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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/29/2005, AGENDA �(/ / � � O � ��� 1CP� ��� � p ���iiu�llllllllli"""'�IIIIII� (council memomnbum Icity of San Luis Obispo DATE: January 19, 2005 RECEIVED JAN 19 2C1'i TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council - SLO CITY CLERK FROM-- Audrey Hooper, City Cle VIA: Ken Hampian, City Administrative Office SUBJECT: GOAL-SETTING PROCESS: COMMUNITY INPUT UPDATES The attached information was submitted by Finance Director Statler as a supplement to the goal-setting notebook provided to Council for the meetings of January 12 and 29, 2005. This information should be inserted into that notebook for consideration at the January 29, 2005, workshop. Thank you. �CJUidCILDD DIR XFTA70RNEY .'fCAO �IN DIR RED FILE yQ-ACAO .811FIE CHIEF �I PW DIR ? ;! NG AGENDA OCL ERKICAIG POLICE CHF ITEM # El p" 7 HEADS kYREC DIR 2-REC DIR L 1 HR DIR GA301-03 AGENDASUted File Correspondence\Red File 012905 Supplemental Informadon.DOC l council m cm o laa n b u m January 18, 2005 FROM: Ken Hampian, City Administrative Officer Bill Statler,Director of Finance & Information Technology i&" ' SUBJECT: GOAL-SETTING PROCESS: COMMUNITY INPUT UPDATES Attached for your information are two "community input updates" for your review in preparing candidate goals as part of the 2005-07 goal-setting and budget process: 1. Results from the Community Forum. There's a place in Section 5 of your Goal-Setting Notebooks for this. 2. Updated Responses to the Community Budget Bulletin (Section 3 of the Goal-Setting Notebooks). We've received another 98 responses since January 4, 2005,bringing the total to. 363. Along with the "narrative," we've updated the summary. (There are no major changes in"themes" since January 4: the "rank"order of the top five has remained the same, with some minor changes in the rank order of the other ten"themes.") COUNCIL "HOMEWORK" ASSIGNMENTS: A REMINDER Council member suggested goals for 2005-07 should be provided to Bill Statler by Friday, January 21.. (If you can provide them in an electronic format—via email would be fine—that would be very helpful ... but not certainly not required.) Included in the front cover of the Notebook previously distributed to you for the workshops on January 4 is a "hard copy" form you can use, which has also been emailed to you. As noted_ above, the consolidated listing will be distributed to the Council by Tuesday, January 25. If you have any questions about the enclosed materials or the upcoming workshops, please can Bill Statler at extension M. G:Budget Folders/Financial Plans/2003-05 FinancialPlan/Council Goal-Setting/Notebook/Notebook Update,1-18-05 1 Summa of Community Forum Results There were about 150 participants at the Community Forum held on January 12, 2005 at the Ludwick Community Center. There were several ways for participants to share their ideas with the Council and each other: Public Comments. All participants were provided with an opportunity to share with the Council what they were proposing, why it is important and how it might be accomplished. Voting with "Dots." Using the public comments recorded Following public comments, on flip charts and posted on the walls as the "ballot," the original agenda participants were provided with seven "dot stickers"to place envisioned the opportunity for smaller break-out on the sheets to "vote" for up to seven ideas that they felt priorities for 2005-07. groups goals further discuss should be the top P the goals presented. However, due to the Forum Feedback Survey. At the end of the evening, number of speakers, there participants were provided with surveys asking theme was not enough time to do SO. Suggestions for Prioritizing the City's Activities . • Which areas should the City provide less, the same or more attention? • Do you have any suggestions for specific changes and possible ways of achieving them? Potential Revenue Enhancements • What(if any)revenue opportunities should the Council consider? Potential Cost or Service Reductions • What areas should the City explore for possible cost and service reductions? RESULTS SUMMARY The following pages summarize the results of each of these participation opportunities: public comments, "voting with dots"and community forum feedback survey. - 1 - Summar, of CommunitujSrum Results COMMENTSPUBLIC There were 46 speakers who presented their recommended goals, summarized by topic as follows: Public Comment Summary By Topic • Sports Fields/Parks 9 • Laguna Lake Master Plan improvement/Laguna Lake Dredging 7 • Bikeways 7 • Open Space/Natural Resources Management 6 • Traffic 4 • Long-Term Fiscal Health 4 • Growth Management 3 • Downtown Preservation/Enhancement 3 • Affordable Housing 2 • Tourism 2 • Student Impacts on Neighborhoods 2 • Flood Protection 2 • Joint Use of High School Fields (Holt Field) I • Long-Tenn Water Supply I • Economic Development I • Adobe Restoration I • Los Osos Valley Road Interchange I • Cal Poly Research Park I • Regulating Adult News Racks I • Mardi Gras I -2- Summa of Community Forum Results "VOTING WIT H DOTS" Using the public comments recorded on flip charts and posted on the walls as the "ballot," participants were provided with seven "dot stickers" to place on the sheets to "vote" for up to seven ideas that they felt should be the top priorities for 2005-07. The following summarizes the results,presented in"highest vote"order. Result Summa : "Voting with Dots" Recognize cycling as a viable from of transportation 39 Railroad Safety Trail bike improvements 28 • Acquire open space and support partnerships 26 • Support Holt Field"joint use"sports field improvement project 24 Extend Bob Jones bike trail 23 • Dredge Laguna Lake 21 • Improve bicycling opportunities as alternatives to cars 19 • Add resources for Joint Use Committee field improvements and rentals 17 • Increase on-campus student housing 15 • Implement alcohol permit fees 13 • Complete Bill Roalman Bicycle Boulevard 13 • Maintain Damon-Garcia sports fields 13 More inviting Downtown"infrastructure" such as pedestrian lighting and bulb-outs 13 Adopt alcohol permit fees to clean-up Downtown 13 Remove"hot sheet" news racks in Downtown 11 • Implement Laguna Lake Master Plan 10 • In-fill housing projects 10 • Workforce housing 10 • Maintain bicycle staffing 9 • Support activities that increase TOT revenues 8 • More noise enforcement 7 • More traffic enforcement 7 Address flooding concerns in Laguna Lake area 7 • Support land use for job creation and expansion 6 • Adobe maintenance 6 Higher density housing/smaller housing 6 • Annex the airport area 5 More traffic calming measures 5 • More active involvement with Cal Poly research park 5 • Development should pay as it goes 4 •. Expedite permit processing and reduce development costs 4 • Create citizen participation plan in the General Plan 4 -3- Summary of Community Forum Results "VOTINGr • Result Summary: "Voting with Dots" • Develop long-term water supply 4 • Support revenue ballot measure to fund key services 4 • Provide more housing for the homeless 4 • Keep housing a priority 4 • Address problem of homeless in creeks 3 • Pedestrian and bicycle safety near Foothill Boulevard 3 • Maintenance of Downtown streets, sidewalks and trees 3 • Implement Los Osos Valley Road intersection improvements 3 • Correctly implement Circulation Element goals 3 • Overall care and feeding of Downtown 3 • Improve Downtown cleanliness 3 • New visitor amenities to keep San Luis Obispo's edge 3 • Adopt yard and commercial property maintenance ordinance 2 • Better Police response in neighborhoods 2 • Keep utility costs competitive with other communities_ 2 • Storm drainage 2 • Slow traffic on Broad Street 2 • Improve traffic conditions near Laguna Lake 2 • Continue efforts in flood management 2 • More senior services 2 • Increase the number of resort properties as a way of increasing TOT revenues 2 • Update"Downtown Concept Plan" 2 • Improve directional signage in the Downtown 2 • Downtown street tree maintenance 2 • Fund new Downtown strategic plan 2 • More police Downtown 2 • City should remain the regional shopping center 1 • Place street lights below street trees 1 • Partner with other tourist-related businesses 