Community pavilion

Gave decades of project history, said farmers market has raised funds from $25 to $5,000 donors and aims for $1.2 million, and backed suspending the rules to keep the project on schedule.

Pointed out that failing to suspend the rules could push bidding into the holiday season, adding four to six weeks of delay.

Said she's uninvolved with the campaign but believes three years of discussion means suspending the rules doesn't subvert the democratic process.