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Speaker 2:Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Problem Corner. I'm Nano Brooks with you here on Friday, wrapping up the week, and it is shaping up to be a pretty beautiful day out there. Might be the last one that we catch for a little bit of time before the clouds come back and maybe a little bit of rain.
Speaker 2:So get out there and enjoy it while you can today. It has been a pretty awesome transition to the new facility here and it's pretty amazing. And last night they had the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. It was a packed house here, lots of liveliness and good times and good vibes. And I would have loved to have been here, but was tuning into meetings during the evening.
Speaker 2:So I missed it, heard from everyone and saw some of the festivities and just want to thank everyone who came out to support the opening and check out the new space because it is pretty comfortable and pretty homey around here. I was a pretty big fan of the old facility, but it is, even though everything's new and modern around here, it is very homey and very comfortable. So if you ever are in the area and haven't stopped by yet, come check out and say hi to us and see all the work that's been done. So as we get ready for the weekend here, there are definitely some garage sales coming up. And if you have a garage sale or know anyone that has any event going on, you can go ahead and shoot us a text message, and that'd be at (907) 586-1800.
Speaker 2:We'll see the text pop up on a screen and we can interact with it. Got one garage sale that came in here. That's going to be at 3033 Wood Duck Avenue. That'll be tomorrow starting at 8AM. There's some furniture, small appliances, men's bike, adult clothes, and other miscellaneous goods.
Speaker 2:So that'll be at 8AM at 3033 Wood Duck Avenue. There is also another Gold Rush, or not Gold Rush, that is coming up too, but we'll talk about that later. But another garage sale that is happening that I saw advertised online that will be happening also tomorrow from 8AM to noon at 900974 Crazy Horse Drive. They said it's gonna be a huge garage sale and most of the items are free. So I don't think you can get much better deal than that when it comes to items.
Speaker 2:So go out there, check out what they have, and maybe snag up a bunch of free goods. Once again, that address is 9974 Crazy Horse Drive tomorrow from eight to noon. And also, if you can't send us the text message, you can go ahead and shoot us an email as always at air@kinyradio.com, and we'll get it read out here on the program as well. So just going through and checking out some of the things that are happening within the community. There has definitely been a lot more activity, a lot more people out.
Speaker 2:I love seeing how lively and the hustle and bustle that always comes with the summer season and just seeing people out and enjoying the community, the new visitors. And it's always, you know, regardless of the congestion and things like that, is pretty awesome to see and puts everyone in a, you know, upbeat mood. And, you know, I tend to get a lot more work done when it's this time of season. But with that, there's definitely been issues with just general safety, traffic, things like that. You know, I want to make sure that everyone's out there being cognizant and considerate of others.
Speaker 2:Don't be in too much of a rush, you know, just treating the circumstances, you know, the congestion is like just taking it easy and not getting too frustrated with it. And I'm even guilty of that at times too, you know, I can get frustrated, but for everyone's safety, it's better if we just take our time, pay attention and make sure that we all get to where we need to go in the safest matter. I know there was a crash out on North Douglas that resulted in a fatality and thoughts and prayers go out to the family and all parties involved. It's just a terrible tragedy and that further reinforces why all of us should just be little more considerate to, you know, the congestion and making sure that we're not creating any kind of hazard. So we got a text that came in and someone is asking what is going on with Vanderbilt.
Speaker 2:And let's see here. I'm not a 100% sure on the details as it's a DOT project, but I will get some details here at the break and see what I can bring back to you on that. Sorry, don't have anything more specifically off the top of my head, but I think it definitely has to do with traffic mitigation and whether that's some sort of update to how they're doing the lighting system or the merge lanes, not a 100% sure. Or maybe they're just redoing the top coat on all of it. But this time of season two, you know, we definitely have DOT going out and doing everything they possibly can within the construction season to try and address the highways around here.
Speaker 2:And, you know, I know that it's definitely an inconvenience to the type of traffic flow that most of us locals are used to, but power to them to get out there and get it done and keep maintaining the roads because our roads sure do get beat up and there's not enough time in that construction season to do everything that's necessary. So, I personally am fine with taking the inconvenience to make sure that they can get on top of some of that stuff. But I definitely feel for the people who maybe are trying to rush to the hospital and things like that. It definitely would add a little bit of time to it or, you know, could potentially put you in, you know, a scenario where you're having to slow down through more backstreet paths to get there and have to take a little more time and no one wants that when you're dealing with an emergency. And let's see here.
