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AGENDA
Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 5:30 p.m.
Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
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1.CLOSED SESSION (5:00 PM - 5:30 PM)
1.a CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Closed Session of the San Luis
Obispo City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room
at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
1.b PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS ONLY
Public Comment will only be accepted for items listed on the Closed
Session agenda.
1.c CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8
Property: APN: 001-014-041
Agency Negotiators: Emma Laplante, Brian Nelson, Kyle Anderson,
Luke Schwartz, Christine Dietrick, Whitney
McDonald
Negotiating Parties: Marilyn Farmer
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
Property: APN: 001-013-002
Agency Negotiators: Emma Laplante, Brian Nelson, Kyle Anderson,
Luke Schwartz, Christine Dietrick, Whitney
McDonald
Negotiating Parties: Farshad Firouznam
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
1.d ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on September 2, 2025 at
5:30 PM in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San
Luis Obispo.
2.CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City
Council to order.
3.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Erica A. Stewart will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
4.PRESENTATIONS
4.a CITY MANAGER REPORT
Receive a brief report from City Manager Whitney McDonald.
5.PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Not to exceed 15 minutes. The Council welcomes your input. State law does not
allow the Council to discuss or take action on issues not on the agenda, except
that members of the Council or staff may briefly respond to statements made or
questions posed by persons exercising their public testimony rights (Gov. Code
sec. 54954.2). Staff may be asked to follow up on such items.
6.CONSENT AGENDA
Not to exceed 15 minutes. Matters appearing on the Consent Calendar are
expected to be non-controversial and will be acted upon at one time. A member
of the public may request the Council to pull an item for discussion. Pulled items
shall be heard at the close of the Consent Agenda unless a majority of the
Council chooses another time. The public may comment on any and all items on
the Consent Agenda within the three-minute time limit.
Recommendation:
To approve Consent Calendar Items 6a to 6k.
6.a WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND
ORDINANCES
Recommendation:
Waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances as appropriate.
6.b MINUTES REVIEW - AUGUST 19, 2025 COUNCIL MINUTES 11
Recommendation:
Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on August 19,
2025.
6.c POLICE DEPARTMENT 2024 ANNUAL REPORT AND ASSEMBLY
BILL 481 (MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE) ANNUAL REPORT UPDATE
19
Recommendation:
Receive and file the 2024 Police Department Annual Report.1.
Adopt a Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of
the City of San Luis Obispo, California, accepting the 2024
Military Equipment Use (Ab 481) Annual Report and Renewing
Ordinance No. 1712 with Findings of Ongoing Compliance with
City Policy and State Law”
2.
6.d PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SURPLUS FLEET ASSETS AND
EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL
165
Recommendation:
Authorize designation and sale of surplus SLO Transit vehicles and
surplus Fleet Maintenance equipment in accordance with the City’s
policies and procedures prescribed in the Financial Management
Manual
6.e ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1749 (2025 SERIES) REVOKING
THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY RELATED TO A
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 1144 CHORRO STREET
189
Recommendation:
Adopt Ordinance No. 1749 (2025 Series) entitled, “An Ordinance of the
City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, revoking the
Planned Development Overlay (Ordinance No. 1687 [2020 Series]),
related to a development project proposed at 1144 Chorro Street, and
amending the Zoning Map to rezone the seven (7) associated properties
from C-D-PD and C-D-H-PD to C-D and C-D-H, respectively. The
project is exempt from environmental review (CEQA) (1144 Chorro
Street; 895, 898, and 973 Higuera Street; 876 and 890 Marsh Street;
and 868 and 870 Monterey Street; PDEV-0428-2023).”
6.f ADOPTION OF TITLE VI PROGRAMS FOR SLO TRANSIT AND FOR
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
199
Recommendation:
Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving the
adoption of San Luis Obispo (SLO) Transit’s Federal Transit
Administration Title VI Program update for federal fiscal years
2026-2028”; and
1.
Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving the
adoption of the Public Works Department’s Title VI Program
Plan.”
2.
