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From:Stewart, Erica A
Sent:Monday, February 19, 2024 11:09 PM
To:Jordan Michael Estrella
Subject:Re: Potential Meeting?
Hi Jordan,
It sounds like the Active Transportation Committee might be a great place for you to start. Are you taking
transportation or planning classes?
Erica A. Stewart
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From: Jordan Michael Estrella <
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 7:06 PM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Cc: Alondra V. Cardoso <
Subject: Potential Meeting?
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Hello Council Members,
I hope you are all doing well.
I am a citizen of SLO who has lived here and is a student at Cal Poly. I have recently become really interested in
Urban planning.
I want to learn more about urban planning and how some safety systems like street signs get implemented. I
also have some inquiries on how to advocate for the implementation of a crosswalk on some of the streets near
campus.
It can sometimes be a little intimidating walking here and I just want to learn more.
Because I live here and want to get involved in the community, I figured this would be a good way to start.
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Best Regards,
Jordan Estrella
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From:Tway, Timothea (Timmi)
Sent:Wednesday, February 14, 2024 11:34 AM
To:Patrick Lemieux
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Subject:Lemieux (SL Ranch Eucalyptus trees)
Hi Patrick,
Thank you for your email.
The City has met with concerned residents and the property owner at the site to understand the concerns of the
community and discuss potential paths forward for requesting removal of the trees. At this time, the property owner is
responsible for the safety of the trees as well as their ongoing maintenance. The City has been working with the
property owner (San Luis Ranch) over the past several months to ensure they understand the process through which
they can request that trees be removed.
The property owner submitted an arborist report and request for removal of trees yesterday with information about the
trees in question that will help facilitate the process moving forward. Staff is currently reviewing this information and
will continue to work with the property owner on this request.
I hope this information is helpful,
Thank you,
Timothea (Timmi) Tway
Director of Community Development
Community Development
919 Palm, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
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Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 8:28 AM
To: Patrick Lemieux <plemieux@calpoly.edu>
Cc: Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>
Subject: cc Lemieux (SL Ranch Eucalyptus trees)
Patrick Lemieux,
Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this issue. The City Council has received your
concerns and Timmi Tway, Community Development Director, who is responsible for responding is copied
on this email. Timmi or a member of her staff will be following up with you within two business days.
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Note that the City has implemented a system that allows citizens to ask questions, report concerns, and
directly make requests to staff who handle the topic area via our website. Should you feel that this may be
useful for you in the future, please visits our AskSLO page where you may also download the app for mobile
engagement.
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From: Patrick Lemieux <plemieux@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 6:26 PM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: Pellegrino petition letter
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Dear City Council –
Please find attached my signed petition letter to resolve an important problem in our community.
Thank you,
Patrick Lemieux, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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From:Rice, Jennifer
Sent:Wednesday, February 14, 2024 8:48 AM
To:jgirolo@calpoly.edu
Cc:Stewart, Erica A
Subject:RE: Question Dealing with Parking Revenue
Hello Jack,
Mayor Stewert forwarded me your correspondence, and while I do not have a revenue per space # to share with you
at this time, what you are mentioning is exactly what the Parking Rate Study will be analyzing and I highly encourage
you to get involved with that current effort. There is a virtual community meeting today between 12:00 -1:30 PM (you
can join by clicking the link on this page). There is also a current survey you can participate in:
https://communityfeedback.opengov.com/portals/sanluisobispoca/Issue_13598.
There will be an additional community meeting mid-March to review the data collection and the initial input received
along with draft recommendations. I’d be happy to add your information to the contact list for this effort.
And just a follow up on the revenue per space calculation – yes, staff did prepare this when developing the parklet
program, but as there have been several program changes in parking since that time and the current Rate Study will
be looking at this exact thing, I don’t know how helpful it would be for me to find that previous calculation that was
done, but let me know if you do want to see it and I will track it down.
Thank you for reaching out and please let me know if you have any questions about the rate study or how to
participate. Thanks!
Jennifer Rice, PTP, AICP
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Public Works
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From: Jack E. Girolo <
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:58:12 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Question Dealing with Parking Revenue
Dear Erica,
Thank you very much for the quick reply
I’m curious as to the how the revenue per paying spot has changed over the years. It would be helpful to know the number of
paying spots over the years.
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I think that we have a serious problem with regard to parking in this city. The current system is overly complicated, too
expensive for the public and too costly for city business’. The information requested might be helpful in coming up with a more
fair and simple system. Then again it may not. It’s a start.
Thank You,
Jack
On Feb 13, 2024, at 8:27 AM, Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org> wrote:
Hi Jack,
I remember an annual cost per spot when we were discussing the parklets. I’ll check with the parking staff and
have them connect with you.
Is there a specific ask or a specific vision you are hoping to accomplish with this one number? I’d like staff to be
able to give you all the information you are looking for.
Best,
Erica
Erica A. Stewart
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From: Jack E. Girolo <
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 1:25:17 PM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Subject: Question Dealing with Parking Revenue
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Dear Mayor Stewart,
Do you have available the revenue per paying parking spot per month for the last two years or so, or how would
I find out this information
Thank you,
Jack Girolo
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From:Ryan Gruss <rgruss@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, February 7, 2024 4:15 PM
To:Josh Machamer; Joey Leslie; Philip J. Williams; Cynthia Vizcaino Villa; Dan Banfield; Hermann,
Greg; Molly B. Clark; Alicia M. Doyle; Jennifer L. Haft; Geri LaChance; Stewart, Erica A; Cody
VanDorn; Jennifer L. Fanning; Mike McCormick; Johnson, Derek; Tom
Strait; Pease, Andy
Cc:Milly Barizo; Thomas A. McPherron; Andrea Castillo; Kristin Hoover; Nicole M. Pitman; Elliott N.
Stava; Stan Nosek; Tammy L. Farrell; Elizabeth Goolsby
Subject:Reminder - PAC Commission Meeting - Wednesday, February 14 at 8:30AM
Attachments:CCPACC Meeting Packet.pdf; 2023-24 CCPACC Roster.pdf
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Hi PAC Commission members and staff,
Our next meeting is Wednesday, February 14 at 8:30AM in the PAC Founders Room. The meeting agenda,
meeting minutes from October 11 and our current budget documents are attached in preparation for the
meeting. The current roster for Commission voting members and alternates is also attached.
We will have coffee and pastries ready for you. Looking forward to seeing you next Wednesday!
Ryan Gruss
Director - Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Central Coast Performing Arts Center Commission (CCPACC) Meeting
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – 8:30 am – PAC Founders Room
Agenda
8:30 am 1. Introductions and welcome Leslie
2. Approval of Minutes from October 11 meeting Leslie
3. Public Comment period (limited to 3 minutes each) Leslie
8:40 am 4. Foundation Update Hoover
8:50 am 5. Cal Poly Arts Update Clark
9:00 am 6. Facility Subcommittee Report Gruss/McPherron
Subcommittee Report (Gruss)
2023/24 MEMRRP budget update (McPherron)
9:10 am 7. Budget & Finance Subcommittee Report Banfield/Gruss
Subcommittee Report (Banfield)
2023/24 Operating Budget actuals to date & projections (Gruss)
9:25 am 8. Managing Director’s Report Gruss/Staff
9:50 am 9. Additional business Leslie
10:00 am 10. Adjourn
Attachments:
1. October 11, 2023 CCPACC meeting minutes with attachments
2. Consolidated financial reports packet
Mee$ng Minutes from
Central Coast Performing Arts Center Commission (CCPACC)
Wednesday October 11 , 2023 – 8:30 am – Founders Room, Performing Arts Center
GUESTS
Kris4n Hoover - Execu$ve Director, Founda$on of the Performing Arts Center
PAC Staff: Ryan Gruss, Tom McPherron, Milly Barizo, Andrea Cas4llo,
Tammy Farrell , Heather Gray, Nicole Pitman, and EllioI Stava
* Present members, alternates, and guests are noted in bold.
1. Introduc+ons Leslie
• Leslie opened the mee.ng at 10:00 AM, beginning with introduc.ons, no.ng new members
Jennifer Ha? and Stacy Sully
2. Approval of the Mee+ng Minutes from June 22, 2023
VOTE: Mo+on to approve the mee+ng minutes
Villa 1st, Ha? 2nd, mo.on passed unanimously.
3. Public Comment Leslie
With no public comment requests, Leslie moves to the next item.
MEMBERS ALTERNATES
Josh Machamer
Joey Leslie Tom Strait
Geri LeChance Stacy Sullivan
Derek Johnson Greg Hermann
Phillip Williams Molly Clark
Cindy Vizcaíno Villa Mike McCormick
Dan Banfield Cody VanDorn
Erica A. Stewart Jan Marx
Jennifer Haft Alicia Doyle
4. Founda+on for the Performing Arts Report Hoover
• Hoover welcomes Stacy Sullivan to the FPAC Board and shares she will be serving on the
CCPACC as well. Stacy is from SeaMle, where she served on the Pacific Northwest Ballet board
for 15 years. She brings her life-long knowledge of the performing arts to FPAC. Geri
LaChance will be serving for CCPACC as a vo.ng member and Stacy Sullivan will serve as her
alternate. Tom Strait will serve as Joey Leslie’s alternate. The new addi.ons are filling
openings from outgoing members. LaChance is serving as the FPAC Board President, Strait is
the Vice President, Morgan Houlis is the Treasurer, Maren Hu?on is the Secretary, Nicole
Mainini and Brandon Downing are the new members at large.
• Trudie Safreno and Mary Ellen Simkins have termed off FPAC, serving 10 years. Their .me
and contribu.ons were celebrated and honored at the FPAC retreat.
• September 22nd, FPAC held their Board retreat, where they focused on strategic goals
including the 30th anniversary campaign in 2026, increasing access to the PAC for individuals
and organiza.ons, and joining the SLO Cultural Arts District despite not being located
downtown.
• Hoover shares staffing changes: Erika Neel FPAC’s Development Director has le? her posi.on
at FPAC, Courtney Gruss has been hired as the Development Assistant, and Laura Kervin is
the new events assistant.
• The Founders Room is going to be fully redesigned with the change of the carpet.
• Plaza construc.on is underway.
• There isn’t an FPAC Gala this year, this event will occur every other year, with the next one is
September 20, 2024.
• December 6th is the holiday party for FPAC, paired with the Nutcracker rehearsal.
5. Cal Poly Arts Report Clark
• Taimane and Dreamer’s Circus kicked off the season in the Spanos, bringing in enthusias.c
audiences.
• CPA is currently hibng their .cket projec.ons due to audiences returning to post-pandemic
numbers.
• Dreamer’s Circus opened their sound check with a Q&A for the Cal Poly Music students.
• October is closing with BODYTRAFFIC and Lupita Infante. Molly notes trying to strategically
reach a wider community and create meaningful connec.ons in general.
• “Phantom of the Organ,” the sleeper hit, is projected to have the highest organ concert .cket
sales. CPA is focused on marke.ng this concert as a spooky event near Halloween.
• CPA is already working on booking next season. They’re moving into the next season with a
posi.ve outlook given the great start to the current season.
• Villa notes Clark’s goal of inten.onally diversifying the CPA seasons and how challenging but
important that work has been. She explains Clark has brought new audiences to the PAC with
this necessary and community building work, and thanks her for her dedica.on to this
deliberate work at Cal Poly especially during her first year.
6. Facili+es SubcommiQee Report McCormick
• The PAC and Facili.es have been working on a pilot program to inventory assets and
associated maintenance, a model Facili.es plans to use in other departments.
• In August, Facili.es replaced the main chilled water valve.
• In September they tested the “switch-gear” and breaker of the electrical system at the PAC,
which showed it’s in great shape given its age.
• Gil Bas.das has been designated as the facili.es project manager and primary contact for the
PAC . Having a designated project manager has helped ensure work orders are completed.
• The Plaza project has begun, and they hope to have most of the work completed by
November 2023. The light poles will be installed in January 2024.
• The PAC carpet replacement project is underway and will be completed by January 2024. This
delay is due to manufacturer defect on materials and associated replacements. The
scheduling of this project is limited to down .me availability at the PAC.
• The jib boom at the loading dock should be in by the end of October.
• The guMers are s.ll in progress. The costs of .e offs is beyond the budget, so they are looking
for other ways to view and assess the area. We may need to switch project managers for this.
Facili+es MEMRRP Budget Update McPherron
• It ’s been a pricey year so far at $408k and expects to reach the $700k budgeted amount a?er
all the projects this year.
• McPherron notes he priori.zes staying under budget and that this year is requiring more
projects than past years.
• Villa men.ons that the hall o?en feels warm and asks why that is. McPherron explains the
chill water valves need replacing. Recently, on a very hot day with a full house in the hall, one
of the air handlers didn’t open all the way, so the PAC was not able to keep the audience
comfortable. It’s being addressed and the engineers are working to resolve the issue with
replacements.
7. Budget and Finance SubcommiQee Report Banfield
• Net from opera.ons, the PAC ended within budget, with only $700 difference. He explains
Ryan and his team are doing a very good job on projec.ons.
• MEMRPP is tracking close to actuals.
• Overall reserves are strong and healthy.
• Ryan, Tammy, and their team are doing a great job on financials.
2022/23 Final Opera+ng Budget Gruss
• June tech and PUF came in under where the projected revenue but came in under on
expenses due to associated expenditures.
• Savings on custodial staff and intermiMent part .me techs salaries were due to less work
required during June.
• Expenses on facility maintenance was more than projected.
• The PAC is ending the year with a $120k surplus.
• Gruss notes it’s been a strong year.
• The PAC an.cipates having high expenses for u.li.es this coming year like in 2022-23.
• Johnson asks about the salary expense line. Gruss explains Milly shi?ed from Opera.ons to
Management and the transi.on in leadership from Miller to Gruss accounts for the expense
differences between those line items regarding salary.
