Hi everyone, this is Jason Zach from Nathaniel School of Music. In this lesson I'm going to help you or hopefully help you tackle the concept of hand independence from a very mental perspective and in a very logical perspective as well to a point that you don't have to just play the melody which I'm going to teach you in this lesson. The melody can just be like a bridge or an avenue to eventually play other melodies which you already know but are struggling to then bring in the left hand coordination or new melodies which you're going to play wherein you put in all the mechanical work, all the effort in this lesson and let this also serve as the benchmark for practicing hand independence for future lessons. So I've taken the key of F major which is seven notes, B flat being the one loan flat and there are some chords, four simple chords. We learn the chords later, first I'll teach you a melody. So the first part of the lesson is we learn the melody chords then I'm going to talk about how you can crack hand independence, what are the tools you need, what are the skills you need to work on not only by doing this video but also in the future, okay. A lot of my notes are available on our Patreon and for this lesson I've notated the tune, I've notated the harmony, I've notated all the patterns which you have to learn and all the tips and important things to be aware of waiting for you in a downloadable PDF and before we get cracking it'll be awesome if you could hit that bell and hit the subscribe button on our YouTube channel, yes see I stopped for two seconds, you can do that now and another thing you could do is give the video a like, a share and leave us a comment as well with what you thought about the lesson, let's get cracking. So I'll show you the melody first which I played in the intro, I've kept it really short it's just that, it's about four bars long, if you count it in eighth note so I'll sing it, let's try and get the tune, so this is your pickup, your C is your pickup meaning it's not at the one of the bar it's at the four or before the bar starts, you may also help to sing along you'll digest it better, maybe one octave lower, you can see my fingers, got that got the fingering I hope, okay coming to the chords, now you could get away with it incrementally by just starting off with a single F, for example this will help us get the pulse, I'm sure you agree that the pulse doesn't sound so great on just an F, so you could add a C to the F or you could play the melody a little higher maybe one octave higher and play the whole F major chord or play an inversion of the F major chord or maybe this will work, gives you some room to fill in the right hand and octave below around middle C, anyway so the actual chords I would suggest for this would be play an F major there in the second inversion ideally then it won't clash with the right in this octave, C F A, C major played in the root position C E G, F, C major played C E G that's B flat major the fourth major of the scale B flat coming back to F, so let me also show it in the root starting position then I have to move my whole tune up F major C major back to F 1 C B flat okay so that's about the melody and the chords you may want to check out the notes again see the available chords see how I've written the inversions and so on and so forth, so the first tool to develop hand independence which is going to be a lot of what I'm going to cover in this lesson is the pulse feeling the pulse so the melody if you consider the melody in maybe two ways let's say you consider it as quavers 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 then your pulse will be this right so this is what I call as the fast pulse or you know the way you know the way the notation is also designed and it's following an eighth note system and the pulse is following the quarter notes with respect to the melody played on eighth notes so it'll go like this it's also pretty much if you play the melody slow enough it's how our head moves to the music so you can call it the head pulse or the foot pulse 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 so that's the first thing you need to digest and you can practice that pulse just by moving your body tapping your foot or you can tap something next to you like a table or a bongo or the side of your keyboard or here very important task keep consistent 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 okay now this is what I call as the the obvious pulse based on the notation these are called as crotchets or quarter notes however if you speed up the melody or decide to play something slower what I call as the slow pulse it could be something like this while the normal pulse or the quarter notes was these are quarter notes then you need to work on your slower pulse or slower pulse could also be called as a minimum or a half note where you whack it and then you wait for two counts it lasts for two counts so it'll be at hitting at the one and the three and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and and for the purpose of our lesson I'm just taking a single F okay I know you could take chords and I've given you the chords in the beginning but you you need to stay with me till the end and we are definitely going to build it up really well so you go just single F what were the two ways we've discussed first was the normal pulse slow pulse the head will realign back to normal pulse slow strangely enough you may find the slow pulse a lot more trickier than the normal pulse okay and another thing you could also try just to test your timing you move your head don't stop moving your head but the left hand can just play whole notes or semi-brieves basically one hit per bar of four so you're relying on your body to keep time not on your left hand actually the left hand was helping us if you think about it when we did quarter notes keeps us more in time because that's the same way our head moves but when you do semi-brieves you have to have your own internal clock running isn't it one two three four so I would like you to practice all of these and you could play the root notes of the chords also just to add more harmonic flavor C normal pulse minims minimum again B flat slow semi-brieves whole notes practice that and also toggle the speeds maybe back to pulse now if you're watching this and if you're finding a bit of a struggle to kind of align the two hands together or if you're thinking twice hmm am I actually playing it well are there some tools which can help me well yes the first thing I would encourage you to do now is to believe it or not stick with me don't play the right hand for a short amount of time this is going to help you with your independence check this out you keep your left hand running just single root notes very slow this will internalize the tune in your head and motivate your hands to do the trick very shortly sing it again and over time this could take a few minutes of just singing because singing with the left hand is not going to be that easy especially the left hand pulse once you get the singing going then slowly bring in the right hand but don't leave your singing keep the singing going and super impose the vocals on onto the piano and you the more relaxed you are the more you better you get with hand independence and being relaxed is a function of just practice right you can't just be relaxed it doesn't work that way you have to practice hard you have to practice endlessly day after day or hour after hour and then you feel relaxed so when your mind and body feel relaxed you actually feel a sense of natural confidence you feel that I have the ability to nail this so singing is a very useful tool to build up confidence don't think that hand independence is hand and hand remember all the information is coming from here it's coming from your head so everything has to be sent from your head to everything so if you're sending it from your head to your voice I think that's the easiest start because there's no filter going to your voice but going to the piano there are all the fingers and that creates a filter because the piano is away from you so sing very important there we go so there's a great way to nail the melody always in the hunt move your body continue to feel the pulse there we go slow pulse all that right now you may still be having an issue getting it so let's dissect it further another strategy I find which can really help you with hand independence is just break it down part by part so if you're doing para-bara-bara that's a long tune isn't it so what's the fragment we can come up with with our voice let's see oh this is do that that's rather boring let's add one more note there I like that that one okay repeat that slowly get that break it down and repeat it next one with the pulse here and there you could go back to slow pulse line one over putting my second phrase right it's kind of fun because every break down everything you break up also sounds like another melody right then maybe bring a fragment from the first part change the tune now continue you have you can slow it how much ever you want so break down the melody it'll really help you with your independence okay so another strategy I find which can really it's helped me it's like a proven strategy to improve your hand independence is take a step back from the piano get out your book pencil pen whatever iPad if you wish and write down the notation you'd notate the treble clef for the right hand and the bass clef superimpose them and you'll see that there are only a few problem areas like that second C was at an end or an offbeat so you'll find that superimposing the off beats on the pulse is the worry superimposing the pulse on the pulse is super easy so notated and make it a point to figure out where where is there a challenge don't get disheartened and just say oh I'm not getting this at all no you're not getting it at one point you're not getting it at one point of the melody so just find that point the notation will really help you more than break down what I like to use it helps you respect the melody and whenever you have a problem it's like they say respect your opponent in this case your melody is the opponent so you need to respect the guy and then you can tackle all the challenges it has to offer you you have to approach it in a very very rigid way so that it can help you even with new melodies so what was that point again you need to superimpose the notation of the treble clef and the bass clef