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15:29 I continue, though, to believe that one thing that the city will have to continue to iterate on after this significantly is transportation policy. For example, in the final environmental impact statement, there was only approximately one percentage point change in the percentage of vehicle mode share that was allocated to single occupancy vehicle trips. And I think, you know, with our goal under the climate action framework, to me that seems at odds with coming anywhere close to those goals. And so while that's kind of my remaining concern with the city's plans, I think this is an awesome starting point, and I'm excited to see it get across the line next month. Thank you. Thank you, Josh. Next up, Jason Cromer and Shabana McEwen, please.

16:24 Jason, go ahead. Sure. Yeah. I also want to commend city council on your work and deliberations on the comprehensive plan. It's nice to hear the support and really common sense reasoning around the plan that's been presented to you all. So thank you. I really appreciate that. And it's already been said, but, yeah, there's a lot in the comp plan that really pushes the city forward and modernizes a lot of our standards. And a really big one is actually the removal of parking minimums, which from many points of view, especially economic, really create space for the city to build more housing, more green space, more density, better walkability. It's one of the core fundamentals and what makes a city livable is the lack of parking minimums. So I really want to say thank you for that.

17:20 And also to support the support of your decision to extend light rail. Really looking forward to that, myself and my family, because that will be the point to where we sell our car and go car free. That's going to be our catalyst to no longer having a car. So these are the type of things I think more people will switch to and change as we get more advanced forms of public transportation in addition to the continual increase in density, walkability and bicycle networks. Makes some big differences in people's lives. So thank you very much. >> Thank you. Shavonda, go ahead. >> Good evening, mayor and city council members. Thank you for the opportunity to address you tonight. As you know, my name is Shavonda McEwen, I'm the executive director of the Southwest Washington Equity Coalition. I know I've come here many times and had some really critical things to say. Tonight I just want to offer my gratitude specifically for Rebecca Kennedy, Dominique Martinelli and Meredith Herbst.

18:19 SWEC has been working with these folks for the last three years to really try and involve ourselves in the comprehensive plan. I know that tonight in the workshop it was shared that over 2,000 people directly shared inputs on the plan, there were over 2,000 ideas that were both shared and included in over 150 public small meetings, in public meetings. And I just have to say, at SWEC we say that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution. And I couldn't be more impressed with the team from the city in the work that they did to go out and really hear from as many people as they absolutely could. I know that there's been a lot of feedback in the Columbian criticizing some of the work of Vancouver staff, maybe not being inclusive enough. And I want to say that personally in my experience I've never seen a city entity go out and do

19:13 as much groundwork with as much intention and foresight to really try and create a plan or a program that really was truly inclusive and reflective of as many community voices as they possibly could. So I just want to share my appreciation and gratitude for those staff especially and encourage you as we get close down here to the final hour for the comprehensive plan to kick that sucker across the finish line because it's been done just exceptionally well and I'm excited to continue to work to see Vancouver become an even more equitable and prosperous