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[10:07]
I just dropped my side order.
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» No,
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goes into Kaiser and Rose.
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» All right.
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Okay.
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» [laughter]
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» Well, we are at time, so
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I call to order this meeting of the
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Brookings City Council for Monday 24th,
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2026 at 5:30 p.m. If you'll rise if
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you're able for the pledge.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
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United States of America and to the
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Republic for which it stands, one nation
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under God, indivisible, with liberty and
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justice for all.
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I thought I think I realized my own
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fear, honestly.
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Will you call the roll?
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» Councilor Mel.
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» I'm here.
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» Councilor Jaqua.
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» Here.
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» Councilor Martin.
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Councilor Bon.
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» Here.
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» Mayor Freda.
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» Here.
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» You have a quorum.
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» Okay, moving on to item D, oral request
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and communications from the audience.
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We do have some public comment cards.
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So, before we begin, I'll just read this
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public comment notice.
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This is a time for public comment if you
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have turned in the comment form to the
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city recorder. Comments are limited to 5
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minutes. This is not a time for
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discussion. Council is not able to
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provide immediate answers or response.
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The city manager may direct staff to
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follow up with you regarding your
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comment or questions if provided with
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contact information on the form. Before
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you make your comment, please state your
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name and address for the record.
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So with that, I will start with the
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first one. We have Teresa Simon.
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» I'm Teresa Simon and I live at 98668
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North Main Checkerboard.
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And we're here to talk about the social
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security bar.
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So we've been here in the past. We've
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wanted
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more cooperation, maybe some backup even
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if we could say. We've had problems and
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um law enforcement isn't able to get
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down there for
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a couple of days.
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You know, so I mean these are problems.
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And all we have ever asked was we were
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just trying to get cooperation
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because as I I'm pretty sure you guys
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are aware
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where they're coming in on social
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security bar is the city's land.
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So there's 11 other property owners that
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have to put up with people defecating on
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the river bar,
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throwing their trash out,
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camping, all these things.
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And I mean we just want cooperation.
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So I mean that I mean I I don't know how
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it's too much to ask. I know you guys
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put a camera in.
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Um
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we've asked questions, is the camera in
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use?
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Are you guys using the Has anybody been
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cited?
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I talked to one of the dispatch ladies
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and she goes, "Oh, yeah. She goes,
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there's people out there all hours of
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the night." Well, why isn't something
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being done?
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You know, why are we not stopping this?
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I mean, they're just tearing it up.
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They're, you know, ruining it for
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everybody.
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And I don't know how to make this
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stick, but we need help with it because
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the city is the
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way that it is coming in.
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There's no other way to get on Social
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Security Boulevard.
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So, it's like having a nuisance
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neighbor.
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And that's pretty much all I have to
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say.
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» Thank you.
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» Or something or something going?
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» As I stated, it's not a time for
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discussion, but we are taking note of
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your comments.
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» Okay.
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» Thank you.
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» Will we hear something back on maybe on
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my email that I put on there?
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» Yeah.
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» We We can follow up.
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» Follow up.
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» For sure.
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» Thank you.
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» Thank you.
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Okay, next is Fred Simon.
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» I'm Fred Simon, 98668
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North Lake Shore Drive Road.
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Like my wife said,
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we've got some bad neighbors.
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Everybody's wanting to prosper. You guys
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put cameras up. I thank you for it.
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But, I don't think there's anything been
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done with the cameras. I don't think
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there's no kicking, no saturation,
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people still tearing up the bar. We got
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people that's spending the nights. We
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got people that's turning the thing in
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the bar. So, somebody wants a road
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change, there's two filters in both of
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them. So, they're changing oil in the
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bar.
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And this one also the cameras.
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So, instead of wasting the money on the
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cameras, why don't we just put an
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automatic gate open at a certain time
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and close at a certain time? In the end,
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it will solve a lot of
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problems.
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We're tired of coming here
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to the county.
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We need you to state that.
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Because it's getting out of control.
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If it happened behind your neighbor's
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house, you wouldn't like it.
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So, why should we have to put up with
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Do you know what I'm saying?
