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Mark and Liz Jongeward <
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Subject:SLO Downtown parking changes
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Hi all,
My dad built his home in Shell Beach in 1960. Since then we have always enjoyed the downtown area, until now. I
inherited the home 5 years ago and retired here. I continued to enjoy the shopping and restaurants in SLO downtown
until the council decided to change the parking. Now we don't go! It's that simple. It's too expensive and cumbersome
to park so we just don't go. We would ride our ebikes, but, there is no safe way to get there and, for shopping, bikes
just aren't practical. So, reduce the rates and give residents 2 hours free parking anywhere in downtown, or, let
the businesses suffer and close. The choice is yours. Until you make these changes my family, friends, visitors and I will
not go downtown.
Sincerely,
Mark Jongeward
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