HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-20-2012 JustesenMAR 21 2012
Goodwin, Heather
Subject: FW: Fwd: Letter to City Council re: Homeless Parking
Attachments: 2773_001.pdf
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From: Justesen, Erik P.
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 05:58 PM Pacific Standard Time
To: Lichtig, Katie
Cc: Whalen, Susan M.
Subject: Fwd: Letter to City Council re: Homeless Parking
Hi Katie,
We have some concerns related to the increasing homeless parking issue around our office. Please see attached letter to the council we
wish to be entered into the record. Can't be there tonight but we will follow up w police depr. Who have been very good to work with
on this issue.
Thx
Erik P Justesen
RRM Design Group
Eniustesen n,rrmdesian.com
805 903 -1208 direct
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RRM Design Group
3765 S. Higuera St., Ste. 102
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
P: (805) 543 -1794
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Dear Sirs and Madams,
rrm groupill
creating environments people enjoy'
March 20, 2012
Transmitted Via Facsimile: (805) 781 -7109
City of San Luis Obispo
Attn: Mayor )an Marx, Vice Mayor Dan Carpenter, Council Members Andrew
Carter, Kathy Smith, ,John Ashbaugh, and Police Chief Steve Gesell
Re: March 20, 2012 City Council Agenda
Overnight Camping in Vehicles in City of San Luis Obispo
We are concerned with the increasing number of homeless living on and around our Corporate
Headquarters on Hind Lane. As the numbers of homeless persons continues to grow, so do the
incidents of criminal behavior. We are more than concerned for the safety of our employees and our
tenants. We have over 60 employees and 24 tenants who work in our building on Hind Lane.
We have dealt with theft and vandalism problems since late 2008. The incidents that we have recorded
are:
21 incidents of theft including a vehicle, moped, camper shell, large 1313Q Grill and 2
computers
6 incidents of property damage to RRM and employee vehicles including siphoning gas
• 2 incidents of illegal dumping
• 1 suspicious vehicle reported
Ten of these incidents were significant enough that we had to file a police report. After two straight
years of problems, our landlord installed a fence along the back parking lot closing off access to
Meissner Lane. We installed several cameras and increased our lighting in our back parking lot, This
has helped with most of our problems, however, as the homeless encampments continue to grow on
Hind Lane and Long Street, we are alarmed at what might happen in the future with the proliferation of
this trend.
During these tough economic times many of us are working longer hours and staying late. These tough
times have also lead to more and more homeless RV owner's parking on Hind Lane and Long Street
camping out overnight. They are drinking, urinating, dumping feces in dumpsters, taking water and
leaving trash. Not only do we no longer feel safe, but we are also forced to spend money to protect
ourselves as well as cleaning up after them.
We all love working and living in San Luis Obispo. We have a soft spot in our hearts for the less
fortunate who have suffered economic misfortune during the current economic downturn. However, we
cannot afford to have them negatively impact our small corner of the local economy,
We support the option under consideration of establishing a parking zone that prohibits parking
campers, motor homes and vehicles that people are living in within a certain distance of businesses.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely,
R DESIGN GROUP
san Whalen
Director of Operations
COMMUNITY I CIVIC & PUBLIC SAFETY I RECREATION I EDUCATION I URBAN
ARCHITECTS I ENGINEERS I EXHIBIT DESIGNERS i LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS i PLANNERS i SURVEYORS
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