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jim murez: Test. 1, 2,

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jim murez: I guess it's working. Now.

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jim murez: This meeting will start once we have a committee.

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jim murez: the present

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jim murez: more and i'm promoting you now.

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lauren siegel: Lauren, help me out! Is is Jeff Martin also a committee member.

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jim murez: Jeff? I'm promoting you.

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jim murez: Oh, hold on

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jim murez: jumping around here.

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jim murez: I don't know how to pronounce this other person's name, but it starts with an Sz.

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jim murez: So

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jim murez: is that person on the committee.

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lauren siegel: Don't know who that is.

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jim murez: Let me know if you see anybody else? I don't recognize anybody else.

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jim murez: And there's Mr. Royce

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lauren siegel: that i'm promoting you now.

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Matthew Royce: all right.

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jim murez: Okay. You want to take over

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Matthew Royce: Sure, it's my only my second test drive on zoom. But I can stay.

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jim murez: maybe stay for a few minutes.

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Matthew Royce: Yeah.

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jim murez: your co-host. Now, who else are the If you Look at the attendee tab.

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lauren siegel: Corinne.

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jim murez: I'm looking. Yeah, there she is. She has your hand up, Korean. I'm promoting you now.

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jim murez: so that other person has a hand that maybe it's somebody using someone else's computer. I don't know who that is.

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Szilvi Kovacs: I don't know how to pronounce your name, but I've allowed you to talk. Okay, Great Sylvie, it'll be Kovacs. Sylvie, Are you a committee member? No, no, I am the big

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Szilvi Kovacs: Okay. We'll come back to you in a few minutes.

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jim murez: So i'm going to remove your permission to talk. So you don't show up on the screen just yet.

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jim murez: Well, manush is here, for i'm going to promote you to panelists as well.

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lauren siegel: So do we have another meeting.

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lauren siegel: in the next few days with the homeless Committee. Is that what's going on?

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lauren siegel: I I was on the Bnc website, and it showed it.

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Matthew Royce: I believe. So. Yeah.

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jim murez: hey? Yeah, I just got an email also to

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lauren siegel: to schedule a zoom link. So i'll be doing that.

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jim murez: I haven't looked. Yet. Let me look.

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lauren siegel: There was a link earlier that showed us who the applicants were for the various positions running in the election, and I couldn't find that link now

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lauren siegel: on the V. And C website, is it somewhere? I'm not looking

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jim murez: There is a venisonc.org forward slash elections.

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jim murez: I went there.

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jim murez: Has

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jim murez: submitted.

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lauren siegel: Okay, that's what I was looking for.

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lauren siegel: So the Nc. Election clerk let's see now that just get involved.

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Frank.

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jim murez: Frank is planning a homeless joint meeting. But has Michael weighed in on that? Yes, I think it is the eighteenth.

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jim murez: Yeah, but has has Mikkel agreed to that?

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Matthew Royce: Yeah, I'm: Pretty sure. He mentioned that.

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jim murez: Okay.

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jim murez: Do you guys see any more of your your committee members?

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lauren siegel: No.

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jim murez: okay. And Isabel, I think, is the chair of the Arbor Committee. I don't know she's the co-chair, I believe, but

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jim murez: I don't know that she's how many do we need for quorum?

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jim murez: Your 8 or 9?

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Matthew Royce: There's 9, so we need 5. So you need 5. Yeah.

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jim murez: So you can start whenever you want, I guess. Put up your agenda.

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Matthew Royce: oh, is that how people usually do it?

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jim murez: Okay, Well, hold on. Let me let me go to the Bnc website. I'll pull up the agenda, and then I can do it. Okay.

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jim murez: I have it on my other computer in front of me. It's not a it's not a problem.

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Matthew Royce: I don't want to take it all night. Jim.

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jim murez: Where is the agenda?

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jim murez: Yeah. Well, I have to pick up people at the airport at 1030, so

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jim murez: you have that much of my evening.

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lauren siegel: I will be there at one. Am.

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Matthew Royce: No. Well

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jim murez: probably be less traffic at that hour.

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lauren siegel: I don't know about it.

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jim murez: Okay, there's there's the agenda.

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lauren siegel: let's scroll down past the introductions

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jim murez: virtual meeting. Okay, here, Matt: so who's gonna take Who's gonna take the minutes. I guess, Matt, you are okay. So you want to start off and do your role. Call, call, call a meeting to order at whatever time you want to call it.

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jim murez: and then and then take your roll call.

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Matthew Royce: that being called to order. Yes.

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Matthew Royce: forum

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Matthew Royce: at 7 34 pm

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jim murez: You need to call at each person's name and and check them off as yeah.

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Matthew Royce: Yup, Karen.

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corinne Baginski: Here.

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lauren siegel: Lauren

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Matthew Royce: Christopher Mclean.

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Matthew Royce: I don't see him.

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jim murez: I think he just just arrived.

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jim murez: Christopher, you're being promoted. There you go

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jim murez: repeat it so we can hear you and respond

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Matthew Royce: Chris quickly. Are you there?

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Christopher McLean: Sure.

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Matthew Royce: hey?

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Matthew Royce: All right.

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Matthew Royce: very Cly.

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Matthew Royce: I do not see him.

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Matthew Royce: i'm here.

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Matthew Royce: It's not here.

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Matthew Royce: Andrew Micah. I did not see

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Matthew Royce: very niche.

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Mehrnoosh Mojallali: Yeah.

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Jeff Martin: And Jeff Martin here

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Matthew Royce: all right.

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Matthew Royce: okay, Approval of the minutes from the last

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Matthew Royce: couple of meetings.

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lauren siegel: I haven't seen them, and I did not write them, but I look at the ones from 13 and I'm motion to approve.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, so

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Matthew Royce: you need a You need a second on that as well.

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Jeff Martin: Yeah, Jeff will second

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Matthew Royce: Jeff.

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jim murez: I know, Jim. I used to be the chair.

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Matthew Royce: I know how the procedure works. It's okay. I'll be quiet. I'm sorry. This is zoom is the tricky part for me. All right. You tell me when you you tell me when you want the assistance, and i'll be happy to that sounds good. Okay.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: is anybody opposed to approving the motion of Who? The met from 13, 2,022

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Mehrnoosh Mojallali: No

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Matthew Royce: there? Are no hands up in the Audience.

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Matthew Royce: All right. That is approved.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. Minutes from the 20 2,022 joint meeting.

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Matthew Royce: Anybody want to motion to approve?

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lauren siegel: I'll make a motion. Lauren.

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Matthew Royce: Is there a second?

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Matthew Royce: Okay, you're in

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Matthew Royce: anybody opposed to approving the minutes from

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Matthew Royce: December. Eighth 2,022?

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jim murez: There's no public comment.

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Matthew Royce: Seeing none. It's approved.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: All right. mine. 5

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Matthew Royce: declaration of conflicts of interest or export to communications.

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Matthew Royce: anybody want to

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Matthew Royce: to clear any complex of address direct communication to any items on the agenda tonight.

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Mehrnoosh Mojallali: Hmm.

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Matthew Royce: It sounds quiet. Okay, I guess not.

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Matthew Royce: All right.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. Numbers Item 6 general public comments.

