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Mr. Robinson: <br />Ms. Harden: <br />I have the... I was at the last meeting and I heard the discussion <br />and I saw the minutes but I'm still not sure what exactly is in the <br />final. So I'm saying what I hope will be in the final decision. <br />Okay, we'll listen to you Ms. Harden. Just please go ahead. <br />Okay so...I hope you'll have more than just a ruling that there was <br />an ethics issue. I'll hope you'll do guidance set a precedent for the <br />future. Cause in this situation, the Council Chair didn't think there <br />was a problem and the Council didn't seem to think there was a <br />problem either. And people were saying...oh once there's a issue, <br />the Council should figure out what to do. But they didn't figure <br />out what to do. And what's at stake here was water resources <br />which are public trust. There was possible plastic pollution that <br />threatens animal and human life. And at stake also was the <br />confidence of the public and people representing them. And the <br />bottling company ended up going to court. So it may come to <br />County Council again. So I listed three things I hope will be in the <br />final written opinion. (1) Ms. Kierkiewicz should have disclosed <br />her connections with Mr. Ueda in writing. Should have asked <br />someone else to introduce Bill 16 and Chair the planning <br />committee meeting on that bill. And recused herself from voting. <br />Though I think it was fine if she took part in the discussion on Bill <br />16. Second thing I hope you'll advise that Ms. Kierkiewicz in the <br />future should refrain from introducing bills and chairing <br />committees if the outcomes would benefit clients that she worked <br />with at Hastings and Pleadwell. And she should make disclosures <br />when she's taking official actions that involve her past clients at <br />Hastings & Pleadwell. And third thing, I hope you'll say that <br />County Council, when they learned of the conflict of interest, <br />should have advised Ms. Kierkiewicz of the proper actions. And <br />should have redone the meeting and then Councilmembers and <br />testifiers would have the benefit of the full awareness of the <br />conflict of interest. And then on agenda item 7...your rules...I <br />hope you can make more information available to the public. As I <br />said, I don't have a copy of the draft opinion. And then the public <br />can't provide meaningful testimony to perhaps inform your <br />decision further. And also at your April 22 meeting, the petitioners <br />could not see Ms. Kierkiewicz's March 18 response letter <br />beforehand. And petitioners, rightfully said we'd want some time <br />to think about thoughter and our response. So everyone had to <br />come back again for another meeting. And it took two months to <br />schedule that so...I hope you can work on that. And I saw <br />something in the rules that you have to actually go to the <br />2 <br />