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From:Jan Marx <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Make Open Space Preservation a Major City Goal
Dear City Council,
Since you have each campaigned and succeeded in being elected to office, you must be keenly aware that the only
people who are eligible to vote for you are city residents, not tourists, not workers who live elsewhere, not students
living on campus. Ours is a representative government, which means that SLO City voters expect you to represent their
values and priorities.
Once again, as every year since resident surveys have been conducted, Open Space Preservation has been ranked one of
the highest budget priorities in the Community Priorities Survey. This goal also ranked number one in the LUCE Update
survey. Residents felt deeply disappointed--some would go so far as to say betrayed--when the last Council ignored their
top priority by not choosing Open Space Preservation as a Major City Goal for the 2017-19. The last Council did not even
make Open Space Preservation an "Other Important Objective."
Resident are hopeful that the new Council will not also turn its back on Open Space. Each of you made campaign
promises that you would listen to the voters, represent all city residents and not just a favored few, and be our voice.
We voters have spoke loud and clear about our top priority for decades, Open Space Preservation. Now is your chance
to actually live up to your promises.
There is still much to be done to complete our Greenbelt, support the positions of Natural Resource Manager and City
Biologist and improve maintenance of our precious, unique and much loved Open Space. This is your opportunity to be
true to your word and prove to the voters that you truly deserved their votes. I urge you to make Open Space
Preservation a Major City Goal.
Thank you for your service to the City,
Jan Howell Marx, 6 year City Council member, 6 year Mayor, 30 year resident,
265 Albert Drive, SLO
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