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ADOPTED CORE VALUES

The City's most important role in economic development is to accomplish ourmission, which is "We provide quality, cost-effective services, facilities, and

infrastructure to build an exceptional community and a great place to live."

The following are the core values and guiding principles, adopted by the CityCouncil on October 13,2014, which should be followed and used to help makedecisions related to economic development:

1. Maintain strategic, operational, and financial plans to support the anticipated increasein businesses providing employment and residential growth while maintainingSequim's small town atmosphere.

2. Continue to encourage tourism as an economic driver and promote the City's and the

surrounding Sequim-Dungeness Valley's features and assets, including the naturalenvironment, recreational opportunities, agricultural industry/heútage, culturalattractions and culinary experiences._

3. Maintain, advocate and work in partnership with regional and community alliancesthat improve the quality of life and economic vitality within the City of Sequim.

4. Provide the development community with a review process that delivers accurate and

concise information as it relates to development standards and the costs ofdevelopment to ensure that Sequim remains an attractive municipality in which toinvest capital.

5. Support development and redevelopment within downtown Sequim which willpreserve the district's small town charm, support pedestrian-oriented circulation, and

retain the downtown core as the culture heart of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

6. Encourage the retention of the unique and small businesses that lend character to ourCity and are an attraction while supporting new development and infill developmentof regional retail shopping centers, light industrial, and research and developmentbusinesses that help create a diverse economy in Sequim.

7. Evaluate the economic development impact on proposed City regulations which willhelp maintain economic stability and health.

8. Continue to nurture its role as a desirable location for business, family, and

retirement populations and to provide encouragement to the industries that supportand serve these populations.

Washington State Medication AssistedTreatment - Prescription Drug and OpioidAddiction Project

Preliminary Outcomes through Year TwoElizabeth Speaker, ñ1S .Jim lz1d.vfìelcl o Sawir \ãkup, M5 ¡ Ba¡i¡¡m Felver, MES' MPA

ìn coilèborålion [;th W¿sl-'ìngton Stare s Deprr'tnìerlt o{ Scc'êl ancl He¡hh Set'¡ices Dìvisiotr oiBehar.ioral He¡l¡ñ 3nC Reco,.e¡tt H¡rbory;erv l,ledical Centef ônd ËverglÊen TieåliÌerit 5€tu'ices

!-HE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT * PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND OPIOID ADDICTION (MAT-

I pOOnl PROGRAlvl expanded access to buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder

I (OUO¡ in Washington State. The expansion of this treatment option was to address the growing

opioìd epidemic. ln 2015,2.5 million Americans had an OUD.1 Further, fatal drug overdoses have been

on the rìse due to an increase ìn opioid deaths, and now overdose is the number one cause of

accidental death, outpacìng car crashes and gun Tatalkies.2 ln August 2015, Washington State's

Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) received a three-year MAT-PDOA grant from the

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administratron (SAMHSA). The Washington Stâte MAT-

PDOA project implemented an evidence-based office-based opioid treatment with buprenorphìne

(O8OT-B) model in three locatìons. One location is a large. urban hospital-based safety-net primary

care cìinic in Seattle. The other two are opioid treatment programs (OTP) in Olympia and Hoquiam

that serve predomìnately rurâl populations via telehealth. MAT-PDOA clinics treated 532 patients in

t\¡/o years of operation and successfully achieved the lour goals established by the project: ìncrease

MAT capacity, enhanCe ¡ntegrated care and retention, reduce substance use, and reduce adverse

outcomes of opioid abuse.

MAT-PDOA Project Goalsln the Year One report, lve described the progress of MAT-PDOA during the first year of

implementation.ì This report describes the continued progress through the second year of the project

(ending July 31, ¿O17). Accomplishments through year tv/o are:

1. MAT-PDOA clinic sites enrolled 532 patients in MAT rvith

buprenorphine.2. Fifty-one percent of enrolled patients rovere retained in treâtment for a

year or longer.3. Alcohol and drug use rates decreased six months after enrollment ìn

treatment.4. Adverse outcomes related to opioid use disorder, such as hospitalization

and unemployment. were reduced six months after enrollment in

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GOAL 1

Increase MAT capacity and number of patients served

Four specific objectives were estâblished forGoal 1:

1. lncrease the number of service providersoffering MAT.

2. Train staff at designated sites to useevidence-based practices to implement MAT

with buprenorphine.

3. lncrease the number of patients receivingMAT for opioid use disorder {OUD).

4. Develop b¡lliñg protocols for MAT.

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year one. three clinic sites were selected in

counties with a high need for OUD treatmentservices based on local opioid treatmentadmissions, OUD related deaths and crime lab

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The selected sites were the Harborvierv Medical €enter's Adult Medicine €linic (HMC) (an urban,

hospital-based, safety net primary care clinic in Seattle) and two Êvergreen lreatment Services (ETS)

opioid treatment progrâms (OTP) (South Sound Clinic (SSC) in Olympìa and Grays Harbor Clinic (GHC)

in Hoquiamd) (Figure 1). No addit¡onal clinics were added in year tvvo.

Training Staff in Evidence-Based MAT. Project sites hired and trained staff using grant funds in

year one. All hired staff were trained on the evidence-based MAT models selected in year one.5 Nurse

care managers (NCM) and progrâm managers were hired to assist healthcare providers wiih MAT

service delivery. All but one project staff were retained through year two. One NCM at the GHC site

resigned and was temporarily replaced by existing clinic staff due to difficulties recruiting qualified

staff ¡n that rural community. During year two, all clinics hired one to two medical assistants to assist

with MAT service delivery and increase patient capacity.

The HMC Adult Medicine Clinic had seven waivered6 physicians who could prescribe buprenorphine in

year one. During year two, HMC facilitated two Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) 2000 trainings

which were mandated for all medical residents. ln total, the HMC system has 38 rvaivered physicians

and trained 18 residents lvho can obtâ¡n the waiver upon medical licensure.

ln year one, ETS recruited one addiction psychiatr;st and one pa¡t-time physician-both with waivers-to serve pat¡ents ât both EfS sltes via telehealth. During year two. ÊTS recruited three additional

waivered medical providers, including a medical doctor, an advanced registered nurse Practitloner, and

a physician ass¡stant.

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rTo learn more ebout the clini.al site5 sel€cìed. see Speaket E. et ô1. (see page I faotnote 3).5 ¡bic,É To prerribe or dispense buprenorphine e liceosed physician must apply for a Drug Add¡ctian ¡reatment Å.t 2000 s"iver $ith the Drug

Enforcemerìt AgencJ'¿nd complete eight hour: c{ training speciffc to dìspensing conîrolled substa¡cer. See

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lncrease the Number of Patients receiving MAT. The goal for MAT-PDOA is to provide OBOT to776 patients-over the three-year project. ln year one, 21 1 unique patients began treatment in MAT-

PDOA. By thè close of year two, the project had enrolled 532 unìque patients: 198 at HMC, 169 at SSC,

and 165 at GHC. Patients enrolled in the program were predominately white, non-Hispanic (76

percent), more likely to be male (54 percent) and aged 26 to 35 {41 Percent) (Figure 2). Of the

enrolled patients, 83 percent were receiving publicly funded healthcare (Medicaid).

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The majorìty (70 percent) of patients enrolled in the MAT-PDoA project were beginning a new MAT

ep¡sode. Other patients transferred into the progrâm either from ânother MAT provider (18 percent) orafter being released from a detoxification program (12 Percent) (Figure 3).

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Billing Protocols for MAT. The MAT-PDOA project collaborates w¡th Washington State agencies-the Depârtment of Health and The Health Care Authority (Med¡ca¡df-to rev¡se bill¡ng protocols forMAT to improve ¡ong-term sustainability and encourage statewide dissemination of MAT. Billing codes

for MAT with buprenorphine have been available in Washington State for medical clinics but were not

available for opioid treatment programs (OTPS) until January 2016. HM€ has been successfully billing

for MAT services and the re¡mbursement rate ållowed them to hire an additional registered nurse and

medical assistant staff for OBOI. Given ETS is an OTP, long term sustainability of MAT depends on

contract¡ng with managed care organizations (MCOs). Securing contracts wìth MCOs has been an

ongoing challenge for ETS. After nearly two years of negotiations, ETS has draft contracts with five

MCOs and hope to finalize them prior to the end of grant funding in.luly 2018. However. even with

the contracts in place, the reimbursement rate for OTPs is much lower thân the rate for medical

offices. The reduced rate may present long term sustâinability challenges for prescribing

buprenorphine in OTPs. Additionally, in 2018 the Washington State legislature appropriated funds toincrease the Medicaid MAT rate.7 The ìncreased rate may encou¡age more providers to prescribe

buprenorphine for MAT.

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budgets/20l 7-19 enacted-budgets.

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GOAL 2

Enhance Level of Integrated Care and Improve Retention Rates

Three objectives were established for Goal 2: 1) increase access to primary care, mental health and

social services, and recovery supports; 2) improve MAT retention rates for enrollees; and 3) improve

electronic heâlth record-keeping to better track treâtment plans and adherence to treatment.

lncrease âccess to services. Pât¡eôts cont¡nued to receive health and social se¡vices referrals by

clinical staff through year two.8 However, during year two, HMC added peer recovery supports by

implementlng the Medicat¡on Assisted Recovery Services (MARS) program and hiring a peer support

navigator. The MARS program is a peer-initiated and peer-based supportive communìty within HMC's

OBOT program that provides education and other recovery supports to participants. The peer support

navigator can provide one-on-one support to individuals w¡th a range of services from education on

MAT to housing and employment support.

MAT-PDOA patients are systematically síeened for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress

disorder (PTSD), using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7

(GAD-7), and the PTSD Checklist-Civilian (PCl-Civilian), respectively. Three in four (77 percent) ofenrolled patients had at least one mental health disorder and three in five (59 percent) had more than

one mental health disorder (Figure 4).e, i0 Of those w¡th mental health disorders, depression was slightly

more prevalent (6'l percent) than anxiety and PTSD (58 percent and 57 percent, respectively).

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lmprove Retention Rates. A total of 532 unique patients were enrolled by MAT-PDOA; 36 of these

pat¡ents returned for second or third treatment episodes. ln total the clinics completed 572

en¡'oll.'nents "nd.4!g!g-Igsl Over 50 oercent of MAT-PDOA oatients nt

for at least one yErJffiFT typical for MnT patienffiiving bupreñõþñìñe (Figuie 5).1ì Retention

I Speakel et al. 20'17 (see pðge 1 footnole l).e À PHQ-g or GAD-7 ,.or" oi10 or higher indicates mode.ête to severe depression and anxìety. A PCL-C¡viliañ s(ore of 30 or higher

indiceter rcderate to seyere PTSD. Påtieñts s.oring iî the moCe.ate to severe rânges tïere (onsidered tc h¿ve scræned positive. To

b€ (oûsidered to have at le¿sì one æntal cond¡tion. at least oæ of the:e:creens had to be posìtive {tctôl = 462}.1! Pat¡en¡! whh only t*o ment¿l health screeN <cmpleted qere inrluded in the denomìn¡tor for ts'o or ftore Õe.lôl he¿hh cond¡tioô! ii

lhe ovtcome of the tú,o completed screens v¡ere both ûegative or if th€y s.ored positive on both coùpleled rcreens {tot¿l = 48,1)

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Care of Opioid Addicred Parients usi¡rg Buprenorphine in Frìmry Care. Archives of lnternal Medicine: 171(51:425-43l DOl:

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most pat¡ents at one year (60 percent) (Figure 5).

Of the patients leav¡ng the MAT-PDOA program, one in four (24 percent) decided to end theirtreatment. Additionally, 40 percent left treatment without notify¡ng the clinic, so the reason fortreatment termination was unknown.

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Electronic Health Records (EHR). During year one, HMC adâpted their EHR to track oulcomes forMAT patients. ln year two, HMC modified their EHR to ¡mprove charting and case management forMAT patients. They created reporting templates specific to staff roles and developed a template thatdrafts a patient letter reminding them to contact the clinic when they have missed appointments and

are at risk for being discharged from the program. By the end of year two, the ETS clinics also

modified their EHR to more efficiently chart MAT out€omes- All MAT-PDOA sites continue to use the

Washington State Prescript¡on Monitoring Program (PMP) to review prescription drug histories forpatients.

GOAL 3

Reduce Alcohol and Drug Use

All patients enrolled in MAT-PÐOA are asked to self-report their past 30 day alcohol and drug use;

housrng and employment; criminal justice involvement; physical, social and mental health.ìi The suwey

conducted w¡th each påtient ¡s administered at enrollment (intake) and six months after the enrollment

date (follow-up).

To understand changes in patìents' alcohol and drug use over time, patients \¡1ere asked how many

days in the past 3O dâys they used the follow¡ng substances: alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, prescription

opioids, heroìn, methamphetamine, downers/sedatives, hallucinogens and inhalants.l' A total of 422

intake surveys were matched to their respectìve follow-up survey.

1: To caltul¿te retênt¡on r¡te!, se exam¡ned tol¡l dals in treàtænt Jor all enrolleC ancl dis:harged pôt¡ents through year ttro (N=565j

Patierììs th¿t sere referred io ànothe¡ MAT prog¡¡m tapered off treiment hàd medicêl or mental health Ρansfers clied o¡ rtere

¡ncarcerâted were aensored ås lhÈ dur¿tion of the¡r treatænl tould ncl be estaL,lished.rl The GPRA suwey rnsÌrumeñt is at

rct i¡clude a comparison group; therefore, these results should not used! lhe GPRA suNey is desrriptive only and our analysesto des(ribe the nel impact of MAT,

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GOAL 4

Reduce Adverse Outcomes Related to Opioid Use DisorderOpioid use disorder rs associated with several adverse outcomes including job loss, homelessness,

deterioration of interpersonal relationships, criminal justice involvement, poor health, and death. The

¡ntake and follou;-up survey datå were used to examine changes to housing and employment status,

criminal justice involvement, and healthcare utilizat¡on. The experiences of individuals who completed

both ¡ntake and follow-up surveys (n=422) are summarized here.

Additionally, Washington State administrative data was used to examine overdose rates and deaths

among MAT-PDOA Medicaid patients.

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were living for the majority of the past 30 days. At intake, 52

percent of patients weré otably housed, reporting they rent orown their own apartment, room or house; at follow-up this

increased, but not signif¡cantly, to såErcent. EmPloyment was

defined as any part- or full-time work. School enrollmentmeans current enrollment in school or job training.