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And I know you won't like it.
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That's 2:00 in the morning. They woke me
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up.
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You got somebody tearing up the river
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bar.
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Or down at the party area.
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Has anybody
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went to the river bar and looked since
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the last time you were here?
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Probably not.
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I found out there's a river bar too. You
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can take a look. I'll walk you through
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the river bar and show you the all the
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destruction and all the garbage.
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We're picking up.
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We never stop out there all the time.
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I'm tired of cleaning it.
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So, all of this is
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going on after dark.
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Party area, everything. You know, kids
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will be kids, but they don't need to be
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kids like that.
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There should be some consequences.
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All that water, all that trash goes out
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to the ocean.
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And it's on your shores.
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Do you want that out there?
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Probably not.
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That's all we ask for is help.
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And I'm getting tired of coming to the
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meetings and asking for help and not
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seeing it.
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Please try and do something about this.
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» Thank you for your comments.
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Next we have Mike.
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» Hi, my name is Mike and I live at 989
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North Bank, Chico River Road. Um as you
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heard many of us have been asking for
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you to
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Um
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as you heard many of us have been asking
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for you to assist us
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and solve the problem we have on South
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Chico River Road. We were here about a
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month and a half ago and there was some
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some mention of having another workshop.
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So, I'm here to ask if there's any
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updates on a new workshop. Uh
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has there been any contact with uh
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Oregon State Lands
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uh
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to help us all this?
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Now, just I I the cameras went up last
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month.
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I don't know what they're doing like
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Fred was saying. They're on the other
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side of the bar. They're on the other
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side of the bar. I'm on the upstream
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side.
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Um
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so, I don't see any difference
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uh since we uh were here a month and a
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half ago.
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Uh we're still dealing with trespass
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daily, morning, night,
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all all day long.
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Uh we're still dealing with trash, poop,
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toilet paper, drug canisters.
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I guess there's this huffing thing going
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on with drug canisters. I thought they
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were little canisters. I saw one that
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looked like a scoop today.
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And there was 20 at least 20 of them out
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there on one occasion. We've had
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multiple occasions of these drug deals
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going on. And it's it's annoying. It's
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annoying.
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Um
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structuring the habitat like Fred was
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saying, the world changed.
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We have almost daily 4x4 speed actions
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going on, people tearing up the bar, and
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they're destroying the habitat. Uh
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river crossing.
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I've since uh in the last month, I have
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six videos
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of people crossing the river.
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Uh that's a pretty good fine from what I
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understand. And we don't have any any
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control over it. Who's taking care of
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this? Who's
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who's
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protecting the river?
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Harbor is having a problem with their
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water supply, and they're downstream
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from us.
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I don't think they'd be very happy to
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hear about things going on there and
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polluting their water.
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Something's got to be done.
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So, uh
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I'm asking for an update on social
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security bar workshop.
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And if one is not available, I'm asking
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the city to implement the
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recommendations of the last one.
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I'd like to see it happen.
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Thanks.
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» Thank you.
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Do we receive any more cards? Okay.
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We'll move on to item E,
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consent calendar.
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Are there any comments or questions on
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the consent calendar?
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Do we have a motion?
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» I'll move to approve the consent
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calendar.
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» Second.
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» Call the question.
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» Councilor Bond.
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» Aye.
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» Councilor Juarez.
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» Yes.
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» Councilor Munger.
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» Yes.
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» Mayor Pro Tem.
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» Yes.
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» The motion carries.
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Moving on to item F1. The subject is
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park fence projects.
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» Thank you, Mayor, members of the
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council. This is This is um
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the bid We received bids for parks fence
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projects. This is These are projects
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that we discussed during the budget
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process.
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Um We reached out to three contractors
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and received bids from each contractor.
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Um the lowest bid was Mountain View
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Fence for $44,930.
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Staff recommends awarding
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these projects to Mountain View Fence.
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Um
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and we We're hoping to have these
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projects completed by November 1,
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2026, this year. So,
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start them pretty quick.
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Any questions?
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» Um sure all the uh
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fence projects were They've kind of been
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reviewed by the parks and recs committee
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as well.