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Matthew Royce: If you would like to speak

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Matthew Royce: about anything. Not on tonight's agenda.

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Matthew Royce: Please raise your hand.

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Matthew Royce: We will call on here.

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jim murez: So do you want help? Here is Isabel has raised your hand.

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Matthew Royce: I can see. Here, let me let me try it. Okay, you. You just hover over it, and it says, allowed to talk

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Matthew Royce: a lot of talk. Yeah.

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jim murez: and you gotta tell her. Go ahead.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Okay, Isabel. Maybe you have to unmute. Yeah.

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Isabelle Duvivier: commentary to Mchale and I don't know if that goes to the rest of the board. So could you clarify how the public can comment on projects without actually having to come to the meetings? Thank you so much.

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jim murez: Hmm. Yeah. Maybe, Jim, you can answer that. I think there's sort of general board emails

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jim murez: at Venice, nc.org. And it would go to the entire committee.

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jim murez: Oh, it does now. I didn't use it. Yeah, it's supposed to. I mean that's how it was set up. It was. It was

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jim murez: the word chair, Ch AI are, and then a hyphen or a dash, whatever you want to call it, and then loop back at venison.

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jim murez: You could also send it to each of the people's first name, period, last name, and it should get to them as well.

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jim murez: There are no other hands up.

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jim murez: I don't know if you want to close public comment or not. But oh, actually, Yolanda raised her hand.

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Matthew Royce: Oh, okay.

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Matthew Royce: Do I have to mute as well? Or she she

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jim murez: e either way she's already.

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jim murez: Yeah, if you wanted, you could remove her permission to talk, and then she wouldn't show up on the shared screen that other people can see.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, I did that.

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Matthew Royce: Good evening. Happy New Year to everybody.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: Yes,

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Yolanda Gonzalez: i'm working on the flood insurance that was mandated here in Venice.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: and I want to thank make a life for working with me on it. I don't see it on the agenda, and I want to make sure that we follow through, because I've been talking already to several people who've been stuck

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Yolanda Gonzalez: with this mandated flood insurance that has been imposed on us. It's very expensive.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: I just finally got the policy for the my own property and 4 pages, and only to find out that I'm. Only covered to a minimal amount, and even if I have a sinkhole, it doesn't cover me, and the only thing that is covered under the policy is the land itself

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Yolanda Gonzalez: for $3,000. Is that fair?

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Yolanda Gonzalez: And it makes it very difficult for people who are also, if my understanding, who are getting reverse mortgages even on their properties

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Yolanda Gonzalez: they will probably have to get flood insurance, and I have to verify that because i'm looking for somebody who is stuck with it. I met a couple

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Yolanda Gonzalez: the other day, and they have a loan on their property. They're on the zone a portion where flood insurance is required, and they're not required to have flood insurance. So I want to know who and why, and some of us have to pay, and some of them don't

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Yolanda Gonzalez: on loans, and it makes it very difficult to come in into our community to

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Yolanda Gonzalez: fix or borrow against our properties. And then we get stuck with this

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Yolanda Gonzalez: mandated flood insurance. I want to follow through. I think it's unfair. I think it's a it's a it's a money grab on us because we are Ben, is, and I've even been asking in Santa Monica. Some people have it. So I would like the cooperation to follow through with Lupc. Thank you very much.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, thanks, Yolanda. We'll we'll follow up with.

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Matthew Royce: See where he's at with that.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, let me see.

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jim murez: There are no other hands up.

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Matthew Royce: no other hands up. Okay.

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Matthew Royce: all right, going once

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Matthew Royce: it's general public coming. It's closed. Now.

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Matthew Royce: All right. We have no diminished cases.

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Matthew Royce: So we'll get right into the

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Matthew Royce: full hearing cases.

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Matthew Royce: okay, a 613 East Brooks.

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Matthew Royce: I don't know if Jeff you won't say anything, or if the the applicant is here to present something.

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Jeff Martin: But yeah, I think the applicant in the audience. So I think that

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Jeff Martin: do the presentation.

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Matthew Royce: Let me see if I could promote them. Do you know who they are?

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Jeff Martin: there's several. It might be Tony Russo. Nick Leathers

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Jeff Martin: is is

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Jeff Martin: part of the

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Matthew Royce: I see. I think. Ben. Yeah.

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Matthew Royce: Let me see. I think I got them.

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Matthew Royce: Are you there, Nick?

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Benjamin Eshaghian: hi! This is Benjamin.

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Matthew Royce: Yeah, hey? Ben.

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Benjamin Eshaghian: i'll be

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Benjamin Eshaghian: providing the present

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Benjamin Eshaghian: any portion of the presentation. I believe Jessica Moon is off on the

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Benjamin Eshaghian: audience, and I will be providing a portion of the presentation as well.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: let me promote her.

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Matthew Royce: Looks like this is Steve Dodge also like it?

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Benjamin Eshaghian: Yes.

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jim murez: and if you can enable share screen I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to do that. I'll do that. You can

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jim murez: Okay, try now, and

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jim murez: I think it'll just

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jim murez: take over.

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Matthew Royce: Is that working for you. There you go. That works

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Benjamin Eshaghian: great. So

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Benjamin Eshaghian: thank you. for I mean and listening to our presentation tonight for a new single family residence located at 6 13 Brooks Avenue

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Benjamin Eshaghian: the following project is seeking an entitlement for a coastal development permit.

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Benjamin Eshaghian: and i'm gonna take it off to Jessica to provide a walkthrough of the property.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: Thanks, Ben.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: Hi! This is Jessica here. it is. So. The information on the right here is just showing all of the

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: planning

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: setback and height limits zoning information square footage of the house that size of the proposed house is 40,738 square feet. that does not include the attached garage

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: setbacks are all of the required planning set back so 15 from the front, 4 feet on either side, and then 15 from the center line of the alley. the proposed project is not, it is not requesting any adjustments from those envelope requirements.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: same for the height limit the max is 25 feet for a flat roof. we are within that 25 feet.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: if you can go to the next slide. Oh, and then yeah, i'm parking 2 covered and one uncovered, is required. We are proposing

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: this is just kind of a general overview of the Brooks Avenue between 6 and 7 Street. We do have a more detailed view of this later on in this presentation, but just looking at overall massing compared to the proposed

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: house footprint which you can see on towards the left side of the page. Here in red

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: this is again just looking at a little bit more context. So the view from the sidewalk at both the front and rear. So the 2 images on the left are taken from the sidewalk or street. there. Isn't much of the existing house that you can see. there is a tall site, fence and kind of overgrown

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: planting and then from the rear. On the upper right corner we can see a sliding vehicle gate

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: so this is kind of that more detailed view of the streetscape analysis, taking a look at all the properties between 6 and seventh along brooks on both sides of the street. we did look at kind of

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: when it was last built. generally for the street frontage. Some data points that you can see in the middle of the page. We've marked 5, 10 and 15 feet street frontage kind of varies, but on average it looks like everything is

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: touching right at the 15 foot front set back line, which is what they're required is for the 4, 6, 1, 3, and what we are proposing, as well for the proposed design.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: building height. You can see the elevations towards the top and bottom of the page. there are some data points here, too, so at 1020, and 30 feet

