Good morning and welcome to the Environment Protection Commission meeting for Thursday, February 19, 2026.

Before we give the invocation and the pledge, just like to say that Commissioner Hagen is online, and Commissioner Woolse is running a few minutes late.

Um, would you give us the pledge of allegiance and the invocation?

And let us all stand, please.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Heavenly Father, we begin our meeting today thanking you for who you are for your goodness and your mercy.

We have so much to be thankful for, especially for the amazing employees of the EPC.

They serve with sincere hearts and act as faithful stewards of our community's natural resources.

Thank you for using them to help protect our air, water, land, and wildlife for future generations.

And we pray for a special blessing upon all who serve in the EPC.

Strengthen them in their continued commitment to conservation, restoration, and responsible environmental planning.

Grant them wisdom, perseverance, and a clear long-term vision as they work to safeguard our community and its natural resources for generations to come.

And we ask you to bless this meeting today and everyone here in your holy name.

Amen.

A motion by Commissioner Coyne, second by Commissioner Bowles.

Please record your vote.

Yes.

Um, so uh for the regular agenda.

The first presentation 9A is wetland delineation and mitigation, and we have EPC staff Kim Tackley coming up to give that presentation.

Good morning.

Before you start, a clerk's office, would you please recognize Commissioner Woolsoh just joined the meeting?

Thank you.

Go ahead.

Good morning, Commissioners.

As Ms.

Lorton said, my name is Kim Taffley, and I'm in the wetlands division.

This presentation will provide an overview of wetland delineations and the wetland impact and mitigation review process.

Starting off, why do property owners need a wetland delineation?

Typically, it's going to be for a property transaction, a proposed property split, or a development is going to be proposed for the parcel.

Let's get into some of the technical aspects of what occurs for a wetland delineation.

EPC staff utilized 62340 Florida Administrative Code to establish a wetland boundary.

The three characteristics that are evaluated are wetland vegetation, hydrology, and hydric soils.

In order to document the scientific observations from the field, EPC staff complete a minimum of two data form sets for a wetland delineation.

This documentation is a requirement pursuant to the Florida Administrative Code.

Don't worry, I'm not going to go through each section of the forum today.

Water is the driving force of wetlands.

Staff investigate evidence that water has been standing for a period of time.

There are 13 indicators to look for.

In this example, the pink flags indicate the wetland points that were used on the map to map the wetland line for this subdivision construction plan.

Wetland delineation should be completed at the early stages of a proposed development plan.

This is because at the beginning of the project, the site is malleable, like Play-Doh, and knowledge of the wetlands on site early in the process results in avoidance and minimization of wetland impacts.

These changes at the beginning of the project not only helps to satisfy EPC regulations, it also typically helps the applicant already be in compliance with state and federal regulations before they even submit their construction plan review.

By the time the project gets to construction plan or a final platform stage, the site plan is more locked in.

It's like trying to reshape Play-Doh when my kids have left it out overnight.

It's difficult because it's hard as a rock.

If impacts are needed, they will need to be justified to meet the reasonable use portion of the rule.

There is a diverse array of wetland impact projects that are reviewed by EPC staff.

This includes but is not limited to single family homes, residential subdivisions, commercial, industrial, linear, and utility projects.

One of the original plans proposed almost an acre of impacts for a road through Bell Creek.

The developer and engineers were able to redesign the project and avoid the road impact to the creek.

Once the project meets reasonable use, the functional loss of the impact must be assessed.

This is because it's important that there is a no-net loss of wetland function when wetland impacts are authorized.

The form on the screen is part two of the uniform mitigation assessment method, which determines the value of functions provided by wetlands.

It is used for both the impact area and the mitigation area.

There are three categories of functions, which include location landscape, water environment, and community structure.

There is a numeric scoring for the wetland current condition, and then with the impact or the proposed mitigation, and a narrative to help support those scores.

Property owners can choose to complete their own mitigation either on-site or off-site, or they could mitigate in a bank by purchasing credits.

Mitigation can include wetland creation, enhancement, restoration, and wetland and upland preservation.

It is important to note that the mitigation must be located within the same watershed as the wetland impact.

To compensate for wetland impacts, this particular project had four acres of wetland creation area that was built adjacent to Delaney Creek.

Also, there were isolated wetlands that were exempt from the state's review that were then used in the design of the on-site ponds.

