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City Commission Special Workshop Presentations Investor Owned Electrical Providers Page 24 Committee and I have seen some false things that have been put out in mailers and it is certainly very disturbing especially because of the pattern that I have seen going as far back as the 1960's with regard to Winter Garden. I see the same patterns in other cities, our sister cities be they Winter Park, be they Longwood. So the question I have to you is, what are you, not necessarily you personally, you as a corporation going to do to build up that trust so that we can know that you will live by your word and we don't have to worry any kind of shenanigans that will be disruptive. RALEY: Mayor Pronovost, I don't think that there is anything that I can say here that would provide a guarantee for you that you can trust me. I think the only way that trust can be established again after it has been lost is through actions and that has to occur daily. All I can say is that we are a new company. When we acquired Florida Power in 2000, we had a vision for this company. We continue to try to move this company closer to that vision. We are a long way from being there. ! tell folks that work in my organization everyday, we lost a lot of credibility over the last five to seven years prior to the last couple and now we have to work to re-establish that and that is trust with the cities that we serve, the major customers which you represent and the only way that we can do that is not from a guarantee that I can stand up here and say that you can trust me, but by our actions. I will commit to you that we will work hard to regain your trust. As far as the conversation with Mr. Havermeyer, our present CEO, it is not our decision whether the City has a referendum or not, that is up to the citizens of Casselberry, your constituents. I think that from what I gather, it is important for the citizens that for a purchase of this size, for a step this big, they feel that there should be an opportunity for them to be heard and I think that that is where that's coming from. I think it is something that we don't do, that is up to the citizens of Casselberry. We support that, yes we support everyone's right to have a voice in the political process. Just as you yourselves were voted in and we, you know, unfortunately, that maybe different from what you are thinking, but that is what we paid the money for and we didn't hide that. We were very up front with that. We made that contribution because we thought it was a good cause. PRONOVOST: We went through an arbitration process, we both did, the City and Progress Energy and an value has been established, it certainly didn't happen overnight, some lengthy processes, consultants, engineers, experts, legal folks and arrived at a price of just over $22 Million dollars for this. RALE¥: I think that was for the poles and the wires is what the $22.3 was for, yes sir. PRONOVOST: Right. What I am looking at is should we enter into a new franchise agreement say a thirty-year franchise agreement, to have the City go through the same process, I am not sure that I could be comfortable with doing that. Would you be agreeable to leave the