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Thank you.

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So, we're going to be going at 11:00 in
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Do uh
almost 7 mile hike out there. So, I'm

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excited about that. I've never hiked in
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And then yeah, and then we're going to
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going to rent a bus about halfway.

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I'm going to be uh
Uh they're going to be here my sister

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and her husband. They're going to be
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week. Um and they're huge outdoors
people which are they're huge outdoors.

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as well. So, I'm excited other than the
the park official said they didn't know

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what elevation was.
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1,700 ft.
Yeah, you guys are on your own.

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I'm like, that's Do you know what

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Yeah, that's really long I mean
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This was 1,700 ft.
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6-hour one. That or the 6-mile one is
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total which
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either hard or moderate in most places
and then it's strenuous in some.

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I'm guessing.
I haven't looked at it yet, but

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for my knees, downhills. I do have uh a

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America, and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» Oh, thanks everyone. Welcome to our
regular meeting of the Golden Valley

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City Council.
Uh, Shelly, would you please take roll

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call?
>> Dean Johnson? Here. Theon Wheeler?

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» You know, she's gone, right?
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» Lauren Eagan?
>> Here.

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» Ryan Balcom?
>> Here.

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» Andy Balcom?
>> Here.

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» Rani El-Saden?
>> Here.

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» Nathaniel Hill?
>> Here.

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» Okay, thanks. Is there a motion to
excuse Theon Wheeler?

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» So moved.
>> Second.

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» Uh, we have a motion and a second to
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input?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed?

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Okay, we'll go ahead and move on to the
next item on the agenda, public comment.

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Uh, this is the agenda topic, public
comment. Is there anybody here or online

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that would like to make a public
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Any hands up on the line?
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next item on the agenda, and that'll be
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agenda.
>> I move to accept the agenda and consent

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agenda as presented.
>> I'll second that.

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Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any
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All in favor?
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» Opposed?
Okay, we'll move on to department

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report,
and we'll go over here at Chief of

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Police, Mike Smith.
>> Uh, thank you, Mayor. Um,

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the month of August, we had a
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arrests.
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two arrests for warrants,
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contact orders.
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or I'm sorry, one arrest for violation
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assault DVs, domestic violence, and one
MIP. So, uh um domestic violence was

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kind of up in the month of August. Uh it
was just hot weather, or people staying

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up later, stuck in their house, or
what it was, but that was definitely up

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from the last few months, and we're
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calls for the year so far. So,
we're well above what we used to be, so.

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» My understanding is domestic violence is
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police officers to respond to.
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» Yeah.
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of those where, you know, it gets
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they're prepared, so.
>> Thank you, Chief.

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Anything else?
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» Okay, I just had a couple things. I just
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that at the next uh council meeting on
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uh we will have a public hearing and a
presentation of the parks plan. It's uh

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gone through the SEPA process, and so
the next process is to have a public

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hearing. Uh we've advertised for that
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and uh then that'll be presented to you.
You'll all have paper copies of it, and

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it'll be on the website, too, uh if you
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that parks plan, if you might remember,
is once we get that adopted,

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then that'll be make us more eligible
for grants for our parks, grants from

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RCO that we wouldn't be eligible for
without that plan. So, it's just another

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tool for us to have at our disposal so
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were more eligible for that that kind of
stuff. So, it'll be nice to get that

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wrapped up. Uh next time you get a
chance drive by the World War II park.

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The pickleball courts are just about
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today.
Getting the stripes on there. So,

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that'll be finished up pretty soon. So,
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the community to have those
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Um The other thing is we talked about
the TBI grants that we applied for for

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Mill Street and Railroad.
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part of November, if we've gotten
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we'll keep you up to date on that as
soon as we find out.

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report of officers.
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with Nathaniel Hill.
>> Nothing to report. Thanks, man.

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» Thanks, Nathaniel. Daniel, love it.
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gotten any word back from the school
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the school year started again.
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a conversation with the new
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Uh he just started this year. And so,
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myself, Chief Smith,
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principal of that school uh just to go
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anything else they might want to change
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Yeah, that's in the works.
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that's across the street from where the
buses go to see if they cuz since the

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school owns it to see if they would make
that either the pickup for the

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adults to or the parents to go through
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that cuz we had kind of discussed that
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» I didn't bring that up specifically.
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to meet with him and uh principal of the
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have our eyes on it
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to forget that part. Well, that was kind
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everything if if needed.
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» it may be different with the new
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it up to the last administration and the
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not want kids crossing that road because
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cuz it's a primary school there. So,
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you know, it'd be good for to pull in
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actually they still have to go through
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So, the school and maybe like I said,
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bring that up to the new administration.
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sure that the traffic safety committee,
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get gets an invite to that meet up and
maybe you guys would like to

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sit in on that, too. Might be a good
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» Sure.
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I'll make sure that when we get that
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get that invite to both of you. That'd
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committee.
>> And that's all I have.

