HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-24-2015 Community Survey ResultsADDITIONAL COMMUNITY PRIORITIES SURVEY RESPONSES (1/16/15)
January 16, 2015: UPDATE
For the Community Forum on January 13, 2015, Council received the results of the community survey for all
submittals received by December 22, 2014. Since that time, we have continued to receive survey submittals and
this report serves as an update of the new survey information that has been provided.
SURVEY PARTICIPATION
By December 22, 2014, 470 survey responses were received. By January 16, 2015 an additional 321 submittals
were received for a total of 751 survey responses. This reflects a 75% increase in responses compared to the 2013-
15 survey, when 430 total responses were received. For the second tally, we saw an increase of online submittals
as it appears that many interest groups directed their members to the online tool. Of the 751 total responses, 355
were submitted via mail (47%) and 396 were submitted online on the Open City Hall website (53%).
ADDITIONAL RESPONSES RECEIVED
Below is an updated summary chart which includes responses received since December 22, 2014. All surveys
submitted provided input on priorities for consideration as the City Council develops the 2015-17 budget.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Assess and renew downtown.
2. Bike and pedestrian paths.
3. Homeless is a big problem.
4. Student trash left on roadsides, parking lots and tons of litter along the train tracks.
5. Save the hills around the City from development including removing existing emblems like "M" from
mountain sides.
1. Trails and open space.
2. Community aggregated energy.
3. Affordable housing.
4. Curbside kitchen waste composting.
5. Pesticide free parks. Fracking ban.
1. More / new housing units - especially single-family homes.
2. Trail preservations. Hiking, etc.
3. Homeless issues. Services to help clean up people and enforcement to downtown disturbances.
4. Bring more diversity to SLO - lacking diverse population and any cultural appreciation. Hiring,
teachers, school board, government, Cal Poly enrollment most WHITE class now in history.
1. Probably not most important but you know health department fees for a small business are more
than $500 yearly? For what service?
1. Traffic flow, check lights at Prado Road and Madonna also Oceanaire and Madonna do not function
properly.
1. Protection of flood plains - no fill - no "development"
2. Support "Central Coast grown" at full strength for 5 years - more important than tourist sidewalks on
Higuera
3. Modify sewer crossing of Prefumo Creek at Dalidio so as to allow salmon upstream.
4. Complete detailed plans to remove sediment from Laguna Lake and apply for required permits so as
to be able to start work at earliest opportunity.
1. The highest priorities the residents told the City they wanted on the LUCE survey!
2. The highest priorities of residents on the very detailed LUCE survey!
3. Acquiring and maintaining open space for 1. peaks and hillsides 2. for the greenbelt were the only
2 things a majority of the 2,200 respondents on the LUCE survey said they were willing to pay more
for - listen to your residents!
1. The homeless that stay on the street. Those that don't go to shelters.
1. Infrastructure.
2. Sufficient water to serve the population and management of the water sources.
3. Hunger.
4. Open space.
1. Stop building hotels.
2. Change upper Monterey into a college neighborhood with small businesses - not hotels for people
passing through on the 101. Cal Poly parents can stay over on LOVR.
1. Repair streets, highways.
2. Repair infrastructure.
3. Maintain plants, trees, shrubs, flowers.
4. Replace major water mains to the City.
5. Downtown sidewalks and storefronts need to be cleaner.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Affordable housing.
2. Promote downtown - clean, safe, lots of trees, lights at night.
3. Clean up Laguna Lake.
1. Transient / homeless - not only are we too welcoming, but law enforcement coddles them. Some are
very scary. I'm uncomfortable walking downtown. I don't take my little girl to Mitchell Park or Santa
Rosa Park - too many drunk transients. I grew up here and it is a BIG problem now and getting worse
every year. They are camped in front of all major stores and they are very aggressive/swearing and
hang out in pairs or groups.
1. An article I recently read in the local newspaper stated that 62% of them residences within SLO are
rentals. Therefore, one group which the current Mayor was reported as supporting was interested in
informing student renters of their rights as tenants. As a responsible property owner landlord, I
believe the emphasis needs to be on informing students of their responsibilities as tenants. Let's
start at the base. Rather than being a conspicuous consumption and easy throw-away society where
our storm drain gutters are clogged with debris, why don't we concentrate on at the very least
having a well-functioning and consistent garbage disposal system.
1. SPORTS FIELDS! Identifying areas, and planning
2. Sidewalks and curb ramps - gap closures in older neighborhoods
3. City right of way beautification (e.g. median planting on Highway 1 and South Street)
1. student problems
2. homeless
3. traffic
1. Bicycling Infrastructure (lanes, bike boulevards, paths, connections between neighborhoods and
destinations like work, schools, and shopping)
2. Economic Development (let's give the recent college grads. a reason to stay - well paying jobs.
Otherwise we will just be an aging retirement community)
3. Promote walkable neighborhoods (this means basic shopping needs can be met within walking
distance of homes - small neighborhood food markets should be allowed)
4. Homelessness
5. Housing affordability
1. Continue to improve biking and pedestrian pathways in the City.
2. Affordable single-family housing.
3. Protect and maintain Laguna Lake.
4. Develop more community gardens.
5. More shopping that caters to young children for clothing.
1. Maintain and improve infrastructure and essential services (Fire, Police) within budgetary
possibilities.
2. Maintain and improve hiking trails around SLO within budgetary limitations.
3. Preserve and restore historic structures on SLO's seven historic properties and seven historic
districts through citizen-City partnerships.
4. Manage homelessness by preventive design and regular enforcements (downtown, Laguna Lake,
creeks, etc.)
1. Maintain appropriate connections with businesses & residents.
2. Offer more educational and physical opportunities for seniors of ALL ages for better quality of life.
3. Improve access to downtown activities for disabled and seniors with ambulatory limitations.
1. Make it possible to cross Broad Street by installing a median and traffic signals.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. NO rental inspections of private homes!
2. San Luis Ranch - opposed to 500 homes being built there!!
3. We need an overpass at Prado Road!
4. 1/2-cent sales tax must be used for road improvement and traffic relief!
5. Traffic signal on Grand Avenue at Slack Street!
1. Essential services, infrastructure and fiscal health.
2. Economic development.
3. Neighborhood wellness.
4. Homelessness.
5. Assess and renew the downtown.
1. City residents of SLO - ban growing marijuana within the City limits. They are growing, medicating
and selling ALL from their back yards. REstate brokers state: back yard growers must be disclosed to
new home buyers. There is a criminal element as drug sales take place in our back yards. Along with
disclosure comes a loss of property value. This is not a nuisance: this is a safety issue.
1. Homelessness.
2. Quality of living in SLO - quiet, clean neighborhoods.
1. Maintain and improve infrastructure - roads, signals, Fire, Police.
2. Support partnerships for historic preservation and restoration.
3. Improve walking trails - Laguna Lake needs paths resurfaced with gravel.
4. Dredge Laguna Lake while we are still in a drought mode.
1. Too often under the guide of health and safety had this City created programs that infringe on the
privacy of individuals/businesses for the greater purpose of revenue. The "programs" themselves
generate expenses to City taxpayers. To the City Council: "Mind your own business."
2. A City like SLO, which prides itself on protecting the environment, offers no trash services capable of
recycling styrofoam, a ubiquitous material.
1. Essential services, public safety, infrastructure, fiscal health.
2. Police and Fire - staffing and equipment.
3. Neighborhood wellness.
4. Bike and pedestrian paths.
5. Assess and renew the downtown.
1. Providing decent bathrooms for downtown visitors. Hire Achievement House like Caltrans to
man/staff/clean?
2. Reduce street people influence in downtown. 1/2 are mental, other half conniving.
3. Keep pushing open space / biking and hiking trails. We are a destination.
4. Poop bags and garbage can at Bishop Peak - Patricia trailhead it's a City trail.
5. Protect our neighborhoods from student rentals. Money for handicap ramps in neighborhoods, and
parked cars block access anyway - enforce.
1. Alleviate traffic - extend Prado to Broad. Build Prado interchange/overpass on 101.
2. More dedicated bike paths and encouragement of alternate transportation.
3. Approve the new homeless center - not necessarily on Prado.
1. Infrastructure - fiscal health.
2. Economic development.
3. Neighborhood wellness.
4. Keep downtown, clean, maintained, vibrant.
5. Open space, parks, recreation, artistic support.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Require Cal Poly students to live on campus.
2. I believe that would increase the housing supply for non-students immensely, and restore
neighborhoods.
1. Jobs.
2. Jobs.
3. Encouraging small business by shortening wait times to start a business.
4. Encouraging Cal Poly to build more housing on campus.
5. Neighborhood wellness.
1. Make the City Council stop destroying San Luis Obispo.
2. Make the Police Department enforce traffic laws.
3. Get the drug dealers out of my neighborhod.
4. Make the Planning Commission more responsible for their regulative actions.
1. Holiday activities in SLO City. This town has many parks - liven them up. I am from Santa Cruz - our
parks are full of music (San Francisco also), dance, parades. This town is really dry.
2. Broad street is a hell of a mess - speeders - highway traffic. I live on Stoneridge Drive. It is extremely
dangerous entering Broad. Speeders and folks from Lawrence Drive take the few openings available.
1. Roads - traffic flow.
2. Panhandlers - do something!!!
3. Clean up downtown.
4. Refurbish signs.
1. Humane policy towards homeless
2. Price-gouging/no maint landlords
3. Decline of downtown due to bars & parking
4. Less emphasis on bicycles
5. Enforce traffic laws with bicycles
1. Holistic Sustainability: Ecology, Economy, Equity
2. Healthy, Clean & Safe: Air, Water, Food, & Soil
3. Decommissioning Nuclear Power & thus the threat of devastating, toxic Nuclear Radiation by Diablo
& Fukushima
4. Cessation of extreme environmentally destructive programs: GMO crops, Fluoridated Water,
Geoengineering (Chemical Aerosols)
5. Healthy & Thriving Local Food System
1. Managing the development of housing in the city to ensure SLO remains a wonderful place to live.
Do not start to overbuild housing units.
2. Ensure that we maintain our open space with wonderful hiking trails. This landscape is what defines
SLO being an ideal place to live.
3. Support small/medium size business development to provide a strong tax base for our city
4. Continue to support our local farmers, so farming is a viable occupation
1. Maintain and improve infrastructure.
2. Maintain high level of public beutification
3. Deal with care on Airport issue;safety
1. Implement The Laguna Lake Natural Resource Plan
1. Don't spend too much money.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Skateboard park as it has been wanted so very long and would serve a portion of our teenagers well.
Rec Department could fund.
2. Neighborhood wellness - we still are struggling with Cal Poly / Cuesta students and absent parents /
realtors to manage unwanted behaviors. It is changing neighborhoods drastically, forcing residents
out further from the campus. Continues to be economically / living lifestyle problem.
3. Essential services etc. These remain top priority for all citizens.
4. Pedestrian paths to continue to encourage health. Bike path education and promotion to encourage
residents' understanding and enforce bikers' attendance to traffic laws.
5. Homeless - although new program / services / sites are now being enacted. This continues to impact
our streets and their lives.
1. specific nuclear evacuation plan for our children out of our area
2. conservation/preservation of our water supply from pesticides/arsenic/industrial chemicals eg
fracking chemicals
3. prevention of noise pollution from jet/prop/helicopter flyovers due to mountain echo effects
4. build housing forlocal working families earning $30,000 to $ 40,000 per year (LOw income)
5. prevent further use of tax dollars for decorative sidewalk tiles/repair broken tiles and sidewalks
instead
1. control of noise pollution from flyover jets/helicopters, prop planes, crop dusters and "Pleasure
craft".
2. water conservation/preservation from pesticides/arsenic/ industrial chemicals eg fracking injection
process
3. develop a specific nuculear evacuation plan for our children in the red zone, out of our area
4. build housing for local working families earning 30,00-$40,000 per year
5. eliminate use of tax dollars for downtown decoration projects/repair cracked sidewalks instead.
