HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-2016 PC Correspondence - Item 1 (Waldsmith)From: J.K.Waldsmith, DVM[
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2016 6:06 PM
To: Advisory Bodies
Cc: Davidson, Doug
Subject: SLO planners continue review of 720 -home Avila Ranch development
Planning Commission
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Commissioners:
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Meeting:
Item: I
As a veterinarian with a veterinary practice and a large horse farm
immediately off of the southern aspect of Buckley road, I wish to express
my concerns about this project.
First and foremost is the proposed change to Buckley road, and the
increased traffic volume and also likely speed at which traffic will travel.
As I see it, there will be a change from Buckley road in its current use for
light traffic and agricultural vehicles, to a straight east — west conduit from
one side of the airport to the other replacing traffic currently designated for
Tank Farm Road.
This presents a danger in that the road is straight and prone to speeding, it
also has blind/reduced vehicle visibility in the area just west of Drake Farm,
and also a blind spot to the east when entering Buckley road from
Davenport Creek Road. The road has no shoulder, and it already
represents a threat to those on bicycles, horseback, or driving farm
implements. As many of my patients are delivered in trucks pulling horse
trailers, I see this level of traffic having a negative impact as these vehicles
attempt to negotiate on and off Buckley road.
My second immediate concern is water.
This finite resource is currently being depleted at an alarming rate. All of
the parcels I am aware of using existing ground water wells in the area
have had to drop their pumps deeper to access water as the drought has
progressed. Recently water quality concerns have come in to play, but the
relationship with the drought is unclear.
Nevertheless, the situation of limited water should not be taxed further. I
would not want to encounter the day in which I could not provide water for
my livestock because someone in a different position in the aquafer has
depleted the water supply keeping their lawn green.
While I agree there is a need for affordable housing in the SLO area, I do
not see the current proposal as effectively meeting the community's needs,
and preserving the quality of life we all treasure here.
Please confirm receipt of this email, and I request it be read in to the
minutes of your hearing this coming Wednesday night.
Sincerely,
J.K.Waldsmith, DVM
4850 Davenport Creek Road
San Luis Obispo, CA. 93401
USA
Telephone 805-541-6367
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PREAMBLE TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT [word for -word]
We, the people of San Luis Obispo, hold that we have the
right to determine our community's destiny based on our
community's values; that the future livability of our
community will be driven by historical choices made from
day to day, and not by inevitable forces beyond our
control; that in an age when the livability of large, urban
communities to our north, south, and east is being
destroyed by incrementally accelerating environmental
degradation and the breakdown of civility, we assert our
desire to seek a different sort of future for our
community; that, therefore, we direct our elected
representatives and civic employees to preserve our
community's natural environment and control excessive
growth detrimental to the long-term sustainability of the
community.