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Maxwell Sumner

85:08 - 85:37

“I think it achieves my outcomes and it still respects the efforts put in by the community councils for the comprehensive plans, which I think are very valuable documents. I just think that, you know, it's problematic taking a policy document that has conflicting things and kind of nebulous goals and saying that this is a. This is A regulatory document.”
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I think it achieves my outcomes and it still respects the efforts put in by the community councils for the comprehensive plans, which I think are very valuable documents. I just think that, you know, it's problematic taking a policy document that has conflicting things and kind of nebulous goals and saying that this is a. This is A regulatory document. And, you know, when I first had the conversation with. I mean, the timeline of this is when Alex and I first had a conversation about this.

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