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: the building heights range quite a bit. There are a number of single family or sorry single story. but there are also some 2 story, and even up to 3 story kind of larger multi-family complexes

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: this is an overall first floor plan, kind of overlaid with the site plan. So everything that's white within the bound is interior space, and everything else is really exterior space.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: on this first floor plan the pedestrian access days on Brooks, which is towards the right of this page. coming up some steps

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then the program on this level is mainly main living space. So kitchen dining, living

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: An outdoor deck that sticks to a lap pool.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: we have that main stacking stair. that leads up to the bedroom level here. So to the left of the stair we have the primary suite. so this is the main bedroom closet bathroom. a second office for the husband, and both of those spaces open out to a small deck.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then here we can see a lot of the spaces below are still open to either the sky for the outdoor space and the living room on the lower level here. Oh, sorry! On the lower level from the page before is also open to

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then the last plan. Here we have the roof plan. There is an occupiable deck in the center of the site, and we just wanted to pull that program kind of to the middle of the site, so that it was just less visible from both the front and the rear of the property

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: to the left of that deck we have mainly, I think, utility space. So this will be where our Pv. Panels are, and any other mechanical equipment that I

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then the roof to the right of the deck. This would be a green roof with a small hot tab.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: Here are These are the 2 kind of main elevations of the house. The one on the right is facing brooks, so the front elevation of the house.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: material wise is pretty simple. We're proposing a mid-one plaster with kind of a smooth trial texture.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: on that elevation. On the right, the front elevation you can see the double height space of the living area, and then a a portion of that elevation is actually open to the exterior. So it kind of creates this small breeze way where the pool is. So you have a view kind of through the length of the site.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then the elevation on the left is the rear elevation. this would kind of be screen, though by a vehicle gate. but

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: and then this is the side view elevation kind of looking as if you're kind of standing at the exterior landscape space, looking towards the house. we kind of have the 2 solid walls on either side of the house, the wall to the right.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: we're matching. This would be eventually overgrown with like a really lovely creeping fig. Fine to kind of soften that elevation, since this wall is closer to the Front street. and then all that glass that you're seeing in the middle. This is really carved out landscape space, and you're kind of seeing that glass pushed in.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: specimen trees planted here, and then the occupiable deck that we saw on level 2 at the bedroom level. There is a

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: a privacy screening element here just to create some buffer between this house and the adjacent neighbor.

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Matthew Royce: great. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Very thorough explanation.

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Matthew Royce: I just have one clarifying question.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: why are you keeping 2 little walls in the middle of this thing? Oh, yeah, I I meant to time in at the top there. it's actually a substantial demolition. Remodel, in addition of the existing house.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: so there is a portion of the existing house that we will be keeping.

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Nick Leathers: Yeah, they didn't tell me a whole lot, but just to time in this is Nick le others as well. One of the reasons for keeping a portion of the ground floor is so.

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Nick Leathers: we'd be required to have a 8 foot streetway. you know. Highway dedication so

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Nick Leathers: each. Your construction would require a a pretty hefty dedication.

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Nick Leathers: I believe it would bring us below the minimum requirement as well. Is that correct, Nick? That's correct, too. Yeah. So we're just a a 5,000 square foot lot, so it'd bring us underneath.

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Matthew Royce: So there's a couple of reasons for that.

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Matthew Royce: okay, maybe let me see if there's any.

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Matthew Royce: Well, I just want to do a quick, clarifying questions now. But then go to public comment.

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Matthew Royce: I don't want to get into full discussion yet, but if anybody has any quick clarifying questions from the board

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Matthew Royce: All right. Let me see. Is there anybody anybody has public comments want to raise your hand?

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Matthew Royce: I see, Robin.

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Matthew Royce: I just allow her to talk right, Jim.

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Matthew Royce: Yeah, yes, and I have my hand up. Also, it's public comment. Okay.

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Matthew Royce: Are you able to hear me? Can you hear me?

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robin murez: so i'm just wondering. I think the first pictures it showed there were mature trees currently on the lot.

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robin murez: and i'm wondering if the mature trees are being considered if they can be saved.

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robin murez: besides that, it looks like a place I would never want to live. Looks really shaded and cold, and

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robin murez: pushed in between other

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robin murez: properties, but good for them; but I hope they consider it mature trees. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you. Maybe, the applicant can just write down the questions that come along and then you can. I can have you answer all when when we're done with public comment.

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Matthew Royce: See, Isabelle.

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Matthew Royce: Okay as well.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Yeah, hi. I just want to let you know that there's 2 of us here to comment, so i'll go first, and then i'll hand it over to Kevin

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Isabelle Duvivier: for a comment. Quick! Comments.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Brooks is one of the more heavily traffic streets in Oakwood, principally because the street is wider, and there is a light at Lincoln. The street has been made wider by making the parkway the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the street narrow. It's only 16 inches. That's compared to the rest of oakwood

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Isabelle Duvivier: that has a parkway between 3 and 8 feet. Legally, You're not allowed to plan in the 16 Inch parkway

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Isabelle Duvivier: there. therefore, brooks

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Isabelle Duvivier: doesn't have any tree canopy, shade, or habitat for pollinators and birds.

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Isabelle Duvivier: As I was previously said, this lot has a gigantic large ash tree. It's one of 4 in the neighborhood that are left that were planted at least 80 years ago by the local Venetians.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Today I went by. I live on this street today. I went by, and I saw at least 3 birds nest. The birds nest are so big that you can see them from the alley, and there are surely many more smaller ones that I can't see.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Much of. Brooks is developed with multi-family. Homes and it would be really great if a single family home couldn't manage to keep an existing tree. Thank you so much.

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Isabelle Duvivier: And now i'm gonna let Kevin speak. Kevin lives right next door to this project.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Hello, everybody! My name is. My name is Kevin. My name is Kevin.

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Isabelle Duvivier: and I've been here.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Thanks

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Isabelle Duvivier: 13 for 17 years, and

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Isabelle Duvivier: it's a beautiful tree back there, and I I feel the trees should have been

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Isabelle Duvivier: and the tree across the streets which one in the middle of Block there tour down the they have booked out of

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Isabelle Duvivier: we down the tree, across the streets, and a lot of people that we did appreciate them and tear down the tree

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Isabelle Duvivier: down the street from it. It's the same identical tree that's in the back of 613.

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Isabelle Duvivier: the brooks to like that there should stay up for

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Isabelle Duvivier: many purpose.

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Isabelle Duvivier: Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Sarah Waters.

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Matthew Royce: are you there, Sarah?

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: Yes, I am. Thank you.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: I wanted to say something very similar to the other 2. I don't understand why this home

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: has been designed with such an enormous footprint as to take out mature trees.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: and Isabel's point is that

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: that street has very little greenery, and we are reliant upon the private property

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: to include greenery, so that we don't have just a concrete landscape.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: and so I would really encourage the architects to go back to the drawing board and completely reconfigure the footprint of this home in order for those trees to be

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: saved because a mature tree, in order to get back to what i'm a sure tree has. We need 30 years

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: we're not talking about. Oh, take that tree out and just plant a new little tree. A tree takes

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: 30 years to get to that point where it's providing that type of habitat, but also shade and pollution and noise reduction for human beings. So i'm i'm really disappointed in the architects, and and what they've done here.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: I also would like to point out that this home is not only not adding units, housing units, it is pushing up the price of all units around it. So this house is very specifically

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: part of our problem.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: So please be very mindful of that.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: When you approve these types of projects. This is the problem. It's not kind of the problem or subsidiary to the problem. It is the problem it's reducing

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: our green spaces, and it is pushing the cost of housing beyond any middle class, or even upper middle class persons reach. Never mind the poor.

