I believe that ncpc proposal to leave the status quo is not in the best interest of the city. Modifying the height act the does not mean Washington Dc should have any height regulations or become new york. As metioned by Dan Malouf "There are good reasons to regulate height, but our existing laws are not necessarily the ideal set. We can make them more ideal with some fine tuning." I am for a modification that will allow for growth and ensure that national landmarks such as the Capitol remain a part of the iconic dc skyline. Thus I add my support Thus I approve of the district's office of planning recommendation of increasing the height to a ratio of 1 to 1.25 in the l'effant city and to make areas outside the leFant city to be subject solely to zoning regulations.

Attached is a picture of Brussels that has incorporated taller buildings in city core. The picture below is of the central plaza building at 175 ft. in Brussels. Here we how the height of this building in Brussels is 45 ft over our limit yet it does not turn Brussels into Manhatan.

In fact I would say this beautiful architecture.

Another example of city that incorporated buildings taller buildings and has maintained and even enhanced its charcter is hamburgs hafencity redevelopment. In some areas they have stragically assinded heights to areas in order to maintain and enhance their iconic skyline.

Part of the hafen city development in the back are the sires of historic churches that survived the bombings back in world war II.

In conclusion I would urge for ncpc to get in agreement with the office of planning and agree for dcop recomendation.