1 • Improve Downtown safety 1 • Maintain feeling of Downtown uniqueness 1 -4- Summarx of Communitv Forum Results SURVEY RESULTS: LEVEL OF • We received 47 responses to the question: What level of attention would be desirable for each of the following compared with the current situation? In all cases, most respondents said we continue about the same or higher level of attention in all areas. And in the areas of affordable housing, alternative transportation and open space, the majority said we should do more than we are now. Level of Attention Budget Category (Compared to Current) Less Same More Affordable Housing 1 10 25 Growth Management 5 23 7 Neighborhoods/Cal Poly 6 19 13 Streets &Traffic 7 24 13 Transit and Bikeways 1 11 22 Downtown 1 18 16 Tourism 4 15 14 Open Space/Natural Resources 3 15 20 Parks & Recreation 3 19 13 Public Safety 1 2 20 10 Remove"Hot Sheet"News Racks 2 Cal Poly Relations 1 Library Services 1 Dredge Laguna Lake 3 Senior Center 1 Note: Totals are less than 47 in all cases because respondents did not respond to all questions in the survey. -5 - Summa of Communi Forum Results POTENTIALSURVEY RESULTS: Potential Revenue Enhancements for Further Consideration. Please check or list any revenue enhancement opportunities that you would like the Council to discuss at the January 29 goal-setting workshop. (Please note that tax or assessment measures require voter approval). We Received 43 Responses to This Fees and Assessments • Development Permit Applications 9 • Recreation Programs 7 • Paramedic Services (a) 12 • Fire Business Inspections (a) - • Flood and Creek Protection Fees (a) 9 • Street Lighting Assessment(a) 9 • Landscape Maintenance Assessment(a) 11 Taxes • Parcel Tax(Flat amount per property) (a) 4 • Sales Tax 34 • Property Transfer Tax 6 • Transient Occupancy Tax 7 Business Tax 5 • Utility Users Tax 1 Other Revenues • Alcohol Permit Fee 4 • Landlord Fee/Tax 1 • City Gas Tax(b) 1 • Vehicle Registration Fee(b) 1 • Increase Traffic Violation Fines(b) 1 • Increase Parking.Fines 1 • Charge for Parking in Shopping Centers Outside of Downtown 1 • Promote Eco-Tourism 1 • Bake Sale? 1 NOTES a. The City does not have these in place in today;these would be new revenue sources. The other measures would be an increase in current fees or taxes. b. We are pre-empted by the State from having this type of revenue. -6- Summa of Communitv Forum Results POTENTIALSURVEY RESULTS: SERREDUCTIONS Potential General Fund Cost or Service Reductions for Further Consideration. In the event that cost reductions become necessary to balance the budget, where would you like the staff to assess the possibilities? Please check or list any potential reductions you'd like considered. We Received 38 Responses to This Public Safety Community Development • Neighborhood Serv/Crime Prevention 2 . Planning:Development Review 4 • Police Investigations 1 • Planning:Long-Range Planning I • Police Traffic Safety 1 • Building and Safety - • Police Patrol 2 • Engineering: Development.Review 3 • Fire Emergency Response I • Engineering:Capital Projects 5 • Fire Hazard Prevention 3 • Natural Resource Protection I • Disaster Preparedness 4 • Tourism Promotion 6 Transportation • Economic Development 5 • Traffic Safety/Neighborhood Traffic Mgt 1 General Government • Pavement Maintenance 8 • Human Resources/Risk Management 4 • Sidewalks 4 • Financial Management 1 • Traffic Signals and Signs 8 + Information Technology 5 • Street.Lights 3 e Building Maintenance 3 • Creek and Flood Protection 1 • Fleet Management 7 Leisure,Cultural&Social Services Other Services • Recreation Programs 3 Bike Paths I • Park and Tree Maintenance 3 Mardi Gras I • Swim Center 9 Street Sign Replacement 3 • Cultural Services 11 Library Services 1 • Social Services 1 3 7 Summary of Communily Forum Results SURVEY RESULTSt POTENTIAL GOALS , WAYS TO . The following summarizes the 33 responses we received to the question: What suggestions do you have for specific changes or potential goals, and ideas about possible ways to achieve them? The responses are organized by topic: • Affordable Housing • Growth Management • Neighborhoods/Cal Poly • Streets & Traffic • Transit&Bikeways • Downtown • Tourism • Open Space/Natural Resources • Parks &Recreation • Public Safety • Other Suggested Changes or Potential Goals I Possible Ways to Accomplish Them AFFORDABLE HOUSING More workforce housing/dense housing Build smaller houses and only high density High density zoning within '/z mile radius of near Poly Cal Poly; require more smaller houses to be built throughout the City More area zoned for manufactured housing Orcun area specific plan Stop hassling projects like Bride Street Zone for smaller houses,but consider getting big boxes to downsize to meet the scale of our community Encourage more infill Be careful but okay more projects Higher density housing than current How can you solve housing with a green belt? High rise condos Support businesses that offer competitive ages Emphasize on-campus housing. Until that Visit Chancellor and trustees. Attend occurs, speculators will buy up all affordable quarterly meetings housing to fill with students Free up houses More on campus housing at Cal Poly Higher density Lower fees for qualifying developers Public workshops on subsidies and first time Keep infrastructure up with the growth, have home owner programs. Also to permit realistic plans of 10 years from now, and rezoning to mixed use, in order to allow more ,carry out efficient actions to support that high density housing outlook Additional multi unit projects Waive fees for apartments -8- Summa of Communitv Forum Results SURVEY IRESUI­t& POTENTIAL GOALSAND WAYS TO ACHIEVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT You're a great City staff, planning is paramount Keep SLO green and open so that it looks like Stop box stores SLO town, not every other town in California _ Lets not have more big box stores Reduce retail developers Look at growth management for retail businesses NEIGHBORHOODS/CAL POLY Get Cal Poly to take stricter stance on students Pressure university to increase on-campus Encourage and reward good student behavior student housing Have Cal Poly make more on-campus housing Weekend police in residential neighborhoods Alcohol tax for parties More emphasis on Cal Poly to increase on- Be proactive and ask lots of questions; save campus housing, more police presence in SNAP for parking violations and use police neighborhoods, cite noisy parties for noise enforcement and cite Involving Cal Poly in responding to parties in Broaden Cal Poly's police response area neighborhoods Student housing on campus _ STREETS& TRAFFIC More bicycle paths and lanes To slow down SLO and return the Cameras at intersections, change signage, i.e. neighborhoods to just that neighborhoods not no left turn during.high traffic times freeways More bikers means less damage to the streets LOVR/Madonna Road LagunaLake traffic mitigation Forego prevailing wage bids Slow down traffic speeds Use the radar units that seem to be in all police cars Cameras TRANSIT AND BIKEWAYS Railroad safety trail,bike boulevards Finish Bob Jones trail T-Grants, Land Conservancy and Sierra Club Joint fundin Railroad trail Work with community,Bike Coalition Promote Bob Jones trail Work with non-profits and advocate groups on grants A liaison who works continually as a Spokesperson between all city community outreach I agencies/organizations to educate commuters -9- Summary of Communily Forum Results SURVEY RESULTS: POTENTIAL GOALS , WAYS TO ACHIEVE: More buses to Cuesta and Cal Poly, more bike paths so kids can bike to school safely Extend Railroad bike path to Cal Poly Work with Union Pacific RR for right of way access Train track trail More bike space and paths for commuting to White lines to mark path, finish trails school and work Increase the Bob Jones and railroad trails Use bike coalition to help raise funds More promotion and encouragement for use Improved bike trails and later running buses Finish Rail road safety trail,Morro Street Bike Blvd. Rail road safety trail completion and Mono Street Blvd Bike trail DOWNTOWN More pedestrian friendly Clean u Downtown is why the tourist come so we must preserve the downtown Move transients out of downtown