Those wetlands have been restored and planted and will become focal points of the pedestrian trail that will encompass the property.

The picture before you is an example of a now completed on-site wetland mitigation area with a conservation easement that was provided to EPC.

A conservation easement is an option to protect a property for future generations, but is not required for every wetland mitigation area.

Since 2014, EPC has received 1,723 acres of conservation easements.

For perspective, that is more than twice the size of New York City's Central Park.

As a reminder, if you cannot do on-site mitigation, mitigation bank is an option.

There are currently eight mitigation banks in Hillsborough County as seen on this map.

Again, it's important to note that the mitigation must be located within the same watershed as the wetland impact.

Unless there are no credits at any bank within that watershed.

Then credits could be purchased in an adjacent basin with a multiplier calculation.

Commissioners, as you know, wetlands provide numerous benefits, including improving water quality and supply, water storage and recharge, reduce erosion and flooding risks, critical habitat for plants, fish, and wildlife, provide recreational and educational opportunities, and aesthetic benefits.

Wetlands are so effective at absorbing pollutants, filtering and improving the water quality that they are also referred to as the kidneys of the environment.

Basically, wetlands are a form of green infrastructure.

By absorbing excess rain or river water, they protect against flooding and help to prevent disasters and their subsequent costs.

In Hillsboro, protecting wetlands helps lower flood insurance rates for residents.

The goal of the wetland impact and mitigation reviews is to have wetlands incorporated into the development design so they are preserved for the value that they provide for the environment, for the community, and for increased resiliency.

In conclusion, today we recognize that wetlands are an invaluable public resource.

Measures are actively sought to reduce and eliminate wetland losses and restore the functions lost.

We must carefully balance our economic, social, and environmental goals for the future of Tampa Bay.

Thank you.

Thank you, and we certainly appreciate the excellent uh educational information on wetland commission.

I don't see any oh, Commissioner Bowles.

You just about to skip over.

Well, when I first looked you weren't there, so you just teasing our skip over you.

Um you said we have eight uh wetland banks out there, mitigation banks.

Out of those eight, how many of those are full?

Because you mentioned that if one was full that you can go to an adjacent one.

Um so I know that, or at least I had heard that we have pretty much reaching our capacity there.

Does that move us into like moving out even outside of our county?

Or is that so excellent question?

Um, the way that Senate Bull 492 is structured is that if there are no available credits within that watershed of where that impact is, then the applicant has the ability to go to an adjacent watershed.

Another really important factor for 492 is that it speeds up and streamlines the credit release process for the banks.

So a lot of the banks, especially the ones that we have in the Tampa Bay Basin that are out of credits, they have credits in the queue to be released, they have to meet certain milestones to get that released.

Well, Senate Bill 492 streamline that process for them to get those released faster.

But it it's an interesting bill that was passed, and it still helps achieve that no net loss that I was talking about and still keep it within the drainage basins that we have in Hillsborough County.

Um, Kim, can you tell them the different types of credits?

Because I think we are out of forested credits, and can you also tell them who releases the sites?

Yeah, it typically the sites are released by the water management district, they're the ones that control the ledger and how many credits can be released.

Each drainage basin could have different kinds of credits.

Um, in the Tampa Bay Basin, what we are lacking is both forested fresh water and herbaceous freshwater.

Um, it seems that we have the uh mangrove credits available because there's multiple banks in the Tampa Bay Basin that services.

But right now, the the deficit is freshwater forested, freshwater herbaceous in the Tampa Bay.

Thank you.

Commissioner Miller.

Thank you, Chair.

My question is, excuse me, my question is along the same lines.

So if there's not a credit, will it stop, say potential development or like what happens?

So if there's no credits available in that basin, then what happens is we or SwiftMide would send forms out to all the base all the mitigation banks in that basin just to verify that that's correct.

There are no currently credits available.

Then the applicant can choose to mitigate in an adjacent basin.

It has to be the adjacent basin.

And whatever credits they were going to purchase, they would have to use a 1.2 multiplier.

So they'd have to buy additional credits if they were using that out of basin.

So with the speed at which things are developing, what if there isn't a credit in an adjacent basin?

Then they would have to go to another adjacent basin and then have an additional multiplier.

So there's a workaround.

Yes.

Got it.

Thank you.

Okay, see no one else in the queue.