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sarahrwauters@gmail.com: so please let's. Let's be very, very serious and mindful when we look at these types of homes. This.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you, Sarah.

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Matthew Royce: let's see. Is Yolanda.

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Matthew Royce: Then i'll get to you, Jim

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Matthew Royce: Yolanda, Are you there?

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Yolanda Gonzalez: Yes, Good evening, everybody.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: You know, this trip situation that we have going on in the city is getting really very important, because.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: believe it or not, I just got a letter that I need to either take my tree down or do something with it, because it's overpowering, and it can fall on the nearby houses that I have with me, because right now we've had gone through a serious drought.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: and the trees many trees are falling.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: A friend of mine just had a very big tree fall on to her house. Didn't want to do anything, and now she's got a big liability

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Yolanda Gonzalez: faced on her, because not only did it damage her house, but it damaged the next house. I just saw 3 trees today that fell onto the street

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Yolanda Gonzalez: coming from private property.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: I thought they were going to update

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Yolanda Gonzalez: the the the process of how many trees you can have, and what trees you can have, and how many trees are in danger of causing liability not only to the private property, but to the other neighbors. And i'd like for the architects to take that into consideration that maybe

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Yolanda Gonzalez: the the community, not the architects. The community take that into consideration because

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Yolanda Gonzalez: these trees are falling.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: We know I love victories, but what's happening is that they're dying. The roots are not taking enough forge to them. They're destroying they They They cost a lot of plumbing problems, too. So let I'm. I can. I can see where they're coming. But a

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Yolanda Gonzalez: they? These are the problems that we are facing as property owners. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Alright, thanks. You. Wanda.

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Matthew Royce: Sorry 1 s.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Jim. Sorry Your last right?

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jim murez: So I have a couple of comments. First of all.

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jim murez: When I tried to build a swimming pool on the roof of my building. I was told that the pool counted as as a mechanical structure. It did not count as mechanical structures, but rather it was an additional

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jim murez: height that needed to fall within the maximum height limit, or i'd have to file for a variance, so I guess i'm curious whether or not they're height their their hot tub. I know you're allowed to have open guard reals of 75% open up to 42 inches.

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jim murez: I I don't know if they have a roof access structure. It look like they did. But if the hot tub is above the height of the roof, i'm wondering if they're asking for a variance for that or is it going to be recessed into the floor below?

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jim murez: also?

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jim murez: and this is more for

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jim murez: I would be curious, and like to see something entertained

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jim murez: about the 8 foot dedication on Brooks Avenue, just because it's a 2,035 mobility, transportation plan requirement. we're going through the land use process of of having creating a new land use plan, and if we don't agree with the 8 foot widening.

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jim murez: Then what do we agree with? And and you know, how can we not do a land grab where it makes a lot too small, or if it does make the lot too small, what other kinds of considerations can we give that lot? Perhaps by allowing them additional height.

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jim murez: or some sort of reduction in setbacks. If the street it does have to be widened, and it sounds like you know these people have figured out a way around it, and I don't think that's necessarily a benefit for the community. It's just putting another house that it's going to last another 75 years with a reduced street with.

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jim murez: So if we want the street wider, we have to come up with a way of making it attractive to the people that are going to be there and then along that same line. When I listen to the issue about the trees. And and mind you, i'm a tree lover.

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jim murez: I think we need to also work in the land Use plan and come up with some kind of

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jim murez: of of a reconfiguration of the site that would allow old growth to continue to be maintained.

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jim murez: and and do that in such a way again, by perhaps allowing a person to have a reduced front yard setback, or to have a a an additional height or some other alternate configuration. If they had old growth on the site that was going to be maintained.

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jim murez: and that that would make a justification for being able to give somebody some alternate solution. And this is the kind of stuff we want to write into our land use plan because it would be there in the code for the next 20 to 30 years. So we ought to be thinking about that. I know you guys are working on land use plan or ready. So I wanted to throw those comments out there. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Right.

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Matthew Royce: Thank you, Jim.

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Matthew Royce: just make sure.

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Matthew Royce: I don't see any other public comments

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Matthew Royce: out there.

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jim murez: Yeah, there are no other hands raised.

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Matthew Royce: Yeah.

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Matthew Royce: So maybe the applicant could

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Nick Leathers: to to address those questions. I don't know who wants to speak. Sure this is. Excuse me, this is Nick Leathers.

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Nick Leathers: I'll pull up in my notes to check this down. I definitely appreciate everyone's

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Nick Leathers: timeline looking at this, so

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Nick Leathers: I think regarding Well, first I want to address Kevin. I

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Nick Leathers: I appreciate you attending tonight, and I want to know if you got our

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Nick Leathers: outreach invite last month or so. But if not, if you can contact me, i'll. I'll call you after tomorrow or this weekend.

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Nick Leathers: Go through the project with you. But we had a December eighth zoom out each meeting.

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Nick Leathers: We I think we invited around 40 people. But although no one came, we did meet with Jeff Martin and went through it with him.

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Nick Leathers: Regarding the trees, we definitely understand.

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Nick Leathers: Losing a large tree is not

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Nick Leathers: the best situation, but we did have an arrests come out

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Nick Leathers: and confirm it's not a a native tree. Our owners are a an end. User so there are

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Nick Leathers: a family. They're definitely interested in planting new native trees as part of the project voluntarily.

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Nick Leathers: so we're happy to take that into consideration

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Nick Leathers: regarding Some of the other projects and density. I think it's a bit tough for not

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Nick Leathers: focus on a to use for more size. We're just gonna build an appropriately sized home for a family.

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Nick Leathers: And I think across the street there was a home at 6 10 Brooks Avenue. It was approved in 2,019 or so for a 3 story home. It's over 5,000 square feet.

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Nick Leathers: so we took that into

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Nick Leathers: our context, and we're working on a really robust

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Nick Leathers: contacts Analysis required by city planning now. So we're hopeful that will support our coastal development per permit findings, for I think it's a appropriately

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Nick Leathers: size home for our client. It's under 4,000 square feet, with

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Nick Leathers: 3 or 4 bedrooms. So they have 2 kids

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Nick Leathers: in the office space.

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Nick Leathers: and then additionally

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Nick Leathers: it's, you know. It's hard to really start from scratch in terms of our design.

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Nick Leathers: we're also in the building plan type process. So we have

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Nick Leathers: construction plans already completed. We're working with our soil as engineer. We have a sales approval. Letter and civil engineer on that. So

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Nick Leathers: we're pretty far along in the process.

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Nick Leathers: but you know it doesn't mean we're not happy to keep talking about the project with everyone. we spoke with our neighbor at 6 15 brooks next door.

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Nick Leathers: and you also working with

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Nick Leathers: Yeah, I can't for a project across the street. So

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Nick Leathers: like I said, we're happy to

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Nick Leathers: hear any any comments on that. And

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Nick Leathers: you know, if you want us to come back with any updates. But I think tonight we're looking to get your support based on our staff report from last month's meeting.

