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<br /> 2 Gary Cullen: So, really, the main purpose and the concept of having cabins and community is to have short-term guests
<br /> 3 to kind of fulfill the tasks. So, you think about kind of that experience of greeting somebody turning into actually turning
<br /> 4 and cleaning the facilities to kind of making sure that the garden and the paths are well lit and kind of maintained. We
<br /> 5 expect that we'll have training of individual disabilities who will be on site to greet those guests, and primarily, it'll be
<br /> 6 weekend kind of usage as we kind of get up to speed and make sure that we have a good experience built for the
<br /> 7 people that we're employing, as well as for the guests who are, obviously, paying their dollars, want to have a good
<br /> 8 experience, so we kind of see how that would work.
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<br /> 10 Ryan Moffitt: What, as far as?
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<br /> 12 Leon Meyers: Excuse me. Mr. Moffitt, if you'd just come to the mic while you're speaking so you get picked up on the
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<br /> 15 Ryan Moffitt: Oh, no problem. The other question is this is going to be available to the public for their own assembly
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<br /> 18 Gary Cullen: Yep.
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<br /> 20 Ryan Moffitt: And what sorts of things do you envision coming out of this.
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<br /> 22 Gary Cullen: Yeah, so we've talked a lot about this. We kind of, we want to invite people who don't have any
<br /> 23 experience to interact with people with disabilities and kind of remove the stigma, so a lot of the things we're thinking
<br /> 24 about is small pop-up, you know, not, small activities. So, we think about if we're teaching people culinary skills so if
<br /> 25 you're a guest at the cabin you can have a packed lunch or a packed dinner. We may twice a month have a meal that
<br /> 26 would invite 20 people to kind of experience with the servers are people with disabilities, the cooks have disabilities, et
<br /> 27 cetera, and so forth. So, the majority of what we're envisioning, and again, a long process to get to the first step, which
<br /> 28 is tonight, is that type of, everything we're thinking about kind of doing on property and kind of the intention is to make
<br /> 29 sure that it supports the employment and the interaction. So that's, that's the essential vision.
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<br /> 31 Ryan Moffitt: Gary, thanks very much.
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<br /> 33 Leon Meyers: Okay.
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<br /> 35 Hope Cullen: Hi, my name is Hope Cullen, and I was sworn in, and I'll be very quick. Thank you so much for taking the
<br /> 36 time for this important meeting, and I also wanted to publicly thank Rebecca for leading the charge and getting us to
<br /> 37 this point. It's been a tremendous amount of work, and we would not be here with her. As a mom to four young adults,
<br /> 38 two of whom live with significant intellectual disabilities, and has arisen from our own experience of shepherding them
<br /> 39 into adulthood, only to find the lack of services, daily living supports, and community connections that they crave and
<br /> 40 deserve. I am thrilled to be part of The Nest that will give my sons the opportunity to join their peers, neighbors, and
<br /> 41 friends in meaningful work while allowing them to gain valuable skills they can utilize and share with others in Orange
<br /> 42 County and beyond, so thank you for taking the time this evening.
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<br /> 44 Leon Meyers: Thank you.
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<br /> 46 Ryan Moffitt: Before we jump and thanks to all of you for all your work and dedication to this. It's, personally for me,
<br /> 47 been a much different kind of project. I'm used to representing developers and builders and, you know, the, it's out of
<br /> 48 the box, and it's been a lot of fun to do something a little different and to do it with the mission that the nest has
<br /> 49 approached it from, and so before we jump back into some of the more technical conversation, I'll just say that what
<br /> 50 you're going to, what this will look like is a service to the community that is going to allow the public to come in and
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