Would we like a motion to accept a report?

So moved.

Second.

A motion by Commissioner Bose, second by Commissioner.

Miller, please record your vote.

Yes.

Motion carried.

Seven to zero.

Janet.

Thank you again.

Thank you.

Thank you, Kim.

Great presentation.

We'll move on to 9B.

Um, this is the EPC website and data portal, and we will have uh Chris Bolin from EPC staff.

I I sometimes call them Chris Paul's.

That's all good.

Good morning.

Good morning, Commissioners.

Uh, like Janet said, I'm Chris Boland.

I'm with EPC staff in the administration division.

I'm here today to present EPC's new public data portal.

I'm joined by Ann Davis and Emil Diaz, both from EPC staff, as well as Jason Scalaro from the University of South Florida's Water Institute.

In late 2023, our team was asked to make EPC's data and documents easier for the public to access.

The goal was to make simple public records requests faster and easier.

We want to provide users with the opportunity to search EPC's information where and when it's convenient for them.

Now anybody can open up the data portal and search for a project.

For the most part, this portal should be able to fulfill most requests.

But it's not meant to replace the official public records request process.

Some older records were created before our document management system existed.

So these records might only be in paper format or stored on EPC servers.

Also, the portal does not search EPC's email system and may not work well for very detailed property history searches.

EPC designed this portal to make access to our data as easy as possible.

From EPCHC.org's homepage, the public data portal is only two clicks away.

First, click on the maps and data button in the bottom right.

And then click on the public data portal icon in the center of the page.

To reach even more users, the same portal button can be found on EPC's public records page.

Portal users can search these 16 current and past databases.

They can use keywords like project name, applicant name, business name, street name, property folio number, or any project number.

Databases are marked with the globe icon can also be searched on a map using the map search tool.

The portal updates these data every night.

This means that any project changes or new documents added by staff will be available to view the very next day.

Let's look at the different ways users can search the portal.

This is the portal's main page.

It includes helpful links such as EPC's homepage, a user guide, and instructions for making public records requests.

It also works as a quick search tool, similar to a search engine.

The quick search uses a keyword to look through all databases and searchable fields in the portal and shows every match that it finds.

For example, searching for the word Fletcher returns over a thousand results.

These results can include facility names, property owners, project names, addresses, violation locations, and more.

Searches like this can be very overwhelming, but using the advanced search or map search tool below, the buttons below, users can narrow their search and get more focused results.

Using the advanced search helps to reduce results in a few simple ways.

One easy way is to choose which data to search.

By clicking on the data sources button, users can uncheck the data that they do not want to include.

The search boxes on this page also look at only the specific specified fields shown as examples.

This helps narrow down the results even more.

So let's use that same example as before.

If you if you search for Fletcher in only the name box, the results drop to about 350.

If you know more details about your project, you can add them to another search term.

The portal will then only show results that match both conditions.

For example, entering Fletcher in the name field and limestone in the address field returns just one result.

Finally, let's look at the map search option.

The search works like other map tools people are familiar with.

Users can type an address in the top right, choose from the suggested list, and zoom to that location on the map.

There's also a search this area button.

So if a move if the user moves the map even a little, this button will update the results for the new area.

When a user clicks on a point on the map or the view map button in the results list, the map centers on that point and a pop-up appears with information about that project.

The project will also be highlighted at the bottom in the detail in the results list.

After finding the correct project, users can then click on the view details button and open the project's details page.

Remember, this map search only works for the data marked with the globe on that earlier slide.

After clicking the view details button, a page like this will open.

This page shows detailed information about the project, such as the data source where it came from, project name, address, a small map, and sometimes links to related projects or reviews.

Some data sources also include a summary report in the gray box at the bottom of the info section.

Any documents connected to this project that are saved in EPC's document system will be listed in that table at the bottom where users can download the document by clicking the view buttons.

Here are some examples of the type of files users can download.

The records on the left are downloaded using that view button from the previous slide.

These can include applications, inspection reports, photos, maps, plans, and sometimes emails related to the project.

On the right is an example of a summary report mentioned earlier.

Right now, summary reports are only available for the citizen response investigations, warning notices, and wetland review projects data.

More summary reports are being added in the future.

Before we take any questions, I'd like to thank the development team, especially Jason Scalaro and Dr.

