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Lacey Minnick <laceminnick@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, May 4,
To:E-mail Council Website; CityClerk
Cc:Jake Minnick
Subject:Letter in Support of Agenda Item #7.b - City Council Meeting on May 5, 2026
Attachments:2026 05 04 - Letter to City Council - Agenda Item 7.b.pdf
Dear Mayor, City Council, and Clerk,
This email relates to the City Council Meeting on May 5, 2026, and transmits our letter of support for Agenda
Item #7.b.
Sincerely,
Lacey & Jake Minnick
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May 4, 2026
Mayor and City Council Members
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
My name is Lacey and my husband’s name is Jake, and we are writing to express our support for
Agenda Item #7.b, which involves ongoing implementation of the City’s Pavement Management
Plan through the proposed “2026 Roadway Sealing Project” (the “Project”).
More specifically, we write in support of City staff’s recommendation to construct one new speed
cushion on Sydney between Johnson and Augusta as part of the improvements proposed in
“Pavement Area 2,” consistent with the Neighborhood Traffic Management application that was
submitted on November 6, 2022, in anticipation that it could potentially be addressed through this
very project.
Sydney currently appears to be one the fastest routes for motorists to reach the neighborhood or
Sinsheimer Elementary School because there are existing traffic calming measures on all of the
other major streets, including:
● Speed Tables along Augusta from Bishop to Laurel
● Centerline Striping on Bishop
● Valley Gutter at the Intersection of Bishop and Sierra
● Speed Tables on Ella from Sierra to Jennifer
Furthermore, the Project proposes the installation of additional speed cushions on Augusta
between Sinsheimer Elementary School and Laurel, consistent with a separate Neighborhood
Traffic Management application.
We wholeheartedly support this recommendation; but would like to emphasize that, without the
implementation of any traffic calming measures on Sydney (speed cushions or centerline striping),
it is reasonable to assume that the faster traffic will be concentrated on Sydney because it will
continue to be the expeditious route (no centerline striping or calming measures).
At the same time, Sydney Street is frequently used by pedestrians and bicyclists who are headed
to Sinsheimer Elementary School, Sinsheimer Park, and the Railroad Safety Trail, among other
places. Reducing speeding on this street is essential for maintaining everyone’s safety.
Lastly, from a capital/maintenance project perspective, it is both efficient and fiscally responsible to
construct this speed cushion as part of this project because contractors will already be mobilized
on immediately adjacent streets performing the exact same work - installing speed cushions.
Finally, we would like to express our appreciation for City staff’s consideration of incorporation of
minor safety enhancements proposed through Neighborhood Traffic Management applications to
existing capital/maintenance projects, where the scope of work is complimentary, and urge the City
Council to approve their recommendation.
Sincerely,
Lacey and Jake Minnick