Union Gap

rose up.

It was easier to go through Union Gap than it was to break through Wallula Gap.

Well, I'm guessing there was no gap there.

Yeah, it created it.

So you had a basin, a lake basin here separated by this trough, and then you had a much bigger lake basin here, and then you come down.

I swear

we drove through that Union Gap.

Did we drive through it? I don't think we

And there are eight peers in Washington state that are outpacing us considerably.

Bellingham at a flat $5 across the board for all of theirs, Spokane the same, Spokane Valley at four, Yakima at four, Union Gap at four, Tri-Cities, and Walla Walla both at three.

Seattle was at four, but they changed their system to a two point four percent rate So their functional average sits between seven and nine so considerably higher Tacoma and Pierce County the model remains under the proposal as a three tiered System we have a three three different rates collected because of the diversity in the size of the county This was chosen by the hoteliers.

This was their voice and this is for best fit and equity countywide and So I'm not running slides.