[0:13] after 8:30 on

[0:13] SEPTEMBER 8th,

[0:14] call this session

[0:14] County

[0:15] commissioners to

[0:15] order

[0:16] 2026

[0:17] .

[0:17] Please join me in a salute our

[0:17] flag

[0:21] . I

[0:22] pledge allegiance to

[0:22] the

[0:24] flag of the

[0:24] United States

[0:26] of America and to the

[0:26] republic

[0:26] for which

[0:28] it

[0:28] stands, one

[0:28] nation

[0:29] under

[0:30] GOD, indivisible

[0:32] . Liberty

[0:32] and justice

[0:37] . Thank

[0:37] you

[0:38] everybody for being here this

[0:38] morning

[0:39] . Uh

[0:40] , Commissioner Burns

[0:42] is off today, so he will not be

[0:42] joining us

[0:44] , but

[0:44] we have

[0:45] some

[0:45] proclamations here

[0:46] . So Monica,

[0:47] what do we have first

[0:49] ? For the

[0:51] morning commissioners. I'm

[0:51] Aguila

[0:53] , um, so for the

[0:53] first

[0:54] proclamation

[0:55] , we

[0:55] are

[0:55] here to

[0:57] recognize National Recovery

[0:58] Month. Thank you so much

[0:59] for

[1:00] recognizing that with us this

[1:00] morning

[1:01] . Um

[1:02] , for those who

[1:02] might not

[1:03] be familiar

[1:04] , uh,

[1:05] according to the

[1:06] substance

[1:07] abuse and mental health

[1:09] Services Administration or

[1:09] semsa, an estimated

[1:11] 50 million

[1:11] adults in the

[1:13] United

[1:13] States

[1:14] consider themselves in

[1:15] recovery

[1:16] each year. Um

[1:18] , since 1989,

[1:18] recovery Month has

[1:20] been

[1:20] observed

[1:20] each

[1:22] SEPTEMBER as a

[1:22] time to

[1:23] celebrate the

[1:24] progress

[1:25] and successes of uh people

[1:26] in

[1:27] recovery. Um, this is also a

[1:28] time

[1:29] to pause, um, from our day

[1:30] to day

[1:31] . Work

[1:33] and

[1:33] educate

[1:34] ourselves and to

[1:35] bring

[1:36] awareness

[1:36] , um, um, to

[1:38] substance

[1:39] use disorders and mental health

[1:40] and to the

[1:40] reality

[1:41] that

[1:42] recovery

[1:43] is possible

[1:44] . Um, so

[1:45] why are we

[1:45] celebrating

[1:46] and

[1:47] recognizing

[1:49] , um, recovery month

[1:50] formally

[1:51] recognizing this

[1:52] uh um

[1:52] uh event

[1:53] and issuing

[1:54] a

[1:54] proclamation

[1:55] is

[1:56] really an

[1:56] important step

[1:58] in

[1:58] normalizing

[1:59] the conversation around

[1:59] substance use and

[2:00] mental

[2:00] health

[2:01] and recovery

[2:03] , um, and so being

[2:03] able to come here

[2:05] together

[2:05] ,

[2:05] celebrate with you all

[2:07] , um,

[2:07] speaks

[2:08] volumes to the values

[2:09] that each of us

[2:10] work on

[2:11] instilling in

[2:12] our community

[2:14] .

[2:14] Because

[2:16] working together

[2:16] um and

[2:17] normalizing the

[2:18] conversation

[2:19] around addiction, mental health

[2:21] and recovery, we can help

[2:21] reduce

[2:23] the

[2:23] stigma and create an

[2:24] environment

[2:25] where

[2:25] people,

[2:25] especially

[2:26] the

[2:27] younger

[2:28] generations can

[2:29] see recovery

[2:30] as

[2:30] possible

[2:32] , um, and feel

[2:32] supported and have hope for the

[2:33] future

[2:37] . Samsa identifies 4

[2:37] pillars

[2:38] or

[2:39] building blocks

[2:39] to

[2:39] recovery. Uh

[2:41] , those are

[2:41] held,

[2:42] home, purpose

[2:43] , and community

[2:44] . I

[2:44] am

[2:46] really grateful to work in

[2:46] this community

[2:47] where

[2:48] the county

[2:48] as a

[2:50] government entity not

[2:50] only

[2:52] recognizes the recovery month

[2:53] as a symbol or just

[2:55] as values

[2:55] ,

[2:55] but

[2:56] puts that word

[2:57] into

[2:57] action

[2:59] and um I'm very, very

[2:59] grateful

[2:59] that

[3:01] , um, we

[3:02] , um, together

[3:03] are

[3:04] working

[3:05] on

[3:06] supporting the

[3:06] services that are

[3:08] the building

[3:08] blocks

[3:09] to recovery, so I

[3:11] mentioned health, home, purpose

[3:13] and community. These in

[3:13] services are

[3:15] . Translated in

[3:15] recovery

[3:17] housing

[3:17] services

[3:17] and

[3:18] employment

[3:19] and

[3:19] recovery

[3:20] services, um, and so I'm very

[3:21] ,

[3:22] very grateful to be part of

[3:22] this community

[3:23] where

[3:24] we

[3:24] actually support these

[3:26] services

[3:26] so

[3:28] . Um

[3:29] , This

[3:30] year's recovery

[3:31] Month celebration has been

[3:31] organized

[3:33] by the North Star

[3:33] Recovery Task Force

[3:35] , and so

[3:35] with me

[3:35] this morning

[3:37] , um, are

[3:38] members of the

[3:39] various

[3:40] communities that are

[3:40] represented not only on

[3:41] the

[3:42] recovery task force, but also

[3:42] on the

[3:44] housing

[3:44] task force, um,

[3:45] and who are working

[3:46] together

[3:46] with you

[3:47] commissioners in

[3:49] really implementing your vision

[3:49] your actions

[3:50] , and

[3:50] also

[3:51] implementing recovery in our

[3:51] community

[3:53] . So first to speak,

[3:53] I'm

[3:54] gonna invite

[3:55] Alan Mia from

[3:56] the New

[3:57] Earth

[3:58] recovery, um,

[3:58] services to

[4:00] to speak

[4:00] , um

[4:02] . Thank

[4:02] you

[4:04] . Thank you

[4:08] . Good morning.

[4:09] I'm Alan Ya. I'm director of

[4:09] New

[4:11] Earth Recovery

[4:11] . We

[4:13] operate

[4:14] 8 recovery homes here in

[4:15] Skagit

[4:16] Valley and have been

[4:17] , um, just

[4:18] really privileged to do

[4:20] this

[4:20] really important work

[4:21] . There's

[4:21] a

[4:22] lot we

[4:22] could say this morning

[4:23] about people

[4:24] in recovery in

[4:25] our

[4:25] community. We could talk

[4:26] about

[4:27] the

[4:27] , the people who

[4:29] , uh, whose

[4:29] addiction led them

[4:31] to crime

[4:31] and

[4:32] homelessness, and how

[4:33] they

[4:34] do

[4:34] recover and how that when

[4:35] they

[4:36] do recover, um

[4:38] , They're

[4:38] contributing to the systems

[4:39] that they used

[4:40] to take from

[4:41] . Uh

[4:41] they

[4:42] no

[4:43] longer

[4:43] need to

[4:45] be

[4:45] incarcerated. They no longer

[4:46] need to

[4:47] be in regular

[4:47] er visits

[4:48] Instead

[4:49] , they are now

[4:50] paying

[4:50] taxes

[4:51] and

[4:51] they're building,

[4:52] they're kind of rebuilding

[4:53] that

[4:54] safety net. We

[4:54] could talk

[4:56] about

[4:56] how

[4:56] , uh, studies show that

[4:57] people

[4:58] in

[4:59] recovery volunteer at

[4:59] twice

[5:00] the rate of

[5:01] the general

[5:01] population

[5:03] . We could talk

[5:03] about

[5:03] how

[5:03] , uh, how

[5:05] people in recovery

[5:06] as part of their

[5:07] own healing

[5:07] process

[5:08] regularly

[5:09] serve as peer

[5:10] mentors and sponsors

[5:11] . Sponsors

[5:12] to help other people out of

[5:12] addiction

[5:14] . But

[5:14] I don't want to

[5:15] talk about any of those things

[5:16] .

[5:17] Instead, I wanna

[5:18] talk about how

[5:19] we as

[5:19] a

[5:20] community

[5:21] , um, are

[5:22] welcoming people

[5:23] who

[5:23] are coming

[5:23] back to us

[5:25] from usually

[5:26] institutional settings, not

[5:26] always

[5:27] , but coming back to us

[5:28] at least from

[5:30] addiction. I need

[5:30] to say here that I've, I've, uh

[5:31] had some

[5:32] of this conversation

[5:33] with a couple of you and

[5:34] , and

[5:35] with a number of folks in our

[5:37] audience before, but I, but I'm

[5:37] mindful that

[5:39] I've at times left

[5:39] out the punchline, and I want

[5:40] to

[5:41] be sure I get there in the

[5:42] next minute or two

[5:43] . So

[5:43] there

[5:44] are

[5:44] 3 primary

[5:45] ways that we as a

[5:46] community are making a

[5:46] difference in the

[5:48] lives

[5:48] of

[5:48] people

[5:48] in recovery

[5:50] . First of

[5:50] all

[5:50] , relief

[5:52] . We

[5:52] provide

[5:52] shelter

[5:53] and food at

[5:54] first

[5:54] steps and

[5:55] welcome homes gadget

[5:56] , at

[5:57] Friendship House, and at Family

[5:57] Promise

[5:59] . Um

[5:59] , the

[6:00] syringe

[6:01] exchange provides

[6:02] safe

[6:02] supplies

[6:04] in Narcan, so people live long

[6:04] enough

[6:05] to

[6:06] experience recovery

[6:06] ,

[6:07] hugely important

[6:08] . Um

[6:08] , we also

[6:09] do, of course

[6:10] , a

[6:10] lot

[6:10] of relief

[6:11] in our

[6:13] emergency rooms. Um

[6:14] ,

[6:15] rehabilitation happens. This is

[6:16] the second piece is that

[6:16] we

[6:17] spend a lot of resources

[6:17] on

[6:18] rehabilitation

[6:19] , sending people

[6:20] to inpatient

[6:20] and

[6:21] outpatient

[6:22] treatment programs

[6:23] , um, and

[6:24] , uh

[6:24] our newly opened Star Center

[6:26] ,

[6:26] which we all

[6:27] are celebrating

[6:28] ,

[6:28] uh, is will be a huge

[6:29] . Help to

[6:29] people

[6:31] that that

[6:31] rehabilitative

[6:31] journey

[6:33] . And so this is

[6:33] , um,

[6:33] this

[6:35] , this particular kind of

[6:36] arm, uh, is

[6:37] , is the most

[6:38] expensive treatment. Uh, it

[6:38] costs

[6:40] a lot of money to send

[6:40] people to

[6:42] inpatient treatment

[6:42] and, and, and

[6:44] afterward there's

[6:44] sort of a medical clinical

[6:45] components to all

[6:46] that. We also

[6:47] it needs to be said, do

[6:47] , do

[6:49] some rehabilitation in the

[6:51] criminal justice system. So in

[6:52] jails and in prisons

[6:53] , there's

[6:54] some rehabilitation that

[6:54] happens for

[6:55] people. The

[6:57] arm of,

[6:58] of, of what we do is

[6:58] development

[7:00] . Um, and this

[7:01] happens alongside

[7:02] and

[7:02] after

[7:03] rehabilitation. It happens

[7:04] , um,

[7:04] when, when people are working

[7:05] hard to rebuild

[7:06] their

[7:07] lives by

[7:07] going to school

[7:08] or

[7:09] by

[7:09] learning

[7:09] new, nenenenenenenenene

[7:11] trades

[7:11] ,

[7:11] getting a job

[7:12] , paying

[7:13] off

[7:13] debts

[7:13] um

[7:16] . Relearning how to be

[7:16] in

[7:18] healthy relationships and

[7:19] figuring out how they want

[7:20] to

[7:20] contribute

[7:21] to society

[7:22] . So this

[7:22] is

[7:23] what happens in

[7:23] recovery

[7:23] homes

[7:25] is what happens in the

[7:25] recovery cafe is

[7:27] what happens

[7:27] in our

[7:27] local

[7:28] community

[7:29] college

[7:29] and

[7:30] uh and in

[7:31] supported

[7:31] employment when employers take

[7:32] the time and

[7:33] effort to go the

[7:34] extra mile to help

[7:35] somebody

[7:36] relearn those skills. So

[7:38] here's

[7:39] the punchline I talked about,

[7:39] which I think is

[7:40] really

[7:40] important

[7:41] , is that, um

[7:43] , That

[7:44] a

[7:45] community that supports all

[7:45] three of

[7:47] these arms, all three

[7:47] of these kind

[7:49] of components

[7:49] , um

[7:50] will make a

[7:50] huge difference

[7:51] in

[7:52] the lives of people in recovery

[7:54] and an investment in

[7:55] the

[7:56] development piece of that will

[7:57] keep us from having

[7:58] to do

[7:58] the

[7:59] other two over and over and

[8:01] over again. The more

[8:01] development we do

[8:03] , the more,

[8:03] the less we have to do relief

[8:05] and the less we have to

[8:06] do

[8:06] rehabilitation

[8:07] of the same

[8:08] folks over and over

[8:09] . So

[8:09] I am

[8:10] ,

[8:10] uh, as Monica mentioned

[8:11] , we are

[8:12] so privileged to live in. In a

[8:14] community where that is

[8:15] recognized and

[8:17] where efforts

[8:17] like ours in

[8:18] , in, in

[8:18] , uh, in

[8:19] housing and in the

[8:20] recovery

[8:21] cafe and another kind of

[8:21] development

[8:23] efforts

[8:23] are

[8:25] hugely

[8:26] supported, and I, I

[8:26] have

[8:26] colleagues

[8:27] around the state who

[8:28] look at us and say, wow

[8:29] , uh,

[8:30] that you, that your community

[8:31] supports you

[8:32] in

[8:32] that way

[8:32] is, is

[8:33] huge. And so

[8:34] , uh, and as a

[8:35] result, there are

[8:36] , there are

[8:37] hundreds of people

[8:37] whose

[8:37] stories

[8:39] are different and

[8:39] changed because of, of

[8:41] your

[8:42] support for recovery in the

[8:42] community

[8:43] . And

[8:44] , and then all

[8:44] the rest of us who

[8:45] kind of help

[8:46] out in that in that

[8:47] effort. So

[8:48] thank you for all of that in

[8:48] advance

[8:50] . I'm gonna turn it over

[8:51] to, I think Sean is

[8:52] next to

[8:53] talk about the recovery cafe

[8:55] .

[8:55] Thank you, Alan

[8:59] . Good

[9:00] morning

[9:01] ,

[9:01] commissioners. Uh, my name is

[9:02] Sean Howard

[9:04] . I'm the executive

[9:05] director for the Recovery Cafe

[9:06] here in Mount Vernon. Uh

[9:06] ,

[9:07] wanted to give

[9:08] a

[9:08] quick update

[9:09] on the cafe and where we're

[9:10] at

[9:10] ,

[9:11] but also just talk about

[9:12] what

[9:13] Northstar has been able to

[9:13] accomplish

[9:15] , uh, for

[9:15] . So

[9:15] in

[9:17] most

[9:18] communities, uh, at least

[9:19] in

[9:20] the conversations I've had with

[9:20] other EDs across

[9:21] the

[9:21] nation.

[9:22] Most of the cafes work very

[9:22] much

[9:24] in

[9:24] isolation

[9:26] , very siloed.

[9:26] They don't have a lot of work

[9:27] with their county

[9:28] government,

[9:29] with their city government. And

[9:29] when I came

[9:30] here

[9:31] from Texas, it

[9:31] was just the complete opposite

[9:33] of that. It

[9:33] was immediate that

[9:33] the

[9:35] commissioners cared that

[9:36] the city council

[9:37] members cared

[9:37] ,

[9:38] um, and that there was

[9:39] this

[9:40] realization that this work

[9:40] could not be done

[9:42] in isolation.

[9:42] Um

[9:44] , so through the

[9:44] recovery

[9:45] task force, through NorthStar,

[9:45] we

[9:46] have been able to

[9:47] create

[9:47] partnerships with

[9:48] such

[9:48] great

[9:49] organizations like Cascade

[9:50] Job

[9:51] Corps, going out there and

[9:52] providing services to

[9:53] those

[9:53] kids who have had their

[9:54] services cut. We've

[9:55] been able

[9:56] to go to community court and

[9:56] establish

[9:58] a voucher program

[9:58] there, work very closely with

[9:59] them. Same with drug

[10:00] . Court

[10:02] , um

[10:02] and just many other

[10:03] partnerships which I could

[10:04] highlight with New Earth

[10:05] recovery, with

[10:06] rise

[10:07] recovery,

[10:07] um, and it's just this

[10:09] . Great

[10:10] way

[10:11] of

[10:12] bringing things together

[10:13] and we're able to share ideas

[10:13] ,

[10:13] we're able to

[10:16] tandem. So on top

[10:16] of that

[10:17] , in

[10:18] 2025, uh, through a

[10:19] lot of those partnerships

[10:20] , we

[10:20] were able to get

[10:21] over

[10:22] 10,000

[10:22] meals and visits for the

[10:23] first

[10:23] time

[10:24] , um, we

[10:24] are

[10:25] now

[10:25] up

[10:27] to

[10:27] roughly 12 to

[10:27] 13

[10:28] recovery

[10:29] circles support groups at any

[10:30] given time

[10:31] . We

[10:32] have over 600

[10:32] people do

[10:34] those circles. So

[10:34] it's really growing and moving

[10:35] at

[10:36] the cafe. We

[10:36] are just

[10:37] trying

[10:37] to

[10:38] continue to be a space for

[10:38] safe

[10:39] . Sober

[10:40] Friday

[10:40] nights and

[10:41] continuing to

[10:43] just grow, our

[10:43] hope is again to get to that 7

[10:45] days a week, have that safe and

[10:46] sober community

[10:47] for people, um

[10:49] .

[10:50] And then I think I wanted to

[10:50] close just

[10:52] with a thing that we

[10:52] are looking at at the

[10:54] cafe

[10:54] is

[10:55] very much

[10:56] recovery from

[10:57] substance use is still front of

[10:57] mind for all

[10:58] of us, but

[10:58] looking

[10:59] at how are people

[11:00] recovering

[11:01] from mental health? How are

[11:03] people

[11:03] handling what the

[11:05] former

[11:05] Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

[11:06] called the

[11:07] loneliness epidemic.

[11:08] I think the researchers

[11:09] is

[11:10] clear and continues to

[11:10] be very

[11:10] clear

[11:12] that those

[11:12] that

[11:13] disconnection that we

[11:14] have in

[11:15] our community is really one of

[11:15] the

[11:16] driving

[11:16] forces

[11:17] behind

[11:17] people picking up substances

[11:18] behind

[11:19] . Kind people suffering

[11:20] from

[11:21] mental health. So I just

[11:22] encourage

[11:23] the county

[11:23] , um, and

[11:24] everybody here to continue to

[11:26] look at how are we addressing

[11:26] that loneliness

[11:27] and

[11:28] getting

[11:28] people off of their phones

[11:29] , off

[11:30] of their couches

[11:31] , and into

[11:32] community

[11:33] , into something that

[11:35] is bigger than them, a third

[11:35] space

[11:36] , so thank you,

[11:37] commissioners, and I'm passing

[11:37] it off

[11:39] to Nora and Tina

[11:41] , I

[11:41] think

[11:50] . Hi

[11:53] , I'm Nora Peterson

[11:53] from the Cedar Wooley

[11:54] City

[11:55] Council, and

[11:55] this is

[11:57] Tina Tate

[11:57] ,

[11:58] uh, the executive director

[11:59] of

[11:59] Habitat for Humanity, but

[12:00] more

[12:01] importantly, one of my

[12:02] neighbors in

[12:03] Ward 3

[12:04] , in

[12:04] Cedar

[12:06] Wooley. I wanna thank you

[12:06] for

[12:07] doing

[12:09] this proclamation

[12:10] , um,

[12:10] this month for

[12:11] recovery month

[12:11] and for

[12:13] inviting us to share

[12:13] what's happening in our

[12:15] community in Cedra Wooley

[12:17] , uh,

[12:17] to support this nationwide

[12:18] effort

[12:19] . Earlier this year, Tina

[12:20] and I attended the North Star

[12:22] .

[12:23] Our symposium where

[12:24] we got

[12:24] to

[12:24] talking

[12:25] about

[12:26] organizing a

[12:27] recovery walk in Cedar

[12:28] Wooley

[12:28] .

[12:29] We had just seen an

[12:30] amazing

[12:31] presentation about a similar

[12:31] event

[12:33] , much

[12:33] larger, thousands

[12:34] of people

[12:35] in Philadelphia, and

[12:36] I was

[12:37] just

[12:38] so excited to bring

[12:38] that idea home

[12:40] . I

[12:40] mentioned it

[12:40] to

[12:42] Tina

[12:42] , and

[12:42] If

[12:43] you know

[12:44] anything

[12:44] about Tina

[12:46] . The next

[12:47] thing we had

[12:48] was

[12:49] a committee

[12:49] ,

[12:49] an

[12:49] agenda

[12:51] , a

[12:51] marketing plan

[12:52] with the support

[12:53] of

[12:53] hospitals

[12:53] District 304, we

[12:54] were able

[12:55] to

[12:55] get some really

[12:56] cool t-shirts

[12:58] .

