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39 1674 Whitney Watson: So the only other question I have has to do with management of all the activities happening 1675 and you mentioned the board of directors and committee but also where is the staffing going to come from for some 1676 of these activities and facilities and predictably the healthcare? 1677 1678 Scott Radway: I think overall what you're looking at, in a bigger sense, is for some items, it's the same kinds 1679 of things that a homeowners'association takes care of: storm drainage ponds in the streets and other things like 1680 that. And so really,you're importing that same set of procedures. You're just importing a board and a management 1681 system that's not called a condominium association. It's called a coop association. For the other services, I guess as 1682 we've talked about things, solid waste collection,for example,which is something to pick up and store and work with 1683 the County, and we have a plan for that. Somebody will be required onsite and so that's a service that you either fill 1684 with somebody that's in your community already who would like to do that, sometimes that's a volunteer. Often it's 1685 not volunteer, it's paid or have others come who do that as a business. So, I guess I would say there's movement 1686 back and forth in the different kinds of services. 1687 1688 Whitney Watson: To be more specific and transparent, so my parents went into a continuing care facility in 2017 1689 and they very quickly came to depend on staff to help with their medications even though they were in independent 1690 living. And when they went to assisted living, they had the same kind of staffing issues. So,where is that staffing 1691 going to come from because it can't just be volunteers? 1692 1693 Scott Radway: Let me have Mareah answer that specific aspect. 1694 1695 Mareah Steketee: That's a great question. Family care home as a licensed facility has to be operated by 1696 licensed individuals and so that is part of the cost of living in the community and we'll cover it in whatever way we 1697 can. A lot of it will be single payer. If I need care, I need to be prepared to pay for that. Medicare may cover some 1698 things. Medicare is now covering a bit more than it was before, but it doesn't typically cover day-to-day, assisted 1699 living sort of care but that home will be licensed by the state,will be operated by an official operator. So, does that 1700 answer your questions? 1701 1702 Whitney Watson: Yeah. 1703 1704 Lamar Proctor: All right,thank you. Elizabeth? 1705 1706 Elizabeth Kalies: I just want to follow up on some of Chris'questions and wonder if you could speak to any sort 1707 of diversity, equity, inclusion plans that you have in place? I think they alluded to we're working on it, but are there 1708 any really firm commitments you're making beyond we're looking into affordable housing,we're looking into,you 1709 know, how are you hoping to really achieve those goals? 1710 1711 Mareah Steketee: We're hoping to achieve those goals by continuing to not only educate ourselves but reaching 1712 out to the broader creative community. We've been in consultation with Carol Woods in terms of their outreach 1713 program. The basic trend for many families, black and brown families, is that they take care of their elders in their 1714 own homes. That's a potential changing pattern. We don't have a formal plan right now. Our bylaws are inclusive of 1715 all individuals and we'll do whatever outreach we can. It's an open community. Our dance community, our music 1716 community, is inclusive of all people so we don't have a formal plan. It's something that I've been talking about for a 1717 long time. 1718 1719 Dolores Bailey: I know we only have a few minutes. 1720 1721 Cy Stober: So, yes,two points. Just one acknowledging the time and that two board members haven't 1722 had an opportunity to ask questions.And the other just a reminder to all board members that ultimately the 1723 applications are with regard to land use and development or preservation and your decisions ultimately must be 1724 based upon the land use and the applications before you.