- Father, we just thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for all the people here tonight who care
- so much about our community and really care about not just our community today, but well to the future.
- It's been a lot of hard work by a lot of people to get to tonight's meeting. But Lord, we know that
- the job's not done and we just pray that you will
- be with us as we carry on and pray that we're always doing your will. Bless this meeting tonight. In
- Jesus' name we pray, amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
- republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Recording
- in progress.
- Any of the board members need a printed copy of the draft? I do. Thank you.
- The main order of business tonight is to consider the draft plan that's going to be presented to the
- Richmond Township Board and the Ellsville Town Council. But before we do that, do we have some minutes
- we need to approve? We do have minutes. I'm going to call the roll real quick and then we'll proceed
- with the minutes. So Mr. Henry, present. Kevin Farris, here. Mike Corman is absent. Jerry Sanders, present.
- Scott Reynolds.
- I hear Don Durnall here and William Ellis here. I make a movement that we accept the minutes for the.
- April 1st. Board meeting second. I'll give that second to dawn. She was a little faster on the drop
- here. You guys had a big minutes. I haven't seen any corrections. Any discussion on minutes?
- OK, motion to approve the minutes of April 1. I vote yes. Kevin, yes. Dr. Sanders, yes. Scott, yes.
- Don, yes. William, yes. OK, motion passes. Thank you. OK, any public comment to get us started tonight?
- Yes, sir. I want to follow up on something that was brought up last week, Dr. Sanders. Yeah. My name
- is Paul Quick.
- I'm the president of Smithville Communications. And I understand we got into a little discussion last
- week about fiber. So I wanted to come to this group this evening and make sure that you guys knew from
- a fact-based perspective exactly what the fiber situation is in Ellisville Township, in Bean Blossom,
- and in Richland Township. OK?
- And because this is confidential information, upon the completion of my presentation, I will retrieve
- this information. I understand I probably need to leave one copy for the record, and we are prepared
- to do that. I'm joined this evening by Chad Hawkins, who is our leader of plant engineering.
- So what you have in front of you right now is really a picture of the... So actually, if you're too
- close, the mic is short out. Oh, it's short out. How about now? Too powerful, yeah. So what you have
- in front of you is really a map, and as I was saying, a map can be your friend, but it gives you a visual
- of Ellisville, Bean Blossom, Richland Township, and those lines that you see on there are not roads.
- That's fiber. And that's fiber that is provided by Smithville. So in this upper area, again, you've
- got Bean Blossom. Here in the blue is Ellisville. And then this area down here is Richland. And this
- area outlined by orange is AT&T's legacy property, legacy property. So AT&T covers that area.
- Down here in the left-hand corner, you'll see a different color, and that's not fiber, that's actually
- copper. So what we wanted to do is we wanted to get on the record, because we understand there were
- some questions last week about is there fiber available in this combined area? And what I will share
- with each of you tonight is we have fiber for any residents, any small and medium business, or any enterprise customer,
- that would like to do business within this footprint. Now, we're gonna be responsible about how we build
- that fiber. So we're gonna do it based on demand, based on return on investment, based on what's best
- for this combined community if that comes to pass. Okay, so that is the real picture of what fiber looks
- like for you. The other thing you should know is in addition to this being our footprint,
- AT&T provides some fiber in this area, as well as Comcast. So from a consumer's perspective,
- you have choice. Now, of course, we want you to choose Smithville, and we think we're the best you can
- find. But in the event you decide to choose someone else and not have superior service, you can choose
- the other guys. I'm always doing a commercial. Come on, guys. But no, we have superior service. We have
- superior product. It is about product leadership.
- but we wanted you to see what it really looks like on a map. Thank you. Looks pretty good. Yeah, actually
- does. Yeah. I do have a question. Yes. In those areas near Whitehall, the Stone Richland Township that's
- still got copper cable, are they upgradable? Is there a plan to transition them to fiber? Actually,
- we have started work in the Whitehall area
- Chad, would you like to speak to that at all? Because I know we've started in that area. You can speak
- to it. But we've started it not all fiber, but we've started some work there. Yeah, that's right. In
- order to kind of start from a place where we can maximize the return on the investment as we get that
- area, we've started in sort of the Whitehall proper. This is all already built and then getting turned
- on right now, actually.
- come north a little bit on Howard Road and toward Bloomington a little bit on Highway 48. So really
- the areas that are left are the majority of Howard Road, Mallory Road, if you're familiar with the area,
- and then like the west end of Vernal Pike. So those are areas that are left. They're definitely upgradable.
