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We currently have school students that have to walk upwards of half a mile to catch their school bus. Sometimes in feet of snow, because plows don't run regularly and many of the roads are not county owned. Water is another broader issue facing Easton. In order to create housing, water and utilities need to be provided, to facilitate this growing demand, yet it seems, every step of the way, this community group wants to play interference vs being a collaborative component for common sense growth. Many residents within the Easton community are also facing the loss of homeowners insurance policies. Many of which have paid into policies for years,just to have their provider pull their coverage, because of the threat they may make an active claim due to wildfire risk. The thought of this is ridiculous to me. Pay years into policies to protect your assets from loss, yet when that potential for loss is at its highest, through no fault of the individual, the policy gets cancelled, leaving homeowners at risk. Growth will require a change in this practice. It is difficult to impossible for new families to move into our community if they cannot obtain loans due to lack of insurance acceptance. Fire department is another one of those elements that needs to be evaluated. The Easton Fire Department is comprised of community volunteers, such as myself. These volunteers reside in or around Easton and dedicate time to being prepared to aid the community in times of need. Medical aid, wildfire, or structure fire. These volunteers put their lives on hold to ensure someone can continue theirs. The fire department is a key component to growth. My daughter joined the Cadet Fire program upon our moving here and I joined the department shortly thereafter. The Cadet fire program began out of necessity. Necessity for there to be something constructive for School students to be part of. Very little extracurricular activities were offered at the time. One sport was offered through the school. Today, the school has multiple offerings, and the student population has immersed themselves in these extracurricular offerings. The growth of the school in terms of extracurricular options led to a decline in available cadets, because the school's population is nowhere near capacity. It would stand to reason, that a community who voted to remodel the school, and increase its capacity, would make filling said school a priority, by way of housing. Decline in community population directly correlates with the Lack of single family, or multifamily housing. The community group having focus on sewer systems, public restrooms, and services for travelers and weekenders, is not where I feel the focus should be for our community. What I would hate to see happen is Easton become like Roslyn or CleElum. No disrespect to either location, both are magnificent locations.What is meant is, I don't want to see locals getting priced out of their homes, or their homes removed because a group doesn't like