[VII.1. Fifth Third Bank (Certificate of Appropriateness - Highway Corridor Overlay): A request by Angelina Makowski (BDG Architects, LLP) on behalf of owner, Paul Scott (First Chatham) for review of a Certificate of Appropriateness - Highway Corridor Overlay application. The project consists of a 2,609 SF bank facility and two drive-up automated teller machines. The property is zoned Jones Estate Planned Unit Development (PUD) and consists of 1.33 acres identified by tax map number R610 036 000 3213 0000 within the May River Crossing Master Plan and the Town of Bluffton Highway Corridor Overlay District. (COFA-05-25-019759 ) (Staff - Charlotte Moore)]

THERE IS NO OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS. FIRST ITEM FIFTH THIRD BANK CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY. AS A REMINDER WE HAVE APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE C.O.D. THIS IS A REQUEST BY ANGELA MAKOWSKY ON BEHALF OF OWNER PAUL SCOTT FOR REVIEW OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY APPLICATION. THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF A 2609 SQUARE FOOT BANK FACILITY AND TWO DRIVE UP AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES.

THE PROPERTY IS ON JONES ESTATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND CONSISTS OF 1.33 ACRES IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP NUMBER IN THE AGENDA WITHIN THE MAY RIVER CROSSING MASTER PLAN AND THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON HIGHWAY CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT THE CHARLOTTE.

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THANK YOU. AS YOU INDICATED THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE MAIN RIVER CROSSING DEVELOPMENT. YOU SEE IT THERE WITH THE STAR LOCATED JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 46. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. THE AREA HERE IS, THE BANK.

THE AREA RIGHT HERE ARE TWO DRIVE UP TELLER MACHINES AND THEN THIS AREA BACK HERE WOULD BE THE TRASH ENCLOSURE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED WOULD BE LANDSCAPED ALONG THE MAE RIVER ROAD HIGHWAY 46 CORRIDOR. THERE IS A WOODED BUFFER THAT WILL REMAIN INTACT. HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS CONSTRUCTED ALBUM RIVER CROSSING ALREADY. THE COLOR PALETTE IS LOW COUNTRY TYPICAL OF THE COLOR SCHEME THAT'S USED IN MAY RIVER CROSSING AT MOONLIGHT THERE AND YOU SEE THIS GRAYISH SILVER COLOR WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT COLOR OF THE BANK WHICH WILL BE HARDIE PANEL THE ROUTE PLAN THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE ROOF AND WILL BE SCREENED FULLY NOT VISIBLE FROM PEDESTRIANS. THE TRASH ENCLOSURE WILL BE SCREENED AS WELL COATED WITH STUCCO AND PAINTED IN A COLOR TO MATCH BANK.

THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN I'M ONLY PROVIDING A PORTION IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE TEN FOOT CANDLES MAXIMUM FOR THE ENTIRE SITE EXCEPT WITH A FEW HOT SPOTS RIGHT AT THE ATM DRIVE UP AS WELL AS THE WALK UP ATM. AND THIS IS THE RANGE OF THE FOOT CANDLES THAT YOU SEE HERE.

SO THERE WOULD BEANY THERE WILL NEED TO BE A DETERMINATION THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS STILL SOME MANUFACTURER INFORMATION HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE APPLICANT AND SO THESE FOUR CANDLES MIGHT CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

THE REVIEW CRITERIA YOU SEE HERE THERE ARE THREE AND IT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THERE WILL NEED TO BE LIGHTING DETERMINATIONS MADE FOR LED LIGHTING AND AS YOU KNOW THE REGULATIONS FOR THIS AREA WERE ADOPTED BEFORE THERE WAS LED LIGHTING AND SO YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE LEDS ARE APPROPRIATE AS WELL AS THE FOOT CANDLE EXCEEDING THE FOOT CANDLES. SO TONIGHT YOU CAN APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED WITH CONDITIONS OR DENY THE APPLICATION. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS AND THAT INCLUDES AN UPDATED PHOTOMETRIC PLAN THAT INCLUDES ACCURATE FOOT CANDLES AFTER THE CANOPY DETAILS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDE A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE MASTER PLAN DECLARANT RESPONSE BILL FOR THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR MAY RIVER CROSSING AND TO PROVIDE A SIGNED PERMIT THAT WILL BE SEPARATE FROM THE COVE TIME AND AGAIN A DETERMINATION WILL NEED TO BE MADE THAT LED LIGHTING IS APPROPRIATE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE FOUR CANDLES IN EXCESS OF TEN ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE PLAN.

AND WITH THAT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT IS STAFF'S FEELING ON FOOT CANDLES MORE THAN ANYTHING? THIS WOULD SEEM APPROPRIATE. LET ME GO BACK TO THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN AND LET ME ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN TO SHOW YOU THE LOCATION THE SO THIS IS MAE RIVER CROSSING THAT YOU SEE HERE. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER THE BANK WILL BE FACING AND SHE MAY RIVER CROSSING.

