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October 7, 2014 AGENDA
TO: City Council CORRESPONDENCE
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FROM: Robert A. Hill, Natural Resources Manager
VIA: Katie Lichtig, City Manager
Michael Codron, Assistant Cit Ma ager
SUBJECT: Consent Item C -5 on the October 7, 2014 City Council Agenda
Staff has received two inquiries pertaining to item C -5 on this evening's agenda regarding the
SLO TERRACE project's offer to dedicate a trail and trailhead improvements to create new
public access to Terrace Hill Open Space. The two inquiries are paraphrased in italics, below,
together with staff's response:
1. Please confirm which easement location is being recommended— the ARC or the PRC?
Both the Architectural Review Commission (ARC) and the Parks and Recreation
Commission (PRC) recommend the acceptance of the trail easement; however, the two
advisory bodies differed in their recommended preferred alignment. The staff
recommendation is the same as the PRC recommended alignment, which begins at the
end of the Rachel Court cul -de -sac, as shown in the graphic on page 2 of the Council
Agenda Report.
2. Is it possible to just secure the easement, but wait a while until after the homes are built
to see whether more access would be a plus or minus to the neighborhood?
Ordinarily it would be appropriate and feasible to structure the proposed trail dedication
in such a way that the City may choose at a future time whether or not it wants to accept
the offer. In this case, however, the proposed trailhead improvements are planned to be
an integrated part of the cul -de -sac design itself. We anticipate the applicant will want to
know definitively whether or not to design the trailhead improvements with the cul -de-
sac at this time.
Please feel free to contact Natural Resources Manager, Robert Hill, at (805) 781 -7211 or
rhill ,slocity.org should you have additional questions or concerns.