Brent Grizzle

The developer proposes a residential subdivision tract as summarized in the table below. SMART has compiled an additional summary of the concerns and objections with introducing this specific type of development in the agricultural San Miguel area west of U.S. Highway 101. At present, this area enjoys: grain, orchard, and vineyard farming; cattle grazing; equine raising and training; and other agricultural operations; as well as the adjacent Camp Roberts regional training facility. Under current zoning, this project would not be allowed.

Proposed Land Use Summary1

Proposed Land Use	Proposed Units *	Acres
RR - Rural Residential	4	64.1
RS - Residential Suburban	23	86.3
RSF - Residential Single-Family	318	213.3
RMF - Residential Multi-Family	44	4.5
CR - Commercial Retail	offices, fast food	5.5
REC - Recreation	public park, internal trail, private tot lots	11.3
OS - Open Space	private trails, private community building & parking lot, private open space	165
10th St. Access Parcels.Easements	Access Roadway	50
TOTAL		600

* Note: SLO County identifies the potential for somewhere between 14 and 345 secondary dwelling units that are not included in the above-stated unit count.

1 Statistics in graph obtained from revised January 2007 Project Description for SLO County Environmental Impact Report preparation. The revised project description has: eliminated the hotel use and introduced office use; reduced the number of rural lots; increased the number of suburban lots; and eliminated all trail and sidewalk connections to the surrounding community.

A word on the Developer...

Brent Grizzle has stated he wants to be a part of the San Miguel Community and is "just a farmer." Contrary to his statement, Mr. Grizzle is a developer and realtor that quietly purchases agricultural acreage in small towns or agricultural areas and tries to convert it through amending plans and rezoning into basic residential urban sprawl. This process allows Mr. Grizzle to increase the property value to be resold at a significant profit to himself before he moves on to the next town or agricultural community to repeat the process, leaving the community behind with a home builder or contractor that may basically build as they please under the minimum building and zoning codes, without input from the community, and without Mr. Grizzle's promises or words of comfort. Mr. Grizzle has several known development projects approved or underway, and two known business/developer addresses that are approximately 300 miles south of San Miguel. Feel free to click on the following links to learn more about the developer:

http://lajolla.whoboughtwhat.com/news/199994-attorney-developer-swap-giant-solana-beach-7bd

http://www.sdranchcoastnews.com/RSF%20pages/RSF_FT11.html

http://www.thecoastnews.com/articles/3308/

http://www.newtimesslo.com/index.php?p=showarticle&id=2657

http://www.kusp.org/landuse/2006/10/23.html