At intake, 29 percent of enrolled patients repoÉedemployment, school enrollment or both. Significantly morepat¡ents (38 percent) rePorted being employed or enrolled inschool at follow-up (Figure 8).

Crimìnal Justice lnvolvement. Criminal justice involvement

was defined as self-reported arrests, probation or parole, orawaiting charges, sentencing or trial. Criminal justice

involvement declined slightly from intake to follow-up {13percent to 12 percent), but the change was not statisticallysignificant.

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Healthcare Ut¡lizetion. Patients were asked abouttheir past 30-day utilization of inpatient, emergencydepårtment or outpatient services for a physical

compla¡nt, mental or emotional difficulties, orsubstance misuse. Significanl reductions in inpatient(20 percent to 4 per€ent) and emergency departmentut¡lizat¡on (6 percent to 2 percent) were repoñed(Figure 9).

G¡ven patients are enrolling in outpatient treåtmentservìces, outpatient utilization significantly increased

from ¡ntâke to the six-month follow-up (48 percentto 71 percent).

Opioid Related Overdose ând Deâth. opioidoverdoses result in costly hospitalizations, acute and

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According to Medicaid claims and encounter datå, at least eight percent of MAT-PDOA Medicaidpatients (N=439) had an opioid overdose-related hospitalization or emergency-room encounter in thetwo years prior to engagement in treatment. Using administrat¡ve data, ten MAT-PDOA patients died

as of January 31, 2018 (the end of the follow-up period). Fìve of the deaths were confirmed opioidoverdoses according to death certificates. Three of the ind¡v¡duals were enrolled in treatment at the

time of death, four deaths occurred withìn two month of discharge, and the remaining deaths were six

to eleven months after discharge.

SummaryThe Washington State MAT-PDOA project is meeting the goals establìshed in the grant:

. The three MAT-PDOA clinic sites enrolled 532 unique individuals into their office-based opioid

treatment programs.

. Patients were provided integrated care for their opioid use disorder and 51 percent of all enrolied /

ê pat¡ents were retained ¡n treatment for one year or longer.

. Alcohol and drug use rates decreased from intake to follow up./o Adverse outcomes related to OUD lvere mit¡gated. Employment/school enrollment rates and

outpat¡ent treatment participation increased. lnpatient hospitalizations or treatment and

emergency department utilization decreased.

Additionally, MAT-PDOA clinics trained and hired additional medical providers to prescribe

buprenorphine; improved their ability to document and track OUD pat¡ents; and made buprenorphineprescrìbing in OTPs more sustainable. Patients continue to be offered or referred to medical seruices,

behavioral health services, and social and recovery supports.

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lnlLrry Pre!€ntron ¿nd Contrcl D¡i.isìon of Uninteñtionôl lnJery Prevention. https://*t'r;.<dc.govrdrugoverdoselpdf/,cclicyimpact-prescripriorpainkilleroC-a.pd,f.

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CMCA lnícrñaïien Bulletin. Baltimore. MD: Cente¡s for Medicare & Medìcaid Seryices Available fromhnps://r,l r.rrædicaid.govllederal-poli:¡-guidan¡e/donoloadslcib-02 -02- 1 5 pdí

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Among this population rates of co-occurring mental health disorders are high, lv¡th over three-

quarters of the populations having at least one mental health condition. Drug and alcohol use rates

declined åmong the population of pât¡ents that completed the six month follow up survey. Future

analyses will evaluate how methamphetamine, cannabis, and alcohol use at intake impact treatment

retent¡on for those seeking OBOT with buprenorph¡ne.

Pat¡ent outcomes generally improved over lime, with significant increases in employment and mental

health outpatient treatment utilization and significant decreases in ED visits and inpatient

hospitalizations. There were no significant changes ìn housing stãb¡lity or criminaljustice involvement.

Finally, ten MAT-PDOA patients enrolled ¡n the first two years of the program died. Half of the deaths

were confirmed overdoses. Three of the patients were enrolled in treatment at the t¡me of death, while

the remaining deåths occurred within two weeks to I1 months of discharge.

These findings are descriptive and outcomes cannot be attributed to OBOT. Further study with a

comparison group is needed to establish the degree to which the OBOT-B model as implemented in

MAT-PDOA improves short- and long-term outcomes

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Comments for Gallery Naming: Karen Kuznek-Reese, Civic Center, City ofSequim

When the City of Sequim decided to set aside initial funding to help encourage

and support the arts in the City and specifically in the Civic Center, Karen and

several community members sat down and reviewed the building plans and talked

about how to realize this exciting opportunity. The building was built, the City

Arts Advisory Commission was established and tasked with bringing this dream

alive. Karen became the staff person to work with the new Commission. \ù/ith

Karen's extensive knowledge of the goals, community resources, people,

orgarizations and the workings of local government, the Commission was able to

populate the Civic Center with artwork and to fully develop and implement the

idea of an on-going gallery space for local artists within the lobby area.

Karen's dedication to the concept was apparent, as was her love of all artistic

forms. She was a tremendous resource to the Commission with ideas, and

sometimes more importantly, the ability to keep all apprised of how local

government had to work. We were always pushing the envelop and she was

always there to encourage ideas while keeping things on track. Her enthusiasm,

hard work and general support for the rotating art exhibit program helped establish

the Civic Center gallery as a major, positive addition to our local community arts

scene.

It is more than fitting that the lobby Gallery in the Sequim Civic Center be

dedicated to Karen. Her spirit and dedication stands as a shining example of what

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Re: Proposed Jamestown s,Klallam Drug TrcatmentlDetoxÍfication center

Dear lvlayor Smith and lr'lembe¡s of the Council:

This firm represents Sa'r'e Our Sequirn (SOSJ, a iarge and grorving group of citizens

rvho are concerneelìvith the location of the drug treatmenUdetoxification ccnter bcing

prop0.".l by tbe ]amestorvn S'Klallam T¡ibc. As you kno$'. the proponenls of this proiect are

iroin.itg io locit. this facility on 1g.6 acres of properiy reccntly purchased by the'l'ribe at

ã26 S. g"'Ave, locatecl in the RREOA Dislrict.

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As 1,ou also knol'. the proponents have also been pronoting an inpatient evalrtation

and treatnient psych hospital i r i"s*"ond phase" of this p¡oiect.. Collectively, the proposed

facilitl, r,r,ill ¡rså "

"compi"hensive lrealnìent sttategy" to "ser¡'e the health care needs ofthe

North'Olympic Peninsúla Community" b¡'providirg "phS'sical. mental and.dent¿rl services"

and "ci ei¡ii"l dependencl' counseling, behavioral health. primar¡' care and childcare

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Although no formal application has yet been filerl, the proponents of this proiect have

provided a sigãificant anrounfof detail to 1'ou ¡ìnd the public about-rvhat they a_re. proposing'.

Þroject propotrent w. Ron rulen dcscribed the proposed ploiecl as follorvs in a July 22, 2019

op-ed appearing in the Peninsula Dail-v Nes's.

r ,.a clinic thal addresses this (opioid) problem and sen'es the health c-are needs oftheNorth Olympic Peninsula comnunity '."'

lrensiveo ,,the clinic $'ill sen'e Clallam and Jefferson countics and rvilÌ use a compre

tfeatment strategy that nill include physical, mental and dental services"

I SOS questions the validitl' and legalit¡' of "phasing" this. proiect. Sec ,\lu¡de¡ Coye P¡es. lss'¡ trIúrsop ð¡,., 41 \\h. .{pp. sis, szo, zo,l Þ.zd iz.rz lroas¡, holding rhat "...piecemeal revierç is

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project is depeudenl upon subsequenl phases".Jrrl

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r ,,i¡c¡¡des a phase i Nf¡lT Clinic to be operated try the ]amestorvn Triì¡e a¡rd Phasc II

çotrã Un funded) a 16-bed inpatient erialuation and lreatnent psych hospital that ¡vill

be managed bY O\'lC"r ..the goaiof the phase I NI;{,T Clinic is to decrease opioid overdoses and the illegal

diversion of prescription drugs into the community". "the property ... is zoned fo¡ medical use"

. ,,ThaM,{T ciinic is not an inpatient facility. Strict Drug Fnforcement Administrationguidelines do not pernrit loitering at a lvl,{T program facilit-v"

. ìTh" Healiag Campus rrill offer lhe best oppoìtunity for suslaining recovery by

pro'i¿ing ch'emicai dependency counseling, behavioral health, prirnarl' care a'dchildca¡e assistance"

r ,.The lvt {T progran n'ill provicle uansportation to the facility for those rvho need it inClallam unå J.if"trot cr¡ùnties. This si.. ice is not provided rvithin the Olympic

Peninsula counties'''r ',We intend to establish strict rules to ¡rrevent loitering, aJter their appointmenl"

'I'o sunrmarize these points, lvtr. Allen believes that the proposed project is a "clilic"thatt (1) addresses Clallanl Cìunt¡"5 opioid proble¡ ; {2) uses a comprehensive.heatment

;r"tEfy ln"t,taing ph),sical, *"trt"l ",id

dental services; (3) includes a ìvlÀT clinic and a 16-

U"¿ iípnt¡""t psläir ñospital; and [4) provides chemical dependency counseling, behavioral

fr"¡tfr, p.i*"f" *r" ut d childca¡o asiistance. Based on this description' r.r'e understand that

i¡" p.Ápr""nti a¡d the City believe that lhe proposed proiect is a permitted use.in the RRITOA

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ttrat it qualifie"s for the Type A-i peimitting ptocess, É'hich allorvs the proposed

proicct to be administ¡ativeh'approYed n'ithout a Cit]'Council hearing'

SOS strongly disagrees rvith this position and is fulll' prepared t9 :a\-e.

legÎ action ifnecessary to requítå the õity to follorv the proper enlitieme¡rt process..,{ facilit}'designed to

;dã;;;; t"he "opioitl problcm" using "compiehãnsir.e treatmenl strategies" and that providesi.chemical rlepãndency counseling , including a "ìvt.å,T Ciinic" and an "inpaiient psych

hospital,, is m¡ch moie of a "alcoäolisn¡ or drug treatment center or a detoxiäcation center"

tfruå it ir a',clinic", a "medical facility" ot un1'thing else that tvould be considered a permitted

or conditio¡al use in the RREOA Dist¡ict'

specific languaSe in sequim \lunicipal code (sl{cJ section 18.56.03t(t) states thal

grc,up hoi1es, alcohîliim or drúg treatmentienters.or.detoxification centers can only be

öernúttetl bv the Citl' Council' SlrfC 18.56'030 teads in full as follorvs:

18.56.030 Permilted uses.The council nay permit the follorving uses in districts from rvhich they are norv

prohibited b¡' this title:

a. Airport and ai¡fields.b. Gor.ern¡re¡rt buildings.

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, ,,When a general and a specific ordinance cover the same subiect måttel, lhe specific-controls over the

g"rr"r"l to ihe exrent that ihe t¡vo conflict.' Stale ex te\. Lige & lltm' B. Dickon Co. r'. C$'. of Pietce' 65

lvn. App.611¡, 620 n.6, 829 P.2d 277 lt992j

c. Educationalinstiiutions.d. Hospitals and sanitâriums {except animal clinics and hospitals)'

e, Nurling homes and boarding homes for the aged'f. Cor¡ectionalinstitutions'g. Tolvers and antennas over 100 feet in height, subject to the requirements of

ChâPter 18.61 Stvtc.h. [ssentia] public facilities and utilities.i. Parks, playgrounds, rec¡eation or communily centers'.j. Grouojromãs. alcoholism or dru8 treatnrent ce¡rters, dqtoxification centers,

tu-k rel""re facilities fo¡ conr.icts or ex-convicts, or othe¡ housing serving as

an alternative to inca¡celation with 12 or more reside¡rts'

k. Energy facililies't. Hazardous waste treatment ând storage fâcilities'm. Shellers for the t¡ansient or for the homeless.n. Master Planned resorts.o. Solid waste facilitiesp. Sewage t¡eatment facilities.q. n.tt st-atious and transit facilities. {emphasis addedJ

It is well established that specific land use regulations control over more general ones, and inthis case, the terms "alcohólism or drug treatmeat centers" or "detoxification centers" are

*l',,"h *o." specific than the general terms "clinic" or "medical facility"''?

Although it is not clear foom the record at this point, SOS believes that the City and

the applicants"nay believe that the proposed proiect qualifies as either a "lvledjcal Facility" or

an "Eäe¡rtial Pubiic Facility", and ai such is either a permitted or a conditional use in the

RREOA District. lf this is ir fact the city and the Applicant's position, it is also incorrect'

lvledical Facilities: The term "medical facility" appears only once in the description -of

the ticoîãññõp!ãrtunit3,Ârea (EOA) districts conrained in sMC 18.33.010, and that is onlyin the general description for theie Districts rather than in the specific descriotio.n for the

nnno@ppearsinSlvICSectiol18.33'010,whichpror'idesas follows:

18,33.01o [stablishmenl of zoning districts.The city's comprehensive plan éstablishes th¡ee land use designations that

supporithe business and employment goals and policies of the city 9.f

Sequim.

fúe t¡ree land use designatiãns wili also sen¡e as titles of zoning dislricts on

lhc city's zoning maP' and are identified as:

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A. Bell Creek economic opportunity area {BCEOT\).B, River Road economic opportunity area [RREOA].C. High tech light industrial []fTu)-

The three business ancl emploSuent dist¡icts a¡e intended to enhance sequim's

economic base by providing suitable areas to support the employme¡t needs ofthe communÍty. ihu butlnuss and employment districts pro'ide .for the

Iocation of mãnufacturing, product processing, research and development

facilities. assembly, rvarehousing, distribution, professional services, corpolate

headquarte¡s, mädical iacilities and complementary educational and

recreátional uses among oihers. Limited retail, business and support services

that generaily serve thJneeds of the districts' tenants and pahons as well as

hm¡tãd multifamily mixed residentiaVcommercial uses are also allowed. Aìlthree districts are ìntended to expand and diversify the city's economic base

and increase the numbe¡ and range of living-wage jobs' (emphasis added)

The specific description of the purpose of the RREOA District is contained in SlvfC

18.83.020(B). Notably, thii descriptiondoes not contain the phrase "medical faciÌities", or

anything olr" t"æonábly resembling the proposed proiect. SMC 18.33.020(B), provides as

follolt's:

18.33.O20 Purposes.B. The River Èoarl economic opportunity area IRREOA] district is intended to

enhance the city,s econonric bãie by pro'iding for an integ¡ated grouping ofbusinesses and Luildings of a larger size and scale than the BCEOA and HTLI

dist¡icts may support. ihe nngO¡ district supports a variety of uses, such as

light manufactuiing, professional office -buildings, retail, commercial,

multifamill' residential and warehousing and distribution'

Essential public Facility: If on the other hand the City and the appÌicants^believe that

th" profrõãããffiuaiifi*ãs a "essential public facility", a hearing in front of the City

Council is mandated.

