HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-17-2015 PH1 FirestoneSubject: FW: "For the Record" COUNCIL NI FETING:
ITEM NO.:
MAR 02 2015
From: Andrew Firestone [ mailto :andrew(.astoneparkcapital.com]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 5:04 PM
To: Noble Building Company
Cc: Marx, Jan; Ashbaugh, John; Carpenter, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Rivoire, Dan; Mejia, Anthony; Bob
Subject: Re: "For the Record"
All,
I wanted to quickly respond to the letter from Christy Noble on behalf of the Monday Club, in order to make
some clarifications.
1) The suggestion to include a landscape screening plan for the Monday Club was submitted by a neighbor of
the San Luis Drive neighborhood following our last meeting at the Monday Club on Friday, February 13th,
2015. Although back in December we had offered previously to hire a landscape architect to work on a plan to
better screen the Travelodge and other adjacent properties at our cost, The Monday Club had not expressed a
desire for us to press forward. So we didn't. However, we then received a request via email over the weekend so
as a show of good faith, we hired a landscape architect to work on a proposal for consideration by the neighbors
and City Council.
2) Due to liability, I don't believe that we could actually contract the work to be done on someone else's
property. We are willing to employ a licensed landscape architect and finance the installation of said landscape
screening with a charitable contribution to the Monday Club. We understand and agree that any landscaping
work would actually need to be reviewed and approved by The Monday Club, and their organization would
need to contract the work to get done. It isn't our intention to trespass on their property and begin installing
landscape without permission.
3) The reason there is no mention of a landscape plan at The Monday Club in my January 23rd letter to Marcus
Carloni, was because the request by the San Luis Drive neighbor was made after the February 13th meeting we
held at The Monday Club.
4) The conceptual landscape plan was not designed by our architect George Garcia, but rather by David Foote
and Jim Burrows of Firma Landscape Consultants. We engaged them over the weekend prior to the City
Council hearing to develop a conceptual screening & planting plan to present to City Council, and I am
confident that if given more time, direction and interaction with the Monday Club, we could come up with a
plan that would be satisfactory to The Monday Club.
5) If so directed, we are more than happy to work within the parameters of The Monday Clubs selection of
plantings and their desired time frame for installation.
6) However, if The Monday Club decides that it does not want us to participate in SLD neighborhood and
Council's direction regarding suggested landscape screening, we will respect that decision.
Thank you,
Andrew Firestone
Principal
StonePark Capital
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Noble Building Company <noblebldgcokyahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Gentlepersons:
Attached, please find our response to the language set forth concerning mitigated landscaping at The Monday
Club of San Luis Obispo.
Thank you for your time in reviewing this letter.
Kind regards,
Christy Noble
2014 -2015 President