And so academy put students in the housing pardon me in the buildings and considered it to be student housing, but they didnt comply with the law oliv on livework units. There were units that were abandoned, and there were more on harrison street. So they were not housing at that time because they were not conforming housing. That w they were both substantial buildings. President melgar thank you, miss hester. Mr. Adams, did you want to explain the methodology further . Dan adams, mohcd. Scott sanchez explanation was spot on. Commissioner richards we had a case here probably three or four units where essex trust legalized livework units, but at the time, livework was still livework. It was still illegal to use it as dwelling units or student housing, so what would that do to the units if we included bloxom. It would increase it by 33 numbers, which is the number in 575 harrison that theyre retaining. In regards to the livework issue, for this has been going on for a while, so for about
Actually implement that in a way that integrating your business into the community. But overall, i would say i think the move to open up the space to the public to create a restaurant in this space that can truly be serving of all different interests and members of the community is actually a step in the right direction. And so i would move to not take dr and approve the project. Thank you. So i will also be not supportive of this dr. Let me just add to your wise words, commissioner johnson. You are always so on point. That i think, you know, we have seen all kinds of changes in our neighborhoods. Resulting from income disparity. And, you know, its hard to see sort of the effects in terms of displacement, loss of cultural space and accessibility. I dont believe this project does any of these things. I also think that theres been a real shift in the last ten years in terms of whats viable for restaurants and retail. I think theres been a sort of seismic shift. I wish we lived in a world
Is proposed for continuance. Items 3a and b for case numbers 2018007725var the variance at 244 douglass street is proposed for continuance december 5, 2019 for the variance agenda. Further, commissioners, item 17 for case number 2018012337 saturn street, conditional use authorization proposed for continuance to december 19. Im pleased to inform you on your discretionary review calendar at 1299 sanchez street discretionary review has been withdrawn. I apologize welcome commissioner diamond. Thats what i was going to say. We really welcome you, commissioner diamond. I think we are going to do really good work on this commission. Does any member of the public have comment on the items for the items proposed for continuance . If you do, please give Public Comment now. Public comment is closed. Do i hear a motion . Move to continue second. Thank you commissioners, on that motion to continue items as positive proposed. [roll call vote] so moved. That motion passes unanimously 50. If the Zoni
Parapet thats capped, the piece of metal commissioner richards thank you point to it, please . Its here. Commissioner richards its black . Yes. And the box bays project and interrupt that. So we have a standard height where parapets are normally high, in this case, were trying to control that in such a way that it keeps it simple, but something thats not trying too hard to overwhelm the street. Its certainly something we could dial in further if need be in conditioning with staff and the like. Commissioner richards id actually like to see it a little bit higher. Well, we had a discussion commissioner richards i have had involved in that. When i was talking on the phone with mr. Kemler, when you see it on paper, it looks like a pencil mustache drawn on a big fat man. We tried to keep a relationship between those parts in a way in which one is seco secondary and one is higher. This is the image submitted to you back in may. Commissioner richards so the image okay. Right. You recall yeah.
Is muni represented in your community . Yes m. T. A. Has an Accessible Services. They are going to be the Accessible Services doing a presentation at the longterm care coordinating council in december. Between the shop around and the van go and there is a lot of great resources. Iny a lot of folks dont always know about. How about park and recpeople . We are working with park and rec. Our department has been working with them on a number of projects. That is one of the departments we will work with more in the coming year. A step back. I want to congratulate all of the people involved. It is a beautiful report. Congratulations i know what goes into this. It does help with a framework. It did reflect my world as it is and as we live in a very urban center, a number of our commissioners do, that transportation component is important to see that is reflected in housing and everything else. I see it as a hook. It is a way to articulate how that is an issue to people who are aging and disab