[12:58] And, uh, Tina reached out

[13:00] to a

[13:00] few people who are prominent in

[13:01] the

[13:02] recovery community to speak

[13:03] at

[13:05] the event. I'm just so

[13:05] grateful for all of

[13:06] the

[13:06] people

[13:07] who have donated their time

[13:10] and

[13:11] resources to this effort. It's

[13:11] been really amazing to get

[13:12] together

[13:14] with folks from within

[13:14] our community in

[13:16] Cedar Wooley

[13:16] to support

[13:17] and celebrate those

[13:18] who are

[13:19] in recovery

[13:20] . This

[13:20] event

[13:21] is really important

[13:22] to me

[13:23] because I feel like my

[13:23] generation really got

[13:25] the short

[13:25] end of the stick with the whole

[13:26] opioid thing

[13:28] . So many people

[13:29] my

[13:29] age first

[13:30] encountered opioids

[13:32] after a sports injury as kids,

[13:32] they trusted

[13:33] their doctors,

[13:34] they trusted

[13:35] their parents

[13:36] . And

[13:37] then now they have to face a

[13:38] really hard

[13:38] road at no fault of

[13:39] their own

[13:41] . Growing up and even

[13:41] as

[13:42] an

[13:43] adult

[13:43] , these

[13:43] drugs were

[13:43] just

[13:45] too accessible

[13:45] . It created

[13:46] problems

[13:47] for

[13:47] individuals,

[13:48] families, and whole communities

[13:50] And it takes a

[13:51] whole

[13:52] community

[13:52] approach to address the harm

[13:53] caused by

[13:54] the opioid crisis

[13:56] .

[13:57] Addiction has taken so many in

[13:59] our community, but together as

[14:01] a society, we're turning

[14:01] things

[14:03] around. We sued the

[14:04] pharmaceutical companies

[14:05] , and

[14:06] then there was more money

[14:07] for

[14:07] facilities

[14:08] , treatment

[14:08] facilities like the sar Center

[14:10] in

[14:11] Cedar Wooley with North

[14:12] Star

[14:12] jurisdictions are coming

[14:13] together to

[14:14] coordinate

[14:15] wraparound services and

[14:15] policies

[14:16] that

[14:17] address these

[14:17] complex needs

[14:18] . We

[14:19] need this

[14:19] kind

[14:21] of

[14:21] community-based

[14:22] solution to get

[14:23] at the heart of

[14:24] the problem. And that's

[14:25] starts

[14:26] with raising awareness

[14:27] around

[14:28] recovery. That's why we're

[14:28] doing this

[14:30] recovery walk. I

[14:30] want to live in a

[14:32] town

[14:32] where

[14:33] everyone is really proud to

[14:35] celebrate recovery and their

[14:35] families, in

[14:36] their

[14:37] neighborhoods, at work

[14:37] , at

[14:38] home

[14:39] Recovery is a

[14:39] big

[14:40] accomplishment

[14:41] , not just for

[14:42] the individual, but for the

[14:42] community

[14:43] as

[14:43] a

[14:44] whole

[14:44] . My hope

[14:44] is that

[14:45] in

[14:46] 20 years, we can

[14:47] read about

[14:48] the

[14:48] opioid crisis in

[14:49] history

[14:50] books and see it

[14:51] as an

[14:51] event that

[14:52] was tragic

[14:53] , but

[14:53] time

[14:54] bound, and something that

[14:55] Taught us about

[14:55] who we are

[14:56] as

[14:57] people

[14:58] . And before

[14:59] I finish, I

[15:00] just want to say some of the

[15:00] names of the folks

[15:01] who have

[15:02] made this walk possible. Of

[15:02] course

[15:04] , Tina Tate, Paul

[15:04] and

[15:05] Diane Cock

[15:07] , Linda Crothers

[15:08] , uh,

[15:09] Monty Thompson, Rachel and

[15:10] Alan

[15:10] from New

[15:11] Earth

[15:11] Recovery

[15:13] ,

[15:13] Monique Bingham, and of course

[15:15] our speakers, Lisa Jannicki

[15:15] ,

[15:16] Kevin

[15:17] Riley, and

[15:18] Kay Knott.

[15:18] It's

[15:19] just been, oh

[15:20] , and

[15:20] hospital, the

[15:22] hospital district

[15:22] because we got our cool shirts

[15:24] ,

[15:24] um, it's just been such an

[15:25] uplifting

[15:26] thing to work with

[15:27] all these neighbors to put

[15:29] together a homegrown event

[15:29] like

[15:29] this

[15:31] , and we hope that you can

[15:32] join us on

[15:33] the

[15:33] 12th for

[15:33] our

[15:34] Cedra Wooley walk

[15:35] for recovery

[15:35] .

[15:36] And I just

[15:37] want to

[15:38] say um just

[15:38] a couple of things

[15:40] , uh,

[15:41] recovery

[15:42] , people

[15:42] in recovery,

[15:43] make

[15:44] a

[15:45] stronger community

[15:45] , so

[15:45] our

[15:47] tagline is a

[15:47] step toward a

[15:49] stronger community. I

[15:49] am

[15:51] 22

[15:51] years

[15:51] in

[15:52] recovery and very

[15:54] proud to live in Cedar

[15:54] Wooley

[15:55] ,

[15:56] and there's so many others in

[15:57] Cedra Wooley, and

[15:58] we need to

[15:59] come together as a community

[16:00] and make sure

[16:01] that we

[16:02] are

[16:02] making a

[16:03] stronger community

[16:04] by

[16:05] embracing others that are in

[16:05] recovery as well

[16:07] . A

[16:07] little more

[16:09] details on that walk

[16:09] , SEPTEMBER

[16:10] 12th

[16:11] , SEPTEMBER 12th, yes

[16:12] ,

[16:12] SEPTEMBER 12th

[16:13] , we

[16:13] are

[16:14] meeting

[16:14] at

[16:14] 10:00

[16:16] A.M. In the, if you

[16:16] know Cedra willy

[16:18] , the old Ford

[16:19] car lot

[16:20] on Ferry Street. It's a

[16:21] big open lot. We'll be out

[16:21] there

[16:22] . You'll see us

[16:23] , um, and

[16:23] then the walk

[16:25] is about 2

[16:25] miles

[16:25] long and we're

[16:27] gonna end at

[16:28] Hammer Heritage Square, where

[16:29] we will have our speakers

[16:31] . Very

[16:32] good

[16:32] . Thank

[16:32] you

[16:36] No

[16:38] . Anybody

[16:39] else

[16:43] ? Oh

[16:45] . I'm

[16:46] Judge

[16:47] Jennifer

[16:48] Hausen, and I am on the

[16:48] recovery task force

[16:50] and

[16:50] also

[16:51] preside over

[16:52] the Mount

[16:52] Vernon

[16:53] Municipal

[16:54] Court Community Court

[16:54] and we

[16:56] also

[16:56] recognized Jeff

[16:57] McCann, who's the city of

[16:59] Mount

[16:59] Vernon prosecutor

[17:01] , and he

[17:01] , uh,

[17:01] expertly handles the

[17:03] community

[17:03] court in the city of Mount

[17:04] Vernon, which happens to

[17:05] be

[17:05] very

[17:06] , very

[17:06] large

[17:07] robust. It is

[17:08] over half

[17:08] of our

[17:10] entire

[17:10] calendar in the city of Mount

[17:11] Vernon

[17:12] , we

[17:12] have hundreds of

[17:13] people

[17:14] that participate in

[17:15] successfully

[17:17] . Graduate and it's

[17:17] thanks to

[17:18] the

[17:19] partnership of

[17:19] all of these folks

[17:21] here

[17:21] working

[17:21] together

[17:23] . And funding

[17:24] from

[17:24] state

[17:26] and from the

[17:26] county, and

[17:26] we're

[17:28] really grateful every

[17:28] single

[17:30] week, MR. McCann

[17:30] and

[17:31] I

[17:31] witness

[17:33] a

[17:34] recovery working

[17:34] , and

[17:35] we see over

[17:35] 5 graduates

[17:37] a week

[17:37] in

[17:39] our

[17:39] uh program and they're

[17:40] staying successful

[17:41] . So it's

[17:42] through partnerships with all

[17:42] of these

[17:43] folks that we're

[17:44] making it work on a daily basis

[17:44] Thank you

[17:46] . Can you go over a

[17:47] little bit more how that

[17:48] The

[17:49] court system works, not

[17:50] everybody watching understands

[17:51] how that works, so

[17:53] just

[17:54] preliminary community court in

[17:54] Skagit County is

[17:55] a diversion

[17:55] court away from the

[17:57] criminal

[17:57] justice system. It's held in

[17:58] the community

[17:59] court building on

[18:00] College Way

[18:02] , uh, eligible

[18:02] charges are

[18:04] folks charged

[18:04] with

[18:05] shoplifting

[18:06] , uh, trespass

[18:06] ,

[18:07] disorderly conduct

[18:08] ,

[18:09] misdemeanors, and drug

[18:09] possession. So

[18:10] it

[18:11] is our drug

[18:11] court at this time

[18:13] since

[18:13] drug

[18:14] charges are misdemeanors at

[18:15] this time

[18:15] . And

[18:16] so

[18:17] we intervene

[18:18] at the first hearing. Caring

[18:18] for

[18:20] those individuals and

[18:20] provide

[18:22] services

[18:22] , mental health

[18:22] treatment

[18:24] , uh, housing

[18:24] . Uh

[18:26] , and

[18:27] substance treatment

[18:28] and so if

[18:29] people are successful in that

[18:29] program

[18:30] , we

[18:31] monitor them and

[18:31] hold

[18:32] them accountable

[18:33] over the

[18:34] course of lengthening times

[18:35] like a

[18:36] months

[18:38] and then the goal

[18:38] is to have no

[18:38] new

[18:40] charges and

[18:40] to

[18:41] be successfully be engaged

[18:43] in treatment

[18:43] and recovery and

[18:44] be housed

[18:45] , so it

[18:47] , not everybody

[18:47] understands that monitoring

[18:49] program and the things they

[18:50] have to do because if

[18:51] they

[18:51] don't do it

[18:52] , they're out

[18:53] ,

[18:54] correct? Yes, correct. They

[18:54] have to show

[18:55] . Up for

[18:55] review

[18:56] hearings, they have to stay in

[18:57] contact with

[18:58] their

[18:58] probation

[18:59] officer on a monthly

[19:00] basis

[19:00] .

[19:01] They have to attend

[19:02] the

[19:03] evaluation right away as soon

[19:03] as they

[19:05] enter the program, and

[19:05] they have to attend

[19:07] a resource

[19:07] clinic. They

[19:09] have to uh

[19:09] Attend

[19:10] all their

[19:11] treatment classes,

[19:12] stay clean off drugs and

[19:12] alcohol

[19:14] and stay off

[19:14] of

[19:14] charges

[19:16] not commit any new charges, so

[19:16] they're

[19:18] monitored by

[19:19] probation

[19:19] officers, but

[19:20] they're also

[19:21] tested too sometimes, correct,

[19:21] they are

[19:23] , yes. So it's not

[19:24] just

[19:25] a do this program

[19:25] , no problem.

[19:26] You've

[19:27] got to do a lot of it

[19:28] .

[19:28] It's actually far

[19:29] more intense

[19:30] than the regular system which

[19:30] has

[19:31] no

[19:32] supervision or

[19:32] accountability

[19:34] , correct

[19:34] ? Thank

[19:35] you very much for bringing that

[19:37] up

[19:37] . Pardon

[19:38] or support

[19:41] . Anybody

[19:41] else

[19:45] ? Commissioner Browning,

[19:46] any comments

[19:48] ? A lot of you

[19:48] know

[19:50] I've been involved in a lot

[19:50] of

[19:50] the recovery

[19:52] stuff

[19:52] since

[19:52] the

[19:53] mid-eighties

[19:54] . And in those days

[19:55] it

[19:56] was inefficient, inefficient

[19:57] We didn't

[19:57] have what

[19:58] Alan has

[19:59] brought to our community, the

[20:01] long

[20:01] term recovery that we

[20:03] get

[20:03] people clean

[20:04] , sober

[20:04] to some

[20:04] degree. They go back to

[20:05] the

[20:06] neighborhoods, go back to their

[20:07] friends, and they're back

[20:07] in

[20:08] the

[20:08] streets immediately

[20:10] . And so

[20:10] what you've, Alan, brought to

[20:11] this community

[20:12] is immeasurable.

[20:13] It has so

[20:13] much

[20:14] value

[20:14] , and Sean,

[20:15] what you're doing, just giving

[20:16] a community

[20:17] , there's so much

[20:17] work right now on kind of

[20:19] happiness and being able to

[20:20] function in life and it has so

[20:20] much

[20:21] to do with friends and

[20:22] people you can hang out with

[20:22] and, and

[20:25] . Get relationships

[20:26] with and

[20:26] so what you two are

[20:28] doing is, is what brings us

[20:29] from just a

[20:30] recovery program

[20:31] that a lot of people can

[20:32] go

[20:33] through and

[20:33] have a couple of

[20:34] months

[20:35] of sobriety and then

[20:35] something will trigger them.

[20:36] Yours

[20:37] is what keeps that from

[20:38] happening

[20:39] and really it's so,

[20:40] so important and I'm really

[20:40] proud of this

[20:41] community for

[20:42] having. We

[20:42] need more. We

[20:44] certainly need more because we

[20:45] still have people going back to

[20:45] their neighborhoods

[20:46] and

[20:46] their

[20:47] friends and ending up where

[20:49] they started. We have to get

[20:49] better about

[20:50] the recovery, so

[20:51] I

[20:51] really appreciate the work

[20:53] you're doing. Noran Tina. Thank

[20:53] you

[20:55] . That's

[20:55] uh getting to

[20:57] some

[20:57] visibility, that's, that's all

[20:58] get out and walk and, and get

[21:00] people recognizing that it is

[21:01] neighbors and friends

[21:02] . It's not

[21:02] somebody that you don't know

[21:03] and somebody who

[21:04] you're not

[21:05] necessarily proud to have

[21:06] in

[21:06] your community, but people who

[21:07] you care about that are

[21:08] in

[21:09] those on those walks that are

[21:09] some in

[21:11] some version of

[21:11] recovery. It's really

[21:13] important

[21:13] to make it

[21:13] . To

[21:14] make it real for

[21:15] people that recovery is among

[21:16] us all

[21:18] the time, successful

[21:19] and

[21:20] unsuccessful successful, but

[21:20] again, back to

[21:22] Alan and Sean,

[21:23] you guys exactly what we need

[21:23] to

[21:24] create a good

[21:25] long standing

[21:25] recovery program

[21:27] , so thank you

[21:28] .

[21:29] Yeah, I'd also like to thank

[21:30] you all for being here today

[21:31] ,

[21:31] and I think we live

[21:33] in a kind

[21:33] of a

[21:34] medium sized

[21:35] county

[21:36] community and so we still know

[21:36] each other. We have

[21:37] family

[21:38] connections, friends and

[21:39] neighbors connections, and I

[21:40] think that helps make this go

[21:41] forward and

[21:42] working

[21:43] successfully North Star has

[21:43] been able to come

[21:44] together and

[21:45] give them the opportunity for

[21:45] people who

[21:46] are

[21:47] wanting to um

[21:47] work on

[21:49] these community issues

[21:49] to go

[21:50] forward

[21:51] and

[21:51] get solutions

[21:52] to, um, you know

[21:53] , Alan

[21:53] , you

[21:54] brought up some of the

[21:55] issues

[21:56] that not every part of the

[21:57] country is dealing with the

[21:57] same way

[21:59] . As we are and that

[21:59] because

[22:00] of

[22:00] our

[22:01] smallest and how

[22:01] we're able

[22:02] to

[22:03] work together, um

[22:03] you know, Sean

[22:04] , you're talking

[22:05] about the recovery cafe. We

[22:06] were able to go

[22:07] down to Olympia

[22:08] and get some funding

[22:09] to

[22:09] help

[22:10] with the purchase of the

[22:10] building there

[22:11] so those kind of

[22:12] things don't happen without

[22:12] community

[22:14] coming together and

[22:14] working together

[22:16] and showing

[22:17] the people in Olympia that this

[22:17] was really

[22:18] important for us in

[22:19] Sskogee County, and

[22:20] i really

[22:21] appreciate that

[22:21] and

[22:23] um Nora and

[22:24] uh Tina, you know, it's

[22:25] great

[22:25] to

[22:26] have people come

[22:27] together

[22:28] and understand that there are

[22:28] issues going on in

[22:29] the

[22:30] community, but we can work

[22:30] together and help

[22:31] solve

[22:32] those

[22:32] problems and

[22:32] just

[22:34] having the

[22:34] walk and doing

[22:35] that like Dora

[22:35] said

[22:36] , it just, you

[22:36] come

[22:37] together, we want to do

[22:38] this

[22:38] ,

[22:39] uh, so see the Willie, we're

[22:39] gonna have a great

[22:41] , um, little

[22:41] walk event

[22:44] , uh, has some good

[22:44] speakers. I really do

[22:45] appreciate all the time and

[22:46] effort to do it

[22:46] and

[22:47] the

[22:48] community court, Jennifer

[22:48] , uh,

[22:49] you and everybody

[22:50] else in your

[22:51] staff are doing a great job and

[22:52] that's what people

[22:52] don't

[22:53] realize that it's not

[22:54] just

[22:55] giving people the free pass.

[22:55] There are things

[22:56] they have to

[22:57] do along the way to be

[22:59] .

[22:59] Successful, and if they aren't

[23:00] able to do that

[23:01] , then they get

[23:02] those charges and they

[23:03] go to

[23:04] the regular justice system. So

[23:06] that's what people

[23:06] don't

[23:06] realize all the time

[23:08] . We're

[23:08] doing this work, but it's just

[23:09] to

[23:10] help

[23:11] people to be successful

[23:11] in the

[23:12] recovery and

[23:13] move

[23:13] forward afterwards. So

[23:15] , um, I

[23:15] thank you for all the time and

[23:16] effort and

[23:17] everybody's working

[23:17] so hard on these programs in

[23:19] Skagie County

[23:22] . You have the

[23:23] I

[23:24] have not seen it. You haven't

[23:25] seen it

[23:26] , but I'm about to

[23:29] . Well

[23:30] this

[23:31] is without a chance to

[23:31] uh

[23:31] warm up

[23:33] and make sure I

[23:33] can

[23:33] pronounce all the words, but

[23:36] we'll go ahead anyway

[23:36] , so

[23:37] , all

[23:37] right

[23:38] , whereas behavioral

[23:38] health is

[23:39] an essential part of

[23:40] overall health

[23:41] and wellness and

[23:42] substance use and mental health

[23:43] disorders

[23:44] are treatable

[23:44] . Health

[23:45] conditions from

[23:46] which people

[23:46] can and

[23:47] do

[23:48] recover and

[23:48] whereas

[23:49] substance use and mental

[23:51] health

[23:51] challenges affect individuals,

[23:52] families

[23:53] , workplaces

[23:53] , schools

[23:55] ,

[23:55] and communities across every

[23:56] region and background

[23:57] . And

[23:58] whereas recovery

[23:59] from

[24:00] behavioral health disorders is

[24:02] strengthened by access

[24:02] to

[24:03] evidence-based treatment

[24:04] , peer

[24:04] support

[24:05] , harm reduction

[24:06] , stable

[24:07] housing

[24:07] , employment

[24:07] opportunities

[24:08] , family and

[24:09] community connection, and

[24:11] public

[24:11] policies that reduce

[24:13] barriers

[24:14] to care, and whereas

[24:16] Gadget County through the North

[24:16] Star Collaborative and

[24:17] strong

[24:18] partnerships with healthcare

[24:18] providers

[24:20] , community

[24:21] organizations, tribal

[24:22] nations

[24:22] ,

[24:23] first responders, schools, and

[24:25] other regional partners is

[24:25] working

[24:27] to expand access to

[24:29] .

[24:29] Recovery-oriented services,

[24:30] strengthening the behavioral

[24:32] health system and improve

[24:33] outcomes for individuals and

[24:34] families across

[24:36] our community

[24:36] and whereas

[24:37] stigma remains

[24:38] one

[24:38] of the

[24:38] greatest

[24:40] barriers

[24:41] preventing people from helping

[24:41] ,

[24:41] help

[24:43] help, addressing treatment

[24:43] and sustaining

[24:45] recovery, and

[24:45] whereas society

[24:47] is stronger and

[24:47] healthier when people in

[24:48] recovery

[24:49] are supported by the

[24:50] community and people

[24:51] in

[24:52] recovery serving in every

[24:52] sector

[24:54] of society as

[24:54] business

[24:54] leaders

[24:55] , public servants

[24:56] ,

[24:56] community leaders, and more

[24:58] .

[24:59] Whereas policymakers can

[25:01] support recovery by listening

[25:01] to people with lived

[25:03] experience

[25:03] expanding access

[25:05] to care,

[25:05] investing

[25:05] in

[25:06] recovery

[25:07] support

[25:07] services

[25:08] using

[25:08] recovery

[25:10] friendly language to

[25:10] reduce

[25:12] stigma stigma and

[25:12] and

[25:12] advancing

[25:13] policies that

[25:14] help

[25:14] people build

[25:14] their lives

[25:15] with dignity

[25:16] and

[25:16] support

[25:17] . And

[25:19] whereas recovery

[25:20] Month promotes

[25:21] evidence-based

[25:21] treatment and recovery pathways

[25:23] and provides opportunities to

[25:24] celebrate people

[25:25] in

[25:25] recovery,

[25:26] those who have lost and

[25:27] support

[25:28] families and loved ones

[25:29] , and

[25:30] whereas we affirm, reaffirm

[25:32] our

[25:33] commitment to ensuring

[25:34] every

[25:35] Skagittonian has the resources

[25:36] they need to recover

[25:37] and

[25:37] thrive

[25:37] Now

[25:39] , therefore, be

[25:39] resolved

[25:39] that we, the

[25:41] Skagic County

[25:42] Board of County Commissioners

[25:43] do

[25:43] hereby proclaim

[25:44] SEPTEMBER

[25:46] 26th as recovery month in

[25:46] Skagit County

[25:48] . Signed this day

[25:48] of

[25:50] SEPTEMBER 2006

[25:50] , so moved,

[25:51] and I

[25:52] will

[25:53] say that. It is a

[25:54] move

[25:55] to

[25:57] proclaim SEPTEMBER is

[25:58] recovery month in Skagit

[25:59] County

[25:59] Is there any more discussion

[26:01] ?

