StevensonA: I second it. Hauth: Okay. a second. Is there any discussion around those minutes? [Silence.] There’s been Okay. So, call for a roll call vote. Signify yea or nay. Art Stevenson. hearing no discussion, I’ll StevensonA: Yea. Hauth: Steve Gordon. Gordon: Yea. Hauth: Steve Jackson. Jackson: Yes. Yea. Hauth: And I signify yea, as well, so that motion has passed. Public comment: for expediency, and allowing an opportunity for our special guests to do a presentation, how about if we allow those presentations to occur at this point in time and then we can move forward with public comment, if you guys are okay with that. So. Jackson: Fine with me. Hauth: Okay. Fields: Is everybody okay with it? StevensonA: Yeah, we’re… Hauth: You bet. StevensonA: do it, Randy. Let’s Hauth: Okay. do it. Let’s Fields: Okay. is Tess Fields and, as I stated, I work with Hi… Hi, everybody. My name Swire/Coca Cola in the government affairs and public affairs realm. And I just came on board with Swire/Coca Cola at the end of February, following the acquisition of CCR in Oregon and Washington. And so, Swire Cola Bottling has expanded now into the Northwest Bottling… Coca and my territories incorporate Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. As you guys are probably aware, last month we had to or the City Council adopted a or adopt… beverage tax… passed a beverage tax up in Seattle. And, simultaneously, at the end of April we had a beverage tax initiative filed here in Multnomah County. And, at this point in time, we we have hired are… Hilltop to basically run our campaign here on the ground in Oregon. We’re obviously very concerned about a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on all beverages that contain any added sugar. this. It’s So it is quite broad in how it impacts our portfolio of beverages. And, at this point, what we’d like to do is kind of gonna kind of hand it over to Colin here and provide everyone with… I’m
StevensonA: I second it. Hauth: Okay. There’s been a second. Is there any discussion around those minutes? [Silence.] Okay. So, hearing no discussion, I’ll call for a roll call vote. Signify yea or nay. Art Stevenson. StevensonA: Yea. Hauth: Steve Gordon. Gordon: Yea. Hauth: Steve Jackson. Jackson: Yes. Yea. Hauth: And I signify yea, as well, so that motion has passed. Public comment: for expediency, and allowing an opportunity for our special guests to do a presentation, how about if we allow those presentations to occur at this point in time and then we can move forward with public comment, if you guys are okay with that. So. Jackson: Fine with me. Hauth: Okay. Fields: Is everybody okay with it? StevensonA: Yeah, we’re… Hauth: You bet. StevensonA: Let’s do it, Randy. Hauth: Okay. Let’s do it. Fields: Okay. Hi… Hi, everybody. My name is Tess Fields and, as I stated, I work with Swire/Coca Cola in the government affairs and public affairs realm. And I just came on board with Swire/Coca Cola at the end of February, following the acquisition of CCR in Oregon and Washington. And so, Swire Bottling… Coca Cola Bottling has expanded now into the Northwest and my territories incorporate Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. As you guys are probably aware, last month we had to adopt… or the City Council adopted a beverage tax… or passed a beverage tax up in Seattle. And, simultaneously, at the end of April we had a beverage tax initiative filed here in Multnomah County. And, at this point in time, we are… we have hired Hilltop to basically run our campaign here on the ground in Oregon. We’re obviously very concerned about this. It’s a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on all beverages that contain any added sugar. So it is quite broad in how it impacts our portfolio of beverages. And, at this point, what we’d like to do is kind of provide everyone with… I’m gonna kind of hand it over to Colin here and