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21:05 changes affecting their operation, HMC is there. Through the city funding, HMC has able to provide countless support to the businesses that we all so much love. These businesses are not just statistics on a spreadsheet, they are child care providers helping working families stay employed, contractors creating economic mobility, and helping working families stay employed. Many of those that are our favorite things that make this city so special. At the time when the small businesses owners feel the most uncertainty and isolation, HMC has been able to provide and be at their corner thanks to the city of Vancouver. Thank you again for your time and your leadership and commitment to supporting the small business community. Thank you. And Councillors, yes, this was to have been done under the public hearings. I'm going to go ahead with the last one.

22:00 Kimberly, she's also from the Hispanic Chamber, I don't know if you want us to wait. She will do it now and then we won't do it during public hearing. And the mayor, there is one more person that's remote under the public hearing for tonight if you wanted to do that now as well. I have the only the only ones I have under remote I don't have any under remote. The three I have are all in person. On the page with the urban, sorry, I see her name. Okay. All right. Let's go ahead and put a spacing on the agenda next time for that one. Okay. Let's go ahead. Kimberly, go ahead, hon. Good evening. Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Kimberly Quiros. I serve as a senior business developer for the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber.

22:57 For the past five years I've had the privilege of working with entrepreneurs in the area of Vancouver, supporting them with starting their business and growing their businesses across many different industries. Among those I work directly with seven child care providers here in Vancouver, helping guide them through the process of establishing and sustaining their day care business. In the last few years the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber has supported 14 child care businesses across the Southwest Washington area. We work in collaboration with many different agencies that support in this industry.