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» All right. Thanks, everybody. Good
afternoon and welcome to what is a very

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special
Weyburn City Council meeting.

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I will note that Councillor Haig was
unable to make it today. This is a short

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notice meeting called quickly.
But as and I would say I'll just read

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this to be specific. As per Section 6.4
of the Council Procedures Bylaw, we're

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not able to add anything to the agenda
tonight. It is a special meeting that is

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called duly
to to deal with the PDAP program because

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as everybody knows we had a very
significant rain event the other day and

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we need to help folks out with that. So
we have one agenda item and for that I

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will turn the floor over to the city
manager.

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» Yeah, thanks, Your Worship. So the
Provincial Disaster Assistance Program,

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so PDAP, helps residents, small
businesses, agricultural operations,

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First Nations, non-profit organizations,
and communities recover from natural

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disasters including flooding, tornadoes,
plow winds, and other disasters caused

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by severe weather. PDAP may help cover
the costs for uninsurable essential

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losses, clean up repairs, and temporary
relocations.

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The provincial program administers
federal funds to help people after

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uninsurable damage from natural
disasters.

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In order to be eligible for assistance
from the Disaster Assistance Program, of

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local authority must apply in a way to
approval.

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So, on the morning of September 7th,
2026, the city Weyburn experienced a

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heavy rainfall event approximately 84 mm
as per Environment Canada.

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Um the city Weyburn is aware of that
some private owners have incurred um

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basement damages due to water and sewer.
As a result, the city has applied to the

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government of Saskatchewan as an
eligible assistance um under the PDAP

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program.
Uh there is no financial responsibility

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for the city to designate under the
program uh for private damages.

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In order to submit an application and
have a municipality designated as an

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eligible assist assistance area, the
province of Saskatchewan requires a

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resolution stating city council supports
the application.

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The application is then provided to the
Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency or

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SPSA for approval.
Um PDAP is not intended to compete with

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private insurers or provide full
compensation to those who incur

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substantial loss or damage to the
property. Assistance may be provided um

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to pre-disaster condition only.
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Saskatchewan would provide the city of
Weyburn with an information package

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including application forms. Uh the
application forms would be made

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available um to Weyburn residents
uh on the city Weyburn website and at

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city hall. Um residents would be given
information on how to apply through a

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press release, social media, and through
the city Weyburn's website.

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Um SPSA um recovery task team has also
indicated they will be hosting an event

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on September 22nd at the Credit Union
Spark Centre. Um we have reached out to

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them through administration and we're
just currently just finalizing event

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details.
Um for anyone looking for more

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information on the
um PDAP program,

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um you can visit the um Saskatchewan
Public Safety website uh, listed here in

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the report. And then uh, for me I am
recommending uh, that Saskatchewan City

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Council provide the Saskatchewan Public
Safety Agency with the required

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resolution for provincial uh, provincial
disaster assistance program application.

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» Right on. Thanks, city manager. So,
yeah, that is what we're here for today.

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We need to get this application
uh, submitted and underway and that

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needs to be done through a uh, motion of
council. So, if there's a motion, I

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would take that.
>> Your Worship, I'll make the motion that

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the City of Weyburn apply to the
Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency to be

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designated as an eligible area under the
Provincial Disaster Assistance Program,

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also known as PDAP, which provides
financial assistance for restoring

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essential services and property as a
result of a substantial damage caused by

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the rain events on September 7th, 2026.
>> Your Worship, I would second that

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motion.
>> Very good. All right, uh, I would open

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the floor first to council. Any
questions or commentary?

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Councillor Bedard.
>> Just a couple questions uh, for for So,

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assuming it passes now, what is the
timeline generally for this cuz I think

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the last time I think I took advantage
of it back in 2011, but it's that seems

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like a decade ago or more. So, I just
wanted to know what the timeline would

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be for residents.
>> Yeah, so what happens is is that uh, an

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application's already been provided to
um, the province. Uh, I actually

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provided that on Sun- or on Monday
during the the rain event. Uh, I've

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already been in contact with uh, SPSA.
Um, all they require right now is a

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resolution from council to provide
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anything submitted for applications have
to one go through your insurer first.

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And then after that it goes through this
program through um, through PDAP. Um, so

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it's it's 6 months after the event
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Um, so um, anything um, that happens um,
for the work that you're doing, so if if

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the event with the event happening on
September 7th, applications would have

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to be in by I believe March the 8th of
2027 is the period. Um I have to get

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clarification cuz the last time we
applied for this, all work had to be

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done within 12 months. Um I just have to
get some clarification from the province

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about that if there's been any changes
to that program. They have done some

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significant changes to the program um
actually this last year. Um there is um

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maximums they're actually providing. Um
it used to be lower amounts for leasing.

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So, now it's $500,000 max for residents,
uh upwards of $3 million for small

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businesses,
um and then $3 million for nonprofits.