2023/24 Opera+ng Budget actuals to date & projec+ons Gruss
• Gruss explains the reserves are currently totaled at $3.2M and will be at $2.8M a?er the
carpet replacement. He notes the PAC has a healthy reserve.
• Johnson asks about the guMer repairs. McCormick explains the number is hibng $300k,
more than half the costs is the .e offs expenditures.
• Gruss con.nues with the Opera.ng Budget, no.ng with only one month completed at this
point, they are close to their projec.ons.
• They had an unexpected expense with the re.rement of Debby Mann and associated salary
pay out and transi.on to the new staff member.
• The General Salary Increase number has not been finalized yet, but they are an.cipated 5%,
explaining that each percentage point is about $16k in expenses to the PAC.
• Leslie asks if the GSI is retroac.ve and Gruss confirms it is.
8. Managing Director’s Report Gruss
(See aMached report with ques.ons and comments below)
PAC Outreach Cas+llo
• Leslie asks about Prop 28? And if that helps offset the expenses of the transporta.on
Ticket Office. Cas.llo explains 80% of the funding will go to staffing and 20% to materials and
arts organiza.ons. Poten.ally that 20% could be put towards transporta.on but that is
determined by each school district.
DEI Ac+on Plan
DEI Educa+on and Training, KultureCity Barizo
• Villa asks if KultureCity materials and trainings will be helpful for the school ma.nee
programs. Barizo agrees that it will help and that some students coming to the PAC are
aMending shows for the first .me and may need extra aMen.on or assistance.
CPA Subscrip+on Success Stava
• Stava recognizes the work of Clark and her team in bringing an exci.ng and vibrant season
which helped sell the season.
• Clark shares that the new subscrip.on process was seamless and that the patrons had a
posi.ve experience. She notes the ease in process increased their subscrip.on numbers.
• Gruss explains the new .cke.ng system has been a huge improvement for Cal Poly, no.ng
Stava and the .cket office team and their hard work in selling $250k in .cket sales in one
week alone. No.ng some of these sales are transporta.on for students, something the PAC
also coordinates.
Marke+ng Pitman
• Gruss adds that Nicole and her team have been providing contracted marke.ng work for Cal
Poly Arts, the Founda.on for the Performing Arts Center, and other campus departments
recently and thanks them for their work.
Conclusion Gruss
• Villa men.ons being one of the longest serving members of the commission and that
under Gruss’s leadership the PAC these mee.ngs have been some of the best she’s seen
in her tenure. She notes the recent partnerships and collabora.ons are evident of Gruss
and his vision for the PAC in this new era.
• Gray notes, from the staff perspec.ve, that Gruss has cul.vated a culture of
collabora.on and that his support of the team as a whole and as individuals has
strengthened the team and made the PAC an even beMer place to work.
9. Addi+onal Business Leslie
With no requests for addi.onal business, Leslie moves to the next item.
10. Adjourn Leslie
Leslie adjourns the mee.ng at 9:35 am, no.ng for the record-
they are ended nearly 30 minutes early.
AMachments:
1. October 11, 2023 Managing Director’s Report
2. October 11, 2023 Mee.ng Packet
Managing Director’s report – October 11th, 2023 CCPACC mee<ng
I. Event Updates
• Shows Confirmed or Added
o Shen Yun
§ We have added two shows in March. All of their previous shows in the
building have been sell-outs so we are hoping for two more. I an.cipate
this will be their last .me in the market for a couple years.
o Amy Grant
§ Goes on sale to the public October 12. This is from a new promoter to us
this year and it is their second event they have brought to the PAC this
season with the first being “Whose Live Anyway?”. This event will be in
February.
o Co-Pros
§ Have an offer in for Gregory Alan Isakov in March. We would be working
with Good Medicine Presents. Isakov has performed here before in
summer 2022.
§ Have an offer in for Bored Teachers in the spring. We would be working
with Nederlander. It is a comedy show.
o Rotary
§ Rotary de Tolosa will be announcing their annual fundraising event
tonight at the PAC as we are hos.ng a business social for the club. They
have held an annual fundraising event since the building opened 27 years
ago. The event will be on President’s Day in February.
o New Promoter Events
§ CS Lewis play has sold surprisingly well. Gebng close to 900 with
significant .cket prices. A new offering and clearly a market for it.
§ Grand Kyiv Ballet “Snow White” sales are picking up as we close to 450.
Hoping for a strong close to get over 50%. Have a liMle over a month.
§ Whose Live Anyway? in November has sold well and is close to 800. A
solid number based on their past performances.
• 2024-25 Scheduling
o We are well on our way with scheduling 2024-25. We have completed Cal Poly
scheduling, Cal Poly Music, our Resident Client groups and are preparing to open
the calendar to Molly and Cal Poly Arts.
§ A thank you to Alicia Doyle for working with us to add flexibility when it
comes to Cal Poly Music rehearsals to hopefully allow more dates to
Molly to be bookable
II. Staffing update –
• Clint Bryson
§ Clint started in July and has been a great addi.on to our team. He has
stepped into the Produc.on Manager role. It is a highly complex role that
really organizes and prepares our Technical Department for shows coming
to the building. Clint is s.ll teaching within the Theatre and Dance Dept
and we are hopeful that this will start a pipeline for student involvement
backstage.
• Sean Hogoboom
§ Sean started in the Ticket Office in July and really has jumped in to handle
our student workforce. Scheduling, managing, training and crea.ng the
culture within the box office is an important part of our success as those
20 students are cri.cal to our success.
III. Misc Opera+ons
• PAC Outreach (Andrea)
§ Our Outreach ma.nee season filled up remarkably fast with around
10,000 reserva.ons. We also had over $60k in transporta.on requests
where a normal year is closer to $20k.
§ We are looking to add an addi.onal performance of NORTH in January.
NORTH is the most expensive performance we have ever had as a student
ma.nee produc.on, but it is an important piece that we hope to provide
to this community. We will hopefully have two student ma.nees and a
special “Pay What You Can” performance that will allow 3000 people
from our community to see this special play. NORTH follows the journey
of a teenage boy and his young mother as they escape the Deep South
and travel North through the Underground Railroad seeking freedom.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ac.on Plan: Our team has developed a DEI Ac.on Plan
as we made a commitment to the community to celebrate our shared humanity
while honoring diversity of race, gender, orienta.on, ability, age and class
o We are commiMed to:
§ Expanding accessibility to the PAC (Heather)
o Working on crea.ng a grant program for 2024-25 for resident arts
groups that provide performances that celebrate Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion
o Cul.vate and build inten.onal engagement with diverse
community groups
o Provide a Spanish transla.on op.on for the PAC website
§ DEI commitment within Outreach Program (Andrea)
o Include DEI elements in at least 50% of events
o Offer addi.onal funding to Title I schools for transporta.on to
student ma.nees
o Provide a pay what you can performance each season
o Spanish transla.on school ma.nee program
§ Cul.va.ng a more diverse team
o One DEI commiMee member on all professional staff hiring
commiMees
o Priori.ze building a more diverse volunteer usher program
o Priori.ze building a more diverse student team, especially in the
.cket office
§ Adding DEI educa.on to annual staff/volunteer training programs &
KultureCity (Milly)
o Coordinate annual trainings for volunteers, student employees
and professional staff
o Provide KultureCity training for PAC staff and volunteers to
become cer.fied in sensory inclusivity
o Became a KultureCity cer.fied venue. The only venue between
Los Angeles and the Bay Area to achieve this cer.fica.on
• CPA Subscrip.on Success (EllioM)
o We went on sale online for Cal Poly Arts subscrip.ons for this first .me.
Roughly 70% of subscrip.ons were processed online. It was highly successful
and patrons seemed to really enjoy the ease and speed of the new system.
We hope to con.nue to improve this offering. It also made it more efficient
for our team.
o Ticket office is very busy and new system is working really well. $250,000 in
sales last week alone.
• ASI Partnership (Tom)
o We started a partnership with ASI on campus on the tech side. We are
providing a staff member to them for 20 hours a week for the next six
months. Our staff member is helping to manage their equipment, prepare
their spaces and train their students to provide a high quality experience for
their events.
• Paciolan/Digital Marke.ng (Nicole)
o We started our first digital marke.ng campaign with Paciolan, our .cke.ng
system provider. It went really well with over 200,000 impressions. It also
was showcased with online banner ads and Youtube ads. We are seeing
social media campaigns have more and more success and will be dedica.ng
the majority of our marke.ng efforts towards those channels and of course,
email.
• Liquor License
o We are working with Campus Dining to obtain a Type 90 liquor license. The
Type 90 was added early this year and is specific to music venues. We are
hopeful to add canned cocktails as an op.on and will be working with
Campus Dining to get a percentage of revenue from those sales. The hope is
to roll out this offering in the spring.
• Staff Field Trip
o Our team piled into two vans and headed to Los Angeles in August. We
visited Royce Hall (UCLA), the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, and
The Soraya (Cal State Northridge). We met with their teams, toured their
facili.es and had a great opportunity to learn, share common
experiences/challenges and see how other venues do things. It was a great
experience that we hope to do again in coming years.
IV. Update on other projects
• PAC Plaza
o The Trust Automa.on Plaza broke ground in September. They are making
good progress and the hope is for the majority of the construc.on to be
completed in November. Furniture and ligh.ng has a longer lead .me so
likely won’t be available un.l February/March.
• Carpet
o As you could see on your way in, we have new carpet in the Main Lobby and
Balcony. We also have it in the lower wings and in the main hall. We s.ll
have to do the Founder’s Room, Gallery (November), lower lobby (January),
lower lobby stairs (January), Pavilion and office (January)
o We had provided six weeks for carpet demo and installa.on and
unfortunately we were delayed around two weeks due to a manufacturer
error when making the product.
o We’ve iden.fied .mes for demo and install of the remaining areas in
November and January to hopefully complete the project.
• Lobby Changes/Art
o A new TV has been added to the wall near concessions. This will highlight
sponsors, donors and shows in more direct and dynamic way.
o We have also added 14 marke.ng posters throughout the building that will
showcase the coming talent and also add interest and color to our spaces.
o Due to the carpet delays, we have also been delayed in adding our art
installa.on to the atrium and gallery. We are currently scheduled for the
ar.st to install her work in the lobby next week and have worked with
Facili.es to make sure the anchor points are prepared and ready for the next
steps of that project.
o We will be
• Stadium Concert Project
• Opera.ng Agreement Final Dra?
o A final dra? has been completed and sent to the Commission Workgroup
that consists of Cindy Villa, Joey Leslie, Kris.n Hoover and Derek Johnson
with input from Molly Clark, Philip Williams and Alicia Doyle.
o We will hopefully be submibng it for approval at our February Commission
mee.ng.
• Cindy Villa re.ring
V. Conclusion
§ Our team is really excited for the 2023-24 season. We definitely have our work cut out
for us with the construc.on projects, a full Outreach ma.nee season and a great season
of events with 3 main Broadway produc.ons. We aim to serve our patrons and clients to
the best of our ability while showcasing the performing arts to new demographics and in
new ways. We are thankful for the trust of the Commission and the generosity of the
partners for your support as we head into another year here at the Performing Arts
Center.
