Director lai thank you. Just curious if any outside agencies or consultants are helping you with the reviewing of the various codes, because thats a pretty big undertaking to take to review . Yeah, what were working with the City Attorneys Office and one of the attorneys that is currently part of the Land Use Team was formerly general counsel for the port. So we have overlap there. That is very helpful. Director lai as you go through this code review process, id be curious to learn more about whether or not Something Like proposition k for the shadow studies would be triggered if we basically adopt the rec park rules. Whether or not who may be setting limits on net new shadow cast on open space, because as im thinking about this, were rolling out and opening new park space before a lot of the structures, the vertical development is going in, so under projectspecific review, that may be triggered. And im just not sure from our document whether that was all considered . Yeah, yeah. I hap
The s. U. D. Allows special height exceptions for the 80. 18t districts in these areas the height can go up to 120 or 130 feet if the exception is granted. And the increase height serves as a transition from the higher downtown heights to the generally lower heights of the surrounding residential buildings. Conditions of approval are imposed on these to mitigate the impacts to the increased height which is likely to have impact on Affordable Housing in the area. The code lists an impact fee of 5 per square foot above 80 feet. The ordinance will move the exiting north of market fee into the city wide Affordable Housing fund making that consistent with other Affordable Housing fees such as the jobs Housing Linkage Program and inclusionary Affordable Housing program. The ordinance also seeks to list the eastern neighborhoods area plan alternate Affordable Housing feet. This is already established in the planning code and must be deposited into the city wide fund. The original north of mar
Left, is the entrance to the wholesale flower market, which is over on the left side of the market alley. You can see the market alley opening up onto fifth street, so as you walk along, you will be able to see into it and be drawn into the activity going on there as you walk along brannon, you will walk along the market hall, seeing all the different activities going on there. Further down brannan you see, through to the market alley from the street, through the oculus, and from the freeway, the building is broken up into several different masses that are all a related design, would give the building a sense of scale. The Gateway Building on the west end creates this connection through the midblock of the green and really creates an identity at the western end of the site. Landscape is used throughout the project, and it will all be native and low water using, street trees have been selected, as well as trees to protect the on sight. You have ten minutes, im sorry. Two quick things. W
Activities going on there. Further down brannan you see, through to the market alley from the street, through the oculus, and from the freeway, the building is broken up into several different masses that are all a related design, would give the building a sense of scale. The Gateway Building on the west end creates this connection through the midblock of the green and really creates an identity at the western end of the site. Landscape is used throughout the project, and it will all be native and low water using, street trees have been selected, as well as trees to protect the on sight. You have ten minutes, im sorry. Two quick things. Wrap it up quickly. Sure. The building is designed to be built in phases, so the first phase is the block building were the market hall would be in the bottom. The market hall would be the second, and Gateway Building would be the third. This is the variance if the flower market chooses not to come back. It includes the childcare, the Community Centre o
Virtually. Commissioner williams. [off mic]. Is your mic on . Here. Just one moment. Okay. Next on the agenda is the item 2 discussion if possible action to elect an interim president of the Building Inspection Commission. So we will take nominations. Im not sure if you know how to how would you like to handle that . Supposed to do nominations first . Yeah. Do you have the rules in front of you . Sorry deputy City Attorney rob kapla. I reviewed them recently but this is a situation with a band new that we dont have a normal situation. Its want the first feeting in february so the bylaws allow to select an interim president to preside over this meeting and the next until we have an officer election for president and Vice President on the agenda. Go ahead. So its my understanding that we should still follow the process of the regular election which is first allow for Public Comment. Second is to request nominations. I have a question how we do that. Is it fet bell cal or by raising hands