and mission laza Stop the malls keep dropping downtown Keep small town feeling Create more pedestrian zones Take homeless off the streets Ticket solicitors Put street lights below trees It's beautiful, keep it that way Upkeep improved Increase the budget for acquisition of open space Make more bicycle friendly TOURISM Address the other issues, Tourism will follow_ Continue open space protection, clean and light downtown. Keep funding the PCC: it's very important Promote high quality, community oriented Through a well organized cycling festival that events within our downtown community that draws on the growing popularity of the sport make use of existing venues and attract and has a priority of promoting and sustaining tourists to downtown shops through events business within the downtown unique qualities "Bicycle Town"as a tourist destination - io- Summary of Community Forum Results SURVEY RESULT!S . .TIN-fIAL GOALS AND WAYS TO ACHIEVE OPEN SPACEMATURAL RESOURCES Double funding level Grant fundis Make the most out of the relationships with non-profits to secure grants. Purchase land for the future City sponsored walk-a-thons along open space trails. A city fundraiser where you pay to walk. Funds used to.purchase new lands Keep open space as a priority Maybe defer large expenditures for a few ears Buy more open sace Continue to support partnerships with Sell surplus property ECOSLO, SLO Stewards and Natural S.L. Plant trees; encourage education for natural resource management. New, expanded multi use trails Allow 3 cmb to build more This is why I love SLO Fix up Laguna area, keep it open and beautiful Dredge LagunaLake PARKS & RECREATION LagunaLake Defer new lights at ball fields in El Chorro Park Advertise, support docent programs Implement Laguna Lake master plan Phases—perhaps new develo ment.funds Renovate high school stadium and ADD pool Joint use agreement; private funding,business partners, grants, etc. Increase acreage Sell under used city land and purchase open space and natural habitat corridors. Plan cooperatively with San Luis Coastal School District on how to better plan,use and maintain recreational facilities PUBLIC SAFETY Make public the names of Mardi Gras organizers and financial supporters Percentage of fees go directly to public safety budget Increase public safety in neighborhoods by Alcohol tax to pay for more officers; increasing PD response time approach Cal Poly to pay for 1-2 SLO PD positions to add to the force(not in lieu of city aidpositions) Better response of police officers to SNAP is good but need serious police neighborhood calls res once OTHER Remove hot sheets from street new racks Change covers Hot sheet locations:possible removal I Less provocative coverage - 11 - ' t SummarX of Community Forum Results SURVEY RESULTS- POTENTIAL GOALSAND WAYS TO ACHIEVE Support library services Sponsor book programs,work with publishers for discounts Get rid of billboards in renovated railroad area off Santa Barbara Street City and City Council are doing a greatjob! Sustaining business with Downtown Laguna Lake dredging Dredge Laguna Lake Use mitigation fees from other projects Laguna Lake master plan and dredging: it's Begin with smaller, lower cost items only going to get more expensive—do it now Cal Poly Relations: Cal Poly students provide Speak with Cal Poly ASI; speak with Cal a huge source of income to the City. Ask Poly and Cuesta clubs and organizations their opinions! We're not all loud alcoholics. Cal Poly students provide a huge source of Speak with Cal Poly ASI, speak with Cal Poly income to the city. Ask their opinions and Cuesta clubs and organizations Dredge Laguna Lake Use mitigation fees from other projects - 12- 2005-07 Financial Plan RESULTS OF • Updated:January 18,2005 2003); and "beautification" (while still a concern) is no longer among the"Top 15." BACKGROUND - Concerns with affordable housing, traffic, street We inserted a"community budget bulletin" in our utility maintenance and student impacts in neighborhoods bills from November to December 2004 informing our continue to be among the top five concerns. customers about the City's goal-setting process, and inviting them to Community Fonim on January 12, 2005 August 2003 Scientific Survey. These results are also and the Council goal-setting workshop on January 29, similar with those from a scientific public opinion survey 2005. This reached all 14,000 of our customers. the City completed in August 2003. It showed affordable housing, growth and development, and traffic congestion In addition to encouraging participation in these as top concerns_. workshops, this bulletin asked our customers to share with us what they believe are the three to five most TOP 15 THEMES important things for the City to do over the next two Based on 363 Responses years. ResponsesTheme SURVEY PARTICIPATION 1. Affordable housing 94 Participation in this survey was very high: by January 18, 2. Reduce/mitigate traffic 88 2005, we received 363 replies. This response is 3. Maintain/repair streets 72 especially notable since this was an "open-ended"survey 4. Address student housing impacts in 65 instrument(it did not provide pre-determined"check-off' neighborhoodsibuild more housing answers), so it required extra thought and effort on the on campus part of respondents to complete and return the survey. 5. "Big box,"discount shopping SURVEY RESULTS opportunities: • Discourage them 55 Caveat: Not a Scientific Survey • Encourage them 50 6. Protect/enhance downtown 52 It is important to stress that this is not a "scientific 7. Limit/control/stop growth 48 survey," and great caution should be used in interpreting 8. Support library services 41 the results. Nonetheless, we believe the results are useful—cspecially when viewed in conjunction with the 9. Preserve open space 40 other forms of feedback the Council will receive in this 10. Improve intersections and 40 process—in gaining additional insight into the concerns interchanges/widen streets of our community. 11. Develop more bikeways 31 But There Are"Themes" 12. Maintain/improve public safety 30 13. Improve recreational opportunities 29 Since these are"open-ended"responses, it is not possible (includes parks and sports fields) to provide a simple, analytical summary of the results. 14. Develop long-term water supply 27 Nonetheless, clear themes emerged. The sidebar summarizes the "Top 15 Themes," presented in order of 15. Improve bus system/enhance 27 the most common responses. alternative transportation How Does this Compare with Other Surveys? Two Years Ago. We conducted the same survey two years ago as part of the 2003-07 Financial Plan, and the results are very similar. In fact, 14 of the top 15 "themes" are the same: the only change is that library services are now in the "top 15" (they weren't"on the radar" at all in - 1 - 4 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses Added Comments: January 18,2005 Stop sprawling real estate development, e.g.,strip malls,apartment buildings, industrial buildings and stores outside the center city area. • Maintain agricultural resources • Convert library services from bricks/mortar based system to virtual web-based system. • Provide more city services via internet-enhance opportunities for users to `-`self:serve" city i services 24-7-365. • Invest in planning for underground "public transport system between airport,Cal Poly,train station and downtown. Explore increasing planning densities in these-area if necessary to enhance feasibility_..