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Goodwin, Heather
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Subject: FW: Agenda Item B -1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in vehi LO
AGENDA
CORRESPONDENCE
From: Ashbaugh, John Date i 14- Item #—P—i—
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 5:31 PM
To: Schroeder, Sheryll
Cc: Lichtig, Katie; Clark, Claire
Subject: FW: Agenda Item 13-1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in vehicles
Another for the Agenda Correspondence file for tomorrow's meeting.
From: Justesen, Erik P. Finailto :EPJustesen(aOrrmdesign.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 4:42 PM
To: Marx, Jan; Carpenter, Dan; Smith, Kathy; Ashbaugh, John; Carter, Andrew
Cc: Whalen, Susan M.; Lichtig, Katie
Subject: Agenda Item B -1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in vehicles
Dear council members,
We continue to be concerned with the safety issues related to overnight parking and people sleeping in their vehicles
in our business district. We have held two meetings at our office to gather with our business neighbors and discuss
the problems we are all experiencing and have reached out to Chief Gesell for advice and a more information
regarding this topic. It turns out we all share similar experiences with regard to vagrancy, destruction of property,
theft, and illegal behavior /activity. I would like to complement Chief Gesell, as he was very responsive and gave
excellent guidance. I would also like to complement the Police Department in general for their quick response and
high level of activity on this issue. It certainly has made a difference over the past few months.
We enumerated the problems we have been dealing with in a letter we submitted to you a few weeks back. While
we have seen the situation improve, it is only because the Police Department, our business neighbors and we
ourselves are regularly monitoring the situation (daily) and taking action.
Tomorrow night you will be receiving information from the Community Development and Police Department on
options to change our municipal code so we as a community may better address these concerns. We urge you to take
in this information and make amendments to the municipal code that will address the issue of persons sleeping in
vehicles that are not participating in an authorized safe parking program and to ban overnight parking of RVs and
unauthorized camping in vehicles within business districts of the city of San Luis Obispo.
Our Business neighborhoods and the safety for those who work there are very important to the economic health of
this community. We are in the midst of preparing an economic development strategy. Let's get first things first and
protect that which we already have.
Thank you.
Erik P. Justesen, ASLA, LEER AP
President + CEO
rrmd sd regroup
3765 S. Higuera St., Ste.102
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
P: (805) 543 -17941 F: (805) 543 -4609
Direct: (805) 903 -1208
www.rrmdesign.com
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Goodwin, Heather
Subject: FW: Agenda Item 13-1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in veh cia5L0 CITY CLERK
From: Carter, Andrew
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 6:37 PM
To: Schroeder, Sheryll
AGENDA
CORRESPONDENCE
Date ;1 IZ Item #--L—
Subject: FW: Agenda Item B -1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in vehicles
For public file
Andrew Carter
Council Member
City of San Luis Obispo
From: Justesen, Erik P. [EPJustesen @rrmdesign.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 4:41 PM
To: Marx, Jan; Carpenter, Dan; Smith, Kathy; Ashbaugh, John; Carter, Andrew
Cc: Whalen, Susan M.; Lichtig, Katie
Subject: Agenda Item 13-1: Overnight parking and Sleeping in vehicles
Dear council members,
We continue to be concerned with the safety issues related to overnight parking and people sleeping in their vehicles
in our business district. We have held two meetings at our office to gather with our business neighbors and discuss
the problems we are all experiencing and have reached out to Chief Gesell for advice and a more information
regarding this topic. It turns out we all share similar experiences with regard to vagrancy, destruction of property,
theft, and illegal behavior /activity. I would like to complement Chief Gesell, as he was very responsive and gave
excellent guidance. I would also like to complement the Police Department in general for their quick response and
high level of activity on this issue. It certainly has made a difference over the past few months.
We enumerated the problems we have been dealing with in a letter we submitted to you a few weeks back. While
we have seen the situation improve, it is only because the Police Department, our business neighbors and we
ourselves are regularly monitoring the situation (daily) and taking action.
Tomorrow night you will be receiving information from the Community Development and Police Department on
options to change our municipal code so we as a community may better address these concerns. We urge you to take
in this information and make amendments to the municipal code that will address the issue of persons sleeping in
vehicles that are not participating in an authorized safe parking program and to ban overnight parking of RVs and
unauthorized camping in vehicles within business districts of the city of San Luis Obispo.
Our Business neighborhoods and the safety for those who work there are very important to the economic health of
this community. We are in the midst of preparing an economic development strategy. Let's get fiat things first and
protect that which we already have. hard en ema '
Thank you.
Erik P. Justesen, ASLA, LEED AP
President + CEO
rrmdesigngroup
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3765 S. Higuera St., Ste.102
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
P: (805) 543 -1794 1 F: (805) 543 -4609
Direct: (805) 903 -1208
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