OPERATIONS
Sources (Operating Revenue)
Service charges 823,569 285,737 577,460 863,197 39,628 February/Broadways/Shen Yun/OSLO still to come
Gifts, Grants, Scholarships 100,500 430 91,275 91,705 (8,795)
Ticket Sales 6,000 2,115 3,355 5,470 (530)
Rental/Misc Income 171,500 60,645 86,533 147,178 (24,322)Related to Aug to Jan maintenance holds
Ticketing Fees 520,000 476,278 148,807 625,085 105,085 High Ticket Sales year/Full year of new ticket fee
Total PAC Operating Revenue 1,621,569 825,205 907,430 1,732,635 111,066
Uses (Operating Expenditures)
Salaries - Management 323,833 154,212 169,621 323,833 0
Salaries - Maintenance 91,866 1,522 90,344 91,866 0
Benefits - Management 188,481 93,553 100,434 193,987 5,506
Benefits - Maintenance 66,145 801 65,393 66,194 49
Salaries - Operations 1,080,908 393,359 679,054 1,072,413 (8,495)FT employee resigned, still TBD on full impact
Benefits - Operations 477,392 211,702 286,953 498,655 21,263 FT employee resigned, still TBD on full impact
Travel, Training, Supplies and Services 130,800 42,768 102,519 145,287 14,487 Travel, Professional Development
Facilties Maintenance, Custodial & Improvements 100,000 32,682 55,931 88,612 (11,388)
Marketing & Communications 45,000 10,777 35,413 46,190 1,190
Telephone & Postage 18,061 3,853 8,396 12,249 (5,812)
Bank Merchant Fees 118,000 80,593 61,871 142,463 24,463 Higher ticket sales
Taxes & Fiscal Charges 155,000 80,800 99,752 180,552 25,552 Audit/CPC
Software and Equipment 6,500 1,004 6,251 7,255 755
Insurance 45,000 51,499 - 51,499 6,499
Equipment Maintenance 40,000 17,598 17,172 34,771 (5,229)
Parking 80,000 2,479 82,365 84,844 4,844
Utilities 240,000 135,039 130,470 265,509 25,509
Miscellaneous Expenses 41,650 14,939 32,811 47,750 6,100
Total operating expenditures 3,248,636 1,329,179 2,024,751 3,353,930 105,294
Net, before Partner & MEMRRP Contributions (1,627,067) (1,621,294) 5,772
Net from Operations:(1,627,067) (1,621,294) 5,772
Partner contributions:2,005,612$ 2,005,612$
MEMRRP Fund contribution:(375,000)$ (375,000)$
Final net from Operations, b4 Ops Rsrv x-fer:3,545$ 9,318$ 5,772
Net Operating Surplus / (Deficit)3,545$ 9,318$ 5,772
Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo
FY 2023-24 Operating Budget
Notes
2023/24 PAC Operating Budget
$ Variance
to Year-End
Projected
Actuals to
Date
Projected
Remaining
Projected
2023/2024
Budget
Approved
2023/2024
Budget
ACT @: 01/22/24 prep by: Thomas
McPherron
Budget:
1,576,714$ 2022‐23 Year end MEMRRP
Grant funds (SVOG/CA Venues)550,386$ Grant Funds
375,000$ MEMRRP Contribution
2,502,100$ Projected beginning MEMRRP Balance
AREA GROUP ITEM Budget
spent
to date
likely
to spend
Projected
Yr End exp. Balance
07 General Building Equipment Vectorworks Annual $3,000 2,904 0 2,904 $96
07 General Building Equipment Replacement A/V Gear $10,000 0 10,000 10,000 $0
07 General Building Equipment Replacement Backstage Gear $15,000 436 14,000 14,436 $564
07 General Building Equipment Replacement Lighting Gear $10,000 4,247 5,500 9,747 $253
07 General Building Equipment Replacement Computers $12,000 7,929 4,000 11,929 $71
07 General Building Equipment Replacement Sound Gear $10,000 3,157 6,500 9,657 $343
07 General Building Equipment Total $60,000 18,674 40,000 58,674 $1,326
50 General Facility Jib Boom Hoist $10,000 $14,872 $5,000 $19,872 ‐$9,872
50 General Facility Founders Room Window Tint $10,000 $0 $0 $0 $10,000
50 General Facility HVAC VFD replacement $20,000 $0 $0 $0 $20,000
50 General Facility Facility LED Replacement Lamps $10,000 $9,189 $3,000 $12,189 ‐$2,189
50 General Facility Domestic Hot Protective Overhang $0 $72 $25,000 $25,072 ‐$25,072
50 General Facility Plaza Improvement $0 $5,376 $0 $5,376 ‐$5,376
50 General Facility Cold water Di‐electric replacement $10,000 $0 $10,000 $10,000 $0
50 General Facility Carpet $650,000 $508,053 $100,000 $608,053 $41,947
50 General Facility Total $710,000 $537,563 $143,000 $680,563 $29,437
Grand Total $770,000 $556,237 $183,000 $739,237 $30,763
50 General Facility Roof Tie Offs/Gutter $0 $24,378 $0 $24,378 ‐$24,378
50 General Facility Paint Eyebrows $0 $139 $0 $139 ‐$139
50 General Facility Bottle Fill Station $0 $4,945 $0 $4,945 ‐$4,945
TOTAL MEMRRP SPENDING Bgtd & Non‐Bdgtd $770,000 $585,700 $183,000 $768,700 $1,300
1,916,400$ < RUNNING NET: reflects only actuals spending to date
Proj Yr End MEMRRP likely and spent 1,733,400$ < Running Net Projected: reflects actuals and projected to spend in this FY
BUDGETED MEMRRP Fund balance @ yr end 1,732,100$ < includes ALL items at budgeted amounts
Proj Yr End MEMRRP Actual to Date
2023/24 PAC MEMRRP BUDGET ‐‐ Projected Budget
Reserve balance forward: (as of June 1; will change)
Allocation from 2023‐24 budget
Beginning 2023‐24 Reserve Funds Available:
Ongoing Projects from Previous Years
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From:Jason Mockford <jmockfor@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Monday, February 5, 2024 2:07 PM
To:Stewart, Erica A; Courtney Leigh Kienow
Subject:RE: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Hello folks,
Just wanted to share the update that due to the weather we ended up postponing the Greek Leadership Institute yesterday. At
the time we made the call on Saturday, we felt uncomfortable putting 100 cars on the road for our program. Content will still be
delivered in other ways, and the FSL office is already working with Code Enforcement to schedule the alternate plan.
Jason Mockford (he, him, his)
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Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 7:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Good Morning! Thank you both for your follow up and for meeting on Friday.
I hope Sunday's institute went well. I'd love to hear any feedback from the students the code enforcement
presentation.
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Yes: thank you Erica. We appreciate you letting us talk through our perspective on these items very much. Your focus on the f act
that we’re all committed to providing the best quality of life that we can for all of our residents is exactly the space we want to
live in. In terms of our good neighbor pamphlet… I can’t find the digital copy online of the one I have in my office.
The best most active online source for good neighbor policy communication is the Educated renter Certificate Program which is
getting more promotion now with Sarah B leading that charge. https://deanofstudents.calpoly.edu/offcampushousing
We point to a bunch of your/the city’s pages here: https://deanofstudents.calpoly.edu/off-campus-resources
And here’s an ASI webpage (albeit, old) with some of the information as well: https://www.asi.calpoly.edu/asi-now/asi-
blog/avoid-fines-and-act-neighborly-with-tips-from-the-sclc/
Courtney Kienow
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From: Jason Mockford <jmockfor@calpoly.edu>
Date: Friday, February 2, 2024 at 9:57 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>, Courtney Leigh Kienow <ckienow@calpoly.edu>
Cc: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: RE: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Erica,
Thank you for meeting with us this morning. I wanted to follow up with a copy of our Cal Poly FSL Event Registration Procedure
in attachment.
Also a slight correction – the Greek Leadership Institute is not tomorrow, it is Sunday (Feb 4) on campus, and Code Enforcement
will be meeting with the students in the afternoon to share their existing use permits and go over processes, expectations and
answer questions. I’m looking forward to this, as it is the first time it has happened since I have been part of this area (10 years
now). I am hoping this can be a regular part of our connection annually with new student leaders, but we’ll assess after this
weekend.
Jason Mockford (he, him, his)
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From: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 8:39 AM
To: Courtney Leigh Kienow <ckienow@calpoly.edu>
Cc: Jason Mockford <jmockfor@calpoly.edu>; Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Perfect. Happy to meet with you on campus Friday at 8 AM.
See you then!
Erica A. Stewart
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Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Yes! We can both do 8-9. Want to meet at scout on campus?
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Hi Courtney,
I appreciate both you and Jason being willing to meet. Unfortunately, I have meetings at those times. If you are
able to meet between 8-9:30 or 330 and 5pm on 2/2. Let me know if those times will work. Otherwise, I’m
copying Teresa Purrington, and she can help us find some time.
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Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Hi again Erica,
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Jason Mockford and I would definitely appreciate meeting with you on this.
We are both available: Friday 2/2 from 10-11 and noon-1pm. Do either of those work for you? If not, we’ll try to
get more creative.
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Date: Monday, January 29, 2024 at 7:41 AM
To: Courtney Leigh Kienow <ckienow@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Good morning, Courtney! I hope you had a great weekend, and had some time to enjoy the beautiful weather.
Please see below. There is a lot in this email from Kathie Walker. Can we touch base this week to help me
understand what’s allowed on the IFC, Panhellenic, and USFC front from the Cal Poly point of view? I will touch
base with Derek and Timmi as well.
Thanks,
Erica
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Dear Erica, Jan, Andy, Michelle, and Emily,
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As you know from my previous correspondence, I live on with my family, and
we have struggled with the constant noise from loud parties on weekends when Cal Poly is in
session, especially at illegal fraternity houses. There are at least 40 documented chapter and
satellite fraternity houses in the R-1 and R-2 residential zones in our small Alta Vista
neighborhood, in violation of the SLOMC and Land Use Regulations. Their operation as a fraternity
is documented on their social media posts and confirmed by Cal Poly’s report published online
per AB 524, The Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
When lower Monterey Heights is included, there are at least 50 documented chapter and satellite
fraternity houses in R-1 and R-2 zones in those two small neighborhoods. These illegal fraternity
houses make up 15% of the total homes in Alta Vista or three out of every 20 homes! Please try to
imagine how you would feel if three out of every 20 homes in your neighborhood were operating as
fraternity houses with loud parties, constant traffic, booming music, screaming profanities, loud
guests coming and going at all hours, trash, et cetera. It has gravely affected our family, including
my husband’s ability to be rested for his safety-critical job, flying a medevac helicopter.
Historically, I or my husband would call SLOPD dispatch to report loud (mostly fraternity) parties
that we could hear from our house, and the calls would be cleared by SLOPD as “Negative
Violation” or “Unable to Locate”. Therefore, I began going to the party to get a physical address
and take a video of the party so I could prove that it was a noise violation. Still, parties were
regularly cleared as “Negative Violation” or “Unable to Locate” which is extremely frustrating.
The mistakes were acknowledged by SLOPD Sgt. Bryan Treanor and Sgt. Aaron Schafer after they
saw the videos a year ago, but otherwise I have largely been dismissed by SLOPD leadership. I
have emailed, spoken on the phone, and personally met with SLOPD “leadership” and nothing
has changed, except for a brief period in March 2023, when Bryan Treanor and Aaron Schafer were
acting as Night Watch Commanders. Otherwise, it’s been a disaster.
The parties in our neighborhood happen every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday when Cal Poly is in
session, therefore SLOPD dispatch is, unfortunately, familiar with me, and I am familiar with
them. Obviously, I wish our home was not surrounded by loud and disruptive fraternity houses
which, by their very nature are recognized to be disruptive and is the reason they require a Use
Permit to operate only in an R-3 and R-4 zone. And obviously, I wish that we were in a situation
that allowed us to peacefully enjoy our property during the weekends. It does not bring me any joy
to get out of bed, follow the sound of booming music and screaming people to locate the party,
take video, and call SLOPD dispatch to report the party. In fact, the ongoing noise from the
fraternities is a nightmare and is causing so much anxiety and sleeplessness that it is ruining our
family’s lives.
So, it was especially distressing to hear a SLOPD officer (Officer John Stevens) disparage me to
someone and falsely claim that I “walk around the neighborhood looking for violations” to call into
SLOPD dispatch. He said that I am “very persistent” and “will continue to call SLOPD if the call
isn’t acted on.” Officer Stevens also said that Residents for Quality Neighborhoods will call in
every single noise violation. Further, he said that the people who live in our neighborhood are
“especially sensitive to noise” and “know the municipal code inside and out.”
1. I do not walk around my neighborhood looking for violations to call in. This statement
diminishes the very real problem of our current living situation, surrounded by illegal fraternity
houses that regularly have blow-out parties and other disruptive activities. If SLOPD did not
repeatedly dismiss noisy party calls as “Negative Violation” and/or “Unable to Locate” I would not
be in a position where I had to find the exact address and continually prove that these very real,
disruptive parties are happening. Our neighborhood is small – ¼ mile by ¾ mile – and we can hear
loud parties, especially with booming bass music, from blocks away. If we are affected, I feel it is
within my purview to locate the party and call it into SLOPD. I should not be shamed by SLOPD for
doing that!
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2. I have never met or interacted with Officer Stevens and my contact with SLOPD has been with
dispatchers, some members of SLOPD leadership, and Christine Wallace. Someone at SLOPD
told Officer Stevens those things about me. Although I am persistent at times, the other things he
said about me are not true. It makes me feel extremely uncomfortable to know that SLOPD
leadership is talking about me in such a way. It is also inappropriate for Officer Stevens to say
those things to a community member when responding to a call.
3. Our neighborhood is not “especially sensitive to noise”. I have lived in other areas of the city
with neighbors who were intolerant of college students and kept track of when others brought
their trash bins in, etc. It made me feel uncomfortable. I enjoy the college students in our
community and the normal activities of a neighborhood. It is not normal for a lower-density
residential neighborhood to have 15% of their houses as fraternities without any conditions, as
are required for fraternities operating legally in R-3 and R-4 zones. They are disruptive and loud,
and keep the residents awake at night. Residents in any residential neighborhood living under
those conditions would be calling the police for help. It does not mean they are “especially
sensitive”. It means that the noise and parties are especially disruptive!
Monday, 1/15/2024 was MLK, Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday. Our family looked forward to
sleeping in that day. Our teenager has been slammed with a challenging workload with honors
and AP classes at SLOHS and works 20-30 hours a week at a local restaurant so was especially
happy that we had a morning to rest. At 7:45 a.m., we were woken by loud construction noise right
outside of our bedroom windows because the investor who owns the property next door hired a
contractor to replace and update their sliding door that is about 10’ from our house. There is
currently no fence between our properties. I thought that the SLOMC prohibits construction on
Sundays and federal holidays, so I got up to look up the ordinance. Then I called SLOPD dispatch
about the noise.
Officer Stevens responded and told the contractor that construction noise is not allowed on a
federal holiday, so they need to stop. He told them “a neighbor who walks the neighborhood
looking for violations” called in the noise, and SLOPD doesn’t “go out looking for these” noise
violations. He repeatedly apologized and said “the neighbor is persistent and will continue to call
SLOPD all day” if they don’t stop the construction. He also said RQN is a group that calls in every
single noise violation. He did not cite the contractor for the construction noise.
After Officer Stevens left, the contractors continued to use power tools to install a new sliding
door for 30-45 minutes. I was confused about why the noise hadn’t stopped and called SLOPD
again. The dispatcher told me that the officer said, “it is an emergency repair” and they would be
finished in 30 minutes. I told her it was not an emergency repair, and the property owner was just
upgrading the sliding door and the construction noise had been going on for a long time so we
couldn't sleep. I was dismissed by the dispatcher. The noise continued to keep us awake and I
called SLOPD a THIRD time. The dispatcher said she would open the call again. Officer Stevens
returned and issued a citation but told the contractor that he could appeal the citation and claim
it was an emergency repair. It was not an emergency repair and Officer Stevens knew that,
according to the conversation that took place. The contractor said Monday was the only day he
was available to do the repair so that’s why he did it that morning.
The contractor gestured toward our house and told Officer Stevens that he knew it was us who
called SLOPD.
I did not realize these conversations took place until I reviewed our video surveillance later that
day, which shows the loud construction for nearly two hours and the conversations between the
contractor and SLOPD Officer Stevens.
