HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/7/2021 Item 7b, Amaral
Delgado, Adriana
From:Eileen Amaral <eileen.amaral@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Westmont project, item 7b
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City council members,
My name is Eileen Amaral and I am a resident and a homeowner on Stanford Drive. I am writing regarding my concerns
for the safety issues of Stanford Drive residents if the development gets approved. I expressed my concerns at the
planning commission meeting, and would like to express them once again.
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 would allow for the cheapest and easiest access to those new homes, we would
strongly ask you to consider Jeffrey Drive (via West Westmont Drive) as the safer alternative. 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, there are far fewer houses and cars on Jeffrey 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 and City Council, 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.
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Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Joe and Eileen Amaral
Sent from Eileen's iPad
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