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Wilbanks, Megan
From:Hanh, Hannah
Sent:Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:09 AM
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:FW: Monterey Street Brewing Co. Project--The Hub--1701 Monterey Street
Good morning,
I am forwarding written correspondence received for USE-0103-2022 (1701 Monterey), scheduled for review on the May
11th Planning Commission hearing.
Thank you,
Hannah
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From: JonVoorhies <
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 11:07 AM
To: Hanh, Hannah <hhanh@slocity.org>
Subject: Monterey Street Brewing Co. Project--The Hub--1701 Monterey Street
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Dear Planning Commissioners,
In following up on the progress of this project I was startled to learn that it has received tentative approval without any
environmental review (CEQA) or light/sound studies. The reason given is that the new use is the same as the prior
occupants of the site———i.e., a car dealership and an outdoor furniture sales business. That conclusion defies logic for
numerous reasons.
The operations alone are not even remotely similar in any way. To equate them simply because they are “retail” doesn’t
make sense. Restaurants, beer, hard liquor distillery, food trucks, outdoor events/entertainment, ax throwing etc, etc—
———I've not been in an auto dealership or outdoor furniture store with any of these activities.
Customer and vehicle volume will be many, many, many times that of the prior uses. And with this comes a geometric
increase in noise (of many kinds including music, voices, car doors, accidental tripping of car alarms—this happens now
with all the surrounding hotels, etc) and light issues.
Another concern is the business structure of this project. The prior uses were single businesses only———this proposed
use is a multi-occupancy sub-tenant arrangement where the tenancy will constantly undergoing change——some will be
a success and some won’t------ thus new tenants could easily increase the concerns outlined in the previous paragraph.
My family lives in the neighborhood on San Luis Drive behind The Hub———would I enjoy some of the options offered
in The Hub———yes I would. Am I concerned about the new exposures presented here——very much so. The approval
of this type of use needs to be done with a rational approach to the possible issues it presents. Please do the
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environmental review and the light and sound studies———it is the only rational route when a new use so radically
departs from prior uses.
Thank you for your time and work on this project and on the city as a whole.
Best Regards,
Jon Voorhies
408-315-1063
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