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Environmental impact and shadow concerns

2:29:54

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Council Member Farías raises concerns about potential shadow impacts on the existing Parkchester apartment complex due to the proposed development.

  • The Environmental Impact Statement identified potential significant adverse shadow impacts on a small portion of the existing Parkchester complex
  • Ken Fisher acknowledges that the development team hasn't focused on this issue yet
  • They commit to consulting with the project architect about potential ways to mitigate shadow impacts
  • Fisher expresses uncertainty about the difference in shadow impact between the current 175-foot height limit and the proposed 215-foot height
  • The council member and development team agree to discuss this issue further offline
Amanda Farías
2:29:54
The final environmental impacts statement finds that under the proposed R8X zoning, a small portion of the existing purchaser apartment complex would witness significant adverse shadow impacts from your site.
2:30:06
Can you speak to the ways your team would commit to mitigating that impact through the building design?
Ken Fisher
2:30:12
It's not something that we've we've focused on up until this point, but I'll certainly take it back to the project architect who unfortunately couldn't be here today.
2:30:22
There may be some ways to to mitigate that.
2:30:24
I I think, but I'm not sure which way the shadows, whether there would be a significant difference between the shadows of a 100 and 75 feet and 215 feet.
2:30:34
There may be some ways to to to mitigate it, but it's not something we've studied.
UNKNOWN
2:30:39
Okay.
2:30:40
Well, love to talk offline about that as
Amanda Farías
2:30:42
we continue on.
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