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Cheryl:

You know, I think, I think the infrastructure 


fixes in particular, have opportunity to 


drastically improve water quality in a very 


fast, you know, very quick way and that's really 


exciting. So, we're definitely hoping that 


we can tap into existing funding sources 


and get as many of these problems fixed that we can.


So, you know, there's only so much that we can 


do as citizens and then the rest you know, 


we're really gonna need, you know, municipalities 


and others to help us with that work. And 


that's, you know, that's significant work.


Jeff: Cheryl, can I make a comment?


Cheryl: Yeah.


Jeff: As a person that's sat in on the 


budget hearings from MMSD a few weeks ago, 


the thing that struck me about it is how 


few of the members of the public actually 


go to sessions like that and voice their 


opinion about projects that involve huge 


environment impacts and huge amounts of dollars.


And so, the point that I'd make, relative 


to the comment about what can private 


citizens do? If you think particular 


investments make sense for your community, 


to make sure that your local officials 


know that, or to stay informed, and 


spread what you know to other citizens. 


It's actually hugely enforced.


I was amazed. I think there were four 


people that morning, you know, and this 


is 100's of millions of dollars being discussed. 


So, you have more power than you think 


because a lot of us don't make time to let our voices be heard.

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