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

Sun Jul 30 07:35:38 MDT 2017

Thank you Joan,

You nicely described my thoughts--increased density in urban areas has its
benefits...

On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 7:19 PM Joan Weissman via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> This is very well stated, leslie Bowen,-- the importance of HOW a building
> is designed being as important or more important than the height. Although
> I also like the general idea of keeping a lower profile in our
> neighborhood, I think we should be aware of the advantages of increasing
> density in urban areas. It will bring more residents and visitors to help
> support struggling local businesses, and density is also better for the
> environment than sprawl. I'm just sayin'--- we could work for some good and
> enforceable design guidelines but not necessarily reject all ideas for
> change. The city planners and architects might actually have some good
> input.
>
>
> Joan Weissman
> joan at joanweissman.com
> 505.265.0144
> E-mail sent from cell: 505.379.4851
>
> On Jul 29, 2017, at 4:17 PM, Leslie Bowen via Neighbors_nobhill-nm <
> neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Thanks for taking this forward.
>
>
>
> Leslie Bowen
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> *From:* Neighbors_nobhill-nm [
> mailto:neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces at mailman.swcp.com
> <neighbors_nobhill-nm-bounces at mailman.swcp.com>] *On Behalf Of *Davis,
> Pat via Neighbors_nobhill-nm
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 29, 2017 1:19 PM
> *To:* neighbors_nobhill-nm at mailman.swcp.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Neighbors] Need your voice regarding building heights -
> please reply with input
>
>
>
> Tandi,
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> 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:
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>
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> "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.
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> We will have several committee hearings on the proposals before sending it
> to full council for more input. Keep sending your suggestions"
>
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>
> Pat
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> Pat Davis
> -City Councilor
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> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 1:21 PM -0600, "Tandi Hufnagel via
> Neighbors_nobhill-nm" <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.
>
>
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> *Here are three major changes that could dramatically change the
> streetscape in Nob Hill**:*
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> *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.
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> *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.
>
>
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> *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.
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> *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.
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> Here's what is needed:  *Please reply to this email with your feedback on
> these proposals before this coming Wednesday*.
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> Also, *please tell our councilman Pat Davis what you think*!  His email
> is:  *patdavis at cabq.gov <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.
>
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> 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.
>
>
>
> 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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Thanks, Chris www.chrislucasabq.com 505.463.5317
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