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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/13/1981Roll Call Councilmembers Present: Absent: City Staff M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO MONDAY, JULY 13, 1981 - 12:10 P.M. COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA GlennaDeane Dovey, Ron Dunin, and Mayor Melaine Billig Alan Bond and Allen Settle Present: Pamela Voges, City Clerk; Henry Engen, Community Development Director; Jim Stockton, Park & Recreation Director; Terry Sanville, Planning Deparmtnet;.and Olivia Grande, Recording Secretary 1. General Plan Parks and Recreation Study Consideration of General Plan Parks and Recreation Study, Technical Report No. 2 1 Henry Engen, Community Development Director, stated thatin January, 1980, the City hired the firm of Sedes to begin preparation.of the Parks and Recreation Element. He said that it has been divided into 3 parts: the first part was surveying the types of facilities the City already has and asking the residents of the city how they felt about the programs. The results of the survey were published in Technical Report No. 2 which was accepted by the Council. Technical Report No. 2 defined specific park projects that could occurs within those areas and established two basic scenarios that the Council should consider: 1) identifies list of park projects which would be developed to meet the city's needs, and 2) identifies project which would be needed to meet developed park standards. Finally, Report No. 2 talks about funding and offers strategy for dealing with the funding in the near future. He said that the feedback today would help the staff and consultant to write the final part of the study which is the Parks and Recreation Element itself, which will be a policy document. He concluded that the staff report outlined four different topices that the City Council.might want to consider, and invited the consultant to review. Dale Sutliff,representing Sedes, reviewed the reports in detail which described the needs and laid out strategies for moving in a particular direction. He stated that the results of the community survey were a good indicator of where the community was at in their preception of the park system. He summarized for the Commission the goals presented which were directly taken from a summary of findings made after the community survey was done. Mayor Billig felt that the Council should review the document page by page so the consultant and staff have sufficient direction to proceed. In response to a request from Councilman Dunin, Dale Sutliff elaborated on the definitions of parks - passive and active, and recreational areas. The Council then discussed the document and the various parks and other recreational proper- ties individually. Upon Mayor Billig's recommendation, it was the consensus of the Council to continue.this item for additional review and recommendation by Planning Commission, Park & Recreation Commission, Joint Recreational Use of School District Property, and Laguna Lake Committee. 2. Initiation of So. Higuera Park General Plan Amendments Henry Engen, Community Development Director, statedthat when the South Higuera Commerce Park Specific Plan was adopted some two years age, about 80 acres was proposed for subdivision as an industrial /commerce park. The southerly 30 acres was deleted from this proposal and set aside as interim - agriculture with the owner advised to come back in approximately 2 years to reconsider urban use for the property. He continued that Mr. Hibschman has a specific plan amendment request pending before the Planning Commission which calls for light= industrial parcelizaiton for the property. As noted in the Plannint Commission recommendation, the Commission had tentatively concurred with the staff City Council Meeting July 13, 1981 - 12:10 P.M. Page two recommendation that this property be designated for residential use and had recommended the:City Council initiate a general plan amendment for this property, and some other properties in the South Higuera area. Henry Engen continued that after consideration of a special study of land use issues in this area, on June 10, 1981, the Planning Commission decided to recommend.that the Council initiate the following changes. a. Land west of Los Verdes - conservation /agricultural to interim agriculture, with eventual low- density residential use when the flood hazard is removed. No immediate zone change required. b. Land occupied by the wastewater treatment plant and the ponds and pastures to the southwest - conservation /agriculture to public /semipublic. No zone change required. C. Land east of South Higuera Street and north of Tank Farm Road - interim agriculture to medium - density residential. Rezone from A/C 20 to R -2. The Commission indicated a preference for a mobile or modular home land sub- division - each unit on its own lot - but the city has no.:direct mechanism to require such a type of development. d. Land around the drive -in theater - conservation /agriculture to interim agriculture, with eventual urban use when flood hazard is removed. Commissioners discussed the following possible uses but indicated no consensus on a preference: service /commercial /light - industrial; residential; research and development industry or regional adminsitrative offices. No immediate zone change would be required. e. Land south of Margarita Avenue - medium - high- density residential to medium - density residential, to conform with the present R -2 -PD zoning. After brief discussion and comments by the Council, it was moved by Mayor Billig,_ seconded by Councilwoman Dovery, to initiate general plan amendments as follows: a. Per staff recommendation, conservation /agriculture to interim conservation open space. b. Per staff recommendation A/C to public /semi - public with direction to staff that rest of property (pasture land) remain in open space. C. Left interim agriculture. d. Per staff recommendation, conservation /agriculture to.interim con- servation open space. e. Per staff recommendation, medium -High density residential to medium density residential (these areas, open space /interim, are subject to change in status only when certain preconditions are met, for example, floodproofing, access, etc. There being no further business to come beofre the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. to Tuesday, July 14, 1981 at 7:00 p.m. APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON: 8/18/81 P � ela Voges, Ci Jerk