STREAMING VIDEO: Planning & Zoning Board Meetings Wed 08 Jan 2020

Pay attention to this 90-Minute session -- "The Reserve at Red Rock" has been controversial from the start, beginning the proposal for an auction of city-owned land.
It's a 136-acre site on the agenda in Items 6-a, 6-b and 6-c.
Published and uploaded to YouTube on 09 Jan it's been viewed by only 23 at the time of this upload blog site early Saturday morning 11 Jan.
125 residents living at Red Mountain Ranch showed up in a community meeting in November.  .  . Watch to see if these items get approved - and with what conditions.

3 Take action on the following zoning cases:
PZ 20002 ZON19-00711 District 4.
1956 East Southern Avenue. Located at the northwest corner of Southern Avenue and Gilbert Road. (1.2± acres).
Site Plan Review
and Special Use Permit.
This request will allow for the development of a convenience store and associated fuel station.
Jon Naut, Quik Trip Corporations, applicant; Redlands, LLC, owner.

Planner: Wahid Alam Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

*3-a

PZ 20003 ZON19-00792 District 6.

Within the 1300 block of South Signal Butte Road (west side) and the 10700 block of East Hampton Avenue (north side). Located south of Southern Avenue on the west side of Signal Butte Road. (1.2± acres). Site Plan Review.
This request will allow for the development of a restaurant with drive-thru.
 Andrew Whisler, Kimley-Horn, applicant; MVM Shopping Center LLC, owner. Planner: Ryan McCann Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions 

*3-b

PZ 20004 ZON19-00848  District 6.

Within the 9300 through 9500 blocks East Cadence Parkway (north and east side). Located east of Ellsworth Road and south of Ray Road.
(17± acres). Site Plan Review.
This request will allow a multi-residential development within the Cadence at Gateway Community. 

• Susan Demmitt, Gammage and Burnham, PLC, applicant
• PPGN-Ellsworth, LLLP, owner.

Planner: Lesley Davis Staff Recommendation: Continue to January 22, 2020

*3-c

 

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4 Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following zoning cases:

> PZ 20005 ZON19-00706 District 5.
Within the 2400 block of North Val Vista Drive (east side). Located south of McDowell Road on the east side of Val Vista Drive.  (4.6± acres). Rezoning from RS-35 to RS-35 PAD; and Site Plan Review. This request will allow for the development of a single residence subdivision.

• Joe Burke, Allen Consulting Engineers, applicant;
• NuSash Investments, owner. (Continued from December 11, 2019)

Planner: Kellie Rorex
Staff Recommendation: Tabled

*4-a

> PZ 20006 ZON19-00710 District 6. 

Within the 7000 to 7600 blocks of East Guadalupe Road (south side) and within the 2800 through 3100 blocks of South Sossaman Road (west side).  Located south of Guadalupe Road and west of Sossaman Road. Rezone from NC-PAD to RS-6-PAD (6.7± acres); and modification of an existing PAD
(213.7± acres). 
This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision. 

• Sean B. Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant
• B & K Land & Investment Co., owner. 

(Companion case to preliminary plat “Desert Place at Morrison Ranch”, associated with item *5-a).
(Continued from December 11, 2019)

Planner: Evan Balmer

Staff Recommendation: Continue to January 22, 2020

*4-b

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> PZ 20007 ZON19-00805 District 6.

Within the 10600 to 10800 blocks of East Williams Field Road (south side), within the 6000 to 6200 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side), within the 6200 to 6400 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (east side) and within the 10800 to 11100 blocks of the East Underwood Avenue alignment (south side). Located on the southwest corner of Williams Field Road and Signal Butte Road and south of Williams Field Road on the east side of Signal Butte Road.
(33± acres).
> Modifying portions of an approved zoning district designations with a PAD overlay in the Destination at Gateway PAD.
> Specifically, rezoning from RS-9-PAD, RSL-2.5-PAD, and RM-2-PAD to LC-PAD, RM-3-PAD, and RSL-4.5-PAD with major modifications to the PAD overlay
> and Site Plan Review.
> Also consider the preliminary plat for “Destination at Gateway - Parcel 15”.
This request will allow for major modifications to Destination at Gateway PAD.

• Sean Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant
• Signal Butte 24, LLC, owner. 

