Q&A
Addressing Community Board 6 concerns and recommendations
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Council Member Rivera inquires about how the project team is addressing concerns and recommendations from Community Board 6, particularly regarding Bellevue Park South and Mount Carmel Place. Ben Baccash responds with the team's approach and findings.
- Environmental analysis showed no significant adverse impact on Bellevue South Park
- Plans to activate the 27th Street corridor and potentially Mount Carmel Place
- Willingness to work with the community board on their concerns
- Offer to host community board meetings in the multipurpose space 10 times a year
Carlina Rivera
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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I appreciate that.
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Community board 6, as you know, you've been working with and there's a task force and and and I'm grateful for that because, you know, we're all experts in our own neighborhoods.
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We walk them every single day.
0:26:00
Just wanna know if any of the requests that they made are being met, specifically improvements and protections for Bellevue Park South, and then Mount Carmel Place, which is that small street adjacent, to the building, just a design that reflects the mixed use character of the neighborhood.
0:26:21
They're also concerned about that, that space and and ensuring that the community can utilize it, for other uses.
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Can you speak a little to to their concerns and and some of their recommendations and and how far you are along the process in meeting them?
Ben Baccash
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Sure.
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So, with respect to Bellevue South Park, you know, the team as part of the environmental analysis did, an in-depth look at, the vegetation, the utilization, and the effect of the building's massing on it.
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And the outcome of that was that the building had no significant adverse impact on, on the park or its use or enjoyment.
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In terms of Mount Carmel Place, you know, right now, it's very much home to double parked vehicles,
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Ben Baccash
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that the 27th Street corridor is going to be, which is the pedestrian way, which links First Avenue to, Mount Carmel and is kind of a connector to Bellevue South Park.
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And that that will be significantly more activated than it is today.
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We anticipate that is going to also help activate Mount Carmel Place, and are certainly happy to work more with the community board, to better understand their, their concerns on Mount Carmel.
0:27:39
And then lastly, on the, multipurpose space, we're very much willing to host, the community board, for, you know, 10 times a year for their use, to use that as well as, you know, to the extent there's appetite from other groups to use that space, to offer it at a a discounted rate.