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From :Sandi Sigurdson [mailto :slosandi805@yahoo .com]
Sent :Tue 09/21/10 5 :46 AM
To :Romero, Dave ; Ashbaugh, John ; Carter, Andrew ; Marx, Jan ; Settle, Allen
Subject:historic preservation ordinanc e
Esteemed Council Member ,
When husband Steve McGrath and I were young and raising our family in downtow n
SLO we were "those people". The people with the torn-up front yard that stayed s o
torn up for so long that the pizza delivery guy would say "oh, yeah, the house with th e
giant pile of dirt in front" when taking our order .
•We scrimped and paid for the conversion from fuse box to breaker s
•We lifted the wood-to-dirt house and poured a foundatio n
•We replaced all of the single pane window s
•We finally painted the poor old dea r
•When the wind blew we collected pieces of roof from our yard and th e
neighbor's yard for years .
•Most of the house is now insulate d
•I'd say it took 12-15 years before we really started to do our city proud .
•And honestly, there was nothing we could have done differently .
We were so fortunate to get a low-interest loan from the city to do the foundation ,
otherwise the bank would never have given us the home loan inthe first place .
Anyway, all this is to say that now I'm pretty worried about at least of a couple of m y
Buchon St . neighbors who are doing the best they can and frankly some homes are i n
pretty bad shape . They've lived here for literally two generations . You'd penaliz e
them? Demand improvements they can't afford ?
This ordinance appears pretty arbitrary and highly punitive and in the end I gotta' as k
"really? There is such an inventory of derelict homes in downtown SLO that we nee d
government involvement to rectify the situation?"
Sorry that we couldn't be at the meeting tonight . We're out of town .
I think we should dial this ordinance language way back and do the bare minimu m
needed to qualify for the grants we the city are pursuing .
Thanks for your consideration ,
Sandi Sigurdso n
665 Buchan St .
San Luis Obispo, CA
Original Message
From : Paula Carr [mailto :paula_carr@dot .ca .gov ]
Sent : Tuesday, September 21, 2010 9 :42 A M
To : Bob Pavli k
Cc : Dan Carpenter ; Murry, Kim ; Dunsmore, Phil ; Chippendale, Su e
Subject : Re : Historic Preservation Ordinance and Guideline s
Bob ,
I echo your sentiments . Historic preservation has repeatedly bee n
proven to have so many social and economic benefits to a community --
it's both the right thing and the smart thing to do .
I will be there this evening .
Paula
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From :Betty [bettyslo@charter .net]Sent :Tue 9/21/2010 10 :54 AM
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ordinance for historic property
I would like you to vote against this ordinance . Anything that comes before you that has control, penalties, o r
more restrictions to home owners in it, we do not want . What we want is less government in our lives . You
will get just like our national government, push us just too far and we will really rebel . Stop now .
Betty Buchana n
https :l/mail . slocity .org/Exchange/slocitycouncil/Inbox/ordinance%20for%20historic%20pr ... 9/21/201 0