Speaker 2:I got another email that just popped in and it's for a garage sale. This is another one that is on Wood Duck and it's really close to the other one. The other one is at 3033. This one is at 3024 and it's from 8AM to twelve. So it sounds like there's gonna be a little bit of a neighbor competition with the garage sale, but that's always great for the consumers to have all sorts of options to choose from between two places.
Speaker 2:Some of the objects that they're gonna have at that garage sale is a 24 inch Vizio flat screen with the remote, airline approved dog kennel, a cat kennel slash carrier, roll top desk, small computer desk and chair, twin bed frame and bed, headboard, box springs, all the things that are needed. So that's going to be tomorrow from 8AM to 12PM at 3024 Wood Duck Avenue. All sorts of garage sales. People are just trying to pack them in, you know, while we got that nice little bit of weather. They're calling for maybe a little bit of cloudiness tomorrow.
Speaker 2:So, you know, do it while it's dry, get all the stuff put out there, and hopefully people haul it away to their new homes. And we got another submission here. Someone has a five dresser drawer to give away. It's in pretty good condition, but you must pick it up. And if you are interested in that free, yeah, Five Dresser drawer, you can go ahead and call Elliot at (907) 500-3848.
Speaker 2:And we have all sorts of things for sale popping up here, but between reading that, got another text here. And I just want to make sure we shout out this very happy birthday, to Dave Marvin. I think he's saying that, he's turning three and, that's from aunt and uncle, Kat, and Michael. So very happy birthday to you, Dave. Hope you have a wonderful day on this beautiful day and get out there and enjoy it with your friends and family.
Speaker 2:And happy birthday from here at the radio station. Alright. What else do people have for sale today? So it looks like this individual has has four Michelin tires. The size is two fifteen r 16.
Speaker 2:So there is one measurement number missing in that sizing. They're in very good condition and this individual is looking for $125 for those tires, which for four good tires is a pretty sweet deal I'd say, but we need to receive some sort of phone number or way to reach out and contact this individual. And there they go. Just got the email. If you're interested in those tires, you can go ahead and give them a call at (907) 321-1753.
Speaker 2:And that is four Michelin tires, 16 on a 16 inch rim, $125 Pretty, pretty sweet deal there. All right. And that is what people have sent in for sale so far today. I'll just read a few more of the little things I wrote down as far as what's happening in the community. Last night at the visitor industry task force meeting for the city, Gold Belt CEO McHugh Pierre did a presentation on Gold Belt Ahni, the proposed development for the backside of Douglas.
Speaker 2:And really good information, really good explanations and really great questions asked by the visitor industry task force. And there's definitely lots more outreach to happen and discussions to happen on that. But a lot of the questions that have been posed out there in the community were answered very well last night. So the members behind that or that were attending that in person were Neil Steininger and Ella Atkinson. So if you had any questions related to the city side of that or how the conversation went, you can reach out to your local assembly members and get some of the details from when they're attending that meeting.
Speaker 2:And then I'm sure that they will publish to the YouTube channel at some point the video from that meeting and the minutes will be available as well too. And as earlier so I just got another email from the individual with the tires and they clarified the sizing on those completely. So the size is two fifteen seventy r 16. And once again, that's four Michelin tires. If you're interested in those, give them a call at (907) 321-1753.
Speaker 2:And back to the announcements, there is, I had mistakenly mentioned it earlier, but there's Gold Rush Days coming up. That's going to be June twentieth to twenty first. Those are always really, really fun. I mean, my entire childhood going to those and then even in the adult years, you can still have a great time checking out the events and partaking in some of the activities that they have there. There will be free Treadwell historical trail walking offered on those days, the twentieth and the twenty first, and there'll be two different tours on each day.
Speaker 2:The first tour is at 11AM and the second one's at 2PM and that'll be for both June 20 and the twenty first. So I heard that those tours are just amazing. And even for people who have been here their whole life and been around those ruins, will learn something new on this. So if you're out there and find yourself with a little bit of time or want to make it a destination activity, go ahead and check out some of those free historical trail walkings around Treadwell. And I'm sure a lot of people have been seeing it and we'll kind of just touch on it a tad bit before going to the break so people can maybe muster up some ideas and thoughts on that to shoot into the show over text or email.