(Companion case to preliminary plat “Destination at Gateway Parcel 15”, associated with item *5-b)  

Planner: Cassidy Welch
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

*4-c

> PZ 20008 ZON19-00834 District 4. 

1102 East University Drive.
(0.46± acres). Located west of Stapley Drive on the north side of University Drive. Rezone from RM-4 to NC; and Site Plan review. This request will allow for the expansion of existing personal services (hair salons) within an existing building. Nicole Posten-Thompson, On-Pointe Architecture, applicant; 1102 E University LLC, owner.

Planner: Ryan McCann Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

*4-d

5 Discuss and take action on the following preliminary plats:  PZ 20009 “Desert Place at Morrison Ranch”   District 6. 

Within the 7000 to 7600 blocks of East Guadalupe Road (south side) and within the 2800 through 3100 blocks of South Sossaman Road (west side).  Located south of Guadalupe Road and west of Sossaman Road. Preliminary Plat. 
(6.7± acres).

• Sean B. Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant
• B & K Land & Investment Co., owner. 

(Companion case to ZON19-00710, associated with item *4-b).
(Continued from December 11, 2019)

Planner: Evan Balmer
Staff Recommendation: Continue to January 22, 2020

*5-a

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PZ 20010 “Destination at Gateway Parcel 15”   District 6.

Within the 10600 to 10800 blocks of East Williams Field Road (south side), within the 6000 to 6200 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (west side), within the 6200 to 6400 blocks of South Signal Butte Road (east side) and within the 10800 to 11100 blocks of the East Underwood Avenue alignment (south side). Located on the southwest corner of Williams Field Road and Signal Butte Road and south of Williams Field Road on the east side of Signal Butte Road.
(33± acres). Preliminary Plat.
Sean Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant
Signal Butte 24, LLC, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00805, associated with item *4-c) 

Planner: Cassidy Welch
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

*5-b

Items not on the Consent Agenda

6 Discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council on the following General Plan amendment and related zoning case:

> PZ 20011 ZON19-00954 District 5.
Within the 5600 to 6000 blocks of East Thomas Road (north side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of North Recker Road (west side).  Located north of Thomas Road and west of Recker Road.
(109.8± acres).
Minor General Plan amendment to change the Character Type from Parks to Neighborhood. 
This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision.
Desert Vista 100, LLC, applicant
City of Mesa, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00806 and Preliminary Plat “Reserve at Red Rock”, associated with items 6-b and 6-c) 

Planner: Evan Balmer
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

6-a

> PZ 20012 ZON19-00806 District 5.

Within the 5600 to 6000 blocks of East Thomas Road (north side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of North Recker Road (west side).  Located north of Thomas Road and west of Recker Road.
(109.8± acres).
Rezone from PS to RS-6-PAD and RS-7-PAD. 
This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision.
Desert Vista 100, LLC, applicant
City of Mesa, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00954 and Preliminary Plat “Reserve at Red Rock”, associated with items 6-a and 6-c)
Planner: Evan Balmer
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

6-b

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> PZ 20013 “Reserve at Red Rock” District 5.

Within the 5600 to 6000 blocks of East Thomas Road (north side) and within the 3600 to 4000 blocks of North Recker Road (west side).  Located north of Thomas Road and west of Recker Road. (109.8± acres).
Preliminary Plat. 
Desert Vista 100, LLC, applicant
City of Mesa, owner.
(Companion case to ZON19-00954 and ZON19-00806, associated with items 6-a and 6-b) Planner: Evan Balmer
Staff Recommendation: Approval with conditions

6-c

7 Adjournment.

"I do wish I had done more . . ." Hello! What are you waiting for?

Once upon a time, there was a lady who saved "wish-bones" - from turkey breasts she roasted in the oven for every holiday over many years.
She placed all the wishbones one-at-a-time on the branches of a small tree on a table and soon more wishbone were added filling all the branches with just not one wishbone for every branch but three or four more - looking more like birds roosting and getting ready to take-off and fly!
But they never did and the little tree was filled and more filled as more wishbone were added from many more wishes from all the bones for all the thoughts inside her head.
There the tree stood for many years . .

