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Everyone this evening. Welcome to the
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Provo Municipal Council regular meeting.
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It is July 14th, 2026 and it is 5:30
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p.m.
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Um
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Well, the roll call of the elected
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officials, we have Council Rachel
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Whipple, Council Becky Bogden, myself
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Katrice MacKay, Council Craig
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Christiansen, Council Jeff Whitlock and
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Council Travis Hoban.
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Today our prayer will be provided by one
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of the Collins family. It's going to be
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a surprise which one. And then we'll
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have a pledge of allegiance by myself
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Katrice MacKay. So we'll have one of the
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Collins up for the opening prayer.
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Thank you.
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» Our kind Father in heaven, we humbly bow
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our heads to thee with
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gratitude for all of our many blessings.
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Father, we appreciate the opportunity to
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meet here this evening and to
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honor those who protect and serve us.
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And we pray that thou will guide all
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those in uniform, protect them as they
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continue to serve us. And Father, we're
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thankful for
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all of the great leaders of this
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community and for the leaders of this
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state and for our country. We pray that they will be blessed with
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thy wisdom and thy guidance to continue
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to lead us down the path thou would have
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us go.
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We give thanks for all that we have, say
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so humbly and do so in the name of thy
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son Jesus Christ. Amen.
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>> Amen.
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>> Thank you so much.
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Please rise.
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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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» Okay, this is one of our favorite things
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that we get to witness. Um, we're going
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to have a ceremony for the badge pinning
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of six new firefighters and this will be
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presented by our fire chief, Jeremy
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Hedman.
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» Thank you, Council. Um, it's it's an
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honor to be here today and to introduce
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you to It's actually five today. One of
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them wasn't able to make it, but we're
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we have two more coming
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in a couple weeks, so we'll bring him
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then. Um, but five new firefighters.
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These five firefighters have been
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through eight weeks of training. Um,
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they are on shift now and out there
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running calls and and taking care of
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emergencies every day.
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Um, I'd like to start by calling up
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Rhett Collins.
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Uh,
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Rhett
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is a 24-year-old
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from South Jordan, Utah. He joined the
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fire service to challenge himself to
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embrace new opportunities for personal
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growth and to serve his community.
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The most important things in Rhett's
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life are his family and the
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relationships he has with the people he
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loves. Their support example have
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inspired him to pursue a life a life of
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hard work and service and making it
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possible for him to reach miles to this
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milestone in his career.
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I
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Rhett is going to be pinned by his
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girlfriend,
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Alaina.
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>> Alaina.
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>> It's Alaina.
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» Congratulations.
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» Uh next I'd like to invite
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Italo
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Perdomo
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to come up.
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So, Italo was born and raised in El
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Salvador. He moved to the United States
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in 2014.
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He first moved to Texas after and then
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after serving in an LDS mission in Utah,
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he decided this was the place to raise
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his family.
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He moved to Utah at the end of 2019.
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Shortly after that he was married.
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Uh since then he has worked to pursue
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his career as a firefighter.
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He is currently working on a Bachelor's
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of Emergency Services Administration
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degree
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and he has a beautiful 2-year-old son
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who he loves dearly and he hopes one day
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that he will follow in his footsteps and become a firefighter.
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Um
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Italo,
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I didn't have you pronounce your wife's
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Ar- Arene?
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She
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His wife Arene is going to come up and
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pin his badge.
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Uh next I'd like to invite Jake Johnston
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up.
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Jake was born in Redlands, California,
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but he's grown up around Orem and then
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is now living in Mapleton. He loves the
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outdoors and activities such as dirt
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biking, shooting, hiking, surfing,
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which I don't know where he does that in
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Utah,
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and snowboarding.
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Jake and his wife love traveling to find
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new adventures together. He first got
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interested in the fire service his
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sophomore year in high school.
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He took a basic EMR class.
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From that point, he continued to learn
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about it and wanted to have a career in
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the fire service. He's very excited to
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be
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joining the Provo Fire Department and
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starting his career here.
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His wife Katie is going to come up and
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pin his badge.
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Next, I'd like to invite Blake Evans to
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come up.
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Blake grew up in Las Vegas. Um
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He's
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He lived there for 16 years. He moved to Utah in Herriman. He loves to do
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anything outdoors like golf, pickleball,
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hiking, fishing, just about anything
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outside.
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Blake said Blake is excited to serve a
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great community and be part of something
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bigger than himself
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and to help people and be there for
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people what might be their worst day.
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Uh Blake is going to be pinned by his
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father Alan
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Evans.
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And finally, I'd like to invite Daniel
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Monson up.
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Daniel was raised in West Jordan and
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feels fortunate to call Utah his home.
