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So the Corps of Engineers is working

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with the city of Wabasha to manage the

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river sand that is removed from the

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city river under our dredging

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operations . The agreement is

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nationally significant and it is a win ,

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win , win for all . It's a win for the

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core because it helps us maintain the

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directly authorized N channel . It's a

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win for the community because they have

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a direct say in how the sand is managed

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and it is a win for the taxpayer

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because the least costly alternative to

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managing that sand . And at the end of

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the day , the agreement is significant

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because it helps the local farming

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community move product regionally

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nationally internationally . And we've

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got the ability to manage out of this

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program for the next 10 to 20 years .

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This agreement with the Army Corps of

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Engineers is a success story . It made

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what could have very well been a really

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a big threat to our community into a

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huge opportunity . Um In 2017 , when

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the first DM MP came out , it was , it

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was kind of eye opening that something ,

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something like that could have could

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happen to our city . And the core came

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back to the table , we were able to be

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at the table . And the result is this

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the beginning of a relationship that I

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think is going to be great success for

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both the core and the city for a long

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time . It allows our community to be

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what it's always been . But it also

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becomes an opportunity that 217

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agreement suddenly becomes kind of an

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enterprise fund for the for the EE a

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for the Port Authority . And that will

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help us then also in the future , with

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all those endeavors that help make the

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community and help the community thrive

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into the future . This is a novel

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approach . This is really novel for

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obviously small community like this .

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But I think for that relationship

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between the federal entity such as the

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core and these small communities up and

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down the river even on the coast . So

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it's a success . It is we truly have

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enjoyed the participation of all the

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members of the corps that got us to

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this point . We know it's a large team

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of people and their deep understanding

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of this particular issue and this

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particular spot on the river . It was

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really critical .