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Approved 7.10.24 Whitney Watson: So the only other question I have has to do with management of all the activities happening 1674 and you mentioned the board of directors and committee but also where is the staffing going to come from for some 1675 of these activities and facilities and predictably the healthcare? 1676 1677 Scott Radway: I think overall what you're looking at, in a bigger sense, is for some items, it's the same kinds 1678 of things that a homeowners' association takes care of: storm drainage ponds in the streets and other things like 1679 that. And so really, you're importing that same set of procedures. You're just importing a board and a management 1680 system that's not called a condominium association. It's called a coop association. For the other services, I guess as 1681 we've talked about things, solid waste collection, for example, which is something to pick up and store and work with 1682 the County, and we have a plan for that. Somebody will be required onsite and so that's a service that you either fill 1683 with somebody that's in your community already who would like to do that, sometimes that's a volunteer. Often it's 1684 not volunteer, it's paid or have others come who do that as a business. So, I guess I would say there's movement 1685 back and forth in the different kinds of services. 1686 1687 Whitney Watson: To be more specific and transparent, so my parents went into a continuing care facility in 2017 1688 and they very quickly came to depend on staff to help with their medications even though they were in independent 1689 living. And when they went to assisted living, they had the same kind of staffing issues. So, where is that staffing 1690 going to come from because it can't just be volunteers? 1691 1692 Scott Radway: Let me have Mareah answer that specific aspect. 1693 1694 Mareah Steketee: That's a great question. Family care home as a licensed facility has to be operated by 1695 licensed individuals and so that is part of the cost of living in the community and we'll cover it in whatever way we 1696 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 1697 things. Medicare is now covering a bit more than it was before, but it doesn't typically cover day-to-day, assisted 1698 living sort of care but that home will be licensed by the state, will be operated by an official operator. So, does that 1699 answer your questions? 1700 1701 Whitney Watson: Yeah. 1702 1703 Lamar Proctor: All right, thank you. Elizabeth? 1704 1705 Elizabeth Kalies: I just want to follow up on some of Chris' questions and wonder if you could speak to any sort 1706 of diversity, equity, inclusion plans that you have in place? I think they alluded to we're working on it, but are there 1707 any really firm commitments you're making beyond we're looking into affordable housing, we're looking into, you 1708 know, how are you hoping to really achieve those goals? 1709 1710 Mareah Steketee: We're hoping to achieve those goals by continuing to not only educate ourselves but reaching 1711 out to the broader creative community. We've been in consultation with Carol Woods in terms of their outreach 1712 program. The basic trend for many families, black and brown families, is that they take care of their elders in their 1713 own homes. That's a potential changing pattern. We don't have a formal plan right now. Our bylaws are inclusive of 1714 all individuals and we'll do whatever outreach we can. It's an open community. Our dance community, our music 1715 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 1716 long time. 1717 1718 Dolores Bailey: I know we only have a few minutes. 1719 1720 Cy Stober: So, yes, two points. Just one acknowledging the time and that two board members haven't 1721 had an opportunity to ask questions. And the other just a reminder to all board members that ultimately the 1722 applications are with regard to land use and development or preservation and your decisions ultimately must be 1723 based upon the land use and the applications before you. 1724