1. Develop more urban non motarized connectivity
2. Develop and plan for more natural surface recreational trail
3. Invest in more staffing to plan for trail
4. research and apply for more grants for trail
1. More Open Space
2. More Trails (Mountain Bike Friendly!)
3. Staff and funding to build & maintain trails
4. Partnership w/ Cal Poly & Los Padres National Forest
5. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
1. Increase area of open space for public use
2. Increase number of bike, foot and multi-use trails
3. Funding and staffing to build and maintain trails
4. Add on-street bike lanes where there bike paths are impractical
5. Add bike lanes or bike paths to trailheads
1. More Open Space
2. More trails
3. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails.
4. Partnerships with Cal Poly and Los Padres National Forest
1. More Open Space
2. More Trails (Mountain Bikes too)
3. Partnerships with Cal Poly and Los Padres National Forest
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. More bicycling and hiking trails
2. More open space
1. Staff and funding to build trails
2. Partnership with Cal Poly and the Los Padres National Forest
3. Bike lanes to existing trailheads
1. Implement the Laguna Lake Master Plan
2. Limit new construction until water issues are addressed
3. Keep in mind there is more to San Luis than downtown
4. Cut salaries and pensions for city employees
1. Acquire more open spaces
2. Build more trails and bike paths
3. Maintain trails and open spaces
1. Acquire more open spaces
2. Build more trails and bike paths on existing and new open spaces, and to link them together
3. Assure that trails and open spaces are regularly maintained
4. Connect residential areas with the parks, trails and open spaces with pathways and bike paths so
that motor vehicles aren't necessary to get to many of them. How nice it would be to hike or bike to
Avila Beach on the Bob Jones Trail without having to compete with car traffic.
5. Develop more programs with schools and organizations that encourage volunteers to help with the
city and county's recreational facilities
1. More open spaces and trails, maintenance of open space and trails, partnerships with Cal Poly and
Los Padres National Forest for trails, pump tracks
2. Bike lanes, especially to trail heads
3. Extension of Bob Jones trail to City
1. Reduce single-occupant vehicle trips by implementing the Land Use and Circulation Element for
Multi-Modal Circulation and the Bicycle Transportation Plan.
2. Complete the Railroad Safety Trail and Bob Jones Trail, including an undercrossing of Highway 101 to
the Octagon Barn .
3. Continue street repairs, including delapidated concrete streets like Palm from Santa Rosa to Pepper.
4. Continue to work with Cal Poly to preserve neighborhoods by stopping home conversions to student
housing.
5. More maintenance of city streets and bikeways and other facilities.
1. Homelessness--establish shelter, get homeless people off the downtown streets
2. Improve bike lanes so that people can be more safe on bikes (widen, create concrete berms, mark
more clearly--see Dutch cities for examples)
3. Really work on creating affordable housing so that young people can live and raise families here
1. Continue to implement strategies outlined in the City's Climate Action Plan
2. Evaluate Community Choice Aggregation as a way to dramatically increase renewable energy
3. Open space aquisition and maintenance
4. Programs to increase recycling, composting and waste reduction
5. Support mental health services, including public education
1. open space
2. spending less tax payers money
3. pensions under control
4. avoid airport possible lawsuit
5. less growth
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. More Open Space
2. More Trails
3. Staff and Funding to build and maintain trails
4. Bike lanes to trail heads
1. More open space
2. More hiking trails (bikes and horses are really hard on trails)
1. fix streets and sidewalks (many potholes, sidewalk heaves)
2. trim trees (many too big for sidewalk areas they're in, many overhanging roads and sidewalks,
blocking visibility at intersections)
3. improve street lighting (current lights are very dim)
4. public safety (doing very well - please continue)
5. parks and recreation (keep current parks, pools, etc. in good condition)
1. providing for the homeless
2. obtaining and maintaining hiking spaces
1. Homeless problem by helping mentally ill
2. Urban forestation- plant more trees
3. Soccer field that is available all year- Damon Garcia removes goal posts
1. More Open Space
2. More Trails for all users
3. Pump Track
4. Staff and Funding to Build and Maintain trails
5. More Bike lanes
1. More open space with more multi use trails
1. expanding the multi use trail network
2. bicycle park for kids
3. relocate the homeless from downtown and the parks
1. More open space with more multi use trails
2. A bike park (Laguna Lake Park seems like a perfect place for one!)
3. Funding & staffing to maintain trails, open space & bike park
1. Neighborhood wellness: less cars, more people. How?
1. Neighborhood wellness: less cars, more people. How?
2. Focus on pedestrians: Encourage people to walk! Provide good sidewalks, tree lined streets,
downtown safety.
3. Focus on cyclists: Provide safe bike lanes that flow into one another, especially around Cal Poly and
schools.
4. Limit cars in residential neighborhoods: eliminate shortcutting, build small roundabouts, traffic
islands, make it difficult for cars to invade residential neighborhoods, especially around schools.
5. Identify the specific problems of individual neighborhoods and do something about it. Have
neighborhood officers ENFORCE regulations. There is not enough enforcement in SLO.
1. Ongoing training of the whole police department to deal with the homeless and mentally ill = "Crisis
Intervention Training."
2. Coordination, cooperation and collaboration with Feds, State, County and City to deal with graffiti
and litter.
3. Make Chorro Street safer for us bikers - Murray Street - too dangerous - Mill Street.
4. Train all of City staff in mental health and first aid.
5. Affordable housing in Dalidio area with community gardens and a large park for kids and families.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. create more affordable workforce housing
2. more neighborhood outreach (not just near Cal Poly)
3. encourage more citizen involvement
4. address mental health issues
5. open space and park perservation
1. Complete resodding of the lower fields at Damon Garcia.
1. Homelessness - initiate a pilot project to: 1. Screen the homeless for training and employment. 2.
Train the trainable. 3. Place them in appropriate employment. If that is successful, enlarge
the above to a larger population (apply for state / federal support if project becomes a success. Try it
- it may just succeed!)
1. Bike paths around Madonna Road, LOVR, Foothill loop.
2. Infrastructure, essential services.
3. Traffic flow: Madonna Road - LOVR - Higuera. Push Prado Road through between South Broad and
South Higuera.
4. Continue economic vitality of downtown.
1. Dredge Laguna Lake - at least clean outlet.
2. Do not open so many bars downtown.
3. Give more tickets to bike riders - they thing signals and stop signs are for cars only.
1. No growth without infrastructure in place.
2. Lack and expense of parking downtown is putting pressure on neighborhoods.
3. Traffic calming.
1. Parking downtown and pressure on neighborhood parking.
2. Traffic calming.
3. More infrastructure before growth.
1. Efforts to shut down Diablo nuclear plant. Because PG&E can't guarantee its safety. In the event of
an accident such as a meltdown, we would never be able to return to our community. It would be
lost forever as would all jobs, investments, our health and homes.
1. ALL neighbhorhoods' wellness - not just expensive areas of town.
2. Town parks - make all of them safe to take our children to stay - Dredge Laguna Lake.
3. Clean up downtown sidewalks - messy. Keep downtown, all parts, tourist friendly.
4. Water storage for drought years.
5. Get a decent department store in town! Old people need help.
1. More Affordable housing for young professionals
1. Balanced budget.
2. Homeless.
3. Open spaces.
1. Continuing to focus on the negative impacts of the "hardcore homeless" - discourage panhandling
while trying to provide for basic needs.
2. Continue to enhance bike paths, pedestrian paths and public transportation.
3. Continue to maintain the community parks - they greatly enhance the quality of life for residents.
1. Affordable family housing (not student rentals).
2. Homelessness.
3. Economic development.
4. Essential services.
5. Let Cal Poly build skate park.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Love the Farmers' Market at Madonna Plaza on Saturdays.
2. The road behind Dollar Tree is very bad with big pot holes - please get it corrected.
1. Homelessness.
2. Essential services - improved bus routing, water management.
3. Neighborhood wellness.
4. Assess and renewal in downtown.
5. Economic development.
1. Downtown streets are too narrow for safe travels. Maybe parking should be only on one side of
street.
2. Water and sewer billing statements take one month to receive. Speed up your billing policy - should
not be so far in arrears.
1. Tennis court lights at Sinsheimer Park.
2. Dredging at Laguna Lake.
3. Resolve LUCE / airport issue.
1. More Open Space
2. More hiking trails
3. Regulations concerning how many renters in one house
4. Enforcement of noise violations
1. Affordable housing so that your own employees can LIVE in SLO
2. Water conservation and drought preparedness
3. Expand funding for children's services and programs
4. Resources for the homeless and mentally ill
1. aquisition of more open space
2. multi use trail development
3. partnership with Cal Poly and National Forest for trail development
4. continue to make slo more bike friendly (sharrows!!, bike lanes)
5. staff and funds to manage open space
1. SBP airport expansion and updating to attract more airlines.
2. Maintaining safe paving in our city parks. Meadow Park has heaving pavement which is a triping
hazard.
3. Openspace aquistition
4. Maintenance of public sidewalks.
5. Public library support and improvements.
1. Taking care of the Homeless population, not demonizing them
2. bicycle infrastructure- SAFE lanes on Tank Farm Rd
3. Lighted Tennis Courts at Sinsheimer Park
1. More open space!
1. More open space!
2. Funding to build and maintain hiking trails
3. Extend the Bob Jones Trail into town
4. Extend the bike path from Jennifer St bridge to Cal Poly
1. More hiking and biking trails to enhance and encourage healthy living and make more accessable
our pristine environment
2. Develop the Bob Jones Trail from SLO town to Avila (and on).
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. improving bicycling safety and convenience to encourage more commuting and leisure/fitness riding
2. the imbalance in rentals vs. owner occupied residences, which could help the acute (un)affordability
issue with housing.
3. humane and comprehensive support for homeless (Prado Center) coupled with vigilance for harmful
elements among homeless. Proactive/preventive/supportive policing policies and actions, not heavy
handed force.
1. actively find a way to omprove the homeless issue down town san luis obispo
2. safety for residents
3. enforce no smoking on sidewalks or at least at bus stops
4. mental illness
1. Keeping a handle on the City's size (not growing too quickly)
2. Balancing city's needs with Cal Poly's growth, and not letting the town feel overrun by Cal Poly
students in terms of neighborhoods and traffic
3. Filling dead storefronts downtown
4. More bike-safe roads throughout the city
1. Get on top of the effects on SLO residents caused by Cal Poly expansion proposals.
2. If "work force housing" is discussed, let's begin by defining it. Line numbers, scale and quantifiers.
1. Street repair and sewer repair.
1. 1. Restore and preserve city-owned properties to highlight the City’s vibrant history and
support restoration and re-use of private properties that reflects city’s character, sustains the
downtown, and adds to neighborhood wellness.
2. 2. Negotiate with Cal Poly to increase housing on campus for lower-division students and tackle
the reported crisis of an ever-growing proportion of renters in the City and their impacts by
increasing police presence in neighborhoods near the campus, considering overlay zones that have
effect of making renting less desirable, for instance by restricting parking, checking for actual
number of true bedrooms up to code, etc.)
3. 3. Encourage construction of new workforce housing, including for faculty at Cal Poly, and identify
city incentives to reduce entry costs for occupancy.
4. 4. Continue to acquire open space, expand trail networks and assure bike and bus convenient
access to trailheads
5. 5. Expand regional bus network with more stops nearest job centers, fill in gaps in bicycle
network, and proactively add pedestrian amenities throughout city.
1. Community Choice Aggregate
1. 101 billboard removal
1. fund the building of hiking trails
2. fund the building of class one biking routes
1. safe city (continue to fight crime and gangs)
2. affordable housing for all residents
3. better shopping/dept store opportunities (we have to go outside SLO to shop esp work clothing)
4. expand transportation alternatives-more bus routes, more air routes, safe bike lanes separated from
roadways
5. continue enforcing a healthy environment-we have no smoking but let restaurants and residents
release bbq and fireplace smoke into air?
