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            Engagement with neighboring properties for the 150 Mill Street project
0:48:35
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Council Member Avilés questions the applicant team about their engagement with neighboring properties regarding the 150 Mill Street project. The applicant, Willy Pilku, provides information about their outreach efforts.
- Pilku claims to have spoken with the immediate neighbor on Hamilton Avenue (an air conditioning company)
- He mentions discussing with a sanitation business owner to the rear of the property
- Pilku also references a gas station and car wash owner nearby
- Avilés expresses concern about the lack of engagement with other adjacent properties, particularly a school
- The discussion reveals that the applicant team's engagement with neighboring properties has been limited and potentially incomplete
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:35
                                        
                                        Yes.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:48:35
                                        
                                        I've had conversations with the neighboring properties.
                                    
                                
                                    Alexa Avilés
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:37
                                        
                                        Can you tell me who you'd spoke to and when?
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:41
                                        
                                        Sure.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:48:42
                                        
                                        I've spoken to the immediate neighbor on Hamilton Avenue.
                                    
                                
                                    Alexa Avilés
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:46
                                        
                                        Who is that?
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:48
                                        
                                        It's the building that has the pizza model.
                                    
                                
                                    Alexa Avilés
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:52
                                        
                                        And
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:48:56
                                        
                                        He has an air conditioning company, and he didn't have much to say about it.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:01
                                        
                                        The his own property has been in their family for over 4 decades.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:06
                                        
                                        So he showed no interest in, like, you know, let's say, for an example, tearing down his building and building up anything there.
                                    
                                
                                    Alexa Avilés
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:15
                                        
                                        Anyone else?
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:17
                                        
                                        Yeah.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:17
                                        
                                        If I've spoken with the neighbor in the rear, it's sanitation, They do garbage removals.
                                    
                                
                                    Francis Brown
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:26
                                        
                                        Mhmm.
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:28
                                        
                                        He's actually interested in staying as his sanity.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:32
                                        
                                        He's been in the sanitation business for at least 30 years, so he needs that location for his own sanitation business, where he is.
                                    
                                
                                    Alexa Avilés
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:42
                                        
                                        Anyone else?
                                    
                                
                                    Willy Pilku
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            0:49:44
                                        
                                        There's only 2 additional neighbors.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:47
                                        
                                        1 is a gas station that's been gas station for many long times.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:50
                                        
                                        They own the car wash that's connected to the gas station.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:54
                                        
                                        They've been there forever.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:56
                                        
                                        I guess they're doing good.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:49:58
                                        
                                        Fuel prices are high, so and then you have left just another construction guy.
                                    
                                            
                                            0:50:06
                                        
                                        Which, you know, they're just waiting to see what happens.
                                    