Sentence:  Mr. Walsh – ... It sounds like the purpose of the geographic base coding system is to fulfill a planning function of the agency. If that is not the case, then I am concerned as that is one way to get up on "<WSD>cloud nine</WSD>"—that is, to not associate with end products. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking.