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>> promise that it's not to you
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>> So
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they're good at all and how the
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like you're the most beautiful

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>> wow. The sleep with love.

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>> I promise that it's not just
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We'll sign.

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>> I feel like.

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>> When
>> I was growing up, I was

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among the one in 6 American
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and hungry mornings MAY tie

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days throughout the days.

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Kind of goals. But with the

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in the morning or not hungry
for breakfast were hungry for

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more more ideas, more dreams
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is dot org and London your
voice to make breakfast happen

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for kids in your neighborhood.

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see about you. Those fake
cosmetics that fake scarf that

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fake purse. They say.

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>> I'm a phony.
>> They say.

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>> I support the criminal
organizations behind the fakes

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and this fake lipstick says I
MAY have put harmful chemicals

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on my lips. So I say enough.

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>> Isn't it time you've got
real.

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Fake products to real damage
with real consequences. We buy

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from legitimate sources go to
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There's nothing Carrillo's

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more. There's an easy thing you

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said a strong of
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Use your thing, your brain,

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your face or co.

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2 steps or safer than one or

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3 or 4 days seems so

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just saying.

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>> Welcome to the finance and

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governance committee of Denver
City Council.

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This meeting of the finance and

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governance committee begins
now.

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>> pm. This is the finance and
governance committee of Denver
City Council. I am Amanda

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Sawyer representing district 5.
I'm chair of this committee.

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And before we go ahead and get
started why don't welcome our
council members and I believe

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we've got a council member
online.

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>> Good afternoon.
Candi cdebaca district 9.

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>> Great. Thank you. And then

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we'll start all the way down to
>> good afternoon. Paul

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kashmann SEPTEMBER district 600

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black district. 4 jb tourist

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district 3. Chris Heinz

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Denver's PRESIDENT.
All right.

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>> Well, this afternoon we have
2 council members who are going

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to be presenting for The first
ones, an action item 1098 come

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from or cash Monday when a icu
moving has been ask you whether

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you want to stay or go to the

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podium that to you.

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>> 3 slot. Yup. I think today
is going to be a quick one
>> but really appreciate it.

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So council member Cashman taken

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away.

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>> Thank you very MADAM Chair

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colleagues could see all very

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strange to see you this
position on planet What I what

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I'm bringing forth today as the
title says, is making in

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addition to notification, a
portion of the ordinance.

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A notice of Metropolitan

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district. Publications.
>> To the.

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Wardens notification items.
>> Second slide their shows.

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And I asked the Department of

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finance to present us with a

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list of the Metro district
Stedman fall in recent years

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about 2025 districts over the

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3, 4,
5 and finally,

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easily readable on the screen.

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Was a list of what
is currently needs to the

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phone. And the reason I chose

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much of

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Metro districts and to

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notification list is eye

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contact from a number of You
know, there seems to be 2 views

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of the Metro district

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discussion.
One is it's between what the

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property on the developer and

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the people who choose to

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participate in that district.
Then the flip side of is a lot

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of people think the it more
broad effect, tax instruction
throughout the community.

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So I'm quite simply on this

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My colleagues to approve that

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we notification. I'm not sure
district application to to the

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what was explained to me by

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our attorneys, the new wording

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of the bill actually talks
about notification taken place

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within 10 days after letter of

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the tend to apply. As you see
rather than waiting for the

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actual location so long.
So that will take place.

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That is what I've got off to
>> ok. Thank

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why don't we go ahead and start
with council member questions.

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And we'll go to council member

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like.
Thank you. Council in cash.

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And yes, ma'am. I have a
question about something you
just said. He said some

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community members had concerns

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about broader tax implications
or something. Can you explain

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the ideas as it's been

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presented to me is when taxes.
>> Increased one part of to

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their beliefs is it can roll
over in effect to taxation

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other areas. That is what's

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prison
to me. In any for

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me it's the 2 attacks, an
proposal. I think it makes
sense for our residents to

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know. So they had time to react
to it. In case they even want

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to lend support or state

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opposition.

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>> Okay. I don't I don't mind
people being informed. Of

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course I I I just wonder if

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there's MISS. If people don't

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understand. What it is.
Because you only pay if you own

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property in the yes, ma'am.

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I understand that to be true.

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>> Council PRESIDENT For us.

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Thank you. MADAM Thank you so

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much Council had to think this

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of times. You're next

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COUNCILMAN Cashman. I'm at what
are the other steps

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that which.
>> Community is notified or

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are there any other as the

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Metro district gets and the

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developed on the ways it when

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we finally do a voter The

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>> notification that this would
imply is when the application.