HOWEVER THE ATM IS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE BANK WHICH IS WOODED IN THIS AREA.

SO THERE'S REALLY NO VISIBILITY AND THERE WON'T BE PEOPLE FROM THE FROM THE PARKING LOT OR PASSING BY WHO WILL SEE ANYONE WALKING UP TO THIS TELLER MACHINE.

ADDITIONALLY THE ATM DRIVE UPS AND THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED VERY CONCENTRATED IN THAT AREA SO THERE IS NO SPILLOVER HERE AT THE PROPERTY LINES AND WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE IN MY OPINION.

AND SO WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE FOOT CANDLES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN IS THE APPLICANT HERE THEY ARE HERE WITH THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK ARE FIND FRAMING LIGHTING AND THE LIGHTING IS ALL ABOUT SECURITY AND SAFETY FOR THE CUSTOMER. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTS. WE WANT IT TO BE BRIGHT. IT'S LOOKING BEHIND THE BUILDING. IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE. IT'S THE SHOPPING CENTER ON THE SIDE OF THIS. GOOD EVENING BRANT NEVILLE INFINITI ENGINEERING GROUP EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TAMPA FLORIDA 33602 WITH RESPECT TO THE LED LIGHTS I WOULD POINT TO THE

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SITE MOST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE SITES OUT THERE FOR PUBLIX AND ALSO THE DENTAL OFFICE IS ALREADY USING LEDS. SO I THINK THAT'S A NON-ISSUE WITH US WITH THAT'S A CLERICAL IN THE OKAY SO WITH RESPECT TO THE TO THE HOT SPOTS AS WE CALL THEM YOU KNOW WE YOU KNOW FLORIDA IS A REGULATED STATE. THEY HAVE A FLORIDA STATUTE GUARDING ATM LIGHTING AND SO WITH OUR BANK AT TOP OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE AND THAT IS YOU KNOW, THE THE TEN FOOT CANDLES OR GREATER IN THE FIVE FOOT RADIUS IT'S THERE SIMPLY TO ILLUMINATE AND TO MAKE CUSTOMERS FEEL SAFE AND DETER CRIMINALS. AND IT'S PROVEN THAT THE BRIGHTER IT IS, THE LESS CRIMINAL, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY YOU HAVE.

AND SO WHY IF YOU COME BACK AND SAY YOU WANT US TO LOWER WE CAN LOWER IT BUT IT CAN YOU KNOW, AS WE LOWER IT YOU KNOW, YOU MORE RISK FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY .

I THINK YOU THROW THE PHOTOMETRIC LAMP ZEROS OUT OF THE PROPERTY LINE THERE RIGHT BUT ANY OTHER KNOW THAT'S I MEAN IT'S IT'S PRETTY STANDARD PROCEDURE TO HAVE INCREASED LIGHTING FOR SECURITY. OH YEAH.

SO NO I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW STAFF FELT ABOUT IT SO AND FOR ME THAT ATM ON THE BACK WHICH IS A WALK UP IT'S SORT OF LIKE I WOULD WANT THE LIGHT THERE TO DEFINITELY YEAH I DON'T DISAGREE WITH IT I JUST WAS CURIOUS HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE LIGHT LEVEL ON ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

SURE. OR YOU KNOW I'M FINE. YES, I AGREE.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN FOR THE OUR DUMPSTER IS ON THE RIVER ROAD ELEVATION.

IT IS BUT IT WON'T BE VISIBLE FROM MAY RIVER ROAD AND IT WILL BE SCREENED WITH LANDSCAPING DWARF PAUL MEADOWS AND HOLLY'S THE THING I WOULD SAY IS IF IT DOES END UP VISIBLE I WOULD WOULD PREFER TO SEE A FEATURE THAT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE SIDE OF A SHED LIKE A WINDOW ENCLOSED WINDOW OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT IF IT'S GOING TO BE AS BUILT WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT DUMPSTER FROM A RIVER ROAD. WE'RE FINE BUT YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT BECAUSE WE I MEAN WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS WITH CVS. WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS WITH SOME OTHERS WHERE WE SAID YOU CAN'T BE UP AND GRANTED THEY WERE LIKE CLOSER TO THE HIGHWAY . WE JUST WE EITHER NEED TO HOLD THEM TO MAKING SURE THAT ADDITIONAL PLANTINGS GO IN THERE TO MAKE IT INVISIBLE. WELL, WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE CONDITION FOR ADDITIONAL AREAS AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING CAN YOU SHOW THAT SOUTH ELEVATION AGAIN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COMMISSION IS OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT IS THE THAT IS THE ELEVATION THAT WILL BE FACING MAIN RIVER ROAD.