________ • Preservation of our public libraries. • Quality of live issues with difference life styles in neighborhoods. Students vs. others often fueled by alcohol. • Maintain adequate water supplies for current population. • Preservation of green space around City. • Open the Marketplace ASAP. • Prado Road overpass. • Open Costco. • Maintain streets and facilities. Put new construction on hold. , • Insure open space and park lands (like Bishops Peak trails and walkways over near Tank Farm Road area. • Adequate parking for high-density housing. • Refuse Dalidio project. Traffic will be a nightmare. Don't put through Prado Road. Project too close to other exits. • Push Buckley Road through to the lower Higuera freeway exist and entrance.. This allows easier freeway access to Edna Valley and Tank Farm areas.. • More stop signs on lower Higuera • Clean willow trees out of the creek to keep from flooding Mguera. • Lower the speed limit to 25 mph. • Patrol LOVR for speeders,_ _ ..... • Spend money wisely. Street signs are ridiculous. • Trees are wrong for our town. They break and fall on sidewalks and must be trimmed. • Underpasses needed at ignored crossings. -43 - 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget_Bulletin Survey Responses • Increase financial support to Joint Use Committee for field maintenance. • Maximum funding and staffing at Damon-Garcia sports complex. •- Free City staff to explore a-joint use Holt Field/Pool renovation project. • As more and more homes in R-1 neighborhoods are being used as dorms for students,please help maintain a visual existing quality of living standards. • SLO has a unique character and charm. Don't let it disappear. • Enforce standards of conduct for the masses of student renters for the decency f the common good. -- _____- .... _.._ -------.-.______..- • Preservation of open space, limiting big box stores and huge parking lots will keep SLO unique and protect wildlife. • Affordable housing with sprawl. Creating-mixed-use areas. We don't want to live in a city full of rich retired people. • Education—limited class sizes to 20 in primary and 25.in upper elementary and secondary classrooms. • Water conservation and sustainable development—more gray water irrigation, solar power, and recycled building materials. • Tax the wealthy residents—millionaires—to help support young families who want to come and _ make this a vibrant place. • Improve traffic flow, especially during peak hours. Areas to improve are LOVR,Tank Farm near Broad,and downtown. • Affordable housing continues to be an area in need of improvement. While new developments are planned, little is allocated to affordable units. • Increase funding to the library. While adults voted Measure L down,the library maintains a strong children's' library that benefits our youth. It is heavily used and should be supported. • Improve non:motorized transportation corridors and connections,including completing sidewalks,curb cuts, bike corridors and bike path between Cal Poly and the railroad (downtown). • Strengthen downtown as the core retail government and entertainment center. Limit or eliminate Marketplace project. Protect land for local food production. • Work with the County and private entities to expand the city's emerald/golden ring(greenbelt)', onto farmland in Edna Valley,LOVR,Chorro Valley and Buckley_area • Synchronize the traffic signals on Madonna Road. • Dredge Laguna Lake. • Repair City streets. _ ----- _ • Provide affordable housing for a median income family. . -44- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • City needs to acknowledge and work with the students who contribute to the City in the form of rent,consumers and a substantial part of the workforce. • City Police Department needs better training on crowd control so that incidents like Mardi Gras don't happen again. • Clean water. The water report shows all pollutants to the exact maximum. • Better and later bus service to provide greater ridership and reduced air pollution. • The working people of SLO need the Marketplace project now. Downtown stores will not suffer. They cater primarily to Cal Poly. • We object as taxpayers to having any type of ballot issue on the Dalidio property. • It would have been so nice to support our home county and local merchants,but the"enviros" just have to have everything their way. • We support the Dalidios. • Improve traffic flow and safety at LOVR interchange, Prado Road interchange and extension to Broad, stop sign at Southwood and Johnson. • Follow through with neighbor complaints for neighborhood blight and noise. • Provide improved and safer crossing at downtown intersections. • Provide another railroad crossing or overpass. • Prepare for growth. It's coming, so let's get ready. • Traffic calming in neighborhoods. Please support speed bumps that effectively slow traffic. Enforce 25-mile speeds. Fostering neighborhood has many benefits to the City. Good relationships and sense of community. • Plan and enforce zoning. R-1 should mean R-1 and added density with garage conversions and extra units should not be tolerated. • Clear creeks of debris and trees to prevent flooding. Ask property owners to bear some responsibility. • Improve roads. • Health help for the poor. • Get after Carter Cable. Their fees are too high. • Keep the library open. • Do not allow school administration to proliferate—Cal Poly, Cuesta, SLO, etc. • Provide additional parking downtown. • More support and money for tree maintenance and planting. -45- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • More support and money for park playground equipment and maintenance. • Tie the traffic signals together on Madonna Road. • Housing-I have lived here over 40 years and during this time I have watched Cal Poly and Cuesta grow. Their housing needs are not equal to the increase. Cal Poly and Cuesta have not been responsible for their share of the growth. If all freshman and sophomores were housed on campus, it would eliminate practically all housing,parking and traffic problems. • There are too many places downtown in"shopping area"that serve alcohol. • Downtown stores are boutique type and not for the average family. Sears, Penny's and Riley's and a number of women's shops have left and been replaced to attract the younger generation and tourists. • Speeding throughout the city is a problem. • Good things—bus service, clean streets, good garbage service, good budgeting. • With all the attention the City has given the downtown business district, it is time to do something to help the residential area that surrounds the downtown. • Traffic,parking, speeders, and noise are excessive. Walking in these areas has become dangerous. • The area around the Marsh Street garage fills with parked cars while the top two floors of the garage are nearly empty. • Efforts to continue and/or expand primary services with volunteer support and additional affordable housing (purchase). • Monitor safety and upkeep of rentals, also traffic and noise to support owners who maintain primary residences. • The library is in need of much upgrading of materials and decent hours. • Get volunteers more involved in community support(routine police activity, library, street adoption and clean-up, etc.). • Control of Cal Poly students. • More permit-only parking on Fredericks Street. • Fix potholes. • No Marketplace. • Preserve downtown. • The City, as the largest land owner in town, is obligated to provide low-cost housing. • Remedy traffic congestion near new construction and plan ahead for alleviation and prevention of bottlenecks. • A realistic workable evacuation plan and elimination or restriction of Diablo nuclear waste. • Attract new businesses downtown to fill the existing vacancies. -46- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Listen to constituents before lawsuits and special elections are forced. • A feeling of neighborhood price. Perhaps a sign at the entrance of each neighborhood; e.g., "Entering Lincoln Area Neighborhood." • Listen to public input more. You agenda vs.our concerns should be balanced. • Enforce the rules in the City. Many people cross on the red, speed on Chorro or Santa Rosa, and there's never a cop around. Conclusion: There are no rules in SLO. • Instead of locking people up who do fraudulent crimes,why not have them do creek clean up and other community service work to make up for their crimes against the neighborhoods. • Renew the lateral sewer line improvements rebate. • Expand use of gray water systems. • Limit enrollment at Cal Poly and/or issue adequate on-campus housing. • Complete Bridge Street project. • Preservation of small-scale downtown,complete with existing pedestrian-scale buildings. • Limiting big box stores. • Environmental preservation. • Local tax for locals. • Support for libraries. • Local housing below $200,000 per house. • Greenbelt. • Get rid of the homeless that are dangerous ex-cons. Do not feed or house them; run them out of town. It is only get worse. • Costco. • In-n-Out. • Bowling