[0:14] County commissioners to order,
[0:14] to
[0:14] at
[0:15] 11:30. Good morning. I
[0:16] call this
[0:16] sessions cat
[0:16] on
[0:17] AUGUST 24
[0:17] , 25th
[0:19] , 2026
[0:19] , please
[0:20] join me in salute to our flag
[0:24] .
[0:24] I
[0:26] pledge allegiance to
[0:26] the flag
[0:27] of the United
[0:28] States
[0:28] of
[0:29] America
[0:29] and to
[0:30] the republic for
[0:32] one
[0:33] nation under GOD
[0:35] , indivisible
[0:36] butberty
[0:37] and justice for all
[0:42] .
[0:42] Nice to have a large crowd
[0:43] in
[0:44] here today, so thank you very
[0:44] much for
[0:46] being here
[0:46] . Um
[0:48] , just a
[0:49] reminder, the 3 minute
[0:51] public
[0:51] comment and
[0:53] uh the buzzer goes
[0:53] off for 2 minutes
[0:55] and then at 3
[0:56] minutes it blares, keeps
[0:57] going
[0:57] ,
[0:58] and we will ask you
[0:58] to
[0:59] respect
[1:00] that
[1:00] . Um, if the
[1:02] crowd gets
[1:02] too
[1:03] disoriented
[1:05] , we MAY close
[1:05] public comment, and
[1:06] we will
[1:07] just shut it down
[1:07] , so, just
[1:07] give
[1:08] you
[1:09] a warning how
[1:09] that
[1:11] works. How many want to have
[1:12] public comments? Today
[1:15] ? Just 6
[1:16] or so, so
[1:17] , ok
[1:18] , who wants to
[1:18] go
[1:18] first? Go
[1:20] ahead, Darryl
[1:40] . Good
[1:41] morning, commissioners
[1:42] and
[1:42] clerk
[1:43] . I'll start
[1:45] by saying um
[1:46] .
[1:47] I
[1:47] , I cannot keep it to 3
[1:48] minutes, so
[1:49] I'm going to make
[1:49] a
[1:50] synopsis before
[1:51] I
[1:51] start today
[1:52] I'm here
[1:53] to encourage
[1:55] . The
[1:56] commissioners to
[1:56] consider a
[1:58] or
[1:59] reconsider a portion of
[2:00] their
[2:01] budget proposal for the future
[2:02] .
[2:03] And that is of the
[2:03] coroner's
[2:03] office
[2:05] number one
[2:05] . We
[2:07] have a
[2:07] situation where
[2:09] If
[2:09] the
[2:10] coroner's loses
[2:11] 1/3
[2:12] of their
[2:12] staff
[2:14] . We
[2:14] have some issues that
[2:17] Concerned
[2:18] state law and
[2:21] If
[2:21] we
[2:23] don't observe
[2:23] these mandates,
[2:24] we will
[2:25] lose accreditation with
[2:26] the state and lose
[2:27] money
[2:28] ,
[2:28] possibly more than we
[2:29] would
[2:30] gain by
[2:30] cutting two from
[2:31] the
[2:32] staff in the future
[2:33] . So
[2:34] With
[2:35] that said
[2:36] , We
[2:37] have some
[2:37] things
[2:38] to
[2:39] at least consider
[2:41] . And that
[2:41] is
[2:41] When
[2:43] you cut
[2:43] a
[2:43] staff, I've
[2:44] had as many
[2:45] as
[2:45] 300
[2:46] employees,
[2:46] and when
[2:48] you put
[2:48] too much
[2:48] pressure on them
[2:50] , burnout
[2:51] causes
[2:52] resignations and you
[2:53] can't afford very many
[2:55] in this
[2:55] small staff
[2:57] . In order to
[2:57] keep
[2:58] accreditation with
[2:59] the state to
[2:59] get
[3:01] the
[3:01] federal
[3:02] subsidy funding
[3:02] that
[3:03] the state provides
[3:05] . So
[3:06] Here's a
[3:08] few things that can
[3:08] happen
[3:11] . That
[3:12] we're
[3:12] not
[3:13] anticipating today
[3:15] . And that is
[3:15] a
[3:15] surge
[3:17] on
[3:17] this
[3:17] particular
[3:18] coroner's
[3:19] office one
[3:20] . Would be
[3:22] Possibly a tsunami
[3:26] . A flood of
[3:27] the Skagit River
[3:29] . A pileup
[3:30] on
[3:30] I-5
[3:31] . An earthquake
[3:35] a landslide.
[3:36] We all know about Oso
[3:37] , a mass
[3:37] shooting
[3:38] . Or
[3:39] a
[3:39] bad month
[3:40] of
[3:40] f
[3:42] fentanyl overdose
[3:44] . These case
[3:46] Loads will
[3:49] Outstretch our
[3:49] ability
[3:51] of what the corners can
[3:51] do
[3:51] right
[3:53] now and
[3:53] everything
[3:54] goes on the side
[3:55] and gets
[3:55] delayed
[3:56] . In
[3:58] addition to losing
[3:58] the state subsidy
[4:00] . I've
[4:01] provided
[4:02] you with some notes. I
[4:03] have some more that
[4:04] I'll leave
[4:04] with you
[4:05] . We have a full
[4:06] house,
[4:07] but I want to
[4:07] end by
[4:08] saying
[4:09] this
[4:13] . We want
[4:14] to
[4:14] thank Coroner
[4:15] Haley Thompson
[4:16] . Extraordinaire
[4:18] .
[4:18] For 10 years of
[4:20] great service
[4:20] to this county
[4:22] . She
[4:22] leaves
[4:23] behind
[4:25] . This county 7
[4:26] in
[4:27] this
[4:27] state
[4:27] for
[4:29] accreditation
[4:29] . Number
[4:30] 39 nationally
[4:33] . This state or
[4:34] this county is accredited
[4:36] . And
[4:39] She believes
[4:40] , as I
[4:40] visited with
[4:41] her
[4:41] , that staying
[4:42] in front
[4:42] costs
[4:43] . A
[4:43] lot less
[4:45] than
[4:45] falling
[4:45] behind. Thank you very
[4:47] much
[4:47] .
[4:48] Thank you. If you have comments
[4:48] you can
[4:49] leave in the basket up
[4:50] in front there too. Thank you
[4:51] .
[4:52] I'll do it
[4:52] . Next
[4:56] Anybody else
[4:58] ?
[4:59] Anybody else in your group?
[4:59] Nope
[5:01] , we're done
[5:03] . Thank you
[5:03] ,
[5:04] gentlemen
[5:05] . Thank
[5:05] you
[5:06] . Good job
[5:07] ,
[5:07] sir. Thank you
[5:15] . Yeah
[5:16] . Okey doke
[5:17] start her
[5:17] up
[5:18] . Good morning. My
[5:19] name is
[5:20] John
[5:21] Ravnick. I'm a
[5:21] civil
[5:23] engineer in
[5:23] Skagit County
[5:24] I've been
[5:25] practicing for 42
[5:26] years
[5:27] . And
[5:28] I think this is the
[5:28] 2nd time
[5:30] that I've ever come to
[5:32] the commissioner's
[5:32] , um,
[5:33] grasping for hope
[5:35] . There
[5:36] is
[5:36] a
[5:37] significant delay
[5:39] in
[5:40] permorating and processing
[5:41] , and
[5:42] I'm not going to go into the
[5:43] permit issuance, that's going
[5:44] to be somebody else
[5:46] . But right
[5:46] now
[5:48] I've
[5:48] got
[5:48] 12
[5:48] Skagia
[5:50] County
[5:50] jobs
[5:50] , right
[5:51] ? 9
[5:52] of them
[5:52] , I'm
[5:53] going to say are average in
[5:53] size
[5:54] , if
[5:55] not
[5:55] larger
[5:57] , probably
[5:57] anywhere between 5 and 15 to
[5:59] $18 million
[6:02] . Their
[6:03] construction
[6:04] gets
[6:04] significantly delayed
[6:06] . By
[6:06] the fact
[6:08] that Do plans
[6:08] ,
[6:09] documents, reports, whatever
[6:10] it
[6:10] takes to
[6:11] permit the project
[6:13] .
