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Mary Martin coming? Oh, she—

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I guess she had a conflict.

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All right, is everybody ready to begin?

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I need a few more minutes or ready to go?

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I'm ready.

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Ready? Everybody got your mics on?

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Yeah, mine's on.

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This is pretty unprofessional. We're
getting it done. It's next time.

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Yeah, thank you.

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I can already tell you're going to be
savvy.

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I don't know what month it was for a
while.

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Okay, uh, why don't we go ahead then and
come to order?

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This is a special called meeting of the
Board of Commissioners of the

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City of Oak Hill for September 1st, 2026,

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and we will begin with introductions.
Marshall, begin with you.

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My name is Marshall Albritton. I'm the
city attorney.

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Jennifer Liepis, Commissioner.

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David DeMarco, Commissioner.

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Dale Grimes, Mayor. Winston Evans, Vice
Mayor. Matt Harris, Commissioner.

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Uh, Steve Collie, City Manager.

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Desiree Lohr, City Reporter. All right,
please join me in the Pledge of

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please join me in the Pledge of
Allegiance.

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

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United States of America and to the
Republic

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for which it stands, One nation under God,
indivisible,

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with liberty and justice for all.

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All right.

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We have an agenda. Proper notice has been
given of this meeting,

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and all commissioners are present. And so
we will begin.

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The main item, the only item on our agenda
is Yes.

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To review and discuss FAA decisions and
flight patterns that impact Oak Hill.

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And I guess before we begin that,

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I just want to make one comment about
another issue that the city is facing and

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dealing with right now, and that is the
proposed or the changes,

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potential changes to I-65 that are being
considered by the State Department of

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Transportation and their consultants.

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And there was a suggestion that we
received yesterday that we add that to our

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received yesterday that we add that to our
agenda

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for today to discuss that. We— there was
not time.

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We were already too close to the meeting
to add another agenda item under our

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to add another agenda item under our
rules.

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And so we have not been able to do so.

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But I will say that just for anybody who's
listening, Yes.

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That there was a public meeting, I think
it was August 11th,

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but it was sometime several weeks ago,

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that the Department of Transportation and
these consultants had for our area,

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that being everything from Thompson Lane
south to Brentwood.

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And the Vice Mayor, Winston Evans, and
myself attended that meeting.

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There weren't that many attendants there,
attendees there.

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There were a lot of TDOT people and their
consultants.

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They outnumbered, I think, all the other
people combined.

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And so I guess you might say that we had
louder voices than we might otherwise have

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had. It was not a meeting like a sit-down
meeting like this and people in the

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audience raising their hands to say
things.

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The people— the DOT people and the
consultants were spread around with

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consultants were spread around with
storyboards

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around the room, and so you just went from
each one all the way around.

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And so I think Winston and I told
everybody that we met, and that was quite

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everybody that we met, and that was quite
a few,

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that Oak Hill definitely needs sound walls
along I-65.

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So we have— we've made that loud and
clear.

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And in addition, both the Vice Mayor and
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And the Mayor.

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Um, separately, uh, wrote, uh, written
comments that we turned in, um,

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and they were going to take those.

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And then I know that some citizens have
written in.

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I know that a former commissioner, um,
has— of this board has written.

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And so, um, you know, we're getting, we're
getting the word in there,

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but we need to get more people, I'm sure.

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Um, so any of you who are who believe that
we should have sound walls in Oak Hill or

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have any other suggestions for
improvements to I-65 along that stretch,

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please send in your comments. The deadline
is September 8th. Is that right?

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Yeah.

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September 8th or 9th? 8th, I believe.

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And so please, please do send in comments
for that.

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So I just wanted to let you know that it's
not an issue that the board is ignored.

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I've made this announcement before.

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I've sent it out in writing to people who
are on my email list,

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and it was posted on the city website
about this deadline and also the need to

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about this deadline and also the need to
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comments in. So I ask you to do that.

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And that's how we're dealing with it at
this point.

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And we won't— we will not have another
meeting before—

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of this board before the Before the
deadline of September 8th.

