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[CALL TO ORDER]
I NOW OPEN THE ROAD.WE JUST GOT A MEETING OF THE VENTRAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS CARLOS LIMITED CHAIRMAN.
WELCOME THIS MICROPHONE WILL DISTURB OUR DISCUSSIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION.
WHO'S GOING TO DO THE INVOCATION WITH ONE OF THE COMMERCIALS WITH THE VOLUNTEER, ANYBODY INVOCATION, AND I JUST FACED WITH AMERICA.
POLICE WATCHED OVER ARMED FORCES, FREEDOM, PROTECT US OFFICIALS TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL DUTIES, RESPECTFUL OF OUR MONITORS TO BE FAIR.
[1. Consider approval of the following Planning and Zoning Commission meeting minutes: a) September 9, 2021 regular meeting]
UM, BUT THOSE CHANGES ARE DETERMINED.[2. Public hearing and consider approval of a final plat of Lots 1A-22A, Block 1A of the Sharieff Garden Homes Addition, being a replat of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Sexton Addition, being 3.3863 acres out of the James Matson Survey, Abstract No. 1050 within the City of Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas. (PZ-FP-2021-50065)]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC CHARITIES BEING 63 ACRES OUT OF THE JAMES MATTSONS ABSTRACT NUMBER 10 50 WITHIN THE CITY, BUT FOR PARENTS COMING TO TEXAS CFP 2025.HERE ARE WE GOOD? UH, PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF, UM, HOSPITAL PARKWAY AND PIPELINE ROAD ORIGINALLY PLOTTED AS A PART OF THE SEXTON EDITION IN 2020 CITY COUNCIL, UH, PROVED A REZONING FROM OUR NON THOUSAND TWO PD WITH AN MP3 BASE ZONING AND THE PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS APPROVED FOR THIS PROPERTY IN ORDER TO SORT OF BUY INTO THIS SPACE.
MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 4,200 SQUARE FEET WITH THE AVERAGE LOT SIZE BEING 5,300 SQUARE FEET.
FINAL PLAT IS IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT AND THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
FEW PICTURES HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU IDEAS, THE SURROUNDING AREA, UM, TEXTS, A LITTLE GRUMPY CODE REQUIRES THAT WE DO A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL REPLANTS THAT PUBLIC NOTICES REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND TO GO TO ALL PEOPLE WITHIN 200 FEET, A LOT WITHIN THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
SO IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER, UM, LOT IN THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT'S THE LOT THAT YOU SEE THERE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WITH THE
YOU'RE GOING TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
YOU'VE, UH, CAN APPROVE APPROVE OF CONDITIONS OR DENY THE PLAT.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LOCAL PERMIT CODE STATES THAT IF THE PLAT
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MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SHAKING YOUR HEAD, LIKE, YOU KNOW THIS, SO I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY, UH, THAT IF IT MEETS OTHER HARVEST AND SUBDIVISION CODE LOCAL ORDINANCES, THEN YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.BUT TO APPROVE IT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
STAFF WILL SAY THIS THE SAME THING YOU DID THE PVD.
THEY'RE JUST FINISHING UP THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS KINDA OFF THE RECORD THAT YOU SAY.
WE ONLY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE ON THE RECORD.
JUST SO, SO THE WAY STATE LAW READS IS THAT YOU ONLY NOTICED FOR RESIDENTIAL REPLAT YOU ONLY NOTIFY IN THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S ONLY FOR A RESIDENTIAL REPLAT THE REASON THEY DO THAT IS BECAUSE AS Y'ALL KNOW, CITIES DON'T, UM, REGULATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO IF THERE WERE DATA THAT WERE TIED TO THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION, IT ALLOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION TO ENFORCE THOSE DEED SECTIONS THAT THEY CHOOSE.
IS ANYBODY OTHER, HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO STEP ON THE CASE? OKAY, WELL, UH, THANKS WEST.
