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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Lea Brooks <
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Planning Commission Aug. 12 Agenda, Item 2
Aug. 11, 2020
To: San Luis Obispo Planning Commission Chair Dandekar and Commissioners Wulkan, Kahn,
Hopkins, Jorgensen, Quincey and Shoresman:
From: Lea Brooks, San Luis Obispo resident
Re: Review of the Froom Ranch Specific Plan Project, Item 2
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this project. I am commenting as an individual and not
as a member of the Active Transportation Committee.
Please consider the following issues seriously before taking action:
1. The Project Person Trips by Mode of Travel estimates 88.2 percent of overall trips associated with
Froom Ranch will be by passenger vehicle, 4.6 percent by bicycle, 5 percent by pedestrian and 2.2
percent by transit. No matter how you spin these numbers, the issue before you is why a project that
is 88.2 percent dependent on motor vehicles is acceptable in the year 2020 when the goal should be
to reduce dependency on automobiles and greenhouse gases. You should address why a project that
will significantly contribute to Climate Change should not be required to implement more mitigations
to reduce dependency on passenger vehicles. This is a wrong direction and other applicants will
expect the same exemptions.
2. Under existing plus project conditions, the addition of project traffic would exacerbate existing
queuing and peak hour traffic for automobiles, and poor levels of service for pedestrians and
bicycle modes of transportation, causing transportation deficiencies in the project vicinity.
Why are these significant and unavoidable environmental impacts to pedestrians and bicycle modes
of travel acceptable when San Luis Obispo’s goal is to increase active transportation and reduce
greenhouse gases?
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