who owns the railroad spur? i mean, this assumption that it is per petly open space has the developer and the owner of the adjacent property at 2660 -- had discussions about buying the railroad? the railroad spur? it is an inactive spur as far as i know. this level of the mission, pardon me -- this area of the mission was active in industrial use which is is why there were railroad spurs. this entire block is going to residential on the west side of harrison street. when you have two bedroom units, it is -- it isn't really a family housing, except for the one that -- that is sold as affordable units. if there's two, there's one that will be affordable. that will be a family housing unit because of the way most sell two bedroom units. but two bedroom units are are -- often a bedroom and a office. we have a continuing problem with people saying, well, we're going to provide generous rooftop open space. we -- we're -- we're going to a place where we are assuming people are going to change the way they live to be di

who owns the railroad spur? i mean, this assumption that it is per petly open space has the developer and the owner of the adjacent property at 2660 -- had discussions about buying the railroad? the railroad spur? it is an inactive spur as far as i know. this level of the mission, pardon me -- this area of the mission was active in industrial use which is is why there were railroad spurs. this entire block is going to residential on the west side of harrison street. when you have two bedroom units, it is -- it isn't really a family housing, except for the one that -- that is sold as affordable units. if there's two

who owns the railroad spur? i mean, this assumption that it is per petly open space has the developer and the owner of the adjacent property at 2660 -- had discussions about buying the railroad? the railroad spur? it is an inactive spur as far as i know. this level of the mission, pardon me -- this area of the mission was active in industrial use which is

railroad spurs. this entire block is going to residential on the west side of harrison street. when you have two bedroom units, it is -- it isn't really a family housing, except for the one that -- that is sold as affordable units. if there's two, there's one that will be affordable. that will be a family housing unit because of the way most sell two bedroom units. but two bedroom units are are -- often a bedroom and a office. we have a continuing problem with people saying, well, we're going to provide generous rooftop open space. we -- we're -- we're going to a place where we are assuming people are going to change the way they live to be different from the way it is. rooftop open space creates noise for the neighbors. creates privacy problems for some neighbors. and it is generally not as well used as -- as levels that are at the ground or accessible to the unit because it is gold up there. so i request that you support the staff recommendation and require the building to be pulled back to meet the code and not have all of these exceptions on dwelling unit exposure and rear

it this is an unusual situation with the railroad spurs around town and in that section of the city because nobody knows what to do with them or how to do anything with them. because a lot of them are tied up in litigation and have been for many years. no one is sure who has actual control of them, the majority of which have long been abandoned. >> regarding the 25% issue in the rear. you could request relief through conditional use authorization as opposed to a variance. the intent of that relief was not to allow reductions in the rear yard but a modification in order to generate a better design. wose felt they could immediate the 25%, because otherwise a cocomplying project would have it follow the spur. that's why we thought a 25% was a reasonable compromise. >> commissioner moore? >> i believe staff recommendation is a reasonable way to go. i'm fully in support of your analysis on that. >> hearing that, i loo are like to rescind my sicked and get -- rescind my second and get more information. >> with the resense of your second, if there's for other second, the other motion dies. >> is t

we have a lot that is irregular inasmuch as it has this railroad spur this the back that provides a sort of diagonal rear lot line and cuts off the back of the property. we have every reason to believe this is going we have every reason to believe this is going to be the state for quite a while. it is difficult if not impossible property to develop behind us. many buildings are 100% lot coverage and many have property line windows right on that spur. so, for all intents and purposes the way we're look agate this is this is mid block open space that will be there for our residents as well as other residents for the foreseeable future. open space is not an issue. we have a large open space on the roof of the the structure, the two dwelling units that deegdepow mentioned down at grade on the sidewalk have internal access to the elevator and drew connection to the open space. we have common open spaces there, about with 1100 square feet as well as private breakout open spaces. in terms of the rear yard, it is going to be used by three families. there are three units in the rear yard. it is n

spending on infrastructure like highways and railroads revitalized not only coastal cities, but inland provinces, spurring growth across the country. china is now leading the global economic recovery. once called the factory of the world, china has emerged as a market of the world. earlier this month, the asian development bank raised its estimate for china's economic growth this year from 9.6 to 10.1%. china's surplus and foreign reserves of $2 trillion are prompting ever louder calls for beijing to let the yuan appreciate more. its rapid growth is causing problems at home and abroad. rising consumer and property prices, income disparity and rising greenhouse gas emissions. economic success it seems comes at a price. as the economy grows, china faces so many challenges. we are seeing social unrest, very big gap in the income. what is your take on all of those challenges china faces and what can be done to overcome them? >> i think this kind of challenge is faced by not only china, but also by many emerging economies in asia. i mean, economies have been growing very rapidly, but at the same time income ga