HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-27-16 CHC Correspondence - Item 1 (McLean)
From: cc me lean <
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2016 6:06 PM
To: Advisory Bodies
Cc: Marx, Jan
Subject: 71 Palomar: please distribute to CHC, ARC, TC re: Sandford House 71 Palomar
Please distribute and post on Cultural Heritage Committee Agenda Correspondence 6/27/16. Thank
you.
Dear CHC members,
am writing this to express my opposition to the proposed 33 unit apartment complex at 71 Palomar.
The Sandford House on the Historic Master List being moved from its original foundation and location
on the historic site is unacceptable. The house is well over one hundred years old and moving it is
risky and may well result in the destruction of this historic gem. It also goes against the
recommendations in Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines and Standards specifically addressing
moving a Master Listed Historic building from its original foundation.
The setting of the stately historic home on its prominent site in combination with the aesthetics of
architectural design, canopy of approximately fifty historic trees and breathtaking vistas looking
across to the Santa Lucias is unique and exudes a feeling of time long ago in San Luis Obispo. The
clear -cutting of forty nine magnificent historic trees, homes to many red -shouldered hawks, red-tailed
hawks, owls and other birds, would be a desecration of beauty and valuable habitat and a lack of
consideration regarding Climate Change.
Sincerely,
Cheryl McLean
San Luis Obispo