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>> Is is received. Yeah.

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And I support that just
wondering what's currently
notified. Is that just when it

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gets all the way currently,
there is no notification.

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Those out to be on structures.

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People are paying attention

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to our Council. James. Then

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they'll pick got it. Ok.
Thank you. Senator.
>> Thank I've got a couple of

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questions that just want to
make sure that there aren't any

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other questions in the queue.

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Doesn't look like it.
>> Soul.

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>> And this first question, I

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think is for probably on I just
want to confirm Metro district

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and the laws around Metro
districts are governed by the

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state of Colorado and not the
city is that just can you

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confirm that for me to talk
about it. Much sleep Council.

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That's correct. Accounts of

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what. Okay, great.
Thank you.

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>> Metro districts are
generally used as a financing

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tool for developer who has
purchased a parcel of property

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and wants build out
infrastructure and then charge

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property owners within the

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boundaries of that Metro

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district is that okay.
Like a general improvement

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district works the same kind
of way, right. I essentially or

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a bid for that matter. Are they

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the organizations or businesses
or residents.

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>> Get together choose to tax
themselves and then that pot of
money is split equally for

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projects that are determined by

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the board that manages the

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bigger the gender
or whatever. Is. And so in that

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are any of those kinds
organizations

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noticed too.

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>> Are are unknowns and know
than the focused on the Metro

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district is also 6 play need

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body. Turns out spoken to match
the power and then goes to a

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developer in creation of multi

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Dist district.
>> Is

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substantially more. Then for

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general

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improve conditions, special

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editions. So it's
cold, though. And one to
times.

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>> Okay. Appreciate that.
And and I'm very supportive of
this. It's just really kind

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of the I based on your response

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the first time

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that of financing tool has been

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identified as something that
needs notification was the

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first department. If you take a
at the list of what gets
notified.

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>> This is the notification for
the Department of finance.

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>> So it will come from the

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Department of finance, not from
cpd does minds to come from the

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funds because that's where the
law to attend.

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Is. It goes that's where it's
filed is in the

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advanced. Okay.
>> That's great. I see council
member. Hines has a couple of

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questions. So go ahead. I thank
you Council chair

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committee chair. Thank you.

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President or as well for all

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your hard
you mention you compare the

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Metropolitan districts with it
and jade and I hear your

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comments. I think one thing
that is interesting about

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Metropolitan districts as it as

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a difference is that kids and
kids. Those organizations.

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Exist and they stay come
together. The businesses, for
example, at that time the

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existing they come together and
they say we want to be
taxed more Metropolitan

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districts. The developer saying
I want to tax people who don't

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know that they're about to get

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tax because when the district
to set up. No one's there.

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So I think it's even more

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important for to be transparent
because they are they're

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basically telling people that
there.

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We are authorizing taxation
without anyone even

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being present. So I I I I want
to thank you even more and that

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because of the additional

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contacts that you provided.

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I think this is good additional
visibility. So thank you.

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Know, point well taken in the
case of the

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Metro district.

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>> They set up the rules.
People do have freedom to show.

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Well, I don't like that tax
level. I'm not going.
>> But it does give the board

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of directors, which you use.

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As I know we've all heard along
the way can be very, very

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limited in its scope. A great

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deal of all.

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>> And your
we have a housing crisis and

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and with an affordability

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crisis in the mile High income

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city.

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And so people do have the the
the luxury

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of choice to decide not to be
taxed at that level. Should

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they not want to. But there.
We landlords upping people's

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rent by $200 a month every year
or more. And so when they think

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of a number of basis points of

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additional tax. I think.
That isn't it the upmost of of

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residents mines as an example.
The businesses. Thank you

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again. Thank you. Thank you.
>> Thanks. Council member Hines
want to welcome council member

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or take it to the meeting as
So, I mean, I am supportive of

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this as well. And I think it's
it's an interesting idea to get

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the thoughtful I do want to

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be careful.

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>> That we don't go down a path
where we requiring notification

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of, you know, how someone is

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paying for how developers
paying for development are.
>> It feels a little like a

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slippery s#
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. And I
absolutely understand why.

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An application for a Metro
district make sense in the

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context that we're discussing

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it in. But I am a little bit
concerned.

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I'm about the potential for
using this

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as precedent to, you know, take
it even further. And I

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that's not where the government

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should get involved But I do
really appreciate this
notification requirement.