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» These were listed in the parks capital
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improvement plan.
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And I got estimates
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during the budget process, which is what
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established what the capital ask was
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going to be.
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» [snorts]
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» And you answered my questions. These
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were aging fences, I guess, right? I had
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a question for you.
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» So, Bud Cross, the outfield fence, yeah,
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hasn't been
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probably 40 years old. But the bottom of
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the posts are starting to rot. Um
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Easy Manor realignment, we've been
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trying to work on getting that
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fence on on the property line instead of
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10 ft in because there's the
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Um and then Checo Point Park, the dog
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park needs a
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one remaining section of fence so the
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dogs can't get out, which is where the
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hedge is. And then there's a picnic area
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that has this decorative plastic fence
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that's been broken for years, and we're
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just trying to clean that up. Make it
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look nice, so Yep.
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» On the
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um option that was on the Mountain View,
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is that already included in the other
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bids then?
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» Yeah. The picnic area you're talking
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about?
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» Well, it it just says optional add for
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um the Checo Point Park high all black
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chain link.
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» Yeah, that's the picnic area.
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» Okay. And so, the other bids were there
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even though they listed it as an
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additional option separately.
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» Yeah.
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» And then even though the other two
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estimates don't line out the costs for
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traveling,
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we know that that's already included in
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their bid.
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» Yep.
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» Okay.
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» No questions.
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» That's all?
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» No.
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» Okay.
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Is there a motion?
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» All right, I motion to authorize the
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city manager to enter an agreement with
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Mountain View Fence in the amount of
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$44,930
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for various fence uh projects in the
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city.
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» Second.
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» Call the question.
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Councilor Bottom.
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» Aye.
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» Councilor Jolley.
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» Yes.
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» Councilor Momberg.
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» Yes.
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» Mayor Frielich.
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» Yes.
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» The motion carries.
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Moving on to item F2, public works fence
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projects.
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» So, similarly, these are
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projects that were listed in uh capital
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for um
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public works fence projects. Um
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public works upper yard fence.
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Um it's sort of a hodgepodge. There's a
[23:38]
lot of little pieces that are in pretty
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bad shape and some that are in really
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good shape and parts that are down. Um
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so, we're trying to just button that
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facility up security-wise, particularly
[23:49]
since we have our new police storage
[23:50]
facility in there. We'd like to try and
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make sure it's all secure in there.
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Um and then the other one the other
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projects are Mountain Drive. Um these
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are three pump stations that remain that
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don't have a fence around them, the
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reservoirs, water reservoirs. So, we
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want to secure them. And so, that's what
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these are for.
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» Also trying to get that done this year?
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» Uh this one we're not I I
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we we pushed this these projects to
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April of next year.
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They can get it done. They they have
[24:18]
until April to finish it, but it's not
[24:20]
as pressing as the parks ones as we're
[24:22]
starting to get into um
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play and um
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use of the fields and just scheduling.
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So,
[24:30]
getting ready for next year.
[24:34]
» I remember seeing on the tour those pump
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stations and having that conversation
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and the necessity to get those added
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when we went through those areas.
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And those Are those the last ones to
[24:47]
complete making sure that all the pump
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stations have fencing?
[24:50]
» Yeah.
[24:51]
Yeah, everyone everyone else is secure
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now.
[24:54]
Every other one.
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» You said there's a must complete by date
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or some kind of a working days count.
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» Yeah, this one I set for April 1st, 2027
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to have them complete within this fiscal
[25:05]
year and then Parks is November. We're
[25:07]
shooting for November. I think the goal
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is to have um
[25:11]
Checkpoint and Butt Creek done by
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November.
[25:14]
Um when
[25:16]
Easy Manor isn't isn't really time
[25:17]
sensitive, but those two are.
[25:23]
» Any more comments or questions?
[25:25]
Have a motion?
[25:28]
» Uh move the uh move to authorize the
[25:30]
city manager to enter into an agreement
[25:32]
with Mountain View Fence in the amount
[25:33]
of $35,040
[25:35]
for various public works fence projects.
