HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/5/2017 Item 12, McLean
Christian, Kevin
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Subject:San Luis Ranch, item #12, City Council July 5, 2017
Please post with Agenda Correspondence and deliver to City Council members. Thank you.
Mayor Harmon and City Council members,
As San Luis Ranch is presently designed, residents of San Luis Obispo will be subjected to poorer
air quality (and noise) as a result of more vehicles idling and stuck in traffic. Please preserve the 244
trees slated to be killed and their value as an avian habitat and nesting site. Eucalyptus trees are
well-known for the carbon sequestration that they provide and considering Climate Change alone,
common sense dictates that they be preserved by an improved design. Eucalyptus trees are of
tremendous value as carbon processors. In addition our low inversion layer in San Luis and the
amount of traffic is already resulting in poor air quality. Have we not learned from the mistakes of
other cities to the North and South of us and the ramifications that occur ?
The sacrifice of prime agriculture land is another damaging aspect of this project . It is pathetic that
more of the property cannot be preserved following the State of California guidelines. Homes should
not be built on land that are class A and needs to be preserved, as per State of California
guidelines, for local food production, eliminating fresh produce from long truck trips to deliver food.
Please require the infrastructure for the San Luis Ranch development to put in first prior to any
building. The traffic congestion and circulation is a nightmare in that area of San Luis Obispo already
and the additional stress on overcrowded streets without the Prado road overpass, a new north and
south entrance to Highway 101, and other street improvements in place will only exacerbate the
problem. The existing roads in that area of town are already overcrowded and at peak times it's
bumper to bumper traffic. In the future, when Avila Ranch also dumps large numbers of vehicles onto
Higuera, LOVR, Madonna Rd. and 101, the effects of these two projects combined will have citizens
will wondering what our Mayor and City Council were You have the power to make this happen.
The San Luis Ranch property is in the airport flight path and will restrict our future airport
service. This is yet another quality of life issue where existing residents have to sacrifice for housing
that will not end up being affordable to the vast majority of working class families who desire to live
here. It is a sham.
Please do what you can to protect our quality of life and the remaining character of San Luis Obispo
and think about what is being created and the long term effects. The EIR should be used, as
intended, to create a better project. You have the power to protect our beloved spot and keep it from
going in the direction of so many of our other California that were once wonderful. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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Cheryl McLean
Anholm, San Luis Obispo
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