Its also important to note that the use of these guidelines are discretionary. Unlike other guidelines that are triggered by a particular zoning or petition, these are voluntary by the applicant and would be requested by the staff or one of the commissions. Ill get into a little more detail about the Design Guidelines themselves. I think its important to note that the retained elements Design Guidelines are focused on the how, how you do something. Once you weigh the options and consider whether there is something existing that should be maintained, then the next question is how to do it so that itsful, both to the existing material and the new development. There are two sections. This plays off of the urban Design Guidelines which is our larger guidelines in the city. There is site architect and urban realm. You see reference of an s 1. 1, that references s 1. These take those as a basis and get into deeper detail around this particular topic, which is why its called a special topic d
Triggered by a particular zoning or petition, these are voluntary by the applicant and would be requested by the staff or one of the commissions. Ill get into a little more detail about the Design Guidelines themselves. I think its important to note that the retained elements Design Guidelines are focused on the how, how you do something. Once you weigh the options and consider whether there is something existing that should be maintained, then the next question is how to do it so that itsful, both to the existing material and the new development. There are two sections. This plays off of the urban Design Guidelines which is our larger guidelines in the city. There is site architect and urban realm. You see reference of an s 1. 1, that references s 1. These take those as a basis and get into deeper detail around this particular topic, which is why its called a special topic design guideline. So theres site design, retain existing features. Under architecture, modulating new development
Communities. With that said, that concludes my presentation. Ill be happy to answer questions. As director [inaudible] the director of city build pat [inaudible] is here along with [inaudible] and will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Okay, first do we have any speaker cards . I have one speaker card, mr. Ace washington. Good afternoon everybody. I am puzzled here but will try to make my presentation short and direct. I have a wonderful presentation right here. Compliance specialist. As he mentioned he just came on board last year. Let me give you a upidate on what i gathered for over 20 years and up to the point where we are now. It bothers me even more to see your report. First of all let me start i had a wupderful meeting with director bohe and satisfied well move along with our supervisor london breed and trying to correct things in the Western Addition. Im not here to badger but want to upidate. We are not mentioned no where in here but a small segment whe
Togo up and talk about the real obligation. Let me go on here, these does not reflect anything from the Western Addition. Your good faith efforts or first conditioning that you give, you go uch and down fillmore people are doing [inaudible] we dont have no obligations. Go to city build, go to these other agencies. When i go to them i think that led to the report here. It will reflect there is nothing in the Western Addition that will say that anybody is monitoring or anybody give a dam n. My name is ace andime oron the case and looking forward to the agency so we can put the Western Addition on the map thank you. Are there any other members of the public who wish to make Public Comment on item 5 d . No. [inaudible] i came before you i guess about a month or 2 weeks back concerning the relationship we had on the Shipyard Site with the [inaudible] project and other situations we had that we were promised [inaudible] and they never came about. Mr. Lees report is excellent in what we broug
What we brought out but it doesnt range a reflection and special relationship your staff and the developers staff have with certain general contractors. It is not reflected in these reports and how certain contractors have been black listed and discriminated against because we come down here and give you testimony as to really what is taking place. It is not reflected in the reports what all the statistics and numbers. [inaudible] what is the reflection. Even some of the people they describe as Small Business or contractors who graduated from the status of being small contractors because they overstepped the financial boundaries which makes thome a small contractor, but between the developers staff and your staff they are allowed to have a relationship with the contractor where they give them a past overlooking the smaller contractor who is trying to [inaudible] they may be able to go past the thresh hold and become a larger contractor too so it doesnt show all this discrimination of h