Public comment re Grailed Avenue homeless
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Aug 6, 2024
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The county’s minutes for Board of County Commissioners, Aug 6, 2024
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Here. Maybe now we have a quorum present. Uh uh now's the time for public comment. Citizens were given an opportunity to comment on any current fut future Current or future agenda item going before the board and other business under the board's review. Today's public comment will be handled as follows. First, we will take public comment for those folks that are on here in person. Then we will take
comment from those who are pre-registered for WebEx and are currently on queue.
We request that when you address the board, comments are directed not personally toward a commissioner or team member, but rather at the issues. This provides mutual respect between board members and the public. after uh stating your name and address for the clerk, a three minute timer will be activated. After two minutes, a single beep. We'll notify you that you have one
minute left. When your time is up. You will two beeps will sound and we ask that you close your comments at that time. WebEx participants will be disconnected automatically when their time is up.
Mr. Park, uh do we have someone signed up for public comment?
I believe we do not have anyone in the room signed up, but we do have uh online participants.
Okay. Um is there anyone in the room that did not sign up, wish to speak at this time for public comment?
If you do, you just come forward. Don't see anyone coming forward. All right, we'll move on to our WebEx. Uh John
Morrow.
Yeah. Mr. Morrow, please state your name and address.
Yeah okay.
John Merrill. Uh Lynn or Vance Anderson?
Please state your name and address.
I believe that's Mr M uh Morrow trying to come up right now with that number.
Mr. Morrow, you're uh muted.
Over sound.
We're not hearing you at this point. Let us check the level.
Okay. Okay, Mr. Morrow, we're hearing you now. Please proceed. Okay,
it
took me
a second on mute, sorry. My name is John Marrow. I live at [address removed]. I'd like to thank you guys for allowing me the opportunity to address each of you and I'm very excited about the land that you acquired on Grailed Avenue for the homeless. The reason I'm excited is my business partners And I have a passion for not only helping the homeless, the transitional folks, but also the folks we can educate back into society and home ownership. We believe that
issue at hand is bigger than just homeless and unsheltered. It's about education and giving people a hand up, not a handout. We're currently working with municipalities to eradicate this issue globally. And we believe this is more than just building two rapid response shelters. We believe by building a community fully equipped with a uh a community center and three-based housing that in ten years when we are done things will look very different than they
do today. We've lost to work with Pasco in solving this issue that has been gone on for way too long. And uh yes that's it just thanks for your time and please And then.
Thank you, sir. Um Lynn or Vance Anderson?
Uh we're not seeing them online at this point.
Is that the only people there?
Yes, that's the only ones signed up.
Okay.