HomeMy WebLinkAboutArguments for/against Measure H-10Argument In Favor Of Measure H-10
Measure H gives voters a rare opportunity to preserve 4 acres of land for recreation and
safeguard the open, natural connection between the South Hills Open Space and the
popular Damon-Garcia Sporls Fields.
By voting YES on Measure H you will help improve our city by securing the following
benefits:
1 . Stop the construction of a busy, elevated, fbur-lane truck-route highway and a large,
new concrete bridge within the Damon-Garcia Sports Fields site.
2. Protect those who use the sports complex from the added noise and air pollution
created by 14,000 new daily vehicle trips next to the sports fields and trail areas in the
South Hills Open Space.
3. Preserve irnportant local environmental features, including Acacia Creek, serpentine
rock outcroppings, and significant archaeological sites.
4. Allow the City to develop altemative routes for extending Prado Road and moving
east-west traffic more efficiently, without adding more traffic signals on Broad Street that
would slow traffic.
5. Promote enhanced bicycle / pedestrian facilities and bus rapid transit to increase traffic
efficiency and other fbrward-thinking traffic measures that save fuel and reduce
greenhouse emissions.
The City Council approved the Prado Road "Northem Alignment" on a narrow 3-2 vote
without the detailed Environmental Impact Report GfR) which the Planning Commission
had recommended. The "Northern Alignment" runs through the northem part of the
Sports Fields site, very close to existing sports 1'relds. Measure H amends the General
Plan to eliminate the "Northern Alignment" segment and also prohibits roads in the
adjacent South Hills Open Space area.
This is your chance to add more recreation area to our city, protect citizens' health,
provide for our children's safety, and find better traffic solutions. Your vote will preserve
the quality of life that citizens of San Luis Obispo value most.
YES on Measure H
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ARGUMENT FOR MEASURE H-10
All arguments concerning measures filed pursuant to Division 9, Chapter 3 (beginning with Section 9200)
of the Elections Code shall be accompanied by the following form statement to be signed by each
proponent, and by each author, if different, of the argument.
The undersigned proponent's of the primary argument for Measure H-l0 at the General Municipal
Election to be held on Novemb er 2,2010, hereby state that the argument is true and correct to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
All author's must print and sign this form (EC 9600) AND Print his/her name and sign the
Argument itself (EC 9283) AND Print his/her name and sign the Rebuttal Argument itself (EC
928s).
Further, pursuant to Election Code Section9282. printed arguments submitted to the voters shall
be titled either "Argument In Favor Of Measure H-10" or o'Argument Against Measure H-10".
Likewise, printed rebuttal arguments submitted pursuant to Election Code Section 9285 shall be
titled either "Rebuttal to Argument In Favor Of Measure H-l0" or "Rebuttal To Argument
Against Measure H-l0."
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ARGUMENT AGAINST MEASURE H.lO
The San Luis Obispo City Council unanimously urges you to vote NO on Measure H, the
proposal to dead-end the extension of Prado Road to Broad Street.
Measure H's advocates have recklessly used misleading arguments to make their case, even
alleging that Prado Road will cut through the Damon-Garcia playing fields. That's utterly false.
Here's the truth: The Prado Road extension and bicycle paths will be safely fenced, elevated,
landscaped, and routed well clear of the playing fields. When Prado is extended it will remain as
far - or farther - from the fields as Broad Street is now.
In all ways, Measure H is a DEAD-END.
Measure H would slow police, fire, and ambulance response; cause more traffic congestion, air
pollution, and neighborhood safety hazards; and delay efforts to create more middle-class
housing.
The Measure H dead-end will worsen traffic congestion on Tank Farm Road, Broad Street, South
Street, South Higuera, LOVR and elsewhere, as drivers search for ways to cross town without the
needed extension.
If approved, Measure H will replace l0 years of careful planning (and $1 million in traffic studies
and environmental reports) with a ballot-box measure that requires no environmental review or
traffic studies.
Measure H totally disregards decisions made by six different City Councils. It ignores countless
citizens who provided advice every step of the way. It dismisses the work of the Planning
Commission, Parks and Recreation Commission, Cultural Heritage Committee, Architectural
Review Commission, Bicycle Committee, and Mass Transit Committee.
Our most important quality-of-life plans for San Luis Obispo depend on an improved Prado Road
- plans for more affordable housing, better jobs for families, new bicycle and pedestrian paths,
bus routes, more park land, open space, and playing fields.
Measure H will kill these plans.
Vote NO on Measure H.
It's a DEAD-END
Settle, Council MemberDave Romero, Mayor
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ARGUMENT AGAINST MEASURE H.1O
All arguments concerning measures filed pursuant to Division 9, Chapter 3 (beginning with Section 9200)
of the Elections Code shall be accompanied by the following form statement to be signed by each
proponent, and by each author, if different, of the argument.
The undersigned author's of the primary argument against Measure H-10 at the General Municipal
Election to be held on November 2,2010, hereby state that the argument is true and correct to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
All author's must print and sign this form (EC 9600) AND Print hisftrer name and sign the
Argument itself (EC 9283) AND Print hisftrer name and sign the Rebuttal Argument itself (EC
928s).
Further, pursuant to Election Code Section9282. printed arguments submitted to the voters shall
be titled either "Argument [n Favor Of Measure H-10" or ooArgument Against Measure H-10".
Likewise, printed rebuttal arguments submitted pursuant to Election Code Section 9285 shall be
titled either "Rsbuttal to Argument In Favor Of Measure H-10" or "Rebuttal To Argument
Against Measure H-10."
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We who oppose Measure H are parents and grandparents, teachers and nurses,
professionals and citizens of all stripes who have one cofllmon objective: To preserve and
enhance SLO's quahty of life.
Measure H would derail carefully constructed plans to improve our town. We urge you to
vote NO on the Prado Road DEAD-END Measure.
Proponents allege that Measure H would enhance safety and preserve open space. Not
true.
If approved, Measure H would force SLO to "preserve" 3.5 acres of land always meant
for a road, and we would LOSE:
500+ acres for neighborhood parks, open space and playing fields in the
Margarita, Orcutt, and Airport areas (all to be stopped by Measure H)
Class 1 bike paths
Middle-class housing
Improved police and fire response times
Improved bus service
Over l0 years of extensive planning
And millions in taxpayer money
Measure H does NOT provide "better traffic solutions." It dead ends Prado without
offering ANY alternate east-west connection. Other alternatives have been rejected
because of their negative impacts.
Measure H proponents ignore the traffic and safety hazards neighbors will suffer because
of a permanent dead-end on Prado - for example, in the Edna-Islay, Tank Farm, South
Street, Los Verdes and Las Praderas neighborhoods.
And Measure H would kill open-space and recreational improvements.
We are a community and we must plan and make decisions that are good for all of us.
Together, we must Vote NO on Measure H. It's a DEAD-END.
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Rebuttal to the Argument Against Measure H
Opponents are fanning the flames of fear with false and radical rhetoric.
The DEAD-END is the city's current plan. After cutting across the sports field property,
Prado Road would dead-end at Broad Street. All four lanes of traffic would tum onto
Broad at a new traffic signal, causing congestion and disrupting cross-town traffic.
The city spends millions of dollars for recreation and open space. When the city spent
taxpayer money for the Damon-Garcia property for sports fields, the highway through the
property was NOT approved.
Proposals for future traffrc include a four-lane, realigned Santa Fe Road from Prado to
Buckley, then Buckley to the freeway. Tank Farm Road will become four lanes.
These road changes will be phased with future development.
1n2002, Dave Romero called the connection of Prado Road to Tank Farm Road the best
alternative for cross-town Prado traffic. It would eliminate conflicts with the sports fields
and decrease the amount of environmental damage. We think he was correct.
None of the plans for new housing and businesses will be hindered by eliminating the
short portion of Prado Road through the sports field site. Nor is the scary story of
slowing public safety response true.
Vote for smart growth and well designed circulation for the long-term future of the
southern end of San Luis Obispo.
Vote to make one small, very positive change.
Vote "YES" on Measure H.
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