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County commissioners to order,

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11:30. Good morning. I

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call this

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sessions cat

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on

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AUGUST 24

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, 25th

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, 2026

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, please

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join me in salute to our flag

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.

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I

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pledge allegiance to

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the flag

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of the United

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States

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of

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America

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and to

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the republic for

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one

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nation under GOD

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, indivisible

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butberty

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and justice for all

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Nice to have a large crowd

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here today, so thank you very

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much for

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being here

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. Um

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, just a

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reminder, the 3 minute

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public

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comment and

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uh the buzzer goes

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off for 2 minutes

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and then at 3

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minutes it blares, keeps

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going

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and we will ask you

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to

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respect

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that

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. Um, if the

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crowd gets

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too

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disoriented

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, we MAY close

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public comment, and

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we will

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just shut it down

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, so, just

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give

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you

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a warning how

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that

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works. How many want to have

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public comments? Today

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? Just 6

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or so, so

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, ok

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, who wants to

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go

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first? Go

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ahead, Darryl

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. Good

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morning, commissioners

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and

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clerk

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. I'll start

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by saying um

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, I cannot keep it to 3

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I'm going to make

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synopsis before

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start today

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I'm here

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to encourage

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. The

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commissioners to

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consider a

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or

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reconsider a portion of

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their

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budget proposal for the future

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coroner's

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office

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number one

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have a

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situation where

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the

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coroner's loses

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1/3

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of their

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staff

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. We

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have some issues that

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Concerned

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state law and

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we

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don't observe

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these mandates,

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we will

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lose accreditation with

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the state and lose

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money

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,

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possibly more than we

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would

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gain by

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cutting two from

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the

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staff in the future

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that said

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have some

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things

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to

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at least consider

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is

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you cut

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a

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staff, I've

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had as many

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as

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300

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employees,

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and when

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you put

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too much

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pressure on them

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, burnout

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causes

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resignations and you

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can't afford very many

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in this

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small staff

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. In order to

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keep

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accreditation with

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the state to

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get

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the

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federal

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subsidy funding

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that

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the state provides

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few things that can

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we're

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not

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anticipating today

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. And that is

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surge

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particular

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coroner's

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office one

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. A flood of

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the Skagit River

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. A pileup

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. An earthquake

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a landslide.

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, a mass

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shooting

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a

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bad month

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fentanyl overdose

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. These case

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Loads will

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Outstretch our

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ability

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of what the corners can

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do

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right

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now and

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everything

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goes on the side

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and gets

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delayed

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. In

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addition to losing

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the state subsidy

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. I've

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provided

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you with some notes. I

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have some more that

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I'll leave

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with you

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. We have a full

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house,

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but I want to

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end by

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saying

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. We want

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to

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thank Coroner

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Haley Thompson

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. Extraordinaire

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For 10 years of

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great service

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to this county

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. She

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leaves

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behind

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. This county 7

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in

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this

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for

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accreditation

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. Number

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39 nationally

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. This state or

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this county is accredited

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. And

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She believes

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, as I

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visited with

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her

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, that staying

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in front

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costs

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. A

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lot less

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than

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falling

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behind. Thank you very

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much

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.

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Thank you. If you have comments

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you can

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leave in the basket up

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in front there too. Thank you

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.

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I'll do it

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. Next

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Anybody else

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?

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Anybody else in your group?

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Nope

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, we're done

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. Thank you

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,

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gentlemen

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. Thank

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you

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. Good job

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,

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sir. Thank you

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. Yeah

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. Okey doke

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start her

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up

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. Good morning. My

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name is

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John

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Ravnick. I'm a

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civil

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engineer in

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Skagit County

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I've been

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practicing for 42

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years

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. And

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I think this is the

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2nd time

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that I've ever come to

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the commissioner's

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, um,

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grasping for hope

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. There

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is

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a

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significant delay

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in

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permorating and processing

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, and

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I'm not going to go into the

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permit issuance, that's going

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to be somebody else

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. But right

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now

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I've

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got

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12

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Skagia

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County

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jobs

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, right

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? 9

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of them

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, I'm

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going to say are average in

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size

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, if

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not

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larger

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, probably

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anywhere between 5 and 15 to

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$18 million

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. Their

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construction

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gets

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significantly delayed

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. By

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the fact

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that Do plans

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,

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documents, reports, whatever

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it

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takes to

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permit the project

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.

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Are

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seriously delayed, and you

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might say

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, what's serious? Is

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it a

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month? Is it

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2

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months

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? How

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about anywhere between and

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5

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years

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, ok

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? I'd like for each

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one of

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you to decide to

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carry

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the

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, the wallet that

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it takes

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to

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own

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that property and to

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hold up on

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your interest and

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pay for all the design services

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that come along

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. So

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I

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would

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hope that there is a time

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. When

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we can

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work together with the

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commissioners

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. Some type of

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a

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stakeholder

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working meeting

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, um

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bring

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in some

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of your staff

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that's directly

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involved in the

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process

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. And try

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to

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get

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answers

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as

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to

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why

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technically there's

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maybe

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3 people that I

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know of

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that

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are

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involved in the

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civil

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aspects of projects

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. Now, some

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of my sites are small, some of

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them

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are large

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. And

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if

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I'm

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putting in

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a utility and I have

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to call for

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an inspection, and

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so I called for

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an

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inspection,

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and it's going to be on Friday

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.

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Super. Ok, I'm

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gonna work my

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schedule around that

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. Monday

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morning, the inspection hasn't

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occurred

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, so

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the contractor is

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.

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Forced

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Forced to fill that

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trench in, only to

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get

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penalized by

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the

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county because

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he didn't come out

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and inspect

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it, no

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. He didn't

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abide by his

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own schedule

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. So there

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are

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things that we

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need to

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do

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with

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staff

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. I think you have

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123

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people that

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In

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part are

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involved in inspections

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. Well

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,

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keep in mind those people

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are

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also

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doing the plan reviews

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.

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And you can't

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do both

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, and

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the

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brunt

473
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falls upon the

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property

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owner

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, the developer who has to

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carry the load or paying

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the

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expenses

480
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. So

481
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that's one very,

482
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very

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important aspect

484
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. That we

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would like to meet

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with you on

487
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to figure out, is there a

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solution? Can I pay

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overtime

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for staff time

491
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. How do we get

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over this

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? Problem

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You can't

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let it just sit there and

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ignore it. That's not going

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to

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do it

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any longer. You've got

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to

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hold

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staff accountable for

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their actions

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. Thank you. Thank

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you

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. Ok

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Oh

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. Hello, my name is

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Josh Baldwin

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. I'm a project

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manager with Quantum

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Construction and thank you

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for

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making time for

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us today. Um,

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as

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we talk about this, I want

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to come from the point

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, um, the

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same way we approach

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construction projects, which is

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where all part of

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the same team

524
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going for the same goals. We're

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not in

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different parties

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sitting on the opposite sides

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of

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the table

530
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with competing

531
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interests, but

532
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We're

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all

534
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Skagittonians who are trying to

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make a

536
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better place, and a lot

537
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of the things that

538
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the

539
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construction industry addresses

540
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are things that are also

541
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really

542
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important to the county

543
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, um,

544
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construction is

545
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a

546
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profit center

547
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Every time we

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build a project,

549
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you get

550
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permit fees

551
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, uh,

552
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increased sales tax. I think

553
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it's

554
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21% of the sales

555
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tax base,

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something like

557
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that

558
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is

559
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construction related, um, plus

560
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increased property

561
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taxes as

562
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projects move on

563
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. So

564
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viewing

565
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construction

566
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as

567
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a

568
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profit center

569
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rather than a cost center

570
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is an

571
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important way to frame the

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construction industry from the

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county's point

574
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. Of view

575
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. Um

576
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, it

577
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also meets county needs of

578
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affordable

579
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housing and

580
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commercial expansion, things

581
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that

582
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are absolutely needed for

583
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the growth and future

584
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success

585
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of our county

586
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. Um

587
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, Time risk is

588
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an important part of

589
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construction that doesn't get

590
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talked

591
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about

592
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a

593
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lot um if when

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people

595
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are

596
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developing projects

597
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,

598
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they're starting years in

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advance and

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they're

601
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anticipating needs, market

602
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conditions

603
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, interest rates, all

604
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of these types of things, and

605
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there's naturally delays in

606
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that

607
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process. What can also

608
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happen though is we

609
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hit

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delays

611
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in inspections

612
00:10:00,231 --> 00:10:00,566
and

613
00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:00,800
delays

614
00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,400
in

615
00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,235
permit review, and

616
00:10:03,235 --> 00:10:04,300
we get put

617
00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:04,971
back to the back of the line

618
00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:05,670
because there's a new

619
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requirement. All of

620
00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:07,506
that

621
00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:07,807
discourages future expansion

622
00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:09,342
and

623
00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:09,642
Future

624
00:10:09,642 --> 00:10:10,420
development by

625
00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:11,610
people and

626
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so it hurts the

627
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county ultimately the longer

628
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time goes. So

629
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, it's important

630
00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:16,249
to

631
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think of time as a risk

632
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, not

633
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just money

634
00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:20,651
. Um

635
00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:21,220
, An important

636
00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:22,455
step that might be

637
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really

638
00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:23,623
helpful from the county's

639
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perspective is

640
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to introduce a

641
00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:26,191
triage process for permits. If

642
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there

643
00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:28,940
was

644
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somebody who had

645
00:10:29,227 --> 00:10:29,828
the

646
00:10:29,828 --> 00:10:30,196
expertise and the empowerment

647
00:10:30,196 --> 00:10:31,664
to look

648
00:10:31,664 --> 00:10:31,965
at

649
00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:32,398
permits

650
00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:32,765
and

651
00:10:32,765 --> 00:10:34,300
um waive

652
00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:34,868
or sign off on

653
00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:36,102
simple items

654
00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:36,603
,

655
00:10:36,603 --> 00:10:37,103
you could

656
00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:38,404
use one staff

657
00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:38,670
member

658
00:10:38,670 --> 00:10:39,239
to

659
00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:39,405
greatly expand the

660
00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:39,671
ability

661
00:10:39,671 --> 00:10:41,410
to

662
00:10:41,410 --> 00:10:41,217
move permits through

663
00:10:41,217 --> 00:10:41,841
,

664
00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:43,676
especially simple ones that

665
00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:44,780
might otherwise share staff

666
00:10:44,780 --> 00:10:45,111
time with

667
00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:45,378
very

668
00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:46,460
complicated

669
00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:46,379
projects that should take a lot

670
00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,447
longer

671
00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:47,881
. My

672
00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:48,481
wife has been an er

673
00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:48,815
nurse, and that's the first

674
00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:49,949
thing

675
00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:50,616
that they do is they

676
00:10:50,616 --> 00:10:51,950
triage With patients and

677
00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:52,485
figure

678
00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:52,786
out who can be

679
00:10:52,786 --> 00:10:52,952
quickly

680
00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:53,253
exited

681
00:10:53,253 --> 00:10:54,753
from

682
00:10:54,753 --> 00:10:55,388
the process and who needs

683
00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:56,256
significant resources

684
00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:56,556
put to

685
00:10:56,556 --> 00:10:57,156
them

686
00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:59,250
. Um

687
00:10:59,250 --> 00:10:59,792
, also to echo

688
00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:01,270
something that John said

689
00:11:01,270 --> 00:11:01,661
, uh,

690
00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,296
changing rules between

691
00:11:03,296 --> 00:11:03,663
inspections

692
00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:04,290
and review

693
00:11:04,290 --> 00:11:06,290
loses

694
00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:08,168
efficiency and mental focus for

695
00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:08,935
staff members, you know, we're

696
00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:10,360
talking to people who want

697
00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:10,704
to

698
00:11:10,704 --> 00:11:12,238
review permits

699
00:11:12,238 --> 00:11:12,906
, and they're

700
00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:13,373
being called out to the field.

701
00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:14,541
That's a very

702
00:11:14,541 --> 00:11:14,741
different

703
00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:15,576
mindset

704
00:11:15,576 --> 00:11:17,444
and takes their time to do that

705
00:11:17,444 --> 00:11:17,811
Um

706
00:11:17,811 --> 00:11:19,112
, and when

707
00:11:19,112 --> 00:11:19,312
we

708
00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:19,880
hold up

709
00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:21,470
projects, we also

710
00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:21,315
hit

711
00:11:21,315 --> 00:11:22,215
different

712
00:11:22,215 --> 00:11:23,951
issues like weather. I'm trying

713
00:11:23,951 --> 00:11:24,550
to permit just a simple house

714
00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:25,652
expansion right now

715
00:11:25,652 --> 00:11:26,320
, but we

716
00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:26,653
have to tear the roof off.

717
00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:28,154
We've

718
00:11:28,154 --> 00:11:28,722
been waiting for 3 weeks

719
00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:29,122
past when the review was

720
00:11:29,122 --> 00:11:30,657
scheduled

721
00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:31,191
, and as we move into

722
00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:32,559
the fall, we're

723
00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,192
concerned that

724
00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:33,627
we're going to be taking the

725
00:11:33,627 --> 00:11:34,595
roof off of

726
00:11:34,595 --> 00:11:34,894
the

727
00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:35,562
house right in

728
00:11:35,562 --> 00:11:36,863
time for the rain to hit

729
00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:37,197
. So

730
00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:38,165
moving

731
00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:40,165
. Uh, projects through

732
00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:40,500
Thank you very much for your

733
00:11:40,500 --> 00:11:42,302
time

734
00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:44,302
. Thank you, Josh

735
00:11:45,839 --> 00:11:47,839
. Next

736
00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:51,745
.

