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Home My WebLink About10-21-2014 ph2 Vujovich-LaBarreAGENDA CORRESPONDENCE Mej a, Anthony nat lc 2� 14 4 #k m# Pf-f ..�t From: Mila Vujovich- LaBarre <milavu @hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 4:46 PM To: Mejia, Anthony Cc: rosemary; Andrew Christie; jud e; jameslopes @charter.net; bill wilson Subject: Concerns ALUC Overrule Attachments: City - ALUC Overrule Concerns 10.10.14.docx To: Mayor Jan Marx and San Luis Obispo City Council Members I RECEI San Luis Obispo City Planning Department From: Mila Vujovich -La Barre OCT 10 2014 Re: Airport Overrule Concerns ISLO C% Date: October 10, 2014 ""`� It is clear to me that the Land Use Circulation Element (LUCE) grant was tied to maximizing future development and not necessarily trying to build an optimal San Luis Obispo for 2035. The LUCE plan has the requested maximized development, and requires an overrule vote of the San Luis Obispo County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) to build residential and commercial development and the development driven road infrastructure. I oppose this overrule and consider it to be unwise due to safety, liability and noise. As Ron Bolyard, Aviation Planner with the Department of Transportation — Division of Aeronautics — M.S. #40, expressed in a letter to Derek Johnson of the San Luis Obispo City Planning Department on September 17, 2014 (Page 6): "According to the National Transportation Safety Board, since 1990, there have been 37 aircraft accidents at or nearby San Luis County Regional Airport, and 8 have resulted in fatalities. Protecting people and property on the ground from the potential consequences of near - airport aircraft accidents is a fundamental land use compatibility - planning objective. While the chance of an aircraft injuring someone on the ground is historically quite low, an aircraft accident is a high consequence event. To protect people and property on the ground from the risks of near airport aircraft accidents, some form of restrictions on land use are essential. The two principal methods for reducing the risk of injury and property damage on the ground are to limit the number of persons in an area and to limit the area covered by occupied structures." It seems that you are putting the City taxpayers at risk for the liability in the event of an accident that harms people or their property on the ground and in the sky. If you were all certified pilots and supported this overrule, I might feel better. To my knowledge you are not. The resulting noise that residents in the flight path will be subjected to is not "smart growth." Also, I do not want to see our local airport so restricted by the complaints from residents in the proposed new growth that the airport closes. A functional airport with multiple flights benefits residents and tourists alike. The overrule also strikes me as exceptionally poor strategy when one considers the insight of Ron Bolyard in another letter to Derek Johnson on September 19, 2014 (Page 1) that clarifies, "If the City proceeds with this overrule, the Division still views the City LUCE as inconsistent with the Airport Land Use Plan (ALUP). This means that the ALUC has the right to require the City to forward every project within the Airport Influence Area to the ALUC for review." This sentence is "supported by the State Aeronautics Act, and in particular PUC section 21676.5" The overrule is ill- conceived and an idea that should not have been endorsed by the LUCE committee members or San Luis Obispo City Council members. I encourage you to abide by the guidelines of the ALUC, respect the integrity of the Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics and to revise the residential and commercial density proposed in the LUCE- 2035 document. It is my understanding that Derek Johnson has offered to meet with other concerned citizens on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 1:OOpm. The meeting time conflicts with my teaching schedule so I will not be able to be present. Perhaps he can address some of my concerns when he meets with Jamie Lopes, Rosemary Wilvert and others at that upcoming meeting. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Mila Vujovich -La Barre 650 Skyline Drive San Luis Obispo, California 93405 Mobile: 805.441.5818 E -Mail: milavu ccbhotmail.com To: Mayor Jan Marx and San Luis Obispo City Council Members San Luis Obispo City Planning Department From: Mila Vujovich -La Barre Re: Airport Overrule Concerns Date: October 10, 2014 It is clear to me that the Land Use Circulation Element (LUCE) grant was tied to maximizing future development and not necessarily trying to build an optimal San Luis Obispo for 2035. The LUCE plan has the requested maximized development, and requires an overrule vote of the San Luis Obispo County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) to build residential and commercial development and the development driven road infrastructure. I oppose this overrule and consider it to be unwise due to safety, liability and noise. As Ron Bolyard, Aviation Planner with the Department of Transportation — Division of Aeronautics — M.S. #40, expressed in a letter to Derek Johnson of the San Luis Obispo City Planning Department on September 17, 2014 (Page 6): "According to the National Transportation Safety Board, since 1990, there have been 37 aircraft accidents at or nearby San Luis County Regional Airport, and 8 have resulted in fatalities. Protecting people and property on the ground from the potential consequences of near - airport aircraft accidents is a fundamental land use compatibility - planning objective. While the chance of an aircraft injuring someone on the ground is historically quite low, an aircraft accident is a high consequence event. To protect people and property on the ground from the risks of near airport aircraft accidents, some form of restrictions on land use are essential. The two principal methods for reducing the risk of injury and property damage on the ground are to limit the number of persons in an area and to limit the area covered by occupied structures." It seems that you are putting the City taxpayers at risk for the liability in the event of an accident that harms people or their property on the ground and in the sky. If you were all certified pilots and supported this overrule, I might feel better. To my knowledge you are not. The resulting noise that residents in the flight path will be subjected to is not "smart growth." Also, I do not want to see our local airport so restricted by the complaints from residents in the proposed new growth that the airport closes. A functional airport with multiple flights benefits residents and tourists alike. The overrule also strikes me as exceptionally poor strategy when one considers the insight of Ron Bolyard in another letter to Derek Johnson on September 19, 2014 (Page 1) that clarifies, "If the City proceeds with this overrule, the Division still views the City LUCE as inconsistent with the Airport Land Use Plan (ALUP). This means that the ALUC has the right to require the City to forward every project within the Airport Influence Area to the ALUC for review." This sentence is "supported by the State Aeronautics Act, and in particular PUC section 21676.5" The overrule is ill- conceived and an idea that should not have been endorsed by the LUCE committee members or San Luis Obispo City Council members. I encourage you to abide by the guidelines of the ALUC, respect the integrity of the Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics and to revise the residential and commercial density proposed in the LUCE- 2035 document. It is my understanding that Derek Johnson has offered to meet with other concerned citizens on Monday, October 13, 2014 at 1:OOpm. The meeting time conflicts with my teaching schedule so I will not be able to be present. Perhaps he can address some of my concerns when he meets with Jamie Lopes, Rosemary Wilvert and others at that upcoming meeting. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Mila Vujovich -La Barre 650 Skyline Drive San Luis Obispo, California 93405 Mobile: 805.441.5818 E -Mail: milavu @hotmail.com