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I Heritage Committee review of 1027 Hipomo Street (ARCH -3216-2016) 9/26/16
From: Ursula Bishop [
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 9:45 AM
To: Advisory Bodies <advisorybodies@slocity.org>
Cc: Cohen, Rachel <rcohen@slocity.org>; Davidson, Doug <ddavidson@slocitv.org>
Subject: Fw: Cutural Heritage Committee review of 1027 Hipomo Street (ARCH -3216-2016) 9/26/16
Re: Cutural Heritage Committee review of 1027 Hipomo Street (ARCH -3216-2016) 9/26/16
To the Committee Members:
Unfortunately, due to the short notification of this CHC Agenda item, we were not able to re -arrange
our work schedules to attend what we consider to be a very important meeting. Please consider our
thoughts in your. deliberations tonight:
Please review carefully the shadow thrown by this building towards Dana Street. This has not been
given attention in the planning process. This is a long standing neighborhood and homes on the creek
have had access to the morning sunlight for many, many years. There is a morning illumination in the
creek that will totally be blocked by this development. That would be a huge historically significant
change that could be not be undone.
Pants and vegetation could be affected, and the light our homes receive due to the southern
exposure will be lost in parts of the properties, and changed radically in others. Consider postponing
this decision so that members of your committee can come to our homes at various times of the day
to observe what this loss of light to our homes would mean.
Projects in far less residential areas have been capped at two to three stories recently. This project is
directly across from a long established residential neighborhood and a four story building, and its
planned uses will totally change our entire neighborhood, which, has been around for a long, long
time. Although noise is not necessarily in your purview, it should be. The proximity of the building that
includes businesses, a hotel whose guests will not be invested in the neighborhood, and apartments
with outdoor decks, etc., will change the local area permanently.
A shady tree lined parking lot itself should be protected for historical purposes. This is not an
undeveloped lot, and the parking lot is actually one of the last of its type. There should be historical
value in that.
Please don't just pass this on to the next committee. Please find that this project, as is, is not
compatible with the cultural and historical nature of this small and well loved, just as it is, special part
of downtown.
Ursula Bishop
Mark Johnson
581 Dana Street