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13215.21 Okay.13215.21 Council13216.09 of13216.41 Health,13216.57 did13216.65 you13216.89 want13217.05 to13217.29 comment?13217.53 13218.81 FELTNER13218.81 -13218.81 Union13218.81 Market13219.21 as13219.53 in13219.77 alone,13219.93 you13220.33 mean?13220.49 13220.65 PICCIRILLI13220.65 -13220.65 Yes.13221.29 13221.85 FELTNER13221.85 -13221.85 So13221.85 that13222.23 would13222.31 be13222.39 21613222.47 to13224.63 213224.63 plus13224.63 plus13226.86 plus13227.1 plus.13227.43 So13227.67 we're13227.91 talking13228.07 three13228.39 parcels13228.7 then.13229.1 So13232.09 you13232.17 wouldn't13232.25 go13232.41 up13232.65 to13232.73 20413232.89 that13233.37 include13233.61 the13233.93 gables?13234.17 Because13234.57 I13234.81 thought13234.97 the13235.29 WS13235.53 parcel13235.93 is13236.25 part13236.41 of13236.65 the13236.81 gables,13236.89 which13237.29 is13237.45 204.13238.49 13241.18 MAGOON13241.18 -13241.18 20213241.18 and13241.82 204,13241.82 which13242.22 included13242.45 the13242.94 Gables13243.02 was13245.5 one13245.74 project,13245.74 and13245.74 not13245.74 one13245.74 property.13245.74 So13246.61 you13246.77 could13246.94 do13247.26 just13248.39 202,13248.63 and13249.43 then13249.67 I13249.83 think13249.91 what13250.15 councilor13250.31 Piccirilli13250.79 was13251.35 suggesting13251.59 is13251.99 a13252.71 long13252.79 union13253.03 market13253.43 would13253.67 make13253.91 sense13254.07 as13254.31 being13254.47 the13254.71 abutting13254.95 parcel13255.35 between13255.75 where13256.39 we13256.63 already13256.79 had13257.11 it.13257.35

13257.84 Right.13257.84

13258.65 SPEAKER713258.65 -13258.65 Okay.13258.65

13260.08 SPEAKER113260.08 -13260.08 Are13260.08 there13260.32 any13260.4 other13260.65 comments?13260.89 Counsel13262.81 Gannon.13263.28 13265.8 GANNON13265.8 -13265.8 Just13265.8 to13266.04 clarify13266.28 where13266.84 that13267.08 parcel13267.24 is,13267.64 is13267.88 that13268.12 the13268.44 parcel13268.6 that13269.16 was13269.4 originally13269.56 designed13270.36 to13270.76 be13270.84 a13271 retail13271.16 concept?13272.2 13272.92 MAGOON13272.92 -13272.92 Correct.13272.92

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13296 SPEAKER4913296 -13296 Yes.13296

13297.35 SPEAKER213297.35 -13297.35 Councilor13297.35 Bass?13297.83

13298.32 SPEAKER713298.32 -13298.32 Yes.13298.32

13299.49 SPEAKER213299.49 -13299.49 Councilor13299.49 Feltner?13299.81

13300.53 SPEAKER713300.53 -13300.53 Yes.13300.53

13301.57 SPEAKER213301.57 -13301.57 Councilor13301.57 Gannon?13302.05 Yes.13302.77 Councilor13303.49 Gardner?13303.89

13304.61 SPEAKER513304.61 -13304.61 Yes.13304.61

13305.33 SPEAKER213305.33 -13305.33 Councilor13305.33 Palumbo?13305.81 Yes.13306.37 Council13307.02 Piccirilli?13307.19 Yes.13307.91 President13308.23 Stieris?13308.78

13309.27 SPEAKER113309.27 -13309.27 Yes.13309.27 Thank13309.5 you.13309.67 Council13310.07 councilor13311.02 Feltner,13311.67 113312.15 more.13312.31

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13398.53 SPEAKER213398.53 -13398.53 Councilor13398.53 Raisin?13399.01 Yes.13399.89 Councilor13400.77 Baes?13401.25

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13406.75 SPEAKER1413406.75 -13406.75 Gardner?13406.75 Yes.13407.15

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13996.4 SPEAKER713996.4 -13996.4 Yes.13996.4

