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City of San José, California
Community & Economic Development Committee of August 28, 2023
Pre-meeting citizen input on Agenda via eComment at https://sanjose.granicusideas.com/meetings.
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To
become
the
business
we
all
know
today
with
now
60
locations
across
the
country.,
our
blog,
also
spotlighted
lauren
burns
and
samir
sha
pictured
on
the
bottom
right
who
opened
voyager
craft
coffee
in
twenty.
Sixteen
as
a
mobile,
trailer
and
now
have
four
locations
in
and
around
san
jose,
including
one
just
down
the
street
and
inside
san
pedro
square..
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In
june,
we
published
a
blog
listing
the
festival's
events
and
concerts
happening
this
summer
in
downtown
san
jose..
Many
that
you
can
see
on
this
slide.
Our
colleagues
in
the
office
of
cultural
affairs
are
involved
with
permitting
each
one
of
these
events
and
I'm
happy
to
share
the
good
news
that
so
far
this
year
they
have.
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Whole
slew
of
businesses
that
are
owned
by
lgbtq
leaders
that
their
clientele
is
just
not
lgbtq..
So,
let's
work
with
the
the
the
rainbow
chamber
of
commerce,
but
also
san
jose,
downtown
association..
That's
where
we
we
that's
where
you
we
have
the
influx
of
folks
who
are
wanting
to
start
a
business
come
in
and
they
let.
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Of
the
signage
for
the
campaign,
.
great,
great.,
maybe
I
mean
we're
coming
up
we're
getting
close
to
december,
maybe
too
late,
but
maybe
next
year
we
could
like
do
some
like
intentional
coordinated.
Maybe
we
could
plan
events
with
the
business
associations
and
post
it
on
the
website
or
specific
deals,
and
I
could
see
my
staff.
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It's
on
the
website,
if
we
well
right
now
that
I
can
I'd
be
happy
to
share
with
you.,
I
know
councilmember
kamei.
I
think
your
office
had
also
asked
for
interest
in
kind,
so
I'd
love
to
be
able
to
work
with
you
on
your
upcoming
newsletters,
or
else
I
can
make
sure
I
share
them
with
you.,
but
that's
something
that
I'd.
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Of
small
business
month
so
for
november
and
may
will
be
carrying
on
the
tradition
that
we
started
last
year..
We
don't
know
exactly
what
format
those
those
events
will
be
taking,
but
it'll
be
some
kind
of
panel
discussion,
small
business,
networking,
kind
of
resource,
fair
and
a
few
other
things
that
the
team
has
planned..
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chris
burton,,
director
of
planning,
building
code
enforceme
and
joined
today
by
a
whole
team,
which
is
great
rachel
roberts,,
our
deputy
director
of
code
enforcement.
lisa
joyner,,
our
deputy
director
for
building
and
then
john
too,
and
sylvia
doe,
who
are
division,
managers
in
the
planning,
division.
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Was
to
provide
a
new
level
of
transparenc
to
our
customers,
so
they
can
understand
from
an
operational
performance
standpoint
what
is
going
on
inside
the
department,
so
they
can
come
out
there
that
process
of
their
project
from
an
informed
standpoint,
and
it's
not
to
say
that,
you
know,.
This
is
the
direct
impact
on
any
individual
project.,
it's
to
say
hey,.
This
is
how
things
are
going..
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I
can
get
a
sense
of
what
timing
will
look
like,
and
so
we've
implemented
this
throughout
the
department
in
a
number
of
different
ways.,
but
really,
I
think,
the
key
piece
beyond
giving
that
level
of
transparenc
to
our
customers
and
working
with
them
in
a
collaborative
way,.
It's
also
about
how
do
we
organize
the
department
in
a
way
that
we
can
use
this
information
to
make
informed
decisions,
as
we
continue
to
manage
the
resources
that
we
have.
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But
for
me
this
is
critically
important..
So
with
both
my
executive
team
and
my
senior
management
team,
we
go
through
this
on
a
weekly
basis,
so
we
can
understand
kind
of
where
this
is.-
it's
not
just
a
case
where
we're
putting
this
out
there..
We
actually
use
this
as
an
active
tool
to
understand.
What's
going
on.
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and
what
that
is
is
when
you
think
about
those
29000
building
permits,
about
22000
of
them
in
the
last
fiscal
year
were
issued
online..
So
these
are
largely
sort
of
single
family,
home,
projects,,
small
things,
water
heaters,.
You
know,
some
of
those
smaller
projects
that
people
can
just
go
and
get
the
permit
themselves,
do
the
work,
and
then
we
go
out
and
inspect.
Why
that's
an
important
measure
is.
