HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/27/2020 Item Public Comment, Cooper / Brodie
Wilbanks, Megan
From:Allan Cooper <
To:Oetzell, Walter; Advisory Bodies
Cc:James Papp
Subject:Items Not On Agenda
Dear Walter,
I am forwarding you via this email a statement
composed by David Brodie. This statement falls
under the category of "items not on the agenda".
Hopefully this will get to the Cultural Heritage
Committee before their meeting today. And please
place this item in the City's correspondence file.
Thanks!
- Allan
To the Cultural Heritage Committee:
We cannot and should not fly blind. We are at present experiencing a
convergence of three unusual catastrophic events. These include a pandemic
which is having an enormous impact on the planet, climate change which is
affecting every country in the world and a complete reordering of our financial
and economic systems. Each of these in combination are even more
negatively impactful. Added to these problems is the fact that there are so
many unknowns related to these events. Yet we are embarking on making
decisions without either an awareness or understanding of these unknowns.
For instance:
1. Solutions to the pandemic could require reexamining movement
patterns and systems, social patterns in housing of all densities, access
to special services, access to families, access to microclimates and
healthcare.
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2. Climate concerns include our use of energy, the increase in our
atmosphere of carbon dioxide and methane and access to nature.
3. Economic concerns impact crime and security as they relate to the city
and different segments of society, the survival of jobs, the availability of
essential services and access to education requiring more skills and
new skills.
Keeping in mind all of the above, it surely is inappropriate for cites to be
approving new projects or making changes to existing projects. We must have
more information before we make these decisions. Making wrong decisions
under these circumstances could be very costly. As time passes, history will
better define our role in this decision-making process and will further underline
the urgency of this situation. Our past is inextricably connected to the future.
Therefore I strongly recommend an indefinite moratorium on all approvals for
changes made to existing developments and new development.
Sincerely,
David Brodie, San Luis Obispo
April 27, 2020
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