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Nick Leathers: So thank you.

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Matthew Royce: What about Jim's hot top question? I'm: curious about that. Yeah, we have a root access structure

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Nick Leathers: the maximum 10 feet in height.

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Nick Leathers: but so far we don't have any correction for that for the hot to height.

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Nick Leathers: but it would be within

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Nick Leathers: any required height.

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Hmm.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. I guess you'll run into that in building safety.

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Matthew Royce: okay, Jeff Jeff, since your staff do you want to say anything? But

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Jeff Martin: no, I think that was a good summary. I don't know what I could add. I I I did meet with them a couple of times, and and everything they presented tonight is what we spoke about in the past, and I think they're not asking for anything outside of the specific plane requirements. No variances. So I think it was. It was a nice presentation.

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Matthew Royce: Okay? I'll open it up for comments and questions from the committee. Then

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Matthew Royce: Don't all go at once.

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lauren siegel: Well, I. I just wanted to say something. I thought it was a nice design to the comment about adding density and raising the costs

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lauren siegel: of home ownership in Venice.

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lauren siegel: I I I think it's disingenuous to put all of that responsibility on this particular design. I think we're talking about changes that we can ask for an increase density and providing housing for people and middle income.

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lauren siegel: and that's something of our our longer term plan, but to place all of that on on these folks, I think, is a bit unfair.

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lauren siegel: I I think it's in scale of what other projects are on the block and on the Street, and and I like the project.

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corinne Baginski: I have a question in regards to the tree with the CD. The the city comment on on that

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corinne Baginski: specific issue.

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Nick Leathers: this is Nick Lovers

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Nick Leathers: we, when these file for our coastal development permit at the public counter, or any discretionary action

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Nick Leathers: we have to disclose. what trees are on the site.

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Nick Leathers: so we have to disclose that there's any native trees. So in this case, because it's not a native tree. there wasn't any other information to provide at this time

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Nick Leathers: from the city partner?

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corinne Baginski: Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Anybody else.

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Matthew Royce: Guess not. we all just say, I think I do think it's unfortunate we're using that tree. it looks like a very beautiful 3.

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Matthew Royce: I don't think there's anything legally

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Matthew Royce: anybody anybody can do to compel them to keep it.

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Matthew Royce: you know. As an architect, I would like to see it designed around a tree, but

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Matthew Royce: you know it's it's there at the it's their property.

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Matthew Royce: and if they're following the rules.

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Matthew Royce: that's all we can do.

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Matthew Royce: And I agree with Lauren's comment, too, about

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Matthew Royce: packing units onto the site. We, you know. I'm sure we all wish we could put more units. But we're going to work on that on the next land Use plan. That's

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Matthew Royce: that's not something we're going to solve with one person's house on Brooks.

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Matthew Royce: so we we will be tackling that issue in the near future. If and we have. We have already quite a bit.

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Matthew Royce: So yeah, I don't know, Jeff. Do you want to make a motion?

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Jeff Martin: yeah, i'll. I'll. I'll motion to approve this presented

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lauren siegel: I'll second motion.

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Okay.

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Matthew Royce: let's see. I'll do a roll call.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Lauren. Yes.

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Matthew Royce: Korean. Yes.

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Matthew Royce: Very niche.

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Matthew Royce: Jeff.

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Jeff Martin: Yes.

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Matthew Royce: Chris.

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Yes.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, if I miss anybody, I think that was it.

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Matthew Royce: I'll say, Yes, awesome.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: That case is done, thanks to everyone motion carries.

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Jessica Moon – EYRC: Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. Case B.

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Matthew Royce: 1, 9, 3, 5, 5

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Matthew Royce: I guess Pakistan is not here. But

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let me see

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Matthew Royce: if there's an applicant here

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hopefully.

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Matthew Royce: i'm guessing it's Miss Kovacs.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yes, hi! This is Sylvie.

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Szilvi Kovacs: I have I'm, the founder of kids collective preschool I my co-founder of Vina with me here and Yuri, who is helping us moving this project along.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, great. Do you want to?

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yeah, Definitely, I can. I can share a screen, a slide show. I can just tell you in a nutshell what we are looking for. we had a public hearing to convert a non, our personal church on

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Szilvi Kovacs: 13 1,935, while Grove Avenue into a preschool.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Okay.

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Szilvi Kovacs: yeah, we have a lot of we have about a 100 of a letter of support from local parents that are looking for quality preschool for their children.

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Szilvi Kovacs: And we would love a letter of support from the Venice Neighborhood Council to move this project along. This is the only thing that the Zoning Commissioners have asked us to do.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: Is there any like

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Matthew Royce: real construction? Or is it more of a change of use?

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Matthew Royce: It's a it's a change of use?

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Szilvi Kovacs: Okay, and maybe just a remodel sort of yeah. So we keep. We keep the this is your high so we keep. You know the building as this. you know, we obviously do some you know, external brace, because it's kind of worn out

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Szilvi Kovacs: it was built in 1,956, and requires some just you know, love and care. But other than that, there is no change to the size of the building. so the only changes about

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Szilvi Kovacs: kind of internal partitioning to allow for, you know, proper classrooms. And you know, this project has, you know, has been kind of pre approved by the partner of building and safety. And it's, you know, painting pending. you know the approval from the Zoning administrator.

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Szilvi Kovacs: And yeah, like Silly said we had. So you know, a lot of positive feedback. We participate in the public hearing, and you know all the neighbors were support involved

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Szilvi Kovacs: the use case. And you know the zoning administrator, you know, asked us to obtain a lot of support from from the Venice, you know neighborhood down. So you know we we knew it before we. We don't. We'll be permits often. But

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Szilvi Kovacs: yeah, and we happy to run a slide. That which would probably take about 5 min. So we know that we've been, you know.

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Szilvi Kovacs: talking for a while, and you want to be respectful again if you want to see what we're trying to do? We are happy to give you like a 5 min presentation

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Szilvi Kovacs: it's attached to the case. We communicated with Michael and on the case. But you know, let us know what you prefer.

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Matthew Royce: yeah, it looks like I can see on the application

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Matthew Royce: conditional use permit.

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Matthew Royce: because it's in an r one zone.

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That's a it's an unusual use in our one zone.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yeah, it has a grandfather permits for a church. And obviously the church has a certificate of C for 212 people. So what we're trying to do here is to basically reduce our to, you know, 68 kids to basically no more

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Szilvi Kovacs: a use of the space over the weekends 9 to 5. So in. Generally, it's basically falls along with the changes in the community. It's a really benefits local parents. It's located between 2 major

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Szilvi Kovacs: schools. You know, Woolburg elementary and marked way in middle school within 2 blocks, which has over 1,000 students very close to Broadway Elementary. So it's a great addition, you know, for the community, and it doesn't really

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Szilvi Kovacs: change anything substantial except for adding value.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Okay, I mean, I'd say, if you have a presentation, do maybe quickly go through it. We'd love to please, you know, share the screen, and you know, so we will run it.

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Matthew Royce: do. I have to allow them to?