Sean Landry of USF's Water Institute for their hard work on this project.

We'd also like to thank EPC's senior staff for their support and feedback during development.

Now the development team and I are happy to answer any questions that you might have about the public data portal.

Thank you.

And thank you, Chris.

We thank you for your presentation and your leadership and all those who work with you on this particular project.

I don't see anyone in the queue.

So can we have a motion to receive the report?

So moved.

A motion by Commissioner Coyne, second by Commissioner Woolse.

Please record your vote.

Yes.

And thank you, Chris.

Thank you.

Thank you, Chris, and thank you, EPC team that helped with this.

And I wanted to point out Jason Scalaro, raise your hand, Jason, real quick.

The one that said Goebbels.

Yeah, the one that goes with the USF.

I found out today that he worked for the county for a year on the 25th floor in was it fiscal support?

There you go.

Somebody who came right from here, but thank you so much for all of your help.

We really appreciate it.

This is going to be a valuable tool for the public.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The motion carried seven to zero.

Thank you.

Okay, Janet.

No, I'm sorry.

Thank you, Commissioner.

We'll move on to 9C.

This is the legislative update for the 2026 legislative session.

Beth Lee will be giving the presentation.

I think she'll be discussing nine bills.

Good morning, commissioners.

Good morning, mention.

My name is Beth Lee with the EPC legal department.

So I will be providing a brief legislative update for the current 2026 legislative session.

So as you know, the session started on January 13th and will conclude on March 13th, 2026.

It was an earlier session this year.

And so the EPC legal department, what we do is we monitor environmental and administrative bills each session.

So this presentation is only going to cover a handful of those.

In the agenda item, there are some additional bills of note that we have been tracking.

So I'll be providing a status of each bill, but because we are about halfway through the session, bills that have not moved their moved through their respective assigned committees or has a House or Senate companion are unlikely to succeed.

But even so, our legal department still tracks those bills to see if that specific bill language gets tucked into a faster moving bill.

So to start out, we have the nature-based coastal resiliency bills.

So along with some specific language to promote restoration of aquatic preserves in the Florida, these similar bills propose news a new statute that requires FDEP to develop rules and guidelines for nature-based methods to offset increasing effects of hurricane flooding, sea level rise, and coastline development.

If that sounds familiar, it's because this is approximately the fourth session that this bill topic has been proposed.

And so nature-based methods and green infrastructure include planting of native vegetation along shorelines to prevent erosion like mangroves, or using green infrastructure along shorelines that dissipate wave action like oyster balls.

In addition to identifying areas at risk of significant erosion, the goals of these bills is to promote the rehabilitation of mangroves along the Florida's coastlines and incentivize more natural shorelines in development.

Currently, the status is that Senate Bill 302 has passed all of its committees and is on special order calendar, and House Bill 1035 has passed two of its three committees.

Next, we have the suits against the government.

So recall last year, similar bills were proposed and moved through the House rapidly, with almost double the figure shown on the screen for this year.

But ultimately, they were not heard by the Senate.

This year, the proposed changes to the sovereign immunity law is based upon the amount that can be obtained and when the claim occurred.

Currently, House Bill 145 proposes that claims that occur after October 2026, the limits will increase to 500,01 million.

And then after October 2031, the limits again increase to 600,001.2 million.

Any claim that occurs before October 2026 remain at the current monetary limits.

Senate Bill 1366 does differ slightly in that it proposes monetary amounts to increase after October 2026 to 300,000 and 450,000 respectively.

And then beginning in 2031, instead of having another increase, they're requiring a fixed five-year schedule for the Department of Financial Services to adjust the limitations on liability based on the consumer price index.

Currently, House Bill 145 has passed the House and is in Senate messages, while Senate Bill 1366 has passed two out of the three committees that's been assigned.

Next, we have the land and water management bills.

As many of you were probably aware, initially these bills preempted very broadly the regulation of all pollution control, which would have been fairly restrictive on local governments.

But the language was narrowed during committee review to only apply to the regulation of activities beyond a specific wetland buffer.

Currently, the language identifies a minimum width of 15-foot buffer with an average width of 25 feet.

Most importantly, this bill would not affect interagency or interlocal agreements with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection or the Water Management Districts, which EPC has those types of agreements.

Currently, the bills are slow moving.