[6:13] Are
[6:15] seriously delayed, and you
[6:15] might say
[6:16] , what's serious? Is
[6:17] it a
[6:17] month? Is it
[6:17] 2
[6:18] months
[6:19] ? How
[6:20] about anywhere between and
[6:20] 5
[6:20] years
[6:22] , ok
[6:22] ? I'd like for each
[6:22] one of
[6:24] you to decide to
[6:24] carry
[6:24] the
[6:25] , the wallet that
[6:26] it takes
[6:26] to
[6:26] own
[6:27] that property and to
[6:28] hold up on
[6:29] your interest and
[6:31] pay for all the design services
[6:31] that come along
[6:33] . So
[6:35] I
[6:35] would
[6:36] hope that there is a time
[6:38] . When
[6:38] we can
[6:40] work together with the
[6:40] commissioners
[6:42] . Some type of
[6:42] a
[6:43] stakeholder
[6:44] working meeting
[6:45] , um
[6:45] bring
[6:46] in some
[6:47] of your staff
[6:47] that's directly
[6:49] involved in the
[6:49] process
[6:49] . And try
[6:50] to
[6:51] get
[6:51] answers
[6:51] as
[6:51] to
[6:53] why
[6:53] technically there's
[6:54] maybe
[6:55] 3 people that I
[6:56] know of
[6:56] that
[6:57] are
[6:58] involved in the
[7:00] civil
[7:00] aspects of projects
[7:02] . Now, some
[7:03] of my sites are small, some of
[7:03] them
[7:04] are large
[7:04] . And
[7:05] if
[7:05] I'm
[7:05] putting in
[7:07] a utility and I have
[7:07] to call for
[7:09] an inspection, and
[7:09] so I called for
[7:09] an
[7:11] inspection,
[7:12] and it's going to be on Friday
[7:13] .
[7:13] Super. Ok, I'm
[7:14] gonna work my
[7:16] schedule around that
[7:17] . Monday
[7:18] morning, the inspection hasn't
[7:18] occurred
[7:20] , so
[7:21] the contractor is
[7:22] .
[7:22] Forced
[7:25] Forced to fill that
[7:27] trench in, only to
[7:27] get
[7:27] penalized by
[7:29] the
[7:29] county because
[7:30] he didn't come out
[7:31] and inspect
[7:32] it, no
[7:32] . He didn't
[7:33] abide by his
[7:34] own schedule
[7:36] . So there
[7:36] are
[7:37] things that we
[7:38] need to
[7:38] do
[7:39] with
[7:39] staff
[7:40] . I think you have
[7:42] 123
[7:43] people that
[7:43] In
[7:45] part are
[7:45] involved in inspections
[7:47] . Well
[7:47] ,
[7:48] keep in mind those people
[7:49] are
[7:49] also
[7:50] doing the plan reviews
[7:51] .
[7:52] And you can't
[7:52] do both
[7:54] , and
[7:54] the
[7:54] brunt
[7:56] falls upon the
[7:56] property
[7:57] owner
[7:59] , the developer who has to
[7:59] carry the load or paying
[8:00] the
[8:01] expenses
[8:03] . So
[8:03] that's one very,
[8:03] very
[8:05] important aspect
[8:05] . That we
[8:06] would like to meet
[8:07] with you on
[8:08] to figure out, is there a
[8:10] solution? Can I pay
[8:10] overtime
[8:11] for staff time
[8:12] . How do we get
[8:13] over this
[8:14] ? Problem
[8:16] You can't
[8:17] let it just sit there and
[8:17] ignore it. That's not going
[8:18] to
[8:19] do it
[8:19] any longer. You've got
[8:20] to
[8:21] hold
[8:21] staff accountable for
[8:22] their actions
[8:23] . Thank you. Thank
[8:24] you
[8:25] . Ok
[8:26] Oh
[8:37] . Hello, my name is
[8:37] Josh Baldwin
[8:39] . I'm a project
[8:39] manager with Quantum
[8:40] Construction and thank you
[8:41] for
[8:41] making time for
[8:42] us today. Um,
[8:42] as
[8:44] we talk about this, I want
[8:44] to come from the point
[8:46] , um, the
[8:46] same way we approach
[8:48] construction projects, which is
[8:49] where all part of
[8:50] the same team
[8:51] going for the same goals. We're
[8:51] not in
[8:52] different parties
[8:53] sitting on the opposite sides
[8:53] of
[8:54] the table
[8:55] with competing
[8:55] interests, but
[8:57] We're
[8:57] all
[8:57] Skagittonians who are trying to
[8:58] make a
[8:59] better place, and a lot
[9:00] of the things that
[9:01] the
[9:02] construction industry addresses
[9:03] are things that are also
[9:03] really
[9:04] important to the county
[9:04] , um,
[9:05] construction is
[9:06] a
[9:06] profit center
[9:07] Every time we
[9:08] build a project,
[9:08] you get
[9:09] permit fees
[9:10] , uh,
[9:11] increased sales tax. I think
[9:11] it's
[9:13] 21% of the sales
[9:13] tax base,
[9:14] something like
[9:15] that
[9:15] is
[9:16] construction related, um, plus
[9:17] increased property
[9:18] taxes as
[9:18] projects move on
[9:20] . So
[9:20] viewing
[9:20] construction
[9:21] as
[9:21] a
[9:22] profit center
[9:23] rather than a cost center
[9:24] is an
[9:24] important way to frame the
[9:25] construction industry from the
[9:25] county's point
[9:26] . Of view
[9:27] . Um
[9:28] , it
[9:29] also meets county needs of
[9:29] affordable
[9:31] housing and
[9:31] commercial expansion, things
[9:32] that
[9:33] are absolutely needed for
[9:34] the growth and future
[9:35] success
[9:35] of our county
[9:36] . Um
[9:38] , Time risk is
[9:40] an important part of
[9:40] construction that doesn't get
[9:41] talked
[9:42] about
[9:42] a
[9:42] lot um if when
[9:43] people
[9:44] are
[9:45] developing projects
[9:46] ,
[9:47] they're starting years in
[9:47] advance and
[9:48] they're
[9:49] anticipating needs, market
[9:49] conditions
[9:51] , interest rates, all
[9:52] of these types of things, and
[9:54] there's naturally delays in
[9:54] that
[9:55] process. What can also
[9:56] happen though is we
[9:57] hit
[9:58] delays
[9:58] in inspections
[10:00] and
[10:00] delays
[10:00] in
[10:01] permit review, and
[10:03] we get put
[10:04] back to the back of the line
[10:04] because there's a new
[10:05] requirement. All of
[10:06] that
[10:07] discourages future expansion
[10:07] and
[10:09] Future
[10:09] development by
[10:10] people and
[10:11] so it hurts the
[10:12] county ultimately the longer
[10:13] time goes. So
[10:14] , it's important
[10:14] to
[10:16] think of time as a risk
[10:16] , not
[10:16] just money
[10:18] . Um
[10:20] , An important
[10:21] step that might be
[10:22] really
[10:23] helpful from the county's
[10:23] perspective is
[10:25] to introduce a
[10:25] triage process for permits. If
[10:26] there
[10:27] was
[10:28] somebody who had
[10:29] the
[10:29] expertise and the empowerment
[10:30] to look
[10:31] at
[10:31] permits
[10:32] and
[10:32] um waive
[10:34] or sign off on
[10:34] simple items
[10:36] ,
[10:36] you could
[10:37] use one staff
[10:38] member
[10:38] to
[10:39] greatly expand the
[10:39] ability
[10:39] to
[10:41] move permits through
[10:41] ,
[10:41] especially simple ones that
[10:43] might otherwise share staff
[10:44] time with
[10:45] very
[10:45] complicated
[10:46] projects that should take a lot
[10:46] longer
[10:47] . My
[10:47] wife has been an er
[10:48] nurse, and that's the first
[10:48] thing
[10:49] that they do is they
[10:50] triage With patients and
[10:51] figure
[10:52] out who can be
[10:52] quickly
[10:52] exited
[10:53] from
[10:54] the process and who needs
[10:55] significant resources
[10:56] put to
[10:56] them
[10:57] . Um
[10:59] , also to echo
[10:59] something that John said
[11:01] , uh,
[11:01] changing rules between
[11:03] inspections
[11:03] and review
[11:04] loses
[11:06] efficiency and mental focus for
[11:08] staff members, you know, we're
[11:08] talking to people who want
[11:10] to
[11:10] review permits
[11:12] , and they're
[11:12] being called out to the field.