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I think it's it's valuable for
the surrounding our and
certainly we get a lot of

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questions in our office.
And I mention

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you too, for large areas like

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that are are using.
You know, this this one

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particular financing tool.
So really appreciate it didn't
I've got to move or from

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council member Hines second or
become PRESIDENT Torres.

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>> Anyone have any objections.
Are we moving us forward.

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Looks like no objections.
So thank you very much.
COUNCILMAN Cashman and this

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will move forward to the floor.

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>> mean, if you want to please

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feel free.

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>> And next up, we've got
council member
this is not an action item,

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but a briefing and council

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member
I see that you are trying to

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get to the podium and it is
particularly accessible for

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wheelchair is if you would like
to stay at your desk and do
your presentation from there.

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But you're more than welcome

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to.
>> It's been a long time to

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get you to a community has been

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a law. Long time since that
experience

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the witness stand. So I figured
I'd give it a try

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>> you know it. You're more

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than welcome to stay there.
If that works for you. Do you

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need is some assistance with
moving hitting

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the buttons. I didn't come with

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a presentation. But thank you.
Okay. So no on the can
everyone. I want to make sure
everyone can hear you based on

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the location of the speaker on

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are the microphone on
>> Yeah. Can you did?

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Tech services, maybe 30

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minutes.

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Super okay. So thank
>> for allowing me to present
this proclamation on the

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proclamation is related to

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Medicare for all.
>> currently and Medicare and

00:21:54.150 --> 00:21:55.649
Medicaid recipient currently
today in the state of Colorado.

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I can participate in Medicaid

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by and

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and 2. So have an interesting
perspective in this
proclamation and I work for

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corporate America and the
on time.

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But after a sustained minor
crash in
kind of the type of injury that

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I have, which is a spinal cord

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that's right. Approval to a

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medic here. And so I've been

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but 2000, 11 to make a couple

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of years after
this is this has been an
journey for me because I have

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my crash in I didn't have a
primary care physician. I was

00:22:53.408 --> 00:22:55.408
an athlete is running a start.

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There's a certain teams
and really have a need for a

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for a health insurance or for
a doctor. I would call even

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asked my employer in 2007.

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If I could opt the premium for
short and
long-term disability. My

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employer said no. And that was

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one of the best decisions of my
career gave me
time because I really ended up

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using short and long-term
disability. But but I haven't
experienced the health care

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system from the right. I have

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experienced it in the public's

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eye I'm so lucky to not have to

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worry about
medical bankruptcy, biggest

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reason file for bankruptcy is
because of
medical debt and majority of

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people who have medical debt
that declare bankruptcy

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have insurance. And so this

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is

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situation and in our country.

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Where are
the only. Industrialized

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country that does not have
universal health it is tied to

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employment, allows employers

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to have stronger control over

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employees and. I truly believe

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that our safety net systems
such as health insurance

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really? The couple from where

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you were and so anyway, so I
shared this proclamation
attacks the proclamation a few

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weeks ago. I think maybe more
than a month
ago. So I and I didn't get any

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comments about the

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proclamation.

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And so up because it's just a

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asked Council to take a for our
state and more like your
federal counterparts. I'm
presenting the hearing

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committee to see if we have any

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thoughts concerns
or I please I think when the

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floor to questions, you should
always have.
>> Great. Thank you

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councilmember Hinds. I'm just

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taking a look Council PRESIDENT
Or it. Thank you. MADAM Chair.

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Thank you. Council Manheim.

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I just wondering of fully
support. Thank you so much

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sharing your story and
highlighting. I

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a medical even before the
pandemic. But certainly.

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Highlighted by the pandemic of
what a poor

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health care for access to

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health care can to the entire
country. I'm curious what's

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the federal status of.

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>> This conversation.

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>> So I the.

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>> this has

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been introduced. In years
but it hasn't. It hasn't and

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it I don't believe it's ever

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come to a vote before any

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either of the branches of the

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Legislature at the federal

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level.
The group that advocating for
Medicare for all in the state

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of Colorado is working with a

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national Coalition. I take to

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sign on to this seiple Collins

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has already

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signed on. A very
somewhat proclamation. The
sponsors that the advocates

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some spots. The advocates were

00:26:44.106 --> 00:26:46.106
interested in. You know, this

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kind of set of whereas they're

00:26:50.212 --> 00:26:52.212
also very interested the text

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of section one to be preserved

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because that has

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the standard. For these
proclamations in various

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municipalities around the
nation. So it's really the hope

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here is is for us as a as a

00:27:09.531 --> 00:27:11.399
council in the city
of Denver to provide

00:27:11.734 --> 00:27:13.734
additional support for our

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state and federal kind of part
so that they make you feel

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.540
more comfortable. I'm
advocating introducing in

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voting for this sort of thing

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at all. Okay. Thank you.
Thank you. MADAM Chair.

