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Approved 7.10.24 understand our goals, among them, aging in place and to have provisions specifically for seniors and part of the buy-1472 in, or whatever you want to call it, is in relation to supporting those services. They're going to be small units which 1473 are most suitable for people who are downsizing and would not be supportive of families or not attractive to families, 1474 because it wouldn't have enough bedrooms. So I think for all these reasons, our goal of being a place for aging 1475 adults is going to be met organically. 1476 1477 Chris Johnston: Okay. The cooperative I think is the only thing that would keep me from respectfully 1478 disagreeing, so, and I apologize to keep harping on this in regards to master aging plan, but could you help me 1479 through the cooperative decision making process for determining whether someone is eligible to live in this 1480 neighborhood. Because it sounds like in order to live in this neighborhood, you have to be a member of the 1481 Cooperative. I would like to know what the requirements to being in the Cooperative are in regard to that seems to 1482 be the barrier of entry to this particular land. 1483 1484 Edwin Cox: So we do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, religion, or any other factors that relate 1485 to fair housing. It has to do more with the person who's applying educating themselves about what our goals are for 1486 the community and agreeing to those goals, and once they have completed that process of going through it, we have 1487 a membership committee. Then their identity is opened up to the entire Cooperative for anyone to come forward if 1488 they know of any particular objections they might have. And that's generally pretty straightforward and then they're 1489 allowed in. So, Peggy. This is Peggy. 1490 1491 Chris Johnston: Hi Peggy. 1492 1493 Peggy Craft: Hi. 1494 1495 Chris Johnston: Hi, Peggy. And I apologize. I don't mean to make a stink about this, but part of our 1496 determination is in regards to, how does this fit, and how does this fulfill the goals of comprehensive plan and the 1497 master aging plan component seems to be a large part of it, and I just want to make sure I fully understand. 1498 1499 Peggy Craft: I get that. 1500 1501 I am secretary of H4D, I'm also head of the membership committee and had the difficult task of doing exactly what 1502 you're asking. Being a Cooperative requires us to have this acceptance approval process, so what do we want that 1503 to look like. I'm a contra dancer, I said, if they can't dance, you know, I'm not sure. Joking. Joking. Absolutely 1504 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 1505 people who share in our belief in the culture of active participation physically and governmentally. We want it to be 1506 run in a cooperative manner. We want people who appreciate and take part in traditional music and art and dance 1507 and nature. So when I talked to people, we've going through this process with several people and it's sort of like you 1508 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 1509 know. It's just we are traditional music and dance people. And that's what the community is intended to be. We 1510 don't care if you're 35. I'd be quite happy to have you. 1511 1512 Chris Johnston: I do apologize, and I just want to keep unpeeling this onion a little bit because I don't have a 1513 whole lot of experience with Cooperatives, but in regards to how you determine who is appropriate to be within the 1514 Cooperative. And I'm going to be that guy, and I do apologize. How many members have you turned away. 1515 1516 Peggy Craft: None. 1517 1518 Chris Johnston: Applicants, excuse me, applicants. 1519 1520 Peggy Craft: None. 1521 1522