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gutterand
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document
isbeing
submitted
relativeto
bothapplications
citedabove
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demolition
andnew
constructionare
allpart
ofone
project,a
newcom
munity
culturalarts
centerin
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Arts
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initialapplication
was
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tapplication
inD
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2018.
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projecthas
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courseof
discussionw
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The
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reducedto
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The
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claddingw
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fromm
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The
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patternon
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was
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proposesto
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Crayola
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autoparts
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