When we had 3,000-person meetings, a lot of the people were not there to work on things. The meetings that we have are smaller. The mailing lists are more contained, and the work is actually proceeding better.

There are a lot of internal meetings going on here. We obviously don't have the power to make the quarry resume pumping.

There have been conversations with Dexter. We've had a lot of meetings. But it is difficult to work when one party ceases to listen and keeps going with his plans.

We're trying our level best because the mayor believes in the work the shelters are doing to transition people into permanent housing. The more time they have to spend in a stable environment, the more successful they are.

We're a strong company, and frankly there are a lot of people that want to work for Nissan. Doing it now, from a time of strength, rather than some other time when we were weaker, makes a lot more sense.

There have been meetings with local residents to explain what the construction is, completion of survey work, required close properties have been purchased and preliminary meetings with the city and county officials have been held.