Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on May 20, 2023 at 10:48 am
Steven Nelson is a registered user.

more Black Summer-Hot Impermeable Asphalt (Heat Island hardscapes).
Parking and Access do not have to be ordinary black asphalt. It can be more a sustainable and environment friendly stabilized-permeable gravel surface* or permeable concrete.

Too bad Trustees Conley and Berman did not support Lambert in this environmental effort! The Bd. President and VP worked together to introduce and pass a 'schoolyard hot-impermeable asphalt' reduction resolution earlier in the year. All publicly controlled construction should incorporate this 'environmental friendly' approach. (In My Opinion)

[public construction benchmarks: UC Santa Cruz recent stablized-gravel parking lot near the West Field House. Peninsular Open Space Authority: Bear Creek access parking lot / permeable 'cool cement']

* two links to gravel systems
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