- That's just something that will come in the future. Does that answer your question?
- Any more questions? In the event that at any point in time you need more information, more insights,
- questions about the map, we're going to leave one copy here for the record. But if there's any questions,
- please call me directly. I think Dr. Saunders, you know how to reach out to me. Mike Farmer,
- you do as well. But we'd be glad to answer any questions that anyone has related to fiber and superior service.
- Okay, now I do have to ask you one question, one favor. Can you all pass all those documents around
- to Mike Farmer? And I'll pick them up. We will leave one copy for the record. Who's the record keeper?
- You're the record keeper. I never lose anything. I've lost so many things, I've lost track of how many
- things. Copy number 11.
- So I'd just like to ask, thanks Paul. I'd just like to ask the committee here how you would like to
- proceed. Would you like to have Darla provide us with areas that she would like to have some more input
- in or how do you want to proceed? I'd say anything that we've not already discussed that you need answers to.
- Why don't you ask those? Okay. So the reorganization committee has already approved the subcommittee
- reports with few revisions. So I have included language from the subcommittee reports into the final
- report and I changed very, very little. And what I sent an email out to the board earlier with a list
- of questions that I have about the board's intent because it,
- wasn't clear to me from the meeting or from the subcommittee report what the recommendation is. So we
- can start with number two from my email, which is it wasn't clear to me how the two township board members
- who fill out the seven board, how they would be chosen. And so I just put that it would be the two who
- received the most votes in the last election.
- Is that all right? That's on page eight. Is that all right with the board? That is what I would call
- a discussion. Page nine, discussion of who votes for the council members. Again, the way that Ellitsville
- elections are run currently, everybody in the whole town can vote for the town council members.
- the council member has to be a member of the district or the ward in which he or she is running for
- office, so do you still want to have that system where the whole town votes for the town council members,
- or do you want to have the votes, only the voters who live in that district, each district voting for
- the council member who's running from that district? I'd say at large. I'd say the whole town. Okay.
- This one, vacancies on the council, page 11. As I stated, I don't know that we need to hash this out
- tonight, but the language I put in the plan with regard to vacancies for town council states that they
- should be filled by caucus. It's not clear to me how
- If there's a vacancy with regard to a former Richland Township Board member, how that vacancy should
- be filled. And again, I don't know if we need to hash that out tonight or it may be a statutory requirement,
- but just I threw that out in the email to tell you I wasn't clear about that. So we can work that out
- later. Since Township Board is voted on by the entire township, I would say if there's a vacancy
- The normal caucus procedures would follow for any other, any of the districts, but the at-large positions,
- it would be the same as what the township board currently, the entire township, the precinct commitment
- of the political party of whichever one's elected. I wouldn't see any difference in that. After 2030,
- when everybody, after that election cycle, all the board members will be voted on
- by all of the voters in the town. I guess my concern was if you had a vacancy in a position that was
- formerly held by a township board member prior to 2030. Yeah, I would still say the whole township because
- the whole township currently votes on the. So by caucus? Yes, by caucus, just like yes, if there's vacancy
- in the township board now. Now what if, so what if
- If somebody moves from one district to another, you forfeit that position. You forfeit that position
- so I can create a vacancy. Shouldn't that seat be filled from that district? No, it depends. If the
- residency has to be in the district, but the normal caucus procedures are still applied to what they are now.
- This wouldn't change caucus procedures. I'm always in the past. It's been from that. The district. Yeah,
- that would be the same way. I mean, it was wards back then. Well, yeah, just a different title. Yeah.
- So there'd be no change. So it would be from the district. That'd have to be from the district. Right.
- But I'm saying that's no change to what it is now. OK. I did have a related question. In the reorganization proposal,
- on page 11, it says town council members are required to be residents of the district from which they
- are elected and shall forfeit the office if they no longer are residents of the district from which
- they are elected. Do we foresee any possibility that the reorganization of districts as part
- of reorganization would cause a currently elected member to be not in the same district anymore and
- would that cause them to forfeit their seat immediately?
- I don't think that's going to be a problem. But you have a good point. Maybe I'll fill that out with
- a sentence to make it clear that we're talking past the interim year, past 2027. I understand your question.
- That would be helpful, and that would resolve my question. Okay. And keep in mind, I mean, just kind
- of the housekeeping things. We don't put in information that is not germane to the reorganization plan.
- Do we need to include that? Because that's normal state law, as it is right now.