[11:13] That's a very
[11:14] different
[11:14] mindset
[11:15] and takes their time to do that
[11:17] Um
[11:17] , and when
[11:19] we
[11:19] hold up
[11:19] projects, we also
[11:21] hit
[11:21] different
[11:22] issues like weather. I'm trying
[11:23] to permit just a simple house
[11:24] expansion right now
[11:25] , but we
[11:26] have to tear the roof off.
[11:26] We've
[11:28] been waiting for 3 weeks
[11:28] past when the review was
[11:29] scheduled
[11:30] , and as we move into
[11:31] the fall, we're
[11:32] concerned that
[11:33] we're going to be taking the
[11:33] roof off of
[11:34] the
[11:34] house right in
[11:35] time for the rain to hit
[11:36] . So
[11:37] moving
[11:38] . Uh, projects through
[11:40] Thank you very much for your
[11:40] time
[11:42] . Thank you, Josh
[11:45] . Next
[11:51] .
[11:51] Commissioners, thank you for
[11:53] taking the time
[11:53] . Uh
[11:55] , Shelby
[11:55] Vanderpool
[11:57] , civil contractor in
[11:58] Skagit County for over 30 years
[12:00] Um
[12:01] , Just
[12:02] to
[12:02] reiterate
[12:04] , John
[12:04] and
[12:04] Josh
[12:05] , uh, the struggles
[12:06] we're
[12:07] facing, um
[12:08] , On
[12:09] the
[12:09] contractor's
[12:09] side of
[12:10] the
[12:11] permitting
[12:13] process
[12:13] ,
[12:14] uh, one
[12:15] issue
[12:15] , John
[12:15] mentioned
[12:16] briefly on is
[12:17] the inspection
[12:18] process
[12:20] . The
[12:22] new
[12:22] civic
[12:22] access
[12:23] portal for
[12:24] requesting
[12:24] inspections
[12:26] . Um
[12:28] , I
[12:29] is
[12:30] not
[12:31] properly
[12:31] In
[12:32] my opinion
[12:33] , being
[12:34] maintained
[12:35] . Um
[12:36] , when we put in
[12:38] for inspections, we
[12:40] rarely know
[12:40] if they're going to happen
[12:42] . We
[12:43] don't
[12:44] know
[12:44] the
[12:45] exact time it's
[12:45] going to happen
[12:46] or if
[12:47] it
[12:47] happens
[12:47] . If
[12:49] that
[12:50] inspection is
[12:50] completed
[12:52] . Rarely
[12:53] is the permit
[12:53] in the
[12:54] portal
[12:54] updated
[12:55] , which is
[12:56] a frustration on
[12:57] the
[12:58] contractors in the phasing of
[12:59] the job
[13:00] . To know if we
[13:01] can move
[13:01] on
[13:03] and backfill and with the
[13:05] weather, we, we've got to be
[13:05] able to get this ground
[13:06] covered
[13:07] up
[13:07] . With all
[13:07] the
[13:09] new stormwater
[13:12] regulations that were that are
[13:12] upon us
[13:14] and especially in
[13:14] Skagie County in
[13:16] Washington
[13:16] ,
[13:16] Western Washington
[13:18] , large
[13:19] amounts of rain. It's a, it's a
[13:20] big impact to the
[13:21] project and
[13:21] to the
[13:23] surrounding properties
[13:24] .
[13:25] Um
[13:28] , The civic access portal
[13:32] . I
[13:35] Very cumbersome in
[13:36] the fact
[13:36] that
[13:37] the communication between
[13:39] the contractors and the county
[13:40] .
[13:41] There's, there's a, a big
[13:41] void
[13:43] .
[13:43] No longer are we able to pick
[13:44] up
[13:45] the
[13:45] phone. We leave
[13:48] .
[13:48] Multiple voicemails
[13:49] before
[13:50] ever
[13:50] hearing back if we hear back
[13:52] .
[13:53] From the planning department
[13:56] .
[13:57] Um
[13:59] , Like Josh and John said
[14:00] ,
[14:01] we're, we're here to help. We
[14:02] want to be a
[14:03] part
[14:03] of the
[14:03] solution
[14:05] . Ah
[14:06] , You know
[14:08] , One of
[14:08] my notes here is
[14:10] the number of
[14:10] permits
[14:11] it takes
[14:12] . Uh
[14:12] , currently
[14:12] on a, on
[14:13] a specific project
[14:14] , I
[14:15] have 5 permits
[14:17] . Does there need
[14:17] to
[14:17] be 5
[14:19] separate permits
[14:19] . For a
[14:19] project
[14:22] . Uh, we have a
[14:22] low
[14:24] impact development. I have a
[14:24] demolition permit
[14:25] . I have a
[14:26] fill and grade permit. I have
[14:28] an
[14:28] underground fire line permit
[14:29] and I have a
[14:30] building permit.
[14:31] Every one of those
[14:32] has
[14:32] inspections
[14:33] . And
[14:34] a lot of them
[14:35] are the
[14:35] same inspections
[14:37] . So
[14:38] that's requesting the county
[14:40] inspector to come out to the
[14:41] same project, 5
[14:42] different times
[14:42] to see the same thing
[14:44] . Not very
[14:45] efficient
[14:46] . Um
[14:48] , Yeah
[14:50] . Would love
[14:51] to get support from the county
[14:53] on the contractor's side
[14:53] , and
[14:54] uh thank
[14:55] you for your time
[14:55] .
[14:56] Thank you
[15:02] . My
[15:02] name's
[15:04] Alan
[15:04] Perks
[15:04] I've been in
[15:06] the
[15:06] county for
[15:06] 60+
[15:07] years
[15:08] and
[15:09] uh I've been in
[15:09] construction
[15:11] also for 40
[15:11] some
[15:11] years
[15:13] . I'm more
[15:13] from the
[15:15] commercial building side, so
[15:16] the things that
[15:17] I would
[15:17] like to
[15:18] to share
[15:20] real quick is
[15:21] currently we have
[15:22] , you're
[15:22] building official
[15:24] . Randy
[15:24] Johnson
[15:25] . Your
[15:26] storm management,
[15:27] uh
[15:29] , Um
[15:30] , plans examiner
[15:31] , Sean
[15:31] Christensen
[15:33] . Your
[15:34] , uh,
[15:34] commercial
[15:35] plants examiner, Al
[15:36] .