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So
I
wanted
to
touch
on
that
a
little
bit,
because
I
think
it
really
is
important,
as
we
continue
to
think
about
our
work..
As
I
noted
that
volume
is
down.,
we're
not
seeing
it
necessarily
in
some
of
the
bigger
projects.
Volume
is
maintaining
overall,
but
there
is
definitely
a
shift
in
the
type
of
applications
that
we're
seeing.,
so
less
sort
big
new
construction,
projects.
the
affordable
projects
are
starting
to
slow
somewhat
on
the
inbound,
even
on
the
single
family.,
as
I
said,
we're,
starting
to
see
a
little
bit
less
now.
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As
we've
noted
in
previous
reports,
,we
have
a
backlog
across
most
of
the
department.
We've
been
working
really
actively
to
to
diminish
that
backlog
and
we've
had
a
number
of
successes
that
the
team
is
going
to
point
out
along
the
way.,
but
as
we
get
sort
of
closer
to
that,,
you'll
really
start
to
see
the
impact
of
the
slowdown
and
the
shift
in
permitting..
Now
I'm
not
going
to
pretend
that
I
know
what's
going
happen
with
the
economy..
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I
think
we're
in
this
very
much
wait
and
see
moment
right,
now.,
you
know,,
you
look
at
the
sort
of
bigger
picture
macroeconomics,
there's
a
lot
of
questions.
I
think
we're
right
at
this
point
where
we
won't
know
for
a
little
while
until
the
markets
really
start
to
shift.
however,
in
the
context
of
probably
and
by
some
measures
the
most
expensive
place
to
do
construction
in
the.
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The
department
which
we've
been
as
high
as
we're
getting
close
to
30
at
one
point.,
so
we've
made
really
significant
strides.,
really
want
to
call
out
rachel
for
the
work
that
she's
done
to
really
bring
down
vacancy
encode.
Our
planning
team
continues
to
work
really
hard
to
reduce
those
vacancies
and
then
lisa's
been
doing
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
to
reposition
some
of
those
critical
vacancies
in
building.
What
you
see
is
building
still
remains
a
challenge
for
us
in
a
couple
of
key
positions,
both
inspectors
and
associate
engineers,.
They
are
critical.
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Positions
to
workflow
for
us.
right.,
as
you
think,
about
permits
that
do
come
through
city
hall,
they're,
going
through
our
engineering
team,
implanon
review
and
so
having
significant
vacancies
in
that
group
is
a
challenge
and
one
that
we're
continuing
to
address
and
then
again
on
inspections
on
average.
We
do.
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Under
two
weeks
and
again,
these
are
and
you've
got
to
think
these
things
move
in
flow,
right?,
so
this
is
peak
time
for
inspection..
Typically,
this
is
when
we
see
that
long,
lead,
time.,
so
holding
it
there
at
that
point
is
really
a
testament
to
the
work
that
we've
done
and
that
lisa's
team
has
done
to
really
fill
some
of
those
gaps.
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On
that
process.
obviously,,
you
know,
city
organization,
getting
people
in
the
building
is
a
lengthy
process..
It's
a
timely
process.,
so
we're
trying
to
cut
that
down
as
much
as
possible
and
we're
actively
tracking
all
of
our
recruitments
again
on
a
weekly
basis..
These
are
things
that
we
do
as
just
part
of
our
regular
check.
Ins.
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we've
really
worked
on
our
initial
onboarding
process
as
well
to
make
sure
that
as
soon
as
we
get
an
employee
in
the
door,
we
have
a
pathway
for
them
to
be
successful
through
probation
and
then
we're
working
with
centralized
hrr
on
actually
centralizing.
All
of
our
building
recruitments
through
the
pilot
for.
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Centralization
there
to
see
if
we
can
get
additional
capacity.,
but
we
also
know
that
recruitment
is
a
double
sword..
It's
not
just
about
how
you
get
people
in
the
building.,
it's
about
how
you
keep
them
in
the
building.
Once
you
have
them.
and
so
again,
there's
a
number
of
different
things
that
we're
doing
from
departmental
standpoint
to
really
advance.
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Retention
within
the
department.,
so
again
we
have
our
policy
and
procedure
hub..
This
is
an
effort
to
make
sure
that
we're
containing
more
of
the
institutional
knowledge
within
the
department,
by
having
a
centralized
repository
where
we
can
keep
all
of
this
information
and
why
that's
critical
from
a
recruitment.
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It
allows
people
to
reference
information
and
get
to
the
things
that
they
need
quickly
and
effectively
and
we're
working
really
closely
with
new
employees
as
they
come
on.