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jim murez: No, they, they should just be able to go down to the bottom of their screen and click on the share screen. Icon.

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jim murez: Okay. And then they click on the screen they want to share. Also, I have a comment that you should know about before you start this your discussion

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Szilvi Kovacs: speaking.

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Szilvi Kovacs: We only see show captions in a lower hand.

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Szilvi Kovacs: This is the oh, excuse me for a second

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lauren siegel: need to promote them.

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jim murez: Okay, you have to accept. Now you're rejoining as a panelist. Now you should be able to find the share icon down at the bottom.

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jim murez: It's a green icon in the center of the screen, as you scroll the your mouse over the bottom of the

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jim murez: the zoom. There you go.

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jim murez: Do you want to do your comment later, Jim, or before I can? I can do it now. this was a a a project that mikkel contacted me about as I those of you that don't know. I'm also the president of the Business Neighborhood Council. he wanted to have this put on the agenda, and and he didn't have a vote on it yet.

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jim murez: and and based on a most recent city attorney ruling the the motion had to be pre-written

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jim murez: prior to me putting it on as a placeholder on the board's agenda for Tuesday night.

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jim murez: and and so, if there's going to be an issue with the project

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jim murez: approved.

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jim murez: won't be on Tuesday night's agenda, and they'll have to wait another month.

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jim murez: Does that make sense to everyone?

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lauren siegel: Yes, okay.

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jim murez: Thank you. Sorry to interrupt.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, go ahead.

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Szilvi Kovacs: okay. So can we start.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yes, I I had the introduction. I'm: still the and i'll be now the founders of Collect Kids collective.

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Szilvi Kovacs: we have. I have 2 kids originally from Hungary, and Albina has 2 kids as well, and she's from Ukraine, and we would like to change the non operating church into a child care center.

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Szilvi Kovacs: we started kids collective in 2,015, after struggling to find a quality preschool for our children, and so we build our dream preschool, with a combination of Montessori and Reggio approaches, incorporating extra activities, such as Yoga, Spanish, organic gardening and music.

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Szilvi Kovacs: it was an instant success but on the flip side we could only accommodate,

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Szilvi Kovacs: only one out of 5 families who applied because we were limited to only 6 or 12 children. As a family child care, and so together, without being a we couldn't serve more than 24 children at a time

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Szilvi Kovacs: we trying to find a commercial location. but we were out of luck because there were either no suitable locations or the Rans were so. Astronomy call that operating a child. Care was not feasible. the lack of child care facilities in the neighborhood hurts both families and reduces opportunities for teachers.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and they are often minority women

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Szilvi Kovacs: side 3 During our search I lost my family childcare home in 2,020, and i'm about to lose my family daycare, because the landlord is selling it to developers, and I'm. Big being evicted. It puts families in difficult situation because children lose their beloved preschool, and parents have to find a replacement which is hard

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Szilvi Kovacs: to due to the lack of facilities in this area.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and this situation is common, since Covid, 8,500 facilities currently close in California, including more than 3,000 family childcare homes, which is a huge problem for the communities.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and slide 4 every year. We receive, over a 100 applications from the Venice and adjacent neighborhoods known as Silicon Beach.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and over 100 parents signed a letter of support. For this project we hope to accommodate these families next year.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and some of these parents volunteered today to join to show their support.

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Szilvi Kovacs: We also have a 2 next door neighbors who supported our case because they prefer a vibrant preschool over a 200 plus people gathering for service during the weekends or events, and meet ups during the week

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Szilvi Kovacs: slide 5

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Szilvi Kovacs: this location is convenient for many of our applicants looking to walk or bike to school, but also for families who drop off their older children. It's log of Elementary or Mark Twain, or on the way to work and these 2 schools are located within a 2 blocks of 1,935 wall growth, and

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Szilvi Kovacs: a 1,000 students attending

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Szilvi Kovacs: slide 6.

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Szilvi Kovacs: So we use Google Maps to visualize the churches and preschool in the area. There are many churches, and each church can host hundreds of people, while most of the chat care size that you see there are family daycare and unlimited to 6 to 12 students.

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Szilvi Kovacs: 5 7

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Szilvi Kovacs: churches are forced to supplement income be a short-term rentals for events, and meet ups have religious services over the weekend

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Szilvi Kovacs: and negatively impacting street parking. Having a child care is better for traffic and parking impact. We will operate Monday through Friday at 8 am. To 2, 30 Pm. And 5 Pm. so a staggered pick up drop off options, maximum capacity, 68 children.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and efficient and organized pick up and drop off procedures

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Szilvi Kovacs: that it is a glimpse into our preschool. We serve local community with all ethnicities and diverse backgrounds.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and our wonderful family is the the larger location which much needed services that are not limited to to to our preschoolers, and can also host, infant and toddler groups.

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Szilvi Kovacs: And thank you for your consideration.

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Szilvi Kovacs: So we'd love your letter of support in this case.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, thank you.

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Matthew Royce: I'll open it up. Now, if there's any public comment.

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Matthew Royce: See a couple of hands coming up. Anybody else who wants to speak Raise your hand soon.

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Matthew Royce: all right, you know Wanda was first.

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you know, Linda.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: Hi.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: I am an absolute support of this type of school.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: I have 2 workers that just for the first time have been able to purchase homes.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: an income property

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Yolanda Gonzalez: They are not, I mean they are from Guatemala, and they are looking for schools like this.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: They've had to. One of them had to

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Yolanda Gonzalez: lives in Montreal, and had to take his child all the way to Glendale.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: Because there is a waiting list

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Yolanda Gonzalez: of schools like this

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Yolanda Gonzalez: parents are looking for better education and like. I like the fact that she included the minorities. You ought to see how many Hispanic families are looking for private schools and schools like this for their children. They are fed up

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Yolanda Gonzalez: with the unified school system and pre-kinder. They are looking for people to educate their kids.

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Yolanda Gonzalez: Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: All right. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: All right, Ben Marks

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you.

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Then are you there?

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Ben Marx: Yup: yeah. So i'm in support of this as well. our son goes to it's collective, and it's he's had a great time there. He's been able to, you know, for us to he's 3. Now most of his life has been the pandemic, and so this is really the first time he's gotten to go out and explore.

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Ben Marx: and you know he he wants to. The first week was was new for preschool, but then, after that he he wants to stay he's making friends and we live close to the neighborhood, and we we do have to drive now to the location. But

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Ben Marx: it having this facility, would mean that we can walk to school. you know we know we've met all of our neighbors around here since we've moved into this place, but

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Ben Marx: you know we don't know people beyond the block, or to so being able to walk those 2 or 3 blocks you know you'll pass people and get to meet more people in the neighborhood. and that's something you can't do in a car. You can't have a conversation

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Ben Marx: with someone as you're driving by, but you can when you when you're walking by. and it was, you know, one of the great things about living in Venice is that it's a walkable, and it's walkable area. and just being able to continue to move away from having to drive to different places. would make life great. and and you know it also is, it would

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Ben Marx: reduce the number of of people that are driving further away. and just make the the neighborhood that much more sort of an interactive.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you. Ben.

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Robin Meres Robin.

