Thank you very much for that question. Just in response to Lisa's comments, I would piggyback on that and say sure, let's have a continuous conversation over the next five years, but we also need to start a dialogue and conversation immediately.
I don't want to repeat a lot that I've said, but certainly we have said all along that we want to engage as partners, and we can do the job if given the tools, information, and resources to act now.
Hopefully you folks are going to get your chance to hop on flights soon and get back to your respective hometowns, but I want to leave you with what I hope is a very valid and strong point, which is that there are many examples and data that we can draw on from our neighbours in the south.
Denver is a municipality with just under 700,000. The costs associated with public health, education, and enforcement totalled $7 million at the start-up. The projected numbers for 2016 for that one municipality alone were $9 million. That is the plea, for us to be engaged with you as a national organization on an ongoing basis immediately, and to please consider start-up costs and the ongoing model to provide municipalities with the funds they need.
Thank you.