- If we move out of the district, we vacate the right. But if the district moves out from under you, he's
- talking about, I think if the district, if the reorganization passes and you've got that new district
- map, if somebody theoretically is unseated or current town council members unseated as a result of that,
- the only ones impacted were districts one, two, and three. And those are up next year. So they would
- have to run under the new districts. Okay.
- So they wouldn't have to forfeit their seat immediately and have that filled by caucus. Usually, I think
- you have to fill out the, serve out the term. I mean, that's happened in the state house and redistricting.
- Eric, don't think you'd finish out the term and the new rules apply with the new election. That's how.
- Not if you've moved out. No, no, with the districts.
- We're not talking about if you move, but if the districts have changed, if you've lived and you finish
- out your term there, you just won't be able to run. You'll have to run either in the new district when
- your term's up. In other words, you don't vacate the seat immediately. If we're thinking the same thing,
- yes. Yes. We can put that in there. I have no objection to it. I just don't want to confuse people to
- think that it's a function of the reorganization that would happen.
- Right now, the reorganization does not change any of the current. It expands the districts to include
- more people, but it doesn't change district lines to for a current elected person or those running for
- election, which would change. So because the districts are expanded and not narrowed, you don't see
- it. You don't foresee a problem. I wouldn't because they're still they still live in those districts.
- Let me think about it. I'll come up with a sentence. I don't object to putting in there. I want to make
- it clear. So whatever. As long as it's not contradictory to the state stuff, it's going to hold everything.
- Yeah. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure I understood what forfeit actually entailed. Is it immediate?
- Is it at the next election cycle? How does that work so that there's clarity upfront on that?
- All right, next point. Two meetings ago, the board discussed appointing an advisory board. So on page
- 11, I added a paragraph about an advisory board. And I just picked some language. Five member advisory
- board to provide citizen information, review and recommendations to the council and town administrative
- staff. At least three seats shall be set aside for citizens of the former township who are also not
- residents of the town. One year terms, meet is required by the town council.
- and the board shall be phased out after a period of two years and the town manager shall make the board
- appointments. I did, I circled it.
- Is that typical for a town manager to make appointments to an advisory board of the town council? No,
- Mr. Cook and I talked about this, and the reason we said the town manager should make the board appointments
- is because if the town council makes the appointments, you have a board within a board, which means
- that special advisory board is subject to the open door law, which means they're gonna have to post
- notice, their emails could be subject to the Access to Public Records Act, the board members will have
- to have special Eltsville,
- IN.gov emails to keep them separate from their personal emails, so on and so forth. But if the appointments
- are made by somebody other than the legislative body, those board meetings are not subject to the open
- door laws. You don't have to worry about quorums. Three of them can get together and speak with one
- another without violating the open door laws. So that was why, if you don't want the town manager to
- make the appointment, pick somebody else,
- why we landed on that option. Does that make sense? Do we want five? As opposed to 30? I mean, the only
- reason for this is to represent the township. Correct. I understood this was the reorganization committee's
- compromise. Because you couldn't do nine. Because you couldn't do a nine member council. So this was
- a way of getting over that. Yeah, they don't have a vote or anything like that, but I don't know why
- there would need to be two from the town. Does that make sense? Well, it doesn't say there need to be
- two from the town. It says at least three shall be reserved for members of the township who are not
- also members of the town. There's no reason it couldn't be four or five township members as I read it.
- I do like the, I mean, I can see some value in making the group smaller if the goal is to basically
- hit that compromise from not being able to have the nine person overall board. And now if there is only
- three and three wanna get together, how does that affect? It won't, the open door law won't apply so
- they can meet whenever, wherever, however. Whenever. And they're saying five. If there's only three,
- that still applies.
- Correct. It has to do with how they're appointed, not the number. So if Mike is going to appoint the
- people, I guess the question is, is this how much do we have to C4C for being on this? I mean,
- is it valuable? Would it be valuable to have people from the town? Or is it really more about the township?
- I thought that the spirit of it was to make sure the township was represented. So it's almost like a
- voice of the township board, if you want to informally
- I agree. I like that. And three is a lot better normally, but five is what you probably need. This is
- a new startup, and there'll be people that'll either drop out or can't attend. And you'd be more guaranteed
- to have three at any meeting at any time. I mean, I know how boards work. It's demanding. That first
- year is probably really going to be demanding. And it just gives you that wider
- brush or swath of people that can help with getting us to the point where. Consensus or something. That
- first year, getting us to the point where indeed we're all have been represented well. Everybody had
- to say, well then, then that raises the question, would all five be from the township? A minimum of
- three would. But again, I don't know why anybody from the town would have to be on it. It almost defeats it.
