HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/1/2017 Item 1, Lopes
Christian, Kevin
From:James Lopes <jameslopes@charter.net>
Sent:Monday, May
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:City Council Budget Meeting - North Broad Area parkland fund allocation
Dear Mayor and Council,
Please leave the Parkland Fund for the North Broad Area Neighborhood Park intact! In fact, why not expand
this allocated fund to implement a park for the entire Foothill / North Broad area, in this budget? You know we
don't mean a playground on a corner of a school. We mean an acreage park with play fields, courts for bocce,
pickle ball and basketball, rest rooms, maybe a community meeting room like Meadow Park, and a playground.
Things have really gotten bad when our city government ignores a needed park identified in the General Plan
for 40 years. I think that you sense the frustration that an entire segment of our city does not have a decent sized
and located park.
If you want to do smart growth, you need the facilities that support a livable city in place before or with that
growth; a wait of 40 years is not smart. Special interest planning is to let pressure groups and special interests
intervene in the order of planned facilities. Such happened with the multi-million dollar skate park a few years
ago. It appears your staff has mis-educated you as to the conduct of city business and projects. Many projects
have been put at a higher priority than a North Broad neighborhood park. So, development in prime locations
has almost foreclosed all the opportunities. Finally, we don't need another park and rec study to act on this now
- it's been identified for 40 years!
It would be great if you would support an additional $900,000 be allocated to the North Broad Neighborhood
Park fund, to implement it as a direct, physical and useful community facility.
Sincerely,
James Lopes
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James Lopes
1336 Sweet Bay Lane
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Ph. 805-602-1365
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