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          THANK YOU WHITNEY . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE TIME IS, UH, TWO 20. 
          I WILL CALL THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO ORDER. 
          TODAY IS FEBRUARY 2ND. 
          UM, THE SECOND SMITH, THEY'RE GONNA TURN UP THE VOLUME 'CAUSE WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I'LL WAIT. 
          I'LL WAIT TILL YOU GIMME A THUMBS UP. 
          CAN YOU TEST FOR US TEST ONE, TWO? THAT'S BETTER. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IT IS, UH, TWO TWENTY ONE. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FINANCE AND FINANCE AND AUDIT THE LAND USE COMMITTEE TO ORDER. 
          TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY THE SECOND. 
          TODAY WE HAVE IN COMMITTEE, WE HAVE MYSELF, WE HAVE LEGISLATORS, PAYTON LAUER, AND UH, MR. ANDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT IN WITH US AS WELL? I'D BE GLAD TO. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE HAVE LEGISLATOR ANDERSON SITTING IN AS OUR FOURTH MEMBER TODAY. 
          WE HAVE NO ORDINANCES IN COMMITTEE. 
          [A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute a permanent utility easement in favor of Missouri Alliance, LLC, dba Bluebird Fiber across a portion of Fleming Park, for a fee payable to the County.]
WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 2 2 1 4 8 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTE A PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT IN FAVOR OF MISSOURI ALLIANCE LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUEBIRD FIBER ACROSS A PORTION OF FLEMING PARK FOR A FEE PAYABLE TO THE COUNTY. 
          AND I SEE WE HAVE PARKS PLUS REC HERE, SO PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MICHELLE NEWMAN, DIRECTOR OF JACKSON COUNTY PARKS PLUS REC. 
          WITH ME TODAY IS RICHARD ALLEN. 
          HE'S SUPERINTENDENT OF PARK PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THE MISSOURI NETWORK ALLIANCE, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUEBIRD FIBER IS REQUESTING AN EASEMENT AT FLEMING PARK ADJACENT TO THE LAKE VISTA TRAIL AND THE BASE OF THE LAKE TACOMA DAM. 
          THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY JACKSON COUNTY, UH, BUT IT IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF PARKS PLUS REC. 
          BLUE SPRING SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BUILDING A FIBER OPTIC CABLE LOOP CONNECTING ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLS. 
          MISSOURI NETWORK ALLIANCE, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUEBIRD FIBER HAS NO OTHER OPTIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT, UM, OF THE FIBER OPTIC CABLE AND CONDUIT IN THIS AREA. 
          MOST OF THEIR PROJECT UTILIZES LAND WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF LIGGETT ROAD AND WOODS CHAPEL ROAD. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE EASEMENT IS TO INSTALL AN UNDERGROUND FIBER AND FIBER OPTIC CONDUIT, MISSOURI NETWORK ALLIANCE, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUEBIRD FIBER WILL NOT SUBLEASE OR ASSIGN ANY CAPACITY UNDER THIS EASEMENT TO A THIRD PARTY FOR ANY USE THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO FIBER OPTIC CABLES AND CONDUIT INSTALLATION AND OPERATION. 
          AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR YOU MEGAN, I WAS ASKING WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MS. MS. NEWMAN, COULD YOU STATE THIS FOR THE RECORD? WHAT IS THAT FEE THAT, UM, THAT, UH, BLUEBIRD FIBER HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR THE COUNTY? YES. 
          UH, PER CHAPTER 50 OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, THE APPLICABLE FEES AND CHARGES SHALL BE MISSOURI NETWORK ALLIANCE. 
          DOING BUSINESS AS BLUEBIRD FIBER AGREES TO PAY THE PERMANENT EASEMENT OF 14,000, EXCUSE ME, OF 14,236 SQUARE FEET AT 40 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, WHICH EQUALS $5,694 AND 40 CENTS. 
          THERE IS NO TEMPORARY EASEMENT IS REQUESTED. 
          THE, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE MISSOURI NETWORK ALLIANCE AGREES TO ALSO PAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF $2,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $7,694 AND 40 CENTS. 
          AND THIS IS ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 50. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. NEWMAN. 
          IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION MOVE TO ADOPT. 
          SECOND. 
          IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          ALL IN FAVOR. 
          PLEASE DO SO BY THE SIGN OF AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          WE WILL RECOMMEND THIS FOR ADOPTION AT TODAY'S MEETING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, WE STAND ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU ALL.
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