HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-14-2017 PC Correspondence - Item 2 (Cooper)To: Chair Stevenson and Planning Commissioners
Re: Public Hearing Item #2 733 Higuera Stree
From: Allan Cooper, Secretary Save Our Downtown
Date: June 14, 2017
Save Our Downtown urges you to uphold Deputy Director of Development Review
Doug Davidson’s and Assistant Planner Kyle Bell’s ruling on the Blast 825 Taproom.
Within our Downtown Core (a.k.a., Neighborhood 5) and over the past two years there
has been an 80% increase in alcohol offenses, a 215% increase in property thefts and
a 235% increase in both non-aggravated and aggravated assaults.
In light of this, Save Our Downtown agrees wholeheartedly with staff’s
recommendation limiting the Blast 825 Taproom’s hours of operation to 12:00 A.M.
nightly. In order to protect and promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of
the community and prevent an increase in the number of late night incidents, please
do not grant the Blast 825 Taproom an extension of their alcohol service to 1:30 A.M.
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Ideally, limiting their hours of operation to
11:00 P.M. in exchange for granting them a nightclub use could actually go further
toward reducing the unacceptably high number of late night incidents which occur
within a 1/2 block radius of 733 Higuera Street. Permit us to explain.
The Blast 825 Taproom is flanked by Mother’s Tavern and The Library Bar & Lounge to
the west, Bubblegum Alley to the east and is located across the street from SLO Brew
and Frog & Peach.
Within a 1/2 block radius of The Blast 825 Taproom there were over 207 alcohol
offenses at the corner of Broad & Higuera, 18 alcohol offenses at the corner of Garden
and Higuera and 9 alcohol offenses along Bubble Gum Alley for a total of 234 alcohol
offenses over a 12 month period (April 2016 to April 2017). This represents 42% of all
alcohol offenses that have occurred over the past 12 months within Dashboard’s
Neighborhood 5, an area defined by Pepper Street to the East, Highway 101 to the
North, Archer Street to the West and Marsh Street to the South.
Within a 1/2 block radius of the Blast 825 Taproom there were over 37 property thefts
at the corner of Broad & Higuera and 7 property thefts at the corner of Garden and
Higuera for a total of 44 property thefts over a 12 month period. This represents 22%
of all property thefts that have occurred within Neighborhood 5 or the Downtown Core.
Within a 1/2 block radius of the Blast 825 Taproom there were over 29 non-aggravated
assaults at the corner of Broad & Higuera and 1 non-aggravated assault at the corner
of Garden and Higuera for a total of 30 non-aggravated assaults over a 12 month
period.
Within a 1/2 block radius of the Blast 825 Taproom there were over 4 aggravated
assaults at the corner of Broad & Higuera and 1 aggravated assault at the corner of
Garden and Higuera for a total of 5 aggravated assaults over a 12 month period.
In total, over the past 12 months there were 313 possible alcohol-related police reports
within a 1/2 block radius of he Blast 825 Taproom (for more detail, see below). The
Blast 825 Taproom, in conjunction with Mother’s Tavern, The Library, SLO Brew and
Frog & Peach, have all contributed to this unsafe environment. Allowing The Blast 825
Taproom to stay open to 1:30 A.M. will only exacerbate this problem. Thank you!
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Source: “Dashboard” (see http://comstat.slocity.org/dashboard/Incidents/)
Downtown April 14, 2015 to April 13, 2016 to
Neighborhood 5 April 12, 2016 April 17, 2017
Non-Aggravated
Assault 15 60
Alcohol Offenses 308 554
Sexual Assault 71 6
Party Noise 21 31
Aggravated 1 0 2 2
Assault
Property Theft 91 197
McClintock’s
Alcohol Offense 213
Aggravated Assault 4
Sexual Assault 2
Property Theft 37
Bull’s Tavern
Alcohol Offense 72
Aggravated Assault 3
Sexual Assault 1
Property Theft 24
Luna Red
Alcohol Offense 56
Property Theft 13
McCarthy’s
Alcohol Offense 26
Blast
Alcohol Offense 12
Aggravated Assault 0
Sexual Assault 2
Property Theft 46
Alcohol Offenses
(w/in 1/2 block radius of)
Marsh & Broad
Sidecar/Big Sky 19
700 Marsh
Sidecar/Big Sky 60
1200 Broad
Sidecar/Big Sky 1
Marsh & Nipomo
McCarthy’s 11
Broad & Pacific
McCarthy’s 6
Osos & Monterey
Koberl @ Blue 10
1000 Monterey
Koberl @ Blue 3
Osos & Higuera
Firestone 4
600 Marsh
McCarthy’s 9
Higuera & Broad
McClintock’s/Blast/
Library/ Frog & Peach/
Mothers/SLO Brew/
Marston’s 31
700 Higuera
McClintock’s/Blast/
Library/Frog & Peach/
Mothers/SLO Brew/
Marston’s 176
Garden Alley
SLO Brew/Library/
Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast 10
Bubblegum Alley
SLO Brew/Library/
Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast 2
Marsh & Chorro
Eureka 11
800 Marsh
Eureka 3
1100 Garden
Creeky Tiki/Blast/
Library/Frog & Peach/
Mothers 10
Garden & Higuera
Creeky Tiki/Blast/
Library/Frog & Peach/
Mothers/SLO Brew 7
1000 Chorro
Luna Red/
Bull’s 4 9
900 Chorro
Luna Red/
Bull’s 1
800 Palm
Luna Red/
Bull’s 6
Higuera & Chorro
Bull’s 16
Non-Aggravated
Assault
(w/in 1/2 block radius of)
600 Marsh
McCarthy’s 2
Higuera & Broad
SLO Brew/McClintock’s/
Library/ Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast/Marston’s 3
700 Higuera
SLO Brew/McClintock’s/
Library/ Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast/Marston’s 27
Higuera & Nipomo/
600 Higuera
Sandy’s/Spike’s/
Marston’s 5
700 Marsh
Sidecar/Big Sky 2
1000 Chorro
Luna Red 2
Aggravated
Assault
(w/in 1/2 block radius of)
600 Marsh
McCarthy’s 2
1100 Garden
SLO Brew/Library/
Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast 1
1000 Chorro
Luna Red/
Bull’s 3
Downtown 3
Court Street
700 Higuera
McClintock’s/SLO Brew/
Library/Frog & Peach/
Mothers/Blast/Marston’s 4
Sexual Assault
(w/in 1/2 block radius of)
700 Block
Novo 2
Chorro & Higuera
Chipotle/Bull’s 1
Downtown
Court Street 1
700 Higuera
SLO Brew/Library/
Frog & Peach/
Mothers/McClintock’s/
Blast/Marston’s 2
Property Theft
(w/in 1/2 block radius of)
1000 Chorro
Luna Red/
Bull’s 6
800 Palm
Luna Red/
Bull’s 7
Chorro & Higuera
Bull’s 1
1100 Chorro
Bull’s 4
800 Higuera
Bull’s 6
700 Higuera
SLO Brew/Library/
Frog & Peach/
Mothers/McClintock’s/
Blast/Marston’s 37
1100 Garden
SLO Brew/Library/
Mothers/ Blast/
Frog & Peach 7
600 Marsh
McCarthy’s 2
600 Higuera
Sandy’s 8
Nipomo & Higuera 1
Sandy’s
1100 Nipomo 1
Sandy’s