Respectfully, that is not the reality. To the contrary, were going through the process of the special use district. And yes, i work with supervisor wiener on the valencia corridor. At that point, the avenue we choose was one that was consistent where the community was. In this case, the community believes that to fully consider a conditional use down the road, that we need to have this interim control. So that the communitys efforts go to actually studying the issue as opposed to fighting a specific project. The other thing that i would say is that for purposes of these Small Business it really is about preserving Small Business commercial space and that is critical, because commercial space when its smaller is more affordable. In this case, in this hot real estate market, to engage in a special use district as the community is terrified that a specific storefront is going to be lost. We dont want to do that. We dont want to have to worry about that and this is simply giving the opport
Do a complete prohibition . Diego sanchez with Planning Department staff. I think the interim controls allow time to recalibrate the appropriate controls if that is going to be sought by the community. Right now you have a different use restrictions. Perhaps in this time, there is more outreach to the merchants and calibrate it we dont know what that is going to be. There is also additional conditional use criteria that need to be formulated and this interim time would give time to formulate those with the community and other stakeholders. I think that is the perspective from the Planning Department as to why an interim prohibition in this time would be okay. It is not a permanent control. It is for a short period of time. Potentially. Potentially. Potentially. It could become a permanent control. And once you have a temporary control, sometimes it can create its own momentum. True. To make it permanent. And i understand that it could include onetailored to the community. The current u
And yes, i work with supervisor wiener on the valencia corridor. At that point, the avenue we choose was one that was consistent where the community was. In this case, the community believes that to fully consider a conditional use down the road, that we need to have this interim control. So that the communitys efforts go to actually studying the issue as opposed to fighting a specific project. The other thing that i would say is that for purposes of these Small Business it really is about preserving Small Business commercial space and that is critical, because commercial space when its smaller is more affordable. In this case, in this hot real estate market, to engage in a special use district as the community is terrified that a specific storefront is going to be lost. We dont want to do that. We dont want to have to worry about that and this is simply giving the opportunity to the community to actually engage in an open discussion and in a full study without having to worry about th
Mr. Clerk, can you call item no. 1. Item no. 1, ordinance amending the downtown support special use district to authorize a monetary contribution to satisfy required onsite open space requirements, exclude certain features from the Floor Area Ratio and gross floor area calculations, and dedicate the monetary contribution for light and safety improvements at victoria Manalo Draves park. Thank you very much. With the request of the project sponsor, the ordinance sponsor, i should i say, were going to entertain a motion to continue this item until march 20th. But before that, colleagues, if no questions, i would open up for Public Comment. Anyone wishing for comment on item 1, seeing none, Public Comment is closed [ gavel ]. Supervisor tang. Ly make the motion to continue to march 20th. Yes. 2017. Motion by supervisor tang and seconded by supervisorpisckin taken without objection. Mr. Clerk, please call item no. 2 please. Item no. 2, ordinance amending the commerce and industry element of
All other members of the commission are present. The next order of business is item 2, announcements. The next regular scheduled meeting will be held on march 21 2017 at 1 pm room for 16 good item b announcement of prohibition of some Electronic Devices during the meeting. These, be advised the ringing and use of cell phones pagers and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. These, be advised through chairman nehru ordered the removal from the meeting room of any sound producing Electronic Devices. C announcement of time allotment for comment. These be advised the member has up to 3 min. To make Public Comment on the agenda item unless the Commission Adopts a short period on any arrogant strongly recommended members of the public who wish to address the commission the loud speaker card so that the completed part that commission secretary. The next order of business item 3, report of actions taken on previous closed session meeting if any. Theres no rep