15] when

[1:25:16] battery

[1:25:16] failures occur

[1:25:18] , the impacts can

[1:25:19] extend well beyond

[1:25:21] the battery

[1:25:21] itself

[1:25:23] . The

[1:25:23] question isn't

[1:25:23] just

[1:25:24] whether

[1:25:25] something

[1:25:25] is likely

[1:25:26] to

[1:25:26] happen

[1:25:27] . It's

[1:25:27] whether

[1:25:28] the

[1:25:31] potential consequences

[1:25:31] are

[1:25:31] worth the risk

[1:25:34] . And

[1:25:34] these

[1:25:35] are

[1:25:36] Ingrid's questions

[1:25:38] . Um

[1:25:39] do we

[1:25:41] have plans in

[1:25:41] place to where

[1:25:42] people are going

[1:25:43] to

[1:25:44] evacuate

[1:25:45] to

[1:25:46] and what's going to happen with

[1:25:46] road

[1:25:48] closures, etc

[1:25:50] . How can

[1:25:51] the

[1:25:52] commissioners ok this

[1:25:54] ? Are

[1:25:54] the

[1:25:55] commissioners for people

[1:25:57] of

[1:25:58] Skagitt County

[1:25:58] or

[1:25:59] billionaire

[1:26:00] companies. Thank

[1:26:01] you

[1:26:01] . Thank you

[1:26:02] Anybody else

[1:26:03] ? Rebecca

[1:26:12] ? Good

[1:26:13] morning, Rebecca

[1:26:13] Peck

[1:26:14] from Bow

[1:26:15] .

[1:26:15] Skagitt County law

[1:26:17] enforcement

[1:26:17] Training Center

[1:26:18] , aka Cop City

[1:26:19] ,

[1:26:19] is

[1:26:19] being

[1:26:20] proposed and claims

[1:26:20] are being

[1:26:21] made. It

[1:26:22] will be good

[1:26:22] for

[1:26:22] our

[1:26:23] county economy

[1:26:23] by

[1:26:24] bringing in

[1:26:25] neighboring

[1:26:26] counties

[1:26:26] officers

[1:26:26] for

[1:26:27] training

[1:26:28] ,

[1:26:28] notably

[1:26:29] the Washington

[1:26:29] State

[1:26:29] Justice

[1:26:30] Training Commission

[1:26:31] opened its

[1:26:31] newest

[1:26:32] regional

[1:26:33] law

[1:26:33] enforcement training center

[1:26:34] ,

[1:26:34] Northwest

[1:26:35] Academy last year

[1:26:35] in

[1:26:36] Arlington

[1:26:37] . I surfed

[1:26:37] the web to

[1:26:37] see how much our

[1:26:38] local

[1:26:39] police

[1:26:39] departments spend on

[1:26:40] training

[1:26:40] travel. Nearest

[1:26:41] I

[1:26:42] could

[1:26:42] figure

[1:26:42] out

[1:26:44] in

[1:26:44] 2024

[1:26:44] and Cordei drove

[1:26:45] Mount

[1:26:46] Vernon and

[1:26:46] and

[1:26:46] the

[1:26:47] sheriff spent a total

[1:26:49] of

[1:26:50] 377,000 something

[1:26:51] . I also

[1:26:51] surfed the web

[1:26:52] to see how

[1:26:52] much

[1:26:53] a value of

[1:26:53] one acre

[1:26:55] of

[1:26:56] Portiscadget property is the

[1:26:58] newest number I could find was

[1:27:00] from

[1:27:00] 2014

[1:27:00] . 50 acres

[1:27:02] at

[1:27:03] the 2014

[1:27:04] value of

[1:27:07] $65,898 per acre

[1:27:09] equals

[1:27:09] 3

[1:27:09] millions

[1:27:10] some change

[1:27:11] in

[1:27:12] $2014 that property

[1:27:13] would be

[1:27:13] off

[1:27:14] the tax base

[1:27:15] , off the

[1:27:15] port

[1:27:16] would not be

[1:27:16] able to

[1:27:18] . Use it

[1:27:18] like it's supposed to

[1:27:20] be used.

[1:27:20] If

[1:27:21] there's actually a need for

[1:27:21] more

[1:27:22] places for police to train

[1:27:23] let

[1:27:24] anybody

[1:27:24] else build

[1:27:25] it. It

[1:27:25] will

[1:27:25] be

[1:27:27] way cheaper to send our

[1:27:27] law

[1:27:28] , law enforcement to

[1:27:29] someone

[1:27:29] else's cop city

[1:27:31] . The need for a

[1:27:32] new 911

[1:27:33] center

[1:27:34] is real, and

[1:27:35] that

[1:27:35] can

[1:27:36] happen without a

[1:27:37] cop

[1:27:37] city

[1:27:38] . If

[1:27:40] we

[1:27:40] cannot afford to

[1:27:41] fully fund the

[1:27:42] public

[1:27:43] defender's office, we

[1:27:43] certainly

[1:27:44] cannot

[1:27:45] afford a

[1:27:45] cop city

[1:27:47] . The

[1:27:47] constitutional right of due

[1:27:48] process is

[1:27:49] to provide equal

[1:27:50] justice to all

[1:27:50] , so that

[1:27:51] an

[1:27:52] impoverished person receives

[1:27:54] quality legal representation

[1:27:55] and full

[1:27:56] due process

[1:27:56] just as

[1:27:57] good as the

[1:27:57] legal work

[1:27:58] a

[1:27:59] millionaire can buy

[1:28:00] . By not

[1:28:01] fully funding

[1:28:01] public defenders,

[1:28:01] we do

[1:28:02] not

[1:28:03] have

[1:28:03] equal justice

[1:28:03] for all

[1:28:05] . The

[1:28:05] privilege in

[1:28:07] this

[1:28:07] room must

[1:28:07] be noted

[1:28:09] . My guess

[1:28:10] is

[1:28:10] that

[1:28:12] if everyone here was

[1:28:12] arrested for

[1:28:13] a crime

[1:28:14] , we

[1:28:14] would

[1:28:15] all

[1:28:15] hire

[1:28:17] private attorney. We

[1:28:17] are the

[1:28:17] lucky

[1:28:18] ones who

[1:28:19] have

[1:28:20] some finances to use

[1:28:21] to buy us

[1:28:21] the

[1:28:22] best

[1:28:22] due process

[1:28:23] we can get

[1:28:24] Many of

[1:28:25] our neighbors are not

[1:28:26] so fortunate

[1:28:30] . The 5th and 6th

[1:28:30] Amendments are about due

[1:28:32] process. 5th

[1:28:32] and 6th

[1:28:33] , right

[1:28:33] up

[1:28:34] thereafter our rights to free

[1:28:35] speech, blah blah blah

[1:28:37] . Help

[1:28:37] our

[1:28:37] community

[1:28:38] , help

[1:28:39] our

[1:28:39] democracy, and fully fund the

[1:28:41] public

[1:28:41] defender's office

[1:28:42] instead of building a cop city

[1:28:44] and

[1:28:45] schedule more time for

[1:28:46] public comments so you don't

[1:28:48] feel pressured. Thank you

[1:28:48] .

[1:28:49] Thank you

[1:28:50] And the question

[1:28:52] , go

[1:28:52] ahead

[1:29:00] . Good morning

[1:29:01] . Heather

[1:29:02] Fuller Leo

[1:29:02] representing

[1:29:03] Ask

[1:29:03] Me

[1:29:05] Local 176

[1:29:06] . Our PRESIDENT Was

[1:29:07] going to be here today

[1:29:07] to speak

[1:29:09] but

[1:29:09] unfortunately she is

[1:29:10] not

[1:29:11] able to, so I'm going to read

[1:29:11] her speech

[1:29:13] to you

[1:29:13] . Good

[1:29:13] morning

[1:29:14] commissioners. My

[1:29:15] name

[1:29:15] is

[1:29:15] Wendy

[1:29:16] Morgan, and I have

[1:29:17] the

[1:29:17] privilege

[1:29:18] of

[1:29:18] serving

[1:29:19] serving as

[1:29:20] PRESIDENT Of Ask Me

[1:29:22] Local

[1:29:22] 176,

[1:29:23] representing

[1:29:23] the

[1:29:24] hardworking

[1:29:24] employees of

[1:29:25] Skagitt County

[1:29:27] Public Works

[1:29:27] . Today

[1:29:27] , I'm here

[1:29:28] on

[1:29:29] behalf of the

[1:29:29] men

[1:29:29] and women

[1:29:30] who main

[1:29:30] tain

[1:29:31] our roads

[1:29:31] ,

[1:29:31] operate

[1:29:32] heavy

[1:29:33] equipment,

[1:29:33] respond to storms

[1:29:35] and

[1:29:36] emergencies, keep

[1:29:37] our

[1:29:38] infrastructures functioning

[1:29:39] ,

[1:29:40] operate our

[1:29:40] transfer

[1:29:40] stations

[1:29:41] and serve

[1:29:42] the citizens of

[1:29:42] this

[1:29:43] county every

[1:29:43] single day

[1:29:44] . For

[1:29:45] the past year and

[1:29:46] a half

[1:29:46] , we

[1:29:47] have continued

[1:29:48] showing up to

[1:29:49] work

[1:29:49] without a

[1:29:51] new

[1:29:51] contract. We

[1:29:52] are continuing

[1:29:53] to

[1:29:53] do

[1:29:53] our

[1:29:54] jobs

[1:29:54] professionally

[1:29:56] , safely

[1:29:56] , and

[1:29:57] with pride

[1:29:58] . We

[1:29:58] responded to

[1:29:59] snow storms

[1:30:00] and

[1:30:00] floods

[1:30:00] ,

[1:30:01] maintained

[1:30:02] and repaired

[1:30:02] our

[1:30:03] roads

[1:30:03] , operated

[1:30:03] and

[1:30:04] serviced

[1:30:05] heavy equipment, kept

[1:30:06] our

[1:30:07] transfer

[1:30:08] stations

[1:30:08] running

[1:30:09] ,

[1:30:09] assisted thousands

[1:30:10] of customers

[1:30:11] and

[1:30:11] answered every

[1:30:12] call the

[1:30:12] county

[1:30:13] has asked

[1:30:14] of

[1:30:14] us. Day

[1:30:14] after

[1:30:15] day

[1:30:15] we

[1:30:16] have upheld our

[1:30:16] commitment

[1:30:17] to

[1:30:18] Skagitt County

[1:30:18] .

[1:30:18] We

[1:30:19] simply ask

[1:30:20] that the

[1:30:20] county

[1:30:21] uphold the same

[1:30:21] commitment

[1:30:22] to

[1:30:22] us

[1:30:23] . What

[1:30:24] has

[1:30:25] increasingly has

[1:30:25] become

[1:30:27] increasingly frustrating

[1:30:28] It's not just

[1:30:29] the length

[1:30:30] of

[1:30:30] negotiations

[1:30:31] , but

[1:30:31] the feeling

[1:30:32] that

[1:30:32] our employees are

[1:30:33] not

[1:30:34] being

[1:30:34] valued

[1:30:35] equally

[1:30:36] . The

[1:30:36] ferry

[1:30:37] employees reached

[1:30:38] an

[1:30:39] agreement

[1:30:39] that included

[1:30:40] a

[1:30:41] 4%

[1:30:41] wage

[1:30:42] increase

[1:30:43] in 2025

[1:30:43] . Our

[1:30:44] bargaining

[1:30:45] unit has

[1:30:45] remained

[1:30:45] at

[1:30:45] 3%

[1:30:47] . While nearly every

[1:30:49] other

[1:30:49] proposal we have brought

[1:30:50] forward has

[1:30:50] been rejected

[1:30:52] . The

[1:30:54] only movement we've seen was on

[1:30:54] a

[1:30:55] boot allowance

[1:30:56] , and

[1:30:57] even

[1:30:57] that

[1:30:57] became

[1:30:58] a reimbursement rather

[1:30:59] than a

[1:30:59] true benefit

[1:31:01] . Our

[1:31:01] members

[1:31:02] are

[1:31:03] asking a

[1:31:03] simple

[1:31:05] question. Why are we being

[1:31:06] treated differently

[1:31:07] ? We

[1:31:08] aren't

[1:31:08] asking for

[1:31:09] special treatment

[1:31:09] .

[1:31:10] We're asking for

[1:31:12] fair treatment

[1:31:12] Every month

[1:31:13] that passes without

[1:31:14] a

[1:31:14] contract

[1:31:15] affects morale

[1:31:16] . We

[1:31:17] begin to

[1:31:17] wonder whether

[1:31:18] our

[1:31:19] dedication matters

[1:31:19] . It

[1:31:20] becomes

[1:31:21] harder to

[1:31:21] recruit

[1:31:22] qualified

[1:31:22] workers

[1:31:23] , which

[1:31:23] leads to

[1:31:24] employee

[1:31:26] burnout and even

[1:31:26] harder to

[1:31:28] retain

[1:31:28] the

[1:31:29] experienced employees who

[1:31:30] keep

[1:31:30] this

[1:31:31] county running safely

[1:31:33] and

[1:31:33] efficiently. No one

[1:31:35] wants

[1:31:35] negotiations to

[1:31:37] become

[1:31:38] confrontational. We want

[1:31:39] a

[1:31:39] partnership

[1:31:39] . We want

[1:31:40] to reach

[1:31:40] an

[1:31:41] agreement

[1:31:41] that respects

[1:31:42] the

[1:31:42] value of

[1:31:43] public

[1:31:44] works employees

[1:31:45] bring

[1:31:45] to Skaggett

[1:31:46] County every

[1:31:46] day

[1:31:47] . Commissioners, we

[1:31:48] are

[1:31:48] asking

[1:31:48] that

[1:31:49] you help

[1:31:50] move

[1:31:50] this

[1:31:51] process forward

[1:31:53] . Show us that

[1:31:53] our work

[1:31:54] is

[1:31:54] valued

[1:31:55] , demonstrate

[1:31:57] that fairness is

[1:31:57] a

[1:31:58] word that it

[1:31:59] is a

[1:32:00] print that is more than a

[1:32:00] word that

[1:32:01] it's

[1:32:01] a principle

[1:32:02] .

[1:32:02] This

[1:32:03] county

[1:32:04] stands behind

[1:32:04] . Our

[1:32:05] members

[1:32:06] have remained

[1:32:07] . You're

[1:32:07] Patient

[1:32:08] for

[1:32:09] 18

[1:32:09] months

[1:32:10] . We're

[1:32:10] not asking for

[1:32:11] progress. Thank

[1:32:12] you. Thank you very much

[1:32:15] .

[1:32:15] Anthony, you want to go or is

[1:32:16] there anybody else

[1:32:17] like to

[1:32:17] go

[1:32:18] that doesn't deal with

[1:32:19] I

[1:32:19] think

[1:32:20] Anthony, go ahead

[1:32:27] Anthony

[1:32:27] Romano

[1:32:29] , Anthony Romano, Anthony

[1:32:29] Romano, Anthony Romano, 44681

[1:32:29] of

[1:32:31] Upper Skagget. Um

[1:32:33] I've got

[1:32:34] the

[1:32:35] official documents right

[1:32:36] here of uh

[1:32:37] Ep

[1:32:38] Schuler and the

[1:32:38] and the

[1:32:39] and

[1:32:40] the

[1:32:42] easement rights

[1:32:42] right here and where uh

[1:32:45] Tim

[1:32:45] Bellfield

[1:32:46] right

[1:32:46] here

[1:32:47] , files for

[1:32:50] uh, development activities

[1:32:51] . In

[1:32:51] 2003

[1:32:54] and I'd like to read you

[1:32:54] something

[1:32:58] . Out

[1:32:59] of the

[1:33:00] court

[1:33:00] papers

[1:33:00] , disturbing

[1:33:02] ,

[1:33:03] disturbingly, someone has

[1:33:03] strung

[1:33:04] barbed

[1:33:05] wire across the

[1:33:05] path from Schuler

[1:33:06] Road

[1:33:07] onto

[1:33:07] a

[1:33:09] state-owned property that led

[1:33:10] to another neighbor's home

[1:33:11] .

[1:33:11] Which Anthony

[1:33:12] frequently using

[1:33:12] quad or motorbike

[1:33:14] . Or

[1:33:14] Anthony

[1:33:16] frequently

[1:33:16] using his quad

[1:33:18] motorbike. If

[1:33:18] Anthony

[1:33:19] had

[1:33:19] seen

[1:33:20] ,

[1:33:21] not had not seen the barbed

[1:33:21] wire

[1:33:21] before

[1:33:22] he drove down

[1:33:23] the

[1:33:23] path

[1:33:24] full speed

[1:33:25] . He would have

[1:33:25] most likely have

[1:33:26] been killed

[1:33:26] or

[1:33:27] maimed

[1:33:29] . Anthony reported the

[1:33:30] incident to the police

[1:33:32] . But

[1:33:32] there was

[1:33:34] insufficient evidence

[1:33:34] to show who had

[1:33:36] strung the

[1:33:37] barbed wire across the path,

[1:33:37] and I found

[1:33:38] the

[1:33:38] barbed

[1:33:38] wire in

[1:33:39] the neighbor's yard

[1:33:42] . Anthony

[1:33:43] later discovered barbed wire

[1:33:46] matching the barbed wire

[1:33:46] and

[1:33:47] strung across

[1:33:47] the trail on the

[1:33:48] Bellfields property

[1:33:49] . More and

[1:33:50] more, Anthony has begun to fear

[1:33:50] for

[1:33:51] his safety

[1:33:52] . The Bellfields

[1:33:52] have also

[1:33:54] filed

[1:33:54] multiple

[1:33:55] anti-harassment petitions

[1:33:55] against him

[1:33:56] which

[1:33:56] are

[1:33:56] chock

[1:33:57] full

[1:33:57] of fabrications

[1:33:59] . Each,

[1:33:59] each of

[1:34:00] these

[1:34:01] are

[1:34:01] filed

[1:34:01] .

[1:34:02] Anthony must

[1:34:03] spend

[1:34:03] a great

[1:34:03] deal

[1:34:03] of time and

[1:34:04] money

[1:34:05] to defend

[1:34:05] himself

[1:34:07] . Um

[1:34:08] , the

[1:34:08] Bellfields

[1:34:08] have

[1:34:09] engaged in

[1:34:10] a

[1:34:10] callous

[1:34:10] campaign to

[1:34:12] harm

[1:34:12] Anthony's

[1:34:13] reputation and paint him as

[1:34:14] a

[1:34:14] harassing

[1:34:15] and dangerous person.

[1:34:15] Which

[1:34:17] is undeniable

[1:34:17] . Anthony

[1:34:17] does not

[1:34:19] doubt that the

[1:34:19] Bellfields have been trying to

[1:34:20] drive

[1:34:21] him out of the

[1:34:22] neighborhood. The

[1:34:22] neighbor to

[1:34:24] the

[1:34:24] southeast

[1:34:24] of Anthony's

[1:34:25] ,

[1:34:26] Deborah Abel

[1:34:26] began to

[1:34:28] assist

[1:34:28] Bellfield's efforts

[1:34:30] . MISS

[1:34:30] Abel

[1:34:30] was married to

[1:34:32] an

[1:34:32] heir

[1:34:32] to

[1:34:33] the

[1:34:35] Johnson's estate, which used to

[1:34:35] own most of the

[1:34:37] Schuler

[1:34:37] Road

[1:34:38] lots before they sold them, but

[1:34:40] but except mine. That's why

[1:34:40] mine is accepted a lot

[1:34:42] . Anyway

[1:34:43] ,

[1:34:44] um, that's pretty much the gist

[1:34:45] of

[1:34:46] it

[1:34:46] . And

[1:34:48] , uh, uh, uh, here's

[1:34:49] where, um

[1:34:50] , Chicago Title has

[1:34:51] made a typographical error and

[1:34:51] will

[1:34:53] not change it, and that is

[1:34:53] on, uh, um

[1:34:58] that is

[1:34:59] right

[1:35:03] where

[1:35:04] Miss Winters ends up with

[1:35:05] Aboriginal rights

[1:35:06] and whatnot

[1:35:06] .

[1:35:07] Anyway, I'll, I'll

[1:35:08] I'll I'll

[1:35:09] just try to make this short

[1:35:10] . Um

[1:35:11] uh, and that's

[1:35:11] where Janicky

[1:35:13] comes in and, and

[1:35:13] the

[1:35:13] sheriff's

[1:35:14] department

[1:35:15] harassing me and

[1:35:16] making

[1:35:17] up stories

[1:35:18] and

[1:35:19] fabrications against

[1:35:19] me, and

[1:35:20] I'm a

[1:35:20] very

[1:35:20] nice person, you

[1:35:21] know

[1:35:22] , unless you pissed me off,

[1:35:22] you know

[1:35:23] , and that, you know,

[1:35:23] that's

[1:35:26] anybody has the right

[1:35:26] to

[1:35:26] be mad, but

[1:35:26] I've

[1:35:27] never touched

[1:35:27] or

[1:35:29] harmed anybody. I'm the only

[1:35:29] one that's

[1:35:31] been assaulted. I'm

[1:35:31] the only one that's

[1:35:31] had

[1:35:32] property damage

[1:35:33] . Thank

[1:35:33] , thank

[1:35:34] you very much, Anthony. Thank

[1:35:34] you so

[1:35:35] much

[1:35:36] . Thank you

[1:35:37] . Anybody

[1:35:38] else on

[1:35:38] anything besides the

[1:35:40] Northern state property

[1:35:41] ? No

[1:35:42] , go

[1:35:42] ahead. Thank you

[1:35:44] . All right

[1:35:45] , so

[1:35:45] you have a

[1:35:47] list here? I do, and

[1:35:47] I'm going

[1:35:47] to call out

[1:35:49] the name

[1:35:49] and then I'm going to call the

[1:35:50] person

[1:35:51] after them so they're

[1:35:51] ready to go

[1:35:52] , so we don't spend

[1:35:52] a lot of

[1:35:53] time

[1:35:53] in

[1:35:54] transport

[1:35:54] here

[1:35:55] So first on

[1:35:55] the

[1:35:56] list

[1:35:56] , Joelen

[1:35:57] Kesty

[1:35:58] After that

[1:35:58] , Eric Mobs

[1:36:05] .

[1:36:05] Good

[1:36:06] morning

[1:36:07] , commissioners.

[1:36:07] For the record, my name

[1:36:09] is

[1:36:10] Joelly Kesty and I serve as the

[1:36:11] mayor of

[1:36:11] Cedar

[1:36:11] Woolley

[1:36:12] . I'm

[1:36:12] here today to ask you to

[1:36:14] support a

[1:36:14] proposed

[1:36:14] interlocal

[1:36:15] agreement with

[1:36:16] the City

[1:36:16] of

[1:36:17] Cedar Woolly and

[1:36:17] move forward

[1:36:18] with the

[1:36:18] visions

[1:36:19] Gadget

[1:36:19] County

[1:36:20] established

[1:36:20] decades

[1:36:21] ago and

[1:36:21] its

[1:36:22] comprehensive plan

[1:36:22] in the

[1:36:23] Northern

[1:36:23] State

[1:36:24] Recreational

[1:36:25] master

[1:36:25] plan. For

[1:36:26] more than

[1:36:26] 30

[1:36:26] years

[1:36:26] , Northern

[1:36:28] state

[1:36:29] recreational area has

[1:36:29] been

[1:36:30] identified as the

[1:36:31] future home

[1:36:31] for

[1:36:32] athletics

[1:36:32] . This is not

[1:36:32] a

[1:36:33] new

[1:36:34] proposal

[1:36:34] . Your

[1:36:34] own

[1:36:35] comprehensive

[1:36:36] plan recognizes

[1:36:36] that

[1:36:37] there is a

[1:36:37] great demand

[1:36:37] for more

[1:36:38] sports fields, and

[1:36:38] it

[1:36:39] recommends that the county

[1:36:41] supports agencies that are

[1:36:41] making efforts to create

[1:36:43] new

[1:36:43] fields

[1:36:43] . It

[1:36:44] specifically

[1:36:46] identifies Northern

[1:36:46] state

[1:36:47] recreational area

[1:36:47] as

[1:36:47] the

[1:36:48] location for youth

[1:36:48] and

[1:36:49] adult

[1:36:50] ballfield complex. This

[1:36:51] , this

[1:36:52] city has

[1:36:52] strong

[1:36:53] support for

[1:36:54] this effort from the si

[1:36:55] Juli

[1:36:55] School

[1:36:55] District, the

[1:36:56] Upper

[1:36:57] Skagit tribe

[1:36:57] , Cedarly

[1:36:57] Little

[1:36:58] League

[1:36:59] , generous

[1:37:00] private donors

[1:37:00] and

[1:37:00] many

[1:37:01] cedar

[1:37:01] Woolly residents

[1:37:02] We finally

[1:37:03] have

[1:37:03] the one-time

[1:37:04] funding and

[1:37:04] private

[1:37:05] donations

[1:37:05] to make

[1:37:06] this vision a real

[1:37:06] ity

[1:37:07] When

[1:37:07] flooding at

[1:37:08] Riverfront

[1:37:08] Park became an

[1:37:09] increasing

[1:37:10] concern. The first thought was

[1:37:11] to move the baseball

[1:37:12] and

[1:37:13] softball fields to Wendy Hauser

[1:37:13] Park

[1:37:14] . But

[1:37:14] after

[1:37:15] careful

[1:37:15] planning

[1:37:15] , it became clear

[1:37:16] that

[1:37:17] Winnhauser Park could not meet

[1:37:17] the

[1:37:19] long-term needs of

[1:37:19] our

[1:37:20] community

[1:37:20] , keeping Winnie

[1:37:21] Hauser

[1:37:21] as

[1:37:21] a

[1:37:22] premier

[1:37:22] soccer

[1:37:23] complex

[1:37:23] while

[1:37:24] transitioning

[1:37:25] riverfront

[1:37:25] towards

[1:37:26] additional

[1:37:26] soccer use

[1:37:26] is the

[1:37:27] better

[1:37:28] long-term solution

[1:37:29] . Soccer

[1:37:29] fields

[1:37:29] can recover from

[1:37:30] the

[1:37:31] flooding far

[1:37:31] more easily

[1:37:32] while

[1:37:32] baseball

[1:37:33] and softball

[1:37:33] require

[1:37:34] permanent

[1:37:35] infrastructure that

[1:37:35] is costly

[1:37:36] to repair after

[1:37:36] flood

[1:37:37] events. Northern

[1:37:37] State

[1:37:38] Recreational Area

[1:37:39] provides the

[1:37:39] room to

[1:37:39] grow

[1:37:40] and the

[1:37:41] opportunity to build a

[1:37:42] permanent home for our

[1:37:44] youth

[1:37:44] programs exactly as

[1:37:45] the

[1:37:45] county

[1:37:45] envisioned more than

[1:37:46] 3

[1:37:46] decades

[1:37:47] ago. I was

[1:37:48] appointed to

[1:37:49] represent the people of Cedar

[1:37:49] Woolley, and that is who I

[1:37:50] am

[1:37:50] here

[1:37:51] to speak

[1:37:51] for

[1:37:51] . While I

[1:37:52] respect the

[1:37:53] others

[1:37:53] have

[1:37:53] opinions. My

[1:37:54] concern is for

[1:37:54] the

[1:37:55] families in

[1:37:56] our community

[1:37:56] who

[1:37:56] have

[1:37:56] waited more

[1:37:57] than 30 years

[1:37:58] for

[1:37:58] this commitment to become

[1:37:59] a

[1:38:00] reality

[1:38:01] . Concerns that

[1:38:01] this

[1:38:01] project

[1:38:02] will

[1:38:03] impact wetlands

[1:38:03] or

[1:38:03] threaten

[1:38:04] the

[1:38:04] American veteran

[1:38:05] .

[1:38:05] Do

[1:38:05] not

[1:38:06] reflect this proposal

[1:38:08] The recorded protected

[1:38:08] critical

[1:38:09] area document protects the

[1:38:11] Hansen

[1:38:12] Creek alluvial fan

[1:38:12] and

[1:38:13] wetlands and

[1:38:13] specifically

[1:38:14] allows baseball

[1:38:15] fields

[1:38:15] development inside the berm

[1:38:16] .

[1:38:16] The

[1:38:16] American veteran is

[1:38:17] not

[1:38:17] an

[1:38:18] endangered or

[1:38:19] threatened

[1:38:20] species

[1:38:20] . This

[1:38:21] protects

[1:38:22] this

[1:38:22] project follows

[1:38:23] your

[1:38:23] comprehensive plan. It follows

[1:38:24] your

[1:38:25] master plan

[1:38:25] . It fulfills

[1:38:25] a

[1:38:25] vision

[1:38:26] the county

[1:38:27] has supported

[1:38:27] for decades

[1:38:28] . I respectfully

[1:38:28] ask

[1:38:29] you

[1:38:29] to set

[1:38:30] politics

[1:38:30] aside

[1:38:30] ,

[1:38:31] follow through with your

[1:38:31] own

[1:38:32] plans

[1:38:32] , honor

[1:38:33] the commitments

[1:38:34] already made and give the

[1:38:34] children and

[1:38:35] families of

[1:38:35] Cra

[1:38:35] Woolley

[1:38:36] , the permanent home

[1:38:36] for

[1:38:36] baseball

[1:38:37] and softball. They

[1:38:37] have

[1:38:38] waited more

[1:38:38] than 30 years

[1:38:39] to receive. Thank you

[1:38:40] . Erik

[1:38:42] Moves, Jen and Jake

[1:38:43] , Denmark

[1:38:43] Hucker

[1:38:52] . Good morning. Good

[1:38:53] morning

[1:38:53] . Eric Mobs. Um

[1:38:54] I'm

[1:38:55] on

[1:38:56] the Little League board. I

[1:38:56] don't have a speech. I

[1:38:57] just

[1:38:58] want to come up here and speak.

[1:38:59] I got some notes I want to

[1:39:00] go

[1:39:00] over

[1:39:01] . I'm not to

[1:39:01] argue birds

[1:39:02] .

[1:39:03] I'm not going to argue the

[1:39:03] fields. I'm just going to give

[1:39:04] the

[1:39:05] pros to

[1:39:05] why we

[1:39:05] need fields

[1:39:07] .

[1:39:07] So

[1:39:09] me personally, this year is

[1:39:10] my first year on the

[1:39:11] board.

[1:39:11] It's my 3rd

[1:39:12] year doing Little

[1:39:12] League with my girls

[1:39:13] . I

[1:39:14] put

[1:39:14] in

[1:39:15] countless hours

[1:39:16] , volunteer

[1:39:16] hours, cleaning up

[1:39:18] . Flood

[1:39:19] debris

[1:39:19] helping

[1:39:20] the city as

[1:39:20] much

[1:39:21] as I can. The city worked with

[1:39:21] is awesome

[1:39:22] . But

[1:39:23] it was a lot of

[1:39:23] work and I

[1:39:24] had work parties

[1:39:25] out

[1:39:25] there 5 to

[1:39:26] 6 deep, and it

[1:39:27] would

[1:39:27] take us 2 to

[1:39:28] 3 weekends to get

[1:39:28] it ready

[1:39:29] to play ball again

[1:39:30] .

[1:39:30] That amount of effort

[1:39:32] I

[1:39:32] see

[1:39:33] with moving these fields

[1:39:34] somewhere not prone to it

[1:39:34] . It's

[1:39:35] going to make us

[1:39:36] take

[1:39:37] some

[1:39:37] pressure off the city

[1:39:39] because

[1:39:39] we love maintaining

[1:39:40] ball fields

[1:39:41] Jake can contest

[1:39:41] to this. I

[1:39:43] love going out and maintaining

[1:39:43] ball fields

[1:39:45] . Cleaning

[1:39:45] up a

[1:39:46] flood mess every year

[1:39:47] . It's

[1:39:48] going to get a little old

[1:39:52] The

[1:39:53] central location for those

[1:39:54] fields, I think is

[1:39:54] a

[1:39:55] huge

[1:39:55] benefit to

[1:39:56] Cedar Woolley. Right

[1:39:57] now, people drive into

[1:39:57] Riverfront. That's the

[1:39:59] beginning of Cedar

[1:39:59] Wooley. They

[1:39:59] go to

[1:40:00] Jannii

[1:40:01] . That's not

[1:40:01] Cedar

[1:40:02] Woolley quite yet, right

[1:40:03] ? If

[1:40:03] we

[1:40:04] can get them to go through

[1:40:05] Cro

[1:40:05] Woolley

[1:40:06] . That's

[1:40:08] gonna bring

[1:40:08] economic impact to that city

[1:40:09] .