Alley. • Please keep the drain clean at King and Branch Streets. • Remove the sidewalk news racks of Hot Sheet Girls. • .Keep Diamond Adult World out of SLO. • Traffic signals on Madonna Road need to be synchronized to reduce standing traffic. -47- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Raise taxes—sales and bed—to maintain and expand services. • Add new housing units within walking distance of downtown by zoning changes, etc.,to greatly increase density. • Build garage and transit hub just east of Santa Rosa. • Measure quality of service provided by City departments. • Intelligently balance City's growth, encouraging light industry and commercial enterprises while maintaining the City's character. Don't let growth get out of control. • Explore ways of increasing our water resources to keep abreast of City's needs and reserves. • Establish guidelines for 50% of all new housing to be affordable. • End construction within downtown that disrupts traffic flow. This is seriously hurting the businesses' livelihoods. Make parking easy, otherwise people won't come to town. • Take steps to prevent drunken free-for-alts attended by young visitors from out-of-town. Curb events that draw such notoriety,costing the City MS. • Bike lanes. • Smooth roads. • Park&ride/shuttle for commuters. • High-rise residential for downtown. • Lose Mardi-Gras. • Affordable housing really needs help. • Roads good. Thanks. • Parks & Recreation—wonderful job. More tennis courts would be helpful. • Garbage and trash provide very good service. • It's still paradise to live hear. People are considerate of each other. • Open soccer fields on Broad • Fund the library now. • Lower sewer bill. • Sidewalk and tree damage caused by your trees to property owners,sewers and driveways. • Customer/citizen driver service delivered by city employees. • Maintain and improve tourism dollars into the City. • Improve communication between the Building,Planning and Public Works Depts. • Reduce the amount of money the City pays to PERS for retirement and obligations. Bring it in line with the average retirement contributions made in the private sector. • SLO City utilities are horrible at receiving payment via checks sent from banks via on-line banking. The rest of the country is with this technology. -48- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Allow Bridge Street project and others. Current city should be densified while limiting growth beyond boundaries. • More bike paths. The City is so vehicle centered and not bike/run centered. More paths like Bob Jones. • Extend Prado Road through to Broad Street at least. A roadway to Johnson between Buchon and Laurel would be beneficial to everyone. - -------------------- • Demand a comprehensive goal for sustainability. We need to have local food and energy in place before the end of oil: • Send hopedances for staff to read and study. • Develop bio-diesel for all city autos and trucks. • Renovate all city structures to have solar roofs. • Develop more;grey_water systemsthroughout the City _ —___.___-_ • Pollution from cars constantly stopping fore the "new"pedestrian supported crossings. Should be lights. • Lower water and sewer rates. • Dredge Laguna Lake. • Skate and skateboard parks within a decent distance of town. • Help the library. • If you will refer to my letter of January 24 and March 30,2004,to the Clerk of the Board, you will recall my suggested better use of a $700,000 grant. You would not have created a hazardous condition and you have already had an accident there. If you continue to leave trees grow in the center of the main thoroughfare,you will have an even more hazardous condition when entering from Diablo and attempting-to turn left for Foothill or Los Osos. The solution to a mistake is to correct it. I drive this daily and suggest that you get it out of my sight and to the prior condition of a four,lane road._ • Stop the SLO Marketplace annex. • Enforce vagrancy laws. The panhandling is getting way out of hand in SLO. Police foot patrols should issue citations. • Clean up lower Laguna Lake. It's stagnant water in summer. • Poor flow into Prefumo Creek. Clean up Prefumo Creek. It almost overflowed this year. • Necessary street maintenance; not"widening"or"increasing" or street"landscaping." • Eliminate spending for"aesthetics"such as sculptures and street decor in downtown area. • Discourage big bog development as a means to obtain low-cost housing. • Re-"mitigate"-thisterm should be removed from city regulations. • City_Council should not indulge in social work when planning._._ -49- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Better housing opportunities for work(non-government) folks. • More parking for downtown. • Annex land and create a zone for housing for locals. • Insist the library cut staff and stop open six days a week without doubling its budget. • Privatize all city services possible to reduce city staff levels. • Affordable housing: Lower income housing. • Create professional jobs. • Better relations between Cal Poly and citizens. • Supportfor,_homeless. Donate money_to Prado Day Center.-` • Remove permit parking for residents at their homes. • Remove trash from cans by trash company regardless of placement. • Parking issues. • Traffic. • Lowering sewage costs. • The homeless problem here in SLO. • Private investor contracts/tax=deductible contributions for programs to help people deal with their problems (addictions; etc.). • Lowering building leases for local residents who want to start and keep a business. • Please repave Santa Rosa and the other half of Murray Avenue. • Low income housing. 13igher paying jobs. • Earthquake retrofit downtown. • Water quality—water resource management. • Improved fire and police training.,__ • Get your Economic Development Mgr., EVC, and Chamber together to develop a plan that would provide far better professional job opportunities. You underutilize your labor force or don't retain. • What happened to the research park that has yet to every show any materialization? It appears that Cal Poly rules and does not want any hiring competition.. • Stop being wishy-washy to the outside business world in attracting good tax revenue dollars. The Marketplace is only the latest one in a series that tells companies SLO is negative on business. • Get after Cal Poly to produce or at least finish more student housing so that you don't continue to wreck the surrounding neighborhoods near the school. • Stop studying everything,vote on everything, committee everything. Make a decision and then live by it. -50- 2005-07 Financial Plan:Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses --.. - ---- — - - _._.. - - _.... • Continue to support the charm of downtown. We don't need a Marketplace when properties are vacant downtown. • Look at parking downtown. Santa.Barbara has longer free parking in garages and cheaper hourly rates which draws both locals:and tourists. One hour free is not quite enough to do brief errands. • Continue to buy and support open space around town. • Work out more ways of providing affordable housing; • Bike lanes—improvementimore. • Buses and bus stops. Need one with a roof on at South Street since the one by Greyhound is closed. A few more night bus routes from downtown. • Loud dnmk people after bars closed. Need to get them home quietly. • Homeless shelter—more food/soup kitchens. May have college students volunteer. • More parking needed and at Cal Poly too. • Housing for workforce. • Housing so our kids can live here. • Housing for others than the rich and elite. • Cutting city staff to reflect size of city. + More parking for downtown: • Support the speed and number of cars on Pismo Street. • Make Marsh Street two-way between Santa Rosa and Johnson as an alternative into town. • Eliminate left turn from Johnson to Pismo. Take it to Marsh. The Johnson/Pismo intersection is very dangerous and has many accidents and is a hazard to pedestrians trying to go to Scolari's. • Dredge Laguna Lake and complete MasterPlan. + Affordable housing. • Promote job growth. • Promote tourism. • Secure an adequate water supply for the future. • Improve City streets. • Cut the size of City government. Make City employees more productive and