13996.8 SPEAKER213996.8 -13996.8 Councilor13996.8 Feltner?13997.2 Yes.13997.76 Councilor13998.16 Gannon?13998.56 Yes.13999.12 Councilor13999.44 Gardner?13999.92

14000.4 SPEAKER914000.4 -14000.4 Yes.14000.4

14000.72 SPEAKER214000.72 -14000.72 Councilor14000.72 Palomba?14001.2 Yes.14001.68 Councilor14002 Piccherelli?14002.32 Yes.14003.08 President14003.4 Stierges?14003.88

14005.24 SPEAKER114005.24 -14005.24 Yes.14005.24

14005.64 SIDERIS14005.64 -14005.64 So14005.64 we're14005.95 seven14007.08 minutes14007.56 short14007.88 of14008.35 1014008.67 hours.14009 Do14009.4 you14009.56 want14010.19 to14010.35 wait14010.51 seven14010.75 more14010.75 minutes,14010.92 or14011.24 are14011.4 we14011.56 ready?14011.72 Okay,14014.31 we14014.63 have14014.63 a14014.79 motion14014.95 and14015.51 a14015.67 second.14015.75

14017.99 1014017.99 or14018.31 1014018.47 hours.14018.63 I'm14018.95 sorry.14019.11 Yeah.14019.43 See,14019.91 I'm14020.23 losing14020.47 track14020.87 of14021.11 time.14021.27 Brendan,14022.33 please,14022.81 call14023.92 the14024 roll.14024.17 Councilor14025.44 Raichin?14026

14026.81 SPEAKER1914026.81 -14026.81 Yes.14026.81

14028 SPEAKER214028 -14028 Councilor14028 Bass?14028.41 Yes.14028.89 Councilor14029.28 Feltner?14029.76

14030.33 SPEAKER714030.33 -14030.33 Yes.14030.33

14030.49 SPEAKER214030.49 -14030.49 Councilor14030.49 Cannon?14030.65 Yes.14031.69 Councilor14032.01 Gardner?14032.49

14033.13 SPEAKER1414033.13 -14033.13 Yes.14033.13

14033.77 SPEAKER214033.77 -14033.77 Councilor14033.77 Palomba?14034.25 Yes.14034.73 Councilor14035.05 Piccherelli?14035.37 Yes.14036.09 President14036.41 Sedaris?14036.81

14037.37 SPEAKER114037.37 -14037.37 Yes.14037.37

14037.77 SIDERIS14037.77 -14037.77 Thank14037.77 you.14038.01 Can14038.25 I14038.41 get14038.49 a14038.65 motion14038.73 to14039.05 adjourn?14039.29 14039.69 PICCIRILLI14039.69 -14039.69 So14039.69 moved.14039.85 14039.85 move.14039.93 Is14040.24 there14040.32 a14040.48 second?14040.56 Second.14041.03 Please14041.6 call14041.92 the14042.08 roll14042.16 for14042.4 everyone,14042.56 Brendan.14043.11 Thank14043.68 you.14043.92

14045.27 SPEAKER214045.27 -14045.27 Rachel14045.27 Sank.14045.75

14047.35 SPEAKER5514047.35 -14047.35 Yes.14047.35

14050.06 SPEAKER214050.06 -14050.06 Jason14050.06 Cohen.14050.46 Yes.14051.58 Abigail14052.78 Hammett.14053.26

14055.65 SPEAKER514055.65 -14055.65 Yes.14055.65

14057.25 SPEAKER214057.25 -14057.25 Jason14057.25 Whitney?14057.65 Yes.14058.28 Chair14059.08 Janet14059.41 Butt?14059.89 Yes.14060.6 Councilor14062.13 Raichin?14062.6 Yeah.14063.17 Councilor14063.73 Faiz?14064.05

14064.37 SPEAKER914064.37 -14064.37 Yes.14064.37

14064.85 SPEAKER214064.85 -14064.85 Councilor14064.85 Feltner?14065.25 Yes.14065.73 Councilor14066.05 Cannon?14066.45 Yes.14066.93

14069.25 SPEAKER1414069.25 -14069.25 Yes.14069.25

14070.77 SPEAKER1314070.77 -14070.77 Yes.14070.77 Yes.14072.41

14073.52 SPEAKER114073.52 -14073.52 Yes.14073.52 Thank14073.92 you.14074.17 Good14074.49 night.14074.73