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Delgado, Adriana
From:Lea Brooks <leabrooks332@gmail.com>
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Subject:Feb. 1 agenda, Item 6b, 600 Tank Farm Road
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Please see attached letter. Thanks.
Lea Brooks
San Luis Obispo
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Jan. 27, 2022
To: Mayor Stewart and Council Members Christianson, Marx, Pease and Shoresman
From: Lea Brooks, San Luis Obispo resident
Re: Feb. 1 agenda, Item 6b: Review of mixed-use project at 600 Tank Farm Road
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this project, the last of three major mixed-
use developments at the northwest corner of Tank Farm Road and Broad Street.
As you are all aware, there is a major gap in the east-west bicycle and pedestrian
transportation network between South Higuera and Broad streets. Tank Farm Road
along the Chevron property under county jurisdiction has a narrow, poorly maintained
shoulder and there are no sidewalks. Chevron’s Specific Plan project is on indefinite
hold, leaving any improvements to the Tank Farm Road gap in limbo.
Development is booming, including the San Luis, Avila and Righetti ranch projects, the
San Luis Obispo Public Market and business parks along South Broad Street/Highway
227. The lack of adequate infrastructure to accommodate pedestrians and people of all
abilities willing to walk and bicycle if they feel safe means most trips between South
Higuera and Broad streets will continue to be made by motor vehicle, adding to traffic
congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
I strongly support Condition 118, Transportation Manager Luke Schwartz’s unique
interim solution: The Tank Farm Road Shared-Use Path. As the staff report states, “The
project applicant shall provide planning and preliminary engineering support for a
proposed shared-use bicycle/pedestrian path along Tank Farm Road, as identified in
the City’s Active Transportation Plan, extending from the new Tank Farm/Santa Fe
Road Roundabout west to either Innovation Way or Old Windmill Lane, with detailed
path alignment and extents to be confirmed in coordination with the City Public Works
Department. Planning and design for the Tank Farm Shared-Use Path are to be
developed at a sufficient level of detail to provide for an accurate determination of
construction quantities, necessary rights-of-way acquisition, and grading to a level
sufficient to conduct a project-level environmental assessment…”
This condition will provide an interim fix to the consequences of development without
adequate infrastructure to help the City achieve its 20 percent trips-by-bike goal. I
applaud Mr. Schwartz and encourage you to approve Condition 118 in addition to the
other conditions that support and encourage active transportation, including:
-A shared-use bicycle/pedestrian path along Acacia Creek connecting bicyclists and
pedestrians from Tank Farm Road to the Damon-Garcia Sports Complex.
-HAZ-3(a), Tank Farm Road Interim Pedestrian Safety Signage, which requires the
project applicant to fund and install interim signage along Tank Farm Road west of
Santa Fe Road to highlight potential safety hazards to pedestrians along this
connection.