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robin murez: Hi, I'd be curious to see a photograph of this site, if that's possible. Just out of curiosity. I mean it sounds like a a great thing to do, and there are lots of abandoned churches that it'd be great to utilize in this way. and then i'll mention that if they are able, they said they wouldn't plan to be using it on the weekends, but

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robin murez: I know that

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robin murez: There has been a lot of interest in having there be

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robin murez: more kind of Green Park options around in Venice.

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robin murez: so

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robin murez: well one is, if if the site can be greened.

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robin murez: as much as possible. Take out

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robin murez: concrete, and, you know, have it Have permeable surfaces and trees

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robin murez: that would be great, and then, if they can have it open to the neighborhood on weekends as a

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robin murez: some sort of park site, it's something that we have a real shortage of parks in Venice.

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robin murez: So it's just something I would encourage.

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robin murez: That sounds like.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you. Robin.

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Matthew Royce: okay, Daniel.

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Danielle Bowditch: Yeah, yeah, Daniel, about it. Thank you.

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Danielle Bowditch: No worries, no worries.

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Danielle Bowditch: But, my son Solomon Cottage, currently his selective and my youngest Moses hopefully will be in this facility when he turns when it opens as soon as he we get the green light. But I just wanted to

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Danielle Bowditch: talk about the school's philosophy. we are black Americans, and I have not have lived in La for 7 years, and looked high and low on the west side for a school that supported

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Danielle Bowditch: the philosophies of being a community member where there's multiple ethnicities. And it was really shocking that there, in an area that it's so multicultural that there aren't schools teaching it from a very young age how to co-exist and beyond that celebrate. So while on the slide it looks like a wonderful school behind that is actual curriculum and actual methodologies of which I have researched and looked specifically for these

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Danielle Bowditch: where I wanted my child to grow and learn and be a engaged contributing member of society as well as his peers, and that his friends were also part of that the second thing I wanted to mention is, i'm a consultant. I work in the entertainment and tech spaces with C suite, executives.

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Danielle Bowditch: so the efficient drop off is key for me, so that I can get where I need to be in Venice and Beverly Hills and everywhere else. And so just wanted to to make that known as that the operators of this

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Danielle Bowditch: facility know the clientele and the

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Danielle Bowditch: realities of parents, and that the efficiency and the organization of things. is a top priority. Thank you

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Matthew Royce: great. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. Last hand up. I see Gabriel Smith

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Matthew Royce: Gabriel, are you there?

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Gabriel Smith: Hi, there?

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Gabriel Smith: So just a little question about the historical context of this church. A lot of the churches that were

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Gabriel Smith: erected here in Venice speech were gifted by original landowners to the Church Board members, with the understanding that those that land was to be used

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Gabriel Smith: for church purposes for eternity. just a question there. But really my main concern is about the traffic. If this is the church that i'm familiar with. Then I also think that it's a very, very small parking lot

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Gabriel Smith: looking at the proposal. It said that there's gonna be a minimum of 8 staff members. I'm: assuming that's 8 per child, and then a general manager, which means 9 cars in the church parking lot already

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Gabriel Smith: with 64 children getting picked up and dropped off at the same time every day on Wall Grove, which is a heavy traffic street and a one way street going both directions. You're gonna experience a bottleneck of traffic every single day on that road.

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Gabriel Smith: So that would be my concern. Only it does sound like a wonderful business, and it does sound like it's something that the community may need. But I would just be concerned about the traffic there. That's all.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: I see. One more hand came up. Alex.

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Alex Jelinek: I I actually wanted to respond to that. I raised my hand at the last minute, because

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Alex Jelinek: I thought it was important to mention that there are a lot of local parents

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Alex Jelinek: who won't be driving in. They'll actually be walking with their kids.

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Alex Jelinek: And

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Alex Jelinek: yeah, that that's important, You know. There's a lot of parents who've written in

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Alex Jelinek: they're all local a lot of them, either bike in with their kids, or they walk in. So that's a I think something to consider.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, I think we reached the end of

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public comment.

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Oh, Jim! Oh.

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Matthew Royce: you can always talk to him. Yeah, you do

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jim murez: about the slide that they had where the child care centers are located because we're compiling at the Board level we're working on, compiling what's known as a 41 18 list which has to do with the the proximity of schools, and

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jim murez: where homeless encampments are allowed to be in the Council. Woman's working on that with us, and we want to make sure that we have the most complete list, and you had a very good slide, and i'd like to get that. Yeah, at least the the list of addresses, if you could please. Also, I wanted to mention that the Venice farmers market very much supports preschools

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jim murez: and and and the field trips and things that that go on, but we also Don't I I'm. Manager of the farmers market in Venice for 35 years now and we also donate the plant seedlings and and other sorts of

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jim murez: fresh produce and vegetables to several of the other schools around. So if you reach out we have a website, Venice Farmers market.com. There's information about how to do it there. Thank you.

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Matthew Royce: Okay.

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Matthew Royce: it's for plugging the farmers market here.

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Szilvi Kovacs: So we would love. We would love that because we have organic gardening, and we are very green preschool. We have nature design. So that would be very useful.

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Matthew Royce: Great? Okay.

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Matthew Royce: Anybody on the committee have comments or questions

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Lauren first.

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lauren siegel: so I was also concerned or curious about how they handle the pick up and the drop off along Wall Grove in the side street, so maybe they can address that.

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Szilvi Kovacs: yeah. So as we mentioned, we actually prioritize, we do have a waitlist, and we do prioritize applicants who live adjacent so can walk or back to school. That's number one.

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Szilvi Kovacs: we also assigned to parking spaces for a quick drop off where the teachers are outside receiving the children, so parents can have a couple of minutes to drop off and their children, and then go about their day. and then you know it's a low density area on Wall Grove, where there's no unrestricted parking and you know, if a parent wants to park and walk in for 10 min

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Szilvi Kovacs: to bring that child to preschool. that would work, and we also stagger the drop off and pick up times so per classroom. We assign you know, 8, 15 to 8, 30, and then 8, 30 to 845 drop off messages. So it doesn't crowd

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Szilvi Kovacs: traffic. But as I, as I mentioned, most of the applicants that are on our way, this our neighbors and from the neighborhood.

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lauren siegel: So I I i'm not sure how the traffic flows around the elementary school in the middle school. Are you suggesting. Then there will be no stoppage on Wall Grove as people try and search for spots. That would be my biggest concern.

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Szilvi Kovacs: no. Actually, we also. So we prioritize neighbors who live in the area. And then, secondly, we prioritize people whose siblings go to the neighbor in schools, so they can, on the way going to that school, drop off their younger children and go drop up their older children and elementary or middle school. We also incentivize a teacher is actually currently out of 4 in place, 3 carpool and to use public transportation to come to our school.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yeah. Also, we have observed this location for like almost 3 years, because, you know, the entire process, it started just around Covid, and then everything died down. And then basically the actual application was filed after a lot of back and forth, with the zoning administration and city planning

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Szilvi Kovacs: in June 2021. So, like, you know the total of this project has been 3 years just to give you an idea of how long and how painful it has been, and we have observed the conditions, you know. This is a very low you know, density area, and that's true, like people have 2 or 3 car garages, and

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Szilvi Kovacs: there is plenty of Street parking, and in this case again, we, unlike a you know church use case. We are not going to utilize this parking space for extended parking, especially over holidays or weekends, when residents have guests and friends and family over.