- Because if you get, it's all perception. So if you've got five that are representing the town now, two
- that are representing the township, now you put three from the township that even though they don't
- have a vote, they've got a voice and you've got township perspective from five people and town perspective
- from five people. It dilutes the intent. So you're saying we should have five townships.
- Well, I don't necessarily disagree with you. Like I said, the intent is to represent that first year
- and have voices in there to ensure that the- Everybody's heard. Yeah, that everybody's represented and
- it's not all one, it's not heavy laden with the town. And so I don't know why you'd even have one that
- was from the town. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
- If there is three, you're appointing them. It's not something that's elected, okay? You're appointing
- them. If it's three and somebody gets sick, bad sick, okay? Cancer or something like that. And say,
- I gotta- They win the lottery, that's what we say. I gotta step down, okay? Then you could have somebody
- already in mind, I don't know, to fill the gap.
- Okay, so you're thinking five from the town. Yeah, I don't see any, you know, it sounds like a lot,
- but it's not a lot of people, especially at first year. Okay. People, you know, other things happen
- and you'd really like to think you at least had three that could be active at any time that felt necessary.
- I have no objection to whatever the township representatives on this committee want to do.
- they want them all town or not? I think they should probably be all township just to preserve the intent
- and go with five. Yeah. Yeah, I prefer five and I'd be fine with three, four or five township members
- on that advisory board. So is there consensus, five members, all former township?
- So next change is on page 14. Darla, did that change require a motion? No, I think we should do a motion
- at the end to cover them all. I can just say as amended. So page 14, there's a discussion about when
- properties classified, reclassified to town for rural, I added a sentence
- or category to include new or expanded commercial or residential development because I think
- that development's going to be the main driver whether or not it gets classified from rural to town.
- I think that's a good idea. Pardon me? I think that's a good idea. I don't know what the rest of the
- committee thinks. What is it, the adoption? No, she added this line, new or expanded commercial
- or residential development could be a thing that would trigger reclassification.
- it's not a guarantee it will, but that would be something that could be possibly reviewed. Just one
- of many things that would be considered. Scott, does that seem like a plausible addition? Yeah, I actually
- was going to I had some thoughts about the whole rural versus town thing, not to open up that conversation
- again, but more to clarify what I was trying to say last week. And I could either say them now or I could
- or we can do it at the end. The night is young, let's do it. Go for it. So I want to thank Donald and
- Eric in particular for their work on the report, just because I think it helped clarify some confusion
- that I was working under last time we met, because and I think it was because the whole concept of the
- town district and the rural district were introduced in the planning and zoning report.
- But they're not really doing any planning and zoning work. And in fact, and the reason I said thank
- you for the way that you drafted it is because you introduced that concept and under the category of
- service provision. And I think that's the more accurate one because really at this point, the two districts
- are just a classification for taxes. Correct, as opposed to zoning. Right, and service levels. They
- don't do anything with land use.
- I think I was a little, again, I think I was confused a little bit because of the way they were presented
- in the Planning and Zoning Report and also because it does say one of the stated purposes of the rural
- district is to preserve rural character, which, you know, tends to suggest that we're talking about
- land use and zoning. So just to be, so I wanted to say this really just for the record because I don't
- have any further objections on this, but I had raised some objections last time and I wanted to clarify
- why I was able to ultimately be okay with the language. So as far as I understand it today, those two
- districts, rural versus town, talk about taxes and they talk about services. One point I should note
- is that I don't think that we actually defined in the plan the exact difference in services that we'll
- find between those two districts.
- In other words, it leaves open the possibility that the rural district will have less services, but
- we don't actually say anywhere exactly what that means. I thought that was in one of the subcommittee
- reports. I think it may have been road and streets, that just the current town boundaries would have
- leaf collection and brush collection. Which is OK, but I just want to make that's the only difference.
- I think that was addressed there. I'm not sure.
- Utilities, water and sewer are different in different areas of the township and the town, so. How the
- money's collected. So I'm not saying we need to do anything about that right now. I think the only difference
- was the leaf and brush collection, and that was the only difference. The only difference in services,
- because police and fire will be for the whole
- reorganized unit and plowing the whole reorganized unit. Yeah, there is a section that says residential
- brush and leaf programs interim year service area, interim year note, brush and leaf pickup are limited
- to the town urban area for the interim year and will be evaluated by the reorganized town council under
- the town eligible code. Rural area systems will be focused on post weather event response. Right. Well,
- and I appreciate you guys noting that.
