HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/5/2017 Item 12, Dixon Dear City Council:
A small working group of Laguna Lake community members have been meeting,
independently and with the developer of the San Luis Ranch project, to help
navigate this development to one that is cogent with our community, respectful of
existing community needs, and enhances the area rather than detracting from it.
At a workshop held at Whole Foods on March 4, it was determined that it would
behoove the community to also address the City of SLO to also consider
important measures in this housing development.As such, I have written this
letter representing a group of residents from the Laguna Lake area, and have had
it endorsed by 24 individuals who would like to see the following considerations
and improvements made during the development of this project:
i. In general, prioritized consideration for pedestrian access, but specifically,
improved pedestrian access across Madonna Road at Oceanaire and at Froom
Ranch and Oceanaire (once Froom gets extended to Dalidio.) These intersections
will be Class I "significant and unavoidable" impacts according to the EIR. If we
are truly trying to make this a multi-modal community, then we need additional
infrastructure to support pedestrians and bicyclists, like push button lights that
light up when pedestrians are crossing, wide, traffic-buffering sidewalks, and
green-striped, dedicated bike lanes;
2. Prioritizing the Prado overpass and highway on/off ramps to go in Phase i of
construction;
3.Additional turn lanes at Dalidio at the post office and at the school at Pacific
Beach to ease congestion;
4. A cap of no more than 3o MPH on Froom;
5. Finally, supporting the tremendous asset that is Laguna Lake and making it
accessible and safe, and assuring its future for the thousands of new residents
that will be living in the area.
As a whole, we support this plan and its vision for a sustainable community that
protects and cherishes agricultural heritage, and will provide much-needed
housing in the city. We are ALSO concerned that additional traffic and a lack
of infrastructural support and creative vision on behalf of the City will turn this
into another bedroom community of single family homes- a vision that is not
consistent with the City of SLO's Master Plan and the desires of the residents who
live and work here. I urge you to please consider the aforementioned requests
seriously on behalf of our community.
Signed,
Residents of Laguna Lake Neighborhood
Endorsed by:
i. Zoya Dixon, Oceanaire Court (author)
2.Andrew Dixon, Oceanaire Court
3. Raquel Smith, Seaward
3.Andrew Smith, Seaward
4. Scott Head, Oceanaire Drive
5. Carly Head, Oceanaire Drive
6. Theo Jones, Oceanaire Drive
�. Deidre Crabtree, Oceanaire Drive
8. Greg Crabtree, Oceanaire Drive
9. Jeff Muzial, Oceanaire Drive
io. Laurie Muzial, Oceanaire Drive
ii. Diane Anthony, Oceanaire Drive
i2. Bianca Uway, Oceanaire Drive
i3. Darcy Lazar, Oceanaire Drive
i4. Bruce Lazar, Oceanaire Drive
i5. Priscilla Sandoval, Seaward Street
i6. Donna LaFreniere, Oceanaire Drive
i�. Matt Silva, Oceanaire Court
i8. Kristen Stevenson, Oceanaire Court
i9. Sean Flickinger, Del Oro Court
20. Sarah Flickinger, Del Oro Court
2i. C. Flickinger, Del Oro Court
22. John Smigelski, Oceanaire Drive
23.Alice McNeely, Oceanaire Drive
24. Karen Hale