[25:38]
» Second.
[25:41]
» Call the question. Counselor Gelada.
[25:43]
» Yes.
[25:44]
» Counselor Mom.
[25:45]
» Yes.
[25:46]
» Counselor Bond.
[25:47]
» Yes.
[25:48]
» Mayor Friedman.
[25:49]
» Yes.
[25:50]
» The motion carries.
[25:53]
Okay, we'll move on to item 2G, remarks
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from city manager, counselors, and
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mayor.
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» [snorts]
[25:59]
» Who would like to start?
[26:02]
» I can
[26:03]
Real quickly, I was just going to say um
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this last week uh
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we've received approval from USDA
[26:11]
um to go out with phase two of the
[26:13]
wastewater collection
[26:15]
uh system that's part of the USDA
[26:17]
wastewater
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uh project itself. So,
[26:21]
um
[26:22]
we're So, we're now that we've been
[26:23]
approved, we're going to be moving
[26:24]
forward and trying to get all of our
[26:26]
ducks in a row for that, which is kind
[26:27]
of exciting cuz it's essentially the the
[26:30]
final piece of the puzzle as far as that
[26:32]
project goes. So,
[26:34]
um
[26:35]
And [clears throat]
[26:37]
I I just have one other quick statement
[26:38]
to to stay say and uh
[26:41]
last week I celebrated my uh 25th work
[26:44]
anniversary in city management. And uh
[26:47]
which you know, August 11th, 2001 was my
[26:50]
my first day as an assistant city
[26:51]
manager in little old Yukon, Oklahoma
[26:54]
and but I can honestly say of all the
[26:56]
cities that I've worked in and helped
[26:57]
manage,
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you know, I couldn't find a
[27:01]
a better community and a better city to
[27:04]
as my final stop in my career and look
[27:09]
forward to many more years here and it's
[27:13]
like I said, it's been a really a true
[27:15]
blessing for myself and my family to
[27:17]
come to Brookings.
[27:19]
Thank you.
[27:22]
» Congratulations on that and I want to
[27:24]
recognize and appreciate folks showing
[27:26]
up today to discuss again the Social
[27:28]
Security bar and it sounds like we're
[27:30]
due for another workshop on that. Um so
[27:33]
I'm hoping to uh
[27:34]
have an opportunity for that relatively
[27:35]
soon. I know it's a an issue being it's
[27:38]
a multi-jurisdictional
[27:40]
problem. Um the city owns only the gate
[27:43]
area.
[27:45]
Um the area that the the crime is
[27:46]
occurring
[27:47]
um is enforced by the state, not the
[27:49]
city. Um but it sounds like they haven't
[27:51]
made much of a presence and I know
[27:53]
there's been potential issues with the
[27:55]
the county responding as well because
[27:58]
it's a
[27:59]
it's in the county's jurisdiction.
[28:01]
So so it's a it's a multi-pronged
[28:03]
problem and it requires a solution from
[28:06]
multiple different entities. Uh I think
[28:09]
ideally we would have a workshop that
[28:11]
includes all three of those entities but
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to to discuss potential solutions,
[28:16]
recognize and hear everything that you
[28:17]
guys are saying and
[28:20]
it's not going to be an easy problem to
[28:21]
solve but sounds like we need to discuss
[28:23]
it more. So hopefully uh
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hopefully some kind of a workshop in the
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near future with
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all of the appropriate parties present
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uh would be my uh
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my hope.
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» And to add one more complication to
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that, the county actually leases the
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river bar. So
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yeah, it's
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» Even more complicated.
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» It's complicated indeed. Yeah.
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Um
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» Um the only thing I just say was I um
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I like the uh the city of Brookings
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improvement projects
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uh press release. Of course, all that
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information is public here, but
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it's important to tell people what their
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tax dollars are doing and
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things just are going on that they may
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not be aware of here, so
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I thought that was a great press
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release.
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» Councilor Bot?
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» I'm just I just would like to address
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one of the members in the in the
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audience here that spoke earlier.
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I know exactly how you feel.
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From where I live, and the city ended up
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finally dealing with it.