1. Reducing climate changing emissions
2. Acquiring & restoring natural habitat
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. complete the Homeless Services Center on Prado Road
2. workforce housing
3. street maintenance
4. more pedestrian & bike ways, including completing more of Bob Jones Trail
5. more water conservation measures
1. Growing and maintaining outdoor recreation activities to continue to promote healthy citizens.
2. Addition of horse-accessible open space. We have a lot of horses in the area, but it seems few of the
trails and open spaces are open to horses. (Reservoir Canyon? Irish Hills?)
3. Continuing to create non-motorized traffic lanes (like the growing bike path system independent of
auto lanes) and completion of the Bob Jones Trail all the way from SLO to Avila WITH access to the
community (not just a dead-end at Prado Road)
4. Addressing the severe homeless problem in downtown SLO. The mentally ill homeless population is
a danger to the community. While I'm a SLO native who LOVES our downtown, I no longer allow my
teens to visit the area (shop, wander, dine) without me or their father present. I don't know what
the answer is, but it's really become dangerous and unhealthy for us all.
5. Maintain and respect the emergency services workers who keep the city and its residents safe. More
officers/firefighters as needed, more equipment as needed.
1. More open space
2. More multi-use trails
3. A bmx park and/or pumptrack
1. More open space
2. More multi-use trails
3. A bmx park and/or pumptrack
4. More funds put towards outdoor activities
1. Provide tuition assistance for college students
2. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails
3. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
4. Building a bicycle pump track
1. Alternative transportation to the personal automobile such as bike, ped, and bus. Concentrate on
completion of outstanding bike and ped infrastructure projects. Fund and begin new projects as per
bike plan. Class I, bike lanes, bike boulevards. Bob Jones, complete the RR Safety trail across 101.
2. Maintain levels of acquisition of open space. Fund more full-time ranger staff as more OS is added.
3. Understanding that the dredging of Laguna Lake us in the works, I support the project and finding as
much outside funding for this project as is available.
4. Fund a full-time coordinator for bike infrastructure and issues.
5. I know it's tiny: repave Morro Street between Palm and Monterey. It so sucks! Or: continue to work
toward that outstanding repair work as I suspect the City is already.
1. Noise and other forms of pollution have always been my most serious issues in hte 40 years I'm
blessed to live here!
2. I had no idea how many inconsiderate people park in handicapped zones until I became
handicapped! How about more regular Police patrols? The Police will "nail" several per week
guaranteed. Ask the Vons Manager! He agrees!
1. Enforce existing rules and regulations when reported!
1. Infrastructure improvements
2. Police & Fire
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Strive to save style and density of downtown core including lower Marsh and Higuera (architecture).
2. Do not allow panhandling in downtown. May help to reduce aggressive homeless/young transients
in downtown SLO.
3. Do not allow free water on Prado Road - use non-potable water for SLO City needs.
4. Enforce bicycle laws.
1. Keeping the open spaces around the city limits open for trail use, which should include equestrian
access.
1. Trails and Open Space
2. Alternative Transportation
3. Utility Services
4. H
1. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails
2. Expand trails to include horse backriding
3. More open space and trails
1. More Open Space and More trails
2. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails.
3. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
4. Partnerships with Cal Poly and Los Padres National Forest
5. Bike lanes to trailheads
1. Homeless and Mental Health assistance
2. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails
3. Partnerships with Cal Poly and Los Padres National Forest to provide bike/hiking trails
4. More dedicated Bike Paths in and around San Luis Obispo and Bob Jones Trail extension into town
5. Increase Energy and Water Efficiency
1. As we lose more land to development it will be very important that open space be preserved. Trails
for all users, especially equestrians need to be built and maintained.
1. expand and enhance trail network
2. safety/cleanliness of downtown
3. workforce housing that doesn't look like cookie cutter subdivisions and doesnt cost 500K+
4. Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Conservation Plan
1. maintenance of parks & creeks
2. fiscal sustainabilty--have a plan for where we're going on the pensions
3. implement LUCE housing programs
4. increase bike paths and bus service (esp for high-traffic areas (both) and filling in key connectors
(bikes)
5. downtown investment in discouraging transients every way possible
1. Investing in an update to the Community Development Guidelines
2. Establishing infrastructure for bike and pedestrian walkways between neighborhoods in SLO
3. Implementation of the downtown concept plan specifically at Mission Plaza
1. Economic development tided to better head of household jobs
2. Annexation of Tank Farm Road and improved roads in the area
3. Continue to support the building of a homeless services center
1. More connectivity to Forest & Open Space
2. Equestrian Trail heads
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Implementation of the City's Economic Development Strategic Plan
2. Attract and grow businesses with head of household jobs
3. Pay down the City's unfunded pension obligations
4. Address the homeless population in downtown slo
1. Making it easier for hardworking, young families to purchase a safe, decent home.
2. Improving/Building commerce.
3. More resources for health and wellness: yoga in the park, running clubs, etc.
4. Along with GleanSLO, access for locals tothe "extra" produce around town. Food should never be
wasted. Signs maybe that people could put up if they have a garden or fruit trees they don't mind
people harvesting from that say something like, "Food for all. Help yourself to our fruit/veggies."
5. Local credits or rewards for low emission vehicles or if you can prove use of "green" goods that are
better for the environment...recycling, composting, etc.
1. Responsible housing growth
2. Water & Energy conservation
3. Safe pedestrian/bicycle routes
4. Better public transportation
5. No more big box stores/stay local
1. More Open space for horse trails and hiking
1. make san luis obispo safe for residents
2. clean up and maintain laguna lake
3. cite all unsafe drivers
1. Open space with trails
2. more bike paths
3. path between Stoneridge and Meadow Park area
4. pave the 3 foot gap between the Jennifer Street Bridge and paved railroad path
1. Open space for pedestrian and equestrian trails
1. Fund more trails in open space and paths to connect existing trails
2. Build pump track and bike skills area in a park such as Meadow Park
3. Fund safe routes to school for biking and walking
4. Fund Homeless day center
1. Bike Bridge at Penny Lane
2. Bike path to Cal Poly
3. New homeless shelter facility
4. More open space
5. Better public transport to surrounding cities
1. Place solar panels on City office buildings, including Police Dept and Fire stations.
2. Extend Bob Jones bike trail todowntown
3. replace city vehicles with electric powered vehicles
1. Address the homeless issue.
1. Form Community Choice Energy Program
2. Implement Economic Development Strategic Plan
3. Identify and Implement Top 15 Bike Infrasturture Projects in particular connecting longer paths.
1. open space trails
2. dedicated pedestrian and bicycle paths in urban area
3. bike park
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Neighborhood Wellness
2. Bike and Pedestrian Paths
3. Parks and Open Space
4. Support of Urban Forest
5. Homelessness
1. Form a Community Choice Energy Program
2. Design a homeless coalition such as the one Atascadero has at the same time you have a facility that
encompasses all aspects of helping the homeless, including adequate temporary housing, mental
health and drug and alcohol programs, and transitional services
3. Bike lanes added to the Bob Jones Trail so walkers and bikers do not have to dodge each other --
look at the
4. More bike lanes within the city that are marked with green like the one on Madonna going onto
Higuera
5. Build up our local renewables during the 10 more years Diablo is in service so we are ready its shut
down
1. Reduce CO2 emissions
2. Reduce CO2 emissions
1. Affordable Housing
2. Preserving/Expanding Open Space
3. Bike paths
4. Form a Community Choice Energy Program
5. Support for the arts
1. community energy choice
2. protected bike lanes
3. green energy
1. Form a Community Choice Energy Program
2. Work with Cal Poly to get more students housed on campus and out of our neighborhoods
3. maintain city streets, LOVR potholes
1. Community Choice Energy
2. Services for the Homeless
3. Improving Mission Plaza
4. Enforcing non smoking ordinance-Revenue generater
1. More dog friendly open space
2. More dog friendly trails
3. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
4. Staff & funds to build and maintain trails
5. Partership with Cal Poly & Los Padres National Forest
1. 1. More Open Space
2. 2. More trails
3. 3. Bike lanes to trailheads
4. 4. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
5. 5. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails.
1. form a community choice energy program
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Strategically purchasing open space and conservation easements to prevent sprawl
2. Building trails, including mountain bike specific trails
3. Densifying (yes thats a real word) existing urban areas and incorporating commercial, retail and
residential space in the same zoning area
4. replacing stop signs with roundabouts
5. Stop passing nitpicky ordinaces (trash can visibility ordinace for instance)
1. Strategically purchasing open space land and conservation easements to prevent sprawl
2. Building trails, including mountain bike specific trails
3. Densifying existing urban areas and incorporating commercial, retail and residential space in the
same zoning area
4. replacing stop signs with roundabouts
5. Stop passing nitpicky ordinaces (trash can visibility ordinace for instance)
1. one of the highest priority goals should be keeping and expanding open space and making sure that
there are good, usable equestrian trails. This area of the Central Coast has always been known as a
horse community, an important 'quality of life' for the area. We should get and keep as much open
space as possible, and make sure that this area has good equestrian trails as well as bike trails.
1. Form a Community Choice Energy Programâ€
1. Encourge outdoor activity by opening areas for horses, dogs, hikers and bikers
2. Be equitable on building permits too much favoritism to certain areas and groups
3. Solar panels should be on top of buildings not open land
4. Add parks for all users not just skateboarders etc.
5. Help homeless by giving them work or help not just a handout
1. Workforce housing
2. Use of General Funds to help reduce development fees/costs.
3. Clean up Sinsheimer baseball field. Paint cyclone fences and other structures as necessary. The field
is in very poor condition, and it has been for some years now.
1. Bilboard Removal
2. Community Choice Aggregation
1. Homeless - get them out of parks and downtown. Stop making it nice to be homeless in SLO. Prohibit
panhandling and loitering.
2. Rentals - require inspections of rentals (some should be condemned; others are in need of major
repairs). Regulate and enforce number of renters per house / apartment. We need more owner-
occupied dwellings.
3. Safety - Why so many homeless downtown and along Broad Street? Sexual assault of teen tourist
last week is a major wake-up call. Where are the dedicated police for this problem? Install video-
cams there.
4. Airport - Safety area is critical. Discourage development in this area.
5. Economic - encourage (tech?) business to relocate here. Use renewed sales tax wisely
(infrastructure, park maintenance, sidewalks) and for building City's "rainy day" fund.
1. Dealing with long-term, off-balance-sheet liabilities associated with pensions.
2. Construction of needed capital improvements including Tank Farm Road, Foothill / Santa Rosa
intersection.
3. Policies that encourage business that create jobs.
4. Better maintenance of existing parks (Laguna).
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Homeless / vagrants - their safety / respect our safety.
2. State of downtown sidewalks / bathrooms - very dirty all around.
3. We have 3 kinds of parking meters! Key card, cash, charge - ridiculous.
4. Enforce rules of road for bikes. It is easy to see violations many times a day - also for cars.
5. Keep working on town/gown noise, litter, parking on streets. The new wider yellow lines on streets
with Botts dots making them even wider are making some roads too narrow - i.e. Ramona Drive.
1. To make the San Luis Obispo downtown area a pleasant experience for residents and visitors alike.
1. Conducting a survey, identifying Mid-20th Century historical and architectural resources (buildings,
structures, sites) and creating a "Mid-Century Historic District" in the City (the district can be
discontiguous).
2. Workshops and training opportunities for City Staff, Cultural Heritage Committee and Architectural
Review Commission Members, and the public on integrating new in-fill development into existing
historic and potentially historic neighborhoods.
3. Work to eliminate blight, reduce visual clutter and distraction, value and treasure our magnificent
scenic, cultural and historic landscapes by eliminating billboards from the City and along our
highways.
4. Continue to implement traffic calming in our neighborhoods (on Meadow and Woodbridge Streets
for example), implement traffic calming on Broad St between South and Orcutt, provide pedestrian
crossing on Broad Street between South and Orcutt, and provide another bike and ped crossing over
the railroad tracks to Sinsheimer Park, and extend the bike path to Cal Poly.
