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Next, if I may, just to remind council that, um, you shouldn't be having any communications with any of the applicants or landowners And also, you shouldn't go and visit the site unless it's like part of your normal route home. It's— you can use your knowledge in making these decisions based on your knowledge as a member of the community, but you shouldn't go out and do any independent investigations on your own. Also, I will be providing counsel a confidential brief prior to the hearings, just sort of with some of the law and issues.