together I have a few more strategies which can just help you mentally when you practice this stuff because it can get mentally grueling right so if you have to play this let's say you practice on the piano you practice diligently for five minutes okay and you just keep going and you find that the first two or three minutes you're just not getting it it's just not working out what I find with students who I've taught over all these years and decades is don't stop don't play oh man I didn't get damn it or something like that you know so keep going for five minutes and I look at success on the piano at least I don't know about general success as a percentage so what do I mean by success as a percentage it's just time time will run by for five minutes so let's say the first two minutes of your practice you're gonna be about 40% good and 60% wrong the next three to four minutes you're getting into that 65 70 category and then last but not least that last minute is where you're like 90% right you know so I look at it as a huge success if by minute number five you've got 90% success on this exercise or on this melody because it's like a it's like a serve it's like a tennis serve or a badminton serve once you get that serve you can do it the next day and the next day and the next day you know the serve is not going to diminish it's only going to get better and better as you keep playing so that's the advantage of this environment what I call as percentage practice so don't think that oh it's wrong it could be wrong it may be wrong don't care remember practice is just you and the piano there's no one else who needs to you don't have to care about anyone else when you play so give it five minutes then the next five minutes after that five minutes you're in that 80 90% success point that is great if you ask me because that's ten minutes of effort you have the next ten minutes you have the next day you can go on and on and on with this and reach like a hundred percent on this right so I look at practice that way as a percentage of success rather than oh man I made that one note wrong I had that one point well that is true in a gig because in a gig if you make one mistake everyone's going to remember only that one mistake but when you practice that's not how you work it's bad for the mind and it's bad for it's bad for your growth as a piano player so I would encourage you just practice without thought practice is just keep repetition just keep whacking the ball it will eventually go to the right side or go above the line or cross the net or whatever it may be okay so that's the importance of percentage practice five to ten minutes and last but not least for those of you who claim that I've got the melody I have a few things to to let you just check am I actually playing the melody well you know so what I want you to do is to be able to play the melody with utmost or absolute confidence you should be comfortable with everything so first of all just see if you can be free with the tune see if staccato can be brought in staccato and legato toggle legato staccato there we go so because you're able to toggle between staccato legato at will you're definitely playing the melody better and if you feel you're speeding up slowing down well can't help you you have to practice that's a way to know that you have to practice right another thing you can do is make the melody a bit more interesting with ornaments just see what would a vocalist do do a bit of those runs and glides and see if that's not affecting your pulse or it's not affecting your left hand it's another way to know that you really nail this melody some glides add some harmony more confidence okay now another way to develop confidence before I'm gonna just finally present it with all the chords is the metronome right so using a simple metronome I've used the app pro metronome I'm gonna set it up to hundred beats per minute there's a hundred beats per minute sounds like so first off try to play the melody with this one and first say one and two and three and four and now we roll so how good are you with this melody well can you play it with a click one and two and starting now you may think okay I've got it with a metronome but that's not enough what I would then do is slow the metronome down to half of its value what is half of hundred fifty isn't it yeah so you go to a very slow speed now you may be thinking should I play the melody slower no this will be one three one two three that's a slow pulse this is gonna really push your timing and now that's metronome at one three okay now you could re-visualize the tune with the metronome by making it go two three four a one two three four and now this is counting at the two and the four of the bar two three four even more interesting for your timing for a one two three four a one two and now okay so that's pretty much how you use a metronome and just to conclude the video I'm just gonna bring back the chords which we had learnt earlier and just bring them in and the whole video is just about maintaining the pulse so let's see what the chords can do not leaving the pulse too much first off what were the chords F major C major B flat F major let's play the melody higher so you can visualize better repeat that's a slow pulse fast pulse now if you'd like to do something different in the left hand you can always do things like play the low note in the left and then go slow pulse upward to the actual chord this will make it sound a lot more thicker with your pedal on of course we call this striding okay you can even do like a broken a broken system also what we call ohm there we go you can even do like a little arpeggio right guys so that was basically the lesson on how to grow your hand independence from a very logical practice and a mental perspective what how should the mindset be that's very very important and the hope is you can then play anything in the right hand or the treble clef sooner than later or anything you're attempting remember it's it's not gonna just happen and at the same time it's not rocket science either so that means you have to practice and you have to put in the effort but the strategies are hopefully covered in this video isolate it learn the melody break down the pulse play simple stuff get the melody really well using the slow pulse the faster normal pulse and then the whole note or the semi-brief then break it down part by part singing is very very important notation is very important practicing with that percentage technique which I gave you is very important and finally we looked at the importance of the metronome then you can start floating around your left hand and whatever left hand movements you do get will stick with you for life so it's not like I'm not able to do this many left hand patterns don't worry do one or two and that'll stick with you for a lot more melodies in the future right guys hopefully your confidence with hand independence will grow after watching this lesson and if you like the lesson do do give the video like thumbs up thing somewhere there leave us a comment with stuff you'd like to learn and we put out regular videos on our YouTube channel at the rate of at 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Good afternoon, my name is Courtney. Welcome to our New York home life tour of the Pat Walker Health Center. I'm a junior here at the University of Arkansas, and I'm from Bayville. So if you could ask any questions throughout the video, we're gonna walk you guys through the whole building. Courtney, for us, say, is Channing. I'll let her introduce herself. Of course. Hey guys, my name is Channing. I'm a senior here on campus, and I'm a communication major. I'm from Springdale, Arkansas, which is right next to our Bayville. So if you guys have any questions throughout the video, please comment those, and we'll be sure to call those out and answer those for you guys. Yeah. All right, you ready to go inside? Let's do it. That's an expert. Yes. Welcome to our campus. Yeah. Hi everybody. I'm Zach Brown. I'm the director of communications here at the Pat Walker Health Center. So you guys here are now standing in our main entryway. So we have a multitude of entrances to get into the health center, whether you're coming from the south side, or if you're using patient parking out here, or if you're coming in from the north side of campus. So, so welcome to the Pat Walker Health Center. This is gonna be your one-stop shop for anything health and wellness related. So fortunately for the University of Arkansas, all of our health and wellness programs really are under one umbrella. So if a student was needing medical services, or they were needing counseling and psychological services, or they were interested in taking one of the wellness classes or doing anything regarding, you know, positive lifestyle behavior choices, they get to come here. And so just kind of some general information about the health center. So we are open every day, Monday through Friday from 8 to 5 p.m. during this fall and spring semesters. We'll be open from 5 to 7 for a primary care clinic. And then on Saturdays, we'll be open from 9 to 3, with the exception of home football games, because nobody can actually get to us. So understandable. Yes. But we are gonna be, you know, from a medical standpoint, we are basically just like your home away from home doctor. You know, whether you're seeing your primary care provider, pediatrician, all of our more certified medical providers, which we'll show you guys actually, with the medical clinic here. So they all are capable and more in tune with the police and health. And so it's really important that if you're needing medical care on campus, you know, come see us. I see a lot of construction happening back there. Yes, so as you guys can see, we are currently in the midst of additional construction. This will actually be the third summer we've been doing construction. But we recently just expanded the health center, almost essentially doubling the size of us. So we are currently in the new addition of the Pat Walker Health Center. And so this was just finished last year, and it added 20,000 square feet and allowed us to essentially reorganize the medical clinics to, you know, make it a lot more efficient. And then of course, double the size of our counseling and our mental health services. And then it provided a dedicated space, not only for the administration team, but as well as our Wellness and Health Promotion Education Center, which