5. Continue to expand and improve the greenbelt around the City through easements and in-fee
acquisition. Take care of City owned adobes and incorporate their management into the Natural
Resources program, making it both Natural and Cultural Resources oriented.
1. Create more "head of household jobs"
2. better roads, less potholes, clean streets/sidewalks
3. upgrade neighborhoods, trim trees, better lighting
4. Inverst in infrasturcture
1. More lower cost housing
1. More multi-use trails
2. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails
3. Bike lanes to trailheads
4. More Open Space
5. More bike sensors at traffic lights
1. Form a Community Choice Energy Program
1. Trails that include equestrian access and parking. Presently the city has trails, but limit them to
hikers and bicyclists. Some are reasonable for equestrian access but are not open to us equestrians.
1. Significantly slow the development in and around downtown. Things are moving too fast and the
place we all love stands to change drastically and lose its heart and drive out the mix of people that
make this place wonderful, unique, and down to earth. We do not want to be Santa Barbara!
2. Quit approving projects that replace small lot parking. These lots, in cominbation with street parking,
are essential to a functional, vibrant downtown.
3. Transition all of the parking meters to accept credit cards.
4. Bolster access to affordable housing...not just for low income families, but for middle income
residents as well.
5. Reign in inflated downtown commercial rents.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Street lighting and Pedestrian Safety - since the new LED lights have been installed, the streets are
very dark and in some places unsafe. One example is the corner of Augusta and Laurel. The lighting
is so low, that it is difficult to see pedestrians as they are about to cross. Adding either more
lighting, lighted stop signs, or a blinking red light may help. I've seen many cars run the stop sign as
if it wasn't even there.
2. Lighting on the railroad path - the path is very dimly lit and many people do not consider walking or
riding on it after a certain time of night because it is poorly lit and doesn't seem safe.
1. Affordable Housing
2. Water Usage
3. Alternative Energy Sources
1. Support the creation of workforce housing suitable for head of household jobs
2. Support the creation of affordable housing for low and moderate income households
3. Support the construction of the new homeless shelter and facilities for homeless services, together
with discouraging homeless panhandling in the downtown
4. Strengthen programs for rental housing inspection and code enforcement
5. Work with Cal Poly to encourage the development of more on-campus housing in appropriate
locations
1. #1 Billboard Removal
1. Form a Community Choice Energy Program
1. Workforce Housing
2. Community Choice Aggregation
3. Resolving City Employee Retirement Funding
1. Renewable Energy
2. Affordable Housing
1. Conservation of Natural Resources
1. My husband and I visit the SLO area from the San Diego are several times a year. We love the laid
back feel of SLO and the surrounding ares.
2. What we enjoy the most is the hiking the SLO area offers. The trails are maintained so well and there
is such a good variety to choose from.
3. I hope you continue to offer and maintain these trails in the future.
1. More trails for cyclists and hikers
2. More open space
3. Better bike lanes on roads
4. Staff and funds to maintain Open Space
5. Pump track area for cyclists to practice skills
1. More open space
2. More trails
3. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails
4. Bike lanes leading to trailheads
5. Bob Jones trail extension into SLO
1. Please preserve our neighborhoods and open space. Stop the open space littering and dog piles in
and out of bags - yuck!
2. Do not make rules that you do not enforce. Garbage cans, night hiking on Bishop Peak.
3. Do NOT use taxpayer money to rescue night hikers who are breaking the rules. Fine them!
4. Please try to clean up downtown at night - it is scary.
5. Stop catering to tourists an try to make the taxpayers and home-owners happy.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Preserve the integrity of the neighborhoods. Control noise, littering and over-use.
2. Do not make rules and laws you cannot enforce i.e. policing night hiking on Bishop Peak.
3. Preserve open space.
4. Control the drinking and disruptive behaviors downtown - most locals are afraid to go downtown at
night.
5. If you are going to have a rule about trash cans, enforce it. Not on the random few, but everyone.
1. Homeless situation around downtown and especially Santa Rosa Park.
2. Economic development downtown (re: vacant buildings vandalism).
3. Neighborhood wellness - vandalism and traffic violations on Murray Avenue and other streets near
campus.
4. Crack down on illegal traffic violations and residential parking issues.
5. Improve safety for students on bike and pedestrian pathways.
1. Make Buchon between High Street and Santa Rosa, one-way with a bike lane (like upper Pismo).
2. Purchase more open space.
3. Continue building multi-use trails in the open spaces.
4. Link the City open space trailheads with bicycle and walking-friendly paths.
1. Acquire additional open space.
2. Expand multi-use trail system.
3. Finish safety bike path to Cal Poly.
1. Please spend money on additional open space for people to enjoy the outdoors.
2. Create more trails, our current trails are so heavily used some are getting loved to death.
1. Continue expanding the open space multi-use trail system.
2. Purchase parcel at the head waters of Froom Creek for additional trails between Johnson Ranch and
Irish Hills.
3. Add bicycle "sharrows" to Buchon Street.
4. Complete the railroad safety rail.
1. Be fair with students - don't just go after them all the time.
2. If the City does make mistakes - don't just keep going after the house.
3. Bike paths need to be worked on.
4. Meeting times are 9 a.m. - if you are coming from afar - you cannot make it.
1. Acquisition of open space.
2. Multi-use trails on open space.
3. More sharrows on narrow streets i.e. Buchon.
1. Ensure Diablo's safety, and the City's preparedness for an emergency.
2. Repair roads and sidewalks that represent danger to pedestrians and cyclists, including parking
designated areas.
3. Continue initiatives to ameliorate homeless
4. Work with Cal Poly to address neighborhoods issues, e.g. adopt a rental inspection program, enforce
existing codes.
5. Invest in affordable housing.
1. Housing Supply
2. Infrastucture
3. Water supply
1. Purchase additional open space (it is a finite resource).
2. Create more multi-use trails.
3. Support ranger staff to manage additional open space.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Maintain the City's road infrastructure to avoid c ongestion
2. Control the homeless population; they are a blight on downtown, and a hazard anywhere.
1. Continued emphasis in economic development and head of household job creation
2. Build the proposed homeless services center
3. focus on approval of affordable/work force housing
4. Improve traffic and circulation problems on Tank Farm Road and Los Osos Valley Road
1. Supporting the relicensing of Diablo Canyon
1. The transient issue which you've ignored
2. making it easier for small businesses to thrive.
3. limited growth support what you have
1. Trails for equestrians and space for trailer parking/staging. Our open space is being eaten up by
development. Please help us by creating trails and/or designating existing trails as equestrian
friendly.
1. The 800 block of Pismo Street needs to be addressed,we really need the parking and a sidewalk that
neighbors can actually walk on.
1. Provide improved crossing safety by installing flashing signs and street lights at Tank Farm and
Poinsettia.
2. Provide additional low cost housing for homeless
1. more bike trails
2. open space
1. City fire department pay.
1. Implementing the Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Plan
1. Implementing the Laguna Lake Natural Reserve Plan, and begin dredging the lake for future
generations to come
1. Save Laguna Lake - a city treasure
1. Implement the Laguna Lake Conservation plan and dredge while the lake is dry later this year
1. Trails and open space are a important part of our community. Please take this as a request to
encourge funds for maintaining our existing trails and open space. We need more trails and open
space as we are always adding population density to the county and want to keep the open areas in
balance to keep our county a place for destinations. Please add this to your list of items that we
need in our area.
1. fixing the transient problem.
2. we need foot patrols that focus on the downtown area specifically.
3. trash cans on trail heads of local trails.
4. we need 48 hour parking signs on Phillips and Johnson, too many abandoned vehicles taking up
parking for those that need to park!
1. Bicycling Infrastructure
2. Open Space Cycling Trails
3. Cross Walk at Foothill and Ferinni
4. Homeless Programs
1. Fix the hillside on Pismo St (b/t Morro & Chorro)
2. Address homelessness in the parks
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Maintaining and preserving open space that opens up new multipurpose trails (bikes included)
2. Connect the entire Bob Jones Trail
3. Approve any major future housing construction capped for affordable rents for many in this town
making $24-$35k. Or housing that is capped for low income buyers.
4. Create bike lane/bike activated light to get to bike path by Madonna Inn if traveling toward Highway
101. Must cross 3 lanes of traffic and light wont change unless you are a car
5. Be the 1st large historical Farmers Market that bans offering single use plastic bags. Encourage
attendees to bring their own bags. Find companies that can offer plastic alternatives
1. maintain the integrity of what makes SLO so unique & charming, especially focusing on our beautiful
downtown. KEEP IT FUNKY. SAVE THE PARKING LOTS, they are beautiful open spaces surrounded by
COOL, OLD BUILDINGS. The parking lot behind SLO Brew and the Chinatown downhill lots are some
of the most important features of downtown SLO, in my opinion. They give CHARACTER. Filling them
with buildings will be a HUGE MISTAKE.
1. Please fix the Pismo Street hillside( between Morro & Chorro)!!!!!!
1. Repair Laguna Lake
2. Implement the Environmental Plan
1. Laguna Lake
1. Year-round beautiful weather for outdoor activities is a huge draw for living and vacationing here.
2. It would be fantastic to have the Bob Jones Trail completed all the way into SLO.I was very happy to
see the bike path section running parallel to S Higuera completed through to LOVR and have used it
several times riding out to Avila.
3. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails. There is an incredible range of trails available in the
area for hiking, mountain biking, and riding horses (I participate in all 3 activities) and they all receive
heavy use - this means maintenance required and new trails spreads the wear and tear in addition to
being more interesting/fun for users.
4. Bike lanes and walking paths encourage personal healthy, decrease popultion and road congestion
by reducing car usage, and increase safety by minimizing interaction between cars and
bicycles/pedestrians.
1. reduction of loiters and panhandlers within the downtown core
1. Year-round beautiful weather for outdoor activities is a huge draw to both living and vacationing
here so anything capitalizing on this is good
2. Bob Jones trail extension into SLO. I was totally stoked to see the bike path running parallel to S.
Higuera put through to LOVR and have used it several times riding out to Avila
3. Bike/pedestrian paths encourage personal health, decrease population and road congestion, and
increase safety by minimizing interaction with cars
4. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails. We have extensive, amazing trails for hiking, mountain
biking, and horseback riding (I do all 3 activites) and they all get heavy use...which requires
maintenance and new trails spreads the wear and tear, keep it interesting for users and visitors to
try out new places (new Oats Peak trail and Irish Hills/Johnson Range connector trailes are amazing)
1. Build and improve our multi-use trail system.
2. Trail should include equestrian access and parking.
3. If it comes down to either more Open Space or development, Open Space should now be top
priority.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Provide long term slope stabilization along Pismo Street between Morro and Chorro. Ongoing issue
since 2008 that need a permanent solution. Would provide additional public parking that is
currently blocked due to City placed K rail, open up sidewalk currenty blocked by City fencing and
provide for public safety and propery protection for residents abutting this slope.