Board.,
like
I
said,
we're
doing
the
90
day
checklist
to
make
sure
that
they
ramp
up
very
quickly.,
but
we're
also
checking
in
with
those
employees
to
sort
of
hear
their
concerns
addressed
their
needs
and
make
sure
that
they're
feeling
supported
in
any
position..
We
are
sort
of,
in
addition
to
exit
interviews,
we're
starting
to
work
on
employee
experience,
interviews
as
well
to
get
in.
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Sort
of
really
check
in
and
understand
what
are
the
impacts
the
employees
are
having
on
working
within
the
department.,
so
we
have
a
better
sense
and
then,
lastly,
we're
working
on
some
pipelining
activities,
so
we're
working
closely
with
san
jose
state.
In
this
last
budget,
we
had
funding
for
a
planning
fellowship
also
actively
working
on
an
internship
program
and
we're
starting
to
look
at
ways
to
expand
into
other
parts
of
the
department
to
really
sort
of
beef
up
that
talent,
pipeline
..
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so
as
you'll
know,
always
like
to
show
you
that
big,
crazy
dashboard
with
all
those
different
charts
on
it
and
it's
really
confusing
or
really
hard.
When
you
go
on
the
website,
you
can
click
on
any
single
one
of
those
and
understand
exactly
what's
going
on
and
when
you
do
it
takes
you
to
a
page
like
this,
and
the
key
is
not
just
about
showing
you
the
number,,
it's
about
explaining
what
it
means
not
just
to
the
public,,
not
just
to
you
as
council,
members
and
stakeholders,
but
also
to
our
staff
and
our
managers.
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So
they
can
understand
kind
of
what
the
impacts
are
within
the
department..
So
a
couple
of
key
things
that
we've
changed
since
the
last
time
we
were
here.
we've
added
a
much
clearer
goal
description.
So
so
you
can
see
that
dotted
line
across
any
measure,
and
it's
not
to
say
that
this
is
where
we're
trying
to
get
to..
It's
where
we
anticipate
things
should
be
at
.
again,.
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Some
of
these
measures
are
somewhat
out
of
our
control.,
it's
dependent
on
the
applicant,
but
it's
good
to
get
a
benchmark
of
where
we
expect
that
number
to
be
to
show
us
sort
of
where
we
are
and
can
understand
how
best
to
approach
it.
and
then
secondly,
we're
really
sort
of
working
drilling
down
on
historic
disruptions.
Again,
anybody
should
be
able
to
go
into
this
look
at
and
understand.
What's
going
on,
and
part
of
that
is
looking
back
and
being
able
to
tell
well.
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Fees
are
paying
for.,
so
as
part
of
the,
as
you
may
know,
as
part
of
our
three
tier
model
for
the
multiple
housing
program,
buildings
have
to
be
inspected
once
every
three,,
five
or
six
years,
depending
on
the
cycle,
they've
been
assigned
.
and
so
with
over
sixty
seven
hundred
buildings.
In
the
program
we
have
to
inspect
at
least
one
hundred
and
forty
a
month
in
order
to
ensure
we're
reaching
that
goal
over
each
of
the
cycles..
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Know
it
is
what
we
have
found
is
probably
the
most
manageable
number
of
units
that
an
inspector
can
provide
services
to..
We
want
to
ensure
that
they
can
manage
that
workloads,
that
they
are
able
to
provide
quality,
customer
servi
and
assist
the
customers
in
resolving
those
violations,
and
this
number
can
fluctuate
because
each
building
is
different..
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We
have
difficulty
filling
open
positions
within
the
building
upon
review
group
and
in
the
last
couple
of
years
we
lost
several
staff
members
to
retirements
and
other
reasons,
and
we
just
haven't
been
able
to
get
new
staff
to
fill
that..
So
fortunately,
at
the
end
of
twenty
twenty
two,
we
executed
our
new
peak
staffing.
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Q
So
one
of
this
measure
is,
as
a
measure
of
our
ability,
provide
comprehensive
comment:
letters
to
development
project
rogers
the
required
public
hearing..
Typically,
these
are
larger,
more
complex
projects..
The
company
has
a
lot
of
hands
full
comments
from
planning,
but
not
only
that
team,
but
also
public
works
is
the
housing.
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So,
just
to
wrap
things
up,,
you
know
the
big
picture
of
everything
that
we've
got
going
on
really
falls
into
three
buckets..
So
it's
one
making
sure
that
we
have
the
people
that
we
need
and
that
they
have
the
resources
available
to
do
the
work
they
do
too.
it's
to
understand
and
measure
both
our
processes,,
our
timelines
and
those
interactions
with
customers.
