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9:33 a quasi judicial hearing next week, at which time we'll go through the question and answer process to confirm and assure the applicant and the public that you have not yet made up your minds until after you hear the evidence and after the hearing next week. Thank you. Any other comments? Yes, Deputy City Manager Jeff Towery. Thank you, Mayor. One item to add, we did get a request from Councillor Stover for information to be presented at the public hearing at your next council meeting. I'll just highlight that for you. The question was about the zone change, because this particular zone no longer exists in the newly implemented comp plan. Staff will give a more detailed answer, but just a reminder that this application was submitted prior to the new comp plan being approved and going into effect, and so it's actually being processed under the rules that were in place at the time. And there'll be

10:30 more details during the staff report next week. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. So Councillors, I'll entertain a motion to advance the ordinance setting the date for the second reading and public hearing for next Monday, August 17th. So moved. Paulson. Paulson seconded by Fox. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes. Thank you. Councillor Zach concludes the business of the city. We'll move into communications. Councillor Harless. Hi, Council Member Harless. I wanted to bring to the rest of council and see if there was support for putting on a future consent agenda a resolution that would express our opposition to the two

11:24 ballot initiatives in November, IL26001 and IL26638. I already chatted briefly, and my one-on-one with our city manager just about, like, what does our future agendas look like, and that he confirmed this would be an easy lift, and we could even see it on the agenda this month if the council would like to see that. I feel like it's definitely in alignment with a lot of our values and statements that we have made, and the City of Tacoma just did this recently. I'm looking for support from others to put this on a future consent agenda. This is Councillor Perez. I support us looking into this further and bringing this back so that we're better aware of what these initiatives actually mean to our children

12:22 so that we could have a more informed discussion about what it means. Councillor Harless, what are the ballot measures again? It is IL26001 and IL26638. Two members of the council have asked for an agenda addition. We will find the opportunity to make that happen. Just to clarify those two initiatives, it's the No Hate in Washington State campaign effort. These two initiatives are really about respecting our children, the dignity of our kids. Most importantly, I don't believe that our children should be subjected to physical touch to just

13:21 confirm their gender. I think that is absurd, and so I just wanted you to get a little more information on what those two initiatives are when you do your homework and we research