[1:40:10] It's going to make them drive

[1:40:11] down 20

[1:40:13] . And see all the cool

[1:40:13] shops and see

[1:40:14] where they can

[1:40:14] turn off

[1:40:15] . And then they're

[1:40:15] gonna end up on the

[1:40:17] bottom

[1:40:17] of

[1:40:17] the

[1:40:19] Cascade Mountains and

[1:40:19] play

[1:40:20] baseball

[1:40:21] or softball

[1:40:21] . That's

[1:40:22] pretty awesome

[1:40:23] So

[1:40:23] I'm

[1:40:23] really

[1:40:24] excited about this proposal. I

[1:40:24] hope

[1:40:26] you guys really

[1:40:26] consider

[1:40:26] that, that

[1:40:28] , that would, this

[1:40:28] will be a great home

[1:40:30] . And it

[1:40:31] can expand. It can be other

[1:40:31] things

[1:40:33] . We've had questions on

[1:40:33] our Facebook page. What

[1:40:34] else is

[1:40:35] going to happen there? All we

[1:40:36] can say right now is

[1:40:36] it's going

[1:40:37] to be open to the

[1:40:37] public

[1:40:38] .

[1:40:38] Everybody's gonna get

[1:40:39] to use

[1:40:39] this property

[1:40:40] . We

[1:40:41] have

[1:40:41] no

[1:40:42] intention of impacting any

[1:40:42] wildlife

[1:40:44] . If anything, we would

[1:40:45] like to have that

[1:40:46] area too

[1:40:46] where we can go show kids

[1:40:47] the

[1:40:47] wildlife

[1:40:48] . It'd be a

[1:40:49] great

[1:40:49] opportunity for them

[1:40:50] So

[1:40:51] with

[1:40:51] that, I hold back

[1:40:52] . I really

[1:40:53] hope you guys consider this

[1:40:54] Thanks

[1:40:55] , Eric

[1:40:55] . Jake

[1:40:56] Denmark

[1:40:58] , and

[1:40:58] then

[1:40:58] uh Carl Dion

[1:41:06] . Good

[1:41:06] morning

[1:41:07] commissioners

[1:41:08] My name's Jake

[1:41:09] Denmark. Um

[1:41:09] , I'm

[1:41:11] a longtime

[1:41:11] resident of

[1:41:11] Cedar

[1:41:13] Woolley and

[1:41:13] the

[1:41:13] vice PRESIDENT Of the

[1:41:14] Little League

[1:41:15] . I've been with

[1:41:16] the Little League for the last

[1:41:16] 10

[1:41:17] years on

[1:41:18] the board

[1:41:19] . So I've

[1:41:20] seen all these floods and all

[1:41:21] the

[1:41:22] damage that comes

[1:41:22] with

[1:41:23] it

[1:41:23] .

[1:41:23] Um

[1:41:25] moving

[1:41:26] the

[1:41:26] fields

[1:41:27] up there

[1:41:27] would

[1:41:29] really

[1:41:29] benefit our

[1:41:29] community. In

[1:41:31] the

[1:41:31] last 10 years

[1:41:32] our Little

[1:41:34] League has more

[1:41:34] than

[1:41:35] doubled. We're the largest

[1:41:35] league in

[1:41:36] the

[1:41:36] county by far. We

[1:41:38] have

[1:41:38] over

[1:41:39] 600 kids

[1:41:40] . In the

[1:41:41] Little League

[1:41:42] . Um

[1:41:43] when

[1:41:43] I was a

[1:41:43] kid

[1:41:44] in

[1:41:45] Woolley

[1:41:45] , we

[1:41:45] had fields

[1:41:47] all over

[1:41:48] . Um in the

[1:41:49] last

[1:41:49] 1015

[1:41:50] years, all we've done really

[1:41:52] is

[1:41:52] lose fields

[1:41:53] . Um, for whatever

[1:41:54] reason

[1:41:54] , a roundabout

[1:41:57] , um, park

[1:41:58] ,

[1:41:58] we've lost

[1:41:59] , lost fields

[1:42:00] . We

[1:42:01] want to

[1:42:03] continue growing. We

[1:42:03] want to provide a place for the

[1:42:03] kids

[1:42:05] to go play

[1:42:07] . They need this

[1:42:08] They

[1:42:09] need to have a place to go

[1:42:10] play

[1:42:12] . Our kids shouldn't be

[1:42:12] trying to go out

[1:42:14] of town to

[1:42:14] find

[1:42:14] a field

[1:42:14] to

[1:42:16] practice on

[1:42:16] . We

[1:42:16] I mean, we

[1:42:17] have

[1:42:17] the space

[1:42:18] The

[1:42:19] plan is there

[1:42:19] , the money's

[1:42:19] there

[1:42:21] . People are there

[1:42:23] and

[1:42:23] we

[1:42:24] really ask you guys to take

[1:42:24] this

[1:42:25] into

[1:42:26] serious consideration

[1:42:27] and uh put the kids first

[1:42:28] . So

[1:42:28] on that

[1:42:30] , thank you guys very

[1:42:30] much

[1:42:32] . Right. Carl

[1:42:32] the Young

[1:42:33] ,

[1:42:34] Brent Shaf Scheffelbein

[1:42:43] . You

[1:42:44] don't have to touch the mics

[1:42:48] The preset because they're

[1:42:48] special mics or something, you

[1:42:49] put your

[1:42:50] feet on the little

[1:42:51] stamps on the floor there

[1:42:52] , and

[1:42:52] that's where you

[1:42:52] stand

[1:42:52] . See

[1:42:53] this is

[1:42:54] how

[1:42:55] our

[1:42:55] professional

[1:42:55] work here

[1:42:56] . So

[1:42:56] go

[1:42:59] ahead

[1:42:59] , girl

[1:42:59] .

[1:43:00] Good morning, Commissioners

[1:43:01] .

[1:43:01] Carl

[1:43:01] Jung

[1:43:02] , City

[1:43:02] of

[1:43:03] Cedarilley

[1:43:04] Council

[1:43:04] . I

[1:43:04] support

[1:43:05] continuing

[1:43:06] the county

[1:43:07] city partnership

[1:43:08] on

[1:43:08] relocating

[1:43:08] Cedar

[1:43:09] Woolies

[1:43:10] flood

[1:43:10] prone

[1:43:11] ball fields to the

[1:43:12] northern

[1:43:12] state

[1:43:13] recreation area

[1:43:14] .

[1:43:14] Skagit

[1:43:15] County

[1:43:16] families

[1:43:16] need

[1:43:17] reliable

[1:43:18] , safe

[1:43:18] , local

[1:43:19] youth

[1:43:20] athletic fields

[1:43:20] . Right now

[1:43:21] ,

[1:43:22] Riverfront Park's Ball fields

[1:43:22] sit in a

[1:43:23] flood

[1:43:24] prone location,

[1:43:24] and every flood

[1:43:26] field

[1:43:26] , every

[1:43:27] flood season puts

[1:43:28] those

[1:43:28] fields

[1:43:29] public

[1:43:29] money

[1:43:30] and

[1:43:31] volunteer work

[1:43:31] at risk

[1:43:33] . Currently, too many

[1:43:34] cedar wooly kids

[1:43:35] are traveling

[1:43:35] out of town to practice

[1:43:37] That's

[1:43:38] hard on families. It's hard on

[1:43:40] the coaches, and it's not a

[1:43:40] long term solution

[1:43:41] for

[1:43:42] a

[1:43:42] growing community

[1:43:44] . Relocating

[1:43:44] the ball fields

[1:43:45] to

[1:43:46] Northern

[1:43:46] State

[1:43:47] Recreation

[1:43:48] Area is

[1:43:48] the

[1:43:49] next responsible step

[1:43:51] . This is

[1:43:51] not just a

[1:43:53] city

[1:43:53] recreation

[1:43:54] issue. It is

[1:43:55] a

[1:43:56] regional

[1:43:57] stewardship decision

[1:43:58] . Northern

[1:44:00] state includes

[1:44:00] important

[1:44:00] habitat and

[1:44:01] human

[1:44:02] and

[1:44:02] open

[1:44:02] space

[1:44:03] , and it's

[1:44:04] also

[1:44:04] a

[1:44:05] regional

[1:44:05] recreational area

[1:44:07] . Public land

[1:44:07] can serve more

[1:44:08] than

[1:44:09] one

[1:44:09] public

[1:44:09] purpose when it

[1:44:10] is

[1:44:11] planned

[1:44:11] carefully

[1:44:12] . That

[1:44:13] includes

[1:44:13] kids

[1:44:14] ,

[1:44:14] families

[1:44:15] , coaches

[1:44:16] , community

[1:44:16] activity

[1:44:18] , trails

[1:44:19] , disc golfers

[1:44:20] ,

[1:44:20] habitat

[1:44:21] , and history

[1:44:23] . The

[1:44:24] county describes Northern State

[1:44:24] as a

[1:44:25] major

[1:44:25] regional

[1:44:27] recreational facility for Scout

[1:44:27] County

[1:44:29] and beyond

[1:44:29] . So

[1:44:29] this

[1:44:30] proposal

[1:44:31] fits

[1:44:31] that purpose

[1:44:32] . It

[1:44:33] is

[1:44:34] also consistent with

[1:44:35] the

[1:44:36] current Skagitt

[1:44:36] County

[1:44:36] Comprehensive Plan

[1:44:38] . The

[1:44:38] plan

[1:44:40] recognizes parks

[1:44:40] , trails

[1:44:42] ,

[1:44:42] recreation

[1:44:43] , capital

[1:44:43] facilities,

[1:44:44] public

[1:44:44] health

[1:44:45] , hazard

[1:44:45] mitigation

[1:44:47] , and

[1:44:47] climate

[1:44:48] resilience as

[1:44:49] connected

[1:44:50] responsibilities

[1:44:51] . Moving

[1:44:51] youth

[1:44:52] athletic fields out of

[1:44:54] repeatedly flooded location and

[1:44:54] into a

[1:44:56] more

[1:44:56] durable

[1:44:56] regional

[1:44:57] setting

[1:44:58] is practical

[1:44:59] , long

[1:44:59] range planning

[1:45:01] . Environmental

[1:45:03] stewardship and

[1:45:03] youth

[1:45:03] recreation

[1:45:04] can

[1:45:05] be

[1:45:05] planned

[1:45:06] together. The city's

[1:45:07] public

[1:45:08] works department has done

[1:45:08] the

[1:45:10] work needed to bring

[1:45:10] forward

[1:45:10] a

[1:45:12] responsible proposal

[1:45:13] . Properly

[1:45:14] cited youth

[1:45:14] ball fields do not

[1:45:15] have

[1:45:16] to

[1:45:17] be incompatible

[1:45:18] with

[1:45:19] habitat protection

[1:45:19] . The

[1:45:19] proposal

[1:45:21] is designed to

[1:45:21] avoid

[1:45:22] sensitive areas

[1:45:23] , managed

[1:45:24] drainage and

[1:45:25] storm

[1:45:25] water

[1:45:26] preserve buffers

[1:45:27] and

[1:45:27] limit

[1:45:28] lighting impacts

[1:45:30] and protect

[1:45:30] the

[1:45:30] character

[1:45:31] of northern state

[1:45:33] So

[1:45:34] our

[1:45:34] community's request is

[1:45:35] simple. Please

[1:45:36] continue

[1:45:37] the

[1:45:37] partnership and

[1:45:39] keep

[1:45:39] uh working

[1:45:40] with Cedar Woolley

[1:45:41] on

[1:45:42] responsible interlocal path

[1:45:43] .

[1:45:43] Help move

[1:45:44] youth

[1:45:44] sports out of

[1:45:45] the

[1:45:46] flood cycle and

[1:45:47] into

[1:45:48] long

[1:45:48] term

[1:45:49] regional

[1:45:50] solution

[1:45:50] for kids

[1:45:51] families, and

[1:45:52] the

[1:45:52] broader

[1:45:53] Skagitt County community. Thank

[1:45:54] you for

[1:45:54] your time

[1:45:55] . Thank you.

[1:45:55] Thanks, Carl

[1:45:58] Brent Scheffelbein

[1:45:59] and

[1:45:59] then Sherry Cameron

[1:46:01] . Oh, I

[1:46:04] .

[1:46:04] Good

[1:46:05] morning

[1:46:06] , commissioners.

[1:46:06] I'm here to

[1:46:08] , I

[1:46:08] am here today to

[1:46:09] voice my

[1:46:09] full support

[1:46:10] of

[1:46:10] partnering with the city of

[1:46:11] Sirivoy to construct

[1:46:12] new

[1:46:13] baseball fields

[1:46:13] at Northern

[1:46:14] State

[1:46:15] Rec

[1:46:15] Area. I've

[1:46:15] been a

[1:46:16] coach for

[1:46:17] baseball, football,

[1:46:17] and

[1:46:18] basketball for the better

[1:46:18] part of

[1:46:19] a decade

[1:46:19] . One

[1:46:20] thing

[1:46:21] that constantly comes up as

[1:46:21] a

[1:46:22] problem is

[1:46:22] the need

[1:46:23] for more

[1:46:23] field space

[1:46:24] . I

[1:46:25] have coached

[1:46:25] in

[1:46:26] Little League and coached a Cal

[1:46:27] Ripken team, and finding

[1:46:28] a

[1:46:29] field of practice and

[1:46:29] host

[1:46:29] games is one of

[1:46:30] the

[1:46:31] most

[1:46:31] difficult things that we do

[1:46:32] .

[1:46:33] This year we pra we

[1:46:33] have

[1:46:34] practiced and

[1:46:35] held all of our

[1:46:36] siege wooly mammoth games

[1:46:36] over

[1:46:37] in

[1:46:38] Burlington

[1:46:38] because that's

[1:46:39] where we

[1:46:39] had

[1:46:40] field

[1:46:40] space

[1:46:41] available, and even

[1:46:41] then teams

[1:46:42] would show

[1:46:42] up

[1:46:43] themselves

[1:46:43] needing a place

[1:46:44] to practice

[1:46:44] ,

[1:46:45] whether it

[1:46:45] is baseball

[1:46:46] , soccer

[1:46:47] ,

[1:46:47] or

[1:46:48] football, the

[1:46:48] need for

[1:46:48] more

[1:46:49] fields

[1:46:50] , not less

[1:46:50] , is

[1:46:51] very

[1:46:51] apparent

[1:46:51] . I

[1:46:53] believe that

[1:46:53] the

[1:46:54] children are

[1:46:54] our

[1:46:55] future, and

[1:46:55] then we should put

[1:46:56] them

[1:46:56] first

[1:46:56] .

[1:46:56] Kids learn

[1:46:57] valuable skills

[1:46:58] through athletics. And

[1:46:58] they

[1:46:59] carry

[1:47:00] that with them for the

[1:47:00] rest of

[1:47:00] their lives

[1:47:02] . According

[1:47:03] to your

[1:47:03] own documents

[1:47:04] , a

[1:47:05] baseball field complex has been

[1:47:05] your park

[1:47:06] plan

[1:47:07] for years

[1:47:07] , and

[1:47:07] you have just been

[1:47:08] waiting for

[1:47:10] a municipality to partner

[1:47:10] with

[1:47:10] to bring it

[1:47:11] to fruition

[1:47:12] . Well,

[1:47:12] now is

[1:47:13] that time. The city

[1:47:14] of

[1:47:14] Sirawoli is willing

[1:47:15] to

[1:47:15] do

[1:47:16] so

[1:47:16] and

[1:47:16] make

[1:47:17] your

[1:47:18] park plan

[1:47:18] come

[1:47:19] into existence. Doing

[1:47:20] so

[1:47:20] will

[1:47:21] enhance the lives

[1:47:21] of thousands

[1:47:22] of kids

[1:47:22] over

[1:47:23] the next

[1:47:24] generations, and that should be

[1:47:24] the

[1:47:25] goal

[1:47:25] . Raise

[1:47:26] and enhance

[1:47:26] the

[1:47:27] lives of

[1:47:28] our

[1:47:29] next generation. I

[1:47:29] ask you today

[1:47:32] As

[1:47:32] a

[1:47:33] taxpayer, I

[1:47:34] would like to see the kids

[1:47:34] put

[1:47:35] first. Thank

[1:47:36] you for your time

[1:47:37] .

[1:47:37] Thanks

[1:47:38] , Brent

[1:47:38] . Sherry Cameron,

[1:47:39] and then

[1:47:40] Laura Larson

[1:47:41] . Uh

[1:47:41] ,

[1:47:42] Sherry Cameron

[1:47:42] doesn't want to

[1:47:43] speak

[1:47:44] . So I'm

[1:47:45] Laura Larson

[1:47:45] .

[1:47:45] Laura

[1:47:45] Larson

[1:47:46] , perfect

[1:47:47] . Uh

[1:47:49] , um,

[1:47:49] my biggest concern

[1:47:50] is safety

[1:47:51] . I

[1:47:52] go

[1:47:52] and walk

[1:47:52] my dog

[1:47:53] every

[1:47:54] day

[1:47:55] at

[1:47:56] Northern

[1:47:57] State

[1:47:57] and

[1:47:58] I usually

[1:47:58] park on

[1:47:59] the

[1:48:00] Helmick

[1:48:00] Road

[1:48:01] , and I

[1:48:02] live upriver

[1:48:04] . And it's like

[1:48:04] every

[1:48:05] day

[1:48:06] it's

[1:48:06] dangerous

[1:48:06] to

[1:48:07] turn left

[1:48:08] off

[1:48:09] of Helmick Road

[1:48:10] .

[1:48:11] Onto Highway 20

[1:48:12] My

[1:48:13] biggest

[1:48:15] concerns for

[1:48:15] the

[1:48:15] ball fields

[1:48:17] .

[1:48:17] Is that

[1:48:19] you possibly

[1:48:19] could

[1:48:20] be

[1:48:21] putting

[1:48:21] your families

[1:48:22] in

[1:48:22] danger

[1:48:22] because

[1:48:23] I've

[1:48:23] seen

[1:48:24] several

[1:48:25] deadly accidents on

[1:48:26] Highway 20

[1:48:28] .

[1:48:28] And

[1:48:28] I

[1:48:29] just

[1:48:30] feel that

[1:48:30] I'm not

[1:48:30] against

[1:48:31] the ball

[1:48:32] fields

[1:48:32] . I

[1:48:32] think you really

[1:48:33] need to

[1:48:33] talk

[1:48:33] about

[1:48:34] the

[1:48:35] traffic flow

[1:48:35] . I, I

[1:48:35] mean

[1:48:36] , are

[1:48:37] you gonna

[1:48:37] put

[1:48:37] a

[1:48:39] stoplight out on

[1:48:39] Helmick Road

[1:48:41] .

[1:48:41] Probably not right away

[1:48:42] . I

[1:48:44] worry about our

[1:48:45] children too. I

[1:48:45] raised

[1:48:46] my family

[1:48:46] in

[1:48:46] Cedar

[1:48:47] Woolley

[1:48:48] . And

[1:48:50] I

[1:48:50] just

[1:48:51] have this

[1:48:52] awful

[1:48:53] feeling because I

[1:48:54] have

[1:48:54] seen

[1:48:55] several

[1:48:56] MISS

[1:48:56] Near misses

[1:48:57] on

[1:48:58] Highway 20

[1:48:58] , where people

[1:48:58] are

[1:48:59] passing

[1:49:01] , going fast

[1:49:01] , and it's

[1:49:02] it's

[1:49:03] . Really

[1:49:04] , really

[1:49:06] an

[1:49:06] awful

[1:49:06] thing to have

[1:49:07] to see

[1:49:09] . An

[1:49:09] accident and

[1:49:10] I

[1:49:11] also

[1:49:11] worry about

[1:49:12] the

[1:49:13] chemicals

[1:49:14] used to

[1:49:15] make

[1:49:15] the

[1:49:16] fields

[1:49:16] green

[1:49:17] , they'll leach

[1:49:17] into

[1:49:18] the

[1:49:18] water system

[1:49:20] . And I

[1:49:20] don't know how

[1:49:22] how, you know,

[1:49:23] people are

[1:49:24] going to

[1:49:24] , it's going

[1:49:24] to

[1:49:25] affect

[1:49:26] people or or

[1:49:26] the

[1:49:27] animals

[1:49:28] . And I

[1:49:29] would just

[1:49:29] , I

[1:49:29] love going

[1:49:31] out there

[1:49:31] because

[1:49:32] it's peaceful

[1:49:33] , it's

[1:49:33] quiet

[1:49:34] , it's

[1:49:34] my quiet time

[1:49:35] , it's

[1:49:35] green

[1:49:36] space

[1:49:36] I just

[1:49:37] think you

[1:49:38] need to

[1:49:38] think

[1:49:39] about

[1:49:39] finding

[1:49:40] an

[1:49:41] area where

[1:49:42] there's

[1:49:42] a

[1:49:43] better

[1:49:43] traffic

[1:49:44] flow

[1:49:44] .

[1:49:44] I'm

[1:49:45] not against

[1:49:47] Northern State.

[1:49:47] I

[1:49:47] think you should

[1:49:49] put it on

[1:49:49] the west side

[1:49:50] . Of

[1:49:50] Northern

[1:49:51] State

[1:49:53] um, because

[1:49:54] of you have

[1:49:54] a

[1:49:54] better

[1:49:56] traffic flow. You have

[1:49:56] a

[1:49:56] stoplight, you have

[1:49:57] a

[1:49:58] roundabout on 9

[1:49:59] . And

[1:50:00] thank you

[1:50:01] Thank you, Laura

[1:50:03] Megan Mobbs

[1:50:03] and

[1:50:05] Jill Cathcart

[1:50:05] . Me and

[1:50:05] mom's

[1:50:06] went ahead and she left

[1:50:06] with

[1:50:07] the kiddos. Ok

[1:50:08] . Jill Cathcart

[1:50:09] with

[1:50:09] Troy Hanson

[1:50:10] on

[1:50:13] deck. Yep

[1:50:15] .

[1:50:16] My baseball

[1:50:18] Hi

[1:50:18] , I'm

[1:50:19] Jill

[1:50:19] Cathcart

[1:50:20] . I've

[1:50:20] lived in

[1:50:21] Cer

[1:50:21] Woolley

[1:50:21] for almost

[1:50:22] 4

[1:50:23] years now

[1:50:24] .

[1:50:24] Um

[1:50:25] , I

[1:50:25] know there's a lot

[1:50:26] of

[1:50:27] people who

[1:50:27] , who do

[1:50:27] play

[1:50:29] sports

[1:50:30] and my kids don't

[1:50:30] . They

[1:50:30] play

[1:50:31] sports

[1:50:31] for the

[1:50:32] for

[1:50:32] the schools

[1:50:33] ,

[1:50:34] um, not softball

[1:50:35] , um, they do

[1:50:36] like

[1:50:37] indoor sports

[1:50:38] . I

[1:50:38] played

[1:50:39] softball when I was a

[1:50:39] kid and

[1:50:40] I

[1:50:41] wasn't lucky enough to have

[1:50:41] like a

[1:50:42] really cool

[1:50:42] brand new

[1:50:43] field. We were

[1:50:43] the

[1:50:44] ones

[1:50:44] trying

[1:50:44] to

[1:50:45] find a

[1:50:45] place to

[1:50:45] play

[1:50:46] , um, go

[1:50:46] to

[1:50:47] other towns

[1:50:48] , traveling

[1:50:48] to

[1:50:48] find

[1:50:48] somewhere

[1:50:50] to

[1:50:50] practice

[1:50:51] . I

[1:50:51] love

[1:50:52] the

[1:50:52] idea

[1:50:53] of

[1:50:53] having

[1:50:54] a

[1:50:55] complex

[1:50:56] where multiple

[1:50:57] teams

[1:50:57] and leagues can use it

[1:50:58] . Um

[1:50:59] ,

[1:51:00] it's, it brings a lot of pride

[1:51:01] as

[1:51:01] someone

[1:51:03] remembering how

[1:51:03] being embarrassed at the field

[1:51:04] that

[1:51:05] other away teams had to

[1:51:06] come play at

[1:51:06] . I

[1:51:06] was embarrassed

[1:51:07] as

[1:51:07] a kid

[1:51:08] , and my city that I

[1:51:09] grew up

[1:51:10] in finally

[1:51:10] 20 years ago

[1:51:12] got the

[1:51:12] brand

[1:51:12] new

[1:51:13] sports

[1:51:14] complex and

[1:51:14] it's

[1:51:15] attached

[1:51:15] to

[1:51:16] um

[1:51:17] a veteran's

[1:51:17] memorial. Also,

[1:51:17] they

[1:51:18] changed the

[1:51:19] name

[1:51:19] to

[1:51:20] um

[1:51:21] Veterans Freedom Park, and it's

[1:51:21] got

[1:51:22] a

[1:51:22] big

[1:51:23] Freedom

[1:51:24] Memorial sign

[1:51:24] where you

[1:51:24] could donate

[1:51:25] and

[1:51:25] have

[1:51:26] your veterans' names put on it,

[1:51:27] my grandpa

[1:51:28] , my uncle

[1:51:28] , um, who

[1:51:29] fought in World

[1:51:29] War ii are

[1:51:30] up

[1:51:30] there, and my dad, who's

[1:51:31] a

[1:51:32] veteran

[1:51:32] also

[1:51:33] , and it's just,

[1:51:33] it's a really

[1:51:34] cool sense

[1:51:34] of

[1:51:35] pride. They would

[1:51:35] do

[1:51:36] memorial

[1:51:36] services there, and I

[1:51:37] think

[1:51:37] that's

[1:51:38] something that could

[1:51:38] be

[1:51:39] done here

[1:51:39] , like

[1:51:40] integrate

[1:51:41] Memorial Day

[1:51:41] at

[1:51:42] this park. Um

[1:51:43] .

[1:51:44] Another thing, I

[1:51:44] work at one of

[1:51:44] the small shops

[1:51:45] in

[1:51:46] downtown

[1:51:46] Cedro

[1:51:46] Woolley

[1:51:47] , and we're always

[1:51:48] trying to figure out how to get

[1:51:49] people to come in

[1:51:49] and see

[1:51:50] how

[1:51:51] special our town is

[1:51:52] . Everyone

[1:51:52] always talks

[1:51:52] about it's this

[1:51:53] cute

[1:51:54] little quaint town. I came

[1:51:55] from like

[1:51:55] a

[1:51:55] big

[1:51:56] populated area

[1:51:56] ,

[1:51:56] so

[1:51:57] I

[1:51:58] love the

[1:51:58] the hallmark

[1:51:59] field that

[1:51:59] Cedar

[1:52:00] Woolley has

[1:52:01] .

[1:52:01] And this

[1:52:01] is one

[1:52:02] way that can

[1:52:02] bring in

[1:52:03] more

[1:52:03] people

[1:52:04] to help

[1:52:04] support

[1:52:04] the

[1:52:05] small

[1:52:06] businesses

[1:52:07] ,

[1:52:07] um, more than just

[1:52:08] the two or

[1:52:08] three big

[1:52:09] events that we have

[1:52:09] a

[1:52:10] year that

[1:52:10] bring in a lot

[1:52:11] of

[1:52:11] people

[1:52:12] . We just had

[1:52:12] the

[1:52:13] logger

[1:52:13] rodeo

[1:52:14] , and that was amazing

[1:52:14] It

[1:52:15] brought on a lot

[1:52:16] of people. But

[1:52:16] the business

[1:52:17] is

[1:52:17] downtown and

[1:52:18] throughout the

[1:52:18] whole

[1:52:19] city

[1:52:19] need

[1:52:20] consistency. We

[1:52:21] need

[1:52:21] more,

[1:52:22] something else

[1:52:23] to bring

[1:52:23] the

[1:52:23] people

[1:52:24] into our

[1:52:24] town to

[1:52:24] eat at

[1:52:25] the

[1:52:26] amazing restaurants

[1:52:26] and

[1:52:26] shop at

[1:52:26] the small

[1:52:27] shops that

[1:52:27] we

[1:52:28] have, and

[1:52:29] I think it

[1:52:29] would

[1:52:30] just

[1:52:30] bring

[1:52:30] a big

[1:52:31] sense

[1:52:32] of

[1:52:33] pride for

[1:52:33] the

[1:52:33] whole town

[1:52:34] . And

[1:52:34] the county

[1:52:35] Oh

[1:52:36] , thank you. Thank you

[1:52:37] . Troy

[1:52:38] Hansen with

[1:52:38] Monica

[1:52:38] Leibert on

[1:52:38] deck

[1:52:42] . Uh, ok

[1:52:43] , I don't even

[1:52:43] speak. I don't know

[1:52:44] how

[1:52:44] many

[1:52:45] ended up on there so

[1:52:45] ok. Thanks

[1:52:46] Troy

[1:52:47] . Monica

[1:52:48] Liberg with

[1:52:48] Tim

[1:52:49] Mann

[1:52:50] on deck

[1:53:00] . My name's Monica

[1:53:01] Liebert. I live

[1:53:01] in

[1:53:02] Mount Vernon

[1:53:03] and I'd like to

[1:53:04] speak against

[1:53:05] the proposal. I

[1:53:06] think that one

[1:53:07] of

[1:53:07] the concerns that I have is

[1:53:08] that you're going

[1:53:09] to have

[1:53:09] a

[1:53:10] major disruption to

[1:53:11] the

[1:53:11] environment

[1:53:12] . With

[1:53:12] for

[1:53:13] something

[1:53:14] that's basically a

[1:53:16] seasonal

[1:53:16] activity

[1:53:16] , so

[1:53:17] I think that there

[1:53:17] needs

[1:53:18] to

[1:53:19] be

[1:53:19] a

[1:53:21] broader

[1:53:21] distribution of

[1:53:23] the plan

[1:53:23] other

[1:53:24] than

[1:53:24] the 30

[1:53:25] year

[1:53:26] old

[1:53:27] original

[1:53:28] um plan that the

[1:53:29] county had

[1:53:29] ,

[1:53:29] which

[1:53:30] is now

[1:53:32] very

[1:53:32] outdated

[1:53:33] and

[1:53:34] um consider

[1:53:34] what

[1:53:35] the impact is

[1:53:35] going to be

[1:53:36] on

[1:53:37] the

[1:53:37] environment

[1:53:38] and

[1:53:38] on

[1:53:39] the restoration

[1:53:39] of

[1:53:40] Hanson Creek

[1:53:40] , which

[1:53:41] runs right

[1:53:41] along

[1:53:42] the Berm, um

[1:53:43] so

[1:53:44] , um, I

[1:53:44] ,

[1:53:44] for those reasons

[1:53:45] , I don't

[1:53:45] support

[1:53:46] this effort and I

[1:53:46] think

[1:53:46] it needs

[1:53:47] to

[1:53:48] be

[1:53:49] uh thought more

[1:53:49] carefully

[1:53:50] . Thank you, Monica

[1:53:51] .

[1:53:52] Tim Mann and

[1:53:52] with

[1:53:52] Kathleen

[1:53:53] Redman on deck

[1:53:55] . I spoke

[1:53:56] I

[1:53:57] , I

[1:53:57] spoke

[1:53:57] ok. Oh

[1:53:59] , you did all right

[1:53:59] I'm sorry

[1:54:00] , Kathleen. I

[1:54:00] forgot

[1:54:01] that it's good

[1:54:01] . Uh

[1:54:03] ,

[1:54:03] HeatherBuland Lea

[1:54:04] . That was

[1:54:04] ok

[1:54:05] ,

[1:54:05] great, perfect

[1:54:06] , it's simple

[1:54:07] .

[1:54:07] Darle

[1:54:08] and Snipes will be out

[1:54:08] on

[1:54:09] deck. Thank you. Sorry

[1:54:10] , Tim

[1:54:10] . Uh

[1:54:11] good morning

[1:54:13] , commissioners. Uh

[1:54:13] Tim Mann

[1:54:14] , Mount

[1:54:15] Vernon

[1:54:15] , a

[1:54:15] scheduled

[1:54:16] Audubon's

[1:54:17] conservation chair. I'm

[1:54:17] speaking for our

[1:54:18] group's

[1:54:19] 500

[1:54:20] members. This is the

[1:54:20] weekly

[1:54:20] time

[1:54:21] for

[1:54:21] county

[1:54:22] success stories

[1:54:23] I

[1:54:23] want to

[1:54:24] highlight

[1:54:24] the

[1:54:24] success

[1:54:25] of

[1:54:25] Northern

[1:54:25] State

[1:54:26] Recreation

[1:54:27] Area

[1:54:27] . 24

[1:54:28] years ago

[1:54:28] as a

[1:54:29] National

[1:54:29] Park

[1:54:30] Service

[1:54:31] employee.

