Remarks by Rex Bohn
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Understood. I'm talking, if not Carlotta, I mean, we're, We truck stuff from Blue Lake to there, so I mean, we just, the idea of getting sand and dumping it now, when we have the time, I think we're still okay to dump it across from, I know King Salmon is a central location for Fields Landing, Elk River, and those places, and letting people go at their own rate, and it's pretty wide open right there, across from the power plant, so, where we've dumped historically.
Of course, but it always amazes me. Our consent calendar was millions of dollars, and we sat up here and spent 25 minutes talking about $25,000 for sandbags. That's government. Yes.
Since you brought up McKinleyville, I don't know how much more talk you want to do on a piece of property that was set to have that. I think that was set 35 years ago to be a commercial business park. So I think it's been discussed. But anyway, that's another thing. 45 days, except for a roof, I don't know any permit we're going to get through in 45 days anyway. And I mean, you brought up a great point. Trying to build a warehouse in a principally permitted area has now gone on for over a year. I don't think a 45-day moratorium on warehouses would have helped. So most of the systems, how many…
The one you talked to is going to probably provide their own power and do it via closed-loop system? That hasn't been worked out yet. A majority of the new data centers that are being built, you guys, I'd still love it if I was on my flip phone, so I don't give a damn about data centers either, which way I just know that's where everything's going, it looks like. But as we move forward, most of the ones being built, especially in areas like this, are going to be off-grid, off-grid, closed-loop systems. 45 days, man, it's gonna look great that you stood up and did this and everything else, but…
Yeah, and you guys, I understand jumping on the bandwagon and everything else, but we have none banging on our door. The ones that are banging on our door are going to be closed loop, providing their own power. The public advocates, now we're going to use your rates, are going to go up. The Public Advocates Office in California is working with PG&E, and I believe Southern Edison, that all before they will hook up a data center, they want to come into an agreement, and I think Rodney's probably right about this, is they will pay all fees. They will go under contract. They will pay for all fees…
The Public Advocates Office, they're a governmental, we have 5,000 agencies that are out there to protect us, that's one of them. But they're working for the PUC, and you know the PUC. PUC is going to put all the costs that'll be borne, because this is one of the biggest concerns we have, or one of the things is we're gonna have to pay for all their power. What they're doing now is trying to come to an agreement along that. I'd like to see how that goes. I think the idea of somebody comes in and says, hey, I'm not going to use your water, I'm not going to use your power, but I'm going to…
Yeah, I'm with Steve on AI. Scares the hell out of me, and I'm maybe the only person up here that's never used AI, I don't know how it works. But with that being said, average sawmill uses anywhere between 3 and 5 megawatts. And we're worried about where these are going to go. Most of them use anywhere between, some of them use up to 800,000 gallons of water a day. and most of it's through wells, so they have water rights already. And most of these sawmills in our area had anywhere between 80, and I've looked at just four or five, 80 to 140,000 square feet under roof. Under roof, permitted…
So would they be allowed to contract directly with RCEA knowing that in all fairness, most of their renewable comes from the natural gas powered power plant out there and then the rest is done through an exchange. So would that be okay if they contracted with them and set up an exchange with a, out of Nevada or somewhere else, solar facility or things like that? Are we gonna let them be creative?
Yes, Supervisor Rex. I think you guys gave us this years and years ago. I thought you brought them, but I kept it and read it all the time. I think your presence at the fair this year was great because I saw people around the booth and finding out what you stand for and the Constitution. Okay.
When you mentioned the participants, you forgot to mention the little one. I'm pretty sure that's 50% of the equation. And since I'm taking it for granted, that's a breastfed baby. Look how happy it is. That's the other thing. It brings joy and happiness both to the parent. And to the, look at that, that kid is cute as hell.
Sheriff, get back. Sheriff, this is Rob's time. Get back, would you please?
You haven't helped chase a dog down in years. Rob, how are you doing?
