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Discussion on City Planning's approach to community board presentations

1:06:51

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Council Member Salamanca expresses concern about City Planning's approach to presenting rezoning plans directly to community boards without specific developers present. City Planning explains their rationale for this approach.

  • City Planning presents proposals for city-wide initiatives as the lead agency
  • The department works collaboratively with private developers on specific sites
  • This approach is typical for city-wide initiatives, with the department taking the lead in presentations to community boards and elected officials
Rafael Salamanca
1:06:51
Okay.
1:06:53
My concern with this process I could say in terms of the the city planning part was that city planning went and presented directly to community boards.
1:07:05
You know, propose what the changes will be, r 7, RAR 7 dash 3, whatever that is.
1:07:12
But there was no real presentation made to the community board from a specific developer.
1:07:17
Can you explain why city planning chose that approach?
Paul Philps
1:07:22
So thank you for the question.
1:07:23
So I think this is a city wide initiative.
1:07:28
And so as a lead agency, typically, what happens is the Department of City Planning will present the proposal.
1:07:33
I will say a note that with the private developers, we work them collaboratively over the years with the proposal on their specific sites.
1:07:41
And so that has been done in concert with those private developers, so somewhat in lock stuff.
1:07:47
But typical process for a city wide initiative is that the department takes a lead on presenting the actual proposal to community boards and elected officials.
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