PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Kirsti Jutila, Former City Planner (Retired) from NYC Department of City Planning
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Kirsti Jutila, a retired NYC planner and Flatbush homeowner, expressed support for parts of the City of Yes proposal but opposed three lower density items: transit-oriented development, district fixes, and ADUs. She argued that Flatbush has already produced significant housing and that these changes could destabilize low-density areas unnecessarily.
- Highlighted that Flatbush produced 1600 housing units in 10 years after its 2009 rezoning
- Argued against allowing small apartment buildings in low-density blocks that are already 99% built up
- Supported only two district fixes: increasing FAR to 0.75 and dropping the attic allowance in sky exposure plane
Kirsti Jutila
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Hi.
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My name is Kirsty Udala.
10:32:12
I don't see myself on camera, but good evening.
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Thank you, chair, and this is canceled.
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I'm Miss Flatbush, Brooklyn homeowners since 2000.
10:32:21
Okay.
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I'm gonna start my video.
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There we go.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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My name is Kirsty Yudala.
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I'm a Flatbush Brooklyn homeowner since 2003, and a retired New York City planner used to work at the Department of City Planning.
10:32:36
I post the entire generic city wide city of yes, but will speak against 3 lower density items, transit oriented development, district fixes, and ADUs.
10:32:46
Other city of yes elements can create housing without these lower density items, which produce a very small increment of new housing over 15 years according to the EIS, yet they deregulate and upzone all low density district city wide.
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And Flatbush will continue to produce housing without them.
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Flatbush has produced a fair share 1600 units of housing in the 10 years after our rezoning, and our zoning has been updated since 1961.
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Our 2009 Flatbush rezoning preserved low density blocks, and while producing those 1600 units, in 10 years.
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We have R6a and R7a along with R1 through R3 districts.
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But TOD would allow small apartment buildings again in low density blocks where we had disallowed them some years ago.
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They're 99% build up with no vacant lots.
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Why destabilize them when there's untapped housing opportunity to blocks away an hour or sick?
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An hour or 7.
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It's not outside our district.
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It's in our district.
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Yes.
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So we have next is district fixes.
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I support only 2.
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To increase f a r to point 75, and drop the attic allowance in sky exposure plane.
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Everything else should be off the table.
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Get flatbush out of all the other district fixes.
UNKNOWN
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Thank you.
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Your time's expired.
Kirsti Jutila
10:34:12
In disguise.
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Thank you.
