Q&A
Comparison of R7D and R7A options, including shadow impacts
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3 min
David Rosenberg explains the differences between R7D and R7A zoning options, focusing on unit numbers and shadow impacts on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He emphasizes that the difference in shadow impacts is minimal, often just a matter of minutes.
- R7D to R7A reduction: 35 units (assuming City of Yes bulk increases)
- Shadow impact differences on most days are minimal (3-7 minutes)
- Hardy Plant Nursery Yard: 3-minute difference on June 21st (most impacted day)
- Developers argue 36-unit reduction threatens project viability
- $500,000 commitment for artificial lighting system to supplement light
David Rosenberg
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Yeah.
0:45:57
So and I think important for this, slide 11 shows you some of this.
0:46:01
So, obviously, the difference between the R SevenA and the R Seventy, first off is the difference of 35 units.
0:46:08
And that is with the assumption that the bulk increases for R7a that are proposed as part of city of ES are ultimately adopted.
0:46:16
The reduction would be even further without it.
0:46:19
And then you want to look at once we take right.
0:46:22
Obviously, that 36 units when we're talking about a project with as tight margins as we're talking, 36 units puts us deep into the red that even workforce housing can't pull us out of.
0:46:32
And then also we look at what the difference is between this.
0:46:35
So this slide shows you 3 resources that were evaluated as part of the ES.
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The first one looks at the Brooklyn Mechanic Garden as a whole.
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Separate from, like, the individual resources, but looks at parts of the garden that some of the lawn areas and some of the other areas and where the shadow impacts are.
0:46:51
You can see the times of when you would see the incremental shadow impacts all of which are before 9 AM.
0:46:59
And you see that the difference between the r 70 and the r 7 a is a matter of minute right?
0:47:05
You're talking about a real difference being on the June 21st analysis day is a difference of 4 minutes for the garden totally, and then December 21st, 4 minutes totally.
0:47:17
But in particular, during this review process, both during this application process and during some of the early the early iteration of this, The focus has been particularly on what the garden identified as 23 sensitive resource particularly sun sensitive resources where they house those collections.
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And those are the resources 8th review on the bottom line.
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And you can see what the difference is there.
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And You're taught particularly a lot of focus between the Parks Department and the Brooklyn Potato Garden has been on the Hardy Plant Nursery Yard on the June 21st analysis day.
0:47:52
And you see there that the difference is 3 minutes.
0:47:55
And if you look at slide 12, we show the re 1213 show the diff of the 23 sensitive resources that the garden identified as part of this environmental review process, the ones where there are differences between the r 70 and the r 70.
0:48:12
The other ones either have no impact on both or have no difference on both.
0:48:17
And you see that we're talking about a matter of minutes, really.
0:48:21
Right?
0:48:23
You know, 7 minutes in September, but and on the resources that really matter here at the bottom of the page, the Hardy Planner's reyard, a difference of 3 minutes on the most impacted day, which is the June 21st analysis day.
0:48:38
And so we think that the trade off of 36 plus units, which really threaten project feasibility for all for 3 minutes of differences in shadow, especially considering the commitment that we've already made, to a half a $1,000,000 for an artificial lighting system to supplement light, as well as other infrastructure improvements as the gardens experts deem necessary that the 3 minutes does not justify not just the 36 units, but also really the viability of the entire project.
