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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-23-2024 Agenda - Special Closed Session City Council SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 1:30 p.m. Council Hearing Room, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL The City Council holds in-person meetings. Zoom participation will not be supported at this time. Closed Sessions are not streamed to the City's website, YouTube Channel, or Channel 20. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the meeting): Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401. Email - Submit Public Comments via email to emailcouncil@slocity.org. In the body of your email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting. Voicemail - Call (805) 781-7164 and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your name, the agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting. *All correspondence will be archived and distributed to councilmembers, however, submissions received after the deadline may not be processed until the following day. Public Comment during the meeting: Meetings are held in-person. To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be present at the meeting location. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. Public comment will be accepted at the beginning of the meeting, then the public will be dismissed as Closed Sessions are confidential. Pages 1.CALL TO ORDER Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Special Closed Session Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council to order in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. 2.PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ONLY Public Comment will only be accepted for items listed on the Closed Session agenda. 3.CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 Property: APNs 002-412-011, 002-412-012, 002-412-002 (portion) and 002-412-004 (portion) Agency Negotiators: Derek Johnson, J. Christine Dietrick, Markie Kersten, Whitney McDonald, Greg Hermann, Robert Hill Negotiating Parties: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, A California Non-Profit Corporation Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment 4.CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9. No. of potential cases: One. A point has been reached where, in the opinion of the legislative body of the local agency on the advice of its legal counsel, based on existing facts and circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency. The existing facts and circumstances exposing the City to litigation are set forth in a letter from Kevin I. Shenkman, Attorney at Law, on behalf of his client Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, alleging that the City’s current at-large election system for the election of City Council members and the Mayor violates the California Voting Rights Act and demanding that the City transition to by district elections. Mr. Shenkman’s letter dated February 17, 2023, is on file and available for review in the City Clerk’s Office located at 990 Palm Street. 5.ADJOURNMENT The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on May 7, 2024 with Closed Session at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room, and the Regular Meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES for the hearing impaired - see the Clerk. The City of San Luis Obispo wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7114 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (805) 781-7410. City Council meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 20 and the City's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/CityofSanLuisObispo. Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California during normal business hours, and on the City’s website https://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendas-and- minutes. Persons with questions concerning any agenda item may call the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7114.