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Inspired to serve his community, he
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completed his EMT certification at Utah
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Valley University before he continuing
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on with the university's recruit
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candidate academy
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uh where he earned his fire
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certifications. Daniel is proud to join
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the Provo Fire Department. I'd like to
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thank his family, friends, and his
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girlfriend Caitlin
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uh especially for writing this bio.
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Like to invite Caitlin up to
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pin his badge.
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Congratulations.
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» It's pretty
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It's a pretty fun time to hire five new
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firefighters.
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Um
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we
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hire once or twice a year.
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Um these guys have all been outstanding.
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The the trainers that trained them for
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the last 8 weeks or
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before they went on shift had nothing
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but great things to say about these
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young men.
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And we're excited to see what they can
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do to make Provo Fire and Provo City a
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better place. I'd like to ask Heidi to
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come up and swear them in.
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» I do solemnly swear
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>> I solemnly swear
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>> that I will support, obey, and defend
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>> support, obey, and defend
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>> the Constitution of the United States
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>> and the Constitution of the state of
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Utah
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>> and the Constitution of the state of
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Utah
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>> and that I will discharge the duties
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>> discharge the duties
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>> of my office with fidelity.
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>> office with fidelity.
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» You're good. I'll I'll them back to you
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if that's okay.
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1 2
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Uh counselor
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Bogden, can you assume
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You're right.
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Yeah.
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>> [laughter]
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» Thank you.
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Congratulations to all the new
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firefighters. We're really excited and
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there is uh some treats and refreshments
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in the community room and all the family
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and friends are welcome to come. Thank
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you so much.
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Thank you.
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Oh, so strong and young. Love it.
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The pinning
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The best way to do it is
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All right, as indicated on the screen, a
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required public hearing will be held for
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certain agenda items prior to council
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action. After each such item has been
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presented, time to comment will be
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provided for all those who wish to
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speak.
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For items that do not require a public
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hearing, public comment will still be
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taken following presentation of an item,
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but will be limited to 10 minutes.
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Please note that items 6 through 12 will
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be continued to a future meeting and we
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will not hold a public hearing for them
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in tonight's meeting.
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At this time,
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up to 15 minutes have been set aside for
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an open public comment period, which is
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intended to allow comment on matters
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that do not appear on the agenda, but
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are limited to topics regarding
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municipal business or within municipal
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council purview.
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Persons who speak during this time to an
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item that is on the agenda will not
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normally be afforded a second
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opportunity to speak during the comment
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period specific to that item.
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During any public comment period, each
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speaker will generally be limited to 2
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minutes. Due to noticing requirements,
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no formal action will be taken in this
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meeting on matters that do not appear on
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the agenda.
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Those with comments are invited to
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approach the podium. Those participating
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on Zoom will need to use the raise hand
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feature to indicate they wish to
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comment. The chair may choose to
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alternate between in-person and online
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commenters. Please begin your comments
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by stating your name and your city of
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residence. You will have 2 minutes to
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speak.
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Are there any online commenters at this
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time or anyone in the public who would
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like to come up and comment?
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All right, we will move on.
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You just need to say your name and your
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city of residence, please.
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» Um, my name is Burns. I'm from Provo.
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Literally just a little ways away.
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>> Yeah, we just need your full name,
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please.
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>> Um, my name is Burns Johansson.
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Um,
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recently there's been news about
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content creators and dealing with things
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going on in Provo, and it's sparking
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some concerns. I work as a content
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creator myself,
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and
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it seems concerning to me because
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recently with what's going on with a
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content creator,
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it seems that someone's
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verbal communication saying that someone
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is doing something as in threats or
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something like that
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has caused Provo police to
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do a subpoena to get all the information
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from the person who
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doesn't seem to have any evidence that
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they said any of those things.
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And
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it kind of seems like Provo's trying to
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wait it out, which
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I can kind of understand why. This is a
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very sensitive subject.
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But considering both the subpoena
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and the remarks by the prosecution
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representing Provo,
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it kind of seems alarming to work as a
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content creator in Provo now knowing
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that
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if someone calls into the police and
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says I threaten them with no proof
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whatsoever,
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the police will work to get a subpoena
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for all of my information
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and likely cause other damages to my
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life.
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And I get you guys will not be making a
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comment about it today, but
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as someone who's lived here and worked
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with other content creators who were in
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this city
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and some of the major YouTubers who have
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created what is now YouTube and online
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content,
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a lot of us are worried because we don't
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want someone getting upset with us and
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destroying our entire entire lives
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and being able to get any information
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that they want.
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I hope you guys make a comment or take
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some sort of action because
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at this point we're scared and we want
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something
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some sort of movement on this. Thanks.
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>> Thank you.
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It's very good timing.
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All right, any other public comment?
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All right.
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first we have an implied
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motion on an ordinance vacating section
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of 1600 West to deed back to the
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adjoining property owners and this will
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be presented by Megan Jensen, our city
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planner.
