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Home My WebLink About10/27/1993, C-1 - MINUTES MEETING AGENDA DA- 'A 23 ITEM # _ MINUTES ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER A 1993- 7:30 P.M. CITY HALL- COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL: Council Members Present: Council Member Penny Rappa, Dave Roalman,Allen K. Settle, Vice-Mayor Bill Roalman, and Mayor Peg Pinard Absent: None City Staff Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City Attorney; Kim Condon,Assistant City Clerk; Mike McCluskey, Public Works Director; Terry Sanville, Transportation Planner PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 7:30 p.m., Mayor Pinard called the meeting to order. Stephen Nelson.Chair of the Housing Authority,shared his thoughts on the Community Development Block Grant funds that will be coming to the City next year and suggested that the Council appoint the Housing Authority to administer the grant monies. He said the Housing Authority would like to pursue housing opportunities in the downtown with part of these funds. Carla Sanders.Citizen's Planning Alliance,Christine PeraRa, ECOSLO,Dr.Richard Kresia and Richard Kranzdorl. Sierra Club, asked Council to create an Environmental Task Force to make recommendations to the Council on protection of the community's environment. Moved by Roalman/Settle , Council directed staff to bring this item back for full discussion on October 5, 1993; motion carried, (5-0). CONSENT AGENDA C-1 PRESERVATION OF THE MORROS Council considered a joint resolution by the County of San Luis Obispo and the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo promoting the protection and preservation of the Morros and declaring that the Morros should be nominated as the first San Luis Obispo County regional landmark (continued from 8/17/93). Moved by Rappa1Romero to adopt Resolution No. 8211 promoting protection and preservation of the Morros; motion carried (5-0). COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS There were no liaison reports s City Council Meeting Page Two Tuesday, September 14, 1993 - 7:30 p.m. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. DRAFT BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (File No. 462) Council considered the Draft Bicycle Transportation Plan (continued from 8/31/93). Mike McCluskey. Public Works Director, reported on staffs analysis of the public testimony received on August 31, 1993. Although the public hearing on this issue had been closed on August 31, Mayor Pinard opened the floor for public comment. Georgia Sanford,2027 Swazey Street,asked Council to consider bicycle riders with trailers and small children on board as they evaluated the bike plan. Sharon Sutliff. 1227 Sydney, spoke in support of the Johnson Avenue bike lanes. Margaret Androwski, spoke of her son, Michael Androwski,who was killed while riding his bicycle on Johnson Avenue and said she felt it would not have happened if there had been a bike lane on Johnson Avenue. Mayor Pinard closed the public hearing. Council Members asked staff to respond to general questions regarding the overall plan, including definition of a °bike boulevard; how funding levels for each phase of the plan had been arrived at, how the railroad bicycle path would be acquired,bicycle ridership demographics,linkage between the three classes of routes, how much parking would ultimately be lost,and the effect upon the character of neighborhoods. The °slow streets° concept was briefly reviewed. Council discussed the Marsh Street plan and the Pacific Street alternative proposed by the BIA/Chamber/Sierra Club coalition. Moved by RomeroJRanoa that the Bicycle Committee be given six months to study the BIA/Chamber/Sierra Club Coalition's Pacific Street alternative and that staff review the possibility of narrowing the traffic lanes on Marsh Street and come back with that report; motion was rejected (2-3, Council Members Roalman, Settle and Mayor Pinard voting no). Moved by Roalman/Settle to direct staff to proceed with the design of Marsh Street contingent upon the determination of the street's actual width and evaluation of potential for a single six-foot lane,that staff work with the BIA Parking Committee to identify ways to minimize potential parking impacts on Marsh Street, and that the Bicycle Committee be directed to continue working with the BIA/Chamber/Sierra Club Coalition to explore Pacific Street as a future bicycle route. The design for the Marsh Street lanes to be brought back at the next available meeting; motion carried (5-0). Mayor Pinard asked for Council concurrence that parking is a high value in the downtown and that as decisions are made to keep this as a primary focus and that parking loss should be kept to the very minimum. (General consent.) 10:02 p.m., Major Pinard called for a recess. City Counci Meeting Page 3 Tuesday, September 14, 1993- 7:30 p.m. 10:25 pm., Mayor Pinard reconvened the meeting; air Council Members present. Council discussed the Johnson Avenue bike lanes. Moved by Roalman/Settle that Council approve the staff recommendation to put bike lanes on the west side of Johnson Avenue between Pismo and Marsh with parking removal,and bike lanes on both sides of the street from Marsh to Monterey; motion carried (4-1, Mayor Pinard voting no). Moved by Roalman/Settle that Council go with the configuration proposed by staff which is a three- lane solution, one lane coming down under the railroad underpass;motion carried (3-2, Romero and Rappa voting no). Council Member Romero stated that he opposed the above motion because it would create serious congestion on Johnson Avenue approaching the underpass and would create an unsafe condition for bicyclists in the bike lane approaching the underpass. Council Member Rapoa stated that she concurred with this statement. Jeff Jorgensen, City Attorney, stated that comments made during the public comment portion of the meeting related to the death of the bicycle rider was the subject of litigation and that any assertions made that the accident was caused by an obstruction are not substantiated by any evidence at this point, and are merely an assertion or speculation. Council Member Rapg_a asked staff to work with the School District to mitigate the hazards created by the eight driveways going into San Luis Nigh School along a marked bicycle route on San Luis Drive between Johnson and California. (General consent.) Council next discussed Broad Street as a bicycle boulevard. Moved by Romero/Roalman not to create a bicycle boulevard on Broad Street; motion carried (s-0). Council discussed the plan for bicycle lanes on Chorro Street. Moved by Roalman/Rappa that the Chorro Street bike lanes be adopted; motion was rejected (2-3, Council Members Romero, Settle and Mayor Pinard voting no). Jeff Jorgensen, testifying as a private citizen and a resident of 369 Chorro Street, said the problem with the livability of Chorro Street as a neighborhood was traffic volume and traffic speed and said he would be open to the idea of removing parking and having a bike lane if it was coupled with effective means of diverting some of the traffic volume and slowing down the speed. Moved by Pinard/Roalman that when the Circulation Element is returned to the City Council it include an exploration of diverting traffic from Chorro Street back to Santa Rosa Street and that this would have Planning Commission input; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Pinard that a clear policy be developed for residential areas where the roadway is not wide enough to accommodate bike lanes, parking and moving traffic. Motion died for lack of a second. Moved by Ranoa/Roalman that further discussion of the Bicycle Transportation Plan, beginning with discussion of Chorro Street, be continued to September 21, 1993, at which time Council would set a e�/-L3 City Council Meeting Page 4 Tuesday, September 14, 1993 -7:30 p.m. date for further discussion; motion carried (5.0). 2. STATUS OF BICYCLE COMMITTEE (File No. 123) Council considered the long-term status of the Bicycle Committee (continued from 8/31/93). Continued without discussion to September 21, 1993,when a date for further discussion of the Bicycle Transportation Plan will be set. COMMUNICATIONS There were no communications. 11:40 P.M.,there being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Pinard adjourned the meeting. APPROVED BY COUNCIL Kim Condon, Assistant City Clerk KLC