HomeMy WebLinkAbout06_28-29_2017 PC Correspondence - Avila Ranch (Downing)
From: DOWNING, SHANNON <
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2017 3:56 PM
To: Advisory Bodies; E-mail Council Website
Subject: Avila Ranch Housing
Dear San Luis Obispo Planning Commission and City Council,
RECEIVED
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
JUN 26 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
San Luis Obispo is a great place to live! In fact, it's so great that we've run out of places for families like mine to live! My
husband and I are both well established in our careers, but we chose to buy a home in Arroyo Grande a decade ago due to the
cost and availability of housing even then. We had hoped that by now we could make the transition to SLO, but the housing
crisis has only worsened in that time. Despite having an Arroyo Grande mailing address, we consider ourselves San Luis
Obispans and our life is definitely SLO-centric. We commute to San Luis Obispo with our five-year-old son for both work and
play almost every day of the week. Many others seem to have the same idea .... and now traffic on the 101 corridor between
South County and San Luis Obispo is becoming a problem and impacting the amount of time we can have together each night
as a family. While it will likely come too late for our family, I hope you'll consider approving the Avila Ranch Housing Project so
that other families in the future have the opportunity to live, work and play in San Luis Obispo, while helping to relieve some of
the traffic congestion for those who are forced to live out of SLO.
Thank you for your consideration,
Shannon Downing
Shannon Downing I Director of Marketing I Central Coast Service Area
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center I Twin Cities Community Hospital
805.546.7927 1 shannon.downing@TenetHealth.com