[26:02] All those in favor say

[26:02] aye

[26:03] , aye

[26:04] All those opposed

[26:04] , motion

[26:04] passes

[26:06] . Thank you very much

[26:11] . We

[26:12] have

[26:13] another proclamation to do

[26:13] I don't know

[26:15] if this group

[26:15] wants to

[26:15] leave or you want

[26:17] to

[26:17] stay, um

[26:19] . Not

[26:20] not

[26:20] . It's flood

[26:21] Awareness

[26:21] week

[26:21] , so very, thank

[26:22] you very much for all coming in

[26:24] I appreciate

[26:27] that. Let's

[26:28] go

[26:28] ahead and take a 5

[26:29] minute break

[26:29] and we'll take

[26:30] some pictures.

[26:31] Ok. So, with that, we're

[26:31] adjourned for

[26:33] 5 minutes. Thank

[26:33] you. I

[26:35] ok

[26:37] . Sorry

[28:57] . Good morning.

[28:58] I call

[28:59] this

[28:59] sessions County

[29:00] commissioners back to order.

[29:00] It's a

[29:01] little

[29:02] after 9

[29:04] o'clock

[29:04] on

[29:04] SEPTEMBER 8th

[29:06] , 2026

[29:06] , we are

[29:06] here for

[29:08] a

[29:08] proclamation dealing

[29:08] with

[29:10] the

[29:10] 2026

[29:11] flood Awareness

[29:11] Week

[29:13] . Julie, what do you have

[29:13] for us? Good morning,

[29:14] commissioners

[29:15] . Will flood

[29:15] Awareness Week

[29:17] this year

[29:17] is

[29:18] SEPTEMBER 14th through

[29:19] the 18th

[29:20] We've moved it up a bit to give

[29:20] us

[29:21] more time

[29:22] to be aware

[29:22] and

[29:22] prepare

[29:25] , uh, before we

[29:26] read

[29:27] today's proclamation, I want

[29:29] emphasize that

[29:29] preparedness is

[29:31] a system. It

[29:31] takes all of

[29:31] us

[29:33] from first responders to

[29:33] public

[29:34] works

[29:35] , local

[29:36] governments, our

[29:36] dike

[29:37] and

[29:38] drainage districts and

[29:38] most importantly

[29:40] , our community

[29:42] For residents preparedness

[29:43] starts with

[29:44] the

[29:44] understanding

[29:45] and

[29:46] with understanding the

[29:47] nuances of where

[29:47] you live and

[29:49] the risks

[29:49] around you

[29:50] . Every

[29:51] time it floods

[29:51] , the

[29:53] river

[29:54] changes. If it hasn't flooded

[29:55] at

[29:55] your home

[29:56] or property before

[29:56] that

[29:58] doesn't mean that it won't

[29:59] flood there in the future

[30:00] . Um

[30:02] ,

[30:02] and while

[30:02] we

[30:03] understandably

[30:04] focus a great deal on

[30:05] the

[30:05] Skagit River

[30:07] , we also

[30:07] need to

[30:08] understand the

[30:09] risks associated

[30:09] with other rivers

[30:11] and

[30:12] tributaries throughout the

[30:12] county, such as

[30:13] the Sauk and

[30:14] the Samish, and we

[30:15] also need to

[30:16] be aware of the

[30:17] levels

[30:18] of water

[30:18] in each of

[30:18] our

[30:20] reservoirs

[30:20] ,

[30:20] whether

[30:21] it's

[30:22] Judy Lake or

[30:23] if

[30:23] it's um Big lake

[30:25] , you just need

[30:25] to be aware of

[30:26] the

[30:27] waterways

[30:27] around you

[30:29] . We ask

[30:29] every

[30:30] household to be prepared

[30:31] to

[30:32] take care of themselves for up

[30:32] to

[30:33] 2

[30:34] weeks following

[30:36] a disaster

[30:36] and to know

[30:37] the risks

[30:38] , know

[30:38] how

[30:38] to

[30:39] receive warnings and

[30:40] to

[30:40] have

[30:41] supplies and plans

[30:42] that your

[30:43] family will need

[30:45] . We're

[30:45] also

[30:46] continuing to

[30:47] improve the

[30:47] information available to

[30:48] communities

[30:49] and residents

[30:50] .

[30:50] Skagit County is

[30:51] working with

[30:52] our dike and

[30:52] drainage

[30:54] district,

[30:54] uh, to begin a

[30:54] new effort

[30:56] to

[30:57] develop community

[30:58] level

[30:59] inundation mapping. So this

[30:59] is

[31:01] not the 100 year

[31:01] flood plain

[31:03] mapping, which

[31:03] is regulatory

[31:05] .

[31:05] This goal in

[31:06] this project

[31:06] is

[31:06] really to

[31:07] better understand

[31:08] what happens at the

[31:09] community

[31:10] level, at a the street level

[31:12] ,

[31:12] uh, at Swan Road, at Francis

[31:13] Road. What's happening

[31:14] ? At a

[31:15] very micro level

[31:16] in the

[31:16] community

[31:17] . Where

[31:19] people live

[31:19] and

[31:19] really not just

[31:21] focusing on

[31:21] what the

[31:21] river

[31:22] gauge says

[31:24] because we're used to looking

[31:24] at

[31:25] the concrete river

[31:26] gauge

[31:26] and

[31:26] the Mount

[31:27] Vernon

[31:28] Gauge, but

[31:28] what we

[31:30] know

[31:30] historically

[31:31] happens in neighborhoods

[31:33] . Club

[31:33] preparedness is

[31:34] a

[31:35] shared

[31:35] responsibility

[31:36] and

[31:37] flood

[31:37] Awareness Week is

[31:37] an

[31:38] opportunity for

[31:39] us

[31:39] all

[31:39] to

[31:40] better understand

[31:41] our risks and

[31:42] to be better prepared for

[31:43] what

[31:43] comes next

[31:44] . Thank you

[31:45] . Very

[31:46] good

[31:48] . I've, I've got

[31:48] the dem

[31:49] team

[31:50] here

[31:50] today and

[31:51] public

[31:51] works

[31:53] , um, I mentioned this is

[31:53] a

[31:54] system

[31:55] we

[31:55] must

[31:55] work together

[31:55] for

[31:57] flood preparedness and

[31:57] flood response

[31:59] . On

[32:00] , uh, you

[32:03] know, last year, DECEMBER, we

[32:03] had um

[32:05] Very large event here

[32:06] in

[32:06] Sky County

[32:06] , lessons

[32:08] learned

[32:09] from your department

[32:10] , community

[32:10] members

[32:11] , any highlights you

[32:11] want to hit

[32:12] on that

[32:13] ? Yeah

[32:13] , sure

[32:14] um, that was

[32:15] such a

[32:17] interesting

[32:18] event because it

[32:19] , it

[32:20] unfolded

[32:20] in

[32:20] phases

[32:21] . So I

[32:22] think one thing

[32:23] the community

[32:24] should be aware

[32:24] of

[32:25] is

[32:26] we're prone

[32:27] to have

[32:28] um

[32:29] double atmospheric rivers in

[32:29] Skagit County

[32:31] where we

[32:31] can have

[32:31] a

[32:33] big atmospheric river coming

[32:34] in. That holds a lot of

[32:35] water

[32:36] and dumps it and then a

[32:37] couple

[32:38] days where there's nothing and

[32:38] then another

[32:40] one that comes in,

[32:40] and they

[32:42] MAY

[32:42] hold

[32:43] at

[32:44] 6

[32:44] hours

[32:44] with all

[32:45] of that

[32:46] extra

[32:47] precipitation coming in or

[32:47] pushing

[32:49] on

[32:49] that dike and

[32:51] levee

[32:51] system

[32:52] . So just

[32:53] because

[32:53] one

[32:54] atmospheric rivers

[32:55] over doesn't

[32:56] mean that all

[32:56] of the

[32:57] response

[32:58] teams go away. We've got to

[32:59] stay for the next one

[33:00] . Uh

[33:00] ,

[33:00] things

[33:02] we learned, and I think

[33:03] the community experiences this

[33:05] every time we put out an alert

[33:05] and

[33:07] warning is that while

[33:09] cell

[33:09] phones

[33:09] , text messages, that's

[33:10] our best way

[33:11] to get a hold of

[33:12] people and people can register

[33:14] through

[33:15] Skagget

[33:15] Ready

[33:16] to

[33:16] get

[33:17] additional types of information

[33:18] from us

[33:18] , those

[33:19] cell phone

[33:21] towers bounce around

[33:21] , so

[33:23] sometimes a message goes

[33:23] somewhere other than

[33:24] we

[33:25] intended

[33:25] , um, and so

[33:27] we can't

[33:28] control for that, but if

[33:28] you

[33:28] sign up

[33:29] for Skagit ready and

[33:30] Opt into

[33:32] our communication

[33:32] system

[33:33] , then

[33:34] we can control, it

[33:34] goes right to

[33:36] you, right to

[33:36] your address, right to the cell

[33:37] phone that

[33:38] was registered, and

[33:39] it doesn't bounce

[33:40] around. We

[33:41] will still

[33:41] use

[33:42] the

[33:43] emergency

[33:44] alert warnings when we need to

[33:45] ,

[33:46] and those do bounce around. And

[33:47] the connection that is on the

[33:48] website

[33:48] . Correct

[33:49] , and

[33:50] Sked

[33:50] County, um

[33:52] . We

[33:52] have our new

[33:52] website

[33:54] now

[33:57] .

[33:57] Gadgetcounty.Net/emergency

[33:58] Management and you can find

[33:59] this

[33:59] gadget ready information

[34:01] to sign up there

[34:01] . And

[34:01] the

[34:03] other

[34:03] interesting thing with the

[34:04] Skagit River, we

[34:05] have

[34:05] dams

[34:06] on

[34:06] the

[34:08] north section, but the Sauk

[34:08] River is

[34:10] not so roughly

[34:12] . 60%

[34:12] is

[34:13] behind the dams, correct

[34:14] , yep

[34:14] .

[34:15] So rain

[34:16] could fall

[34:17] , um, you

[34:17] know, in

[34:19] front of the dams

[34:19] ,

[34:20] behind the dams, we can

[34:21] , we

[34:21] can

[34:22] secure

[34:23] water behind the dams,

[34:24] but a lot

[34:25] of waterfalls that

[34:26] is

[34:26] not controlled by

[34:28] the dams

[34:28] .

[34:29] Yeah, and that was one of the

[34:30] things that Seattle City liked

[34:31] uh relicensing

[34:32] uh we were able

[34:33] to secure

[34:35] . More capacity behind

[34:37] the dams starting in

[34:39] NOVEMBER

[34:40] compared to before it

[34:41] was

[34:42] DECEMBER, but they had

[34:42] been

[34:42] traditionally

[34:43] having that

[34:44] available in NOVEMBER anyway,

[34:44] so

[34:46] , but we have it in

[34:48] . Writing

[34:48] now, so it's

[34:48] really

[34:49] important

[34:49] and

[34:51] additional capacity as well

[34:51] We were

[34:52] very

[34:53] close to um

[34:55] Uh

[34:55] ,

[34:56] full capacity

[34:57] in

[34:57] the 2021

[34:58] floods, so

[34:59] it's

[34:59] that

[35:00] extra

[35:00] capacity

[35:02] literally saves lives

[35:02] .

[35:02] And

[35:04] those atmospheric rivers,

[35:04] they come, you know, out of the

[35:05] Pacific

[35:06] and coming up and if

[35:07] they go, you know

[35:08] , 30 miles or

[35:09] 100 miles south or north

[35:10] , that

[35:11] makes a big

[35:11] difference on how

[35:13] much capacity behind our dams

[35:14] or just

[35:15] the sock where there's

[35:16] no dams at all

[35:17] , and so it has a

[35:18] huge effect on us

[35:20] , and I

[35:20] know

[35:21] absolutely, absolutely

[35:22] . I

[35:22] think

[35:22] that's another thing for

[35:24] the

[35:24] community

[35:25] to

[35:26] know

[35:26] we

[35:26] prepare

[35:27] based on

[35:29] the forecasts, and

[35:29] the

[35:29] forecasts

[35:30] get

[35:31] fine tuned and

[35:32] fine tuned and fine tuned

[35:33] . And

[35:34] it's really a

[35:35] matter

[35:35] of

[35:36] maybe

[35:36] 24 hours

[35:38] where you've got it

[35:38] kind of tuned in

[35:40] the best

[35:40] you

[35:40] can, but

[35:41] 3

[35:42] days out, it could

[35:43] still be a

[35:44] little wobbly and it

[35:45] could move a little more north

[35:45] or a

[35:47] little more

[35:47] south

[35:47] . Our job

[35:49] is to

[35:50] be prepared

[35:51] as soon as we

[35:52] can for what we

[35:53] see

[35:53] coming and

[35:54] if we wait until those

[35:55] 2

[35:56] those

[35:56] last 24

[35:56] hours where

[35:58] it's a

[35:58] ,

[35:59] clearer forecast

[36:00] , we might not

[36:01] have the resources we need if

[36:01] the if the

[36:03] . System changes

[36:04] , so

[36:05] we try to get ahead

[36:05] of things

[36:06] .

[36:07] Yeah, and

[36:07] you

[36:07] mentioned that to

[36:08] go bag

[36:09] and those kind of things

[36:10] have people, you know

[36:11] , it is

[36:12] dry

[36:12] right now

[36:13] . Um

[36:14] , it'd be

[36:14] helpful if

[36:16] people understood

[36:16] other roads to get out of where

[36:17] they are

[36:18] , and so the

[36:18] other

[36:19] maybe side roads that they can

[36:20] go on

[36:21] instead of relying

[36:22] on the

[36:23] main

[36:24] routes because sometimes

[36:25] they get clogged or trees down

[36:26] or bridges out

[36:27] or something

[36:28] where everybody else is on them

[36:30] Yes, this is a

[36:32] perfect time

[36:32] um

[36:32] with SEPTEMBER

[36:34] being prepared

[36:34] this month to

[36:35] think

[36:36] about where

[36:37] your egress

[36:38] and ingress roads,

[36:39] the roads you

[36:39] would travel

[36:40] a

[36:41] secondary road, what are the

[36:43] special needs in your family?

[36:43] Do

[36:45] you have large

[36:45] animals

[36:46] ,

[36:46] small animals

[36:47] , um, somebody

[36:48] with

[36:50] mobility

[36:50] needs

[36:50] medications

[36:51] even an extra

[36:52] pair

[36:52] of glasses.

[36:53] These are the

[36:54] things to

[36:54] think

[36:55] about having around

[36:56] , making

[36:56] sure

[36:57] that

[36:57] you're

[36:59] um gas tank is

[36:59] at least

[37:01] half

[37:01] full, and I'd

[37:02] like

[37:03] to have a

[37:03] go bag in

[37:04] my

[37:05] car

[37:06] and I like to have a go

[37:06] bag in

[37:08] my house

[37:08] because I'm in

[37:09] many

[37:10] places and as a lot of people

[37:11] are, and if you

[37:12] have something

[37:13] in your car that

[37:13] can

[37:14] sustain

[37:15] you if you can't get

[37:15] back

[37:17] home

[37:17] or if you're at work when

[37:19] an

[37:19] incident happens, or if you've

[37:20] got

[37:21] something at home to be

[37:22] able to quickly gather

[37:23] your

[37:24] family together. Having both

[37:25] is

[37:26] important. And you mentioned 2

[37:27] weeks

[37:28] supply to take care of

[37:29] yourself because if

[37:30] Something

[37:31] major happens, there isn't

[37:31] enough

[37:32] government employees to

[37:33] be able to get what you need.

[37:33] You have

[37:35] to take care of

[37:35] yourself. Correct

[37:37] , yes

[37:37] . And

[37:38] that's food, water

[37:39] for

[37:39] you and

[37:40] your

[37:40] animals you have and all

[37:42] those things

[37:43] we recommend

[37:44] at

[37:44] least 1

[37:46] gallon a

[37:46] day per person

[37:46] is the

[37:47] very minimum

[37:48] 3

[37:48] gallons

[37:49] is the

[37:49] is a

[37:50] a

[37:51] nice

[37:51] buffer

[37:52] and

[37:53] um you know you need water to

[37:54] drink, water

[37:55] for

[37:55] your animals

[37:55] ,

[37:56] and

[37:57] um it's not

[37:58] people often

[37:58] say, well, I'll just

[38:00] . Boil

[38:00] water. It's not

[38:01] always that

[38:02] easy to boil water, especially

[38:03] if you don't have

[38:04] access

[38:04] to

[38:05] heat, so if

[38:06] there

[38:06] are electric

[38:06] is

[38:07] down

[38:08] or gas lines are down

[38:09] ,

[38:09] it could

[38:11] be problematic to heat

[38:11] if you don't have a third

[38:12] way

[38:13] to do that. And

[38:13] you can buy

[38:15] a

[38:15] case of

[38:16] water relatively cheap.

[38:16] Yes, you can

[38:18] . Yes, Mr

[38:20] . Browning

[38:20] any other

[38:20] questions or thoughts

[38:21] ?

[38:23] So the, the

[38:24] , I mean they're

[38:25] making it sound like we are

[38:27] just surefire to get another

[38:27] big storm this year. Is that

[38:28] a

[38:29] lot of, a lot of drama

[38:29] , or is

[38:29] that

[38:31] , uh, how's accurate is

[38:32] that? Um

[38:33] , we

[38:33] , well, so at

[38:34] flood

[38:34] Awareness Week

[38:35] next week we

[38:36] will have

[38:36] a presentation

[38:37] from

[38:38] the National Weather Service

[38:38] who's going to give

[38:40] us uh the

[38:40] fall

[38:41] winter forecast

[38:42] . I think

[38:43] it's really too early

[38:44] to say

[38:45] ,

[38:45] um, we do have

[38:46] a

[38:47] strong signal

[38:47] for an

[38:47] El

[38:49] Nino

[38:49] , and

[38:50] I

[38:50] have

[38:52] heard um that we might have um

[38:54] .

[38:54] More coastal flooding this

[38:55] year

[38:56] but it

[38:56] really is too

[38:58] soon to

[38:58] say

[38:59] . We just

[39:00] start

[39:00] watching

[39:01] these

[39:01] markers

[39:02] now

[39:03] and um

[39:03] continue to

[39:05] . Hone in on

[39:05] those

[39:06] throughout

[39:07] the rest

[39:07] of

[39:08] this

[39:09] season in

[39:10] emergency management,

[39:10] we We

[39:12] have at least 2 people on

[39:14] duty 24/7 who

[39:14] are

[39:14] monitoring

[39:14] all

[39:16] of

[39:16] these alerts and

[39:17] warnings as they come

[39:19] in. We

[39:19] all have set on

[39:21] our

[39:21] phones

[39:21] um

[39:21] early

[39:23] alerts from the

[39:23] National

[39:24] Weather Service, and

[39:25] we have

[39:26] the ability to get

[39:28] into

[39:28] a

[39:28] government

[39:29] to

[39:30] government chat

[39:30] with the National

[39:31] Weather

[39:32] Service at any time, so they

[39:32] are

[39:34] very responsive to us if we

[39:35] Hear or see

[39:36] something, even if

[39:36] we're

[39:37] just curious, and they'll

[39:39] get back to us right away, and

[39:39] that helps us start planning

[39:41] .

[39:41] And you talked about

[39:43] your go

[39:43] bags, and I really want to

[39:44] emphasize the

[39:45] importance of

[39:46] medication

[39:46] . Older people

[39:47] get so

[39:48] dependent and to be

[39:49] shut off

[39:50] medication for a couple of days

[39:51] can have

[39:52] really

[39:52] catastrophic

[39:53] impacts, so we

[39:54] , you

[39:54] just set

[39:55] yourself up with a week's worth

[39:55] to

[39:56] just

[39:57] set aside. Most of the

[39:59] pharmacies will give you a

[39:59] three month supply at a time.

[40:00] So, you can

[40:01] just take some of

[40:02] that and put it in a safe place

[40:02] so

[40:03] it's

[40:04] always there. And so

[40:06] that is so important. We found

[40:06] that up

[40:07] at Hamilton a couple

[40:07] of

[40:08] years ago and quite a few years

[40:09] ago and no

[40:10] one had their

[40:11] medications and it was getting.

[40:11] Really

[40:12] scary and some of the

[40:13] people at the church

[40:14] , so

[40:15] , so we

[40:15] can't emphasize

[40:17] that

[40:17] enough and

[40:18] reminding people when

[40:19] you do

[40:19] set those

[40:19] aside

[40:22] , um, take a

[40:24] a

[40:24] masking tape or something and

[40:24] mark on

[40:26] there

[40:26] the

[40:26] expiration

[40:27] date and what it

[40:28] is because you

[40:29] want to be able to cycle those

[40:29] through

[40:30] through but yes, at

[40:31] your pharmacist can usually

[40:31] help

[40:33] you come up with a

[40:33] good

[40:33] emergency plan

[40:35] for medications.

