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Mejia, Anthony
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 2:40 PM
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Goodwin, Heather
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10/21/14 PH2
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC I City Clerk
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FW: Council Meeting October 21, PH 2, Final Action LUCE
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From: Michael Sullivan [mailto:mcsgday @yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 1:51 PM
To: Michael Sullivan; Eugene H. Jud; Ashbaugh, John; Carpenter, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Codron, Michael; Dietrick,
Christine; Lichtig, Katie; Marx, Jan; Smith, Kathy; Mejia, Anthony
Cc: mcsgday @yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Council Meeting October 21, PH 2, Final Action LUCE
21 Oct 2014
To: City of San Luis Obispo
From: Michael C. Sullivan
RE: Comments of Eugene Jud regarding LUCE - Council hearing of 21 Oct 2014
Attached is a copy of the letter e- mailed from Eugene Jud to City of San Luis Obispo on 20 Oct 2014
with his comments about deficiencies in particular parts of the Land Use and Conservation Element
(LUCE) of the General Plan. I (Michael Sullivan) have additional comments which I shall forward today
(21 Oct 2014). I am presently in Ventura and unfortunately I will not be able to attend tonight's Council
hearing.
Michael C. Sullivan
1127 Seaward Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Tel 805 441 -6981 (cell)
Email: mcsgdaygyahoo.com
On Monday, October 20, 2014 7:04 PM, Eugene H. Jud <ejud(c-)cal Poly. edu> wrote:
Dear Mayor and Council members,
In addition to the three attached plans please receive our comments as follows:
1. Re point 1 of Planning Commission
We suggest you should not overrule, as Mr. Bert Forbes wrote in his letter of October 20. I was a
consultant to Zurich International Airport (Switzerland) for 20 years, and I know what buildings too
close to the airport mean: less safety, complaints, less planning flexibility (Plan 1).
2. Re point 2
Re point 2a). Based on the very helpful "Compendium of Changes" we look forward to the special
study for Caltrans along Hwy 101 from and including LOVR and Madonna Interchanges and wider
surrounding area including Prado Road East, as well as Tank Farm and Buckley Road (Plan 2). We
need a multidisciplinary analysis (open space, hydrology, safety esp. for children etc.),and smart urban
building proposal, which may well last some years.
It is beyond our understanding how we can take a "final action" for LUCE (esp. road concept), when
the most important element ( Prado Road /Hwy 101 area) is undefined and highly questioned by Caltrans
and others. This is not easy to comprehend for the average citizen and may even be illegal. I brought
this up earlier in an email to Mayor Marx, but never got an answer. It is like certifying an EIR before
the project is finished: Such actions reduce the dignity of Government.
Re point 2b). LUCE (especially CE road building) has no "internal consistency" at all with the Open
Space Element, as anybody can see, who can read a map. This part of 2b cannot be approved on
October 21, 2014.
3. Conclusion
In order to have a real circulation element, we must invest more time to work on
- Senate Bill 743 (in effect since January 2014)
- the Long Range Transit Plan, which is needed to plan attractive connections to intense land uses
(bus rapid transit). I seems, that these elementary connections were
not made when the land use plan was discussed, therefore we may produce more an more car oriented
people.
Let us lean back and finish it
right!
We thank all council and commission members as well as staff for their hard work and late night hours.
Sincerely for SLO 2035/2050:
Eugene Jud, Fellow Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE assisted by
Blayne Morgan, M.S Civil and Environmental Engineering
Eugene Jud, Fellow Institute of Transportation Engineers ITE
Faculty Civil and Environmental Engineering
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 -0353
Phone: (805) 756 -1729; E -mail: ejud @calpoly.edu
http: / /ceenve3.calpoly.edu /jud
Blayne Morgan
(805) 540 -0313; gracewetmore(D- gmailxom