737
00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:53,147
Commissioners, thank you for

738
00:11:53,147 --> 00:11:53,881
taking the time

739
00:11:53,881 --> 00:11:55,349
. Uh

740
00:11:55,349 --> 00:11:55,783
, Shelby

741
00:11:55,783 --> 00:11:57,451
Vanderpool

742
00:11:57,451 --> 00:11:58,252
, civil contractor in

743
00:11:58,252 --> 00:12:00,387
Skagit County for over 30 years

744
00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:01,856
Um

745
00:12:01,856 --> 00:12:02,356
, Just

746
00:12:02,356 --> 00:12:02,723
to

747
00:12:02,723 --> 00:12:04,250
reiterate

748
00:12:04,250 --> 00:12:04,205
, John

749
00:12:04,205 --> 00:12:04,425
and

750
00:12:04,425 --> 00:12:05,920
Josh

751
00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:06,627
, uh, the struggles

752
00:12:06,627 --> 00:12:07,270
we're

753
00:12:07,270 --> 00:12:08,862
facing, um

754
00:12:08,862 --> 00:12:09,130
, On

755
00:12:09,130 --> 00:12:09,463
the

756
00:12:09,463 --> 00:12:09,829
contractor's

757
00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:10,897
side of

758
00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:11,831
the

759
00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,330
permitting

760
00:12:13,330 --> 00:12:13,833
process

761
00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:14,201
,

762
00:12:14,201 --> 00:12:15,302
uh, one

763
00:12:15,302 --> 00:12:15,570
issue

764
00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:15,770
, John

765
00:12:15,770 --> 00:12:16,269
mentioned

766
00:12:16,269 --> 00:12:17,638
briefly on is

767
00:12:17,638 --> 00:12:18,500
the inspection

768
00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:20,500
process

769
00:12:20,541 --> 00:12:22,430
. The

770
00:12:22,430 --> 00:12:22,343
new

771
00:12:22,343 --> 00:12:22,777
civic

772
00:12:22,777 --> 00:12:23,177
access

773
00:12:23,177 --> 00:12:24,511
portal for

774
00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:24,946
requesting

775
00:12:24,946 --> 00:12:26,513
inspections

776
00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:28,513
. Um

777
00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:29,684
, I

778
00:12:29,684 --> 00:12:30,818
is

779
00:12:30,818 --> 00:12:31,185
not

780
00:12:31,185 --> 00:12:31,752
properly

781
00:12:31,752 --> 00:12:32,120
In

782
00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,955
my opinion

783
00:12:33,955 --> 00:12:34,354
, being

784
00:12:34,354 --> 00:12:35,957
maintained

785
00:12:35,957 --> 00:12:36,557
. Um

786
00:12:36,557 --> 00:12:38,259
, when we put in

787
00:12:38,259 --> 00:12:40,280
for inspections, we

788
00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:40,761
rarely know

789
00:12:40,761 --> 00:12:42,829
if they're going to happen

790
00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:43,197
. We

791
00:12:43,197 --> 00:12:44,465
don't

792
00:12:44,465 --> 00:12:44,732
know

793
00:12:44,732 --> 00:12:45,990
the

794
00:12:45,990 --> 00:12:45,600
exact time it's

795
00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:46,801
going to happen

796
00:12:46,801 --> 00:12:47,300
or if

797
00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:47,268
it

798
00:12:47,268 --> 00:12:47,602
happens

799
00:12:47,602 --> 00:12:49,537
. If

800
00:12:49,537 --> 00:12:50,710
that

801
00:12:50,710 --> 00:12:50,471
inspection is

802
00:12:50,471 --> 00:12:52,173
completed

803
00:12:52,173 --> 00:12:53,508
. Rarely

804
00:12:53,508 --> 00:12:53,875
is the permit

805
00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:54,175
in the

806
00:12:54,175 --> 00:12:54,475
portal

807
00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:55,777
updated

808
00:12:55,777 --> 00:12:56,377
, which is

809
00:12:56,377 --> 00:12:57,978
a frustration on

810
00:12:57,978 --> 00:12:58,713
the

811
00:12:58,713 --> 00:12:59,800
contractors in the phasing of

812
00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:00,748
the job

813
00:13:00,748 --> 00:13:01,490
. To know if we

814
00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:01,315
can move

815
00:13:01,315 --> 00:13:03,315
on

816
00:13:03,451 --> 00:13:05,287
and backfill and with the

817
00:13:05,287 --> 00:13:05,954
weather, we, we've got to be

818
00:13:05,954 --> 00:13:06,955
able to get this ground

819
00:13:06,955 --> 00:13:07,222
covered

820
00:13:07,222 --> 00:13:07,622
up

821
00:13:07,622 --> 00:13:07,923
. With all

822
00:13:07,923 --> 00:13:09,590
the

823
00:13:09,590 --> 00:13:11,590
new stormwater

824
00:13:12,227 --> 00:13:12,593
regulations that were that are

825
00:13:12,593 --> 00:13:14,329
upon us

826
00:13:14,329 --> 00:13:14,995
and especially in

827
00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:16,197
Skagie County in

828
00:13:16,197 --> 00:13:16,430
Washington

829
00:13:16,430 --> 00:13:16,998
,

830
00:13:16,998 --> 00:13:18,166
Western Washington

831
00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:19,134
, large

832
00:13:19,134 --> 00:13:20,902
amounts of rain. It's a, it's a

833
00:13:20,902 --> 00:13:21,203
big impact to the

834
00:13:21,203 --> 00:13:21,536
project and

835
00:13:21,536 --> 00:13:23,271
to the

836
00:13:23,271 --> 00:13:24,773
surrounding properties

837
00:13:24,773 --> 00:13:25,400
.

838
00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,400
Um

839
00:13:28,110 --> 00:13:30,510
, The civic access portal

840
00:13:32,113 --> 00:13:34,113
. I

841
00:13:35,116 --> 00:13:36,385
Very cumbersome in

842
00:13:36,385 --> 00:13:36,718
the fact

843
00:13:36,718 --> 00:13:37,552
that

844
00:13:37,552 --> 00:13:39,187
the communication between

845
00:13:39,187 --> 00:13:40,522
the contractors and the county

846
00:13:40,522 --> 00:13:41,290
.

847
00:13:41,290 --> 00:13:41,556
There's, there's a, a big

848
00:13:41,556 --> 00:13:43,158
void

849
00:13:43,158 --> 00:13:43,826
.

850
00:13:43,826 --> 00:13:44,920
No longer are we able to pick

851
00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:45,327
up

852
00:13:45,327 --> 00:13:45,827
the

853
00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:47,827
phone. We leave

854
00:13:48,330 --> 00:13:48,897
.

855
00:13:48,897 --> 00:13:49,932
Multiple voicemails

856
00:13:49,932 --> 00:13:50,165
before

857
00:13:50,165 --> 00:13:50,966
ever

858
00:13:50,966 --> 00:13:52,401
hearing back if we hear back

859
00:13:52,401 --> 00:13:53,268
.

860
00:13:53,268 --> 00:13:55,668
From the planning department

861
00:13:56,872 --> 00:13:57,139
.

862
00:13:57,139 --> 00:13:59,139
Um

863
00:13:59,808 --> 00:14:00,910
, Like Josh and John said

864
00:14:00,910 --> 00:14:01,610
,

865
00:14:01,610 --> 00:14:02,111
we're, we're here to help. We

866
00:14:02,111 --> 00:14:03,412
want to be a

867
00:14:03,412 --> 00:14:03,612
part

868
00:14:03,612 --> 00:14:03,979
of the

869
00:14:03,979 --> 00:14:05,381
solution

870
00:14:05,381 --> 00:14:06,415
. Ah

871
00:14:06,415 --> 00:14:08,250
, You know

872
00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:08,817
, One of

873
00:14:08,817 --> 00:14:10,118
my notes here is

874
00:14:10,118 --> 00:14:10,486
the number of

875
00:14:10,486 --> 00:14:11,530
permits

876
00:14:11,530 --> 00:14:12,388
it takes

877
00:14:12,388 --> 00:14:12,621
. Uh

878
00:14:12,621 --> 00:14:12,988
, currently

879
00:14:12,988 --> 00:14:13,656
on a, on

880
00:14:13,656 --> 00:14:14,623
a specific project

881
00:14:14,623 --> 00:14:15,124
, I

882
00:14:15,124 --> 00:14:17,590
have 5 permits

883
00:14:17,590 --> 00:14:17,326
. Does there need

884
00:14:17,326 --> 00:14:17,592
to

885
00:14:17,592 --> 00:14:19,228
be 5

886
00:14:19,228 --> 00:14:19,594
separate permits

887
00:14:19,594 --> 00:14:19,962
. For a

888
00:14:19,962 --> 00:14:21,962
project

889
00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:22,364
. Uh, we have a

890
00:14:22,364 --> 00:14:24,330
low

891
00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:24,567
impact development. I have a

892
00:14:24,567 --> 00:14:25,735
demolition permit

893
00:14:25,735 --> 00:14:26,702
. I have a

894
00:14:26,702 --> 00:14:28,700
fill and grade permit. I have

895
00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:28,704
an

896
00:14:28,704 --> 00:14:29,171
underground fire line permit

897
00:14:29,171 --> 00:14:30,873
and I have a

898
00:14:30,873 --> 00:14:31,440
building permit.

899
00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:32,474
Every one of those

900
00:14:32,474 --> 00:14:32,908
has

901
00:14:32,908 --> 00:14:33,209
inspections

902
00:14:33,209 --> 00:14:34,844
. And

903
00:14:34,844 --> 00:14:35,210
a lot of them

904
00:14:35,210 --> 00:14:35,711
are the

905
00:14:35,711 --> 00:14:37,113
same inspections

906
00:14:37,113 --> 00:14:38,147
. So

907
00:14:38,147 --> 00:14:40,160
that's requesting the county

908
00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,784
inspector to come out to the

909
00:14:41,784 --> 00:14:42,850
same project, 5

910
00:14:42,850 --> 00:14:42,718
different times

911
00:14:42,718 --> 00:14:44,787
to see the same thing

912
00:14:44,787 --> 00:14:45,187
. Not very

913
00:14:45,187 --> 00:14:46,656
efficient

914
00:14:46,656 --> 00:14:48,656
. Um

915
00:14:48,958 --> 00:14:50,727
, Yeah

916
00:14:50,727 --> 00:14:51,560
. Would love

917
00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,429
to get support from the county

918
00:14:53,429 --> 00:14:53,763
on the contractor's side

919
00:14:53,763 --> 00:14:54,130
, and

920
00:14:54,130 --> 00:14:55,498
uh thank

921
00:14:55,498 --> 00:14:55,798
you for your time

922
00:14:55,798 --> 00:14:56,199
.

923
00:14:56,199 --> 00:14:58,199
Thank you

924
00:15:02,505 --> 00:15:02,806
. My

925
00:15:02,806 --> 00:15:04,174
name's

926
00:15:04,174 --> 00:15:04,374
Alan

927
00:15:04,374 --> 00:15:04,774
Perks

928
00:15:04,774 --> 00:15:06,209
I've been in

929
00:15:06,209 --> 00:15:06,675
the

930
00:15:06,675 --> 00:15:06,910
county for

931
00:15:06,910 --> 00:15:07,243
60+

932
00:15:07,243 --> 00:15:08,878
years

933
00:15:08,878 --> 00:15:09,511
and

934
00:15:09,511 --> 00:15:09,946
uh I've been in

935
00:15:09,946 --> 00:15:11,810
construction

936
00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:11,547
also for 40

937
00:15:11,547 --> 00:15:11,881
some

938
00:15:11,881 --> 00:15:13,316
years

939
00:15:13,316 --> 00:15:13,883
. I'm more

940
00:15:13,883 --> 00:15:15,883
from the

941
00:15:15,885 --> 00:15:16,519
commercial building side, so

942
00:15:16,519 --> 00:15:17,654
the things that

943
00:15:17,654 --> 00:15:17,987
I would

944
00:15:17,987 --> 00:15:18,622
like to

945
00:15:18,622 --> 00:15:20,457
to share

946
00:15:20,457 --> 00:15:21,240
real quick is

947
00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,192
currently we have

948
00:15:22,192 --> 00:15:22,725
, you're

949
00:15:22,725 --> 00:15:24,427
building official

950
00:15:24,427 --> 00:15:24,793
. Randy

951
00:15:24,793 --> 00:15:25,262
Johnson

952
00:15:25,262 --> 00:15:26,863
. Your

953
00:15:26,863 --> 00:15:27,130
storm management,

954
00:15:27,130 --> 00:15:29,650
uh

955
00:15:29,650 --> 00:15:30,660
, Um

956
00:15:30,660 --> 00:15:31,330
, plans examiner

957
00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:31,468
, Sean

958
00:15:31,468 --> 00:15:33,468
Christensen

959
00:15:33,570 --> 00:15:34,204
. Your

960
00:15:34,204 --> 00:15:34,604
, uh,

961
00:15:34,604 --> 00:15:35,872
commercial

962
00:15:35,872 --> 00:15:36,272
plants examiner, Al

963
00:15:36,272 --> 00:15:36,773
.

964
00:15:36,773 --> 00:15:38,740
Can't remember

965
00:15:38,740 --> 00:15:38,508
to say his name

966
00:15:38,508 --> 00:15:40,508
right, but

967
00:15:40,510 --> 00:15:40,744
, uh, anyway, Big

968
00:15:40,744 --> 00:15:40,921
Al

969
00:15:40,921 --> 00:15:41,344
,

970
00:15:41,344 --> 00:15:43,344
and, and, uh

971
00:15:44,581 --> 00:15:44,881
. These

972
00:15:44,881 --> 00:15:45,616
are the

973
00:15:45,616 --> 00:15:47,451
people doing your inspections

974
00:15:47,451 --> 00:15:47,684
.

975
00:15:47,684 --> 00:15:47,985
So

976
00:15:47,985 --> 00:15:49,186
every

977
00:15:49,186 --> 00:15:49,820
hour

978
00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:51,255
, roughly 15 to

979
00:15:51,255 --> 00:15:51,788
20

980
00:15:51,788 --> 00:15:52,122
inspections a day

981
00:15:52,122 --> 00:15:52,422
. In

982
00:15:52,422 --> 00:15:54,124
an 8

983
00:15:54,124 --> 00:15:54,825
hour

984
00:15:54,825 --> 00:15:55,959
day throughout the county

985
00:15:55,959 --> 00:15:56,560
means

986
00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:56,827
they can only spend a minimum

987
00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,162
of

988
00:15:58,162 --> 00:15:58,729
15 minutes

989
00:15:58,729 --> 00:16:00,729
at each location

990
00:16:00,731 --> 00:16:01,640
.

991
00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:02,866
Every

992
00:16:02,866 --> 00:16:03,634
time that

993
00:16:03,634 --> 00:16:04,802
has been

994
00:16:04,802 --> 00:16:05,336
sold

995
00:16:05,336 --> 00:16:05,602
this last spring

996
00:16:05,602 --> 00:16:05,803
and

997
00:16:05,803 --> 00:16:06,103
summer

998
00:16:06,103 --> 00:16:07,337
when

999
00:16:07,337 --> 00:16:08,205
we've had Al

1000
00:16:08,205 --> 00:16:09,506
. And, and

1001
00:16:09,506 --> 00:16:10,730
,

1002
00:16:10,730 --> 00:16:10,407
and Sean and, and

1003
00:16:10,407 --> 00:16:11,642
uh I

1004
00:16:11,642 --> 00:16:12,343
haven't

1005
00:16:12,343 --> 00:16:12,743
had Randy on one of mine, but I

1006
00:16:12,743 --> 00:16:14,245
know he's

1007
00:16:14,245 --> 00:16:14,511
out there doing it,

1008
00:16:14,511 --> 00:16:14,979
ok

1009
00:16:14,979 --> 00:16:16,146
. All

1010
00:16:16,146 --> 00:16:16,480
their

1011
00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,349
work stops

1012
00:16:18,349 --> 00:16:18,849
. It

1013
00:16:18,849 --> 00:16:19,183
don't get, it

1014
00:16:19,183 --> 00:16:20,885
just stops

1015
00:16:20,885 --> 00:16:21,518
.

