HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-17-2015 PH1 SistekSubject: FW: Monterey Hotel development - Please read before Counsel Meeting on 2/17/15
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From: sistekfam(&sbcglobal.net [sistekfam @sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:28 AM
To: Marx, Jan; Ashbaugh, John; Carpenter, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Rivoire, Dan FEB 17 2015
Subject: Re: Monterey Hotel development - Please read before Counsel Meeting on 2/17/15
Dear San Luis Obispo City Council members,
We have lived, worked, voted and paid taxes in the city of San Luis Obispo for 35 years and have raised our family in the San Luis Drive
neighborhood for the last 13 years.
Please consider the following concerns regarding the proposed Monterey Hotel development:
1. Size, mass and surrounding neighborhood.
The proposed design fails to conform to current planning guidelines for enhancing the existing neighborhood. A five -story structure built near the
crest of Monterey Street will create an unwanted beacon — an architectural behemoth awkwardly protruding from the landscape. It will overshadow
the Monday Club, the Veteran's Hall and the many quaint single story businesses along Monterey St. Moving the existing 1930's residence from this
site removes some the charm of the area. The City's General Plan Land Use Element states that new buildings and structures should be subordinate to
and in harmony with the surrounding landscape.
2. Property Values
The development as proposed will decrease the property values of many homes in the San Luis Drive neighborhood. The hotel will loom over many
backyards, negatively impacting views and privacy for many homeowners in direct conflict with article 8.3.2 of the San Luis Obispo Land Use
Element regarding open space buffers. We have family members who are currently hoping to relocate to this neighborhood, yet they are resistant to
purchase property here due to this impending development.
3. Noise issues.
The hotel will exacerbate an existing a noise problem for a tranquil neighborhood. On many weekends throughout the year we are kept awake by the
music and loud noises coming from Pappy McGregor's. This business is a terrible neighbor. The noise is amplified as it reflects off of the canyon and
hillside above the neighborhood. We are forced to sleep with windows closed, earplugs in and pillows over our heads. We fear that this development
will bring even more noise from car alarms, slamming doors, squealing tires, late night music, drunken guests, yelling and other disturbances. These
sounds will echo throughout the neighborhood and negatively impact the health of many. (See Land Use Elements 2.2.2 and 2.2.4)
Please support the residents of this community by acting on our comments and concerns. Don't allow this hotel to decrease property values,
jeopardize the creek habitat, impact open space or escalate an existing noise nuisance.
Please ensure that any development on this site adheres to Land Use Elements 1.7.5, 2.2.2, 2.2.4, 2.2.10, 8.3.2 and Community Goals 28, 33, 34.
Thank you for serving your community.
Lyle and Neal Sistek
1780 Conejo Ave.
San Luis Obispo