Essential Public facilities are defined in the Grortth N{anagement Act as:

.,... those facilities that are typically diflicult to site, such as airports, stâte

education facilities a¡d state ói regional transportation facilities as defined inRClv 47.06.140, regional rransii authority facilities as defined in RCW

81.112.020, state a;d local correctional facilities, solid waste handlingfacilities, and inpatient facilities including substance abuse facilities.- mental

health facilitieiEoup homes, and secure commùnity transition facilities as

¿efiræ¿ in nCW zt.os.ozo.nCW'" RCW 36.70Â.200{1}' (Emphasis added)

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Clearly the ìegislature did not intentl for this list to be exhaustive, given thephrase "such as",

thus tLe distinction betlveen an inpatient and an outpatient facility is not relevant. Inaddition, the applicants have made it crystal clear that this proiect includes an inpatienttreatment facility in Phase IL

S¡{C Chapter 18.56 governs the siting of essential public facìlities rvithin the City.SCC Section 18.b6.040 requires an "essential public facilities and special propsrty use permit"which is eranted bv the Citv Council before one can be sited in the City:

18.56.O40 Permit requircd.Essential public facilities and special p¡operty uses shall be aìlowed withincertain use zones after obtaining an essentiaì nublic facilities and soecialproÞertJ¡ use petmit eranted bl' the city council' fEmphasis added)

The criteria for Council approval of an essential pubìic facilities and special plopelty use

permit are contained in SMC 18.56.060, which reads in full as follorvs:

18.56,0S0 Permit - Criteria'Àn essential public facilities and./or special property use perrnit granted by thecouncil shall be subiect to the follon'ing criteria:

Â. There shall be a demonst¡ated need for the essential public facilitiesand/or special use within the community at la¡ge ç'hich shall not be

contlarv to the Public inte¡est.

B, The essential public facility andlor special use shall l¡e consistent$,ith lhe eoals and ¡)olicies of the comp¡ehensive plan, and applicablegld¡nglçcÊ of the citY.

C. The council shall find that the essential public facility andlor specialuse shall be located. ¡rlanned and developed in such a manner thai theessential public facility and/or special use is not inconsistent with thehealth. safetv. convenience or general lvelfa¡e of persons ¡esiding orworkine in the city. The council's findings shall address, but not be

limited to the follorving:

1. The generation of noise, noxious or offensive emissions, orother nuisances which may be iniurious or detrimental to a

signi{icant portion of the citr'.

2. The availabilitY ofdesirable for the sulgort of the special use. These may include,but shall not be limited to, a¡.ailability of utilities, t¡ansportatio¡r

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systems, incìuding vehicular, pedestrian, and pubiic transitsysterns, and educãtion, police and fire facilities, and social and

health services.

3. The adequacy of landscaping, screening, yard setbacks, open

spaces or other development characteri-stics.necessarl' to mitiqate

the impact of the special use upon neiehborine prope¡ties'

4. Proposetl uses rvhich exceed the bulk, dimensional, height'

density and/or use standa¡ds of the zoning district within r'\'hich

they propose to iocate, musl demonstrate that the proposed

u.tlunc" ls essential to the establishment of the public facilityand/or special usel i.e,, a va¡iance in height may-be-granted for a

rsater towe¡, l¡ut not to provide an architectural element. (Ord'

97-019 S a, Iìxh. B) {emphasis addedJ

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Clearly, the siting of an essential public in the City of Sequim requires ypg-¡þmandated by SlvlC 18.56.060

can satisfy these ttrorough and exhaustive requirements.

To summarize, neither phase of this proiect as described constifutes a "clinic" or a,.rnedical facility", the facility is more accurately described as a comprehensive "alcoholism or

drug treatment center" or "dótoxification centeÌ". As such, it falls foursquare within the

Croît¡ Management Act's cleñnition of an "essential public facilit¡r'. And essential public

facilities can Jnly l¡e cited in Sequinr after the applicant Ìras received an Ëssential Public

Facilities and speciat hope¡ty uie Permit, rvhich can onl¡r be granted try the sequim citycouncil under slvfc 1s.56.040, and onìy after the robust and rigorous public process

described in Slr.IC 18.S6.060 has been cbnducted and appropriate, iustifiable and defensible

findings of fact have been made.

SOS is fully cognizant of the need for addiction treatment facilities in Clallam Counly'

hovvever SOS also fir;ly believes that the subject property is not the appropriate site for such

a facility, especially rvhén there is unused beatment capacity nearby. SOS the¡efore strongly

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sÌÌggests that you advise the Applicants to site ihis facility at a more appropriate location than

is currently proposed.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this critically important issue. I may be

reached at mspence@helsell.com or at (206) 889-2767 with any questions oI conments.

Verl'trulY Yours'

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A Compilation of News Articles Supporting SOS Concerns

Those that think our MAI clinic concems are unwarranted need to take a look at the following recent news

reports. Ignoring proven hazards is to be in dangerous denial, and will lead to manifest troubles. Waitingop-timistically to see what happens is irresponsible, especially in light of strong evidence. Taking these wellfounded concerns seriously will offer Sequim an opportunity to make wise choices and prevent destructive

outcomes.

MAT Locations Attract Trouble

. Whsr an addict can't score, they can use Methadone as a stop gap. (Excerpt) "This is a convenient place

because the little local methadone clinic Evergreen is why we are at this particular location," says Paige Conca,

a heroin addict who has lived at fhe camp for two years."

httns://komonelvs.com/news/local/woman-her-4-kids-among-those-forced-out-jose-rizal-¡rark

. Dangerous behaviors follow MAI clinic placement. A neighborhood reacts.

htt¡rs://komonervs.com/nervs/local/some-neiehbors-hlame-homeless-treatment-center-for-street-disorder?fbclid=IgARIZsX5BYUuVEJgP2gAIZODI65ZYPBUH€CGuXppSPz.m5KVsi2WKyoGvTSmI

. Drop out rehab patients are not going horne. (Excerpt) "The (rehab patients) ale not going back home to the

Nofihèast," said Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, who leads the county's Sober Home Task

Force. "The incentives are too great to remain here", "They've set up these individuals for failure."

https://rrrvrv.ocregister.com/2 017l12l17lare-drug-rehab-centers-fueling-homelessness-in-southem-california/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2z-fl5kLvZDOlamhDSpvKR-b2OlwHMnyflFSVB cn-X481ZEcXsNV4YHl&_trvittelimpression=lrue

. Treaünent instead of prison. Everett has a new MAI facility. Everett police take the 30+o/o of their aûestees,

that are heroin users, to the new MAT facility instead ofjail.

. Court ordered üeatment will favor moving criminally convicted addicts to other towrs for treatment.(Excerpt). "It is just a mattsr of identifying where the programs are outside of the ciry said Woodward."

https://ûrvwkxly.com/newVget-treatment-or-go-to-jail-would-an-ultrmatum-help-spokane-s-homglçss-prphlems-i I 125330165'l

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. Many hard core criminals are embedded in the homeless population. A homeless Portland addict (a serious,

repeating criminal) received court ordered treafinent and probation, instead of prison.

Diversion Efforts (Bussing)

. Bussing to other communities is euphemistically called "diversion efforts". (Excerpt) "Right now, the City

of Seattle and a handftl of Seattle non-profits already invest in diversion effiorts, like bus tickets, to relocate the

city's homeless population." City of $equim

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. There's no question bussing has been used historically, with even more programs proposed in Seattle

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Environmental Issues and Public Health

. Fires are &equently started around homeless encampments.

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https://rvrvç'.kiro7.com,/newVlocal/fue-breaks-out-arencampment-near-i-51983923193?fbclid:IwAR I OATiApc gkB ArvZAOJ4MrvSNdeWe2rfoXm-byJbNGxWVdFqltsJ-N5 PI

. Santa Barbara has DO1VNTOWN grass fires, as there are grassy fields, rnuch like Sequim.

https://w*'rv.noozharvk.com./article/crervs-battle:vegetation;ñre:at-homeless-camp:in:santa:þarbara

. Portland fire department responds to about 500 homeless caused fires per year.

htçs://www.kphrcomlnervs/fox-investigators-portland-firefighters-responded-to-fires-in-homeless-camps/article a6b8d860-ebc2-11e9-bc90- 1 fecfaffeT3c. html

. Water quality is endangered. Tiansient camps are seventh on the list of sources (including agriculturalsources) responsible for placing fecal matter in our water ways, in addition to other contaminants.

https://m.nervtimesslo-com/sanluisobispo/rvater-board-rvorkshop-examines-the-homelessness-crisis-relationship-to-water/Content?oid=8901641

. Methadone breaks down into potentially carcinogenic chemicals and is found in water ways

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. (Excerpt) "Homoless encampments overflow with dirty needles, feces, and rats, making thern breedinggrounds for diseases including typhus, tuberculosis, and hepatitis A"

https://çrvlv.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/09/09/why-california-must-declare-a-state-of-emergency-on-homelessness-or-get-a-governor-rvho-rvilV?fbclid=lrvARl lPl2i-l,rv3L4gLhvK93SSSDl ljblORVIzWcuoOKqzx-LVSFhVlZ4DJ-h#3669cc1264f5

. Medieval diseases, such as typhus, shigella hep A, group A strep (necrotizing fasciitis), bubonic plague (LApolice station), and more, are being found in homeless encampments

https:l/www.seattletimes.com,/seattle-nervVhomeless/infectious-disease-oubreaks-in-seattle-homeless-people-concem-health-ofücials/

. The Assistant LA City Attorney, nearly died from typhus, caused by fleas on rats. She's suing LA.

htçs://rvrvw.latimes.com./local/lanorv/la-me-ln-ciry*-hall-typhus-20190209-story.html

. Health agency doctors have seen, and are warning o{ leprosy.

https://*rvrv.msn.com/en-us/Health/medicaVdoctor-wams-ofleprosy-inlos-angeles/ar-AAH4Fnt?ocid=sf&fbclid=IwAR0cY4aDRpUHMCbogY)'rLeix-E4pgokxItlX2gbx0t¿J--IkbuU6tFRZl2YU

. Ambulance services are abused by homeless addicts, leaving less for those that are in dire need. (Excerpt)"This may have been a way to get wann and get something to eat," Dickey says. 'We see these allthe time, andit's fairly routine", "I hope it doesn't cost somebody else that needs the help to not be able to receive it"

https://rvrvr.v.wsaz.com/contenUnervsllVSAZ-Investieates-Taken-for-a-Ride-457345633.hhn1

. Police are getting sick at homeless camp cleanups and suing because of it.

ht¡rs://ql3fox.com/2019/09/19/seattle-offrcer-assigned-to-clean-uf-homeless-camps-files-l0m-claim/?ft,cli<{:hvAR2DoYof2NrgTZIKd-xOj XdFJG-n22j dSxxOHsc-KT9bzd-F7S g9frz I 2Tc

. A collision is coming between the enabling of the drug addicted horneless problem and environmentaVpublichealth concerns. Proper waste managemeût has kept modern culture healthy for decades. (Excerpt). "datashowed a decades-long improvement in the Duwarnish fuver - rurtil 2015, when fecal coliform bacteria

measurements began to spike upwmd. This coincides with the movement of hundreds of RVs into Sodo."

lrtqrs://rvu'w.seattletimes.com/opinior/illegal-rv-sewage-dum¡rins-pollutes-rvatenvajrs-and-Roses-a-fuhlic-health-hazard/

Business Property Issues

. Homeless crime is causing businesses to close or relocate. Bartell Drugs, a 100 year old Nofthwest business,

is closing a downtown store due to the concentration of crime in their immediate area.

htq.s://www.kiroT.corn/nervs/local/bartells-closing-dorvntorvn-seattle-location-over-crime-concerns/988486130?fbcli d:Iu'A R3 SbcR5Scn i4CgVbKbuSFeSiPTTZHq I GbSGIAu39FoKdtVeihvtA0ØKo

. Macy's in Seattle is closing. (Excerpt) Laura Heydrich: "My first thought is, is it closing for the s¿lme reason

Bartell-'s is closing?" she asked. "The crime?". And, "The horneless people outside deter you from coming in. Ifeel safer at home (shopping online).

hltns://u'rvw. seattletimes.com/seattle-nervslmacys-is-closing-its-landmark-dorvntorvn-seattle-store/

.. An innovative environmental company, Impact Bioenergy, just can't take the homeless drug culture and its

crime anymore, and is leaving. From the CEO's letter to the Seattle city council:

"seattle has become uncivilized to the point where'we carüot afford to be at this location. Leaders around the

country and globe continually seek to partner with innovators in Seattle, but this has become a serious barrier inthis lovely city."

httns://komonews.com/nervs/¡roject-seattle/street<rime-forces-citv'-funded-biotech-startup-to-flee-seattle

Reactions

. Seattle is parficipating in lawsuits against drug makers that state opioid addiction is the source ofhomelessness. People noticed the shift from housing costs as explanation for the homeless crisis.

httfis://komonervs.com/nervs/Foject-seattle/suit-suggesls-drug-ahuse-not-pricel.-housing-at-root-of-seattles-homeless-problem

. A city's police force can't arrest and/or require individuals perceived as homeless to move along under

vagrancy laws, due to Ninth Circuit Court ruling. This ruling applies to the Ninth Circuit jurisdiction.

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. Because of the Ninth Circuit Court ruling, Tacoma cannot enforce vagrancy laws and is resortíng to usingcivil codes, preventing camping in city parks.

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Karen Kuznek-Reese is a remarkable person. As an Associate Member of the City's ArtCommission I am thrilled she is being recognized with the naming of the lobby artgallery in her honor.

ln that regard, l'd like to share a little about my experience working with her.

A few years ago, she hired me for a volunteer concierge position and was essentiallymy boss, As we got to know each other better, she became my friend. As she got toknow me better, she spotted an opportunity. She thought she could get more action outof me and she was right.

Apparently, there had been an idea floating around that the opening nights of our artshows should include an additional element of entertainment. She proposed that I

execute this plan.