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And that was I had homeless people going
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through my house, walking through my
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yard, had
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all of the things that you described.
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They weren't changing oil behind Dollar
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General, but
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you get the point.
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And the city got involved and then the
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city finally resolved it and actually it
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was this council under Mayor Pereda and
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Isaac Hodges
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that resolved that issue simply with a
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police presence.
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And
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obviously the Social Security bar issue
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is more complicated because there's at
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least three
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law enforcement agencies that would be
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involved in that area.
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But we will have a workshop on it. I'm
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very sure of that and we'll come up with
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some form of a solution.
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But I'm not sure I'm going to have the
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solution that you're going to want. If
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you have a sense where I'm going with
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it.
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If we only control the gate area,
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then maybe that's something we'll have
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to look into. But again, we'll deal with
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the workshop.
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» Um
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well, I want to
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apologize for misspeaking at the last
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meeting that we would have the TPAC
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recommendations tonight [clears throat]
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because I failed to take into account
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the public meeting notice and still had
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interviews after the public notice came
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out. So it will be at our next workshop.
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We had 14 applicants.
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So there's been
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a huge response to that and a lot of
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interviews to hold.
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And I will tell you we had some very
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um
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exciting applicants and so that's making
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my recommendation decision quite
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challenging.
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Um but I'm excited for what that new
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advisory board might look like. I think
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that it can be a really
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um
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positive thing for our
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community with a lot of great ideas
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brought forward. So
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and then this the next thing I wanted to
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mention is I know
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city manager sent out the email with the
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legislative priorities that LSC has put
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together. You know, obviously us as a
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council can advocate for other things,
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but these are what has been identified
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by the group put together by the cities
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as a whole and we have to put in our
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voice by
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um submitting a city one city ballot for
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what we most want for our community. So
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in order to do that though, we need to
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talk about it publicly. So that would
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need to be on the September 14th
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agenda.
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I don't know city manager what your
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timeline looks like to make sure you
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have those come in. I would say maybe
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the 8th
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» Yeah.
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» To give you enough time. So if everybody
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can make sure they get those to the city
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manager on the 8th, what they feel like
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of those identified
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we should support, that would be great
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and then we can talk about it and nail
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down our five for voting.
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» Quick question on that. Is it are we
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limited to the the the items that they
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prioritized in choosing what we think
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their priorities should be because none
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of mine aligned with any of those.
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» It's funny you should say that because I
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was going to say that because I was
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going down that exact road.
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» So,
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here's what I'll here's what I'll say.
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Again, like I already said, we can we
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can lobby and we can advocate and we can
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send letters as our local council board.
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And we could put some suggested
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alternatives in there.
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But, when you're talking about 241
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cities that are all submitting their
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ideas,
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you know, they have lobbyists that meet
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continuously with legislators and if
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there's anything in there that we feel
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like we can support and maybe provide
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one or two alternatives, that would be
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I think we might not get a
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really vote on anything they are already
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planning on tackling if we don't at
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least identify some that they've
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already kind of pre-identified.
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» Like a write-in vote, the odds of a
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success on that
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are low.
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» But, I do think it's well worth our time
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to be really paying attention to what's
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happening in session and putting
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together things Those things evolve very
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very quickly and it's really hard
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sometimes to get them
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put out, but those decisions that are
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made at the state affect our community a
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lot and so um
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it's something I've realized over the
[34:04]
last few years that is really important
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for us to pay attention to as much as I
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mean, there's something like 3,000
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initiatives put out. Like clearly, we're
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we're never going to be able to pay
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attention to all of those and neither
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can LOC, but yeah.
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» But, that that brief ballot paper they
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had, there is a write-in section. If
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I think if you're if you want to bring
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in ideas, let's talk about them. We
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could put in we could put our top five
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that they have on their agenda and
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and here's a we'd like you to also think
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about this. Maybe it's not this year,
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maybe it's coming up.
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» Well, and who knows other cities might
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agree and um
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do the same.
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» Thank you.
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» So.
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Um
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okay, well, if there's no further
[34:51]
comments or remarks, then we will close
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at
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5:54.