1016
00:16:21,518 --> 00:16:22,190
Because they're the only ones

1017
00:16:22,190 --> 00:16:23,487
you have to

1018
00:16:23,487 --> 00:16:23,661
do it. So here

1019
00:16:23,661 --> 00:16:23,987
you

1020
00:16:23,987 --> 00:16:25,557
got your

1021
00:16:25,557 --> 00:16:25,955
key pe

1022
00:16:25,955 --> 00:16:26,524
uh from the

1023
00:16:26,524 --> 00:16:27,525
commercial side

1024
00:16:27,525 --> 00:16:27,745
, your

1025
00:16:27,745 --> 00:16:28,590
three key

1026
00:16:28,590 --> 00:16:28,325
people

1027
00:16:28,325 --> 00:16:30,325
. Ok

1028
00:16:30,427 --> 00:16:32,630
. That are out

1029
00:16:32,630 --> 00:16:32,730
doing

1030
00:16:32,730 --> 00:16:33,300
legwork and everything stops in

1031
00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:34,432
here

1032
00:16:34,432 --> 00:16:34,899
. No

1033
00:16:34,899 --> 00:16:35,333
plan reviews are done

1034
00:16:35,333 --> 00:16:37,100
or anything

1035
00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:37,401
like that. And the

1036
00:16:37,401 --> 00:16:38,903
thing is

1037
00:16:38,903 --> 00:16:39,370
, is that

1038
00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:39,670
, uh, you're

1039
00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:41,172
not

1040
00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:41,872
going to, and it's not

1041
00:16:41,872 --> 00:16:43,607
going to be efficient to

1042
00:16:43,607 --> 00:16:45,607
try to

1043
00:16:45,843 --> 00:16:46,276
train other staff members to do

1044
00:16:46,276 --> 00:16:48,212
these roles

1045
00:16:48,212 --> 00:16:48,678
. Because they're

1046
00:16:48,678 --> 00:16:50,810
already tasked

1047
00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:50,714
with a, with

1048
00:16:50,714 --> 00:16:52,490
what they're doing

1049
00:16:52,490 --> 00:16:52,212
. The

1050
00:16:52,212 --> 00:16:53,840
, the

1051
00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:54,251
thing is, is maybe you need to

1052
00:16:54,251 --> 00:16:55,219
,

1053
00:16:55,219 --> 00:16:55,419
maybe we need to remove some

1054
00:16:55,419 --> 00:16:56,987
of

1055
00:16:56,987 --> 00:16:57,622
the

1056
00:16:57,622 --> 00:16:58,890
non-essential tasks that

1057
00:16:58,890 --> 00:17:00,890
they're doing

1058
00:17:01,459 --> 00:17:01,893
. The uh in my

1059
00:17:01,893 --> 00:17:02,293
career, I've

1060
00:17:02,293 --> 00:17:03,528
learned that

1061
00:17:03,528 --> 00:17:04,261
the

1062
00:17:04,261 --> 00:17:05,463
whole purpose of the, the

1063
00:17:05,463 --> 00:17:06,331
, the

1064
00:17:06,331 --> 00:17:08,466
permitting process, is that me

1065
00:17:08,466 --> 00:17:09,320
already? Ok, one more minute.

1066
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:10,368
Ok. Is that another

1067
00:17:10,368 --> 00:17:10,539
3 minutes

1068
00:17:10,539 --> 00:17:10,768
?

1069
00:17:10,768 --> 00:17:11,168
No

1070
00:17:11,168 --> 00:17:12,303
. Life safety

1071
00:17:12,303 --> 00:17:12,537
, life

1072
00:17:12,537 --> 00:17:12,971
safety,

1073
00:17:12,971 --> 00:17:14,705
life safety

1074
00:17:14,705 --> 00:17:15,380
. Ok

1075
00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:15,540
, why can't we

1076
00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:17,342
focus on that

1077
00:17:17,342 --> 00:17:17,609
? Why is it we had

1078
00:17:17,609 --> 00:17:18,420
to

1079
00:17:18,420 --> 00:17:19,477
the example is

1080
00:17:19,477 --> 00:17:19,978
why is it we

1081
00:17:19,978 --> 00:17:21,546
had to for

1082
00:17:21,546 --> 00:17:21,979
40 years we've

1083
00:17:21,979 --> 00:17:22,312
turned in

1084
00:17:22,312 --> 00:17:23,681
water

1085
00:17:23,681 --> 00:17:24,582
availability

1086
00:17:24,582 --> 00:17:26,840
letter from pud to the

1087
00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:26,651
county

1088
00:17:26,651 --> 00:17:28,253
signed by the

1089
00:17:28,253 --> 00:17:30,253
pud engineer

1090
00:17:30,789 --> 00:17:31,256
. Now

1091
00:17:31,256 --> 00:17:33,256
effective

1092
00:17:33,258 --> 00:17:33,757
this last the spring

1093
00:17:33,757 --> 00:17:34,926
here

1094
00:17:34,926 --> 00:17:35,359
now

1095
00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:35,927
public works, they

1096
00:17:35,927 --> 00:17:38,630
have their own form

1097
00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:39,231
. It has

1098
00:17:39,231 --> 00:17:39,464
to

1099
00:17:39,464 --> 00:17:40,365
go

1100
00:17:40,365 --> 00:17:41,799
back out and it has to

1101
00:17:41,799 --> 00:17:42,167
be

1102
00:17:42,167 --> 00:17:44,200
signed

1103
00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:44,269
by pud

1104
00:17:44,269 --> 00:17:44,703
with

1105
00:17:44,703 --> 00:17:46,271
the

1106
00:17:46,271 --> 00:17:46,738
that's

1107
00:17:46,738 --> 00:17:47,710
been on

1108
00:17:47,710 --> 00:17:48,439
the

1109
00:17:48,439 --> 00:17:48,639
letter

1110
00:17:48,639 --> 00:17:49,241
of

1111
00:17:49,241 --> 00:17:49,673
water

1112
00:17:49,673 --> 00:17:51,109
availability

1113
00:17:51,109 --> 00:17:52,844
for 40 some years

1114
00:17:52,844 --> 00:17:53,645
.

1115
00:17:53,645 --> 00:17:55,580
Oh, they did attack, I think a

1116
00:17:55,580 --> 00:17:55,847
$300 fee to

1117
00:17:55,847 --> 00:17:56,147
it

1118
00:17:56,147 --> 00:17:57,316
also

1119
00:17:57,316 --> 00:17:57,950
375 or

1120
00:17:57,950 --> 00:17:59,918
something like that

1121
00:17:59,918 --> 00:18:00,118
, ok

1122
00:18:00,118 --> 00:18:00,619
. The,

1123
00:18:00,619 --> 00:18:02,870
the, the other

1124
00:18:02,870 --> 00:18:02,888
, the main thing

1125
00:18:02,888 --> 00:18:04,423
I, last thing I want to try to

1126
00:18:04,423 --> 00:18:06,172
hit on

1127
00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:06,754
is

1128
00:18:06,754 --> 00:18:07,134
that we

1129
00:18:07,134 --> 00:18:08,467
, the county

1130
00:18:08,467 --> 00:18:09,500
requires third

1131
00:18:09,500 --> 00:18:09,626
party

1132
00:18:09,626 --> 00:18:10,550
inspections by credited

1133
00:18:10,550 --> 00:18:11,195
professional people

1134
00:18:11,195 --> 00:18:11,556
. Is

1135
00:18:11,556 --> 00:18:11,964
that me

1136
00:18:11,964 --> 00:18:13,598
? That's

1137
00:18:13,598 --> 00:18:14,366
you. Yep. Can I take

1138
00:18:14,366 --> 00:18:15,517
an extra second, please

1139
00:18:15,517 --> 00:18:16,216
? Just a

1140
00:18:16,216 --> 00:18:18,216
second here

1141
00:18:18,437 --> 00:18:18,969
. Accredited people

1142
00:18:18,969 --> 00:18:19,938
Peter's

1143
00:18:19,938 --> 00:18:20,832
laughing because he

1144
00:18:20,832 --> 00:18:21,298
knows me. Ok

1145
00:18:21,298 --> 00:18:22,740
. The bottom

1146
00:18:22,740 --> 00:18:22,589
line

1147
00:18:22,589 --> 00:18:24,475
is, is, uh

1148
00:18:24,475 --> 00:18:26,475
, Um

1149
00:18:27,413 --> 00:18:27,956
, they were doing

1150
00:18:27,956 --> 00:18:28,981
3rd

1151
00:18:28,981 --> 00:18:29,909
party

1152
00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:31,233
inspections

1153
00:18:31,233 --> 00:18:32,219
by

1154
00:18:32,219 --> 00:18:33,195
credited agencies

1155
00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:34,339
, geos

1156
00:18:34,339 --> 00:18:34,960
, many

1157
00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:35,670
others, ok

1158
00:18:35,670 --> 00:18:36,677
. Why did

1159
00:18:36,677 --> 00:18:38,378
the county

1160
00:18:38,378 --> 00:18:40,326
have to do them too

1161
00:18:40,326 --> 00:18:42,326
? I

1162
00:18:42,461 --> 00:18:43,991
, so

1163
00:18:43,991 --> 00:18:45,379
, so

1164
00:18:45,379 --> 00:18:46,211
then you're sending them out.

1165
00:18:46,211 --> 00:18:47,350
We have 2 people look at

1166
00:18:47,350 --> 00:18:48,483
all of

1167
00:18:48,483 --> 00:18:49,903
those tasks

1168
00:18:49,903 --> 00:18:51,851
, and

1169
00:18:51,851 --> 00:18:53,242
they

1170
00:18:53,242 --> 00:18:54,537
require

1171
00:18:54,537 --> 00:18:55,851
it to

1172
00:18:55,851 --> 00:18:57,497
do

1173
00:18:57,497 --> 00:18:58,517
our concrete work

1174
00:18:58,517 --> 00:19:00,517
, our

1175
00:19:00,569 --> 00:19:02,549
rebar

1176
00:19:02,549 --> 00:19:04,549
, our

1177
00:19:04,996 --> 00:19:06,722
our structural

1178
00:19:06,722 --> 00:19:08,513
, our

1179
00:19:08,513 --> 00:19:09,954
embeds

1180
00:19:09,954 --> 00:19:11,279
into our

1181
00:19:11,279 --> 00:19:11,956
uh or the

1182
00:19:11,956 --> 00:19:12,872
, the

1183
00:19:12,872 --> 00:19:13,491
embeds into the slabs

1184
00:19:13,491 --> 00:19:14,263
and

1185
00:19:14,263 --> 00:19:14,756
so

1186
00:19:14,756 --> 00:19:15,680
forth

1187
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:15,554
. There's got to be a

1188
00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:16,207
better way

1189
00:19:16,207 --> 00:19:16,781
, and

1190
00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:17,294
the bottom line

1191
00:19:17,294 --> 00:19:18,341
is, is you are

1192
00:19:18,341 --> 00:19:18,859
, you are

1193
00:19:18,859 --> 00:19:19,208
putting

1194
00:19:19,208 --> 00:19:19,709
the

1195
00:19:19,709 --> 00:19:20,562
, the

1196
00:19:20,562 --> 00:19:21,147
brakes on what

1197
00:19:21,147 --> 00:19:21,679
you're

1198
00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:21,909
complaining about. It's not

1199
00:19:21,909 --> 00:19:22,445
having revenue

1200
00:19:22,445 --> 00:19:22,970
. But yet

1201
00:19:22,970 --> 00:19:23,454
you've

1202
00:19:23,454 --> 00:19:23,993
got

1203
00:19:23,993 --> 00:19:24,504
Two

1204
00:19:24,504 --> 00:19:25,113
that Shelby's project

1205
00:19:25,113 --> 00:19:25,485
and ours are kitty corner from

1206
00:19:25,485 --> 00:19:25,998
each other

1207
00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:26,401
. They're both coming

1208
00:19:26,401 --> 00:19:26,734
out of the city

1209
00:19:26,734 --> 00:19:27,143
of

1210
00:19:27,143 --> 00:19:27,870
Anacortes

1211
00:19:27,870 --> 00:19:28,390
,

1212
00:19:28,390 --> 00:19:28,965
Tusktchet County

1213
00:19:28,965 --> 00:19:29,824
. And

1214
00:19:29,824 --> 00:19:30,467
my

1215
00:19:30,467 --> 00:19:31,110
question is

1216
00:19:31,110 --> 00:19:31,691
, Why can't they be

1217
00:19:31,691 --> 00:19:32,169
here sooner

1218
00:19:32,169 --> 00:19:32,722
? Thank you

1219
00:19:32,722 --> 00:19:33,248
. Anybody

1220
00:19:33,248 --> 00:19:33,995
else

1221
00:19:33,995 --> 00:19:34,455
? Mr

1222
00:19:34,455 --> 00:19:35,140
. Won

1223
00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:35,339
. Got you go right

1224
00:19:35,339 --> 00:19:37,117
ahead

1225
00:19:37,117 --> 00:19:39,117
. Let them out

1226
00:19:41,254 --> 00:19:41,679
. Rebecca

1227
00:19:41,679 --> 00:19:42,220
Peck

1228
00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:43,523
from Bow. Good morning

1229
00:19:43,523 --> 00:19:44,391
.

1230
00:19:44,391 --> 00:19:45,958
There's a lot of things going

1231
00:19:45,958 --> 00:19:46,259
on in our country right now

1232
00:19:46,259 --> 00:19:48,610
that

1233
00:19:48,610 --> 00:19:48,428
are

1234
00:19:48,428 --> 00:19:50,196
unjust and

1235
00:19:50,196 --> 00:19:50,521
And

1236
00:19:50,521 --> 00:19:51,131
people

1237
00:19:51,131 --> 00:19:51,431
aren't being held accountable

1238
00:19:51,431 --> 00:19:52,732
for

1239
00:19:52,732 --> 00:19:53,133
that, and that's something

1240
00:19:53,133 --> 00:19:54,434
that needs

1241
00:19:54,434 --> 00:19:54,901
to

1242
00:19:54,901 --> 00:19:55,602
change. This

1243
00:19:55,602 --> 00:19:56,736
county stands for liberty

1244
00:19:56,736 --> 00:19:57,604
and

1245
00:19:57,604 --> 00:19:58,138
justice for all, and that's not

1246
00:19:58,138 --> 00:19:59,139
happening here

1247
00:19:59,139 --> 00:19:59,358
right

1248
00:19:59,358 --> 00:19:59,638
now

1249
00:19:59,638 --> 00:20:00,390
. Just

1250
00:20:00,390 --> 00:20:01,141
gonna do

1251
00:20:01,141 --> 00:20:01,608
one

1252
00:20:01,608 --> 00:20:02,750
example today

1253
00:20:02,750 --> 00:20:03,944
, ice

1254
00:20:03,944 --> 00:20:04,444
is shredding

1255
00:20:04,444 --> 00:20:06,213
the

1256
00:20:06,213 --> 00:20:06,647
Constitution

1257
00:20:06,647 --> 00:20:08,415
violating 6

1258
00:20:08,415 --> 00:20:09,490
constitutional

1259
00:20:09,490 --> 00:20:10,517
amendments daily as

1260
00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:11,117
they kidnap

1261
00:20:11,117 --> 00:20:11,518
people off the streets from

1262
00:20:11,518 --> 00:20:12,886
work sites

1263
00:20:12,886 --> 00:20:13,353
, from hospitals,

1264
00:20:13,353 --> 00:20:14,921
from courts

1265
00:20:14,921 --> 00:20:15,656
, and even two

1266
00:20:15,656 --> 00:20:15,989
blocks from right from here,

1267
00:20:15,989 --> 00:20:17,391
right

1268
00:20:17,391 --> 00:20:17,691
here in Mount Vernon

1269
00:20:17,691 --> 00:20:18,580
. The

1270
00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:19,660
list is

1271
00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:19,859
long and includes

1272
00:20:19,859 --> 00:20:20,159
many

1273
00:20:20,159 --> 00:20:21,695
rites

1274
00:20:21,695 --> 00:20:22,950
. First

1275
00:20:22,950 --> 00:20:22,729
Amendment includes

1276
00:20:22,729 --> 00:20:23,797
the freedom of speech

1277
00:20:23,797 --> 00:20:24,331
, freedom

1278
00:20:24,331 --> 00:20:24,565
of press, rights

1279
00:20:24,565 --> 00:20:24,932
to

1280
00:20:24,932 --> 00:20:26,166
peacefully

1281
00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:26,567
assemble

1282
00:20:26,567 --> 00:20:26,933
. Ice

1283
00:20:26,933 --> 00:20:27,131
violates

1284
00:20:27,131 --> 00:20:27,401
that

1285
00:20:27,401 --> 00:20:28,535
watch

1286
00:20:28,535 --> 00:20:30,535
any video

1287
00:20:31,805 --> 00:20:32,638
. The Fourth

1288
00:20:32,638 --> 00:20:33,173
Amendment rights of people to

1289
00:20:33,173 --> 00:20:33,474
be secure in

1290
00:20:33,474 --> 00:20:33,941
their person's

1291
00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:35,209
house, papers