[15:36] Can't remember
[15:38] to say his name
[15:38] right, but
[15:40] , uh, anyway, Big
[15:40] Al
[15:40] ,
[15:41] and, and, uh
[15:44] . These
[15:44] are the
[15:45] people doing your inspections
[15:47] .
[15:47] So
[15:47] every
[15:49] hour
[15:49] , roughly 15 to
[15:51] 20
[15:51] inspections a day
[15:52] . In
[15:52] an 8
[15:54] hour
[15:54] day throughout the county
[15:55] means
[15:56] they can only spend a minimum
[15:56] of
[15:58] 15 minutes
[15:58] at each location
[16:00] .
[16:01] Every
[16:02] time that
[16:03] has been
[16:04] sold
[16:05] this last spring
[16:05] and
[16:05] summer
[16:06] when
[16:07] we've had Al
[16:08] . And, and
[16:09] ,
[16:10] and Sean and, and
[16:10] uh I
[16:11] haven't
[16:12] had Randy on one of mine, but I
[16:12] know he's
[16:14] out there doing it,
[16:14] ok
[16:14] . All
[16:16] their
[16:16] work stops
[16:18] . It
[16:18] don't get, it
[16:19] just stops
[16:20] .
[16:21] Because they're the only ones
[16:22] you have to
[16:23] do it. So here
[16:23] you
[16:23] got your
[16:25] key pe
[16:25] uh from the
[16:26] commercial side
[16:27] , your
[16:27] three key
[16:28] people
[16:28] . Ok
[16:30] . That are out
[16:32] doing
[16:32] legwork and everything stops in
[16:33] here
[16:34] . No
[16:34] plan reviews are done
[16:35] or anything
[16:37] like that. And the
[16:37] thing is
[16:38] , is that
[16:39] , uh, you're
[16:39] not
[16:41] going to, and it's not
[16:41] going to be efficient to
[16:43] try to
[16:45] train other staff members to do
[16:46] these roles
[16:48] . Because they're
[16:48] already tasked
[16:50] with a, with
[16:50] what they're doing
[16:52] . The
[16:52] , the
[16:53] thing is, is maybe you need to
[16:54] ,
[16:55] maybe we need to remove some
[16:55] of
[16:56] the
[16:57] non-essential tasks that
[16:58] they're doing
[17:01] . The uh in my
[17:01] career, I've
[17:02] learned that
[17:03] the
[17:04] whole purpose of the, the
[17:05] , the
[17:06] permitting process, is that me
[17:08] already? Ok, one more minute.
[17:09] Ok. Is that another
[17:10] 3 minutes
[17:10] ?
[17:10] No
[17:11] . Life safety
[17:12] , life
[17:12] safety,
[17:12] life safety
[17:14] . Ok
[17:15] , why can't we
[17:15] focus on that
[17:17] ? Why is it we had
[17:17] to
[17:18] the example is
[17:19] why is it we
[17:19] had to for
[17:21] 40 years we've
[17:21] turned in
[17:22] water
[17:23] availability
[17:24] letter from pud to the
[17:26] county
[17:26] signed by the
[17:28] pud engineer
[17:30] . Now
[17:31] effective
[17:33] this last the spring
[17:33] here
[17:34] now
[17:35] public works, they
[17:35] have their own form
[17:38] . It has
[17:39] to
[17:39] go
[17:40] back out and it has to
[17:41] be
[17:42] signed
[17:44] by pud
[17:44] with
[17:44] the
[17:46] that's
[17:46] been on
[17:47] the
[17:48] letter
[17:48] of
[17:49] water
[17:49] availability
[17:51] for 40 some years
[17:52] .
[17:53] Oh, they did attack, I think a
[17:55] $300 fee to
[17:55] it
[17:56] also
[17:57] 375 or
[17:57] something like that
[17:59] , ok
[18:00] . The,
[18:00] the, the other
[18:02] , the main thing
[18:02] I, last thing I want to try to
[18:04] hit on
[18:06] is
[18:06] that we
[18:07] , the county
[18:08] requires third
[18:09] party
[18:09] inspections by credited
[18:10] professional people
[18:11] . Is
[18:11] that me
[18:11] ? That's
[18:13] you. Yep. Can I take
[18:14] an extra second, please
[18:15] ? Just a
[18:16] second here
[18:18] . Accredited people
[18:18] Peter's
[18:19] laughing because he
[18:20] knows me. Ok
[18:21] . The bottom
[18:22] line
[18:22] is, is, uh
[18:24] , Um
[18:27] , they were doing
[18:27] 3rd
[18:28] party
[18:29] inspections
[18:31] by
[18:32] credited agencies
[18:33] , geos
[18:34] , many
[18:34] others, ok
[18:35] . Why did
[18:36] the county
[18:38] have to do them too
[18:40] ? I
[18:42] , so
[18:43] , so
[18:45] then you're sending them out.
[18:46] We have 2 people look at
[18:47] all of
[18:48] those tasks
[18:49] , and
[18:51] they
[18:53] require
[18:54] it to
[18:55] do
[18:57] our concrete work
[18:58] , our
[19:00] rebar
[19:02] , our
[19:04] our structural
[19:06] , our
[19:08] embeds
[19:09] into our
[19:11] uh or the
[19:11] , the
[19:12] embeds into the slabs
[19:13] and
[19:14] so
[19:14] forth
[19:15] . There's got to be a
[19:15] better way
[19:16] , and
[19:16] the bottom line
[19:17] is, is you are
[19:18] , you are
[19:18] putting
[19:19] the
[19:19] , the
[19:20] brakes on what
[19:21] you're
[19:21] complaining about. It's not
[19:21] having revenue
[19:22] . But yet
[19:22] you've
[19:23] got
[19:23] Two
[19:24] that Shelby's project
[19:25] and ours are kitty corner from
[19:25] each other
[19:25] . They're both coming
[19:26] out of the city
[19:26] of
[19:27] Anacortes
[19:27] ,
[19:28] Tusktchet County
[19:28] . And
[19:29] my
[19:30] question is
[19:31] , Why can't they be
[19:31] here sooner
[19:32] ? Thank you
[19:32] . Anybody
[19:33] else
[19:33] ? Mr
[19:34] . Won
[19:35] . Got you go right
[19:35] ahead
[19:37] . Let them out
[19:41] . Rebecca
[19:41] Peck
[19:42] from Bow. Good morning
[19:43] .
