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'15RAFT <br /> 1 through the, he'll present the site plan, and then I'll —and you all are free to interrupt and ask questions. You know that. <br /> 2 And we're happy to do so. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Leon Meyers: We haven't been bashful so far, right? <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Ryan Moffitt: But and then we'll have Mr. Martin present his market study, and we'll wrap it up after that and public <br /> 7 comments. But we'll, that's sort of the order of how we propose to present our case to you. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Leon Meyers: Good. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Ryan Moffitt: So, Mr. Mallett went through our standards, and I think it's not engaging the screen. That's fine. I guess it <br /> 12 looks okay. Okay, so I'm going to first ask Rebecca Sorenson to come forward. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Leon Meyers: Believe she just stepped out of the room. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Ryan Moffitt: All right. Keith? <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Keith Sorenson: I don't think she wanted me to speak first. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Ryan Moffitt: Okay. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Keith Sorenson: Mine's short. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Ryan Moffitt: That's okay. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Keith Sorenson:Okay. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Leon Meyers: Good. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Keith Sorenson: Hello, I'm Keith Sorenson. I'm, I guess I was supposed to say I was duly deposed or whatever that is. <br /> 31 My part in this is really she's supposed to go first and really do the comprehensive overview, so I'm going to just kind of <br /> 32 elaborate a little bit on why I'm doing this, why I want to do this. First and foremost is we live 5 minutes down the road <br /> 33 from here, so we're looking for a property in —well, Rebecca brought up the idea of this to me. And every day I was <br /> 34 driving by the property I kept, I just couldn't stop thinking about the idea. So, I am a coach for the Special Olympics. 1 <br /> 35 coach for Orange County, and I coach cycling and basketball. But every weekend when I do that, it's literally the high <br /> 36 point of my week, and the population that—we also have a son with autism, and that's kind of how we were initially <br /> 37 connected there, but every week when I do that, I just leave there feeling so refreshed about our community and about <br /> 38 humanity. And I just really want other people to be able to experience that as well. And, in addition, I also see, for our <br /> 39 population with developmental disabilities that there is a need. There's a need for everything we're trying to do, but <br /> 40 even within the Special Olympics, I can see, like, how much the need exists within our community. So, you know, for <br /> 41 us, having this right down the road, we really care about our community, and she can probably elaborate a heck of a lot <br /> 42 more on that than I can, but we care about it. And this piece of land is beautiful. We care about preserving the integrity <br /> 43 of the land as well. And I'm just, I can't tell you how excited I am for the potential to be able to do this within our <br /> 44 community and have, you know, that right down the road from our house as something that can really both, in my <br /> 45 opinion, benefit people with and without disabilities. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Rebecca Sorenson: Hi, I'm Rebecca Sorenson. I have a few thoughts I wrote down I wanted to share. I'm grateful and <br /> 48 nervous to be here and to finally arrive at this place. It's taken a lot of time and thoughtful work and very careful steps <br /> 49 forward to be here. I'm a member of The Nest at 54 West, a parent-owned land-holding company. I chaired the <br /> 50 Southeastern Social Care Collective, which is a local non-profit that leverages community culture and resources to <br /> 13 <br />