Pat Showalter

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26,606 appearances 60 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2023 last heard 4d ago

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When I think about a building, I don't just think about, well, how's it gonna be in the next or the first five years?

I think about, well, how's it gonna be 20 years from now or 30 years from now when the economy is different?

And I wonder how this studio building will kind of hold up from a social point of view

And it sort of bothers me, because to me, most studios, I understand about 86% of studios are occupied by one person.

So it's a very specific kind of...

Lifestyle, which is fine, but I don't think it's necessarily a long-term one for many people.

So I think it's going to be the kind of place where there's a lot of turnover.

So when I think about this, I think this is going to be a really nice dormitory for young adults.

That's what I think this is going to be.

And I'm not necessarily against really nice dormitories, but I do think in a sense that's what we're building here.

And that's probably appropriate at the moment, but if it will be appropriate in 30 years, I don't know.

So that's the thing I find the most troubling about this.

But that said,

And also, it had 20 waivers that seemed like some sort of a... Oh, it's the next project.

Okay, it had quite a few waivers.

Then the other, but one thing I thought was really interesting was the idea of the sales tax point of sale designation.

Perhaps that's standard, but I had never heard, you know, I think it's a really good idea, so thank you for coming up with that.

So those are my comments.

Yeah, I'm going to echo a lot of what my fellow council members have said.

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