[19:44] There's a lot of things going
[19:45] on in our country right now
[19:46] that
[19:48] are
[19:48] unjust and
[19:50] And
[19:50] people
[19:51] aren't being held accountable
[19:51] for
[19:52] that, and that's something
[19:53] that needs
[19:54] to
[19:54] change. This
[19:55] county stands for liberty
[19:56] and
[19:57] justice for all, and that's not
[19:58] happening here
[19:59] right
[19:59] now
[19:59] . Just
[20:00] gonna do
[20:01] one
[20:01] example today
[20:02] , ice
[20:03] is shredding
[20:04] the
[20:06] Constitution
[20:06] violating 6
[20:08] constitutional
[20:09] amendments daily as
[20:10] they kidnap
[20:11] people off the streets from
[20:11] work sites
[20:12] , from hospitals,
[20:13] from courts
[20:14] , and even two
[20:15] blocks from right from here,
[20:15] right
[20:17] here in Mount Vernon
[20:17] . The
[20:18] list is
[20:19] long and includes
[20:19] many
[20:20] rites
[20:21] . First
[20:22] Amendment includes
[20:22] the freedom of speech
[20:23] , freedom
[20:24] of press, rights
[20:24] to
[20:24] peacefully
[20:26] assemble
[20:26] . Ice
[20:26] violates
[20:27] that
[20:27] watch
[20:28] any video
[20:31] . The Fourth
[20:32] Amendment rights of people to
[20:33] be secure in
[20:33] their person's
[20:33] house, papers
[20:35] , and
[20:35] effects
[20:36] against unreasonable
[20:37] searches
[20:37] and
[20:37] seizures
[20:39] , seizures
[20:40] , right
[20:40] and also
[20:41] the right to
[20:42] probable
[20:42] cause warrants
[20:44] . Fifth Amendment
[20:45] and I'm quoting, these
[20:46] are
[20:47] words directly from the
[20:47] Constitution
[20:48] , nor
[20:49] be
[20:49] be
[20:49] deprived
[20:51] of life, liberty, or
[20:51] property
[20:53] without
[20:53] due
[20:53] process of
[20:54] law
[20:56] . Sixth Amendment to have
[20:58] the assistance of counsel for
[21:00] his defense. 8th
[21:00] Amendment Ex
[21:02] excessive bail shall not be
[21:02] required
[21:04] , nor excessive
[21:04] fines
[21:05] imposed
[21:06] , nor cruel
[21:07] and
[21:07] unusual
[21:09] punishments afflicted
[21:09] . Go
[21:11] visit
[21:11] a detention center, see if
[21:12] that's
[21:13] not cruel
[21:15] . Uh
[21:15] , 16th
[21:16] , no
[21:16] ,
[21:17] the 14th Amendment is
[21:17] the
[21:18] civil
[21:18] rights amendment
[21:20] , Section 1
[21:20] ,
[21:21] nor denied to
[21:22] any
[21:22] person within
[21:23] its jurisdiction
[21:24] the
[21:24] equal
[21:25] protection of the
[21:26] law
[21:26] , and
[21:27] that's talking about any
[21:29] .
[21:29] Actual person in the us
[21:31] . Sure
[21:31] ,
[21:32] let's blame
[21:33] the
[21:33] emigrants for
[21:34] what's wrong in our country
[21:36] .
[21:36] Instead of
[21:36] greedy white
[21:38] men
[21:38] taking so much from everyone
[21:39] else
[21:41] . Food
[21:41] rots
[21:42] in
[21:42] grocery
[21:43] dumpsters while somebody nearby
[21:43] is hungry
[21:46] . Empty houses
[21:47] or
[21:47] apartments, and people sleeping
[21:48] on
[21:49] the
[21:50] street. There
[21:51] is
[21:52] medicine, but can you afford it
[21:52] when you
[21:53] need
[21:54] it
[21:54] . If not, it's
[21:54] the farm
[21:56] workers' fault, or
[21:56] maybe it's the nursing home
[21:57] worker's fault
[21:58] . Whoever is
[21:59] brown or black
[22:03] . Here's a quote
[22:03] from
[22:03] a song
[22:05] by the system of
[22:05] the Down
[22:07] . Why
[22:07] do
[22:07] presidents
[22:08] always fight
[22:09] a
[22:09] war
[22:10] ? Why do they
[22:10] always send the poor
[22:14] ? Yes
[22:14] ,
[22:14] let's blame the immigrants for
[22:15] shredding
[22:16] our
[22:17] constitution, not
[22:17] those greedy
[22:18] white men
[22:19] . Thank
[22:19] you
[22:23] . Thank you
[22:23] . Anybody else
[22:28] ? I
[22:28] love the passion in
[22:30] the room
[22:32] .
[22:33] This
[22:34] is
[22:35] Elka McCartney from
[22:36] Anacortes again, uh, this
[22:37] is
[22:38] my
[22:39] stop lithium Bess comet number
[22:41] 32. I continue to quote from
[22:43] Seattle Times opinion piece by
[22:44] Snowqualmie
[22:46] City Council member
[22:46] Dan Murphy
[22:48] , quote
[22:48] , The fossil
[22:48] fuel
[22:50] playbook's 2nd
[22:50] page
[22:50] is
[22:52] fear
[22:53] . Ask hard questions, and
[22:53] then
[22:54] the
[22:55] answers, the answer
[22:56] is
[22:57] threats of brownouts and
[22:57] blackouts
[22:59] unless this project
[23:00] is built on this site
[23:01] , on
[23:01] this
[23:02] schedule, the grid strain
[23:04] .
[23:04] Being invoked
[23:06] is real concern,
[23:06] and the biggest
[23:08] new
[23:08] driver is
[23:08] da da
[23:10] da da
[23:11] data centers demand
[23:11] that
[23:12] could add 2
[23:13] to
[23:13] 4 Seattle's
[23:15] worth of load across the
[23:15] Northwest by 2030
[23:17] . But the
[23:18] question of
[23:19] who pays for that
[23:20] and how
[23:21] merits
[23:21] careful
[23:22] consideration, what it
[23:23] doesn't
[23:24] merit
[23:24] , prioritizing
[23:25] a
[23:26] developer's profit and
[23:27] convenience
[23:28] by
[23:28] steamrolling
[23:29] communities who are asking for
[23:31] a
[23:31] transparent public process
[23:33] .
[23:33] Quote requiring a
[23:35] public
[23:35] hearing for a
[23:36] utility scale
[23:37] battery facility should be the
[23:38] bare men and women. You know
[23:38] what
[23:39] I say
[23:40] . That
[23:42] should be so
[23:42] for
[23:44] every lithium-bas unit
[23:44] ,
[23:45] including
[23:46] small ones
[23:46] such as
[23:47] the disaster that
[23:48] is
[23:48] on Samish
[23:49] Island
[23:51] . Next to
[23:51] the firehouse.
[23:51] Oh
[23:53] my gosh
[23:53] , pse is not
[23:55] taking
[23:56] any responsibility whatsoever
[23:56] for
[23:57] the
[23:57] noise
[23:58] , the
[23:58] impact on
[23:58] local
[24:00] property owners
[24:00] , the
[24:02] environment
[24:02] , and honestly, I
[24:03] don't think
[24:04] lithium best
[24:05] installation should be
[24:06] built
[24:06] anywhere
[24:07] on
[24:09] Earth because if
[24:09] there's lithium involved
[24:11] , it's
[24:11] dangerous from the start in the
[24:12] way it's mined
[24:14] . With slave
[24:14] labor
[24:15] , toxic
[24:16] mining practices
[24:16] to
[24:17] the
[24:18] dangerous flammable,
[24:18] hard
[24:20] to
[24:20] uninstall
[24:20] finished
[24:21] product
[24:22] , and then there's the
[24:23] aftermath of lithium
[24:24] fires. I
[24:25] talked
[24:25] about recently
[24:26] the
[24:27] Maui
[24:27] method
[24:27] of
[24:29] post-fire
[24:29] cleanup
[24:30] after the
[24:31] Lahaina fire
[24:31] , Maui
[24:32] needed to come up with a way
[24:33] to
[24:34] clean up the awful
[24:34] mess left
[24:34] behind by
[24:36] all kinds of
[24:36] lithium
[24:37] batteries
[24:38] and make sure they
[24:39] were safe enough to haul away
[24:40] off island by as
[24:41] many miles
[24:42] ,
[24:43] the diesel fueled ships
[24:44] .
[24:45] Traveled and
[24:45] then hauled via
[24:48] diesel fueled trains and trucks
[24:49] to a place
[24:49] in
[24:50] some unfortunate
[24:52] us state to bury them
[24:54] . We do
[24:54] this over and over again. We
[24:56] do
[24:56] it over and over
[24:56] . We say
[24:58] , Hurry
[24:59] up, we need to
[25:00] fix this message
[25:01] and then we get sprayed
[25:03] with
[25:03] ddt or we take safe
[25:05] and
[25:05] effective medicines that turn
[25:06] out not to be
[25:07] so
[25:07] like
[25:08] thalidomide, OxyContin
[25:10] , Vioxx,
[25:10] on and
[25:10] on
[25:12] , and then there's the
[25:12] aftermath
[25:14] , people ill
[25:14] ,
[25:15] permanently disabled
[25:16] , or killed
[25:17] and our
[25:17] environment
[25:18] trashed
[25:19] .