[40:35] Thank you

[40:37] . Yeah, we live in a

[40:38] very unique

[40:39] area here. It's the

[40:40] 3rd largest river in the

[40:41] . West

[40:42] Coast of United States, so it

[40:42] has a

[40:44] very large

[40:44] volume and

[40:44] like

[40:46] you mentioned

[40:46] , um, don't

[40:47] just look at the

[40:48] , the gauges

[40:49] because the river changes and

[40:51] so forth

[40:51] . And one of the things

[40:51] I know

[40:53] they're looking at, you

[40:53] know, the cubic feet

[40:55] have that

[40:55] number

[40:56] instead of a 10 year

[40:57] flood or

[40:58] 25

[40:58] year flood because

[41:00] Um, with

[41:02] Climate

[41:04] changing those

[41:05] MAY not mean what you expect

[41:05] them

[41:06] to mean. So

[41:07] that's why the

[41:07] cubic feet per second in

[41:08] the

[41:09] river is

[41:11] really important to

[41:11] understand how much volume is

[41:12] coming

[41:13] down and when a

[41:13] certain

[41:14] volume level hits

[41:15] , then certain

[41:16] roads go underwater and that

[41:18] kind of stuff, so people

[41:18] understand the

[41:20] process. Yeah,

[41:20] that's a good reminder. We

[41:21] should do

[41:22] a um

[41:23] preparedness

[41:25] Facebook post about that, about

[41:26] learning how to read those

[41:27] numbers and where to get the

[41:27] source

[41:29] for that

[41:29] . But

[41:31] , uh, we,

[41:31] like I said, we live in

[41:31] a

[41:33] valley and it was formed

[41:34] because the river

[41:35] flooded and

[41:36] all the sediment. That's why we

[41:36] have

[41:38] relatively flat land here

[41:38] .

[41:39] That means

[41:40] the river flooded at

[41:41] one point if it's flat, then

[41:43] then then got mountains

[41:43] . It

[41:43] hasn't flooded

[41:45] , but down in

[41:45] the

[41:45] valley area it

[41:47] has flooded at

[41:48] one point over the thousands of

[41:48] years

[41:49] , and so people need to

[41:50] realize that

[41:51] when they're

[41:52] living here and

[41:52] understanding

[41:52] what they

[41:53] can

[41:56] do to get

[41:56] themselves to safety. Yes

[41:58] ,

[41:59] absolutely. Any other questions

[42:00] or comments

[42:02] ? No

[42:03] , thank you

[42:03] . I

[42:03] feel

[42:05] real protected. This is a

[42:05] really good crew you pulled

[42:06] together

[42:07] . It's just, this is

[42:09] good

[42:10] . They

[42:12] aren't able to

[42:12] protect you. They they're able

[42:13] to help

[42:14] you

[42:14] if

[42:14] something

[42:14] happens

[42:16] , so I

[42:16] feel protected.

[42:16] They have

[42:17] the

[42:18] training. Some

[42:19] things just happen and they'll

[42:19] can help you with

[42:20] your

[42:21] You

[42:22] look

[42:23] at the news the last

[42:23] couple

[42:25] of

[42:26] weeks there's been some huge

[42:27] ,

[42:28] huge events across the world,

[42:28] and it's uh

[42:30] People don't

[42:32] understand how much forest

[42:32] water does

[42:34] have large things

[42:34] happen

[42:35] , so

[42:37] it's heartbreaking.

[42:37] Yeah

[42:38] , absolutely, absolutely,

[42:39] so

[42:41] . Thank you very much for

[42:41] coming in

[42:42] . Proclamation

[42:45] . Paul

[42:46] read the proclamation

[42:47] this

[42:47] time

[42:48] it's a lot shorter than the

[42:51] other

[42:52] Saskatchew

[42:52] County

[42:54] Proclamation 2026 flood

[42:55] Awareness Week

[42:56] . Whereas

[42:57] flooding has been a

[42:58] serious

[42:59] concern to the community of Sky

[43:00] County since

[43:01] the

[43:02] late 1800s

[43:03] and

[43:04] whereas the threat

[43:04] of

[43:04] extreme

[43:06] flooding generally occurs in

[43:07] the Skagia Valley between the

[43:08] months of OCTOBER and MARCH

[43:10] .

[43:11] And whereas due to this

[43:12] concern

[43:12] measures have been taken

[43:13] throughout the years to reduce

[43:15] the risk of flood damage in

[43:15] the

[43:17] valley

[43:17] , and

[43:19] whereas as a part

[43:20] of this

[43:20] preventative measure

[43:22] ,

[43:22] Skagie County Public Works and

[43:23] Department

[43:23] of

[43:24] Emergency

[43:24] Management holds Flood

[43:26] Awareness Weeks each year to

[43:26] assist and

[43:28] implement ongoing

[43:29] flood preparedness

[43:30] and

[43:30] whereas

[43:31] the board of Skagi

[43:32] County

[43:33] commissioners feels it is

[43:33] prudent

[43:35] . To

[43:35] be

[43:37] continuously

[43:37] aware of and plan for the

[43:38] threat

[43:39] of flooding so the

[43:40] public MAY

[43:40] be informed

[43:41] of

[43:42] and

[43:42] protected in the event of a

[43:42] flood

[43:44] . Now

[43:44] , therefore, be

[43:44] it

[43:45] resolved that it is

[43:46] hereby

[43:47] ordered the board of Saskatchew

[43:47] County

[43:48] Commissioners

[43:49] declares

[43:49] SEPTEMBER 14th

[43:50] through 18th

[43:51] ,

[43:51] 2026 as

[43:53] flood

[43:53] Awareness Week

[43:54] ,

[43:54] and I

[43:55] saw

[43:55] move

[43:56] . I

[43:56] second. Let's

[43:57] move

[43:58] to 2nd

[43:58] to proclaim

[44:02] .

[44:02] SEPTEMBER

[44:02] 14th

[44:03] through

[44:04] 18th

[44:04] ,

[44:04] 2026

[44:05] is flood Awareness week

[44:06] .

[44:06] Any

[44:07] more

[44:07] discussion

[44:08] ? All those

[44:09] in favor say

[44:09] aye

[44:11] . Aye

[44:11] . All

[44:12] those opposed, motion passes

[44:13] .

[44:14] Thank you very much. Thank you

[44:15] ,

[44:16] commissioners. And once again,

[44:16] Commissioner Burns

[44:18] is gone

[44:18] today, so

[44:20] he will not, he's not

[44:20] here

[44:22] , so

[44:23] . Anything else to come

[44:25] before us at this time

[44:27] . So with

[44:27] that, we're

[44:27] gonna

[44:29] adjourn

[44:29] till

[44:29] 9:30 and we

[44:30] have public

[44:31] works,

[44:32] the public hearing with that

[44:33] ,

[44:34] we adjourn. Thank you very much

[44:47] as 24

[44:49] , um,

[44:49] on a

[44:49] consistent basis

[44:51] , the

[44:52] county has reported

[44:53] , as have

[44:54] other places, but the county

[44:56] has

[44:56] reported that the race

[44:58] between 24

[44:58] and 25

[45:00] went up a

[45:01] consistent

[45:10] Good morning. I call this

[45:10] sessions

[45:11] Kedge County

[45:11] commissions to order. It's a

[45:12] little after

[45:12] 9:30

[45:13] on

[45:13] SEPTEMBER

[45:13] 8th

[45:14] , 2026

[45:15] , we are

[45:15] here for a

[45:16] public hearing

[45:18] , um, dealing

[45:18] with

[45:20] , uh, considerations

[45:20] for us

[45:22] lake Management

[45:23] District Marie

[45:25] Lambert r

[45:25] assistant director

[45:27] .

[45:28] Good morning, commissioners and

[45:29] members of the public. I'm

[45:30] Marie Lamberts, the Assistant

[45:31] Public works director

[45:32] and

[45:32] controller

[45:33] , and

[45:33] Natural

[45:34] Resources division Manager

[45:35] Jen

[45:36] Johnson and our

[45:38] Natural

[45:38] Resources noxious weed, or

[45:39] excuse me

[45:40] , natural resources

[45:41] coordinator Evan Emrick are

[45:42] here to review the

[45:43] proposed

[45:43] annual

[45:45] special assessment for

[45:45] lake Management

[45:47] District number

[45:47] 4 for Clear Lake and

[45:49] Beaver

[45:50] Lake before you open the public

[45:50] hearing today

[45:52] . I've turned over

[45:52] to Jen

[45:54] . Good morning,

[45:54] commissioners, members of the

[45:55] public

[45:56] , um, as Marie said, I'm

[45:57] Jenn Johnson. I manage

[45:58] the

[45:59] Natural Resources division here

[45:59] in

[46:01] Skagit County, um, and we

[46:01] just have a few

[46:02] slides

[46:03] going

[46:03] over this

[46:05] , uh, potential

[46:06] reformation of our, one of

[46:07] our

[46:07] four

[46:08] lake management districts.

[46:08] This is

[46:10] Clear and

[46:10] Beaver Lakes,

[46:10] um

[46:12] . We

[46:12] also today, depending on

[46:12] how

[46:14] the

[46:14] discussion goes

[46:14] , have

[46:15] a

[46:16] potential resolution for

[46:17] consideration

[46:18] to

[46:19] approve

[46:19] these

[46:19] changes

[46:20] . And

[46:21] so I'll just dive

[46:21] right in

[46:23] , um, this first slide

[46:24] is just showing

[46:25] that timeline

[46:26] we've been going through

[46:27] this

[46:28] year, um, and where we are

[46:28] right now

[46:30] , so

[46:30] we've

[46:30] already had

[46:30] um, quite

[46:32] a few

[46:32] . Chances for

[46:33] outreach

[46:35] to the public. We had

[46:35] our first

[46:35] public

[46:36] hearing

[46:37] , um,

[46:37] we sent ballots to

[46:38] all

[46:39] residents

[46:41] . We

[46:41] received 8

[46:43] , this

[46:44] round 7 in favor, 1 against

[46:45] .

[46:46] And those ballots

[46:47] are simple

[46:48] yes or nos

[46:50] for reformation

[46:50] , um,

[46:50] and right

[46:51] now we have

[46:52] gone

[46:52] through our appeal period,

[46:53] which just wrapped up, and

[46:54] we

[46:54] are on our

[46:55] final step

[46:56] of

[46:57] our

[46:57] second public hearing, like I

[46:58] mentioned

[46:59] , with

[46:59] that

[46:59] possible

[47:00] action to adopt

[47:01] the

[47:02] resolution.

[47:02] Um

[47:03] , these changes

[47:04] , if approved,

[47:04] would go into

[47:06] effect starting

[47:06] JANUARY 1st of 2027

[47:10] . Here

[47:10] are

[47:13] the proposed changes to our

[47:13] special

[47:15] assessment

[47:15] rate

[47:15] structure

[47:16] , um, as I mentioned

[47:17] ,

[47:17] this was included at the first

[47:18] public hearing, as

[47:20] well as on

[47:21] the ballots sent

[47:22] to residents

[47:22] ,

[47:23] um, what you

[47:24] see

[47:24] here is the

[47:25] breakdown of the

[47:26] land

[47:26] use types

[47:27] The

[47:28] number

[47:29] of units per type,

[47:29] and then

[47:30] that base rate, so you

[47:31] can see in the

[47:31] orange column

[47:32] ,

[47:33] that's our current rate

[47:33] , we

[47:34] have established for

[47:35] this lake

[47:36] Management District. What we

[47:38] are proposing and what we

[47:38] received

[47:40] , um, support for

[47:40] through

[47:42] those

[47:42] ballots is for

[47:43] the next

[47:44] 10 years, having a

[47:45] slight increase

[47:46] to

[47:46] keep

[47:46] up with

[47:47] increases to

[47:48] treatment. So that

[47:49] was the main

[47:49] initiator

[47:50] for

[47:51] reforming this

[47:51] district

[47:53] early

[47:53] is

[47:54] um the rapes

[47:55] have gone

[47:55] up

[47:56] for treatments of lakes and of

[47:56] these

[47:58] ., aquatic

[47:59] weeds

[48:00] . And so

[48:00] what we're

[48:01] doing here

[48:02] and what

[48:02] we heard from the public is

[48:03] just have

[48:04] a

[48:05] small

[48:05] increase

[48:06] to

[48:07] help support and keep up with

[48:07] those changes

[48:09] . Um, and so you

[48:09] can see that 10

[48:11] year time

[48:11] frame

[48:11] here

[48:12] , um, laid out, like

[48:13] i said

[48:14] by land use type

[48:16] . And

[48:16] with

[48:16] that

[48:18] uh, I will pass it over to Evan

[48:20] like Marie mentioned, our

[48:21] noxious week coordinator who

[48:22] also oversees our lake

[48:23] management districts, just

[48:24] to

[48:25] speak to

[48:25] um details

[48:26] on

[48:27] how

[48:27] these assessments are then

[48:28] utilized

[48:29] for our

[48:29] like

[48:29] treatments

[48:36] . Good morning,

[48:36] commissioners, members of

[48:37] the

[48:38] public

[48:38] , um, as Jen mentioned

[48:40] , I

[48:41] am Evan Emrick. I'm the noxious

[48:41] weed

[48:43] coordinator for

[48:43] Saskatchet

[48:43] County, um, and I

[48:45] also

[48:45] oversee

[48:45] our uh 4

[48:47] , for

[48:47] lake management

[48:48] districts, uh, as well

[48:49] . So

[48:50] , uh,

[48:50] with lake

[48:52] management District 4

[48:52] Clear and Beaver Lakes

[48:54] , um, as

[48:54] Jen kind of pointed out, we've

[48:55] been sort of

[48:56] running into

[48:57] simply a lack of funds for the

[48:57] amount

[48:58] of treatments that we

[48:59] need to do out

[49:00] there

[49:00] . Um, some

[49:01] of the, some of

[49:01] the

[49:03] activities

[49:03] that go along with our

[49:04] contractors include

[49:05] surveys and

[49:05] mappings. Um, as you can see in

[49:06] the

[49:07] top

[49:07] right there

[49:08] , um, this

[49:08] is essentially using

[49:09] a

[49:10] bio

[49:10] survey

[49:12] , um, type data where we

[49:12] are able to look through the

[49:13] water and

[49:14] then be able

[49:14] to

[49:15] see

[49:15] uh the amount

[49:16] of

[49:16] vegetation

[49:17] that is through the

[49:18] water

[49:18] column. Uh

[49:19] , we use

[49:19] this

[49:20] data

[49:21] yearly, um, just for

[49:21] data

[49:22] collection, for

[49:23] planning for

[49:24] future treatments, um, and so

[49:24] that

[49:25] we

[49:26] can not just see, of

[49:26] course, what's above

[49:27] the

[49:28] surface

[49:28] for vegetation issues,

[49:29] but

[49:30] below as well

[49:30] . There's also

[49:31] a

[49:32] number

[49:32] of permits

[49:33] , um, and

[49:33] publications

[49:34] , like

[49:34] public

[49:35] notifications that

[49:36] we

[49:36] need to

[49:37] go about when we do these

[49:37] treatments

[49:39] each year, um

[49:41] , some

[49:41] of these

[49:41] , uh, treatments

[49:43] , uh,

[49:43] for

[49:44] notifications would overlap

[49:44] with

[49:46] my noxious weed type work

[49:46] ,

[49:46] treating mostly

[49:48] fragrant water

[49:48] lilies, which are a class

[49:49] seaweed

[49:50] . Here

[49:50] in Saskatchew

[49:50] County, as

[49:52] Eurasian water mill

[49:53] foil, which is b. Both of

[49:54] these

[49:55] noxious weeds are non-selected,

[49:56] meaning they

[49:57] are not required

[49:58] for control, but of course have

[49:58] a lot

[49:59] of

[49:59] nuisance problems when

[50:00] it becomes an

[50:01] issue in our

[50:02] leagues

[50:02] . Uh

[50:04] , some more of the

[50:04] things that we need

[50:05] , uh, for

[50:06] activities, uh, we need to

[50:07] further our

[50:08] , uh, monitoring for

[50:09] water quality

[50:10] . Um, we've been

[50:11] having

[50:11] some miscellaneous

[50:13] issues with algae in some of

[50:13] the other local lakes

[50:15] around

[50:15] Saskatchew County, so we wanna

[50:16] kind of make sure as best

[50:17] as

[50:18] possible if this

[50:18] in Clear Lake,

[50:19] we

[50:20] have a sort of battle ready

[50:20] plan of what we need to do with

[50:21] that

[50:22] . Uh, we also want

[50:23] to

[50:24] continue our

[50:24] community and

[50:25] education outreach

[50:26] as

[50:26] well

[50:26] , um,

[50:27] including in these annual

[50:28] reports that our

[50:29] contractors

[50:29] give to us and then we're able

[50:31] to relay to the public in order

[50:31] to get feedback on

[50:32] what we

[50:33] would like to do with the lakes

[50:34] moving forward

[50:35] . Uh

[50:35] , included in

[50:36] our newsletters

[50:37] as well

[50:38] . Um, so

[50:38] a couple

[50:40] of things that some of

[50:40] this

[50:42] , um, you know

[50:42] , further

[50:43] assessment might

[50:44] help us with

[50:45] and what we're looking to do

[50:46] ,

[50:47] um, as suggested by

[50:48] contractors

[50:49] historically would be to

[50:49] include treatments in the

[50:51] early

[50:51] spring to treat seedlings

[50:52] instead of only

[50:53] doing one

[50:53] treatment a year on fully

[50:54] matured

[50:55] plants and only once

[50:56] during

[50:56] the midsummer

[50:57] . Um

[50:58] um,

[50:59] considerations of

[51:00] mechanical

[51:01] harvesting for some of the more

[51:01] dense shoreline areas

[51:02] that we

[51:03] have, particularly near the

[51:03] boat launches as well

[51:05] . And

[51:05] expand

[51:07] our herbicide swaths

[51:07] near these boat launches to

[51:09] ensure that there

[51:09] is

[51:10] better

[51:10] access

[51:11] to the lakes as well

[51:13] . Uh

[51:14] so

[51:14] , with that

[51:16] , um, I am open

[51:18] for questions. Um, if

[51:18] any

[51:19] members of the public or

[51:20] Mr

[51:20] .

[51:21] Have any for me

[51:22] ? Mr

[51:23] . Browning,

[51:23] any questions

[51:25] ? One

[51:25] of the

[51:27] discussions that constantly

[51:28] comes up is

[51:29] , is

[51:29] it fair to just

[51:30] put all of the

[51:32] cost of this on

[51:32] the businesses that are right

[51:33] up against

[51:34] the lake because the

[51:34] hillside

[51:36] behind

[51:36] Clear Lake

[51:38] adds

[51:39] chemicals, things like that,

[51:39] the

[51:40] hillside on the other side,

[51:41] they're all coming down

[51:42] and

[51:43] impacting it

[51:43] . Um, has there

[51:45] been discussion of doing a

[51:46] lesser amount

[51:47] but still

[51:48] taking

[51:48] into consideration

[51:50] the

[51:50] other

[51:51] properties that have an

[51:52] impact

[51:52] on the health of the lake

[51:53] . Yeah

[51:54] so there has been discussions

[51:55] on this. Would not just

[51:56] Lake

[51:57] Management District 4, but all

[51:57] of our

[51:58] Lake management

[51:59] districts as well. Uh, one of

[51:59] the hurdles

[52:00] that

[52:01] we sort of run

[52:02] into with this, of course, when

[52:04] you expand the area of which

[52:04] that you want to do

[52:05] an

[52:06] assessment on is this is a this

[52:06] is

[52:08] a

[52:08] voted formation. So folks

[52:08] would

[52:10] be able to vote whether

[52:10] or not

[52:11] they are essentially

[52:12] doing a self-tax in

[52:13] that way

[52:14] ,

[52:15] um, of course, depending on

[52:15] lake

[52:16] management districts that

[52:17] can look differently here,

[52:18] there and what water bodies

[52:18] you

[52:19] would want

[52:19] to include would go

[52:21] into your reformation plan as

[52:21] well

[52:23] . This

[52:24] this reformation

[52:24] plan

[52:25] just goes over the

[52:26] properties that are being

[52:26] currently

[52:28] assessed in like

[52:28] Management District 4

[52:30] . And

[52:32] are

[52:32] there most of it's just

[52:33] swimming in that lake

[52:34] , there's

[52:34] very little

[52:35] . Boat

[52:37] activity and

[52:37] so

[52:39] it's anyway so the

[52:40] , the mil

[52:40] foil

[52:41] is more

[52:42] about just

[52:42] irritating when

[52:43] you're swimming

[52:44] but not

[52:44] necessarily the

[52:44] standard one

[52:45] where it

[52:46] messes up

[52:47] with props and things like that

[52:48] but sure, and that would be

[52:49] messing with like

[52:50] boat props

[52:51] might be more of a fragrant

[52:53] water lily issue as well as

[52:53] these fragrant water

[52:54] lilies

[52:55] ending up in, you know

[52:56] ,

[52:57] people's shorelines and not

[52:58] getting treated properly is

[52:58] another issue we're

[52:59] running

[53:00] into as well. We want to make

[53:00] sure we have enough funds

[53:01] to

[53:02] actually be able to do the work

[53:02] that is

[53:04] being proposed, um,

[53:04] instead of, you know

[53:06] . Only

[53:06] having so many funds to do some

[53:07] of the treatment each year

[53:08] .

[53:09] This is why we're looking at a

[53:10] full instead, and this is the

[53:11] first time in quite a while, so

[53:12] it's not

[53:13] an

[53:13] excessive

[53:15] increase

[53:16] because you increase it in how

[53:17] many years? So this was 2 end

[53:18] of 2017 was

[53:19] the last time we

[53:20] did this. Um

[53:20] , there

[53:22] was during

[53:23] these meetings that we have

[53:23] annually

[53:24] , there was outcry to

[53:25] maybe look at this to do

[53:26] it

[53:26] further as

[53:27] well. Um, if we

[53:27] wanted to do

[53:28] a reassessment, we

[53:29] can do them early, um, much

[53:31] like we're pushing to do this

[53:31] one as well. Um, normally

[53:33] they're set for 10 years. Um

[53:33] ,

[53:34] this

[53:35] time we're kind of setting

[53:36] it up so that

[53:37] there's an

[53:38] increase annually so that we

[53:38] don't end up In the

[53:40] same boat

[53:40] again

[53:40] , uh, to be behind

[53:42] . That

[53:42] makes sense. Yes, good. Ok

[53:44] .