we'll get a little more into later. The big thing about this area are these three classrooms right here. And I'll touch a little about them a little bit later. But we have three academic classrooms that we use for various things, whether it be blood drives, actual classes, group events, speaking engagements. Oh, you guys are fine, come on through. And so, yeah, so I'll take you a little walk around so you guys can see a few things. So generally, so here in about a week or so, we'll actually open this area up. But this is the medical clinics. And right here in our primary care and our allergy immunization travel clinic, check in. Any student wanting to utilize the health center services can, so because they pay the student healthy. And check in here for any type of medical services. So kind of just a little overview of each of the clinics. So medical services is three components. You have your primary care. So your home away from home doctor flu, you know, any type of, you know, illness or injury. We have two treatment centers in here. So we can do things like, you know, IV fluids and then lab testing as well as X-ray. So we do have a multitude of services for that. The allergy immunization travel clinic is just that allergy immunizations and the travel clinic. So anything from flu vaccinations to if you were going to study abroad and you wanted to speak to somebody and figure out what you should be aware of, you can speak to one of our immunization nurses and they can actually tell you what vaccines you may need for if you were going abroad. In addition to that, in the lab and X-ray, we also have nutrition counseling as well as an orthopedic specialist that does come on site. So if you were needing a bone set or a cast bone, we can do that as well. How do you make appointments for a primary care clinic or how does that work? Yeah, so all of the health center services, the medical services appointments can be made either by calling us on our main number or going online to myhealth.uark.edu. And that is our patient web portal. And on the patient web portal, you can schedule appointments with our medical clinics as well as update your, you know, contact information and check your billing settings as well. And so the best way to, you know, if you're going to be utilizing services is to obviously make an appointment. However, we do offer limited appointments for walk-ins. So we generally do say some appointments. But if you aren't sure you need to walk in or not, you can also call our nurse triage line. And so you can speak to a registered nurse who then can, you know, talk through some of the symptoms you maybe have and either make you the same day in appointment or kind of give you some care instructions. So that's really helpful if you didn't want to necessarily come in. Yeah. I like that you can go online. Yeah. So one of the main questions I get actually is what does it cost to use the health center? So that's going to vary. So we do strongly recommend, you know, a student to have health insurance.  You just want to make sure that you got, we are an in-network provider. So I tell parents it's really easy to look at the back of their insurance card to see if the Pat Walker Health Center is within network. And if we are, going to the doctors is going to cost the same as it would if you were at home. So your co-pay stays the same, you're deductible. And the nice thing about us is that everything that's not covered by insurance or if you wanted to bill your co-pay or not pay your co-pay at the day of service, you can actually fill that to your student count and pay it for later. So the idea really centered around we really want to make sure that there is no financial impact of student coming to access services. So that being said, that's all everybody. If you do have insurance, make sure you have a copy of your insurance card. And once you've made an appointment and checked in, we can then put that to on your file. And then from there, you won't really need it. But it's really good habit to always have it just in case.  It looks like you're busy today. Yeah, well, so I mean, it's nice. You know, we are open in the summer as well. And so it's really good for students who have a regular routine with a provider or if they needed something over the summer, maybe they need to get a physical for a trip or for any sort of. So we are open in the summer, which is great. And, you know, I think the nice thing about us, too, is that the convenient access to it. So we're located on the corner of Maple and Garland. There's a bus stop that stops right here in front of us. And again, you know, there's just many ways to kind of get in to see us. And so we definitely tell students to check us out, to understand that, you know, we are here and we are more in tune to understand the collegiate health. And so we're here to help the best we can. And there's a pharmacy on campus as well, right? Yeah. So anybody coming to see one of our medical providers that would, you know, necessarily need a prescription, we have, we partner with Walmart on campus, which is across the street from us at the end of Garland Avenue. And so we can send prescriptions there and students can pick those up as well.  A couple other things is across the way as well in the Garland Center garage, there's also a dental clinic, not assisted with the university, but, you know, there are different, you know, clinics around the area. Got to take care of your teeth. You do. You have vision clinics. So, yeah, so just again, yeah, so this is where most students coming to seek medical services will check in. Obviously, once we open this up, it'll be very much easier to get. And we definitely encourage students that are walking around campus to just kind of walk through as well, because, you know, it's a really nice place, especially when it's raining. And I mean, we have a beautiful building. It is, it's taken a few summers, but, you know, the idea was we wanted to make sure we had a really dedicated space for anything as you might need for health and wellness. And so, so, all right. So let's see here. Shall we turn the building? Yeah, we can turn and we can show us the last clinic we have within medical services is going to be our women's clinic. This is a full service women's health clinic staffed by a full-time gynecologist. And so here, as you can see here, you know, a variety of services, whether it's contraception, just your simple, you know, annual exams, anything regarding to preventive health. This can all be done here at the women's health clinic. And so it's another added bonus to have on campus. And so you can learn a little bit more about all those services and kind of what that what they can do, refer to.  So on our website, you also can make appointments for the women's clinic online at the patient port as well. So it's, again, that idea of just having easy, convenient access to be able to make appointments and see a doctor here on campus. So let's see here. So a couple other things to kind of focus on as well.  So the idea of, you know, what are some things you can do on campus to stay healthy? And I tell students, you know, especially on a campus of this size with as many students, germs can be floating around everywhere. So it's important to do your part. We tell, we really encourage students, you know, the beginning of the semester to come in and get their flu shot so they're protected for the whole year. And then of course, practice good, you know, positive, you know, respiratory health behaviors.   And so it's just a really good health practice to continually, you know, disinfect and really just kind of keep yourself healthy. Because again, if you get sick, especially with the flu, you could be out of school, you're out of class for up to eight days. And so that's a really significant amount of time. And so we really try to help students understand the importance of, you know, staying healthy, prevention, sure. Absolutely. Okay, so where are we at now? So I guess we can head on upstairs and we'll talk about... Are you gonna show us maybe the counseling? Yeah, we'll look at mental health a little bit. So, caps. Yeah, so caps is what, you know, everyone kind of knows them as once they get actively on campus, but it's counseling and psychological services. And so our mental health department, they have not only licensed mental health clinicians, but also board certified psychiatrists, as well as, you know, we offer training in the sense that we have interns and we also partner with housing with the counselors and residents program. We love it. Yeah, I know, it's such a great feeling, so. So yeah, so as you guys can see, this is cash, this is our mental health. So if you're seeking mental health services, traditionally a lot of students come in to see accounts or want to speak to a counselor when they're feeling stressed or have anxiety or having academic issues. I think those are kind of the main things students think they need in a health book. And so we want students to know that we have it here and we made it a priority. So access to quality and mental health care is super important. And so we do whatever we can to help students kind of, you know, be successful and achieve their potential. So yeah, so we'll walk through here a little bit. Now, CAHPS, unlike the medical clinics, they do not give that insurance. Majority of CAHPS's services are gonna be included within the student health fee. So a student can have an initial assessment with a licensed mental clinician that is included in the student health fee. And in addition to, we can actually do those. So after that initial assessment, depending on a person's needs, they can either then go into individual counseling. And so those are the only services that have a cost to it. Those are $20 per session. It's great, which is significantly less than what you would find in the community. But then they also offer a bunch of different services. So groups and workshops, really, I mean, groups workshops as well as we have this thing, new program called Let's Talk. Now Let's Talk is one of those walk-in type aspects where we have mental health clinicians on campus in various locations each semester. And so students can walk in and walk into that location and sit down for 15, 20 minutes to talk with a mental clinician if they just want to. And the nice thing about that program is that it kind of gives you a feel of what it's like to sit with a mental clinician, but also if