I am not sure if I have already shared with you that I was targeted by one of the fraternity guys
last academic school year. The day after they were issued a noise citation, he
began cyberstalking me by posting ads on Craigslist for people to come to my home for “free
scrap metal”, opened an account on PornHub using my name, phone number, and email, made
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various appointments for people from several religious organizations to come to my home
including representatives from Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witness, and Church of Scientology,
and spammed me with countless emails and phone calls from dozens of organizations and
businesses such as car dealerships. I filed a police report and remained fearful that someone
would show up at my door for any number of reasons, such as a dating-type situation, and that I
would be in danger.
Hearing Officer Stevens say these things and realizing that he is likely repeating the same thing to
the fraternity guys when he responds to noisy parties, made me fearful that one of them may
target me and seek revenge if they see me walking toward a noisy party in the neighborhood. I do
not appreciate the message that Officer Stevens, through someone else at SLOPD, is spreading
about me, which makes me feel unsafe in my own home.
This past weekend was the Winter Rush for Cal Poly’s fraternities and while most of you may feel
relaxed and rested by the weekend, our family feels that we’ve been through a war. We are
exhausted and feel defeated.
The loud parties started on Thursday and continued, day and night, throughout the weekend. An
illegal fraternity five doors down at 1237 Fredericks Street had a huge party with over 100 people
on Friday night. We could hear country music and people screaming from our house. I walked
down and took a video, then called SLOPD at around 10 p.m. Forty-five minutes later, the music
was still blaring, and people were still screaming. I went back down to the party and, feeling
frustrated that SLOPD did not break it up, I asked the four guys guarding the front door if they
realized a family lived nearby and we could hear their loud party. They said that SLOPD had
already been there and told them the noise did not cross the property line and they were fine. (The
noise definitely crossed the property line, as shown in my video taken at 10 p.m.) I told them it
wasn’t fine, and they had five minutes to shut down the party or I would call SLOPD and would
wait for them to get there. After some back and forth, they went in and turned down the music and
people flooded out of the house and left in every direction, so I went home.
Later, a large group of females stopped in front of our home, loudly conversing, and I had to go out
to tell them that a family lives here and we were trying to sleep. I could hear noise from parties
throughout the neighborhood, and the groups of loud people continued past our house until after
2 a.m.
Loud parties and screaming people could be heard throughout our neighborhood for the entire
weekend. My daughter, son-in-law, and our young grandchildren are staying with us while their
house near Sinsheimer Park is being remodeled and they have been absolutely stunned by the
level of noise and craziness in our neighborhood. My daughter commented that it's like Las Vegas.
She works from home as the Director for a large commercial contractor, overseeing the design
and development of data centers for Meta, and also teaches at Cal Poly (as does our son-in-law)
while raising two small children, so the noise has been challenging for them, as well. This
weekend she continually commented about the large number of people openly drinking alcohol
while SLOPD officers watched them walk by without taking any action. She said SLOPD would cite
open containers when she was a student at Cal Poly more than a decade ago. They also both
commented about the location of fraternities, and how they were located closer to campus when
they were students there. It is remarkable and unbelievable that things have evolved to such an
extremely intolerable state in our neighborhood. How did this happen?
I met with Community Development Director, Timmi Tway and Code Enforcement Supervisor,
John Mezzapesa on 11/8/2023 and gave them an extensive report with documentation for every
illegal fraternity house in San Luis Obispo. There are 75 documented fraternity houses in the city,
and 57 of those are illegally operating in R-1 and R-2 zones. The remaining 18 (75 – 57 = 18) are in
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R-3 and R-4 zones, but only seven of those have Use Permits to operate legally. The Use Permits
prohibit parties after 10 p.m., even though they are in higher-density zones. Therefore, it is illogical
that the fraternities have been allowed to operate as they have in R-1 and R-2 zones.
Use Permits for new fraternities were issued as recently as 2013, under the direction of the
Community Development Director. I believe Derek Johnson was the Community Development
Director in 2013. When the roof collapsed in an R-2 residential zone at 348 Hathway during St.
Fratty’s Day 2015, it was reported by Cal Poly that it happened at a fraternity. It was also reported
to the city, through Cal Poly’s investigation of the incident, that other fraternities were operating
on Hathway that day. It was simple for me to find the locations of the illegal fraternities by looking
at their social media posts advertising their rush activities. The SLOPD and Christine Wallace have
also told me that they are aware of several fraternity houses in our neighborhood. Why didn’t the
city intervene to stop the proliferation of illegal fraternities then, when they knew they were
operating illegally, in violation of the SLOMC and Zoning Regulations in 2015? Since then, more
and more fraternities have crept further into the R-1 and R-2 residential neighborhoods and have
completely overtaken Alta Vista! It’s crazy that the city has allowed this to happen. What is the
city doing now, since I've provided indisputable evidence of the addresses of illegal fraternities in
R-1 and R-2 zones?
SLOPD’s lack of enforcement of the noise ordinance in our neighborhood has added insult to
injury. Please do something to encourage SLOPD to enforce the noise ordinance and get the
illegal fraternities out of our neighborhood.
I am very, very worried about St. Fratty’s Day because many of the illegal fraternities have parties
and for the past two years, SLOPD was unable to control the parties or the crowd of thousands of
intoxicated college-aged people who overtook our neighborhood. Are you taking action to prevent
the large crowds of people from overtaking the streets? Will SLOPD be accessing the loud parties
to cite them, or will they remain outside of the street party takeover for hours until it burns itself
out, as they did last year? Please help me understand what the city is doing to prevent this from
happening for a third year in a row.
Thank you for your help. We don't know where else to turn. I've attached a portion of the video
surveillance from SLOPD Officer Stevens for your reference. I also have videos of some of the loud
parties that were not cited this weekend, if you are interested. Please help us end this nightmare
so we can enjoy our weekends and get adequate rest.
Sincerely,
Kathie Walker
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Subject:Re: Homeless reduction program interest
Hi Maya,
It was nice to meet you. Yes, we have quite a bit of information about our work on preventing and reducing
homelessness here. https://www.slocity.org/living/neighborhood/homelessness/strategic-planning , Please let me
know if you have more questions after you've read our homelessness strategic plan. Also in our council meeting this
tuesday, we will be going over our mid-year budget. There is an update on our major city goals, including housing and
homelessness. Check it out. https://pub-slocity.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4743deb6-6f84-486e-a7b0-
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Hi Mayor Stewart!
I hope you're doing well! This is Maya Fornera, and I was emailing to inquire about the homeless reduction
program you mentioned during the meeting on Tuesday. Is there a place I should go to for more information on it
or do you know the dates or opportunities it offers? I want to learn more about it first but I definitely have some
ideas! Thank you for your time, have a wonderful night!
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From:Jason Mockford <jmockfor@calpoly.edu>
Sent:Friday, February 2, 2024 9:57 AM
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Erica,
Thank you for meeting with us this morning. I wanted to follow up with a copy of our Cal Poly FSL Event Registration Procedure
in attachment.
Also a slight correction – the Greek Leadership Institute is not tomorrow, it is Sunday (Feb 4) on campus, and Code Enforcement
will be meeting with the students in the afternoon to share their existing use permits and go over processes, expectations and
answer questions. I’m looking forward to this, as it is the first time it has happened since I have been part of this area (10 years
now). I am hoping this can be a regular part of our connection annually with new student leaders, but we’ll assess after this
weekend.
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Perfect. Happy to meet with you on campus Friday at 8 AM.
See you then!
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Yes! We can both do 8-9. Want to meet at scout on campus?
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I appreciate both you and Jason being willing to meet. Unfortunately, I have meetings at those times. If you are
able to meet between 8-9:30 or 330 and 5pm on 2/2. Let me know if those times will work. Otherwise, I’m
copying Teresa Purrington, and she can help us find some time.
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Hi again Erica,
Jason Mockford and I would definitely appreciate meeting with you on this.
We are both available: Friday 2/2 from 10-11 and noon-1pm. Do either of those work for you? If not, we’ll try to
get more creative.
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Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Good morning, Courtney! I hope you had a great weekend, and had some time to enjoy the beautiful weather.
Please see below. There is a lot in this email from Kathie Walker. Can we touch base this week to help me
understand what’s allowed on the IFC, Panhellenic, and USFC front from the Cal Poly point of view? I will touch
base with Derek and Timmi as well.
Thanks,
Erica
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Dear Erica, Jan, Andy, Michelle, and Emily,
As you know from my previous correspondence, I live on with my family, and
we have struggled with the constant noise from loud parties on weekends when Cal Poly is in
session, especially at illegal fraternity houses. There are at least 40 documented chapter and
satellite fraternity houses in the R-1 and R-2 residential zones in our small Alta Vista
neighborhood, in violation of the SLOMC and Land Use Regulations. Their operation as a fraternity
is documented on their social media posts and confirmed by Cal Poly’s report published online
per AB 524, The Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
When lower Monterey Heights is included, there are at least 50 documented chapter and satellite
fraternity houses in R-1 and R-2 zones in those two small neighborhoods. These illegal fraternity
houses make up 15% of the total homes in Alta Vista or three out of every 20 homes! Please try to
imagine how you would feel if three out of every 20 homes in your neighborhood were operating as
fraternity houses with loud parties, constant traffic, booming music, screaming profanities, loud
guests coming and going at all hours, trash, et cetera. It has gravely affected our family, including
my husband’s ability to be rested for his safety-critical job, flying a medevac helicopter.
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Historically, I or my husband would call SLOPD dispatch to report loud (mostly fraternity) parties
that we could hear from our house, and the calls would be cleared by SLOPD as “Negative
Violation” or “Unable to Locate”. Therefore, I began going to the party to get a physical address
and take a video of the party so I could prove that it was a noise violation. Still, parties were
regularly cleared as “Negative Violation” or “Unable to Locate” which is extremely frustrating.
The mistakes were acknowledged by SLOPD Sgt. Bryan Treanor and Sgt. Aaron Schafer after they
saw the videos a year ago, but otherwise I have largely been dismissed by SLOPD leadership. I
have emailed, spoken on the phone, and personally met with SLOPD “leadership” and nothing
has changed, except for a brief period in March 2023, when Bryan Treanor and Aaron Schafer were
acting as Night Watch Commanders. Otherwise, it’s been a disaster.
The parties in our neighborhood happen every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday when Cal Poly is in
session, therefore SLOPD dispatch is, unfortunately, familiar with me, and I am familiar with
them. Obviously, I wish our home was not surrounded by loud and disruptive fraternity houses
which, by their very nature are recognized to be disruptive and is the reason they require a Use
Permit to operate only in an R-3 and R-4 zone. And obviously, I wish that we were in a situation
that allowed us to peacefully enjoy our property during the weekends. It does not bring me any joy
to get out of bed, follow the sound of booming music and screaming people to locate the party,
take video, and call SLOPD dispatch to report the party. In fact, the ongoing noise from the
fraternities is a nightmare and is causing so much anxiety and sleeplessness that it is ruining our
family’s lives.
So, it was especially distressing to hear a SLOPD officer (Officer John Stevens) disparage me to
someone and falsely claim that I “walk around the neighborhood looking for violations” to call into
SLOPD dispatch. He said that I am “very persistent” and “will continue to call SLOPD if the call
isn’t acted on.” Officer Stevens also said that Residents for Quality Neighborhoods will call in
every single noise violation. Further, he said that the people who live in our neighborhood are
“especially sensitive to noise” and “know the municipal code inside and out.”
1. I do not walk around my neighborhood looking for violations to call in. This statement
diminishes the very real problem of our current living situation, surrounded by illegal fraternity
houses that regularly have blow-out parties and other disruptive activities. If SLOPD did not
repeatedly dismiss noisy party calls as “Negative Violation” and/or “Unable to Locate” I would not
be in a position where I had to find the exact address and continually prove that these very real,
disruptive parties are happening. Our neighborhood is small – ¼ mile by ¾ mile – and we can hear
loud parties, especially with booming bass music, from blocks away. If we are affected, I feel it is
within my purview to locate the party and call it into SLOPD. I should not be shamed by SLOPD for
doing that!
2. I have never met or interacted with Officer Stevens and my contact with SLOPD has been with
dispatchers, some members of SLOPD leadership, and Christine Wallace. Someone at SLOPD
told Officer Stevens those things about me. Although I am persistent at times, the other things he
said about me are not true. It makes me feel extremely uncomfortable to know that SLOPD
leadership is talking about me in such a way. It is also inappropriate for Officer Stevens to say
those things to a community member when responding to a call.
3. Our neighborhood is not “especially sensitive to noise”. I have lived in other areas of the city
with neighbors who were intolerant of college students and kept track of when others brought
their trash bins in, etc. It made me feel uncomfortable. I enjoy the college students in our
community and the normal activities of a neighborhood. It is not normal for a lower-density
residential neighborhood to have 15% of their houses as fraternities without any conditions, as
are required for fraternities operating legally in R-3 and R-4 zones. They are disruptive and loud,
and keep the residents awake at night. Residents in any residential neighborhood living under
those conditions would be calling the police for help. It does not mean they are “especially
sensitive”. It means that the noise and parties are especially disruptive!
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Monday, 1/15/2024 was MLK, Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday. Our family looked forward to
sleeping in that day. Our teenager has been slammed with a challenging workload with honors
and AP classes at SLOHS and works 20-30 hours a week at a local restaurant so was especially
happy that we had a morning to rest. At 7:45 a.m., we were woken by loud construction noise right
outside of our bedroom windows because the investor who owns the property next door hired a
contractor to replace and update their sliding door that is about 10’ from our house. There is
currently no fence between our properties. I thought that the SLOMC prohibits construction on
Sundays and federal holidays, so I got up to look up the ordinance. Then I called SLOPD dispatch
about the noise.
