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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM NUMBER:
FROM: David F. Romero, Director of Public Works r
SUBJECT:
San Luis Obispo Creek Restoration Plan - San Luis Obispo
County Land Conservancy
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
By motion receive and file the report and direct staff to work with
the Conservancy to incorporate within the City planning and
development process as many of the Conservancy's ideas as are
determined feasible and practical.
BACKGROUND:
This comprehensive report represents more than a year of concerted
effort on the part of the Conservancy. The report is very well
done and utilizes much information which was prepared by the City
in its various reports presented in previous years. The report
covers numerous components of the San Luis Obispo Creek watershed
from the Cuesta Grade to discharge in the Pacific Ocean at Avila
Beach. The report reviews the biologic and aesthetic resources,
recreational and agricultural uses, and flood control. It also
ranks various portions of the creek using several criteria,
presents numerous figures, tables and other exhibits, and a summary
and recommendations section. Approximately half the report deals
with San Luis Obispo and its immediate environs. All of it is easy
reading.
If the Council is limited for time, staff suggests the following
sections are most pertinent to the concerns of the City of San Luis
Obispo.
Summary pages S-1 to S-5 (blue color)
Section 2.3 , pages 36-41
Sections 4. 1 and 4.2, pages 61-65
Sections 5.2, 5. 3 , 5. 4, pages 69-79
Of particular interest is the Conservancy recommendations regarding
development of a recreational access trail along the creeks
ultimately connecting parks and peaks with a continuous system,
something we have discussed to some degree for many years. The
Conservancy has comments regarding disposal of treated effluent in
such a manner as to enhance the creek environment, and has
expressed a concern that the use of City wells may adversely affect
the creeks. Of primary interest is the Conservancy's
recommendation regarding flood control projects, particularly in
regard to a retention dam that might be constructed upstream of the
City, thereby reducing need for creek widening in the community.
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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Creek Restoration
Page Two
Staff has been working with the Conservancy for many months and
will continue to do so. we are in general agreement with the
concepts and are willing to study them and integrate them within
our planning process wherever possible. Most of their concerns
have previously been expressed to the Council and will be reflected
in upcoming studies and reports.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the report
and direct staff to work with the Conservancy to incorporate within
the City planning and development process as many of the
Conservancy's ideas as are determined feasible and practical.
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