Are we going to get you back a little bit?
Before I read it, I want to know the rules here.
So come Humboldt County Board of Supervisors resolution in honor of Rob Patton. Whereas Rob Patton has began his law enforcement career with Eureka Police Department and then upgraded and was hired as an animal control and facilities manager for the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department on January 17, 2016 by Sheriff Mike Downey. Whereas on October 23, 2016, he resigned his position as animal control and facilities manager and accepted the position of animal control officer. Whereas Rob Patton has been commended for showing tremendous resolve, compassion, and professional demeanor during his…
All right. Supervisor? Rob, thanks. I mean, and it's not always easy. I know you had to write me a letter one time and said, get your dog licensed, Rex, or I'm going to take him away. No. But I did get a letter. And... But he's done a good job. I think the staff, I'm so appreciative of the staff. I know I got a little goat catcher in the back of the room one day on Walnut Avenue. There were goats running down the street. So it's not just dogs, cats. It's a wide variety of animals below what the livestock people do. So we do a pretty good job with our animals. We've got great staff. when we…
All right, supervisor. Thanks for stepping up, first and foremost, and I know you're very respected over there, so it's very well deserved and very well needed, so thanks. Thank you very much. Thanks for everything you do.
Can you tell us what is going to happen down there? What's going to be in the building that I'm so excited about at N Street?
Okay, then stop it. Rodney, I didn't ask the question. You just run on your own. You look like a genius, okay? He is. We'll keep it between us.
It's amazing. I was going to ask you about that building, so thank you very much for that. You're welcome. Just sitting there has been driving me absolutely nuts knowing what it's going to serve, so I'm glad the staff and everybody was able to help you out on that. Yeah, thank you so much.
Now it's got me worried what kind of nuggets hidden in here that is, my time. But I'm just saying, I'm not so sure we should move forward. I sometimes think this is used as a weapon rather than a learning tool, and I kind of would like to see that. I'd like to see some other things in there. I don't think I was asked about any of it, so I guess this is time we all of a sudden, during this robust conversation and meetings and everything. I'm a big fan, just like the oversight committee and everything else. There's 58 counties in the state, and do other counties have these, and can we follow…
I look at this and think there should be more in it, but again, the point I was going to make is just what Supervisor Bushnell said. You put three people on an advisory committee that our employment depends on the three people that are here, and I don't care what you say, no matter how unbiased they try to be, everybody wonders where the next paycheck is coming and they don't want the majority of anybody being mad at them. With that, I do feel that sometimes, not all the time, I'm going to say this, but sometimes it's used as a weapon and people go out there and say you should file a…
I think to cover all the bases, and I think everything that happens I mean, we're behind the red curtain, yada, yada, yada. We do things different. We're different. We've got to be different than everybody else. I think a screening committee, and I mean something as simple as the three that are reviewing it now, and maybe three more, and you draw them out of a hat, they review it. So if somebody says this is black and it's actually white, we have a review committee. Or something before we send it to... We always say that someone's gonna be very reasonable and not bill us, but they're gonna…
Supervisor Baum. That is exactly why I prefaced I'm going to vote for it. I don't care what we do. I just thought looking at it, putting a local avenue, whether than sending out our business outside, could easily, for as many times as this come forward, as little as this come forward, I could see a little local preference. But if we want to send it outside, I'm good with that because I don't think it's going to change I don't know, we'll see what happens. I'm gonna vote for it just so we can move on.
Yeah, I'd like to, since you're in the front row here and you can't ignore them. The Veterans Transition Training Lines and the Clark Museum, the developers of Veterans Memorial for the California River Coast Humboldt County Airport would like to get up and speak. I know they've given you all a package, and I believe a challenge coin is in there for everybody. You'll each have three minutes. And I... I'll add a little bit, I think Chuck started this project 11 years ago? 15. 15, okay, right when I got on the board, and I remember it's been, and I went up and looked at it on Saturday, as a…