San Bruno CA: Bob George Supports San Bruno Measure N To Modify Ordinance 1284 And Here's WHY:

Bob George Supports San Bruno Measure N To Modify Ordinance 1284 And Here’s WHY:

The centerpiece of Measure N on the ballot San Bruno voters will soon see is a modification of an existing ordinance so that taller buildings can be built in a clearly designated portion of the city.

I was a member of the advisory committee organized by San Bruno City Council to gather information, hold public hearings and review the work of the planners who wrote the San Bruno Transit Corridors Plan on which Measure N is based. Before that, I was a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the new CalTrain Station and a member of the San Bruno Planning Commission for six years.

San Bruno voters can be assured that they are not being asked to approve a massive construction project when they vote on Measure N. Bulldozers will not start rattling around town and tower cranes will not sprout out of the ground soon after the votes are counted.

For decades, Ordinance 1284 has discouraged developers from providing appropriate space for new, modern businesses and for residents who wish to live close to their workplaces. The modifications written into Measure N encourage developers who wish to propose these projects to enhance San Bruno’s economic future.

As always, final approvals for height and volume of all proposed projects in this area will rest with the City staff, Planning Commission, City Council and interested members of the public working in conjunction with each other. The same clear process that all developers have been required to follow in San Bruno as well as the balance of the cities on the peninsula for decades will be employed for all future projects. Measure N does not grant prospective developers automatic permission to build to the heights shown on the zoning map now being circulated.

I fully support Measure N, and I will vote for it.

/s/ Bob George

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Robert Riechel

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