1292
00:20:35,209 --> 00:20:35,509
, and

1293
00:20:35,509 --> 00:20:36,110
effects

1294
00:20:36,110 --> 00:20:37,344
against unreasonable

1295
00:20:37,344 --> 00:20:37,645
searches

1296
00:20:37,645 --> 00:20:37,945
and

1297
00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:39,713
seizures

1298
00:20:39,713 --> 00:20:40,147
, seizures

1299
00:20:40,147 --> 00:20:40,514
, right

1300
00:20:40,514 --> 00:20:41,882
and also

1301
00:20:41,882 --> 00:20:42,810
the right to

1302
00:20:42,810 --> 00:20:42,583
probable

1303
00:20:42,583 --> 00:20:44,583
cause warrants

1304
00:20:44,585 --> 00:20:45,252
. Fifth Amendment

1305
00:20:45,252 --> 00:20:46,287
and I'm quoting, these

1306
00:20:46,287 --> 00:20:47,210
are

1307
00:20:47,210 --> 00:20:47,488
words directly from the

1308
00:20:47,488 --> 00:20:48,889
Constitution

1309
00:20:48,889 --> 00:20:49,149
, nor

1310
00:20:49,149 --> 00:20:49,333
be

1311
00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:49,657
be

1312
00:20:49,657 --> 00:20:51,580
deprived

1313
00:20:51,580 --> 00:20:51,659
of life, liberty, or

1314
00:20:51,659 --> 00:20:53,940
property

1315
00:20:53,940 --> 00:20:53,560
without

1316
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:53,794
due

1317
00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:54,950
process of

1318
00:20:54,950 --> 00:20:56,950
law

1319
00:20:56,196 --> 00:20:58,320
. Sixth Amendment to have

1320
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,234
the assistance of counsel for

1321
00:21:00,234 --> 00:21:00,735
his defense. 8th

1322
00:21:00,735 --> 00:21:02,570
Amendment Ex

1323
00:21:02,570 --> 00:21:02,937
excessive bail shall not be

1324
00:21:02,937 --> 00:21:04,438
required

1325
00:21:04,438 --> 00:21:04,638
, nor excessive

1326
00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:05,600
fines

1327
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,674
imposed

1328
00:21:06,674 --> 00:21:07,740
, nor cruel

1329
00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:07,408
and

1330
00:21:07,408 --> 00:21:09,243
unusual

1331
00:21:09,243 --> 00:21:09,777
punishments afflicted

1332
00:21:09,777 --> 00:21:11,450
. Go

1333
00:21:11,450 --> 00:21:11,712
visit

1334
00:21:11,712 --> 00:21:12,130
a detention center, see if

1335
00:21:12,130 --> 00:21:13,280
that's

1336
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,280
not cruel

1337
00:21:15,683 --> 00:21:15,983
. Uh

1338
00:21:15,983 --> 00:21:16,217
, 16th

1339
00:21:16,217 --> 00:21:16,385
, no

1340
00:21:16,385 --> 00:21:17,180
,

1341
00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:17,885
the 14th Amendment is

1342
00:21:17,885 --> 00:21:18,352
the

1343
00:21:18,352 --> 00:21:18,920
civil

1344
00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,388
rights amendment

1345
00:21:20,388 --> 00:21:20,553
, Section 1

1346
00:21:20,553 --> 00:21:21,880
,

1347
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:22,289
nor denied to

1348
00:21:22,289 --> 00:21:22,857
any

1349
00:21:22,857 --> 00:21:23,491
person within

1350
00:21:23,491 --> 00:21:24,625
its jurisdiction

1351
00:21:24,625 --> 00:21:24,792
the

1352
00:21:24,792 --> 00:21:25,393
equal

1353
00:21:25,393 --> 00:21:26,694
protection of the

1354
00:21:26,694 --> 00:21:26,928
law

1355
00:21:26,928 --> 00:21:27,562
, and

1356
00:21:27,562 --> 00:21:29,297
that's talking about any

1357
00:21:29,297 --> 00:21:29,964
.

1358
00:21:29,964 --> 00:21:31,598
Actual person in the us

1359
00:21:31,598 --> 00:21:31,782
. Sure

1360
00:21:31,782 --> 00:21:32,133
,

1361
00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:33,567
let's blame

1362
00:21:33,567 --> 00:21:33,835
the

1363
00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:34,536
emigrants for

1364
00:21:34,536 --> 00:21:36,400
what's wrong in our country

1365
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:36,437
.

1366
00:21:36,437 --> 00:21:36,938
Instead of

1367
00:21:36,938 --> 00:21:38,172
greedy white

1368
00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:38,973
men

1369
00:21:38,973 --> 00:21:39,274
taking so much from everyone

1370
00:21:39,274 --> 00:21:41,410
else

1371
00:21:41,410 --> 00:21:41,408
. Food

1372
00:21:41,408 --> 00:21:42,544
rots

1373
00:21:42,544 --> 00:21:42,777
in

1374
00:21:42,777 --> 00:21:43,445
grocery

1375
00:21:43,445 --> 00:21:43,845
dumpsters while somebody nearby

1376
00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:45,845
is hungry

1377
00:21:46,130 --> 00:21:47,248
. Empty houses

1378
00:21:47,248 --> 00:21:47,983
or

1379
00:21:47,983 --> 00:21:48,216
apartments, and people sleeping

1380
00:21:48,216 --> 00:21:49,851
on

1381
00:21:49,851 --> 00:21:50,251
the

1382
00:21:50,251 --> 00:21:51,453
street. There

1383
00:21:51,453 --> 00:21:52,220
is

1384
00:21:52,220 --> 00:21:52,554
medicine, but can you afford it

1385
00:21:52,554 --> 00:21:53,855
when you

1386
00:21:53,855 --> 00:21:54,550
need

1387
00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:54,422
it

1388
00:21:54,422 --> 00:21:54,823
. If not, it's

1389
00:21:54,823 --> 00:21:56,290
the farm

1390
00:21:56,290 --> 00:21:56,892
workers' fault, or

1391
00:21:56,892 --> 00:21:57,359
maybe it's the nursing home

1392
00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:58,960
worker's fault

1393
00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,461
. Whoever is

1394
00:21:59,461 --> 00:22:01,461
brown or black

1395
00:22:03,164 --> 00:22:03,465
. Here's a quote

1396
00:22:03,465 --> 00:22:03,765
from

1397
00:22:03,765 --> 00:22:05,266
a song

1398
00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:05,667
by the system of

1399
00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:07,402
the Down

1400
00:22:07,402 --> 00:22:07,635
. Why

1401
00:22:07,635 --> 00:22:07,903
do

1402
00:22:07,903 --> 00:22:08,336
presidents

1403
00:22:08,336 --> 00:22:09,404
always fight

1404
00:22:09,404 --> 00:22:09,805
a

1405
00:22:09,805 --> 00:22:10,172
war

1406
00:22:10,172 --> 00:22:10,772
? Why do they

1407
00:22:10,772 --> 00:22:13,172
always send the poor

1408
00:22:14,410 --> 00:22:14,211
? Yes

1409
00:22:14,211 --> 00:22:14,877
,

1410
00:22:14,877 --> 00:22:15,243
let's blame the immigrants for

1411
00:22:15,243 --> 00:22:16,545
shredding

1412
00:22:16,545 --> 00:22:17,120
our

1413
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:17,479
constitution, not

1414
00:22:17,479 --> 00:22:18,713
those greedy

1415
00:22:18,713 --> 00:22:19,247
white men

1416
00:22:19,247 --> 00:22:19,514
. Thank

1417
00:22:19,514 --> 00:22:21,514
you

1418
00:22:23,418 --> 00:22:23,819
. Thank you

1419
00:22:23,819 --> 00:22:25,819
. Anybody else

1420
00:22:28,122 --> 00:22:28,757
? I

1421
00:22:28,757 --> 00:22:30,592
love the passion in

1422
00:22:30,592 --> 00:22:32,592
the room

1423
00:22:32,895 --> 00:22:33,161
.

1424
00:22:33,161 --> 00:22:34,396
This

1425
00:22:34,396 --> 00:22:35,630
is

1426
00:22:35,630 --> 00:22:36,999
Elka McCartney from

1427
00:22:36,999 --> 00:22:37,399
Anacortes again, uh, this

1428
00:22:37,399 --> 00:22:38,834
is

1429
00:22:38,834 --> 00:22:39,902
my

1430
00:22:39,902 --> 00:22:41,870
stop lithium Bess comet number

1431
00:22:41,870 --> 00:22:43,872
32. I continue to quote from

1432
00:22:43,872 --> 00:22:44,473
Seattle Times opinion piece by

1433
00:22:44,473 --> 00:22:46,750
Snowqualmie

1434
00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:46,542
City Council member

1435
00:22:46,542 --> 00:22:48,770
Dan Murphy

1436
00:22:48,770 --> 00:22:48,477
, quote

1437
00:22:48,477 --> 00:22:48,776
, The fossil

1438
00:22:48,776 --> 00:22:50,278
fuel

1439
00:22:50,278 --> 00:22:50,512
playbook's 2nd

1440
00:22:50,512 --> 00:22:50,980
page

1441
00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,381
is

1442
00:22:52,381 --> 00:22:53,215
fear

1443
00:22:53,215 --> 00:22:53,481
. Ask hard questions, and

1444
00:22:53,481 --> 00:22:54,917
then

1445
00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:55,417
the

1446
00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:56,618
answers, the answer

1447
00:22:56,618 --> 00:22:57,453
is

1448
00:22:57,453 --> 00:22:57,953
threats of brownouts and

1449
00:22:57,953 --> 00:22:59,521
blackouts

1450
00:22:59,521 --> 00:23:00,189
unless this project

1451
00:23:00,189 --> 00:23:01,490
is built on this site

1452
00:23:01,490 --> 00:23:01,790
, on

1453
00:23:01,790 --> 00:23:02,625
this

1454
00:23:02,625 --> 00:23:04,126
schedule, the grid strain

1455
00:23:04,126 --> 00:23:04,593
.

1456
00:23:04,593 --> 00:23:06,128
Being invoked

1457
00:23:06,128 --> 00:23:06,662
is real concern,

1458
00:23:06,662 --> 00:23:08,640
and the biggest

1459
00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:08,531
new

1460
00:23:08,531 --> 00:23:08,898
driver is

1461
00:23:08,898 --> 00:23:10,432
da da

1462
00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:11,100
da da

1463
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:11,400
data centers demand

1464
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,935
that

1465
00:23:12,935 --> 00:23:13,135
could add 2

1466
00:23:13,135 --> 00:23:13,536
to

1467
00:23:13,536 --> 00:23:15,304
4 Seattle's

1468
00:23:15,304 --> 00:23:15,871
worth of load across the

1469
00:23:15,871 --> 00:23:17,871
Northwest by 2030

1470
00:23:17,940 --> 00:23:18,374
. But the

1471
00:23:18,374 --> 00:23:19,575
question of

1472
00:23:19,575 --> 00:23:20,109
who pays for that

1473
00:23:20,109 --> 00:23:21,744
and how

1474
00:23:21,744 --> 00:23:21,944
merits

1475
00:23:21,944 --> 00:23:22,545
careful

1476
00:23:22,545 --> 00:23:23,879
consideration, what it

1477
00:23:23,879 --> 00:23:24,247
doesn't

1478
00:23:24,247 --> 00:23:24,914
merit

1479
00:23:24,914 --> 00:23:25,982
, prioritizing

1480
00:23:25,982 --> 00:23:26,615
a

1481
00:23:26,615 --> 00:23:27,160
developer's profit and

1482
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,384
convenience

1483
00:23:28,384 --> 00:23:28,818
by

1484
00:23:28,818 --> 00:23:29,584
steamrolling

1485
00:23:29,584 --> 00:23:31,530
communities who are asking for

1486
00:23:31,530 --> 00:23:31,720
a

1487
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,322
transparent public process

1488
00:23:33,322 --> 00:23:33,890
.

1489
00:23:33,890 --> 00:23:35,570
Quote requiring a

1490
00:23:35,570 --> 00:23:35,625
public

1491
00:23:35,625 --> 00:23:36,125
hearing for a

1492
00:23:36,125 --> 00:23:37,860
utility scale

1493
00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:38,461
battery facility should be the

1494
00:23:38,461 --> 00:23:38,760
bare men and women. You know

1495
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:39,595
what

1496
00:23:39,595 --> 00:23:40,463
I say

1497
00:23:40,463 --> 00:23:42,310
. That

1498
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:42,565
should be so

1499
00:23:42,565 --> 00:23:44,565
for

1500
00:23:44,635 --> 00:23:44,807
every lithium-bas unit

1501
00:23:44,807 --> 00:23:45,101
,

1502
00:23:45,101 --> 00:23:46,602
including

1503
00:23:46,602 --> 00:23:46,903
small ones

1504
00:23:46,903 --> 00:23:47,537
such as

1505
00:23:47,537 --> 00:23:48,538
the disaster that

1506
00:23:48,538 --> 00:23:48,838
is

1507
00:23:48,838 --> 00:23:49,171
on Samish

1508
00:23:49,171 --> 00:23:51,700
Island

1509
00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:51,407
. Next to

1510
00:23:51,407 --> 00:23:51,674
the firehouse.