1. Renter's situation: quality of housing vs. pricing
2. Homelessness in public parks
3. Maintain/update/add hiking/biking trails
4. Educate student renters
1. Address Pism Hill
1. Water Conservation
2. Homelessness
1. Zone sufficient land for housing
2. Plan infrastructure improvement where housing will occur
3. Support job growth
4. Maintain public operating costs
1. Renewable energy programs
2. Affordable housing
3. Job share development, sweat equity programs for homeless.
4. Urban Forestry Programs
5. Youth Programs that incorporate Seniors
1. Replacing trips made by automobiles
2. Railroad Safety Trail
3. Foothill Ferrinni crosswalk
4. Patricia Bishop's Peak safe/legal to school
5. affordable housing for workforce
1. Restore Laguna Lake #1 priority.
2. Complete the extension of Prado Lane to Broad street, I thought it was already in the budget.
3. Improve bike lanes, Tank farm for example is to dangerous for bikes
4. Look at the feasibility of a Dalido 101 overpass without on and off ramps.
1. More open space with easy access incli
1. Provide more housing for the workforce population.
1. Curing the Pismo Street hillside overhang problem
2. Stopping the homeless incursion on the downtown area
3. Encouraging the preservation of open space in critical areas around SLO
1. More police presence downtown at night.
2. Dredging Laguna Lake
3. Brighter street lights
4. Cut amount of Cut Cut dollars spent on retired govt. employees ees.
1. Dredging the lake
1. Open Space Acquisition and Maintenance
2. Bike trails and facilities
3. Mission Plaza & Creekwalk
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Open space acquisition and greenbelt trails
2. Additional biking and pedestrian paths throughout town, and better connections between
neighborhoods
3. Affordable and environmentally sustainable housing
4. Continue planning efforts for Broad Street Corridor from downtown to Orcutt
5. Homeless Shelter
1. Downtwon - redo public restrooms in Mission Plaza - make them welcoming to visitors and
residents.
2. Put "call for help" alarms in downtown restrooms
3. Paint Chorro Street bridge over Stenner Creek (neighborhood wellness)
4. Continue to train law enforcement personnel to effectively deal with the homeless.
5. Continue neighborhood wellness programs.
1. Improve bicycle and pedestrian amenities.
2. Improve historical sites in City i.e. Adobe on Lizzie Street
3. Lease downtown commercial properties to attract interesting, independent businesses rather than
chain stores.
4. Limit bar activity to avoid "Isla Vista type" atmosphere.
5. Improve parks and open space.
1. Helping the homeless with shelters
2. Putting a Community Garden in each Park in SLO
3. Provide late night public transportation for the downtown bars
4. Make Gas, Electricity, and Clean Water free for San Luis Obsipo Residents
5. Legalize Cannabis and minimize Alcohol
1. fix Laguna Lake
1. Protect and preserve open spaces
2. Prevent residential homes from being converted into mini dorms
3. Transient traffic downtown
1. dredging of Laguna Lake.
1. Continue to work on Open Space Acquisitions to the City
2. Set a formal plan to connect the Tank Farm Road Area to the Bicycle Trail at Bullock Lane.
3. Work to lease or install rooftop solar on on public buildings to set and example of alternative energy
needs.
1. As a member of the Atascadero Horsemen's Club I suggest the following:
2. More equestrian trails
3. Staff & funding to build & maintain trails
1. better bike venues. This increases community, lowers pollution, increaseS wellness.
2. our stunning outdoors is a huge asset: for residents and tourism. expand and enhance open space,
trails, and parks
1. economic development, especially the Chevron Tank Farm Project
2. well-kept, beautiful and unique downtown
3. bike path connectivity
4. workforce housing
5. bridge across Laguna Lake!
1. Pension rollback/reform
2. land use circulation
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Implement the Laguna Lake Nature Reserve Master Plan immediately: dredge the lagoon. This cost
should be borne either by the City Budget and/or treated as a citywide cost.
2. Resurface somem downtown streets that are in especially bad shape: Palm St. north of Santa Rosa
and Morro St. between Palm and Monterey streets.
1. Affordable housing for families
2. bike and pedestrian safety
3. water conservation
1. making downtown safe and welcoming
2. keep up the good job you are already doing
1. Laguna Lake conservation, sediment removal
1. Laguna Lake conservation, sediment removal
1. laguna lake. fix the lake
1. Laguna Lake
1. Laguna Lake project
2. Clean up our creeks, especially downtown
3. Senior affordable housing
4. no increase insalaries or benefits until the above projects are addressed and solved.
1. Open Space: New multi-purpose trails
1. FIX THE LAGUNA LAKE BY DREDGING
2. Revitalize Laguna Lake Park
1. Implement Laguna Nature Reserve Master Plan
2. Dredge the Lake
1. Implement Laguna Nature Reserve Master Plan
2. Dredge the Lake
1. Make tank farm more safe for bikers. Lighting, bike path.
2. more restaurants broad/tankfarm-so many new businesses not enough restaurants
1. Dredge Laguna Lake
2. Stop encouraging transients to remain here by feeding and housing them
1. more open space biking and hiking trails
2. Bicycle park with-in the city
3. Softball Complexe
1. Dredge/Improve Laguna Lake
2. Preserve/Maintain Open Space
3. Traffic/Bike & Pedestrain Trails
4. Clean up Downtown
1. Safety, education and keeping the streets safe for kids.
1. Dredge Laguna Lake
1. Implement Laguna Lake plan
1. More open space
2. More trails
3. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
1. Low income/workforce housing.
2. Public transportation to extend beyond city limits.
3. All land use plannng to include water sustainability.
4. Eliminate all billboards on the Highways.
5. Encourage home grown businesses.
COMMUNITY BUDGET BULLETIN SURVEY RESPONSES: PRIORITIES
Responses received after December 22, 2014
1. Implement Laguna Nature Reserve Master Plan—Dredge the Lake
1. tank farm widening and build out
2. prado road construction
3. work force housing incentives on fees
4. airport land use override
1. More affordable housing
2. improve bike lanes
1. Community Choice Energy.
2. Stricter water usage standards.
3. Incentives for rooftop solar (especially on rentals).
4. More open space.
5. Better bike paths.
1. Housing - workforce.
2. Street and sidewalk repair in neighborhoods and not just in the core area of SLO.
3. Prado - get the homeless off the downtown streets and parks - panhandling (not sure meters are
working).
4. Choosing to not spend time or money on the property inspection ordinance.
5. Lowering the fees so builders can build! In-lieu fees.
1. Keeping the city safe and parks etc. free to use safely for families.
2. Keep open spaces for recreation use with dogs kept on leashes.
3. Downtown parking needs to be affordable for the average local consumer.
4. SLO is SLO and not Santa Barbara - many of my friends who had businesses here have been run out
of business secondary to rent increase.
1. Essential services, infrastructure and fiscal health.
2. Public safety - street lights in downtown neighborhoods - some streets are very dark and unsafe for
walking at night.
3. Overpass (at least for pedestrians) from Bishop Street to Broad Street area.
4. Economic health and development - can't we get a Macy's, J.C. Penny or Nordstrom Rack
somewhere in SLO?
5. Homeless services and monitoring homeless in downtown SLO. Getting homeless families into
permanent housing.
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Less money for "beautification" project downtown.
Adjust City priorities to reflect what residents told you they wanted on the 2012 LUCE survey. It is an
embarrassment that residents' highest spending priority was not even a "major City goal" in the
previous financial plan. New subsidies for development is NOT a resident priority.
There are military facilities in California not being used. Why not see if the homeless of the streets
could be located and get help at these locations. If it is against the law - change it.
Assist the homeowners in repairing damaged sidewalks caused by trees that were required by the City
to plant.
Have streets cleaners come more often - 2 times per month.
1. Cut Police force.
2. Make more volunteer positions available, i.e. adopt-a-park program where neighbors adopt a part of
the park, or a specific job or pay for doggie bags.
Tougher Police approach to transients. I called the Police to report a homeless woman in the water
fountain at the Mission. We waited ten minutes and when they came they talked to her and let her go.
She had been talking loudly to herself, lifting her top up and down, and "dancing" in the fountain. A lot
of these people are sick and should not be roaming our streets. I wanted to raise my kids where I was
raised, but it's not the same and I am considering moving.
If there is a non-smoking ordinance in the City of SLO, the "designated smoking area" should not be
outside City Hall where it violates all of the guidelines of the ordinance itself.
With the exception of "Housing affordability" I don't believe you have to trade one program or service
to focus on my suggested goals. Bicycling infrastructure should be part of basic roadway infrastructure
planning. The more complete the bike connections are, the more likely people will use their bikes to get
around and the less impact from auto traffic. Economic Dev. and Homelessness are already on your list
so no trades are necessary. And promoting walkable neighborhoods means allowing for neighborhood
small business opportunities (part of econ. dev.) and overlaps to basic infrastructure use (same
argument for bike infrastructure). Housing affordability is the big problem as it is a market driven issue
that may be beyond the City's real control. But we will never be able to attract small business
(economic dev.) if they can't get and retain qualified personnel. If the only people that can afford to live
here are retirees, there will be no real economic development.
1. Improve traffic flow and reduce congestion by repairing potholes and removing speed barriers.
2. Resurface many of Laguna Lake trails and expand them - take advantage of drought to dredge lake.
3. Support Friends of La Loma Adobe in efforts to preserve and restore an historic adobe owned by the
City.
1. Continue supporting special patrolman program.
2. Improve the SLO Senior Center by increasing size. Utilize Measure Y (?) G (?) funding for this
improvement and funding for hiring instructors.
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Repair sidewalks.
Limit hiring new employees.
Seek more state and federal grant funding.
Avoid expensive litigation!!!
Proceed with approval of Chinatown development, especially hotel (generate SALES TAX).
Do away with wasteful spending.
Bring jobs into our area.
Affordable housing for families.
Connect homeless individuals with programs, case managers, etc., so they will be successful when they
are housed. Eliminating a pattern of returning to homelessness.
Protect the SLO residents who voted you to office. BAN marijuana grows from within the City limits.
Have an occupancy/inspection programs that makes sense.
1. Less infringements.
2. Expand trash services to meet community needs.
Focus on core services and eliminate non-essential spending.
Avoid financing social services provided by social service agencies.
City ordinances to protect neighborhoods.
Less money spent on frivolous projects like signs and tourism promotion and needless "studies."
There are a lot of single people. Activities for us are in short supply. We have many parks - reduce the
cost for people to put on programs and develop fun activities for adult singles - outdoor theatre,
picnics, art etc. Thanks, please form a committee.
Seems pretty clear
Set internal city priorities that meet the needs of and sustain a happy, healthy, thriving community.
Analyze, compare, and collaborate with other cities to establish best practices.
Rather than offering discounts, kick-backs, and subsidies to corporate empires to establish extractive
profit centers; encourage local business solutions to consumer demands.
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I am not so familiar with the City's programs that I can answer this. I think the city is doing an amazing
job right now with planned development and promoting community. My husband and I chose to live
here 2 years ago, leaving Boston where we grew up.
Deal in good faith with the airport commission regarding their safety zones.
Don't hire people that are not needed.
Don't buy any more vehicles.
Abolish paying interest on "tax free" bonds for a minority of people, live within the means of the
current budget and available funds.
Eliminate bond interest obligations/tax free bond projects. Remain within current budget and income
parameters.
Please continue to invest in open space and the trail system.
Coordinate volunteers to help with construction and maintenance of trails.
My understanding is that the city has a large reserve. Measure G just passed. Please use some of this
money for Laguna Lake. Most of my suggestions do not involve money.
Further facilitate discussions between the various city, county and state government agencies, schools
and university, along with citizen groups and organizations so as to design, develop and maintain
recreational facilities efficiently utilizing available funds, staffing and volunteers to get the most bang
for the buck and to have a wide choice of recreational activities.
Use revenue from parking meters and garages for multi-model transportation and for an educational
campaign to reduce single-occupant vehicles trips.
Less street paving, unless it's required for bicycle safety; align capital improvement project priorities
with Climate Action Plan
Make responsible informed decisions. Listen to all sides of an issue especially the decenting ones.
Should be able to fit these into the budget. If necessary, eliminate the skate park (or solicit private
funds), don't fund more bike and pedestrian paths (sometimes can be part of regular street and
sidewalk maintenance), don't fund homeless services (leave that funding up to county government and
private charities), downtown renewal? maybe somewhat since a vital downtown does increase tourism
$.