House Bill 479 has only been heard and passed by one committee, and Senate Bill 718 has not been heard by any committees.

Next, we have the local government enforcement action bills.

These bills propose to establish a uniform standard for local government enforcement actions, prohibiting arbitrary and unreasonable enforcement action by local governments.

It requires a pre-suit noticing to the governments in which the governments have a 30-day response time frame.

And in and if there is no response, then the plaintiff may initiate an action in court to determine if the enforcement action was arbitrary or unreasonable.

Above are the um in the slide are the four factors that a court would consider to determine whether it's not supported by applicable law, it deviates from a prior determination, it unreasonably delays the permitting or development, or it imposes requirements or conditions not authorized by law.

Currently, House Bill 105 has passed all of its committees and is placed on the second reading calendar, while Senate Bill 588 hasn't had no movement.

Next, we have our release of conservation easements.

So these two bills propose to require water management districts specifically upon application by the owner of a parcel subject to a conservation easement to release the conservation easement if it meets certain criteria, such as the parcel on the easement is on is less than 15 acres.

It's bordered on three or more sides with impervious surfaces, contains no historical cultural archaeological significance, and the property owner obtains sufficient mitigation credits to offset the loss of the conservation easement.

There are certain exemptions.

So if the CE was not required by permit, or if it's for residential developments, then the water management district does not have to release it upon request.

Uniquely about the bill language is that the mitigation required to offset the wetland impacts from the release of the CE only requires credits from a mitigation bank located in the state versus specifying within the basin as Kim was describing earlier.

So it does not appear to limit it within that same basis as originally as the originally impacted wetlands.

And right now, House Bill 760 673 has passed one of its three assigned committees, and Senate Bill 3, 938, Senate Bill 938 has had no movement.

Last but not least, the pair of public records bills proposed to minimize delays in responding to public record requests by implementing a specific three-day response time frame to do one of the following actions.

Provide the requested records within the three days, provide an estimate of time when the records will be provided with an estimate of cost and fees, or provide statutory citations for the denial of producing the requested records.

If the three-day response time is not met, the agency may not impose any fees for the labor or reproduction costs.

Further, the agency may not charge for requests that take less than 30 minutes.

Currently, EPC acknowledges all of our request records requests within one day.

And we do provide one hour of services before charging any cost or fees.

Lastly, the bills propose a fee waiver for records requested for a public purpose, which includes public agency program support, nonprofit activities, journalist activities, and academic research.

That concludes my presentation.

So our acting general counsel Andy Zodro and I can field any questions on legislation.

We certainly appreciate about the update on the legislature uh information for us.

Commissioner Wilson.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Can you bring back up that um slide from Dugan and McLean real quick for me?

Yes.

Okay.

And you said that his I this isn't the agricultural enclave bill, then is it?

No, this is not.

And you said this one hasn't had movement.

I believe that's yes, this one's been slow moving.

Um, yes.

So House Bill 673 has only done one committee, and then the Senate bill has had no committees heard it.

And this only applies to water management district held conservation easements.

So not FDP, not local governments, it specifically says water management districts.

Um, and some of the legislative webinars we've been reviewing on those that are in Tallahassee day-to-day, it sounds like it might be for specific projects that they're trying to get the CE released on, not necessarily a large comprehensive uh attempt, but you know how let us know.

Yeah, when it's an 18-year-old in a lobbyist writing a bill, I mean the unintended consequences that we've seen.

And I had I had not seen that bill yet.

Um obviously I've been watching the the ag enclave, but I just can't imagine if there's not enough restrictions in place.

Um I've never looked at our water management districts conservation easement and their perimeters and we might we might need to add that to our we might need to have a discussion at the board about whether or not we want to add that to our legislative agenda to oppose.

I mean, that's a a conversation that we could have.

Um and could you bring up the slide from Andrade?

I would sooner just a draft in that guy, so I want to verify an estimate to provide records statutory.

Statutory.

And is that one moving?

Don't check my notes.

It does not seem to write it down.

I have an updated version of our tracking sheet.

That's okay.

That's okay.

I'll look it up.

I've got the number 437.

I believe it is, so I believe that it was the House bill that was moving faster than the Senate one.

Yes, Andy's Andy's shaking his head.

Yeah, I have it right here.

It hasn't moved in the Senate in the House bills past three of the four committees.

Okay.

Okay.

