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1:58:25 in a thoughtful and safe manner. You can refer to the arborist letter for more details, but I wanted to at least make sure that it was brought to the attention during this meeting. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Okay. Next up we have is Carolyn Porter. I have just sent a request to unmute Carolyn. You should be able to unmute yourself, Carolyn. My name is Carolyn Porter and I live in Northeast 142nd Street, 2502. And I'm here today representing my husband, Alan, and me as residents in the Mount Vista Heights community. We are directly

1:59:21 adjacent to the proposed living metal subdivision and we have serious concerns regarding traffic and safety with the current plan. Currently our 13 home subdivision relies entirely on Northeast 25th Avenue as our only way in and out of our community. The new development plan channels a high volume of traffic onto the single localized road, creating a severe bottleneck at the intersection of Northeast 25th Avenue and Northeast 144th Street. This intersection already has incredible poor sight lines, a terrible visibility, making this a major safety risk and is not fully mitigated by the current proposal. Furthermore, Northeast 25th Avenue is an exceptionally narrow road. It is already a struggle to fit delivery trucks and adding primary access for three more homes means emergency vehicles like fire engines

2:00:18 and ambulance could face dangerous delays. We have many senior citizens and young families with children who walk these streets daily and the surge in traffic heavily compromises their safety. We strongly urge the committee to mandate a structural modification to the site layout, ideally requiring an alternative access point for the new development to prevent traffic from being directly into our quiet single access street. Furthermore, if Northeast 25th Avenue is utilized to access any of the new housing units, it is essential to install