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Home My WebLink About01-12-2013 pc hilsteinRECEIVE D Goodwin, Heather JAN 0 3 201 3 SLO CITY CLER K•rom :Grimes, Maev e Sent Thursday, January 03, 2013 3 :18 P M To :Goodwin, Heathe r Subject :FW : THE TRIBUNE IS WRONG FOR DISAGREEING WITH SLO BUSINESS OWNERS Please add to the Homelessness Webpag e Thank you . maeve kenneny gmme 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 :mgrimes@slocity .org From :Marx, Ja nSent:Thursday, January 03, 2013 5 :57 AMTo:Steve Hilstein/Music Motiv eCc: Grimes, Maeve ; Codron, Michae l*Subject :RE : THE TRIBUNE IS WRONG FOR DISAGREEING WITH SLO BUSINESS OWNER S Please consider this agenda correspondence for our 1/12 workshop and post it on our website .Thanks,Ja n Jan Howell MarxMayor of San Luis Obisp o(805) 781-7120 or (805) 541-271 6 From :Steve Hilstein/Music Motive [stevehilstein@gmail .com ]Sent :Friday, December 28, 2012 5 :24 P MTo:Marx, Ja nSubject:THE TRIBUNE IS WRONG FOR DISAGREEING WITH SLO BUSINESS OWNER S THE TRIBUNE IS WRONG FOR DISAGREEING WITH SLO BUSINESS OWNER S From the editorial published December 21, 201 2 http ://www .sanluisobispo.com/20 1 2/ 1 2/2 1 /23 3 5 1 3 3/supervisor-hills-tirade-does- no .html#eminl=Morning Headline s MY REBUTTAL : I am sorry to see that The Tribune has "disagree[d] with Bill Thoma and other SLO business owners wh o oppose building a homeless services center at Prado Road and South Higuera ." They also said, "we believe i t would be a shame to abandon the project now and start over at a new location ." First, let me say that I am one of those business owners who opposes building this at the current location, but n o i one (that I know of) has ever said "abandon the project and start over" as The Tribune has stated . I do however , strongly suggest MOVING this building to a location that would better serve all involved including the potentia l 200 homeless residents, staff, administration, neighboring businesses, and the existing residents at the mobil e *tome park that would be affected by the impact of this huge project . While most of us would like to see the unfortunate WORTHY homeless community helped, we also recogniz e that a large portion of that community has mental health and/or substance abuse issues that could threaten th e safety and well-being of employees and customers (many of the latter are children). It has been proven tha t about 60% of the homeless come here from outside of San Luis Obispo County . The current plan may loo k good on paper to some, but the impact of bringing 200 of these folks and their vehicles into our busines s district, and so near to the mobile home park, will undoubtedly summon many police calls and complaints (du e to public disturbances, theft, vandalism, litter, loitering, etc). The Homeless Center staff, administration, an d police would have to deal with that . The rest of us would have to put up with it and hopefully survive the negative effects it would bring . When the 200 beds fill up, where will the rest of them go? The existing plan ha s no room for overflow parking . Moving this existing project to the suggested location at the corner of Prado Road and Elks Lane wil l significantly lower the impact of the potential problems . Yes, it will delay progress and initially cost more, bu t isn't it better to do what is right, than to allow a hasty decision that will undoubtably create problems and cost u s all a lot more in years to come ? This spontaneous, unofficial group (represented by The Tribune as "Bill Thoma and other SLO busines s owners") who oppose the current plan have been criticized for not speaking up before now . That is because thi s plan has just surfaced, for the most part by word of mouth and recent media coverage . I have personally spoken with at least 15 nearby business owners (some who have been at their current location for many years) an d NONE of them had any prior knowledge of this project, or had ever been notified to participate in it's plannin g or approval . By the way, this group of hard working local business owners create jobs, products, services, an d pay taxes that serve our local community . Please recognize that those who oppose the current location are NOT against the overall plan of helping th e homeless . We already have and will continue to help them . We just want it to work without a negative impact . Respectfully , Steve Hilstei n MUSIC MOTIVE at. Get started.Go further. ea Steve Hilstein, Directo r Music Motiv e 3440 S . Higuera St . #13 0 *San Luis Obispo, CA 9340 1 tel : 805-543-0377 ext . 110 2 email :stevemusicmotive .co m website :www .musicmotive .co m 3