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From: John Grady [mailto:johngrady5 a yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:54 PM
To: E -mail Council Website
Subject: Monterey Street Hotel
Dear Mayor Marx and Council members,
FEB 19 2015
I watched with great interest your deliberations Tuesday evening regarding the proposed hotel on
Monterey Street and was extremely disappointed and disheartened at your decision to allow this
project as proposed, particularly as it had been denied by your Planning Commission.
The outpouring of residents opposed to this project would have been enough for me to either derail
the project or, as the mayor proposed, send it back to the Planning Commission for further review and
refinement. I believe the height of the structure will impede upon the privacy of the neighbors along
San Luis Drive and the noise and light generated by the hotel's guests will detract from the
residents' enjoyment of their property and homes. Such a shame! I wonder how you'd feel if this was
your neighborhood?
Neighborhood wellness is something the Council talks about often, but your actions tell a far different
story. Your decision Tuesday night displayed a complete disregard for neighborhood wellness. Of
the scores of residents who testified, the overwhelming majority (if not all) were opposed to
this project. It seems too often that public testimony falls on deaf council ears - as if your minds are
made up before the meeting even begins.
I fear you have become too sympathetic to builders' greed and demands (and influence) - or are
getting greedy yourselves to bring in ever more tax revenue so you'll have more to spend -
or perhaps it's a combination of these two? Either way, you are slowly eroding the quality of life in our
neighborhoods. Consider your lack of addressing the Cal Poly dorm expansion which will impact
another long established neighborhood that continues to deteriorate in its quality of life. Once again
the Council discounted the legitimate concerns raised by a neighborhood. These residents who bring
you their concerns are the ones you're elected to represent - not the big developers who simply want
to make a profit here by building the largest and tallest structure they can legally fit on a piece of
property!
I hope you will see the shallowness of your claim to promote neighborhood wellness. Either stop your
mantra or follow through with actions that back your words. If you don't then our town's residents
may resolve this matter by electing representatives who will listen and represent them.
Regards,
John Grady
San Luis Obispo