1511
00:23:51,674 --> 00:23:53,343
Oh

1512
00:23:53,343 --> 00:23:53,977
my gosh

1513
00:23:53,977 --> 00:23:55,411
, pse is not

1514
00:23:55,411 --> 00:23:56,346
taking

1515
00:23:56,346 --> 00:23:56,646
any responsibility whatsoever

1516
00:23:56,646 --> 00:23:57,614
for

1517
00:23:57,614 --> 00:23:57,914
the

1518
00:23:57,914 --> 00:23:58,159
noise

1519
00:23:58,159 --> 00:23:58,448
, the

1520
00:23:58,448 --> 00:23:58,782
impact on

1521
00:23:58,782 --> 00:24:00,250
local

1522
00:24:00,250 --> 00:24:00,716
property owners

1523
00:24:00,716 --> 00:24:02,252
, the

1524
00:24:02,252 --> 00:24:02,686
environment

1525
00:24:02,686 --> 00:24:03,118
, and honestly, I

1526
00:24:03,118 --> 00:24:04,587
don't think

1527
00:24:04,587 --> 00:24:05,288
lithium best

1528
00:24:05,288 --> 00:24:06,556
installation should be

1529
00:24:06,556 --> 00:24:06,890
built

1530
00:24:06,890 --> 00:24:07,457
anywhere

1531
00:24:07,457 --> 00:24:09,250
on

1532
00:24:09,250 --> 00:24:09,693
Earth because if

1533
00:24:09,693 --> 00:24:11,940
there's lithium involved

1534
00:24:11,940 --> 00:24:11,760
, it's

1535
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:12,295
dangerous from the start in the

1536
00:24:12,295 --> 00:24:14,640
way it's mined

1537
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:14,431
. With slave

1538
00:24:14,431 --> 00:24:15,866
labor

1539
00:24:15,866 --> 00:24:16,433
, toxic

1540
00:24:16,433 --> 00:24:16,666
mining practices

1541
00:24:16,666 --> 00:24:17,901
to

1542
00:24:17,901 --> 00:24:18,535
the

1543
00:24:18,535 --> 00:24:18,835
dangerous flammable,

1544
00:24:18,835 --> 00:24:20,237
hard

1545
00:24:20,237 --> 00:24:20,537
to

1546
00:24:20,537 --> 00:24:20,937
uninstall

1547
00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:21,271
finished

1548
00:24:21,271 --> 00:24:22,806
product

1549
00:24:22,806 --> 00:24:23,507
, and then there's the

1550
00:24:23,507 --> 00:24:24,840
aftermath of lithium

1551
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:25,241
fires. I

1552
00:24:25,241 --> 00:24:25,809
talked

1553
00:24:25,809 --> 00:24:26,977
about recently

1554
00:24:26,977 --> 00:24:27,344
the

1555
00:24:27,344 --> 00:24:27,677
Maui

1556
00:24:27,677 --> 00:24:27,977
method

1557
00:24:27,977 --> 00:24:29,446
of

1558
00:24:29,446 --> 00:24:29,780
post-fire

1559
00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:30,213
cleanup

1560
00:24:30,213 --> 00:24:31,581
after the

1561
00:24:31,581 --> 00:24:31,762
Lahaina fire

1562
00:24:31,762 --> 00:24:32,449
, Maui

1563
00:24:32,449 --> 00:24:33,583
needed to come up with a way

1564
00:24:33,583 --> 00:24:34,117
to

1565
00:24:34,117 --> 00:24:34,417
clean up the awful

1566
00:24:34,417 --> 00:24:34,818
mess left

1567
00:24:34,818 --> 00:24:36,286
behind by

1568
00:24:36,286 --> 00:24:36,820
all kinds of

1569
00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:37,187
lithium

1570
00:24:37,187 --> 00:24:38,455
batteries

1571
00:24:38,455 --> 00:24:39,289
and make sure they

1572
00:24:39,289 --> 00:24:40,891
were safe enough to haul away

1573
00:24:40,891 --> 00:24:41,491
off island by as

1574
00:24:41,491 --> 00:24:42,593
many miles

1575
00:24:42,593 --> 00:24:43,227
,

1576
00:24:43,227 --> 00:24:44,761
the diesel fueled ships

1577
00:24:44,761 --> 00:24:45,161
.

1578
00:24:45,161 --> 00:24:45,896
Traveled and

1579
00:24:45,896 --> 00:24:47,896
then hauled via

1580
00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:49,633
diesel fueled trains and trucks

1581
00:24:49,633 --> 00:24:49,875
to a place

1582
00:24:49,875 --> 00:24:50,501
in

1583
00:24:50,501 --> 00:24:52,269
some unfortunate

1584
00:24:52,269 --> 00:24:54,137
us state to bury them

1585
00:24:54,137 --> 00:24:54,905
. We do

1586
00:24:54,905 --> 00:24:56,730
this over and over again. We

1587
00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:56,607
do

1588
00:24:56,607 --> 00:24:56,874
it over and over

1589
00:24:56,874 --> 00:24:58,742
. We say

1590
00:24:58,742 --> 00:24:59,276
, Hurry

1591
00:24:59,276 --> 00:25:00,744
up, we need to

1592
00:25:00,744 --> 00:25:01,444
fix this message

1593
00:25:01,444 --> 00:25:03,790
and then we get sprayed

1594
00:25:03,790 --> 00:25:03,781
with

1595
00:25:03,781 --> 00:25:05,480
ddt or we take safe

1596
00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:05,783
and

1597
00:25:05,783 --> 00:25:06,250
effective medicines that turn

1598
00:25:06,250 --> 00:25:07,483
out not to be

1599
00:25:07,483 --> 00:25:07,985
so

1600
00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:08,586
like

1601
00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:10,540
thalidomide, OxyContin

1602
00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:10,454
, Vioxx,

1603
00:25:10,454 --> 00:25:10,754
on and

1604
00:25:10,754 --> 00:25:12,456
on

1605
00:25:12,456 --> 00:25:12,857
, and then there's the

1606
00:25:12,857 --> 00:25:14,358
aftermath

1607
00:25:14,358 --> 00:25:14,792
, people ill

1608
00:25:14,792 --> 00:25:15,359
,

1609
00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:16,827
permanently disabled

1610
00:25:16,827 --> 00:25:17,261
, or killed

1611
00:25:17,261 --> 00:25:17,661
and our

1612
00:25:17,661 --> 00:25:18,929
environment

1613
00:25:18,929 --> 00:25:19,920
trashed

1614
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:19,597
.

1615
00:25:19,597 --> 00:25:21,320
Let's prevent the need

1616
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:21,195
to

1617
00:25:21,195 --> 00:25:21,432
deal

1618
00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:21,665
with

1619
00:25:21,665 --> 00:25:22,660
a

1620
00:25:22,660 --> 00:25:23,300
disastrous

1621
00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:23,534
aftermath

1622
00:25:23,534 --> 00:25:24,201
.

1623
00:25:24,201 --> 00:25:25,602
Moratorium right now

1624
00:25:25,602 --> 00:25:25,769
, a

1625
00:25:25,769 --> 00:25:26,170
many

1626
00:25:26,170 --> 00:25:26,537
years long

1627
00:25:26,537 --> 00:25:27,538
one until

1628
00:25:27,538 --> 00:25:28,139
you

1629
00:25:28,139 --> 00:25:28,472
actually get the truth

1630
00:25:28,472 --> 00:25:28,678
. And

1631
00:25:28,678 --> 00:25:28,940
the

1632
00:25:28,940 --> 00:25:30,608
answer

1633
00:25:30,608 --> 00:25:30,942
to the question of what

1634
00:25:30,942 --> 00:25:32,510
does

1635
00:25:32,510 --> 00:25:33,311
lithium best give us

1636
00:25:33,311 --> 00:25:34,679
? More

1637
00:25:34,679 --> 00:25:35,413
next time

1638
00:25:35,413 --> 00:25:36,847
. Thank you so much

1639
00:25:36,847 --> 00:25:37,548
for

1640
00:25:37,548 --> 00:25:38,150
your attention and the

1641
00:25:38,150 --> 00:25:39,283
reference to

1642
00:25:39,283 --> 00:25:39,550
the articles

1643
00:25:39,550 --> 00:25:39,950
there

1644
00:25:39,950 --> 00:25:41,518
Thanks

1645
00:25:41,518 --> 00:25:43,688
. Anybody else? Go ahead

1646
00:25:43,688 --> 00:25:44,155
.

1647
00:25:44,155 --> 00:25:44,689
Ok, now

1648
00:25:44,689 --> 00:25:44,922
that she's scared you,

1649
00:25:44,922 --> 00:25:46,922
I

1650
00:25:47,992 --> 00:25:49,992
have to

1651
00:25:50,194 --> 00:25:50,427
. Oh

1652
00:25:50,427 --> 00:25:51,950
. Hi

1653
00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:52,997
, I'm Laura

1654
00:25:52,997 --> 00:25:53,297
Stansbury Weis from Mount

1655
00:25:53,297 --> 00:25:54,832
Vernon

1656
00:25:54,832 --> 00:25:55,199
, and

1657
00:25:55,199 --> 00:25:55,533
I

1658
00:25:55,533 --> 00:25:57,000
have

1659
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:57,569
copies of

1660
00:25:57,569 --> 00:25:57,835
the stuff I'm going

1661
00:25:57,835 --> 00:25:59,137
to say

1662
00:25:59,137 --> 00:25:59,504
in

1663
00:25:59,504 --> 00:26:01,504
triplicate

1664
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:02,507
. Well, you heard the

1665
00:26:02,507 --> 00:26:04,750
bad news, which

1666
00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:04,576
is this stuff

1667
00:26:04,576 --> 00:26:06,177
is kind

1668
00:26:06,177 --> 00:26:06,477
of not really the best

1669
00:26:06,477 --> 00:26:06,878
for

1670
00:26:06,878 --> 00:26:08,645
our

1671
00:26:08,645 --> 00:26:09,147
ecologically delicate

1672
00:26:09,147 --> 00:26:10,615
situation, and

1673
00:26:10,615 --> 00:26:10,915
it's

1674
00:26:10,915 --> 00:26:11,870
cold

1675
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:11,516
, which

1676
00:26:11,516 --> 00:26:12,917
means they're

1677
00:26:12,917 --> 00:26:13,283
not

1678
00:26:13,283 --> 00:26:13,468
efficient

1679
00:26:13,468 --> 00:26:13,752
,

1680
00:26:13,752 --> 00:26:15,850
and

1681
00:26:15,850 --> 00:26:15,486
it's wet

1682
00:26:15,486 --> 00:26:17,486
, which means

1683
00:26:17,756 --> 00:26:18,289
.

1684
00:26:18,289 --> 00:26:19,958
They're dangerous

1685
00:26:19,958 --> 00:26:20,458
, but it turns

1686
00:26:20,458 --> 00:26:21,793
out there are

1687
00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:22,160
federal grants

1688
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,160
available

1689
00:26:24,629 --> 00:26:25,960
. And

1690
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:26,932
one of them

1691
00:26:26,932 --> 00:26:27,232
. Is

1692
00:26:27,232 --> 00:26:28,700
from

1693
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:28,934
the Department

1694
00:26:28,934 --> 00:26:29,103
of

1695
00:26:29,103 --> 00:26:29,567
Clean

1696
00:26:29,567 --> 00:26:31,203
the Office of

1697
00:26:31,203 --> 00:26:31,602
Clean

1698
00:26:31,602 --> 00:26:33,400
Energy from

1699
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:33,905
the

1700
00:26:33,905 --> 00:26:35,574
doe office

1701
00:26:35,574 --> 00:26:36,308
that is managing

1702
00:26:36,308 --> 00:26:37,809
a multi-million

1703
00:26:37,809 --> 00:26:38,777
dollar grant

1704
00:26:38,777 --> 00:26:39,778
program specifically designed

1705
00:26:39,778 --> 00:26:40,378
to

1706
00:26:40,378 --> 00:26:40,812
bring advanced battery

1707
00:26:40,812 --> 00:26:42,140
storage

1708
00:26:42,140 --> 00:26:42,380
to

1709
00:26:42,380 --> 00:26:44,380
rural grids

1710
00:26:44,716 --> 00:26:45,117
. And

1711
00:26:45,117 --> 00:26:46,518
through

1712
00:26:46,518 --> 00:26:47,252
the

1713
00:26:47,252 --> 00:26:48,453
ira expansion

1714
00:26:48,453 --> 00:26:48,754
,

1715
00:26:48,754 --> 00:26:49,521
there

1716
00:26:49,521 --> 00:26:51,223
are

1717
00:26:51,223 --> 00:26:51,757
reap grants that

1718
00:26:51,757 --> 00:26:51,990
cover up to

1719
00:26:51,990 --> 00:26:53,425
50%

1720
00:26:53,425 --> 00:26:53,825
of

1721
00:26:53,825 --> 00:26:54,460
total

1722
00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:55,928
eligible project costs

1723
00:26:55,928 --> 00:26:56,628
for

1724
00:26:56,628 --> 00:26:57,996
renewable

1725
00:26:57,996 --> 00:26:58,230
energy systems

1726
00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:58,664
and

1727
00:26:58,664 --> 00:27:00,399
integrated

1728
00:27:00,399 --> 00:27:01,165
battery storage

1729
00:27:01,165 --> 00:27:02,367
applications for our area

1730
00:27:02,367 --> 00:27:03,135
are

1731
00:27:03,135 --> 00:27:05,370
because our valley is

1732
00:27:05,370 --> 00:27:07,370
. I'm

1733
00:27:07,439 --> 00:27:09,408
pretty organic farming

1734
00:27:09,408 --> 00:27:10,750
,

1735
00:27:10,750 --> 00:27:11,443
agricultural co op, local

1736
00:27:11,443 --> 00:27:11,810
food

1737
00:27:11,810 --> 00:27:12,111
processors

1738
00:27:12,111 --> 00:27:13,612
, seed

1739
00:27:13,612 --> 00:27:14,790
companies, and

1740
00:27:14,790 --> 00:27:14,313
you know, are

1741
00:27:14,313 --> 00:27:15,848
all

1742
00:27:15,848 --> 00:27:16,481
important

1743
00:27:16,481 --> 00:27:18,481
salmon fisheries

1744
00:27:18,784 --> 00:27:20,419
, um, they have

1745
00:27:20,419 --> 00:27:20,885
Uh

1746
00:27:20,885 --> 00:27:21,187
, I

1747
00:27:21,187 --> 00:27:22,655
think

1748
00:27:22,655 --> 00:27:22,955
it's like something

1749
00:27:22,955 --> 00:27:24,955
like

1750
00:27:25,858 --> 00:27:27,260
. Underutilized

1751
00:27:27,260 --> 00:27:27,293
technology

1752
00:27:27,293 --> 00:27:27,725
set

1753
00:27:27,725 --> 00:27:29,725
aside

1754
00:27:29,862 --> 00:27:30,229
Section

1755
00:27:30,229 --> 00:27:30,629
22002

1756
00:27:30,629 --> 00:27:32,164
specifically

1757
00:27:32,164 --> 00:27:34,100
sets

1758
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:34,566
aside 303

1759
00:27:34,566 --> 00:27:36,350
million

1760
00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:37,136
for

1761
00:27:37,136 --> 00:27:38,570
underutilized tech

1762
00:27:38,570 --> 00:27:39,204
and they have

1763
00:27:39,204 --> 00:27:41,204
. Uh

1764
00:27:43,142 --> 00:27:43,476
, An

1765
00:27:43,476 --> 00:27:43,809
actual

1766
00:27:43,809 --> 00:27:45,111
set

1767
00:27:45,111 --> 00:27:46,145
aside for them

1768
00:27:46,145 --> 00:27:47,613
. Through

1769
00:27:47,613 --> 00:27:48,347
the

1770
00:27:48,347 --> 00:27:49,415
domestic content bonus

1771
00:27:49,415 --> 00:27:49,649
in

1772
00:27:49,649 --> 00:27:50,482
the

1773
00:27:50,482 --> 00:27:52,170
ira domestic

1774
00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:52,384
content Energy

1775
00:27:52,384 --> 00:27:52,718
Community

1776
00:27:52,718 --> 00:27:54,620
tax

1777
00:27:54,620 --> 00:27:56,620
bonus for uh

1778
00:27:56,956 --> 00:27:57,356
.