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» Don't don't park cars on both sides of
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So, those kids are crossing that street
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» Well, no. No, they don't. The people
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side, it's a drive through to get into
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to get in there. I've stopped We stopped
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in. We hit the school zones very hard at
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lot of people before that. They're all
been advised that cars that park there

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will get towed. So, you leave your car
there, go bring your kid over there. By

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the time you get back, I'm going to have
a tow truck and tow your car. So, that's

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kind of We're not messing around with
that. I got similar towing on standby.

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You know, and then working through this.
So, it's one of those things that that

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the problem is it's just not what Mark
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weeks of school we really hit it hard to
educate parents and you know, a lot of

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people just didn't know. And so, that
person is out there I said 25 minutes

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till the person finally came out and had
a long discussion with them explained

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the routes that they just didn't know.
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flyers and didn't educate the parents
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that you know,
you know, that's why we get kind of that

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2-week grace period. By now, everybody
that goes to that school should know the

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rules and be able to read the signs that
says no parking or loading zones. You

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know, and hopefully with this next
meeting we can work something out maybe

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get some paint on the roads that
actually designate the loading zones or

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the the pickup, you know, zones but
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I thought they parked on actually both
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north of the loading zone. Yeah, so what
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going all the way back to Collins, they
line up. They go to the side of the road

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but they're still moving. And as they
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the car crosses over picks up little
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circles the parking lot comes out and
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And so, there's nobody no cars can be
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and then they can't park in between the
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for that. So, there's gaps there but
that's just so you know, people live

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there and get in and get it out during
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if need be.
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it. We're again but we didn't have
options that were presented.

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» Yeah, we'd love it. I mean, above that
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south
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park there and then walk their kid in if
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that's the only time that they're
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else in front of the bus lanes is the
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All right, thanks.
Daniel, do you

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Okay, thanks, Daniel. Andy Holm. Good,
good. Thanks, Andy. Brian Paul. Nothing

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at present. All right, thanks. Lauren
Megan.

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Steve. Nothing tonight. Okay, thanks.
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just a couple little things I thought
I'd bring up. Oh, speaking of traffic

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safety, uh if you get a chance to listen
to the radio, you could hear our own

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Chief Smith talk about traffic safety on
the radio. He did an interview last

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week. Uh just a good refresher,
especially with school back in session.

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Uh you know, you don't want to be
passing school buses with red lights on

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and stuff like that, important things
about traffic safety and uh especially

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now that school's back in session, so
you can hear about all about it on the

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radio.
Also, uh I just wanted to bring up, you

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know, last week I attended a workshop
that the county commissioners held about

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some proposed data centers in our area.
And uh you know, just to make sure

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everybody knows, none of these are being
proposed within the city limits, so it

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won't come before us.
But, I think it's still something that

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will definitely have impacts on us, and
it's good to keep up on. You know, I've

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been advocating for impact fees that I
could benefit the city of Goldendale

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because, no doubt, a big project like
that have impacts on the city, on our

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police department, our public works, our
roads, everything else. So, that's what

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I've been advocating with the
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you know, the uh county planning
department and stuff to

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get some impact fees and community
benefit agreements included in any

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ordinance they might draft and deals
they make with them. So,

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I think it's It's thing to, you know,
keep on with, and I would encourage the

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council, too, to stay informed on these
some of these big projects that are

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being proposed in our area, and some of
them are already uh being built right

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now, and uh
might not might not be in city limits,

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but it's definitely still going to have
an impact on our city.

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So, anyways, uh that was all I had for
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And uh we'll move on to uh public
comment. Is there anybody that would

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like to make a public comment?

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Anybody online would like to make a
public comment? I see a few people on

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the line.
No hands are going up.

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Okay, last chance. And we'll go ahead
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And uh
entertain a motion to adjourn.

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» So moved.
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» Okay, a motion and a second to adjourn.
Any discussion on it?

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All in favor?
>> Oh, go ahead.

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» Discussion on it? I know that
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report from the administration.
>> Yeah, the reports that I gave uh

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what I had for administration. Sandy's
out on a medical leave right now.

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» Thank you, Steve. Any other discussion
on adjournment?

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All in favor?
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» Opposed?
Okay.

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>> I need to make a motion.

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» Yeah, I guess I need to make
>> Oh, the

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that might be the short of it.
>> Yeah, the administration report.

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» One job.