you have a specific problem. So if you're struggling with your roommate or you're having an issue sleeping, and you just need someone to talk to you about something that's going on in your life, Let's Talk is a really great place. And so look around on campus. We'll be posters and signs around that. And then of course anything health center related, check the news wire as well as the UR calendar. There's gonna be a lot of different things on there. You'll see. So we're going to, let's see if we can get in. Notice everything is very private back here. Yeah, so confidentiality is a huge thing for the health center. Obviously we want to make sure that this is a welcoming environment. We understand that when it comes to mental health, we want students to feel like they're in a safe, respectful environment. So we make sure that we try to keep the entrance away from the public view, as well as you can see our nice frosted glasses, walls and so. But the idea was that when we did the redesign of this health center, we wanted to double the size of the caps. And so we doubled the size at additional clinician offices, as well as group therapy rooms, meeting spaces. So occasionally caps will bring in various speakers throughout the year that they'll host either in one of our classrooms or up here in their classroom. But then the idea that we wanted to have a state of the art facility that really showed that university artists don't really care about their students. I can't wait to see it. Yeah, let's go in there and check it out. All right, so this is the caps winning area. This is going to be checked in if you were sitting with a clinician or if you wanted to use one of the other services that they provided. As you guys can see, there's a lot of different activities, just a really nice welcoming inviting space. And it just, you know, it feels comfortable as far as, you know, as opposed to sitting in a medical clinic or, you know, it's a little more private as well. So here's where you can check in. Now keep in mind, so unlike the medical clinics as well, you can't actually make appointments for caps online. You do need to call caps and surgical appointment. And so, but it's really easy. All of our schedulers are very welcoming and they want to make sure that they can help you. And so I tell students, you know, if you are thinking of utilizing the mental health services or if you, you know, want to establish care with the mental health clinician, you want to get in as early as possible so different times of the year will see increased students for passing services. But the idea is that we want to see students as fast as we can in a much more convenient timeline than if you were out in the community. So I would say no worse than two weeks at a time, which is again, really huge considering the fact that, you know, some places, some communities, it takes anywhere from three to six months to see a licensed medical clinician. Is the caps number on your website? Yeah, so the caps number and for those who just wanted, it's 575-5276. And so, but you also can reach caps through the main switchboard of the health center as well. So that's really exciting stuff. So one of the new features for this facility is this relaxation room. And so the relaxation room is a great little place we tell students, you know, if they are wanting a break or if they're interested, you know, they just needed a place to chill out for a second or they had time between classes. This room is available to them anytime caps and you don't need to be an established client with caps. So even if you haven't seen it as somebody in caps, you can come in here already and you can just show your student ID and it'll let you in here. Show us the chill. So here's the idea that it's just a nice convenient place for students to just take a breather. So as you guys can see, we have bean bag chairs, meditation, yoga mats. The big feature obviously is our massage chairs. And so as well as, you know, we have noise canceling headphones, meditation activities, puzzles, books.  Yeah. I love it. I love it. It's a really great place. It's quiet, it's easy to get into. And again, any student can utilize this space. And so we definitely encourage students that are just needing a breather to come out here and check out the relaxation room. Can Courtney check out the chair? Yes. Oh sure. Yeah, does it work? Well, it works. I hope I don't like it too much because you might find me here. It went off there. Oh, it's a wear. Yeah, it's a wear. There's so many options. There we go. Okay. Oh no. Is this your new home? On my test days, find me in here. I'll study right here like this. It's, you know, again, any student can use it. So it's just a really good place. Yeah, we do see students in here studying sometimes. But again, you know, you really want to utilize this space.  And I think it's just an awesome resource that we have got a lot more universes to start into it, you know, to realize what they need. And so we're just really fortunate to have this space. And so I really hope we see you start to see and see if you utilize this space a lot more. Take a peek back here. This music is so peaceful. Like I don't want to leave here. I know.   But so, yeah, it's just, it's a really good place. And I'm really happy we have this. I love it. So yeah, this is, and again, so this is all possible, you know, this whole space of possible with, you know, the renovation process and the fact that we were able to double the size of space that we actually had for caps was huge.  We didn't have a lot of bright lights and windows and stuff. And so this really just makes it so much more, you know, encouraging to want to go and get mental health because I think a lot of people think that, you know, oh, it's scary to go. I don't want to, you know, feel like something's wrong, but you know, the idea that everybody needs help here and there, and it's no shame. And so we actually are thrilled to just be able to offer this service, you know, all again under in one building. So. Housing certainly enjoys partnering with you to provide that to a residential student. Yeah, I know. It's nice. And the other thing too, yeah. So the counselors and residents program. So students, they were living in the residence halls and they wanted to speak to somebody. They, you know, just talk to one of the counselors and residents as well. They offer the same, you know, programs and services as well as, you know, skill building activities. And so, the whole idea is around access, you know, the access to, you know, not only just mental health here, but the medical services. And then, so yeah, so this is, so this half of the building is CAHPS. Downstairs, all medical services. And so we're going to walk over to the last component of the health center. And that is our Wallace of Health promotion department. This department is really focused on the idea of promoting a positive lifestyle behavior choices. So within this department, they offer a bunch of different programs related to the holistic health of a student. So within the student health fee, students can have access to sit one-on-one with a certified wellness coach. We, you know, try to, you know, help students understand that sometimes you may not need mental health services or see a medical provider for something that's going on. Maybe it's something bigger or something different, you know. And so sitting with a wellness coach allows you to kind of work with them to map out a plan or something that you want to focus on and be able to, you know, promote a healthy lifestyle. So. Oh, that was a really good segue. I know. Like you had time to. It's almost like I, that was actually all off the cuff too. So. Do you want to point out something across the street if you don't mind? Yeah. That's Holcomb. Holcomb Hall is literally across the street at Walker Health Center. Yeah. Right there.   You're really hard to miss us. And so, especially, you know, it could be a lot easier to get to us once all the construction on Garland and Maple are done, but we anticipate all this is going to be done before students start classes. So it shouldn't be too much of an issue. I didn't mean to mess with your flow. Oh, you're good. Don't worry about it. So, all right. So in addition, so as you guys can see, so they do a lot of outreach education.  So within the Wellness and Health Promotion Department, there are the Substance Education Alcohol Resources team. And so they focus on the idea of, you know, educating students on the importance of staying safe when it comes to alcohol and substance use. With also living that team is the Razorback Recovery community. So any student that's necessarily in recovery or seeking recovery can, you know, join that community. And so they offer various things, you know, activities, weekly meetings, as well as some silver tailgates. Yeah, you mentioned silver tailgates. What's the silver tailgates? And so they have a tailgate spot for football games that anybody and, you know, especially those who are in the Razorback Recovery community to come attend. And so that way they can still have that same, you know, experience, you know, at a football game without necessarily being surrounded by substance abuse and use. And then again, yeah, so we also have the Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program. And so this is where they spend, they're two foals, they're a victim advocacy, as well as, you know, the education side of things. So they have a group called Perspect and these are peer educators that are out on campus promoting and, you know, educating students on prevention efforts for sexual assault and sexual violence.   