[53:44] Thank you

[53:45] . Yes

[53:46] , thank you very

[53:47] much for the

[53:47] presentation. Um,

[53:47] as

[53:48] you

[53:49] mentioned

[53:49] , the

[53:50] rcw

[53:51] allows a

[53:51] 10-year time period on

[53:52] this

[53:53] , but you can go back

[53:54] and

[53:56] start over redo it. Yeah, you

[53:56] could start

[53:58] over on your 2 if,

[53:59] if, if it was needed for

[54:00] that

[54:00] .

[54:01] And one of the issues we're

[54:01] coming

[54:02] up

[54:02] with

[54:02] is

[54:03] the

[54:03] regulations and

[54:04] what chemicals

[54:05] are available has changed over

[54:07] the years. Can you go into that

[54:07] a little bit? Yeah

[54:09] , so not only

[54:10] is, is, you know, some of the

[54:11] chemicals become more

[54:12] restricted

[54:12] , more expensive, but

[54:13] you know

[54:14] , Washington state

[54:14] sometimes has um it has

[54:16] the

[54:16] ability to

[54:16] sell

[54:18] certain

[54:18] herbicides in our state and

[54:18] then

[54:20] uh redact them later and

[54:21] then they become no longer able

[54:22] to

[54:23] sell. Um, of course, some of

[54:23] the

[54:25] biggest costs that

[54:25] goes

[54:26] into um kind

[54:27] of doing any lake

[54:28] work tends to be just

[54:29] , uh, like

[54:29] man hours of

[54:30] doing that

[54:31] labor

[54:32] hours as well

[54:32] . But we

[54:33] do have

[54:34] ,

[54:34] um, we do still have some

[54:35] really

[54:36] good options

[54:36] for

[54:36] treating

[54:37] , uh, aquatic weeds

[54:38] in,

[54:39] in our state as

[54:39] well

[54:40] . Uh

[54:40] ,

[54:41] trilopier 3 has kind of been a

[54:41] go

[54:43] to for

[54:43] fragrant water lilies

[54:44] around, um, as

[54:45] well as some of

[54:46] the other aquatic vegetation

[54:47] we

[54:47] have. Uh, one of the

[54:48] things

[54:50] that our contractors would like

[54:50] to do, of course, further

[54:52] and

[54:52] have suggested doing for next

[54:53] treatment

[54:54] should we

[54:54] ever have a

[54:55] larger assessment

[54:56] would

[54:57] be

[54:57] to

[54:57] um include that

[54:58] early spring

[54:59] treatment, which would be a

[55:00] different herbicide

[55:01] , um, that's

[55:01] more aimed at

[55:02] Plants

[55:03] that are

[55:03] getting, that are in their

[55:04] seedling

[55:05] phase that are are

[55:06] ready to sprout up

[55:06] . So

[55:07] kind of

[55:08] coming at it with two-pronged

[55:09] attack instead of just

[55:10] the

[55:10] one

[55:10] summer application

[55:12] . And that's

[55:13] not available if you don't have

[55:13] the funds to do

[55:14] it

[55:15] , so I

[55:16] know

[55:17] from agricultural standpoint,

[55:17] it's always

[55:19] better

[55:19] to

[55:19] treat the

[55:20] weeds when

[55:21] they're young and

[55:22] small. They're more

[55:23] vulnerable

[55:24] to. Sure, and of course it's

[55:24] different for each one

[55:25] . We

[55:26] have

[55:26] 180 some odd noxious weeds here

[55:28] in Sketchet, you know, has

[55:30] that

[55:30] different requirements and

[55:31] control efforts that work

[55:32] better

[55:33] , so

[55:33] I

[55:35] was surprised that

[55:35] only

[55:37] 8 ballots, and am I

[55:37] reading this correctly

[55:39] ? There's

[55:39] um

[55:43] Almost

[55:44] 45 different

[55:44] property

[55:44] owners yeah

[55:46] , 48, uh, different

[55:47] property owners. We

[55:48] received 8.

[55:48] When we

[55:49] initially

[55:50] did

[55:50] this

[55:51] reformation effort last year

[55:52] , I

[55:53] believe I received around 9 or

[55:53] 10 ballots

[55:55] . So whether that's

[55:56] just the

[55:57] case of that's how our

[55:58] normal amounts for this

[55:59] lake

[56:00] were low. Um, I can't say

[56:01] , but

[56:02] ,

[56:02] um, yeah, it

[56:02] just remind

[56:03] me

[56:04] again how those ballots are

[56:05] sent out or

[56:06] how that is done.

[56:07] Sure, so I actually have

[56:08] an

[56:09] example ballot, um, that this

[56:09] was just

[56:11] a copy of what is

[56:12] exactly sent out

[56:13] to landowners,

[56:14] um, and anybody that's feel

[56:14] free to take a

[56:15] look at this if

[56:16] they want to, but

[56:17] , um, what's

[56:18] included in that, of course, is

[56:18] the ballot. The

[56:20] ballots are

[56:20] color coded based on the

[56:22] different property juris or the

[56:23] different properties which they

[56:23] might

[56:24] have under types of types

[56:25] Property

[56:26] they have

[56:27] . Yes

[56:28] , um, a

[56:29] security envelope. There are

[56:31] ballot instructions as

[56:32] resolution for folks

[56:33] to go

[56:33] through

[56:33] as well. Um

[56:34] , it's part

[56:34] of

[56:35] the rcw

[56:36] , there's also

[56:36] requirements

[56:38] for it to be

[56:38] notarized as well

[56:40] by

[56:40] the

[56:40] landowner, as well as

[56:41] have the

[56:42] ,

[56:43] the assessment number that they

[56:43] would be paying on

[56:44] it as well

[56:45] .

[56:45] So. So

[56:47] , the landowner has to go

[56:47] to a notary to

[56:49] get it, just

[56:49] signature, just a signature on

[56:50] it from them

[56:51] . They have to go

[56:52] to a notary

[56:53] and get their

[56:54] signature

[56:55] on the ballot.

[56:56] There's a, there's a place for

[56:56] the landowner

[56:58] to

[56:58] sign

[56:58] on

[56:59] the

[57:00] secrecy envelope, so they don't

[57:01] need to, they can just sign it

[57:01] as

[57:02] the landowner. Yeah, they

[57:03] don't have to go to annuity

[57:04] , so

[57:05] I'm getting

[57:05] at it's mailed to

[57:06] their

[57:07] kitchen table

[57:07] . They sat

[57:08] their kitchen table

[57:09] . They just

[57:10] have to fill it out and put it

[57:10] back in

[57:11] the

[57:11] mail

[57:12] , correct, and

[57:12] you come back and you count

[57:13] them

[57:14] and so forth

[57:16] . I'm just the

[57:16] turnout seemed very low to me,

[57:17] so yeah

[57:18] . But

[57:19] that's generally

[57:21] what you've been seeing

[57:21] . Yeah

[57:21] ,

[57:21] that's

[57:23] , that's what, and, and I

[57:23] took over this

[57:25] , uh, in 2020

[57:27] ,

[57:27] 2025, early 2025

[57:28] . So those

[57:29] are

[57:30] the only two I have seen, um

[57:31] .

[57:32] So yeah, that would be the

[57:32] normal for me

[57:34] . Ok

[57:34] , any

[57:35] other

[57:36] questions

[57:37] ? That's it. We

[57:38] have

[57:39] several that signed up for

[57:41] .

[57:41] Public comment on this hearing.

[57:41] So

[57:43] this is a public hearing, so

[57:43] we

[57:45] will

[57:45] accept the

[57:46] names

[57:47] here

[57:47] .

[57:48] Stan Buchanan, if you'd like to

[57:50] step up and put your feet

[57:50] on

[57:52] the yellow footprints and

[57:53] talking to the

[57:54] microphones and

[57:54] .

[57:55] Right here

[57:57] . Thanks, Dan

[57:59] .

[57:59] There's footprints on the

[58:00] ground there and

[58:01] you stand on

[58:02] the footprints and the mics are

[58:02] all set, so

[58:03] you just have to

[58:03] talk

[58:06] . Ok

[58:07] . Ok

[58:08] , I

[58:10] , I

[58:10] live just

[58:10] east of

[58:11] the boat launch

[58:12] . First

[58:13] ,

[58:13] uh, dock east

[58:15] . Well

[58:17] , To start

[58:17] with

[58:19] . There wasnt any

[58:19] work done

[58:20] there

[58:21] . It

[58:21] never

[58:22] killed a single

[58:23] plant, whatever they did

[58:24] . Not

[58:24] one

[58:26] . So I

[58:26] talked to

[58:28] my neighbor

[58:28] He says, well, I didn't kill

[58:29] any of mine either

[58:31] . I

[58:32] talked to

[58:33] Joel, which is my son here

[58:35] .

[58:36] Didn't kill any of his either

[58:39] .

[58:39] So

[58:40] , There's something wrong

[58:40] with

[58:42] the system, and I

[58:42] , I came

[58:42] in

[58:44] and talked to Avon

[58:44] about it,

[58:44] and I brought

[58:46] some pictures

[58:46] .

[58:46] And

[58:48] he said he

[58:48] didn't even

[58:49] particularly want to

[58:51] see

[58:51] him

[58:52] because he says they wouldn't

[58:52] hold up

[58:53] in

[58:53] court anyway because

[58:54] the

[58:55] He said he could have

[58:57] been

[58:57] taken

[58:57] last

[58:58] year or I said

[59:00] . Well

[59:00] why don't you come out and take

[59:02] a look yourself? I just took

[59:03] them the day before yesterday

[59:04] .

[59:05] Not our business

[59:06] . I

[59:07] think

[59:07] that's kind of

[59:10] unfair

[59:11] to the

[59:11] we've got no

[59:13] oversight in this

[59:13] thing

[59:13] at

[59:15] all

[59:15] , and this isn't

[59:16] the first year. They didn't

[59:17] have me, they didn't do

[59:18] anything last year either

[59:20] . And

[59:21] the

[59:22] next

[59:22] thing is it's always

[59:23] done too

[59:24] late

[59:24] . The

[59:24] season is

[59:25] half over

[59:27] . Before they

[59:27] even do

[59:29] the job

[59:31] . And

[59:31] I don't understand

[59:32] why only

[59:33] 8 people

[59:33] would have

[59:34] voted

[59:36] . That's beyond me

[59:36] . Um

[59:40] ,

[59:40] And I I just heard

[59:42] . A little

[59:43] bit through the

[59:44] grapevine

[59:44] , it's

[59:45] actually some people didn't

[59:47] even get charged

[59:47] . Now

[59:49] I don't

[59:49] know. That's just a

[59:50] hearsay so

[59:50] far

[59:51] , but I would like to look

[59:52] into it

[59:54] . Um

[59:56] , But I'm

[59:58] not

[59:59] satisfied with the way this has

[59:59] gone

[1:00:00] . I

[1:00:00] complained last year

[1:00:01] too

[1:00:01] . I'm

[1:00:03] the one who voted no

[1:00:04] .

[1:00:05] Because I didn't see any

[1:00:05] results

[1:00:07] . And um

[1:00:11] , As

[1:00:12] far

[1:00:12] as

[1:00:12] upping the fee

[1:00:14] , that's doubled.

[1:00:14] It's not just a

[1:00:16] little bit.

[1:00:16] They doubled it

[1:00:19] . And

[1:00:19] uh how do

[1:00:19] we

[1:00:20] know we're going to get

[1:00:21] anything next year

[1:00:23] ? They could

[1:00:24] have been just

[1:00:25] spraying water

[1:00:26] around out there as far as I

[1:00:28] know, and, and what do they

[1:00:28] spray

[1:00:29] anyway? Are

[1:00:30] they spraying

[1:00:30] all of the lake or are

[1:00:31] they

[1:00:32] just spraying in front of each

[1:00:32] duck

[1:00:35] . Because there's

[1:00:36] some docs

[1:00:37] There's no water

[1:00:38] lilies ever

[1:00:39] grow there because it's too

[1:00:39] deep

[1:00:40] or

[1:00:41] it's, it just isn't in

[1:00:42] the environment of it

[1:00:43] . And

[1:00:45] other ducks, it looks like

[1:00:47] they

[1:00:48] just think that the weeds love

[1:00:48] it, I guess

[1:00:50] . But

[1:00:52] um there's no

[1:00:52] spent spray

[1:00:53] in the all of

[1:00:54] the

[1:00:54] lake

[1:00:55] . When only a few

[1:00:56] people

[1:00:57] want it

[1:00:58] . Some

[1:00:59] people don't even

[1:00:59] want their

[1:00:59] legs

[1:01:01] rayed

[1:01:01] . They

[1:01:02] wanted to leave it just like it

[1:01:02] is

[1:01:04] . And uh

[1:01:06] i wouldn't

[1:01:07] mind this

[1:01:08] the spray around the

[1:01:08] docks

[1:01:10] , but

[1:01:10] it's no good the way it is

[1:01:12] .

[1:01:13] Because that does not work and

[1:01:13] it hasn't worked

[1:01:14] for years.

[1:01:15] I've been there 8 years

[1:01:19] . Thank

[1:01:19] you very much

[1:01:20] . That's 3 minutes

[1:01:24] Next is Joel began

[1:01:31] . Hey

[1:01:32] , I'm,

[1:01:33] I'm Joel Buchanan

[1:01:35] . And I want

[1:01:35] to

[1:01:36] echo everything that my

[1:01:37] dad

[1:01:37] said

[1:01:38] , um, I

[1:01:39] want

[1:01:39] to

[1:01:39] attest

[1:01:40] that

[1:01:40] the work

[1:01:42] that's been done on

[1:01:42] the

[1:01:42] lake

[1:01:42] was

[1:01:43] not

[1:01:44] effective

[1:01:44] around my

[1:01:46] portion

[1:01:46] , um, property

[1:01:47] and then

[1:01:48] I

[1:01:48] also

[1:01:49] want to address

[1:01:49] a couple of things like

[1:01:51] , uh,

[1:01:51] Commissioner Browning

[1:01:52] said

[1:01:53] , um,

[1:01:53] the propellers are fairly

[1:01:54] important

[1:01:55] . It

[1:01:55] is a, a, um

[1:01:57] , a

[1:01:58] boating lake

[1:01:59] , and so it's not

[1:02:00] just swimming around the

[1:02:02] uh the

[1:02:02] edges and the docks, however,

[1:02:03] the docks

[1:02:04] are the

[1:02:04] most

[1:02:05] important because that's how we

[1:02:05] all access

[1:02:07] the lake is from our

[1:02:07] own

[1:02:08] docks

[1:02:09] and uh um

[1:02:11] . My feeling

[1:02:12] along with most of the other

[1:02:13] property owners on the

[1:02:14] lake is

[1:02:14] the boat launch

[1:02:15] is

[1:02:15] the least

[1:02:16] important part

[1:02:17] of

[1:02:18] the

[1:02:18] um lake

[1:02:21] uh uh management. We were kind

[1:02:22] of proud of being a private

[1:02:23] lake. We're kind of, we

[1:02:24] kind of

[1:02:25] like having not the

[1:02:26] best

[1:02:26] boat

[1:02:27] launch because then other

[1:02:27] people

[1:02:29] from

[1:02:29] uh other lakes

[1:02:30] don't come there and it

[1:02:31] stays

[1:02:32] kind of a private lake that way

[1:02:33] Um

[1:02:34] The thing about

[1:02:35] the fees

[1:02:38] . Uh

[1:02:38] my dad

[1:02:40] said

[1:02:41] that um it's

[1:02:42] going

[1:02:43] up quite a bit, and

[1:02:43] it is. And

[1:02:45] if, if it

[1:02:45] does continue to

[1:02:47] raise in the price, I don't

[1:02:48] know that it's worth it unless

[1:02:48] we

[1:02:49] get

[1:02:49] a better, um

[1:02:52] , End result

[1:02:52] for

[1:02:53] us to

[1:02:54] be assessed at the

[1:02:54] end of the

[1:02:56] 10 years, close to

[1:02:56] $500 apiece

[1:02:58] every year. And

[1:02:58] then also

[1:03:01] , I

[1:03:01] appreciate

[1:03:02] our

[1:03:03] coordinator Evan showing

[1:03:03] up and

[1:03:05] but we don't, we would like

[1:03:05] to

[1:03:07] know who's kind of in charge of

[1:03:08] the whole thing and what our

[1:03:09] point person is

[1:03:10] , if

[1:03:10] not Evan

[1:03:11] ,

[1:03:12] is there anybody

[1:03:14] on the uh the

[1:03:14] lake itself that is in

[1:03:16] charge

[1:03:17] of putting a

[1:03:18] committee together

[1:03:19] um, as

[1:03:19] property

[1:03:21] owners because

[1:03:21] we're actually not

[1:03:22] really

[1:03:23] connected

[1:03:23] with him

[1:03:25] . In

[1:03:25] fact, I

[1:03:26] had to look it up

[1:03:27] , find out who

[1:03:28] our coordinator is, and I'm

[1:03:28] glad you're

[1:03:29] on there. I'm not

[1:03:30] sure what your position is. I

[1:03:31] think you're

[1:03:32] more of a

[1:03:32] a

[1:03:33] technical advisor

[1:03:34] , is

[1:03:34] that

[1:03:35] correct? Supervisor

[1:03:36] . Supervisor

[1:03:37] of him. Ok

[1:03:37] , so you're really

[1:03:38] in

[1:03:39] charge. Ok

[1:03:41] . Um, and

[1:03:41] then who is

[1:03:42] your

[1:03:44] , um, point person

[1:03:45] itself

[1:03:46] when you

[1:03:46] have questions

[1:03:47] about

[1:03:48] what's going

[1:03:48] on clearly, do

[1:03:49] you

[1:03:50] do you reach out to the

[1:03:51] property

[1:03:52] owners in

[1:03:52] personally?

[1:03:53] Yeah, I, if I'm going to talk

[1:03:54] ,

[1:03:55] I just need to come to the mic.

[1:03:55] Ok. It's ok. All

[1:03:57] right. And

[1:03:57] that's all I've got to say for

[1:03:57] now

[1:03:59] . Great

[1:03:59] . Thank you. Thank

[1:03:59] you, Joel. I reserve to say

[1:04:00] some more

[1:04:01] if

[1:04:01] I can, that'd

[1:04:02] That'd

[1:04:03] be good, yeah

[1:04:05] . Yeah

[1:04:06] , of

[1:04:06] course. Uh, yes, so

[1:04:08] , um, how

[1:04:08] are lake

[1:04:09] Management District's

[1:04:10] work. So, like I said, we do

[1:04:11] a

[1:04:11] 4

[1:04:12] and

[1:04:12] we

[1:04:13] hold annual meetings

[1:04:13] at the beginning

[1:04:14] of each year

[1:04:15] ,

[1:04:15] either JANUARY or FEBRUARY,

[1:04:16] depending

[1:04:17] on time

[1:04:17] . And so

[1:04:19] with

[1:04:20] those roles that we get a

[1:04:20] property owners

[1:04:21] , we

[1:04:22] send

[1:04:23] out

[1:04:24] communication to all property

[1:04:24] owners of when

[1:04:26] that

[1:04:26] annual

[1:04:27] meeting is going to be held

[1:04:28] .

[1:04:28] It's

[1:04:29] usually

[1:04:29] Evans'

[1:04:30] contact

[1:04:31] information on those. Um, I

[1:04:31] will say

[1:04:32] in

[1:04:33] recent years, um,

[1:04:34] we get great

[1:04:35] . Turnout from some

[1:04:35] of

[1:04:37] our LMDs

[1:04:38] , um, Big Lake

[1:04:39] , we

[1:04:40] usually

[1:04:40] get 70 people

[1:04:41] , I think,

[1:04:42] at this last

[1:04:43] annual meeting

[1:04:44] , um

[1:04:45] Lake Campbell and Erie, we

[1:04:46] get

[1:04:46] about 40

[1:04:47] or

[1:04:48] 50

[1:04:49] are LMDs 2 and 4

[1:04:49] we get a

[1:04:51] little lower turnout,

[1:04:51] um, but we do have

[1:04:53] those annual

[1:04:53] meetings every year, and that's

[1:04:54] where we sit

[1:04:55] down with the

[1:04:56] residents. We go over

[1:04:56] the

[1:04:56] annual

[1:04:58] report from the

[1:04:58] previous

[1:04:58] year of

[1:04:59] what treatments were

[1:05:00] done, when they were done, what

[1:05:02] survey work was

[1:05:02] done

[1:05:03] , what

[1:05:03] post-survey work

[1:05:04] was done and

[1:05:05] then we

[1:05:06] . Listen to the

[1:05:07] community on what worked, what

[1:05:07] didn't work

[1:05:09] , and our plans for

[1:05:10] next year before

[1:05:11] then we go out

[1:05:11] to bid for

[1:05:12] a new contractor

[1:05:13] . Um

[1:05:14] in recent

[1:05:14] years

[1:05:16] , our contractor

[1:05:18] has been for 2 years, so

[1:05:18] that's

[1:05:19] why last year and

[1:05:20] this year was

[1:05:20] the

[1:05:21] same company

[1:05:22] . This coming

[1:05:23] spring after that meeting

[1:05:24] , and

[1:05:25] we hear from the residents,

[1:05:25] we'll go out for

[1:05:27] another

[1:05:27] 2-year

[1:05:27] contract and so we do a

[1:05:29] public

[1:05:29] process for bidding

[1:05:31] whatever

[1:05:32] contractors are able to put

[1:05:32] in

[1:05:32] those bids

[1:05:33] , we

[1:05:34] then send those

[1:05:34] back out

[1:05:35] to

[1:05:36] whoever attended

[1:05:36] the meeting to

[1:05:38] give feedback on

[1:05:39] which ones they would prefer to

[1:05:39] hire

[1:05:40] , and then Evan and I go

[1:05:41] through

[1:05:41] the

[1:05:43] contracting process

[1:05:43] I think

[1:05:44] those were

[1:05:45] the

[1:05:45] questions, but it is

[1:05:45] a contract

[1:05:46] with the

[1:05:48] purveyor to do

[1:05:49] the

[1:05:50] work and this is what they're

[1:05:52] To spray

[1:05:52] whatever they're

[1:05:53] saying. I

[1:05:54] mean, it says in the

[1:05:55] contract what they're going to

[1:05:56] do. Correct, yep, and in the

[1:05:57] contract it has

[1:05:58] that layout of

[1:05:59] Evan mentioned of

[1:05:59] they

[1:06:00] must

[1:06:01] post to the public. They must

[1:06:01] apply

[1:06:03] these, they must get

[1:06:03] these permits from the state

[1:06:04] .