What could she have been waiting for all this time? 
One day the tree began to move, glowing with multiple lights appearing from an inner source, that moved from the bottom to the top through all the branches that had grown out over time from the center.
For a while - way too long a while - she sat there and wondered . . .
What is this trying to tell me now?
You can have all the wishes you may want. DO SOMETHING
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‘I do wish I had done more’:

‘I do wish I had done more’:

Megyn Kelly tearfully reacts to ‘Bombshell’ and the fallout of the Fox News sexual harassment scandal

By Katie Shepherd Morning Mix reporter

Washington Post 

 

SPOILER ALERT: In this case what made her say that was a demeaning humiliation at a job interview when she obeyed an order: “Do a little spin for me.”

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Just before that, the interviewer appeared to be listening intently, nodding as she listed all of the skills she could bring to the position. Then, he gave her that order.

As Katie Shepherd goes on to report, the uncomfortable scene comes from the recently released film “Bombshell,” but the story could have been told by many real-life women at Fox News who said former CEO Roger Ailes asked them the same question in his office.

“Turn around let me see your ass,” another woman recalled Ailes telling her in a video shared Thursday by Megyn Kelly after tfour women watched the movie together. Two other victims of harassment at Fox joined them to share their thoughts on the fictionalized drama about the scandal that upended their careers.

All four of the women said Ailes had asked them to twirl for him. Only one said she refused.

The conversation offered a rare, and very public, reflection of what victims of sexual harassment at the workplace are feeling as their #MeToo stories are adapted for the big screen and pop culture entertainment. . .

> All four women agreed the spin scene captured their experiences well. Still, they said, the film couldn’t capture the depth of their horror.

> Julie Zann (another one of the four victims) who worked as a Fox News producer and accused Ailes of sexual harassment,  said “It was worse than that, " when asked for her immediate reaction to the film. She added that the movie “really let Roger off easy.”

The report ends >

"Kelly, who rose to become the most prominent and successful woman working on-air for Fox News, teared up as she considered how speaking up in 2006 when Ailes tried to kiss her might have altered the next 10 years at the company.

“What if I had thrown myself into the fire back then?” she said to Zann, who said she experienced almost the exact same harassment as Kelly several years later.

“Maybe that wouldn’t have happened to you.”

 

Internal Employee Emails Reveal So Much > Why Try To Control The Public Records Requests???

At least in one instance - there are many more to get revealed - attempts by an entrenched company culture to control the mainstream media narrative to evade public scrutiny have shown that just doesn't work.
News source REUTERS reported early this morning the results when hundreds of internal emails were forced to be released by the Boeing Company after months of spoon-feeding the story they wanted out to the public.
One including in the hundreds released said the plane was “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys”.
No doubt Boeing should get credit for disclosing what the Reuters reporter David Shepardson termed the “destructive diatribes”, . .
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BLOGGER NOTE: That's one example for some hard-fought results of persistent  and tenacious investigative journalism.
There's more hard work ahead to keep the spotlights on in the public eye for the demands and assertions to encourage more transparency and accountability in company/corporate and government cultures.
The good fight doesn't end with just one revelation >
Here on the local level in Mesa and The State of Arizona there's plenty more stories to get told and published.
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   Business       

'Designed by clowns': Boeing employees ridicule 737 MAX, regulators in internal messages

David Shepardson 5-Minute Read

U.S. |

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co has released hundreds of internal messages that contained harshly critical comments about the development of the 737 MAX, including one that said the plane was “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys”.

The messages, disclosed on Thursday, show attempts to duck regulatory scrutiny with employees disparaging the plane, the company, the Federal Aviation Administration and foreign aviation regulators.

4:36am EST

https://www.reuters.com/article

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> For a factbox on excerpts from employees’ messages, click on 

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PEARLY GATES CLOSED

"The disclosure, which Boeing said was in the interest of transparency with the FAA, prompted renewed outrage from U.S. lawmakers and puts more pressure on Boeing’s new CEO David Calhoun to overhaul the company’s culture when he takes the reins on Monday.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio, who has been investigating the MAX, said the messages “paint a deeply disturbing picture of the lengths Boeing was apparently willing to go to in order to evade scrutiny from regulators, flight crews, and the flying public, even as its own employees were sounding alarms internally.”

Senator Roger Wicker, who chairs the commerce committee leading the senate’s probe into Boeing, also said the latest documents “raise questions about the efficacy of FAA’s oversight of the certification process.”

The U.S. Justice Department has an active criminal investigation underway into matters related to the 737 MAX plane.

Some of the messages pointed to problems with the simulators. Boeing said on Thursday it is confident “all of Boeing’s MAX simulators are functioning effectively” after repeated testing since the messages were written.

