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Goodwin, Heather MAY 2 p 2013
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From: Grimes, Maeve
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:17 PM
To: Goodwin, Heather
Subject: FW: Item 131, Consideration of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility Initiatives
Attachments: Neighborhood Wellness- Civility.doc
AGENDA
Heather, please distribute this as Agenda Correspondence for Item 131. CORRESPONDENCE
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City Clerk
City Of SAn tuts omspo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
phone: (805) 781 -7102
email: mPrimes @sloeity.or
From: Sandra Rowley [mailto:macsar99(a)yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:52 AM
To: Marx, Jan; Ashbaugh, John; Smith, Kathy; Carpenter, Dan
Cc: Lichtig, Katie; Grimes, Maeve
Subject: Item 131, Consideration of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility Initiatives
Attached is RQN's letter regarding Item B1, Consideration of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility
Initiatives.
Residents for Quality Neighborhoods
PD. Box 12604 . San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
May 20, 2013
RE: Item B1, Consideration of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility Initiatives
Dear Mayor Marx and Members of the Council
First of all, the Board and members of Residents for Quality Neighborhoods sincerely thank
SLOPD as the lead department as well as all other City staff who, in conjunction with President
Armstrong and the Cal Poly administration, have made these cooperative efforts possible. We
are cautiously optimistic that such efforts will, in fact, lead to the types of quality neighborhoods
experienced by some of our residents, but only dreamed of by others.
The RQN Board strongly supports the addition of move -in and the beginning two weeks of school
to our Safety Enhancement Zones, thus doubling fines for this time period.
We, also, strongly support the concept of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility and
applaud Cal Poly's efforts to instill a sense of community and civic mindedness in new and
returning students. Their efforts have the ability to dramatically improve the livability of
neighborhoods and to add to the "downtown experience."
Review of the Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility proposal and the chart on page 61 -8,
show the inclusion of a wide range of City, College and University participants, including
students, as members of the proposed Working Group. However, there are no designated
positions for the City's permanent residents depicted. Residents, along with City staff, Cuesta
and Cal Poly students, are only involved in this process as part of the bimonthly Neighborhood
Services Team - to consult and advise (page #131 -8). We propose 2 -3 positions be added to the
Working Group for permanent residents and that they represent heavily impacted
neighborhoods such as Alta Vista, Monterey Heights and Laguna.
As an aside, RQN deeply appreciates the decision by the Cal Poly President to designate an off -
campus student life coordinator to help facilitate neighborhood wellness. We hope that Council
members and City staff will provide this individual with the requisite contact information for the
City's residents' groups so that the wealth of information and experience possessed by members
of these groups can be shared.
RQN recommends the following:
1. Support of the proposed addition to the Safety Enhancement Zones Ordinance.
Consideration of Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility Initiatives Page 2
2. Support of the Neighborhood Wellness /Community Civility Initiatives proposal, with the
addition of 2 -3 positions for permanent City residents, preferably from the most impacted areas,
i.e., Alta Vista, Monterey Heights and Laguna.
Thank you for your time and attention and for your efforts and concern regarding this issue.
Sincerely,
Sandra Rowley
Chairperson