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Anthony J. Mejia, MMC I City Clerk
MV 01' San I LOS OBISpo
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San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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COUNCIL MEETING: 0—In 2u�s.i
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Mejia, Anthony
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:44 PM
Christian, Kevin DEC 0 9 2014
FW: Consideration of the SLO City LUCE
SLOCity _ letter _re_ LUCE _12- 09- 14.pdf
From: Marx, Jan
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:34 PM
To: Mejia, Anthony
Subject: FW: Consideration of the SLO City LUCE
Agenda correspondence
From: Steve Devencenzi [ma i Ito: SDevencenzi( slocog.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:17 PM
To: Marx, Jan; janmarx(astanfordalumni.org; Christianson, Carlyn; Council, SloCity; Rivoire, Dan; Carpenter, Dan;
Ashbaugh, John
Cc: Johnson, Derek; Murry, Kim; Lichtig, Katie
Subject: Consideration of the SLO City LUCE
Jan;
Our apologies for the late submittal.
It essentially restates the essence of testimony we have provided throughout the process.
Please let me know if any clarification is needed.
Steve Devencenzi
Planning Director
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments
1114 Marsh St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805.781.4662 - sdevencenzi cb-slocog.org
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
December 9, 2014
Mayor Jan Marx
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street,
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Subject: Draft Land Use and Circulation Element
Dear Mayor Marx,
COUNCIL MEETING: l2, z b 'Z OILA
ITEM NO,: -_- ._#
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
ARROYO GRANDE ATASCADERO GROVER BEACH
MORRO BAY PASO ROBLES PISMO BEACH
SAN LUIS OBISPO ' SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
UEC' 0 9 2014
We recognize the difficult and complex issues you face in your consideration of your Draft Land Use
and Circulation Elements (LUCE). I would like to reiterate the importance of the need to provide for
additional housing to serve the city and region in this process. The region's need for additional
housing is centered on San Luis Obispo due to the limited housing stock close to the employment
opportunities located in the city that results in the generation of a large share of the vehicle miles
traveled (VMT) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced each workday.
SLOCOG has recently modelled future anticipated development within the county in accordance with
the requirements of S13375. We have found that the addition of housing, as proposed in your draft
plan, will provide a significant and necessary contribution toward achieving the goals set for our
county. In fact, without the city assuming a greater share of housing demand to more closely align
with the employment that already exists, and is anticipated to continue to grow within your community,
we will be unable to meet our VMT and GHG targets.
In addition, the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process that follows adoption of the Sustainable
Communities Strategy (SCS) requires that SLOCOG allocate housing need based upon the preferred
growth scenario that best accomplishes the reduction of VMT and GHG emissions. This process will
most likely result in a greater share of the identified housing need being allocated to San Luis Obispo
given the large employment base in the city.
As you are aware, finding suitable locations without significantly increasing allowable densities in
existing neighborhoods or encroaching upon valuable open space and agricultural resources is
difficult. We believe that the approach as outlined in your plan, based upon extensive public
participation and the research and expert advice that has been incorporated into your proposed
LUCE, will result in a plan that balances community and regional needs.
Sinc l .
C�iGtti, /,
Stephen D vencenzi
Planning Director
(805) 781 -4662
sdevencenzi @slocog.org
1114 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 1 t (805) 781 -4219 f (805) 781 -5703 1 slocog @slocog.org SLOCOG.ORG