responsive to citizen needs. • Stop urban sprawl and reduce traffic congestion by supporting alternative transportation. • Increase bicycle paths. Work with Cal Poly to institute restricts on student driving on/to campus. -51 - 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Work to reduce noise pollution in the city by reducing traffic and enforcing noise regulations on vehicles (modified mufflers, motorcycles, boom box speakers,etc.). • Remember that the main reason that people love SLO is clean air, lack of traffic congestion and a vibrant downtown Do not gips m to developers and destroy what is unique about SLO.,_ • Support a vibrant downtown. This should be the commercial center of the City;not the Marketplace. • Reduce traffic. • Reduce development of huge new houses. Concentrate on affordable housing such as condos, small houses, inclusionary housing. • Look to assuring a healthy downtown economy. Encourage shoppers to see it as a vital ' shopping area. • Ease the fees, regulations and takes on small business owners trying to succeed in a high cost area. • Support the public library system. • Encourage low=cost.housing so those who have service jobs in.SLO can afford to live here. • Develop youth programs to keep lads_off the streets. M.._ ---------.---._ ------ _. • Keeping creeks clean should be a high priority. • Keeping the City library open should be a high priority. • Cit and County public transportation should be_a high priority__ • Keeping a good downtown shopping environment;i.e.,just restaurants won't do. • Dead set against the Dalidio project. It will hurt downtown business. I'm outraged that we're fronting the developer money. • 1 miss the' '-bay restroom complex. You were well meaning,but maybe using a portable facility like the excellent.set-up for Farmer's Market. • Keep some small town atmosphere. • Nice work on keeping Meadow Park relatively free of homeless. _....... • Affordable housing for low-income families to rent and to purchase, preferably the latter. • A viable recreation center for children with basketball court,bowling alley,ping pong tables, pool tables,indoor swimming pool,racket ball court,trampoline room;skating rink, skateboarding area, and juice bar for healthy snacks and smoothies...a place where kids could actually hang out to be physically active and socialize. • Slow the traffic on Pismo. Reroute the enormous Johnson Avenue traffic to Higuera or Monterey. Consider making Pismo two-way again. • Work on the bike path from the railroad station to Cal Poly. 52 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Consider reduced lot sizes in the downtown R2 and R3 zones to encourage smaller, less expensive alternatives. Special zoning for appropriate architecture on a small scale; 1000 sq. ft. or less on a 3500 sq. ft. lot. • Limit growth. Manage growth. Keep our city" unique; no ugly buildings. • Require"dignified"homes. The Rancho Obispo homes are jammed in'so close together. The wind tunnel created carries sound and suddenly we live in a New York slum. • Encourage wineries; support plans for small new ones. • Affordable housing. • Control student drinking and noise. --- -- - -- --- ;• Develop affordable housing—to purchase,not just rent. • Get the Marketplace ope_n_. __ • Much new housing is planned out Orcutt and Road corridors. Orcutt traffic routes to Johnson and Johnson routes to Pismo or California. Pismo is a residential street and has freeway speeds at certain times of the day. Do the traffic studies for the Orcutt area and consider that impact. How can we slow traffic on Pismo? • Water—enough so we don't lose treesin a drought. • Traffic management—to prevent accidents. • Police—enough to handle neighborhood problems. • Crime—crease downtown and in neighborhoods. • Road repair._ • Encourage.donations for public art; use_taxes,for basics-- • Balance the budget without adding more jobs until there is a credit balance. • Create affordable housing for low and middle incomes to have an inclusive community. • Keep the mosquito population reduced as much as ecologically possible. • Keep creeks and parks clean and clear for avoiding creek flooding. • Provide well-maintained parks, senior center and homeless facilities. • Affordable housing.. I grew.up here and have raised my children here. Even though I have a good'paying job,I can't afford to buy a home and can hardly afford rent. '• Shopping options. Almost everyone:I know goes out of the county to shop. There are very few _shopping options m SLO I often cannot find needed items._ - -53 - 2005-07 Financial Pian: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Street improved. Santa Rosa Street is a nightmare,especially with the Foothill detour. Many streets need to be repaved. A stoplight at the corner of Tank Farm and Poinsettia would be nice and improve safety. • Police and Fire protection should always be a priority. • Affordable housing. • Agriculture preservation. • Student car parking. Neighborhoods shouldn't have to put up with nuisance parking. • Improve traffic problems. Pismo Street has problems of speed and accident frequency. Pismo and Chorro intersection has serious accidents beyond most. Suggest narrowing Pismo or return it to two-way traffic. • While Ficus trees look pretty,they cost the City and residents a lot in repairs and damage from their falling. First,remove them from the approved list and slowly start replacing them with a more street/sidewalk/structure/plumbing-friendly tree. • Traffic. • Do not close any downtown streets. • Push Cal Poly into providing more on-campus student housing and putting sororities and fraternities on campus (so that fewer students will reside in SLO) by Council visits to Chancellor/Trustees. • More/better police response to neighborhoods to curtain (or at least fine) excessive drinkers, noise makers,vandals. Cost supported by an alcohol tax. • Adopt and alcohol tax; 90% of funds generated t go to SLO PD for more police in neighborhoods; 10% to downtown sidewalk cleanup. • Formalize citizen participation in city government by adopting a Citizen Participation Element to the General Plan. • Install the old-fashioned street lights wherever needed to put light below the tree canopy instead of above it,supported as much as possible by donation (like the benches). • Minimize city government overhead. We are simply spending too much money. $40M for a new police station is totally unacceptable. I think our city government personnel should be thriftier. The new city government building is a bold and painful reminder of our forgotten priorities as it casts a shadow over the CLOSED library. • Fund the library. Be creative. Rent space inside to Starbucks. They want to expand,people want to snack as they browse; it works for Barnes, it should work for us. Fund it permanently and fund it without extra taxes. • Water. I think we are covered here,but ensure we have water for future growth AND for future droughts. -54- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Schools. SLO high is an embarrassment. We MUST spend more to improve the quality of the school's infrastructure, the quality of the student's education, and the safety of our school. Drugs are more common than books there. • Process. Our city has a long and infamous history of berating, harassing, and offending nearly every business that wishes to set up shop here. We need to turn this around 180 degrees and cultivate a nurturing,attractive, and amicable culture for business to thrive and grow. We need to expand our image as a tourist destination and the image of our city as a wine tasting hub. Tourism and business will be the key. • Preserving open space and downtown. No more strip malls. • High-density downtown housing. Be creative. Deny all singly-family residence types that add to traffic and air pollution. • How did you ever approve that butt-ugly county government center? What an eyesore for people coming into town. What a dog. • Improve bus service. Expand downtown trolley service. • Stop wasting money pruning downtown trees so often. • Create an architectural style and stick to it like Santa Barbara does. • I just heard that there was a plan to connect Bishop Street over the train tracks to the other side of town!!! I would love that. I hate