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Resident raises concerns about Surf Wireless incentives and upcoming IDZ discussion
Summary
A public commenter urged commissioners to scrutinize the Infrastructure Development Zone item and questioned taxpayer subsidies reportedly tied to a Surf Wireless project, citing figures and pledging to publish his research.
During public comment at the June 17 meeting, resident Jody Slabaugh urged the commissioners to research an upcoming Infrastructure Development Zone (IDZ) item and questioned incentives for a project connected to Surf Wireless.
Slabaugh said he would post his findings online and summarized figures he associated with the project, stating: "The $7,000,000 in the newspaper article is $1.2 million dollars of tax payer money that's being put into that project, Surf Air is putting in $5.8 million dollars..." He also asserted the firm had received substantial bond or fund allocations in other states and described private capital raises. The board did not take action on the IDZ during the meeting; Slabaugh's remarks were entered as public comment and will be part of the record ahead of the IDZ agenda item.
Provenance: Public-comment remarks recorded in the June 17 meeting minutes.
