Jonah Rogoff
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Next slide please.
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So AMOP is surrounded by areas.
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Either mapped as historic districts or contextually rezoned.
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Contextually rezoned over the past thirty years.
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While these actions have helped preserve the both character in particular the beloved Brownstone character, they've also limited opportunities to grow and meet rising demand for housing.
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Since 2019 seven private applications have been approved in the AIM UP area as well as three more within one block.
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Which generally maps C63A along Atlantic Avenue and paired our seven A districts to the south.
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The confluence of these applications was also a major driving force to have a holistic area wide plan.
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Next slide please.
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After the twenty thirteen Crown Heights West rezoning, Community Board eight led an effort called M Crown to re envision the area with a proposal in 2015 to support housing with requirements for light industrial and community facility space.
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In 2016 we began engaging with them which led to a land use framework in 2018 shown above identifying Atlantic Avenue as a corridor for a high density commercial district areas South Of Atlantic Avenue for a moderate density mix of uses and a couple of areas in purple to limit new housing and increase job density.
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This was followed by Community Board eight updating their proposal and more outreach during the pandemic.
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So building on the community based planning and demands for a holistic plan as an alternative to individual private applications.
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In 2022 elected officials, community boards and stakeholders submitted a letter requesting a neighborhood wide plan which the administration agreed to advance and we began preparing for outreach.
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In early twenty twenty three we kicked off engagement.
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I'm proud to partner with the council members and an outreach facilitator.
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From the winter to spring we held over 20 meetings, three community planning workshops, nine working group meetings on three topic areas and nine steering committee meetings comprised of a smaller group of stakeholders.
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Following engagement we released the AIM UP community vision and priorities report summarizing the public outreach and feedback which included priorities to create and preserve affordable housing as well as priorities for a mix of uses with density anchored on Atlantic Avenue.
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The report also introduced a revised land use framework which included more mixed use areas where housing is allowed in recognition of strong pushback that we heard to maintain non residential only areas.
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Other priorities included developing a street wide plant with new open space and or improvements for existing parks as well as supporting businesses and job training while reactivating the Bedford Atlantic Armory.
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So building on our outreach and the community vision report, we're excited to advance a neighborhood plan proposal.
