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243 <br /> Approved 7.10.24 <br /> 1725 <br /> 1726 Lamar Proctor: Thank you for that reminder and I would like to keep things moving, but I don't want to limit <br /> 1727 board members'questions too much. With that caveat from Mr. Stober that we need to focus on the land uses, do <br /> 1728 you think if we extended the meeting by 15 minutes we could get everyone's questions in? <br /> 1729 <br /> 1730 Charity Kirk: I just want to clarify that we are supposed to evaluate whether or not this development would <br /> 1731 fit with the character of the zoning request. <br /> 1732 <br /> 1733 Cy Stober: That is absolutely correct. <br /> 1734 <br /> 1735 Charity Kirk: Okay. Just checking. <br /> 1736 <br /> 1737 Cy Stober: Yeah,the character of the community, the character of the activity node, and also the <br /> 1738 principles, goals, and objectives of the comprehensive plan, many of which speak to equity. You are correct. <br /> 1739 <br /> 1740 Lamar Proctor: So, my question is do you think if we extend the meeting by 15 minutes we could get the <br /> 1741 remaining board members'questions so we could finish that portion of the program? If not,that's fine. We'll just pick <br /> 1742 up where we left off. <br /> 1743 <br /> 1744 Beth Bronson: I just need 2 minutes. 15 minutes for questions will be just fine. <br /> 1745 <br /> 1746 Dolores Bailey: Three? <br /> 1747 <br /> 1748 Chris Johnston: I make a motion to extend by 3 plus 2 is 10 minutes. <br /> 1749 <br /> 1750 Beth Bronson: Nope, 15 minutes. <br /> 1751 <br /> 1752 Chris Johnston: Okay, 15 minutes to finish out the board query and so that we can start the meeting fresh with <br /> 1753 public comment. <br /> 1754 <br /> 1755 Marilyn Carter: Second. <br /> 1756 <br /> 1757 Lamar Proctor: All in favor? All opposed? Okay. We'll extend it 15 minutes for the purposes of finishing out <br /> 1758 board member questions so we can begin with public comment at the next meeting. <br /> 1759 <br /> 1760 MOTION BY Chris Johnston to extend the meeting by 15 minutes.Seconded by Marilyn Carter <br /> 1761 <br /> 1762 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY <br /> 1763 <br /> 1764 Dolores Bailey: So, as I was saying, I get what you all are trying to do. I am a board member of Carol Woods <br /> 1765 Retirement Center, been a board member for a while. So, I am confused with what this is trying to be. Are you trying <br /> 1766 to be a retirement center?Are you trying to be a cooperative? <br /> 1767 <br /> 1768 Mareah Steketee: We are a cooperative. <br /> 1769 <br /> 1770 Dolores Bailey: Okay. So, are you asking us to change the land use only so that you can create a separate <br /> 1771 community for this coop? <br /> 1772 <br /> 1773 Mareah Steketee: It is a community that will be guided by principles of cooperative living that really wants to <br /> 1774 incorporate aging in place. We're not building walls to separate from other people. We are welcoming to those <br /> 1775 people. I mean,we often joke that it would only be appropriate to join this community if you can live with a banjo. <br />