HomeMy WebLinkAbout06_28-29_2017 PC Correspondence - Avila Ranch (Vardas)
From: Vardas, Kris <
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 3:38 PM
To: Advisory Bodies; E-mail Council Website
Subject: SLO Housing - Avila Ranch project
Dear City of San Luis Obispo,
RECEIVED
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
JUN 19 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Hello, I am writing to express my support for the Avila Ranch Project, which will provide much needed housing for San Luis
Obispo. Please see discussion points below:
1, Workforce Housing: Avila Ranch is a step forward for the City in its efforts to address the City's severe housing
shortage. By design, many of the Avila Ranch homes will be priced to be attractive to working families. Numerous
features have been added that will reduce the cost of ownership including Net Zero Energy, car sharing, and small
yards with lower monthly maintenance costs.
2. Fill a gap: Avila Ranch's supply of mid -priced housing helps fill the "missing middle" of housing products in our
community
3. A Net Zero Energy Community: Through solar power and other energy efficiencies, Avila Ranch will be a net zero
user of electrical power, and residents' electrical and heating and cooling costs will be minimal.
4. Traffic Improvements: The developer will install and/or pay for desperately needed improvements including an
extension of Buckley Road to South Higuera, thus relieving the tricky Vachell Lane-Higuera intersection, and to
numerous intersections along Higuera from Los Osos Valley Road to South Street.
5. New Parks & Bike Paths: The developer will install 18 acres of new parks and bike paths for everyone to enjoy, not
just Avila Ranch residents.
6. EcoFriendly: About 30,000 commuters drive into SLO every day to work. If more people live closer to their work,
there will be fewer commuter miles and thus a reduction in tail -pipe emissions, one of the best things we can do to
address climate change.
7. Community Concurrence: The project team has worked for years and modified plans based on comments from
hundreds of local residents and employees to create a proposal that is the right fit for the community.
Thank you
Kris Vardas