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1:22:59 growing by 39% since 2000 and adding 56,000 new residents. Vancouver is projected to need 38,000 more homes and 42,200 new jobs by 2045. As our city continues to grow, we need thoughtful urban planning that absorbs future growth and density equitably throughout the city. We appreciate that the climate and environment chapter of this comprehensive plan continues to strive towards Vancouver's ambitious climate goals of citywide, greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 80% by 2035 and carbon neutrality by 2040. We applaud specific actions that will contribute to this vision, like the city's green building policies, the city's safe streets initiative, and the goal of 27% tree canopy. We understand that this plan will prepare the city for more extreme heat days, wildfire smoke, flooding, drought, and severe winter storms.

1:23:57 Prioritize climate investments in neighborhoods with the greatest exposure and lowest adaptive capacity. Advanced tree canopy, green infrastructure, habitat restoration, and protection of natural systems support compact transit-oriented growth to reduce vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions. Move Vancouver toward carbon neutrality through cleaner buildings, low carbon transportation, renewable energy, waste reduction, and sustainable development. And finally, address environmental health disparities tied to air, water, heat, noise, and pollution exposure. Allowing duplexes, triplexes, and other forms of middle housing throughout the city is also important. Vancouver needs a wider variety of housing options so that all residents can afford to live here. Everyone should have equitable access to green spaces, climate resilient infrastructure, green building practices,

1:24:57 and cleaner, more accessible forms of transportation. These are not improvements that should be made in just a few neighborhoods, and we really appreciate that this plan does pave the way for that. So thank you all for your consideration. - Thank you. And that concludes our public hearing. I do not have any additional cards or individuals that have registered to vote to testify this evening. Thank you. Rebecca, you've heard several questions come up tonight. Could you talk a little bit about the manufactured homes and that the parking zone, manufactured park zoning, now what it is and what we are going to look at in this particular comp plan? - Yeah, thank you, Mayor.

1:25:55 So currently existing manufactured home parks, there's 16 in the city and they have our existing zoning districts applied to them. So there is no, currently there is no manufactured home park district. They may be zoned R17, they may be zoned R35, they may be zoned R9. And the only protections that we offer to them are those that are enabled or required under state law, which is, as I understand it and I'm not an expert on this, a right of first refusal and notice and moving expenses, I believe. In contrast, the new manufactured home park zoning district in the new code would allow only that use, only manufactured home park developments in that code or in that zone, unless a property owner could demonstrate

1:26:51 that it is financially infeasible to continue that use. If that is the case, then they could apply for a zone change to a different zoning district that allowed more uses and that would go through our typical zone change process,