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Tonikian, Victoria
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Sent:Monday, May 07, 2018 8:39 AM
To:CityClerk; Advisory Bodies
Subject:May 7, 2018 ARC meeting, 790 Foothill
PLEASE FORWARD TO ARC MEMBERS & POST ON AGENDA CORRESPONDENCE. THANK
YOU.
ARC Commissioners:
Please stop the predatory buildings that are coming to the North part of San Luis Obispo. You
have the power to put the brakes on projects that are too massive and tall for the Northern
neighborhoods and are taking away views, privacy, sunlight and are not compatible with the
nearby dwellings and businesses.
The parking reduction that is proposed will have severe negative impacts. The result is that
the already over-parked area will not be able to accommodate an increase in parking needs
and will end up parking in residential neighborhoods which are already crowded with the
many employees who do not have parking at their workplace, not to mention the students who
park in the Foothill area to avoid Cal Poly's parking fees & lack of adequate parking.
Please require that drawings be made to scale. The computer renderings of the project are
misleading and give the appearance of plenty of space between the streets and the
apartments and that is not the reality with the reduced setbacks. Take a look at the
developer's other project at 22 Chorro and you'll see how intrusive these projects are in reality
as well as the safety issues. A project of this size, mass & scale needs to utilize story poles
so that residents and City officials can visualize the true size, mass, siting, density and
impacts.
The Foothill/Chorro intersection is already very dangerous and will be less safe due to
the increased amount of traffic being generated; it's three times the size of 22 Chorro. A real,
up to date traffic and circulation study needs to be done, not merely an extrapolation from out
of date computer data.
As a City commission you have the power to not allow the finagling that happens after the
building is finished and signed off. The oversized bedrooms will easily be partitioned
resulting in two times the bedrooms permitted and the City turns a blind eye to such
violations which preys on students and tremendously increases outrageous profits for the
developer. It's time to stand up for our City and its residents. San Luis Obispo deserves
better.
Sincerely,
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Cheryl McLean
Anholm