[1:54:31] I

[1:54:31] was part of

[1:54:32] the

[1:54:32] large group

[1:54:33] working over

[1:54:33] a long

[1:54:34] weekend to

[1:54:34] come

[1:54:35] up with

[1:54:35] the ideas

[1:54:36] for

[1:54:36] the

[1:54:37] northern

[1:54:37] state

[1:54:39] master plan

[1:54:39] . The

[1:54:40] resulting

[1:54:40] plan has everything

[1:54:41] from

[1:54:41] a visitor

[1:54:42] center

[1:54:43] and

[1:54:44] equestrian facility

[1:54:44] to

[1:54:44] a

[1:54:45] campground and

[1:54:45] a big complex of

[1:54:46] ball fields

[1:54:47] . What we

[1:54:47] didn't

[1:54:48] envision was

[1:54:48] a veterans

[1:54:49] community park

[1:54:49] , the Vern

[1:54:50] Sims

[1:54:50] picnic shelter, the

[1:54:51] terrific

[1:54:52] trails built by

[1:54:52] Jim

[1:54:52] Taylor's

[1:54:53] volunteers

[1:54:53] , the

[1:54:54] elaborate disc

[1:54:55] golf

[1:54:55] course

[1:54:55] . We also

[1:54:56] didn't

[1:54:57] foresee that so many people

[1:54:58] would come to value

[1:54:58] the

[1:54:59] dike

[1:54:59] trail

[1:54:59] around

[1:55:00] Helmick

[1:55:00] Field as

[1:55:01] a

[1:55:01] place

[1:55:01] to simply

[1:55:02] take

[1:55:03] a quiet

[1:55:03] walk in

[1:55:03] a

[1:55:04] natural setting

[1:55:04] . And

[1:55:05] of course we

[1:55:06] didn't foresee

[1:55:06] that

[1:55:06] the

[1:55:07] field, together with

[1:55:07] the

[1:55:08] adjacent

[1:55:08] wetland would

[1:55:09] become the

[1:55:09] best

[1:55:10] habitat over

[1:55:10] a

[1:55:11] wide area for

[1:55:12] the

[1:55:13] reclusive

[1:55:13] declining

[1:55:14] and

[1:55:14] spectacular

[1:55:15] American veteran

[1:55:16] . The county

[1:55:17] lacked money for all

[1:55:17] the

[1:55:18] planned developments. So

[1:55:20] what

[1:55:20] happened instead was

[1:55:21] an

[1:55:22] organic

[1:55:23] evolution whereby people with

[1:55:23] many

[1:55:24] different

[1:55:25] interests

[1:55:25] discovered and came to

[1:55:26] love

[1:55:26] the

[1:55:27] park just

[1:55:27] as

[1:55:27] it is

[1:55:28] with

[1:55:28] those

[1:55:29] few

[1:55:29] carefully

[1:55:30] considered

[1:55:30] developments

[1:55:32] . There are few

[1:55:32] places in

[1:55:34] Skagit County where

[1:55:35] many people can

[1:55:35] simply take

[1:55:35] a

[1:55:36] walk in a

[1:55:37] natural setting close

[1:55:37] to

[1:55:38] home. For

[1:55:38] those of

[1:55:39] us who

[1:55:40] care about birds and

[1:55:40] other

[1:55:40] wildlife

[1:55:41] , their presence is

[1:55:42] a

[1:55:42] big

[1:55:43] bonus

[1:55:43] . We're proud to live

[1:55:44] in a

[1:55:44] county

[1:55:45] that

[1:55:45] values

[1:55:46] wildlife habitat

[1:55:47] and that

[1:55:47] cares

[1:55:47] about

[1:55:48] the

[1:55:48] healthful

[1:55:49] effects

[1:55:49] of

[1:55:50] time

[1:55:50] spent in nature

[1:55:51] . There

[1:55:51] are

[1:55:52] many places in Cedral Wooley

[1:55:53] Ball fields could

[1:55:54] be built.

[1:55:54] They would

[1:55:55] improve

[1:55:56] those long

[1:55:56] vacant

[1:55:58] industrial lots

[1:55:58] . Had

[1:55:59] Northern State

[1:55:59] , Ball fields

[1:56:01] would displace the enjoyment

[1:56:02] of

[1:56:02] people who

[1:56:03] for the

[1:56:03] last

[1:56:04] quarter

[1:56:04] century

[1:56:05] have been

[1:56:05] walking

[1:56:05] around

[1:56:06] Helmick Field

[1:56:06] to simply

[1:56:07] get a

[1:56:07] taste

[1:56:08] of

[1:56:08] nature

[1:56:09] . They

[1:56:09] are

[1:56:10] stakeholders

[1:56:10] in their

[1:56:11] county

[1:56:11] park

[1:56:12] , and

[1:56:12] their

[1:56:13] experience

[1:56:13] deserves to

[1:56:14] be

[1:56:15] respected. Thank

[1:56:15] you

[1:56:15] . Thanks

[1:56:16] , Jim

[1:56:16] . Perfect

[1:56:16] .

[1:56:17] Darlene Snipes, and then

[1:56:18] David

[1:56:19] Bartholomeuss. I don't use

[1:56:20] .

[1:56:21] David? Yeah. Ok Great

[1:56:23] . Darlene

[1:56:24] Snipes

[1:56:25] Nope

[1:56:25] . Nope

[1:56:25] . Ok. It

[1:56:26] looks

[1:56:27] like

[1:56:28] we're winding it down

[1:56:29] . Ron

[1:56:29] Peterson

[1:56:32] . You ok, Ron

[1:56:32] Uh

[1:56:34] , Keith

[1:56:34] Wiggins

[1:56:36] And

[1:56:36] then

[1:56:37] after

[1:56:37] Keith on

[1:56:37] deck

[1:56:39] , Tonya Wills

[1:56:40] . You don't

[1:56:41] don't ok

[1:56:41] Thank you

[1:56:43] . I'm

[1:56:44] Keith

[1:56:45] Wieters Burlington

[1:56:46] . And this

[1:56:46] is

[1:56:46] impromptu

[1:56:47] I do

[1:56:48] have

[1:56:49] sympathy

[1:56:50] and understand the concerns of

[1:56:51] the people who want the

[1:56:52] ball

[1:56:52] field at

[1:56:53] Northern

[1:56:54] State and

[1:56:55] it's really great for

[1:56:55] kids and

[1:56:55] he

[1:56:56] teaches

[1:56:57] them mostly

[1:56:57] good

[1:56:57] sportsmanship. Every once in a

[1:56:58] while you hear about

[1:56:58] the

[1:56:59] parents fighting in the stands

[1:57:00] ,

[1:57:00] but

[1:57:01] that doesn't happen too

[1:57:02] often, does it? Probably

[1:57:02] doesn't ever

[1:57:03] happen here, but I

[1:57:04] do

[1:57:04] have concern

[1:57:06] , um, I do

[1:57:06] agree

[1:57:07] with the

[1:57:08] , uh, it

[1:57:08] probably will

[1:57:08] impact

[1:57:09] a bidders

[1:57:10] , and that's

[1:57:11] a

[1:57:11] problem

[1:57:12] . I know they're

[1:57:12] not

[1:57:13] endangered

[1:57:14] , but everything,

[1:57:14] almost

[1:57:15] all birds

[1:57:16] are

[1:57:16] diminishing

[1:57:16] . You

[1:57:17] know,

[1:57:17] everybody says, well, they can

[1:57:18] go someplace else

[1:57:19] , but usually

[1:57:19] there

[1:57:20] someplace

[1:57:20] elses

[1:57:21] are

[1:57:21] disappearing

[1:57:22] also. So like

[1:57:22] having our

[1:57:23] house burned

[1:57:23] down

[1:57:23] and

[1:57:24] no insurance

[1:57:24] and no

[1:57:25] support

[1:57:25] group, where

[1:57:26] do you go

[1:57:26] ? They

[1:57:26] just

[1:57:27] don't make

[1:57:27] it anymore

[1:57:28] . But

[1:57:29] besides that, I

[1:57:30] have a

[1:57:30] concern

[1:57:31] about

[1:57:32] um always

[1:57:33] support

[1:57:33] partnerships, county and the

[1:57:35] cities

[1:57:35] and everybody else

[1:57:36] . I

[1:57:36] always

[1:57:36] worry

[1:57:37] on

[1:57:37] how

[1:57:37] those

[1:57:38] relationships go. I

[1:57:39] don't

[1:57:39] want

[1:57:40] to see

[1:57:40] more burden

[1:57:41] being

[1:57:42] shifted off to

[1:57:42] the

[1:57:43] county

[1:57:44] probably MAY not

[1:57:44] happen early

[1:57:44] on

[1:57:45] , but

[1:57:46] later

[1:57:46] on the

[1:57:46] county has

[1:57:47] to spend more and

[1:57:47] more money on

[1:57:48] it, more

[1:57:49] and more time

[1:57:50] , and

[1:57:50] I

[1:57:50] think

[1:57:51] the parts department, the

[1:57:52] county

[1:57:53] park departments

[1:57:53] are

[1:57:54] already

[1:57:55] pretty

[1:57:56] well burdened,

[1:57:56] and I think they

[1:57:57] have

[1:57:57] more

[1:57:58] important places that

[1:57:58] they want

[1:57:59] to

[1:57:59] spend time

[1:58:00] Big Rock

[1:58:00] , for

[1:58:01] instance

[1:58:02] , um, so I

[1:58:03] wouldn't

[1:58:03] have

[1:58:03] , wouldn't

[1:58:04] want

[1:58:05] that

[1:58:05] responsibility to

[1:58:06] be

[1:58:07] shifted

[1:58:07] over

[1:58:08] . I

[1:58:08] don't

[1:58:08] know

[1:58:09] personally

[1:58:09] where other

[1:58:09] opportunities are,

[1:58:10] but I've been told there are

[1:58:10] some

[1:58:11] other

[1:58:11] opportunities, maybe

[1:58:12] not all in

[1:58:12] one place

[1:58:13] , maybe

[1:58:13] have to have

[1:58:13] a belt

[1:58:14] , um, ball

[1:58:14] field

[1:58:15] here in ball field there

[1:58:16] .

[1:58:16] Some

[1:58:17] ways that

[1:58:17] might

[1:58:18] be better

[1:58:20] .

[1:58:20] There's one of

[1:58:21] the

[1:58:22] important

[1:58:23] and Tim just brought

[1:58:23] up

[1:58:23] something

[1:58:24] too that

[1:58:24] I think

[1:58:24] is

[1:58:27] really important just like

[1:58:28] nesting habitat for

[1:58:29] birds that

[1:58:30] if they're removed

[1:58:30] , they're

[1:58:31] gone

[1:58:31] . They

[1:58:31] are

[1:58:32] not

[1:58:32] many

[1:58:33] quiet

[1:58:34] places that people go out and

[1:58:35] take

[1:58:35] a walk

[1:58:36] , and

[1:58:36] that's

[1:58:37] really

[1:58:39] important and

[1:58:40] as mentioned

[1:58:41] ,

[1:58:42] lots of people who are out

[1:58:42] there. I have a friend who used

[1:58:43] to treat

[1:58:46] , uh, um, track

[1:58:46] or

[1:58:47] uh

[1:58:48] his schoolgirls, they go

[1:58:49] there,

[1:58:50] the, what you

[1:58:50] call it

[1:58:52] , frisbee

[1:58:52] golf

[1:58:53] , horse riding

[1:58:53] , our

[1:58:54] neighborhood, we just talked to

[1:58:54] our neighbor about this

[1:58:55] just

[1:58:56] yesterday and she said

[1:58:56] , that's

[1:58:57] so nice. You out

[1:58:57] there's no

[1:58:57] crowds

[1:58:58] . It's

[1:58:59] quiet. There's

[1:58:59] not

[1:58:59] many

[1:59:00] places

[1:59:00] like that

[1:59:01] , and

[1:59:01] I

[1:59:02] think

[1:59:03] that's probably

[1:59:04] my

[1:59:05] biggest

[1:59:05] argument is

[1:59:06] you just

[1:59:06] take

[1:59:07] that away

[1:59:07] . There is

[1:59:08] no

[1:59:09] other place just

[1:59:09] like you, like

[1:59:09] I say

[1:59:10] , you did

[1:59:10] take

[1:59:11] a nesting

[1:59:11] area away

[1:59:12] There isn't another

[1:59:13] place to

[1:59:13] go, and

[1:59:13] that's

[1:59:14] disappearing rapidly. So

[1:59:14] I'd

[1:59:15] ,

[1:59:15] I'd really like

[1:59:16] to

[1:59:17] see

[1:59:17] encourage trying

[1:59:18] to find

[1:59:18] an

[1:59:19] alternative

[1:59:19] to it

[1:59:20] . It

[1:59:20] just

[1:59:21] would

[1:59:21] change the

[1:59:21] whole tenure

[1:59:22] of

[1:59:23] that area

[1:59:23] . Thank you

[1:59:25] . All

[1:59:26] right. And finally

[1:59:27] , before we

[1:59:28] go back to Online

[1:59:28] , uh, Keith

[1:59:29] Wiggins

[1:59:30] . He

[1:59:31] you

[1:59:32] , oh, I was

[1:59:32] how

[1:59:33] you, I thought you were Dale

[1:59:34] .

[1:59:35] Ron

[1:59:36] . Ok. Then

[1:59:37] , we are done with

[1:59:37] this. We can move

[1:59:38] back to

[1:59:39] , uh,

[1:59:40] Tessa Wheson in charge

[1:59:41] . So

[1:59:41] online, is there anybody I'd

[1:59:42] like to

[1:59:42] comment

[1:59:43] on the

[1:59:44] baseball

[1:59:45] proposal

[1:59:46] ? Go ahead

[1:59:48] Is

[1:59:50] that me

[1:59:50] ?

[1:59:50] Yep

[1:59:52] All right, commissioners,

[1:59:53] uh, thank you for

[1:59:53] the

[1:59:53] opportunity

[1:59:54] to speak

[1:59:54] today. Uh,

[1:59:55] my name is

[1:59:56] Nathan Salsina

[1:59:56] . I've

[1:59:57] worked for the city

[1:59:57] of

[1:59:58] Cedarulley for

[1:59:58] the

[1:59:59] past

[2:00:00] 25

[2:00:00] years and

[2:00:00] have served

[2:00:01] as

[2:00:01] parks

[2:00:02] manager for the

[2:00:02] past

[2:00:02] 13 years

[2:00:03] .

[2:00:04] I also served on the

[2:00:04] county's

[2:00:06] parks advisory board

[2:00:06] from

[2:00:06] 2004

[2:00:08] to

[2:00:08] 2008

[2:00:09] . I've submitted my

[2:00:09] formal comments

[2:00:10] by email

[2:00:10] for

[2:00:11] inclusion in your

[2:00:11] public record

[2:00:12] but I'd

[2:00:13] like

[2:00:13] to

[2:00:14] highlight just

[2:00:14] a

[2:00:15] few

[2:00:15] important points

[2:00:17] . Uh

[2:00:17] , the

[2:00:18] current Skagit County Parks

[2:00:19] and

[2:00:20] Recreation Comprehensive Plan

[2:00:21] was adopted in APRIL

[2:00:23] of 2022

[2:00:23] .

[2:00:24] And although only a few years

[2:00:24] have passed, it remains

[2:00:25] the

[2:00:26] county's

[2:00:26] guiding

[2:00:26] policy

[2:00:27] document for parks

[2:00:28] and

[2:00:28] recreation planning

[2:00:29] .

[2:00:30] Comprehensive plans

[2:00:30] are

[2:00:31] intended to guide the

[2:00:31] decisions

[2:00:32] we make as

[2:00:33] public officials

[2:00:33] .

[2:00:33] And

[2:00:33] I believe

[2:00:34] it's important

[2:00:34] that

[2:00:35] our

[2:00:35] actions

[2:00:35] remain

[2:00:36] consistent with the policies

[2:00:36] that we've

[2:00:37] already adopted

[2:00:38] . I'd

[2:00:38] like

[2:00:39] to briefly reference

[2:00:40] several pages from

[2:00:40] the plan

[2:00:42] . On

[2:00:43] pages 3-11, the

[2:00:43] plan states,

[2:00:43] and

[2:00:45] I quote

[2:00:45] , in

[2:00:45] 2001

[2:00:46] , a master

[2:00:46] plan was

[2:00:47] created

[2:00:47] for long

[2:00:47] range

[2:00:48] goals

[2:00:48] , including

[2:00:49] trails

[2:00:49] , ball

[2:00:49] fields

[2:00:50] , campgrounds

[2:00:51] , and

[2:00:51] equestrian center

[2:00:52] ,

[2:00:52] Environmental

[2:00:53] education

[2:00:53] ,

[2:00:53] interpretive sites, and

[2:00:54] a

[2:00:55] restored alluvial fan

[2:00:56] . On

[2:00:57] page

[2:00:58] 5-9 under

[2:00:58] athletic facility

[2:00:59] goals

[2:01:00] . The plan states that the

[2:01:00] county should

[2:01:02] pursue

[2:01:03] partnerships with local

[2:01:03] cities

[2:01:04] ,

[2:01:04] school

[2:01:04] districts

[2:01:05] , special

[2:01:06] service districts, and

[2:01:07] qualified nonprofit

[2:01:08] organizations

[2:01:09] to provide

[2:01:09] youth

[2:01:09] and

[2:01:10] athletic

[2:01:11] , uh, youth and

[2:01:11] adult

[2:01:12] athletic facilities

[2:01:13] . On

[2:01:14] page 9-12, the

[2:01:14] plan

[2:01:15] recognizes

[2:01:16] that reduced county

[2:01:16] staff will

[2:01:17] not allow

[2:01:18] for the

[2:01:18] maintenance

[2:01:19] of additional ball fields

[2:01:20] without a

[2:01:20] third

[2:01:21] party agreement

[2:01:22] Uh

[2:01:22] , this

[2:01:22] is precisely

[2:01:23] the type

[2:01:23] of

[2:01:24] partnership agreement

[2:01:25] that

[2:01:25] we're currently discussing

[2:01:27] . On

[2:01:27] page

[2:01:27] 10-9

[2:01:29] under

[2:01:29] park

[2:01:29] Development, the

[2:01:30] document

[2:01:30] identifies

[2:01:31] trail systems and

[2:01:32] a

[2:01:32] baseball

[2:01:34] slash softball

[2:01:34] complex

[2:01:34] among

[2:01:36] the

[2:01:37] recommended

[2:01:37] capital

[2:01:38] facilities

[2:01:38] for

[2:01:39] northern state

[2:01:39] wreck area

[2:01:40] . On

[2:01:41] page 10-17, the

[2:01:42] Klan recommends

[2:01:42] that

[2:01:42] the

[2:01:43] county

[2:01:43] should

[2:01:43] continue

[2:01:44] to

[2:01:44] support

[2:01:45] agencies that are making

[2:01:46] efforts to

[2:01:46] create new

[2:01:47] ball

[2:01:48] fields

[2:01:48] . And finally

[2:01:48] , on

[2:01:49] page

[2:01:50] 10-18, the

[2:01:50] plan

[2:01:51] specifically

[2:01:52] identifies northern state

[2:01:52] recreation area. Master

[2:01:53] plan

[2:01:53] is

[2:01:54] including

[2:01:55] land dedicated

[2:01:55] for

[2:01:56] youth

[2:01:56] and

[2:01:57] adult

[2:01:58] sports fields

[2:01:58] .

[2:01:58] The plan

[2:01:59] and

[2:01:59] Vision

[2:01:59] Park

[2:02:00] envisions

[2:02:00] parking

[2:02:01] , restrooms

[2:02:01] ,

[2:02:02] concessions

[2:02:03] , maintenance

[2:02:03] facilities

[2:02:04] , picnic

[2:02:04] areas

[2:02:05] , 5

[2:02:06] ball fields

[2:02:06] , 4

[2:02:06] youth

[2:02:07] ball

[2:02:07] fields

[2:02:08] , 1

[2:02:08] to

[2:02:10] ,, and

[2:02:10] one adult

[2:02:10] baseball

[2:02:11] field

[2:02:11] and the

[2:02:12] supporting infrastructure

[2:02:13] .

[2:02:13] Commissioners, these are

[2:02:13] not my

[2:02:14] words. These are

[2:02:14] the

[2:02:15] county's

[2:02:15] own

[2:02:16] adopted policies and vision

[2:02:17] for the future

[2:02:18] . They

[2:02:18] were

[2:02:19] adopted just a

[2:02:19] few years ago

[2:02:20] and remained

[2:02:20] the most

[2:02:21] current

[2:02:22] comprehensive plan governing

[2:02:22] parks

[2:02:24] and recreation policy in

[2:02:25] Sedge

[2:02:25] County. 6

[2:02:26] of

[2:02:26] the nine

[2:02:26] parks and

[2:02:28] recreation advisory

[2:02:29] Board members that approved

[2:02:29] this plan are

[2:02:30] still

[2:02:31] serving

[2:02:31] ,

[2:02:31] including Board

[2:02:32] number 10 man

[2:02:34] .

[2:02:34] I

[2:02:34] respectfully ask

[2:02:35] that

[2:02:35] you

[2:02:35] support

[2:02:36] the

[2:02:36] county's

[2:02:37] own

[2:02:37] adopted plan

[2:02:38] . Honor

[2:02:39] the

[2:02:39] commitments it makes to

[2:02:40] our

[2:02:41] community and work

[2:02:41] with

[2:02:42] us to

[2:02:42] make

[2:02:43] this

[2:02:44] long-standing vision

[2:02:44] a reality

[2:02:45] . Thank you

[2:02:45] for your

[2:02:45] time

[2:02:47] Thank you

[2:02:48] Is

[2:02:48] there

[2:02:50] anybody

[2:02:50] else online, Paul

[2:02:55] ? Yes, thank

[2:02:55] you. Um

[2:02:57] , I'm

[2:02:57] a

[2:02:57] member

[2:02:59] of

[2:02:59] Cedar

[2:02:59] Woolley

[2:03:00] City Council, and when

[2:03:01] this was

[2:03:02] discussed at the

[2:03:02] council

[2:03:03] , I voted

[2:03:04] against it

[2:03:04] ,

[2:03:05] and

[2:03:05] the

[2:03:06] reason is

[2:03:06] , is

[2:03:06] that

[2:03:07] there's a

[2:03:08] better alternative

[2:03:09] at

[2:03:10] Winniehauser

[2:03:11] Parkub the

[2:03:11] city

[2:03:12] public

[2:03:13] works several

[2:03:13] months

[2:03:13] ago

[2:03:14] after

[2:03:14] the flooding

[2:03:15] at

[2:03:16] Riverfront

[2:03:16] showed us

[2:03:17] a

[2:03:17] diagram

[2:03:18] of 4

[2:03:18] ball

[2:03:19] fields

[2:03:19] there

[2:03:20] , and

[2:03:21] I

[2:03:22] asked during

[2:03:22] the

[2:03:23] meeting

[2:03:23] why

[2:03:24] that

[2:03:25] proposal was

[2:03:25] being

[2:03:26] scrapped in

[2:03:26] uh

[2:03:28] and

[2:03:28] , and use

[2:03:28] and

[2:03:29] the northern state

[2:03:29] was

[2:03:30] instead

[2:03:30] ,

[2:03:30] I'm a

[2:03:31] big proponent

[2:03:31] of

[2:03:31] you fall

[2:03:32] fields. I

[2:03:33] was literally

[2:03:34] soccer

[2:03:34] and

[2:03:35] basketball coach and

[2:03:36] Cedar

[2:03:36] only

[2:03:36] for over

[2:03:37] 12 years

[2:03:38] , all

[2:03:38] with

[2:03:38] kids

[2:03:39] in the

[2:03:39] , in

[2:03:40] town, and

[2:03:40] I think

[2:03:41] the kids would

[2:03:41] be

[2:03:43] better

[2:03:44] served by

[2:03:44] going

[2:03:45] to a

[2:03:45] ball field

[2:03:46] at Winny

[2:03:46] house where

[2:03:47] they can

[2:03:47] ride

[2:03:48] their

[2:03:48] bikes

[2:03:48] .

[2:03:49] There's some

[2:03:50] kids that

[2:03:50] don't

[2:03:51] have transportation

[2:03:52] . I

[2:03:52] , when I

[2:03:53] was

[2:03:54] a basketball coach

[2:03:54] , I used

[2:03:55] to give

[2:03:55] kids rides

[2:03:56] cause

[2:03:56] their

[2:03:57] parents couldn't get them

[2:03:57] places. And I

[2:03:58] , I

[2:03:58] know

[2:03:58] our

[2:03:59] coaches still

[2:03:59] do that

[2:03:59] , but

[2:03:59] I

[2:04:00] really think that

[2:04:00] the

[2:04:01] Winniehauser site is in town

[2:04:02] .

[2:04:02] It'll be

[2:04:03] safer

[2:04:04] . Our

[2:04:04] public

[2:04:05] works

[2:04:05] department

[2:04:05] has

[2:04:06] already

[2:04:07] proposed

[2:04:07] for

[2:04:08] ball

[2:04:08] fields there

[2:04:08] .

[2:04:09] I don't

[2:04:09] see the

[2:04:09] point

[2:04:10] of going

[2:04:11] ,

[2:04:11] leaving

[2:04:12] the city to

[2:04:12] go up

[2:04:13] into

[2:04:13] the county off

[2:04:14] a

[2:04:15] highway 20

[2:04:15] . It

[2:04:16] just doesn't

[2:04:16] seem

[2:04:16] workable to

[2:04:17] me

[2:04:17] , and I'm

[2:04:18] not

[2:04:19] sure why

[2:04:20] that

[2:04:20] original

[2:04:21] proposal

[2:04:21] was rejected

[2:04:21] .

[2:04:22] Thank

[2:04:22] you

[2:04:23] very much

[2:04:23] . Thank you

[2:04:25] Is there anybody

[2:04:25] else online

[2:04:26] like to comment

[2:04:29] ? Anybody else

[2:04:29] online

[2:04:33] Anybody else in the room

[2:04:34] that didn't get to comment

[2:04:36] ?

[2:04:37] Yeah, go ahead

[2:04:47] Jessica

[2:04:47] Fitzpatrick

[2:04:48] , uh, uh, I live in

[2:04:50] Mount Vernon. Um

[2:04:50] , I've

[2:04:51] grown to

[2:04:52] I've become

[2:04:52] an

[2:04:53] auto Audubon

[2:04:54] member since I moved

[2:04:55] to

[2:04:55] Washington. Uh, I

[2:04:56] moved

[2:04:56] to

[2:04:56] Washington

[2:04:57] because

[2:04:59] Washington

[2:04:59] values the

[2:05:00] environment, and

[2:05:00] I

[2:05:01] don't want

[2:05:01] to

[2:05:01] see

[2:05:02] my children

[2:05:02] grow and

[2:05:03] my grandchildren

[2:05:03] grow

[2:05:03] into

[2:05:04] a world

[2:05:04] where they

[2:05:05] can't

[2:05:05] breathe. Um

[2:05:06] I

[2:05:06] also am

[2:05:07] a

[2:05:08] healthcare worker, and one of

[2:05:08] the

[2:05:09] things that I

[2:05:10] consistently

[2:05:10] recommend

[2:05:11] my

[2:05:12] patients do is to

[2:05:13] get

[2:05:13] outside

[2:05:14] , uh, the

[2:05:14] , the

[2:05:15] data

[2:05:15] for

[2:05:16] people

[2:05:17] being outside

[2:05:17] and

[2:05:17] doing

[2:05:18] things

[2:05:18] consistently

[2:05:19] outside

[2:05:19] has

[2:05:20] shown cardiac

[2:05:20] ,

[2:05:20] brain

[2:05:21] , mental

[2:05:22] health benefits

[2:05:23] ,

[2:05:23] and being able

[2:05:23] to provide

[2:05:24] a

[2:05:24] place

[2:05:25] that

[2:05:26] is

[2:05:27] handicap

[2:05:27] accessible

[2:05:28] is

[2:05:29] significant

[2:05:29] . Um

[2:05:30] ,

[2:05:30] Northern

[2:05:30] State

[2:05:31] offers that

[2:05:32] , and

[2:05:32] the peace

[2:05:33] and

[2:05:34] the quiet

[2:05:35] , um,

[2:05:35] the number

[2:05:35] of

[2:05:36] quiet places in

[2:05:37] the

[2:05:37] world is dras

[2:05:38] t

[2:05:38] ically

[2:05:39] reducing. Um, you can listen

[2:05:39] to

[2:05:40] the Wild

[2:05:40] podcast with

[2:05:40] Chris

[2:05:41] Morgan. He

[2:05:41] outlines

[2:05:42] this

[2:05:42] perfectly once again

[2:05:42] , a

[2:05:43] conservationist out

[2:05:44] of

[2:05:45] Bellingham. All

[2:05:45] of my

[2:05:46] children

[2:05:46] played sports. They

[2:05:47] all

[2:05:47] played

[2:05:47] ball, and

[2:05:48] I love

[2:05:48] it

[2:05:49] . I loved

[2:05:49] that they

[2:05:50] had

[2:05:50] that experience

[2:05:51] and it provided

[2:05:52] them

[2:05:52] with

[2:05:52] critical

[2:05:53] tools to help

[2:05:53] them

[2:05:53] all

[2:05:54] throughout life

[2:05:55] . But

[2:05:55] I would

[2:05:56] never have

[2:05:57] encouraged them to

[2:05:57] do that at

[2:05:57] the cost

[2:05:58] of

[2:05:59] the

[2:06:00] preservation of

[2:06:00] something wild

[2:06:01] and beautiful

[2:06:02] . I

[2:06:02] , uh, I

[2:06:03] hope

[2:06:04] that there is

[2:06:04] another option.

[2:06:04] Um, I

[2:06:06] would love

[2:06:06] to see

[2:06:07] both

[2:06:08] the wildlife gained from

[2:06:09] this,

[2:06:09] as well as

[2:06:10] the children

[2:06:11] . Thank

[2:06:11] you

[2:06:13] Anybody else in the room

[2:06:15] to

[2:06:15] comment

[2:06:17] ? It

[2:06:22] Troy

[2:06:23] Hansen

[2:06:24] Cedroley

[2:06:24] , um

[2:06:26] , talking

[2:06:27] about

[2:06:27] wild and scenic, and I

[2:06:28] , I

[2:06:29] totally agree with it

[2:06:31] . For 100

[2:06:31] years that was

[2:06:32] Northern

[2:06:33] state's

[2:06:33] cow fields

[2:06:34] . And

[2:06:35] it was

[2:06:35] Northern

[2:06:36] states Gardens, and

[2:06:37] states

[2:06:38] orchards. We ripped all

[2:06:38] those

[2:06:39] out to make

[2:06:40] alluvial

[2:06:40] fan

[2:06:40] wetlands

[2:06:42] I think

[2:06:42] it's great

[2:06:42] . We

[2:06:43] were told I actually work for

[2:06:44] the county when we

[2:06:44] were that

[2:06:45] project was going on

[2:06:45] . I just

[2:06:46] got out

[2:06:47] of college

[2:06:47] . We

[2:06:47] were

[2:06:48] told that that was

[2:06:49] going

[2:06:49] to

[2:06:50] help with

[2:06:50] flood

[2:06:51] control and

[2:06:52] salmon

[2:06:52] production. Kind of

[2:06:53] wondering where we are on that

[2:06:55] .

[2:06:56] Snooker down. We still

[2:06:56] have

[2:06:56] flooding

[2:06:58] . Um

[2:06:58] , I

[2:06:58] ran cows up

[2:06:59] there

[2:07:01] , beef cows, when I was

[2:07:01] in

[2:07:01] 8th

[2:07:02] grade, we

[2:07:02] hate

[2:07:03] those

[2:07:03] fields

[2:07:04] So

[2:07:04] , to say that

[2:07:05] is a

[2:07:05] natural

[2:07:06] pristine wetland what

[2:07:06] I've been

[2:07:07] hearing in

[2:07:07] the public

[2:07:07] . It's not

[2:07:08] true. It was finished

[2:07:10] in

[2:07:10] 2008

[2:07:11] .

[2:07:12] 4 earthmother tractors are out

[2:07:12] there scraping for

[2:07:13] 2 years

[2:07:14] straight to

[2:07:14] make that

[2:07:14] . That

[2:07:15] doesn't take

[2:07:16] away

[2:07:16] what has

[2:07:16] come

[2:07:17] out there

[2:07:18] , but

[2:07:18] I

[2:07:18] also

[2:07:18] don't see

[2:07:19] anything in

[2:07:20] these plans where

[2:07:20] it

[2:07:21] says baseball fields are

[2:07:21] going

[2:07:22] into

[2:07:23] critical areas

[2:07:23] .

