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Home My WebLink About04/18/2000, LIASON REPORT - SLOCOG/SLORTA MEETING OF 4/5/00 liaison REpoizt DATE 2- g-611 ITEM It I '�r, • April 11, 2000 efOUNCIL O CDD DIR TO: Council Colleagues 2tAo ❑FIN DIR E�ACAO ❑FIRE CHIEF ❑P FROM: Dave Romero � 21LESVTR O�ClORIG ❑PO DIR C��LE ROLICE CHF ❑i. 11T TEA ❑REC DIR SUBJECT: SLOCOG/SLORTA Meeting of 4/5/00 p T� BAF p PERS DIR SLOCOG At its meeting of 4/5/00 the Board received a report that due to the delay in the Governor's Transportation Proposal, the California Transportation Commission is delaying their action on the 2000 STIP, which provides substantial funding for transportation programs in each jurisdiction. SLOCOG is still moving ahead with preliminary work to be ready when the final determinations are known, however, the previous May 9t' deadline for submittals will be extended. Staff reported that Federal Funding for Transit(FTA) for the next three years for SLO City would average$820,000 per year, which is a slight increase from past funding. A consultant presented a report on a study of Intelligent Transportation Systems (TTS) and the possible application in SLO County. Briefly, these systems will provide state-of-the-art use of computers and other electronic devices to assist in congestion management and transit operations and provide added safety for pedestrians. It is expected that SLOCOG will adopt the consultant's recommendation at the next meeting, thus improving the areas chances for federal funding. Staff reported that the transportation demand management programs on Cuesta Grade is going well with increased transit schedules, increased ridership on transit and vanpools, and increased average vehicle occupancy. The Caltrans Contract has been efficiently managed, with minimum construction delays on the grade. Staff reported an increase of 3.4% Transportation Development Act (TDA) funds to the highest level ever. These funds are used exclusively in SLO for transit and alternative transportation. SLORTA At the SLORTA meeting the Board awarded a multi-year contract for transit operations to Laidlaw for the fixed route and para-transit service in SLO County. This is the same firm that now operates the system and is the current contractor on SLO Transit. The Board awarded a multi-year contract to Ride-On Transportation for the operation of dialysis treatment transportation services. /ss RECEIVED • /SLORTA April 2000 APR 1 1 2000 SLO CITY CLERK N�' 'ING AGENDA MCKI liaison Report KEPortT April 18, 2000 TO: Council Colleagues FROM: Jan Howell Marx SUBJECT: EVC Board Meeting Please see the attached memo regarding the EVC March 22, 2000 Board meeting. As Fafr'A"TTORNEY ❑CDD DIR ❑FIN DIR ❑FIRE CHIEF EY ❑PW DIR RIG ❑POLICE CHFEAM ❑REC DIR �.��c ❑UTILDIR t`yCXk✓ O PERS DIR 0, RECEIVED APR1 R 2000 SLO C9 N .r;- R,,K 1111101100111 m em oaan bum DATE: March 24, 2000 TO: Councilwoman Jan Howell Marx FROM: Shelly Stanwyck, Economic Development Manager SUBJECT: EVC Board Meeting Summary Highlights of the March 22,2000 Board Meeting ■ The EVC Board unanimously decided to participate in the Central Coast Investment Forum (CCIF). CCIF is a coalition of banking and financial professionals who will assist in financing local businesses. ■ The EVC received grant funds, $60,000, from the Private Industry Council. The EVC will be using the money to complete its 'strategic plan, develop a fundraising plan for the EVC and create an inventory of industrial sites for development. ■ The EVC assisted a local business by connecting them with a local bank for a micro loan in February. The loan was for $10,000 to Pasta Pronto of Arroyo Grande. This business was negatively impacted by Grand Avenue construction. ■ There was discussion by Supervisor Ovitt and others about the County's proposed fiber optic franchise ordinance. The potential importance of the landing lines (that fiber which connects the United States to the Pacific) on the Central Coast to Cal Poly and businesses who need high bandwidth transmission capabilities was mentioned. The assistant City Attorney has been working closely on this issue. ■ The City of San Luis Obispo gave an update of its economic development program. We mentioned the new information on our website, at slocity.org, and our new referral program to local realtors. Toison reporr .. _DING AGENDA DATEi=ITEM #wn=n�; • COMMUNICATIONS DD DIR April 11, 2000 F:-PeATNEY ZFIN DIR ❑FIRE CHIEF To: Council Colles. ❑PW DIR❑POLICE C FFlom: Iden Sch ❑REC DIR Copies: John Dunn, Hampian, Bill Statler !F ❑LMLPER DIRE3 PERS DI Re: Ten Year Financial Plan You will remember that the business agenda of our February 29*meeting was not completed due to a prolonged discussion regarding the need to have a biologist added to our City staff Our February 29P meeting was a specially called meeting for the primary purpose of discussing the financial condition of our City now and ten years into the future. At the conclusion of the presentations there was insufficient time for Council Members to discuss the ramifications of the two reports made by Bill Statler. I request that we direct staff to schedule time for this discussion on