You can purchase copies directly from our official bookseller a cappella books, theres a link in the chat so you can do that, we provided a link on our website, as jessica and heather are talking, submit your questions for heather or jessica if jessica will entertain questions as well. I will. We have a q a feature at the bottom of your screen, we will get to as many of those as time will allow, heather has contributed essays in new york times, and National Geographic traveler, among other newspapers and magazines, she is the author of the bestselling book find the good, take good care of the garden in the god and if you lived here, i would know your name, tonight she will discuss her latest book of the alaskan adventure in small town politics, heather will be interviewed by jessica, she is the author of the novel the magnetic girls, the 2027 book price, and a nominee for the townsend price invisible sisters his name one of the books all georgians should read an aircraft guide a guide
Website as jessica and heather are talking, please submit your questions for heather or Jessica Jessica will entertain questions as well. The q a features are at the bottom of your screen. We will get to as many of those as time allows. Heather lende has contributed a ashes the author of the best selling book buying the good take good care of the ab heather will be interviewed by Jessica Hendler, Jessica Hendler is the author of the novel the magnetic girl winner of the 2027 book prize. Also nominee for the townsend prize. Her memoir the invisible sisters was named one of the book s all georgian should read in her craft guide reading afire a guide to writing about grief was praised by vanity fair magazine many others. She teaches creative writing and directs minor writing at a university in atlanta. She lectures International Writing and we are so delighted she is joining us tonight. Heather and jessica, welcome, i will let jessica take it from here. Thank you kate. Heather, im so glad
That is simply, what is the job of planning . Isnt it to make sure we have housing and we have infrastructure and we have subway systems . We have a subway system that is brand new and doesnt go to the stadium or trance bay term ina its a failure. He have a new trance bay terminal that is built for a train that will never a arrive and yet doesnt connect to bart . What are we doing . This makes absolutely no sense. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon commissioners, my name is timothy right and im a field representative with carpenters local 22 and i was born, raised and still living on the west side. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Im here today to speak against the proposed legislation. The legislation will be at odds of the citys over all goal of increasing Housing Production and improving affordability for residents. This legislation goes far beyond residential demolition. This would difficult in decreased Housing Production in the city. We dont need anymore la
Baths on one level to have a more functional layout. They would like a more modern esthetics. The parents have expressed interest in relocating from vancouver to be with them to assist in the childminding as she transitions back to work. In order for them to do this, they would like to build a master suite on the ground level behind the garage. They will need to negotiate the size and the scale of their expansion obviously with their neighbors, however, as i am sure you can appreciate, this is different than being exposed to the Legal Process of a conditional use. In closing, i respectfully request that the commission make a recommendation that allows meaningful expansions and demolitions as a permitted use and eliminates the restrictions to size or mapping. We all know how hard it is to achieve planning approval for these home additions. Why are we making it harder for these families . The process is already way too difficult. We need an easier, more transparent process. T nex thank y
I guess im done. I have one last thing to say and that is simply, what is the job of planning . Isnt it to make sure we have housing and we have infrastructure and we have subway systems . We have a subway system that is brand new and doesnt go to the stadium or trance bay term ina its a failure. He have a new trance bay terminal that is built for a train that will never a arrive and yet doesnt connect to bart . What are we doing . This makes absolutely no sense. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon commissioners, my name is timothy right and im a field representative with carpenters local 22 and i was born, raised and still living on the west side. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Im here today to speak against the proposed legislation. The legislation will be at odds of the citys over all goal of increasing Housing Production and improving affordability for residents. This legislation goes far beyond residential demolition. This would difficult in decreased Housi