[2:07:23] Louisville

[2:07:23] fan wetland

[2:07:25] . Um

[2:07:26] , to

[2:07:27] go

[2:07:27] take

[2:07:28] another step

[2:07:29] , the

[2:07:30] Winniehauser fields, I feel

[2:07:31] aren't

[2:07:31] big enough. Also

[2:07:32] , you

[2:07:32] have

[2:07:32] a railroad

[2:07:33] track right

[2:07:33] there

[2:07:33] on

[2:07:34] Highway 20

[2:07:34] . So

[2:07:35] kids

[2:07:35] riding

[2:07:35] their bikes

[2:07:36] to

[2:07:36] Winnie

[2:07:37] Hauser

[2:07:37] , crossing

[2:07:38] a railroad

[2:07:38] track, Highway 20

[2:07:39] , if they come

[2:07:39] in from the other way

[2:07:40] , roads,

[2:07:40] road, they

[2:07:40] have to

[2:07:41] cross

[2:07:41] Highway 9

[2:07:42] at a roundabout

[2:07:44] . Both

[2:07:44] are heavy traffic areas

[2:07:45] I'm

[2:07:45] also a firefighter in

[2:07:46] Cedar

[2:07:46] Wooley

[2:07:47] . I've

[2:07:48] responded to

[2:07:48] calls

[2:07:48] on

[2:07:49] Highway 20 and

[2:07:49] from the

[2:07:50] Northern state

[2:07:50] Helme Road

[2:07:51] ,

[2:07:52] they've been fewer and

[2:07:52] far

[2:07:53] between, but I can tell you

[2:07:54] the

[2:07:54] last

[2:07:55] two accidents I've

[2:07:55] been

[2:07:56] out there

[2:07:56] . Cars have

[2:07:56] been

[2:07:57] floating in

[2:07:57] the wetland

[2:07:58] People

[2:07:59] ran off the road

[2:07:59] and ran

[2:07:59] into

[2:08:00] the pond. We

[2:08:01] fished one person

[2:08:01] out last winter

[2:08:03] . Um

[2:08:05] and

[2:08:05] then to

[2:08:06] back another part, talking

[2:08:06] about our children

[2:08:08] . We hear

[2:08:09] so

[2:08:10] much complaints about

[2:08:10] children's

[2:08:12] time

[2:08:13] on screens

[2:08:13] and

[2:08:14] children not getting out and

[2:08:14] getting to

[2:08:15] enjoy those

[2:08:15] those

[2:08:16] wild areas

[2:08:21] . This

[2:08:22] is why is

[2:08:22] this

[2:08:22] not a good investment

[2:08:23] ? My

[2:08:24] father-in-law has been

[2:08:24] involved

[2:08:26] with having these fields for

[2:08:26] the

[2:08:26] last 35

[2:08:27] years talking about

[2:08:27] it

[2:08:28] . No

[2:08:28] one cared

[2:08:29] back then

[2:08:30] So

[2:08:31] now all of a sudden we

[2:08:33] care

[2:08:34] over not taking away the

[2:08:34] importance

[2:08:35] of

[2:08:35] the

[2:08:36] bird

[2:08:36] , but

[2:08:37] also we

[2:08:37] have

[2:08:38] care facilities in

[2:08:38] this town that are helping

[2:08:39] with

[2:08:40] overdoses and drugs and

[2:08:40] everything else

[2:08:41] . How

[2:08:41] about

[2:08:42] it

[2:08:42] go up river and have

[2:08:43] an inch

[2:08:43] of

[2:08:44] prevention for these

[2:08:46] . I heard

[2:08:46] with the

[2:08:47] other facilities

[2:08:48] , if

[2:08:48] we save one life

[2:08:49] , it's all

[2:08:49] worth it

[2:08:50] . Well

[2:08:50] , if we

[2:08:50] save

[2:08:51] one

[2:08:51] child from having to go

[2:08:52] into

[2:08:53] one of those beds

[2:08:53] . Isn't

[2:08:54] it

[2:08:54] the

[2:08:55] same, isn't

[2:08:56] not worth it too

[2:08:57] ?

[2:08:57] So that's it. Thank you

[2:08:59] Thank

[2:08:59] you

[2:09:01] Anybody else like to

[2:09:02] comment today

[2:09:04] ? All right

[2:09:04] , thank

[2:09:05] you

[2:09:05] very much, Mr

[2:09:06] . Burns

[2:09:06] . Do

[2:09:06] you have anything

[2:09:07] on what you

[2:09:07] did last

[2:09:08] week or any other

[2:09:09] comments? I stayed

[2:09:10] busy

[2:09:10] last

[2:09:11] week

[2:09:11] . Excuse me

[2:09:12] , I still don't

[2:09:12] have

[2:09:13] my voice

[2:09:13] completely back

[2:09:13] here

[2:09:15] , but last Friday

[2:09:15] I went

[2:09:15] and

[2:09:15] did a

[2:09:16] site visit

[2:09:16] on

[2:09:17] Bacchus

[2:09:17] Creek

[2:09:18] with people

[2:09:18] who had

[2:09:20] , uh,

[2:09:20] flooding issues

[2:09:22] , um, from the

[2:09:22] DECEMBER

[2:09:23] flood

[2:09:24] event and

[2:09:25] the

[2:09:25] creek

[2:09:26] backing up

[2:09:26] and in

[2:09:27] part

[2:09:28] being rerouted

[2:09:28] by some

[2:09:29] ditch

[2:09:29] work that

[2:09:29] had

[2:09:30] been done

[2:09:31] . It

[2:09:31] was

[2:09:31] interesting

[2:09:32] to

[2:09:32] see

[2:09:33] what had

[2:09:33] gone

[2:09:33] up

[2:09:34] there

[2:09:35] , gone

[2:09:35] on up there

[2:09:36] and

[2:09:37] actually getting eyes

[2:09:37] on

[2:09:38] it

[2:09:38] and how it is

[2:09:38] , uh, filled

[2:09:39] in,

[2:09:39] how it

[2:09:40] was changed

[2:09:40] , um, so

[2:09:41] I'm

[2:09:42] still conferring more with

[2:09:42] our

[2:09:43] staff about uh what's

[2:09:43] going on

[2:09:43] up there

[2:09:45] . Log

[2:09:45] Rodeo Parade

[2:09:45] , um,

[2:09:46] I volunteer with them

[2:09:46] each year

[2:09:47] and

[2:09:47] , uh, that

[2:09:47] actually went

[2:09:49] quite well. We did

[2:09:49] some

[2:09:49] changes

[2:09:50] and uh it

[2:09:51] was wonderful to see

[2:09:51] how

[2:09:52] we streamline the

[2:09:53] process

[2:09:54] and got a whole lot

[2:09:54] of people

[2:09:55] through

[2:09:56] , uh, a really

[2:09:56] a

[2:09:57] cherished, uh, Skagit

[2:09:58] County

[2:09:58] event

[2:10:00] , um, and I

[2:10:00] think it

[2:10:01] flowed

[2:10:02] quite smoothly

[2:10:04] . So we

[2:10:04] went

[2:10:05] and all did

[2:10:05] a tour of

[2:10:05] the

[2:10:07] baker

[2:10:07] , uh, dam

[2:10:08] fish passage

[2:10:09] ,

[2:10:09] and it was quite

[2:10:10] neat

[2:10:11] to see

[2:10:11] the amount of

[2:10:12] fish coming

[2:10:12] into

[2:10:14] that passageway

[2:10:14] . Um

[2:10:14] , the tribe

[2:10:15] was down

[2:10:16] , uh, below

[2:10:16] , uh, doing

[2:10:18] their

[2:10:18] fishing

[2:10:19] and then seeing

[2:10:19] how many fish are

[2:10:20] making

[2:10:21] it

[2:10:22] upriver still

[2:10:22] . Um

[2:10:24] the volume at

[2:10:25] which we're, that we're flowing

[2:10:25] through

[2:10:26] that

[2:10:27] system and the way

[2:10:28] that they get them through

[2:10:29] as

[2:10:29] quickly

[2:10:30] as possible and then

[2:10:30] up

[2:10:30] to

[2:10:31] Baker Dam

[2:10:32] . It was

[2:10:32] quite neat

[2:10:32] to

[2:10:33] see that

[2:10:34] . Um

[2:10:34] , also

[2:10:34] to

[2:10:35] see

[2:10:36] their

[2:10:36] hatchery

[2:10:37] and how

[2:10:38] they

[2:10:38] have set up

[2:10:39] their processes

[2:10:39] up

[2:10:40] there

[2:10:41] . Um

[2:10:41] , it was interesting

[2:10:42] to me. I'd

[2:10:42] never gone

[2:10:43] through a

[2:10:43] hatchery. I

[2:10:44] , I've seen

[2:10:45] fish

[2:10:45] production

[2:10:46] facilities for

[2:10:46] trout

[2:10:47] and

[2:10:47] sturgeon before

[2:10:48] , but it

[2:10:48] had

[2:10:49] never

[2:10:49] actually

[2:10:50] seen something

[2:10:50] where they were trying

[2:10:51] to put

[2:10:51] fish back

[2:10:53] into the

[2:10:53] , the

[2:10:54] natural

[2:10:54] habitat as the priority

[2:10:55] And

[2:10:55] so

[2:10:55] it was

[2:10:56] , uh, quite interesting

[2:10:57] to walk through that

[2:10:57] . Also did

[2:10:58] a site tour

[2:10:58] of

[2:10:58] Home

[2:10:59] Trust's

[2:10:59] gadget

[2:11:01] , um, did

[2:11:01] their, a tour

[2:11:01] of

[2:11:02] their

[2:11:02] Summerland

[2:11:02] neighborhood

[2:11:03] , and

[2:11:03] then their

[2:11:03] ,

[2:11:04] their Park

[2:11:05] Street facility

[2:11:05] in

[2:11:06] LaConnor

[2:11:07] , um, two

[2:11:08] different

[2:11:08] models

[2:11:08] , but

[2:11:10] , um, still

[2:11:10] quite

[2:11:11] interesting to see

[2:11:11] how they

[2:11:12] could

[2:11:12] take

[2:11:13] grants and

[2:11:14] create a

[2:11:14] program

[2:11:14] to help

[2:11:15] people who

[2:11:16] normally would not be able to

[2:11:16] purchase

[2:11:17] a home

[2:11:17] , get

[2:11:17] an

[2:11:18] opportunity to make that

[2:11:19] first

[2:11:20] purchase and

[2:11:21] , uh, to

[2:11:21] get a leg

[2:11:22] up

[2:11:22] in

[2:11:23] life

[2:11:24] and

[2:11:25] also how

[2:11:25] they

[2:11:25] worked

[2:11:26] with

[2:11:26] other

[2:11:27] agencies to

[2:11:27] create

[2:11:28] rentals that were

[2:11:29] affordable for people in

[2:11:30] the

[2:11:30] area. Um

[2:11:30] , so I

[2:11:31] , I

[2:11:31] found

[2:11:31] that

[2:11:32] quite interesting. It was a

[2:11:32] model I had

[2:11:33] not looked

[2:11:33] at

[2:11:34] very

[2:11:35] deeply um before now

[2:11:36] , so thank

[2:11:36] you very much

[2:11:37] . Thank

[2:11:37] you, Mr

[2:11:37] .

[2:11:38] Browning

[2:11:38] had another meeting he

[2:11:38] had to

[2:11:39] get to

[2:11:40] , uh, or public

[2:11:41] comment went

[2:11:41] longer

[2:11:41] than

[2:11:42] expected

[2:11:43] , but uh thank you

[2:11:43] very

[2:11:43] much

[2:11:43] everybody

[2:11:44] being here

[2:11:45] . Uh

[2:11:46] ,

[2:11:46] offshore went to

[2:11:47] the Sitaole

[2:11:47] Laga

[2:11:48] rodeo parade

[2:11:48] . Really

[2:11:49] enjoyed that

[2:11:49] . Lots

[2:11:50] of

[2:11:51] um people

[2:11:51] a

[2:11:51] lot

[2:11:52] of

[2:11:53] public there

[2:11:53] is

[2:11:54] really

[2:11:54] appreciate that

[2:11:55] . Um

[2:11:56] , the, you

[2:11:56] know

[2:11:57] , 250

[2:11:58] years we've been a

[2:11:58] country now

[2:11:59] and it's

[2:11:59] pretty

[2:12:00] amazing what we've had,

[2:12:00] especially if you have a chance

[2:12:01] to travel around the world and

[2:12:01] see what the other

[2:12:02] countries

[2:12:02] have

[2:12:03] . We have a

[2:12:03] lot to

[2:12:04] be

[2:12:05] grateful for what we have here.

[2:12:05] Always

[2:12:05] room

[2:12:06] to improve

[2:12:06] , but

[2:12:06] we

[2:12:07] do have a lot of

[2:12:07] things to

[2:12:08] be

[2:12:08] grateful

[2:12:09] for

[2:12:09] and

[2:12:10] moving

[2:12:10] forward

[2:12:10] Uh

[2:12:11] , Commissioner

[2:12:11] Burns

[2:12:13] mentioned the

[2:12:14] future

[2:12:15] So Energy

[2:12:16] ,

[2:12:17] damn tour that we did

[2:12:17] up there

[2:12:18] ,

[2:12:18] um, it was

[2:12:19] really nice to

[2:12:20] go

[2:12:20] through

[2:12:21] that

[2:12:21] . I had a

[2:12:22] chance to

[2:12:23] go through it a

[2:12:23] couple

[2:12:24] times

[2:12:25] before

[2:12:25] , um, but

[2:12:26] actually

[2:12:26] see

[2:12:27] the

[2:12:28] um salmon

[2:12:28] come through

[2:12:29] and

[2:12:29] they go

[2:12:29] to

[2:12:30] the fish elevator

[2:12:31] and then they were sorting them

[2:12:32] as they

[2:12:32] come

[2:12:33] out and

[2:12:33] um it's

[2:12:34] ,

[2:12:35] it's really interesting

[2:12:35] how

[2:12:35] they are

[2:12:36] able to

[2:12:36] use

[2:12:37] the

[2:12:37] genetics

[2:12:37] and take

[2:12:38] so many

[2:12:38] ,

[2:12:39] depending on

[2:12:39] the run

[2:12:39] numbers

[2:12:40] that

[2:12:40] are coming in

[2:12:41] , how many

[2:12:41] they're

[2:12:41] catching

[2:12:42] and

[2:12:42] um

[2:12:43] bringing up to the dam

[2:12:43] and how

[2:12:43] many

[2:12:44] they're

[2:12:45] using

[2:12:45] for

[2:12:46] the

[2:12:46] hatchery and how

[2:12:47] much they're

[2:12:47] just

[2:12:48] letting

[2:12:48] loose wild

[2:12:49] in the

[2:12:50] lake up there

[2:12:50] . So they've

[2:12:51] done

[2:12:52] a amazing job

[2:12:53] . I think

[2:12:53] they

[2:12:53] start

[2:12:54] out

[2:12:55] with 97

[2:12:56] fish when

[2:12:57] they started

[2:12:57] . They're up

[2:12:58] to 80

[2:12:59] or 90,000

[2:13:00] came back last

[2:13:00] year,

[2:13:01] so it was

[2:13:01] a huge, huge

[2:13:02] increase

[2:13:02] So

[2:13:03] , um, what's

[2:13:03] really

[2:13:03] uh

[2:13:04] impressive what they're

[2:13:04] doing

[2:13:05] and one of the things we went

[2:13:06] up and looked at it because

[2:13:06] that's one of the

[2:13:07] things

[2:13:07] Seattle

[2:13:07] City

[2:13:08] like with their

[2:13:08] system

[2:13:09] of Ross and

[2:13:09] so

[2:13:10] forth on

[2:13:10] the upper

[2:13:11] Skagget

[2:13:11] . That's what

[2:13:12] some type of

[2:13:12] system they're

[2:13:12] trying

[2:13:13] to get put

[2:13:14] in on that

[2:13:14] .

[2:13:14] So

[2:13:15] that's why we

[2:13:15] went up to

[2:13:15] look at

[2:13:16] . If there's

[2:13:17] anything

[2:13:18] else with that, we

[2:13:18] are

[2:13:19] adjourned. We'll be back in

[2:13:20] session at

[2:13:21] what is it

[2:13:21] , 1

[2:13:22] o'clock

[2:13:22] ? One o'clock. So with

[2:13:23] that, we're adjourn

[2:13:23] . Thank you

[2:16:17] Sessions County

[2:16:17] County

[2:16:18] commissioners back to order as

[2:16:18] the

[2:16:19] left

[2:16:19] one o'clock

[2:16:19] on

[2:16:20] July

[2:16:20] 7th

[2:16:20] , 2026

[2:16:21] . We

[2:16:21] are

[2:16:22] here

[2:16:22] for

[2:16:23] a

[2:16:24] presentation on Sedge

[2:16:24] County

[2:16:25] Fair kickoff

[2:16:26] , and then we

[2:16:26] have

[2:16:27] Ken Hanson

[2:16:28] , our, what

[2:16:28] are

[2:16:28] you

[2:16:29] calling yourself

[2:16:30] now

[2:16:30] ? Parks

[2:16:31] recreation, fair

[2:16:31] and

[2:16:32] facilities

[2:16:33] director. That's mouth for

[2:16:33] .

[2:16:33] Very good

[2:16:34] . Thank you

[2:16:35] , Ken. Well

[2:16:36] good afternoon

[2:16:37] , commissioners

[2:16:37] .

[2:16:37] Uh

[2:16:38] , we're

[2:16:39] kicking

[2:16:39] off season

[2:16:40] here for

[2:16:40] our largest

[2:16:41] event at

[2:16:41] the

[2:16:42] county

[2:16:43] for

[2:16:44] the

[2:16:44] county fair

[2:16:45] Uh, this

[2:16:46] is really a

[2:16:46] quick

[2:16:46] introduction for myself, Ken

[2:16:47] Hansen

[2:16:49] , director of

[2:16:50] Parks

[2:16:50] Recreation and Fair

[2:16:51] and

[2:16:51] facilities

[2:16:52] , um, but really the

[2:16:53] show is all about

[2:16:53] Eric

[2:16:54] Gaither

[2:16:54] here

[2:16:55] . So

[2:16:55] , uh, I've

[2:16:56] been in

[2:16:56] the

[2:16:57] position a few months

[2:16:57] now

[2:16:58] , and

[2:16:58] this

[2:16:58] is

[2:17:00] a huge

[2:17:01] event, so

[2:17:01] I'm

[2:17:01] really

[2:17:01] glad that

[2:17:02] we

[2:17:03] have staff

[2:17:03] that have been working on it a

[2:17:04] lot longer

[2:17:04] than I have

[2:17:05] , so I'm

[2:17:06] just going to turn it over

[2:17:06] to

[2:17:07] Eric because

[2:17:08] you get a

[2:17:08] lot more

[2:17:09] important and interesting stuff

[2:17:11] Great. Uh, we

[2:17:13] might add, um,

[2:17:13] for those of you who are in 4h

[2:17:14] ,

[2:17:15] uh, Ken is gonna be seen around

[2:17:16] the dog

[2:17:16] barn

[2:17:17] because his

[2:17:17] daughter is

[2:17:18] in

[2:17:18] the 4 on

[2:17:19] 4

[2:17:19] ,

[2:17:20] right? Yeah, club, so he'll be

[2:17:21] around the fair

[2:17:22] and he's

[2:17:22] no

[2:17:22] stranger to the fair

[2:17:23] , but

[2:17:23] , uh,

[2:17:23] a

[2:17:24] lot

[2:17:25] of details that go into

[2:17:25] it. So

[2:17:26] um

[2:17:27] yeah, I

[2:17:28] want to start

[2:17:29] off, uh, commissioners, it's

[2:17:30] great to be here

[2:17:31] . Um

[2:17:31] , you know,

[2:17:31] this is

[2:17:33] , I think these years

[2:17:33] are starting to go together, so

[2:17:34] I think this is

[2:17:35] year

[2:17:35] 15

[2:17:36] , so

[2:17:37] it's great to have a new phase

[2:17:37] ,

[2:17:38] Commissioner Burns up here

[2:17:39] , uh,

[2:17:40] you know, that kind of breaks

[2:17:41] up the, the

[2:17:41] , the ears aren't

[2:17:42] all

[2:17:42] running together, but I

[2:17:43] think

[2:17:43] , Commissioner Wheen, you

[2:17:45] have

[2:17:45] me outlasted. I think

[2:17:46] every

[2:17:46] year I have done this.

[2:17:47] You've been

[2:17:47] up here

[2:17:47] . So

[2:17:49] , um, it

[2:17:49] goes

[2:17:50] back

[2:17:51] to 2011 when

[2:17:51] our

[2:17:52] former director

[2:17:52] Bryan Adams

[2:17:53] called me when I

[2:17:53] was working

[2:17:55] out

[2:17:56] in Colorado in

[2:17:56] the

[2:17:56] mountains

[2:17:57] , and he said

[2:17:57] , How

[2:17:57] would you

[2:17:58] like to run

[2:17:58] the fair?

[2:17:59] So

[2:17:59] here we are

[2:18:00] , um 15 years

[2:18:00] later, but it's it's an honor

[2:18:01] and a privilege

[2:18:01] , and

[2:18:02] I enjoy

[2:18:03] being here every year

[2:18:03] to

[2:18:03] present to you

[2:18:04] guys

[2:18:04] , so

[2:18:05] , um, I

[2:18:05] do wanna, uh, do

[2:18:07] some shout

[2:18:07] outs in the audience here. We

[2:18:08] do have

[2:18:09] , um, some of

[2:18:09] our sketch

[2:18:10] accounting forh members. We

[2:18:11] have a couple of speakers who

[2:18:12] are going to come up

[2:18:13] later. Um

[2:18:13] ,

[2:18:14] we have the Wind

[2:18:14] Rider's

[2:18:14] 4h

[2:18:15] Horse Club

[2:18:16] represented as well

[2:18:16] as the beaks

[2:18:17] , noses

[2:18:17] and Bill's

[2:18:18] Club

[2:18:19] , which

[2:18:20] , um, which

[2:18:21] encompasses, I believe

[2:18:21] a

[2:18:22] couple's

[2:18:23] different

[2:18:23] species

[2:18:24] , um,

[2:18:24] and they

[2:18:25] , um, their

[2:18:26] club

[2:18:26] is a

[2:18:27] bit

[2:18:28] highlighted this

[2:18:28] year

[2:18:28] because of

[2:18:29] the theme, which

[2:18:29] we'll get to

[2:18:30] . So

[2:18:30] , um, also, we

[2:18:31] have some

[2:18:31] other members of

[2:18:32] the

[2:18:32] audience, I think we have

[2:18:34] , um,

[2:18:34] Henrietta

[2:18:35] , Daisy

[2:18:37] , and

[2:18:38] um Sonic

[2:18:38] down

[2:18:39] there

[2:18:39] in I think

[2:18:39] the

[2:18:40] better half

[2:18:40] of

[2:18:41] our mascot

[2:18:41] as

[2:18:42] well

[2:18:43] , so big thanks

[2:18:44] everyone

[2:18:44] for coming

[2:18:45] . So here

[2:18:46] we are

[2:18:47] , uh,

[2:18:48] 127 years later, the fair's

[2:18:48] been gone

[2:18:50] since

[2:18:50] 1898

[2:18:50] . The

[2:18:52] longest standing event

[2:18:52] in

[2:18:53] Skagget County

[2:18:54] . Um

[2:18:54] , the fair

[2:18:54] runs off of

[2:18:56] 3

[2:18:56] full-time staff.

[2:18:57] Um, we also do get a lot of

[2:18:59] other help. Obviously, we have

[2:18:59] a

[2:19:00] huge volunteer base, but

[2:19:00] we

[2:19:01] run out

[2:19:01] 3

[2:19:02] full-time staff

[2:19:03] , um,

[2:19:03] as

[2:19:03] well

[2:19:03] as we

[2:19:04] do

[2:19:04] have park

[2:19:04] staff

[2:19:05] that comes in

[2:19:05] near the

[2:19:06] fair, but

[2:19:07] it takes takes

[2:19:07] a

[2:19:08] village to

[2:19:08] do it

[2:19:09] . Um

[2:19:10] , we also

[2:19:10] have our advi

[2:19:11] advisory

[2:19:12] and

[2:19:12] foundation board supporting us

[2:19:12] ,

[2:19:13] so

[2:19:14] both those boards

[2:19:15] were not

[2:19:15] really

[2:19:16] active until about 2

[2:19:17] years ago. Um

[2:19:19] , the advisory

[2:19:19] board, um

[2:19:21] was on

[2:19:21] hiatus and

[2:19:22] then we had some people

[2:19:23] stepped

[2:19:24] up to make a fairgrounds

[2:19:25] foundation. So yeah, as

[2:19:25] you

[2:19:26] guys know

[2:19:26] , um, going into, you

[2:19:27] know, at

[2:19:28] times where things are

[2:19:28] not getting easier, it's great

[2:19:29] to

[2:19:30] have

[2:19:30] these pieces

[2:19:30] supporting

[2:19:31] us

[2:19:32] . Of course, alongside our

[2:19:33] great

[2:19:34] 4hffa

[2:19:35] programs

[2:19:35] , um, it's

[2:19:35] just, it's a

[2:19:37] real privilege to

[2:19:37] have all these

[2:19:38] things and we

[2:19:38] have a

[2:19:39] lot

[2:19:39] of

[2:19:40] good team spirit

[2:19:42] .

[2:19:42] So

[2:19:44] , um, I'm gonna take one step

[2:19:44] back from the

[2:19:46] fair just cause

[2:19:46] we get to do this

[2:19:47] once a year.

[2:19:47] Um

[2:19:48] , and I

[2:19:48] also, it's

[2:19:48] also

[2:19:49] good

[2:19:49] information for some of the

[2:19:50] people who

[2:19:50] are around

[2:19:51] fair and

[2:19:51] um are focused

[2:19:52] on fair

[2:19:53] . It's

[2:19:54] after all, you should be, it's

[2:19:54] the Super Bowl

[2:19:55] , but

[2:19:55] what goes

[2:19:55] on at the

[2:19:56] fairgrounds year

[2:19:56] round and I only

[2:19:57] have the

[2:19:58] pleasure of

[2:19:58] doing this

[2:19:58] once per

[2:19:58] year

[2:19:59] , so it's our

[2:20:00] chance to

[2:20:01] give you guys an idea of what

[2:20:01] goes

[2:20:01] on

[2:20:02] year round

[2:20:03] . So

[2:20:04] , um,

[2:20:04] people

[2:20:04] always

[2:20:05] , people often

[2:20:05] wonder, you know, we

[2:20:06] have up to

[2:20:07] close to

[2:20:07] 50 events

[2:20:07] , but

[2:20:08] sometimes they

[2:20:08] get confused.

[2:20:09] Are you running it

[2:20:10] ? Are you

[2:20:10] in

[2:20:10] charge

[2:20:11] of it

[2:20:12] ? Um

[2:20:12] , so

[2:20:13] the fair

[2:20:13] staff actually

[2:20:14] runs

[2:20:14] , um, you'll

[2:20:15] see actually it's

[2:20:15] 4 events, but

[2:20:15] the

[2:20:16] fair

[2:20:16] staff runs 4

[2:20:17] events

[2:20:17] and the

[2:20:18] rest are

[2:20:19] , um, mostly

[2:20:20] run by third parties, so

[2:20:20] there's a lot of

[2:20:21] interaction,

[2:20:21] of course

[2:20:22] , when those

[2:20:22] events

[2:20:23] happen, but we're

[2:20:23] the

[2:20:24] main

[2:20:25] driver. Um, these

[2:20:25] are our

[2:20:26] three

[2:20:27] trademarks, which is our spring

[2:20:27] and fall garage

[2:20:28] sale, and

[2:20:29] of

[2:20:30] course

[2:20:30] , the fare

[2:20:31] . Um

[2:20:32] the spring

[2:20:33] and fall garage sales are great

[2:20:34] events, you know, every

[2:20:36] year we

[2:20:37] um, you know, there are a lot

[2:20:38] of work, but

[2:20:38] they, we do have

[2:20:39] it on a bit

[2:20:39] of

[2:20:40] a template and

[2:20:41] we'd have vendors that

[2:20:41] come in

[2:20:42] and they are the stars of

[2:20:43] the

[2:20:43] show, so there is

[2:20:43] , there

[2:20:44] is

[2:20:44] some

[2:20:45] , um, a

[2:20:45] lot

[2:20:45] of

[2:20:46] familiarity

[2:20:47] that

[2:20:47] we can

[2:20:48] , um, lean on

[2:20:48] there

[2:20:48] and

[2:20:49] honestly, um, you

[2:20:49] know, we

[2:20:50] run on a

[2:20:50] business model

[2:20:51] here at

[2:20:52] the fairgrounds. If we had a

[2:20:52] , a

[2:20:54] different climate

[2:20:54] . Let's say

[2:20:54] we

[2:20:55] lived in the South, we

[2:20:55] would

[2:20:56] probably

[2:20:56] do another

[2:20:57] garage sale

[2:20:57] in JANUARY

[2:20:58] or FEBRUARY

[2:20:58] , but

[2:20:59] uh

[2:21:00] we aren't blessed with the uh

[2:21:01] the weather and the

[2:21:02] durable

[2:21:03] surfaces. So we make do with

[2:21:03] what we got

[2:21:05] . Um

[2:21:07] , our

[2:21:07] spring

[2:21:07] garage sale happened in APRIL.

[2:21:08] Um, it was

[2:21:09] , it's

[2:21:09] always a

[2:21:10] success. It happened

[2:21:11] during

[2:21:11] the

[2:21:12] um, of course during the

[2:21:12] Tulip

[2:21:13] festival

[2:21:14] and some people ask,

[2:21:14] is that an accident that you

[2:21:15] have it in

[2:21:16] APRIL and

[2:21:16] I haven't

[2:21:17] been here 30

[2:21:17] years, but

[2:21:18] , uh,

[2:21:18] when

[2:21:18] , when

[2:21:19] the formation of

[2:21:20] this event happened

[2:21:20] , but I can

[2:21:21] tell you it's

[2:21:21] no accident that

[2:21:22] it's during the Skagit Valley

[2:21:22] Tulip

[2:21:23] Festival

[2:21:23] . So, um

[2:21:24] , again

[2:21:24] ,

[2:21:25] we had a great show this year

[2:21:27] ,

[2:21:27] um, 200, close to 200 vendors

[2:21:28] ,

[2:21:28] around 350 booths

[2:21:30] um, and those

[2:21:30] that don't come

[2:21:31] that

[2:21:31] money does

[2:21:32] support

[2:21:32] the fairgrounds in the

[2:21:34] year round operations

[2:21:34] , so

[2:21:34] , um,

[2:21:35] it all feeds

[2:21:36] into

[2:21:36] one another,

[2:21:36] um

[2:21:38] . We

[2:21:39] do have another great

[2:21:39] chance in the fall

[2:21:40] . It's

[2:21:41] the

[2:21:42] sister event

[2:21:43] , and

[2:21:43] this

[2:21:44] one gets

[2:21:44] a

[2:21:44] little

[2:21:45] extra

[2:21:45] pizzazz because

[2:21:46] we have a car show

[2:21:46] . So we have

[2:21:46] up

[2:21:48] to 200 cars

[2:21:50] um, there

[2:21:50] , it's

[2:21:50] nice

[2:21:52] . So, um

[2:21:53] yeah

[2:21:54] , make sure to

[2:21:55] mark your calendar for that one

[2:21:56] I will add to that we

[2:21:57] have had

[2:21:57] 4h

[2:21:59] clubs raising money at some

[2:21:59] of those

[2:21:59] garage sales

[2:22:01] , so

[2:22:01] I

[2:22:01] know that in the

[2:22:02] small barn

[2:22:03] we

[2:22:04] had

[2:22:04] $1000

[2:22:05] and then in the past

[2:22:06] there's been up to

[2:22:06] $2000 and

[2:22:06] that

[2:22:08] goes into um different

[2:22:08] things for

[2:22:10] their barn, and so

[2:22:11] that's money that you know

[2:22:11] those requests

[2:22:12] could

[2:22:12] be

[2:22:13] getting

[2:22:13] to the

[2:22:14] fair

[2:22:15] budget

[2:22:15] as requested

[2:22:16] but a lot of those are

[2:22:17] being

[2:22:17] captured at

[2:22:18] , at just

[2:22:18] they're

[2:22:18] just taken

[2:22:19] off our plate

[2:22:19] and

[2:22:20] they're captured by the 4h

[2:22:21] clubs and I know

[2:22:21] that the

[2:22:21] horse

[2:22:23] department especially

[2:22:24] , um,

[2:22:24] fundraises

[2:22:25] a lot

[2:22:25] for the

[2:22:25] arena

[2:22:26] because

[2:22:26] the whole

[2:22:27] surface of

[2:22:28] the

[2:22:28] arena

[2:22:29] is pretty

[2:22:29] much

[2:22:30] up to

[2:22:31] the

[2:22:31] 4h Horse

[2:22:32] Clubs and

[2:22:32] their

[2:22:33] budget

[2:22:34] , so we're

[2:22:35] always trying

[2:22:35] to

[2:22:35] come up with ways to

[2:22:36] give 4h

[2:22:36] a

[2:22:37] good

[2:22:37] opportunity

[2:22:37] to fundraise

[2:22:38] but they are the ones who are

[2:22:39] really making it

[2:22:39] happen, so

[2:22:39] , um

[2:22:40] I know, I know

[2:22:41] you guys are

[2:22:42] very involved. I know APRIL is

[2:22:42] very involved with

[2:22:43] the Horse

[2:22:44] Club fundraising. So

[2:22:44] we

[2:22:46] do

[2:22:47] appreciate that and we do try

[2:22:47] to open up our

[2:22:48] events to, you

[2:22:48] know, make

[2:22:49] hey wherever

[2:22:50] we can

[2:22:51] while we're already having a

[2:22:51] big event going on

[2:22:53] So

[2:22:54] the

[2:22:55] fairgrounds has always been a

[2:22:56] year-round gathering place, but

[2:22:57] I can tell you

[2:22:58] post covid that

[2:22:59] that has

[2:23:00] , uh, from a

[2:23:00] , a

[2:23:01] , a

[2:23:02] slogan that's true to

[2:23:02] a

[2:23:03] slogan

[2:23:04] that's, that's

[2:23:04] , it's something

[2:23:05] we live and breathe every day

[2:23:06] .

