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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/27/2018 Item 3, Vujovich-Labarre Goodwin, Heather From:Mila Vujovich-LaBarre <milavu@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 27, To:Harmon, Heidi; Rivoire, Dan; Christianson, Carlyn; Pease, Andy; Gomez, Aaron; Johnson, Derek; Codron, Michael; Advisory Bodies Subject:Please pull the APPROVAL OF THE FINAL MAP FOR TRACT 3096, SAN LUIS RANCH, 1035 MADONNA ROAD (SBDV-3772-2016) from the CONSENT AGENDA November 27, 2018 Mayor Harmon and City Council Members City Hall 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Dear Mayor Harmon and City Council Members - On the consent agenda calendar for this evening's meeting is the APPROVAL OF THE FINAL MAP FOR TRACT 3096, SAN LUIS RANCH, 1035 MADONNA ROAD (SBDV-3772-2016). It is my hope that you will all vote to pull this item from the consent agenda. The tremendous fault in the final map and substantiating documents is not the affordable housing that is proposed, it is the traffic infrastructure to support the homes and commercial development. This is delineated on Pages 18-20 of information for this agenda item. Prado Road has been on the San Luis Obispo City Master plan as an East-West connector from Madonna Road to Broad Street since 1960. It was inked into the most recent Land Use Circulation Element (LUCE) document as a “four-lane truck highway,” extending from Madonna Road to Broad Street. This Council has given the proverbial green light to a handful of housing developments in the LUCE without putting specific guidelines on the timing and the amount of the traffic infrastructure to support each development. Prado Road and the proposed overpass and/or interchange play significant roles in both the San Luis Ranch development and the Avila Ranch development. Inadequate planning and lack of follow-through now will cripple traffic in and adversely impact the surrounding neighborhoods. Prado Road is being “illegally segmented” or “piecemealed” and this is in violation of CEQA. There has never been a comprehensive Environmental Impact Report(EIR) of Prado Road analyzing the cumulative impacts, the cost and the feasibility of it. Our City staff will say that Prado Road has been adequately “studied” over the years. Honestly, now is the time for facts, figures, and a timeline. Although a recent victorious City Council candidate stated that it was one of her campaign goals to get the Prado Road overpass built, there does not seem to be coordination between the City staff, Caltrans and the developers to do so in the near future. Also, if one simply takes a measuring tape and drives along the proposed route of Prado Road you will all see that it simply does not fit as a “four-lane truck highway” as it is documented in the LUCE. 1 So, please remove this item from the consent agenda. Be logical. Please delay approval of this project and demand that a comprehensive Environmental Impact Report of Prado Road from Madonna Road to Broad Street be executed. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Mila Vujovich-La Barre 650 Skyline Drive San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 milavu@hotmail.com 805-441-5818 2