Politics & Government

City Council EXPRESS: July 27, 2011

See what happened at last night's city council meeting at a glance.

Welcome to a new Patch feature: City Council EXPRESS. In addition to bringing you full news stories on issues at school board meetings, @SSFPatch will now live-Tweet school board meetings using the hastag #ssfusdboard. Afterwards, we'll compile the Tweets into an article that will let you see what happened at the meeting at a glance.

You can also check out City Council EXPRESS on Storify for a multimedia version of the same story.

  • I'll be tweeting tonight's SSF city council meeting...#ssfcouncil at 19:17
  • Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Rep. presents ceremonial check for $79,725 to council for Energy Efficiency Projects in South City #ssfcouncil at 19:21
  • Discussion over rezoning in South City set to begin#ssfcouncil at 19:30
  • Staff: "General objective [of rezoning] was to look for opportunities, not to have impact on existing neighborhoods" #ssfcouncil at 19:34
  • Max. height for Kaiser buildings is 80 ft. Can go to 120 ft. with special approval #ssfcouncil at 19:42
  • Staff: "Kaiser plan is 20-30 year vision" #ssfcouncil at 19:47
  • Staff: Population will boost, need to provide housing for new residents, families with children #ssfcouncil at 19:49
  • Staff studied what shadows would look like from 80 ft and 120 ft tall buildings. Staff seems to be advocating for 120 ft#ssfcouncil at 20:03
  • Public debate over rezoning has some community members extremely upset #ssfcouncil at 20:19
  • Community members advocate new/updated library, but not much else has been mentioned #ssfcouncil at 20:20
  • South City community members, city council very much in favor of project...not in favor of lofty buildings #ssfcouncil at 21:01
  • City council votes to approve El Camino Real/Chestnut Area Plan w/ room for future amendments #ssfcouncil at 21:50

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