Officer Stevens responded and told the contractor that construction noise is not allowed on a
federal holiday, so they need to stop. He told them “a neighbor who walks the neighborhood
looking for violations” called in the noise, and SLOPD doesn’t “go out looking for these” noise
violations. He repeatedly apologized and said “the neighbor is persistent and will continue to call
SLOPD all day” if they don’t stop the construction. He also said RQN is a group that calls in every
single noise violation. He did not cite the contractor for the construction noise.
After Officer Stevens left, the contractors continued to use power tools to install a new sliding
door for 30-45 minutes. I was confused about why the noise hadn’t stopped and called SLOPD
again. The dispatcher told me that the officer said, “it is an emergency repair” and they would be
finished in 30 minutes. I told her it was not an emergency repair, and the property owner was just
upgrading the sliding door and the construction noise had been going on for a long time so we
couldn't sleep. I was dismissed by the dispatcher. The noise continued to keep us awake and I
called SLOPD a THIRD time. The dispatcher said she would open the call again. Officer Stevens
returned and issued a citation but told the contractor that he could appeal the citation and claim
it was an emergency repair. It was not an emergency repair and Officer Stevens knew that,
according to the conversation that took place. The contractor said Monday was the only day he
was available to do the repair so that’s why he did it that morning.
The contractor gestured toward our house and told Officer Stevens that he knew it was us who
called SLOPD.
I did not realize these conversations took place until I reviewed our video surveillance later that
day, which shows the loud construction for nearly two hours and the conversations between the
contractor and SLOPD Officer Stevens.
I am not sure if I have already shared with you that I was targeted by one of the fraternity guys
last academic school year. The day after they were issued a noise citation, he
began cyberstalking me by posting ads on Craigslist for people to come to my home for “free
scrap metal”, opened an account on PornHub using my name, phone number, and email, made
various appointments for people from several religious organizations to come to my home
including representatives from Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witness, and Church of Scientology,
and spammed me with countless emails and phone calls from dozens of organizations and
businesses such as car dealerships. I filed a police report and remained fearful that someone
would show up at my door for any number of reasons, such as a dating-type situation, and that I
would be in danger.
Hearing Officer Stevens say these things and realizing that he is likely repeating the same thing to
the fraternity guys when he responds to noisy parties, made me fearful that one of them may
target me and seek revenge if they see me walking toward a noisy party in the neighborhood. I do
not appreciate the message that Officer Stevens, through someone else at SLOPD, is spreading
about me, which makes me feel unsafe in my own home.
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This past weekend was the Winter Rush for Cal Poly’s fraternities and while most of you may feel
relaxed and rested by the weekend, our family feels that we’ve been through a war. We are
exhausted and feel defeated.
The loud parties started on Thursday and continued, day and night, throughout the weekend. An
illegal fraternity five doors down at 1237 Fredericks Street had a huge party with over 100 people
on Friday night. We could hear country music and people screaming from our house. I walked
down and took a video, then called SLOPD at around 10 p.m. Forty-five minutes later, the music
was still blaring, and people were still screaming. I went back down to the party and, feeling
frustrated that SLOPD did not break it up, I asked the four guys guarding the front door if they
realized a family lived nearby and we could hear their loud party. They said that SLOPD had
already been there and told them the noise did not cross the property line and they were fine. (The
noise definitely crossed the property line, as shown in my video taken at 10 p.m.) I told them it
wasn’t fine, and they had five minutes to shut down the party or I would call SLOPD and would
wait for them to get there. After some back and forth, they went in and turned down the music and
people flooded out of the house and left in every direction, so I went home.
Later, a large group of females stopped in front of our home, loudly conversing, and I had to go out
to tell them that a family lives here and we were trying to sleep. I could hear noise from parties
throughout the neighborhood, and the groups of loud people continued past our house until after
2 a.m.
Loud parties and screaming people could be heard throughout our neighborhood for the entire
weekend. My daughter, son-in-law, and our young grandchildren are staying with us while their
house near Sinsheimer Park is being remodeled and they have been absolutely stunned by the
level of noise and craziness in our neighborhood. My daughter commented that it's like Las Vegas.
She works from home as the Director for a large commercial contractor, overseeing the design
and development of data centers for Meta, and also teaches at Cal Poly (as does our son-in-law)
while raising two small children, so the noise has been challenging for them, as well. This
weekend she continually commented about the large number of people openly drinking alcohol
while SLOPD officers watched them walk by without taking any action. She said SLOPD would cite
open containers when she was a student at Cal Poly more than a decade ago. They also both
commented about the location of fraternities, and how they were located closer to campus when
they were students there. It is remarkable and unbelievable that things have evolved to such an
extremely intolerable state in our neighborhood. How did this happen?
I met with Community Development Director, Timmi Tway and Code Enforcement Supervisor,
John Mezzapesa on 11/8/2023 and gave them an extensive report with documentation for every
illegal fraternity house in San Luis Obispo. There are 75 documented fraternity houses in the city,
and 57 of those are illegally operating in R-1 and R-2 zones. The remaining 18 (75 – 57 = 18) are in
R-3 and R-4 zones, but only seven of those have Use Permits to operate legally. The Use Permits
prohibit parties after 10 p.m., even though they are in higher-density zones. Therefore, it is illogical
that the fraternities have been allowed to operate as they have in R-1 and R-2 zones.
Use Permits for new fraternities were issued as recently as 2013, under the direction of the
Community Development Director. I believe Derek Johnson was the Community Development
Director in 2013. When the roof collapsed in an R-2 residential zone at 348 Hathway during St.
Fratty’s Day 2015, it was reported by Cal Poly that it happened at a fraternity. It was also reported
to the city, through Cal Poly’s investigation of the incident, that other fraternities were operating
on Hathway that day. It was simple for me to find the locations of the illegal fraternities by looking
at their social media posts advertising their rush activities. The SLOPD and Christine Wallace have
also told me that they are aware of several fraternity houses in our neighborhood. Why didn’t the
city intervene to stop the proliferation of illegal fraternities then, when they knew they were
operating illegally, in violation of the SLOMC and Zoning Regulations in 2015? Since then, more
and more fraternities have crept further into the R-1 and R-2 residential neighborhoods and have
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completely overtaken Alta Vista! It’s crazy that the city has allowed this to happen. What is the
city doing now, since I've provided indisputable evidence of the addresses of illegal fraternities in
R-1 and R-2 zones?
SLOPD’s lack of enforcement of the noise ordinance in our neighborhood has added insult to
injury. Please do something to encourage SLOPD to enforce the noise ordinance and get the
illegal fraternities out of our neighborhood.
I am very, very worried about St. Fratty’s Day because many of the illegal fraternities have parties
and for the past two years, SLOPD was unable to control the parties or the crowd of thousands of
intoxicated college-aged people who overtook our neighborhood. Are you taking action to prevent
the large crowds of people from overtaking the streets? Will SLOPD be accessing the loud parties
to cite them, or will they remain outside of the street party takeover for hours until it burns itself
out, as they did last year? Please help me understand what the city is doing to prevent this from
happening for a third year in a row.
Thank you for your help. We don't know where else to turn. I've attached a portion of the video
surveillance from SLOPD Officer Stevens for your reference. I also have videos of some of the loud
parties that were not cited this weekend, if you are interested. Please help us end this nightmare
so we can enjoy our weekends and get adequate rest.
Sincerely,
Kathie Walker
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EVENT REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
All members of Cal Poly-affiliated fraternities and sororities, and the Interfraternity Council, the
Panhellenic Council, and the United Sorority & Fraternity Council at Cal Poly (collectively the
“Fraternity and Sorority Community”), shall abide by all University policies and federal, state,
and local laws and regulations, including those that govern the use, distribution, and
consumption of alcohol. This Event Registration Procedure sets forth procedures designed to
provide a safe social atmosphere for members of the Greek Community and their guests, while
allowing them to exercise the personal responsibility expected of each of them. The following
objectives are essential to achieving this aim:
• To encourage social responsibility in all members, with emphasis on safety and risk
management;
• To encourage responsibility in the use of alcohol and thereby reduce the risks associated
with alcohol misuse at parties;
• To increase the safety of everyone in attendance at chapter-sponsored events with and
without alcohol;
• To support the ideals and values on which fraternities and sororities are founded;
• To practice self-governance as a Fraternity and Sorority Life Community;
• To educate the general membership of the Fraternity and Sorority Life community about
the importance of risk management.
1 The University does not accept legal liability for the activities engaged in by
fraternities and sororities, and their members.
Table of Contents
Article I - What defines an event?
Article II - Legal
Article III - Events with Alcohol Present
Article IV - Events without Alcohol Present
Article V - Locations
Article VI - Registration Process
Article VII - Judicial
Article VIII - Amnesty
Article IX - Procedure Revision
Article I - What defines an event?
A. An “event” for the purposes of this document is any activity sponsored or
endorsed by the organization/chapter including those that occur on and off
chapter premises.
Article II – Legal
A. Any event as defined above must be compliant with all applicable laws, including
but not limited to the below requirements:
a. The organization, members and guests must comply with all federal, state,
and local laws. No person under the legal drinking age my possess,
consume, provide or be provided alcoholic beverages
b. Organizations, members and guests must follow the federal law regarding
illegal drugs and controlled substances. No persons may possess, use,
provide, distribute, sell and or manufacture illegal drugs or other
controlled substances while on organizational/ chapter premises or at any
activity or event which is sponsored or endorsed by the chapter
B. Laws local to San Luis Obispo are also enforced with events, including:
a. Noise Ordinance
i. 7 A.M. to 10 P.M.: Noise that can be heard 50 feet from
the property line is a violation
ii. 10 P.M. to 7 A.M.: Noise that can be heard across the property line
is a violation
b. Safety Enhancement Zones
i. Fines are doubled for the following violations:
1. Noise
2. Unruly Gathering
3. Social Host Liability
4. Public Urination
5. Open Container
ii. Designated times for Safety Enhancement Zones may vary, but
typically occur during:
1. Mardi Gras (Thursday - Wednesday)
2. St. Patrick’s Day
3. Halloween
4. “WOW’ Week
Article III – Events with Alcohol Present
A. Guest Lists and Sober Monitors
a. Any event where alcohol is present is required to be a closed event, with guest lists
submitted to the FSL office by the deadline (see Article VI)
b. Attendance by non-members at any event where alcohol is present must be by
invitation only by the organization. Chapters must utilize the guest list template
provided by the FSL Office. Attendance at events where alcohol is present is
limited to a guest-to-member ratio of 2:1 and must not exceed local fire or
building code capacity of the organizational/chapter premises or host venue.
c. Any event with alcohol present is also required to have sober monitors present,
with quantity based on the number of guests in attendance.
i. Three sober monitors (including one from the Executive committee or
equivalent) are required at a minimum.
ii. For every 40 guests invited to the event, another sober monitor will
be required
iii. First year members who have been in the chapter for at least one
quarter and are initiated members, can serve as sober monitors if
the following is in place:
1. Required attendance at one of the annual Social Risk Management
workshops hosted the FSL office PRIOR to becoming eligible to
serve as a sober monitor
2. Procedures in place attached to the risk management plan, that
supports first year students during the event, should conflict arise
3. No more than 30 percent of sober monitors can be first year
members
B. Any event where alcohol is present can only occur from
a. 5:00pm on Thursday until 1:00am on Friday, when Friday is an academic holiday
b. 5:00pm on Friday until 1:00am on Saturday
c. 9:00am on Saturday until 1:00am on Sunday
d. 9:00am on Sunday until 1:00am on Monday, when Monday is an academic
holiday
C. Events with alcohol cannot occur until after the formal recruitment period is over
(during quarters where there is a formal recruitment period) unless at a third -party
vendor and the event is closed with no potential new members in attendance and
follows all event registration guidelines.
D. Events with alcohol are prohibited from lasting longer than five hours continuously
E. Sources of Alcohol
a. Alcoholic beverages must either be:
i. Provided and sold by a licensed and insured third -party vendor, e.g.,
restaurant, bar, caterer, etc.) or
ii. Brought by the individual members and guests through a bring your own
beverage system.
b. Common sources of alcohol, including bulk quantities, which are not being served
by a licensed and insured third -party vendor, are prohibited (i.e. amounts of
alcohol greater than what a reasonable person should consume over the duration
of the event)
c. The presence of alcohol products above 15% alcohol by volume (ABV) is
prohibited on any organizational/chapter premises or at any event, except when
served at an event by a licensed and insured third party vendor.
d. Alcoholic beverages must not be purchased with organizational/chapter funds or
funds pooled by members or guests (e.g., admission fees, cover fees, collecting
funds through digital apps, etc.)
F. Bring Your Own Beverage
a. Only those of legal drinking age in California may bring and consume alcohol
b. Permitted alcohol can only be made available in central common living areas
managed by sober monitors designated by the host chapter
c. Individuals of legal drinking age may bring beer totaling no more than 72
ounces (equivalent to a six pack of 12 oz beers) or one bottle (750 ml) of
wine to the event
G. Drinking Games
a. No shots, drinking games, or other activities that encourage
inappropriate or other rapid consumption or high-risk drinking behaviors
shall be allowed.
i. The definition of drinking games includes but is not limited to the
consumption of shots of alcohol, liquor or alcoholic beverages; the
practice of consuming shots equating to on e’s age; ”beer pong,”
“century club,” “beer die”, ”dares;” or any other activity involving the
consumption of alcohol which involves duress or encouragement
related to the consumption of alcohol
H. Registration
a. Events with alcohol are required to be registered with the FSL office prior to
their occurrence and with documents submitted prior to the required deadlines
(further outlined in Article VI)
Article IV – Events without Alcohol Present
A. Guest Lists and Sober Monitors
a. Guest lists and sober monitors are not required for events where alcohol is not
present, but are encouraged
B. Registration
a. Events without alcohol are required to be registered with the FSL office prior to
their occurrence and with documents submitted prior to the required deadlines
(further outlined in Article VI)
Article V – Locations
A. All off-campus events with alcohol must be held at either the chapter facility, satellite
house (which is defined as a house that is registered as a satellite house and hosts chapter
events), or a venue under third party management that is not legally associated with the
chapter in any capacity (‘third-party venue’).
a. Satellite houses must be registered at the beginning of each academic year, and
will remain registered until the end of the respective quarter.
