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Home My WebLink About04-15-2025 City Council Minutes 1 Council Minutes April 15, 2025, 5:30 p.m. Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo Council Members Present: Council Member Mike Boswell, Council Member Emily Francis, Council Member Jan Marx, Vice Mayor Michelle Shoresman, Mayor Erica A. Stewart City Staff Present: City Manager Whitney McDonald, Christine Dietrick, City Attorney, Teresa Purrington, City Clerk _____________________________________________________________________ 1. CLOSED SESSION (4:30 - 5:30 PM) 1.a CALL TO ORDER Mayor Erica A. Stewart called the Closed Session of the San Luis Obispo City Council to order at 4:35 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room with all Council Members present. 1.b PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS ONLY Public Comments: None ---End of Public Comment--- 1.c CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS 1.d CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Action: City Attorney Christine Dietrick announced that the Council met in Closed Session regarding two related matters. One being real property negotiations with parties as noted above, and the other being anticipated litigation as set forth in a letter to the City on behalf of Vista Grande Inc.; a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's office. City Attorney Dietrick indicated that Council provided negotiating parameters, and no other reportable action was given. 1.e ADJOURNMENT Closed Session adjourned at 4:45 p.m. to the Regular Meeting of April 15, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. 2 2. CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council was called to order on April 15, 2025 at 5:35 p.m. by Mayor Stewart with all Council Members present. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Vice Mayor Shoresman led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. PRESENTATIONS 4.a BIKE MONTH PROCLAMATION Mayor Stewart presented a proclamation declaring the month of May as "Bike Month" to Adam Fukushima on behalf of Active Transportation Committee and Bike SLO County. 4.b CITY MANAGER REPORT City Manager Whitney McDonald provided a report on upcoming projects. 5. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Public Comment: Fitzgerald Kelly --End of Public Comment-- 6. CONSENT AGENDA Council Members Francis and Marx recused from Item 6c due to the proximity of their residences to proposed bus routes. Public Comment: Matt Kokkonen - Item 6h --End of Public Comment-- Motion By Vice Mayor Shoresman Second By Council Member Boswell To approve Consent Calendar Items 6a to 6i. Ayes (5): Council Member Boswell, Council Member Francis, Council Member Marx, Vice Mayor Shoresman, and Mayor Stewart CARRIED (5 to 0) 6.a WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES Waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances as appropriate. 3 6.b MINUTES REVIEW - APRIL 1, 2025 COUNCIL MINUTES Recommendation: Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on April 1, 2025. 6.d ADOPTION OF THE 2025-26 CENTRAL SERVICES COST ALLOCATION PLAN Adopt the 2025-26 Central Services Cost Allocation Plan, including the Cost of Services Allocation and Labor Rates. 6.e ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF A REPORT ON THE SAN LUIS OBISPO FIRE DEPARTMENT’S COMPLIANCE WITH CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 13146.2 AND 13146.3 PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 1205 Adopt Resolution No. 11556 (2025 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, acknowledging receipt of a report on the San Luis Obispo Fire Department’s compliance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 pursuant to Senate Bill 1205 Section 13146.4.” 6.f AUTHORIZE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR A TYPE 1 FIRE ENGINE 1. Issue a purchase order (PO) and seek financing for a sole source purchase of a Type I Fire Engine in the amount of $1,244,287.76; and 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase documents. 6.g 2025 LEGISLATIVE ACTION PLATFORM 1. As recommended by Councilmembers Marx and Boswell, adopt Resolution 11557 (2025 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, establishing a City Legislative Action Platform for 2025 and appointing the Council Member and Staff to act as a liaison between the City of San Luis Obispo and the League of California Cities”; and 2. Appoint the Mayor, City Manager, and the City Attorney to act as the primary legislative liaisons between the League of California Cities and the City of San Luis Obispo. 