[1:06:05] They must spray 10 amount

[1:06:06] of

[1:06:06] times

[1:06:07] on

[1:06:07] these locations based

[1:06:08] on the

[1:06:09] survey work, and then

[1:06:10] again they must do that

[1:06:10] post-treatment

[1:06:12] survey and a

[1:06:13] final report for the community

[1:06:14] .

[1:06:14] Right

[1:06:15] . But you have

[1:06:16] been the

[1:06:17] supervisor for a

[1:06:18] few years now

[1:06:18] .

[1:06:19] I'm almost

[1:06:21] 44 years, yeah

[1:06:23] . Ok

[1:06:23] .

[1:06:24] Thank you. Just for my

[1:06:25] background, we're getting a

[1:06:26] whole lot better communication

[1:06:26] we used to

[1:06:27] , but

[1:06:28] it is, it is

[1:06:28] your right to ask for

[1:06:29] that

[1:06:30] better communication, so

[1:06:31] absolutely

[1:06:32] . Denver, do you want

[1:06:32] to speak

[1:06:33] ? Denver Fox

[1:06:41] . Uh

[1:06:41] , my

[1:06:42] name's Denver Fox. I

[1:06:43] live on

[1:06:44] the south end of the lake

[1:06:45] , and

[1:06:46] yeah, I guess I would

[1:06:46] pretty

[1:06:48] much echo their entire

[1:06:49] sentiment as far

[1:06:50] as the

[1:06:50] the

[1:06:51] fees

[1:06:52] , uh, yeah, it's being

[1:06:53] posed as this 5% increase

[1:06:54] , but

[1:06:55] it's actually far more than

[1:06:56] that initially, and

[1:06:57] then, and

[1:06:58] then it's a 5%. So it's

[1:06:59] yeah,

[1:06:59] little, little

[1:07:00] false

[1:07:00] advertisement

[1:07:02] as far as how

[1:07:02] that goes. Anybody reading the

[1:07:03] numbers can

[1:07:04] clearly see that,

[1:07:04] uh

[1:07:06] . And

[1:07:06] yeah

[1:07:06] , the

[1:07:08] job I would

[1:07:08] be very curious as far as

[1:07:09] oversight, as

[1:07:10] far as

[1:07:11] how the

[1:07:11] job is actually being

[1:07:13] . Managed

[1:07:13] like after the fact

[1:07:15] . Uh

[1:07:17] , it

[1:07:18] should, the, the job is clearly

[1:07:18] not getting done, and

[1:07:19] so I

[1:07:20] don't know where the boots on

[1:07:20] the ground are

[1:07:21] as

[1:07:22] far as

[1:07:23] who's

[1:07:24] who's checking out the job of

[1:07:25] this third

[1:07:27] party entity. I

[1:07:27] was

[1:07:27] hired to do a

[1:07:28] job, it would be

[1:07:30] .

[1:07:31] Inspected and, and made sure

[1:07:31] that it was done right

[1:07:32] , and I

[1:07:33] feel like that's a completely

[1:07:33] fair ask

[1:07:35] , especially with the

[1:07:35] ,

[1:07:36] with the rates going up

[1:07:37] , uh,

[1:07:38] just does not seem

[1:07:38] like

[1:07:39] we're

[1:07:40] getting anything but what we're

[1:07:42] paying into, uh

[1:07:42] . It's

[1:07:44] , yeah,

[1:07:44] it's hard for me as far as

[1:07:45] increasing

[1:07:46] the

[1:07:46] rates when the

[1:07:47] job doesn't seem to be getting

[1:07:47] done to

[1:07:48] begin with

[1:07:51] . The

[1:07:51] 3rd

[1:07:52] point

[1:07:54] . Excuse me, would be

[1:07:55] the

[1:07:56] communication. Uh, I've only

[1:07:56] lived there

[1:07:58] for

[1:07:58] , I've owned the

[1:07:58] property for 3 years now and

[1:07:59] I've only

[1:08:01] lived there

[1:08:01] for 1, so

[1:08:02] I don't have a

[1:08:03] lot of

[1:08:04] background

[1:08:04] . I

[1:08:05] will say I have

[1:08:06] not gotten any of these

[1:08:06] notifications, nor have I

[1:08:07] gotten

[1:08:09] any ballots, so I am one

[1:08:09] that

[1:08:11] did

[1:08:12] not vote

[1:08:13] . However, I

[1:08:14] also did not even know

[1:08:15] that

[1:08:16] they, there was a vote. Now,

[1:08:17] the first year

[1:08:17] , the first year

[1:08:18] I did, and

[1:08:18] I

[1:08:18] did

[1:08:20] vote, uh, but

[1:08:21] yeah, I, I have

[1:08:22] not been privy

[1:08:23] to any of these other

[1:08:23] boats,

[1:08:23] and

[1:08:24] maybe

[1:08:25] that's an individual

[1:08:26] issue, but I know none of

[1:08:26] my

[1:08:27] neighbors have been getting

[1:08:27] the

[1:08:29] notifications either. Uh, I did

[1:08:30] not get a

[1:08:31] notification for this

[1:08:32] meeting. The only reason

[1:08:33] I'm

[1:08:33] here is

[1:08:34] because Stan actually

[1:08:34] called me up

[1:08:36] and asked if I was

[1:08:36] coming to

[1:08:36] it. Um

[1:08:38] , So

[1:08:38] I don't

[1:08:39] know what that overall

[1:08:40] communication looks like or

[1:08:41] what it looks like in like in

[1:08:42] guys' other districts

[1:08:42] if it's

[1:08:43] the same same

[1:08:44] type

[1:08:45] of

[1:08:45] communication, but if there's

[1:08:45] any

[1:08:47] Way

[1:08:48] of getting an email

[1:08:49] list and obviously the ballots

[1:08:50] would have to be a

[1:08:51] physical

[1:08:52] ballot, but sending out an

[1:08:53] email notification

[1:08:54] , phone calls

[1:08:54] something as

[1:08:56] far as letting

[1:08:56] people know what is, what is

[1:08:57] going on

[1:08:58] and

[1:08:58] that

[1:08:59] there's

[1:08:59] meetings and that there's a

[1:09:00] vote

[1:09:00] to

[1:09:01] be

[1:09:03] Yeah, ask mine, but

[1:09:03] .

[1:09:03] That's

[1:09:05] all

[1:09:06] I've got. Thank you

[1:09:09] .

[1:09:10] Is there anybody online you'd

[1:09:10] like to comment

[1:09:15] ? Anybody

[1:09:15] Langler comment

[1:09:22] . You

[1:09:23] want

[1:09:23] to

[1:09:24] close the public

[1:09:24] hearing. I

[1:09:25] certainly

[1:09:25] would like to make a

[1:09:26] motion to close the public

[1:09:26] hearing

[1:09:28] . And I will

[1:09:28] second that

[1:09:30] Let's move to 2nd to close the

[1:09:32] public hearings

[1:09:33] , setting the

[1:09:33] rates

[1:09:34] for the lake

[1:09:35] Management

[1:09:37] District 4 any more discussion

[1:09:37] on that

[1:09:39] ? Um

[1:09:39] , just one thing, I

[1:09:41] think

[1:09:42] definitely communications

[1:09:42] could be better or the

[1:09:43] email

[1:09:44] list, I mean, technology is

[1:09:44] much better than

[1:09:45] it used to be

[1:09:46] 15

[1:09:46] years ago, so we ought

[1:09:48] to do

[1:09:48] a better job getting that

[1:09:49] communications

[1:09:50] out there, and

[1:09:51] it's easy once you get a

[1:09:52] list

[1:09:52] to have

[1:09:53] that available. I don't

[1:09:53] know if you want to comment on

[1:09:54] that

[1:09:55] at all, Jen? Yeah, I can

[1:09:55] just explain

[1:09:57] . I, I

[1:09:57] think a part

[1:09:57] of it

[1:09:59] , um, emails

[1:09:59] , obviously we

[1:10:00] don't get, so I

[1:10:01] just the

[1:10:02] process itself of how we get

[1:10:03] those addresses and

[1:10:03] how ballots

[1:10:04] are sent out. So we work with

[1:10:04] the

[1:10:06] assessor's office who gives

[1:10:07] us that role. Sounds like

[1:10:08] there

[1:10:08] might be an error there, so we

[1:10:09] can definitely. Talk to

[1:10:10] that

[1:10:10] office and we

[1:10:11] got last year

[1:10:11] when we went

[1:10:12] through this, we

[1:10:13] got a couple of people saying,

[1:10:14] I don't live on the lake. I

[1:10:14] don't know why

[1:10:15] I got this, and

[1:10:16] vice versa. So there's always

[1:10:17] a

[1:10:17] little bit of cleanup and happy

[1:10:18] to do that, but that's the

[1:10:19] role

[1:10:20] we send it to is through that

[1:10:20] assessor's office, and that's

[1:10:22] the 48 parcels

[1:10:22] you see

[1:10:23] , um, for

[1:10:24] emails, obviously we don't have

[1:10:25] that internally

[1:10:26] , so it's all

[1:10:26] just been word of mouth. I

[1:10:27] think that's why

[1:10:28] Big Lake and

[1:10:29] Lake

[1:10:29] Campbell is

[1:10:31] , we had people

[1:10:31] who are really interested, they

[1:10:32] reach out and then they

[1:10:33] share

[1:10:33] it with their

[1:10:33] 50 neighbors who

[1:10:34] we don't

[1:10:35] have their email

[1:10:36] addresses for, and so that's

[1:10:36] something i

[1:10:37] would love to get

[1:10:38] as many email addresses as we

[1:10:38] can

[1:10:40] . On our list

[1:10:40] serves that we

[1:10:40] that

[1:10:42] I've been builds and

[1:10:43] manages and so

[1:10:44] every time he

[1:10:45] gets someone who emails us

[1:10:46] , he

[1:10:47] adds them to that, so they get

[1:10:47] that annual meeting invite

[1:10:49] and

[1:10:49] that's something, yes, we can

[1:10:49] always

[1:10:51] improve

[1:10:51] upon and as much

[1:10:52] as you all talk to each other

[1:10:53] ,

[1:10:54] that's the best way to do it

[1:10:56] .

[1:10:56] Thank

[1:10:58] you. Any

[1:10:58] more discussion

[1:10:59] on closing

[1:11:00] the public hearing?

[1:11:00] All those

[1:11:02] in favor

[1:11:02] of

[1:11:02] signify

[1:11:03] say aye

[1:11:04] , aye

[1:11:05] . I suppose

[1:11:07] . Motion

[1:11:07] passes

[1:11:10] . All the phones

[1:11:11] . This is

[1:11:12] just closing the

[1:11:13] public hearing

[1:11:14] is what it was, so we haven't

[1:11:16] voted on any

[1:11:18] . Motion or

[1:11:18] anything

[1:11:20] . Um, commissioner

[1:11:21] .

[1:11:21] Browning

[1:11:22] , any thoughts, any

[1:11:23] questions

[1:11:25] ? Just that I've been,

[1:11:25] i've been a big

[1:11:27] lake for

[1:11:27] 25

[1:11:27] years

[1:11:30] , and this, it is so much

[1:11:30] better used

[1:11:31] to be, but

[1:11:32] it

[1:11:32] really is torturous

[1:11:33] to

[1:11:34] get

[1:11:34] people involved and so

[1:11:35] this

[1:11:36] really is something that a

[1:11:37] combination

[1:11:38] of assessors, but

[1:11:39] then making sure the auditor,

[1:11:39] because the auditor sends

[1:11:40] out

[1:11:41] the

[1:11:42] so that connection

[1:11:43] has

[1:11:43] to be made

[1:11:44] solid that

[1:11:45] the

[1:11:46] assessor clearly identifies all

[1:11:46] of

[1:11:47] the lots that are on

[1:11:48] the

[1:11:48] lake and then gives

[1:11:49] us this to

[1:11:50] the auditor and the auditor

[1:11:52] gets those ballots out

[1:11:52] . So

[1:11:53] we've got some work to do and

[1:11:54] Because it

[1:11:55] really

[1:11:56] everybody has

[1:11:57] to have a voice in this because

[1:11:57] it really does matter

[1:11:58] . And yes,

[1:11:59] there are

[1:11:59] years sometimes when

[1:11:59] the

[1:12:01] The um

[1:12:03] Um

[1:12:04] , water lilies

[1:12:05] just don't seem to quite

[1:12:05] go

[1:12:06] away the way they have in the

[1:12:06] past

[1:12:08] . Some people would like to

[1:12:08] see the water lilies there to

[1:12:10] get more fish, but then that's,

[1:12:10] that's another

[1:12:12] thing

[1:12:12] . But still

[1:12:13] Evan's been really easy to

[1:12:14] work

[1:12:15] with and so

[1:12:15] our

[1:12:16] , our system

[1:12:17] right now or the people

[1:12:17] involved are the best

[1:12:18] we've had

[1:12:19] in a long time

[1:12:21] . Um

[1:12:21] , but it's

[1:12:22] also yours

[1:12:23] to

[1:12:23] hold us and

[1:12:23] them

[1:12:24] accountable

[1:12:25] , so, but

[1:12:26] , but

[1:12:26] getting some of your

[1:12:27] neighbors

[1:12:28] involved in this, make sure

[1:12:29] they realize

[1:12:30] that they have a

[1:12:31] voice and need to share that

[1:12:31] voice

[1:12:32] is really important

[1:12:34] . Just

[1:12:35] clarify for myself we have to

[1:12:37] If we're gonna change that, we

[1:12:38] have

[1:12:39] to

[1:12:39] vote

[1:12:40] by NOVEMBER or

[1:12:40] when

[1:12:41] do we have to vote? What's

[1:12:44] OCTOBER 31st to go into effect

[1:12:44] for 2027

[1:12:46] . To get it

[1:12:48] On the new

[1:12:48] assessment has to be

[1:12:50] OCTOBER

[1:12:50] 31st

[1:12:51] . Um, thank

[1:12:52] you very much

[1:12:53] for that

[1:12:53] . I would

[1:12:55] I like

[1:12:57] to

[1:12:57] postpone our

[1:12:58] vote until

[1:12:59] Later

[1:12:59] ,

[1:13:00] after we get some of these

[1:13:00] issues

[1:13:02] . Help

[1:13:02] and we can deal

[1:13:04] with one of our uh

[1:13:04] Um

[1:13:06] , Consent

[1:13:06] agendas is

[1:13:06] my

[1:13:07] thought. I

[1:13:08] would

[1:13:09] like that as well. The middle

[1:13:11] of OCTOBER or so forth is what

[1:13:11] I

[1:13:13] would suggest

[1:13:13] . So you want

[1:13:14] a

[1:13:15] motion to do that? I make a

[1:13:17] motion with that we hold

[1:13:19] this

[1:13:19] vote until

[1:13:20] middle OCTOBER

[1:13:21] , and

[1:13:22] we, we can put it on consent

[1:13:23] agenda after we

[1:13:24] get some

[1:13:25] , some

[1:13:25] confirmation

[1:13:26] that we've done

[1:13:27] some of the processes to make

[1:13:27] sure people

[1:13:28] are

[1:13:28] adequately

[1:13:29] notified, give you all a

[1:13:31] chance

[1:13:31] to speak to us and make sure we

[1:13:32] can

[1:13:34] . Address everything that

[1:13:34] concerns you

[1:13:35] . And

[1:13:36] i will

[1:13:36] second

[1:13:36] that

[1:13:37] , move

[1:13:38] to 2nd that we

[1:13:38] will

[1:13:38] hold

[1:13:40] the vote on our consent

[1:13:40] agenda in the middle

[1:13:42] of

[1:13:42] OCTOBER

[1:13:43] sometime after we've dealt with

[1:13:43] some

[1:13:44] of these issues

[1:13:45] . Any

[1:13:46] more

[1:13:47] discussion on that

[1:13:47] ? All those

[1:13:49] in favor say aye. Aye, all

[1:13:50] those opposed

[1:13:51] , motion passes

[1:13:51] .

[1:13:52] Thank you

[1:13:53] very much. Thank you,

[1:13:54] commissioners. Thank

[1:13:55] you

[1:13:55] .

[1:13:56] Anything else to come for us at

[1:13:56] this time

[1:14:00] ? So

[1:14:00] with that, we're

[1:14:01] adjourn. Thank you

[1:14:02] . Yeah

[1:14:02] .

[1:14:03] Thanks

[1:14:11] onsent

[1:14:13] agenda items

[1:14:15] . Mr

[1:14:15] . Burns, do you

[1:14:16] have anything you wanna talk

[1:14:17] about? I've got a

[1:14:18] few here

[1:14:19] .

[1:14:19] Let's look at

[1:14:22] , uh, number 10

[1:14:22] under Parks and Rec

[1:14:24] . This

[1:14:24] contract for Hilt Creek Park,

[1:14:25] um

[1:14:33] , Guaymas Island

[1:14:33] , and uh

[1:14:34] I'd

[1:14:35] like to reiterate what

[1:16:50] Good morning. I

[1:16:51] call

[1:16:51] this

[1:16:51] discussion of Skogee County

[1:16:52] Commissioners back to order. It

[1:16:53] is

[1:16:54] 11 o'clock on

[1:16:56] SEPTEMBER 8th

[1:16:56] ,

[1:16:57] 2026, we

[1:16:57] are here for

[1:16:58] our

[1:16:59] consent agenda

[1:17:01] , commissioner

[1:17:01] Burns is gone

[1:17:03] today

[1:17:03] , so

[1:17:03] Commissioner Browning, do you

[1:17:04] have anything

[1:17:05] ? To talk about? I

[1:17:06] do

[1:17:06] . I

[1:17:08] , uh, number 4

[1:17:10] getting a

[1:17:10] interlocal agreement with the

[1:17:11] King County

[1:17:12] Medical

[1:17:12] Examiner's

[1:17:13] Office for provision

[1:17:14] of autopsy

[1:17:14] and

[1:17:15] forensic

[1:17:16] pathology. Many of

[1:17:17] you know that

[1:17:17] our

[1:17:19] coroner is

[1:17:19] uh

[1:17:19] is leaving and

[1:17:20] going

[1:17:21] to

[1:17:21] Idaho

[1:17:22] and

[1:17:23] um in

[1:17:24] the meantime, uh

[1:17:25] . The

[1:17:25] people

[1:17:26] who are filling

[1:17:27] in or

[1:17:28] potentially filling in or not

[1:17:28] corners for

[1:17:30] that matter

[1:17:30] , we

[1:17:31] know, so

[1:17:32] it's a necessary

[1:17:33] function for doing any

[1:17:34] real

[1:17:35] involved uh evaluation of

[1:17:35] a of

[1:17:37] a of a a

[1:17:37] . A

[1:17:39] death's body that

[1:17:40] needs to be addressed

[1:17:42] . Also,

[1:17:42] the

[1:17:43] facilities management, we

[1:17:44] are

[1:17:45] , uh, finally

[1:17:46] . Finally, I

[1:17:46] should, I should

[1:17:48] leave this one

[1:17:49] for you, but because it's been

[1:17:49] even more a part of

[1:17:50] this, but

[1:17:51] still, I'll jump

[1:17:51] , I'll steal it

[1:17:53] We're getting a complete repair

[1:17:54] of

[1:17:55] the sewer system outlined in

[1:17:56] the

[1:17:58] building documents for the

[1:17:58] Skagit County Community

[1:17:59] Justice

[1:18:00] Center. For many of you who've

[1:18:00] been around and listen

[1:18:01] to this,

[1:18:02] the building kind of settled a

[1:18:02] bit

[1:18:03] and it

[1:18:04] . Created a

[1:18:06] Uh

[1:18:09] , a

[1:18:11] non-gravitational the men's

[1:18:11] restroom

[1:18:11] and

[1:18:12] the

[1:18:13] um for

[1:18:13] the

[1:18:14] officers

[1:18:16] . Which

[1:18:17] The

[1:18:17] sewer pipe

[1:18:18] wasn't draining properly, so

[1:18:19] they've got

[1:18:20] to redo

[1:18:21] . It was

[1:18:22] draining it in the

[1:18:24] wrong

[1:18:25] direction, so

[1:18:26] , um, finally in

[1:18:27] the public works, we have a

[1:18:27] contract

[1:18:29] with Morgan Free Works

[1:18:29] for the

[1:18:31] abandoned railroad

[1:18:32] bridge debris removal project

[1:18:33] .

