SAN MIGUEL, CA -- STOP URBAN SPRAWL IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY

Join SMART and help preserve agricultural & rural lands

SAN MIGUEL AREA RESIDENTS TRUST S.M.A.R.T. San Miguel, California

Dedicated to the promotion of the historic San Miguel community through downtown development and the preservation of rural lands.

SMART supports the County's adopted "General Plan" and "Smart Growth" goals of:

• Promoting residential and commercial development within the current San Miguel Community Services District.
• The San Miguel Community Design Plan.
• Preserving rapidly vanishing open space and ranch & farmlands.
• Reducing urban sprawl through the conservation of agricultural lands.

SMART opposes:

• The Grizzle Land & Development Corporation's proposed General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, and Tentative Tract Map that would permanently convert 600 acres of agricultural land to suburban residential and strip commercial sprawl outside the town of San Miguel.
• The Grizzle Land and Development Corporation's requested annexation of 600 acres of Agricultural land into the San Miguel Community Services District for the purpose of urban development.

Contact SMART, P.O. Box 192, San Miguel, CA 93451

e-mail: info@sanmiguelsmart.com

The San Miguel Advisory Council launches the Official web site of San Miguel. Go to sanmigueladvisorycouncil.com for more information.

Election Results Are In. San Miguel Area Residents voted in additional smart growth supporters on June 25, 2008. The '08-'09 Council members are as follows:

Tom Banish, Noel Carpenter, Betty Cazaly (Alternate), Gary Davis, Denis Dehger, Debra Lewis, Steve McHarris, and Mike Sanders.

About Us

In March of 2006, the County of San Luis Obispo formally notified the San Miguel area residents of a proposed development project that would transform 550 acres of agricultural land into a suburban residential development. If approved, this project would be the first General Plan Amendment of its kind to impact San Miguel's west side agricultural community and the single largest development project to impact the historic small town of San Miguel.

Local residents became increasing disturbed when it was discovered that a Southern California developer had been quietly purchasing agricultural land and planning a project with San Luis Obispo County officials without the vast community's knowledge. As a result, the residents decided to organize into a single voice that could best represent the growing concerns over the potential negative impacts a proposed development of this size and scope could have on the town of San Miguel and the outlying areas. In June 2006, the San Miguel Area Residents Trust (SMART) was formed.

SMART is comprised of numerous residents, property owners, business owners, farmers, and ranchers that are taking interest in development issues in and around San Miguel. SMART members attend the monthly San Miguel Advisory Council meetings that are typically the last Wednesday of each month (except with holiday conflicts). These meetings are held at the San Miguel Community Center.

SMART is in contact with each of our elected County Supervisors through written correspondance and direct meetings, and has demonstrated that the facts now outweigh the developers opinions on each of the impacts associated with the proposed "San Miguel Ranch" development project. SMART also actively supports the various town development projects that are consistent with the County's Smart Growth Principles, the San Miguel Design Plan, and the SLO County General Plan.

SMART participation has resulted in:

(1) Open public discussion and participation of development issues;

(2) Increased SMAC meeting attendance;

(3) Advanced and readily available SMAC meeting agendas;

(4) A fair and balanced SMAC membership; and

(5) Increased public awareness of local development issues.

SMART is not a high dollar organization and relies on the modest resources of local area resident volunteers. SMART has no intention of competing with the financial and political clout associated with:

~ Project Owner and Southern California Realtor Brent Grizzle;

~ Grizzle Land & Development Corporation;

~ Grizzle Real Estate Developers & Development Corporation;

~ Brent Grizzle Development Companies;

~ Grizzle San Miguel Ranch Corporation; or

~ Any other Grizzle Development Affiliates.

Unlike the various Grizzle Development Corporations, SMART cannot afford to donate large sums of money to local charities and community causes, provide $5,000 donations; interest-free loans, free catered BBQ events, petting zoos, bounce houses, or portable toilets to local events in hopes of swaying the opinion of our community. SMART does not hire consultants like RRM Design Group to regularly attend meetings and lobby the Board of Supervisors and other local officials. There is no financial gain for SMART as compared to the huge profits that the Grizzle Development Corporation seeks with project approval of the proposed "San Miguel Ranch" General Plan Amendment, Rezone, and Subdivision Map.

[ PHOTO RESPECTFULLY REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE LOCAL RECIPIENT ]

Above Photo: Brent Grizzle accepts banner in exchange for a $5,000 gift .

SMART is composed of concerned citizens that believe in and rely upon our County Board of Supervisors to uphold the SLO County General Plan and local San Miguel Community Design Plan that guide development within the San Miguel planning and service area. We further believe that sprawling development outside of our planned development area will be detrimental to our agricultural viability, town tourism, our small town infrastructure, and our historic downtown San Miguel area.

The rainbow points to the future site of Grizzle Land and Development Corporation's proposed "San Miguel Ranch", a transformation of scenic and productive agricultural lands into a Southern California-style suburban sprawl subdivision, complete with office and fast food as the gateway to San Miguel and San Luis Obispo County.

HELP US STOP URBAN SPRAWL NOW...

BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.