Speaker 2:And that's the new casino up there by Eagle Crest. And, it's, I believe a class two style casino. So they have, pull tabs and slot machines and bingo, but there's none of the card games like poker or Texas Hold'em. And they're still doing a little bit of work on the facility, but they have done a soft open and have made some of those tabletop games available and seen lots of discussion on it. Of course, there's mixed feelings, but some people are raving about it.
Speaker 2:Some people are less enthusiastic about it, but people are going up there and saying good things about the facility and the experience. So we'll see what time brings to that. But if you have any thoughts on that or, you know, have anything to say, go ahead and shoot us a text at (907) 586-1800, or you can go ahead and shoot us an email at airkinyradio dot com. And I know that there was a little bit of discussion on it on the federal level as far as like memos that supported the type of action, but then the memos were rescinded. But reading the article, it sounds like they're willing to challenge anything that may come up from the operational thing, operations of it, but it, you know, regardless of how you feel about it, contributing to the diversification of the economy within the community, even though it's not necessarily a producing industry, it definitely does add to the experience as a whole.
Speaker 2:And, you know, we'll have benefits for the tribes and being able to fund the types of programs that they provide to their members and to elders. So, you know, everything has its positives and negatives, but there definitely is good things that can come from it. And I believe that the tribe will make the most use and best use of those funds for their programs and tribal members. And with that, we will go ahead to the first break here on Problem Corner. Don't go anywhere, hang out around and we'll be right back.
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Speaker 1:Now back to Problem Corner, where our community meets to talk, trade, share.
Speaker 2:And welcome back to Problem Corner. I'm Nano Brooks with you here on Friday, wrapping up the week the right way. And it is just another gorgeous day out there. Enjoy it while it lasts because it might not be here on the weekend, although we can cross our fingers and hope like many other times that the weather report is just wrong. And it'll just keep up and keep being awesome and we'll have a whole summer of amazing sun.
Speaker 2:Let's just hope for that and wish for that. So had a message come in over the break and we have, it looks like a moving sale. This one is going to be at 800173 On Threadneedle. It's gonna be from 8AM to 2PM. Dressers, kitchen table, a three ninety six big block motor.
Speaker 2:I might have to go check that out. Tools, camping equipment, scroll saw, fridge, lawn mower, a 53 foot trailer, a wood stove, and lots of miscellaneous. Sounds like a pretty awesome garage sale. If you have any questions about that, you can reach them at (907) 957-7999, and that's gonna be tomorrow from 8AM to 2PM. And I was looking at some other community bulletins and posts, and it looks like there is an event tomorrow happening at the Mendenhall Mall, and it is called the Bobcat Blitz.
Speaker 2:And that's gonna be from twelve to four. This is a free family event. Sounds like there's gonna have all sorts of equipment and machines, and the kids will have opportunities to climb inside, sit down, check out the controls, get pictures. Just sounds like a really fun time. Every kid likes machines in some way, whether you're really into them or not, you know, it's just cool to be around that kind of stuff and to sit in that chair and who knows it, it might ignite some flame that carries through and they become the next greatest operator or the next Jean Cheeseman shoring up the banks of the river for, you know, any future gloss.
Speaker 2:But it all starts, you know, by showing the equipment and talking about it and getting the kids introduced to all that cool stuff. So that's gonna be at the Mendenhall Mall from twelve to four tomorrow. And didn't get any bites on the on the casino. Maybe I can pose the question out there to the people listening. You know, we've been going through lots of the budget discussions, finalizing a lot of the proposals, the reductions and different ideas for foregone revenues.
Speaker 2:So we'll be finalizing a lot of that here soon. If you have any questions, ideas, thoughts, concerns, things like that, go ahead, shoot us a text at (907) 586-1800 or shoot us an email at airkinyradio dot com. And I'll give a whack at answering anything that might be on your mind. They're definitely left a lot to be desired, didn't make cuts in the ways that everyone was thinking. And, you know, it just meant a lot, you know, kinda like a lot of smaller things.