There is no need to adj. other programs and services to accomplish the help to the homeless mentally
ill problem as it has been documented that the financial and human costs of not treating and taking
care of mentally ill far out way the cost of having good programs- so they pay many times for
themselves. Over the last 7 months USA Today has proved that having programs to help mentally ill
reduces homelessness and the cost to society by less crime, less incarcerations and less time wasted
tracking and putting a band aid on the problem. Here is the link as it cannot be better explained:
http://www.usatoday.com/longform/news/nation/2014/12/22/solutions-mental-illness/18816843/
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It seems that a lot of attention has been given to downtown and to neighborhoods near Cal Poly, the
City of SLO needs to focus on all neighborhoods (Edna Islay, Laguna Lake, Johnson, Midtown, etc.) as
there are problems with homeless and transients and rentals in those areas as well.
The City needs to make reversing homelessness a priority of our society. It is unacceptable that in
today's world, people are hungry, homeless and become human waste.
Do no give money away - to Pismo Beach.
Charge bicyclists a riding fee? :)
People "patrol" for safety - check with Sun City, Arizona posse. Old people would do it for free.
Use smaller buses at "down" times to save on gas and fumes; buses OFTEN have 2 passengers.
Nice City parks / grass areas.
Do not use funds for swimming pools at high school. Instead use for City services and homeless.
Change noise ordinance back to a more fair and livable policy fr students and landlords - less police out
giving citations and being out where they are needed most for crimes, DUIs, and homeless laying on
sidewalk.
continued collaboration with trail volunteers to develop future trails and maintain current trails
Measure G allotments should have a nonpartisan committee recommend funding.
BIKE SAFETY-Every time there is road or recently sidewalk, construction on Tank Farm, I am
disappointed that the city has not taken advantage of this to build class 1 bike lanes or at least wider
SAFER lanes. What a waste of an opportunity.
Stop funding employee benefits by speculating on future value of money.
Look to fund projects that dovetail across department lines (or arise as goals from multiple advisory
groups). Identify revenue enhancement strategies for non-automobile circulation improvements and
open space acquisition; partnering with non-profits to enhance facilities.
do not have enough info about programs to answer this
I don't know enough to say.
Balancing services with a focus on healthy community: healthy active lifestyle opportunities for ALL
AGES; healthy open spaces in which to recreate; healthy community centers in which to recreate;
reduction of auto traffic; increase of pedestrian/non-motorized bicycle traffic; addressing the needs of
the area's homeless (mental health services, in particular) so the community is safer; cleaning out
homeless encampments anywhere in town - particularly along the creek which used to be a fantastic
place to explore but is now very dangerous thanks to the permanent homeless population there.
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More use of volunteer groups for the work and maintenance. Better organization of funds and
establish fundraisers to raise any additional needs.
1. Cut back funding for the SLO police dept.
2. Instead of building a pump track, allow bikes in the skatepark, on certain days at least.
How to offset for the funding needed? Create a solid base of volunteer effort for labor requirements.
Involve local volunteers in communities in actively maintaining infrastructure such as parks. Wherever
outside funding might be involved and however projects might be worded, continue to utilize the skills
the City has for winning the completions for grant money.
You may pass on my gratitude to our Police Department re: their excellent response to our noise
complaints coming from Industrial Way re: "The Graduate," AND p.m. noise in Industrial Park. The
worst violators in handicapped zones have been in "Marigold Shopping Center," especially in front of
Vons, and CVS drugs! I.e., there has NEVER been a time when I have not seen a violator in front of
Vons, and sometimes I have had to walk (with my cane) half a block away in the rain because some
selfish persons with NO PERMIT have parked where we handicapped should be parked.
Should you pass home (rental) inspections, rents will increase to cover. The inspections will be a joke??
What happened to landlords' rights? Will you require tenants to pay for corrections they have created?
Reduce spending on social programs and let churches and charities handle expenses.
1. Make the Cultural Heritage Committee a commission rather than advisory board.
2. Law / ordinance.
3. City water regulations.
4. Traffic safety.
Trails and Open Space be available to all user groups, hiking, biking and equestrians. We have learned
that all can coexist with good management and cooperation! Our County is known through out the
state for this great synergy between user groups!
Apply for grants. Work hand and hand with the various conservancy groups to merge funding
resources. SLOCOG funds (?) Measure G is helping with road repairs so that should free up some gen.
funds to help with this
Funding and partnership with SLO County Bike Coalition
focus on priorities that support vibrant, diverse, cohesive community and quality of life that is unique
to this area.
Keep salaries at levels where we can attract good people but don't give raises just because it's been
awhile. It's been awhile for all of us, and we still voted to increase taxes and invest in our future, so
please respect that. Don't add a bunch of new work on top of whatever you plan to do even if people
ask. Tell them one thing at a time & investment in maintenance comes before new things. Keep up the
good work! Our budget surpluses show you're doing a good job.
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In-lieu parking fees for developments that are currently coming back after the recession are a great
place to start utilizing funds to assist with these efforts.
Partnering with non-profits.
Stop focusing so much on aesthetics. The city looks fine. Instead, improve quality of life for those that
live here. We're having a lot of turnover to SFO when it comes to jobs and lifestyle...we need to keep
people here by making it a better place to have affordable eating, living, working, playing environments
for young working families contributing to the community.
Remove redundancies
discourage all panhandlers
allocate funds for the lake maintenance
Make sure a portion of money received from new developments is dedicated to and used for parks and
open space for recreation.
Federal and State participation? Carbon tax exchange possibilities?
These priorities provide additional resources and positive impacts that support existing programs and
services.
Having just passed the continuation of the sales tax measure, no major adjustment should be required.
Please do not spend this additional sales tax revenue on salaries or increased compensation for city
employees that will be ongoing, as these funds are temporary.
Form an energy JPA
So many other carbon saving programs can be implemented under a CCA program and funded by that
program so the funds do not have to come out of the general budget which would leave more money
for the homeless and bike programs and after running for a time, build up our local renewable energy.
Lots of grants out there for all issues.
Approve community aggregation energy generation. Require that all new/renovated buildings--
residential or commercial-- within the city be carbon neutral. Retain and increase dedicated green
space with aggressive tree planting programs included. Increase bike safe routes. Change the stop
light/walk light sequencing on downtown streets to three stage which will decrease idle time for cars
waiting to turn and increase safety for pedestrians.
Build up instead of out!
Work with natural resource management to have certain areas of the county be less dog restrictive.
Work with volunteer groups and offer power/support to these groups to get the work completed.
I don't know enough to say
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I don't know enough to say
Combining programs by putting skate parks, community centers etc closer to schools.
Residents: Protect quality of life in residential neighborhoods. Avoid the negative impact of: transients,
Cal Poly house parties, commercial encroachment. Thank you for asking for input!
Less firefighters - huge drain on resources for protected class of workers.
Slow increases in police and firefighters in SLO. They are both overpaid.
Make it easier to contact the two City neighborhood officers. I have never gotten through to their office
- always voicemail. Maybe one could be out of the office when the other is in. Maybe there could be
email for questions.
Bicycles are apparently not permitted on sidewalks in the downtown area. Not only are there no signs
to this effect, but enforcement is non-existent.
Rely on private businesses to pay in-lieu fees for their development and expansion, and dedicate those
funds to maintenance and improvement of public infrastructure that is impacted by their
developments. This applies to both the downtown as well as our business corridors. Thank you!
Getting started is the beginning, it does not have to be a large undertaking, to make progress.
Acknowledge the importance by putting it on the 2015 list. Over time, as more urgent issues are
resolved, this can be next in the queue.
Change the focus from bringing in a lot of new dollars to making the best out of the healthy budget we
have, and letting that grow naturally through inflation.
We need to require CalPoly to provide additional Housing for their students so the rest of the
community can access the rental Properties available in town. Cal Poly should be able to house
freshman and sophomores on campus if they choose that option.
We should have a Water reclaiming system in place for all community members. And we should require
Solar Panels on ALL NEW HOMES BUILT IN COUNTY.
The things we do now will affect our community for the next 30 years. We need to transitions now or
we will be left behind.
We have perhaps the most beautiful area in the state. Why do we allow people to pollute that visual
beauty by erecting and maintaining billboards?
Go Solar!
Partnerships with Cal Poly, Los Padres National Forest, Montana de Oro staff, CCCMB and the Bike
Coalition for assistance with manpower to complete goals and fundraising.
The City needs to provide adequate resources to enforce the rules they make regarding open space. NO
night hiking. No disruptive night recoveries and necessary of the rules are enforced!!! The cost of one
recovery is much more money than enforcement??
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Again, provide adequate resources to police the open space areas, and protect the neighborhoods!
Provide resources to make downtown safe. Do not keep taxing property owners and then give it to the
employees who probably have the best medical care money can buy.
I have been a property owner since February 2007 and although I don't live there, I visit the area
frequently. The vagrants at Santa Rosa Park have been a problem on Murray, intimidating tenants and
stealing from the property.
1. Stop making money on the backs of students.
2. Work on good bike paths and ways to get around town.
3. Have more days that all types of garbage can be picked up - free.
Add beat cops downtown. It was done before and was a great asset and helped with the transient
issue.
Instead of having vacant storefronts downtown let's have landlords work with small start ups to
succeed.
Use more common sense!
These items are large safety improvements and should have a high priority.
1. More Open Space
2. More trails
3. Staff and funding to build and maintain trails.
4. Staff and funds to maintain Open Space
5. Partnerships with Cal Poly and Los Padres National Forest
6. Pump track
7. Bike lanes to trailheads
8. Bob Jones Trail extension into town
Freeze pay raises until the departments pay reflects the amount of calls they run and type of calls.
Creating transparency about priorities and spending choices.
This question requires more background information about spending choices before a true
opinion/suggestion can be shared.
Cyclists Safety should be a top priority around the city, especially closer to schools. Simple things like
more room in the bike lanes when roads are restriped etc.
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Parking is tight enough in downtown SLO without losing those on Pismo St. Please fix the hillside so the
fencing can be removed and we can park again!
Call on other partners - Cal Poly, City of Avila, Shell Beach, Los Osos since it will benefit all their
residents. Forge partnerships to leverage manpower and funds sharing.
Not sure, not informed enough to form an opinion here.
Recognize that higher property taxes were levied on Laguna Lake homes over the last 50 years (i.e.,
houses cost more because of the view and therefore city got more money from sales of homes and
property taxes). Then use the previously collected taxes for what they were intended, upkeep and
preservation of Laguna Lake.
follow the Environmental Plan
Start by establishing partnerships between our Parks and Recreation Departments, Cal Poly, Los Padres
National Forest, and concerned equestrians, mountain bikers, and trail users.
This should be included in the City Public works budget and funded out of general funds.
Establish joint program with Cal Poly to educate student renters, help understand to respect neighbors
and property
Look at evidence based outcomes
Form a Community Choice energy program!
Prioritize bike and ped infrastructure that supports commuter trips to Cal Poly, Schools, and shopping
centers. Don't be afraid to remove parking in neighborhoods to serve bikes and peds. Many homes
have 2 driveway parking spots.
How much more money needs to be poured into downtown? It seems a little over kill. I would like to
see some or all of that money put into other city projects. The impression is most of the available
money is going to a few down town blocks and the rest of city is be basically ignored.
Streamline permitting process, reduce permit and other fees to builders that are ultimately passed on
to home purchasers.
Cut back on most other budget items proportionately.
Add another tax on cigarettes.
Add city tax on soft drinks and alcohol.
Use money from the meters.
Provide more level funding across priority programs; open space received just 3% or so of Measure Y
funds, yet is described as a top priority.
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Use Measure G funds. Look closely at the need for other services.
1. Divert parking fees to bicycle and pedestrian amenities.
2. Raise money from private donors to improve adobes - get grants.
3. Provide incentives to new businesses which will pay for itself in the future from more sales tax
revenue.
4. Maybe change year around fees at regional parks to improve other parks.
Build them a shelter on wheels
There already is one on pismo st so do it at every park
Keep the buses running specially downtown SLO
Start providing Solar Panels to houses that are willing.
Don't acknowledge it as illegal and open THC shops to compete with alcohol
One make them a priority. Instead of waiting for development to install the Railroad extension take the
lead on getting this done. I ride into SLO once a week via a convoluted route at present to avoid Broad
Street at all costs.