I PERSONALLY AM COMFORTABLE WITH IT BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THE PRIMARY OKAY. AND THE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE VASEY PLAN I I'M ASSUMING THAT'S A CUTAWAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THE UNIT CORRECT. OKAY. I'LL MAKE THE STATEMENT TO YOU THAT I'VE MADE TO EVERYBODY ELSE. DISCLAIMER I AM IN THE AC BUSINESS IF THIS IS BUILT AND THAT UNIT IS VISIBLE FROM MAY RIVER ROAD YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO ADDITIONAL SCREENING OR TO MOVE THINGS AROUND IF THEY CANNOT BE VISIBLE FROM THAT ROAD FROM THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE OTHER PAGE CHARLOTTE AND ENTERTAIN THE MOTION? THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS LET'S ADD A CONDITION OF THE DUMPSTER TO BE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD WITH EXTRA PLANTINGS IF NECESSARY. SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. I WANT TO TAKE A STAB AT IT.

I'LL TAKE A STAB. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ALIGN WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT I CAN AND ADD THE CONDITION FOR A FOURTH CONDITION THAT THE DUMPSTER IF NOT PROPERLY SCREENED AND DETERMINED BY STAFF THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL SCREENING AS REQUIRED BY STAFF. OKAY.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I THINK WE NEED TO ADD THAT WE ARE APPROVING THE LED AND THE FOOT CANDLE THAT IS NOT IN THERE TO THE RECOMMENDATION.

MY STAFF HAS TWO PAGES CORRECT? CORRECT. THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED BUT THAT DOESN'T SAY IT'S APPROVED AS AS DETERMINED. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO AMEND THE MOTION? SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE LCD

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LIGHTING IS APPROVED AND THE FOOT CANDLES SHOWN ON THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN ARE ALSO APPROVED. OKAY DO WE HAVE A SECOND OF THE AMENDMENT? SECOND WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. OKAY.

TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT YOU'RE ALL IN FAVOR. I LIKE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[VII.2. Public Hearing and Recommendation to Town Council for a request by Livewell Terrace L.P. (Woda Cooper Group), with authorization from the Property Owner Beaufort Memorial Hospital, for the 100% affordable/workforce housing project to be known as Livewell Terrace located at 335 Buckwalter Parkway and identified as Beaufort County Tax Map No. R610 030 000 0712 0000 for the following: 1. Acquisition of residential development rights in the amount of sixty (60) Residential Dwelling Units (“RDUs”) owned by the Town of Bluffton and held in the Town’s Development Rights Bank pursuant to the Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance; 2. Amendment to the Buckwalter Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) Development Agreement to increase the number of residential development rights by 60 RDUs associated with the 100% density bonus; and 3. Amendment to the Buckwalter Planned Unit Development (“PUD”) Concept Plan to increase the number of residential development rights by 60 RDUs associated with the 100% density bonus.– Kevin Icard, Director of Growth Management]

THANK YOU. OKAY. THE SECOND ITEM IN NEW BUSINESS A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMENDATION TO TOWN COUNCIL. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION FOLKS TO TOWN COUNCIL FOR A REQUEST BY LIBERAL TERRORIST TO HELP WITH AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER BEFORE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR THE 100% AFFORDABLE SLASH FOR HOUSING WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT TO BE KNOWN AS LIVE TERRACE LOCATED AT 335 BUCKWALTER PARKWAY AND IDENTIFIED AS THE COUNTY TAX MAP NUMBER IN THE PACKAGE THERE ARE THREE SUB ITEMS RELATED TO THAT THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA SO CORRECT AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND IF YOU COULD CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL GET UP AT 1/2 CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M BACK AGAIN IN FRONT OF YOU LAST WEEK ASKING ME LAST MONTH I WAS HERE FOR A WORKSHOP ON THIS ITEM SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.

WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL GO TO TOWN COUNCIL.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE IN CASE ANY QUESTIONS COME UP OR THEY'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT AGAIN. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR US TO APPROVE THE ACQUISITION OF 60 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS FROM THE TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BANK THROUGH A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ORDINANCE AS WELL AS AMENDING THE PD AND CONSENT PLAN TO INCORPORATE SAID UNITS INTO THE BUCKWALTER PROPERTY. THE ACTION INTENDS TO DEVELOP 120 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX AND 6000 SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING.

AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE PROPERTY IS A TEN ACRE SITE. IT WAS PURCHASED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY FROM ST ANDREWS BY THE SEA AS YOU CAN SEE FOR HIS $3.2 MILLION THE COUNTY HAD REVISED THE ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE AND CONVEY THE PROPERTY TO MEMORIAL WHICH HAPPENED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND THEN BEFORE MEMORIAL HAD SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST FROM THE TOWN OF BLUFFTON TO ACQUIRE THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY AND ULTIMATELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY PART OF THAT ALSO WE HAVE A DENSITY BONUS THAT IS AVAILABLE AND THE WAY THAT THE DOCUMENT IS SET UP IS THAT IT IS INCENTIVIZED FOR INDIVIDUALS SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TRUE WAY TO DO THAT WE'RE RELYING ON THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AND THEN THE ACTUAL DENSITY BONUS PORTION ITSELF IS IS NOT NECESSARY TO TO GO THROUGH YOUR PROCESS BUT JUST KIND OF MAKING YOU AWARE WHAT'S HAPPENING AND SINCE THE SITE IS ONE 2% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY WERE ABLE TO IN ESSENCE DOUBLE THEIR UNITS.

SO WE HAVE 60 WE SPLIT THEM AND THEN MAGICALLY HAVE 120 UNITS AS I'VE ALREADY STATED ALL THAT INFORMATION RIGHT THERE JUST AGAIN THAT TEN ACRES THAT THE TEN ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL THE APPLICANT WILL USE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO CONSTRUCT THE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING AND THEN AFTER THAT THOSE RIGHTS WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TOWN AND HELD IN THE BANK AGAIN THE VICINITY MAP YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE KROGER FUELING STATION. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW JUST SO YOU CAN SEE IN CONTEXT OF BUCKWALTER PLACE TO THE NORTH IS WASHINGTON SQUARE AS WELL AS WOODBRIDGE AGAIN JUST ANOTHER AERIAL JUST SO YOU CAN GET THE CONTEXT OF IT AND THE BOUNDARY MAP OF THE PROPERTY BEING IN THE BEAUTY ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO PROVIDE IS JUST KIND OF A A UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS. SO THE APPLICANT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, THE LIGHT ACT AS WE TARGET.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A DEVELOPER BASE SUBSIDY. YOU KNOW THE THE YOU KNOW WHO RECEIVES THIS BENEFIT THE DEVELOPERS OWNERS THEY PASS THE SAVINGS ON THROUGH LOWER RENTS . YOU CAN SEE IT'S BASED ON CERTAIN ARMS AND THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT WHERE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AMI TARGETS THAT THEY'LL BE HITTING

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AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY WHAT THIS IS NOT IS IT IS NOT THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM AND FOR INDIVIDUALS OF AN OLDER GENERATION YOU MIGHT THINK OF SECTION EIGHT HOUSING. THIS IS NOT SECTION EIGHT HOUSING. OKAY SO REVIEW CRITERIA WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT INCLUDE THE REVIEW CRITERIA ALL ARE BEING MET. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THEM AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT ONE BY ONE. THE BUTTON HERE ALSO BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS OH WE CAN DO MORE OF A SUMMARY HERE AND THEN WE'RE GOOD.

SO NEXT STEPS SORRY I'M KIND OF LOCKED UP ON ME THERE SO I PROVIDED A KIND OF A TIMELINE IN YOUR PACKET AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WE ARE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS WILL GO IN FRONT OF TOWN COUNCIL IN AUGUST FOR A SECOND AND FINAL READING AND I BELIEVE I HAD STATED IT LAST TIME THAT THE APPLICANT IS ON A VERY TIGHT WINDOW TOO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE TAX CREDITS AND HAVE CERTAIN MILESTONES THAT HAVE TO BE MET BY THE END OF OCTOBER. SO IN THE AUGUST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SITE WILL COME IN FRONT OF YOU. SO YOU HAD A WORKSHOP LAST MONTH DOING THIS THIS MONTH AND THEN YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN NEXT MONTH. WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I DO HAVE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS AND IF YOU SO CHOOSE A HIGHLIGHTED A THE APPROVAL SECTION AND YOU CAN JUST SAY THAT AS YOU APPROVE AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE SO AND THE APPLICANTS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM FOLKS THIS WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO TOWN COUNCIL THAT THEY A SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING WHICH IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME IN AT LEAST SIX YEARS THAT I KNOW OF THAT THEY'VE DONE A SPECIAL MEETING.

OH MY SUGGESTION IS THAT WE NOT JUST RECOMMEND THIS FOR APPROVAL BUT WE EMPHATICALLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR A PROGRESSIVE I GUESS IS PROVIDING SOMETHING THAT WE NEED DESPERATELY IN THIS TOWN. IT IS NOT AS KEVIN SAID EARLIER ,SECTION EIGHT HOUSING THIS IS HOUSING FOR OUR WORKFORCE THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT. PROBABLY TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE COMPANY I WORK FOR LIVE AN HOUR OR MORE AWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BECAUSE SO WITH THAT I WILL GET OFF MY SOAPBOX AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS.