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35 1472 understand our goals, among them, aging in place and to have provisions specifically for seniors and part of the buy- 1473 in, or whatever you want to call it, is in relation to supporting those services. They're going to be small units which 1474 are most suitable for people who are downsizing and would not be supportive of families or not attractive to families, 1475 because it wouldn't have enough bedrooms. So I think for all these reasons, our goal of being a place for aging 1476 adults is going to be met organically. 1477 1478 Chris Johnston: Okay. The cooperative I think is the only thing that would keep me from respectfully 1479 disagreeing, so, and I apologize to keep harping on this in regards to master aging plan, but could you help me 1480 through the cooperative decision making process for determining whether someone is eligible to live in this 1481 neighborhood. Because it sounds like in order to live in this neighborhood,you have to be a member of the 1482 Cooperative. I would like to know what the requirements to being in the Cooperative are in regard to that seems to 1483 be the barrier of entry to this particular land. 1484 1485 Edwin Cox: So we do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, religion, or any other factors that relate 1486 to fair housing. It has to do more with the person who's applying educating themselves about what our goals are for 1487 the community and agreeing to those goals, and once they have completed that process of going through it,we have 1488 a membership committee. Then their identity is opened up to the entire Cooperative for anyone to come forward if 1489 they know of any particular objections they might have.And that's generally pretty straightforward and then they're 1490 allowed in. So, Peggy. This is Peggy. 1491 1492 Chris Johnston: Hi Peggy. 1493 1494 Peggy Craft: Hi. 1495 1496 Chris Johnston: Hi, Peggy. And I apologize. I don't mean to make a stink about this, but part of our 1497 determination is in regards to, how does this fit, and how does this fulfill the goals of comprehensive plan and the 1498 master aging plan component seems to be a large part of it, and I just want to make sure I fully understand. 1499 1500 Peggy Craft: I get that. 1501 1502 1 am secretary of H4D, I'm also head of the membership committee and had the difficult task of doing exactly what 1503 you're asking. Being a Cooperative requires us to have this acceptance approval process, so what do we want that 1504 to look like. I'm a contra dancer, I said, if they can't dance,you know, I'm not sure. Joking. Joking. Absolutely 1505 joking. We couldn't do that. We don't want to do that. What we want is for it to be a community. A community of 1506 people who share in our belief in the culture of active participation physically and governmentally. We want it to be 1507 run in a cooperative manner. We want people who appreciate and take part in traditional music and art and dance 1508 and nature. So when I talked to people,we've going through this process with several people and it's sort of like you 1509 got to understand who we are trying to be, and if you don't like banjo music,you're not going to be happy here,you 1510 know. It's just we are traditional music and dance people. And that's what the community is intended to be. We 1511 don't care if you're 35. I'd be quite happy to have you. 1512 1513 Chris Johnston: I do apologize, and I just want to keep unpeeling this onion a little bit because I don't have a 1514 whole lot of experience with Cooperatives, but in regards to how you determine who is appropriate to be within the 1515 Cooperative.And I'm going to be that guy, and I do apologize. How many members have you turned away. 1516 1517 Peggy Craft: None. 1518 1519 Chris Johnston: Applicants,excuse me, applicants. 1520 1521 Peggy Craft: None. 1522