1779
00:27:57,356 --> 00:27:58,457
Basically

1780
00:27:58,457 --> 00:27:58,691
using

1781
00:27:58,691 --> 00:27:59,325
the

1782
00:27:59,325 --> 00:27:59,658
American

1783
00:27:59,658 --> 00:28:00,926
company

1784
00:28:00,926 --> 00:28:01,294
producing

1785
00:28:01,294 --> 00:28:01,827
them right

1786
00:28:01,827 --> 00:28:03,161
now, which seems

1787
00:28:03,161 --> 00:28:03,730
to be

1788
00:28:03,730 --> 00:28:04,197
eos

1789
00:28:04,197 --> 00:28:05,932
Energy as a

1790
00:28:05,932 --> 00:28:06,165
There

1791
00:28:06,165 --> 00:28:07,533
are

1792
00:28:07,533 --> 00:28:07,900
loan

1793
00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:08,501
guarantees

1794
00:28:08,501 --> 00:28:09,801
. And

1795
00:28:09,801 --> 00:28:10,690
I

1796
00:28:10,690 --> 00:28:11,904
have

1797
00:28:11,904 --> 00:28:12,639
the

1798
00:28:12,639 --> 00:28:14,574
particulars in my handout

1799
00:28:14,574 --> 00:28:15,700
. That

1800
00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:15,374
apply to

1801
00:28:15,374 --> 00:28:16,842
our

1802
00:28:16,842 --> 00:28:17,210
region and

1803
00:28:17,210 --> 00:28:17,509
situations

1804
00:28:17,509 --> 00:28:18,978
. So

1805
00:28:18,978 --> 00:28:19,746
if you want to

1806
00:28:19,746 --> 00:28:21,247
take a look at my handout, I

1807
00:28:21,247 --> 00:28:21,615
have it in

1808
00:28:21,615 --> 00:28:21,981
triplicate

1809
00:28:21,981 --> 00:28:22,382
. I

1810
00:28:22,382 --> 00:28:23,383
highlighted

1811
00:28:23,383 --> 00:28:23,883
some of

1812
00:28:23,883 --> 00:28:24,484
the more

1813
00:28:24,484 --> 00:28:26,119
interesting

1814
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:26,586
areas and you guys

1815
00:28:26,586 --> 00:28:27,721
can make your

1816
00:28:27,721 --> 00:28:28,540
own

1817
00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:28,321
decisions,

1818
00:28:28,321 --> 00:28:28,788
but

1819
00:28:28,788 --> 00:28:30,560
. As

1820
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:30,623
a

1821
00:28:30,623 --> 00:28:31,224
person who's partner

1822
00:28:31,224 --> 00:28:32,425
died, I know about

1823
00:28:32,425 --> 00:28:32,892
people who

1824
00:28:32,892 --> 00:28:34,594
come along and

1825
00:28:34,594 --> 00:28:35,228
give you

1826
00:28:35,228 --> 00:28:35,662
expensive gifts, hoping they

1827
00:28:35,662 --> 00:28:36,829
can control

1828
00:28:36,829 --> 00:28:37,163
the

1829
00:28:37,163 --> 00:28:37,530
choices that

1830
00:28:37,530 --> 00:28:39,530
you make

1831
00:28:39,965 --> 00:28:41,401
. And

1832
00:28:41,401 --> 00:28:42,202
um sometimes you

1833
00:28:42,202 --> 00:28:42,601
gotta tell them no because they

1834
00:28:42,601 --> 00:28:44,700
don't have

1835
00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:44,671
your best interests

1836
00:28:44,671 --> 00:28:45,939
at heart. They

1837
00:28:45,939 --> 00:28:46,573
want your farm

1838
00:28:46,573 --> 00:28:46,840
.

1839
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,840
So

1840
00:28:48,842 --> 00:28:49,241
I

1841
00:28:49,241 --> 00:28:50,977
urge you to

1842
00:28:50,977 --> 00:28:51,311
take a look at

1843
00:28:51,311 --> 00:28:51,611
some of

1844
00:28:51,611 --> 00:28:52,979
your

1845
00:28:52,979 --> 00:28:53,513
alternatives

1846
00:28:53,513 --> 00:28:53,914
because they aren't all

1847
00:28:53,914 --> 00:28:55,849
impossible

1848
00:28:55,849 --> 00:28:56,116
. Thank you, thank

1849
00:28:56,116 --> 00:28:57,150
you

1850
00:28:57,150 --> 00:28:57,817
very

1851
00:28:57,817 --> 00:28:59,620
much

1852
00:28:59,620 --> 00:29:00,187
. Anybody else in

1853
00:29:00,187 --> 00:29:02,587
the room? Go ahead

1854
00:29:08,495 --> 00:29:09,329
. My name is

1855
00:29:09,329 --> 00:29:10,864
Todd Ferguson

1856
00:29:10,864 --> 00:29:11,431
. I'm resident of

1857
00:29:11,431 --> 00:29:11,865
Skagia County my

1858
00:29:11,865 --> 00:29:13,233
whole life

1859
00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:14,100
, uh

1860
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,969
first off, I just want to say

1861
00:29:15,969 --> 00:29:16,403
.

1862
00:29:16,403 --> 00:29:17,905
Do a, do a

1863
00:29:17,905 --> 00:29:19,673
search on battery

1864
00:29:19,673 --> 00:29:20,541
.

1865
00:29:20,541 --> 00:29:22,409
Uh, what, what things are ready

1866
00:29:22,409 --> 00:29:22,710
to come online that are

1867
00:29:22,710 --> 00:29:23,760
way

1868
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:24,244
safer and

1869
00:29:24,244 --> 00:29:24,745
way

1870
00:29:24,745 --> 00:29:24,913
better. I

1871
00:29:24,913 --> 00:29:25,245
would

1872
00:29:25,245 --> 00:29:26,513
implore

1873
00:29:26,513 --> 00:29:26,673
you guys to put

1874
00:29:26,673 --> 00:29:27,281
a

1875
00:29:27,281 --> 00:29:28,582
moratorium on this thing and

1876
00:29:28,582 --> 00:29:29,250
no

1877
00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:29,583
don't do it for

1878
00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:29,883
at least 5

1879
00:29:29,883 --> 00:29:30,951
years

1880
00:29:30,951 --> 00:29:31,652
, 3

1881
00:29:31,652 --> 00:29:33,320
or 4 years at minimum

1882
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:34,121
.

1883
00:29:34,121 --> 00:29:35,922
The other thing I want to talk

1884
00:29:35,922 --> 00:29:36,457
about is, uh, listening to

1885
00:29:36,457 --> 00:29:37,892
these guys here

1886
00:29:37,892 --> 00:29:38,559
. I've been a

1887
00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:39,827
carpenter in Skagia

1888
00:29:39,827 --> 00:29:40,260
County for

1889
00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:40,861
44 years

1890
00:29:40,861 --> 00:29:41,962
, been a contractor

1891
00:29:41,962 --> 00:29:42,396
4

1892
00:29:42,396 --> 00:29:42,830
times, owned

1893
00:29:42,830 --> 00:29:44,830
a cabinet shop

1894
00:29:44,831 --> 00:29:45,300
.

1895
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,340
And the

1896
00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:47,635
problem with us, which

1897
00:29:47,635 --> 00:29:48,969
my wife and I have

1898
00:29:48,969 --> 00:29:49,770
experience

1899
00:29:49,770 --> 00:29:51,371
with the medical situation as

1900
00:29:51,371 --> 00:29:51,805
we remember how

1901
00:29:51,805 --> 00:29:52,600
it used to

1902
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:52,273
be.

1903
00:29:52,273 --> 00:29:53,774
And

1904
00:29:53,774 --> 00:29:54,441
I know I sound like an old

1905
00:29:54,441 --> 00:29:56,770
guy, it's because I am one

1906
00:29:56,770 --> 00:29:56,744
. You

1907
00:29:56,744 --> 00:29:57,878
can't talk to a doctor

1908
00:29:57,878 --> 00:29:58,446
. You

1909
00:29:58,446 --> 00:29:59,450
can't talk to, I

1910
00:29:59,450 --> 00:30:00,214
, I, when

1911
00:30:00,214 --> 00:30:00,748
I got

1912
00:30:00,748 --> 00:30:01,480
here, I said, can

1913
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:02,482
I get

1914
00:30:02,482 --> 00:30:03,184
uh the

1915
00:30:03,184 --> 00:30:03,417
paperwork for demolition permit

1916
00:30:03,417 --> 00:30:05,190
Oh

1917
00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:05,253
, it's all online. It's

1918
00:30:05,253 --> 00:30:06,530
all

1919
00:30:06,530 --> 00:30:07,555
online. Everything's online

1920
00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:07,822
.

1921
00:30:07,822 --> 00:30:09,257
When

1922
00:30:09,257 --> 00:30:09,757
we

1923
00:30:09,757 --> 00:30:10,240
, my partner and I

1924
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:10,358
went

1925
00:30:10,358 --> 00:30:11,725
to Cedar

1926
00:30:11,725 --> 00:30:12,160
Woolly

1927
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:12,460
and changed two

1928
00:30:12,460 --> 00:30:13,527
stores

1929
00:30:13,527 --> 00:30:13,928
into

1930
00:30:13,928 --> 00:30:14,595
the chamber what is

1931
00:30:14,595 --> 00:30:15,630
now the Chamber of Commerce for

1932
00:30:15,630 --> 00:30:16,963
Jack McIntyre

1933
00:30:16,963 --> 00:30:18,199
. We

1934
00:30:18,199 --> 00:30:18,966
walked across

1935
00:30:18,966 --> 00:30:19,200
as we started tearing down, oh

1936
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,835
no

1937
00:30:20,835 --> 00:30:21,680
, tearing down

1938
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:22,437
the

1939
00:30:22,437 --> 00:30:23,370
suspended

1940
00:30:23,370 --> 00:30:23,705
ceiling in the

1941
00:30:23,705 --> 00:30:24,872
two halves

1942
00:30:24,872 --> 00:30:25,573
. We

1943
00:30:25,573 --> 00:30:26,140
walked over to the building

1944
00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:27,141
department and the old

1945
00:30:27,141 --> 00:30:27,775
city

1946
00:30:27,775 --> 00:30:28,443
hall and we went up, got the

1947
00:30:28,443 --> 00:30:29,210
building inspector. He says

1948
00:30:29,210 --> 00:30:29,877
,

1949
00:30:29,877 --> 00:30:30,478
well, let me go over there and

1950
00:30:30,478 --> 00:30:30,844
see how, what, what you guys

1951
00:30:30,844 --> 00:30:31,779
are doing

1952
00:30:31,779 --> 00:30:32,413
. So, we went in and

1953
00:30:32,413 --> 00:30:33,810
said we're going to do this,

1954
00:30:33,810 --> 00:30:33,982
we're going to do that

1955
00:30:33,982 --> 00:30:34,682
, we're

1956
00:30:34,682 --> 00:30:35,116
going to, you know, take the

1957
00:30:35,116 --> 00:30:36,217
party wall

1958
00:30:36,217 --> 00:30:36,718
down

1959
00:30:36,718 --> 00:30:36,951
, fix things up

1960
00:30:36,951 --> 00:30:37,285
,

1961
00:30:37,285 --> 00:30:38,453
rewire

1962
00:30:38,453 --> 00:30:38,786
some

1963
00:30:38,786 --> 00:30:39,487
stuff. He says,

1964
00:30:39,487 --> 00:30:39,821
yeah, he says, you probably

1965
00:30:39,821 --> 00:30:41,122
need to

1966
00:30:41,122 --> 00:30:41,822
get a permit

1967
00:30:41,822 --> 00:30:42,957
. But

1968
00:30:42,957 --> 00:30:43,825
while

1969
00:30:43,825 --> 00:30:45,660
I'm doing that, go ahead and

1970
00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:46,327
get started. If you have any

1971
00:30:46,327 --> 00:30:47,362
questions, just come over

1972
00:30:47,362 --> 00:30:48,630
and

1973
00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:48,430
I'll come over and see what you

1974
00:30:48,430 --> 00:30:49,864
guys got

1975
00:30:49,864 --> 00:30:50,398
questions about

1976
00:30:50,398 --> 00:30:50,698
. I've

1977
00:30:50,698 --> 00:30:52,334
been a

1978
00:30:52,334 --> 00:30:52,701
carpenter, as I said,

1979
00:30:52,701 --> 00:30:54,168
for 44

1980
00:30:54,168 --> 00:30:54,603
years

1981
00:30:54,603 --> 00:30:54,779
. I just need

1982
00:30:54,779 --> 00:30:55,300
to

1983
00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:56,438
know

1984
00:30:56,438 --> 00:30:57,710
two

1985
00:30:57,710 --> 00:30:57,805
things where the

1986
00:30:57,805 --> 00:30:58,573
property lines and where do

1987
00:30:58,573 --> 00:30:58,940
you

1988
00:30:58,940 --> 00:30:59,574
want it

1989
00:30:59,574 --> 00:31:00,675
to sit? I know

1990
00:31:00,675 --> 00:31:01,900
all

1991
00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:01,276
about

1992
00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:01,743
the

1993
00:31:01,743 --> 00:31:02,978
engineering spans

1994
00:31:02,978 --> 00:31:03,345
,

1995
00:31:03,345 --> 00:31:03,779
weights

1996
00:31:03,779 --> 00:31:04,212
, point loads

1997
00:31:04,212 --> 00:31:04,513
, all that

1998
00:31:04,513 --> 00:31:05,781
stuff

1999
00:31:05,781 --> 00:31:06,347
. And

2000
00:31:06,347 --> 00:31:07,716
I would

2001
00:31:07,716 --> 00:31:08,417
question

2002
00:31:08,417 --> 00:31:08,784
anybody that requires everybody

2003
00:31:08,784 --> 00:31:10,252
to put all

2004
00:31:10,252 --> 00:31:10,919
these stinking hole

2005
00:31:10,919 --> 00:31:11,186
downs and everything is to go

2006
00:31:11,186 --> 00:31:12,687
out

2007
00:31:12,687 --> 00:31:13,550
and look at some of those

2008
00:31:13,550 --> 00:31:14,823
80 and 90

2009
00:31:14,823 --> 00:31:15,190
and 100 year old

2010
00:31:15,190 --> 00:31:16,825
farms

2011
00:31:16,825 --> 00:31:17,292
that

2012
00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:17,759
survived the 90 mile

2013
00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:19,610
an hour

2014
00:31:19,610 --> 00:31:19,327
winds

2015
00:31:19,327 --> 00:31:19,628
back

2016
00:31:19,628 --> 00:31:21,163
in 19

2017
00:31:21,163 --> 00:31:21,597
or

2018
00:31:21,597 --> 00:31:21,897
2000 and yeah

2019
00:31:21,897 --> 00:31:23,897
, 1990

2020
00:31:23,966 --> 00:31:24,366
. They all

2021
00:31:24,366 --> 00:31:25,567
survived

2022
00:31:25,567 --> 00:31:26,101
2

2023
00:31:26,101 --> 00:31:26,301
by 4s on

2024
00:31:26,301 --> 00:31:26,535
a

2025
00:31:26,535 --> 00:31:27,903
1

2026
00:31:27,903 --> 00:31:28,804
by 6

2027
00:31:28,804 --> 00:31:30,439
piece of lath for a ridge pole

2028
00:31:30,439 --> 00:31:31,106
.