B. For all events with alcohol that are located at a third -party venue, a copy of the contract
with the chapter and event management company or third -party venue must be submitted
with the party registration.
Article VI – Registration Process
A. The process of online events with alcohol registration must begin at least 10 days before
the date of the event.
B. Deadlines for completion of registration are every Thursday by 12:00pm the
weekend of the event.
C. A final follow up guest list must be submitted by 12:00 noon Monday following the
event with alcohol, with the full names of all attendees and birthdates of all guests who
received wristbands for alcohol consumption.
a. No future events with alcohol will be reviewed until this requirement is fulfilled
D. The chapter’s risk manager must complete a post -event review, which is to be
submitted to Cal Poly Fraternity and Sorority Life by 12:00 Noon the Wednesday
following the event with alcohol. All sober monitors and sober executive members will
contribute to this review. For events with alcohol where there may be more than one
chapter acting as the event host, each chapter must complete a post-event form.
a. No future events with alcohol will be reviewed until this
requirement is fulfilled
E. Failure to follow these requirements may subject the chapter and/or its individual
members to student discipline.
Article VII – Judicial
A. Failure to follow these procedures will be reviewed by the Office of Student
Rights & Responsibilities (OSRR) and may be subject to sanctions.
B. It is recognized that this procedure cannot address, in specific fashion, all possible social
situations that may occur. When this procedure is not specific on a particular point, the
Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, and United Sorority & Fraternity Council
chapters and their members are expected to conduct their events and themselves in the
spirit of social responsibility expressed in this procedure.
C. Council judicial boards can also adjudicate if deemed necessary by the OSRR.
Article VIII – Amnesty
A. The university’s primary concern is for the health, welfare, and safety of all students. As
such, in cases of significant intoxication as a result of alcohol or other substances, the
university encourages students to seek medical assistance for themselves and/or others.
Any student who assists in seeking medical attention for a person in need, will not be
subject to disciplinary action for conduct in violation of this policy.
Article IX – Procedure Revision
A. This procedure may be revised at any time by the Fraternity & Sorority Life office, OSRR
and Dean of Students.
B. This procedure will be reviewed during summer quarter, or at the discretion of the Dean
of Students staff, and any revisions will be sent to members of fraternities and sororities
immediately, and will be effective the first day of the following fall quarter.
C. In the event of a mid-academic year review, any revisions will be sent to members of
fraternities and sororities immediately upon implementation.
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From:Stewart, Erica A
Sent:Friday, February 2, 2024 8:19 AM
To:Courtney Leigh Kienow
Subject:Fwd: Another Loud Frat Party Tonight, Tuesday, 7th night in a row in our neighborhood
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Dear Mayor and Council Members,
Apparently it was Mr. Jenkins' intention to also send his email to you - and in checking with him, this was the case. In fact he
thought you were all included in Chief Scott's email and, thus, in his reply-all response.
Also, I believe it was improper for the Chief to imply that Mrs. Walker should ask for officers to come to her house in lieu of taking
videos of the parties. Videos substantiate the level of the disturbances, demonstrate the spotty enforcement of the noise
ordinance in this area, and make it less likely that Mrs. Walker will be categorized as "overly sensitive."
Sincerely,
Sandra Rowley
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Cc: kathie walker < ; Sandra Rowley < ; Carolyn < ; Brett
Cross < ; Karen Adler < ; Victoria Wood < ; Mila
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Subject: Re: Another Loud Frat Party Tonight, Tuesday, 7th night in a row in our neighborhood
Dear Chief Scott, Council & Staff.
"Continuing the Dialogue." "Diligently working toward collaborative
solutions." "Partnering with you to more effectively respond to noise
complaints."
Clearly, residents are tired of this lip service, and ordinances that
are not enforced but serve only as window dressing on the loud riotous
activity visible outside the window. Ms. Walker and residents, to
paraphrase Tobie Keith, want a little less talk and a lot more action.
All the Best,
Stew Jenkins
Law Office of Stewart D. Jenkins
Election Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law
1336 Morro Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: (805) 541-5763
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Fax: (805) 547-1608
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On 2024-01-31 12:16, Scott, Rick wrote:
> BCC CC:
>
> Ms. Walker,
>
> This response is to your email yesterday evening and the one over the
> weekend to Council and other staff members. I sincerely appreciate you
> reaching out and continuing the dialogue on your concerns in the
> recent emails regarding Fraternities and your experiences with the San
> Luis Obispo Police Department. As always, I appreciate the opportunity
> to address your perspectives and shed light on our ongoing efforts to
> address community issues.
>
> To reiterate, we have been diligently working towards collaborative
> solutions for the challenges you have raised over time, to include
> partnering with you to more effectively respond to noise complaints,
> as well as change our city ordinance to provide more tools over
> holidays. We are committed to fostering a constructive relationship
> and always seeking mutually beneficial resolutions.
>
> I realize you have been a resident in Alta vista for many years
> struggling with this issue, but I also want to emphasize the progress
> we've made in addressing noise complaints and violations since 2010.
> The significant and continual drop in such incidents is a testament to
> our partnership and the focus by the city. This is especially
> noteworthy considering the transitory nature of the student
> population, which changes every four years. It underscores our
> dedication to maintaining a harmonious coexistence between university
> activities and the surrounding community. Even with the changes in
> behavior during Covid, complaints and incidents continue to decline.
> However, this does not mean there is not a problem, but the city’s
> party registration and SNAP program are having a positive impact.
> While zero tolerance has been suggested, police officers must use
> judgment and discretion in responding to noise calls, as they navigate
> the complex landscape of other crimes occurring in the city, to ensure
> we are facilitating equitable outcomes. We take your concerns most
> seriously and are committed to always exploring and implementing
> effective solutions to address these issues.
>
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> While videos are helpful, I would ask that in the future please meet
> the officer at your property so we can better understand the noise as
> you and your family are experiencing it. This approach allows them to
> better understand the nature and context of the disturbance, enabling
> a more informed and again equitable response. Often, officers can
> discern nuances from your property that may not be apparent from the
> street, particularly if the source of the noise emanates from a
> backyard or private area.
>
> The city is aware of the zoning concerns you have mentioned with
> sorority and fraternity houses operating in the neighborhood. I
> understand the City’s Code Enforcement team is working on a plan to
> address the problem and I believe you have been in communication with
> the CDD Director, Timmi Tway, who has provided information.
>
> The department remains committed to collaborative relationships with
> all of our community members as we confront unique and difficult
> challenges for the highest quality of life possible within our SLO
> community. Your feedback and insights are valuable as we work to
> change behavior and improve quality of life for everyone.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rick Scott
> Police Chief
> [1]
> Police Department
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> To: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org>; Scott, Rick
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>
> You've already heard my repeated pleas, politely and frustratedly, and
> everything in between. I am out of words. Please watch the video of
> another loud party tonight (Tuesday) on the 7th straight night in a
> row of Cal Poly's fraternity rush at the illegal fraternities in our
> neighborhood. This property at 348 & 350 Hathway has been on the
> city's radar for over a decade. It's been issued about 20 noise
> citations since 2022 and has evaded dozens more despite loud
> disruptive parties that violated the noise ordinance. Please do
> something to stop this madness.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Kathie
>
> 348 Hathway another party 1.30.2024.mp4 [6]
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From:Maya Katherine Fornera <
Sent:Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:38 PM
To:Stewart, Erica A
Subject:Homeless reduction program interest
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Hi Mayor Stewart!
I hope you're doing well! This is Maya Fornera, and I was emailing to inquire about the homeless reduction
program you mentioned during the meeting on Tuesday. Is there a place I should go to for more information on it
or do you know the dates or opportunities it offers? I want to learn more about it first but I definitely have some
ideas! Thank you for your time, have a wonderful night!
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From:Purrington, Teresa
Sent:Monday, January 29, 2024 3:55 PM
To:Reagan J. Denny; Stewart, Erica A
Cc:Michelle Crawford; Meghan Schuler-Jones
Subject:RE: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Thank you Reagan. I have added this to Mayor Stewart’s calendar. Please note she will be there at 6:10 PM.
Thanks,
Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 3:53 PM
To: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>; Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Re: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Hello there,
Both dates are available, but April 8th would be preferable. Thank you for helping coordinate this!
Best,
REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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From: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 11:07 AM
To: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>; Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>
Subject: RE: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Hi Reagan,
Mayor Stewart can meet either April 8th or April 22nd. Please let me know which works best for your group.
Thank you,
Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 10:11 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>; Purrington, Teresa
<TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
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Hello,
Thanks again for your willingness to meet with student government.
Unfortunately, both dates you provided are Tuesdays, and our Board Workshops are on Mondays. Would we be
able to find a date on a Monday that works with your teaching schedule?
Best,
Reagan
REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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From: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 9:36 AM
To: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>; Purrington, Teresa
<TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Hi Reagan,
You are welcome. My first choice would be April 2, and second choice would be April 9, are either of those possible?
Thanks,
Erica
Erica A. Stewart
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From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 9:15 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>; Purrington, Teresa
<TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Good morning,
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Thank you for being so willing to help develop our generation of leaders.
How about we plan on April 15 around 6:10, which is the Monday of week 3?
We are flexible on this date, so if there is a Monday that works better for you, please let me know and we would
be happy to accommodate!
Again, we really appreciate your continued support of ASI and student leaders. Looking forward to continuing to
work together to maintain the relationship between SLO and Cal Poly!
REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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From: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 3:16 PM
To: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>; Purrington, Teresa
<TPurring@slocity.org>
Subject: Re: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
Hi Regan,
Thank you so much for reaching out. I’m looking forward to seeing the ASI staff on Tuesday.
I really appreciate yourself and other members of the ASI team coming to the city, Council meetings and working with the SLOP D
and/or SCLC. I look forward to continuing to work with you and your team.
As far as the board meeting on Mondays, I could meet around 6:10. I will be teaching class from 4:10 to 6 PM in spring quarter.
Let me know if that works for you.
All the best,
Erica
Erica A. Stewart
pronouns she/her/hers
Mayor
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990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
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From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 9:55:22 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
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Subject: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
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Dear Mayor Stewart,
On behalf of the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) at California Polytechnic State University and ASI Student Government, we
appreciate your service, leadership, and dedication to the San Luis Obispo community.
As a former ASI President yourself, you are aware that the role of ASI Student Government is to represent and advocate at the
campus, community, and state-wide level on behalf of over 20,000 Cal Poly students. As student leaders this year, we are
committed to upholding that responsibility and enhancing the student experience both on- and off-campus.
This year, we have prioritized connecting with our community, through creating and maintaining strong working relationships w ith
those who serve it. We hope that our attendance at City Council meetings and coordination with the San Luis Obispo Police
Department on safety enhancement zones has demonstrated our desire to maintain open lines of communication between Cal
Poly students and the city of San Luis Obispo. Students represent a large portion of the population in the city of San Luis Obispo,
and we believe that a collaborative partnership and engaged relationship will enhance our ability to mutually serve our
community.
In the spirit of engaging in a collaborative partnership between student leaders and the city, the ASI External Affairs commi ttee has
re-envisioned the ASI Meet Your Representatives event series. The new format will be geared more toward introducing student
leaders to community leaders via student-government-centered events.
Meet Your Representatives will be held during ASI Board of Directors Workshops, which are held every Monday during the
academic year between 5 – 7 p.m. Board Workshops are open to the public and attended by all members of the ASI Board of
Directors. If you are interested and available to attend an upcoming workshop in either winter or spring quarter, we would love to
have you!
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a date, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your service to the city
of San Luis Obispo, your support of ASI student leaders, and your consideration to participate in this event.
Respectfully,
REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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From:Stewart, Erica A
Sent:Monday, January 22, 2024 9:33 PM
To:Tracy L. Watson
Subject:Re: Transit Innovation Study & CAPP Program
Thank you, Tracy!
Erica A. Stewart
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Mayor
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From: sclc-request@calpoly.edu <sclc-request@calpoly.edu> on behalf of Tracy L. Watson <twatson@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2024 10:02 AM
To: sclc@calpoly.edu <sclc@calpoly.edu>
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Hello SCLC,
I am forwarding information on the Transit Innovation Study & CAPP Program as discussed in our last meeting,
https://www.universitycitynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CAPP-Flyer-Northern.pdf
See below for the Transit Innovation Study link.
Tracy Watson
She/Her
Administrative Assistant II, Student Government
Associated Students, Inc.
California Polytechnic State University
1 Grand Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0675
P: 805-756-1292 | F: 805-756-6166
asi.calpoly.edu
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Cal Poly sits on the traditional lands of the yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash Tribe of San Luis Obispo County and Region. The yak
titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini have a documented presence in this area for over 10,000 years. The tiłhini peoples have stewarded their ancestral and
unceded homelands which include all of the cities, communities, federal and state open spaces within the San Luis Obispo County region.
These homelands extend East into the Carrizo Plains toward Kern County, South to the Santa Maria River, North to Ragged Point, and West
beyond the ocean’s shoreline in an unbroken chain of lineage, kinship, and culture.
From: Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 3:26 PM
To: Tracy L. Watson <twatson@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Transit Innovation Study
Hi Tracy,
Please see the report that was discussed at the meeting today linked here: https://pub-
slocity.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=2ebd02f5-1ff8-425e-8327-
20cdd132ef99&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=28&Tab=attachments.
If you could please pass that along to the group I would appreciate it!