There was a new show scheduled for January 2017 called "Fired, Fused andStained....All Things Glass". We decided to invite 3 glass artists to give presentationson opening night.

Karen is an excellent judge of character and capabilities. ln my case, she trusted me tomake things work and not embarrass anyone, particularly not the City....Or not toomuch, anyway. She knew just about everyone in the community and everyone seemedto love and respect her. So when she gave me the names of glass artists tocontact.....all I had to do was drop Karen's name and they all said "yes".....even thoughnone of us knew exactly what they were saying "yes" to. lt was a fabulous rather chaoticand successful initial event that continued 3 times ayear for the next 3 years.

The next show was called "Asian Flair". Now we know Karen has a lot of flair. She andI frequently compared who was wearing the most bling. For this show opening, shewanted me to arrange for a Tai Chi master or somesuch. I wanted a sushi chef. And soour brainstorming continued for 3 years. So much fun. So creative. With so manylaughs.

Whenever I hit a wall or got frustrated with my Art Talk activities, I would see Karen.She could quickly get me back on track. With her 1000 Watt smile, her enthusiasm andsupport....she was my rock. She always knew exactly what I needed to hear. She wasa master-ful people manager.

It was an honor working with Karen and becoming her friend. She is an amazingperson and we all wish she could be with us tonight....with lhal dazzling smile of hers.

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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health crisis that has afflicted our North Olympic communities.Aggressive and deceptive marketing by pharmaceutical companies convinced physicians and dentiststhat their product would provide pain relief without addictive consequences.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. Opioid medication was prescribed in high quantitiesfollowing procedures ranging from wisdom-tooth extraction to athletic injuries to pain related to aging,thus ensnaring unsuspecting victims into the nightmare of addiction.

The build-up to the health-care crisis spared no one. lt cut across economic, age, gender, religiousaffiliation demographics.

Sequim has not been spared. The person suffering from OUD could be the person sitting next to you inchurch or at the table next to you in your favorite café.

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe responded to the crisis with plans to build a Healing Campus in the far-west corner of Sequim. Their holistic approach to the health care crisis treats OUD clients with respectand compassion.

We do not believe that the planned facility poses a threat to the community of Sequim. Our experiencewith the Tribe has been that they are competent, have integrity, and are a generous partnerwhen itcomes to contributing to the Sequim community. Of the 17 ,0OO plus served at their Jamestown FamilyHealth clinic, over 16,000 are non-Tribe members.

We also know that local governments may not use zoning laws to discriminate against MAT programs.*

We are here today to show our support for those seeking treatment that leads to recovery, and for theJamestown S'Klallam Tribe Healing Campus in its planned location.

We are also here to express our gratitude to the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe for their grace andgenerosity, and to honor their deep ancestral roots in the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health crisis that has afflicted our North Olympic communities.Aggressive and deceptive marketing by pharmaceutical companies convinced physicians and dentiststhat their product would provide pain relief without addictive consequences.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. Opioid medication was prescribed ín high quantities

following procedures ranging from wisdom-tooth extraction to athletic injuries to pain related to aging,

thus ensnaring unsuspecting victims into the nightmare of addiction.

The build-up to the health-care crisis spared no one. lt cut across economic, age, gender, religious

affiliation demographics.

Sequim has not been spared. The person suffering from OUD could be the person sitting next to you in

church or at the table next to you in your favorite café.

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe responded to thê crisis with plans to build a Healing Campus in the far-

west corner of Sequim. Their holistic approach to the health care crisis treats OUD clients with respect

and compassion.

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with the Tribe has been that they are competent, have integríty, and are a generous partner when itcomes to contributing to the Sequim community. Of the l-7,000 plus served at their Jamestown Family

Health clinic, over 16,000 are non-Tribe members.

We also know that local governments may not use zoning laws to discriminate against MAT programs.*

We are here today to show our support for those seeking treatment that leads to recovery, and for the

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Healing Campus in its planned location.

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generosity, and to honor their deep ancestral roots in the North Olympic Peninsula.

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rurat areas features many gaps through which people with mental illness fall. Our Police Department

consistently responds to some of the same individuals with mental illness. These individuals are not in a severe

enough state to be involuntarily committed yet are a significant drain on resources due to not having a sufficient

support network. We encourage the State to appropriatety fund mental heakh services to support individuals

with varying levels of mental illness. Providing this fi.rnding would be far less costly, far more effective, and an

overall better option for the people involved than having responding officers repeatedly contact these

individuals and having higher cost jails serve as a de facto mental health system.

- Provide additional technical assistance and resources toreplicate leading practices to make Washington a leader in overcoming the Opioid epidemic.

Housing - Allow all c¡ties in Washington the ability to implement a multifamily tax exemption {MF[E}. Current

law only allows the county seat and cities above 15,æO in population to use the exemption. This creates

situations like Sequim's, where Sequirn is prohibited from using the MFTE but Port Townsend, its comparable

sized neighbor with a population of 9,610, is able to use it because Port Townsend is a county seat. Port

Angeles, Sequim's other neighbor, is also able to use it as a county seat and a city of over 19,000 residents.

Sequim's recent housing study indicated that Sequim's housing shortage is comparable to its neighbors but as a

small city, Seguim is afforded fewer tools to deal with its shortage.

Elim¡nate the provision that reouires a vote to renew a voter-approved Transportation Benefit District. as well âs

Eliminatine the number of renewals - Eliminate the provision that requires a voted Transportation Benefit

D¡str¡ct to be renewed by vote every 10 years as well as eliminate the limit on renewals. Sequim has an existing

voter-approved TBD, representing approximately one third of its street budget. Sequim renewed its TBD in 2018

with an effective date of 2020.The City would be satisfied with removing the cap on the number of renewals as

an interim step. Sequim would lose its TBD in 2030 if this did not occsr. Sequim's TBD raised S5.5 million since

2011, benefitting Sequim's residents with street improvements and maintenance.

lncrease purchasing Li4nits - for eguipmen! supplies services, or materials unrelated to a public works project

from the current 57,500 {requires 3 quotes} and 515,00O {requires formal bids}.

Dungeness Off Channel Reservoir - Continue to fund the Streamflow Restoration Grant Program resulting from

ESSB 6091.

Support Carbon Reduction and Resiliencv in Small Cities - Provide additionalfunding and support to allow small

cities to access funding available to larger c¡t¡es to reduce carbon emissions and improve resilienry. Specificall¡

small cities could use help purchasing alternative fuelvehicles for car and truck fleets.

Reduce Solid Waste Goine to Landfills - lncrease state and local agency funding to support a reduction in solid

waste going to landfills, allowing for more recycling and reuse of items currently in the waste stream.

lncentivize new recycling markets in our state and region-

Publìc Saletye Fullv Fund the Basic Law Enforcement Academv - Restore full funding for the Easic law Enforcement Academy.

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WORK SESSION

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PUBLIC HEARINGS {QuasiJudicial or Legislative}

ACTION ITEMS

CONSENT AGENDA3. Claim Voucher Recap in the Amount of $1.127,942,84

OTHER4. R2019-08 Recoonizino Karen Kuznek-Reese for her Service5. R2019-09 Karen Kuznek-Reese Civic Center Lobbv Naminq6. EDC Contract 2020 Affirmation7. Q3 2019 Financial Reports

;$* Ordinance 201 9-01 7 Authorizinq Year-End Budqet Amendmentsø 9/2020 State Leqislative Aqenda and Polícies

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INFORMATIONCommittee, Board and Liaison Summary ReportsStudent Liaison ReportPresiding OfñcerGity Manager

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SEQU|M C|TY COUNCILAGENDA COVER SHEET

MEETING ÐATE:

FROM: Charlie Bush, City Manager CPBlnitials

SUBJECTTISSUE: Resolution R2019{18 Adopting the City's 2O2O LegislativeAgenda and Policies

PROBLEM'ISSUE STATEñIENT:Staff has prepared a state legislative agenda and policies to guide City Council and staffinteractions with State Legislators prior to and during the upæming session.

ATTACHMENTS:1. Resolution R2019-06 adoptins 2020 Lesislative Asenda and Policies2. 2020 Sequim.Leqislative Aqenda (Marked Up From Clean. 10/14_Edits)

2020 Sequim Legislative Aqenda {Clean)city of sequim 2020 Lqgislative Policies (Marked uo From clean. 10/14Edits)Citv of Sequim 2020 Lesislative Policies (Clean)2020 Citv Leoislative Priorities (AWÇl

DISCUSSIONIANALYSIS:The Washington State Legislature will reconvene in January 202A for a short session(60 days). The attached document will guide staff and City Council interactions withlegislators prior to and thtoughout the upæming session. This is the second review ofthese 2A2A items. The first review occurred at the October 14,2019 City Councilmeeting. Staff are seeking direetion, including possible additionaled¡ts. Council isscheduled to meet with our State legislative delegation at a work session on December9,2019,

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I strongly support the Jamestown S'Kllalam Healing Campus proposed for Sequim.

Opioid addiction isra public health crisis that was created by aggressive, irresponsible,and misleading marketing tactics by big pharmaceutical companies.

I fully support your making decisions based on information provided by informed,trained professionals, such as Dr. Unthank and the professionals at Clallam CountyHealth and Human Services who have been trained in epidemiology among other publichealth issues.

Drug addiction and people who have no shelter are already a part of sequim; theHealing Campus will not add to it

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Being compassionate is not the same thing as enabling addiction.

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MOJMIR BABACEK - MIND CONTROL COMPILATION ARTICLE

July 6, 2012

The report on U.S. military policy by “ Project for New American Century” states: “ It is nowcommonly understood that information and other new technologies .. . are creating a dynamicthat may threaten America’s ability to exercise its dominant military power. Potential rivals,such as China are anxious to exploit those transformational technologies broadly, whileadversaries like Iran, Iraq and North Korea are rushing to develop ballistic missiles and nuclearweapons . .. the effects of information and other advanced technologies promise to revolutionizethe nature of conventional armed forces” (ref. 13, pg. 4 and 11). The military concept ofinformation technologies is, however, kept hidden from the world general public.

In February 2000 the Russian daily Segodnya, in the article "Riders of PsychotronicApocalypse” (1), informed that in 1996 Russian government’s information agency FAPSI warnedthat the effect of “ informational means of war” is comparable to “ the effect of the use of weaponof mass destruction” and produced a report entitled “ Information Weapon as a Threat to NationalSecurity of Russia” . In reaction, the Russian State Duma and consequently , theInterparliamentary Assembly of the Union of Independent States addressed the United Nations,OBSE and the European Council with a proposal for an international convention banning thedevelopment and use of informational weapons. According to the same newspaper Segodnya inMarch 1998, the matter was discussed with U.N. secretary general Kofi Anan, and included onthe agenda of the General Assembly of the U.N. Most probably the USA vetoed this proposaland in consequence, the ban of informational weapons was not discussed by the United NationsGeneral Assembly.

In the Doctrine of Informational Security of the Russian Federation, signed by President Putinin September 2000, among the dangers threatening the informational security of the RussianFederation, there is “ the threat to the constitutional rights and freedoms of people and citizens inthe sphere of spiritual life and to individual, group and societal consciousness” by “ illegal use ofspecial means affecting individual, group and societal consciousness.” (16). Among “ the mainareas of international cooperation of the Russian Federation in the field of information security” ,is listed “ banning the development, proliferation and application of ‘information weapons’ ”(17).

In the article under discussion Segodnya described “ mysterious information-psychological”means capable not only of harming human health, but also of blocking human free will at thesubconscious level, impairing human beings’ ability of “ political, cultural and otherself-identification” and even “ causing destruction of indivisible informational and spiritual spaceof the Russian Federation” . According to Russian scientist A. F. Okhatrin, those means are alsocapable to kill people (2). Underneath the article, Segodnya published a review of weaponsaffecting human psyche which it obtained from the Russian Department of Defense. Togetherwith ultrasound and microwave weapons, there are also “ psychotronic weapons” which, inaddition to having the capability of “ transfering information among people” , are able to act oncommunication and electronic systems (1).

The Space J’resefvaiion Bill proposed by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich in the U.S. House

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of Representatives in 2001, names the following technologies enabling access to the humanbrain, human health impairment or the killing of people: “ land-based, sea-based or space-basedsystems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser or other energies directed atindividual persons or targeted populations for the purpose of information war, mood managmentor mind control of such persons or populations” (4). “ Psychotronic weapon” listed in the DennisJ. Kucinich’s bill is described as a weapon using “ torsion fields” radiation in the book“ Psychotronic Weapon and the Security of Russia” (6) by Russian scientist Vladimir Tsygankovand Vladimir Lopatin (a politician, who worked on Committees on Security in Russian FederalRepublic, State Duma of the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of theUnion of Independent States). Among the possible sources of remote influence on human psychethose two authors list “ generators of physical fields” of “ known as well as unknown nature” (14).It is common knowledge that both KGB and CIA carried out a large-scale research ofpsychotronic phenomena in the 70’s of the past century. It is not out of question that theirscientists succeded in discovering the physical basis of those phenomena. In the 80’s the researchdid not continue, but the number of people complaining that their nervous system is manipulatedfrom outside started growing from the begining of this decade.

Among the known physical concepts non-local electron and photon connection can be used toexplain telepathy. The ability of sound and light technologies to influence human psyche isexemplified by Psychowalkman industry. The existence of the electromagnetic mind controltechnology is confirmed in the STOA report on crowd control technologies (40), Conclusion ofthe Committee on Security of the Russian State Duma [3] and can be deduced as well fromscientific and military literature.

Nerve impulses in the brain are carried by electrical signals triggered by changes in chemicalbalance. During the fifties and sixties of the past century, it was proved that human nervoussystem and behavior can be thoroughly controlled by electric signals imported to the brain by tinyelectrodes (41). 100 stimulations of one point in the bulks brain made him 100 times bellow.When a man was asked to straighten his hand the bending of which was stimulated he replied “ Ithink your electricity is stronger than my will.” By means of electrical stimulation of the brain therhythm of breathing and heart beat [this was even stopped for several pulses] was affected as wellas the function of the most of the viscera- like the secretion of the gall bladder. The stimulationof areas in the brain where feelings and emotions reside produced decisions. A passive,depressed woman tore up a piece of paper when her center of anger was stimulated: “1 did notcontrol myself. I had to get up and tear” , she commented. An aggressive woman, with the samearea stimulated, got up and smashed against the wall the guitar she was playing until the momentof stimulation. The intensity of feelings could be controlled by turning the knob which reduced orincreased the intensity of the electric current. When the pleasure area was stimulated womenoffered marriage to therapists. Stimulation of a particular area in a female monkey‘s brain endedher motherly care for a newborn baby. When the limbic system was stimulated the patientsvigilance weakened, they lost the ability to think, they often began to undress or grope and whenthe stimulation stopped they could not remember what was happening. The signals had to bedelivered in specific frequencies to produce repetitive action of neurons. Spanish scientist JoseDelgado became world known when he, with the use of this technology, made a bull attack himby pressing one button on the small black box and stopped the bull few feet away from him bypressing another button.

