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Gardner, Erica
From: Genevieve Czech < RECEIVED
Date: Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 4:01 PM
Subject: NOP on Environmental Impact Report NOV 0 2 2016
To: SLO CITY CLERK
Here am I, a concerned neighbor to Cal Poly, submitting a few comments shortly before your deadline;
apologies. I live on Stanford Drive, off Highland, near your campus. Nearly 50% of the houses on our road are
student rentals. Our neighborly relations are cordial a large part of the time However, the dynamic of the road is
different as each family home is vacated and sold for student rental. This Sunday I will be attending a memorial
service for a recently deceased Cal Poly Professor neighbor. Permanent residents establish friendships; the same
is;not possible with a transient student population. The former produces a healthy and caring sense of
community/commonality; the latter cannot duplicate that. Cal Poly has set a goal of housing 65% of its student
population on campus. However that appears a far distant goal or perhaps even cynical lip service to appease
SLO residents. Other campus projects, like an ambitious new restaurant service, take precedence over urgent
housing. Please bear in mind the consequences of 2/3 of CP students living off campus: when their partying is
loud, late and prolonged, we are compelled to call neighborhood pollice; 2/3 of CP students consume SLO
water rather than CP's Whale Rock supply; students vehicles are parked on residential streets and congest city
traffic; SLO is turning prime ag land into housing that will help accommodate 14K of your students, rather than
CP utilizing land available on their own campus.
Even current Cal Poly staff feel resentful about the housing situation. Rather than construct faculty units, move
more urgently to accommodate 65% of students on campus to release housing in neighborhoods for faculty, as
hitherto. That priority will help heal the town and gown divide. It would not only create a more dynamic
student population on the campus where students can thrive in a safe environment, but it would encourage
highly qualified staff to apply to Cal Poly in anticipation of living in charming, residential and diverse
neighborhoods to the enrichment of all concerned.
Respectfully yours, Genevieve Czech