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Delgado, Adriana
From:Gary Havas <gphavas6953@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January
To:Bike SLO County
Cc:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Fwd: Jan. 11 agenda, Item 6b: 3580/3584 Bullock Lane
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FYI, and I believe this is a good idea.
SLO City Council: emailcouncil@slocity.org
Cheers!
Gary Havas
Board President, Bike SLO County
805-458-0755
president@bikeslocounty.org
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From: Lea Brooks <leabrooks332@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Jan. 11 agenda, Item 6b: 3580/3584 Bullock Lane
Date: January 10, 2022 at 9:54:57 AM PST
To: Gary Havas <gphavas6953@gmail.com>, Rick Ellison <rick@bikeslocounty.org>, Garrett
Otto <garrettotto@gmail.com>, "Jamie/Jim Woolf" <slowoolf@gmail.com>, Helene Finger
<helenefinger@gmail.com>
FYI. I received a note back from Mayor Stewart that she likes the idea of giving responsibility to the City
Council rather than the Public Works Director to determine if the project is unfeasible if Union Pacific
refuses to negotiate after two years. I am hopeful that UP will cooperate, even if it's at the last minute
per previous actions.
Lea
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From: Lea Brooks <leabrooks332@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 9, 2022 at 8:18 PM
Subject: Jan. 11 agenda, Item 6b: 3580/3584 Bullock Lane
To: SLO City Council <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
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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