So
we
can
adjust
accordingly
and
make
improvements
necessary.
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We
move
toward
s.j
e
plans
and
then
obviously
the
peak
staffing
to
sort
of
fill
that
gap
on
the
interim
and
so
overall,
that's
kind
of
giving
us
the
capacity
to
continue
to
maintain
uh,
higher
level
of
service..
Obviously,
we
have
a
ways
to
go
and
we
understand
that
is
something
that
we
continue
to
work
towards..
So
with
that
were
available
for.
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It's
marvelous
that
we're
down
to
seventeen
percent
and,
while
the
public
may
think,
that's
a
huge
number,
it
is.,
but
where
we
came
from,
it's
quite
decrease,
and
that
means
we've
been
strategic
in
targeting
on
how
you're
hiring
people
and
I'll
I'll
get
into
my
questions
later.
But
I
did
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
all
the
work
and
acknowledge
the
positive
work
that
you've
done
so
far
with
that,.
Let's
go
to
members
of
the
public
and
then
I'll
go
to
the
council
or
the
committee.
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Because
so
much
of
our
business
sort
of
revolves
around
perception.
people
hear
a
story
and
they
tell
everybody
else
how
awful
it
is.
right.
and
it's
always
the
the
one
bad
experience..
This
is
the
nine,
not
so
bad
experiences
or
good
experiences
that
everybody
is
so
so
we're
committed
to
ensuring
that
our.
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Customers,
the
public
more
broadly,
have
awareness
of
the
things
we're
doing
and
that's
why
we
made
the
dashboard
completely
public..
It's
on
our
website.
You
could
to
the
about
a
section
on
bbc
and
you
can
see
it
right
there
and
we
do
also
publish
our
own
newsletter..
So
I
think
it's
something
that.
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So
I
guess,
as
chris
mentioned
we
held
off
on
showing
you
are
part
of
the
customer
service
charter
until
now..
So
when
you
look
at
our
dashboard,,
this
is
what
it's
going
to
look
like..
So
what
you'll
see
here
on
the
right?
It's
a
little
bit
different
from
everyone
else,
because
you
know,,
we
don't
have
permits
in
the
same
way
others
do..
We
don't
have
kind
of
product
in
product
out..
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From
reporters
for
example.,
we
did
want
to
include
everything,
because
we
realized
that
when
you
start
focusing
on
just
the
big
stuff,
you
lose
track
of
the
million
little
things
we
do
that
add
up..
So
that's
our
list
of
what
we've
got
going.
On.
everything
is
organized
as
either
active,
which
means
we
are
actively
working
on
it.
committed
means
that
it's
an
upcoming
project
where
we
have
the
resources
identified
in
a
start
date
identified.
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Is
my
next
slide.,
so
you
see
what
we've
got
right
now
we
have
eighteen,
full
time,
city,
staff.,
we're
augmented
by
two
peak
staffing
planning
consultants.
So
it
comes
to
twenty.
Our
workload
of
active
projects
is
twenty
point:
four,
which
means
we're
either
working
extra
hours
or
timeline's
are
starting
to
slip
a
little
bit
or
potentially,
a
combination
of
both.
keep
our
eye
on
it..
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Of
those
three
two
of
them
we've
made
offers
staff
has
accepted
offers
and
there
in
the
background
process..
So
I
really
wish
that
I
could
have
been
done
so
I
could
have
counted
that
today.,
but
we're
very
close
and
then
the
last
one
is
the
supervising
planner
on
our
housing
team..
That's
that
recruitment
is
underway..
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I'm
representing.,
but
it's
the
staff
who
does
the
hard
work
and
I
think,
between
both
the
staff.
We've
had
stick
with
us
and
the
new
staff.
We
have
a
really,
really
great
group.-
so
I'm
very
excited
about
that
and
those
we're
listening
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you.
all
right.,
so
I'll
jump
right,
in.
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Planning
are
still
working
on
our
five
womb's
urban
village
plan,
update.,
it's
a
big
one..
It's
the
merger
and
update
it
for
urban
village
plans
in
proximity
of
the
future..
Twenty
eighth
street
little
portugal
bart
station
we're
working
very
closely
with
our
department
in
terms
of
transportat
and
the
on
this
project.
It's
including.
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In
residential
neighborhoods.
and
then
finally,
we
are
trying
to
figure
out
how
we
are
going
to
staff.
we're
just
looking
at
some
options.
Our
neighborhood
business
district
ordinance
update
council
gave
us
direction
through
the
general
planning
amendments,
like
I
believe,
last
year,
to
allow
housing
in
three
of
our
neighborhood
business
districts,
japantown,
13th
street
and
shoot.