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So we just need you all to take the
initiative and write in.

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And I think the City Manager, from his
long experience in dealing with such

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long experience in dealing with such
matters,

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has said that having a big crowd of people
writing in is probably going to make more

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of a difference than for the City of Oak
Hill to pass a resolution saying that

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Hill to pass a resolution saying that
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for— We're for Oak Hill. Sound walls. So,
um, power in numbers.

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Now with that, we will move to the actual
agenda item here.

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And, um, I know that we've got executive
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discuss FAA decisions, etc.,

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but I think probably everything we're
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need to be in executive session.

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I think the, uh, I think the best way to
go about this would be go into the

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executive session and then come back out
of the executive session if you're going

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of the executive session if you're going
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make, uh, make a decision or ruling on one
way or the other.

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And we can, we can talk a lot more freely
and have our guests talk about things that

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could be or could not be privileged in
some of the conversations we've had with,

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with the attorney that's representing
Creve Hall.

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So I think it would be—

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I think it would be in our best interest
to do that at this time.

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And then we can, we can come back out of
the session if there's any decision to be

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made.

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Okay, so why don't we have a motion to go
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and we need to include in there that
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we want to be in that discussion. And Mr.

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Mike Brennan, who is our guest today and
has been working on this issue with

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some other groups, we'd like for him to be
in that session as well.

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And Mr. Brennan, just for the record, is
an attorney.

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And he is an attorney.

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He's a licensed attorney.

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Correct. What are we relying on, the
attorney-client privilege or the common

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attorney-client privilege or the common
entry?

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Mr. President, if you're both—

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well, the executive session allows the
board to ask questions of attorneys that

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they wish to consult about matters that
the city is facing,

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and it's just that simple.

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We're not going to try to limit ourselves
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point. Okay. All right,

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is there a motion to go into executive
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Collie and Mr. Hearing so moved. Is there
a second?

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DeMarco second.

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All right. All in favor, please say aye,
beginning with Commissioner Liepis.

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Aye.

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DeMarco, aye.

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Grimes, aye. Evans, aye.

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Hear us out. And so the video record, if I
may, will be clear, uh, I will be— I,

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the city attorney, will be in that meeting
as well.

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Of course. Sorry, I just assumed that you—

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Yeah, right.

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Okay, so now what— how are we going to—

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We are going to remain in this room. The
video will be shut down.

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The microphones will stay hot for the
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but the video will be shut off.

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And then when we come back out of
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we'll open up the video streaming again.

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So if I go to the video, what will show?

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It will just show not streaming yet.

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Okay.

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Is that correct, Desiree?

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We on? Okay, thank you.

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All right, so we're back on the record now
after We are being in

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executive session with the board and our
counsel,

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Marshall Albritton, and the city manager,
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Brennan, who is also an attorney and was
with us.

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And we have been discussing the legal
issues involved with possibly

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Considering legal action involving the FAA
and the decisions that

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they have made regarding flight patterns
that are affecting,

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in our particular instance, Oak Hill.

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And so we've completed that and I believe
we're now ready for a

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motion. Does someone have a motion to make
at this point?

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So moved.

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Do we need a motion?

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We have a motion to authorize Oak Hill
joining a

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lawsuit that is— a lawsuit involving the
FAA and

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authorizing the City Manager and the City
Attorney to

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negotiate with the— yeah, may I name that?

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Thompson Burton.

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Okay, it's out now. I was trying to—

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the Thompson Burton lawsuit—

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law firm to represent us in that action.

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And if no one else will, I will so move.
Hear, hear.

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Second.

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All right. Any discussion that we can have
on the record?

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I think we've thoroughly discussed it.

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Everybody ready to vote? Ready to vote?
Or— okay. All right.

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We'll begin with Liepis.

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Liepis, aye. DeMarco, aye.

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Grimes,

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aye. Aye.

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Harris, aye.

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Okay, 5-0. The motion is adopted,

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and I think we have no other business to
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and so we are hereby adjourned.

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Okay, very good. Good work.

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Thank you very much.