1 miramar beach resort and bungalows project 2 - Santa Barbara ...

1 process was exhausting, I'm grateful that it exists to
2 protect and maintain the integrity and character of our
3 community.
4 In my past 12 years, I've lived in Montecito
5 on Miramar Avenue in a 100-year-old home, and I've
6 watched with anticipation the transformation of this
7 historical hotel. In my career of 37 years, I've built
8 more freeway miles, sound abatement walls, bridges, and
9 infrastructure facilities than anyone in the southwest.
10 The 500 bridges and overpasses I have built
11 have given me a particular advantage when I analyze the
12 environmental documents from the county staff regarding
13 this proposed five-star hotel.
14 I know when the San Ysidro bridge was built.
15 It was built by a former employee of mine in 1952. It
16 was his first engineering project. He's long since
17 retired, but the bridge, as we all know, still stands.
18 Ted is now 80, and he was shocked when I told him this
19 old bridge was going to become the gateway to an
20 oversized resort hotel.
21 Now, the freeways and the bridges that serve
22 the Miramar will be enlarged and condemnation will
23 occur. Caltrans has not come forward. I don't know
24 why. But the parking you talked about this morning on
25 South Jameson will change. You will not have that
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