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The citys general plan and your priorities as the commission and currently a family of four lives there. The parents are immigrants from Central America and they have two young children, and and theres a history at this property of the current owner trying to force those tenants out and so i dont think that its an accident that the plan was to convert their one bedroom into a studio and make it impossible for them to live there. So one thing i wanted to bring up was that when and if the permit is approved, the tenants will be displaced temporarily and i wanted im not sure how its possible, but...

And sepg the projeaccepting th one bedroom down in this illegal unit. Currently there is a notice on this unit. It does not meet the current Building Code. Theres not existing ventilation, its very apparent that the unit itself has no Building Permits for it. So the we have to actually restructure the the unit here, and as i said, we were open and actually our clients have sent an email assuring them that there would be a one bedroom changing it from a studio, and unfortunately, they werent able to come to any agreement, so as i said, were in support of taking dr and actually accepting the pla...

Difficult, in my mind, to protect those tenants who are knowingly living in when they moved in, knowingly living in an illegal substandard space. But to me, theres a big difference between the two, someone whos getting displaced, but i assume when you move into an illegal unit, you know what youre getting into. [ inaudible ] Vice President richards sir, please. Ill step in and make a comment. I think i already said i agree with that, as well. Buyer beware. Vice president richards right. Thats what i was going to say. Commissioner melgar. Commissioner melgar i was just going to, you know, just ...

But generally its not fine. High fees can i have Marginal Development and thats the development we want the most, stuff that happens at the beginning of the cycle aka the end of the recession when people most need jobs and in the neighborhoods and low profit margin and projects at the end of the cycle and wind up being sold when they open at the bottom for a third off. Those are the most delicate projects and those are harm and when you willynilly set the fees too high and thats what i am really keen on you know based this on the Feasibility Analysis and its true that the Feasibility Analysis ...

Items on the special committee is related but we will call them separately so please item 1 please. Item 1 is a initiative oar from the mayor for the proposed Initiative Ordinance submitted are by the mayor for the voters for june 7, 2016 for election entitled ordinance mending the planning code to maximize inclusionary or Affordable Housing and Economic Feasibility studies. We have staff here. We will have this presentation and if you get the powerpoint on the screen thank you. I want to be very clear the clear of this Initiative Ordinance is establish a pathway to maximize the amount of Affo...