HomeMy WebLinkAboutComment Received 07-13-2017 - Avila Ranch (General) (d'Autremont)
From: Davidson, Doug
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:42 AM
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Subject: FW: Avila Ranch Project
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From: Denny d'Autremont [
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 6:38 PM
To: Davidson, Doug <ddavidson@slocity.org>
Subject: Avila Ranch Project
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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
JUL 13 2017
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
I have lived at my residence since 1978, located at 735 Three Sisters Road. This road connects to Davenport Creek
Road, which in turn connects to Buckley Road. This is the only exit to get to town (SLO) or to go south to Arroyo
Grande.
It has become increasingly difficult to get out onto Buckley Road due to the tremendous increase in traffic flow in
recent years onto this two lane road (with no shoulders, I might add). And many of the times I am pulling a 4 horse
trailer, which makes it even more difficult.
For you people, to even contemplate putting in 700 new homes onto the Avila Ranch parcel, which parallels Buckley
Road, must mean you have completely lost your senses, or be completely out of your minds!! 700 new homes means
at least 1400 new automobiles(A very conservative guesstimate), traveling that road. That is insanity!! During the
several meetings I have attended, I never heard any mention of. widening Buckley, putting shoulders, or bike lanes,
turn lanes, stop signs, signals, or additional lanes to widen the road. As it is today, it is a potential death trap for
bicyclists. My God, have you been on that road early morning or late afternoon? In addition to rush traffic, there are a
hundred plus very large trash trucks leaving or returning to their parking lot on Hoover and Santa Fe Road! The only
thing I have heard mention about traffic is to extend Buckley Road to LOVR.... and they are talking about doing that
AFTER the project is built. What genius thought of that one????
There is no roads to accommodate cross traffic for these 1400 plus additional cars.
There is another bottle neck on the little 'dog leg' bridge on Santa Fe Road going to Tank Farm. That is an accident
waiting to happen even today! I drive it every day .... I know.
It seems I hear the whistles blowing .... the meetings (to me) are all talk. The 'fix' is in. Of the many neighbors in my
area that I have talked too, they believe that all we are hearing is a bunch of lip service. I don't think anyone on your
commission has even walked the neighbor hood, or seen the traffic jams, or heard the noise pollution. We know
because we live there.
Regarding noise pollution, have any of you taken the time to stand anywhere near the Avila Ranch when a jet takes
off from the airport??? (Right over the proposed 700 new homes, I might add.) You can't hear yourself think. I have
seen horses in neighboring pastures completely freak out and panic when a jet takes off.
For those of us who pay our taxes, and mortgage payments on our homes in a rural area that we chose to live in, are
unbelievably disappointed and disturbed that someone has this kind of power to take away our beautiful neighborhood
and shove a project such as Avila Ranch development down our throats. There has got to be other areas more
conducive to this kind of development.
I don't believe I am alone in my thoughts on this.
Denny d'Autremont
735 Three Sisters Road
SLO
Phone: 805-546-187-
email: dslashh(a),P-mail,com