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This is a follow up to the red file sent by Roy Parsons .MEETING AGEND A
The bottom letter is my response to his red file letter .
The top letter is his response to my response .DATE /O D ITEM #Pit 1
Hope this helps clarify his concerns .
Thanks ,
Dan
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Dan : Thanks for your letter, which clarifies some of the misinformation I apparently had . I have
known from the start that the Council had given direction on this matter, and I have sent severa l
Emails to all the council members about my position on this matter, so I was not only picking o n
the History Center and you for where we are on this damn ordinance . I have long thought Joh n
Mandeville was a force to be reconed with, and I think he is probably more to blame on this thin g
than any staff person . I think we are losing too many of our freedoms, and the City of S .L .O . i s
too aggressive on imposing more stupid restrictions, many of which are not lawfully enforcable ,
and I think this is one of them . No city should be creating ordinances which are lawfull y
unenforceable . My position on this matter remains as it was, and I hope you have the foresigh t
to come forward and convince others that creating fines is the wrong approach to making happ y
historical property owners . If the Council passes this thing with fines attached, I think man y
historical building owners will be demanding that the City remove their structures from an y
historical designation list .
That, to me, would seem counterproductive to the goals of the City to encourage good historica l
building maintenance . Thanks again for your letter . Roy
This is the letter I sent Roy Parsons after receiving the red file each of you received :
Sept 29,201 0
Dear Roy ,
I received and passed on your letter today to both the Executive Director and President of th e
Board of Directors . I understand your decision to resign as a life member . The fact that th e
Board does not take a position on issues is a Board matter . I am a staff member and do not ge t
involved in those kinds of decisions .
In regards to my participation, I wanted to clarify a few things . My position as Chairman of th e
CHC is to guide the Committee to a decision based on two things ;
The Historic Preservation Guidelines adopted by Council in 1983, and to conduct public hearing s
to take input . We did provide 8 public hearings and took dozens of comments and incorporate d
those into the draft ordinance and guidelines . Our direction to come up with the ordinance wa s
from Council directly through the goal setting process .RECEIVE D
SEP 30 201 0
SLO CITY CLER K
If you had the opportunity to watch the Council meeting, you would know that I did NOT speak o r
give a blessing as you suggest . It was our Vice Chair from the Committee that gave a n
overview. I intentionally did not because of my position with the History Center and in th e
community. The good news is that the additional input from the community was listened to an d
sent back to staff for adjustment . It will come back to Council on Oct 19th for alteration o r
adoption . This is why we have public hearings . Had these concerns come up during the 8
hearings of the CHC, we would have addressed them at that time . I have no agenda i n
encouraging this ordinance one way or the other . In fact, I live in a Master List Historic Hom e
here in the City . This ordinance has potential impact on me also . If it was my personal agenda,I
might have moved this in a different direction . As volunteers on advisory committees, we giv e
many hours a year to the City and only make recommendations to Council . We do not mak e
decisions . We take input and advise Council, period .
I hope you understand my position and please feel free to contact me anytime Roy . Thank yo u
for calling and I appreciate your desire to get involved .
Sincerely ,
Dan Carpente r
2030 Johnson Ave .
San Luis Obispo, CA 9340 1
805-704-856 7
dancarp54@charter .net