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28:20 And it goes to the due, protects our constitutional rights as well. Examples of what public use for the greater good is are things like roads, highways, bridges, tunnels. It includes our transportation, our public transportation, which also includes the airport. It includes schools, police and fire stations, hospitals, and something that people don't generally think about, utilities. So this has to do with essential services like water supply, sewage systems, electrical services. And this also includes playgrounds, open spaces, nature reserves. So today, the greater good discussion is about providing safe pedestrian connection for our citizens from Discovery Trail to the Burnt Bridge Trail.

29:14 So that's the examples of the greater good that we're talking about today. So when do we have public hearings? For this greater good. This pretty much breaks down to when negotiations have come to an impasse with the property owner. And what happens here is that we will, council will look at the project. We'll determine do we really need this project for the public good? At this time, we're hoping that we will declare this as a public use of necessity and where that would direct the county or the PA's office to move forward with the condemnation procedures which, in simple terms, would file a motion with Superior Court to move this forward. Slide three, please. So just for a graphic look at where the project is, it's just north of--

30:12 just north of the northern boundary of the city of Battleground and along Hazeldale Avenue. And if you want to go to project-- or slide four, please. What did I say? Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. Battleground, sorry. All right, so the project is we're going to construct a new sidewalk on the west side of Hazeldale Avenue. We're going to create a connection path between the city's trail system and the county's trail system. As part of that project, we're going to upgrade a lot of ADA compliant pedestrian plants or ramps. And we're also going to be putting in one of those-- we call them RFBs, but that's really a big, flashy signal system that catches the attention of the owners or the drivers. And that really does help the visibility and the safety aspects for our pedestrians as well as our drivers. So next slide.

31:12 So this is-- let me get to my notes here. So to give you some additional background, the county had four parcels in which we needed to negotiate with the owners. We have settled with all of them but one. And what the project needs-- and it's always on a focus of what does the project need. I want to highlight-- well, I'll highlight on the next slide. But the project needs 666 square feet from the parcel that you see on the aerial view. And the blue line is the approximate-- this is through GPS or GIS. The blue line is the existing right-of-way. The red line is what the project needs. And you can see that the red line kind of parallels with the fog line on Hazeldale.

32:08 So the sidewalk is going to be along the edge of the asphalt. And then the ground view there, you can see the fence. And the foreground, that is the existing right-of-way. And we continue straight through. But in this case, this piece of property, we needed a wedge or a triangular piece. So the red line, again, is what the project needs for the project. And the blue line is the existing right-of-way. There are a lot of encroachments on this. The property owner has placed a lot of improvements. We call them encroachments. The county does have an unwritten policy, use and enjoy until such time that we need it for a public purpose. The next slide, please. So the heart of everything that my department does is we work off the right-of-way plans. The right-of-way plan's specific purpose

33:06 is to identify private property for a public purpose. And this is what solidifies and identifies what we need for the project. This is just a snapshot of the entire right-of-way construction or the right-of-way plans, which is different from the construction plans. The construction plans, there's another set of plans we give to the contractor, say, go build this.

33:33 So that's the heart of everything that we do. And I just wanted to kind of highlight that to you because we do have a tool. And I wanted to show that to you as well as to our audience here. So where we are as far as the timeline goes, it's a very aggressive, tight timeline. So last month, I met with you folks. And I was hoping I wouldn't be here today. My hope was that the passage of the first and the second resolution would create some traction with the property owner, asking them to come to the table and speak with us. So today, we have our public hearing where we'll discuss the public use and necessity. And staff's recommending that we initiate the condemnation procedure in order to make those construction deadlines. And the city would like us to have the certification, which means we have been, through the audit process, through the federal government, FHWA,

34:31 that we have followed all the rules. Every property owner has been paid. We actually have possession of the property in order to construct the project. And through that, that is the release of those construction dollars. And then we go out to bid. So it's a very aggressive timeline, but it's doable. And I think that's all I have for you. So any questions you have? Great, thank you very much. Did you want to add something? Yeah, if I may, before council deliberates, this project is a little bit unique. It does exist in our adopted TIP. It is in Clark County right of way. And Laura mentioned the city. They are involved in this uniquely as kind of the sponsor of this project. So it is being funded by some grants.