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Home My WebLink About5/6/2019 Item 4, AckermanMay 6, 2019 Re: Toro/Monterey Street ARC Presentation comments Brian Ackerman 805.395.8000 brian@brianackerman.com This project currently neglects to address almost all changes requested for the previous approved project ARCH -4000-2016 at 1185 Palm Street. 1. Create north elevation with more interesting facade More articulation of the building (current building proposed is far more design deficient in the area of visual articulation). Building lacks depth and sense of scale in relation of facade to street, overhangs into public right-of-way without design justification Building fails to offer any visual tie or acknowledgement to the surrounding city and area Building architecture form is deficient and relies solely on color to attempt to define the shape and does not offer any significance to the surrounding areas or city Building has no sense of entry no identifiable markings to uniquely identify the entry — failure to recognize Monterey Street design speeds Submitted drawing shows people congregating on corner in dead space where heat gain is considerable and the space shown with assembly would not meet code requirements Building lacks any type of green planting along the street to help soften the facade Building blocks views to hills and cast substantial shadows to Volvo dealership Submitted drawings show exposed vehicles from neighboring property and should incorporate a solid screen as to not look like lifted parking Submitted drawings show incorrectly sized street trees (too small). Spec drawn does not mature size or acceptability by any arborist. Building should provide space for mature trees with cut outs or setback from sidewalk for allowance to grow. Roof terrace provides no sound control to Higuera or Palm Street residents. All rooftop gardens MUST have sound control measures, i.e. 6' tempered glass, various panels to absorb, plant material, acoustic consultant retained (rooftop lounge experience req.), etc. when they encroach into residential areas —this building does as the apartments on Palm and residences are directly in line of sight. Site does not allow for resident check-in/turn around or drive through access. Bottlenecking of traffic can be expected which will affect Monterey Street. Parking lot is to small to accommodate off-loading and guest pick-up Building patios project over Palm Street sidewalk without proper design justification and appears to be a square footage grab Building color scheme fails to acknowledge any tie to community or surrounding area. Color is being used to hide poor architecture. Monterey street patio railing is indicative of LA Basin apartment homes from the 1970s, devoid of definition and uniqueness Per submitted drawings, exterior light fixtures do not relate to architecture and lend no value Plant selections for submitted plants are poor choices and not indicative of user friendly species, jade plant — thorns, sago palm — spears, asparagus fern — thorns �+ryr r � � s 'yam • � kkvl - IV, ` p` • r •`, sem. j. W m s w � U W X = w SEVERE HEIGHT OFFSET AND LATE AFTERNOON SHADOW CAST ON VOLVO DEALERSHIP -i •N ■ a ■ NO SOUND PROTECTION FROM ROOFTOPO BAR, i.e. LOW GLASS WALLS INADEQUATE ARCHITECTURAL r ACCENT LIGHTING AND SCALE IS WEAK WITH RANDOM PLACEMENT POOR USE OF HORIZONTAL ELEMENT - 1970s APARTMENT LOOK •. . �jj ` NO IDENTIFIABLE SENSE OF ENTRY OR UNIQUE FEATURES UNREALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF OUTDOOR SEATING - POOR LOCATION NO SENSE OF PEDESTRIAN SCALE BUILDING HEIGHT WITH NO SETBACK POOR USE OF FACADE VARIATION POOR USE OF COLOR . FAILURE TO CAPATALIZE ON CORNER VIEW * BUILDING VOID OF ANY INTERESTING FEATURES * MISREPRESENTATION OF CORNER GATHERING SPOT MISREPRESENTATION OF TREE SIZES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET TREES TO SUCCESSFULLY MATURE NO PROPORTIONAL SCALE TO ANY SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ON MONTEREY. FUTHER RESTRICTS VIEWS TO HILLS AS NEVA BUILDING DOES ON SANTA ROSA/MONTEREY. ii Rim terrere i r Hotel Hall Hotel Hall Hotel Hall Roof Terrace Hotel Hotel Hotel MISREPRESENTED STREET TREE AND INADEQUATE ROOK! TO MATURE PROPERLY FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOISE PROTECTION TO MARSH AND PALM STREET RESIDENTS I CARS NEED TO BE SCREENED WHEN ELEVATED WITH SOLID BUILDING MATERIAL ENCROACHMENT OF BALCONY INTO PUBLIC SPACE WITHOUT PROPER DESIGN JUSTISFICATION East / West Buikliin Sedon . 4%.%. OVER 7x HEIGHT OF A PEDESTRIAN ADJACENT TO SINGLE STORY STRUCTURES NO SENSE OF ENTRY OR DEFINITION OF ENTRY HIERARCHY MISREPRESENTATION OF TREE SIZES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET TREES TO SUCCESSFULLY MATURE PROPER STREET TREE WIDTH HOTEL REQUIRES LOADING ZONE WILL REQUIRE REMOVING STREET PARKING POOR SPATIAL DESIGN FOR PASSENGER LOADING/UNLOADING AT HOTEL. WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC BOTTLENECKING ON TORO AND MONTEREY STREET PARKING NEEDS TO BE SCREENED WITH SOLID MATERIAL - EXPOSED TO HIGUERA STREET PROPERTIES