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The idea that electric currents in the brain could be induced by electromagnetic energy isobviously subsequent step in this path of research. The information inside of the brain isprocessed digitally; in other words analog perceptions are “ translated” and transferred by anumber and frequency of nerve impulses, while the intensity of the feeling or perception usuallycorresponds to the intensity of electrical current. Walter J. Freeman, who had been for yearsmeasuring the brain activity in reaction to different stimuli by multitudes of microelectrodes,presented already in 1975 a hypothesis “ that a novel external stimulus is broadly transmittedfrom the primary sensory cortex or thalamus to other parts of the cortex... transmission occurs atsome characteristic frequency, and.. .reception occurs in ... sets tuned to that frequency” (37). Inother words, when neurons cooperate in the processing of specific information they synchronizetheir activity and oscillate in the same frequency. In an experiment by Wolf Singer (20) thedifferences in brain activity in reaction to two different stimuli, presented to the tested subject atthe same time, were represented by two different groups of neurons oscillating in differentfrequencies. In the modern scientific literature synchronization of frequencies of emitted nerveimpulses in different parts of the brain as a principle of brain functioning is generally accepted(19). Electroencephalographers have no doubt that those synchronizations appear on the EEGrecordings and are already able to “ read” in those frequencies the single letters of a wordperceived by the tested subject (21). Theoretically this means that the events in the brain can beproduced “ synthetically” from the outside when additional energy is pumped into the brain inspecific frequencies corresponding to specific brain activities. John Marks, in his book on CIAmind control research, quotes one of the CIA research veterans recalling a colleague’s joke: “ Ifyou could find the natural radio frequency of a person1s sphincter, you could make him run out ofthe room real fast” (22). Since most of the activity of human brain takes place in frequenciesfrom 1 to 100 Hz and electromagnetic waves of this frequency are hundreds and even thousandsof miles long, and, for that matter, could not target human brain, scientists startedexperimenting with pulsed microwaves. There are “ window” microwave frequencies whichpenetrate deep enough into the brain tissue to produce activity of neurons there.

The interaction of electromagnetic radiation and chemicals in the brain was proved forexample by the experiment where irradiation of rats’ heads by 20 and 40 mW/cm2 microwavespulsed at 300, 600 and 1000 Hz woke the rats up in 5 minutes from narcosis (23). Electricalsignals of neurons in the brain are mediated by chemicals called neurotransmitters. At aconference on “ Emerging Electromagnetic Medicine” in 1989 Capt. Paul Tyler, director of theU.S. Navy Electromagnetic Radiation Project between 1970 and 1977, quoted in his lecture theresearch of Dr. Merrit who measured the decrease of norepinephrine, serotonine and dopaminewhen a field of 80 mW/cm2 was applied (24). All those hormones act as neurotransmitters intothe cortex. Dopamin influences the ability to learn and other cognitive abilities. Disruption inthe biosynthesis or transmission of dopamine can lead to Parkinson’s disease. In anotherexperiment a 500Hz signal produced release of neradrenaline in sympathetical neurons (25).Since those neurons control the muscles of internal organs and noraderenaline acts there as aneurotransmitter, an oposite signal should be able to reduce the activity of internal organs andeventually impair human health. The publication of the World Health Organization on theeffects of electromagnetic radiation on living organisms from 1981 (25) gives many examples ofthe effects of microwave radiation on the excretion of glands and chemical composition of blood.Many of those effects could harm human health. Microwave radiation can also affect moleculesof DNA and thus affect the development of organisms (25). This was proved by an experimentby Yale neuroph^Sidlogi1^ Jose Delgado, where the irradiation of chicken embryos by 10, 100

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and 1000 Hz stopped their development including the development of hearts and veins. Theexperiment was replicated by the American Navy with the same results. Such attack bymicrowaves could have, in the long run, disastrous impact on targeted populations.

As a matter of fact microwave radiation can produce many deadly effects. In the experimentby McAffee already mentioned, the microwaves pulsed at 300, 600 and 1000 Hz producedimpairment in breathing (even leading to suffocation) in rats. A similar signal could alsosuffocate human beings. At the conference on Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systemsin 1983 the experiment was presented where blood clots were formed by microwave radiation(26). This capability is also suitable for weaponisation. Similarly dangerous is the finding ofAllan Frey that radio frequency radiation can weaken the blood-brain barrier that preventspoisonous chemicals from the access into the brain (30). In 1986 the American Air Force issueda book “ Low Intensity Conflict and Modem Technology” (18). The chapter “ ElectromagneticSpectrum in Low Intensity Conflict” , was written by Capt. Paul Tyler, who had been the directorof the U.S. Navy Electromagnetic Radiation Project from 1970 until 1977. At the beginning ofthe chapter, Capt. Tyler quotes a source entitled “ Final Report on Biotechnology ResearchRequirements for Aeronautical Systems Through the Year 2000” that had been issued byAmerican Air Force in 1982: “ Currently available data allow the projection that speciallygenerated radiofrequency radiation (RFR) fields may pose a powerful and revolutionaryantipersonnel military threats ... the passage of approximately 100 miliamperes through themyocardium can lead to cardiac standstill and death . . . A rapidly scanning RFR system couldprovide an effective stun or kill capability over a large area. System effectiveness will be afunction of wave form, field intensity, pulse width, repetition frequency, and carrier frequency.”

In less draconian assault, the use of microwaves could be limited just to the influence ofhuman behavior. In 1985 Kathleen McAuliffe visited Jose Delgado in his laboratory in Spain,where he experimented with electromagnetic stimulation of brain. She subsequently wrote anarticle for the magazine OMNI (27). Jose Delgado showed her how he could make an ape fallasleep, or make it overactive, or how he could calm down fighting fish using suitably modulatedmicrowave radiation.

The next series of experiments shows that human behavior can be controlled in even moreintricate ways. In 1962 Allan H. Frey published in the “ Journal of Applied Physiology” (28) theresults of experimentation with transmission of sounds into the brain by electromagneticradiation at a distance of up to 1000 feet. The “ electromagnetic” sounds were heard by deaf aswell as hearing people. In his report, Frey writes that, by then, only the visual system had beenshown to respond to electromagnetic energy and he noted that, “ With somewhat differenttransmission parameters we can induce the perception of severe buffeting of the head..” and’’Changing . .. parameters again, one can induce a ‘pins-and-needles’ sensation.” Frey’sexperiment was replicated several times by other scientists (28). Another, more advancedexperiment that involved the transmission of radio modulated with audible sounds into the brain,was published only inadvertently in 1975, when Don R. Justesen published, in the article on“ Microwaves and Behavior” (29), the result of an experiment described to him over thetelephone conversation by his colleague J. C. Sharp, who worked on a secret military projectPandora. Joseph C. Sharp at the Walter Reed Army Institute improved the method of Frey to thepoint that he was able to transmit into the experimental subject’s brain words which he couldunderstand. The ability of U.S. military to produce perception of speech in humans by

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microwave radiation substantiates the article by Sharon Weinberger, “ Mind Games” , which waspublished in The Washington Post in January 2007. In response to a Freedom of Information Actrequest filed for the article the Air Force released “ records that note that the patent was based onhuman experimentation in October 1994 at the Air Force lab, where scientists were able totransmit phrases into the heads of human subjects” The article also states that “ the researchlaboratory, citing classification, refused to discuss it or release other materials” (31).

Robert Becker, who was twice nominated for Nobel price for his share in the discovery of theeffects of pulsed fields at the healing of broken bones, wrote in his book (30) about theexperiment by J. F. Schapitz, who stated: “ In this investigation it will be shown that the spokenword of hypnotist may also be conveyed by modulated electromagnetic energy directly into thesubconcscious parts of the human brain- i. e. without employing any technical devices forreceiving or transcoding the messages and without the person exposed to such influence having achance to control the information input consciously.” In one of the four experiments subjectswere given a test of hundred questions, ranging from easy to technical ones. Later, not knowingthey were being irradiated, they would be subjected to information beams suggesting the answersto the questions they had left blank, amnesia for some of their correct answers, and memoryfalsification for other correct answers. After 2 weeks they had to pass the test again (30). Theresults of those experiments were never published. It is rather evident that in those experimentsthe messages were sent into human brain in ultrasound frequencies which the human brainperceives, but of which the subject is unaware. According to Russian newspapers, in this way,people may be programmed to perform different actions in the same way people can beprogrammed under hypnosis. In Moscow there exists Psychocorrection Center, where thismethod is used to heal psychical diseases such as alcoholism. The use of this method wasquestioned in the Russian press when general Lev Rokhlin was killed by his wife in his sleep at 2a.m. after she had had a casual telephone conversation with a female friend. Did her friend use asequence of words which were supposed to trigger the murderous action? Before his murderGeneral Rokhlin planned for army protests against army reform and visited editor’s desks ofRussian newspapers, telling them he might be soon killed in a car accident, during a drinkingspree or during an argument with his wife (42).

In his other book “ Cross Currents” Robert Becker presents the report coming from theMicrowave Research Department at the Walter Reed Army Institute, where J.C. Sharp carriedout his experiment with the transmission of words into the brain by radiofrequency radiation.The report deals with the effects of pulsed microwaves on the nervous system and describes thedivision of testing program into four parts: 1) prompt debilitating effects; 2) prompt stimulationauditory effects; 3) work interference (stoppage) effects; 4) effects on stimulus controlledbehavior. The report presents this conclusion: “ Microwave pulses appear to couple to the centralnervous system and produce stimulation similar to electrical stimulation unrelated to heat” (32).

In the second volume of the Final Report on Biotechnology Research Requirements forAeronautical Sysmes of the American Air Force it is stated: “ While initial attention should betoward degradation of human performance through thermal loading and electromagnetic fieldeffects, subsequent work should address the possibilities of directing and interrogating mentalfunctioning, using externally applied fields...” (33). In the second volume of the report the

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research was evaluated as “ progressing according to the schedule or in advance” and wassupposed to be terminated in 2010.

In the Soviet Russia the ongoing research in this area was completely hidden from the public,but change of political system and actual use of this equipment during the putsch againstGorbachov brought this subject to newspapers headlines. According to Russian dailynewspapers, during the failed coup d’etat against Gorbachov, General Kobets warned thedefenders of the Russian White House that mind control technology could be used against them.After the putsch, respected Russian scientist Victor Sedlecki published a statement in the Russiandaily Komsomolskaya Pravda that psychotronic biogenerators were mass produced in the SovietUnion and were used during the failed coup d’etat [7], but failed to succeed due to theinexperience of the personel who operated them. In the following spree of articles on the subjectof mind control, the experiment was published where manipulation of masses of people bymicrowave radiation was performed. Already in 1974, after successful testing on a military unitin Novosibirsk, the installation Radioson (Radiosleep) was registered with the GovernmentCommittee on the Matters of Inventions and Discoveries of the USSR, described as a method ofinduction of sleep by means of radio waves. Apparently, in 1974, the entire military unit was putto sleep (5).

In the book “ Low Intensity Conflict and Modern Technology” (18), Captain Tyler also wrote:“ Because of the many parameters involved and the apparent specificity of each parameter, onecan tailor a specific response. The ability to have this kind of flexibility provides an enormousrange of options to the user. It opens the door for providing an appropriate response in warfare,be it conventional or unconventional” (18). If you object that the range of frequencies in whichthe human nervous system works is too narrow to provide for such a wide choice of reactions,Capt. Tyler writes: “ There are unconfirmed reports that change of 0.01 Hz can make adifference.” Since many activities of human brain are represented by different sequences offrequencies, this provides for further large choices.

At the end of 1994 the first tests of the most powerful radar system in the world were carriedout in Alaska. This year its power should reach 10 billion watts and later 100 billion watts. Themain features of the system include its ability to heat the ionosphere and in this way change thealtitude of the ionosphere. By this kind of manipulation of the ionosphere, it is possible tobounce the electromagnetic waves back from the ionosphere to whichever region of the planetone wishes to target. According to the official information by the U.S. government the systemHAARP is designed for scientific research. However, there are too many facts suggesting thatthe major reason for its construction are military purposes. The main patent of Bernard J.Eastlund (number 4,686,605) proposes the use of the system for destruction of navigationsystems of airplanes and missiles wherever in the atmosphere they might be, and for interferencewith all communication systems anywhere on the planet, and the global weather control. Otherpatents connected with the system propose the use of the system for induction of detonations inthe extent of nuclear explosions and other military uses (33).

Evidently, the warning of Russian intelligence agency FAPSI to the Russian government andthe article in the Russian daily “ Segodnya” were direct recations to the installation of the U.S.

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HAARP system. The HAARP system can start pulsing microwave radiation with one thousandthof one Hertz and this means that, when raising pulsing frequencies, it can change pulses ofmicrowave radiations by one thousandths of one Hertz and can control the activity of humanbrain in frequencies from 1 to 100 Hertz which are crucial for functioning of human nervoussystem. In June 1995, Michael Persinger, who apparently worked on the American Navy’sproject of non-lethal electromagnetic weapons “ Sleeping Beauty” , published, in a scientificmagazine Perception and Motor Skills the article where he states: “ the technical capability toinfluence directly the major portion of the approximately six billion brains of the human specieswithout mediation through classical sensory modalities by generating neural information within aphysical medium within which all members of the species are immersed... is now marginallyfeasible” (34).

John B. Alexander, who later became the Director of Non-lethal Programs in Los AlamosNational Laboratory, wrote in his article in the Military Review in the year 1980: “ whoevermakes the first major breakthrough in this field will have a quantum lead over his opponent, anadvantage similar to sole possession of nuclear weapons” (35). Samuel Koslov, a leadingpersonality of the Pandora project that was dedicated to research of effects of microwaveradiation on humans, and a researcher at the John Hopkins University, in his closing speech atthe conference on Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems in 1984, said that theconference had proven that the external electric fields can “ become a key to the cellular controlconsole. The implications, social, economic, and even military are enormous.” Koslov went on:“ If much of what we have heard is indeed correct, it may be not less significant to the nation thanthe prospects that faced the physics community in 1939 when the long-time predictedfissionability of the nucleus was actually demonstrated. You may recall the famous letter ofAlbert Einstein to President Roosvelt. When we’re in a position to do so in terms of our proofs, Iwould propose that an analogous letter is required” (26).

