HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-07-2017 PC Correspondence - San Luis Ranch (Yukelson)
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From: Yukelson, Ron < cm* ,JUN 0 2 2017
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 5:12 PM
To: Advisory Bodies '15aA LV &t1
Subject: To: Planning Commission COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
My name is Ron Yukelson; I work at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, the City's second largest
private employer.
We are recommending the Planning Commission support San Luis Ranch because the need for
additional housing is contained in this new agrihood and its completion will assist the City in
achieving its four major goals.
Sierra Vista has just under 800 employees, more than 70% of whom have what is considered head of
household jobs. As you can be sensitive to, we have a more highly educated and technically trained
workforce than many local businesses. Within our approximately $72 million payroll, we have no job
category under $15 per hour yet 80% of our employees do not live within the San Luis Obispo city
limits. The single most cited reason for voluntary turnover at Sierra Vista is lack of affordable
housing. Sadly, those employees at the lower end of our pay scale — housekeepers, food service
workers — can least afford to commute but likely travel the farthest each day.
Of the City's four major goals — housing, multi -modal transportation, climate action and fiscal
sustainability and responsibility — these can largely be solved with additional housing. The closer
people can live to work the more it will allow them to get out of their cars and use multi -modal
transportation. Fewer car trips will create a cleaner environment and will create less wear and tear on
our streets resulting in less- need to address costly infrastructure.
Again, we urge support for San Luis Ranch.
Ron Yukelson
Chief Business Development Officer
Central Coast Service Area
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center
Twin Cities Community Hospital