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>> Thank you. Let me check and

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see if there are any other

00:27:32.955 --> 00:27:35.790
questions.
>> Great. Thank you very much.
Council member Hines any
last-minute comments or

00:27:35.958 --> 00:27:37.359
thoughts. I don't have any
questions for you.

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>> I think, you know, there's a
Okay, great actually do have

00:27:44.667 --> 00:27:47.169
one comment for you. I really
just wanted to mention that.
I appreciate your willingness

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to come to and highlight this
and talk it through.

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>> And and share your story
and also your passion for why

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this is important for Americans
across the country. And

00:28:00.950 --> 00:28:03.286
and what as a city and us as a
City Council

00:28:03.286 --> 00:28:05.286
can do to help move that

00:28:06.322 --> 00:28:07.823
conversation with the need on
that

00:28:08.757 --> 00:28:11.126
conversation. So.
>> Yeah, and thank you. Well,
I'm sharing my story and it

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happens to have a disability
angle. There are

00:28:18.670 --> 00:28:20.670
so many segments of our local.

00:28:21.404 --> 00:28:22.970
Local different demographics
that would benefit from from

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.400
from Medicare for all improve

00:28:27.309 --> 00:28:29.777
Medicare for all. So it's not
just from the disability.

00:28:29.912 --> 00:28:32.348
>> Yeah. Really appreciate
that. And council member Hines

00:28:32.348 --> 00:28:34.149
also want to know we're going
see if we can touch of

00:28:40.123 --> 00:28:42.558
facilities about taking out a.
One of the benches here to make

00:28:42.558 --> 00:28:44.920
area in front of the podium
better accessible for you.

00:28:46.629 --> 00:28:49.331
So I appreciate Sitting behind
you and, you know, just wanted
to have to fly as well. Thanks

00:28:51.567 --> 00:28:53.301
for bringing that to our
attention. The team actually
is.

00:28:55.437 --> 00:28:57.605
>> So interest rates and wonder
of the week just moved a little
bit.

00:28:58.474 --> 00:29:00.508
>> Yeah, I don't know. But we
will go ahead. Master Scylla to

00:29:01.411 --> 00:29:03.411
take a look at. So thanks for

00:29:04.847 --> 00:29:06.847
thanks for bringing that to

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our And this is a briefings.
So no need any movement on

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that.
>> Do you sense this is a
briefing. Do you have a

00:29:13.690 --> 00:29:15.690
timeline for when you plan

00:29:16.426 --> 00:29:18.426
filed a proclamation.

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>> Since I haven't received any

00:29:22.665 --> 00:29:24.665
concerns from colleagues here.

00:29:26.469 --> 00:29:28.469
I

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I rely on location

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:37.440
but, you know, the the

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:39.800
calendar. I do. Do you

00:29:45.121 --> 00:29:47.121
you have a when when I could.

00:29:48.391 --> 00:29:50.391
>> Cesar e and Ku in the

00:29:58.234 --> 00:30:00.535
calendar app here.
We do have a space this coming
Monday, the 19th, if we have

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everything ready by this

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.740
Thursday at noon where we can

00:30:07.177 --> 00:30:09.177
look at OCTOBER.

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>> I would prefer it over to

00:30:13.116 --> 00:30:15.116
give the proponents time too.

00:30:15.151 --> 00:30:17.454
To to plan to come here.
It's great. We do have OCTOBER
3rd, which is that first week.

00:30:17.454 --> 00:30:18.987
If you want to hold that.
And of course, that's, you

00:30:20.857 --> 00:30:22.791
know, you can. That's flexible
for, you know.
>> Yeah, that sounds great to

00:30:24.594 --> 00:30:26.594
have him put a hold on that for

00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:28.931
10 3. Thank you.
>> We really appreciate it.

00:30:29.766 --> 00:30:31.366
Thanks. Council member Hines
just want to committee members

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attention to consent items.
There are a

00:30:36.172 --> 00:30:38.274
few appointments.
>> That are going through so
but if there are no other

00:30:39.275 --> 00:30:41.275
questions, then we stand up to