Were happy to be here for the japan neighborhood were here to get the endorsement. The dhs is the first document to focus and preserve the neighborhoods cuticle heritage. It will thrive as an economic economically Japan Community for generations to come. The process to date this plan has been many years in the macon the never adopted making for the concepts for the 2009 neighborhoods plan. Collaboration has been between the city the Planning Department and the community. And its been a truly collaborative effort we gave a presentation in july where we had a lot of feedback. Weve received he several letters and the resolution is before you today. What is in the dhs i went into exhaust detail but the highlights are the areas of concern which are highlighted in chapter four where it speaks to the cultural events and businesses and theres concerns from the community about the future of japan town. The next chapter includes recommendations for items under taken by the city. And theres also
Fall. The counter Property Owners were on hand and asked for a continuance of the matter until february to sort out some outstanding legal issues. We felt were a number of hearings in the pipeline that there would be plenty of opportunity to address those issues before the final approval or vote by board of supervisors. We had a new certify for the brandon street within the south landmark district and that will be before this committee in the next two weeks were the next two items on their agenda was the adoption of the japan town statement and the endorsement and the complexity statement was drafted in 2009 and revised in 2011 so the commission asked us to amend those and it will be finalized in the upcoming months. And there was a couple of amendments they want to add two buildings and its not an endorsement but to engage the community and Property Owner to see if the landmark is a viable thing the Japanese Language School and ymca and those were two of the Additional Properties that
Planning commission on september 9th of 2013 and just to bring to our memory the project that was shown at that time, in september. One hundred and 15 foot Tall Building with 32 unit facing a alley and at that time, there was a few members of public that spoke in opposition and if the commission continued to further work on the design. And there were concerns about a central courtyard in which the unit that faced the courtyard and at that time that was 33 to 38 feet between the units that was a closeness between the units. Since that time the current design the courtyard convict 40 and 40 feet wide the two upper floors have been shaved back the thought of signification is exterior materials and windows. Just to briefly show some of the italy rationed after that after the 2013 hearing create notches on the side in terms of balconies and trying to reduce the overall masking of the building. Another iteration is the wedding cake type approach to try to reduce the masking. In terms of the
Entertainment my entail whether or not increase unat the end consequences. Of entertainment use to include the recreation uses like bowling alleys and maybe skating rink were specific xooutd the live dancing and Poetry Reading one has to get a entertainment permit. So the code specifics specific used uses within other entertainment. Thats right. Okay. Thank you. Commissioner moore. Mr. Sanchez please verify that is only for indoor uses explain that to me it would be interesting to hear that as an expansion of an indoor use correct. Yes. However, certainly commercial entities that could be open air. Would they come to us separately because we know of instances where large gathering in outdoor spaces have ramifications i have you could explain that and the current use for the minnesota it is your use is indoor use only put forth in our amendment. I understand your concerns if it expands to outdoor uses the community wouldnt appreciate the expansion with the bona fide entertainment with t
I hope this doesnt become the katrina moment for president obama saying that he doesnt need to come to the border. He should come down. I want to bring now cnn White House Correspondent, senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, theres a letter to governor perry that the Obama Administration sent to him. It also addresses some concerns about specific policies that are in place to fight what were seeing this flood of undocumented immigrants. What are they saying . Reporter thats right. Just to get you up to speed on whats happening with the potential meeting between president obama and republican governor rick perry, we at this point can tell you that perrys office has not yet accepted that invitation or at least we dont know whether or not theyve accepted that invitation, according to a Senior Administration official here at the white house, aides to the president were in touch with perrys staff late last night, trying to arrange this meeting and of course, this comes after per