Speaker 2:So we got to like the last couple larger things and then those subsequently got the biggest cuts between Eagle Crest and the city museum. So I got a text that came in. Okay. Dad joke. Love dad jokes.
Speaker 2:The checker at the grocery store asked if I wanted milk in a bag. I told her to leave it in the carton. That's a great dad joke. Love that joke. Maybe he's got a whole thread of them.
Speaker 2:That's great. Keep sending them. We love dad jokes. I'll keep reading them out. So I also did see, I was just kind of like looking back at some of the other messages that had come through.
Speaker 2:And there was someone who was looking for burn barrels. And with the summer, that is another thing that is very much 'tis the season. Everyone wants every opportunity they can to go have a nice evening fire in the backyard or wherever you have it set up. And that's even something that I was interested in. I was like, I need a burn barrel, you know, it's sunny, I'm always getting a bunch of cardboard and, you know, now I have the opportunity to, you know, do a little something in the backyard.
Speaker 2:And I was looking all over the place, couldn't find them. And then someone had mentioned Southeast Mining Supply, and they go through all sorts of lubricants that are really high rate. So they have a lot of drums available after using those fluids and they sell them. So you can go get yourself a used 55 gallon metal drum at Southeast Mining Supply for like $10 or $15 And if you're curious if they have any stock in stock at the time before heading out there, you can give them a ring at (907) 789-7121. Alright.
Speaker 2:Got a message that came in here. Does CBJ have any land auctions in the future to raise revenue? So there's nothing currently in discussion or being proposed for any agenda. I know that there were articles that had come out semi recently related to the type of land auction that Fairbanks is doing. And they opened up, I think it was something like 50 or 70 lots, and they're doing a lottery for that, but the lottery is for you to get the first crack at purchasing the lot.
Speaker 2:And as far as auctions go, CBJ, I don't know how often they do auctions as far as a method of disposal, in which disposal is just the charter language for selling or doing away with. You see auctions a lot of time in foreclosures and you can go to like auctions.com and see what local properties have had like bank foreclosures and you can bid on those. But, you know, for the lotteries, I think Fairbanks is going to, you know, doing real good by opening up those lots and making them available. But I've talked about it a lot in the past and, you know, think leveraging that land asset would be a great way to raise revenue without having to raise anyone's taxes or increase an existing tax. And, you know, on a base level, when we're making these kinds of decisions and talking about what to do with the budget, I think that's something that is, you know, the very least should be offered to the community because all the decisions we have been making have been leaving people very concerned, very upset, in despair, losing hope and, you know, getting a lottery to where someone could get the parcel just for the cost of the ticket, be the only thing that could probably install a little bit of hope for people to still want to stick around here or think that they have an opportunity here.
Speaker 2:Because a lot of the decisions we made weren't very supportive of that kind of hope in the community and doing something like opening up land, making revenue that way, and letting people get a piece of the pie in a real sense, that would be, you know, as I said, I think the very least that we could afford to the community that we've asked so much of. And, you know, I always do, you know, at some point or another mention it in one way or another, but my proposal of the land lottery was always to open up parcels and then for the cost of a ticket and being at one ticket per person at $25 sell an amount of tickets equal to the value of the parcel before calling the winner. And then whoever the winner is just gets the land outright instead of winning the opportunity to just spend money on it. So the charter is supportive of that. The language is in there, it's enshrined in it, and it's very, very basic.
Speaker 2:So the only thing is figuring out, you know, the logistics of whether or not we would be required to do a gaming permit for the lottery style activity. But, you know, it's not so much that that's going to solve affordable housing or housing in general, but what doing that can result in is if someone got that type of asset for that low, you know, low investment capital, the asset is still worth something, you know, on average around the community, if you go on parcel viewer and just kind of average out everything that they have marked around there, it's like you could be looking at around $50,000 per raw acre and they're being able to just have an asset like that is life changing for most people, families, and things like that. You could leverage that asset for a credit line. You could, you know, do everything and spend every little cent trying to work on it in some way. You could turn it into your own private little nature oasis.