And so that's all within the Wellness and Health Promotion Department. So as you guys can see here, one of the other really fun components of this department is that we offer academic classes. So we have the Wellness Academic Series and those classes are one credit hour classes that students can enroll in. And these classes really focus on, again, the idea of promoting a healthier lifestyle and positive behaviors choices. So anything, so their classes can range from a multitude of topics depending on the professors that semester. Some of the most common ones are gonna be environmental health, sexual violence and education, resilience and thriving, assertiveness, a lot of different, you know, again, skill building. I think one of the most popular classes is the yoga class. So we offer a four credit yoga class so students can get up in the morning or come in here in the afternoon for their class and take yoga and get a credit for it. But even if you're not in one of the classes, we still do offer a bunch of, you know, other classes as well that are unrelated to academics, academic credits. So we do offer a couple yoga classes per week, meditation course. Most of our classes are gonna be included in the student health fee. But then we, various times this semester, we also have classes that you can pay a nominal fee. I think it's like 20 to anywhere from $20 to $40 for like eight week classes. For instance, we do, I think it's a couple of Krav Maga classes each semester. We'll do a women's self-defense class. We'll do meditation. I mean, there's just so many different classes. And so, again, all of this stuff will be promoted through the York Newswire on the calendar as well. And then a lot of our outreach staff will be out there kind of just promoting these classes. But, you know, it's really kind of nice to know that within the student health fee, it helps pay for the ability for students to come take a yoga class or to take Krav Maga or just in general, better understand why it's important to focus on your wellness. So, inside here, this is the activity space. This is where a lot of the yoga, meditation, problem of all classes will happen. And so, it's just, again, a nice welcoming environment where students can hang out and, you know, participate in any of these courses. Courtney, did you take any courses here? I'm taking my time. So, I'm a public health major. And a lot of those one-hour classes, they're eight-week classes, which is awesome because a lot of times people, how their schedules are set up, will need one more hour to meet this minimum, I guess, that they're trying to reach. And they're awesome. My favorite classes that I've taken so far have been healthy relationships I had in here, which was awesome. That's one of the more popular ones, too. Yeah, and I took a health and wellness class that was in here. I've had a lot. Almost every semester, I've had a class in here. Yeah, and I know the environmental health class, too. Like, they go out and they'll walk around the different trails around campus, talking about the importance of promoting positive environmental health. And so, it's, again, all of these classes are available by registering. And so, when you guys go to register classes, you've got to see what the different topics are. And so, we're really happy and fortunate that we're able to offer those. And so, other than that, I mean, wellness and health promotion, it's a complex department in the sense that they're really trying to focus on this idea of holistic wellness. So, you guys can see on this wall here, this is the wellness wheel. And we focus, we use an eight-dimensional model. And each dimension plays a significant role in the success of a student. And so, it's really, we try to help students understand how are they finding their wellness and how is this connecting to each one of these dimensions and how is this helping them to realize their potential. And so, each, again, so each element, each dimension plays a specific role, whether it's physical health and wanting to be healthy, so whether you're going to do your record, you're out biking, the idea of emotional health, mental health is such an important thing. And so, this isn't just necessarily related just to the wellness and health promotion department. This is something that the campus has adopted and realizing that all these services and programs on campus are designed in some way fit on this wheel to help students be the best student they can possibly be, so. Yeah. I know we talked about that and some of the classes that I had here. Yeah, you'll see a lot of this on campus. We spend a lot of time really trying to help students understand the importance of it. We're always handing out these stickers. I think I see them on water bottles all the time. Yeah, I have too. Yeah, and so, it's just like, the idea is that we want to focus on the whole student and not just the specific element of the student, so. But yeah, so other than that, this is the wellness and health promotion department and we hope to see students in here. You know, hope to see y'all in here taking a yoga class. And so, just make sure to check Newswire for all the different classes and make sure you guys follow us on social media or check our website as well. All of the classes will be posted there with the semester. Looks like there's some posters maybe right here on the left. Yeah, so these are some of the things we did last semester. Okay. So again, you know, we have your, you know, different well groups, students recovery meeting. We also do a survivor's chat group and then Star Central and Legal Aid of Arkansas have a sexual assault resources and health program that's over in our wellness center. Did we put stickers in all the bathrooms? Yeah, so last summer we made sure that everybody understood and knew, you know, what, you know, if there was a sexual violence incident on campus, that they knew what, you know, what resources were available to them, where they could go for additional help. And so we've definitely expanded a lot of that education on campus. And so we're really, really fortunate to have all of these services, you know, here within the health center, but be accessible for the entire campus community. So. I love that picture. I was just about to say that. I love this picture. Yeah, this one was the coolest one. We had Porkchop come in one day and he was too cute. He got a limber up. Oh, yeah. So like, again, these are the kind of things that you could just see and happen on any given day here.  And again, I think the design of this building really helped, you know, kind of shows that too. This open space, a lot of design, time went into the idea of student-centric spaces. And so we have study spaces throughout the building. Students can kind of utilize charting ports. Really, I mean, it's just a great place for students to just find a hangout as well.  So we are thrilled to have it be in this space. I like how bright it is. I like how cool it is. Really awesome to build at 3 o'clock. But yeah, so here are our three academic classrooms. So we talked a little about those classes. These are generally where most of the classes will take, will happen. Currently, right now, this is actually housing our medical intake until we are finished here in a couple weeks. But these individual spaces are utilized not only by our classes, but different programs, post things. I know the SHAC, the Student Health Advisory Committee meets here, as well as various RSOs will try to meet here, as well. And then the really cool thing about these rooms is actually is that all three of them actually open up into one big space. And so we're able to do a lot of different, you know, speaking engagements. And so this is kind of just, again, we try to make it more of an event space. So we wanted to make it more than just a health clinic and really make it more of a place where the campus can feel like they're a part of and utilize I Know Student Affairs. You spend a lot of time here in the summers with their meetings and so it's just great that we can kind of continue to just involve and really make it. It's a healthy community. Yeah, it really is. It makes us a healthier community. And I think if you look at all the different programs, too, though, we try to find some way to understand the importance of living healthy. And so that's definitely, you know, it's not just the health center, too. It takes a village and a lot of departments really have led to the success of that Walker Health Center, so. That's awesome. Any final thoughts for the incoming freshmen? Get your flu shot when you get on campus. That's gonna be really important. So you guys can schedule flu shots online on the website and the patient web portal. So you can check out our website, health.uark.edu or follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. And you can see a lot of different health happenings that's going on this year. And so we look forward to seeing you guys here in a few weeks. Awesome. Thank you so much for joining us. And then you can go to movin.uark.edu for our upcoming Facebook live tours, our schedules on there. So be sure to check that out. We have a lot of cool stuff coming up. That's just for everybody and just cool features on campus like the Pop Walker Health Center. So be sure to tune in. And I'm glad that we could show you around today. Thank you for coming with us. Yeah, absolutely. Thanks you guys for coming by. You guys have a good day.


Virtual reality means introducing the five senses in your whole body into the traditional screen-based experience. This creates a host of considerations for how to make things inclusive, but it also can offer a lot of possibility to folks who are traditionally shut out of a rich technological experience on traditional web, social, and gaming platforms. Fascinating innovations and research are springing up everywhere. If you're passionate or even curious about how to make tech more inclusive, join me at MozVest where I'll be hosting a panel and companion 3D experience in Mozilla hubs exploring VR accessibility. The panel speakers include professionals from across the research, design, and advocacy spectrum, Mar Gonzalez Franco, principal researcher at Microsoft, Dylan Fox, accessibility consultant at XR Access, and Steven Lee, an educator and experienced designer at Portland State University. All doing fascinating work at the forefront of technology, remote education, design, and accessibility. The hubs experience highlights some of those accessibility considerations and best practices. It's a 3D virtual world that is comprised of separate rooms, each dealing with a specific arena of accessible experience design. You can access it via your web browser or via virtual reality headset. Add your own audio narration to a video track, provide live 3D transcription to another participant's speech, contribute examples of locomotion methods in VR, or inform yourself on best practices and research. Inclusive 3D social experiences have come a long way, but they still have a long way to go, and it will take the work and support of passionate individuals like you to get there. Hope to see you at MozVest. Look for the designing accessible VR experiences session on March 8th at 9 a.m. Pacific or check out the link in the bio.


