HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/15/2020 Item 9, Whitesides
Wilbanks, Megan
From:Jacqueline Whitesides <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Froom Ranch Public Hearing 09-15-20
San Luis Obispo City Council,
I am writing to all of you today as a long-term City of San Luis Obispo
resident because I have serious concerns about the continuing and constant
building here in our beautiful City.
Once again a developer is trying to build and it appears to me the City of
SLO is not doing their due diligence in mitigating all the problems that
will arise from this development of Froom Ranch. Two recent developments
come to mind:
Rigetti Development off of Tank Farm road and the other housing being built
on Orcutt Road. We were told that we residents would have a hiking trail.
That has not occurred. Also, when this developer built the "round about"
which supposedly helps with traffic, they took 6 to 9 months at least and
caused huge traffic back-ups every day! Where was the City then? Why did
they allow this to happen? There are so many cars now on Tank Farm and
Orcutt Roads. Where were the traffic mitigation plans for those
developments?
Avila Ranch Development off Buckley Road. Another huge development and my
understanding is the "Buckley Road Extension" isn't even being required of
the Developer until the 2nd phase is built ?! The area by Los Osos
Valley Road and South Higuera is completely impacted by traffic NOW!
Froom Ranch is going to make getting around the City of SLO even worse. The
complicated Froom Ranch EIR seemed to me that the plan is for YET AGAIN a
future road, PRADO ROAD OVERPASS, to mitigate the traffic problems. Traffic backs up now onto 101.
Is it not time to FIRST have these roads built and THEN allow development?
And may I add solutions of bike riding and public transportation is not going to mitigate these problems.
I respectfully ask that you on the SLO City Council be realistic and stop approving projects UNTIL the new
roads are completed.
THANKS,
Jacqueline Whitesides
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