The messages, however, show Boeing in the past was doing all it could to lobby aviation regulators to avoid the need for airlines to train pilots in a simulator on the differences between the 737 MAX and the 737 NG.
Boeing should get credit for disclosing the “destructive diatribes”.
“Initially the flying public will understandably have reservations but the aircraft - having been completely and responsibly resurrected - will likely be one of the safest planes around, . . "
-- Shukor Yusof, the head of Malaysia-based aviation consultancy Endau Analytics, is quoted as saying.
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In other emails and instant messages, employees spoke of their frustration with the company’s culture, complaining about the drive to find the cheapest suppliers and “impossible schedules”.
“I don’t know how to fix these things...it’s systemic. It’s culture. It’s the fact we have a senior leadership team that understand very little about the business and yet are driving us to certain objectives,” said an employee in an email dated June 2018.
And in a May 2018 message, an unnamed Boeing employee said:
“I still haven’t been forgiven by god for the covering up I did last year.”
Without referencing what was covered up, the employee added:
“Cant do it one more time. the Pearly gates will be closed...”

 

 

"Beautiful military equipment" do not rule the world: people do.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth... and a Tweet for a Tweet!! 
WHAT GETS LOST IN THE IN-BETWEEN
The Year 2020 is starting off with turbulence: "The Turbulent 2020's"
Pardon me - your MesaZona blogger - I just don't it when appeals to God and Religion from not one but three religions originating in The Middle East are turning this world into war zones everywhere. Who do we trust?
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THE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE: Press TV  
"In a tweet on Sunday, Trump threatened that in the event of an Iranian attack on an American base or an American national, some of the “beautiful” US military equipment acquired over the past three years would be sent its way, “and without hesitation.”
In a speech that followed Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on two US bases in Iraq, Trump boasted about the US army and military equipment.
“Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal, and fast. Under construction are many hypersonic missiles,” Trump said, although he backed down from an earlier threat of more military actions against Iran.
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Thursday, 09 January 2020 11:33 AM  [ Last Update: Thursday, 09 January 2020 1:32 PM ]                        

 

Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the newly appointed head of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), attend a ceremony in commemoration of his predecessor, martyred commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2020. (Photo by Fars)

The newly-appointed head of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Quds Force says Iran dealt the US “a first slap” by striking two American bases in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of his predecessor, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
“With God’s blessing, the first slap was decisively delivered to the world’s largest capitalist power,” Brigadier General Esmail Qaani said in a message addressed to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

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Zarif to Trump: It’s people, not ‘beautiful’ arms that rule world                

Thursday, 09 January 2020 10:42 AM  

[ Last Update: Thursday, 09 January 2020 11:12 AM ]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slams US President Donald Trump for constantly bragging about the size of the US military and its advanced equipment, reminding him that it is people, not “beautiful military equipment,” that rule the world.
In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, Zarif responded to Trump, who has recently been bragging about the size of the US army and the state-of-the-art weapons and military equipment in its possession.
In a tweet on Sunday, Trump threatened that in the event of an Iranian attack on an American base or an American national, some of the “beautiful” US military equipment acquired over the past three years would be sent its way, “and without hesitation.”
The tweet came days after a US drone assassinated senior Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and a number of his companions in Iraq, for which Tehran vowed “harsh revenge” against Washington.
In a speech that followed Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on two US bases in Iraq, Trump boasted about the US army and military equipment.
“Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal, and fast. Under construction are many hypersonic missiles,” Trump said, although he backed down from an earlier threat of more military actions against Iran.

In response, the top Iranian diplomat downplayed Trump’s remarks, tweeting “"Beautiful military equipment" do not rule the world: people do.”

Zarif posted a link to his Tuesday interview with the CNN on the sidelines of the Tehran Dialogue Forum 2020, in which he explicitly elaborated on the US’s destructive role and notoriety in the Middle East.

My interview w/ CNN on sidelines of #TDF2020, before we carried out proportionate military response—delivering on our promise.@realdonaldtrump has been fed disinformation.

"Beautiful military equipment" do not rule the world: people do.

And people of our region want U.S. out. pic.twitter.com/0usmqgPNln

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 9, 2020

“Donald Trump has to realize that the US has been fed misinformation", Zarif tweeted. “And people of our region want US out.”

