HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-24-2018 Item 2 - Smith
Purrington, Teresa
From:carolyn smith <cjsmith_107@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Planning Commission Meeting - January 24, 2018 - Item 2 Froom Ranch
Chair Stevenson and Commissioners:
I am always perplexed how these large projects come before this Commission and the public for
comments, and direction BEFORE a Draft EIR has been completed. There may be significant,
unavoidable, and extensive impacts that may require extreme mitigation measures, making it
impractical for this Commission or the public to evaluate the project and make informed opinions
and/or comments. It seems this review puts the cart before the horse and is unfair to this
Commission and the public in that all of the necessary information is not yet available to review.
As a nearly 40 year resident of the Laguna Lake area, I am most concerned about the traffic. As you
all know, LOVR, Madonna Road, and South Higuera are already heavily impacted with traffic
congestion. Council has approved the first phase of San Luis Ranch, without requiring the
construction of the Prado Road Overpass. Council also approved the first phase of Avila Ranch
without extending Buckley Road to South Higuera. Many of us living in the area are incensed that our
city leaders are allowing the initial phases of these projects to be built without these much needed
mitigations to relieve some of the congestion and improve traffic circulation in the area.
Now the Froom Ranch project is coming forward with senior and multi-family housing traffic, adding to
the existing and future extreme congestion. The additional traffic from this project, coupled with the
other two projects, will tip us over the edge to total gridlock on LOVR--particularly since another traffic
signal is proposed for this project at Auto Park Way. This will total SEVEN, yes SEVEN, traffic signals
on LOVR from Madonna Road to South Higuera--a relatively short distance. It's unfathomable to
believe that a proper EIR won't find this impact significant, unavoidable, and not mitigatable.
It makes sense that anyone reviewing this project would need to know all significant impacts before
giving any direction or making any knowledgeable comment or direction on this project. However, if
you are required to do so at this meeting, I hope your direction and/or comments will not be
interpreted as tacit approval of this project in its current form and that it is understood by all that this
project cannot be fully evaluated until an EIR is presented and this Commission and the public have
had an opportunity to thoroughly review it and provide input.
Thank you for your service.
Carolyn Smith
SLO City Resident
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