Council Member Santosuosso questions on 32BJ agreement and appeals board
Santosuosso asks about 32BJ negotiations. Grinshtein reports a neutrality agreement has been reached with 32BJ, with prevailing wage commitment. Santosuosso then asks about appeals board use if the council rejects the application.
Something you mentioned earlier is that you were looking into the legal tools available to you should the council not support this rezoning application.
Correct.
So does that mean that if the council does not support the rezoning application that you would seek use of the appeals board, for instance?
For instance, yes.
And the appeals board is largely untested, but in the event that we received a negative
reaction there, our second opportunity to get the project approved would be to file in January the same application.
And to pursue an approval through ULURP under the new abbreviated timeframe.
And, of course, that would bypass me and the council completely.
That's correct.
And in that case, would you be proposing a building at R7X or at R7D?
It seems to me that you're now coming to the council and saying you're proposing it at an R7D.
If you were to use these new tools, are you coming back with an R7X?
We would most certainly come back with an R7X or perhaps even a greater R8 or R9 Sony designation.