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SLO CITY CLER KFrom:Grimes, Maev e
Sent Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1 :15 P M
To :Goodwin, Heathe r
Subject FW: City Goal Workshops COUNCIL MEETING :l l I
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For tonight's community forum .
Thanks.
maeve kenneOy grime s
City Cler k
city of san Luis oBisp o
990 Palm Stree t
San Luis Obispo,CA 9340 1
phone : (805) 781-710 2
email marimes@slocity .org
From :Carter, Andrew
Sent:Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12 :35 P M
To :Grimes, Maev e
Subject:FW :City Goal Workshop s
Public file .
Andrew Carter
Council Membe r
City of San Luis Obisp o
From :Sandra Lakeman [sandralakeman@gmail .com ]
Sent :Tuesday, January 08, 2013 11 :41 A M
To :Marx, Jan ; Carter, Andrew; Smith, Kathy ; Carpenter, Dan ; Ashbaugh, John; Allan Cooper
Subject :City Goal Workshop s
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
I am supporting the SOD's letter sent to you by Allan Cooper, but i also have some persona l
concerns . I may not be able to attend the workshops as I am intently working on a monograph to b e
published in Sardinia this Spring .
My requests are as follows :
1 Strengthen the Design Guidelines for the Historic Old Downtown area so that new constructio n
built contiguous with that area and within the given area cannot build modern architecture but woul d
use Contextual Design . [The City could invite a known architect designing Contextual Design to giv e
a lecture so that Council, Staff and Citizens understand this type of design . Also build in statement s
that require the City Staff to follow those determined rules .]
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2 The City should hire an architect who has majored in Design and Historic Preservation . It is not
enough to have only City Planners on Staff as many of the decisions that come to the City ar e
aesthetically oriented and Planners are not educated nor strong in this area . Therefore, a person wh o
has a Design education is needed on Staff .
3 Trees within neighborhoods should be of various types, not one type per street . I think this would
look strange and besides, if one type becomes ill then the street that has that type could end up not
having any trees left . A mixture of fine street trees is preferable .
4 Please find a way to not accept anymore alcohol establishments in the downtown . We have only
a few shops that draw people to downtown and the many bars and restaurants are now infringing o n
the purpose of a downtown . Citizens of SLO that i have spoken with simply don't go downtown a s
there is nothing there to interest them and the plethora of drinking establishments are a negativ e
determinant .
I support the request of the RON group and ask that you make 'Neighborhood Wellness' a Major City Goal for the nex t
two years . Please include the Downtown area as one of the neighborhoods .
1.That Neighborhood Wellness be retained as a Major City Goal, and
2.That staff time in several City departments be dedicated to projects aimed at ensuring the protection and maintenanc e
of our residential neighborhoods as was indicated in Measure Y, wit h
a.Emphasis on neighborhood infrastructure maintenance ,
b.Stricter enforcement of Noise and Unruly Gathering Ordinances, an d
c.Continued emphasis on reduction of blight conditions and higher level code violations in our residentia l
neighborhood s
Thank you for your consideration of these suggestions and good luck in making your selections and in
enhancing them over the next two years .
Sandra Davis Lakeman
Emeritus Professor of Architectur e
California Polytechnic State Universit y
San Luis Obispo, CA p3407
mailing address :
1677 Foreman Court
San Luis Obispo, CA 9340 5
805 541 322 3
www.sandralakeman .com
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