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Thank you, Council. Um we talked about
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in the work session earlier. Um, but
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essentially this portion of 1600 West
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was um, dedicated to the city for
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right-of-way um, in a subdivision
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several years ago and the
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improvements have been completed and
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there is a remaining portion about 20 ft
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in width and that would just be deeded
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back to um, the adjacent property
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owners.
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And
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there were some questions about the
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width of the road. So, I got that
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information from
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public works. So, it would be 36 ft of
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asphalt, 6 ft of sidewalk and variable
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um, width for the mow strip. Um, that's
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what's planned for 1600 West.
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And with that, I'm happy to answer any
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questions.
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>> Great. Thanks, Megan. Any questions for
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Megan?
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Councilor Bogdan.
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So, 36 ft is what's planned, but that's
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not what's there today, correct?
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>> Um, no. I don't I think that would
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Well, that might be a better question
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for public works, but I think that would
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be
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um,
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widening out including the mow strip and
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the sidewalk
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um, as planned.
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>> Gordon Hay, public works. So, when this
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road is built on the new cross section,
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the asphalt will be 36 ft the entire
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width until it expands out further down
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as we get closer to 64th and it'll go or
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excuse me, to Lake View Parkway and then
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we will
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have the normal size roadway section.
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So, just through this section and down
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where we have existing development,
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it'll only be 36 ft of asphalt.
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» So, that's what we're looking at is 36
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ft, not what exists today.
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>> Right. So, as curb and gutter gets put
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in there, we'll have 36 through the
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whole The minimum size of that small
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section of road will be 36 ft of
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asphalt.
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>> Will be eventually.
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Okay. Um
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And then we talked about this. I want to
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warn the public meeting because this road is really, really narrow.
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And this road we're looking at this is a
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collector road. This is not
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for the public and for that live along
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here and the people that live in the
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neighborhood. This is more of an
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alleyway and this is a collector road.
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This is not a neighborhood street.
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And this is planned to go all the way
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from Center Street, which it does today.
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And it ends at 11:50
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South. It's planned to go through all
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the way to Lakeview Parkway.
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And we talked about in order to do this,
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you'd have to buy nine homes.
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» Around nine homes. I'd have to get the
[20:08]
exact number, but there's nine I've
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broken down.
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>> And for safety purposes because the
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elementary school is just
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two houses to the two house Yeah, two
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houses right here to the north.
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Um
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we're giving that back so that the
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sidewalks there
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to start to build the sidewalk down to
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890 because Shoreline Middle is like a
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few blocks to the east and kids do walk
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from elementary school and for the
[20:36]
Shoreline Middle School down this road.
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So, for that reason I will vote yes.
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Um but I do acknowledge that this is a
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road that is very small.
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And we don't have any plans to widen it
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for generations.
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>> Yeah, we'd have to buy homes and I
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wouldn't vision just it's more important
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to get the sidewalks in place today so
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that we have a place for people for the
[21:05]
children particularly and people to walk
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while we wait for a time when we do want
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to buy homes and widen the road.
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>> So, it's going to be widened on the
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>> So, both sides Yeah, we plan to start
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doing this whole road as we We're
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working with each of the property owners
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to get right-of-way as we get them.
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What you'll see will be a 30-ft
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36-ft asphalt section with a variable
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park strip and then 6-ft sidewalks on
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both sides of this road. That's what
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we're going to be working on.
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We think this is an important pedestrian
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corridor. We need to get that going.
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» Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. I
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appreciate that.
[21:47]
All right. We will open this item up for
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public comment. Any public comment on
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this item?
[21:53]
All right. We'll turn over to council
[21:54]
discussion. Any council discussion on
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this item?
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>> Jeffress.
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>> Councilor Jeff Whitlock.
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>> Thank you. Yeah.
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>> [clears throat]
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>> I just want to say I think this is
[22:04]
fair. We don't have eminent plans to use
[22:06]
it, that we give it back. This was give
[22:08]
essentially given to us and giving it
[22:10]
back. And then I also appreciate
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the proactive nature of recognizing we
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need to get sidewalks that are safe for
[22:18]
kids so they can get to school safely.
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» All right. We'll take a vote on the
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applied motion.
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Councilor Garrett is excused. Councilor
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McKay, yes. Councilor Christensen.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Whitlock.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Bogdan.
[22:33]
>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Hoban.
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>> Yes.
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>> And Councilor Whipple.
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>> Yes. Miss passes 6-0.
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>> Next, an applied motion on a resolution
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attesting to the review of the missile
[22:43]
wastewater planning program survey for
[22:45]
calendar year 2025 in accordance with
[22:48]
the Utah pollutant discharge elimination
[22:49]
systems permit. This is presented by
[22:52]
Dave Torgersen, our wastewater
[22:53]
superintendent.
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» Evening. Thank you for this opportunity.