Greg
Greg Hermann
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Deputy City Manager
City Administration
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Subject:DPN: Resonance Cultural Art Series
Location:SLO Museum of Art 1010 Broad St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Start:Thu 1/25/2024 5:00 PM
End:Thu 1/25/2024 6:30 PM
Recurrence:(none)
Meeting Status:Accepted
Organizer:University Diversity & Inclusion
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Dear Diversity Partners Network,
Happy New Year! We trust this message finds you well and in good spirits as we embark on a promising Winter term.
As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering community spaces rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, we are
excited to extend an invitation to you for a special event in collaboration with the City of San Luis Obispo and the SLO
Museum of Art.
In lieu of our traditional Diversity Partner Network meeting for January, we are delighted to invite you to a thought-
provoking Panel Discussion on Alisa Sikelianos-Carter's exhibition, "In Space & Splendor: A Topography of Wildness."
This captivating event will be moderated by the esteemed Dr. Denise Isom.
The panel discussion will delve into the rich tapestry of mixed media works presented in the exhibition, exploring themes of Black
mythologies, ancestral power, and the profound significance of Black stories and representation in art. This promises to be an
engaging and enlightening conversation and we look forward to seeing you there.
Appetizers and refreshments will be provided.
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Subject:FW: ASI Executive Staff Meeting
Location:Rec Center Training Room
Start:Tue 1/30/2024 6:00 PM
End:Tue 1/30/2024 7:00 PM
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<amjoseph@calpoly.edu>; Benjamin Mark Torres <btorre29@calpoly.edu>; Casey Jones <cjone157@calpoly.edu>; Dylan Jacob
Marino <djmarino@calpoly.edu>; Hong Dang <hdang10@calpoly.edu>; Jack Nguyen <jnguy670@calpoly.edu>; Julian Tristan
Hernandez <jhern563@calpoly.edu>; Kaylie Alejandra Becerra <kbecer04@calpoly.edu>; Khushi Sharma
<ksharm21@calpoly.edu>; Leorie Yosian <lyosian@calpoly.edu>; Mason Miguel Ambrosio <mambro02@calpoly.edu>; Maya
Katherine Fornera <mfornera@calpoly.edu>; Morgan Avery Raak <mraak@calpoly.edu>; Noah Louis Ness Cohen Garcia
<ncohenga@calpoly.edu>; Olivia Ann Short <oshort@calpoly.edu>; Oscar Lara <olaralop@calpoly.edu>; Sam Finch
<sfinch03@calpoly.edu>; Sam Otto <saotto@calpoly.edu>; Sean Trong Cao <scao15@calpoly.edu>; Suhani Vakhariya
<vakhariy@calpoly.edu>; Taylor Lee Howe <thowe@calpoly.edu>; Trenton Counter <tcounter@calpoly.edu>; Weston Kenneth
Patrick <wpatrick@calpoly.edu>; Yiming Luo <yluo11@calpoly.edu>; Trey Berberich Bernard <tbbernar@calpoly.edu>; ASI
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Subject: ASI Executive Staff Meeting
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Subject:Canceled: Q&A Panel ASI Executive Staff
Start:Tue 1/30/2024 5:00 PM
End:Tue 1/30/2024 6:30 PM
Show Time As:Free
Recurrence:(none)
Organizer:Stewart, Erica A
Required Attendees:Erica Stewart (W); Erica Stewart (W)
Call Handling Mode 2:2
I received confirmation that they would like you to be there at 6:00 pm. Deleting this appointment and leaving
the one sent from ASI.
Hi Teresa and Mayor Stewart,
I hope that you are doing well! This is ASI President Sam Andrews from Cal Poly. I am following up here on a text
conversation to invite Mayor Stewart to sit on a Q&A Panel at an upcoming meeting of the Executive Staff. The
meeting would be on November 29th from 5:00 to 7:00, and we would love to host Mayor Stewart from 5:30 to
6:30. We expect the panel to end before the 6:30 mark, but plan to leave some time for networking/casual
conversation.
The Executive Staff Program is our way of providing students with an introduction to student government. It
holds no requirement for election or commitment to holding any position, but offers interested students the
chance to learn about student government/election processes and work on projects/initiatives directly
alongside their elected representatives. The body is usually made up of 1 st year student and transfer students
considering future positions in ASI.
Thank you for your time, we are extremely excited to host you!
Sincerely,
Samuel Andrews
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Subject:Fraternities/SLOPD Statements - Courtney/Jason/Mayor Stewart
Location:Scout on Campus
Start:Fri 2/2/2024 8:00 AM
End:Fri 2/2/2024 9:00 AM
Recurrence:(none)
Meeting Status:Meeting organizer
Organizer:Stewart, Erica A
Required Attendees:Erica Stewart (W); Erica Stewart (W); Courtney Leigh Kienow; Jason Mockford
Call Handling Mode 2:2
From: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Date: Monday, January 29, 2024 at 7:41 AM
To: Courtney Leigh Kienow <ckienow@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Re: Fraternities and SLOPD Statements
Good morning, Courtney! I hope you had a great weekend, and had some time to enjoy the beautiful weather.
Please see below. There is a lot in this email from Kathie Walker. Can we touch base this week to help me
understand what’s allowed on the IFC, Panhellenic, and USFC front from the Cal Poly point of view? I will touch
base with Derek and Timmi as well.
Thanks,
Erica
Erica A. Stewart
pronouns she/her/hers
Mayor
Office of the City Council
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
Eestewart@slocity.org
C805.540.1154
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To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>; Francis, Emily <EFrancis@slocity.org>; Marx, Jan
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Dear Erica, Jan, Andy, Michelle, and Emily,
As you know from my previous correspondence, I live on with my family, and we have
struggled with the constant noise from loud parties on weekends when Cal Poly is in session, especially at
illegal fraternity houses. There are at least 40 documented chapter and satellite fraternity houses in the R-1 and
R-2 residential zones in our small Alta Vista neighborhood, in violation of the SLOMC and Land Use Regulations.
Their operation as a fraternity is documented on their social media posts and confirmed by Cal Poly’s report
published online per AB 524, The Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
When lower Monterey Heights is included, there are at least 50 documented chapter and satellite fraternity
houses in R-1 and R-2 zones in those two small neighborhoods. These illegal fraternity houses make up 15% of
the total homes in Alta Vista or three out of every 20 homes! Please try to imagine how you would feel if three out
of every 20 homes in your neighborhood were operating as fraternity houses with loud parties, constant traffic,
booming music, screaming profanities, loud guests coming and going a t all hours, trash, et cetera. It has gravely
affected our family, including my husband’s ability to be rested for his safety-critical job, flying a medevac
helicopter.
Historically, I or my husband would call SLOPD dispatch to report loud (mostly fraternity) parties that we could
hear from our house, and the calls would be cleared by SLOPD as “Negative Violation” or “Unable to Locate”.
Therefore, I began going to the party to get a physical address and take a video of the party so I could prove that
it was a noise violation. Still, parties were regularly cleared as “Negative Violation” or “Unable to Locate” which
is extremely frustrating. The mistakes were acknowledged by SLOPD Sgt. Bryan Treanor and Sgt. Aaron Schafer
after they saw the videos a year ago, but otherwise I have largely been dismissed by SLOPD leadership. I have
emailed, spoken on the phone, and personally met with SLOPD “leadership” and nothing has changed, except
for a brief period in March 2023, when Bryan Treanor and Aaron Schafer were acting as Night Watch
Commanders. Otherwise, it’s been a disaster.
The parties in our neighborhood happen every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday when Cal Poly is in session,
therefore SLOPD dispatch is, unfortunately, familiar with me, and I am familiar with them. Obviously, I wish our
home was not surrounded by loud and disruptive fraternity houses which, by their very nature are recognized to
be disruptive and is the reason they require a Use Permit to operate only in an R-3 and R-4 zone. And obviously, I
wish that we were in a situation that allowed us to peacefully enjoy our property during the weekends. It does
not bring me any joy to get out of bed, follow the sound of booming music and screaming people to locate the
party, take video, and call SLOPD dispatch to report the party. In fact, the ongoing noise from the frat ernities is a
nightmare and is causing so much anxiety and sleeplessness that it is ruining our family’s lives.
So, it was especially distressing to hear a SLOPD officer (Officer John Stevens) disparage me to someone and
falsely claim that I “walk around the neighborhood looking for violations” to call into SLOPD dispatch. He said
that I am “very persistent” and “will continue to call SLOPD if the call isn’t acted on.” Officer Stevens also said
that Residents for Quality Neighborhoods will call in every single noise violation. Further, he said that the people
who live in our neighborhood are “especially sensitive to noise” and “know the municipal code inside and out.”
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1. I do not walk around my neighborhood looking for violations to call in. This statement diminishes the very real
problem of our current living situation, surrounded by illegal fraternity houses that regularly have blow-
out parties and other disruptive activities. If SLOPD did not repeatedly dismiss noisy party calls as “Negative
Violation” and/or “Unable to Locate” I would not be in a position where I had to find the exact address and
continually prove that these very real, disruptive parties are happening. Our neighborhood is small – ¼ mile by ¾
mile – and we can hear loud parties, especially with booming bass music, from blocks away. If we are affected, I
feel it is within my purview to locate the party and call it into SLOPD. I should not be shamed by SLOPD for doing
that!
2. I have never met or interacted with Officer Stevens and my contact with SLOPD has been with dispatchers,
some members of SLOPD leadership, and Christine Wallace. Someone at SLOPD told Officer Stevens those
things about me. Although I am persistent at times, the other things he said about me are not true. It makes me
feel extremely uncomfortable to know that SLOPD leadership is talking about me in such a way. It is also
inappropriate for Officer Stevens to say those things to a community member when responding to a call.
3. Our neighborhood is not “especially sensitive to noise”. I have lived in other areas of the city with neighbors
who were intolerant of college students and kept track of when others brought their trash bins in, etc. It made
me feel uncomfortable. I enjoy the college students in our community and the normal activities of a
neighborhood. It is not normal for a lower-density residential neighborhood to have 15% of their houses as
fraternities without any conditions, as are required for fraternities operating legally in R-3 and R-4 zones. They
are disruptive and loud, and keep the residents awake at night. Residents in any residential neighborhood living
under those conditions would be calling the police for help. It does not mean they are “especially sensitive”. It
means that the noise and parties are especially disruptive!
Monday, 1/15/2024 was MLK, Jr. Day, which is a federal holiday. Our family looked forward to sleeping in that
day. Our teenager has been slammed with a challenging workload with honors and AP classes at SLOHS and
works 20-30 hours a week at a local restaurant so was especially happy that we had a morning to rest. At 7:45
a.m., we were woken by loud construction noise right outside of our bedroom windows because the investor
who owns the property next door hired a contractor to replace and update their sliding door that is about 10’
from our house. There is currently no fence between our properties. I thought that the SLOMC prohibits
construction on Sundays and federal holidays, so I got up to look up the ordinance. Then I called SLOPD
dispatch about the noise.
Officer Stevens responded and told the contractor that construction noise is not allowed on a federal holiday,
so they need to stop. He told them “a neighbor who walks the neighborhood looking for violations” called in the
noise, and SLOPD doesn’t “go out looking for these” noise violations. He repeatedly apologized and said “the
neighbor is persistent and will continue to call SLOPD all day” if they don’t stop the construction. He also said
RQN is a group that calls in every single noise violation. He did not cite the contractor for the construction
noise.
After Officer Stevens left, the contractors continued to use power tools to install a new sliding door for 30-45
minutes. I was confused about why the noise hadn’t stopped and called SLOPD again. The dispatcher told me
that the officer said, “it is an emergency repair” and they would be finished in 30 minutes. I told her it was not an
emergency repair, and the property owner was just upgrading the sliding door and the construction noise had
been going on for a long time so we couldn't sleep. I was dismissed by the dispatcher. The noise continued to
keep us awake and I called SLOPD a THIRD time. The dispatcher said she would open the call again. Officer
Stevens returned and issued a citation but told the contractor that he could appeal the citation and claim it was
an emergency repair. It was not an emergency repair and Officer Stevens knew that, according to the
conversation that took place. The contractor said Monday was the only day he was available to do the repair so
that’s why he did it that morning.
The contractor gestured toward our house and told Officer Stevens that he knew it was us who called SLOPD.
I did not realize these conversations took place until I reviewed our video surveillance later that day, which
shows the loud construction for nearly two hours and the conversations between the contractor and SLOPD
Officer Stevens.
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I am not sure if I have already shared with you that I was targeted by one of the fraternity guys
last academic school year. The day after they were issued a noise citation, he began cyberstalking me
by posting ads on Craigslist for people to come to my home for “free scrap metal”, opened an account on
PornHub using my name, phone number, and email, made various appointments for people from several
religious organizations to come to my home including representatives from Latter Day Saints, Jehovah's
Witness, and Church of Scientology, and spammed me with countless emails and phone calls from dozens of
organizations and businesses such as car dealerships. I filed a police report and remained fearful that someone
would show up at my door for any number of reasons, such as a dating-type situation, and that I would be in
danger.
Hearing Officer Stevens say these things and realizing that he is likely repeating the same thing to the fraternity
guys when he responds to noisy parties, made me fearful that one of them may target me and seek revenge if
they see me walking toward a noisy party in the neighborhood. I do not appreciate the message that Officer
Stevens, through someone else at SLOPD, is spreading about me, which makes me feel unsafe in my own
home.
This past weekend was the Winter Rush for Cal Poly’s fraternities and while most of you may feel relaxed and
rested by the weekend, our family feels that we’ve been through a war. We are exhausted and feel defeated.