the earliest possible agenda, certainly be ore we consider the addition of any positions to our staff other than those already agreed to in our 1999-2000 budget. Should the question of a biologist position be tentatively set on a forthcoming agenda, I believe that it would be in the public's best interest to have the financial discussion take place on the agenda before discussion ofthe biologist position. It would not be my intent to have Bill Statler repeat his presentations of the 29a', but rather to have Bill hit the high points that would focus Council discussion to those conditions and those questions that require Council answers in order to give policy guidance for the critical years ahead which promise that local governments,not just San Luis Obispo, are likely to have very rocky revenue stability problems. • RECEIVED APR 1 2 2000 SLO CITY CLERK MEETING AGENDA DATE�ITEM # COmrn. • COMMUNICATION April 18, 2000 Council keendaf To: Council Colles From:' Ken Schwartz Copies: John Dunn, K ian, Jeff Jorgensen,Arnold Jonas Re: School Siting Legislation You may recall that during one of our discussions on neighborhood design that I lamented that the current process of locating school sites within cities did not support the theory that neighborhoods make the best social and geographical building blocks of cities. The fact that School Boards can, and often do, overrule city recommendations for school she locations creates adversarial relationships between city government officials and school district officials. Schools in San Luis Obispo have been reasonably well located(most,but not all)but we have not built a new elementary school in decades, rather we have permitted the expansion of classrooms to occur on existing sites to a degree that many students do not live in the neighborhoods immediately surrounding the school they attend. There are up sides and down sides to this current policy,but we have not sat down and discussed this matter in a comprehensive manner in many years. I was very surprised to see in Jeff Jorgensen's Apel 11th Memo on the League's Legislative Bulletin(item#19)that Assemblyman Wiggins has introduced a bill,AB 2147 on School Siting, Coordination With General Plans. (He must have been reading my mind.)This bill has already gained the support ofthe League,the American Planning Association, and the Farm Bureau. Last Wednesday it was passed out of the Assembly's Local Government Committee on an 8— 1 vote. However,it is expected that schools will be mounting opposition to loll this bill. May I urge the Council to direct staff to prepare a letter of support by our Council for the Mayor's signature and direct copies of that letter to all members of the various Assembly committees that must yet hear AB 2147. Letter copies to Abel and Jack as well. A copy of the bg should any of you care to read it in deta It's not perfect,but it should go a long way to improve the siting situation as it now stands. lS lts T61E GOLT►.tGC.�S O'FF1C�. ❑ OUNGL MV6D DIR • ❑gip ❑RN DIR AM ❑REC DI9 03UTIL DIR ❑ ❑PERS DIR ®. ._ M �. �„ . - . .,. t . � - , ,• ANG AGENDA DATE '_ 8 00 ITEM #Gmmw council mcmoRAnoum J April 13, 2000 UP60UNCIL O CDD DIR &KAO PIN DIR TO: Cit Council �.c�0 O FIRE CHIEF Y Ca�crrosr eY ❑PW DIR ❑POLICE CHF FROM: Mayor Allen Settl �`...ri ��.I e- DIR ❑UTIL DIR ❑.. O PERS DIR SUBJECT: TEN YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN Council Member Schwartz has requested that the Council schedule time as soon as possible to more fully discuss the implications of the Ten Year Financial Plan previously presented to the Council at our February 29 meeting. I concur with his suggestion, and I recommend that we schedule this for our May 16 meeting, which is when the staff plans to present the results of the consultant's analysis of the feasibility of aNovember 2000 revenue ballot measure. This will allow us to consider the implications of our long-term fiscal outlook in the context of the likelihood of voter approval of any new resources in the near term. It is my understanding that the Council will also consider the Biologist position at the May 16 meeting. If we schedule continued consideration of the Ten-Year Financial Plan and the feasibility of a revenue ballot measure before the Biologist position item, this should address Council Member Schwartz's concern that we discuss our revenue picture before considering approval of additions to our regular staffing. Agenda and Staff Report enda Only 04-18-00 �4-18-00 1273 Stafford Street Steve Ferrario Janice Carr 962 Mill Street 315 Palomar Avenue San Luis Obispo,CA 93401 Shell Beach,CA 93449 Thomas and Susan Tenovec 1795 Tiburon Way San Luis Obispo,CA 93401-8309 Agenda and Staff Report 04-18-00 1317 Broad Street Nomination to Master List of Historic Resources Roland Maddalena 1329 road Street San Luis Obispo,CA 93401 Hamrick Associates Attn: Warren Hamrick 1609 Costa Brava Shell Beach,CA 93449 M&M Company 1329 Broad Street San Luis Obispo,CA 93401 Agenda and Staff Report 04-18-00 910 Areo Craig Cowan 980 Spitfire Lane San Luis Obispo,cA 93401 Steven D.Pults&Associates Attn: Bob Tomasewski 3450 Broad Street,Suite 106 San Luis Obispo,CA 93401