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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Allan Cooper <
To:E-mail Council Website; Stanwyck, Shelly; Burde, Richard
Subject:STUDY SESSION ON MISSION PLAZA RESTROOM REPLACEMENT
AND CAFÉ
Attachments:002_16_20...lettertocouncil.pdf
Dear Shelly and Richard -
Would you kindly forward the letter attached below
to the Council? I would also like this letter to be
placed in the correspondence file. Thank you!
- Allan
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Save Our Downtown
______________________________________________________________________________
Seeking to protect and promote the historical character, design, livability and economic
success of downtown San Luis Obispo.
To: San Luis Obispo City Council, Shelly Stanwyck and Richard Burde
Re: February 19, 2020 Meeting: Item Number 15: Study Session On Mission Plaza
Restroom Replacement And Café
From: Allan Cooper, Secretary Save Our Downtown
Date: February 16, 2020
Honorable Mayor and Council Members -
Save Our Downtown concurs with the October 7, 2019 Architectural Review Commission
recommendations and the October 28, 2019 Cultural Heritage Committee recommendations as
they pertain to the Mission Plaza restroom replacement and cafe.
We are opposed to mobile food vendors from operating on the plaza due to the lack of control
over the aesthetics of the food trucks and the likely conflict with the "look and feel" of the plaza.
We also agree that a lighter color palate be implemented on the structures presented in the
original RRM design. Finally, we share both commission’s concern that the cafe and restrooms
do not “look like San Luis Obispo” and that the buildings should tie into the historic context of
the area. Thank you!