The loud parties started on Thursday and continued, day and night, throughout the weekend. An illegal fraternity
five doors down at 1237 Fredericks Street had a huge party with over 100 people on Friday night. We could hear
country music and people screaming from our house. I walked down and took a video, then called SLOPD at
around 10 p.m. Forty-five minutes later, the music was still blaring, and people were still screaming. I went back
down to the party and, feeling frustrated that SLOPD did not break it up, I asked the four guys guarding the front
door if they realized a family lived nearby and we could hear their loud party. They said that SLOPD had already
been there and told them the noise did not cross the property line and they were fine. (The noise definitely
crossed the property line, as shown in my video taken at 10 p.m.) I told them it wasn’t fine, and they had five
minutes to shut down the party or I would call SLOPD and would wait for them to get there. After some back and
forth, they went in and turned down the music and people flooded out of the house and left in every direction, so
I went home.
Later, a large group of females stopped in front of our home, loudly conversing, and I had to go out to tell them
that a family lives here and we were trying to sleep. I could hear noise from parties throughout the
neighborhood, and the groups of loud people continued past our house until after 2 a.m.
Loud parties and screaming people could be heard throughout our neighborhood for the entire weekend. My
daughter, son-in-law, and our young grandchildren are staying with us while their house near Sinsheimer Park is
being remodeled and they have been absolutely stunned by the level of noise and craziness in our
neighborhood. My daughter commented that it's like Las Vegas. She works from home as the Director for a large
commercial contractor, overseeing the design and development of data centers for Meta, and also teaches at
Cal Poly (as does our son-in-law) while raising two small children, so the noise has been challenging for them,
as well. This weekend she continually commented about the large number of people openly drinking alcohol
while SLOPD officers watched them walk by without taking any action. She said SLOPD would cite open
containers when she was a student at Cal Poly more than a decade ago. They also both commented about the
location of fraternities, and how they were located closer to campus when they were students there. It is
remarkable and unbelievable that things have evolved to such an extremely intolerable state in our
neighborhood. How did this happen?
I met with Community Development Director, Timmi Tway and Code Enforcement Supervisor, John Mezzapesa
on 11/8/2023 and gave them an extensive report with documentation for every illegal fraternity house in San Luis
Obispo. There are 75 documented fraternity houses in the city, and 57 of those are illegally operating in R-1 and
R-2 zones. The remaining 18 (75 – 57 = 18) are in R-3 and R-4 zones, but only seven of those have Use Permits to
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operate legally. The Use Permits prohibit parties after 10 p.m., even though they are in higher-density zones.
Therefore, it is illogical that the fraternities have been allowed to operate as they have in R-1 and R-2 zones.
Use Permits for new fraternities were issued as recently as 2013, under the direction of the Community
Development Director. I believe Derek Johnson was the Community Development Director in 2013. When the
roof collapsed in an R-2 residential zone at 348 Hathway during St. Fratty’s Day 2015, it was reported by Cal Poly
that it happened at a fraternity. It was also reported to the city, through Cal Poly’s investigation of the incident,
that other fraternities were operating on Hathway that day. It was simple for me to find the locations of the
illegal fraternities by looking at their social media posts advertising their rush activities. The SLOPD and
Christine Wallace have also told me that they are aware of several fraternity houses in our neighborhood. Why
didn’t the city intervene to stop the proliferation of illegal fraternities then, when they knew they were operating
illegally, in violation of the SLOMC and Zoning Regulations in 2015? Since then, more and more fraternities have
crept further into the R-1 and R-2 residential neighborhoods and have completely overtaken Alta Vista! It’s crazy
that the city has allowed this to happen. What is the city doing now, since I've provided indisputable evidence of
the addresses of illegal fraternities in R-1 and R-2 zones?
SLOPD’s lack of enforcement of the noise ordinance in our neighborhood has added insult to injury. Please do
something to encourage SLOPD to enforce the noise ordinance and get the illegal fraternities out of our
neighborhood.
I am very, very worried about St. Fratty’s Day because many of the illegal fraternities have parties and for the
past two years, SLOPD was unable to control the parties or the crowd of thousands of intoxicated college-aged
people who overtook our neighborhood. Are you taking action to prevent the large crowds of people from
overtaking the streets? Will SLOPD be accessing the loud parties to cite them, or will they remain outside of the
street party takeover for hours until it burns itself out, as they did l ast year? Please help me understand what the
city is doing to prevent this from happening for a third year in a row.
Thank you for your help. We don't know where else to turn. I've attached a portion of the video surveillance from
SLOPD Officer Stevens for your reference. I also have videos of some of the loud parties that were not cited this
weekend, if you are interested. Please help us end this nightmare so we can enjoy our weekends and get
adequate rest.
Sincerely,
Kathie Walker
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Subject:Canceled: SCLC Meeting
Location:City Hall Hearing Room
Start:Thu 3/14/2024 3:00 PM
End:Thu 3/14/2024 5:00 PM
Show Time As:Free
Recurrence:(none)
Recurrence Pattern:Occurs every month on the third Thursday of the month from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM effective
10/19/2023 until 5/16/2025.
Meeting Status:Accepted
Organizer:Tracy L. Watson
Importance:High
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Subject:ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting
Start:Mon 4/8/2024 6:10 PM
End:Mon 4/8/2024 7:10 PM
Recurrence:(none)
Meeting Status:Meeting organizer
Organizer:Stewart, Erica A
Required Attendees:Erica Stewart (W); Erica Stewart (W)
Call Handling Mode 2:2
From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 9:55:22 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
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Dear Mayor Stewart,
On behalf of the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) at California Polytechnic State University and ASI Student Government, we
appreciate your service, leadership, and dedication to the San Luis Obispo community.
As a former ASI President yourself, you are aware that the role of ASI Student Government is to represent and advocate at the
campus, community, and state-wide level on behalf of over 20,000 Cal Poly students. As student leaders this year, we are
committed to upholding that responsibility and enhancing the student experience both on- and off-campus.
This year, we have prioritized connecting with our community, through creating and maintaining strong working relationships w ith
those who serve it. We hope that our attendance at City Council meetings and coordination with the San Luis Obispo Police
Department on safety enhancement zones has demonstrated our desire to maintain open lines of communication between Cal
Poly students and the city of San Luis Obispo. Students represent a large portion of the population in the city of San Luis Obispo,
and we believe that a collaborative partnership and engaged relationship will enhance our ability to mutually serve our
community.
In the spirit of engaging in a collaborative partnership between student leaders and the city, the ASI External Affairs commi ttee has
re-envisioned the ASI Meet Your Representatives event series. The new format will be geared more toward introducing student
leaders to community leaders via student-government-centered events.
Meet Your Representatives will be held during ASI Board of Directors Workshops, which are held every Monday during the
academic year between 5 – 7 p.m. Board Workshops are open to the public and attended by all members of the ASI Board of
Directors. If you are interested and available to attend an upcoming workshop in either winter or spring quarter, we would love to
have you!
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a date, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your service to the city
of San Luis Obispo, your support of ASI student leaders, and your consideration to participate in this event.
Respectfully,
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REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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Subject:ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting
Start:Mon 4/8/2024 6:10 PM
End:Mon 4/8/2024 7:10 PM
Show Time As:Tentative
Recurrence:(none)
Organizer:Stewart, Erica A
Required Attendees:Erica Stewart (W); Erica Stewart (W)
Call Handling Mode 2:2
From: Reagan J. Denny <rjdenny@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 9:55:22 AM
To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>
Cc: Michelle Crawford <mcrawf02@calpoly.edu>; Meghan Schuler-Jones <mcschule@calpoly.edu>
Subject: Cal Poly ASI Meet Your Representatives Meeting Request
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Dear Mayor Stewart,
On behalf of the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) at California Polytechnic State University and ASI Student Government, we
appreciate your service, leadership, and dedication to the San Luis Obispo community.
As a former ASI President yourself, you are aware that the role of ASI Student Government is to represent and advocate at the
campus, community, and state-wide level on behalf of over 20,000 Cal Poly students. As student leaders this year, we are
committed to upholding that responsibility and enhancing the student experience both on- and off-campus.
This year, we have prioritized connecting with our community, through creating and maintaining strong working relationships w ith
those who serve it. We hope that our attendance at City Council meetings and coordination with the San Luis Obispo Police
Department on safety enhancement zones has demonstrated our desire to maintain open lines of communication between Cal
Poly students and the city of San Luis Obispo. Students represent a large portion of the population in the city of San Luis Obispo,
and we believe that a collaborative partnership and engaged relationship will enhance our ability to mutually serve our
community.
In the spirit of engaging in a collaborative partnership between student leaders and the city, the ASI External Affairs commi ttee has
re-envisioned the ASI Meet Your Representatives event series. The new format will be geared more toward introducing student
leaders to community leaders via student-government-centered events.
Meet Your Representatives will be held during ASI Board of Directors Workshops, which are held every Monday during the
academic year between 5 – 7 p.m. Board Workshops are open to the public and attended by all members of the ASI Board of
Directors. If you are interested and available to attend an upcoming workshop in either winter or spring quarter, we would love to
have you!
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a date, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your service to the city
of San Luis Obispo, your support of ASI student leaders, and your consideration to participate in this event.
Respectfully,
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REAGAN DENNY
Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Engineering Society Secretary
ASI Board of Directors CAFES Representative, External Affairs Chair
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Subject:SCLC Meeting
Location:City Hall Hearing Room
Start:Thu 4/18/2024 3:00 PM
End:Thu 4/18/2024 5:00 PM
Recurrence:(none)
Recurrence Pattern:Occurs every month on the third Thursday of the month from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM effective
10/19/2023 until 5/16/2025.
Meeting Status:Accepted
Organizer:Tracy L. Watson
-----Original Appointment-----
From: Tracy L. Watson <twatson@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 4:30 PM
To: Tracy L. Watson; Marx, Jan; Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us>; Shoresman, Michelle;
Pease, Andy; asccpres@cuesta.edu (asccpres@cuesta.edu); Amoroso, Brian; brettcross
( ; Debbie Arnold; Johnson, Derek; elizabeth_coria@cuesta.edu; Hermann, Greg; ifc-
president@calpoly.edu; Jack DePuy; Joy M. Pedersen; ( ; Madison Malia Clark; Mayson Ashna
Kobell; Meghan Schuler-Jones; Meghan Schuler-Jones; Michelle Crawford; ngalante@wilshirehcs.org;
Scott, Rick; Samuel S. Andrews; Sarai Gonzalez; Stewart, Erica A; Tyler C. Coari; Wallace, Christine
Subject: SCLC Meeting
When: Thursday, April 18, 2024 3:00 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall Hearing Room
-----Original Appointment-----
From: Tracy L. Watson <twatson@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 1, 2023 9:57 AM
To: Tracy L. Watson; Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us>; Shoresman, Michelle;
Pease, Andy; asccpres@cuesta.edu (asccpres@cuesta.edu); Amoroso, Brian; brettcross ( ; Debbie Arnold;
Johnson, Derek; elizabeth_coria@cuesta.edu; Hermann, Greg; ifc-president@calpoly.edu; Jack DePuy; Joy M. Pedersen;
( ; Madison Malia Clark; Mayson Ashna Kobell; Meghan Schuler-Jones; Meghan Schuler-Jones;
Michelle Crawford; ngalante@wilshirehcs.org; Scott, Rick; Samuel S. Andrews; Sarai Gonzalez; Stewart,
Erica A; Tyler C. Coari; Wallace, Christine
Subject: SCLC Meeting
When: Thursday, April 18, 2024 3:00 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall Hearing Room
-----Original Appointment-----
From: Tracy L. Watson <twatson@calpoly.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2023 2:09 PM
To: Tracy L. Watson; Pease, Andy; asccpres@cuesta.edu (asccpres@cuesta.edu); Amoroso, Brian;
brettcross ( ; Debbie Arnold; Johnson, Derek; elizabeth_coria@cuesta.edu; Hermann, Greg; ifc-
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president@calpoly.edu; Jack DePuy; Joy M. Pedersen; ; Madison Malia Clark; Mayson Ashna
Kobell; Meghan Schuler-Jones; Meghan Schuler-Jones; Michelle Crawford; ngalante@wilshirehcs.org;
Scott, Rick; Samuel S. Andrews; Sarai Gonzalez; Stewart, Erica A; Tyler C. Coari; Wallace, Christine
Subject: SCLC Meeting
When: Thursday, April 18, 2024 3:00 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Where: City Hall Hearing Room
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991 Palm Street, SLO
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Subject:2024 Whale Rock Commission Meeting
Location:Council Hearing
Start:Thu 5/2/2024 3:30 PM
End:Thu 5/2/2024 5:00 PM
Show Time As:Tentative
Recurrence:(none)
Meeting Status:Not yet responded
Organizer:Utilities
Required Attendees:Utilities; Stewart, Erica A; Evans, Noah; Johnson, Derek; Garcia, Tavy; 'Mathis, Dane@DWR'; Chad
N. Worth; 'Gaughan, Nathan@CDCR'
Optional Attendees:Boerman, Mychal; Floyd, Aaron; Malicoat, Debbie; Aiello, Antonio; Scott, Shawna; Meeks, Jason;
McDonald, Whitney; Humphrey, Ed; Tutt, Travis; Jackson, Emily; Erica Stewart (W); Erica A.
Stewart; Whittington, Shane; Stuckenberg, Serenity; Kuhn, Riley
Resources:Council Hearing
-----Original Appointment-----
From: Utilities <utilities@slocity.org>
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 11:13 AM
To: Utilities; Stewart, Erica A; Evans, Noah; Johnson, Derek; Garcia, Tavy; 'Mathis, Dane@DWR'; Chad N. Worth; 'Gaughan,
Nathan@CDCR'
Cc: Boerman, Mychal; Floyd, Aaron; Malicoat, Debbie; Aiello, Antonio; Scott, Shawna; Meeks, Jason; McDonald, Whitney;
Humphrey, Ed; Tutt, Travis; Jackson, Emily; Erica Stewart (W); Erica A. Stewart
Subject: 2024 Whale Rock Commission Meeting
When: Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:30 PM-5:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Where: Council Hearing
Agenda to follow. Please forward to any of your staff interested in attending.