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May 26, 2021
From: Joe and Eileen Amaral, 587 Stanford Drive homeowners
Subject: Westmont Project, Item 2
Members of the Planning Commission,
The subject for discussion tonight lies at its core a changing San Luis Obispo. That change is
inevitable, and the popularity of Cal Poly and Cuesta College ensure a continuous influx of
students to attend those institutions. The homes on Stanford Drive and Cuesta Drive command
$800,000+ price tags. They are single family homes,but more than 50% are occupied by
renters.
Anyone of us homeowners knows that these rentals are often occupied with 5+ tennants to a
home - we know this simply because we compete with them for parking. Stanford Drive and
Cuesta Drive have high demands for parking spots.The fact that the Planning Commission
would use a single family residence as a model, with a 2 car assumption is a flawed study. With
the proximity to Cal Poly and Cuesta College, coupled with the homeowner to student rental
ratio, we can only presume that this new development will be purchased for student housing
and likely have 5 cars. Additionally, if an ADU is built on the property we can assume there
would be 2 additional cars for a total of 7. This isn’t rocket science. The actuary numbers used
to determine the impact of a “single family home”are not germane to this proposed
development. The use of a 2 vehicle/house figure opposed to 5 is an error of 40%. This
development needs to be looked at from a real perspective for that location and adjusted
accordingly. The traffic impact on Stanford and Cuesta Drives, the noise impact of a large
predominantly college student housing development,will impact that entire neighborhood.
While Stanford Drive and Cuesta Drive would allow for the cheapest and easiest access to
those new homes, we would like you to consider Jeffrey Drive and Westmont Drive as possible
alternatives. Jeffrey Drive is 40’ wide, compared to Stanford Drive that is 37’ - a much safer and
viable solution for the amount of traffic that is going to occur. Additionally, Westmont Drive
towards Highway 101 is already in place, and additional traffic would affect far fewer homes
than the 60+ homes on Stanford and Cuesta Drive.
While it’s true city staff can’t control who will buy those houses, it’s also true that they CAN plan
for who they know will buy them and that they will likely be student housing. If keeping a
neighborhood is desirable and important to the Planning Commission, we urge you to send this
back to city staff for a real world look at what is most likely to happen in that neighborhood.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Joe and Eileen Amaral