[1:18:33] This one's been on the, taken

[1:18:34] off the books

[1:18:35] the last two

[1:18:36] times in a row, but finally

[1:18:36] it's on

[1:18:38] , and that's just where

[1:18:38] we have a lot

[1:18:39] of

[1:18:40] debris behind

[1:18:40] the bridges, and we've

[1:18:42] got

[1:18:42] potentially

[1:18:43] . A flood season

[1:18:44] , in

[1:18:44] fact

[1:18:45] , flood season

[1:18:47] . Awareness

[1:18:47] starts next week, so we're in

[1:18:49] preparation for

[1:18:49] year

[1:18:51] 2027 and

[1:18:52] late 2026 floods

[1:18:53] , and

[1:18:53] we can't

[1:18:54] have that debris piled up

[1:18:55] in

[1:18:56] our dock

[1:18:58] . And that number 12

[1:19:00] ,

[1:19:00] uh, they revised the contract

[1:19:01] and so

[1:19:02] it

[1:19:03] was

[1:19:05] 207,500, but

[1:19:05] to

[1:19:05] correct the

[1:19:07] numbers

[1:19:09] is 207,000,

[1:19:09] um, so it's

[1:19:10] an updated number,

[1:19:10] so

[1:19:12] . The number correct

[1:19:13] number

[1:19:14] is 207,000

[1:19:16] to remove

[1:19:18] . Remove

[1:19:18] and put

[1:19:19] down river the logs

[1:19:19] that

[1:19:20] are

[1:19:21] built up on the

[1:19:25] railroad bridge next to

[1:19:25] Highway

[1:19:25] 9 up there

[1:19:26] . So

[1:19:26] they

[1:19:27] can't take

[1:19:27] them out, they just break them

[1:19:28] loose

[1:19:29] . They have to

[1:19:29] , they can't

[1:19:30] remove them

[1:19:32] . They can break

[1:19:32] them loose and shove them

[1:19:34] downstreams so they have to go

[1:19:35] downstream and so

[1:19:36] . All the

[1:19:37] other bridges along

[1:19:38] the

[1:19:38] way

[1:19:39] potentially could get another

[1:19:39] log. That was

[1:19:41] my

[1:19:41] thought, but

[1:19:43] that's the, the rules we have

[1:19:44] to do when we deal with

[1:19:45] .

[1:19:46] Dealing with those things

[1:19:49] . Um

[1:19:52] ,

[1:19:52] One thing

[1:19:52] , uh, number 3 is

[1:19:56] , uh,

[1:19:56] agreement with

[1:19:58] our

[1:19:59] economic

[1:19:59] development funding model

[1:20:01] with

[1:20:02] Cli for supporting

[1:20:03] their John

[1:20:04] Jones

[1:20:05] , John

[1:20:05] Lir

[1:20:05] railroad

[1:20:06] crossing project

[1:20:07] , um, that was

[1:20:08] one of

[1:20:08] our

[1:20:08] 0.09

[1:20:10] economic

[1:20:10] development funding

[1:20:12] , um, we're

[1:20:13] going to compensate them for

[1:20:14] roughly

[1:20:15] $750,000 to help

[1:20:16] with

[1:20:17] that project. It really helped

[1:20:17] the

[1:20:18] traffic

[1:20:19] around Cedar Wly to

[1:20:20] be able to go farther

[1:20:21] . North to

[1:20:22] get

[1:20:23] around some of

[1:20:24] the traffic

[1:20:24] issues are getting

[1:20:25] in Cli

[1:20:28] . Also

[1:20:28] number 7 and

[1:20:28] 8 with

[1:20:30] the Office

[1:20:30] of

[1:20:30] Juvenile Court in

[1:20:32] a

[1:20:32] local

[1:20:33] cooperative agreement with

[1:20:33] Cedar Wooley

[1:20:35] and also with

[1:20:35] the

[1:20:35] Connor School District

[1:20:37] to

[1:20:37] help

[1:20:38] fund

[1:20:38] their

[1:20:39] becca case

[1:20:39] manager

[1:20:42] position to deal with

[1:20:43] truancy

[1:20:44] petitions and those issues with

[1:20:44] students in

[1:20:46] those two school

[1:20:46] districts

[1:20:48] . Um

[1:20:51] , Number 11 is a

[1:20:53] Agreement

[1:20:53] , personal service

[1:20:55] agreement with 9 line

[1:20:55] veteran

[1:20:56] services

[1:20:57] where I'd

[1:20:58] case

[1:20:58] management

[1:20:59] and

[1:20:59] emergency

[1:21:00] financial assistance for

[1:21:01] Ske

[1:21:02] County veterans

[1:21:04] , um, this

[1:21:05] amendment increases case

[1:21:06] management from one

[1:21:08] . To

[1:21:09] 1.550s

[1:21:09] adjusting hours per week

[1:21:10] to

[1:21:11] work on the

[1:21:11] site to perform

[1:21:13] other responsibilities than

[1:21:13] just the

[1:21:15] budget categories, so

[1:21:16] those are

[1:21:17] good things going on

[1:21:18] there with our veterans in

[1:21:19] our

[1:21:20] community

[1:21:22] . Really appreciate

[1:21:22] Chris's work to make sure we

[1:21:23] have all that

[1:21:24] stuff happens

[1:21:25] that our vet connects

[1:21:28] . Um, and

[1:21:29] that's all I have. Tom

[1:21:30] , did you

[1:21:31] come in to

[1:21:31] talk about something

[1:21:31] ?

[1:21:35] We

[1:21:36] talked already a little

[1:21:36] bit of

[1:21:37] number 12

[1:21:38] , we're

[1:21:38] reducing that

[1:21:40] from 207 to

[1:21:42] 2075

[1:21:43] to

[1:21:44] 207,000, so

[1:21:47] . All right, Tom

[1:21:47] Weller

[1:21:47] , county

[1:21:49] engineer, um,

[1:21:49] just wanted to be here in case

[1:21:50] you had

[1:21:51] any questions in

[1:21:52] regards to the

[1:21:53] um Morgan

[1:21:54] Tree

[1:21:54] Works contract

[1:21:55] in the

[1:21:56] background and reasoning for

[1:21:56] that, so

[1:21:58] . We, we did

[1:21:58] talk

[1:21:58] about

[1:21:59] they

[1:22:00] released them and they go

[1:22:01] down and get stuck in another,

[1:22:01] is

[1:22:03] there any obligation to kind

[1:22:03] of follow

[1:22:05] them down so

[1:22:05] they get

[1:22:05] past

[1:22:06] all

[1:22:07] the bridges. Well

[1:22:07] ,

[1:22:08] well, the hope

[1:22:09] is that

[1:22:09] they get

[1:22:10] hung up in places before they

[1:22:10] get to

[1:22:12] other people's bridges

[1:22:12] ,

[1:22:13] but

[1:22:14] we do, um, do our best

[1:22:14] to

[1:22:16] coordinate and, and let our

[1:22:18] um

[1:22:18] downstream uh partners know

[1:22:19] that, hey

[1:22:20] , we're releasing the

[1:22:21] logs

[1:22:22] , um, and then

[1:22:23] , uh, we just

[1:22:23] uh, have to

[1:22:25] see what

[1:22:25] , uh,

[1:22:26] nature has in store for us

[1:22:28] . But

[1:22:28] that's part of the permit

[1:22:29] process

[1:22:29] . We can't remove them.

[1:22:30] We have to release them

[1:22:31] to let

[1:22:31] them

[1:22:32] float downstream

[1:22:32] .

[1:22:32] Excellent question

[1:22:33] . Yes

[1:22:34] , that

[1:22:35] certainly used to be the case

[1:22:35] that we

[1:22:36] could just drag them

[1:22:37] out and, and, uh, use

[1:22:38] them

[1:22:39] other places, but now we are

[1:22:39] legally bound to

[1:22:40] Simply

[1:22:42] , uh,

[1:22:43] release them downstream

[1:22:43] . Yep

[1:22:46] .

[1:22:46] Thank you

[1:22:48] . Are there any

[1:22:48] other

[1:22:48] questions

[1:22:49] or

[1:22:50] comments on our

[1:22:52] consent agenda? Well, number 13

[1:22:52] or 15

[1:22:54] is one that matters to me

[1:22:55] just because

[1:22:56] uh we have

[1:22:57] personal service agreement with

[1:22:59] the public safety

[1:23:00] ,

[1:23:01] psychological services to

[1:23:02] provide psychological exams

[1:23:03] for

[1:23:04] the potential existing

[1:23:04] employees

[1:23:05] for Saskatchew County

[1:23:06] Sheriff's Office. I just hope

[1:23:08] everybody realizes how much

[1:23:08] time and effort we

[1:23:10] put

[1:23:10] into

[1:23:10] making sure that

[1:23:12] they

[1:23:12] are

[1:23:13] perfectly designed to

[1:23:14] be part

[1:23:15] of our sheriff's

[1:23:15] team, and

[1:23:16] we

[1:23:17] were very proud of our

[1:23:17] sheriff's department. The way

[1:23:19] they

[1:23:19] handle tough situations

[1:23:20] and it's

[1:23:21] partly because of the

[1:23:21] ,

[1:23:22] the testing that we put

[1:23:23] them

[1:23:24] through to make sure that

[1:23:24] they're, they are

[1:23:26] . The right

[1:23:26] person for

[1:23:28] Skagit County

[1:23:28] Sheriff's Department

[1:23:30] .

[1:23:30] Absolutely

[1:23:31] , and uh we

[1:23:33] definitely need to support all

[1:23:33] those individuals that put

[1:23:34] that

[1:23:35] uniform on every day to go to

[1:23:37] work and I

[1:23:37] really appreciate

[1:23:38] what all they do

[1:23:40] . So, do you

[1:23:40] have

[1:23:41] a motion with that, I'd

[1:23:42] love to make a motion

[1:23:43] to

[1:23:44] approve the

[1:23:44] consentage of items

[1:23:46] 1 through 16

[1:23:46] , including

[1:23:48] all

[1:23:49] items including ratification

[1:23:49] vouchers

[1:23:50] and warrants for

[1:23:50] Tuesday

[1:23:51] , SEPTEMBER 8th

[1:23:53] , 2026

[1:23:53] .

[1:23:53] And I will

[1:23:55] second that. Let's

[1:23:55] move to 2

[1:23:55] to approve

[1:23:57] the

[1:23:58] consent agenda items 1

[1:23:59] through

[1:23:59] 16

[1:24:00] , including all items

[1:24:02] requiring ratification,

[1:24:02] vouchers and warrants for

[1:24:04] Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 8th

[1:24:06] , 2026.

[1:24:06] Any

[1:24:07] more

[1:24:08] discussion? All those

[1:24:09] in favor say aye

[1:24:09] . Aye

[1:24:10] , hold

[1:24:11] opposed, motion passes

[1:24:13] . Thank

[1:24:14] you very much. Anything else

[1:24:14] come for

[1:24:15] us at

[1:24:16] this time

[1:24:16] ?

[1:24:16] That's everything

[1:24:18] until 11:30.

[1:24:18] So, with that

[1:24:20] , we will be back

[1:24:20] in session at

[1:24:22] 11:30

[1:24:22] with

[1:24:22] our

[1:24:24] county commissioners, public

[1:24:25] comment

[1:24:26] , county and individual

[1:24:27] success stories of

[1:24:29] miscellaneous announcements.

[1:24:29] What that we adjourned till

[1:24:30] 11:30

[1:24:31] . Thank you

[1:24:43] over

[1:24:44] backwards to be

[1:24:46] . Who

[1:24:46] I've come

[1:24:46] to know as

[1:24:48] ladies

[1:24:48] and gentlemen

[1:24:48] and

[1:24:50] not whining

[1:24:51] , aggravating

[1:24:51] people

[1:24:53] . Anyway

[1:24:54] , good luck

[1:24:55] , guys

[1:24:55] Thank you

[1:24:57] . Thank you. Just to

[1:24:58] correct on the

[1:24:59] punch

[1:24:59] card

[1:25:00] turning in, it's a

[1:25:00] ride for

[1:25:02] rides, so if it was good for

[1:25:04] a

[1:25:04] driver and car

[1:25:05] . The new

[1:25:06] system

[1:25:07] would be driver

[1:25:08] and car.

[1:25:08] There's no

[1:25:09] dollar change. It's

[1:25:09] the

[1:25:11] same thing. It's just, it's

[1:25:11] on

[1:25:13] the e-ticketing instead of

[1:25:13] a

[1:25:13] paper. So

[1:25:15] it's the

[1:25:15] same value.

[1:25:15] There's no

[1:25:16] . Ok

[1:25:19] . Anybody else

[1:25:21] ?

[1:25:22] Like to comment

[1:25:30] ? So

[1:25:31] we

[1:25:31] have

[1:25:31] on

[1:25:32] here a

[1:25:33] potential

[1:25:33] executive

[1:25:34] session. Um, do

[1:25:35] we have

[1:26:49] Good morning. Like all

[1:26:49] the

[1:26:50] sessions

[1:26:50] cutting commissioners

[1:26:51] back to order

[1:26:51] . It's 11:30

[1:26:52] on

[1:26:52] SEPTEMBER 8th

[1:26:53] , 2026

[1:26:54] ,

[1:26:55] Commissioner Burns is gone

[1:26:55] today, so we are here

[1:26:57] for our

[1:26:58] um county commissioners

[1:26:59] , public

[1:27:00] comment, counting the

[1:27:01] success

[1:27:02] stories of

[1:27:02] miscellaneous

[1:27:02] announcements

[1:27:04] . From the public,

[1:27:04] do we

[1:27:06] have

[1:27:06] any

[1:27:06] individuals who

[1:27:07] like to comment

[1:27:11] ? Once again

[1:27:12] ,

[1:27:13] you have 3 minutes

[1:27:13] , the

[1:27:14] buzzer

[1:27:15] will do it 2

[1:27:16] minutes and

[1:27:17] you

[1:27:17] can drop your public comments

[1:27:18] on the thing when you're done

[1:27:19] .

[1:27:20] Oh, sure

[1:27:20] , I'm honestly not a

[1:27:20] huge fan of

[1:27:22] talking

[1:27:22] , so

[1:27:22] i

[1:27:22] just

[1:27:22] came

[1:27:24] today. Um, my name is

[1:27:25] Amanda Toscano. I'm a

[1:27:27] local

[1:27:27] realtor. I

[1:27:29] have regular issues

[1:27:29] with the planning

[1:27:30] department. I

[1:27:31] sent you

[1:27:31] guys

[1:27:31] an

[1:27:33] email about

[1:27:33] the planning

[1:27:35] department

[1:27:35] oversight two

[1:27:36] years ago

[1:27:38] , and no

[1:27:38] one

[1:27:39] ever

[1:27:40] responded. So I'm here

[1:27:40] today to

[1:27:42] Talk

[1:27:42] about

[1:27:42] , um,

[1:27:43] Hackett v

[1:27:44] . Epa

[1:27:45] or saci, pardon

[1:27:45] me

[1:27:49] , vepa determinations for

[1:27:51] wetland definitions I would

[1:27:51] like

[1:27:53] . I have talked to the

[1:27:54] wetlands people

[1:27:56] , specifically

[1:27:58] Leah Forbes

[1:27:58] directly about this

[1:27:58] and

[1:28:00] she's disregarded the fact

[1:28:01] that the laws have changed

[1:28:02] . And

[1:28:03] um

[1:28:05] Properties all over the

[1:28:07] county are being determined

[1:28:08] wetlands when they're, they

[1:28:09] don't meet

[1:28:09] the

[1:28:10] definition. So

[1:28:11] i

[1:28:11] printed it out for you so you

[1:28:12] could read it

[1:28:13] . I

[1:28:14] also have

[1:28:15] You,

[1:28:16] no, you

[1:28:16] can't build it if your

[1:28:18] house burned down in

[1:28:18] a floodway

[1:28:19] I

[1:28:20] rewrote the codes for you

[1:28:21] just based on the codes that

[1:28:22] are

[1:28:23] already there that gives

[1:28:23] you a yes instead of

[1:28:25] a no

[1:28:25] . Um

[1:28:27] ,

[1:28:27] We're in

[1:28:27] a

[1:28:28] unique situation

[1:28:28] where

[1:28:29] This

[1:28:30] was

[1:28:30] all riverbed

[1:28:31] once, so if you

[1:28:32] really want to

[1:28:32] call it a wetland

[1:28:34] , you can, and

[1:28:34] I would like to see

[1:28:36] more

[1:28:36] support for

[1:28:37] our citizens

[1:28:38] . And

[1:28:39] less

[1:28:40] for

[1:28:41] regulatory bodies

[1:28:43] .

[1:28:43] Thank you. Thank you very much

[1:28:48] .

[1:28:48] Anybody else

[1:28:49] ? Ok

[1:28:56] . Good morning,

[1:28:57] Ken Dunn

[1:28:58] Vernon

[1:28:59] . Elka can't

[1:29:00] be

[1:29:01] here today. She has done

[1:29:01] a

[1:29:04] remarkable job of getting into

[1:29:05] the reality of best

[1:29:06] facilities

[1:29:06] and the danger

[1:29:08] they

[1:29:08] hold on a

[1:29:09] national level

[1:29:10] , Aaron

[1:29:10] Brockovich is doing

[1:29:12] the same

[1:29:12] regarding data

[1:29:12] centers

[1:29:13] . I tend

[1:29:14] to look around for patterns,

[1:29:15] and there is

[1:29:17] one pattern which

[1:29:17] jumps out at

[1:29:19] a person when

[1:29:19] looking at what is happening in

[1:29:22] the us, that is a pattern of

[1:29:24] callous exploitation of our

[1:29:26] natural resources and of the

[1:29:26] trust

[1:29:28] that

[1:29:28] people are taught in

[1:29:28] schools

[1:29:30] . Or

[1:29:30] government, even to

[1:29:31] the extent

[1:29:32] of infusing our food

[1:29:33] water, soil

[1:29:35] , and

[1:29:35] air

[1:29:35] with

[1:29:37] toxic

[1:29:37] substances. The pattern

[1:29:39] is

[1:29:39] happening concurrently with the

[1:29:40] increasing level

[1:29:41] of

[1:29:42] surveillance

[1:29:43] and control that

[1:29:44] is being

[1:29:44] foisted upon

[1:29:45] us

[1:29:46] . Flock

[1:29:46] cameras

[1:29:47] , digital currency

[1:29:48] ,

[1:29:49] electronic monitoring of our

[1:29:49] phones

[1:29:51] , television

[1:29:51] , computers

[1:29:52] ,

[1:29:52] cars

[1:29:53] , buying

[1:29:53] habits. It is

[1:29:54] not

[1:29:55] being

[1:29:55] done innocently

[1:29:57] nor

[1:29:57] benevolently. It is a

[1:29:58] calculated tightening

[1:29:59] . Of

[1:30:00] controls by those

[1:30:01] who wield

[1:30:02] them, it would not be a jump

[1:30:03] in

[1:30:04] logic to say that we

[1:30:06] the people

[1:30:06] are evidently seen more likened

[1:30:07] to

[1:30:08] cattle

[1:30:08] than

[1:30:09] human beings

[1:30:10] by

[1:30:11] those behind these actions, and

[1:30:13] there is

[1:30:13] a tech industry which

[1:30:13] is

[1:30:16] profiting mightily from this

[1:30:17] whole

[1:30:18] misbegotten adventure.

[1:30:18] Glenwood

[1:30:19] tried red light

[1:30:20] cameras downtown and had to

[1:30:22] remove them because people were

[1:30:23] avoiding

[1:30:24] the area

[1:30:25] . Businesses

[1:30:25] suffered

[1:30:26] while the

[1:30:26] traffic laws

[1:30:27] are of course essential

[1:30:28] . We

[1:30:29] humans are not

[1:30:29] . Designed

[1:30:30] to

[1:30:31] adhere to the rigid parameters

[1:30:32] which

[1:30:33] electronic

[1:30:34] surveillance

[1:30:35] devices

[1:30:36] impose as individuals

[1:30:38] and as a society, we

[1:30:39] do not

[1:30:40] need

[1:30:40] that

[1:30:42] additional anxiety. I

[1:30:43] get

[1:30:44] notices

[1:30:44] online asking if I

[1:30:45] support Social

[1:30:46] Security

[1:30:47] ,

[1:30:47] affordable healthcare

[1:30:48] , or

[1:30:49] removing

[1:30:49] toxic additives to

[1:30:50] food

[1:30:51] and

[1:30:51] water

[1:30:52] . Questions which

[1:30:52] anyone

[1:30:54] not cognitively impaired

[1:30:54] should already know

[1:30:55] the

[1:30:56] answer

[1:30:56] to

[1:30:58] that includes our federal

[1:30:58] and state legislature

[1:31:00] . Leaders,

[1:31:01] you might as well

[1:31:01] be asking

[1:31:02] if

[1:31:02] I support life

[1:31:03] and health

[1:31:04] . I

[1:31:05] have looked into

[1:31:05] the reality of

[1:31:07] the toxins in our food

[1:31:08] and

[1:31:10] water. For me it is a matter of

[1:31:12] Life

[1:31:13] . Um

[1:31:14] , many

[1:31:14] people seem to

[1:31:16] have

[1:31:16] no idea how

[1:31:17] the minuscule

[1:31:18] amounts of

[1:31:18] toxic additives in

[1:31:19] our food

[1:31:20] and

[1:31:20] beverages

[1:31:22] ,

[1:31:23] bioaccumulate to become the

[1:31:23] widespread

[1:31:25] sources of

[1:31:25] diminished health and the

[1:31:27] rising prevalence of

[1:31:28] diseases

[1:31:29] including cancers

[1:31:31] . Does that

[1:31:31] mean

[1:31:32] many people are stupid? I

[1:31:34] don't think

[1:31:34] so. I think most

[1:31:35] people

[1:31:36] are

[1:31:36] hardworking, trying

[1:31:37] to raise a family, have

[1:31:38] a

[1:31:38] life

[1:31:39] ,

[1:31:39] and are

[1:31:41] counting on the people

[1:31:41] who they have

[1:31:41] elected

[1:31:43] or fund

[1:31:43] to staff

[1:31:44] the offices

[1:31:45] and

[1:31:46] agencies which they have

[1:31:47] been

[1:31:47] told are for

[1:31:48] public service

[1:31:49] and

[1:31:50] protection, counting on them to

[1:31:50] do

[1:31:52] their

[1:31:52] jobs

[1:31:53] . Maybe a lot of

[1:31:54] people are naive

[1:31:55] . But

[1:31:56] the

[1:31:56] corruption

[1:31:57] , the perversion

[1:31:58] , and

[1:31:59] dereliction of duty

[1:31:59] which is

[1:32:01] so

[1:32:01] widespread in national and

[1:32:02] state government

[1:32:03] is

[1:32:03] not

[1:32:04] something

[1:32:05] inherent

[1:32:05] to

[1:32:06] government. It's all

[1:32:08] about

[1:32:08] people and their level

[1:32:08] of

[1:32:09] diligence

[1:32:10] , honor

[1:32:10] , and integrity

[1:32:12] Thank you, thank you

[1:32:15] . Anybody

[1:32:15] else

[1:32:28] ? Hi

[1:32:28] , I'm Laura

[1:32:28] Stansbury

[1:32:29] Weiss

[1:32:30] , and I'm from

[1:32:30] Mount

[1:32:30] Vernon

[1:32:31] , and

[1:32:32] I

[1:32:33] guess I'm going

[1:32:33] to get up here

[1:32:35] and thank you

[1:32:35] guys for

[1:32:37] , again for putting the

[1:32:37] stay on

[1:32:37] the ai

[1:32:39] . Uh

[1:32:41] , centers

[1:32:42] and

[1:32:42] also to uh

[1:32:44] Basically

[1:32:44] , thank

[1:32:46] you

[1:32:46] guys

[1:32:47] for entertaining

[1:32:48] my little

[1:32:49] informational packets that I

[1:32:49] keep bringing

[1:32:50] to

[1:32:51] you

[1:32:51] . Uh, I

[1:32:51] really

[1:32:54] appreciate your

[1:32:55] attention

[1:32:55] and

[1:32:55] the

[1:32:55] gravity that

[1:32:56] you

[1:32:57] seem to view

[1:32:58] my

[1:32:58] little

[1:32:59] information

[1:33:00] packets

[1:33:01] with

[1:33:02] um I

[1:33:03] really appreciate the fact

[1:33:03] that

[1:33:04] you give

[1:33:04] this time to the

[1:33:05] people

[1:33:07] of Skagit County to talk

[1:33:07] to you and

[1:33:08] tell

[1:33:09] you about their

[1:33:09] concerns

[1:33:11] . Uh, I've lived in

[1:33:13] other places where we have not

[1:33:13] had

[1:33:15] that opportunity

[1:33:15] , and

[1:33:16] it

[1:33:16] really

[1:33:17] was

[1:33:18] terrible because a

[1:33:18] lot of things happened

[1:33:19] and they

[1:33:20] said, well, you didn't say

[1:33:20] anything

[1:33:22] . And well

[1:33:22] , people did

[1:33:24] ,

[1:33:24] but writing letters sometimes

[1:33:25] doesn't work as well

[1:33:26] as having

[1:33:27] a video that other people

[1:33:28] can

[1:33:29] see posted online, and I want

[1:33:31] to thank you for that

[1:33:32] . Thank

[1:33:32] you

[1:33:33] , thank you

[1:33:43] . Morning

[1:33:44] ,

[1:33:44] Rebecca Peck

[1:33:45] from

[1:33:45] Bow at

[1:33:46] the

[1:33:47] last public comment period

[1:33:49] on

[1:33:50] 8/25. 4 men who

[1:33:51] have spent

[1:33:52] decades working on

[1:33:53] large

[1:33:53] scale

[1:33:54] construction projects here in

[1:33:57] Skagit County gave

[1:33:57] public

[1:33:57] comments

[1:33:58] about issues in the

[1:33:59] planning department

[1:34:00] . And

[1:34:01] someone just did this morning

[1:34:03] .

