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Christian, Kevin
Subject:Public Records Act Request: The Anholm Bikeway
From: tkgurnee@gmail.com <tkgurnee@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2021 3:30:44 PM
To: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>
Cc: 'Meri Kay Gurnee' <merikayg@gmail.com>; 'Richard Schmidt' <slobuild@yahoo.com>; 'cc mc lean'
<ccmslo@att.net>; Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org>
Subject: Public Records Act Request: The Anholm Bikeway
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Dear Teresa, as a city resident who has lived at 108 Broad Street since 1972, we are very concerned about the wholly
unnecessary Anholm Bikeway on Broad and Chorro streets that will forever change the livability of our neighborhood. If
installed, it will choke off over 70 spaces of on-street parking, creating even more pressure and competition for fewer
on-street parking spaces. My house has neither off-street parking or a garage. I think it was back in 1981 when we
applied for a variance to build my remodeled home. The reason for the variance was a hardship with my property in that
old Garden Creek consumes more than half of my lot. While we originally had a plan for a one car garage on my property
, the city Planning Department argued against it. Instead we put our kitchen where the garage was supposed to go. We
then obtained the approval of a variance to build my house with no off street parking by the city's Board of Adjustments.
My wife is permanently disabled and if she can't find a parking space in front of our house, we will have to ask the city
for an on-street handicap parking space in front of our house exclusively for my wife. Meanwhile we will continue with
our opposition to the unnecessary and dangerous Anholm bikeway. We are interested in researching the history of the
Anholm Tract, and for that reason we are submitting this Public Records Act request to the city of San Luis Obispo for
the following records:
1. The city’s minutes and conditions of approval for the original construction of the Anholm Tract
subdivision.
2. The city's street design standards in effect at the time of the approval of the Anholm Tract subdivision.
3. The on-street parking requirements originally associated with the approval of the Anholm Tract
subdivision.
4. A copy of any CCRs associated with the approval of the Anholm Tract.
5. The minutes of the city Board of Adjustment’s meetings on my variance application at 108 Broad Street.
6. The action taken by the Board of Adjustments to approve our variance to build our home in any
conditions associated with the issuance of that variance.
7. Any city staff reports involving my variance application by city planner Dan Smith.
Clearly, the city had to require on-street parking as a condition of the design and construction of the Anholm Tract
subdivision. We decided to buy our home with the understanding that our neighborhood would have on-street parking.
Now, with the city prepared to take away on-street parking along Broad and Chorro streets, we are victims of a city bait
and switch will likely affect the value of our property. We will be seeking legal recourse if that happens.
My wife and I look forward to the city's timely response to our Public Records Act request.
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