It is this perspective, of the revolutionary nature of these scientific developments, that gives usthe title, “ Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War” , of a book published by theStrategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College in 1994 (36). Since the nationalsecurity information is in question, the book cannot tell the readers what technology exactly ismaking this revolution feasible. From the beginning the authors were aware that the use of thistechnology may run counter to basic moral and political values of the American society, and inconsequence the revolution in military affairs would require a moral and political revolution tocome first: ” In the pre-RMA days, psychological operations and psychological warfare wereprimitive. As they advanced into the electronic and bioelectronic era, it was necessary to rethinkour ethical prohibitions on manipulating the minds of enemies (and potential enemies) bothinternational and domestic.. . Through persistent efforts and very sophisticated domestic’’consciousness raising” , old-fashioned notions of personal privacy and national sovereigntychanged.” Since it is difficult for them to imagine that the American society would accept theethical and political revolution that would deprive the citizen of his privacy, they develop ascenario of events which would lead the American political leaders to back this revolution. Thescenario is placed into the year 2000, and is based on the situation of growing terrorism, drugtrafficking and criminality. In the document Rebuilding Americas Defenses, backed by the pastU.S. government, we read: “ To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades,

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the Department of Defense must . . . seek to exploit the emerging revolution in military affairs ...Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be along one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event- like a new Pearl Harbor” (ref. 13, pg.51). Was it by accident that in 2001 a massive terrorist attack ocurred in the USA facilitated byquestionable work of U.S. intelligence services and explosives in the World Trade Center andfollowed by anthrax attacks where the only indicted scientist, Bruce Ivins, did not have thetechnical means and scientific knowledge to turn the anthrax spores into a deadly aerosol whichwas used and that those two attacks were followed by an assault on privacy of U.S. Citizens andinternational law?

The scenario goes on: “ The president was thus amenable to the use of the sort ofpsychotechnology which formed the core of the RMA (revolution in military affairs) in conflictshort of war ... As technology changed the way force was applied, things such as personalcourage, face-to-face leadership, and the ‘warfighter’ mentality became irrelevant.” So thepsychotechnology, which formed the core of the RMA, provided new methods for influencingthe psyche of the adversary, in place of the classical strategy to make him fear his death. Thebook goes on: “ Potential or possible supporters of the insurgency around the world wereidentified using the comprehensive Interagency Integrated Database. These were categorized as‘potential’ or ‘active’, with sophisticated personality simulations used to develop, tailor andfocus psychological campaigns for each. There is also potential for defensive psychotechnologysuch as ‘strategic personality simulations’ to aid national security decision makers.” (SeeNorman D. Livergood and Stephen D. Williams, “ Strategic Personality Simulation: A NewStrategic Concept” , unpublished draft paper, Carlisle Barracks, PAK: U.S. Army War College,1994). Human behovior and thinking is substantially controlled by emotions. If simulatedemotions are broadcasted into somebody’s nervous system they will orient his thinking andbehavior. Thoughts are another organizer of human behavior and personal thoughts can beoverridden by ultrasound messages. In other words if there was, for example, a new Jesus Christ,U.S. agencies would simply engineer his personality to make sure he would not introduce anycultural changes. Once the strategy of computerized personality simulation is applied, theunfolding of human history will be totally controlled by elites having exclusive access to thosetechnologies. The conclusion of the authors was: “ Whether we opt for revolution or evolution,change will occur.”

The concept of the “ strategic personality stimulation” is probably tested on some of the peoplein the USA who claim to be mind control experiments victims, whose number, rapidly growingafter 9/11 attacks, inspired the article in Washington Post, entitled “ Mind Games” (31) in 2007.Cheryl Welsh, the director of the American organization Mind Justice (38) claims that she hasreceived over 2500 complaints from U.S. citizens. Though some of those people may be mentallyill, many of them defend themselves in a rational way that suggests that they may be mentallysound. The same situation is in Russia. Russian politician Vladimir Lopatin even admittednonconsensual human-subject experiments had been conducted in Russia, when he wrote in thequoted book: “ Compensation of damages and losses connected with social rehabilitation ofpersons suffering from destructive informational influence must be realized in legal trial...” (14).Growing numbers of complaints are coming as well from China, India and Japan (over 200).

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The European Parliament reacted to the installation of HAARP system by calling for “ aninternational convention introducing a global ban on all developments and deployments ofweapons which might enable any form of manipulation of human beings” (15, Paragraph 27).The body of the European Parliament STOA (Scientific and Technolgical Options Assessment)in the document “ Crowd Control Technologies” , stated that „some of these concerns... havebeen more specifically covered by the resolution on legal aspects of military activities passed atthe meeting of the EP_s Foreign Affairs, Security and defence Policy which called for aninternational convention and global ban on all research and development , whether civilian ormilitary , which seeks to apply knowledge of the chemical, electrical, sound vibration or otherfunctioning of the human brain to the development of weapons which might enable any form ofmanipulation of human beings, including a ban on any actual or possible deployment of suchsystems. (40, pg CII, ref. 369). The „actual“ deployment of those means confirmed USCongressman Dennis J. Kucinich, the author of a Bill introduced into the US Congress inOctober 2001 proposing a ban on the deployment of “ mind control” weapons, when he wasquoted to assert that those weapons actually exist and “ those people who control them are deadlyserious and intend to use them, if we don’t stop the weaponisation of space” (10).

Electromagnetic technology enabling remote control of the functioning of human organism issubjected to National Security Information law in the USA (8) and all technologies enablingaccess to human brain are subject to the same law in the Russian Federation (9). Under suchconditions, the mass media cannot fully disclose the existence and capacities of thosetechnologies and world public cannot be engaged in favour of a ban on the use of suchcapabilities. The ownership of those technologies gives opportunity to governments to use themagainst individuals (and eventually against masses), without giving them any access to any legalremedy. The concept of the world respecting freedom and human rights is fundamentallycorrupted in this way. In November 2000 the Committee on Security of the Russian State Dumastated that capabilities enabling remote control of human nervous system or the remote inflictionof health impairment are available to many modem governments (3). This was confirmed by thearticle from the U.S. army weekly Defense News stating that mind control technologies wereused by the Israelis against the Palestinians (12). As well ousted Flunduran president ManuelZelaya, while under siege in Brazilian embassy in Honduras, complained that he had beensubjected to an “ electron bombardment with microwaves” which produces “ headache andorganic destabilisation” (44). When asked by Amy Goodman from Democracy Now: „Aspresident, do you know about this in the Honduran arsenal?” He replied: „Yes, of course“ (45).

Evidently the secret arms race among the world governments may continue until theinformation war actually breaks out. V. Lopatin, in the book “ Psychotronic Weapon and theSecurity of Russia” , stated that psychotronic war is, as a matter of fact, “ already taking placewithout declaration of war” . In this way the human world may sink into some kind of virtualreality where the independence of human thinking, feeling and decision making will be destroyedas a part of an “ information war” or, in the worst case, into the reality where large masses ofpeople will be killed, and unlike the aftermath of the use of nuclear weapons, the planet will stillremain inhabitable for the survivors.

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the means of remote manipulation of human brains and organisms could be applied to controldissatisfied citizens. In the conclusion of the Committee on Security of the Russian State Dumait is stated: “ Phone lines, heating and sewer pipes, TVs, fire signalisation can be used astransmitting antennas” (3). Our elected democratic representatives are responsible for foreseeingthe emerging crises and preventing them from happening by appropriate measures. However,they do not have mandate from citizens to allow those crises to happen, and then usetechnologies of mind manipulation to do away with citizen’s dissatisfaction. If this technology isonce used against citizens it is questionable whether true democracy will be restored one day.The countries with the most advanced military technologies include the USA, which has neverproposed any international initiative aimed at securing the ban of technologies enabling theremote control of human beings. According to the study “ Crowd Control Technologies”published by the European Parliament’s STOA office, the USA are the major promoter of theuse of those arms. (In fact, it was principally the efforts of the USA government to persuade thisoutcome that ensured the inclusion in NATO military doctrine of non-lethal technology.) TheSTOA states: “ In October 1999 NATO announced a new policy on non-lethal weapons and theirplace in allied arsenals” ; and “ In 1996 non-lethal tools identified by the U.S. Army included...directed energy systems” and “ radio frequency weapons” . Directed energy system is furtherdefined: „Directed energy weapon system designed to match radio frequency source to interferewith human brain activity at synapse level5' (40).

According to the Russian government intelligence agency FAPSI, in the last 15 years, the U.S.expenses on the development and acquisition of the means of informational war grew fourfoldand at the present time they occupy the first place among all military programs (17),(3). Thoughthere are concepts of informational warfare other than the remote control of human beings, theunwillingnes of the USA to engage in the negotiations aimed at the ban of the manipulation ofhuman brains suggests an intention to use those means in internal as well as in internationalaffairs. If the USA achieve essential military preeminence in this area and if no global ban of theuse of those technologies against civilians is negotiated, the USA may become a worldtotalitarian superpower of the new type.

So far the only government who made a small step toward the ban of those technologies is theRussian Federation where the addendum to the article 6 of the Russian Federation law “ OnWeapons” was approved on July 26, 2001. The legislation states: “ within the territory of theRussian Federation is prohibited the circulation of weapons and other objects ... the effects ofthe operation of which are based on the use of electromagnetic, light, thermal, infra-sonic orultra-sonic radiations.. Besides omitting the use of the term “ psychotronic energy” that bothLopatin and Kucinich used, the Russian legislation does not provide any means for Russiancitizens to defend themselves against the use of those weapons. Nor is there any compulsionupon the police or public health organizations to set up teams capable of detecting radiation thatwas enabling remote manipulation of human body and nervous system, or the source of suchradiation. Nor does this legislation prohibit Russian government agencies from the use of suchtechnology against their own citizens. In the USA alone, some of the federal states have enactedin their laws on firearms, new standards on electric and electromagnetic weapons (Michigan in2003, Massachusetts in 2004, Maine in 2005). Sanctions go from 15 years in jail to lifeimprisonment, identically with weapons of mass destruction. As in Russia, those laws do not

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provide for the defense of citizens against the use of those weapons by government agencies.

On February 25, 2009 Deputy Chief of General Staff of Russian Army, Anatoli Nogovicyn,stated that within 2 or 3 years a full fledged war in informational sphere, including“ information-psychlogical influence on population and military units” may break out (39). So farpoliticians (especially in the USA) have not shown responsible intention to take action to stopthis new arms race, which threatens to place human beings in a position subsidiary to machinesand to destroy democracy. Humanitarian organizations apparently do not dare to challenge thisNational Security Information (on several occasions Amnesty International and Human RightsWatch have refused to engage with this issue). Under such circumstances, it is left to citizensthemselves to organize defense of their freedoms and elementary human rights, before thosetechnologies are used at war or to suppress their dissatisfaction with governments who failed toprevent the emerging crises. They should coordinate their efforts internationally if they want tosucceed.

1) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-Russian original- “ Riders of Psychotronic” , concise English translationof “ Riders of Psychotronic Apocalypse” at -mojmir.webuda.com

2) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-Russian original: “ Zombeing Bluff or” -concise English translation ofthe article “ The Project Zombie is a Bluff or...?” -mojmir.webuda.com

3) see Russian original “ Dokument” -web.iol.cz/mhzzrz, translation - “ State Duma” -

mojmir.webuda.com

4) thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?cl07:chemtrails

5) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-Russian original “ Installation Radiosleep” , concise English translationmojmir.webuda.com- “ Installation Radiosleep”

6) www.mindjustice.org/russian.pdf pg. 27-37 concise overview of the book other excerpts youwill find at the address mojmir.webuda.com

7) Russian original -web.io.cz.mhzzrz : “ Authors of Project Zombie” , concise Englishtranslation-mojmir.webuda.com - “ Authors of Project Zombie Discovered in Kiev” .

8) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-see memorandum of the Department of the Air Force, Assembly State ofNew York and Communicating via the Microwave Auditory Effect or article „Mind Games41 inWashington Post from January 2006, where an experiment with microwave transmission ofspoken phrases into the human brain was published as well as the fact that this technology issubject to the National Security Information law

9) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-Russian original: “ Secret Weapon in Action” -concise translation“ Secret Superweapon in Action” : mojmir.webuda.com

10) see the article from Berkeley Daily Planet”' fjiim

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www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=06-03-05&storyID=21550

11) mojmir.webuda.com

12) web.iol.cz/mhzzrz-Israel Fields Means to Suppress Palestinian Violence

13) www.informationclearinghouse.info/pdf/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf, pg. 4

14) www.mindjustice.org/russian.pdf pg. 36, or concise English translation of the book„Psychotronic Weapon and the Security of Russia" at mojmir.webuda.com

15) Resolution on the environment, security and foreign policyPrgPrev=TYPEF@A4%7CPRG@QUERY%7CAPP@PV2%7CFILE@BIBLI099%7CNUMER0@5%7CYEAR@99%7CPLAGE@l&LANGUE=EN“ >www.europarl.europa.eu/pv2/pv2?PRG=DOCPV&APP=PV2&DATE=280199&DATEF=990128&TPV=DEF&TYPEF=A4&POS=1&SDOCTA=8&TXTLST=l&Type_Doc=RESOL&PrgPrev=TYPEF@A4%7CPRG@QUERY%7CAPP@PV2%7CFILE@BIBLI099%7CNUMER0@5%7CYEAR@99%7CPLAGE@1&LANGUE=EN

16) Doctrine of the Informational Security of the Russian Federation there see pg. 3 -Types ofThreats to the Informational Security of the Russian Federation)

Www.mid.ru/ns-osndoc.nsf/le5f0de28fe77fdcc32575d900298676/2deaa9eel5ddd24bc32575d9002c442b?OpenDocument

17) See ref. 16, pg. 19, “ The International Cooperation of the Russian Federation in the Field ofEnsuring Information Security”

18) Low Intensity Conflict and Modem Technology, ed. Lt.Col. J. Dean, USAF, Air UniversityPress, Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, Maxwell Air Force Base,Alabama, june 1986 (on Internet the site exists, but can not be found)

19) Francis H. Crick: The Astonishing Hypothesis. The Scientific Search for theSoul, Simon and Schuster, London, 1994, U.K.