[2:23:07] There's so much going on

[2:23:07] . I

[2:23:07] mean

[2:23:07] , um we have

[2:23:08] the Highland

[2:23:09] Games going on at the

[2:23:09] fairgrounds, and that

[2:23:10] is

[2:23:11] a

[2:23:12] monstrous

[2:23:12] event

[2:23:13] . And

[2:23:13] so

[2:23:14] , and

[2:23:15] we

[2:23:15] if you

[2:23:15] , if you look

[2:23:16] at

[2:23:16] our

[2:23:16] calendar

[2:23:17] , um, which I'll pull

[2:23:18] up here in a

[2:23:18] minute, it

[2:23:18] , it

[2:23:19] doesn't stop

[2:23:19] . We

[2:23:21] have

[2:23:21] brief

[2:23:22] periods

[2:23:22] of quiet in

[2:23:23] the winter

[2:23:23] ,

[2:23:23] um, but

[2:23:24] it's really

[2:23:24] , it's

[2:23:25] really great to see the

[2:23:25] fairgrounds

[2:23:26] utilized

[2:23:27] and um

[2:23:27] .

[2:23:27] Yeah

[2:23:28] , it's been

[2:23:28] amazing post

[2:23:29] covid, um

[2:23:31] . So it's, it's a

[2:23:32] great thing

[2:23:33] . Um, some of the

[2:23:34] other things here that people

[2:23:34] MAY

[2:23:35] not know

[2:23:36] about as well as

[2:23:36] people do see the

[2:23:37] public

[2:23:38] events

[2:23:38] that go on, but

[2:23:38] we have

[2:23:39] a

[2:23:40] racecar group that's in one of

[2:23:41] our buildings for 5 months

[2:23:42] in

[2:23:42] the winter

[2:23:43] . So anyone who's

[2:23:43] looking

[2:23:44] for a

[2:23:45] winter hobby,

[2:23:45] they do

[2:23:45] carpet

[2:23:46] racing

[2:23:47] . Um

[2:23:47] , we

[2:23:47] do do

[2:23:48] professional trainings

[2:23:49] and things like that. We're

[2:23:50] we

[2:23:50] don't do a

[2:23:51] ton

[2:23:51] of

[2:23:52] the

[2:23:54] um

[2:23:55] one-time private party events

[2:23:55] .

[2:23:56] They just don't tend

[2:23:56] to be the

[2:23:57] best for

[2:23:57] our business model,

[2:23:58] but a

[2:23:58] lot

[2:23:58] of

[2:23:59] the business

[2:23:59] we've

[2:24:00] had some

[2:24:00] state

[2:24:01] school testing

[2:24:01] in their

[2:24:02] homeschool testing in

[2:24:02] there. We

[2:24:03] hope

[2:24:04] that that stays

[2:24:04] and doesn't

[2:24:05] go online

[2:24:05] next year

[2:24:06] but

[2:24:06] those are

[2:24:07] great events and

[2:24:07] those are the things

[2:24:08] that

[2:24:08] actually

[2:24:08] we have a

[2:24:09] little

[2:24:09] more

[2:24:10] bandwidth to take on

[2:24:11] are

[2:24:11] the

[2:24:11] big

[2:24:13] weekday business rentals.

[2:24:14] So anyone out there who's a

[2:24:14] business and you want to use

[2:24:15] the fairgrounds, even

[2:24:16] even

[2:24:16] be

[2:24:16] like a um

[2:24:19] picnic in the summer

[2:24:19] on a

[2:24:19] Thursday for all day

[2:24:20] you

[2:24:21] want to rent the fairgrounds or

[2:24:21] you want to do a

[2:24:22] big

[2:24:23] event on

[2:24:23] a

[2:24:23] special Tuesday

[2:24:24] , Wednesdays

[2:24:25] or

[2:24:25] Thursdays

[2:24:26] , um, we are

[2:24:26] , we're

[2:24:26] open

[2:24:27] for business, so

[2:24:29] um, and

[2:24:30] then the 4h usage, so a

[2:24:31] lot of

[2:24:32] the barns get used for

[2:24:33] practices. Again, the

[2:24:34] arena

[2:24:34] , um

[2:24:34] is

[2:24:35] the big

[2:24:35] one that used

[2:24:36] by 4h

[2:24:37] 4 months out of the year, but

[2:24:37] we also

[2:24:38] have other

[2:24:39] things that

[2:24:39] go

[2:24:39] on. Um

[2:24:39] , we

[2:24:41] actually had, we

[2:24:41] had

[2:24:41] dog clubs out

[2:24:42] there and

[2:24:42] they actually did

[2:24:43] a fundraiser

[2:24:43] to benefit

[2:24:44] the fairgrounds

[2:24:44] , but

[2:24:44] um

[2:24:46] you know, the

[2:24:46] , the

[2:24:46] facility

[2:24:48] we always try to work for

[2:24:48] hn

[2:24:49] sometimes there's a

[2:24:49] little bit

[2:24:50] of

[2:24:50] deconflicting if there's a

[2:24:51] huge

[2:24:52] revenue

[2:24:52] generating event

[2:24:53] such as there's a

[2:24:53] few Fridays

[2:24:53] where they

[2:24:54] , the

[2:24:54] horse clubs

[2:24:55] can't ride on

[2:24:55] Fridays because

[2:24:55] there's

[2:24:56] a big renter in, but a

[2:24:57] lot

[2:24:57] of

[2:24:58] times the people

[2:24:58] are

[2:24:59] running

[2:24:59] the grounds for a

[2:25:00] full

[2:25:00] rental Wednesday

[2:25:01] through Sunday

[2:25:01] and

[2:25:02] they oftentimes

[2:25:02] we can

[2:25:03] still

[2:25:03] get horse

[2:25:03] clubs in

[2:25:04] Wednesday

[2:25:04] , Thursday

[2:25:05] , so

[2:25:06] um it's

[2:25:06] a

[2:25:06] huge

[2:25:07] balancing act

[2:25:08] , but again

[2:25:08] when we

[2:25:09] have, when we

[2:25:09] have

[2:25:10] people chipping into the

[2:25:11] facility like that

[2:25:12] and putting

[2:25:12] money in

[2:25:13] sweat equity

[2:25:13] , we

[2:25:14] really try

[2:25:14] to do

[2:25:15] that

[2:25:16] and

[2:25:16] after

[2:25:17] all, they're prac

[2:25:17] tic ing for

[2:25:18] the Super Bowl and we're in

[2:25:19] charge of the Super Bowl, so

[2:25:19] it's kind

[2:25:19] of a

[2:25:20] , a cycle that

[2:25:20] works out

[2:25:22] . Um, another thing

[2:25:22] that I would like to

[2:25:23] highlight

[2:25:23] is

[2:25:24] 4 times a year

[2:25:24] , we

[2:25:24] have the

[2:25:26] one

[2:25:26] day offender

[2:25:28] , um, program

[2:25:28] with the

[2:25:30] jail alternatives um

[2:25:31] through the

[2:25:31] sheriff's

[2:25:31] office

[2:25:32] and so

[2:25:33] I know

[2:25:33] that

[2:25:33] most people

[2:25:34] don't know about

[2:25:35] this. We

[2:25:35] do

[2:25:35] have

[2:25:37] , um, one

[2:25:38] in typically the

[2:25:38] spring, one in

[2:25:39] the

[2:25:39] fall

[2:25:40] . We

[2:25:40] have one

[2:25:41] coming

[2:25:41] up here

[2:25:42] in

[2:25:42] JULY

[2:25:43] and

[2:25:44] then

[2:25:44] the

[2:25:45] alternative staff

[2:25:45] ,

[2:25:45] they

[2:25:46] actually

[2:25:47] engineered one to

[2:25:47] have one

[2:25:47] right after

[2:25:48] the fair

[2:25:49] for tear down, but I can tell

[2:25:49] you

[2:25:50] those JULY and

[2:25:50] those

[2:25:51] AUGUST

[2:25:52] dates

[2:25:53] , we

[2:25:54] would be in a

[2:25:54] world

[2:25:54] of

[2:25:55] hurt without

[2:25:55] those, so

[2:25:56] there's a lot of labor that

[2:25:57] goes into that

[2:25:58] , um, and I know

[2:25:58] that program it

[2:26:00] saves

[2:26:01] incarceration time, so it's

[2:26:01] , I

[2:26:02] think a couple of days

[2:26:02] in

[2:26:02] jail.

[2:26:03] People

[2:26:04] work it off

[2:26:05] , but if

[2:26:05] that

[2:26:07] program is paramount to

[2:26:07] our

[2:26:08] success

[2:26:09] . And I

[2:26:09] would just like

[2:26:09] to call out

[2:26:10] the staff over

[2:26:11] there. They, they have been

[2:26:12] super accommodating and I

[2:26:13] know

[2:26:13] the August

[2:26:14] 1, uh, that they

[2:26:15] engineered for us. I

[2:26:16] know

[2:26:16] that

[2:26:17] the

[2:26:18] um department deputies

[2:26:18] ,

[2:26:19] they

[2:26:20] , it took a hit to

[2:26:20] their

[2:26:21] vacation and their planning and

[2:26:21] they

[2:26:22] , they

[2:26:22] sacrifice for us to

[2:26:23] do that because they know what

[2:26:23] it

[2:26:24] takes to

[2:26:24] put

[2:26:25] together, so

[2:26:26] just some of

[2:26:27] the things behind

[2:26:27] the scenes

[2:26:29] . Um

[2:26:29] , I don't have,

[2:26:30] we can't go through all this,

[2:26:30] but

[2:26:31] here's kind of a snapshot

[2:26:32] of the

[2:26:33] year-round calendar

[2:26:34] , um,

[2:26:34] a lot going on

[2:26:35] , a lot

[2:26:36] going on

[2:26:36] .

[2:26:36] So

[2:26:37] , um, we

[2:26:38] do have to block out

[2:26:39] the ferret a little bit

[2:26:40] around

[2:26:40] the fair time

[2:26:41] , but

[2:26:43] , um, I know

[2:26:43] I've said

[2:26:44] this every year, but

[2:26:45] I

[2:26:45] , my

[2:26:45] sanity and

[2:26:46] the calendar

[2:26:46] ,

[2:26:47] I said I don't know what else

[2:26:48] we can put in

[2:26:48] the

[2:26:49] busy season

[2:26:49] ,

[2:26:49] but

[2:26:50] , um, you know

[2:26:50] , both

[2:26:51] for

[2:26:51] motivation

[2:26:51] and this

[2:26:52] is what we

[2:26:53] do, this is

[2:26:53] what we need

[2:26:54] to do

[2:26:54] ,

[2:26:54] and there is

[2:26:55] , yes

[2:26:55] , there's,

[2:26:55] there's

[2:26:56] , there's

[2:26:57] financial

[2:26:58] pressures on

[2:26:58] everybody right

[2:26:58] now

[2:26:59] . So

[2:27:00] , um, you know, if

[2:27:01] someone wants to rent

[2:27:01] all

[2:27:01] the

[2:27:02] fairgrounds in

[2:27:03] late JULY

[2:27:03] it, I

[2:27:04] can't do the

[2:27:05] whole fairgrounds,

[2:27:05] but you want to do

[2:27:05] a

[2:27:07] camp out

[2:27:08] two weeks before the fair in

[2:27:08] the

[2:27:08] South parking lot

[2:27:09] with the

[2:27:09] RVs

[2:27:10] Let's play ball. It's

[2:27:11] kind

[2:27:12] of what we do

[2:27:12] . So

[2:27:14] , um, I do

[2:27:14] kind of

[2:27:15] question sometimes when

[2:27:15] we say yes

[2:27:16] to things and find

[2:27:16] them in

[2:27:17] later and we're in the

[2:27:17] moment and

[2:27:18] doing

[2:27:18] 1000 things

[2:27:19] ,

[2:27:20] but um, you

[2:27:20] know, when

[2:27:21] you get

[2:27:21] done with

[2:27:22] when you get done

[2:27:22] with

[2:27:22] the

[2:27:23] hectic

[2:27:23] season, it, you

[2:27:24] kind of go

[2:27:25] back and

[2:27:25] I'm really

[2:27:26] glad that we, we did

[2:27:26] that

[2:27:27] and

[2:27:28] accommodated all that, so

[2:27:29] , um,

[2:27:30] I will say that

[2:27:30] it is

[2:27:30] um great.

[2:27:31] I

[2:27:32] know

[2:27:32] commissioners

[2:27:32] , you guys

[2:27:33] sometimes come out to these

[2:27:33] events

[2:27:34] . You can look at this

[2:27:35] calendar anytime. I know

[2:27:37] Commissioner Burns was out

[2:27:37] at

[2:27:37] the

[2:27:38] Washington

[2:27:38] State

[2:27:39] Grange

[2:27:39] Convention. So that was a

[2:27:40] state

[2:27:40] convention that

[2:27:41] we had

[2:27:42] , um, I

[2:27:43] know you guys

[2:27:44] are probably at

[2:27:45] different events, but

[2:27:45] I know

[2:27:46] Commissioner Wheon

[2:27:46] Brown, you

[2:27:47] guys are always good about

[2:27:47] tending the

[2:27:48] veterans event, but

[2:27:48] if you guys

[2:27:49] have

[2:27:50] any questions

[2:27:50] on

[2:27:51] these events

[2:27:51] or you want

[2:27:52] to

[2:27:52] attend them

[2:27:53] , please, um

[2:27:53] , reach

[2:27:54] out to me and I know it's, it

[2:27:54] means a lot to the people

[2:27:55] that

[2:27:55] that run these events

[2:27:55] so

[2:27:56] they're

[2:27:57] they

[2:27:57] span

[2:27:59] , they span so

[2:27:59] many

[2:28:00] different things, right

[2:28:00] ? I

[2:28:00] mean

[2:28:01] , big game

[2:28:01] , big things like

[2:28:02] the Highland games

[2:28:04] , um, the

[2:28:05] causes like the

[2:28:06] veterans

[2:28:06] ,

[2:28:06] veterans event, we

[2:28:07] have

[2:28:08] the

[2:28:08] um

[2:28:09] autism awareness event, the

[2:28:10] sheriff's office puts on. We

[2:28:11] have

[2:28:11] the clothing

[2:28:12] swap that's

[2:28:12] solid

[2:28:13] waste does. Those are

[2:28:13] kind

[2:28:14] of county

[2:28:15] , um, run things,

[2:28:16] but even

[2:28:16] down to

[2:28:17] the

[2:28:18] consignment sales, which yes,

[2:28:18] they're, they're running

[2:28:18] the

[2:28:19] business

[2:28:19] and they

[2:28:19] , you know,

[2:28:20] they have to make a

[2:28:20] profit to

[2:28:21] run it

[2:28:22] , but it's

[2:28:22] it's

[2:28:23] low

[2:28:23] budget

[2:28:24] you

[2:28:24] know

[2:28:24] , things or

[2:28:25] families

[2:28:26] that MAY not be able

[2:28:27] to afford more

[2:28:28] . So

[2:28:29] , um, it

[2:28:29] , we

[2:28:29] are just

[2:28:30] kind of

[2:28:31] a

[2:28:31] uh a

[2:28:31] landing

[2:28:32] pad for

[2:28:33] so many

[2:28:33] different

[2:28:35] things and so

[2:28:36] , um, yeah

[2:28:37] , we

[2:28:37] encourage

[2:28:38] everyone to support

[2:28:38] all these events

[2:28:41] . So I

[2:28:42] will

[2:28:42] say

[2:28:45] that um this is another great

[2:28:45] event and I

[2:28:46] will, I

[2:28:46] will make a

[2:28:47] note

[2:28:47] that

[2:28:48] um our assistant

[2:28:49] manager, um Francis

[2:28:49] , she

[2:28:50] , um,

[2:28:51] is out on

[2:28:51] maternity leave right

[2:28:52] now

[2:28:53] , um, through the fair

[2:28:54] , so

[2:28:54] ,

[2:28:54] uh, I have

[2:28:55] my

[2:28:56] hands full and so

[2:28:56] typically she would

[2:28:57] talk about

[2:28:57] this

[2:28:58] and you would

[2:28:58] actually get

[2:28:59] the better half

[2:28:59] of our

[2:29:00] of our

[2:29:00] public

[2:29:01] speaking duo oh if

[2:29:01] she

[2:29:02] were here, but

[2:29:03] , uh, I'm trying

[2:29:03] to fill in

[2:29:04] . So

[2:29:05] , um, this is

[2:29:05] , uh

[2:29:06] something that got started

[2:29:07] after we

[2:29:07] hired Francis

[2:29:08] in 2023,

[2:29:09] but it was modeled

[2:29:09] after

[2:29:10] something

[2:29:10] that

[2:29:10] happened in

[2:29:11] Watcombe Coun ty but it's

[2:29:12] called this Gadget Farm

[2:29:12] Circle

[2:29:12] .

[2:29:12] Um

[2:29:13] , and so we

[2:29:14] , we partner, we

[2:29:15] ,

[2:29:16] Francis does the work on this

[2:29:17] but partnered

[2:29:18] with the

[2:29:18] Western

[2:29:19] Washington Agricultural

[2:29:20] , um,

[2:29:20] Association and so

[2:29:21] we

[2:29:21] bring 500

[2:29:22] 3rd graders through

[2:29:23] the

[2:29:24] fairgrounds. A lot

[2:29:24] of it's

[2:29:25] the

[2:29:25] farmers are

[2:29:25] there. We

[2:29:25] have

[2:29:26] tractors, so it's

[2:29:27] very hands on

[2:29:28] I know we have

[2:29:28] conservation

[2:29:28] district

[2:29:29] . I'm going to

[2:29:29] MISS A

[2:29:29] bunch

[2:29:30] of people

[2:29:31] , but

[2:29:31] it's

[2:29:31] a

[2:29:32] really

[2:29:32] cool thing that

[2:29:33] we do in

[2:29:34] the

[2:29:34] offseason

[2:29:36] , um, and

[2:29:37] I know

[2:29:37] ,

[2:29:37] I

[2:29:38] know that the

[2:29:38] , that

[2:29:39] the

[2:29:39] farmers

[2:29:39] and

[2:29:40] the

[2:29:41] other agencies

[2:29:41] really

[2:29:41] appreciate it. This is

[2:29:42] one of those

[2:29:42] things

[2:29:43] that

[2:29:43] and I

[2:29:43] will point

[2:29:43] out we

[2:29:44] , we spent a

[2:29:45] lot of time running a business

[2:29:46] model. This thing

[2:29:47] is no money

[2:29:47] in, no

[2:29:47] money out

[2:29:48] for

[2:29:48] us, but

[2:29:49] it's

[2:29:49] a

[2:29:50] commitment to a lot of

[2:29:50] the

[2:29:51] people that

[2:29:52] uphold the fair

[2:29:52] and the roots of the fair is,

[2:29:53] you know

[2:29:54] , the agricultural

[2:29:55] community and so I know

[2:29:55] that a

[2:29:55] lot

[2:29:56] of people, and

[2:29:56] you guys

[2:29:57] know this, that if

[2:29:57] you don't

[2:29:58] feed

[2:29:59] this information

[2:29:59] , uh,

[2:30:00] where it comes from

[2:30:00] , it's

[2:30:01] gonna

[2:30:01] die, right

[2:30:02] ? And so

[2:30:02] this is a

[2:30:03] really cool thing that

[2:30:04] happens

[2:30:04] at

[2:30:04] the at

[2:30:05] the fairgrounds

[2:30:06] . So

[2:30:06] ,

[2:30:06] um

[2:30:07] yeah

[2:30:07] . Check

[2:30:08] it

[2:30:08] out

[2:30:09] in

[2:30:10] NOVEMBER, um

[2:30:11] . I

[2:30:12] guess check it

[2:30:12] out. It's for 3rd grade

[2:30:13] students. But if you

[2:30:14] want to

[2:30:14] be

[2:30:15] involved or a commissioner to

[2:30:15] show up, it's a really

[2:30:17] cool

[2:30:17] thing

[2:30:19] . Ok, so

[2:30:21] , um, more fun

[2:30:21] facts about the

[2:30:23] fairground

[2:30:23] . So

[2:30:23] we

[2:30:26] , um, did

[2:30:26] get a

[2:30:27] high level

[2:30:27] um

[2:30:28] economic impact study

[2:30:28] done

[2:30:29] through one of

[2:30:29] the

[2:30:30] International Affairs

[2:30:31] Association

[2:30:32] and here are

[2:30:32] some

[2:30:32] of

[2:30:33] the results

[2:30:33] . So you

[2:30:33] see all

[2:30:34] those

[2:30:34] different events that

[2:30:35] come through

[2:30:36] the

[2:30:37] fairgrounds

[2:30:37] and the economic

[2:30:38] benefit that

[2:30:38] the

[2:30:39] fairgrounds provides

[2:30:40] , um,

[2:30:40] I'll

[2:30:41] , I'll let

[2:30:41] the numbers do

[2:30:42] the

[2:30:42] talking

[2:30:43] here

[2:30:43] . The

[2:30:44] , the

[2:30:44] one

[2:30:45] thing that

[2:30:46] we also

[2:30:46] um are

[2:30:47] always trying to

[2:30:48] educate

[2:30:48] on and

[2:30:49] try and

[2:30:50] draw attention to is

[2:30:50] that

[2:30:51] the fairgrounds, while we

[2:30:52] do get support from the county

[2:30:53] in many ways, and we

[2:30:54] are, we

[2:30:55] are so much better being a part

[2:30:56] of the county than on

[2:30:56] our own

[2:30:57] as a

[2:30:57] nonprofit that the

[2:30:58] fairgrounds

[2:30:59] . Has not

[2:31:01] and dare I

[2:31:02] say probably will not receive

[2:31:02] general funds

[2:31:04] for many years to

[2:31:04] come

[2:31:06] . So it's been like that

[2:31:08] since 2009. So all

[2:31:08] of

[2:31:08] this

[2:31:09] impact is

[2:31:10] happening

[2:31:10] without any

[2:31:11] general funds

[2:31:12] going to

[2:31:13] operations and so

[2:31:15] , um, and

[2:31:15] that

[2:31:15] includes all

[2:31:16] of our

[2:31:17] annual

[2:31:18] operating costs and so

[2:31:18] oftentimes when I'm

[2:31:19] having

[2:31:20] conversations they're going, oh

[2:31:20] but

[2:31:20] you know

[2:31:22] are you

[2:31:23] , but

[2:31:23] you're paid by the

[2:31:24] count the

[2:31:24] staff, and it's like, oh, we

[2:31:24] are

[2:31:26] very supported by the

[2:31:27] county and we appreciate that,

[2:31:27] but no, we

[2:31:28] are not

[2:31:28] . So all

[2:31:29] the

[2:31:29] staffing and all that

[2:31:31] is

[2:31:31] paid

[2:31:32] by revenues at

[2:31:33] the fairgrounds,

[2:31:33] and

[2:31:34] and

[2:31:35] so that's kind of the

[2:31:36] story that we try and

[2:31:37] keep

[2:31:38] telling. And so I know we're

[2:31:38] going into a difficult

[2:31:39] budget

[2:31:40] season too as well, and

[2:31:41] there's

[2:31:42] you, everyone's going to see

[2:31:43] things and it's hard

[2:31:43] . Programs

[2:31:43] are going

[2:31:44] to get cut

[2:31:44] and things

[2:31:45] like that

[2:31:45] , but we're

[2:31:46] the reason

[2:31:47] why we're still standing

[2:31:48] is

[2:31:49] because we're able to do

[2:31:49] that,

[2:31:50] you know, with

[2:31:51] the

[2:31:51] revenues

[2:31:52] that we

[2:31:52] , that we make

[2:31:53] and so

[2:31:54] everyone's got a

[2:31:54] cause right

[2:31:55] now. I

[2:31:56] know that

[2:31:56] you guys are

[2:31:57] ,

[2:31:58] you probably

[2:31:58] getting flooded

[2:31:58] with the, you know

[2:31:59] , when

[2:32:00] GoFundMe's and all that stuff

[2:32:01] ,

[2:32:01] because a lot

[2:32:01] of

[2:32:02] nonprofits

[2:32:03] they're looking for help and

[2:32:03] it's just, it's

[2:32:04] , it's a

[2:32:04] tough

[2:32:04] thing but

[2:32:05] my pitch

[2:32:06] to all you

[2:32:06] guys out there and

[2:32:06] business

[2:32:07] owners is when you guys support

[2:32:09] the fairgrounds

[2:32:09] , the

[2:32:10] fairgrounds are supporting

[2:32:11] the

[2:32:11] local economy, right

[2:32:12] ? So we

[2:32:12] have

[2:32:13] many ways to

[2:32:14] to donate

[2:32:15] and

[2:32:16] get involved to

[2:32:16] help continue

[2:32:18] supporting this. So whether you

[2:32:18] give to the 4h, which

[2:32:20] is

[2:32:20] self-sustaining itself, or if

[2:32:21] you do a sponsorship with

[2:32:22] the

[2:32:23] fair

[2:32:23] or

[2:32:24] there's other options

[2:32:24] too

[2:32:25] you can give to the

[2:32:25] new

[2:32:26] fairgrounds

[2:32:27] , um, nonprofit

[2:32:28] foundation. So there's just a

[2:32:28] lot of different

[2:32:29] ways

[2:32:30] , but

[2:32:31] there's a lot of different ways

[2:32:32] people can say that they have

[2:32:32] the impact

[2:32:33] , but

[2:32:33] this is

[2:32:34] we

[2:32:34] create fun

[2:32:36] , we create education

[2:32:36] we create lasting memories, and

[2:32:37] we

[2:32:38] create huge economic impact.

[2:32:38] So

[2:32:40] um that's just kind

[2:32:40] of

[2:32:41] everyone out there

[2:32:41] , so

[2:32:41] , um

[2:32:43] . Yep

[2:32:45] So

[2:32:47] capital projects

[2:32:48] , um, we are

[2:32:50] uh, always trying to move the

[2:32:50] needle

[2:32:51] forward on um

[2:32:52] you know,

[2:32:52] improving

[2:32:54] the fair ground so

[2:32:54] the

[2:32:56] um, we've had

[2:32:56] some

[2:32:57] wsd

[2:32:57] wsda

[2:32:57] grants

[2:32:58] , which have been really

[2:32:59] good

[2:32:59] for us

[2:33:01] . Um

[2:33:01] , so the

[2:33:01] , we put

[2:33:02] a new

[2:33:03] restroom

[2:33:03] facility in

[2:33:04] , um,

[2:33:04] last year

[2:33:06] . Um, which we

[2:33:08] got

[2:33:09] $250,000 from wsda

[2:33:09] . We

[2:33:10] finished

[2:33:10] our sewer line

[2:33:12] in 2024

[2:33:12] . Luckily

[2:33:12] before

[2:33:13] the 2024 fair, we

[2:33:14] had

[2:33:14] some, you know

[2:33:15] , sewer line

[2:33:15] issues

[2:33:16] during

[2:33:17] major

[2:33:17] events are

[2:33:20] uh, they're memorable and not

[2:33:20] in the

[2:33:21] right way

[2:33:21] , so

[2:33:21] I just

[2:33:23] I

[2:33:24] remember the call that we were

[2:33:24] getting

[2:33:25] close to fall at

[2:33:26] the

[2:33:26] 2023 fair

[2:33:27] , and I put in the

[2:33:28] word to get

[2:33:28] the

[2:33:30] tractors, and I

[2:33:30] need

[2:33:31] every

[2:33:31] single

[2:33:32] portable

[2:33:33] toilet forked in the middle of

[2:33:33] the fairgrounds

[2:33:34] . So

[2:33:35] , yes, I

[2:33:35] know the

[2:33:35] horse

[2:33:36] departments

[2:33:37] where you're taking

[2:33:37] our toilets

[2:33:38] and all this, but we had to put

[2:33:38] all of

[2:33:39] them in

[2:33:39] there and call

[2:33:40] the va

[2:33:40] truck from

[2:33:41] Public Works,

[2:33:41] and they were out

[2:33:42] of service

[2:33:42] up

[2:33:43] at

[2:33:43] Baker Lake

[2:33:44] Road or

[2:33:44] something

[2:33:44] like that

[2:33:46] , and so we

[2:33:46] got that

[2:33:47] one done a little I had

[2:33:48] the

[2:33:48] restroom. Um

[2:33:49] , our staff

[2:33:49] , you'll

[2:33:49] see

[2:33:50] the garden bed

[2:33:50] by the

[2:33:51] fairgrounds, but

[2:33:51] our staff did

[2:33:52] that

[2:33:52] . It's

[2:33:53] the

[2:33:53] flowers are

[2:33:54] popping right now. You guys

[2:33:55] should check that out when

[2:33:55] you're there, um, and last year

[2:33:56] we did some led lighting

[2:33:57] . And

[2:33:58] lots of little things

[2:33:59] , um, on

[2:33:59] this next

[2:34:00] coming

[2:34:00] upcoming cycle

[2:34:01] for

[2:34:02] wsda grants, we

[2:34:02] did, we are

[2:34:03] doing some

[2:34:04] paving up at the

[2:34:04] north half of

[2:34:05] the grounds

[2:34:06] up

[2:34:07] near the, that would be at the

[2:34:07] fair, the

[2:34:08] petting zoo

[2:34:08] , the

[2:34:09] dog

[2:34:09] barn

[2:34:09] , um

[2:34:11] we are

[2:34:11] doing a lot

[2:34:12] of

[2:34:13] electrical upgrades

[2:34:15] , um, to

[2:34:15] the

[2:34:16] rv areas, some of

[2:34:17] the horse

[2:34:18] barns, again, some of that not

[2:34:20] gonna happen probably until

[2:34:20] this

[2:34:20] next

[2:34:21] offseason

[2:34:22] . Um

[2:34:22] , we do

[2:34:23] have new

[2:34:23] swine

[2:34:24] pens in

[2:34:25] and then

[2:34:25] uh we're

[2:34:26] working on some of

[2:34:26] the

[2:34:26] new

[2:34:27] portable

[2:34:27] ada

[2:34:28] bleachers and

[2:34:29] much to

[2:34:31] the delight of all

[2:34:31] the

[2:34:32] Anbarn superintendents

[2:34:33] , we

[2:34:33] have

[2:34:34] no

[2:34:34] dogs allowed

[2:34:35] in

[2:34:36] barns for

[2:34:36] the entire

[2:34:38] , uh, barns

[2:34:38] , so it's

[2:34:39] ,

[2:34:39] it's kind of

[2:34:40] an issue of

[2:34:41] getting people at the gates to

[2:34:42] do that

[2:34:43] , um, so we

[2:34:43] . We

[2:34:44] we got

[2:34:45] grants to do that

[2:34:46] , so they'll

[2:34:47] be outside all the animal barns

[2:34:47] and and just for the public

[2:34:49] knows too, um, of

[2:34:49] course

[2:34:50] service

[2:34:51] animals are allowed,

[2:34:51] but

[2:34:51] all the

[2:34:52] the

[2:34:52] animals go

[2:34:53] through that check and so it's

[2:34:54] a

[2:34:54] real safety issue. So animals

[2:34:56] bring in for vet check and

[2:34:56] then

[2:34:57] you bring a bunch of animals

[2:34:57] that

[2:34:58] aren't

[2:34:59] vet checked, and it

[2:34:59] just creates

[2:35:00] , um, you know

[2:35:01] , an

[2:35:01] environment where a lot of

[2:35:02] people are

[2:35:02] being

[2:35:03] really

[2:35:03] responsible and taken care of

[2:35:04] and

[2:35:04] they're going, this

[2:35:05] is the

[2:35:06] Super Bowl and they're, they've

[2:35:06] done all the things and

[2:35:07] then

[2:35:08] you just

[2:35:08] bring

[2:35:10] it outside kind

[2:35:10] of thing that

[2:35:11] hasn't been

[2:35:11] checked in

[2:35:12] and so we just

[2:35:12] try

[2:35:12] to, there's

[2:35:13] a lot of

[2:35:13] safety

[2:35:13] that

[2:35:14] goes into that

[2:35:15] , so

[2:35:16] I know

[2:35:17] sometimes when you explain that

[2:35:17] to the public

[2:35:18] , some people, it

[2:35:19] MAY not matter, but some people

[2:35:19] go, oh wow

[2:35:19] , that's the light

[2:35:20] bulb goes off like, oh, this is

[2:35:21] why we do that

[2:35:21] . So

[2:35:22] , uh, we're

[2:35:23] also working on some sound

[2:35:23] system

[2:35:25] upgrades for the

[2:35:25] pavilion. I know

[2:35:25] during

[2:35:26] the

[2:35:26] livestock sale

[2:35:28] . Um, we

[2:35:29] , people

[2:35:30] bought portable systems

[2:35:31] because

[2:35:32] our main system needs an

[2:35:32] upgrade

[2:35:33] . So

[2:35:34] , um, also

[2:35:34] I just

[2:35:35] for the funding

[2:35:36] , I know

[2:35:36] commissioners you guys

[2:35:37] um like

[2:35:37] to be kept

[2:35:39] , you know

[2:35:39] , um, up on

[2:35:40] this

[2:35:41] , but wsda does have

[2:35:42] um,

[2:35:43] two funds for us from the state

[2:35:43] so we are

[2:35:45] . By

[2:35:45] and large not

[2:35:46] publicly funded

[2:35:47] , um, but we do

[2:35:48] get some money

[2:35:48] from

[2:35:49] wsda. So if

[2:35:50] we are commissioners, if

[2:35:51] you

[2:35:51] guys

[2:35:52] are

[2:35:52] ever

[2:35:53] um with

[2:35:54] local

[2:35:54] legislators who MAY

[2:35:55] have that

[2:35:55] the

[2:35:56] fair funding

[2:35:56] obviously it's

[2:35:57] going to be

[2:35:57] , uh, it's going

[2:35:58] to

[2:35:59] be up for

[2:35:59] discussion

[2:35:59] and

[2:36:00] absolutely will be on the

[2:36:01] chopping

[2:36:01] block

[2:36:01] 100% and

[2:36:02] with

[2:36:02] this, you know, the way

[2:36:03] the

[2:36:03] state

[2:36:04] budget's going

[2:36:04] , but

[2:36:05] there's two

[2:36:05] fair

[2:36:05] funds

[2:36:06] that

[2:36:07] um come from the

[2:36:07] state, so

[2:36:08] there's more of an

[2:36:09] operating

[2:36:09] one

[2:36:10] , it's called the

[2:36:10] Fair Fund,

[2:36:11] and

[2:36:11] so that

[2:36:12] , um

[2:36:12] , by

[2:36:13] and large,

[2:36:13] we take a lot of that and put

[2:36:14] it towards

[2:36:14] the premiums

[2:36:14] . So

[2:36:15] that's

[2:36:16] where the

[2:36:17] um payouts go

[2:36:17] for people when

[2:36:18] they

[2:36:19] exhibit.

