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Christian, Kevin
To: Gallagher, Carrie
Subject: RE: City Council Meeting, 9/6/ Agenda item 11, Luneta Drive.
RECLIVED
From: "Kit Gould-Himelblau" Ckit. rouldl ail.com> SEP 0 6 2016
Date: Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 7:44 AM -0700
Subject: City Council Meeting, 9/6/ Agenda item 11, Luneta Drive. 51,0 CITY CLERK
To: "E-mail Council Website" �emailc JULIL, (u�slocity.arg>
Dear Mayor Marx and City Council Members
Our Family lives at 330 Ramona Dr. in the Foothill neighborhood of San Luis Obispo for the last
10 years. We are concerned about the opening of Luneta Dr. to through traffic and we are writing
to express our opposition. Our home is several blocks from the closed end of Luneta, but opening
the street would change the character of the neighborhood making it less friendly to walking and
biking
We walk our dogs most mornings or evenings along Luneta and the surrounding streets and we
appreciate how quiet and inviting the area is. We are confident that these streets would be busier,
louder, and less appealing to homeowners if the traffic was to increase. We believe that opening
Luneta to traffic would fundamentally (and negatively) change the character of our whole
neighborhood.
Also, We have been told that the reason for opening Luneta Dr. is to reduce traffic on Ramona
Dr. We don't think opening Luneta Dr. will decrease the number of cars traveling on Ramona
Drive. Living on Ramona Dr., we have formed the opinion that much of Ramona Dr. traffic is
people using that street as a shortcut to Broad street. Also Cal Poly students from other
neighborhoods park on Ramona then take the bus to campus. Finally, many cars exiting the
Foothill shopping center use Ramona rather than the the Foothill Dr. exit. Our point is that traffic
on Ramona is complex and is unlikely to be improved by opening Luneta. If the city is serious
about reducing traffic on Ramona multiple approaches focusing on traffic calming must be adopted
(rather than a "band-aid" approach of opening Luneta.)
Please authorize the needed studies and money to keep Luneta closed.
Thank you,
Kit Gould and Ed Himelblau
330 Ramona Dr.
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