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Szilvi Kovacs: so it's a very short term Use case along with the no staggered parking with drop offs it makes it so. No breather like for the current you know home, family childcare. There's no parking all, and it's you know rights on the edge of Los Angeles and Culver City, on Angle Boulevard.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Terrible traffic conditions, and with about you know, 20 students enrolled there. It's not an issue. So in this case. again, we have worked out all the procedures of the operational procedures of how to make it most efficient, so we expect at least half of the parents and children will be local, so they will walk over bike and

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Szilvi Kovacs: the rest that will make it, you know.

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Matthew Royce: as easy as possible. Sorry to interrupt. But I think you you're kind of repeating yourself. i'm looking at Google Street view, and it I think the solution may be in the conditional use current. Maybe a dot should create a designated drop-up phone either. At Wall Rover, Vienna.

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Matthew Royce: It looks like this.

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corinne Baginski: There's a backyard. If you look at the parking

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Matthew Royce: it looks like they can do something.

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Szilvi Kovacs: We will work closely with the neighbors to collect their feedback and our kind of backup plan. If this is not going to work out to everybody's delight, we will definitely work with the Department of

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Szilvi Kovacs: Traffic La Dot, I think to to assign some kind of drop of zone in front of will go for designated so time times.

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Szilvi Kovacs: we don't think that's really again on based on our experience of operating based on our observation of the area, we don't think it's necessary, and we'd like our neighbors to have

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Szilvi Kovacs: you know, parking available in front of the church. with the former church once it's cool, and that's it. That's that's our only consideration.

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Matthew Royce: Okay? Well, Jim, if we

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Matthew Royce: suggested something around loading zones with that

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jim murez: cause of the scheduling problem.

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jim murez: you you'd have you have to to approve the project as presented tonight, because that's how it was put on the board's agenda. But what you could do is Michael could come to the board

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jim murez: and asked to modify that to include a condition that led ot.

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jim murez: puts out traffic signs on Wall Grove for school, drop off zone between the hours of 7 am. And

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jim murez: or something on weekdays, and that could be done. But he would have to put that motion forward so you could decide on the motion tonight and ask him to make that that that alternate motion at the Board meeting. But you can't change it tonight if you want it to be on this month's agenda.

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jim murez: and I think because the zoning administrators holding the case open

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jim murez: for the Vnc. To make a ruling, we really want to get it on the board's agenda next week.

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corinne Baginski: Got it? Okay, I have a question. Are they planning on fencing the property?

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yes, it is a requirement by Cdss. Which regulates you know, childcare facilities that's you know we have to be offense for a children's safety.

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corinne Baginski: So basically you'll have a toll fence on Vienna and Wall group

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corinne Baginski: the whole.

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corinne Baginski: the whole property.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yes, just like Jason. It's right now I can for some you know, for some considerations that are not known to us. The original project did not have. you know this

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Szilvi Kovacs: fans

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Szilvi Kovacs: and so yeah, we will be to for us to be compliant as a child care center. We have to put offense around the property.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and we'll use greenery like you know, there was mentioned. that's yeah. We want to add to the

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Szilvi Kovacs: kind of look and feel

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Szilvi Kovacs: and the statics of the neighborhood so definitely, we'll probably add some greener as well to make it all Washington with.

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corinne Baginski: but the drop off would be on wall growth.

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Szilvi Kovacs: no, the drop off the drop off currently how we presented it to the zoning administrator. There's 2 designated drop off spots at the assigned parking.

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Szilvi Kovacs: so we have 6 aside parking spaces, and 2 of them will be assigned to drop off where teachers are receiving the children.

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Szilvi Kovacs: So we are not encouraging people to drop off at War Grove. We are encouraging people to walk to school and bike to school, and if they can't walk or back to school, they can use the assigned drop of spaces at our parking.

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corinne Baginski: and we all like it through the back alley.

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Szilvi Kovacs: no, not exit to the back alley, because that was a concern of one of the neighbors, so we made sure that we avoid that. So exit. through yeah, while growth.

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corinne Baginski: Thank you.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yes, thank you.

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lauren siegel: Well, I think it sounds like a wonderful school, and I think it would be an asset for our community. And if there's a way that Mikhail can.

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lauren siegel: you know, make that subtle change. I I think that we should vote on it.

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Szilvi Kovacs: Yeah, we would love that. We've been waiting for. A lot of families have been waiting for it for a long time, and

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Szilvi Kovacs: you know, I think that's the only thing the the the the came up at at the public hearing. But then the zoning administrator said that they don't need a report on that.

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Szilvi Kovacs: and so the only the only thing they needed is a letter of support from the vendors. So so zoning administrator, you know, Jeff Chang.

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Szilvi Kovacs: after the public hearing, he collected all the feedback, and basically what he requested was for us to clarify. You know the project conditions such as again creating a sustainable

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Szilvi Kovacs: parking and drop off you know, schedules and schedule. And that's exactly what we did. And he was again completely supportive. He basically approved the case just again leaving it to you know your council to give you the final quote of support and confidence.

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lauren siegel: So, Matthew, are we ready to vote?

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Matthew Royce: I think so on this. Does anybody else on the committee have a comment.

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Matthew Royce: No, it doesn't sound like it. Okay?

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lauren siegel: Well, are you comfortable voting without Mikhail? Because I know this was his case?

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Matthew Royce: Yeah, yeah, he told me like, Go ahead.

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lauren siegel: Yeah, I I I want to vote to support the project.

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Matthew Royce: Anybody have a second.

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Jeff Martin: I'll second

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Matthew Royce: check. Second

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Matthew Royce: alright, I guess i'll do a roll call, just in case.

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lauren siegel: All right, Lauren.

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corinne Baginski: Yes, this is a great project. Good community.

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Jeff.

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Yup.

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Chris.

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Christopher McLean: Yes.

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Matthew Royce: And

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lauren siegel: yeah, that's it.

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Matthew Royce: Yeah, Me: Sorry I was forget me.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. Question. Carries

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Matthew Royce: wonderful. Well, good luck with your project, Matt. Make sure you got you and Lauren or somebody work out what wording you want, Mikkel to present. So it's very clear to him. I'll talk to all.

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Matthew Royce: I'm talking to him always in the airport right now.

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Matthew Royce: okay, there's

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Matthew Royce: one more thing on the agenda, the Lincoln Boulevard

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Matthew Royce: motion. I

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Matthew Royce: I kind of feel like we should postpone this, for when michael's the meeting.

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Matthew Royce: I don't know how the rest of you feel about that.

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Matthew Royce: he he didn't plan. I guess this delay in his travel schedule. So that was unfortunate.

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Matthew Royce: but i'll encourage him to get it as soon as possible back on the agenda for the

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lauren siegel: great. It's the 20 sixth, or 20 eighth of the

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lauren siegel: of January.

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Yeah.

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lauren siegel: 26.

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Yeah.

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Matthew Royce: Okay. So unless anybody else objects, we'll Postpone. That motion to a later date

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lauren siegel: sounds good.

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Matthew Royce: Okay, that's it.

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corinne Baginski: Thank you, Matthew.

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Matthew Royce: You all soon.

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Matthew Royce: hey, Matt.