4 6.h AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE THE 50 HIGUERA WIDENING PROJECT, SPECIFICATION NO. 2091294, AND APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SLOCOG COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SLO- FAST-01 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute the second amendment to Cooperative Agreement No. SLO-FAST-01 with the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG); and 2. Delegate authority to the City Manager to execute future amendments to the Cooperative Agreement with SLOCOG if new funding additions administered via the amendment total $200,000 or less; and 3. Authorize the Finance Director or their designee to approve funding appropriations administered via the Cooperative Agreement with SLOCOG; and 4. Approve project plans and specifications for the 50 Higuera Widening Project, Specification No. 2091294; and 5. Authorize staff to advertise for bids and authorize the City Manager to award the Construction Contract for the 50 Higuera Widening Project if the lowest responsible bid is within the engineer’s estimate of $611,697; and 6. Appropriate $150,000 in regional Urban State Highway Account (USHA) funding to the 50 Higuera Widening project account (Specification No. 2091294); and 7. Transfer $22,600 from the New Streetlights project account (Specification No. 2001016) to the 50 Higuera Widening project account (Specification No. 2091294); and 8. Authorize the City Engineer to approve Contract Change Orders for the 50 Higuera Widening Project up to the available project budget; and, 9. Upon delivery of a final notice to relevant property owners, Authorize Finance Director to close the S. Higuera St Widening - Fontana to Chumash Capital Project (Specification. No. 2091610) and transfer remaining available budget of up to $252,327 to the 50 Higuera Widening Project (Specification No. 2091294) to support project construction. 5 6.i CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT PARKING STRUCTURE TREE REMOVAL REQUEST Adopt Resolution No. 11558 (2025 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, authorize the removal of an Afrocarpus Tree (Tree #01) and authorize the City Arborist to develop a Tree Replanting Plan that offset the impacts to the City’s Urban Forest” in accordance with the Cultural Arts District Parking Structure Tree Protection Plan. 6.c ADOPTION OF SLO TRANSIT’S SHORT-RANGE TRANSIT PLAN AND FARE RATES Motion By Vice Mayor Shoresman Second By Council Member Boswell 1. Adopt Resolution No. 11554 (2025 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, adopting San Luis Obispo (SLO) Transit’s FY 2026-30 Short-Range Transit Plan”; and 2. Adopt Resolution No. 11555 (2025 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving Fare Rates for San Luis Obispo (SLO) Transit.” Ayes (3): Council Member Boswell, Vice Mayor Shoresman, and Mayor Stewart Recused (2): Council Member Francis, and Council Member Marx CARRIED (3 to 0) 7. PUBLIC HEARING AND BUSINESS ITEMS 7.a 2025-27 STRATEGIC BUDGET DIRECTION AND DRAFT CIP Finance Director Emily Jackson and Principal Budget Analyst Riley Kuhn provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions. Public Comments: Rachel Whalen Tyler Coari Barry Price Gerri Clemens LeBren Harris 6 Dona Hare Price Biz Steinberg Andy Pease John Smigelski Kimmie Nguyen ---End of Public Comment--- ACTION: The Council provided the following feedback and guidance to the City Manager: • CAPSLO hotel vouchers add an additional $45,000 to fund for the other 6 months of the year. • Continue to use the $400,000 for Broad Street improvements. • Support for using $5 million from Prado Interchange funding for Prado Bridge widening. • Make sure we have a work plan item that prioritizes streamlining for childcare businesses • Short Term Rental current plan to work with Rental Scape and within our current Ordinances is ok and we don’t need a specific workplan item for that. • Vacancy tax or fee or method for addressing vacancies downtown is an idea for exploration at a later time.(Bike Rack) • Golf Course direction to conduct a Study Session to discuss current and future fiscal impacts as well as potential reuse of the City golf course. This would happen before the next major infrastructure project, so if the direction was to do something different we wouldn’t have just spent half a million dollars on improvements. • Changing the work plan item “Initiate an update to the 7th cycle update of the Housing Element through the creation of a RFP for consultant services” to reflect that the RFP will be presented to the Council with a Study Session regarding potential scoping of a Land Use and Circulation Element Update (LUCE), this conversation will include information about RHNA numbers, which will inform both the RFP and whether or not we will need an update to the LUCE. 7 8. LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Council Member Francis • Community Action Partnership (CAP) - On the 7th attended priority setting session for their Homelessness Strategic Plan. Was assigned as liaison to CAPSLO Child Care Resource Connection. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11:28 p.m. A Special Meeting of the City Council will be held on April 29, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. A Special Closed Session Meeting of the City Council will be held on April 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on May 6, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 05/06/2025