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From: Mejia, Anthony
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 10:56 AM
To: Kremke, Kate
Subject: FW: City Council Public Hearing Item 1; 1327 Osos Street; June 10, 2014
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Agenda Correspondence for 06/10/14 Item PH1 JUN 0 9 2(H4
Anthony J. Mejia I City Clerk!
9)o Palm `street AGENDA
San l uis Obispo, CA 93401 CORRESPONDENCE
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From: James Lopes [mailto:jameslopes @charter.net]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 10:30 AM
To: Ashbaugh, John; Carpenter, Dan; Marx, Jan; Smith, Kathy; Mejia, Anthony
Subject: Re: City Council Public Hearing Item 1; 1327 Osos Street; June 10, 2014
Honorable Mayor and Council Members:
Save Our Downtown would like to meet with you before the Tuesday City Council meeting, particularly if you
have any questions or concerns about our written testimony.
Please reply if you are interested, so that we can discuss the parking exception issue and the over -built tract
map.
Thanks,
Jamie Lopes
James Lopes
1336 Sweet Bay Lane
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Ph. 805 - 781 -8960
On 6/5/2014 9:38 AM, James Lopes wrote:
Dear Mayor Marx and Council Members,
Re: City Council Public Hearing Item 1; 1327 Osos Street; June 10, 2014
Members of Save Our Downtown met and discussed the project at 1327 Osos Street.
We voted to make the recommendations in the attached letter with supporting reasons.
If any of you would like to meet before the hearing next Tuesday, please reply as we would be
glad to do so.
We think that this location deserves very compatible two -story buildings that are complementary
to the historic church and buildings in the Old Town Historic District. We think that the City
ordinances to reflect and fit with historic character should be respected for this purpose and not
ignored.
Save Our Downtown is agreed that the city parking standards should be followed. We believe
waiving the ordinance parking standard in this case will have a significant negative impact on the
neighborhood.
If the city's ordinances have value they should only be waived when there are compelling
reasons to do so. We do not find compelling reasons in this case. In fact there are compelling
reasons to adhere to the existing parking standards. If the project is approved as is, what else
could better demonstrate the meaningless and malleable form of these ordinances?
Thank you in advance for considering the points in the attached letter.
Sincerely,
Jamie Lopes
Chairperson
Save Our Downtown
James Lopes
1336 Sweet Bay Lane
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Ph. 805 - 781 -8960
Save Our Downtown Comments
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Save Our Downtown Comments