So over the next 18 months, and its broken out by divisions. We have approximately 56,000 hours to properly conduct outreach and engagement for these projects and the key word is properly. To do it right way. I dont think can you quite see it here, but that is an equivalent of 20 fulltime employees. So the process or the approach, rather. So over the last eight months we conducted a Public Outreach and engagement assessment. We identified current practices and gathered internal and external perspectives and looked at best practices. What is working for you and if so, why is that working . I will give you a brief overview because i will talk more about the methodology in more detail. We assessed the outreach and points and we looked at project management processes and timelines. We forecasted the volume and scope of those projects over the next 18 months. And we looked at the number of hours that would be required to properly conduct that outreach and engagement. Then what we did was co
And engagement. Whether its someone in Capital Planning division or someone in the transit division. The third there are limited tools and resources. You have a project manager saying that i need more tools and resources to properly conduct the outreach that is expected of me. The final that we are all familiar with slow project delivery. Why is there always a delay and how come we didnt know about it . So that is our little graphic about how frustrated everybody is and in acknowledgment, i think we have to say that. I knew you would love that slide. The next one i think tells a really good story. This is really more of you know, an assignment that i undertook, because i thought it was really important internally for our directors to understand. We sat down with every division across the agency and we have said to them, the project managers, okay, tell us every project that you have coming up in the next 18 months . Tell us how much outreach and engagement you think will be needed for
Recommendations. I just presented this similar presentation to all of our directors last monday. To let them know we are now in the third section of the approach and that is making recommendations. Today what i will do is explain the same recommendations that i just explained to them and really some of the actions that need to happen for those recommendations to move forward. Then the fourth of course is well, lets implement the strategy. And the fifth is to continuously evaluate that. You can launch something, but you have to go back and make sure if its working or not working and if it isnt, why is that . And the methodology i thought was really important for you to see today. Like i said, from research comes the recommendations and i thought you should see how much work went behind the strategy in the last 8 months. So i broke it down into four categories. The first when i said we reviewed our channels of stakeholder feedback, over 12,000 311 complaints and we combed through all of
Restaurant. So those have been removed and thats what you have in your revised motion important the department is recommending the changes for the following reasons its a unique way to create he lower cost business tint for smaller businesses for sharing retail space and the project will provide a unique Shopping Experience not in the dignity and the project will not lead to an over concentration of eating places in the district and lastly the youve received the materials weve received letters of support from the castro merchant and the castro cv d and two nearby residents that concludes my presentation of the project thank you pardoning good afternoon. Thank you for your time in hearing this item. I want to mention this is a project that of those approved. In 2012 a project with more is that a excuse me. You need to turn that up. Okay. Theres my building showing so this building is 88 units with 44 Parking Spaces we have this approved in the octavia plan and is it has a higher standar
Market area it requires a conditional use authorization for a lot to establish a restaurant use to add a curb cut along a bike route this is sanchez street for ground floor that occupies 75 listen year feet and requires variance for a rear yard, by the way, window width and ground floor and nonresidential ceiling height and for dwelling use and exposure it was also anticipated for the level of the octavia plan. The project was issued a Community Plan exemptions youll be adapting sequa finding if you adapt this project it economists of new landscape beverages and lighting bulk outs this is a requirement and for this is not part of the agreement. The project sponsor and the department worked with the neighborhood groups to make sure that the project met the neighborhood needs one of the primarily observation was to make sure the developer hearsay rental units the sponsor has entered into an, an agreement with the city. The department has received additional letters of support from the Ca