going around, taking 15 minutes, to get to the other side of town. It should only take 5 if it went straight across. Please do this. • Finish the Foothill Bridge. • Bring COSTCO. • Paint the red curb longer(like 3x longer!!!)coming out of the Chorro Washington Mutual Bank, on the left side. I almost got in a car accident. Cannot see coming out because of the cars parked there. • Pave some roads. BROAD street around Tank Farm on to Orcutt needs paving bad! Forget ORCUT between Laurel and Tank Farm!! Not as much traffic! They do that road so often,but BROAD needs it more ... • Eliminate the left turn from Buchon onto Johnson. It is dangerous and there are many accidents there due to poor visibility under railroad underpass. • Slow down traffic on Johnson between San Luis Drive and Marsh. It is a speedway. • Look into contracting fire protection. As it is now,too much waste. Why repaint trucks red when a few years back red was discouraged for a safer color? Why buy"hook&ladder"used and spend more than purchase price for delivery and repairs to make unit safe to put into service? Savings could be used for increased police protection. Also,pensions for Police and Fire are out of control. • Make events like Mardi Gras repay city for expenses related to problems. The money saved could be used for the general fund to help pay for projects the taxpayers could benefit from. • Get smaller,more fuel efficient buses. The big ones are never full and a hazard on some of the narrow streets. -55- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Finish the bridge on Foothill between Santa Rosa and California. • Put a stoplight at Johnson and Ella. • Don't hire anyone from Southern California or other large urban area to fill sensitive positions' on the City Council or Planning Dept.. • Try to limit downtown construction to one huge project at a time. SLO-City is doing a nice,job. • Maintain or improve crucial services; i.e., fire, police protection, etc. • Maintain or improve infrastructure; i.e., streets, sidewalks, sewer,water, storm drains, etc. • Provide additional city subsidized rental units, such as Edna-Islay. • Continue or improve help for homeless. • Lowest priority should go to open space and other non-essentials. — --- --- ----- ---- ------------------------------------------------ • Construct railroad overpass/underpass on Orcutt and complete the Orcutt 4-lane road from Broad to Laurel Lane. • Railroad grade separation at Orcutt Road. Widen Orcutt between 227 and Laurel Lane. Improve the Orcutt/Laurel Lane intersection. • Enforce vehicle code concerning bicycles, especially riding at night without lights and running stop signs. • Don't raise parking meter fees. People are discouraged from parking downtown already. • Don't discourage"moderate-priced"housing such as the Bridge Street project as first proposed. • Spend more time repairing sidewalks which have been broken and raised by tree roots. Older people can easily trip on many city sidewalks. __.. ..... _. .- _ _. il, ...._. -- • Stop approving large retaespecially big box stores. Most employees of these stores cannot afford to buy or rent in SLO. Traffic is exacerbated; sprawl is encouraged. Small businesses are threatened. SLO's character is destroyed.. • Encourage mixed-use when building downtown such as apartments on top floor or parting structures and apartments over retail. This encourages walking and reduces traffic, keeps the downtown occupied and alive 24 hours a day,thereby making it safer. • Do more to control driving habits. Many drivers routinely run stop signs and red tights,drive much faster than speed limits,drive without attention,talking on cell phones,etc.. • Encourage-small neighborhood businesses such as corner grocery stores,drug stores,barbers, etc. This fosters a sense of community and encourages walking and reduces traffic. • Place the responsibility for college student noise and disturbances upon the students,not the landlords or others. Keep landlords involved by creating a database of offenders that landlords can check when evaluating applicants • Do something to make the cost of rent affordable. • Convince"In `n Out"to open a restaurant in town. -56- 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Make the off-lease dog park at Laguna Lake official and beautify and maintain it better. – -- ----- ..... ----—..... _..._ -- __.. _- ------ • Keep small town feel. Help "mom `n pops" setup in newly developed.areas instead of big corporations. • Improve availability of affordable housing. • Widen 101 through city and county. • Bicycle paths–railroad safety to Cal Poly and Bob Jones completion. • Open space/greenbelt. • Affordable housing. • Fix the roads. • N overpass on Orcuttto avoid backups from the trains. • More police presence. • We would.appreciate if you would consider a priority to connect Bishop.St over the train tracks to the side of town where Los Osos Valley Road is. This will provide shorter and faster access to the shopping center at the crossroad at Madonna Road as well as to Los Osos and vice versa. • Continue to buy open space.. • Relieve traffic congestion at Madonna and Higuera.intersection. • Continue to improve the bike path network. • Promote alternative transportation. • Maintain streets. • Pedestrian signal at 800 block of March and also Higuera. Synchronize with signals so that when signals are on green and traffic is flowing,they don't flash and stop traffic flow. • Keep updating water and sewer. • Move ahead with Costco and the Marketplace. • As a whole, I think the City staff is doing agood job. • Start up the $2000 sewage rebate. - -- • Support.affordable housing. • Put Dalidio project into the hands of the voters to decide how to use the property. The city cannot make this decision alone. • Decrease building fees for homes,they make housing outrageously expensive.. • 'Support Police and Fire however possible: • Extend bicycle route from Orcutt to Avila -57- 1 � 1 2005-07 Financial Plan: Community Budget Bulletin Survey Responses • Continue efforts for low and middle-class housing and granny units. • Encourage low water use in new and existing landscapes. Encourage home gardens which are appropriate for the climate. • Greenbelt and open space—continue efforts. • Retain local downtown if possible through the retrofit process. Low-cost retrofit loans? Assistance with grant applications? • Get pensions under control fairly. • Road/vehicle traffic corner of 227 and Tank Farm,including Tank Farm and Sante Fe corner =needs improvements. A left-turn to Sante Fe from Tank Far`tn is necessary: 'There is a waste of about 4 miles driving from 227 to Buckley Road for workers along Santa Fe Road and back of the airport. • Handicap parking should be assigned at the Morro Street parking by the Post Office: The parking.garage assigned parking is insufficient. 58- RED FILE MEE;TINQ AGENDA COUI LCit I I ICI I IOA A to v EM #�'� January 25,2005 FROM: Ken Hampian, Ci Administrative Officer P City Bill Statler,Director of Finance & Information echnology SUBJECT: PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER MAJOR CITY GOALS In preparation for the goal-setting workshop on Saturday, January 25, attached is the consolidated listing of candidate major City goals submitted by Council members, organized by major functional area. (These should be inserted into Section 6 of your goal-setting notebook.) Please call Bill Statler at extension 125 if you have any questions concerning the attached summary. L7OUh'' iL — CAO — CDD DIR ACRO -IN DIR ATTCR Fy FIRE CHIEF CLERK O,!, PW DIR DEP N qDs POLICE.CHF REC DIR U%DIR �----y. _ ❑ HR DIR GABudget Foldm\A.Fimncial Plans\20U5-07 Fimmial Plan\Council Goal-Set ing\Cotmci7 Candidate GoalskTmmmittal Memorandum,Consolidated City Goals.dm I 2005-07 Financial Plan PROPOSED COUNCIL MEMBER MAJOR CITY GOALS OVERVIEW 4. Continue to maintain City Infrastructure—roads, sidewalks, water, sewer, storm drainage, parks— at a moderate level, with special emphasis on Major City Goals. The following consolidates downtown. proposed Major City Goals for 2005-07 received from the Mayor and Council members. They are Transportation organized by major functional area as follows: Interchange,Intersection and Street Widening 1. Public Utilities Improvements 2. Infrastructure Maintenance 5. Aggressively pursue projects to relieve traffic 3. Transportation congestion, such as: Prado Interchange, Los 4. Leisure, Cultural&Social Services Osos Valley Road Interchange Improvements, widening of Santa Barbara, Ifiguera, Los Osos 5. Community Development Valley Road and highly congested intersections. 