For Solar you will need to make this a priority as well. You have already converted to LED Street lights
and stop lights. Let’s work on one project at time.
Optional user fees for some venues, grants for clean air expansion, tie to health grants?
Find the money from outside, SLOCOG, grants, state, federal. Unfunded pensions should be based on a
% of salary and not on what you owe. We can't afford to fund these given county, state, teacher &
federal pensions are in the same boat.
Collaborate with cal poly .....?
Keep salaries and benefits as above until these other issues are not only addressed but solved.
I just wanted to voice my support for additional trails, open space, and maintenance. Cycling and hiking
has had a big impact for my family and is one of the things that makes the Central Coast such a great
place to live.
Put as much effort into Laguna Lake as you do the city's other parks.
Just move one of the other items to the bottom of the list as has been happening to Laguna lake
proposals for the last 20 years.
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more crossing guards near schools, better lighting in Los Osos and other dark communities.
Not waste money on programs not necessary. The Lake is an established historical asset, and it is
dying. Do your job and take care of the most essential assets to the city, its land. Dredging is a basic
level requirement of managing a lake, and not taking care of it shows the city lack of respect for its own
natural resources. I am embarrassed by the leadership in this community for it political short sided
activism after living here for 20+ years. Do your job, and have a backbone.
Reign in pension debt; allow more participation by residents at committee meetings that address these
issues. Examine other communities that have made sustainability a priority.
Infrastructure financing programs for regional improvements.
Joint powers agreements with the County or SLOCOG to develop regional improvements such as Tank
Farm Road
Tiered affordable housing requirements for work force housing
None of the priorities I list will require adjustment of other programs. CCA can EARN money.
Create jobs and projects that the homeless can participate in and drugs programs and work-related
teaching classes they have to participate and not just give them hand-outs and stop feeding into their
helplessness.
Controlled growth - continue with goals. Monitor architecture/developments to make sure they fit with
existing character of downtown and neighborhoods and will not be eyesores and look ridiculous (as
some recent additions do).
Summary of Community Forum Results
PUBLIC COMMENTS
1
Over 400 members of the community participated at the Community Forum held on
January 13, 2015, at the Ludwick Community Center. The community members were
provided with three key ways to share their ideas with the Council and each other:
1. Public Comments. Participants were provided an opportunity to share with the
Council what they were proposing, why it was important and how it might be
accomplished.
2. Voting with “Dots.” Using the public comments recorded on flip charts and posted
on the walls as the “ballot,” participants were provided with 12 “dot stickers” (6
green and 6 orange) to place on the sheets to “vote” for ideas that they felt should be
the top priorities for 2015-17. The green dots indicated a vote for overall goal
priorities and the orange dots indicated a vote for Measure G priorities. The
information provided in this report reflects the number of dot “votes” received, not
necessarily the number of individuals voting on the idea.
3. Supplemental Comments. Participants were also provided with half-page “sticky
notes” to submit supplemental comments to the public input. This provided
community members uncomfortable with public speaking an opportunity to share
their ideas.
RESULTS SUMMARY
The following pages summarize the results of each of these participation opportunities:
public comments; “voting with dots;” and supplemental comments. Wherever practical,
staff added the votes per topic areas to provide a summary of the top priorities, emerging
from the forum, to create the chart below.
Summary of Community Forum Results
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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89 people submitted Speaker Cards and there were 59 speakers who presented their
recommended goals, summarized by topic as follows:
Public Comment Summary By Topic # of speakers
• Homelessness and housing 9
• Neighborhood wellness 7
• Bicycle transportation 6
• Infrastructure funding 5
• Clean energy/climate action plan 4
• Trails and open space 4
• Laguna Lake 4
• Pension Funding 3
• Downtown Economic Development Issues 3
• Pickleball courts 2
• Tennis court lights 2
• La Loma Adobe restoration 1
• BMX in Santa Rosa Park 1
• Senior Center 1
• Public funding of elections 1
• Sinsheimer Stadium upgrades 1
• South Broad Street expansion project 1
• Billboard removal 1
• Freedom 1
• Public Safety 1
• Jack House bay window restoration 1
Summary of Community Forum Results
“VOTING WITH DOTS”
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Results Summary: “Voting with Dots”
Green
Dots
Orange
Dots
FUNCTION: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Topic Area: Neighborhood Wellness 100 80
• Effective enforcement & financing to support 6 8
• Establish a nuisance noise standard 6 3
• Set density limits for bars downtown 19 16
• General Wellness (Post-it): 5 3
o Issue more citations
o Charge four times the amount of current fines
o Moratorium on selling houses to investors – homeowner
residents only
o Have landlords post signs inside rentals about good neighbor
behavior
o Arrest noisy drunken students, not just ask them to walk home
• Continue Neighborhood Wellness goal 8 6
• Encourage Cal Poly to house students on campus 38 30
• Neighborhood stability 3 1
• Increase peace and quiet 5 2
• More Police/Neighborhood Specialists 10 11
Topic Area: Economic Development & Infrastructure 17 13
• Focus on Economic Development & Infrastructure 17 13
Topic Area: Housing 142 119
• Housing Supports Businesses 4 0
• Diversity of Low Income Community (Vets, Seniors, etc.) Housing
Needs 16 20
• Mayor’s Challenge Provide Housing For Homeless Veterans 16 14
• Build & support new sustainable/mixed-use villages in our city.
Support efforts to save/reuse water, renewable energy, connectivity
paths, walkability, more transit connectivity & stops, add trees, food
forests, and interesting outdoor discovery places for children. Love
You SLO! 2 0
• Fund infrastructure costs ($1 Million for each Specific Plan) to support
workforce housing 39 31
• Need housing that people can afford (both own & rent) – diverse 50 39
• Increase amount of workforce housing 15 15
Topic Area: Rental Inspection Program 17 7
• Oppose Rental Inspection Program 17 7
Topic Area: Urban Forest 1 0
• Due to drought, City trees are damaged & dying - consider addressing. 1 0
Summary of Community Forum Results
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Topic Area: Mission Plaza Extension 0 1
• Complete Mission Plaza extension – Broad Street to Nipomo; Broad
“dogleg” improvements - partner with Art Center and History Center
to complete expansion. Pursue completion of “Cultural” District as
illustrated in Downtown concept Plan. 0 1
Topic Area: Billboards Along Highways – Implement Program to
Remove 29 37
Topic Area: Downtown 88 45
• Update Downtown Concept Plan 22 16
• Historic Preservation 12 2
• Maintain Downtown as center for employment, cultural, retail, &
housing uses – Heart of the City 54 27
Topic Area: Homelessness 80 88
• Sunny Acres/Sober Living in County 28 34
• Need Housing for Homeless/Implement Housing Element 21 27
• Homeless Services 31 27
Topic Area: CDD Misc. 12 2
• Streamline Permit Process & Lower Fees 7 1
• Update City Zoning Code 2 0
• Build up w/rooftop uses (private/public gardens/restaurants) 3 1
FUNCTION: TRANSPORTATION
Topic Area: Bike And Pedestrian Improvements 352 415
• Commit Funding To Significant Projects & Staffing In The Bike Plan 23 33
• Completion Of Railroad Safety 21 22
• Bike Boulevards 30 26
• Class 1 Bike Trail At Prado 15 21
• Cycle Track At Madonna 6 7
• Full Time Bike Coordinator 13 19
• Make SLO Better Biking – 120 Total Recommendations 5 10
• Complete Bob Jones Trail City To Sea Next 3 Phases 58 71
• Lower Rent For Bike Coalition Offices 13 32
• Crosstown Connected Bike Lanes (Especially For School
Connections) 55 62
• Safer Streets At Bishops Peak, Pacheco Schools, Broad & Foothill 41 46
• Safer La Entrada Intersection 3 6
• Safer Ferrini Intersection 12 16
• Safer Bike Boulevard Connection 11 4
• Bike And Walking Paths For Citizens Of All Ages 45 40
• Tank Farm, Buckley, Prado – Improve Pedestrian And Vehicle Safety 1 0
Summary of Community Forum Results
“VOTING WITH DOTS”
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Topic Area: Infrastructure Improvements 2 5
• Pave Palm Street/East Santa Rosa & Palm Street/Pepper Street 2 5
Topic Area: Transportation Planning 13 8
• Comprehensive Environmental Impact Report Of Prado Road Project 13 8
Topic Area: Transit 4 5
• Redesigning Transit System To Encourage “Choice” Ridership And
Extend Routes South Of City (Airport) 2 2
• Increase Frequency Of Service To Downtown 1 1
• Incorporate Real Time Data And Other “Smart City”
Connections/Principals Into The Transit And Parking Systems 1 2
FUNCTION: LEISURE, CULTURAL, & SOCIAL SERVICES
Topic Area: Laguna Lake 346 267
• Implement Laguna Lake Conservation Plan a.s.a.p 105 81
• Sediment removal should be made a Major City Goal 73 47
• Critical habitat loss for birds during drought 42 34
• Diverse (neighbors and residents) support the care of the lake 19 18
• Improvements now will improve recreation, natural resources 66 67
• Do not set up an assessment district. The whole city should pay. 41 20
Topic Area: Jack House 2 6
• Fund a portion of the elevator remodel at Jack House to complete its
historic restoration 2 6
Topic Area: Sinsheimer Tennis Courts 69 72
• Light the tennis courts at Sinsheimer Park. Allows play by workers
and students at night, especially in winter. 69 72
Topic Area: BMX at Skate Park 85 42
• Let bikes in Santa Rosa Skate Park 85 42
Topic Area: Diamond Sports 18 15
• Promote healthy and active lifestyles by partnering with local
organizations to maintain Sinsheimer Park stadium and fund
design and construction 18 15
Topic Area: Open Space 154 183
• Incorporate mountain bike specific trails 19 24
• Continue support of ECOSLO docents and SLO stewards 2 2
• Treat open space and trails as infrastructure and budget for repairs and
maintenance 19 32
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• Open Space should be a major city goal 27 17
• Trail signs, parking lots, signage and other amenities should be
maintained and improved
• Protect and enhance city open space 57 54
• Support Miossi & Ahern acquisition 20 29
• Support Irish Hills 8 23
• Keep access open during LOVR traffic changes 2 2
Topic Area: Restore La Loma Adobe 27 17
• Friends of La Loma Adobe and city work to create a MOU & lease
agreement to facilitate preservation & restoration of adobe. 27 17
Topic Area: Kids 3 3
• Provide children with positive programs for gang diversion 3 3
Topic Area: Seniors 22 39
• Make the senior center a priority in the 2015-17 Financial Plan 16 33
• Complete a needs study of the center to better understand future needs 6 6
Topic Area: Pickle Ball 15 14
• Construct pickle ball courts in SLO 13 12
• Convert under used areas in parks 2 2
FUNCTION: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Topic Area: Pension Reform 116 37
• Control benefit costs. 36 6
• Pay down pension debt. 80 31
Topic Area: Elections 48 33
• Publicly-funded elections. 14 13
• Establish campaign finance laws. 34 20
Topic Area: Economic Development Plan 76 83
• Implement next phase of Economic Development Plan. 14 12
• Establish infrastructure investment fund in the City to make consistent
investments in needed Capital Projects (significant dollar initial
investment).