[25:19] Let's prevent the need
[25:21] to
[25:21] deal
[25:21] with
[25:21] a
[25:22] disastrous
[25:23] aftermath
[25:23] .
[25:24] Moratorium right now
[25:25] , a
[25:25] many
[25:26] years long
[25:26] one until
[25:27] you
[25:28] actually get the truth
[25:28] . And
[25:28] the
[25:28] answer
[25:30] to the question of what
[25:30] does
[25:32] lithium best give us
[25:33] ? More
[25:34] next time
[25:35] . Thank you so much
[25:36] for
[25:37] your attention and the
[25:38] reference to
[25:39] the articles
[25:39] there
[25:39] Thanks
[25:41] . Anybody else? Go ahead
[25:43] .
[25:44] Ok, now
[25:44] that she's scared you,
[25:44] I
[25:47] have to
[25:50] . Oh
[25:50] . Hi
[25:51] , I'm Laura
[25:52] Stansbury Weis from Mount
[25:53] Vernon
[25:54] , and
[25:55] I
[25:55] have
[25:57] copies of
[25:57] the stuff I'm going
[25:57] to say
[25:59] in
[25:59] triplicate
[26:02] . Well, you heard the
[26:02] bad news, which
[26:04] is this stuff
[26:04] is kind
[26:06] of not really the best
[26:06] for
[26:06] our
[26:08] ecologically delicate
[26:09] situation, and
[26:10] it's
[26:10] cold
[26:11] , which
[26:11] means they're
[26:12] not
[26:13] efficient
[26:13] ,
[26:13] and
[26:15] it's wet
[26:15] , which means
[26:17] .
[26:18] They're dangerous
[26:19] , but it turns
[26:20] out there are
[26:21] federal grants
[26:22] available
[26:24] . And
[26:25] one of them
[26:26] . Is
[26:27] from
[26:28] the Department
[26:28] of
[26:29] Clean
[26:29] the Office of
[26:31] Clean
[26:31] Energy from
[26:33] the
[26:33] doe office
[26:35] that is managing
[26:36] a multi-million
[26:37] dollar grant
[26:38] program specifically designed
[26:39] to
[26:40] bring advanced battery
[26:40] storage
[26:42] to
[26:42] rural grids
[26:44] . And
[26:45] through
[26:46] the
[26:47] ira expansion
[26:48] ,
[26:48] there
[26:49] are
[26:51] reap grants that
[26:51] cover up to
[26:51] 50%
[26:53] of
[26:53] total
[26:54] eligible project costs
[26:55] for
[26:56] renewable
[26:57] energy systems
[26:58] and
[26:58] integrated
[27:00] battery storage
[27:01] applications for our area
[27:02] are
[27:03] because our valley is
[27:05] . I'm
[27:07] pretty organic farming
[27:09] ,
[27:10] agricultural co op, local
[27:11] food
[27:11] processors
[27:12] , seed
[27:13] companies, and
[27:14] you know, are
[27:14] all
[27:15] important
[27:16] salmon fisheries
[27:18] , um, they have
[27:20] Uh
[27:20] , I
[27:21] think
[27:22] it's like something
[27:22] like
[27:25] . Underutilized
[27:27] technology
[27:27] set
[27:27] aside
[27:29] Section
[27:30] 22002
[27:30] specifically
[27:32] sets
[27:34] aside 303
[27:34] million
[27:36] for
[27:37] underutilized tech
[27:38] and they have
[27:39] . Uh
[27:43] , An
[27:43] actual
[27:43] set
[27:45] aside for them
[27:46] . Through
[27:47] the
[27:48] domestic content bonus
[27:49] in
[27:49] the
[27:50] ira domestic
[27:52] content Energy
[27:52] Community
[27:52] tax
[27:54] bonus for uh
[27:56] .
[27:57] Basically
[27:58] using
[27:58] the
[27:59] American
[27:59] company
[28:00] producing
[28:01] them right
[28:01] now, which seems
[28:03] to be
[28:03] eos
[28:04] Energy as a
[28:05] There
[28:06] are
[28:07] loan
[28:07] guarantees
[28:08] . And
[28:09] I
[28:10] have
[28:11] the
[28:12] particulars in my handout
[28:14] . That
[28:15] apply to
[28:15] our
[28:16] region and
[28:17] situations
[28:17] . So
[28:18] if you want to
[28:19] take a look at my handout, I
[28:21] have it in
[28:21] triplicate
[28:21] . I
[28:22] highlighted
[28:23] some of
[28:23] the more
[28:24] interesting
[28:26] areas and you guys
[28:26] can make your
[28:27] own
[28:28] decisions,
[28:28] but
[28:28] . As
[28:30] a
[28:30] person who's partner
[28:31] died, I know about
[28:32] people who
[28:32] come along and
[28:34] give you
[28:35] expensive gifts, hoping they
[28:35] can control
[28:36] the
[28:37] choices that
[28:37] you make
[28:39] . And
[28:41] um sometimes you
[28:42] gotta tell them no because they
[28:42] don't have
[28:44] your best interests
[28:44] at heart. They
[28:45] want your farm
[28:46] .
[28:46] So
[28:48] I
[28:49] urge you to
[28:50] take a look at
[28:51] some of
[28:51] your
[28:52] alternatives
[28:53] because they aren't all
[28:53] impossible
[28:55] . Thank you, thank
[28:56] you
[28:57] very
[28:57] much
[28:59] . Anybody else in
[29:00] the room? Go ahead
[29:08] . My name is
[29:09] Todd Ferguson
[29:10] . I'm resident of
[29:11] Skagia County my
[29:11] whole life
[29:13] , uh
[29:14] first off, I just want to say
[29:15] .
[29:16] Do a, do a
[29:17] search on battery
[29:19] .
[29:20] Uh, what, what things are ready
[29:22] to come online that are
[29:22] way
[29:23] safer and
[29:24] way
[29:24] better. I
[29:24] would
[29:25] implore
[29:26] you guys to put
[29:26] a
[29:27] moratorium on this thing and
[29:28] no
[29:29] don't do it for
[29:29] at least 5
[29:29] years
[29:30] , 3
[29:31] or 4 years at minimum
[29:33] .
[29:34] The other thing I want to talk
[29:35] about is, uh, listening to
[29:36] these guys here
[29:37] . I've been a
[29:38] carpenter in Skagia
[29:39] County for
[29:40] 44 years
[29:40] , been a contractor
[29:41] 4
[29:42] times, owned
[29:42] a cabinet shop
[29:44] .
[29:45] And the
[29:47] problem with us, which
[29:47] my wife and I have
[29:48] experience
[29:49] with the medical situation as
[29:51] we remember how
[29:51] it used to
[29:52] be.
[29:52] And
[29:53] I know I sound like an old
[29:54] guy, it's because I am one
[29:56] . You
[29:56] can't talk to a doctor
[29:57] . You
[29:58] can't talk to, I
[29:59] , I, when
[30:00] I got
[30:00] here, I said, can
[30:01] I get
[30:02] uh the
[30:03] paperwork for demolition permit
[30:03] Oh
[30:05] , it's all online. It's
[30:05] all
[30:06] online. Everything's online
[30:07] .
