So today we have a different situation. We have a situation where the landlord and tenants are not the same people or even the same company. So we face the difficult challenge of trying to find a solution to continue a great institution, the flower market, even though there are different interests between the two parties. That being said, we made tremendous progress by resolving the financial terms and the agreement between kilroy, the flower market and the tenants. They are mostly finished, which im happy to say. However, we are not near closure with respect to the design of the physical market. It has always been the understanding by the flower market and by the tenants that one of the Community Benefits that would come with the project was the continuation of the flower market and as john kilroy himself told us, we would have a world class flower market. But as of today, the documents defining the flower market are not yet anywhere near the point where the city ends up with a world
January will not necessarily be where you are maybe mid year in terms of trying to contract with Wheelchair Services or get the appropriate clearances . And i think i heard you say youre trying to work that through to do that. So were starting that process. It takes about a year. Weve been focused on trying to get this up and running since january 1. Now that were there, theyre starting the process to add the benefit. Theyre working with the current vendor to see if they could add it. That would be an easy fix, but we also have to get the systems up to speed to meet the requirements of cms. So to answer your question, i dont know. Were working on it. I will answer to say were committed and working on it. I cant give you a time frame. But i will know more as the year goes on and will be happy to provide an update. I would be interested in at least a quarterly update in the area to track your progress. I recognize that licensing and vendor contracting in your organization, like in most l
For continuance. Do any members of the public wish to provide Public Comment on the items proposed for continuance . Thank you. Regarding 2 henry adams, we needed to kick it out a week to put last materials together. Youll see the cases from 2013. If theres any opportunity to get on the december 19 schedule, we would appreciate it. I just wanted to put a shutout for that. So thank you for your consideration. Thank you. Any other Public Comment . With that, Public Comment is closed. Motion to continue items 1a, 2 and 18a to the dates second. Thank you. On that motion to continue items as proposed. Commission fung is there any response to the request for the 19th versus for 2 henry adams . Jonas . Well, the only reason we chose january 9 is because december 19 is closed. We have a full calendar. Okay. Sorry. On that motion to continue items as proposed. [roll call vote] that motions passes in a minute unanimously. Your consent calendar. All matters are considered to be retune and may be
Pretty clear theres not a lot of mystery here. Our buildings are a big part of the story. And where those emissions are coming from, cyndy will talk a little bit about that. But more and more, they are coming from natural gas. And while we will be developing a Climate Action strategy that you will hear a lot more about for 2020, we dont wait for that to be finished before we adopt policies along the way. And theres a particular moment in time now that is very important because the Building Code gets updated on a threeyear cycle. And we are and that starts now in 2019, the new cycle. So we wanted to weigh in to be in alignment with that statewide cycle. And im going to let cyndy take it from here. Good evening, commissioners. My name is cyndy comerford. Im the Climate Program manager. And im going to give a brief summary of the presentation that i gave to the policy committee several weeks ago. And so what we are here for today is to ask for your support on two ordinances that anthony m
Chance of a major seismic event in 30 years. They could restore gas Service Within approximately six months after the seismic event in the order of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Electricity could be restored in approximately one week. It is in that context that we have today if you apply for a permit today existing requirements if you build a residential building there are numerous screen building requirements no additional efficiency requirements if you build an all Electric Building with gas that needs to be 10 more efficient. This body has previously voted to Carry Forward those requirements in the form every choiring Green Building rating systems. That is already the case also in the upcoming code for new residential construction. There are two ordinances current leap pending before the board of supervisors. One is not before you today but companion to this legislation to convince the city to not install gas systems in new buildings. This ordinance before you is the modification of