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Subject:Jan. 11 agenda, Item 6b: 3580/3584 Bullock Lane
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Jan. 9, 2022
To: Mayor Stewart and Council Members Christianson, Marx, Pease and Shoresman
From: Lea Brooks, San Luis Obispo resident
Re: Jan. 11 agenda, Item 6b: 3580/3584 Bullock Lane, 192-Unit, Mixed-Use Development
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this project. I enthusiastically support the Planning
Commission’s recommendation to narrow the lanes of Bullock Lane to allow a key segment of the
Railroad Safety Trail to be 12 feet wide rather than 10 feet as proposed.
As I commented to the Planning Commission, the width of the entire length of the Railroad Safety
Trail must consistently be a minimum of 12 feet plus shoulders per city standards and California State
design criteria (Chapter 1000 Streets and Highways Code). Narrow trails and trails with alternating
widths result in conflicts between different users. The City should encourage bicycling, not discourage
it with a narrow segment of trail.
I also encourage revising resolution mitigation 83g under the Transportation Division, Public Works
Department. The City Council, not the Public Works Director, should be the final authority to drop the
pathway if negotiations with Union Pacific are unproductive. Elected officials must accept
responsibility for such a drastic decision.
Completion of the Railroad Safety Trail is crucial to increasing active transportation trips by providing
an off-road, cross-town link between Tank Farm Road neighborhoods and businesses, downtown and
Cal Poly.
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