WELL, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
NORMAL AND WRITTEN POLICY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO KIND OF BE HERE TO ASK, BUT THIS IS KIND OF FINISHING UP THE PROCESS, SO IT'S ALL RIGHT.
UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORTH AND COMMENT ON THE CASE BEFORE US NOBODY'S OUT THERE AND NOBODY'S COMING UP.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION CONCERNING WE CASE, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION? OTHERWISE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CASE.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE A FINAL PLAT, A PZ FP 2 0 2 1 DASH 5 0 6 9.
SO IF I WANT ABOVE, EXCUSE ME, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT MELANIN FOR THE SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
CHAIRMAN CARLSON, VICE CHAIRMAN DAVIS COMMISSIONER, EMORY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
[3. Public hearing and consider approval of a final plat of Lots 1 & 3R, Block 2 and Lot 1, Block 3 of the Bedford Lake Addition, being a replat of Lots 1-5, Block 2 and Blocks 1-3 of Bedford Lake Addition, being 70.817 acres of land out of the William R. Allen Survey, Abstract No. 12 in the City of Bedford, Tarrant County, Texas. (PZ-FP-2021-50069)]
OUR NEXT CASE TONIGHT IS PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A FINAL PLAT OF LOTS.ONE AND THREE ARE BLOCK TWO AND LOT ONE BLOCK, THREE OF THE BEDFORD LAKE ADDITION BEING A REPLANT OF LOTS OF ONE THROUGH FIVE BLOCK TWO AND BLOCKS ONE THROUGH THREE, A BEDFORD LAKE ADDITION BEING 70.817 ACRES OF LAND OUT OF THE WILLIAM R. ALLEN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 12, AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS PZ FP 20 21 5 0 0 6 9 WEST.
MR. CHAIRMAN COMMISSION MEMBERS PROPERTY IS LOCATED, I THINK MOST NOWHERE, UH, THE PARK IS LOCATED AT, BUT LOCATED FORREST RIDGE PARKWAY AND UH, HARWOOD ROAD.
THE, UM, PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PLATTE IS REALLY TO, TO CLEAN UP SOME THINGS AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE SORT OF IS THE SIDE OF THE CITY'S REDEVELOPED PARK.
UM, GENERATIONS PARK AT BOYS RANCH, UH, DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS, NEW EASEMENTS WERE NEEDED.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS REALLY TO PROVIDE A CLEAN DOCUMENT THAT ILLUSTRATES THE ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF WHAT'S ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO PUBLIC NOTICE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE, WE NOTIFIED EVERYBODY WITHIN, UH, WE NOTIFIED IN THE NEWSPAPER, BUT ALSO NOTIFIED EVERYBODY WITHIN OUR ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
IN THIS CASE, THE CITY WAS THE OWNER OF EVERYTHING IN THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND, UH, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT SO FAR.
SO, UM, AGAIN, TONIGHT, UH, THE REQUESTS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ACTION ITEMS ARE TO APPROVE APPROVE OF CONDITIONS OR DENY.
AND AS I STATED, JUST MINUTES AGO, THAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS.
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO APPROVE, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT JAB.
UH, COMMISSIONER, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IF WE'RE RUNNING THE CASE MISNOMER FOR THE MIC? MY APOLOGIES.
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YOU GUYS.UM, AND YOU HAVE ALREADY STATED YOUR CASE, SO THANKS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SO APPRECIATE IT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK REGARDING THIS CASE, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS, SEEING NOBODY HERE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CASE? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF M CASE P Z F P 2021 DASH 5 0 0 6 9.
THE FINAL PLAT FOR LOT ONE AND THREE ARE BLOCK TWO IN LOT ONE BLOCK, THREE OF THEM.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROMANO.
CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? OKAY.
CHAIRMAN CARLSON, VICE CHAIRMAN DAVIS COMMISSIONER, EMORY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN.
I THANK COMMISSIONER MARINARA.
SO SINCE THAT WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY WENT TO YOURSELF.