- I'm not saying we should do this now because I think it's not necessary for the plan, but I could imagine
- maybe down the road some supplementary material that just says services in the rural town and then just
- have a little table, you know, where we make that in one place. Absolutely. Right. So in any event,
- just to complete my thought here, as we're looking at this tonight, I just want to make it clear that
- the rural district doesn't actually control
- Anything, nothing we are saying here controls what can be built or how the land is used. That is going
- to be the thing that is addressed through the UDO and the comprehensive plan process. So this plan does
- not answer what zoning districts are going to apply in rural areas on day one. It doesn't answer the
- question about any safeguards in place to protect rural areas from being rezoned. It doesn't do any of that.
- Those are things that would be addressed through the UDO comprehensive plan process. But I do think
- that the fact that this plan doesn't do those things does reinforce the need for real concerted effort
- between now and November to do as much of that work as possible so that people know what they're ultimately
- going to be approving. You don't want to say we have to pass it so we can find out what's in it? Exactly.
- Because right now, if we couldn't do that,
- the voters had to vote tomorrow, that would be a major gap. And we don't want that gap to exist. That's
- all I needed to say. I just wanted to make it clear as to why I no longer have any objections to this
- rural versus town concept. I think it is very helpful to note, though, that the way this reorganization
- is being proposed, there aren't any major changes to zoning taxes or services that are automatically
- triggered the instant reorganization happens. The process for them will still be a process.
- with public hearings and ordinances, it's not that on January 1, everyone wakes up and up is down. Right.
- Thank you. Thank you. Page 29, I simply added a sentence that reads, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-2-1,
- this plan of reorganization authorizes the reorganized town exercise
- I think that was sort of implied in the plan, but just to make it crystal, so. Page 29, under town planning
- and zoning law, a plan commission consists of seven members and a BZA consists of five. So I wanted
- to make that clear. Actually, it's page 30. And then on page 29,
- actually page 30, there was some language in the report for planning and zoning that says members of
- the APC and BZA shall continue to serve without compensation unless otherwise determined by ordinance
- of the council. I would just suggest redacting that and just let the council determine who gets paid
- and when and all the plan commission members do get paid with the exception of the two that are appointed
- by the council. So I don't think that needs to be in the report.
- So until otherwise, unless you're a council member, you're gonna get paid. And. Page 37, that's the
- next one, right? Page 37, the street department report said that the town will enter into an interlocal
- with Monroe County. No, right. And I didn't. Mike, is that correct? I had heard that was not going to
- happen and so, okay, so I'll take that out. So those are my.
- Suggested changes if the board approves. I think it would be appropriate to make a motion to approve
- the plan as presented. I have to ask before we do, what is the implication of there not being an air
- local agreement with the rural county about roads at point 10? There is, I mean, we will be taking over
- those cities. And that was part of the, that was part of the road street plan.
- So there had been discussed early on if the county still wanted to do that, there'd be a way that we
- could pay them or contract them. But the road funding will go to us and we'll use that to maintain those
- roads. And that was addressed in the road street. So it's kind of a... It was a spillover from the Adams
- and Sheridan consolidation. There was some verbiage in there about that. But that fell through anyway.
- Yeah, yeah, that fell through there as well.
- So I think if the board approves, I think it would be appropriate for someone to make a motion to approve
- the plan and forward it to the Richland Township Board and the Ellisville Town Council with the following
- changes on page 11. Add a sentence to make it clear when a town council member forfeits his seat. Also
- on page 11, the special advisory board will consist of five members all set aside for former township
- residents and
- On page 37, delete the paragraph with regard to an interlocal with the county and also on page 29, delete
- the paragraph that states that plan commission members will not be paid. Does that motion have to have
- all that or can we just say as amended? You can just say so moved. So moved as Darla said. So moved
- as Darla said. Then I make the motion that we accept the plan
- amended. I'll second. Any further discussion? Do we want to ask for any public comment at this point
- before we go back? Would anybody like to make a public comment before we take a vote? This is my mom
- used to say, speak now forever hold your peace.
- But you'll still have more opportunities. There's plenty of opportunities after this. And then I'll
- vote. Hearing no further discussion or public comment, I will call the vote to accept the reordered
- proposal as amended in this meeting. I vote yes. Kevin? Yes. Dr. Sanders? Yes. Scott? Yes. Dawn? Yes.
