ann marie rogers -- good afternoon, supervisors. this legislation would increase the height limit by 15 feet to label products with substantial public benefits. the project is approved by the plant commission would demolish their rundown can existing building and building new mixed use project. this project would, as the supervisor concluded, a ford up to 52 minutes of affordable housing and a program to include child care and a gymnasium. at least 24 of the units would be for low-income housing and another 24 would be for the project as proposed. allowing for density and height bonuses for projects that would be affordable housing. in the development, including design and uses, consistent with the plan for policy planning occurs, particularly with regard to the size, density, and need for affordable housing. regarding public comment, staff would like to acknowledge that in the spring of 2007 this project was proposed with 110 units. records at that time indicate 250 letters of support. prior to the hearing we have opposition to the

and i'm >> ann marie rogers. i'm joined by the person with the project planner for the provisional action makers. provisional action makers. when the facts support that the

. >> i am anne-marie rogers from the planning department. this is technical in nature. it corrects critical errors and makes language changes and updates various sections. it is really exciting stuff, i promise. the department reviewed over 62 pieces of legislation that would amend the planning code. in my belief, the planning code may be the most amended of all of our municipal codes. it may be among the most frequently amended codes in the country. of the 62 ordnances we reviewed last year, about 21 of them were sponsored by our department. about 41 were sponsored by elected officials like yourselves. there is a lot of interest in the planning codes. with all this interest and these changes, over time there have been errors. text has been inadvertently dropped. amendments made in one ordnance are not reflected in the next. they have become out of date. this legislation is intended to correct the accumulated errors in planning code and update sections as needed. the planning commission initiated the ordinance in july of 2010. on august 5 of leicester, the recommended a

and i'm >> ann marie rogers. i'm joined by the person with the project planner for the provisional action makers. when the facts support that the project is necessary or desirable for and compatible with either the neighborhood or the community. the appellant argues that the sole consideration for whether the project is necessary and desirable is far neighbors within 300 feet, but section 303 c-1 of the planning code allows the commission to base its findings on community as well as neighborhood considerations. the commission considered both the neighborhood and the community. this violates the urban design element of the general plan. the appellant is contradicted by the planning commission's motion. the project reached the conclusion that it is on balance, including the urban design development. it's important to understand that consistency with the general plan requires an overview of the whole plan. the general plan provide a number of public policy goals and at any one time they maicon conflict with each oth

james rogers and his wife, mrs. mary ann rodgers. -- rogers. the hon. secretary of the treasury, timothy geithner her, and his wife, carol geithner and . mr. david leonhardt, and his wife, lauren. mr. antonio perez and his wife. mr. robert mcdonald and his cdonald.ane macdonal mr. robert gillette and his wife, ms. lisa bunche. mr. mark ayers and his wife, deborah ayers.

james rogers and his wife, mrs. mary ann rogers. mrs. carol fulke and her husband, mr. geithner, secretary of the treasury, and his wife, mrs. carol geithner. mr. jerry sykes and mrs. barbara rosaovich mr. david leanhard and his wife, mrs. laura lionhard. mr. euro -- antonio perez and his wife, mrs. laurie perez. mr. robert mcdonald and his wife, mrs. diane mcdonald. mr. william drosniac and his daughter, ms. natallia drosniac. dr. eileen rosenfeld and her husband, mr. richard ilgin. mr. robert gillette and his wife, ms. liza bunch. mr. mark ayers and his wife, mrs. deborah ayers. the honorable tom barrett, mayor of milwaukee, and his wife, mrs. chris barrett. >> i'm german, also. half irish. >> dr. -- and his wife. mrs. mauricea mayier and her husband, mr. zachary bowe. mrs. bonita bacell and her husband, mr. steven bacell. dr. daniel levinsin, and his wife, mrs. nina levinsen. mr. liel ovaskasa. the honorable john munhiem and his wife, sherry munhiem. mrs. kara mill. mr. duffy and his wife, mrs. heidi duffy. mrs. naomi aferly and her husband, mr. larry liebowitz. the