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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-17-2015 PH1 SchwartzSubject: FW: Monterey Street Hotel -- - - - - -- Original message -- - - - - -- From: Kenneth Schwartz Date:02 /15/2015 6:56 PM (GMT- 08:00) To: "Marx, Jan", "Ashbaugh, John", "Carpenter, Dan" Subject: Monterey Street Hotel Madame Mayor and Council Members, COUNCIL MEETING: 2 -1-7 -V5 ITEM NO.: _. qppl( , "Rivoire, Dan" , "Christianson, Carlyn" I write to express my serious concerns regarding the compatibility of the proposed hotel, as currently proposed, with residents in the adjacent Escuela Alta neighborhood across San Luis Creek. As you know, creeks have been frequently used by subdividers and communities to divide parcels of property. As creeks are often private property, creeks can be a workable divide but only when opposing properties have similar or compatible uses. This compatibility is not the case in the matter before you Tuesday evening; the building design, as proposed, poses significant differences. Escuela Alta is a classic cul d sac neighborhood, one of the very nicest in San Luis Obispo. A drive through Escuela Alta immediately impresses the visitor that it is special - especially the upkeep of the homes and the gardens and the trees planted long before the City required street trees. Pride of ownership is evident. Escuela Alta is a splendid living environment. It is important that the City Council keep it so. Please take no action which will degrade the quality of the living that takes place here. Each of you know what a splendid living environment is; each of you knows from your life's experience' what a splendid living environment is; each of you knows from your planning experience and/or study of land planning what makes for an excellent living environment. You know the bad actors are noise, artificial light, widely differing land uses; major aesthetic differences; and hotel users who can be unruly and inconsiderate and sometimes physically invasive. I urge you to support your long- standing fellow residents by putting the proper amount of restrictions on this new hotel use that will protect Escuela Alta as a premier residential neighborhood. Sincerely, Kenneth E. Schwartz, FAIA (signed) 201 Buena Vista, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 Former San Luis Obispo City Planning Commissioner, Mayor and Councilmember FEB .1 7 2015 t (7