[2:36:19] Um, there's also a

[2:36:21] capital fund

[2:36:21] that

[2:36:22] funds things

[2:36:22] like this. So

[2:36:24] um, the operational fund has

[2:36:24] actually been the one hit

[2:36:26] harder than the capital one

[2:36:26] that seemed to

[2:36:27] be more hole

[2:36:27] .

[2:36:28] We've

[2:36:28] kind of

[2:36:29] , of course

[2:36:29] ,

[2:36:29] during these times you almost

[2:36:30] want them

[2:36:31] to

[2:36:32] be reversed

[2:36:33] sometimes

[2:36:33] , but it's

[2:36:33] , you guys

[2:36:34] know that's not the way

[2:36:35] it goes

[2:36:35] so

[2:36:37] , uh, we appreciate

[2:36:38] , um, the

[2:36:39] advocacy, but it is really good

[2:36:39] We have

[2:36:40] great partners

[2:36:40] at

[2:36:41] at

[2:36:41] wsda, and

[2:36:42] that's how

[2:36:42] these

[2:36:42] happen

[2:36:44] . Ok

[2:36:44] , let's

[2:36:44] get

[2:36:44] moving on

[2:36:45] to the big

[2:36:45] show

[2:36:46] , which is the

[2:36:46] fair, which is why you're all

[2:36:47] here

[2:36:48] . So

[2:36:48] , um

[2:36:50] let's wing it

[2:36:51] That's

[2:36:52] our theme this year

[2:36:53] . So,

[2:36:53] each

[2:36:55] , uh, each fall

[2:36:55] , uh, I

[2:36:56] don't know what we do

[2:36:57] . We get

[2:36:58] done with the fare

[2:36:59] . We are

[2:36:59] on

[2:37:00] to other

[2:37:00] events

[2:37:01] . We

[2:37:02] get

[2:37:02] in

[2:37:02] OCTOBER we go to

[2:37:03] our conference

[2:37:04] get rejuvenated, and then

[2:37:05] we

[2:37:05] start

[2:37:07] throwing ideas around for

[2:37:07] the

[2:37:08] next year's fair theme and

[2:37:09] it is a little

[2:37:11] bit overwhelming

[2:37:11] because last year we had the

[2:37:12] Cool Cats

[2:37:13] theme and you're

[2:37:13] sitting

[2:37:13] there

[2:37:14] going, this

[2:37:15] , how

[2:37:16] are we

[2:37:16] going to

[2:37:16] , how are we

[2:37:17] going to even

[2:37:17] get close to that

[2:37:18] right

[2:37:18] ? And so there's, you feel

[2:37:20] the pressure, right? And we

[2:37:20] have the shades and all that

[2:37:21] and like what in the

[2:37:22] heck are

[2:37:22] we

[2:37:23] going

[2:37:23] to do

[2:37:24] ? So

[2:37:24] I

[2:37:25] know

[2:37:26] we um

[2:37:26] we

[2:37:26] did

[2:37:27] have poultry as kind

[2:37:27] of

[2:37:28] the

[2:37:28] last

[2:37:29] major animal

[2:37:29] group

[2:37:29] that

[2:37:31] didn't

[2:37:31] uh maybe hadn't had

[2:37:32] a theme in

[2:37:32] the last 10 years

[2:37:33] . I

[2:37:34] remember back

[2:37:34] to 2015

[2:37:35] is when

[2:37:35] we

[2:37:36] started

[2:37:36] instituting the

[2:37:37] animal themes

[2:37:37] and that

[2:37:38] that

[2:37:39] animal theme just

[2:37:39] uh date you

[2:37:40] all. I know Commissioner Wheen,

[2:37:40] you probably don't remember

[2:37:41] this, but you're the only one

[2:37:42] around then, but it

[2:37:42] was the

[2:37:43] summer of 60 swine, the best

[2:37:44] days of our lives

[2:37:47] . Yeah, and I

[2:37:47] do

[2:37:48] believe

[2:37:49] , uh, Louisa, I do

[2:37:50] believe you probably sent

[2:37:51] me an

[2:37:52] email in the middle of last

[2:37:52] year's fair

[2:37:53] , and

[2:37:53] I probably

[2:37:54] filed it and I

[2:37:55] probably didn't

[2:37:56] fully tend on whatever, but it

[2:37:56] did

[2:37:56] come

[2:37:58] back

[2:37:59] and

[2:37:59] poultry was

[2:38:00] what we didn't go

[2:38:00] with

[2:38:01] and

[2:38:01] uh I

[2:38:02] uh, I

[2:38:03] do appreciate

[2:38:03] , I do

[2:38:04] appreciate

[2:38:04] honesty

[2:38:04] and

[2:38:05] authenticity and what we do a

[2:38:06] lot

[2:38:06] of the fair

[2:38:06] is a

[2:38:07] highly

[2:38:08] organized, it's a

[2:38:08] highly

[2:38:09] organized machine that I'd be

[2:38:10] lying

[2:38:10] to tell

[2:38:11] you if

[2:38:11] if 10%

[2:38:12] of

[2:38:12] it isn't

[2:38:13] winging it

[2:38:13] every

[2:38:14] year

[2:38:14] .

[2:38:15] So it's kind

[2:38:15] of fun around

[2:38:15] the

[2:38:16] office as well because we have

[2:38:17] to

[2:38:17] wing it to get it

[2:38:17] done

[2:38:18] sometimes

[2:38:18] , so

[2:38:20] , um, a, a shout

[2:38:21] out

[2:38:21] to

[2:38:22] um James Longini

[2:38:23] , who's

[2:38:23] doing

[2:38:24] the

[2:38:25] , who did

[2:38:25] the artwork

[2:38:26] for us and as you guys know

[2:38:27] , he

[2:38:28] is

[2:38:28] , uh, well

[2:38:29] , Brian

[2:38:30] Young is

[2:38:30] ,

[2:38:30] uh, retired from the

[2:38:31] county now

[2:38:31] but

[2:38:32] he started filling his

[2:38:33] shoes

[2:38:33] last year

[2:38:34] , so it's really

[2:38:34] cool to

[2:38:34] have that

[2:38:35] support

[2:38:36] internally

[2:38:37] , um, and

[2:38:37] have

[2:38:37] someone

[2:38:38] from within

[2:38:38] the county

[2:38:39] continue to do that

[2:38:40] , so, and

[2:38:41] the goal

[2:38:41] of

[2:38:42] Sketch

[2:38:43] County Fair

[2:38:43] is

[2:38:43] to produce a

[2:38:44] fair in which

[2:38:45] there's pride and

[2:38:45] involvement

[2:38:45] by the people

[2:38:46] of Skagitt County

[2:38:47] Here's some

[2:38:48] fun pictures

[2:38:48] , um,

[2:38:48] you know

[2:38:49] , the

[2:38:49] fair

[2:38:50] is fair is

[2:38:51] all about the memories, the

[2:38:52] kids and livestock show, you

[2:38:53] can see this is, we have the

[2:38:53] stuff

[2:38:54] for the

[2:38:54] bus event

[2:38:55] , um,

[2:38:55] it's again, that's a

[2:38:56] great

[2:38:57] charitable thing

[2:38:59] , um, we're

[2:38:59] just got mowing down an ice

[2:39:00] cream cone at

[2:39:01] the fair

[2:39:01] . I mean,

[2:39:02] that's what it's

[2:39:02] all about

[2:39:03] . The

[2:39:04] bands, we have

[2:39:04] a

[2:39:06] huge cultural

[2:39:07] ,

[2:39:07] um, you know

[2:39:07] , we have

[2:39:08] a

[2:39:08] great

[2:39:09] cultural stage going on

[2:39:10] with

[2:39:10] the

[2:39:11] Latin entertainment

[2:39:12] stage which is out in the

[2:39:13] carnival area

[2:39:14] at the fair

[2:39:14] , but

[2:39:14] this

[2:39:15] is what it's

[2:39:15] all

[2:39:16] about the

[2:39:17] the pictures, the memo ries

[2:39:18] Um

[2:39:18] ,

[2:39:19] here's some numbers from the

[2:39:20] 2025 Fair

[2:39:21] . Obviously, 4 days of

[2:39:22] fun. What

[2:39:23] else would they be

[2:39:24] filled with

[2:39:24] but fun

[2:39:24] . Um

[2:39:26] , around

[2:39:27] 30,000 attendees, um, we

[2:39:28] had

[2:39:28] 3

[2:39:28] stages with over

[2:39:29] 100

[2:39:29] performances

[2:39:30] We

[2:39:31] had

[2:39:32] 11

[2:39:33] nonprofits fundraising, which

[2:39:34] we'll go over

[2:39:35] that in a little

[2:39:35] bit

[2:39:35] . 20

[2:39:37] nonprofits

[2:39:37] participating

[2:39:38] , um, over

[2:39:41] 7000

[2:39:42] exhibitors over

[2:39:43] over

[2:39:43] 5000

[2:39:44] number of

[2:39:44] total exhibits

[2:39:46] , um, a

[2:39:46] lot of

[2:39:47] vendors and then

[2:39:48] , um,

[2:39:49] for, for people out there too,

[2:39:49] a

[2:39:50] lot of

[2:39:50] the

[2:39:51] departments that

[2:39:52] you enter in, like 4h

[2:39:52] and ffa

[2:39:53] ,

[2:39:53] you kind of need to be a part

[2:39:54] of that ahead of

[2:39:55] , ahead of the

[2:39:55] fair, but there

[2:39:56] are open

[2:39:56] class

[2:39:57] divisions. So if you got our

[2:39:57] website you

[2:39:57] see

[2:39:58] open

[2:39:58] Class

[2:40:00] , um,

[2:40:00] you can

[2:40:01] basically walk up

[2:40:01] and

[2:40:02] exhibit and

[2:40:02] there's times

[2:40:03] the

[2:40:03] week of

[2:40:03] the fair

[2:40:04] , so

[2:40:05] , um

[2:40:05] we

[2:40:06] have 59 departments

[2:40:09] with

[2:40:09] 76766

[2:40:09] divisions to participate

[2:40:11] . So

[2:40:11] there's a lot going on

[2:40:13] . Um, if

[2:40:14] you were to also ask me

[2:40:15] if I

[2:40:16] know all those off the top of

[2:40:16] my head

[2:40:18] , the answer is no, we

[2:40:19] have amazing

[2:40:19] , uh,

[2:40:20] superintendents who in charge

[2:40:20] of those divisions. Sometimes

[2:40:21] we get phone

[2:40:22] calls in and we,

[2:40:22] you

[2:40:22] know

[2:40:23] , myself, I

[2:40:24] gotta pull

[2:40:24] up the quilt thing

[2:40:25] and go, ok

[2:40:25] ,

[2:40:25] let's

[2:40:26] see what's going

[2:40:27] on here

[2:40:27] .

[2:40:27] And then

[2:40:28] , um, as

[2:40:29] the experts

[2:40:30] if

[2:40:30] we don't

[2:40:30] know the answer

[2:40:31] . Um,

[2:40:32] so the heart of the

[2:40:33] fair, we

[2:40:33] talked about the division. So

[2:40:34] there's

[2:40:34] 4h, which

[2:40:35] is

[2:40:35] well

[2:40:36] represented

[2:40:36] , um, in this

[2:40:37] , um,

[2:40:38] in this room, and we're gonna

[2:40:39] have some people talk about

[2:40:40] the

[2:40:41] impact whereas there's

[2:40:41] an

[2:40:42] ffa

[2:40:42] program, which is

[2:40:42] mostly

[2:40:43] through

[2:40:44] the schools, and I

[2:40:44] know

[2:40:44] we

[2:40:45] have

[2:40:45] some

[2:40:47] uh some

[2:40:47] ffa

[2:40:48] members up up here,

[2:40:48] commissioners

[2:40:49] , which you

[2:40:49] guys

[2:40:50] usually talk

[2:40:50] about at

[2:40:51] the

[2:40:52] conclusion. Um, and then

[2:40:52] the

[2:40:52] open

[2:40:52] class

[2:40:53] division is

[2:40:53] sort

[2:40:54] of

[2:40:54] like the

[2:40:55] general public

[2:40:55] can

[2:40:56] just participate, enter

[2:40:56] your

[2:40:57] quilts

[2:40:57] , enter

[2:40:59] your Legos

[2:41:00] , um,

[2:41:01] so there's just so many ways

[2:41:01] to

[2:41:02] get involved

[2:41:03] . Uh

[2:41:03] , we talked

[2:41:04] about the fairs, so

[2:41:04] the fair on

[2:41:05] its own is a cause

[2:41:05] . So

[2:41:06] , um, you

[2:41:07] know, we are

[2:41:07] not

[2:41:08] , we have

[2:41:08] to

[2:41:08] make

[2:41:10] our revenue

[2:41:10] , um, balanced

[2:41:11] with expenses

[2:41:12] , and that's goes

[2:41:13] up

[2:41:14] , goes from a lot

[2:41:14] of um

[2:41:14] . You

[2:41:15] know, from

[2:41:16] the

[2:41:16] community,

[2:41:17] however

[2:41:18] , we received so

[2:41:19] much

[2:41:19] help that, you know

[2:41:20] , there's a

[2:41:21] certain amount that you have to

[2:41:22] give out back to and partner

[2:41:23] with people

[2:41:23] . So

[2:41:24] , um, one

[2:41:24] thing

[2:41:24] we

[2:41:25] do is

[2:41:25] we stop the

[2:41:26] bus

[2:41:26] and

[2:41:26] it's

[2:41:27] with

[2:41:27] this is

[2:41:28] how

[2:41:28] many

[2:41:29] years? I don't know how

[2:41:29] many

[2:41:30] years now. Yeah

[2:41:31] , 56, something

[2:41:32] like

[2:41:32] that

[2:41:33] , uh, with the

[2:41:33] United

[2:41:33] Way

[2:41:34] of

[2:41:34] Sketch County

[2:41:34] . So

[2:41:35] basically what we

[2:41:37] do is

[2:41:37] have

[2:41:38] people come and if

[2:41:38] they donate

[2:41:38] ,

[2:41:39] if

[2:41:39] they donate

[2:41:40] diapers, they

[2:41:40] get them

[2:41:41] for

[2:41:41] free

[2:41:42] . Um

[2:41:43] , the

[2:41:43] United

[2:41:44] Way buys

[2:41:45] ticket packages

[2:41:46] from us at reduced

[2:41:46] rates

[2:41:46] , so

[2:41:46] they do the group ticket

[2:41:47] package rate, they find

[2:41:47] the

[2:41:48] sponsors and so

[2:41:48] , um, we

[2:41:48] are

[2:41:48] able

[2:41:50] to work with them on

[2:41:50] a

[2:41:50] little

[2:41:51] lower price point there

[2:41:51] ,

[2:41:52] but they, they find

[2:41:52] the

[2:41:53] sponsors for that

[2:41:54] and then

[2:41:54] if

[2:41:55] you

[2:41:55] um donate

[2:41:57] a package

[2:41:57] of

[2:41:58] unopened

[2:41:59] diapers

[2:41:59] , you will get

[2:42:00] in for the fare for

[2:42:01] free and so

[2:42:01] it's it's been

[2:42:02] a

[2:42:03] huge a

[2:42:03] really

[2:42:04] cool thing

[2:42:05] , um, and

[2:42:06] so we

[2:42:06] invite

[2:42:06] everyone to stuff the

[2:42:07] bus

[2:42:07] and

[2:42:08] that's Thursday

[2:42:08] from 10

[2:42:08] to 5

[2:42:09] and

[2:42:09] that's only

[2:42:10] at the

[2:42:12] Cleveland Parkgate

[2:42:12] , um, which

[2:42:13] is on the north end of

[2:42:13] the

[2:42:14] fairgrounds

[2:42:14] where the

[2:42:15] senior

[2:42:15] centers

[2:42:16] where the senior center

[2:42:17] groups park

[2:42:17] cars. Um, the

[2:42:18] livestock sale

[2:42:19] , um, is

[2:42:19] an

[2:42:20] amazing thing. A lot of the

[2:42:21] money

[2:42:21] goes

[2:42:22] back to the kids.

[2:42:22] Most of

[2:42:23] the money goes back to

[2:42:24] the kids on

[2:42:24] that except

[2:42:25] the

[2:42:26] very

[2:42:27] small percentage

[2:42:28] , um, and

[2:42:28] so we do have

[2:42:29] a write up in

[2:42:29] this year's

[2:42:30] fair guide on it

[2:42:30] ,

[2:42:30] but there's a

[2:42:31] whole journey

[2:42:33] from, um, you know, starting

[2:42:34] the project

[2:42:35] and through the end

[2:42:35] of the sale

[2:42:35] and

[2:42:37] so I'm not

[2:42:38] gonna try and get into

[2:42:38] that. I

[2:42:38] think the best

[2:42:39] thing that a lot

[2:42:40] of people can

[2:42:40] do

[2:42:41] is

[2:42:42] , um, you

[2:42:42] know, talk to the kids at the

[2:42:43] fair

[2:42:44] because they're really

[2:42:44] interested in talking about

[2:42:45] their projects and so there's a

[2:42:45] lot

[2:42:46] of

[2:42:47] really cool

[2:42:48] , um, stories

[2:42:48] behind

[2:42:49] it and

[2:42:50] I know

[2:42:51] there's

[2:42:51] never

[2:42:51] a

[2:42:52] shortage of the

[2:42:52] need

[2:42:53] for buyers

[2:42:54] to pack

[2:42:54] , pack the

[2:42:55] ,

[2:42:56] uh, the

[2:42:56] stands Saturday

[2:42:57] , AUGUST

[2:42:57] 8th

[2:42:58] at

[2:42:59] 10:00 A.M. Um

[2:42:59] , I

[2:43:00] think

[2:43:00] Francis had

[2:43:01] a tip, but maybe

[2:43:01] it's in

[2:43:02] the guide

[2:43:02] , but it's

[2:43:03] , uh

[2:43:03] be careful if you

[2:43:03] ' re

[2:43:04] raising

[2:43:04] your

[2:43:04] hand to

[2:43:05] scratch

[2:43:05] your

[2:43:05] nose

[2:43:06] or your hair when you're done

[2:43:06] because

[2:43:07] you might

[2:43:08] , you might

[2:43:08] be

[2:43:09] a couple

[2:43:09] 1000 deep into an

[2:43:10] animal

[2:43:11] if you do

[2:43:11] that

[2:43:12] . So

[2:43:13] , um,

[2:43:14] the, we also have

[2:43:14] the canteen

[2:43:15] at the fair

[2:43:15] , so

[2:43:16] we partner

[2:43:17] , um,

[2:43:18] with

[2:43:18] a

[2:43:18] nonprofit there

[2:43:21] , um, and

[2:43:21] so

[2:43:22] , um, a portion of the

[2:43:23] proceeds go to the

[2:43:24] Kuwana

[2:43:25] Scholarship Fund. Um, so that

[2:43:26] is a really

[2:43:26] , a

[2:43:27] really cool

[2:43:28] partnership we

[2:43:28] have

[2:43:28] there

[2:43:29] , um,

[2:43:30] and then

[2:43:30] other things that

[2:43:30] we

[2:43:31] do

[2:43:31] that, you know

[2:43:33] , people

[2:43:34] providing services that

[2:43:34] basically they either keep the

[2:43:35] money or we give them a

[2:43:35] stipend

[2:43:36] to perform

[2:43:36] a service

[2:43:36] , but it's

[2:43:37] bas it's

[2:43:37] a fundraiser

[2:43:37] , Mount

[2:43:38] Vernon High School Music

[2:43:39] Booster Club. They run a

[2:43:39] parking

[2:43:41] lot

[2:43:41] , Mount

[2:43:42] Vernon

[2:43:43] Senior Center, and then

[2:43:43] I think

[2:43:44] the four organizations you see

[2:43:45] under there are kind of

[2:43:45] under

[2:43:45] the

[2:43:45] senior

[2:43:46] center

[2:43:46] umbrella

[2:43:47] , um,

[2:43:48] but that we're really happy

[2:43:48] to

[2:43:49] support that, um

[2:43:50] . As well

[2:43:51] because I know the

[2:43:51] seniors are

[2:43:51] ,

[2:43:52] they're working really hard to

[2:43:53] raise money. Um

[2:43:54] , the

[2:43:54] , and then

[2:43:55] we have

[2:43:56] help with the garbage.

[2:43:56] We use the Mount for high

[2:43:57] school wrestling team

[2:43:58] , so that

[2:43:59] all goes back into

[2:44:00] their

[2:44:01] coffers, and they do, they do

[2:44:02] good work for us

[2:44:03] . Um

[2:44:03] , Ferry is

[2:44:05] all about the community, so we

[2:44:05] do have

[2:44:07] , um, a lot of

[2:44:08] community

[2:44:08] focused days

[2:44:09] , so

[2:44:10] we have on

[2:44:10] Thursday we have

[2:44:11] a family

[2:44:12] resource day so we have

[2:44:13] like

[2:44:14] 20

[2:44:14] organizations you can, it's

[2:44:14] a

[2:44:15] little small on

[2:44:16] the screen

[2:44:16] there, but um they

[2:44:17] come

[2:44:17] together

[2:44:19] to have a theme day at

[2:44:19] the

[2:44:20] fair

[2:44:21] , so we do

[2:44:21] , um,

[2:44:22] Thursday and Friday, the

[2:44:22] fair

[2:44:23] from 10 to 4

[2:44:23] we have, we're

[2:44:24] able to get a lot

[2:44:25] of different

[2:44:26] organizations in there. So a

[2:44:26] lot of times when people are a

[2:44:27] vendor at the

[2:44:28] fair

[2:44:28] , they are

[2:44:29] required to be there all

[2:44:29] days

[2:44:30] ,

[2:44:30] 10 A.M. To

[2:44:31] 10 P.M.

[2:44:32] Um, we

[2:44:32] have

[2:44:32] to

[2:44:33] operate that way, but we

[2:44:33] have been able to do

[2:44:34] a

[2:44:34] couple

[2:44:35] community-focused days where we

[2:44:35] can get

[2:44:36] , um, like

[2:44:37] some public

[2:44:38] service agencies in there

[2:44:38] for 6

[2:44:39] hours

[2:44:39] , 1 day

[2:44:40] , you know

[2:44:40] , they,

[2:44:41] they

[2:44:41] do giveaways

[2:44:41] , they

[2:44:42] create

[2:44:44] entertainment

[2:44:44] value

[2:44:44] and um

[2:44:45] and

[2:44:46] that way there's not a barrier

[2:44:46] to participation because they

[2:44:47] can

[2:44:48] basically accomplish it all

[2:44:48] in in one

[2:44:49] workday in

[2:44:50] and out

[2:44:50] and we get a lot of

[2:44:51] cool things

[2:44:51] Um, so

[2:44:52] we also have the

[2:44:53] safety

[2:44:53] preparedness day

[2:44:55] . On

[2:44:55] Friday

[2:44:56] , um

[2:44:57] of the fair. You guys see we

[2:44:57] have a lot

[2:44:59] of participation

[2:44:59] from different

[2:44:59] , um, county

[2:45:00] agencies in here

[2:45:01] , especially on

[2:45:01] the

[2:45:02] safety

[2:45:02] preparedness Day

[2:45:03] , um

[2:45:04] so those are really

[2:45:04] cool

[2:45:05] things

[2:45:06] and then I'm

[2:45:07] jumping back

[2:45:07] to

[2:45:07] Thursday

[2:45:08] , we kind

[2:45:08] of call

[2:45:08] it

[2:45:09] uh

[2:45:09] sort

[2:45:09] of

[2:45:10] our

[2:45:10] family

[2:45:11] fun opening

[2:45:11] day, but we have

[2:45:12] the

[2:45:13] Family

[2:45:13] Resource Day

[2:45:14] and then

[2:45:14] the

[2:45:15] diaper drive which you talked

[2:45:15] about

[2:45:16] and then

[2:45:16] we have

[2:45:17] baby

[2:45:17] racing

[2:45:17] on

[2:45:18] the stage

[2:45:19] , um

[2:45:20] which I

[2:45:20] believe

[2:45:22] , um, I don't know if

[2:45:22] you've been informed,

[2:45:23] Commissioner Browning, but I

[2:45:24] think you're going to be there

[2:45:24] to drop

[2:45:24] the diaper

[2:45:26] . I will

[2:45:26] . The

[2:45:27] the, uh, yeah. I'm pretty

[2:45:27] excited about it

[2:45:28] . Yeah

[2:45:28] . Great

[2:45:29] for Trump. I don't know exactly

[2:45:29] what it's going to look like

[2:45:30] ,

[2:45:30] but the

[2:45:31] , um, Caps kbrc radio

[2:45:32] puts

[2:45:32] that

[2:45:33] on

[2:45:34] , um, and

[2:45:34] so

[2:45:34] there's

[2:45:35] huge prizes. I

[2:45:35] mean

[2:45:35] , we

[2:45:36] have

[2:45:36] like

[2:45:38] $1000 recliner for

[2:45:38] first place

[2:45:39] , 2nd place

[2:45:40] is like

[2:45:40] ,

[2:45:41] you know

[2:45:41] , I don't know. I

[2:45:41] think

[2:45:42] the other ones are close

[2:45:43] to

[2:45:44] 1000. It's

[2:45:44] , it's like

[2:45:44] huge

[2:45:45] , um,

[2:45:45] like

[2:45:47] , so yeah

[2:45:47] , 6

[2:45:48] to 14 months

[2:45:48] .

[2:45:48] If you, if

[2:45:49] you guys

[2:45:49] know

[2:45:50] anybody

[2:45:50] who's a crawler

[2:45:51] , they

[2:45:51] can't walk, 6 to

[2:45:52] 14 months

[2:45:52] , um,

[2:45:53] get him out on the stage. It

[2:45:54] doesn't cost to

[2:45:54] enter

[2:45:55] . Parents

[2:45:56] got to pay it again, that's it.

[2:45:56] So I mean, I

[2:45:57] , I

[2:45:57] , I've long

[2:45:58] said

[2:45:58] that prizes they get, like

[2:46:00] we've had good

[2:46:00] participation 20

[2:46:01] or so, babies. I guess there's

[2:46:01] only

[2:46:02] so many

[2:46:02] in

[2:46:03] that

[2:46:03] demographic, but I mean

[2:46:04] , the

[2:46:04] prizes alone and that

[2:46:05] could

[2:46:06] change somebody

[2:46:07] , but it's

[2:46:07] , it's

[2:46:08] hilarious cause the

[2:46:08] babies

[2:46:09] don't always go in

[2:46:09] linear

[2:46:10] paths

[2:46:11] So, it's

[2:46:11] kind of a fun

[2:46:11] thing.

[2:46:12] So. What

[2:46:12] of a

[2:46:13] county employees

[2:46:14] ,

[2:46:14] child

[2:46:15] one, last year

[2:46:15] , the year

[2:46:16] before

[2:46:16] . Oh, it just

[2:46:17] totally

[2:46:17] rocked it

[2:46:17] . This kid was

[2:46:18] a stud

[2:46:18] .

[2:46:19] It was

[2:46:19] , it

[2:46:20] was great. Well

[2:46:20] , and

[2:46:21] I think the good part of that

[2:46:21] is, is, you know

[2:46:22] Because if you

[2:46:23] get your

[2:46:24] baby training, you're

[2:46:25] gonna be able to kick back

[2:46:26] and

[2:46:27] you're going to be able to kick

[2:46:27] back in a

[2:46:28] nice

[2:46:30] recliner. For

[2:46:30] months

[2:46:31] . Tri your baby down

[2:46:31] .

[2:46:32] Yeah baby back

[2:46:32] down. So

[2:46:33] , yeah

[2:46:35] .

[2:46:36] Are they able to like throw a

[2:46:37] little food in front of them

[2:46:37] just

[2:46:38] to

[2:46:38] keep

[2:46:40] moving or so the

[2:46:41] fair has, the fair has a lot

[2:46:43] of

[2:46:43] programs outside of the fair as

[2:46:44] well. I mean, the, it's the

[2:46:45] whole ecosystem that feeds a

[2:46:46] fair, but we have worked with

[2:46:47] local

[2:46:47] libraries, the Read to

[2:46:48] Win

[2:46:49] . So basically

[2:46:50] they do a

[2:46:51] certain amount of reading

[2:46:51] . The

[2:46:52] library has the

[2:46:52] fare tickets

[2:46:53] and then it's

[2:46:53] the incentive

[2:46:53] that

[2:46:54] they get

[2:46:55] a ribbon

[2:46:55] and a

[2:46:56] fare ticket

[2:46:57] , um, to come

[2:46:58] to the

[2:46:58] fair

[2:46:59] . I will

[2:46:59] add as

[2:47:00] well that

[2:47:02] um we

[2:47:02] , we are

[2:47:03] open for more. We

[2:47:03] would love

[2:47:04] that

[2:47:04] fare

[2:47:05] tickets

[2:47:05] are used more as

[2:47:06] an incentive

[2:47:06] in businesses around Skagit

[2:47:07] County. So

[2:47:07] we

[2:47:07] have

[2:47:08] group

[2:47:08] tickets promoted, but

[2:47:09] I've

[2:47:09] long

[2:47:10] wanted to

[2:47:10] expand

[2:47:11] that of

[2:47:11] , hey

[2:47:12] ,

[2:47:12] um, the auto

[2:47:14] repair shop, um,

[2:47:15] you know, you come to us

[2:47:15] or

[2:47:15] whatever, you're

[2:47:16] going to get a

[2:47:16] free

[2:47:17] fare ticket

[2:47:17] . So I

[2:47:18] would

[2:47:19] encourage

[2:47:19] any

[2:47:20] businesses

[2:47:20] , um,

[2:47:21] instead of

[2:47:21] Yale given

[2:47:22] you could

[2:47:22] give a

[2:47:23] $10 off

[2:47:24] or

[2:47:24] maybe

[2:47:24] consider

[2:47:25] buying a group

[2:47:25] of fare

[2:47:26] tickets which

[2:47:26] are discounted

[2:47:27] and kind of using that

[2:47:27] as an

[2:47:28] incentive

[2:47:28] . So we are

[2:47:29] always

[2:47:29] looking

[2:47:29] for

[2:47:31] those partnerships

[2:47:31] and stuff that

[2:47:32] we

[2:47:33] can, we

[2:47:33] can

[2:47:34] work on, especially

[2:47:34] when we're

[2:47:35] not in JUNE and JULY, we can

[2:47:36] work on those in the offseason.

