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January 18, 2002
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Wendy George, Ron Whisenand and I attended Cal Poly's latest presentation on the ✓ Crf-C�
Santa Rosa/Highland Drive project at Bishop Peak School. Cal Poly finally revealed a
plan that people could "get into." It was a real plan. Site development plan, housing unit
plans, sections and elevations and landscape treatment. The plan is designed to contain
76 units.
The assembly room/gym at Bishop Peak School was divided into four components to
accommodate four concurrent presentations, however the audience was comparatively
small and it appeared that only two concurrent presentations were made. The breakup
was good because it allowed more people to be actively involved in questioning the
details of the proposal
The plans were fairly complete—perhaps too many`boards"generated some loss of
audience focus,but the information was there to be sifted out.
My impression was the audience's reaction was: "Finally, at last we see something
tangible, why has it taken Poly so long?" One friend who has been a constant critic told
me he was pleased with what he saw, explaining that he thought that they(CP)had done.
a good job. My reaction was much the same.
Some good comments were made and my impression was that the Poly representatives
took note and would try to integrate those comments into their upcoming presentation to
the CSU Board of Trustees. Ifthe project receives Trustee approval, then the.City Will
likely have some tedious negotiations ahead involving not only our residents, but the
technical details of water supply, wastewater treatment, road geometrics, etc.
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Re: Update on SL G/ SLORTA meeting Wednesday, Jan 9, 2002
Copies: Ken Hampian, Wendy George, John Mandeville, Mille McChiskey and Jeff
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New officers for 2002 were elected;they will be: Dave Elliott, Morro Bay, President;
Peg Pinard, Supervisor, lst Vice President;and Katcho Achadjian, Past President. These
three officers will constitute the Executive Committee for the coming year.
Staff presented a draft enhancement plan for"The Middle Kingdom's Scenic Byway"
e.g. A Highway 1 Corridor Enhancement Plan stretching from the SLO city limits to the
SLO County—Monterey County line. The report is not totally complete at this time as
the staff has more detailed information to infill. A representative from the Farm Bureau
complained that Ag interests had not been properly involved in the project to date as did a
representative of the Hearst Family. Staff was directed to broaden the base of
'stakeholders' whose viewpoints should be integrated in the final report.
This route was designed in 1997 as a State Scenic Highway. The purpose of the current
effort is to seek inclusion in the Federal Highway Administration's National Scenic
byways program of which there are two classifications:National Scenic Byway or All-
American Road—the latter being the higher honor. The report/effort was eventually
endorsed by all but one city representative(Grover Beach)but not before prolonged
discussion of the possible intrusions on the development rights of individual property
owners. (Personally, I think this byway is a national treasure and should be protected to
the greatest degree possible.
(Note:I have placed a copy of this report in the Council Office along with a copy of the
power point presentation slides used by the COG staff in making their presentation. If
you have a moment, I think you would find these documents of interest.)
The only other agenda item of importance was the HCD housing allocation numbers.
Silas Lyon's article in the Tnib this morning was a good resume. As he reported,the vote
was 6-5 (I voted with the majority). However, the split in the voting was not a fimction
of the unanimous feeling of Board members of the tyranny of the HCD in the housing
allocation process, but rather of differences in the viewpoints of Board members on how
SLOCOG should go about contesting,not so much the process,but the logic and ethical
manner in which HCD allocated the numbers that it had. You will recall that SLOCOG
associate director Steve Devencenzi appeared at our Council meeting the evening before
and discussed the discrepancies his staff had discovered between the allocations made to
SLO County and those made to neighboring counties. In short,the Board majority
thought the best strategy was to contest the consistency of the process—an ethical issue—
and then arrive at a final number after the ethical issue is resolved Staff is confident that
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they can show cause for reducing the initial HCD allocation of 22,460 units to 10,360.
We shall see.
No new significant issues came up on the SLORTA agenda, a portion of which was
continued due to the lateness of the meeting.