44 49
• For investment fund, prioritize in the south portion of the city. 3 8
• Needed infrastructure in Chevron project which is beyond developer
responsibility needs to be funded by the City. 7 2
• Support high-density housing in south part of city. 8 12
Topic Area: Miscellaneous 6 5
• Restore respect for the Constitution. 0 2
• Invest locally, not in outside entities. 6 3
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FUNCTION: PUBLIC SAFETY
Topic Area: Fire Department 10 33
• Give opportunities for certificate training. 10 33
Topic Area: Police Department 44 65
• Support Police Department. 24 34
• Police enforcement
20 31
FUNCTION: PUBLIC UTILITIES
Topic Area: Clean Energy 266 121
• Support the formation of an alternative energy district (clean energy)
and the staff to support it 238 104
• Continue to Invest in climate action plan; for example: Clean Energy
and Solid Waste Recycling 28 17
Topic Area: Infrastructure 35 49
• Investment fund (Water/Sewer related 31 37
• Extend sewer/water to Sunny Acres 4 12
Topic Area: Water Resource Recovery Facility 6 1
• WRRF: Support plant/Tour It 6 1
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FUNCTION: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Neighborhood Wellness:
Living on Palm Street between Toro and Johnson, get lots of bar foot traffic. The volume
of just their talking when returning from bars at 11:30 – 2:30 on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday nights is very loud. Wish they would be ticketed for disturbing the peace.
People who want to live here permanently are forced out of their neighborhoods due to
noise that is mostly caused by students who only are here for three or four years.
Build a pedestrian bridge over South Broad Street between South Street and Orcutt Road.
Downtown:
Temporary Parklets Downtown – More creative public spaces in general.
Infrastructure Repairs (IN NEIGHBORHOODS – NOT JUST DOWNTOWN):
1. Curbs that are crumbling and breaking off
2. Bricks that are coming loose on crosswalks on Marsh Street
3. Streets all over the City that have potholes
Homelessness:
The City needs to plan and budget for job training for the homeless. Making the
homeless participating members of the City will be a great accomplishment.
FUNCTION: LEISURE, CULTURAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Tennis Court Lighting
To the City Council: As a newcomer to San Luis Obispo, I am amazed at the amazing
outdoor and active opportunities the City has to offer. I have recently started playing
tennis again after not having played for almost 20 years. I strongly support having lights
at Sinsheimer so that I can play in the evening after work and enjoy a sport I loved and
love.
Dear City Council, My friends and I are huge tennis fans and love playing at Sinsheimer.
Unfortunately, the park doesn’t have lights for us to play after work. Please support this
cause. Adding lights is a low cost venture and would better recreation in the community.
Add lights to Sinsheimer tennis courts. 137 people responded positively. Tennis is the
only sport that has no lights in City parks. Very cost effective. Read the report!!!
To whom it may concern: please give us tennis players lights. We would like to play
through our winter but cannot because of no lights.
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Players can help pay for this with key cards purchased from City. Lights could be shut
off automatically at 9:00 or 10:00. City has lights for baseball, softball, soccer,
basketball, volleyball, roller hockey, and horseshoes, but NOT for tennis!
Add lights to Sinsheimer Park tennis courts! Why? Because there is no publicly lighted
tennis courts and the demand is there!
Tennis courts – ideally increase number of public courts and build with lights. But if that
is not possible please light the six Sinsheimer courts.
Lighted public tennis courts are a real benefit to working adults who need to exercise and
unwind at the end of the day.
Sinsheimer tennis lights – there are no adequate lighted public tennis courts in SLO
unlike every other city in the county. For about $125k, we can install a modern lighting
system that will extend and enhance tennis play time for everyone. It’s much more cost
effective than building new courts.
Please lights for our tennis courts.
Please put lights up at Sinsheimer for night time tennis enthusiasts.
As a 20 year resident of SLO I feel the community is being underserved by the lack of
adequately lit tennis courts. For nearly 5 months of the year the tennis community cannot
use our public courts after work hours. Local tennis players are forced to travel to nearby
towns or abstain from playing during the week. For an active, health conscious
community, SLO deserves well lit public courts.
Light Sinsheimer tennis courts. Play time after school and work for people who can’t
join the country club. Play tennis not video!
We need lighted courts. Better to play tennis at night than getting drunk at the bars
downtown!
BMX Bicycles at the Skate Park
I don’t ride BMX but I think allowing BMX bikes into Santa Rosa Park would be a wise
decision on the City’s behalf. It will cost the city nothing and save money simultaneously
by giving riders a place to practice their sport that that does not affect public and private
property. It is also a sport! Sports promote healthy lifestyles, as well as cycling which is
unique in combining exercise, utility, transportation and “green” living. I believe SLO is
all about those topics! (so let bikes in!)
As part owner of Flanders Bicycle, a bicycle shop in San Luis Obispo, I support the
inclusion of bicycles in the Santa Rosa Skate Park. There are many kids and adults who
ride BMX bikes and have nowhere to legally ride. They get kicked out of schools and
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parks. We currently have to drive clear to Greenfield, Monterey, or all the way to places
like Orange County, to ride our bikes the way we like to. The Atascadero Skate Park is
great, but is very inconvenient for families with children who need to be bed at a
reasonable time. Just as we travel to ride our bikes, there are many people who would
travel from out of the area, bringing money to local businesses.
I have been a resident of Arroyo Grande since I was 7 years old. I am now 21 years old
and operate a toy company in Grover Beach. I am grateful and excited to see that my tax
dollars have helped build a wonderful Skate Park. I ride BMX just as much as I
skateboard. Not allowing bikes won’t keep them out of the park. It will promote
discrimination from skaters. BMX bikes can be required to use plastic pegs and bar ends
as to not damage the facility. This requires no money to put into effect. There is
obviously a thriving BMX community that deserves to use a park they helped pay for.
Dear City of San Luis Obispo, I spoke on behalf of the BMX community for allowing
BMX bikes into the Santa Rosa Park. I would love to continue to work together the best
we can.
Thank you for your time, unfortunately we were cut short and did not get to finish. As of
8:30 we have collected 1,167 signatures protesting banning BMX in the park. Many of
these kids are in elementary, Jr High, and high school and cannot attend. Our group is not
requesting funding, simply we are requesting fair use of an existing facility PERFECTLY
designed for BMX. What our goal is tonight is to educate you on what we do and get an
idea of what needs to be done to change this policy. BMX & skateboards are a lot like
other sports, baseball and softball are a great example. They use the same field just in a
different way. BMX & skateboards co-exist throughout the county. In SLO alone there
are 7 (or 8) bicycle shops vs. two skate shops. I personally work for Wally’s Bicycle
Works on Higuera St. The potential economic benefits are huge. Myself and the group
representative traveled through Europe with our bikes for 5 weeks just to ride new parks.
Just as we did, BMX riders from Europe and the rest of the world do the same. This
brings money to hotels/motels, restaurants, bike shops, etc. It also provides an alternate,
safe recreational opportunity for kids and adults. There are risks associated with
everything, from walking down the street to riding a bike. We have been contacted by the
city at one point to discuss the issue and the person responsible did not follow through.
We contacted the party again as was stood up. We would love to gain the same
opportunities as other groups. All of us here attended meetings, went to fundraisers, and
pay our taxes (Measure Y). Recently we have helped make Atascadero, Paso, and
Templeton multi-use friendly. We plan to do the same here in SLO. Alternative solutions
would only cost additional money and be completely unnecessary. A facility exists, the
rules are just unacceptable. Thanks you!
I have grown up riding BMX bikes, and it has really helped shape the person I am today.
BMX bike riding is a sport as well as an art form. I believe BMX bikes and skateboards
can have a great impact on kids’ lives in a positive way. The San Luis Skate Park can
play a key role in keeping kids from riding in the street and downtown area. If there are
any issues with BMX bikes being allowed in the Santa Rosa Skate Park, please let me
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know and I will do what I can to work with you as well as the BMX community to work
something out.
I am a 3rd year Cal-Poly student. My family has lived in SLO for 15 years, my family has
paid the ½ cent sales tax since it was passed in Measure Y in 2006. Their tax money went
towards the construction of the skate park and now I won’t be able to use it. I ride BMX,
I do not ride skateboards. I do not know how to ride a skateboard. Allowing BMX in the
park will allow an area for youth to hangout and ride their bikes instead of using drugs
and alcohol. We aren’t asking for money or donations, we are just asking for a change in
the policy. Two BMX locations were destroyed in the last month because they were built
in illegal areas. There are no locations in San Luis Obispo to legally ride BMX bikes.
Another issue is if a parent has two kids, one which skates, and one which rides BMX,
the parent will not be allowed to have both their kids ride in the park because the child
who rides BMX will not be allowed entrance. The BMX community has brought me
many lifelong friends who I have shared many memories with. Let’s allow more kids to
join the community and meet new friends and experience many fun memories. When I
was little, my brother rode skateboards and I rode BMX. Luckily our local skate park
allowed both in the park so our parents could take us there together and not one of us
watch from the fence. BMX in the park will create a great young generation of friends in
SLO. Thanks!
I strongly agree BMX bikes should be allowed into Santa Rosa Skate Park. I believe it
would benefit the young riders in the community, give them something positive to do,
keep them out of trouble and away from drugs. I understand the insurance issue but
believe an understanding can be met as many other counties have: different hours for
bikes; restrictions on pegs, mandatory plastic bar ends; waivers. I have a hard time seeing
how an insurance policy can’t be afforded, considering the cost of the park itself. If that’s
the case, I am sure the funds can be met privately through donations and funding. Thank
you very much.
We don’t want funding. We don’t need anything built. We are simply asking that an
unjust and biased rule be changed. There are 8 bike shops in SLO. There are 2 skate
shops. BMX being allowed in the skate park will bring in more revenue than skaters.
BMX uses the SAME facility that skates use everywhere else in the world...why not in
SLO? Don’t exclude BMX riders please, they are people/kids too! Thanks you.
Laguna Lake
Please improve the dog park area at Laguna; e.g, a fenced area for small dogs.
I have lived in San Luis Obispo for more than half of my 92 years. I remember when my
grandson, now age 42, fished in Laguna Lake. I would like to live to see my great
grandson, age 10, fish in Laguna Lake.
Restore the eco system at Laguna Lake with a canal like the railroad did, 1884 for steam
engines.
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We support dredging at Laguna Lake!
Pickle Ball Courts in SLO
Many areas in the City of SLO with paved surfaces can be used for Pickle Ball set up.
Also some tennis courts can be lined with additional area for Pickle Ball.
Open Space
City Farm! Keep access open during LOVR traffic changes. Thank you, City of SLO, for
creating City Farm.
Build mountain bike specific trails on existing open space. Early stage planning for
mountain bike specific trails on newly acquired open space.
SLO’s open space & trail system is a boon to hikers, runners, mountain bikers, and
equestrian users. Open Space trails help make SLO the great place it is. Building
mountain-bike specific trails in the City open space would increase access to healthy
outdoor activities & support our great trail community.
FUNCTION: TRANSPORTATION
Provide more painted-in bike lanes like the one at Frank’s Hotdogs on California;
especially at major intersections. Painted-in bike lanes at multi-lane intersections like
LOVR from Madonna to Hwy 101, both north and south bound would make streets safer
for bike riders.
FUNCTION: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
• Pismo Street safety issue: Hillside between Chorro and Morro is
eroding and has been blocked off for 5 years. It’s ugly, a loss of
downtown parking, and a safety risk.
0 1
• Maintenance of public restrooms downtown / Mission Plaza restrooms
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FUNCTION: PUBLIC SAFETY
Safer streets and sidewalks / prioritize repairs.
On behalf of myself and my family, I ask that we support safer bikeways. Both another family
member and myself have been hit by cars – my family member was almost killed and spent a
week in intensive care in 2011.
Bring Police salaries and benefits in line with all Police services in the County of San Luis
Obispo.
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FUNCTION: PUBLIC UTILITIES
Subtopic: SLO City can be the front runner in taking action to mitigate climate change. We were
the leaders in eliminating smoking in our buildings. We were the leaders in banning the
environmental nightmare of plastic bags. We love our clean and safe environments. It is the
perfect time to put all climate change issues at the top of our priority list
Subtopic: Develop portions of Tank Farm (Chevron) Site with “Clean Energy” components;
Wind Turbines, Solar, etc.
FUNCTION: OTHER
• Topic Area: SLO HOTHOUSE – INCUBATOR FOR SLO
STARTUPS : Launch startups which grow in SLO and create Jobs,
supporting economic development. 123 123