HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/25/2018 Item 1, Pickering
Goodwin, Heather
From:Nancy Pickering <applyrepeat@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, July 24,
To:Advisory Bodies
Subject:Planning Commission- 7/25/18-Item 1, 790 Foothill
Thank you for your time to hear out the concerns of the neighbors and residents off of North Chorro and Foothill Blvd
here in San Luis Obispo.
We all know the history of 22 Chorro and how it was able to become what it is now. In the wisdom of our Planning
Department the development was turned down. The City Council overturned your department's decision based on fear
of a lawsuit. The concerns of the Planning Department at that time must of have been valid points, or why else was it
turned down. A fear of a lawsuit is not a valid point.
We who live here know the constant concerns that more traffic congestion will bring to the area, and we all know how
parking is a real concern to all of us already. Allowing a project three times the size of 22 Chorro will only compound
these problems even more.
It is not prudent to allow something like 790 Foothill to be built without knowing the impact of a filled 71 Palomar and a
filled 22 Chorro will have on the area. And we all know that this same developer of Palomar and Chorro will use any
means to accomplish his third project in the area using the guise of "Affordable' housing.
He is asking for more concessions than should be allowed under one project from our city, because he is adding a few
more "Affordable Housing" studio apartments asked by the state of California. Certainly the safety of the area should go
for far more than just a few studio apartments that will be renting well under market value to individuals who will be
living in a student complex.
I do believe this developer is taking advantage of the upward swing, "blip" of enrollment at Cal Poly and he sees an
opportunity to take a monetary advantage of Cal Poly's dragging of their feet on accomplishing more student housing on
their property.
790 Foothill Luxurious Apartments is not the solution to our housing needs. If there were concerns when the Planning
Department turned down the project at 22 Chorro, then those concerns are still there for 790 Foothill, but these
concerns are larger and perhaps more dangerous from a safety standard viewpoint. I hope all will allow you to make
your decision based on what we have and what we will have when the other two Student Housing units become
occupied, an already congested area. This is not the time to believe we can change into a Utopian Society over night, a
society without cars. Students will stash their cars in our neighborhoods.
By allowing 790 Foothill to be built, our infrastructure, our natural resources and our neighborhoods are all at risk for
the accumulation of more wealth for the developer.
Thank you for your consideration on not allowing 790 Foothill to materialize into the monster it wants to become.
Nancy T. Pickering of The Anholm District
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