[Neighbors] Need your voice regarding building heights - please reply with input

Sat Jul 29 16:17:59 MDT 2017

Pat and Nob Hill neighbors,

I tend to agree with height limits of some sort because I love seeing the
sky from Central and the surrounds.  What is equally important is how the
new building will present itself to the street level.  Setbacks from the
sidewalk, landscaping, interior courtyards for restaurants and shops - these
are features that can really be molded to maintain a street level sense of
Nob Hill.  A three story building like the building that Staples vacated or
the new condo building on the corner of Carlisle and Central is worse than a
five story building with an open front to the sidewalk, native plantings and
a walkway front to back to allow pedestrian wandering and sitting - and
maybe mandated public access to the rooftop to watch the clouds move across
the mountains.

Thanks for taking this forward.

Leslie Bowen

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Pat via Neighbors_nobhill-nm
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Subject: Re: [Neighbors] Need your voice regarding building heights - please
reply with input

Tandi, 

Thanks for your message and all of the others. You may have seen my response
to others on the Nob Hill list serve, but I wanted to share it with you as
well:

"I agree 100%. I've had our staff write up a couple of amendments, including
one to eliminate the height bonuses proposed for Nob Hill.

We will have several committee hearings on the proposals before sending it
to full council for more input. Keep sending your suggestions"

Pat

Pat Davis
-City Councilor

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:21 PM -0600, "Tandi Hufnagel via
Neighbors_nobhill-nm" <neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com
<mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> > wrote:

Hi neighbors, 

I'm sure you've all seen the updates from Gary and others about the proposed
changes in building heights in Nob Hill.  

I wanted to summarize them because sometimes all the language in the codes
can be hard to understand.  

Here are three major changes that could dramatically change the streetscape
in Nob Hill:

1.  The first change is to raise the existing building height limit from 39'
to 45'.  That would include all blocks along Central in Nob Hill from Girard
to Aliso.

2.  The second change is to add an additional 20' to the height limit in the
areas near ART stations.  In Nob Hill that includes the stations at Bryn
Mawr and Solano.  This would raise the height limit from the proposed 45' up
to a 65' (a five story building).  The increased height zone would include a
block in either direction (East-West) from the station.  So this would apply
along Central from Aliso to Hermosa, and Richmond to Wellesley.  

*Pat Davis, maybe you can comment - has the additional height has already
been nixed for the Bryn Mawr station?  In any case it is still being
proposed for the Solano station zone.

3.  The third change is to allow the additional 20' height within 660' of
the Washington station.  This would cover Morningside to Monroe.  So the
majority of East Nob Hill could be built up to five stories.  Also, the
proposal includes another 12' for any "Workforce" projects for a grand total
of 77' allowable building height!  That's at least a six story building.  

Here's what is needed:  Please reply to this email with your feedback on
these proposals before this coming Wednesday.  

Also, please tell our councilman Pat Davis what you think!  His email is:
patdavis at cabq.gov <mailto:patdavis at cabq.gov> .  I think he reads these
neighborhood emails too.  

As our representative it's up to Pat to help make the final decisions for
our neighborhood, and without your input he won't know what the neighborhood
prefers. 

This is easy, you don't need to go to any meetings, just reply to this email
and/or email Pat.  If you do feel strongly and wish to go to the meeting to
add your voice, it will be August 16th in the evening.  Please contact Gary
Eyster for more info at:  meyster1 at comcast.net <mailto:meyster1 at comcast.net>
.

Thanks!  

As I have written before, I think these building heights are completely out
of character for Nob Hill.  They do not fit the historic architecture or
human-scale texture of the neighborhood, and they are unnecessary.  The only
people who benefit are developers.  Three stories is a good limit for any
commercial development along Central.  I do support increased density to
help small local businesses survive, however it has to be done with respect
for the existing neighborhood.  Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Tandi Hufnagel, Aliso NE

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