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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/10/1988, 3 - REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER RAPPA FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY TO PLACE A PROPOSED GROWTH MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE BEFORE THE VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER 8, 1988 STATEWIDE GEN 4IINNII�IIIII��IAI��I .� J MEETING DATE: InHu►I cio son lues o�ispo 5-10-88 Sligo COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT ITEM EA: FROM: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer SUBJECT: Request of Councilmember Rappa for C ouncil to consider a resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors of San Luis Obispo County to place a proposed Growth Management Initiative before the voters in the November 8, 1988 Statewide General Election BACKGROUND: Vice Mayor Rappa has asked that the City Council consider adoption of this resolution which would request placement of the proposed Growth Management Initiative before the voters of the County at the November 8 election. Though there has been public discussion of another proposed Growth Management Initiative, that proposal has not been presented to the Board of Supervisors or the County staff as yet. The City staff has not been asked to nor have we had the time to analyze the proposed Growth Management Initiative. That would be done if the City Council were to request that we do so. JD:mp Attachment: Resolution 3- I RESOLUTION NO. (1988 Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO SUPPORTING PLACEMENT OF A GROWTH MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE AT THE NOVEMBER 8, 1988 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo has, for a number of years, followed the policies of a Residential Growth Management Ordinance (#1068) ; and WHEREAS., the City of San Luis Obispo is the retail and government center of San Luis Obispo County causing, an a daily basis, residents from all over the County to work, shop or visit in the City; and WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo is experiencing limitations in the availability of resources and services further impacted by non-City residents; and WHEREAS, such limitations may require significant financial costs to the City of San Luis Obispo. NOW, THEREFORE"�3V 4 RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows: Request the Board of Supervisors of San Luis Obispo County to place the proposed Growth management Initiative (Exhibit A) before the voters in the November 8, 1988 statewide general election. On a motion of seconded by and on the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this day of 1988. MAYOR RON DUNIN ATTEST: CITY CLERK PAMELA VOGES Approved: City dministrative Officer City Attorney v N 4 V a ,L.4 Q Lq 3�� SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY GROWTH MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE BE IT ORDAINED by the people of the County of San Luis Obispo, as follows: SECTION 1 - PURPOSES AND FINDINGS. a. Purposes. This measure is enacted by the people to establish crucial policies which shall govern future growth and development; provide for the enactment of a Growth Management System that will guide and direct the character, location, amount, and timing of future development; provide housing opportunities for persons with average and below average incomes; protect public health, safety, and welfare by establishing clear policy for the future use and develop- ment of land; and help enhance the long-term economic diversity and quality of life within the County. b. Findings. The people of the County of San Luis Obispo make the following findings: (1) Rapid Population Growth. San Luis Obispo County is one of the fastest growing counties in the State of California and in the United States. Since 19801 the unincorporated area of the County has experienced a growth rate which substantially exceeds the growth rate experienced by the State of California as a whole. (2) Continued Growth Likely. Without more effective standards, it is likely that San Luis Obispo County will continue to experience a rapid rate of population growth compared to State growth rates. (3) Environmental Damage. Continued population growth and development at the current rates and without the protection provided in this measure will result in serious and lasting environmental damage. (4) Impacts on Water Resources. Many of the communities within the County are subject to development moratoriums and/or restrictions on development due to inadequate water resources and inadequate sewage treatment systems. Without the protections provided by this measure, negative impacts on groundwater and surface water will continue to worsen if present population growth rates continue. (5) Impacts on Air Quality. The County's air quality has been degraded by past growth and will continue to deteriorate at present population growth rates. Air pollution within the County will soon exceed State and Federal minimum health standards. (6) Impacts on Other Services and Resources. In the absence of this measure, continued growth at current rates - will lead to even greater impacts on the citizens of this County including congested roads; increasing costs to taxpayers; deteriorating public services, such as police, fire protection, sewage disposal, solid waste disposal; strain on public facilities; loss of rural character; noise U J and visual pollution; and loss of scenic and aeat&ketL j... resources. -1- r 4/21/88 3- 3 (7) Loss of Agricultural Land. At current growth rates and under current regulations, agricultural land has' ' become subject to speculative investment to convert it to higher density subdivision and development for non-agricul- tural purposes. (8) High Cost of Services. The current population growth and development rate has accelerated the demand for governmentally-provided services beyond the ability of the public to pay for and provide such services. (9) Scenic and Aesthetic Resources. The scenic and aesthetic resources of San Luis Obispo County are being degraded by rapid and inappropriately placed .development. (10) Fair Share of State-wide Growth. San Luis Obispo County should not be required to grow at a rate faster than the State-wide average. The State of California Department of Finance projects a State-wide growth rate (for the period 1985-1995) at approximately 1.74 percent per year. The State Department of Finance has utilized an average figure of 2.64 persons per household residential unit in San Luis Obispo County. As of January 1, 1987, the Department of Finance's estimated population in households in the unincorporated area of San Luis Obispo County was 71,744. Applying the State-wide growth rate of 1.74 percent to the San Luis Obispo County unincorporated area results in a maximum annual population increase of 1248 and a maximum fair share annual allocation of new residential units of 473. This number of new housing units will allow the unincor- porated area of San Luis Obispo County to accommodate its fair share of projected State-wide population growth. SECTION 2 - GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADD A GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENT. The General Plan of the County of San Luis Obispo, adopted pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 65300 et seq. ("General Plan") , is hereby amended by adding thereto a Growth Management Element containing. the following mandatory policies and standards which shall govern the future growth and development of the unincorporated areas of the County: a. Annual Growth Limit. A maximum number of new residential units per year in the unincorporated area of the County will be allowed. The maximum shall not exceed that necessary to accommodate the State-wide growth rate. For the first five (5) years after the effective date of this measure, the maximum number of new residential units per year in the unincorporated area of the County shall be 473 ("annual fair share allocation") . Five (5) years after the effective date of this measure, and each five (5) years thereafter, the annual fair share allocation shall be adjusted upward or downward by the Board of Supervisors, after noticed public hearing, to conform to the latest State- wide growth rate figures. An annual maximum allowable allocation of non-residential development shall also be es- tablished by the Board of Supervisors for the unincorporated area to provide a balance with the number of residential units allow ed within cacti urban and village rrsa. In the event that land in the unincorporated area of the County is annexed to a city or becomes part of a newly incorporated city, the Board of Supervisors shall reduce the maximum annual allocation of new residential units and non-residen- tial units in proportion to the number of new units the County could have allowed on the annexed or incorporated land 1 -2- 4/21/88 at the time of annexation had such land remained in the unincorporated area. b. Assure Ade to Services and Resources for New Development. New development in the unincorporated areas of the County shall proceed only with the provision of adequate services and availability of adequate resources for present and future residents of these areas. The distribution among the various planning areas of the unincorporated area of the County of the allocation of new development provided in Section 2 .a. shall take into consideration the availability of adequate services and resources in that planning area. "Services, " as used in this Growth Management Element, shall include, but not be limited to, an adequate number of elementary and secondary school classrooms, water, sewage disposal, traffic circulation, fire and police protection and recreation facilities. "Resources, " as used in this Growth Management Element shall include, but not be limited to, maintenance of at least the same air quality within the County as exists during the calendar year in which this measure is enacted. C. Distinguish Urban and Rural Areas. The Board of Supervisors shall develop an urban and rural development policy that distinguishes between urban areas in the unincorporated area of the County and rural areas. For purposes of this subsection, any land in the unincorporated area of the County within any urban or village reserve line shall be considered an urban area, and land outside any such urban or village reserve line shall be considered "rural areas. " when reviewing applications for new development projects, including subdivisions, the Board of Supervisors shall consider its urban and rural development policy and encourage retention of the character of the rural areas of the County. New subdivisions of land within the unincor- porated area which result in a net increase in parcels will be allowed only if a finding is made by the Board of Supervisors supported by substantial evidence that such subdivision is reasonably necessary to provide additional parcels for building sites (over and above those which already exist) for the next five (5) years' maximum fair share allocations of residential and non-residential units allowed pursuant to Section 2 .a. of this measure. d. Conserve Agricultural Lands. All lands currently designated Agriculture in the Land Use Element ("LUE") of the General Plan shall remain in the Agriculture land use category unless an amendment to this Growth Management Element authorizing such change in land use designation is approved as provided in this subsection. The allowable "densities" (as that term is defined in the LUE) for land within the Agriculture land use category shall not be increased without amendment of this Growth Management Element as provided in this subsection. The allowable uses for land within the Agriculture land use category of the LUE, as shown in Table 0 of the LUE and LUE Planning Area Standards, shall not be expanded to allow more intensive uses without amendment to this Growth .Management Element as provided in this subsection. Amendments to this subsection of the Growth Management Element to allow property to be removed from the Agriculture land use category to another land use category or to change the densities or uses allowed in the Agriculture land use category are allowed only by unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors or by a vote of the people. -3- 4/21/88 3 �5 e. Housing Needs. The Growth Management System established pursuant to this measure shall provide for allocation of a sufficient number of new housing units within the annual fair share allocation to be constructed which shall be capable of purchase or rental by persons with low or moderate incomes. Such allocation shall be based upon a determination by the Board of Supervisors of the unincor- porated area's fair share of the region' s needs for such low or moderate income households. SECTION 3 - IMPLEMENTATION: ADDITIONAL ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS. a. As soon as possible, but in no event later than one year after the date that this measure becomes effective, the Board of Supervisors shall enact a Growth Management System for each planning area of the County to implement the purposes , intent, policies and content of the Growth Management Element of the General Plan adopted herein. This Growth Management System shall include quantitative action standards to ensure that adequate services and resources are available as a condition of approval of new development. Such Growth Management System shall also repeal or amend any provision of County ordinances or other County regulations inconsistent with the purposes; intent, policies and content of the Growth Management Element of the GeneralPlan. Growth such Growth Management System implementing the Management Element has not been adopted within such one year time limit, no permits for new development, including building permits for new residential and non-residential units, shall be issued until such Growth Management System has been adopted. b. Commencing on the effective date of this measure, requests for any discretionary permits or approvals, including, but not be limited to, development plans, site plans, minor use permits, subdivisions, General Plan amendments and/or zoning amendments shall be consistent with the General Plan, including the provisions of the Growth Management Element adopted herein. The maximum annual fair share allocation of new residential units provided in Paragraph 2.a. of this measure shall be applicable commencing on the effective date of this measure so that the first maximum annual fair share allocation will be for the one year period commencing on the effective date of this measure. C. The Board of Supervisors may, from time to time, amend any ordinance or resolution enacted by them to carry out the provisions of this measure so long as such amendment is consistent with the purposes, intent, findings and content of this measure. However, no part of this measure, except as specifically provided in Section 2 .d. of this measure, shall be amended or repealed except by a vote of the people. SECTION 4 - VESTED RIGHTS. a. Vested Rights. This measure shall apply to all properties and projects covered by its terms within the unincorporated area of the County, except it shall not apply to any development project which has obtained a vested right, pursuant to State or Federal law, as of the effective slate of this measure. SECTION 5 - DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise specifi- cally defined in this measure, the definitions of words and phrases, as used in this measure, shall be the same as -a- 4/21/88 provided in the County Land Use Ordinance and Land Use Element on June 1, 1988. "State-wide ' Growth Rate" shall mean the projected average annual percentage State-wide population increase contained in the State Department of Finance's latest ten (10) year projections. SECTION 6 - REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT SECTIONS. Any existing General Plan provisions which are inconsistent with the purposes, intent, findings or content of this measure are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. As soon as possible, but in no event later than one year of the effective date of this measure, the Board of Supervisors shall identify the specific General Plan provisions which are inconsistent and process a General Plan amendment to confirm that such inconsistent provisions have been repealed or amended. SECTION 7 - SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this measure is hereafter determined to be invalid, all remaining portions of this measure shall remain in .full force and effect and, to this extent, it is the intent of the voters that each and every section, subsection and part of this measure is separable. SECTION 8 - CONFLICTING MEASURES. In the event that a conflicting measure is adopted by the voters in the same election, this measure shall remain in full force and effect except as to the provisions wherein the two measures directly conflict. As to such directly conflicting provisions, the provision in the measure obtaining the most votes in the same election shall prevail and the balance of both measures shall remain in effect. SECTION 9 - EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this measure shall be thirty (30) days after its adoption by the Board of Supervisors of San Luis Obispo or the date on which it is passed by the voters, whichever occurs first. � -5- 4/21/88 "STING AGEND Al �ifE "a '0 ITEM ��'.� �����������������Ifl►►�►��i�illllllllh1°""�'°�► III cityof sAn hues oaspomoor 9 � 990 Palm Street/Post Office Box 8100 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8100. May 10, 1988 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council FROM: Human Relations Commission pp,, Michael C. Blank, Special Committee Chairperson N�•V• RE: Proposed Joint Meeting The Special Committee of the Human Relations Commission met on Monday, May 9, 1988. On behalf of the HRC, we are requesting a joint meeting between the City Council and the Human Relations Commission. There are many issues which we would like to discuss with the Council concerning the Proposed reorganization of the HRC and its staff. We request that this joint meeting be held before any decision is made about the HRC by the Council. We request that you reply to Leigh Willard, HRC Chairperson, by Monday, May 16, 1988. cc: John Dunn, CAO Steve Henderson, Assistant to the CAO BLNKMEMO/bv