CAUSE WE, CAUSE WE CHANGED SOME ZONING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AT ONE POINT TO OUR 1500 OR SOMETHING CRAZY NUMBER.
AND AT THAT POINT WITH THE ZONING, WE DID NOTIFY WITHIN THAT 200 FEET OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY LINES.
[4. Zoning Case PZ-ZONING AMEND-2021-50068, public hearing and consider making a recommendation to City Council regarding an amendment to Section 6.4 entitled “Board of Adjustment: Procedure” and Section 6.5 entitled “The Board of Adjustment: Powers and Duties” of the City of Bedford Zoning Ordinance. (PZ-ZONING AMEND-2021-50068)]
ALL RIGHT.OUR NEXT CASE FINAL CASE TONIGHT IS ZONING CASE BZ ZONING AMENDMENT 20 21 5 0 0 6 8 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.4 ENTITLED BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE AND SECTION 6.5 ENTITLED THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD ZONING ORDINANCE, PEZ ZONING MN, OR I'LL SAY AMENDMENT 20 21 5 0 6 8 WEST STEP PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN COMMISSION MEMBERS, UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THE ZONING ORDINANCE REGULATES THE POWERS DUTIES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THERE'S SOME NEAT, NEAT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED IN THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, ONE WAS PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN APPOINTING ALTERNATES.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF VACANCIES DUE TO PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF TOWN OR, OR NOT BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ANYMORE.
AND THAT'S CAUSED US SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, HAVING PEOPLE TO CONDUCT A MEETING.
UH, ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE GRANTING VARIANCES, IT HAS TO BE OF A SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS YOU NEED FOUR PEOPLE IN ORDER TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED.
SO IT'S KIND OF UNFAIR TO THE APPLICANT ASKING IF HE'S ONLY IF HE'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD HAPPY AT ONE TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE TRIED TO GET ALTERNATIVES TO
UM, SO WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS IT PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ALLOWS US TO STEAL FROM BUILDING STANDARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UH, BUILDING BUILDINGS DEVASTATING THAT RIGHT.
UM, AND UH, SO WE CAN STEAL FROM THEM.
INTERESTING THING IS RIGHT NOW, THE BUILDING AND SENIORS COMMISSION CAN STEAL FROM ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IS ONLY MORE JUST WHAT CAGES CAN'T STEAL FROM THEM.
SO WE'RE KIND OF PUTTING ON AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD IN THAT CASE.
UM, SECOND AMENDMENT ON THIS WAS TO ADJUST THE TIMEFRAME FOR APPEAL OF INTERPRETATIONS BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL.
RIGHT NOW OUR ORDINANCE SAYS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS 60 DAYS TO APPEAL A DECISION OF STAFF.
UM, STATE LAW SAYS IT'S 20 DAYS, SO WE'RE JUST TYING IT UP WITH WHAT STATE LAW SAYS.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE WAS TO CLEAR UP SOME LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR VARIANCES.
UH, THERE WAS AN INCORRECT REFERENCE TO, UH, IN THE ORDINANCE, AS IT STATES TODAY AS TO WHERE TO GO TO FIND PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE JUST CLEANING THAT UP AND WE'RE JUST MIRRORING IT TO THE SAME NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT AS A ZONING CHANGE, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IF I'M LOOKING AT THE RED LINE UNDER SIX FOR A ESTABLISHMENT OF A BOARD.
SO DID IT CURRENTLY SAY AS NEEDED MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MAY SERVE AS ALTERNATIVES ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY JUST ADDED AND THEN CHANGED AGAIN? THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT'S YEAH, I WAS GETTING READY TO GO LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL.
YOU JUST, YOU JUST REWORDED IT A DIFFERENT WAY, RIGHT? MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE.
UH, WHY IS IT A PAIN Z COMMISSIONED FUNCTION TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT? HOW DOES THAT MESH TOGETHER? TYPICALLY YOU FIND THE REGULATIONS FOR BORDERLINE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND SINCE IT'S IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, IT'S ANY AMENDMENT TO THOSE ON WARNINGS HAS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY THIS BODY.