20) Wolf Singer: The Formation of Representations in the Cerebral Cortex, 1992, Editor:Arzneimittelinformation/Medizinische redaktion, Schering, Germany, ISSN 0940-9300

21) Journal of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neuiupliysiulugy, supplement no. 45, 1996,“ Continuous Wave-Form Analysis” , page 64

22) John Marks: The CIA and Mind Control- the Search for Manchurian Candidate, USA, 1988,ISBN 0-440-20137-3

23) James C. Lin: Microwave Auditory Effects and Applications, Charles C. Thomas publisher,

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Springfield, Illinois, USA, ISBN 0-398-03704-3, (experiments by McAffee conducted in 1961,1962 and 1970)

24) Emerging Electromagnetic Medicine, 1990, conference proceedings

25) Critere d’hygiene de 1’environment, frequence radioelectric ethyperfrequences, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland, 1981

26) Nonlinear Electrodynamics in Biological Systems, ed. Ross Adey, proceedings of theconference, Plenum Press, New York, London, 1984

27) magazine OMNI, February 1985, Kathleen McAuliffe “ The Mind Fields”

28) Allan H. Frey, 1962, Human Auditory System Response to ModulatedElectromagnetic Energy, Journal of Aplied Physiology, 17/4, pg. 689-692 -jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/4/689E..M. Taylor. B-. Ashelman, 1974, Analysis of Central Nervous System

Involvment in Microwave Auditory Effects, Brain research, vol. 74, pg. 201 -206J.L. Flanagan, 1961, Audibility of Periodic Pulses and a Model for the Threshold, Journal ofAcoustic Society of America, vol. 33 (11), pg. 1540-49 K.R. Foster, E.D. Finch, 1974,Microwave Hearing: evidence for Thermoacoustic Auditory Stimulation by Pulsed Microwaves,Science, vol. 185, pg. 256 -258

29) Don R. Justesen, 1975, Microwaves and Behavior, American Psychologist, March 1975, pg.391

30) Dr. Robert Becker: Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation ofLife, William Morrow and comp., New York, 1985

31) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001399_pf.html

32) Robert Becker: Cross Currents, The Startling Effects of ElectromagneticRadiation on Your Health, 1991, Bloomsberry Publishing, London, Great Britain, ISBN0-7475-0761-9

33) Dr. Nick Begich, Jeanne Maning: Angels Don’t Play this HAARP, EarthpulsePress, P.O. Box 393, Anchorage, Alaska 99520, USA (on Internet you will find the reference tothe “ Final Report...” but the site can not be found)

34) M.A. Persinger: On the Possibility of Directly Accessing Every Human brainby Electromagnetic Induction of Fundamental Algorythms, Perception and Motor Skills, june1995, vol. 80, pg. 791 -799- www.whale.to/b/persinger.html .www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7567396

35) John B. Alexander: The New Mental Battelfield: Beam me up Spock, Military

Citv rtf Sno.'.'irT >

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Review, Dec. 1980 www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_mindconl6.htm

36) Steven Metz, James Kievit, “ The Revolution in Military Affairs and ConflictShort of War, U.S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, CarlisleBarracks, PA 17013-5050 www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=241

37) Mlada Fronta Dnes, March 28. 1997 (the Czech newspaper)

38) www.mindjustice.org

39) www.lcnta.ru/ncws/2009/02/25/strategy/

40) Working document for STOA panel of the European Parliament entitled “ Crowd ControlTechnologies” -www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/stoa/2000/168394/DG-4-STOA_ET%282000%29168394%28PAR01%29_EN.pdf (pg. Xlvi)

www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/stoa/2000/168394/DG-4-STOA_ET%282000%29168394%28PAR00%29_EN.pdf (Appendix 6-67)

41) Jose M. R. Delgado: Physical Control of the Mind, Toward a PsychocivilizedSociety, 1969, USA

42) Russian weekly “ Argumenty I Fakty” , number 32, August 2003, article title: “ Versii ubiistvagenerala Rokhlina” (Versions of Murder of General Rokhlin)

43) Walter J. Freeman: Mass Action in the Nervous System, Academic Press, New York, SanFrancisco, London, 1975

44) Manuel Zelaya undergoes strange siege inside Brazilian embassy, Fabiano Maisonnave, TheGuardian, Sunday 25 October 2009www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/25/honduras-manuel-zelaya-embassy-siege

45) Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Speaks from the Brazilian Embassy inTegucigalpa, Democracy Now, Monday, October 5, 2009

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The Genocide ConventionBackground

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (GenocideConvention) is an instrument of international law that codified for the first time the crime ofgenocide. The Genocide Convention was the first human rights treaty adopted by the GeneralAssembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1948 and signified the internationalcommunity’s commitment to ‘never again’ after the atrocities committed during the SecondWorld War. Its adoption marked a crucial step towards the development of international humanrights and international criminal law as we know it today.

According to the Genocide Convention, genocide is a crime that can take place both in time ofwar as well as in time of peace. The definition of the crime of genocide, as set out in theConvention, has been widely adopted at both national and international levels, including in the1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Learn more about the definition ofthe crime of genocide.

Importantly, the Convention establishes on State Parties the obligation to take measures toprevent and to punish the crime of genocide, including by enacting relevant legislation andpunishing perpetrators, “ whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials orprivate individuals” (Article IV). That obligation, in addition to the prohibition not to commitgenocide, have been considered as norms of international customary law and therefore, bindingon all States, whether or not they have ratified the Genocide Convention.

States' obligations under the Genocide Convention

Obligation not to commit genocide (Article I as interpreted by the ICJ)Obligation to prevent genocide (Article I) which, according to the ICJ, has an extraterritorialscope;Obligation to punish genocide (Article I);Obligation to enact the necessary legislation to give effect to the provisions of the Convention(Article V);Obligation to ensure that effective penalties are provided for persons found guilty of criminalconduct according to the Convention (Article V);Obligation to try persons charged with genocide in a competent tribunal of the State in theterritory of which the act was committed, or by an international penal tribunal with acceptedjurisdiction (Article VI);Obligation to grant extradition when genocide charges are involved, in accordance with laws andtreaties in force (Article VII), particularly related to protection granted by international humanrights law prohibiting refoulment where there is a real risk of flagrant hurhari rigWi?violations inthe receiving State.

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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of 9December 1948 Entry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII The Contracting Parties , Havingconsidered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nationsand condemned by the civilized world,Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losseson humanity, and Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, internationalco-operation is required, Hereby agree as hereinafter provided :

Article IThe Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or time of war, is a crime underinternational law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.

Article IIIn the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or inpart, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:(a) Killing members of the group;(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about itsphysical destruction in whole or in part;(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Article IIIThe following acts shall be punishable:(a) Genocide;(b) Conspiracy to commit genocide;(c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide;(d) Attempt to commit genocide;(e) Complicity in genocide.

Article IVPersons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be punished, whether they areconstitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.

Article VThe Contracting Parties undertake to enact, in accordance with their respective Constitutions, the necessarylegislation to give effect to the provisions of the present Convention, and, in particular, to provide effective penaltiesfor persons guilty of genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III.

Article VIPersons charged with genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in article III shall be tried by a competent

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tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as mayhave jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction.

Article VIIGenocide and the other acts enumerated in article III shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose ofextradition. The Contracting Parties pledge themselves in such cases to grant extradition in accordance with theirlaws and treaties in force.

Article VIIIAny Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under theCharter of the United Nations as they consider appropriate for the prevention and suppression of acts of genocide orany of the other acts enumerated in article III.

Article IXDisputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application or fulfilment of the presentConvention, including those relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide or for any of the other actsenumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties tothe dispute.

Article XThe present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic,shall bear the date of 9 December 1948.

Article XIThe present Convention shall be open until 31 December 1949 for signature on behalf of any Member of the UnitedNations and of any non-member State to which an invitation to sign has been addressed by the General Assembly.The present Convention shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. After 1 January 1950, the present Convention may be acceded to on behalf of anyMember of the United Nations and of any non-member State which has received an invitation as aforesaid.Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article XIIAny Contracting Party may at any time, by notification addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations,extend the application of the present Convention to all or any of the territories for the conduct of whose foreignrelations that Contracting Party is responsible.

Article XIIIOn the day when the first twenty instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited, the Secretary-Generalshall draw up a proces-verbal and transmit a copy thereof to each Member of the United Nations and to each of thenon-member States contemplated in article XI. The present Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth dayfollowing the date of deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession. Any ratification or accessioneffected subsequent to the latter date shall become effective on the ninetieth day follovyjng.th^(deposit of theinstrument of ratification or accession.

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Article XIVThe present Convention shall remain in effect for a period often years as from the date of its coming into force.It shall thereafter remain in force for successive periods of five years for such Contracting Parties as have notdenounced it at least six months before the expiration of the current period. Denunciation shall be effected by awritten notification addressed to the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations.

Article XVIf, as a result of denunciations, the number of Parties to the present Convention should become less than sixteen,the Convention shall cease to be in force as from the date on which the last of these denunciations shall becomeeffective.

Article XVIA request for the revision of the present Convention may be made at any time by any contracting Party by means ofa notification in writing addressed to the SecretaryGeneral. The General Assembly shall decide upon the steps, ifany, to be taken in respect of such request.

Article XVIIThe Secretary-Generai of the United Nations shaii notify all Members of the United Nations and the non-memberStates contemplated in article XI of the following:(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions received in accordance with article XI;(b) Notifications received in accordance with article XII;(c) The date upon which the present Convention comes into force in accordance with article XIII;(d) Denunciations received in accordance with article XIV;(e) The abrogation of the Convention in accordance with article XV;(f) Notifications received in accordance with article XVI.

Article XVIIIThe original of the present Convention shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations. A certified copy ofthe Convention shall be transmitted to each Member of the United Nations and to each of the non-member Statescontemplated in article XI.

Article XIXThe present Convention shall be registered by the Secretary-General of the UnitedNations on the date of its coming into force.

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On a more pleasant note, regarding food and the growing of food, ; i > r , i 'r 1 M

even as Abraham Lincoln said:“The greatest fine art of the future will be the makingof a comfortable living from a small piece of land. ”

There is a direct correlation between our genetically engineered food supply andthe $2 trillion the US spends annually on medical care, namely an epidemic ofdiet-related chronic diseases. Instead of healthy fruits, vegetables, grains, andgrass-fed animal products, US factory farms and food processors produce a glutof genetically engineered junk foods that generate heart disease, stroke, diabetesand cancer from the standpoint of public health and environmental sustain¬

ability, Monsanto and their factory farm collaborators are nothing less thanmerchants of disease and death.A Monsanto executive told The New York Times that the safety of geneticallyengineered foods was the government’s problem, not the company’s: “Monsantoshould not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food,” said Phil Angell,Monsanto’s director of corporate communications. “Our interest is in selling asmuch of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job." As Angell implies,Monsanto’s interest in selling as much genetically engineered food as possibleis in direct conflict with the government's responsibility for food safety.Monsanto has induced politicians to abdicate their responsibility to protectconsumers through generous campaign contributions and heavy lobbying.

The most telling evidence that Monsanto’s strategy has been an overwhelmingsuccess is the number of former Monsanto employees who have been givenjobs in the FDA and other regulatory agencies that monitor Monsanto’s products.Margaret Miller is just one example. While working as a Monsanto researcher,she contributed to a scientific report for the FDA on Monsanto's geneticallyengineered bovine growth hormone. Shortly before the report was submitted,Miller left Monsanto to work at the FDA, where her first job was to review thesame report! Assisting Miller was another former Monsanto employee .. .

- - HD KAILIN

NOT ONE OR THE OTHER BUT WE MUJT DO BOTH:IE, /TOP 50, WHILE REDUCING ATMO/PHERIC CO2

A few days ago I emailed a most distinguished individual, a majorplayer in the Climate Change Movement, Stuart Scott. He was the

first to engage Greta Thunbergand her father last December ina panel discussion held in Poland.Scott has long labored in this field,which is why I picked him to ask:why doesn’t he and Greta and theClimate Movement do more to

^ target the Pentagon? A wastrel, itspends money like a drunken sailor,wasting staggering amounts ofphysical resources, while failing to

recognize climate change as a key, strategic security threat. Of thisNeta C. Crawford, a professor of political science at Boston U, wrote:

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“The U.S. military emitted a whopping 1.2 billion metric tons of CO2 between2001 (when it invaded Afghanistan) and 2017, according to the report’sestimates. That’s about as much as all of Japan emits in one year."

The Pentagon is not reporting to Congress its fuel usage. Crawford,using Dept, of Energy data, crunched the numbers to show that 77%to 80% of the greenhouse gases emitted by the federal government iscoming from the Defense Department. From this I have concluded:

Job #1: end the US’s ruinous cycle of illegal wars, then shutter all 800overseas military bases, not over a time frame of years, but NOW, withall troops brought home NOW, no more delays, no more prevarications.

Job #2: agrarian reform. Redirect the trillion + dollars the US plansto spend renewing its nuclear arsenal for land remediation. Habitatrepair can begin right here, right now in backyards or in front yards.In WWII those on the home front were encouraged, as their patrioticduty, to plant what were called “ victory gardens.” Properly incentiviz-

ed, not with dollars but with honor, this approach could significantlyshorten distances food travels from farm to table (currently averagingmore than 1500 miles), thus saving on diesel fuel, thus reducing CO2

emissions. Small-scale, organic gardening is the bridge not crossed tovistas not seen by a misdirected Climate Movement.

“Our house is on fire.I am here to say,our house is on fire.

I want you to panic.”- - Greta Thunberg

Alright, alright already, our house is on fire. I’m feeling pani cky aboutit. Now what? This is where we have to come to grips with the factthat Greta has left us few specifics to go by. That’s OK. Her role, likethat of Paul Revere, is to sound the alarm. Our task is to respond inappropriate ways. However, a movement based on calls for action,without specifying the action called for, is vulnerable to co-option.Under the rubric of “ Climate Change,” social engineers and techno¬

crats, would herd us, like so many cattle, into “ Smart Cities,” wherewe’ll all be under 24/7 surveillance (you know, to make sure none ofus use too much bath water), while bombarding us with 5G immunesystem-injuring, microwave radiation, with external organs, testicles,eyes, being particularly vulnerable. Telecom giants are now rollingout their debilitating, 5G control-grid in select cities across America.