What are you going to do?   So long as you choose your own fate, you can call us any time. We will never abandon the weak who want to fight. Hello and welcome to One Piece 101, the series that breaks down everyone and everything in the One Piece world. Today, we are going to be delving into one of the most mysterious organizations within the series, the Revolutionary Army. The Revolutionary Army are a powerful militaristic organization that exists outside of the two most commonly explored factions in the series, being pirates and those aligned with the world government. In fact, even more so than pirates, the Revolutionary Army views the world government as their strict enemy, and their goal is to overthrow the world nobles who currently preside over the majority of the planet. The organization was founded by its supreme commander, Monkey D. Dragon, a man who very much remained shrouded in mystery himself, but he began his crusade due to his utter disgust in regards to the hedonistic nature of the world nobles, as well as the lesser nobles who directly rule the various individual nations of One Piece. As a result of these continued actions working towards direct destabilization of the world government, Dragon was deemed their greatest enemy as well as became the most wanted man in the world. As for exactly when the Revolutionary Army was formed, it's a bit vague at the stage of this recording, but it was somewhere between 19 and 24 years ago, so they've been operating for around two decades and as such, they've had a pretty strong presence in the world. For example, a contingent of the Revolutionary Army were present 12 years ago in the Goa Kingdom in East Blue, where they managed to save the citizens of the Great Terminal who were going to be burnt alive at the direction of the Goa Royal Family. And that sort of blatant disregard for human life is really what drives Dragon and the other Revolutionary Army members to fight. Despite that, it should be noted that they do only conduct strategic intervention, so as not to draw too much attention to themselves. For example, in the aforementioned situation with the Goa Kingdom, whilst he managed to save many citizens, Dragon admitted that he did not have the power to change its ruling system. And this is more than likely not a reference to direct power as his forces more than likely could have occupied the island, but that would then make both Goa and the Revolutionary Army a massive target to which the full force of the world government would be deployed to wipe them out. Instead, the primary focus of the Revolutionary Army for the past two decades or so has been on stockpiling weapons and recruiting members in order to build a force capable of a direct attack against the world government. And in regards to their recruits, the army has developed quite a fighting force, including their chief of staff, Sabo, a former noble of the Goa Kingdom who became ashamed of his heritage and who was saved by Dragon. Sabo also happens to be the sworn brother of a certain monkey D. Luffy, the son of Dragon. Below Dragon and Sabo, the Revolutionary Army has four commanders being Karasu, Bello Betty, Morley and Lindbergh, each of whom direct the North, East, West and South armies respectively. Each of these individuals possess exceptional abilities that are integral for the army to thrive and survive. And I'd like to draw particular attention to the double fruit power of Bello Betty in regards to this, which is the Kobukobunomi, a paramecia type fruit that allows its user to awaken the latent physical potential of others and inspire them to fight, making it a perfect addition to an organization whose goal it is to overturn tyrannical rule on the masses. Below the commanders are also several high-ranking officer positions consisting of some highly influential people in the one-piece world. For example, we have Emporio, Evenkov, Queen of the Kanbaka Kingdom, as well as Inazuma, who serves as Evenkov's second-in-command. Then there's Bartholomew Kuma, who is a warlord of the sea under the world government and a former king himself. And the final known officer at the time of this recording is Kawala, a former slave of the world nobles who was freed as a result of the actions of Fischer Tiger. In any case, under the direction of these individuals, the Revolutionary Army has been conducting covert operations within the world for the last two decades. But it was only recently in the grand scheme of things that they were identified as a major threat to the world government, which occurred six years ago at the Reverie, where Dragon was personally mentioned by Thalassa Lucas, as someone who would likely become a true threat to the world government in a few years' time. And oh, how right he was. As a result, the world government began actively targeting the Revolutionary Army where possible, often sending Cypherpole agents after them, with one example being when Jabra, Kumidori, and Fukuro were sent to assassinate three important army figures within a certain district, a mission that can be assumed to be somewhat of a success, albeit at the cost of 20 more lives in collateral damage due to Fukuro opening his zipper mouth and leaking their assassination plot all over town. However, for the most part, operations of the Revolutionary Army have been quite successful, and a lot of that can be attributed to the secrecy of their headquarters, which was located on the island of Baltigo, and is actually so secretive that even we as an audience don't know anything about its location, other than the very vague fact that it is indeed somewhere within the grand line. But with their center of operations completely shrouded, the Revolutionary Army have been capable of organizing full-scale revolutions in all sectors of the world, including infiltration-style missions such as sninking Emporio, Ivankov, and Inazuma into the world's most secure prison in Pell Down, in order to gather a force of prisoners ready to break free at the right time. Although this occurred rather prematurely due to the actions of Monkey D. Luffy, the Army holds a further association with straw hat member Niko Robin, whom they freed from slavery on the massive bridge nation of Tequila-Wolf in East Blue. In fact, due to Robin's knowledge gained from being an inhabitant of the former island of O'Hara, they even asked her to join their cause, referring to her as the light of the Revolution. And while Robin did decline, she would end up spending the next two years with the Army during the time skip. However, the operation that we would become most familiar with, when a small contingent of revolutionaries, including Sabo, Koala, and Hack, were sent to the island to investigate and uncover the black market dealings of Warlord of the Sea, Dol Flamingo. During this mission, the three of them became embroiled in the sheer chaos caused by the straw hats, Trafalgar Law, and the various other parties present on the island, which resulted in the defeat of Dol Flamingo and the acquisition of all of the black market weaponry present on the island. Rather, unfortunately, this mission would also result in the discovery of Baltico's location by Jesus Burgess, a member of the Blackbeard Pirates who stowed away on their ship and the base was promptly attacked and destroyed by the Blackbeard Pirates. As for why Blackbeard and Emperor of the Sea had such a stake in declaring war on the Revolutionary Army, while that is one of the many questions surrounding the Army that is still currently unanswered. And it is here that I'm going to throw up a spoiler warning for the events of the Reverie and Wano arcs. If you are not up to date with both of these arcs and I highly recommend you mute this video until the spoiler warning goes away, because what I'm about to say is not an insignificant spoiler. But for the rest of you, here we go. Following the destruction of Baltico, the location of Momoiro Island under the rule of Emporio Ivancov was chosen as the new base of operations for the Army, who were planning an imminent attack on the upcoming Reverie. As such, the Revolutionary Army mustered its full forces and infiltrated the Holy Land of Marishua, with one of their primary goals being the rescue of their comrade Bartholomew Kuma. And on the fourth day of the Reverie, the Army sprang into action, facing off directly against two admirals of the marines Fujitora and Ryokugu. And at the time of this recording, the outcome of that battle, as well as the fate of the Revolutionary Army in general, is unknown. Some more fun facts about the Revolutionary Army. Despite having the world government as a mutual enemy, Revolutionaries and Pirates rarely cooperate, and in fact on many occasions Pirates are also seen as enemies of the Army, due to the general tyranny that they cause the citizens of the world. But that said, there have been situations in which they have joined forces with pirate factions, should it be in the interests of accomplishing their goals. Dragons influenced over the Revolutionary Army can be clearly seen in their official flag, which displays a dragon in between the letters R and A. Although it should be noted that in the past they have been identified by a simple red triangular flag. And finally, a truly useless fact, the Revolutionary Army is actually so widespread that it even has its own non-canon member, being Ray's Max, a gambler who was imprisoned by Gil Tazora in one piece film gold. But that pretty much does it for the Revolutionary Army. 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Hi everyone, Joe for JaspysCaseRakes.com coming at you with our last case. We only made 10 of these. Our last case of 2023 hip-rated basketball playoff edition of Jaspys Exclusive Six-Box Random Team Break number 10. I don't know which one of these we've pulled or not. I mean we did pull that earlier today. We did pull that. I think we pulled that too. We did three cases today but I don't know what we've pulled in the previous cases. We're gonna find out because there's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven. One case could have had two of the... I don't know. Well we're gonna find out. Big thanks to this group for getting into the action. Appreciate it. Thanks to the people who bought their spots straight up. Congrats again to the people who won their spots in those Chronicles Fat Packs number 63 and 64. All 30 basketball teams are in. No combos. