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Home My WebLink About11-19-2013 ac ross ph1Notl I I eors REfi t) SL t-ËF?'KrJTT'Y Goodwin, Heather From Sent: To: Mejia, Anthony Tuesday, November 19,20L3 2:24 PM Goodwin, Heather Subject:FW: Comments Regarding Proposed Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Anthony J. Mejia I City Clerk {.:¡t._! ()f s¡n lri¡s ùiitsl'}ö ggo Patrn Street San I uiE (}bis¡:c, CA 93r*or t el | ôo5.7tr.7:.o;r AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE oate \\-lUj Jrgftem# ìÐ-J- From: Christianson, Carlyn Sent: Tuesday, November 79,20L3 1:36 PM To: Harriet Ross Cc: Mejia, Anthony Subject: RE: Comments Regarding Proposed Mobile Food Vendor Ordinance Hi Mr. And Mrs. Ross, Thank you for again taking the time and effort to communicate with the Council on this issue, I've cc'd the City Clerk in my response so he can make sure your comments are on the public record. Thanks again, Carlyn Carlyn Christianson Member, San Luis Obispo City Council 990 Palm Street, SLO 93408 cchristi@slociW.org 805-550-9320 cell 805-752-1021 home (for city calls) From: Harriet Ross [slospot@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, November L9,20L3 1:26 PM To: Max, Jan; Smith, Kathy; Christianson, Carlyn; Carpenter, Dan; Ashbaugh, John Subject: Comments Regarding Proposed Mobile Food Vendor Ordlnance Dear Mayor Max and City Council Members: For over two years now (see letter below to Councilman Ashbaugh) we have been dealing with an issue that involves an ice cream truck vendor that comes to our Laguna Shores neighborhood twice a week - every Wednesday and Friday that school is in session, The truck arrives in front of our house and parks at about 2:15 pm so that the vendor can get a parking space close to Laguna Middle School. The truck usually remains parked there until 3:15 or 3:30, or until the students stop coming to buy ice cream. 1 We have only one way in and one way out of our neighborhood. School traffic on Laguna Lane is awful before school but it is simply horrendous after school! ln the mornings before school the timing of the cars coming into our neighborhood is staggered somewhat. Parents are permitted to drive through the parking lot to let their children out of their cars. However, after school it is quite another story. Parents must park on the surrounding streets and the children have to walk to the cars to be picked up. The mass exodus happens all at one time and the car and pedestrian traffic is really ovenruhelming. Please carefully consider all of this as you address the mobile food vendor ordinance at your meeting tonight. The hours mobile food vendors will be allowed in residential neighborhoods, especially neighborhoods where there are schools, is of utmost concern. Thank you. Harriet and Richard Ross September 28,2012 Dear Councilman Ashbaugh We are writing this email at your suggestion and as a follow-up to previous conversations we have had with you. To refresh your memory, we live at 1296 Laguna Lane; our home is adjacent to Laguna Middle School (LMS). At least twice a week (currently on Wednesdays and Fridays) an ice cream truck parks in front of the unit next door to us at 1292 Laguna Lane. The name of the business is Surfer Dan the lce Cream Man and it is operated by Cindy Tucker. We seek your assistance to help us resolve an ongoing problem that has become an intolerable situation. We have lived here for over 25 years. Living next door to LMS is a very positive experience, except for the traffic situation on Laguna Lane when students are being dropped off for or picked up from school. There has always been an issue of a few students walking across or assembling on our lawn now and then. However, since the ice cream truck started operating in our neighborhood this has increased significantly to the point where we have 40-60 students trespassing on our property as they use our lawn as a pathway to get to the truck to buy ice cream whenever it is here. The issue is that students are trespassing on and littering our property. We are detrimentally being affected by the operation of Ms. Tucker's ice cream business, We have tried asking students to please use the sidewalk and as a result have often been verbally abused or mocked. Last school year we started calling LMS for assistance. Several times an administrator came out and helped monitor the situation; but that only worked for that particular day. We have asked the school to allow the truck to park on their property but were told they don't want it there. We have asked the police department for their help. We are now at the point of not knowing what else to do. We have been told that school officials are responsible for students going to and from school. We feel the school has transferred their responsibility to us and have created a problem for us. Why has this become our problem? Why can't Ms. Tucker be allowed to park her truck on school property and conduct her business there? Another possible solution would be for Ms. Tucker to find an alternative location in the neighborhood. Perhaps she could relocate to the City Park nearby in our development on Vista Del Lago. lt is only about 100 yards away, lf she moved there she would not be operating in front of a residence. 2 Please help us finally address and resolve this situation. Ms. Tucker should not be allowed to continue to operate in the current location. Her business license and permit to operate should not be at the expense of creating a problem others. Thank you in advance for your time Sincerely, Richard and Harriet Ross 1296 Laguna Lane, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 (805) 541-0256 cc: Principal Diane Frost, Laguna Middle School 3