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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse remarks on zoning modification for housing development
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse expresses support for a modified zoning proposal that allows for a nine-story development with over 400 housing units and a supermarket. She emphasizes the need to balance responsible development with maintaining community character and addressing the housing crisis.
- The council member acknowledges the difficulty of the decision and the importance of listening to community concerns.
- She thanks the developer for their cooperation and willingness to modify the proposal.
- Narcisse explicitly states her support for the proposal with the agreed-upon modifications.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Good morning.
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I wanna start by saying thank you, Brian and the team, Paris, for helping me out to this process.
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When I came to, as a council member, I know sometimes you have to make tough and difficult decision.
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Good morning, y'all.
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Good morning.
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Thank you.
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I have carefully considered this proposal in consultation with our local stakeholders, which is, most of the folks around community fifteen.
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We strongly community board fifteen.
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We strongly believe that modifying the zoning, zoning district is necessary to ensure that the height permitted by zoning more closely aligns with the proposed, development.
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While this modification results in a kind of split very slight reduction in the overall square footage of the project, It still allows a nice story development future, a supermarket, and over 400 much needed housing units in our community.
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We know we're in our housing crisis, and I have to say thank you for you, Richard.
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You've been a gentleman, and thank you for going to the process.
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I know we come to a difficult time right now.
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There is a problem that we need to address because we wanna make sure like last hearing, I said, I trust you, but then again, when the community that elect me to represent them talk, I have to listen.
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So I I just wanna say thank you for even bringing the, project to our district.
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This adjustment struck a balance between responsibility responsible developer and maintaining the character of our community.
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With this appropriate modification, my community and the support pro and I support I mean, I support the proposal.
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Let me let me be clear.
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I support it with the modification just because I wanna strike that balance where they build trust between community and government.
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So I wanna say thank you again for doing this project.
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We are in a housing crisis, and we need that more than ever.
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So thank you again.
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Thank you, chair.