HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC 08-14-2013 Correspondence - WhitneyFrom: Karen Adler Finailto:fudge805Ca�charter.netI
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:09 AM
To: Carloni, Marcus
Subject: Fwd: Grand Avenue lot split
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From: sharon (a- )sharonwhitney.com
Date: August 12, 2013 10:20:25 PM PDT
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
AUG 13 2013
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
To: "John Fowler" <iohnslocpa cDsbcglobal.net >, "John Larson"
<jlarson(aD_slocity.orq >, "Michael Multari" <mmultari(0-)_slocity.org >, "Charles
Stevenson" <cstevenson(a-)_slocity.org >, "Michael Draze"
<mdraze(@slocity. ora>
Cc: "Karen Adler" <fudge805(ccharter.net>
Subject: Grand Avenue lot split
Dear Commissioners,
I live at with my 89 year old mother who purchased her home here in 1963. We
have seen our neighborhood transition from owner - occupied R1 workforce housing to very dense
student - occupied housing, sometimes 6 -7 to a house. Splitting lots certainly does infill, but it
also perpetuates the undesirable transition that long -term owner - occupied residents have had to
endure over the last few decades. We've seen developers promise their projects won't be for
student - occupants but regular workforce housing and break those promises. It's a ruse.
Students would be okay if they really acted like STUDENTS who respect the diverse
neighborhood they are 'infilling." They don't. When I was a single student at Cal Poly I lived on
campus. I certainly did not expect to live off - campus in an upscale middle -class neighborhood
with other students; I don't know why our students expect so much from the town.
I totally concur with Karen Adler's letter opposing this lot - splitting idea. Why is it necessary?
Why is it a good idea ?.
Sincerely,
Sharon G. Whitney, PhD.