If we over turned the appeal what would your process be. Im sorry to uphold the appeal. Overturn the, sir certification all correct. We would act according to whatever the finding the board of supervisors made as to the specific deficiency the eir and take whatever steps would be necessary to bring the Internal Revenue back through certification and bring the project approvals back for reconsideration okay im going to more often and talk about the Economic Feasibility one of the things weve heard consistently this evening and in many neighborhoods merging and id like for you to discuss the Planning Department roll in reviewing the Economic Feasibility analysis provided by the consultant firm. This is the analysis on the alternatives that are analyzed. Thank you so ill start in responding this Economic Feasibility analysis was prepared by the project sponsor not at the behest of the Planning Department the feasibility was not the basis for decisions about the approvals of project or any
Heard the person believes that of flaltd and because it used the present land value instead of the lands use is there any legal stand. Doorstop mirena burns through the president i think i want to address one point and more directly the pot about the land value the first point i want to address is that the alternatives feasibility studies way part of the Planning Commission Decision Making around approving the project the ceqa findings that are discussed were the ceqa approval for the project not the certification finding what is before this board a certification of the eir not the project approval so there is two different slightly different standards for looking at alternatives depend on where youre looking an analysis versus a reservation to a project for the process of approving the project. Maybe i can rephrase are you able to talk about the ceqa appeal before the board and whether or not you doing the presents land value is the appropriate standard. The board is looking at the re
Ceqa findings that are discussed were the ceqa approval for the project not the certification finding what is before this board a certification of the eir not the project approval so there is two different slightly different standards for looking at alternatives depend on where youre looking an analysis versus a reservation to a project for the process of approving the project. Maybe i can rephrase are you able to talk about the ceqa appeal before the board and whether or not you doing the presents land value is the appropriate standard. The board is looking at the reasonable range of feasible alternatives to the projects under consideration like the project approval Decision Maker was the Planning Commission had enough options to look at it and the eir actually did not reject any of the four alternatives discussed as the 3 alternatives discussed rather as imagine feasible it looks like at the potential feasible this metal shed alternative the presentation the reduced density and the n
Can initiate and refer to the Planning Commission for its recommendation recommendation. So selfwe get rid of the eastern neighborhoods plan we can go back to the prior and deputy City Attorney mirena burns. Through the president the state law mandates we have a general plan. Im sorry the subsection of the january plausibleness no state law we have to have a Community Plan that is a planning tool weve chosen to implement the general plan is citywide a broadly brush stroke like market octavia plan, eastern neighborhoods is a broader planning area and sub plans within the eastern neighborhoods like the central soma, western soma. Thank you so i guess my question ann marie and may predate you in the tenure in the Planning Department but it seems like the eastern neighborhoods is giving us a lot of coronation and makes it extremely hard to move the projects i see the for fathers and mothers that thousand it was a good idea as a tool to streamline the process; right . If you have a project
Rezoning progress and the Decision Makers choices with zoning action abc real quick what was it create. The eastern neighborhoods plan was they are second reading in 2008. It took 12 years. More than 10 years. More than 10 years. Between 8 to 10 years to create this plan a Large Community effort. How did we plan prior to the eastern neighborhoods plan. So we had zoning in place at that time, in the areas of eastern neighborhood that identified what the land use controls in terms of height and bulk and we reviewed permits in accordance with the wlumd. You took project by project and now the eastern neighborhood plan covet like a map that if you want to build in a certain area either set the criteria you must meet. Thats correct. So my question and dont interpret it as disrespect ill asking on behalf of my constituents that has has many ceqa appeals how do we get rid of eastern neighborhoods plan. Thats a question that is quite frankly 0 outside my area of expertise the implementation of