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5 June 2015
Honorable Mayor Jan Marx
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dear Jan,
JUN 0 8 2015
COUNCIL MEETING: CADIvCC 310%5
ITEM NO.: L.
The Jack House and Gardens has become an important historical feature to the City
and is host to weekly functions from visitors throughout the region in the summer. A
major goal of all associated with the Jack House for the past 50 years has been re-
moval of the wooden elevator shaft and restoration of the bay window on the south
side of the house to its original charm and elegance. This project will help bring back
the charm of the original design by Robert Edgar Jack in 1875 and restore the quality
of light that has been missing from the dining room and upstairs master bedroom for
these many years.
The JHC Advisory Body has worked closely with the Paragon architectural firm,
which has completed the construction documents and cost estimates for the bay win-
dow restoration. The Committee has used their own resourses for completion of this
phase of the work. It is anticipated that funding for this project would be a combina-
tion of JHC Advisory Body funds, Kathleen Kaetzel's endowment to the Jack House
Foundation and the remaining funding from the City which would probably be about
50% of the total costs.
Please reconsider this project as a part of the Capital Improvement Program for the
next five years.
Thank you,
Ron Batterson,
Previous Chair of the Jack House Advisory Committee
Ron Batterson, 2045 Hope St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
E -mail: rbatters @calpoly.edhi