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Cities
such
as
san
to
make
zoning
consistent
with
the
general
plan,
land
use,
designation
and
we
have
approximately
twelve
thousand
properties
left
to
align.
staff,
will
bring
six
hundred
and
fifty
of
those
properties
to
city
council
in
october
for
realignment
and
the
remaining
balance
will
be
completed
in.
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And
as
part
of
a
study
session
and
then
again,
much
of
the
work
of
this
team
will
be
focused
on
implementing
many
of
those
action
items
that
are
in
the
housing
element..
Not
all
of
them
are
on
our
plate..
Many
of
them
were
in
the
housing
department,
but
at
least
half
are
within
the
housing
team's
purview
and.
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Intention
is
to
get
all
of
the
descendants
of
the
cannery
workers,
get
all
of
the
descendants
of
the
farm
workers
to
all
of
the
descendants
of
the
chicano
movement,
get
them
out
of
here,
because
we
threw
the
redlining
process
which
happened.
In
the
planning
commission.-
that's
who
generated
the
documents..
The
generation
of
those
redlining
documents
came
out
of
the
planning
commission
and
came
out
of
the
planning
department..
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Michael
and
I
may
repeat
some
of
what
he
said
just
for
context.,
so
you
know,-
please
forgive
me
for
that,
but
good
afternoon
committee
members.,
you
know,,
like
michael
said,,
we're
today
we'll
be
presenting
a
status
update
on
the
west
hennesy
urban
villages
market
study..
My
name
is
eugene
lao
kliner
sideway
team
as
part
of
bbc,
which
has
a
oronto
supervising
planner..
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And
let
me
share
our
key
takeaways
for
each
urban
village..
So
first,
let's
take
a
look
at
s:
the
organza
there.
thirty,
eight
opportunities
sites
of
a
split
of
thirteen
being
an
acre
or
larger
and
twenty
five
being
half
to
one
acre
of
two
hundred
and
thirty
seven
active
businesses.
There
are
seventy
two
small
businesses
and
twenty
seven.
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And
it's
consistent
the
city's
citywide
residential
anti
displacement
strategy
s
the
answer
overall
has
the
highest
income
and
is
the
least
rent
burdened.
s.
Barsoum
avenue
s
is
the
most
rent
burden
overall
with
the
least
overall
incomes
and
saratoga
is
right
in
the
middle,
along
with
the
other
indicators
such
as
tenure
and
racial.
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At
that
custardy
we
found
itself
the
enza
commands
the
highest
overall
commercial
rents
per
square
foot
across
that
mentioned
ten
year
span,
as
you
can
see,
here.
and
then
the
case
is
the
same
for
multi-family
rents
as
well.,
so
shown
in
the
figure
here
at
our
one
bedroom
rents.
But
it's
the
same
for
apartment
sizes,
from
studios
to
three
bedrooms
across
that
ten
year.
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Themselves,
the
scope
of
work
is
a
lot
larger
than
it
needs
to
be
in
terms
of
the
content
and
the
document,
and
we
really
need
to
focus
on
what
are
the
core
issues
that
that
the
urban
village
plan
is
intended
to
deal
with,,
which
is
land
use
and
development
and,
to
some
extent,
public
services
like
streets,,
streetscapes
and
parks..
But
there
are
some
core
issues:
let's
focus
on
those,
let's
make
it
a
really
usable
document..
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That
really
tied
our
hands
in
terms
of
planning
for
housing
and
jobs
separately
in
urban
village..
What
we've
learned
is
that
oftentimes
makes
sense,
and
state
law
has
reinforced
this
in
many
ways
to
plan
for
where
you
want
the
housing
and
where
you
want
the
jobs
or
the
employment
of
the
commercial..
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Now
there
are
cases
where
mixed
use
makes
sense,
but
not
necessarily
everywhere..
So
there
were
changes
made
by
the
council
where
they
unwound
some
of
those
rules..
We
have
a
lot
more
flexibility
now
to
sort
of
plan,
for
let's
put
the
employment
here,,
let's
put
the
housing
here,
and
maybe
it
makes
mixed
use,
makes
sense
at
this
intersection..
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Villages
that
we
have
planned
in
the
past
weren't
entirely
driven
by
that
for
various
reasons.,
so
we're
kind
of
taking
much
more
of
a
market
focus.
the
affordable
housing
component,
just
as
a
reminder
can
go
to
any
urban
village
at
any
time.
So
there
isn't
a
need
for
the
planning
for
that.,
it's
really
the
market
rate,
housing
and
and
higher
intensity
commercial
uses.
Although
again
you
can
always
do
commercial
and
urban.