6.g APPROVE PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE NATIONAL OPIOID
LITIGATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
281
Recommendation:
Approve City participation in the nationally negotiated opioid
related settlement agreements with Purdue Pharma L.P. &
Sackler Family (“Purdue and Sackler”); and
1.
Approve City participation in the nationally negotiated opioid
related settlement agreements with eight opioids
manufacturers, Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior,
Mylan, Sun, and Zydus (the “Manufacturers”); and
2.
Approve City participation in all future nationally negotiated
opioid related settlement agreements; and
3.
Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to execute
documents as needed to participate in the above-specified and
all future nationally negotiated opioid related settlement
agreements; and
4.
Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to elect direct
allocation of the settlement funds to the City; and
5.
Authorize the City Manager to vote on the Purdue bankruptcy
plan, in consultation with the City Attorney (including abstention
if the City Manager determines abstention is in the best interest
of the City.)
6.
Authorize staff to submit required annual opioid settlement
expenditure reporting forms to the Department of Health Care
Services.
7.
6.h ACCEPTANCE OF A MONETARY GIFT TO THE PUBLIC ART FUND 319
Recommendation:
Authorize the Mayor to execute a donation agreement with the Donna P.
Duerk Family Trust, in substantially the same form as that in Attachment
A, accepting a donation valued at $21,730.07 to be used to support the
installation of an art piece within the City.
6.i AUTHORIZE SEWER FUND BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR UTILITIES
CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) VAN RETROFIT
331
Recommendation:
Adopt a Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of
the City of San Luis Obispo Approving a Budget Adjustment to
Allocate $25,675 From the Sewer Fund Undesignated
Balance”.
1.
Find the project categorically exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act.
2.
6.j GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CAL POLY
CIE
339
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to execute a one-time Grant agreement with
the Cal Poly Corporation for the renovation of the Center for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship in a final form satisfactory to the City Attorney and
authorize the disbursement of funds in the amount of up to $116,000.
6.k AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CORRECT A CLERICAL
ERROR (2024-29 ON-CALL LIST FOR LEGAL SERVICES)
355
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Attorney to send belated notification of the
City’s Request for Qualifications for Legal Services, On-call
Outside Counsel 2024 (“RFQ”) to two law firms that were
unintentionally left off the notification list; and
1.
Authorize the acceptance of qualifications, in the form directed
by the City Council approved RFQ specifications, from the two
law firms that receive belated notifications; and
2.
Authorize the City Attorney to review submitted qualifications
and, if deemed responsive, add the two law firms to the City’s
current 2024-29 on-call list for outside counsel legal services.
3.
7.CLOSED SESSION
7.a THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES
Pursuant to Government Code §54957
Consultation with: San Luis Obispo Police Department, Police Chief
8.LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Not to exceed 15 minutes. Council Members report on subcommittee
assignments, listed below, and other City activities. At this time, any Council
Member or the City Manager may ask a question for clarification, make an
announcement, or report briefly on their activities. In addition, subject to Council
Policies and Procedures, they may provide a reference to staff or other
resources for factual information, request staff to report back to the Council at a
subsequent meeting concerning any matter or take action to direct staff to place
a matter of business on a future agenda. (Gov. Code Sec. 54954.2)
Mayor
Stewart
Vice Mayor
Shoresman
Council Member
Boswell
Council Member
Francis
Council
Member Marx
SLO Council of
Governments
Zone 9 Advisory
Committee
Airport Land Use Nacimiento Water
Project
Air Pollution
Control District
Regional
Economic Action
Coalition
Downtown
Association
Board
SLO Climate
Coalition
Community
Action
Partnership
Integrated
Waste
Management
Authority
CA Men’s
Colony Advisory
Committee
Homeless
Services
Oversight
Committee
Local Agency
Formation
Commission
County Water
Resources
Advisory
Committee
Performing Arts
Center
Commission
CP Campus
Planning
Committee
SLO Regional
Transit Authority
Visit SLO
County Advisory
Committee
Central Coast
Clean Energy
9.ADJOURNMENT
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on September 16,
2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San
Luis Obispo.
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