Greta’s watchword is: “ unite behind the science.” Because a correctapplication of science is essential, before Greta speaks, she passes hertext by a team of scientists for fact checking. If she’d provide us a listof titles to consult, it would help us all to get on the same page, for weneed to know how big the problem is and how immanent. Not climatechange apart but the whole panoply of concerns must be addressed,

ur.^ THEIR FUTURE

for who can justify playing solar warming off against nuclear winteror ignore what Fukushima is doing to 1he Pacific Ocean? Likewisewith exponentially growing electromagnetic smog? Regarding thehuman factor: I found it gratifying Greta’s having teamed up withDavid Attenborough to narrate a brief film about climate change, inwhich the latter deviated from one of the Climate Movement’s mostsacrosanct tenets: the efficiency of scale in stack’n’pack Smart Cities:

'Within the next decade or so, we are going to pass a number of tipping points,beyond which it is going to very difficult to recover. One of the consequencesof living in great cities, in great masses is that we are cut off from the naturalworld. If you lose that sense of wonder, you've lost one of the most importantthings in your life. There has been no species that has been remotely cleverand ingenious than homo sapiens. Let us live up to that name. We need wis¬

dom to find that solution and courage to back it. - - David Attenborough

By questioning “ living in great cities, in great masses,” Attenboroughplaced himself at odds with the Climate Movement’s elite wing. He’sright: wisdom will be needed if we’re not to fall prey to a billionaire’seugenic’s program to wipe out 9/10ths of humanity now alive (see theGeorgia Guidestones), this being their idea on how to address climatechange. It’s an odd fact, those who most decry overpopulation are thesame ones as encourage open borders, leading to more population.Courage will be needed if we’re to stop UN Agenda 2030's imple¬

mentation, the unspoken purpose of Ocasio’s Green New Deal (H.Res 109), which, mercifully, is presently stalled out in Congress. .

Back in 2010, socialist Bemie Sanders, made sure his state, the Stateof Vermont, would be the first in the nation to instal Smart Meters, anot-so-smart move, as this puts immune-system-disrupting dirty elec¬

tricity on the line. An enthusiastic, Green New Deal proponent, heshows that there’s not one, but two, diametrically opposed, environ¬

mental movements, one, a handmaid of the State, the other of bloodand soil. If we love our country, Klallam Country, then we must de¬

spise their government, for our country, our people, are beautiful buttheir gov’ment, Wash’ton, with its 5G agenda, is vile beyond measure.

matter is available to return to the soil, thus reversing the trends toward desertifi¬cation, which is already a major reason for the displacement and uprooting of , -people and the creation of refugees in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Biodiversity-based agriculture is not just a climate solution, it is also a solution tohunger. Approximately 1billion people are permanently hungry. Biodiversity¬

intensive, fossil-fuel-free, chemical-free systems produce more nutrition per acreand can feed more people using less land.

To repair the broken carbon cycle, we need to turn to seeds, to the soil and to thesun to increase the living carbon in the plants and in the soil. We need to rememberthat living carbon gives life, and dead fossil carbon is disrupting living processes.With our care and consciousness we can increase living carbon on the planet, andincrease the well-being of all. On the other hand, the more we exploit and usedead carbon, and the more pollution we create, the less we have for the future.Dead carbon must be left underground. This is an ethical obligation and ecologicalimperative.

This is why the term “decarbonization,” which fails to make a distinction betweenliving and dead carbon, is scientifically and ecologically inappropriate. If wedecarbonized the economy, we would have no plants, which are living carbon.We would have no life on earth, which creates and is sustained by living carbon.A decarbonized planet would be a dead planet.We need to recarbonize the world with biodiversity and living carbon. We need toleave dead carbon in the ground. We need to move from oil to soil. We need tourgently move from a fossil fuel-based system to a biodiversity-based ecologicalcivilization. We can plant the seeds of hope, the seeds of the future.

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Personally, I feel challenged to change my way of thinking, leading tochanges in the way I live.

HD KAILIN

We Need Biodiversity-based Agriculture toSolve the ClimateCrisisDr. Vandana Shiva.Global Research,October 09, 2019

“ Biodiversity and small- . , i^... v farmers are the foundation* d i v* of food security, not

corporations like Monsantowhich are destroying

biodiversity and pushingfarmers to suicide.”

— Vandana ST- vaSi

The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolveda rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems —that can meet all our needs and sustain life.Through biodiversity and the living functions of the biosphere, the Earth regulatestemperature and climate, and has created the conditions for our species to evolve.This is what NASA scientist James Lovelock found in working with Lynn Margulis,who was studying the processes by which living organisms produce and removegases from the atmosphere. The Earth is a self-regulating living organism, and lifeon Earth creates conditions for life to be maintained and evolve.

The Gaia Hypothesis, born in the 1970s, was a scientific reawakening to the LivingEarth. The Earth fossilized some living carbon,and transformed it into dead carbon,storing it underground. That is where we should have left it.

All the coal, petroleum and natural gas we are burning and extracting to run ourcontemporary oil-based economy was formed over 600 million years. We areburning up millions of years of nature's work annually. This is why the carbon cycleis broken.

A few centuries of fossil fuel-based civilization have brought our very survival underthreat by rupturing the Earth’s carbon cycle, disrupting key climate systems andself-regulatory capacity, and pushing diverse species to extinction at 1000 times thenormal rate. The connection between biodiversity and climate change is intimate.

Extinction is a certainty if we continue a little longer on the fossil fuel path. A shift toa biodiversity-based civilization is now a survival imperative.

Take the example of food and agriculture systems. The Earth has roughly 300,000edible plant species, but the contemporary global human community eats only 200of them. And, according to the New Scientist, “half our plant-sourced protein andcalories come from just three: maize, rice and wheat." Meanwhile, only 10 percentof the soy that is grown is used as food for humans. The rest goes to producebiofuels and animal feed.

Our agriculture system is not primarily a food system, it is an industrial system, andit is not sustainable.

The Amazon rainforests are home to 10 percent of the Earth’s biodiversity. Now,the rich forests are being burned for the expansion of GMO soy crops.

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on landand climate highlights how the climate problem begins with what we do on land.

We have been repeatedly told that monocultures of crops with intensive chemicalinputs of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides are necessary for feedingthe world.

While using 75 percent of the total land that is being used for agriculture, industrialagriculture based on fossil fuel-intensive, chemical-intensive monocultures produceonly 30 percent of the food we eat, while small, biodiverse farms using 25 percent ofthe land provide 70 percent of the food. Industrial agriculture is responsible for 75percent of the destruction of soil, water and biodiversity of the planet. At this rate, ifthe share of fossil fuel-based industrial agriculture and industrial food in our diet isincreased to 40 percent, we will have a dead planet. There will be no life, no food,on a dead planet.

Besides the carbon dioxide directly emitted from fossil fuel agriculture, nitrous oxideis emitted from nitrogen fertilizers based on fossil fuels, and methane is emittedfrom factory farms and food waste.

The manufacture of synthetic fertilizer is highly energy-intensive. One kilogram ofnitrogen fertilizer requires the energy equivalent of 2 liters of diesel. Energy usedduring fertilizer manufacture was equivalent to 191 billion liters of diesel in 2000 andis projected to rise to 277 billion in 2030. This is a major contributor to climatechange, yet largely ignored. One kilogram of phosphate fertilizer requires half a literof diesel.

Nitrous oxide is 300 times more disruptive for the climate than carbon dioxide.Nitrogen fertilizers are destabilizing the climate, creating dead zones in the oceansand desertifying the soils. In the planetary conlext, the erosion of biodiversity and

crises.

Thus, regenerating the planet through biodiversity-based ecological processes hasbecome a survival imperative for the human species and all beings. Central to thetransition is a shift from fossil fuels and dead carbon, to living processes based ongrowing and recycling living carbon renewed and grown as biodiversity.

Organic farming — working with nature — takes excess carbon dioxide from theatmosphere, where it doesn’t belong, and puts it back in the soil where it belongs,through photosynthesis. It also increases the water-holding capacity of soil,contributing to resilience in times of more frequent droughts, floods and otherclimate extremes. Organic farming has the potential of sequestering 52 gigatonsof carbon dioxide, equivalent to the amount needed to be removed from theatmosphere to keep atmospheric carbon below 350 parts per million, and theaverage temperature increase of 2 degrees centigrade. We can bridge theemissions gap through ecological biodiversity-intensive agriculture, working withnature.

And the more biodiversity and biomass we grow, the more the plants sequesteratmospheric carbon and nitrogen, and reduce both emissions and the stocks ofpollutants in the air. Carbon is returned to the soil through plants.

The more we grow biodiversity and biomass on forests and farms, the more organic

projects, reducingU.S. buildings' carbon footprint by 50% by2035, and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Biden supports acarbon tax, and doesn't think a federal push to ban fracking isrealistic.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro:

His plan would invest $10 trillion over the next 10 years. He wantsthe planet to reach net- zero carbon emissions by 2050, the U.S.to have carbon-neutral electric power by 2030, create a NationalClimate Council to organize federal plans on the issue, and makea $200 billion Green Infrastructure fund to finance electric vehiclecharging stations and smart grids.

Former tech executive Andrew Yang:

His plan would invest $4.87 trillion over 20 years, which includes"pre-disaster mitigation grants for high-risk hurricane communi¬ties," combating wildfires, establishing a Climate Change Adap¬

tation Institute,and investing in geoengineering research. Yangalso wants to incentivize divestment in oil companies.

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke:

His $5 trillion plan aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,which he says is "in line" with the GreenNew Deal. O'Rourkesupports a cap and trade system to price carbon, not a carbon tax.He wants to ban offshore drilling and try to prohibit new oil andgas leases on federally protected land.

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OP -3«Why have degenerative diseases that were rare centuries ago, now skyrocketing innumbers?

In 1975, after two years at West Point, I turned my life in a different direction, joiningthe old order Amish; one of the reasons was to see if I could learn what had gonewrong with modem America. If one could turn the clock back and examine wherethings used to be, then perhaps clues would surface where America had deviatedtowards the wrong direction.

And, indeed, I did discover places where America had taken a wrong turn; onebeing, for instance, early in the 20th century to follow the world media's propagandathat commercial chemical fertilizers were superior to the manures (organic excreta)that farmers had successfully used for millennia.

The Amish and some Mennonites, already aware of the world's propaganda didn'tbuy the lie. The Amish farmers lovingly care for their soil, knowing how soil isimportant to life. They were not alone in resisting the chemical corporationpropaganda. The British soil researcher, Sir Albert Howard, during WWI,beganpublicly warning about chemical fertilizers; and much later, authored books warningabout the health dangers of commercial synthetic fertilizers.

An American soil expert, Dr. William Albrecht, of the University of Missouri, whoapplied his extensive background and research into soil to warn the public aboutcommercial chemical fertilizers, in turn, followed Howard. He warned that theycontributed to degenerative disease.

Other informed people stepped up to warn about chemical fertilizers. Jack Doylewrote "Altered Harvest", and Rachel Carson wrote "Silent Spring". Then, thewoman who uncovered how American industry, beginning in WWII, began re¬

labeling all kinds of toxic waste and selling it as fertilizer, wrote "Toxic Harvest". Herbook is an important read-albeit, very upsetting to know that for 70 years and still

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Climate policy from Green New Deal co-sponsors ' 5:)

Sen. Bernie Sanders:

His $16.3 trillion plan to tackle climate change frequently touts theGreenNew Deal as the driving force behind restructuring how the

U.S. consumes energy.His plan references the GND more thanother co-sponsors' plans.

Sen. Kamala Harris:

Her proposal would invest $10 trillion to meet the GND's 10-year

mobilization plan. She would try to pass her GND-focused Cli¬

mate Equity Act, her Water Justice Act to declare a drinking water

infrastructure emergency, and Booker’s Environmental Justice Act.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren:

She has multiple climate plans, the latest of which pledges $3trillion to purchase clean energy products for federal buildings andto invest in zero-emission vehicles and decarbonize other means oftransit.

Climate policy from GND supporters

Former Vice President Joe Biden:

His plan would invest more than $5 trillion over 10 years and callsfor conserving 30% of America’s land and water by 2030, seeking

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ongoing, known toxic waste is being mislabeled and foisted on unsuspectingfarmers as fertilizer. Greed and lack of concern for others has dominated policy.What would one expect from the same people who brought us WWI, it's chemicalwarfare and such time bombs as DDT, when better alternatives existed?

So, we were warned, and unfortunately, although not everyone bought the mediahype about chemical fertilizer, most did. Fortunately, during my time as an Amishman, I got to see some good examples.

What one wants to achieve, is to take compost and manure and artfully enhancesoil organisms (microbes, bacteria, fungi and earthworms) to metabolize the organicmaterial to build up the humus value. Certain combinations and certain additivescan help. One intelligent Amish farmer that I worked for made an enduringimpression on me when he explained that the best art of doing this has been lost.

In the early 70's, a group of 30 Amish families moved by train from Adams Co.Indiana to Seymour, MO, where farmland sold, from between, $5 to $25, an acre.It was considered more or less worthless by local farmers.

The Amish planted plants with deep, strong roots to break up the hard rockyground. Then, layered it with saw dust soaked with chicken manure. What hadbeen wasteland was converted to fine farmland. They did it by increasing the humus- and not with commercial fertilizer. Each Amish farm was equipped with a longchicken house to insure a constant supply of high quality manure for their land.I have seen that chemical fertilizers don't restore the soil. They'll stimulate plant

growth, but not the humus content of the soil. The plant's physical appearance isimproved, but its nutritional value isn't. Poor soil leads to crops of poor nutritionalvalue. Soil is important to life. But the systemic breakdowns causing poor nutritionare the result of over-dependence on the world's mass media for the truth. Thepublic's trust is so strong that most people continue to poison themselves and theirland, year after year.

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Position Paper SummarySOS lawyer warned the city of Sequim notto ignore it's own codes*. These codesrequire a public review process showing:A. Proof that Sequim needs this facility.B. Proposal fits within the growth plans for Sequim.C. Does not threaten health, safety, convenience or

general welfare of Sequim. Council must addressthe following:1. Nuisances which may be injurious or detrimental

to the community.2. May not threaten availability of public services.

Ex. Police, fire, social services,medical, housing.3. Prevent harm that would occur to neighboring

properties.4. Whether proposed use violates, and building

conforms to, existing zoning requirements.

City Leaders may ignore their own codes...WE WILL NOTI

•Sequim Municipal Code 18.S6.060