HomeMy WebLinkAbout06_28-29_2017 PC Correspondence - Avila Ranch (Palmer)
From: William Palmer < RECEIVED
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 3:02 PM CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
To: Advisory Bodies
Subject: Opposition to Avila Ranch Project JUN 2 8 2017
To Whom It May Concern, IOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
My name is William Palmer. I have lived on Evans Road, just off Buckley Road for 17 years. I travel Buckley Road to South
Higuera several times per day.
As you may know, Buckley Road is traveled at very, very high speeds. It's not unusual for me to see drivers exceeding the speed
limit and/or passing me when I am traveling at the speed limit. The presence of farm equipment traveling Buckley adds to the
problem.
I have two grown daughters that learned to drive from Evans Road. Everyday, as they left the house, I reminded them that the
most dangerous part of their drive to school was the intersection of Davenport Creek Road and Buckley Road because of the
lack of a traffic light and the excessive speed of cars on Buckley. Adding 720 houses to the area will drastically increase the
danger.
In addition, the entire South Higuera and LOVR area is already inundated with TOO MUCH TRAFFIC for the area now. I have
worked at the Montessori School located at the intersection of South Higuera and LOVR for over 25 years. During that period of
time, Ive seen many, many accidents and lots more near misses as TOO MANY cars travel through the area - some at very high
speeds, ignoring the lane rules just South of the intersection.
Finally, the planned design of only one parking place per household is ridiculous. People will not "hopefully" change their
lifestyles and get rid of their cars for bicycles. What happens when a family of 4 has children that begin to drive. You would
potentially have one car space for a total of 4 cars - 3 of which will have to find parking on the street or worse yet, in the
adjoining commercial and residential neighborhoods, Basing a neighborhood design on the enthusiastic and vocal bicycling
community desire to create a green corner of the community sounds wonderful, but in reality, the neighborhood will be
overrun with cars. This will be even worse, if a dwelling is occupied by numerous Cal Poly students, each with their own car!
Finally, while I am for affordable housing as much as the next guy, that ship sailed out of SLO long ago - look at Santa Barbara ,
we are right behind. The Developers would serve the community and the richness of the beautiful Ag land they will be
consuming if they were to forego a dense community footprint, and build out 2-5 acre homesites. The impact on the
surrounding area would be greatly minimized and the character and beauty of SLO would be preserved.
Best Regards,
William Palmer
Evans Road Homeowner