- William? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. All right.
- Anybody from the public like to make a statement? Valerie Duarte, I'm talking to you as a member of
- the Ellisville Chamber Board. Congratulations on your actions.
- And now that you have decided, the board would like to know what kind of talking points you can develop
- that business and community members from both the township and the town can be informed by us using.
- And that if you would see to it that the board could have those as well, we would look at doing as much
- as we can in support. Thank you.
- Yeah, I think that that's actually an interesting, I mean, kind of raises the question and I, or at
- least maybe raises a point worth making, which is like, this committee is done. Right. So now the plan
- goes to all of the, to the township board and to the town council. And ultimately whatever anybody does
- as far as promoting it or otherwise that's,
- That's on their own. We're not gonna be taking any further action. Can we kind of review the timeline
- again? Within the next 30 days to six weeks or so, the town council and the township board need to meet
- and finalize the plan. There has to be at least two meetings by each board whereby
- The resolution to adopt the plan is read into the record, and the plan is discussed, and there has to
- be at least one public hearing. So the public will have plenty of opportunities. Yes, yes, and then
- it goes to the DLGF after that. And I'm assuming that the draft, once you make all the changes to it,
- that that'll be posted on? Yes. Okay. Yep. Before everybody can see it.
- and we can get that up on the website as soon as we get the changes put on there. As far as coming up
- with talking points, that would be the responsibility of the town council and the township. Yes,
- but I mean, honestly, anybody that supports it, I mean, the thing is you need to boil down the things
- you're excited about for it in pretty small
- ways to explain it to people. Cause sometimes you only have 30 seconds to talk to someone about it.
- So, you know, one, you know, my issues may be different than for promoting it may be different than
- yours. So I think it's good that we're all kind of on the same page, not tripping over each other, but
- at the same time, I don't see how we can with this. We just need to get it into a format that people
- can really understand and digest it.
- and not get in the weeds of people and stress that what we're talking about is what will change from
- what you currently have. I mean, we can talk about how tax rates go up and all that stuff, and I love
- doing that, but this doesn't change any of that. What is the impact of reorganization gonna be? And
- we have to keep that in our minds. And like Scott has said, the big question that's still gonna be out there
- and we still can't say definitively until after this is approved is really the planning and zoning.
- But we can say this is what we've done so far. I think that would be, but we, I mean, we, I guess the
- talking points, we all should tailor them to ourselves. We don't wanna sound like robots. Because if
- we're really sincere about something, people wanna
- They don't care how much you know, they wanna know how much you care. And if you really feel this is
- good for the public, I think it's best to speak from your passion point on it. From this point on, we'll
- be speaking as citizens, not necessarily members of the reorganization committee. That is correct. Mike,
- did you have some time? I hope you all stay active. I mean, this whole effort, you're the spine of it.
- And for me,
- way to think about people that represent your township and your town, your community. This is perfect.
- And so I hope you stay very active and will be vocal and continue to help. From experience, participation
- by the public at board meetings actually makes a lot of difference. When there's nobody there,
- It doesn't help the process at all. When there's a lot of people there, even people that are against
- it, it actually helps create the atmosphere when everybody feels like it was processed correctly. And
- so I hope you stay active and come to some of the board meetings until we see this through because we're
- not done yet and we need everything you've brought to the table later.
- It's not the end of it. And I would hope all the people this committee or email addresses are still
- there. But if we get requests or you get requests to talk to communities, neighborhoods, you still do
- that because you were still part of the formation of it. And I mean, I'll be working the polls for the
- primary, letting people know that it's coming out in the November ballot.
- I can work either ECC or St. John's. We need somebody at the other place. But I think, too, that would
- be another great place to hand out information, some bullet points on what it means for them. So between
- the time of the primary and the time where they have to vote in the general election, they can have
- any questions answered, any concerns addressed, and feel comfortable with voting either yes or no for
- this when it comes in November. But that's going to be up to us to do.
- and it is okay for people to say no. Well, I'd like to just thank everybody on the committee. There's
- a lot of people here that did a lot more legwork than I did and I just appreciate all of your efforts
- and thank our legal counsel for all the hours they put in, our subcommittees and members of the public that
- I've showed up meeting after meeting. It was a good process for our community. Definitely couldn't have
- done it without our attorneys. Thank you. Anybody else want to say something? You said it. All right.
- Are you ready for me to close the meeting? Adjourned.