HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/5/2017 Item 12, Lewis
Christian, Kevin
From:Donna Lewis <donnalewis@rpm-mtg.com>
Sent:Monday, July
To:E-mail Council Website
Cc:Donna Lewis
Subject:FW: San Luis Ranch
Good afternoon Council Members,
On Wednesday evening you will have a significant opportunity to make strides toward meeting one of your
major City goals which is Housing. The San Luis Ranch project will go a long way to addressing the City’s
housing crisis and your approval will allow the project to move forward and full steam ahead so that we may
actually see some housing built by 2020! Please approve this project. And please see below for the letter I sent
to the Planning Commission in this regard. I will also forward you a copy of the letter one of my clients sent to
the Planning Commission under separate cover for your reference which addresses those families who need
more affordable options to be able to live where they work. I look forward to seeing you all Wednesday night.
Donna Lewis
Branch Manager, Senior Loan Advisor
RPM MORTGAGE • SAN LUIS OBISPO
1065 Higuera Street, Suite 100
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805.783.4000 phone
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From: Donna Lewis
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 3:17 PM
To: 'advisorybodies@slocity.org' <advisorybodies@slocity.org>
Cc: Donna Lewis <donnalewis@rpm-mtg.com>
Subject: San Luis Ranch
Dear SLO Planning Commission: Kim Bisheff, Scott Mann, Nicholas Osterbur, Hemalata Dandekar, Ronald Malak,
John Fowler, and Charles Stevenson,
I am writing to you in support of the San Luis Ranch Project. I’ve had the good fortune to finance homes for
many families in San Luis Obispo over the past 25 years. Never have I seen such a lack of available housing for
our workforce and for those ready, willing and able to purchase a home. The result of the short supply is
directly correlated with how unaffordable housing in the City of SLO has become.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to be the preferred lender on the Moylan Terrace project, developed by
HASLO. The project provided much needed housing, affordable by design, as well as deed restricted
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affordable units for low, very low and moderate income households. Needless to say, these units were in high
demand given the product type and design. A significant number of families, who might not have otherwise
been able to afford to purchase a home in San Luis Obispo, are now homeowners and enjoy the ability to live
in the same City in which they work. However, there are just as many if not more families who attempted to
purchase homes in this development but were outbid or not the lucky winner through the lottery process.
One of the Moylan Terrace families I assisted wrote you as well to express their sincere appreciation for the
opportunity they were given and to support the immediate creation of additional units in the city in an
affordable range. It is my understanding that San Luis Ranch will provide a number of units which are
affordable, both by design, and based on the City’s requirement to provide affordable units as a component
of the project. The project concept in its entirety interests me given the mix of housing options for all income
levels, as well as the agricultural component. All three of my girls were heavily involved in FFA & Agriculture
projects while attending SLO High, with 2 of our daughter’s ultimately serving as State Officers for CAFFA. Our
families awareness of the importance of agriculture to our community has grown and as a result, I truly see the
benefit of incorporating this component into the project.
Our community is DESPERATE for additional housing stock…with prices rising and no further supply in sight, it is
critical that the creation of housing be prioritized. Please do whatever possible to move this project forward so
that more families have the opportunity to live where they work.
Donna Lewis
Branch Manager, Senior Loan Advisor
RPM MORTGAGE, INC. • SAN LUIS OBISPO
755 Santa Rosa Street, Suite 300
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805.783.4000 phone
805.235.0463 cell
844.496.1486 eFax
NMLS # 245945
donnalewis@rpm-mtg.com email
www.rpm-mtg.com/dlewis website
Dylan Morrow Stephanie Rodriguez
Production Partner Loan Advisor Assistant
805.212.7682 phone 805.212.7671 phone
dmorrow@rpm-mtg.com srodriguez@rpm-mtg.com
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