Speaker 2:There's so many opportunities and possibilities with land ownership, but it also makes you a more engaged community member because then you have to figure out what the property tax laws and what you can do with your property. So then you start reading the codes and rules and charter more and, you know, land ownership puts people on a lot more even playing field. We can't just have a handful of people in the city own every bit of land around here when by getting it into the citizens' hands, we could see a win win win situation across the board, especially with the circumstances that we're facing now. And we got another message that came in here. Here are some overlooked budget ideas that the assembly seem not to consider.
Speaker 2:Don't buy the two story condo floors in the Burns Building. We voted down a new city hall twice, use the vacant city owned buildings instead, think Floyd Dryden. And then two, don't destroy Telephone Hill homes. And I mean, they I definitely considered them, but you know, it was brought up, it was considered and they were voted down for trying to reassess what those situations were. The two stories of the Burns Building.
Speaker 2:So currently with the leases that we're paying for across the town for CBJ offices amounts to around $800,000 And the HOA agreement that we have to be into to have the two floors of the Burns Building is going to cost us $600,000 a year. So we'll have an operational savings on the facility of $200,000 a year, which is great, but to spend nearly $20,000,000 just to start saving $200,000 a year isn't as effective as some other decisions that have been made to try and save on operational costs. And there was something about 80% of the renovation costs would have had to have gone to an HVAC system to meet lead certification, which is a building efficiency rating. But they asked for an exemption on the lead so that they don't have to spend all the money on the HVAC system, which we approved. But now that that decision has been made, I need to figure out exactly what the plan is for all the different types of renovations and then see if we can maybe save a little something out of that.
Speaker 2:But that is just one time funding and isn't going to fix the deficit moving forward. And it's not necessarily that, you know, the deficit is just a 100% the citizens initiatives, that's not the case whatsoever. A citizens' initiative is a symptom of people feeling like the government isn't working in their best interest. And regardless of whether or not that's the case, that is what the people are feeling. And it was heavily tied to a handful of those decisions that cost exorbitant amounts.
Speaker 2:And that was the gondola, the city hall, telephone hill, and that was $30,000,000 in our savings account. And after those citizens initiatives passed, we went ahead and continued on with those decisions anyways, and completely drained our savings account and put ourselves in the situation to where we have to make the decisions now to do all the reductions. When in reality, you know, I'm not speaking for the body, I'm just speaking for myself. You know, I thought it would have been a lot more practical to just pump the brakes on a few of these things, hold that 30,000,000 in the savings and maybe, you know, fund the operations of the municipality without making any major changes. And we would have had enough money to do that for a few years while we reassess the situation and kind of restructure stuff.
Speaker 2:And then we might've found a way to move forward without hampering the things that the community loves so much, but that isn't the path that we chose. We decided to spend the money anyways, and now we're having to make the cuts quicker. But there is something to be said about the lost revenue side of things. It's not just the citizens initiative that created a budget deficit, but each year there's a lot of property and a lot of the money for the community, half of it, if not a little more is made off of property taxes being collected, but so many commercial properties have been taken off of the property tax rolls due to sales to nonprofits. But the amounts of taxes being collected has been going up, so more is being collected from less people.
Speaker 2:And there hasn't been a plan or program to counteract the amount of land and properties that have been taken off of the property tax roll that have been generating revenue for us and introducing new ones to compensate for that. So we've been letting those revenue streams just fall off the radar, haven't been doing anything to compensate for it, except collect more from the remainder. And now we're at this point where it's just like, okay, hey, this isn't sustainable. And instead of just raising taxes more like the majority of our decisions, I think the very least we can do is create more property tax payers as well and owners. And it is one of our assembly goals to create more property owners and support that.
Speaker 2:So it might take time, but I think, you know, there is a will and desire to open up more land to people. And, you know, I have a proposed pilot program for the land lottery with a few parcels that have been identified through lands in North Douglas that are like 0.6 acres or so. And I was like, let's just see what happens for a year, you know, either it'll do really good and we found a great new revenue stream that doesn't hurt the people's wallet or it'll be bump kiss and we move on to the next thing. But there's a pilot program proposition in place and we'll see if we can get there. Let's see.