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. Five and two, seven times for names and teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, and seventh and final time. Seven, we got Chris down at Chris. Five and two, seven times for the NBA teams. One, two, three, four, five, six, and seventh and final time. We got the Cs down to the Cs. Celtics down to the Cavs. All right. Chris, you got the Celtics, Spurs, Clippers, and Pacers. Mark with the Sixers. Wen Chun with the Trailblazers and Pistons. Carl with the... or Chris with the Nuggets. JC with the Nets, Scott with the Hornets. Chris with the Pelicans. Eugene, Magic, Kings, Knicks. Wen Chun with my Lakers. Chris, the artist formerly known as Carl with Raptors, Hawks, Sons. Wen Chun, Bucks, and Rockets. Chris, Wizards, Grizzlies, Jazz. Wen Chun with the Thunder. Chris with the Timberwolves. Wen Chun with the Mavs. Chris with the Warriors. Wen Chun with the Heat Bulls. And Chris with the Cavs. Now, we're down to our last case. So, trade at your own risk. We're in a pause video just for a little bit. When we come back, we'll see if there's any trades, and then we'll have the break. Stick around. All right. Welcome back, everybody. No deals were done. So, this list here remains the same here on a Sunday. That's our last case of hip parade basketball. Chris slash Carl with LastBall and Mojo Clippers. Thanks, everybody, for making this break half. Thanks for making this entire case run happen. We appreciate it.  I like it. Thanks, everyone. And a wax party invite at the end of this, too. Even better. Let's see what we got. We're gonna start with, we'll start with Jalen Suggs. Impeccable basketball, elegance RPA 21 out of 99. One, two, three, four color patch. That is nice. Good start. Orlando Eugene with that one. Won that spot in one of the fillers. Got randomized Orlando magic. Jalen Suggs RPA. Not bad. Not a bad parlay there. Next is Charles Barkley. On-card autograph from Contender's Optic Basketball. Sun's edition. PSA9. Nice. Looking good there, Chuck. And that'll be for Chris and the Phoenix Suns. Sheila's wondering if stuff you sell ends up in this. Do you have, do you have stuff like this? Jalen Suggs RPAs. Charles Barkley. PSA10 autos. It's possible though. We got Deer and Fox. A Fox in the box. On-card autograph from Spectre Basketball. 17 out of 25. Nice one for Sacramento. That'll be for Eugene. That's for the spot he bought straight up.  Probably that he has that. No, I'm sure he's heard that since. I was gonna say he's probably hasn't heard that since high school. But then again, you know, if you're on the road, maybe some high school kids in the stands, rivals of the Orlando Magic are yelling, hey, Jalen Suggs. He might be doing that even though he doesn't. He's pretty good. All right.  Centering and corners are a nine.  Surface is an eight and a half. Autograph's a ten. Very nice. Who's got OKC? Wen Shun with OKC. That's awesome. Hit parade though. Going back to Jilo wondering if any of his stuff will end up in here. Hit parade, they've got a team of people that scour the the nation. They're just not buying online. They've got teams of people flying around the country going in different car shows in different cities every month looking for stuff. All right. Next up is Steph Curry in the zone autograph. 12 out of 15 Warriors, Chris Warriors come out to play. During the pandemic though, they did buy online a lot more like on eBay because I remember a set of hit parade breaks for a good half a year or something like that where they're like, hey, I just saw that on eBay. Or they're like, hey, that just sold on eBay. All right. Next, final six and final hit is Tyler Hero PSA nine 2019 Panini contenders. Wonder if Tyler Hero was 100% if that makes would make a difference in his current series here. 67 out of 99. Nice one though for Wen Shun and the Miami Heat. When a hero comes along to find the strength to carry on from one through 30. I'm losing it already. This is not good. It's my first day of the week. All right. Let's gather all the names wax party invite here. I'm not going to forget this time. Let's roll it, randomize it two and a five seven times name on top after seven gets into the wax party two, three, four, five, six and seventh and final time. So a lot of sad faces here, but one really happy face. So here are the sad faces 10, two through 30. Thanks for trying though. Plenty of opportunities though. So keep trying on jazby's case, grace.com. Happy times though for a who else Chris getting in with that filler spot as well after seven. Congrats, Chris. We'll see you in the lax party, jazby's case, grace.com. Bye.


would allow the city um the right to deny a property owner uh a a a building permit um if they have outstanding unresolved minimum housing violations and i will be supporting the amendment and thank you for bringing it forward great thank you so much councillor travers and thank you for doing this on my behalf um is there anyone who has any uh comments or questions on this amendment fairly straightforward um we will go to a vote uh all those in favor of the zoning amendment as proposed by councillor travers uh please raise your hand uh any opposed uh please raise your hand we get that amendment passed unanimously by a vote of 12 to 0 so that amendment is now part of the underlying proposed ordinance and brings us to our last amendment which is za 24-02 effective date proposal councillor travers 321-24 so i will go and return i will return to councillor travers if you could move the amendment we'll get a second and then if you could just briefly explain what it is yes uh so now that we have a fully amended comprehensive neighborhood code i would make a motion that would take those amendments of the neighborhood code that allow for a secondary structure within rl and rm zones to be effective on october 1 of 2024 is there a second to that motion seconded by councillor shannon um you pretty much have captured what we're doing here um did you need to expand on that uh i again we'll keep it very brief i think that many of the concerns that we've heard from neighbors revolve around um secondary buildings uh as we've discussed now and and the amended version um the neighborhood code would allow up to eight units uh in two buildings four in a primary building and four in a secondary building uh what this amendment would do is it would delay the effective date of those provisions that permit for secondary buildings until october 1 meaning that a building applicant would not be able to permit for a secondary building until that date um and the idea here is that um you know i i do agree and see some need for some uh some improvements to this language and some additions that i know our planning commission is currently working on so just to offer some examples briefly president paul um yeah if a secondary building like a detached garage is non-conforming due to it being within a rear or side yard setback um should we allow that to be converted into a habitable space should a secondary building um be taller than a primary building if we allow a secondary building uh will we still need our existing rules on accessory dwelling units um what rules should we put into place for certain secondary buildings like i've become familiar with this term of cottage court developments that i know the planning commission is still reviewing um to put some standards around what those secondary structures should look like and i think um perhaps most importantly as we've heard from many members of the public um i know our planning commission is working in collaboration with uh dpw on how else particularly with respect to secondary structures uh we can support and incentivize green stormwater infrastructure uh in in buildings permitted in the neighborhood code and so um this this amendment will allow some additional time for the planning commission as well as our next council and next administration um to make some needed and added improvements thank you great thank you so much councillor travers is there anyone else who wishes to comment uh councillor shannon um thank you president paul i'm only going to comment on this last amendment um and won't be having any further comments on the on when we go to a vote on on the amended version um but so i want to say that um i support neighborhood code and um there's much that i like about it but like my my colleague who i can't even believe this my former colleague mary kehoe uh who i can't even believe is still here tonight um um it was hard enough when you had to uh i i i see the process that we have undergone here as extremely problematic and i have from the beginning in september i did not agree with the structure of having a joint committee of the planning commission and ordinance committee for the purpose of consolidating and fast-tracking the review process i noted that the public needs to be given ample opportunity to engage with the discussions in january i noted that the decision at the beginning of this process was to fast track it which i opposed i said that the concerns about how this would affect neighborhoods near the university are very real as the university has added 1000 students to off-campus housing within the city per year since 20 uh i don't think it's per year but since 2019 um i said that i would support uh warning a public hearing because we didn't have the votes to send it to the ordinance committee but also said that i would support working on it more if the public feedback warrants it and the public feedback tonight in our emails in phone calls in conversations have clearly warranted a referral a referral that is expected with any zoning ordinance it's our standard practice practice and i'd also like to note that when i reviewed my own comments councillor jang agreed with me and it wasn't a dream so thank you councillor jang for that um i i agree with uh with council councillor travers that there is still uh much work that can be done and is being taken up by the by the planning commission and that moving forward my my strong preference would be to refer this to the ordinance committee but again i understand that um we are not likely to have the votes for that tonight and so i have decided not to make that motion um and waste our time and i appreciate this this um compromise that councillor travers has come up with which allows me in the end if this passes to support this and i think it's important work that that we have done to get us to this point um while still uh having the opportunity to review many of the issues that have rightfully been raised tonight including affordability home ownership parking infrastructure uh and and uvm as well as historic buildings and i look forward to doing that work over the course of the next few months and thank you very much to councillor travers for this um creative compromise that uh i think does improve our process um and thank you thank you so much councillor shannon uh councillor uh dhority and then we'll go to councillor hightower and and hopefully a vote thank you president paul i am acutely conscious of the fact that i have spoken more at tonight's city council meeting probably by a factor of five then i think i haven't any city council meeting so far this will be my last comment um i won't i won't comment further when we get to the final vote um my strong preference is also to send this back to the committee um to do more work to address a number of the issues uh that i have raised um as i have heard councillor bergman say though on several occasions um i also can count votes and i recognize that there is not the support uh or even close to it on the city council to take that action um so i'm appreciative of this last amendment i will support it um and i will support the neighborhood code uh reluctantly uh as amended despite my preference to send it back to the committee great thank you so much councillor dhority we'll try to wrap up with councillor hightower great um i think as one of the few councillors who also would have voted to support this going back to committee i'm glad that it's not going back to committee because i would have voted um for it because of the fact that i didn't um that i didn't speak with councillor shannon on um this going to ordinance i am glad that we did it as a joint process i just think that saved so much planning um team time and i do think we should have referred it to ordinance just to um to to get that attention to the public and so i would have voted for it to take accountability for my own mistake but i'm glad um that we don't have the votes for it um so i do i do think that this is again a good compromise i do think there is like some details to iron out especially around the second building um and i'm also i just it is rare that on such a contentious issue that we have um so much agreement across the two parties um that make up the majority of our council and so i do i'm i'm very glad i know that it's been a contentious public forum i know it's been a contentious few months i know that i've had very difficult conversations with a lot of my neighbors and a lot of phone calls um or meetings and folks's houses and npas but i do i'm glad to see so much support for this and i'm glad that we could pass some amendments to make it um hopefully feel better to have more burlingtonians thank you thank you so much councilor hightower so this is the effective date proposal um this is our last amendment and then we will go to the underlying resolution um all those in favor of the last amendment the effective date proposal is brought forward by councilor travers please raise your hand so i think we're looking at one two three four five six seven eight nine and all those oppose please raise your hand councilor did you yes all right so it's actually nine it is actually 10 my apologies i didn't see you um so that would be 10 to 2 um so that amendment passes and it's also now part of the underlying proposed development ordinance um that brings us back to the underlying proposed ordinance um and we'll be voting on that ordinance with the following amendments that have passed which is amendment number one two three four and six and the effective date amendment uh with most of us have had a fairly good amount of time to speak those some of us have not if there's anyone who wishes to speak to the underlying amendment before we go to a vote now would be the time uh council bergman i i actually um want to ask us planning staff a question i count about nine areas of continued work that just were you know raised at the the public hearing and when i look at your memo in terms of the ongoing work around part two and then um the technical amendments it's not clear um what the standard process would be i have a strong belief that we have a lot of work to do on this and that is in our ordinance committee and that that work needs to be done expeditiously so the question for planning is knowing that you've heard lots about affordable housing you've heard questions about the wildlife um language early on the very first one i think um parking is an issue um green space and i've raised solar orientation which i saw actually in a memo at one point infrastructure impacts which also relate to the impact fee study that's happening and hopefully we get revised so give us some guidance in terms of how we're going to be able to take this important step to do the work that people are calling on us to do thank you council bergman um i think as you noted just with the few examples that you shared there are likely to be several different processes that will follow this work we do have some work that's underway um we talked about this quite extensively in the joint committee process we talked about a list of things that were very clearly on the table for part two we called this amendment that is in front of you tonight part one um there is a part two that includes things like uh the cottage courts that counselor traverse referenced um so i think some of these issues will dovetail well into the work that we knew that the planning commission was intending to follow this part of the code with um we also as a joint committee talked about something called the construction zone which were bigger issues that we knew would either require more time or collaboration in order for us in order for us to find the right next steps for so i'm happy to as we move into the next administration and with the new council talk with the chairs of the planning commission and the ordinance committee at that time about the right way to plan to address the next step of this work great um i'm going to support the uh the amendment as amended and believe that with uh with some diligence and some good public process that we can um do a lot in the next uh short term thank you thank you so much counselor bergman um let's uh okay counselor jang yes um and i think it doesn't people are not saying this enough and megan i want to say thank you so much for your work about this and also for your work about many planning issues in the city and it is unfortunate that you planted the seed something really good but it seemed that you'll be moving on soon and i think um you know maybe you'll consider and staying um and i really want to say thank you also because in the new north end most of the time people do not um engage into a lot of city affairs but i think colin larson who've been following this issue for a very long time um ian as well who've been following it as well ryan flink um you know um ellen rock um you know liam griffin you know i think i think it's it's really good i think we continue to engage in the city affairs and really congratulations mr mayor as well because i think this is one of your uh plans about building housing and i'm glad that you have done it right and i'm happy to be supporting this thank you thank you so much councillor jang and with that uh we will go to a roll call vote on the uh on the ordinance itself lori one last time let's call the roll councillor barlow yes councillor bergman yes yes councillor carpenter yes councillor jang yes councillor dority yes councillor grant yes councillor hightower yes councillor king yes councillor mcgee yes councillor shannon yes councillor travers yes city council president paul yes 12 eyes that is 12 so that's uh 12 eyes and uh no one opposed that motion passes unanimously what a wonderful what a wonderful way to end the year um do you want to also thank uh sarah and megan so much for your tireless work on the neighbourhood code this has been a massive undertaking and your work is greatly appreciated also want to thank the members of the ordinance committee uh councillor travers hightower shannon and carpenter as well as the members of the planning commission for their tireless work on this as well um that concludes our deliberative agenda president paul please keep in mind the next meeting i'm sorry go ahead would it be completely out of order for me to say something at the end it would not be completely out of order for after all of this you absolutely have our undivided attention well i i just wanted to actually echo many of the thank yous that you were just sharing um i really appreciate the work of the council um sorry uh the work of the ordinance committee members that spent a lot of time on this code i know that this was a very important issue that you heard a lot about and i appreciate the work that you've done um i also want to thank andy as the planning commission chair for his support and leadership on this and all of the planning commissioners um and also want to give a huge shout out to sarah this is the first zoning amendment that we threw her into and she did an amazing job so a lot of the data and graphics that you saw to support this work were sarah's creation so um you have an excellent team in the planning office and on the planning commission and um i'm happy that they will get to continue working with you uh an excellent an excellent team for sure um megan you will be terribly missed terribly missed um that concludes our deliberative agenda um as i said the next meeting of the city council will be organization day on monday next monday april first we hope that you can join us for that for that celebratory event tends to be the shortest meeting of the year that brings us to the end of our agenda uh councilor councilor mcgee is there a motion to adjourn so moved thank you seconded by councilor king and councillor and councillor jang um and councillor hightower all those in favor of the motion please say aye we are adjourned thank you all it's been a pleasure


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