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Sorry I didn’t respond last night. I was offline by 5:30.

I have attached a rough draft of the argument that we had planed to make to the city council on behalf of the FHNA this evening. I created it during a brainstorming session. You will find typo’s, missing words, and thoughts may appear disjointed. It has not been proofed or edited in anyway. It was our starting point and we never took it any farther.

I can tell you that Clif from Traton Homes called me last week asking what the concerns were and I only addressed two with them. I didn’t want to show your full hand. The traffic and the number of units.

Clif [from Traton] explained that the city was fine with all of our traffic concerns and that we should consider that the lot is zoned

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