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the presentation and we were hoping that this would, you know, invite conversation on some of
<br /> the things that we had bulleted here.
<br /> DELIMA: Okay, any comments or questions? You want to say something?
<br /> ARAI: Sure. So we do have an opportunity here, I mean again as Hans mentioned, we're sort of
<br /> looking at that forward thinking, broad approach type of ideas that could kind of guide us. Like
<br /> what, tell us, what should we be thinking about in order to support the mandates that's been
<br /> placed upon the agency. You know, having Chair Case in the room as well, by all means, you
<br /> can give us your State perspective if you have any. You know, we already hit the third bullet,
<br /> opportunities for agency cooperation and coordination; I think we've already demonstrated that
<br /> in the past year. So again, if there's anything, any thoughts, it doesn't have to occur at this
<br /> meeting; if you need more time to kind of consider it, think about it, feel free to reach out to
<br /> myself or to Luke and send us an email with your thoughts. Right now it's just .
<br /> DELIMA: Okay, Nathan you wanted to
<br /> GADDIS: Yeah, I guess (inaudible). Since we have we have someone from DLNR here, and a
<br /> good person here, you know we had talked the last time about you know, funding challenges
<br /> when it comes to getting an EIS done, for instance. And I've talked to various people about this
<br /> but since you're here, it's good to ask you as well, what's the—is there a hang up if you were to
<br /> have some sort of a private funding source or something like that? You know, having one
<br /> commission from an outside group; would that be something that would be useable within in the
<br /> County, or would you need to have a whole other one done that originates from within the
<br /> County government.
<br /> ARAI: Because the EIS that we were contemplating is something we're building on behalf of
<br /> the Agency, therefore in so many respects the County is going to be the accepting authority.
<br /> Which means, and you know, keep an eye on me Luke because I'm flying by the seat of my
<br /> pants right now, but you know, I think whether it's funded, I know anything that's done or gifted
<br /> on behalf of the County has to be accepted by the County Council, right, I would think. I'm not
<br /> sure if what you're saying is that a private entity can go, or entities, can go ahead and fund and
<br /> develop an EIS on behalf of the Agency slash County
<br /> GADDIS: Correct, yeah.
<br /> ARAI: —and then somehow we interact with that process to make sure that what's being crafted
<br /> and developed is in alignment with what the agency wants, which means we'd have to bring it
<br /> forth before the body in a hearing. Can that be done, or before all of that can even happen, it's
<br /> almost as if it's like a gift to the County so that has to go through the whole council resolution
<br /> and acceptance process.
<br /> SELF: Yeah, it would have to be approved by the County Council as a donation because it's
<br /> actual income to the County.
<br /> GADDIS: To the County, right, right.
<br /> SELF: But that, I don't see that as a hurdle. I mean, they'd be crazy not to accept it.
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