2029
00:31:31,106 --> 00:31:32,374
I've, I've seen it all

2030
00:31:32,374 --> 00:31:33,750
, and

2031
00:31:33,750 --> 00:31:33,408
it's, you guys are

2032
00:31:33,408 --> 00:31:35,310
way

2033
00:31:35,310 --> 00:31:35,544
overthinking this thing, and so

2034
00:31:35,544 --> 00:31:37,346
I

2035
00:31:37,346 --> 00:31:37,946
just encourage what they said

2036
00:31:37,946 --> 00:31:39,281
If you're

2037
00:31:39,281 --> 00:31:39,548
going

2038
00:31:39,548 --> 00:31:40,115
to introduce

2039
00:31:40,115 --> 00:31:41,517
one new rule. I've

2040
00:31:41,517 --> 00:31:42,217
challenged

2041
00:31:42,217 --> 00:31:42,717
you guys with this before. Take

2042
00:31:42,717 --> 00:31:44,220
out 10 of the

2043
00:31:44,220 --> 00:31:44,787
old ones because

2044
00:31:44,787 --> 00:31:46,421
they're making

2045
00:31:46,421 --> 00:31:46,889
it impossible to

2046
00:31:46,889 --> 00:31:48,257
build. Thank

2047
00:31:48,257 --> 00:31:48,724
you. Thank you,

2048
00:31:48,724 --> 00:31:50,724
John. Thank you

2049
00:31:50,826 --> 00:31:51,227
. Anybody else

2050
00:31:51,227 --> 00:31:53,227
in the room

2051
00:31:53,496 --> 00:31:55,264
? Do

2052
00:31:55,264 --> 00:31:55,530
we

2053
00:31:55,530 --> 00:31:55,831
have

2054
00:31:55,831 --> 00:31:57,831
anybody

2055
00:31:58,340 --> 00:31:58,401
online? Telephone call

2056
00:31:58,401 --> 00:31:59,468
. He

2057
00:31:59,468 --> 00:32:00,369
was

2058
00:32:00,369 --> 00:32:01,404
ready to go. Hi, Ed Johnson

2059
00:32:01,404 --> 00:32:01,770
,

2060
00:32:01,770 --> 00:32:02,338
can you

2061
00:32:02,338 --> 00:32:02,738
talk now? Sure ahead.

2062
00:32:02,738 --> 00:32:04,738
Go ahead, Ed

2063
00:32:04,773 --> 00:32:06,375
. All

2064
00:32:06,375 --> 00:32:06,976
right. I

2065
00:32:06,976 --> 00:32:07,276
, um,

2066
00:32:07,276 --> 00:32:08,711
county

2067
00:32:08,711 --> 00:32:09,111
commissioners, I'm

2068
00:32:09,111 --> 00:32:09,612
in

2069
00:32:09,612 --> 00:32:11,314
LaConnor and

2070
00:32:11,314 --> 00:32:11,847
uh wow, I had one

2071
00:32:11,847 --> 00:32:12,949
comment and I'm

2072
00:32:12,949 --> 00:32:13,583
, I guess I'll

2073
00:32:13,583 --> 00:32:14,490
make that one quick, and that

2074
00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:15,418
is we got to

2075
00:32:15,418 --> 00:32:16,218
get rid of all

2076
00:32:16,218 --> 00:32:17,620
this negativity

2077
00:32:17,620 --> 00:32:18,870
and hate

2078
00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:18,721
, which

2079
00:32:18,721 --> 00:32:20,556
is displayed in so many

2080
00:32:20,556 --> 00:32:23,250
different ways like no parking

2081
00:32:23,250 --> 00:32:23,593
signs and what you can't do,

2082
00:32:23,593 --> 00:32:24,326
and I come to

2083
00:32:24,326 --> 00:32:24,594
the

2084
00:32:24,594 --> 00:32:25,940
realization

2085
00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:25,327
that we're driven

2086
00:32:25,327 --> 00:32:26,629
by

2087
00:32:26,629 --> 00:32:26,896
criminals

2088
00:32:26,896 --> 00:32:27,463
in

2089
00:32:27,463 --> 00:32:28,598
this country by all the

2090
00:32:28,598 --> 00:32:29,365
laws

2091
00:32:29,365 --> 00:32:29,965
and stuff, and that's not the

2092
00:32:29,965 --> 00:32:31,200
way I think it should

2093
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:31,634
be, but

2094
00:32:31,634 --> 00:32:32,201
we should be

2095
00:32:32,201 --> 00:32:34,337
, in fact, you know

2096
00:32:34,337 --> 00:32:35,271
congratulating and applauding

2097
00:32:35,271 --> 00:32:35,772
.

2098
00:32:35,772 --> 00:32:36,500
All those that

2099
00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:36,306
do

2100
00:32:36,306 --> 00:32:36,739
well in our

2101
00:32:36,739 --> 00:32:37,807
communities

2102
00:32:37,807 --> 00:32:38,740
for

2103
00:32:38,740 --> 00:32:38,474
the community

2104
00:32:38,474 --> 00:32:39,942
at all

2105
00:32:39,942 --> 00:32:40,643
times

2106
00:32:40,643 --> 00:32:40,877
, and I'm a

2107
00:32:40,877 --> 00:32:42,877
big

2108
00:32:42,979 --> 00:32:45,140
advocate for if anyone does

2109
00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:45,348
something intentionally

2110
00:32:45,348 --> 00:32:47,183
to harm

2111
00:32:47,183 --> 00:32:47,417
emotionally, physically

2112
00:32:47,417 --> 00:32:47,984
, or

2113
00:32:47,984 --> 00:32:49,284
financially

2114
00:32:49,284 --> 00:32:49,919
, but they just go

2115
00:32:49,919 --> 00:32:50,519
straight to the meat grinder

2116
00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:51,287
and we put them in

2117
00:32:51,287 --> 00:32:51,588
the

2118
00:32:51,588 --> 00:32:51,810
ocean

2119
00:32:51,810 --> 00:32:52,640
or

2120
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:53,923
the

2121
00:32:53,923 --> 00:32:54,491
, the farmland because

2122
00:32:54,491 --> 00:32:55,825
there's no sense to

2123
00:32:55,825 --> 00:32:56,525
be going

2124
00:32:56,525 --> 00:32:56,828
through this process. I've been

2125
00:32:56,828 --> 00:32:58,495
to the

2126
00:32:58,495 --> 00:32:58,728
courts and I've seen

2127
00:32:58,728 --> 00:32:59,290
.

2128
00:32:59,290 --> 00:33:00,129
You

2129
00:33:00,129 --> 00:33:01,640
know

2130
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:01,397
, criminals saying that

2131
00:33:01,397 --> 00:33:02,832
they've

2132
00:33:02,832 --> 00:33:03,566
been

2133
00:33:03,566 --> 00:33:05,202
through

2134
00:33:05,202 --> 00:33:05,668
drug

2135
00:33:05,668 --> 00:33:07,169
rehabilitation

2136
00:33:07,169 --> 00:33:07,537
789 times.

2137
00:33:07,537 --> 00:33:07,804
What's the

2138
00:33:07,804 --> 00:33:09,506
point

2139
00:33:09,506 --> 00:33:10,206
? Anyways, it's

2140
00:33:10,206 --> 00:33:11,608
just cost effective. Now

2141
00:33:11,608 --> 00:33:12,409
the

2142
00:33:12,409 --> 00:33:13,543
comment by one of the ladies

2143
00:33:13,543 --> 00:33:14,211
.

2144
00:33:14,211 --> 00:33:14,745
You know, often I find

2145
00:33:14,745 --> 00:33:16,245
they're

2146
00:33:16,245 --> 00:33:16,713
emotional. So

2147
00:33:16,713 --> 00:33:17,280
, um, the

2148
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,315
information regarding

2149
00:33:18,315 --> 00:33:18,915
lithium

2150
00:33:18,915 --> 00:33:19,349
batteries for sure. I think

2151
00:33:19,349 --> 00:33:20,417
there should

2152
00:33:20,417 --> 00:33:20,684
be

2153
00:33:20,684 --> 00:33:21,351
some

2154
00:33:21,351 --> 00:33:21,618
uh looking

2155
00:33:21,618 --> 00:33:22,953
into

2156
00:33:22,953 --> 00:33:23,486
, uh, what was the other

2157
00:33:23,486 --> 00:33:25,210
comment, the other

2158
00:33:25,210 --> 00:33:25,221
. 30

2159
00:33:25,221 --> 00:33:25,856
. Well,

2160
00:33:25,856 --> 00:33:26,123
that's what happens when I get

2161
00:33:26,123 --> 00:33:27,124
old

2162
00:33:27,124 --> 00:33:27,891
. I

2163
00:33:27,891 --> 00:33:29,426
can't remember

2164
00:33:29,426 --> 00:33:30,930
anything

2165
00:33:30,930 --> 00:33:30,560
and there was another comment

2166
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:31,995
this lady had

2167
00:33:31,995 --> 00:33:32,629
. Can you remind

2168
00:33:32,629 --> 00:33:33,897
me, I think her name was

2169
00:33:33,897 --> 00:33:34,330
Patsy

2170
00:33:34,330 --> 00:33:34,865
or Patty or

2171
00:33:34,865 --> 00:33:36,566
. Ega

2172
00:33:36,566 --> 00:33:38,566
. No

2173
00:33:40,671 --> 00:33:40,834
. I

2174
00:33:40,834 --> 00:33:41,305
can't

2175
00:33:41,305 --> 00:33:41,905
remember whether she was

2176
00:33:41,905 --> 00:33:43,273
talking about. It was

2177
00:33:43,273 --> 00:33:44,107
only

2178
00:33:44,107 --> 00:33:45,676
one-sided though, because he

2179
00:33:45,676 --> 00:33:46,800
didn't incorporate

2180
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:46,343
. The

2181
00:33:46,343 --> 00:33:48,343
rest of

2182
00:33:48,478 --> 00:33:49,747
the story and

2183
00:33:49,747 --> 00:33:49,980
the

2184
00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:50,480
gentleman

2185
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,116
talking about the

2186
00:33:52,116 --> 00:33:52,516
uh redundancy

2187
00:33:52,516 --> 00:33:53,830
of quality

2188
00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:54,485
and inspections. I'm

2189
00:33:54,485 --> 00:33:54,785
a

2190
00:33:54,785 --> 00:33:55,286
quality

2191
00:33:55,286 --> 00:33:56,387
specialist of 30

2192
00:33:56,387 --> 00:33:56,787
some

2193
00:33:56,787 --> 00:33:57,210
years, 37

2194
00:33:57,210 --> 00:33:57,487
, I

2195
00:33:57,487 --> 00:33:58,856
think, 7

2196
00:33:58,856 --> 00:33:59,256
states

2197
00:33:59,256 --> 00:33:59,990
, 4

2198
00:33:59,990 --> 00:34:01,580
countries, and the bottom

2199
00:34:01,580 --> 00:34:01,391
line

2200
00:34:01,391 --> 00:34:01,926
is, yeah

2201
00:34:01,926 --> 00:34:03,227
, quality is

2202
00:34:03,227 --> 00:34:03,627
a

2203
00:34:03,627 --> 00:34:04,429
totally

2204
00:34:04,429 --> 00:34:06,297
redundant system. Why? Because

2205
00:34:06,297 --> 00:34:06,564
humans suck. They always want

2206
00:34:06,564 --> 00:34:07,865
to

2207
00:34:07,865 --> 00:34:08,466
cut

2208
00:34:08,466 --> 00:34:08,933
corners and get away

2209
00:34:08,933 --> 00:34:10,267
with things. I

2210
00:34:10,267 --> 00:34:11,100
mean, when I

2211
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:12,169
worked in the military

2212
00:34:12,169 --> 00:34:12,737
for

2213
00:34:12,737 --> 00:34:13,300
countermeasures and

2214
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:13,404
that

2215
00:34:13,404 --> 00:34:15,139
robotics and

2216
00:34:15,139 --> 00:34:15,739
the aerospace for

2217
00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:17,410
Boeing. I mean, it was

2218
00:34:17,410 --> 00:34:17,408
. Insane.

2219
00:34:17,408 --> 00:34:17,708
I mean

2220
00:34:17,708 --> 00:34:19,210
, you

2221
00:34:19,210 --> 00:34:19,510
think

2222
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:19,877
about trying

2223
00:34:19,877 --> 00:34:21,445
to do a

2224
00:34:21,445 --> 00:34:21,615
job locally. How

2225
00:34:21,615 --> 00:34:22,146
about

2226
00:34:22,146 --> 00:34:23,614
globally? I was on

2227
00:34:23,614 --> 00:34:24,315
the 87

2228
00:34:24,315 --> 00:34:24,715
program and we were dealing

2229
00:34:24,715 --> 00:34:25,883
with people

2230
00:34:25,883 --> 00:34:26,350
in

2231
00:34:26,350 --> 00:34:26,543
Jordan and

2232
00:34:26,543 --> 00:34:26,784
Italy

2233
00:34:26,784 --> 00:34:28,850
and

2234
00:34:28,850 --> 00:34:28,686
, you know

2235
00:34:28,686 --> 00:34:30,187
, Japan and

2236
00:34:30,187 --> 00:34:30,988
Korea

2237
00:34:30,988 --> 00:34:31,288
and even South Carolina and

2238
00:34:31,288 --> 00:34:33,288
so

2239
00:34:33,424 --> 00:34:35,159
on. And so we were dealing with

2240
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:35,960
quality issues there and by the

2241
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,161
way, every plane that goes

2242
00:34:37,161 --> 00:34:37,928
to

2243
00:34:37,928 --> 00:34:38,162
the flight line getting ready

2244
00:34:38,162 --> 00:34:40,162
to

2245
00:34:40,164 --> 00:34:41,766
be delivered has probably 20

2246
00:34:41,766 --> 00:34:42,132
to 400

2247
00:34:42,132 --> 00:34:42,566
different

2248
00:34:42,566 --> 00:34:43,340
nonconforming

2249
00:34:43,340 --> 00:34:43,801
items on it

2250
00:34:43,801 --> 00:34:44,535
, and

2251
00:34:44,535 --> 00:34:45,300
I don't, I

2252
00:34:45,300 --> 00:34:46,237
wouldn't fly

2253
00:34:46,237 --> 00:34:46,704
one of them

2254
00:34:46,704 --> 00:34:47,138
. That

2255
00:34:47,138 --> 00:34:48,740
thinking that

2256
00:34:48,740 --> 00:34:49,730
at 35,000

2257
00:34:49,730 --> 00:34:49,506
ft and

2258
00:34:49,506 --> 00:34:51,141
200 people

2259
00:34:51,141 --> 00:34:51,475
. It could fail or

2260
00:34:51,475 --> 00:34:53,144
cause

2261
00:34:53,144 --> 00:34:53,711
a catastrophic failure,

2262
00:34:53,711 --> 00:34:55,146
who knows? Just like

2263
00:34:55,146 --> 00:34:55,880
the

2264
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:56,181
lithium battery issue when they

2265
00:34:56,181 --> 00:34:57,615
paid 7

2266
00:34:57,615 --> 00:34:57,848
1st came out. So

2267
00:34:57,848 --> 00:34:58,116
, yeah,

2268
00:34:58,116 --> 00:34:59,817
it's

2269
00:34:59,817 --> 00:35:00,840
a redundant thing, but

2270
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:00,785
it's

2271
00:35:00,785 --> 00:35:01,886
necessary because

2272
00:35:01,886 --> 00:35:02,453
some

2273
00:35:02,453 --> 00:35:03,540
people just don't want to

2274
00:35:03,540 --> 00:35:04,189
follow the rules. All

2275
00:35:04,189 --> 00:35:04,361
right

2276
00:35:04,361 --> 00:35:04,989
,

2277
00:35:04,989 --> 00:35:06,725
well, I'll leave it at that

2278
00:35:06,725 --> 00:35:07,125
.