[2:47:37] So if anybody has any

[2:47:37] ideas

[2:47:37] there, um, we

[2:47:38] , we would love to

[2:47:39] talk

[2:47:42] . This

[2:47:42] is

[2:47:43] another really

[2:47:43] cool thing, um

[2:47:44] the

[2:47:45] Blue

[2:47:45] Ribbon

[2:47:46] experience. So we've

[2:47:47] gotten

[2:47:48] sponsors to

[2:47:49] sponsor

[2:47:50] families

[2:47:51] for basically a really fun day

[2:47:51] at

[2:47:52] the

[2:47:53] fair. Um

[2:47:53] , the

[2:47:53] fair, the

[2:47:54] fair

[2:47:54] honestly

[2:47:55] could be a very

[2:47:55] cheap

[2:47:56] , affordable experience

[2:47:57] .

[2:47:57] Um

[2:47:57] , sometimes

[2:47:58] I will

[2:47:58] say that

[2:47:59] it does

[2:47:59] sometimes

[2:47:59] take

[2:48:00] self-control to do so

[2:48:00] . If you

[2:48:01] want to

[2:48:01] do all

[2:48:02] the things at

[2:48:02] the fair and the

[2:48:03] carnival and

[2:48:04] it does

[2:48:04] , it does

[2:48:05] cost money

[2:48:05] ,

[2:48:05] all the

[2:48:06] , all

[2:48:06] the

[2:48:06] individual

[2:48:07] businesses

[2:48:08] need to

[2:48:08] , um, you

[2:48:09] know

[2:48:09] , make the cut

[2:48:10] , but we

[2:48:11] have

[2:48:11] put

[2:48:11] together this

[2:48:12] really cool

[2:48:13] thing where

[2:48:13] a family

[2:48:14] can

[2:48:15] get

[2:48:15] nominated and they get g

[2:48:16] ate

[2:48:16] admission

[2:48:17] , uh, parking for

[2:48:18] carnival wristbands

[2:48:19] , $100 in

[2:48:20] fair food box, and

[2:48:21] then 4

[2:48:21] fair

[2:48:22] t-shirts, so the

[2:48:22] whole package,

[2:48:23] so we have

[2:48:23] local

[2:48:24] businesses

[2:48:25] sponsoring these. Um, I

[2:48:25] will

[2:48:25] put

[2:48:26] another plugin for this

[2:48:27] that I

[2:48:27] , we were trying

[2:48:28] to get

[2:48:28] families

[2:48:29] nominated by

[2:48:29] JULY 1st

[2:48:29] .

[2:48:30] I will say

[2:48:30] that we

[2:48:31] , there's

[2:48:31] been flat out too

[2:48:32] busy and they

[2:48:32] have not been able to

[2:48:33] get

[2:48:33] the

[2:48:34] promotion out quite

[2:48:34] as wide as

[2:48:35] we have, so

[2:48:35] this is open

[2:48:36] for

[2:48:36] business

[2:48:36] . So if you

[2:48:37] guys

[2:48:37] know

[2:48:38] anybody

[2:48:39] , um, that we

[2:48:39] have

[2:48:40] nomination forms on

[2:48:41] our website

[2:48:41] and the

[2:48:42] , the

[2:48:42] radio station

[2:48:43] Caps

[2:48:43] kbrc is

[2:48:44] kind of coordinated

[2:48:44] ,

[2:48:44] but if you guys

[2:48:44] know

[2:48:45] of

[2:48:45] anybody

[2:48:46] who's been a he

[2:48:47] ro or has gone

[2:48:47] through

[2:48:47] hard

[2:48:48] times or

[2:48:48] anything

[2:48:49] you want

[2:48:49] . There's

[2:48:49] nomination

[2:48:50] form, so

[2:48:51] . And they get

[2:48:51] surprised out

[2:48:53] of the

[2:48:53] blue with

[2:48:54] a really like you know

[2:48:55] , some

[2:48:55] people can't

[2:48:56] , they MAY be able

[2:48:56] to afford to come

[2:48:57] to the

[2:48:58] fair

[2:48:58] and eat

[2:49:00] one snack, but this is

[2:49:00] a really cool thing, so

[2:49:02] . Um,

[2:49:03] also, I will

[2:49:04] , uh, point out the

[2:49:05] Cascade Natural Gas is

[2:49:05] sponsored

[2:49:06] stuff through

[2:49:07] Community action. So we often

[2:49:09] act as the broker

[2:49:09] or

[2:49:10] facilitator

[2:49:11] for charitable

[2:49:12] experiences, so we would love

[2:49:13] to

[2:49:13] expand that

[2:49:14] . Um

[2:49:14] , I

[2:49:16] know

[2:49:16] we've so Cascade Natural Gas

[2:49:17] covered the tickets and then we

[2:49:18] gave them

[2:49:18] out to

[2:49:18] Community

[2:49:19] action

[2:49:19] because who are we

[2:49:20] , who

[2:49:20] are we to try and figure

[2:49:20] out

[2:49:21] the people who need it the most

[2:49:22] We're just

[2:49:22] the, we're just

[2:49:22] the

[2:49:23] facilitators, right? Give it

[2:49:24] right to

[2:49:25] the people who

[2:49:25] know

[2:49:25] how to

[2:49:26] get it

[2:49:27] to people in need

[2:49:27] but there's

[2:49:28] an

[2:49:28] unlimited need

[2:49:29] for that. If

[2:49:30] we got

[2:49:30] if we

[2:49:31] got

[2:49:31] 1000 tickets, I

[2:49:32] guarantee you

[2:49:32] that we could find

[2:49:33] a

[2:49:33] 1000

[2:49:34] things and I

[2:49:34] , um, I know we did

[2:49:34] get a

[2:49:35] state

[2:49:36] grant

[2:49:36] back during

[2:49:37] covid. It was sort of a little

[2:49:37] bit of

[2:49:38] a chance thing, but I

[2:49:39] did

[2:49:39] somehow

[2:49:40] get

[2:49:40] 3000 fare

[2:49:41] tickets out

[2:49:41] to

[2:49:41] charitable

[2:49:42] organizations, and

[2:49:42] I still have

[2:49:43] that spreadsheet and I can tell

[2:49:44] you they were gone in

[2:49:44] a

[2:49:45] heartbeat

[2:49:45] . So

[2:49:46] , um

[2:49:47] yeah

[2:49:47] , there's

[2:49:48] unlimited need for that

[2:49:51] . Ok

[2:49:51] .

[2:49:52] The Fair

[2:49:52] entertainment this

[2:49:52] year. So some

[2:49:53] of

[2:49:54] the

[2:49:54] um fun

[2:49:54] things. So

[2:49:55] we have

[2:49:56] , of course,

[2:49:56] lots of local bands

[2:49:59] , um, you

[2:49:59] know, we do

[2:49:59] pull like our, our

[2:50:00] magicians

[2:50:00] , our jugglers, these

[2:50:01] are people that do this

[2:50:02] professional year

[2:50:03] around. So

[2:50:03] these are people often we find

[2:50:04] at

[2:50:05] our conventions

[2:50:05] in OCTOBER

[2:50:07] ,

[2:50:08] um, the sterling, the magician

[2:50:08] ,

[2:50:08] he's like

[2:50:10] , he performs on

[2:50:10] cruise ships the rest of the

[2:50:11] year

[2:50:12] , and

[2:50:13] Matt Henry, he's

[2:50:13] a

[2:50:14] professional juggler

[2:50:15] . Um, I

[2:50:16] will point out

[2:50:16] a couple

[2:50:16] new

[2:50:17] things this

[2:50:17] year we have

[2:50:17] . There

[2:50:18] is

[2:50:18] a new

[2:50:19] fun

[2:50:20] zone stage

[2:50:21] , um,

[2:50:21] going in

[2:50:23] , um, just, it'll be

[2:50:24] just

[2:50:26] , uh, west of

[2:50:26] the arena

[2:50:26] ,

[2:50:27] nope, east

[2:50:27] of the arena

[2:50:28] . But

[2:50:28] don't worry, we're going to

[2:50:29] have

[2:50:29] the

[2:50:30] backdrop nice and

[2:50:31] lined up so the sound

[2:50:32] is going

[2:50:32] to be

[2:50:32] going towards the

[2:50:33] uh main

[2:50:33] fairgrounds, but

[2:50:34] we have a

[2:50:35] stage that's gonna have 9

[2:50:35] daily

[2:50:35] shows

[2:50:36] on

[2:50:37] it

[2:50:37] , um, so that's a

[2:50:38] new thing

[2:50:39] , so that's actually

[2:50:39] gonna be like our

[2:50:40] 4th stage

[2:50:40] ,

[2:50:40] but it's

[2:50:41] the cutest show on

[2:50:42] Earth, the kids'

[2:50:42] pedal

[2:50:42] tractor

[2:50:43] going

[2:50:43] , uh, pulling

[2:50:44] the magic

[2:50:44] egg

[2:50:44] bean show

[2:50:45] . So those are

[2:50:45] ,

[2:50:46] that's

[2:50:46] something really new fun

[2:50:47] to watch

[2:50:48] . And then

[2:50:48] um we

[2:50:48] have a

[2:50:49] really cool

[2:50:50] thing with

[2:50:51] uh Wiiku

[2:50:51] and

[2:50:52] the

[2:50:52] Children's

[2:50:53] Museum, and

[2:50:53] they're gonna have like

[2:50:54] a huge

[2:50:55] kid zone

[2:50:56] , uh, and

[2:50:57] also

[2:50:58] incorporate like a money

[2:50:59] journey that we

[2:50:59] could put

[2:51:00] together. So it's again

[2:51:00] , like

[2:51:01] it's fun, but like

[2:51:01] they're

[2:51:02] literally starting education on

[2:51:02] financial

[2:51:03] literacy at a young

[2:51:04] age at the same

[2:51:04] time

[2:51:06] , so again

[2:51:06] ,

[2:51:07] I can, we

[2:51:08] are um so happy to

[2:51:09] have all these partners and

[2:51:09] it's another

[2:51:10] testament

[2:51:10] to the

[2:51:11] amount

[2:51:11] of

[2:51:12] boxes

[2:51:13] that, well, I

[2:51:13] will push all of the

[2:51:14] credit

[2:51:15] outwards to the work that's

[2:51:15] done by all

[2:51:16] these

[2:51:16] individual

[2:51:16] people

[2:51:17] , the

[2:51:17] fair and

[2:51:18] the

[2:51:19] fairgrounds check so

[2:51:20] many

[2:51:20] boxes

[2:51:21] on, you

[2:51:21] know

[2:51:22] , what's under

[2:51:22] its

[2:51:22] umbrella

[2:51:23] , so we're

[2:51:23] really

[2:51:24] ,

[2:51:24] we're really uh

[2:51:26] excited

[2:51:26] for

[2:51:27] that, and that's across from

[2:51:27] the

[2:51:28] , gonna be across from the

[2:51:29] Vuelta La Luna Circus. So if

[2:51:29] you're out

[2:51:30] by the

[2:51:31] sheep barn

[2:51:31] just north of the

[2:51:31] carnival,

[2:51:32] we're

[2:51:33] gonna have the circus,

[2:51:34] which is there every year.

[2:51:34] We're gonna

[2:51:35] have the big

[2:51:35] kids

[2:51:35] zone

[2:51:36] across from it and the

[2:51:37] stage across

[2:51:37] from that

[2:51:38] . So

[2:51:38] , um,

[2:51:39] that'll be a new

[2:51:40] area to

[2:51:40] kind

[2:51:40] of check

[2:51:41] out this year

[2:51:42] . Some

[2:51:42] of

[2:51:43] the favorites that are

[2:51:44] back, of

[2:51:44] course

[2:51:45] , the hypnotist, the

[2:51:45] circus, the

[2:51:46] diaper derby we

[2:51:47] talked about

[2:51:47] , ieing

[2:51:48] contests

[2:51:49] ,

[2:51:50] um, anybody can sign up for the

[2:51:51] pie contest to show up by the

[2:51:52] stage, um, and then cheer

[2:51:53] at

[2:51:53] the Fair is always a good one

[2:51:54] with the high school

[2:51:55] cheerleading

[2:51:56] teams

[2:51:56] and we do

[2:51:56] a

[2:51:58] piing contest and a

[2:51:58] spirit

[2:51:59] award as well, so

[2:51:59] that's always

[2:51:59] a

[2:52:00] really

[2:52:01] fun thing

[2:52:01] to have back

[2:52:03] Um, I'm gonna go through pretty

[2:52:03] quick

[2:52:04] . We have a

[2:52:05] bustling

[2:52:05] main

[2:52:06] stage

[2:52:07] , um, entertainment

[2:52:08] schedule

[2:52:09] , um, we

[2:52:10] do have

[2:52:10] a

[2:52:11] , um,

[2:52:12] a very

[2:52:12] large

[2:52:12] international

[2:52:13] artist

[2:52:14] , uh Latin

[2:52:14] entertainment

[2:52:14] artist named

[2:52:15] Larry Hernandez

[2:52:16] coming on Saturday night.

[2:52:16] That's always a

[2:52:17] huge draw

[2:52:18] . If

[2:52:18] you guys are near the main

[2:52:19] stage

[2:52:20] on Saturday night, it's,

[2:52:21] it's kind of a

[2:52:21] , a really

[2:52:22] cool

[2:52:23] thing to watch about how many

[2:52:24] people pack around the stage

[2:52:25] .

[2:52:25] Um

[2:52:27] , again, you'll have to look

[2:52:27] this up in the fair guide will

[2:52:28] be

[2:52:29] out later this month. And we

[2:52:30] have a

[2:52:31] community stage as well,

[2:52:32] which is out in the ball field

[2:52:33] .

[2:52:34] It's a little more

[2:52:34] of a

[2:52:35] chill

[2:52:35] environment

[2:52:36] , um, in the

[2:52:36] food

[2:52:37] court

[2:52:37] . Um

[2:52:38] Monique Brigham, who

[2:52:39] many of you guys know

[2:52:40] , is the

[2:52:41] one who usually puts this

[2:52:41] together and

[2:52:42] we

[2:52:43] , um, back

[2:52:43] to

[2:52:45] the causes we do pay a small

[2:52:45] stipend for

[2:52:46] the organization if

[2:52:47] you have that and that in

[2:52:48] turn

[2:52:49] ,

[2:52:50] um, has gone to

[2:52:50] a

[2:52:50] nonprofit

[2:52:51] typically of

[2:52:52] what Monique

[2:52:52] has

[2:52:52] chosen, and this

[2:52:53] year it's

[2:52:53] uh

[2:52:54] the

[2:52:54] swift Center

[2:52:55] , um, and

[2:52:56] so I

[2:52:57] ,

[2:52:58] um, am not as

[2:52:58] well

[2:52:59] versed

[2:52:59] on

[2:52:59] exactly

[2:53:00] . Um

[2:53:01] on

[2:53:01] the Swift Center

[2:53:02] but I

[2:53:03] know commissioners, you

[2:53:03] guys are very involved with

[2:53:04] that and

[2:53:05] , and

[2:53:05] so we were, we're

[2:53:06] always really excited when

[2:53:06] there's a new

[2:53:07] cause that

[2:53:08] comes

[2:53:08] along to, to go

[2:53:09] towards

[2:53:10] supporting

[2:53:10] so that

[2:53:12] will have

[2:53:13] mini acts daily and then of

[2:53:13] course

[2:53:14] our

[2:53:14] Latin entertainment

[2:53:15] stage, which is out in

[2:53:16] the

[2:53:16] carnival area

[2:53:17] , um, it's just a

[2:53:18] really cool thing

[2:53:18] you

[2:53:19] guys

[2:53:19] just

[2:53:19] to

[2:53:20] , to go check

[2:53:21] out

[2:53:21] and

[2:53:23] um

[2:53:23] whether

[2:53:24] you understand every

[2:53:26] word or not, it's like it's a

[2:53:26] beau, it's a really

[2:53:27] , it's a

[2:53:28] beautiful fact. It really is

[2:53:28] .

[2:53:29] So there's a lot of

[2:53:29] time

[2:53:30] and

[2:53:30] energy

[2:53:30] and talent

[2:53:31] that goes

[2:53:31] into that

[2:53:32] . Uh putting all that

[2:53:33] on

[2:53:35] Uh, we try to keep

[2:53:37] people

[2:53:37] comfy. We'll have the

[2:53:38] Thirstbuster back this year

[2:53:39] . Um

[2:53:40] and then

[2:53:41] the

[2:53:41] Kitty

[2:53:42] Corral area

[2:53:42] ,

[2:53:42] which we

[2:53:43] , um have and it's

[2:53:44] usually for 5 and

[2:53:44] under parents

[2:53:45] to go take

[2:53:45] a

[2:53:46] load

[2:53:46] off

[2:53:47] and

[2:53:48] um

[2:53:48] it's, it's a good thing

[2:53:48] because

[2:53:49] people don't leave the

[2:53:49] fair

[2:53:50] instead of leaving

[2:53:50] the fair

[2:53:50] ,

[2:53:51] they stay there, get comfy

[2:53:52] , and

[2:53:53] um, hang around

[2:53:55] . Um

[2:53:57] , um, again

[2:53:57] ,

[2:53:58] this is

[2:53:59] the sponsors of the

[2:53:59] fair are a

[2:54:00] huge thing. So

[2:54:01] I

[2:54:01] again I can't

[2:54:02] give personal

[2:54:03] shoutouts, but you guys can see

[2:54:04] all of the

[2:54:06] incredible sponsors

[2:54:06] here

[2:54:08] , um, um, so we just

[2:54:08] , um,

[2:54:09] invite people to take

[2:54:11] a look at

[2:54:12] this when you're in there and

[2:54:12] just consider, you know, just

[2:54:13] just look at it and

[2:54:13] know who

[2:54:14] supports the

[2:54:15] fair. I

[2:54:15] know some

[2:54:16] of these people, this logo is

[2:54:16] going to show

[2:54:17] up 3

[2:54:17] or

[2:54:18] 4

[2:54:18] different places in

[2:54:19] the fair

[2:54:20] because we have

[2:54:20] Barnes

[2:54:21] fundraising and

[2:54:21] , and

[2:54:22] , and they

[2:54:22] have their

[2:54:23] own sponsors and we

[2:54:23] have

[2:54:25] the livestock sales or

[2:54:26] some of these businesses you're

[2:54:26] gonna see their logo 3 and

[2:54:27] 4

[2:54:28] times

[2:54:28] and um I just want to

[2:54:29] give a huge

[2:54:29] shout out to

[2:54:30] them

[2:54:30] and

[2:54:31] um I will

[2:54:32] , we will

[2:54:32] send a

[2:54:32] ,

[2:54:33] a request

[2:54:33] in to

[2:54:34] the

[2:54:35] commissioners to consider if we

[2:54:36] can uh do a

[2:54:36] thank

[2:54:37] you

[2:54:38] as well

[2:54:38] .

[2:54:39] So we'll send that to

[2:54:39] Amber to

[2:54:40] send that week of

[2:54:40] , but that's

[2:54:41] really, that's really

[2:54:41] cool.

[2:54:42] They

[2:54:42] hear from me

[2:54:43] , but when

[2:54:43] they

[2:54:44] hear from

[2:54:44] , um,

[2:54:45] commissioners

[2:54:45] and whatnot, it's

[2:54:45] it

[2:54:46] it's really appreciated

[2:54:48] Um

[2:54:49] ,

[2:54:49] so to kind of wrap up this

[2:54:50] component

[2:54:51] , the

[2:54:51] keys are

[2:54:51] success

[2:54:52] year round

[2:54:52] . We appreciate

[2:54:53] the

[2:54:54] support from the

[2:54:54] county

[2:54:54] leadership

[2:54:55] , um, of

[2:54:56] the fair

[2:54:56] ,

[2:54:56] the

[2:54:56] active

[2:54:57] event calendar

[2:54:58] throughout

[2:54:58] the

[2:54:58] year

[2:55:00] , um, the

[2:55:01] immense amount of

[2:55:01] local

[2:55:01] businesses and

[2:55:02] partnerships

[2:55:03] , I

[2:55:03] highlighted the

[2:55:04] jail

[2:55:04] alternatives program. Um

[2:55:05] , you

[2:55:05] know

[2:55:06] , community participation

[2:55:06] ,

[2:55:07] there's a lot of things we

[2:55:07] talk

[2:55:08] about you can do on a

[2:55:09] deeper

[2:55:09] level

[2:55:09] , but

[2:55:10] not everyone

[2:55:10] has

[2:55:11] time

[2:55:11] or

[2:55:12] energy

[2:55:12] or you're

[2:55:13] part

[2:55:13] of

[2:55:13] 20

[2:55:14] causes and

[2:55:15] 20 boards, you

[2:55:15] know

[2:55:15] , but there

[2:55:16] are little

[2:55:16] things

[2:55:17] you can do. There

[2:55:17] we

[2:55:17] have 4

[2:55:18] hour shifts at

[2:55:18] the fair

[2:55:19] to volunteer for

[2:55:21] Honestly

[2:55:21] , if

[2:55:21] you don't do anything else,

[2:55:22] just show up to the fair, pay

[2:55:23] your gate admission, walk

[2:55:23] around for

[2:55:23] two

[2:55:24] hours, talk

[2:55:24] to

[2:55:24] two kids about

[2:55:25] their

[2:55:25] animals,

[2:55:26] grab an ice cream cone, go home

[2:55:27] That's sports fair, Easy

[2:55:29] . Ok

[2:55:29] .

[2:55:29] Um

[2:55:30] , entering the fair

[2:55:31] , if

[2:55:32] you're the kind that's home on

[2:55:33] your

[2:55:34] , you know, you just

[2:55:34] want

[2:55:35] to knit

[2:55:36] , knit something while

[2:55:37] you're watching your favorite

[2:55:37] tv show

[2:55:38] . Throw it in the fair.

[2:55:39] It's not going to hurt if you

[2:55:39] don't win a

[2:55:40] ribbon, nothing

[2:55:40] hurt

[2:55:41] . Or

[2:55:41] you could come home

[2:55:41] with the blue

[2:55:43] Um

[2:55:43] , we're

[2:55:43] always

[2:55:44] actively seeking

[2:55:45] new

[2:55:45] opportunities for

[2:55:46] community

[2:55:46] involvement

[2:55:48] , um, the support

[2:55:48] from

[2:55:48] the ad

[2:55:49] advisory

[2:55:49] and

[2:55:50] foundation

[2:55:50] boards, the

[2:55:51] uh the

[2:55:52] dedication of all the

[2:55:52] staff

[2:55:53] of

[2:55:53] volunteers

[2:55:53] , and I

[2:55:54] would really

[2:55:54] like to highlight

[2:55:55] the lack

[2:55:55] of

[2:55:55] turnover

[2:55:56] in staff

[2:55:56] and

[2:55:57] volunteers is

[2:55:58] one of

[2:55:58] the

[2:55:59] biggest things

[2:55:59] that we that we

[2:56:01] have

[2:56:01] going, so

[2:56:02] , um, you guys

[2:56:03] ,

[2:56:03] if you, if you

[2:56:03] look

[2:56:04] at

[2:56:04] the

[2:56:04] roster

[2:56:05] from the last

[2:56:06] many

[2:56:06] , many

[2:56:06] years, we do

[2:56:08] not have a lot

[2:56:08] of

[2:56:08] turnover and

[2:56:10] that has been a

[2:56:11] huge key

[2:56:11] to our success, so

[2:56:12] we're

[2:56:12] trying to

[2:56:13] hold things

[2:56:13] together, you know, at all

[2:56:13] costs

[2:56:14] , and

[2:56:15] that goes down to

[2:56:15] the

[2:56:16] volunteers

[2:56:17] , the

[2:56:18] superintendents as well. We

[2:56:19] have a

[2:56:19] really

[2:56:20] good

[2:56:20] longevity

[2:56:21] with superintendents

[2:56:22] , um, and

[2:56:23] with that too

[2:56:23] , when we do

[2:56:23] have

[2:56:24] a

[2:56:24] change

[2:56:25] , especially within

[2:56:25] 4h

[2:56:25] ,

[2:56:26] there's

[2:56:26] a great

[2:56:27] line of

[2:56:28] succession

[2:56:28] planning

[2:56:29] because

[2:56:29] next

[2:56:29] thing you

[2:56:30] know

[2:56:30] , there's

[2:56:31] someone

[2:56:31] else ready to

[2:56:32] step up

[2:56:32] .

[2:56:32] Um, and

[2:56:33] then again

[2:56:33] , what

[2:56:34] flexibility

[2:56:34] and

[2:56:35] excellent

[2:56:35] customer service. I mean,

[2:56:36] that's what we show to

[2:56:37] people

[2:56:37] and

[2:56:38] our customers, there's

[2:56:38] really

[2:56:39] , you

[2:56:39] can't

[2:56:40] , especially

[2:56:40] when you're working with

[2:56:42] discretionary funds

[2:56:43] and

[2:56:44] volunteers, you just there

[2:56:44] , you

[2:56:45] can't

[2:56:46] really

[2:56:46] draw

[2:56:47] uh sometimes

[2:56:48] black and white lines and you

[2:56:49] just have to kind of work

[2:56:49] with

[2:56:50] people. You

[2:56:50] need something

[2:56:50] at

[2:56:52] 7

[2:56:52] P.M. That's

[2:56:53] when we got to do

[2:56:53] it, right

[2:56:53] ? Or you

[2:56:54] need to

[2:56:54] adapt

[2:56:55] you need

[2:56:55] to switch your day

[2:56:56] .

[2:56:56] It's just what we got to

[2:56:57] do

[2:56:57] . So

[2:56:59] um, those have been

[2:57:00] our

[2:57:00] keys.

[2:57:01] So we're gonna

[2:57:01] get on to

[2:57:02] the

[2:57:02] guest speakers here

[2:57:03] . So from

[2:57:03] the Beakows

[2:57:04] and Bill's Club, I

[2:57:04] want to call up

[2:57:05] Iris

[2:57:05] De Serrano

[2:57:14] Hi, my name

[2:57:15] is Ariiserrano, and

[2:57:16] I am a

[2:57:16] Skagitt

[2:57:17] County Forage

[2:57:18] member

[2:57:19] . 4h

[2:57:20] has

[2:57:21] provided

[2:57:22] me

[2:57:22] mentorship from trusted adult

[2:57:23] leaders

[2:57:24] and

[2:57:24] has

[2:57:25] empowered

[2:57:26] me to

[2:57:27] take on

[2:57:30] important leadership

[2:57:30] roles

[2:57:31] . Through these roles

[2:57:31] , I

[2:57:31] have

[2:57:32] learned how

[2:57:33] to

[2:57:33] speak

[2:57:33] publicly

[2:57:35] , gain responsibility

[2:57:35] ,

[2:57:36] and become

[2:57:37] a greater influence

[2:57:38] in my community

[2:57:40] . Do

[2:57:40] these

[2:57:41] skills that I have

[2:57:41] learned

[2:57:42] , I

[2:57:42] ,

[2:57:43] which I love

[2:57:43] practicing at fair

[2:57:47] I am now

[2:57:47] beyond ready for

[2:57:49] careers and life

[2:57:49] . The greatest

[2:57:51] challenge in my

[2:57:51] forage career

[2:57:52] so far

[2:57:53] has been

[2:57:53] my

[2:57:54] latest

[2:57:54] presidency

[2:57:55] . Being

[2:57:56] PRESIDENT Of

[2:57:56] my

[2:57:57] 4h

[2:57:58] club

[2:57:58] helps me

[2:57:59] understand

[2:57:59] the steps that

[2:58:00] are taken

[2:58:00] in

[2:58:01] order to make for

[2:58:01] a

[2:58:01] more

[2:58:03] inclusive community for all

[2:58:05] . It

[2:58:07] has empowered me with the

[2:58:08] skills to lead for

[2:58:09] a lifetime

[2:58:09] .

[2:58:10] After having chickens

[2:58:11] for

[2:58:11] a

[2:58:12] while, my mom

[2:58:12] and I decided

[2:58:13] to

[2:58:14] try 4h

[2:58:15] . Do

[2:58:16] you trusted adult

[2:58:17] leaders, I was able to

[2:58:18] build

[2:58:19] positive relationships with

[2:58:19] other youth

[2:58:20] and

[2:58:21] create memories

[2:58:21] at events such as the fair

[2:58:25] . I

[2:58:25] am glad that I

[2:58:26] was one

[2:58:27] of

[2:58:27] the

[2:58:27] 6

[2:58:28] million youth

[2:58:29] that forage has

[2:58:30] reached throughout our country

[2:58:36] .

[2:58:37] 4h is important to

[2:58:38] our

[2:58:39] communities because of the

[2:58:40] large

[2:58:40] impact

[2:58:41] they

[2:58:41] edit

[2:58:41] has

[2:58:42] on

[2:58:43] today's youth

[2:58:43] . I've

[2:58:44] seen

[2:58:45] everyday

[2:58:46] kids

[2:58:47] grow

[2:58:47] into

[2:58:48] passionate individuals who are

[2:58:49] hungry to

[2:58:50] learn and

[2:58:50] ready to

[2:58:50] take on

[2:58:51] the world

[2:58:53] . 4h

[2:58:53] empowers

[2:58:54] kids to make the

[2:58:55] best better,

[2:58:55] pushing them to

[2:58:56] always try

[2:58:57] harder and to never

[2:58:58] give up

[2:58:59] .

[2:58:59] Fortunes are also

[2:59:00] 3 times

[2:59:01] more

[2:59:01] likely to

[2:59:02] participate

[2:59:02] in

[2:59:04] community involvement. That

[2:59:05] could mean

[2:59:05] picking

[2:59:06] up trash

[2:59:06] ,

[2:59:06] showing

[2:59:07] up fare

[2:59:08] , or

[2:59:08] even having

[2:59:09] a fundraiser for a

[2:59:10] local club

[2:59:11] .