[30:07] When
[30:09] we
[30:09] , my partner and I
[30:10] went
[30:10] to Cedar
[30:11] Woolly
[30:12] and changed two
[30:12] stores
[30:13] into
[30:13] the chamber what is
[30:14] now the Chamber of Commerce for
[30:15] Jack McIntyre
[30:16] . We
[30:18] walked across
[30:18] as we started tearing down, oh
[30:19] no
[30:20] , tearing down
[30:21] the
[30:22] suspended
[30:23] ceiling in the
[30:23] two halves
[30:24] . We
[30:25] walked over to the building
[30:26] department and the old
[30:27] city
[30:27] hall and we went up, got the
[30:28] building inspector. He says
[30:29] ,
[30:29] well, let me go over there and
[30:30] see how, what, what you guys
[30:30] are doing
[30:31] . So, we went in and
[30:32] said we're going to do this,
[30:33] we're going to do that
[30:33] , we're
[30:34] going to, you know, take the
[30:35] party wall
[30:36] down
[30:36] , fix things up
[30:36] ,
[30:37] rewire
[30:38] some
[30:38] stuff. He says,
[30:39] yeah, he says, you probably
[30:39] need to
[30:41] get a permit
[30:41] . But
[30:42] while
[30:43] I'm doing that, go ahead and
[30:45] get started. If you have any
[30:46] questions, just come over
[30:47] and
[30:48] I'll come over and see what you
[30:48] guys got
[30:49] questions about
[30:50] . I've
[30:50] been a
[30:52] carpenter, as I said,
[30:52] for 44
[30:54] years
[30:54] . I just need
[30:54] to
[30:55] know
[30:56] two
[30:57] things where the
[30:57] property lines and where do
[30:58] you
[30:58] want it
[30:59] to sit? I know
[31:00] all
[31:01] about
[31:01] the
[31:01] engineering spans
[31:02] ,
[31:03] weights
[31:03] , point loads
[31:04] , all that
[31:04] stuff
[31:05] . And
[31:06] I would
[31:07] question
[31:08] anybody that requires everybody
[31:08] to put all
[31:10] these stinking hole
[31:10] downs and everything is to go
[31:11] out
[31:12] and look at some of those
[31:13] 80 and 90
[31:14] and 100 year old
[31:15] farms
[31:16] that
[31:17] survived the 90 mile
[31:17] an hour
[31:19] winds
[31:19] back
[31:19] in 19
[31:21] or
[31:21] 2000 and yeah
[31:21] , 1990
[31:23] . They all
[31:24] survived
[31:25] 2
[31:26] by 4s on
[31:26] a
[31:26] 1
[31:27] by 6
[31:28] piece of lath for a ridge pole
[31:30] .
[31:31] I've, I've seen it all
[31:32] , and
[31:33] it's, you guys are
[31:33] way
[31:35] overthinking this thing, and so
[31:35] I
[31:37] just encourage what they said
[31:37] If you're
[31:39] going
[31:39] to introduce
[31:40] one new rule. I've
[31:41] challenged
[31:42] you guys with this before. Take
[31:42] out 10 of the
[31:44] old ones because
[31:44] they're making
[31:46] it impossible to
[31:46] build. Thank
[31:48] you. Thank you,
[31:48] John. Thank you
[31:50] . Anybody else
[31:51] in the room
[31:53] ? Do
[31:55] we
[31:55] have
[31:55] anybody
[31:58] online? Telephone call
[31:58] . He
[31:59] was
[32:00] ready to go. Hi, Ed Johnson
[32:01] ,
[32:01] can you
[32:02] talk now? Sure ahead.
[32:02] Go ahead, Ed
[32:04] . All
[32:06] right. I
[32:06] , um,
[32:07] county
[32:08] commissioners, I'm
[32:09] in
[32:09] LaConnor and
[32:11] uh wow, I had one
[32:11] comment and I'm
[32:12] , I guess I'll
[32:13] make that one quick, and that
[32:14] is we got to
[32:15] get rid of all
[32:16] this negativity
[32:17] and hate
[32:18] , which
[32:18] is displayed in so many
[32:20] different ways like no parking
[32:23] signs and what you can't do,
[32:23] and I come to
[32:24] the
[32:24] realization
[32:25] that we're driven
[32:25] by
[32:26] criminals
[32:26] in
[32:27] this country by all the
[32:28] laws
[32:29] and stuff, and that's not the
[32:29] way I think it should
[32:31] be, but
[32:31] we should be
[32:32] , in fact, you know
[32:34] congratulating and applauding
[32:35] .
[32:35] All those that
[32:36] do
[32:36] well in our
[32:36] communities
[32:37] for
[32:38] the community
[32:38] at all
[32:39] times
[32:40] , and I'm a
[32:40] big
[32:42] advocate for if anyone does
[32:45] something intentionally
[32:45] to harm
[32:47] emotionally, physically
[32:47] , or
[32:47] financially
[32:49] , but they just go
[32:49] straight to the meat grinder
[32:50] and we put them in
[32:51] the
[32:51] ocean
[32:51] or
[32:52] the
[32:53] , the farmland because
[32:54] there's no sense to
[32:55] be going
[32:56] through this process. I've been
[32:56] to the
[32:58] courts and I've seen
[32:58] .
[32:59] You
[33:00] know
[33:01] , criminals saying that
[33:01] they've
[33:02] been
[33:03] through
[33:05] drug
[33:05] rehabilitation
[33:07] 789 times.
[33:07] What's the
[33:07] point
[33:09] ? Anyways, it's
[33:10] just cost effective. Now
[33:11] the
[33:12] comment by one of the ladies
[33:13] .
[33:14] You know, often I find
[33:14] they're
[33:16] emotional. So
[33:16] , um, the
[33:17] information regarding
[33:18] lithium
[33:18] batteries for sure. I think
[33:19] there should
[33:20] be
[33:20] some
[33:21] uh looking
[33:21] into
[33:22] , uh, what was the other
[33:23] comment, the other
[33:25] . 30
[33:25] . Well,
[33:25] that's what happens when I get
[33:26] old
[33:27] . I
[33:27] can't remember
[33:29] anything
[33:30] and there was another comment
[33:30] this lady had
[33:31] . Can you remind
[33:32] me, I think her name was
[33:33] Patsy
[33:34] or Patty or
[33:34] . Ega
[33:36] . No
[33:40] . I
[33:40] can't
[33:41] remember whether she was
[33:41] talking about. It was
[33:43] only
[33:44] one-sided though, because he
[33:45] didn't incorporate
[33:46] . The
[33:46] rest of
[33:48] the story and
[33:49] the
[33:49] gentleman
[33:50] talking about the
[33:52] uh redundancy
[33:52] of quality
[33:53] and inspections. I'm
[33:54] a
[33:54] quality
[33:55] specialist of 30
[33:56] some
[33:56] years, 37
[33:57] , I
[33:57] think, 7
[33:58] states
[33:59] , 4
[33:59] countries, and the bottom
[34:01] line
[34:01] is, yeah
[34:01] , quality is
[34:03] a
[34:03] totally
[34:04] redundant system. Why? Because
[34:06] humans suck. They always want
[34:06] to
[34:07] cut
[34:08] corners and get away
[34:08] with things. I
[34:10] mean, when I
[34:11] worked in the military
[34:12] for
[34:12] countermeasures and
[34:13] that
[34:13] robotics and
[34:15] the aerospace for
[34:15] Boeing. I mean, it was
[34:17] . Insane.