Speaker 2:And then as far as Telephone Hill too, you know, we made a decision a couple months ago. It was to pause the demolition until we get a response from developers on what they're willing to do. But the way that that ask of developers is going out is still very much in line with how the path has been through the whole process. So I just need to double check with a couple other members and make sure that when we ask contractors to respond and offer up their services, that it's not just for a 100% demolition and a bunch of super high density apartment buildings because that narrowly confines, you know, the parameters and you're a lot less likely to get people to respond. So we wanted more people to respond, but we also wanted to see just what they're willing to do.
Speaker 2:And they might have a better option that's more cost effective that we can select instead of the full demolition. So that's the intent. And I'm hoping that that carries through into the final decision. All right, we got another dad joke. And Oh, it's a good one.
Speaker 2:A guy named David had his ID stolen, so now we just call him Dav. They stole the ID off of the end of his name, David. So that's why they call him Dav. Really awesome dad joke. Love that.
Speaker 2:Keep them coming. That is just great. I mean, I've I've said it I think I've said it a handful of times on here, but my go to and favorite dad joke of all time is when does a joke become a dad joke? And the answer is when the punchline becomes apparent. A parent dad joke.
Speaker 2:That is always a solid one as well. Alright. So we're coming up on the last few minutes of the program here. Last chance to go ahead and shoot us a text or email if you have a garage sale, wanna shout out happy birthday wishes, have anything that is on your mind that you wanna get out there before the weekend, or even share with us what you got planned for the weekend if you have anything fun going on. Go ahead and shoot us a text at (907) 586-1800 or shoot us an email at airkinyradio dot com.
Speaker 2:And also a reminder is that the bears are out. They are out and about. There's scat all through town. Garbage cans are getting knocked down. Make sure that, you know, you don't leave garbage in garbage cans that are outside for multiple days, just the night before your garbage day, make sure the lids are secured, make sure that you're not, you know, throwing trying to feed the bears for any tourists out there listening.
Speaker 2:That's a bad idea. Don't do it. And for any of the taxi drivers listening, please don't park on the side of the highways to let people take pictures. That's not very safe either. And just be mindful of them because they are out and they can get into areas that you might not think that they'd be able to.
Speaker 2:There also is a big, big article out right now where they're talking about the road less rule in Alaska that was put in place in the early 2000s that has prevented commercial activities from taking place in about 9,000,000 acres of Alaska. And you know, there's lots thoughts, feelings, and emotions and, you know, solid concerns and points being made on both sides. Even in the reporting on it, Lisa Murkowski was talking about how this could open up the potential for renewable energy projects in more remote communities. And in those communities, a lot of them rely on giant fuel tanks that have to get filled up frequently to last them through the winter. And it costs too much, it's unsustainable, and it creates such a huge potential environmental risk to some of these communities transporting all that around there and making sure that the infrastructure is stout to store it.
Speaker 2:So I'm sure lots of discussions will be happening soon around that, lots of public outreach. I think I was hearing on that report too, that there's about 600,000 comments related to it and 90% were against removing it. But there is something that tends to happen with Alaska that doesn't happen so much in other states, but other states love trying to pass laws and sue our state for things that have nothing to do with their state. So 600,000 people are against removing it and I could almost guarantee the majority, 90% that are against it are not in Alaska or maybe a very small percentage because there's only 700 something thousand people in Alaska. But it's really easy to get 600,000 people in New York or California to try and pass environmental law because they have really strong lawyer and legal industries within those states.
Speaker 2:And I remember, my dad worked with a fishing game and there was a organization in New York that was trying to pass legislation against fishing game, putting down bears that get into residential areas habitually. And, you know, from an outward facing thing, it's like, yeah, you don't kill a bear, but what the New York outfit didn't know is that for decades, they tried relocating bears and would fly them hundreds of miles away and they would find their way back to that food source and create a safety risk in the area. So that's why they ultimately landed on the decisions that they do after a certain amount of time. You can't relocate a bear after a while, but you know, things like that just happen. It's part of being Alaskan.
Speaker 2:And with that, we'll go ahead and wrap up the program here. Thank you everyone for tuning in and I hope you all have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend. And as you go into the weekend, remember to always treat other people the way you want them to be treated, you know, try and do something kind for someone, you know, pay it forward, buy someone's coffee, hold the door for someone, say please and thank you. You never know what the little gestures will mean or do for someone in their day. And with that, thank you again, everyone.
Speaker 2:I'm Nana Brooks with you here on Problem Corner on KINY.
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