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Um I was hoping that Chief Headman
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would have had the the whole audience to
[23:05]
hear this, [laughter] but
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uh, they had other things to go do.
[23:09]
Um, but uh, this is this is a um, re uh,
[23:12]
self-annual survey that we conduct every
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year.
[23:16]
Um, as we discussed in the the work
[23:19]
session, um,
[23:20]
we were a little bit late in doing it
[23:22]
this year, um,
[23:24]
but the the state sent out the survey to
[23:26]
the wrong
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individuals, so we've rectified that.
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Um, but what we're here tonight to do is
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to to get a resolution um, approving
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that you've reviewed the the
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self-assessment that we've completed.
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Um, the the self-assessment covers um,
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several sections, um,
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first of which is uh, financial
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uh, self-evaluation.
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Um, it goes through several several
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topics um, on the the health of our
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financial situation to to fund the sewer utilities.
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Um,
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it also covers uh, the collection
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system, uh, the health of the collection
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system, the age of it,
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um, how many um,
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backups and overflows that we've had
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throughout the year, um,
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and whatnot. Um, one of the things I
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wanted to highlight um,
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uh, Counselor McKay,
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um,
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in the work session pointed out that I
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need to uh, do a better job of doing my
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public service announcement.
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Um, and um,
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uh, admonishing to to not to not flush
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flushable wipes.
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Um, also don't pour um, fats, oils,
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grease, things like that on the down the
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drain.
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Um,
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they will end up causing problems.
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Um,
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so um, please please don't do that.
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That's part of um, what causes backups
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that we have to go and
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um, undo
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uh, and repair those. So,
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um, the the section also covers the the
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wastewater treatment plant,
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um, the condition, the capacity,
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uh, any upgrades that have been made,
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um, and it evaluates the staff that
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we've had,
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um, new development that's come in and
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how that affects the system. So,
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um,
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with that, um,
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we're seeking, uh, a resolution to
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uh, adopt that. And are Are there any
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questions?
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» Any questions for Dave?
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I don't think so. You're good, Dave.
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Thank you.
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>> you.
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>> All right, we'll open this item up for
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public comment. Any public comment on
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this item?
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Any council discussion on this item?
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Councilor Christensen.
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>> This is the kind of topic that no one
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really discusses.
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Uh, we're so grateful for your good
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work. As we went through this in the
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work meeting,
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uh, a great deal of good work goes into
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making sure this happens because
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when these things don't happen work
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well, uh, we feel it. So, thank you for
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your good work.
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» It's like you never think about it until
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there's a very stinky problem. And so,
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we're grateful that we don't have to
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think about that.
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>> And Rachel Whipple and I love reading
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this survey. It's one of our favorites.
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We really do enjoy it. And I do really
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want the public to know, never flush
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those flushable wipes. They will go
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down, but they will not degrade. They
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will clog up the system. We don't don't
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do it. Don't.
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>> All right, we'll take a vote on the
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implied motion.
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Councilor
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McKay, yes. Councilor Christensen.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Whitlock.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Bogdan.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Hogan.
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Whipple. Yes. And Councilor
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Garrett is excused. That passes 6-0.
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Next, we have a resolution approving
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level two fire restrictions within the
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Provo City Watershed. It was presented
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by Kobe Hubbs.
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We are very serious about no fires.
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» Unlike Mr. Torgersen, I wish no one was
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here to hear me talk.
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>> [clears throat]
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>> Um
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this year's kind of been unique. Uh
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the county
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enacted level two fire restrictions on
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June 26th.
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And if you remember what happened the
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day after, we had all the snow on Timp.
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So, typically, we kind of follow our
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suit right behind them. We kind of held
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off to see if those
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were going to hold, if we had any
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moisture. Um didn't. Uh so, we wanted to
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make sure we went with
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those level two. So, I
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made an emergency order right before the
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4th of July on
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July 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. I enacted those
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uh fire level two fire restrictions.
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And we don't see anything in the near
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future that will rescind those. So,
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we're just here for council to go ahead
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and accept those until something changes
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and we get hopefully maybe some good
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monsoon rains.
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>> All right. Thank you. Any questions for
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Corey?
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>> Kobe. Sorry.
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>> Close enough.
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>> [laughter]
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>> All right. Thanks, Kobe.
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>> Yep.
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>> All right. Open for public comment. Is
[28:26]
there any public comment on this item?
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All right. We'll move ahead to council
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discussion. Any council discussion on
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this item?
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All right. We'll call for a vote on the
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applied motion. Councilor Christensen?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Whitlock?
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>> Yes.
[28:42]
>> Councilor Bogdan?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Hoban?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Whipple?
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>> Yes.
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>> Councilor Garrett is excused. Councilor
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McKay, yes. That passes 6-0. If there's
[28:51]
no objection, we will now adjourn the
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Provo City Council by unanimous consent.
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» Recording stopped.