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Item, _21 -
March 6, 2017
Architectural Review Commission
San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
Re: 2074 Fixlini Street, San Luis Obispo — ARCH -3163-2016
Dear Members of the San Luis Obispo Architectural Review Commission:
RECEIVED RECEIVED
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MAR 0 6 2017
COMMUNITY DPVELOPMENT
My name is Lisa G. Campbell and I am the owner of Lot #6 on Fixlini Street. My
apologies for my absence at this ARC meeting. I am required to travel out of the area for my
work. My husband, Bill Matthes, and our designer, Josh Blair will represent me. I purchased this
lot in August of 2015. I am a graduate of Cal Poly SLO and have lived in this county for over 25
years. I raised my three children here, and been very involved in this community. For 11 years,
I have been an Early Childhood Instructor at Cuesta College and have been a Hospice volunteer.
My previous husband was a well -loved dentist in this community until he passed away at age 45.
We had always dreamt of living in SLO one day. That dream was not realized until 10 years
after his passing. My purchase of the property on Fixlini signified many things for me —
including the chance to live in SLO and to work right around the corner. I share this with you so
that you may understand that I care very much about this community and I am saddened by the
difficulties I have encountered throughout this process.
My current husband, Bill Matthes, and I fell in love with the Fixlini property because of
the beautiful views, and the trails behind the neighborhood and up into the hills. It was exciting
for me. to create these plans that are very similar to a home that I grew up in. The "U" shape
allows for a back courtyard for a sort of "outside room". The views of the back and side
easements give me peace and the feeling of being in the spacious outdoors. Josh Blair, our
draftsman, listened to our ideas and looked at my very rough plan and was able to draw it up
perfectly. His experience in designing and drawing the plans for the other home plans on this
street contributed to many of the details, and he was aware of the building restrictions and
restraints in regard to making this dream feasible. Unfortunately, due to unforeseeable financial
circumstances, I will not be able to build the Fixlini house, but have found a buyer who loves the
plans as much as I do.
After discussions with City staff, to eliminate an "on-site" parking space, an exemption had
been requested. To correct this issue, the new set of plans, which are the subject of this appeal,
provided for a tandem 3 -car parking garage. As Mr. Blair will tell you, the tandem 3 -car parking
garage was the only way to correct the "on -street" parking space issue, without drastically
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changing the look and feel of the Fixlini house, due to the unique constraints of Lot 6. This
rewrite was extremely time-consuming and costly. The CC&Rs governing Lot 6 do not prohibit
tandem parking garages. This is both an attractive, convenient, and practical solution, for
everyone, to fulfilling the parking requirements. In fact, each adjacent property has driveways
long enough to accommodate additional parking (essentially in tandem) including mine.
Finally, on Thursday, March 2, 2017, I received the enclosed e-mail from Steve Miller,
head of the Tract 2570 Architectural Rules Committee which governs the development of Lot 6.
Mr. Miller's e-mail essentially states that if I paid him $20,000 and allowed him to perform
grading work on Lot 6 to build a retaining wall, he would cause this current appeal to be taken
off calendar, and would approve my plans on behalf of the Tract 2570 Architectural Rules
Committee. The agreement he references in his e-mail, regarding the payment for the retaining
wall and the grading work, is inaccurate. It appears that the motivation here is solely for
financial gain, and has nothing to do with tandem parking or the sufficiency of my plans for the
Fixlini house.
I respectfully ask you to reject the appeal of the plans for the Fixlini house.
Very truly yours,
Lisa Campbell
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Fadi Mashnouk Miller, Steve
Today at 1:13 PM
Dear Ms. Culley:
We understand that there is a hearing scheduled for Monday, March 61h, regarding the
approval of the plans on Lot 6. At the time of the sale of the lot, we discussed with Bill
Mathes, and he understood & agreed, the need to have access to Lot 6 to build the
retainage wall between Lot 6 & Lot 7. He said it would not be a problem as it will benefit
both lots. He also promised to pay $20,000 towards that cost.
If the owner of Lot 6 will give us something in writing and record it with escrow agreeing to
pay the $20,000 for the retainage wall and will sign and release the Okay To Grade Approval,
we will agree to the design and sign the Architectural Committee Approval of Plans.
This offer is good until end of the day tomorrow, Friday, March 3rd
Steve Miller
Manager
Dunes Valley View LLC
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