HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/9/2021 Item 4a, Boatright
Delgado, Adriana
From:Daphne Boatright <daingar@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Tuesday, November
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Item 4 a-Open space ordinance
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San Luis Obispo Mayor and City Council members,
Why do you want to entertain this change in policy?
How is this helpful to our environment, city and neighborhoods?
Please think carefully about what you are considering .
Please do not move support this issue.
THIS IS NOT A CITY PARK. IT IS A NATURAL RESERVE.
THE WILDLIFE ON CERRO SAN LUIS ARE LANDLOCKED due to our small fragmented Morros. THE
Wildlife CANNOT MERELY RELOCATE TO ANOTHER AREA.
THE CITY’S EXISTING HOURS OF USE FOR MOUNTAIN BIKING AND HIKING IN OUR NATURAL
RESERVES GIVES WILDLIFE SOME TIME WITHOUT HUMAN INTERFERENCE which is necessary for their
survival, foraging, procreating & safety. Even on the shortest day of the year the users have 11 hours of daylight
to mountain bike & hike.
NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKING AND HIKING IN NATURAL RESERVES CREATES DISTURBANCES TO SENSITIVE
NOCTURNAL AND OTHER WILDLIFE DURING WINTER WHEN SURVIVAL IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR
WILDLIFE.
INCREDIBLY BRIGHT LED LIGHTS ARE USED FOR NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKING WHICH
ADVERSELY AFFECTS WILDLIFE.
It has long been City policy that the USE OF NATURAL RESERVES DURING HOURS OF DARKNESS SHOULD
ALSO BE DISCOURAGED DUE TO ISSUES WITH VANDALISM, SAFETY AND POTENTIAL FOR FIRES. THIS WILL
DIRECTLY IMPACT ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
INCREASED NIGHT RESCUES BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL CREATES
INCREASED RISK TO THEM AND INCREASED COST/ LIABILITY FOR THE CITY.
MOST NIGHT BIKERS AND HIKERS DO NOT ACCESS CERRO SAN LUIS AT THE FERNANDEZ TRAILHEAD. THE
MOUNTAIN HAS MANY ACCESS POINTS WHICH THEY FREELY USE UNPERMITTED BY GOING THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS. THE PERMITS ISSUED ARE MERELY A FRACTION OF the actual USERS.
Sincerely,
Daphne Boatright
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