[1:34:03] One of

[1:34:04] the

[1:34:05] contractors named

[1:34:05] a

[1:34:07] few planning department

[1:34:07] employees by

[1:34:09] name in

[1:34:10] direct

[1:34:11] contrast to

[1:34:12] when

[1:34:12] Anthony Romano

[1:34:13] does

[1:34:14] it

[1:34:14] . No point of

[1:34:14] order was

[1:34:16] called by any of

[1:34:16] the

[1:34:17] commissioners. It wasn't

[1:34:18] called

[1:34:18] this

[1:34:19] morning either. I'm glad

[1:34:19] that

[1:34:20] you

[1:34:21] did

[1:34:21] not violate

[1:34:22] his

[1:34:23] rights like you continue to do

[1:34:23] each time

[1:34:25] you

[1:34:25] stop

[1:34:25] Anthony

[1:34:26] Romano from saying any

[1:34:27] county

[1:34:28] employee's

[1:34:29] name after

[1:34:30] the

[1:34:30] meeting adjourned

[1:34:32] , everyone

[1:34:32] left except for the 4

[1:34:34] .

[1:34:35] Construction bosses, while all

[1:34:37] three commissioners sat in

[1:34:38] their seats. So

[1:34:39] did

[1:34:39] I

[1:34:39] , because

[1:34:43] When a quorum

[1:34:43] of commissioners

[1:34:44] meets with any

[1:34:45] citizen to

[1:34:46] discuss county business

[1:34:47] , it is

[1:34:48] officially a

[1:34:48] public meeting

[1:34:49] . A

[1:34:50] 30

[1:34:50] of

[1:34:52] what

[1:34:52] those

[1:34:52] four

[1:34:54] men

[1:34:54] thought the

[1:34:55] commissioner should

[1:34:55] do to

[1:34:57] fix long permitting times

[1:34:59] included specific

[1:35:01] personnel

[1:35:01] changes, and even an offer to

[1:35:02] pay for

[1:35:03] staff overtime. It

[1:35:04] sure

[1:35:04] must be nice

[1:35:05] to have

[1:35:06] a

[1:35:06] private

[1:35:07] public meeting with

[1:35:08] the

[1:35:08] commissioners

[1:35:08] , not

[1:35:10] recorded and

[1:35:10] staff all

[1:35:11] gone. Speaking of

[1:35:11] staff

[1:35:12] . I

[1:35:13] wonder

[1:35:14] what message

[1:35:15] they get when they see this

[1:35:15] type of breach

[1:35:17] of

[1:35:17] protocol does

[1:35:18] it put them in a

[1:35:19] hard

[1:35:19] position

[1:35:20] ethically

[1:35:22] . Regarding

[1:35:22] Anthony

[1:35:23] Romano's outburst

[1:35:24] on

[1:35:24] 8-11-26

[1:35:24] when

[1:35:26] he

[1:35:26] claimed Commissioner

[1:35:27] Browning was smirking

[1:35:28] at

[1:35:28] him

[1:35:28] .

[1:35:28] He

[1:35:30] was

[1:35:30] 100% correct

[1:35:33] .

[1:35:33] Commissioner Browning

[1:35:34] has a

[1:35:35] history of doing just that

[1:35:37] to

[1:35:37] Anthony. In

[1:35:38] fact, last

[1:35:39] year

[1:35:39] I

[1:35:40] spoke

[1:35:41] privately with

[1:35:42] Commissioner Browning about the

[1:35:42] fact that

[1:35:43] he

[1:35:44] glares smirks,

[1:35:45] grins, etc

[1:35:46] . At Anthony

[1:35:46] , while

[1:35:47] Anthony is sitting

[1:35:48] . I did

[1:35:48] so

[1:35:49] because I believe it

[1:35:50] is

[1:35:51] unprofessional and could be a

[1:35:51] safety issue

[1:35:53] . Commissioner

[1:35:54] Browning

[1:35:55] admitted

[1:35:55] to me

[1:35:56] that he

[1:35:57] does this and he said he did so

[1:35:58] in hopes

[1:36:00] that Anthony would

[1:36:00] make himself look like an idiot

[1:36:02] I told

[1:36:04] Commissioner Browning

[1:36:05] that he had better professional

[1:36:06] skills to

[1:36:07] use instead, and

[1:36:07] then

[1:36:07] if

[1:36:09] anything bad was to happen,

[1:36:09] I'd

[1:36:10] be

[1:36:11] testifying that

[1:36:13] Commissioner

[1:36:13] Browning

[1:36:15] antagonizes Anthony

[1:36:17] . Imagine

[1:36:18] having your

[1:36:18] violated

[1:36:20] when you

[1:36:20] mention an

[1:36:20] employee's name and

[1:36:21] then

[1:36:23] having the

[1:36:23] commissioner

[1:36:23] that

[1:36:24] does that smirk

[1:36:25] at you. I

[1:36:27] will call it

[1:36:27] out each and

[1:36:27] every

[1:36:29] time one of you

[1:36:29] or all of you,

[1:36:30] and

[1:36:31] I

[1:36:31] wish Commissioner Burns

[1:36:32] was here

[1:36:33] . Uh

[1:36:33] , when

[1:36:33] you

[1:36:34] violate

[1:36:34] citizens' rights

[1:36:36] , and I should

[1:36:36] not have to be

[1:36:37] the

[1:36:38] one who

[1:36:39] calls that out. You need to

[1:36:40] hold

[1:36:41] each other accountable. If

[1:36:42] you just

[1:36:43] sit

[1:36:43] there while

[1:36:45] another commissioner is

[1:36:45] professionally or legally out

[1:36:46] of bounds

[1:36:47] . Then you

[1:36:47] are

[1:36:49] condoning bad behaviors or a

[1:36:51] rights violation and

[1:36:52] are

[1:36:52] complicit

[1:36:54] . Every

[1:36:55] Skagittonian

[1:36:56] deserves respectful and lawful

[1:36:57] treatment from

[1:36:58] our

[1:36:58] commissioners. S

[1:36:59] peons, as well

[1:36:59] as

[1:37:00] the movers

[1:37:00] and

[1:37:01] shakers

[1:37:02] .

[1:37:03] Thank you. Thank you

[1:37:05] . Next

[1:37:07] .

[1:37:08] Yeah, hi, I'm

[1:37:09] Anthony Romano

[1:37:09] .

[1:37:10] How are you

[1:37:10] ? How are you

[1:37:11] doing

[1:37:11] today

[1:37:12] , commissioners? Hope

[1:37:13] you're doing really good

[1:37:14] .

[1:37:14] Anyway, I've got the bad news

[1:37:14] right

[1:37:16] here. I just gotten my

[1:37:16] mail

[1:37:19] . You're Skagit County

[1:37:19] arbitrator, MISS Ols

[1:37:21] . That

[1:37:21] worked for Saunder's Group

[1:37:23] . Uh,

[1:37:24] is

[1:37:26] Doing some nasty things

[1:37:29] .

[1:37:30] Speaking of nasty things, uh,

[1:37:30] you know

[1:37:32] , like being taken to

[1:37:32] the hospital after

[1:37:34] my bail was

[1:37:35] posted and my friend's sitting

[1:37:35] out

[1:37:36] in

[1:37:36] the hallway waiting to

[1:37:37] pick me up and

[1:37:38] they

[1:37:39] decide to,

[1:37:39] uh, all of a

[1:37:41] sudden give me

[1:37:41] an

[1:37:41] evaluation and

[1:37:43] 4 guys come in

[1:37:44] and grab me and two other

[1:37:45] guys

[1:37:46] stabbed me in the legs with

[1:37:46] some drugs

[1:37:48] . And tie me to a

[1:37:48] gurney bed

[1:37:49] when I

[1:37:50] wake up and

[1:37:51] there's a catheter up my dick

[1:37:52] .

[1:37:52] Ok

[1:37:54] . You

[1:37:54] ain't getting away with

[1:37:55] it. There is

[1:37:56] no way

[1:37:57] in hell. I

[1:37:58] will never ever give up

[1:37:59] . Ever

[1:38:01] I

[1:38:02] want to know who ordered

[1:38:03] that,

[1:38:04] who ordered that

[1:38:06] ? I wanna know

[1:38:06] .

[1:38:06] Uh

[1:38:08] , there's all kinds of

[1:38:09] questions. Who John

[1:38:10] Rose? I

[1:38:10] want to know the 5

[1:38:11] water

[1:38:11] reviews

[1:38:12] right here, he did

[1:38:14] .

[1:38:15] Right here in Bert Hoff's name.

[1:38:15] These are

[1:38:17] all

[1:38:17] the my neighbors

[1:38:17] that are

[1:38:19] attacking me and the

[1:38:20] cops attacking me with

[1:38:21] the

[1:38:21] neighbors

[1:38:22] , the sheriffs right

[1:38:22] here

[1:38:23] , who

[1:38:24] owned it

[1:38:24] ? Bert Hoff

[1:38:26] ,

[1:38:26] me, my, my lot

[1:38:28] . All the people

[1:38:29] that are attacking me

[1:38:31] . With

[1:38:32] the

[1:38:32] sheriffs

[1:38:33] and then

[1:38:33] the Ford's

[1:38:35] son who's the fire

[1:38:35] chief

[1:38:36] commissioner

[1:38:37] that I

[1:38:37] just found

[1:38:37] out

[1:38:38] . Who's

[1:38:39] hand in hand with

[1:38:40] the cops, no wonder why the

[1:38:40] cops

[1:38:41] are

[1:38:42] harassing me and

[1:38:42] following

[1:38:43] me

[1:38:44] and

[1:38:44] uh around and

[1:38:46] stalking me and everything else

[1:38:49] And I've got all the

[1:38:49] paperwork

[1:38:49] to prove

[1:38:51] That my place was a

[1:38:51] homestead

[1:38:53] . And that

[1:38:55] Danny Hagan

[1:38:56] which I got him

[1:38:57] on

[1:38:57] voice

[1:38:58] recording and I told him I was

[1:38:58] recording

[1:38:59] , so

[1:39:00] it's legal. I

[1:39:00] asked him what he did

[1:39:02] with

[1:39:02] my

[1:39:03] homestead and heritage rights

[1:39:04] .

[1:39:05] Papers that I gave him. He said

[1:39:07] he recycled them

[1:39:07] . Which

[1:39:08] is

[1:39:08] illegal

[1:39:11] . 2

[1:39:13] I can prove and show

[1:39:14] beyond a reasonable doubt

[1:39:15] that

[1:39:16] the auditors have been

[1:39:16] switching

[1:39:17] numbers up because

[1:39:18] there was a

[1:39:18] legal document done

[1:39:20] at Chicago Title

[1:39:24] . 763-596 is

[1:39:25] the faulty number that they put

[1:39:26] on

[1:39:27] there. The number should

[1:39:27] have

[1:39:30] been 7763556, which is the

[1:39:31] development rights

[1:39:32] . Which

[1:39:33] the

[1:39:34] heritage rights have, which is

[1:39:34] the

[1:39:36] homestead rights and the

[1:39:36] whole damn area because f.

[1:39:37] Schuler

[1:39:38] , snl

[1:39:38] logging owned the

[1:39:39] whole fricking area

[1:39:44] . So

[1:39:46] , I

[1:39:47] intend today to go up and get

[1:39:50] my water. These orders I am not

[1:39:51] because it's not in the

[1:39:52] county's jurisdiction anymore

[1:39:54] because there's several states

[1:39:54] involved

[1:39:57] . Several

[1:39:58] uh uh

[1:39:59] department of ecology and none

[1:39:59] of

[1:40:00] these orders

[1:40:01] are

[1:40:01] relevant

[1:40:01] like

[1:40:03] I've been saying, any of

[1:40:04] these, the judges are dirty

[1:40:05] . I

[1:40:06] can prove that

[1:40:07] corrupt the blue

[1:40:08] sticky note to the recorder to

[1:40:08] the

[1:40:09] recorder to the judge, and

[1:40:10] then all three of them look at

[1:40:10] me and

[1:40:12] I lose the case

[1:40:12] against

[1:40:12] MR. Code enforcement

[1:40:14] , Tom

[1:40:14] Wentzel, who's been in hot

[1:40:15] water already

[1:40:16] , and

[1:40:17] and and and

[1:40:17] Perkins

[1:40:18] has been in hot water

[1:40:19] and all of them

[1:40:21] , and you

[1:40:21] and

[1:40:21] you

[1:40:23] . So, good luck

[1:40:24] . And cease

[1:40:25] and desist

[1:40:27] . Thank

[1:40:28] you. Right

[1:40:28] here, you want me to open

[1:40:29] this

[1:40:30] letter for you, see what, see

[1:40:31] what kind of bad news it is

[1:40:33] .

[1:40:33] Anybody else want

[1:40:34] to

[1:40:34] comment

[1:40:35] today from your arbitrator

[1:40:37] . Is

[1:40:39] there anybody online

[1:40:41] ? And

[1:40:43] to be

[1:40:43] online like to comment

[1:40:45] . 8 years

[1:40:48] Anybody online

[1:40:52] ? No

[1:40:53] . Ok

[1:40:54] ,

[1:40:54] Commissioner Browning, do you

[1:40:55] have anything this week

[1:40:56] ? No

[1:40:57] , I

[1:40:57] took last week off

[1:41:01] . Ok, thank

[1:41:01] you

[1:41:02] . Um

[1:41:03] , this last Friday I was

[1:41:04] down in Olympia with

[1:41:05] the

[1:41:06] riparian task Force, which is a

[1:41:07] governor's

[1:41:08] appointed task force

[1:41:10] about 45

[1:41:10] 50 different people.

[1:41:11] One of

[1:41:12] the

[1:41:13] things the ag groups

[1:41:13] and

[1:41:15] the tribes have agreed

[1:41:17] to

[1:41:17] work together to figure out how

[1:41:18] we

[1:41:19] can retain the

[1:41:20] riparian

[1:41:20] areas that

[1:41:21] are

[1:41:22] out

[1:41:24] there and

[1:41:24] not lose anymore, so that was

[1:41:25] uh

[1:41:26] . It's

[1:41:27] taken quite a while to

[1:41:27] get there

[1:41:29] . Um, so that was a

[1:41:29] good

[1:41:30] news

[1:41:31] , um, we had a meeting

[1:41:32] with our

[1:41:33] elected officials last

[1:41:33] week

[1:41:35] talking about the budget

[1:41:36] process and where we're going

[1:41:36] to start here

[1:41:37] in

[1:41:37] the next

[1:41:38] couple of weeks

[1:41:40] . Um

[1:41:42] , had a

[1:41:42] water transfer meeting

[1:41:44] the

[1:41:45] pud

[1:41:47] has more water rights than

[1:41:47] they're

[1:41:48] currently

[1:41:49] using and

[1:41:50] the

[1:41:51] last 3 years they've had

[1:41:51] a

[1:41:53] temporary program because

[1:41:54] they're allowed to

[1:41:55] take water

[1:41:56] out of the for

[1:41:56] the

[1:41:57] Judy

[1:41:58] Reservoir, which is up at

[1:41:58] the

[1:41:58] pipeline

[1:42:00] , uh, just a little bit

[1:42:01] east of Cedar Wooly

[1:42:03] . And they

[1:42:05] are allowed because that's

[1:42:05] their water right

[1:42:06] , is that

[1:42:07] point of

[1:42:07] withdrawal

[1:42:09] , um,

[1:42:09] they've been allowing

[1:42:09] the

[1:42:11] transfer to a couple

[1:42:11] of

[1:42:12] different

[1:42:13] uh egg producers and

[1:42:14] the drainage

[1:42:15] and

[1:42:16] irrigation

[1:42:16] districts on Fur

[1:42:17] Island

[1:42:18] and

[1:42:18] on

[1:42:20] um Laconnor area

[1:42:21] , um, but

[1:42:22] to

[1:42:22] have, um

[1:42:24] , Electronic

[1:42:25] . Cell

[1:42:27] phone data collecting on the

[1:42:28] pumps that are pumping

[1:42:29] out of

[1:42:30] the river, so the water, pud

[1:42:32] isn't using is going down

[1:42:32] the

[1:42:33] river and

[1:42:34] the agriculture is

[1:42:34] able

[1:42:36] to use it down there and

[1:42:36] they were explaining what

[1:42:37] they're doing

[1:42:38] and how they're

[1:42:39] looking at that system

[1:42:40] , um, and

[1:42:41] how, uh, what

[1:42:42] the future is for

[1:42:43] that agriculture like a more

[1:42:45] longer term. Currently it's

[1:42:46] just been a

[1:42:47] one year by

[1:42:47] year

[1:42:48] lease agreement

[1:42:49] in

[1:42:49] agriculture

[1:42:50] in Saskatchew County would like

[1:42:50] to have a longer term

[1:42:52] . Lease on

[1:42:52] that

[1:42:53] . And then

[1:42:54] , uh, last week

[1:42:54] also, the

[1:42:56] Skagit River System

[1:42:56] Cooperative

[1:42:58] had

[1:42:58] a

[1:42:58] public

[1:42:59] meeting

[1:43:00] about flooding

[1:43:01] , flood

[1:43:01] inundation maps

[1:43:02] , the

[1:43:03] Mount

[1:43:04] Vernon Commons talking about

[1:43:04] they

[1:43:05] had a bunch of different

[1:43:06] maps there would

[1:43:07] would

[1:43:07] have

[1:43:08] 10-year flood event or

[1:43:09] 25 or 50

[1:43:10] year or 80 year

[1:43:10] flood event

[1:43:11] was

[1:43:12] very interesting. A lot of

[1:43:12] information

[1:43:14] there

[1:43:14] , um, with the

[1:43:15] Army Corps has

[1:43:16] been

[1:43:16] mapping

[1:43:17] the

[1:43:17] data information and

[1:43:18] now

[1:43:19] let

[1:43:19] the said Sky

[1:43:20] River System

[1:43:21] Cooperatives made that

[1:43:21] .

[1:43:22] Information

[1:43:23] available, the

[1:43:24] county is not going to be able

[1:43:24] to go

[1:43:25] back and look at that

[1:43:25] data

[1:43:26] and

[1:43:27] understand what went

[1:43:28] into the model when they came

[1:43:28] up with

[1:43:30] those different data

[1:43:30] points, but it was

[1:43:32] a very

[1:43:32] important that people

[1:43:33] understand that we live in a

[1:43:34] delta area

[1:43:35] here and the river

[1:43:35] comes

[1:43:37] through and we

[1:43:37] potentially have floods

[1:43:39] . And

[1:43:39] this helps people

[1:43:41] understand

[1:43:41] those issues coming forward

[1:43:44] .

[1:43:44] That's about all

[1:43:45] I have. Like I

[1:43:46] said before, MR. Burns is gone

[1:43:47] .

[1:43:48] So with that, if

[1:43:49] nothing else

[1:43:50] ,

[1:43:50] we're adjourned. Thank you very

[1:43:51] much

[1:44:02] t

[1:44:04] federal law, and so we were

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