[2:59:11] Forage

[2:59:11] helps

[2:59:12] us

[2:59:12] enjoy giving

[2:59:13] back to

[2:59:13] our communities

[2:59:15] . Some

[2:59:15] friendships

[2:59:16] and connections

[2:59:17] I've made in

[2:59:17] 4h

[2:59:19] are

[2:59:19] with other

[2:59:20] members

[2:59:21] , leaders

[2:59:21] , or

[2:59:21] breeders

[2:59:21] of

[2:59:22] my animal

[2:59:23] . Most

[2:59:23] of

[2:59:24] these

[2:59:24] connections were made

[2:59:25] at

[2:59:27] forge-related events. For

[2:59:28] example

[2:59:28] , when I was a member of

[2:59:29] the Ad

[2:59:30] Career

[2:59:31] Ambassadors, I

[2:59:31] was

[2:59:32] able to go to

[2:59:32] the

[2:59:32] Watcombe

[2:59:33] Career Fair and

[2:59:33] the Country

[2:59:35] Living

[2:59:35] Expo

[2:59:36] . At these

[2:59:36] events

[2:59:36] , I

[2:59:37] explained to people

[2:59:37] what

[2:59:39] 4h

[2:59:39] was

[2:59:39] and

[2:59:40] the

[2:59:40] positive outcomes

[2:59:41] of

[2:59:41] joining

[2:59:42] . Although other events

[2:59:43] are fun

[2:59:44] , almost

[2:59:44] all of

[2:59:44] my

[2:59:45] favorite forage

[2:59:46] memories happen

[2:59:46] at

[2:59:46] the fair

[2:59:47] . I love

[2:59:47] the

[2:59:48] thrill

[2:59:49] of showing

[2:59:50] my

[2:59:50] animal

[2:59:51] and being

[2:59:51] able to

[2:59:52] connect

[2:59:52] with people

[2:59:53] from numerous backgrounds

[2:59:55] . The

[2:59:56] the fair is a

[2:59:57] truly

[2:59:57] inspiring

[2:59:58] experience, and it is

[2:59:59] the

[2:59:59] highlight of

[3:00:00] my forage here

[3:00:04] . 4h

[3:00:04] is

[3:00:05] our

[3:00:05] nation's largest

[3:00:11] youth

[3:00:11] developmental organization

[3:00:13] . It

[3:00:13] has

[3:00:14] supplied

[3:00:15] my

[3:00:16] family

[3:00:16] with a

[3:00:18] interactive environment for all

[3:00:22] Through 4h, we

[3:00:22] have

[3:00:23] learned

[3:00:24] how

[3:00:24] to speak

[3:00:25] publicly

[3:00:25] and

[3:00:25] act

[3:00:25] confident

[3:00:27] . Before we joined

[3:00:28] , my

[3:00:29] siblings used to be very shy,

[3:00:30] but now they can carry

[3:00:31] on

[3:00:31] a

[3:00:32] conversation conversation

[3:00:33] with

[3:00:34] just about anyone

[3:00:34] , especially

[3:00:34] at fair

[3:00:37] . 4h has

[3:00:38] made

[3:00:38] a large

[3:00:39] impact on my

[3:00:40] family's life

[3:00:40] . It

[3:00:41] is

[3:00:42] a

[3:00:42] big

[3:00:43] part of

[3:00:44] our day to day

[3:00:45] livelihood

[3:00:47] Thank you

[3:00:57] Hello

[3:00:58] I'm

[3:00:59] Louise

[3:00:59] Deerrano. I'm

[3:01:00] a

[3:01:00] current

[3:01:01] 4h

[3:01:01] leader and I

[3:01:03] lead poultry

[3:01:03] ,

[3:01:04] which makes me

[3:01:05] very excited

[3:01:06] about this year's

[3:01:06] theme for

[3:01:06] the

[3:01:06] fair

[3:01:08] . So my

[3:01:10] experience with

[3:01:10] 4h

[3:01:10] started 6

[3:01:11] years

[3:01:12] ago

[3:01:12] as a

[3:01:12] parent

[3:01:13] of

[3:01:14] a 4Her

[3:01:14] and a

[3:01:14] few years

[3:01:15] later

[3:01:16] a

[3:01:17] uh an opening to be the

[3:01:19] poultry

[3:01:19] leader happened and

[3:01:20] I

[3:01:21] just gladly jumped into that

[3:01:22] position

[3:01:22] . It

[3:01:23] has been a goal

[3:01:23] of

[3:01:24] mine

[3:01:25] to

[3:01:25] provide thorough

[3:01:26] and

[3:01:26] accurate information

[3:01:27] for all of

[3:01:28] the kids that I

[3:01:28] lead

[3:01:29] to succeed

[3:01:29] at

[3:01:30] the project

[3:01:31] . One

[3:01:32] of

[3:01:32] the

[3:01:32] joys

[3:01:33] of

[3:01:34] being a

[3:01:34] leader has

[3:01:35] been

[3:01:35] watching kids who

[3:01:36] are

[3:01:37] extremely

[3:01:38] shy to the point where they

[3:01:39] don't even want to talk

[3:01:39] to

[3:01:40] anyone outside

[3:01:41] of

[3:01:41] their family

[3:01:42] actually be able to not

[3:01:43] only

[3:01:44] gain confidence to speak to me

[3:01:44] ,

[3:01:45] but to speak

[3:01:45] to

[3:01:46] the public

[3:01:48] . I

[3:01:48] love

[3:01:49] watching

[3:01:50] kids do

[3:01:50] their

[3:01:53] showmanship competitions where

[3:01:53] they

[3:01:53] can talk

[3:01:54] and interact

[3:01:55] with

[3:01:55] the

[3:01:56] judge and share all of

[3:01:56] the

[3:01:57] knowledge that they

[3:01:57] have gained

[3:02:00] Some

[3:02:01] of

[3:02:01] the

[3:02:02] relationships

[3:02:02] that

[3:02:02] I've

[3:02:04] , uh, developed with

[3:02:04] these

[3:02:04] members and their

[3:02:05] families

[3:02:06] are

[3:02:06] lasting. And I look

[3:02:07] forward to

[3:02:08] many

[3:02:08] years

[3:02:08] to

[3:02:09] come

[3:02:10] of

[3:02:11] fair-going memories

[3:02:12] . At the

[3:02:12] fair

[3:02:13] , the youth

[3:02:15] tend

[3:02:15] to bond

[3:02:16] very

[3:02:16] closely and have

[3:02:17] a feeling

[3:02:17] of

[3:02:18] belonging

[3:02:18] and family

[3:02:20] . The

[3:02:20] thing

[3:02:21] I love

[3:02:22] about

[3:02:22] 4h

[3:02:22] is

[3:02:22] that

[3:02:24] it

[3:02:24] takes

[3:02:24] kids

[3:02:25] from

[3:02:26] diverse

[3:02:26] groups, whether it

[3:02:27] be urban

[3:02:28] or

[3:02:29] rural, and they

[3:02:29] can work

[3:02:29] together on

[3:02:30] the same

[3:02:31] project

[3:02:31] and learn

[3:02:32] from each other

[3:02:34] .

[3:02:35] There's always

[3:02:35] room

[3:02:35] for growth

[3:02:36] and leadership

[3:02:37] in 4h

[3:02:37] , and

[3:02:38] kids

[3:02:38] are

[3:02:40] always encouraged to push a

[3:02:40] little

[3:02:40] bit

[3:02:41] harder to learn

[3:02:44] . I

[3:02:44] stand behind what

[3:02:45] the

[3:02:46] 4h

[3:02:46] clover

[3:02:47] represents

[3:02:47] , heart

[3:02:49] , loving

[3:02:49] and

[3:02:49] caring for each other

[3:02:50] ,

[3:02:51] encouraging

[3:02:51] each other

[3:02:53] . Hands

[3:02:54] working and helping

[3:02:54] each

[3:02:54] other

[3:02:55] out

[3:02:56] . He

[3:02:57] thinking through

[3:02:58] different scenarios and coming

[3:02:58] up

[3:02:58] with

[3:02:59] solutions

[3:03:00] and health

[3:03:00] ,

[3:03:00] living

[3:03:01] a

[3:03:01] healthy

[3:03:02] lifestyle

[3:03:02] and

[3:03:03] demonstrating what that looks

[3:03:03] like

[3:03:04] to others

[3:03:05] . It makes

[3:03:06] me so

[3:03:07] proud watching

[3:03:07] these

[3:03:09] kids

[3:03:10] really shine when

[3:03:11] they're able

[3:03:11] to talk to

[3:03:12] the public

[3:03:12] about

[3:03:12] their

[3:03:13] projects that

[3:03:14] they've

[3:03:15] worked throughout their whole

[3:03:16] year

[3:03:16] , and

[3:03:17] they

[3:03:18] will gladly

[3:03:19] show

[3:03:19] their

[3:03:20] animal to

[3:03:20] folks at

[3:03:21] the

[3:03:21] fair and

[3:03:22] the

[3:03:22] educational

[3:03:23] posters that

[3:03:23] they've

[3:03:24] made just

[3:03:25] to teach

[3:03:25] people

[3:03:26] who've maybe

[3:03:27] never been

[3:03:27] around animals

[3:03:27] , what

[3:03:28] it's like

[3:03:29] . Uh

[3:03:30] , I

[3:03:31] would

[3:03:32] gladly

[3:03:32] support

[3:03:33] continuing

[3:03:34] this legacy

[3:03:35] ,

[3:03:36] um, all the

[3:03:36] positive

[3:03:37] fairgoing

[3:03:39] memories

[3:03:39] and just

[3:03:39] the

[3:03:41] foundation that 4h

[3:03:41] gives

[3:03:42] kids

[3:03:42] for

[3:03:43] life

[3:03:43] , for

[3:03:43] the

[3:03:45] current

[3:03:45] 4Hers

[3:03:46] for

[3:03:46] tomorrow's

[3:03:47] 4Hers

[3:03:47] and

[3:03:48] tomorrow's leaders

[3:03:49] . So thank

[3:03:50] you

[3:03:50] Thank you

[3:03:56] Thanks

[3:03:57] , Louise.

[3:03:57] Um

[3:03:58] , so just

[3:03:59] , uh, a few comments

[3:03:59] I had

[3:03:59] . Um

[3:04:00] , I

[3:04:01] won upfront

[3:04:01] , I

[3:04:01] did

[3:04:02] MISS

[3:04:03] Out on

[3:04:04] , um, introducing

[3:04:04] Ashley Sis

[3:04:05] , who's our

[3:04:05] new

[3:04:06] 4h

[3:04:06] program coordinator

[3:04:08] . So

[3:04:08] she is

[3:04:09] on board for her first

[3:04:10] fare, so

[3:04:10] it will

[3:04:12] , uh, undoubtedly be a

[3:04:13] very

[3:04:14] immersive

[3:04:15] experience

[3:04:15] . It's

[3:04:16] a jump

[3:04:16] in for the

[3:04:16] , the

[3:04:17] fair

[3:04:18] bath

[3:04:18] . Um

[3:04:19] , and then I

[3:04:19] , I just

[3:04:19] wanted

[3:04:20] to highlight

[3:04:20] a few

[3:04:20] other

[3:04:21] things

[3:04:22] , um, you

[3:04:22] know

[3:04:23] , the

[3:04:24] connectivity between the fair

[3:04:25] and

[3:04:25] 4h and and

[3:04:26] how

[3:04:26] cohesive

[3:04:27] they are. So

[3:04:28] the, you know

[3:04:28] , the

[3:04:29] 4h program is really paramount

[3:04:29] to the

[3:04:30] year around

[3:04:32] , um, the

[3:04:33] mentorship, the learning, so a

[3:04:33] lot of that

[3:04:33] stuff happens if

[3:04:34] they

[3:04:35] don't have

[3:04:36] this 12-year,

[3:04:36] 12

[3:04:37] month support

[3:04:37] , they can't

[3:04:37] show up to fair and

[3:04:38] do

[3:04:38] what

[3:04:39] they do

[3:04:39] . Also

[3:04:40] , without

[3:04:40] the fare

[3:04:41] you don't

[3:04:42] have what I

[3:04:42] , I always

[3:04:44] playfully referred to

[3:04:44] as the

[3:04:44] Super Bowl, right

[3:04:45] ? So

[3:04:45] without

[3:04:46] that fare

[3:04:46] there

[3:04:46] , the

[3:04:47] bright

[3:04:47] lights and all

[3:04:48] the

[3:04:49] infrastructure that comes with

[3:04:49] the

[3:04:49] fair and even

[3:04:50] the fun

[3:04:50] that

[3:04:51] happens outside the fair, right

[3:04:52] ? The

[3:04:52] kids they think, oh

[3:04:53] , it's

[3:04:54] 8 P.M. I

[3:04:54] got to go on

[3:04:55] the

[3:04:55] carnival rides

[3:04:55] . That's what

[3:04:56] the

[3:04:56] memories are made

[3:04:57] of

[3:04:57] . So it's

[3:04:58] ,

[3:04:58] we can't

[3:04:59] , the fair

[3:05:00] forage

[3:05:00] really can't

[3:05:00] shine without that

[3:05:01] big

[3:05:01] event there

[3:05:02] and some of

[3:05:03] the

[3:05:03] infrastructure that the fair

[3:05:04] provides, but we also

[3:05:05] can't

[3:05:05] have kids just showing up

[3:05:06] the

[3:05:06] fair

[3:05:06] . And

[3:05:07] trying to do things,

[3:05:07] right

[3:05:08] ? So it's that

[3:05:09] , it's that

[3:05:09] they're

[3:05:10] all connected, right

[3:05:11] ?

[3:05:11] So

[3:05:11] , um, the

[3:05:12] other

[3:05:12] comment I

[3:05:13] have, and I

[3:05:13] , I do want

[3:05:14] to

[3:05:14] include ffa and

[3:05:15] that ffa

[3:05:15] tends

[3:05:16] to

[3:05:16] be very involved

[3:05:17] , but they

[3:05:17] are

[3:05:18] a school-based

[3:05:18] program and

[3:05:19] so that

[3:05:20] absolutely they show up

[3:05:20] at the

[3:05:20] fair and in

[3:05:21] full steam

[3:05:21] ,

[3:05:22] but some of

[3:05:23] them might take

[3:05:23] a

[3:05:23] little

[3:05:23] time

[3:05:24] off

[3:05:25] , um, this, you

[3:05:25] know

[3:05:26] , this time

[3:05:26] of year

[3:05:28] , but I

[3:05:29] ,

[3:05:30] um, have

[3:05:30] received

[3:05:30] enough

[3:05:31] information, even though I

[3:05:32] might be

[3:05:33] slightly biased

[3:05:34] , um,

[3:05:34] that our

[3:05:34] fair

[3:05:35] exhibitors are

[3:05:36] world class when

[3:05:36] it comes

[3:05:37] to

[3:05:37] their

[3:05:38] then we

[3:05:38] , when we

[3:05:39] have

[3:05:40] fair commissioners

[3:05:40] , their

[3:05:41] um

[3:05:41] engagement level with

[3:05:41] the

[3:05:42] public, how

[3:05:42] tidy their

[3:05:42] barns

[3:05:43] are and the work they do. And

[3:05:43] again, I, this is

[3:05:44] not coming

[3:05:45] from me because

[3:05:45] I think

[3:05:45] that,

[3:05:46] but I

[3:05:46] also

[3:05:46] have

[3:05:47] not

[3:05:48] um

[3:05:48] necessarily bend every

[3:05:49] fare, be

[3:05:49] a management and other fare

[3:05:50] ,

[3:05:50] but

[3:05:50] I consistently get

[3:05:51] this

[3:05:51] , um

[3:05:52] I got this from Francis

[3:05:52] , our

[3:05:53] assistant manager who's worked

[3:05:54] at 3 fairgrounds. We

[3:05:54] get this

[3:05:54] from

[3:05:54] fair

[3:05:55] commissioners

[3:05:55] at the

[3:05:56] exhibitors here

[3:05:57] are world

[3:05:57] class

[3:05:58] so

[3:05:59] there's obviously

[3:05:59] a

[3:06:00] testament to

[3:06:01] the kids

[3:06:02] who are

[3:06:02] here

[3:06:02] , but this

[3:06:03] is something

[3:06:04] I've

[3:06:05] consistently

[3:06:05] heard

[3:06:06] over

[3:06:06] decades

[3:06:07] and so a

[3:06:07] lot of

[3:06:08] credit

[3:06:08] goes to

[3:06:09] the youth, but a

[3:06:09] lot of

[3:06:09] that too

[3:06:10] is the leaders, the

[3:06:11] ffa advisors

[3:06:12] , the

[3:06:12] former 4h

[3:06:13] program coordinators and

[3:06:13] leaders because they're the

[3:06:14] ones that are holding that

[3:06:15] together and keeping that going

[3:06:15] So some of these people that

[3:06:16] have been around for

[3:06:17] 30 years

[3:06:18] and you've seen that

[3:06:18] same

[3:06:19] quality that's, that's

[3:06:19] , it's

[3:06:19] them

[3:06:19] that

[3:06:20] deserves

[3:06:21] the

[3:06:21] um shout

[3:06:21] out

[3:06:23] . So I just wanted

[3:06:23] to give

[3:06:23] a

[3:06:24] few

[3:06:25] of those

[3:06:26] , um, thoughts

[3:06:27] , um,

[3:06:27] and then on that note too

[3:06:28] , I

[3:06:28] just, if you

[3:06:29] guys are at the

[3:06:29] fair, just

[3:06:29] go talk

[3:06:30] , talk to

[3:06:30] some of

[3:06:30] the

[3:06:32] exhibitors

[3:06:32] and

[3:06:32] you'll

[3:06:33] learn all sorts

[3:06:33] of fun

[3:06:34] facts

[3:06:35] There's posters and

[3:06:36] you'll learn things you never

[3:06:37] thought you needed

[3:06:37] to know

[3:06:39] . Um

[3:06:39] ,

[3:06:40] so I'm gonna leave this

[3:06:40] slide

[3:06:41] up, but this is just yours fair

[3:06:41] This is how to get a hold

[3:06:43] of us

[3:06:44] um, our social

[3:06:45] media

[3:06:45] pages and

[3:06:46] I'm gonna turn over to

[3:06:48] commissioners

[3:06:48] for final

[3:06:48] comments

[3:06:50] . Thank you very much,

[3:06:50] Eric

[3:06:52] . Really appreciate the

[3:06:52] the

[3:06:52] presentation and thank

[3:06:53] you for

[3:06:54] the

[3:06:54] 4h leaders

[3:06:55] and the

[3:06:55] members

[3:06:56] that

[3:06:56] came in

[3:06:57] here today

[3:06:57] , we do

[3:06:58] always

[3:06:58] appreciate that

[3:06:59] , uh,

[3:06:59] having

[3:06:59] a chance to come in

[3:07:00] front of the

[3:07:00] county

[3:07:01] commissioners

[3:07:01] . Commissioner

[3:07:02] Burns, do you have

[3:07:03] any comments

[3:07:03] or

[3:07:04] any thoughts

[3:07:04] ? I think

[3:07:05] what

[3:07:06] you all have been doing

[3:07:06] is

[3:07:06] awesome, that it's

[3:07:08] , uh, it's

[3:07:08] self-funded, it's

[3:07:09] even better

[3:07:10] for

[3:07:10] us

[3:07:11] , um, but I

[3:07:12] appreciate

[3:07:13] the programs and

[3:07:13] the

[3:07:13] opportunities for kids

[3:07:14] ,

[3:07:15] especially

[3:07:15] , and

[3:07:15] to learn

[3:07:16] new

[3:07:17] skills

[3:07:17] , learn

[3:07:17] about some

[3:07:18] life

[3:07:18] lessons

[3:07:19] along

[3:07:19] the way

[3:07:20] , and I

[3:07:20] think it also

[3:07:21] helps you

[3:07:21] with

[3:07:22] finance

[3:07:22] because you

[3:07:22] , you have

[3:07:23] to

[3:07:23] think about

[3:07:23] the feed for

[3:07:24] the

[3:07:25] animals and the

[3:07:25] care and all

[3:07:26] the things

[3:07:26] that go into

[3:07:27] it

[3:07:27] . And

[3:07:27] so

[3:07:30] , uh, all around

[3:07:30] , a lot

[3:07:31] of

[3:07:31] great

[3:07:32] things going on at the

[3:07:32] fairgrounds

[3:07:33] , so

[3:07:33] I appreciate

[3:07:34] you and the staff that helped

[3:07:34] make it work. We look forward

[3:07:35] to having you out

[3:07:35] for your

[3:07:36] first fair. There's

[3:07:36] some

[3:07:38] judging responsibilities, so no

[3:07:38] pressure. Sounds

[3:07:39] good. I

[3:07:39] saw

[3:07:40] it's already on the

[3:07:40] calendar.

[3:07:40] Yep. Um

[3:07:42] . Commissioner Browning

[3:07:43] ,

[3:07:43] any

[3:07:44] comments? Well, yeah

[3:07:44] , I, I

[3:07:45] was both

[3:07:45] an ffa

[3:07:46] and

[3:07:46] a 4h kit.

[3:07:46] If you had

[3:07:47] to ask me which

[3:07:48] I

[3:07:48] like

[3:07:48] better

[3:07:49] , the

[3:07:49] mothers were

[3:07:50] better cooks of

[3:07:51] baked goods

[3:07:51] and

[3:07:51] cookies in the 4h and

[3:07:53] FFAs

[3:07:53] . So

[3:07:54] clearly always

[3:07:55] , always

[3:07:56] a forest

[3:07:56] Yeah, I just

[3:07:57] , it

[3:07:58] was great

[3:07:58] . Um

[3:07:59] ,

[3:07:59] Irish

[3:08:00] , nice

[3:08:00] job talking

[3:08:00] . That

[3:08:01] was

[3:08:01] great

[3:08:01] . That

[3:08:02] was

[3:08:03] just great

[3:08:03] .

[3:08:03] And Louise

[3:08:04] , thank

[3:08:04] you for

[3:08:04] being

[3:08:05] in

[3:08:05] charge

[3:08:06] of that group

[3:08:06] , and

[3:08:06] it's

[3:08:07] really great

[3:08:08] . Ashley,

[3:08:09] welcome

[3:08:09] . It's so

[3:08:10] nice to have

[3:08:10] you here

[3:08:11] , but

[3:08:12] , uh, yeah, the

[3:08:12] ,

[3:08:12] the

[3:08:13] fairs are just

[3:08:13] a riot

[3:08:13] .

[3:08:14] They're so much fun and I have

[3:08:14] a

[3:08:15] long

[3:08:15] history of, of

[3:08:15] going to

[3:08:16] fairs and meeting new friends,

[3:08:17] having a good time, and just

[3:08:18] having one of the best parts of

[3:08:18] the summer

[3:08:19] . So

[3:08:20] enjoy

[3:08:20] yourself

[3:08:20] in 2 weeks

[3:08:21] , 3

[3:08:22] , almost a month

[3:08:22] .

[3:08:23] Something like that, yeah

[3:08:24] . I'll

[3:08:24] be there. I can use all the

[3:08:25] time we can get, so

[3:08:26] , and I

[3:08:26] do

[3:08:27] get to judge

[3:08:27] the

[3:08:27] 4h this year

[3:08:28] .

[3:08:29] So, if you see me

[3:08:29] around, just

[3:08:30] be really nice so

[3:08:31] you can make

[3:08:31] me

[3:08:32] want to

[3:08:33] make yours

[3:08:33] the best

[3:08:34] of display. Is that

[3:08:36] right

[3:08:37] All right. So

[3:08:38] thank

[3:08:38] you. Yeah

[3:08:38] ,

[3:08:39] thank you very much

[3:08:40] . Uh, I

[3:08:40] was

[3:08:41] in 4h

[3:08:41] and ffa

[3:08:42] years ago

[3:08:42] and

[3:08:43] really

[3:08:43] uh definitely

[3:08:44] enjoyed

[3:08:45] the fair

[3:08:45] was

[3:08:46] thinking

[3:08:46] on

[3:08:47] the

[3:08:47] first

[3:08:47] animal I showed

[3:08:48] , I think

[3:08:48] it

[3:08:49] was 1970. I was

[3:08:49] a

[3:08:50] Scotch

[3:08:50] County Fair

[3:08:51] , so it's

[3:08:51] a

[3:08:52] 56 years

[3:08:53] or something

[3:08:54] . So, uh, it'

[3:08:54] s

[3:08:54] a

[3:08:55] great event, a lot

[3:08:55] of good

[3:08:56] friends and everything are able

[3:08:56] to

[3:08:57] come together and

[3:08:58] all the

[3:08:58] good

[3:08:59] volunteers and all the

[3:09:00] parents

[3:09:01] and um all the kids.

[3:09:01] It's, it's

[3:09:02] really a good event

[3:09:03] .

[3:09:03] i'm really

[3:09:04] , uh, I appreciate

[3:09:04] all

[3:09:04] the time

[3:09:05] and

[3:09:05] effort. Um

[3:09:07] , we

[3:09:07] have

[3:09:08] a dog

[3:09:08] training

[3:09:09] facility at

[3:09:09] our

[3:09:09] home

[3:09:10] and

[3:09:11] um definitely

[3:09:11] the

[3:09:12] 4h Club comes and uses

[3:09:13] it every

[3:09:13] week

[3:09:13] and so forth

[3:09:14] , and we

[3:09:16] definitely support the kids and

[3:09:17] all the things they do. My wife

[3:09:19] was really involved in forage

[3:09:20] .

[3:09:21] Down in California and so

[3:09:21] uh we

[3:09:23] definitely appreciate all what

[3:09:23] 4h has done over the

[3:09:25] years and

[3:09:25] ,

[3:09:26] um, it's a great program, so

[3:09:28] hope you enjoy it and, and

[3:09:29] , uh,

[3:09:30] come back many, many years in

[3:09:31] the future

[3:09:34] . I

[3:09:34] want to ask a

[3:09:34] question on the

[3:09:36] facilities. How

[3:09:37] are they doing? Are they

[3:09:38] , now

[3:09:38] we have a

[3:09:39] facility

[3:09:39] manager in

[3:09:39] charge of the

[3:09:41] fair grounds. I

[3:09:41] don't know if Ken's gone

[3:09:41] through

[3:09:43] , but do you have any?

[3:09:43] Yeah, I

[3:09:44] think you

[3:09:44] , you

[3:09:45] mentioned some projects you had

[3:09:46] going on and parking lot

[3:09:47] Yeah,

[3:09:48] I mean, we've

[3:09:48] we've, um, I mean

[3:09:50] we've, I mean

[3:09:50] we've

[3:09:52] done a lot

[3:09:52] to

[3:09:52] try and, and, and

[3:09:53] , you know

[3:09:54] ,

[3:09:54] move away from deferred

[3:09:55] maintenance. It definitely

[3:09:56] had

[3:09:56] had gone into a phase there,

[3:09:57] but we are

[3:09:57] making

[3:09:58] big

[3:09:59] strides

[3:09:59] ,

[3:10:00] um, I see a new a

[3:10:01] new

[3:10:01] restroom

[3:10:01] facility was a

[3:10:02] huge thing

[3:10:04] . I

[3:10:04] think with the

[3:10:05] , if

[3:10:05] the wsda

[3:10:06] grants were able to make some

[3:10:08] ground, right, with

[3:10:08] the

[3:10:08] paving

[3:10:09] project

[3:10:10] , um, a

[3:10:11] lot of

[3:10:11] that is

[3:10:12] those are pretty high

[3:10:12] value

[3:10:12] projects so I

[3:10:13] mean we

[3:10:13] , we're

[3:10:14] keeping up with it. I

[3:10:14] think the

[3:10:15] other thing is

[3:10:15] that you know

[3:10:16] in

[3:10:17] 2023 we were able to put

[3:10:17] the

[3:10:18] funding together for

[3:10:18] a

[3:10:19] year-round

[3:10:19] maintenance person

[3:10:20] um at

[3:10:20] the fairgrounds

[3:10:20] , so we

[3:10:21] have

[3:10:22] that

[3:10:23] . We've been able to

[3:10:24] do a lot of things behind the

[3:10:24] scenes

[3:10:25] on

[3:10:26] that as well. So

[3:10:28] , um,

[3:10:28] I

[3:10:29] , yeah, we have a lot of

[3:10:29] things

[3:10:30] in this grant. I

[3:10:31] honestly for our

[3:10:31] next grant

[3:10:31] cycle

[3:10:32] , I

[3:10:32] don't

[3:10:33] have anything

[3:10:33] that's

[3:10:35] , uh, that's glaring

[3:10:35] right now

[3:10:35] at me for

[3:10:36] , for doing

[3:10:36] that, but we

[3:10:37] will definitely

[3:10:38] take advantage of it if there's

[3:10:38] state

[3:10:39] funds available, but I

[3:10:39] think

[3:10:40] we

[3:10:40] are

[3:10:41] , um, looking good

[3:10:42] .

[3:10:43] I know though that

[3:10:44] there's

[3:10:45] always room

[3:10:46] for more

[3:10:46] , and some

[3:10:47] of that goes out to the clubs

[3:10:48] too. I

[3:10:48] know that

[3:10:49] the 4h

[3:10:50] group

[3:10:50] is

[3:10:52] , um, fundraising for

[3:10:52] a

[3:10:52] tractor

[3:10:53] right now to help

[3:10:53] with

[3:10:54] the arena. So there, there's

[3:10:54] always more needs

[3:10:55] , um, but we

[3:10:55] are, we're pretty

[3:10:57] proud of

[3:10:57] , of

[3:10:57] ,

[3:10:58] of where we're at right now

[3:10:59] . Um

[3:11:00] but we, we do try

[3:11:00] and take

[3:11:01] everything on

[3:11:02] what's

[3:11:02] , what's

[3:11:03] the biggest bang for our

[3:11:03] buck

[3:11:04] for

[3:11:04] the public

[3:11:05] value is always

[3:11:05] what we're looking at

[3:11:06] , but you

[3:11:07] guys will

[3:11:07] notice we're doing

[3:11:08] the paving

[3:11:08] project in

[3:11:09] OCTOBER

[3:11:09] and that was one is

[3:11:10] pretty

[3:11:10] visible right when you drive on

[3:11:11] the north gate

[3:11:12] . So we're we're

[3:11:13] looking forward to that

[3:11:13] . Yeah,

[3:11:14] thank you

[3:11:15] very much for that.

[3:11:15] We had

[3:11:16] a study done

[3:11:17] 3

[3:11:17] or 4

[3:11:18] years ago. One of the things we

[3:11:20] looked at affordable housing in

[3:11:21] the county, where is

[3:11:22] that

[3:11:22] available to do it and look at

[3:11:23] County

[3:11:24] owned properties, and

[3:11:25] one of them was

[3:11:25] the

[3:11:25] fairgrounds

[3:11:26] and

[3:11:27] the

[3:11:27] senior center just

[3:11:28] north of the fairgrounds and

[3:11:30] basically, yes

[3:11:31] , it's

[3:11:31] a

[3:11:32] potential

[3:11:33] for

[3:11:33] housing

[3:11:33] , but to

[3:11:34] replace

[3:11:35] the fairgrounds, it

[3:11:36] wasn't

[3:11:37] economical to

[3:11:38] replace

[3:11:38] the

[3:11:38] fairgrounds

[3:11:39] with

[3:11:39] housing

[3:11:40] because there isn't

[3:11:40] enough

[3:11:41] margin there for

[3:11:41] a builder

[3:11:42] to

[3:11:42] buy

[3:11:43] the fairgrounds and

[3:11:43] build a

[3:11:43] new

[3:11:45] fairground someplace to

[3:11:45] make that happen. So I

[3:11:47] just

[3:11:48] want everybody to be

[3:11:49] aware that

[3:11:50] yes, we looked at it

[3:11:50] , but

[3:11:50] it's

[3:11:50] not

[3:11:51] going anywhere

[3:11:51] from

[3:11:51] my

[3:11:52] perspective

[3:11:53] , so you're and

[3:11:53] the

[3:11:54] staff and

[3:11:54] the staff

[3:11:55] is looking

[3:11:55] at

[3:11:55] it from, you

[3:11:56] know

[3:11:56] , we are

[3:11:57] looking at, we're, I mean

[3:11:58] , I,

[3:11:58] it

[3:11:59] is hard to

[3:12:00] look 50 years

[3:12:00] down the road

[3:12:01] with funding. We,

[3:12:01] we are looking 5

[3:12:02] , 1015 years,

[3:12:02] and that's our goal. It's some

[3:12:03] ,

[3:12:03] some days

[3:12:03] you're looking 5

[3:12:04] years down

[3:12:05] the road. Some days

[3:12:06] it's 10, sometimes

[3:12:07] it's 15. The

[3:12:07] next day it's back

[3:12:08] to

[3:12:08] 2, but

[3:12:09] we

[3:12:09] are

[3:12:10] , we are looking at those

[3:12:10] things and so we

[3:12:11] are looking at

[3:12:12] with longevity in the

[3:12:12] current

[3:12:13] site

[3:12:14] and investing

[3:12:14] in it

[3:12:14] a lot

[3:12:15] and so

[3:12:16] , um, we

[3:12:16] again, when

[3:12:16] you

[3:12:17] guys invest in that even

[3:12:18] with

[3:12:19] our foundation or the projects

[3:12:19] we help the

[3:12:19] horse

[3:12:20] department

[3:12:21] .

[3:12:21] Please know that

[3:12:22] your

[3:12:22] committing towards

[3:12:23] a

[3:12:24] sustainable

[3:12:24] thing and again

[3:12:25] we've talked about the funding

[3:12:25] level

[3:12:26] of self-funded, so

[3:12:27] there

[3:12:28] is, we

[3:12:28] are going to

[3:12:28] work

[3:12:29] to

[3:12:29] work very

[3:12:30] very

[3:12:30] hard and we have

[3:12:31] to work harder every year

[3:12:31] to

[3:12:32] sustain it, but it

[3:12:32] does have

[3:12:34] some stable

[3:12:34] footing if we can

[3:12:35] continue to

[3:12:37] get community

[3:12:37] support, so we just want to

[3:12:38] know that you're giving to

[3:12:39] something sustainable, and we

[3:12:39] also at the same

[3:12:41] time do very

[3:12:41] much need

[3:12:41] everyone's help

[3:12:43] . Very

[3:12:43] good. Thank you

[3:12:44] very much. Any

[3:12:44] other

[3:12:45] questions, comments

[3:12:48] ? So

[3:12:48] with that, we're going to

[3:12:49] adjourn for a couple of minutes

[3:12:50] and then we have our

[3:12:50] budget

[3:12:51] meeting with all

[3:12:52] our

[3:12:52] different

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