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1:49:00 Childcare is something that we have to do along with other jurisdictions and the children's consortium and some of the childcare data centers. So there's a difference between childcare providers and the childcare centers. So better understanding where we can have a greater impact in our role as policy makers I think is some of the work that we could and should be doing. - Okay, Councilor, seeing no additional comments. Lon. - Mayor. - Last, Councilor Fox. - Sorry, but that was my point with bringing up is that more than two of us, he was asking if more than two of us had thoughts about childcare. So before we move on, could we get some more conversation around this or maybe that silence is the answer. - Well, Councilor, in my mind, the city manager gave us a list of 11 different items that we could discuss

1:49:59 and do a quick survey on how many people wanna talk about childcare versus annexation versus regional fire authority, et cetera, et cetera. I don't believe that we have enough time to do that right now. If city manager, if you want to send out an additional quick survey on that long list of additional items you're considering, let's go ahead and do that. But as I said earlier, there are 47 to 53 different projects that staff are already working on right now of which all of these may be on that list. - Yeah, and just to clarify, my general sense is there are at least four of you that are in support of the city taking a more aggressive or more forward-thinking role in childcare. But what form that takes will be part of the budget discussions going forward. To Councilor Perez's point, is that something

1:50:59 that we should be seeking to do directly or is it something where we should have a partnership with another organization to be able to do those types of activities versus taking it on as a new responsibility. You know, when I think about Vancouver and I think about where we have been and where we're going, if you look at our budget,