TESTIMONY
962 Pacific Street Rezoning: Testimony in Support from a Former Property Owner
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Chris Williams, a former property owner on Pacific Street, testifies in support of the project.
He starts telling a story but does not have time to finish it.
He states he is in support of the project citing a need for affordable houses and day care for kids.
Speaker 1
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Thank you, Chris Williams.
Speaker 12
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Christopher Williams, and I'm here to support the 6962 Pacific Street.
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LLC.
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I don't have to tell a little story in the mid sixties.
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I came here and from Alabama.
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I wanted to start a company.
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So I was on Pacific Street.
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I saw this light there.
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I I rented a light, and I started working.
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And as I worked, There was a gentleman that was walked by every day or 2 dressed in a a real nice steel blue suit.
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I mean, I'm sorry.
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Great suit.
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So one day he came in, he said, what are you guys doing?
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I said, well, I'm opening up a business.
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He's okay.
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He didn't say much.
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Next 2 or 3 days, he'd come by.
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And so he saw what we've been done, then he began to tell him.
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He said, well, why don't you buy some of this property?
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And I did I bought the property and I bought it.
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And finally, I had a nice sized piece of property down the corner.
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And I had a construction company.
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I opened it up, and I was able to hire, like, 43 guys from their neighborhood.
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All from the neighborhood or maybe 1 or 2 that wasn't from the neighborhood.
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So this went on for about 30 some years.
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And I said, okay.
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I'm tired.
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I wanna retire.
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I retired.
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And One of the guys on my jobs, one of the employees say, can you stay a few years longer, and we got some kids we wanna get out of school.
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I thought about it, what I had in plan to wait.
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So I saw a oh, that's about where am I gonna go?
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I sold my property.
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And one of the guys said, right across the street, I see.
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Okay.
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We'll see.
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I want to keep it in the neighborhood anyway.
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So what I did, I got a deal in the neighborhood.
Speaker 1
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The story is a lovely story, but you're gonna have to wrap it up for us.
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Alright?
Speaker 12
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Okay.
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Okay.
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They gave me the property.
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So I support the 962 project, and we need new house we need affordable houses, and we also need day care for our kids.
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So I for afford it.
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I mean, I supported a 100%.
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Thank you very much.
Speaker 1
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Thank you, Mister Williams.