AND THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
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I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON THE SEMANTICS.UM, SO WHEN THE, UM, ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING IS SET, DO YOU, WILL YOU NOTIFY THE BUILDING STANDARDS MEMBERS ALSO OF THE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY CAN SHOW UP? OR HOW IS THAT WORKING? WHEN I ENVISION US DOING AND ANDREW CORRECT ME IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA, BUT MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE'LL ONLY CONTACT BOARD BILL BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION.
IF WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME POSITIONS FILLED, THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN THE PRACTICE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S WORKED THE OTHER WAY.
BUILDING AND STANDARDS HAS BORROWED FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND WHAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHO WAS OVER THAT GROUP.
HE TRIES TO KIND OF TAKE TURNS ON WHO HE REACHES OUT TO, UM, IN ORDER TO GET HIS QUORUM.
SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO KIND OF SHARE AND, UM, NOT GRAB THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY TIME, BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT THEY ARE ALTERNATIVES.
AND SO THEY WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE SLOTS.
BUT YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF WE'LL TAKE TURNS.
UM, DO WE DO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT THOUGH? YEAH.
UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE US THEIR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE ZONING AMENDMENT SEEING NO ONE I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF REGARDING THE AMENDMENT? OKAY.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION CONCERNING IT.
UH, MOVE TO APPROVE ZONING CASE PZ ZONING AMENDMENT 20 21 5 0 0 6 8 AS WRITTEN GAL.
UH, HAVING A MOTION AND A SECOND, HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIR, DAVIS COMMISSIONER, EMORY COMMISSIONER MCMILLAN AND COMMISSION.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS HANDLE EITHER.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR CONCERNS COMMISSION NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING COMING UP? WELL, AS THEY, AS THEY SAY ON SPORTS AND NOT SO FAST, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY KIND OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR PROJECT STATUS REPORT IN A WHILE.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US OR NOT AT THIS TIME.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE UPDATES.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT A TYPICAL FUNCTION OF THE OFFICE TO DO THAT AT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO KIND OF MOVE AWAY FROM THAT.
AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE UPDATES.
IT'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY NOTHING THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO COMMUNICATE OR, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOU ALL INFORMED OF.
UM, AND SO I'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT A LITTLE MORE OF LIKE A LITTLE ONE PAGER WITHIN YOUR, UM, PACKETS, PROBABLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THINGS, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO END UP MOVING.
ALONG THE LINES OF WORK SESSIONS AND A LITTLE BIT, YES.
SO HOW FREQUENT IS THE ZBA? I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY INFREQUENT AROUND, IT WAS PRETTY INFREQUENT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS COMING THROUGH.
SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST A WAVE OR IF IT'S A NEW TREND THAT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF.
BUT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE PENDING RIGHT NOW, WAITING FOR THAT BOARD TO MEET.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A WAVE OR A TREND AT DBA.
SO I THINK THEY'VE MET ONCE OR TWICE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION.
I AMERICA'S, WE SENT ONE OVER THERE CAUSE THE GUY CAME HERE, BUT WE REALIZED YOU NEED TO GO TO ZBA FIRST, THEN COME HERE AND GET THIS AND TURNED INTO A MONTHS LONG.
HONESTLY, THINK THAT AS WAS IT IN.
AS WE BUILD OUT, I THINK THINGS ARE JUST GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL AND A LITTLE MESSY, THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE REMAINING, UM, HAVE BEEN SKIPPED OVER FOR A REASON.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT'S JUST THAT, THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF IT.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL, WILL TRIGGER A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, I FINALLY MADE IT TO VERY BUSY THAT HAS OPENED UP.
IT'S NICE TO GET A REPORT ON AND TO SEE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE WORKED ON TO SEE THOSE AS THEY OPENED UP.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, VOICE VOTE.
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ALL RIGHT.