In his CNN interview, which took place days after General Soleimani’s assassination, Zarif responded to a question if it was worth speaking to Trump and said, “It doesn’t need speaking. He has to realize that he has been fed misinformation. And he needs to wake up, and apologize. He has to apologize, he has to change course.”
“Has (Trump) made Americans more secure? Do Americans feel more secure, or more welcome in this region?” Zarif asked, alluding to the US huge spending on Middle East wars.
Zarif’s interview came on the same day that Iran’s Parliament unanimously passed a motion designating the Pentagon and all subsidiaries terrorist following the targeted killing by the US of General Soleimani.
Delivering on his pledge to take “harsh revenge” against the US, Iran targeted two US bases in neighboring Iraq with tens of ballistic missile, which all hit the intended targets precisely.

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https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/09/615761/Iraq-Turkey-Mevlut-Cavusoglu-Iran-Qassem-Soleimani-PMU-bu-Mahdi-al-Muhandis-US 

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/09/615758/Iran-IRGC-warning-United-States-starting-point-great-operation-Middle-East-Soleimani-assassination-Trump 

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EARLIER
Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran's retaliation against US only 'a slap'

Wednesday, 08 January 2020 7:02 AM  

[ Last Update: Wednesday, 08 January 2020 1:59 PM ]                        

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s early Wednesday missile attack on US bases in Iraq following the American assassination of a top general was just “a slap”.
"The talk of revenge and such debates are a different issue. For now, a slap was delivered on their face last night," Ayatollah Khamenei said in remarks broadcast live on national television Wednesday.

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26-Minute Podcast > Talking To Kids About Sex

Oops. Body parts have names, and using them is the first step to keeping kids safe and healthy. LINK to the NPR Podcast > GO HERE https://www.npr.org

A penis is not a "hoo-hoo," and a vulva is not a "schnoodie"

For this Life Kit episode, on talking about bodies, sexuality and relationships with prepubescent children, we got schooled by Dr. Cora Breuner, who happens to be the lead author of the American Academy of Pediatrics' guidelines for clinicians on evidence-based sexuality education for children and adolescents.
The Birds And The Bees —
How To Talk To Children About Sex

> Talk about everybody right from the beginning

Even when we're keeping things brief for children, we still need to be accurate about gender identities and families that might be different from our own. Young kids need to know that not all babies have a mommy and a daddy and that not all girls have vulvas.

Breuner says research shows that when sex education is more inclusive of LGBTQ+ people, it leads to less bullying and discrimination at school.

> Sex ed isn't just about sex

Even in early childhood, parents can lay the groundwork for a better understanding of consent, desire, bodily autonomy and other social and emotional skills that will set children up for success in relationships and in life

> Kids are going to explore their bodies, and that's OK

"I love to joke that I knew that my youngest was a boy, because on the ultrasound, I saw him playing with his penis," McBride jokes. But her point is clear: Genital touching happens in the womb, and later it may well happen in your living room too. What then?

Rough suggests that parents take a deep breath and let their kids know that it's perfectly normal and actually a good thing. "We can challenge ourselves to encourage our children to enjoy living in the human bodies they were given by saying things like, 'Isn't it nice to have a body that can feel good?' "

> Don't forget the joy. 

Scientific evidence supports a fact-based approach to teaching sex education,.

And one of the facts about sex that rarely gets taught or even mentioned is that it's supposed to feel good.

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What Works Mesa Now: Creative People ReGenerating This Place We Call Home

No, dear readers -  and thank you all very much for over 28,000 views! - this is not a press release from mesanow.org the City of Mesa newsroom that calls itself that and puts out what City Hall wants and calls "news".
There's news and there are stories and there are always more stories behind stories.
Some of the stories your MesaZona blogger likes most are about Creative Place Making, the matrix of its dynamics, the interactions of ideas and the people who are making NOW now . . . They are simply not waiting for whatever might be next here in The Urban DTMesa .
Here are some stories written by other people for news now.

Outstanding among many of the organizations delivering results in real time is a national group with a local headquarters in Phoenix, Local Initiatives Support Corporation http://programs.lisc.org/phoenix/index.php
There are some very recent stories in just the last few days about Mesa and Greater Phoenix that may be of interest to viewers of this blog.
To encourage you to read them, excerpts or whole parts are reproduced here for your interest.

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Spotlight on Steadfast Farm @ Brookfield Development in Eastmark

Their own little eco-system