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So, there's actually some uh additional
compensation that the province actually

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improved this program after the the
wildfires of of 2025.

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Uh and then they made uh changes within
the last budget to increase what they're

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doing for this program that way.
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Thanks for that. Other questions,
commentary from council?

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Council Jane.
>> Uh Mr. Warren,

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is there any precedents for anyone being
denied for this sort of application?

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» Uh you mean Miss Pally's being denied?
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» Um I I know uh when we've applied in the
past there has not been any concerns

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with that at all. Um because of the
amount of water that came in a short

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period of time. So, I will give an
example uh that when we applied for the

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event that happened in June 21st and
22nd of 2022, we had 95 mm in a 2-day

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period. Um when we look at some data
that we're seeing right now from um the

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province and it's just put up on the
screen. Um we're showing 84 mm within a

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4-hour period. So, um this is unofficial
cuz they have to actually check out this

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this larger number here, but um reported
at at 8:00 a.m. was 5.2 mm. Reported at

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at 10:00 from Environment Canada was
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mm of of precipitation. Um at 11:00 a.m.
57 mm, and then at uh noon 9.1. So,

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um in my conversation, that's
substantial rain, Um the province was

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extremely happy that we actually
contacted them as quick as we did.

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And then for us to have a special
meeting to get this done so we can start

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getting these reports out.
So, I do not see the province denying

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that application because of the
substantial amount of water that was

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hit. Not just in this area, but other
municipalities in the area as well

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during that significant rain event.
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Anybody else?
>> I will just add to that. I've had a few

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conversations with our MLA,
Minister Wiebe, who is Minister of

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Police and Corrections and Public
Safety. And he's aware of the

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application already and
is fully supporting it and will be there

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for us as well. So.
That's Yeah, Counselor Morrison.

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» Sorry, and um I know the Director of
Engineering isn't here at this point. Um

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Manager Warren, but um are they
currently looking at some of the trouble

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areas in town that have maybe repeatedly
seen additional damage because of

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rainstorms over the past decade, even
since 2011 as well?

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» Yeah, so the crews were actually out
identifying things on Monday into even

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even today of of the trouble areas
and doing some some major work to see

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where they can find out maybe some
trouble areas that maybe happened or do

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some future work and to look into those
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So, what we encourage anyone if if they
did have anything that happened in their

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neighborhood to reach out to
public works and identify that. We've

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actually had some neighborhoods that
didn't identify right away to them

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that I have actually received some phone
calls today that I've now identified for

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them to check
to see if they can go into you know,

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sanitary or
into the into any area right now and

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just have some looks and see what's
happening those areas.

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Yeah, and then one thing I will add is
that included in the 2000

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26 request for budget we're going to
some storm water modeling as well.

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That's some things that we've actually
been working on

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for some certain areas in the city that
way. So, that's some stuff that our

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engineering department's currently been
working on and and trying to get towards

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budget this year as well.
>> Good. Thanks.

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If that's that,

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I'll call the question then. All in
favor?

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That is carried. Thank you. So, we do
have some members of the public in the

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gallery.
We you're welcome to ask questions, but

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the questions can only be about
the PDAP application because that's the

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one agenda item that is that is on here.
So, when we have

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inquiries and announcements, it's called
and it's not actually on the agenda, but

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I understand this is an incredibly
stressful time. So, I would welcome you

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if you would like, and don't feel like
you have to either, but if you have

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questions about the process, to the
extent that we're able, we'll try to

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answer them.

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Okay.
>> I have a question.

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» Yep. If you you have to go to the Sorry,
Lisa. You have to go to the mic, say who

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you are, bit of a process.
And pop it on if you Yep. It should turn

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red when you turn it on. There you go.
Got it.

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» Um so, does the municipality itself um
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have anything uh can they apply for PDAP
themselves for infrastructure, or is it

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just homeowners themselves that qualify?
>> yeah, very good question, Lisa. So, they

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can only apply for our infrastructure.
So, we can't apply for

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um water wastewater infrastructure. It
can only be for our facility. So, if we

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had damage to um say we actually had
water in at the police station, we can

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apply for that. We can't apply for water
wastewater infrastructure. There's other

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grant programs you can look in for that.
Um you can apply for anything that's a a

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current structure.
So, we've applied in the past for um you

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know, water damage to say like the arena
during a flood or during those kind of

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things, but you can't apply for
infrastructure. It has to be like a

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building.
That way. That makes sense that way.

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Makes sense?
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Kind of There's nobody else and I'll
move on. I guess that is it.

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So, that's it. That's the whole meeting.
Not very

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Not very Not very Did you want to come
up, sir? Nope. Oh, okay.

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All right. So, then with that, I think
that's it. We'll adjourn the meeting.

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Thank you.

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