I'll keep my eyes on that one too.

Thank you.

Yes, you're welcome.

Okay, thank you.

We don't need to vote on this.

It's just an update.

Okay.

So thank you again.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Sure.

Thank you.

Great presentation.

And commissioners, with that, we'll be moving on to the executive director report.

If Hillsboro County staff will pull up my slides.

Next slide, please.

Commissioners, the the first thing the first item in my slide that I wanted to talk about is these open burn restrictions.

Hillsboro County has had an ongoing open burn ban effective since January 17th.

EPC has delegation from the Florida Forestry Service to issue non-agriculture open burn authorization.

So these are normally for development.

They're not a residential burning.

Each morning prior to the burning, authorized burners must contact the forestry service for their approval based on any restrictions due to weather and drought condition conditions.

A EPC can revoke any current authorization based on adverse conditions, and this is in the permit that we give these authorized burners.

And what you see on the screen currently is the five active open burn uh permits that we have and that are issued.

The Forestry Service, as of this morning, they said that only ACI, so air incinerator curtains could be utilized instead of the open burn piles.

And I don't know if that's going to change day to day.

That's the first time I've ever heard that.

We have adopted a burn ban.

Uh EPC has as well.

It typically doesn't happen until the late months of April or May, but we're monitoring it daily, and at any time we can revoke these permits or put them in abeyance until the conditions are right for them to continue burning.

And I didn't know if anybody had any questions.

Okay.

Great.

Next slide.

And we just want to say how grateful we are for your support for our alumni support and staff's staff support who worked so hard to ensure EPC successfully meets our mission.

Next slide.

On January 8th, our senior staff welcome Jimmy Hickey, aide to Commissioner Woosel for an overview of our agency and assistance with environmental questions.

Next slide.

EPC staff attended Commissioner Commissioner Cameron Cepeda's town hall meeting on January 29th at the Jackson Springs Community Center in town and country.

Next slide.

And February 17th at the Les Miller All People's Life Center in Tampa.

Next slide.

In January, we participated in the City of Tampa's annual Martin Luther King Parade.

We also attended Hillsborough County's annual hiking spree kickoff event at the county fair expo.

Our staff volunteers their time to engage with the community event at community at these events, typically on holidays and weekends.

Next slide.

The committee is currently hosting its annual for the Lava Bustani fundraiser to support Pet Resource Center with donations of cash and supplies for animals in need.

Next slide.

Members of senior staff attended Tampa Bay Day in Tallahassee on January 28th to connect with lawmakers at the Capitol.

Next slide.

On February 5th, we attended the annual Fresh from Florida breakfast and the Governor's Day luncheon.

Next slide, please.

On February 6th, the EPC legal staff served as moderators at the eighth annual Hillsborough County Bar Association Environmental and Land Use Conference.

Yeah, that was at the Ferguson Center.

Oh, at the Fergenson Center.

Okay.

Isn't that at Stetson?

It's next year.

Okay.

Next slide, please.

On February 10th, we welcome County Attorney Julia Mandel for an overview of our agency and assistance with legal environmental questions her office may receive.

Next slide, please.

Last year's Clean Air Fair earned an award of merit at the 43rd Annual Planning and Design Awards hosted by the Planning Commission.

This awards program recognizes projects that improve community quality of life and serve as models for others to emulate.

This year's theme, Stars and Stripes forever, celebrating clean air together, aligns with our nation's 250th anniversary and celebrates our environment.

Commissioners, we look forward to seeing you there.

Next slide, please.

I don't see anyone in the queue.

But uh Jenny, we certainly thank you for your reporting, giving us an update on what is happening in EPC.

Okay, so we'll move right on to uh future agenda items.

Do we have any Commissioner Woolstool?

I just have one item, um, Madam Chair.

I'd like to ask the executive director, similar to other future items I've had on um with county staff's development services, just to work with um some external stakeholders.

Um, it can be as informal or or formal as you'd like.

Um it could be you with the external stakeholders on a round table or with as much of your staff as you deem necessary to just a simple process improvement um for the design review and permitting process as it relates to EPC departments only, obviously not development services.

And um, if you can bring it back by um the April board meeting, great, and if but if not, the the June one is probably fine.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, thank you, Commissioner.

I don't see anyone else in the queue.

Nothing else.

The meeting is adjourned.

Thank you all so much.