HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-12-2016 Public Comment, LopesCOUNCIL MEE-TING:
ITEM NO..
To: Price, Lee
Subject: RE: Request to postpone the Council hearing on Mission Plaza Master Plan
From: James Lopes Ill.
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2016 11:25:50 PM
To: E-mail Council Website
Subject: Request to postpone the Council hearing on Mission Plaza Master Plan
City Council
City of San Luis Obispo
Dear Mayor and Council Members:
In lieu of speaking during public comments at the July 12, I am
requesting that you postpone the pending hearing on the Mission Plaza
Master Plan. The work program for the plan should be revised to give
the Downtown Concept Plan Update Team, the Cultural Heritage Commission
, Architectural Review Commission, and the Planning Commission adequate
time to respond to the consultant's proposals coming from the recent
public workshop. All of these bodies should be intrinsic to the input
which your Council needs to form a valid decision. It is not enough to
have a proposal directly to you from the consultant for the Mission
Plaza Plan; it is not enough to have just staff recommendations based on
the consultant's concepts. It is not enough to give the public and the
Downtown Concept Plan Team one shot at commenting briefly on a
consultant vision. The final draft of the Master Plan should be shaped
by the community's experts, as represented by these volunteer bodies, in
public meetings, to inform your Council of a community-based proposal.
Please direct staff to prepare an adequate timeline for public review of
the details of the Mission Plaza Master Plan.
Thank you for taking action quickly to slow down the race by staff to
get Council approval of the consultant's plan.
If money is the issue, then staff should be capable enough to handle
these extra design meetings.
Jamie Lopes
James Lopes