[34:17] I mean
[34:17] , you
[34:19] think
[34:19] about trying
[34:19] to do a
[34:21] job locally. How
[34:21] about
[34:22] globally? I was on
[34:23] the 87
[34:24] program and we were dealing
[34:24] with people
[34:25] in
[34:26] Jordan and
[34:26] Italy
[34:26] and
[34:28] , you know
[34:28] , Japan and
[34:30] Korea
[34:30] and even South Carolina and
[34:31] so
[34:33] on. And so we were dealing with
[34:35] quality issues there and by the
[34:35] way, every plane that goes
[34:37] to
[34:37] the flight line getting ready
[34:38] to
[34:40] be delivered has probably 20
[34:41] to 400
[34:42] different
[34:42] nonconforming
[34:43] items on it
[34:43] , and
[34:44] I don't, I
[34:45] wouldn't fly
[34:46] one of them
[34:46] . That
[34:47] thinking that
[34:48] at 35,000
[34:49] ft and
[34:49] 200 people
[34:51] . It could fail or
[34:51] cause
[34:53] a catastrophic failure,
[34:53] who knows? Just like
[34:55] the
[34:55] lithium battery issue when they
[34:56] paid 7
[34:57] 1st came out. So
[34:57] , yeah,
[34:58] it's
[34:59] a redundant thing, but
[35:00] it's
[35:00] necessary because
[35:01] some
[35:02] people just don't want to
[35:03] follow the rules. All
[35:04] right
[35:04] ,
[35:04] well, I'll leave it at that
[35:06] .
[35:07] Thank you
[35:07] , Ed
[35:08] . Anybody else
[35:09] online
[35:11] ? Mr
[35:13] . Burns, do you have
[35:13] anything today
[35:13] ? I've
[35:15] got a
[35:15] few
[35:16] things from last
[35:17] week. First, I
[35:18] want to say that I was, I'm
[35:18] happy to see
[35:20] the Jordan Creek
[35:20] ,
[35:20] uh, temporary bridge
[35:22] is finally
[35:22] going in
[35:23] . We're seeing that
[35:24] , uh
[35:24] they're moving the trusses
[35:25] across the, the
[35:26] water
[35:26] and
[35:27] getting that in place
[35:29] . I think
[35:29] we had a good
[35:30] meeting in
[35:31] Guaymas Island last week
[35:32] . Um, I
[35:32] thought
[35:33] it was productive. It
[35:34] was interesting to hear the
[35:35] input from
[35:36] residents, and that
[35:36] was my
[35:37] first
[35:38] time out there for
[35:38] one of
[35:39] these community
[35:40] town
[35:40] halls, so there's a
[35:42] good
[35:42] opportunity for me to just um
[35:43] connect with the residents
[35:44] there and have a good
[35:45] conversation
[35:47] . I enjoyed going
[35:47] to a senior day in
[35:49] the park
[35:49] in
[35:50] Burlington last week
[35:51] . I
[35:51] was
[35:52] impressed with the number of
[35:52] booths there and
[35:53] how fast the
[35:54] place filled up with people
[35:55] .
[35:56] It's obviously very popular and
[35:57] it's a good
[35:58] event for
[35:58] , uh,
[35:59] seniors to get out too and
[36:00] see
[36:01] different organizations that
[36:01] are in the area
[36:02] that could
[36:03] benefit them
[36:04] . And
[36:05] , uh, final
[36:05] thing I have on here
[36:07] is
[36:07] Burlington Chamber of Commerce.
[36:08] I went there on
[36:09] Wednesday and
[36:10] uh gave the state of the county
[36:11] and a North
[36:12] Star
[36:12] update and
[36:14] really enjoyed getting to talk
[36:14] with
[36:16] them
[36:16] and tell them a
[36:17] little bit more about what's
[36:17] going on
[36:18] in the county and
[36:19] answer some
[36:19] questions along
[36:20] the
[36:20] way, so
[36:21] That I had for last
[36:23] week. Thank
[36:23] you, Commissioner
[36:24] Browning
[36:25] . Yes, senior day in
[36:26] the park
[36:27] was really great
[36:27] ,
[36:28] except I realized that a lot of
[36:30] the seniors they were younger
[36:30] than me
[36:32] . But it was still a
[36:34] good day
[36:34] to see a lot
[36:35] of
[36:36] services. Last week we had a
[36:37] fairly
[36:39] big, um, I'm also a
[36:39] hospital commissioner. We had
[36:40] a
[36:41] hospital meeting about the
[36:41] changes
[36:43] in Medicare and
[36:43] Medicaid. I hope everybody
[36:44] really looks at that seriously
[36:45] .
[36:45] It's going to
[36:46] be
[36:47] changing the
[36:47] landscape
[36:48] of our community
[36:49] , our
[36:50] country significantly. We're
[36:51] going to have a lot of people
[36:51] who
[36:52] will
[36:52] be going to the
[36:53] emergency rooms because that's
[36:54] the only healthcare they have
[36:55] available to them
[36:56] . There will
[36:57] be a lot
[36:57] of hospitals going
[36:58] out
[36:59] of business because right now
[37:00] it just hanging
[37:01] on by
[37:01] a thread
[37:02] and that, the thread
[37:03] is going
[37:04] to be much
[37:05] tighter after
[37:06] , uh,
[37:06] the new, the new rules come
[37:08] into play
[37:08] , so
[37:08] if you're talking
[37:09] to
[37:10] your legislators, make sure
[37:11] they realize
[37:12] that
[37:12] healthcare is
[37:12] one of
[37:15] those necessary parts of
[37:16] our life, not
[37:17] exotic healthcare
[37:17] We all deserve the
[37:19] , the really
[37:19] expensive and
[37:20] sometimes
[37:20] nonproductive
[37:21] stuff, but those
[37:22] things that keep us walking,
[37:22] keep us eating
[37:24] , keep us talking
[37:24] So
[37:26] That's enough for right now
[37:28] .
[37:29] Yeah, thank you, uh, you both
[37:30] mentioned the senior day in the
[37:31] park and
[37:33] uh the Guaymas Island
[37:33] uh meeting we
[37:35] had out there
[37:35] , we
[37:36] sent about 5 or 6
[37:37] different
[37:38] letters out this last week. One
[37:38] of
[37:39] them was a score
[37:40] , the
[37:41] Skee
[37:42] County, um
[37:44] . Group on aging who
[37:44] have taken
[37:46] over the Meals
[37:46] on
[37:47] Wheels
[37:48] and also
[37:48] they're going
[37:49] to be taking over the
[37:49] Burlington and
[37:50] Mount
[37:51] Vernon
[37:51] Senior
[37:51] Center
[37:52] Management
[37:53] Programs. I really appreciate
[37:54] them for that. Um
[37:55] , gpac, which
[37:55] is
[37:57] Island, um
[38:00] . Planning group
[38:00] we
[38:00] sent
[38:02] uh response letter to
[38:02] them
[38:04] , um, also the
[38:04] washing
[38:06] and
[38:06] futures
[38:07] water
[38:08] futures
[38:09] initiative, we had a
[38:11] round
[38:11] table meeting that was
[38:13] select
[38:14] people, um, the Department
[38:15] of
[38:16] Ecology people are up here
[38:17] and
[38:18] there's probably 30 people in
[38:20] the room
[38:20] , um, we sent
[38:22] a
[38:22] response after that
[38:23] meeting. Um
[38:25] we have
[38:27] Forest advisory group
[38:27] ,
[38:28] um, a new member, Carter
[38:29] .
[38:29] Manning is going to be
[38:31] joining
[38:31] that. Also
[38:33] , uh, planning
[38:33] commission, uh
[38:35] . Jan Larsson is
[38:36] now on the planning commission,
[38:36] so some
[38:37] of the
[38:38] letters and
[38:39] conversations we've done this
[38:39] last week
[38:41] . All right. Anything
[38:41] else
[38:42] at this time
[38:42] ? That's
[38:43] everything today. So
[38:44] , with that
[38:45] we're adjourned. Thank you very
[38:45] much