2279
00:35:07,125 --> 00:35:07,358
Thank you

2280
00:35:07,358 --> 00:35:08,727
, Ed

2281
00:35:08,727 --> 00:35:09,270
. Anybody else

2282
00:35:09,270 --> 00:35:11,270
online

2283
00:35:11,596 --> 00:35:13,164
? Mr

2284
00:35:13,164 --> 00:35:13,632
. Burns, do you have

2285
00:35:13,632 --> 00:35:13,931
anything today

2286
00:35:13,931 --> 00:35:15,267
? I've

2287
00:35:15,267 --> 00:35:15,532
got a

2288
00:35:15,532 --> 00:35:16,400
few

2289
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:17,769
things from last

2290
00:35:17,769 --> 00:35:18,370
week. First, I

2291
00:35:18,370 --> 00:35:18,804
want to say that I was, I'm

2292
00:35:18,804 --> 00:35:20,272
happy to see

2293
00:35:20,272 --> 00:35:20,471
the Jordan Creek

2294
00:35:20,471 --> 00:35:20,939
,

2295
00:35:20,939 --> 00:35:22,390
uh, temporary bridge

2296
00:35:22,390 --> 00:35:22,440
is finally

2297
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:23,700
going in

2298
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:24,142
. We're seeing that

2299
00:35:24,142 --> 00:35:24,843
, uh

2300
00:35:24,843 --> 00:35:25,310
they're moving the trusses

2301
00:35:25,310 --> 00:35:26,645
across the, the

2302
00:35:26,645 --> 00:35:26,830
water

2303
00:35:26,830 --> 00:35:27,446
and

2304
00:35:27,446 --> 00:35:29,147
getting that in place

2305
00:35:29,147 --> 00:35:29,647
. I think

2306
00:35:29,647 --> 00:35:30,150
we had a good

2307
00:35:30,150 --> 00:35:31,717
meeting in

2308
00:35:31,717 --> 00:35:32,500
Guaymas Island last week

2309
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:32,417
. Um, I

2310
00:35:32,417 --> 00:35:33,818
thought

2311
00:35:33,818 --> 00:35:34,586
it was productive. It

2312
00:35:34,586 --> 00:35:35,820
was interesting to hear the

2313
00:35:35,820 --> 00:35:36,354
input from

2314
00:35:36,354 --> 00:35:36,722
residents, and that

2315
00:35:36,722 --> 00:35:37,856
was my

2316
00:35:37,856 --> 00:35:38,223
first

2317
00:35:38,223 --> 00:35:38,590
time out there for

2318
00:35:38,590 --> 00:35:39,240
one of

2319
00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:40,910
these community

2320
00:35:40,910 --> 00:35:40,726
town

2321
00:35:40,726 --> 00:35:42,327
halls, so there's a

2322
00:35:42,327 --> 00:35:42,995
good

2323
00:35:42,995 --> 00:35:43,662
opportunity for me to just um

2324
00:35:43,662 --> 00:35:44,997
connect with the residents

2325
00:35:44,997 --> 00:35:45,397
there and have a good

2326
00:35:45,397 --> 00:35:47,397
conversation

2327
00:35:47,466 --> 00:35:47,999
. I enjoyed going

2328
00:35:47,999 --> 00:35:49,167
to a senior day in

2329
00:35:49,167 --> 00:35:49,568
the park

2330
00:35:49,568 --> 00:35:50,268
in

2331
00:35:50,268 --> 00:35:51,336
Burlington last week

2332
00:35:51,336 --> 00:35:51,603
. I

2333
00:35:51,603 --> 00:35:52,237
was

2334
00:35:52,237 --> 00:35:52,738
impressed with the number of

2335
00:35:52,738 --> 00:35:53,805
booths there and

2336
00:35:53,805 --> 00:35:54,640
how fast the

2337
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:55,908
place filled up with people

2338
00:35:55,908 --> 00:35:56,575
.

2339
00:35:56,575 --> 00:35:57,800
It's obviously very popular and

2340
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:58,210
it's a good

2341
00:35:58,210 --> 00:35:58,477
event for

2342
00:35:58,477 --> 00:35:59,144
, uh,

2343
00:35:59,144 --> 00:36:00,746
seniors to get out too and

2344
00:36:00,746 --> 00:36:01,413
see

2345
00:36:01,413 --> 00:36:01,947
different organizations that

2346
00:36:01,947 --> 00:36:02,615
are in the area

2347
00:36:02,615 --> 00:36:03,810
that could

2348
00:36:03,810 --> 00:36:04,817
benefit them

2349
00:36:04,817 --> 00:36:05,350
. And

2350
00:36:05,350 --> 00:36:05,951
, uh, final

2351
00:36:05,951 --> 00:36:07,186
thing I have on here

2352
00:36:07,186 --> 00:36:07,920
is

2353
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:08,420
Burlington Chamber of Commerce.

2354
00:36:08,420 --> 00:36:09,722
I went there on

2355
00:36:09,722 --> 00:36:10,556
Wednesday and

2356
00:36:10,556 --> 00:36:11,757
uh gave the state of the county

2357
00:36:11,757 --> 00:36:12,224
and a North

2358
00:36:12,224 --> 00:36:12,591
Star

2359
00:36:12,591 --> 00:36:14,591
update and

2360
00:36:14,692 --> 00:36:14,994
really enjoyed getting to talk

2361
00:36:14,994 --> 00:36:16,261
with

2362
00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:16,595
them

2363
00:36:16,595 --> 00:36:17,196
and tell them a

2364
00:36:17,196 --> 00:36:17,596
little bit more about what's

2365
00:36:17,596 --> 00:36:18,631
going on

2366
00:36:18,631 --> 00:36:19,640
in the county and

2367
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:19,498
answer some

2368
00:36:19,498 --> 00:36:20,532
questions along

2369
00:36:20,532 --> 00:36:20,900
the

2370
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:21,600
way, so

2371
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,350
That I had for last

2372
00:36:23,350 --> 00:36:23,669
week. Thank

2373
00:36:23,669 --> 00:36:24,300
you, Commissioner

2374
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:25,738
Browning

2375
00:36:25,738 --> 00:36:26,105
. Yes, senior day in

2376
00:36:26,105 --> 00:36:27,606
the park

2377
00:36:27,606 --> 00:36:27,777
was really great

2378
00:36:27,777 --> 00:36:28,507
,

2379
00:36:28,507 --> 00:36:30,208
except I realized that a lot of

2380
00:36:30,208 --> 00:36:30,543
the seniors they were younger

2381
00:36:30,543 --> 00:36:32,543
than me

2382
00:36:32,845 --> 00:36:34,347
. But it was still a

2383
00:36:34,347 --> 00:36:34,747
good day

2384
00:36:34,747 --> 00:36:35,114
to see a lot

2385
00:36:35,114 --> 00:36:36,983
of

2386
00:36:36,983 --> 00:36:37,350
services. Last week we had a

2387
00:36:37,350 --> 00:36:39,151
fairly

2388
00:36:39,151 --> 00:36:39,952
big, um, I'm also a

2389
00:36:39,952 --> 00:36:40,987
hospital commissioner. We had

2390
00:36:40,987 --> 00:36:41,621
a

2391
00:36:41,621 --> 00:36:41,954
hospital meeting about the

2392
00:36:41,954 --> 00:36:43,289
changes

2393
00:36:43,289 --> 00:36:43,856
in Medicare and

2394
00:36:43,856 --> 00:36:44,624
Medicaid. I hope everybody

2395
00:36:44,624 --> 00:36:45,324
really looks at that seriously

2396
00:36:45,324 --> 00:36:45,858
.

2397
00:36:45,858 --> 00:36:46,125
It's going to

2398
00:36:46,125 --> 00:36:47,593
be

2399
00:36:47,593 --> 00:36:47,994
changing the

2400
00:36:47,994 --> 00:36:48,461
landscape

2401
00:36:48,461 --> 00:36:49,896
of our community

2402
00:36:49,896 --> 00:36:50,563
, our

2403
00:36:50,563 --> 00:36:51,230
country significantly. We're

2404
00:36:51,230 --> 00:36:51,531
going to have a lot of people

2405
00:36:51,531 --> 00:36:52,231
who

2406
00:36:52,231 --> 00:36:52,698
will

2407
00:36:52,698 --> 00:36:53,499
be going to the

2408
00:36:53,499 --> 00:36:54,967
emergency rooms because that's

2409
00:36:54,967 --> 00:36:55,501
the only healthcare they have

2410
00:36:55,501 --> 00:36:56,836
available to them

2411
00:36:56,836 --> 00:36:57,203
. There will

2412
00:36:57,203 --> 00:36:57,769
be a lot

2413
00:36:57,769 --> 00:36:58,838
of hospitals going

2414
00:36:58,838 --> 00:36:59,606
out

2415
00:36:59,606 --> 00:37:00,106
of business because right now

2416
00:37:00,106 --> 00:37:01,207
it just hanging

2417
00:37:01,207 --> 00:37:01,707
on by

2418
00:37:01,707 --> 00:37:02,342
a thread

2419
00:37:02,342 --> 00:37:03,576
and that, the thread

2420
00:37:03,576 --> 00:37:04,900
is going

2421
00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:05,745
to be much

2422
00:37:05,745 --> 00:37:06,120
tighter after

2423
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:06,846
, uh,

2424
00:37:06,846 --> 00:37:08,800
the new, the new rules come

2425
00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:08,347
into play

2426
00:37:08,347 --> 00:37:08,815
, so

2427
00:37:08,815 --> 00:37:09,480
if you're talking

2428
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:10,717
to

2429
00:37:10,717 --> 00:37:11,250
your legislators, make sure

2430
00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:12,285
they realize

2431
00:37:12,285 --> 00:37:12,585
that

2432
00:37:12,585 --> 00:37:12,952
healthcare is

2433
00:37:12,952 --> 00:37:14,952
one of

2434
00:37:15,688 --> 00:37:16,222
those necessary parts of

2435
00:37:16,222 --> 00:37:17,157
our life, not

2436
00:37:17,157 --> 00:37:17,757
exotic healthcare

2437
00:37:17,757 --> 00:37:19,325
We all deserve the

2438
00:37:19,325 --> 00:37:19,793
, the really

2439
00:37:19,793 --> 00:37:20,920
expensive and

2440
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:20,527
sometimes

2441
00:37:20,527 --> 00:37:21,628
nonproductive

2442
00:37:21,628 --> 00:37:22,262
stuff, but those

2443
00:37:22,262 --> 00:37:22,729
things that keep us walking,

2444
00:37:22,729 --> 00:37:24,300
keep us eating

2445
00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:24,330
, keep us talking

2446
00:37:24,330 --> 00:37:26,330
So

2447
00:37:26,832 --> 00:37:28,235
That's enough for right now

2448
00:37:28,235 --> 00:37:29,168
.

2449
00:37:29,168 --> 00:37:30,904
Yeah, thank you, uh, you both

2450
00:37:30,904 --> 00:37:31,271
mentioned the senior day in the

2451
00:37:31,271 --> 00:37:33,271
park and

2452
00:37:33,306 --> 00:37:33,772
uh the Guaymas Island

2453
00:37:33,772 --> 00:37:35,410
uh meeting we

2454
00:37:35,410 --> 00:37:35,475
had out there

2455
00:37:35,475 --> 00:37:36,800
, we

2456
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:37,277
sent about 5 or 6

2457
00:37:37,277 --> 00:37:38,780
different

2458
00:37:38,780 --> 00:37:38,311
letters out this last week. One

2459
00:37:38,311 --> 00:37:39,779
of

2460
00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:40,247
them was a score

2461
00:37:40,247 --> 00:37:41,614
, the

2462
00:37:41,614 --> 00:37:42,480
Skee

2463
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,480
County, um

2464
00:37:44,384 --> 00:37:44,851
. Group on aging who

2465
00:37:44,851 --> 00:37:46,486
have taken

2466
00:37:46,486 --> 00:37:46,820
over the Meals

2467
00:37:46,820 --> 00:37:47,153
on

2468
00:37:47,153 --> 00:37:48,388
Wheels

2469
00:37:48,388 --> 00:37:48,654
and also

2470
00:37:48,654 --> 00:37:49,222
they're going

2471
00:37:49,222 --> 00:37:49,656
to be taking over the

2472
00:37:49,656 --> 00:37:50,991
Burlington and

2473
00:37:50,991 --> 00:37:51,158
Mount

2474
00:37:51,158 --> 00:37:51,491
Vernon

2475
00:37:51,491 --> 00:37:51,792
Senior

2476
00:37:51,792 --> 00:37:52,960
Center

2477
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:53,594
Management

2478
00:37:53,594 --> 00:37:54,127
Programs. I really appreciate

2479
00:37:54,127 --> 00:37:55,562
them for that. Um

2480
00:37:55,562 --> 00:37:55,829
, gpac, which

2481
00:37:55,829 --> 00:37:57,764
is

2482
00:37:57,764 --> 00:37:59,764
Island, um

2483
00:38:00,330 --> 00:38:00,300
. Planning group

2484
00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:00,634
we

2485
00:38:00,634 --> 00:38:02,502
sent

2486
00:38:02,502 --> 00:38:02,903
uh response letter to

2487
00:38:02,903 --> 00:38:04,671
them

2488
00:38:04,671 --> 00:38:04,972
, um, also the

2489
00:38:04,972 --> 00:38:06,473
washing

2490
00:38:06,473 --> 00:38:06,807
and

2491
00:38:06,807 --> 00:38:07,141
futures

2492
00:38:07,141 --> 00:38:08,975
water

2493
00:38:08,975 --> 00:38:09,643
futures

2494
00:38:09,643 --> 00:38:11,110
initiative, we had a

2495
00:38:11,110 --> 00:38:11,779
round

2496
00:38:11,779 --> 00:38:13,480
table meeting that was

2497
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:14,281
select

2498
00:38:14,281 --> 00:38:15,649
people, um, the Department

2499
00:38:15,649 --> 00:38:16,417
of

2500
00:38:16,417 --> 00:38:17,818
Ecology people are up here

2501
00:38:17,818 --> 00:38:18,651
and

2502
00:38:18,651 --> 00:38:20,120
there's probably 30 people in

2503
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:20,721
the room

2504
00:38:20,721 --> 00:38:22,189
, um, we sent

2505
00:38:22,189 --> 00:38:22,890
a

2506
00:38:22,890 --> 00:38:23,289
response after that

2507
00:38:23,289 --> 00:38:25,289
meeting. Um

2508
00:38:25,459 --> 00:38:27,930
we have

2509
00:38:27,930 --> 00:38:27,495
Forest advisory group

2510
00:38:27,495 --> 00:38:28,162
,

2511
00:38:28,162 --> 00:38:29,296
um, a new member, Carter

2512
00:38:29,296 --> 00:38:29,964
.

2513
00:38:29,964 --> 00:38:31,431
Manning is going to be

2514
00:38:31,431 --> 00:38:31,866
joining

2515
00:38:31,866 --> 00:38:33,533
that. Also

2516
00:38:33,533 --> 00:38:33,967
, uh, planning

2517
00:38:33,967 --> 00:38:35,836
commission, uh

2518
00:38:35,836 --> 00:38:36,537
. Jan Larsson is

2519
00:38:36,537 --> 00:38:36,904
now on the planning commission,

2520
00:38:36,904 --> 00:38:37,971
so some

2521
00:38:37,971 --> 00:38:38,406
of the

2522
00:38:38,406 --> 00:38:39,400
letters and

2523
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:39,440
conversations we've done this

2524
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,108
last week

2525
00:38:41,108 --> 00:38:41,375
. All right. Anything

2526
00:38:41,375 --> 00:38:42,643
else

2527
00:38:42,643 --> 00:38:42,910
at this time

2528
00:38:42,910 --> 00:38:43,443
? That's

2529
00:38:43,443 --> 00:38:44,878
everything today. So

2530
00:38:44,878 --> 00:38:45,646
, with that

2531
00:38:45,646 --> 00:38:45,947
we're adjourned. Thank you very

2532
00:38:45,947 --> 00:38:47,947
much