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13:00 Mark Maggiore and I live in the Rose Village neighborhood in the city of Vancouver. Lived in a neighborhood since 2005 and I moved here in 1990 from Central Oregon. >> Thank you. >> Oh, and I was going to share. Mike and I share some history on ski patrol. I was a National Patrol or Mount Basher for 40 years, so appreciate your service. >> Thank you. [ Inaudible ] >> Yeah, if you're using a computer, tablet, or smart phone, if you'd like to make a comment, please raise your virtual hand. And for anyone on the telephone, please dial star 3 to raise your hand. No raised hands. >> Thank you.

13:58 Commission members, do you have any clarifications or questions on our public comment that we got today? Okay, so this concludes the general public comment. Thank you very much, Mr. Maggiore, for coming. We next move to our moderated discussion that will focus on housing. We are joined by a guest from Vancouver Housing Authority and Cass Friedland is the moderator for the session today. So I will hand over the agenda to Cass. >> Well, thank you so much. Thank you so much, Ellen. So good, I have evening, but I guess afternoon evening. And thank you for joining us today for the second of four panels focused on the exceedingly complex issue of housing for aging adults in Clark County.

14:53 It's an honor to welcome our panelist, Danny Ledesma, who is dedicated to ensuring that every senior in our community has access to a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home. In January, we invited Samantha Whitley and Michael Torres to talk about their work and share their perspectives. And we learned that we are in a perfect housing storm. There's an acute need for housing in Clark County because we have a deficit of housing units, and our region is experiencing unprecedented population growth.