HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/9/2021 Item 4a, Czech
Delgado, Adriana
Genevieve Czech <agczech@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, November
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Item 4a- Night use of Cerro San Luis
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Honorable Mayor Stewart and Council Members:
Please vote No on extending the hours of hiking/biking on the Cerro San Luis. Since October 19th, You have had ample
time to reflect on the issues raised by concerned residents. Further, you have consulted the Northern Chumash, and
received correspondence from one of their members making their preferences clearly stated to protect the flora and
fauna at night. You have had time to read the Correspondence which represents efforts to point out scientific and varied
studies that confirm the real disturbance to wildlife from nighttime and even anytime intrusion of human activity. You
have received painstaking analysis with data and graphic demonstration of a corrected projection of the existing
conditions of use.
Some of the questions raised already on October 19th have not been answered, e.g. the source and basis of the
numbers quoted as historic illegal activity, and will some of the misrepresentations cited by the City Staff be corrected
tonight? You heard a passionate and detailed plea to protect the open spaces by former Mayor Marx, your own Council
Member, including financial objections.
If the City and Chamber of Commerce are pressing you to encourage more tourism with this proposal, it is misguided
and violates the core values of the City´s pledge to protect the open spaces. If a few individuals press you that nighttime
use enables them to remain fit after a long day of work, they can be advised to go a Gym, walk the neighborhood, or
take time in the morning for their keep fit exercise.
The Chumash who keep fit, kept fit without disturbing the wildlife.
So have many SLO residents and members of the human population throughout the world managed their fitness
routine without making wildlife pay the price. You will have noted the report by Mr. Cooper that appeared in the Journal
¨Science¨, and again in studies cited by Mr. Schmidt and others. These contradict the assertions in the Rincon report
which is not a substitute for a quality environmental report.
Your city residents who supported the tradition of open spaces and funded them are speaking out, and it is imperative
that you answer their concerns and questions before voting, and honor their preferences and the ideals of an
environmentally sensitive city.
Respectfully, Genevieve Czech, 612 Stanford Drive
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