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1:50:25 First of all, it maintains prime public agricultural lands. Seeing the spread of industrial areas in rural, semi-rural, and residential areas is sad to me. As a former small farmer in the Dollars Corner area, I value the availability of agricultural and rural lands for food production. I value access to local foods. I value the importance of local foods to our economy, both for tourism and for in-county dollars, and for food resilience. Second, Battlegrounds plan to annex Dollars Corner and rezone the West End development impacts recent residential development and includes wetlands areas that are unsuitable for business development. This process needs to be done thoughtfully with engagement with citizens and with land-specific consideration. Third, the urban growth needs to be focused on creating livable, affordable, and desirable neighborhoods.

1:51:24 Please consider maintaining the character of Clark County through responsible growth, balancing transit, density, open space, all while building a healthy economy with long-term vision, thank you. - Thank you. Bolton Minister. John Spencer. - Good evening, Chair Marshall and commissioners. My name is John Spencer, S-P-E-N-C-E-R. Basically, I want to ditto the Ag Commission which is probably not a big surprise. I also want to talk to some of what you've heard about of so-called unviable farmland. I am currently farming on what might have been considered

1:52:22 unviable farmland. The Nevin property that Camas wants looks actually better than the farmland I am currently farming. Just because it hasn't been farmed doesn't mean that it can't be farmed.