6. General Government Bicycle Trails In general, we have tried to group similar goals together within each function. 6. Bikeways. Negotiate for the Railroad Safety Trail right-of-way and begin construction of the Potential Revenue and Expenditure Options for next phase of the trail. Begin construction of the Future Consideration. The consolidated listing of Bob Jones trail from Prado to Los Osos Valley proposed Major City Goals is followed by a Road; Complete improvements to the Bill summary of the responses received from the Mayor Roalman Bike Boulevard. and Council members on potential revenue enhancements and service reductions for future 7• Complete Roalman Bicycle Boulevard. consideration. 8. Design and construct Railroad Safety Trail MAJOR.CITY GOALS between 101. and Cal Poly, and the Bob Jones Trail on the Wastewater Treatment Plant Property. Public Utilities Leisure,Cultural& Social Services Long-Term Water Supply 9. Move forward on Laguna Lake Park Master Plan 1. Continue to aggressively pursue the Nacimiento implementation Water Supply project. 10. Commence detailed studies (method of 2. Long-term water supply. dredging, selection of site to deposit materials, permit requirements, cost estimates and method Infrastructure Maintenance of funding)for Laguna Lake. 3. Focus on maintaining existing infrastructure 11. Recreation. Fund Damon-Garcia facility before new annexations or new capital management and work with the joint use improvements, i.e., LOVR/101, roads, trees, committee to further the redevelopment of public facilities. school district properties. Build the therapy pool at Sinsheimer Aquatic Center. Begin phased improvements to the Laguna Lake as per the Master Plan. 2005-07 Financial Plan: Proposed Council Member Major City Goals Page 2 12. Seek to set aside funds for maintenance of Neighborhoods/Area Planning athletic fields, the Damon-Garcia sports fields, protection of adobes,art center and rail museum. 20. Neighborhoods. Develop and implement street Seek to transfer Mardi Gras funding in the last tree planting programs for areas such as Osos three years to other projects such as noted in this Street with community"planting days." Replant item and above with the success of ending Mardi empty street wells. Gras. 21. Continue neighborhood services programs and 13. Senior Center improvements move forward with Neighborhood Wellness/Community Participation Plan. 14. Maintain library funding. 22. City Entrances. Complete Broad Street Community Development planning. Identify entryway enhancements that may be achieved by service or neighborhood Housing organizations. 15. Infill housing on South Broad Street before 23. South Broad Street corridor plan. Orcutt annexation. Open Space Preservation 16. Aggressively follow up on adopted Housing Element with update of Land Use Element, 24. Natural Resources. Continue funding open encouragement of Poly housing on and near space acquisition and the Natural Resources Campus, and rapid processing of housing program. Maintain and enhance open space, projects within the City. creeks and riparian habitat. Continue "SLO Stewards"program. 17. Implement the newly adopted Housing Element. Seek to get our full share of HCD and CDBG 25. Continue funding open space program and grant money for housing. Also,lobby to support collaboration with ECOSLO. full funding of Section 8 affordable housing money and support tax incentives to promote Downtown private investment in the production of rental housing units. 26. Extend Downtown. Identify a parking solution for the"Uptown area of Monterey Street so that 18. Affordable housing. the area can be included in the parking district and zoned to CC; acquire grant funding for 19. Complete the annexation of Margarita area and developing a "West End" specific plan; and the annexation of the airport area to comply with pursue Mid-Higuera project funding. our housing element. Support the annexation of the Orcutt area for future housing also as part of 27. Downtown. Identify and work to encourage the our housing element. Encourage Cal Poly to development of downtown hotels and continue its housing program. Stop legislative conference facilities. Study the use of the Palm- efforts to deny revenues from all annexations, Nipomo Garage roof for a possible conference especially the VLF for property tax scheme (see area, with the objective of a "public/private" Michael Coleman's report: The VLF for Property partnership. Enhance downtown with pedestrian Tax Swap of 2004;Problems for Annexations lighting program implementation. and New Incorporations.) Strengthen City control over urban boundaries so the sphere of 28. Garden Street makeover. influence law would ban county development in the urban reserve line and stop counties from 29. Downtown improvements: signage, lighting, blocking annexation in exchange for sidewalks,parking. unreasonable property tax sharing agreements. 2005-07 Financial Plan: Proposed Council Member Major City Goals Page 3 30. Support the expansion of the Copeland Phase 3 measure would be for a bond rather than sales of downtown development on Palm Street tax measure and have a fixed payoff date. including downtown housing component. Continue to support the downtown concept plan. POTENTIAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OPTIONS General Government Balanced Budget Potential Revenue Enhancements for Further Consideration 31. Long-term fiscal health. If more than one, number of responses in parentheses 32. Balance the City budget. Hold spending staff Can Be Approved by the Council time and funds for Monterey Plaza, Mission Plaza improvements, undergrounding utilities in . Paramedic Services(2) Districts 16 and 17 and evaluate what public . User fees should be set at adequate works projects can be extended to help balance reimbursement levels the two year budget. Seek to secure from the . public/private partnerships(cellular site lease) state our share of Proposition 41 transportation . Increasing fines dealing with negative behavior funding and reauthorization of TEA-21, especially the guaranteed funding levels and Require Voter Approval "firewalls" established in TEA-21. We must receive our fair share of Highway Trust Funds. . Sales Tax(3) (See the.National League of Cities (NLC) and . Real Property Transfer Tax the Brookings Institute report titled: Are State and Local Revenue Systems Becoming Potential General Fund Service Redactions Obsolete? Available on the NLC website under for Further Consideration city research reports atwww.nlc.org) If more than one, number of responses in parentheses Revenue EnhancementT notecdon • Recreation Programs 33. Encourage and promote retail projects that will • Park Maintenance:.Mow less frequently increase sales tax revenue, and projects that will • Engineering: Capital Projects increase lodging and conference facilities, • Planning: Development Review thereby increasing TOT. • Planning: Long-Range Planning • Engineering: Development Review 34. Increasing tourism. • Pavement Maintenance • Sidewalks 35. Protect existing city revenues from further state • Social Services legislative actions such as ACA 5 that would • Building Maintenance change PERS from a defined benefit to a defined • Fleet Maintenance contribution method and a possible ballot • EVC Funding measure on the same subject by Assemblyman • VCB Funding Richman. Further, that the federal government not impose social security payments by all City Comments employees • Supportive of a GO bond for public safety 36. Examine location and future funding possibly facility for the police department under item 41. using a ballot measure for a limited time CII' If a ballot measure were offered for general bond measure for a new police -public safety service maintenance, it should only be a and emergency response center in the area of temporary revenue measure to expire in three to Prado and Los Osos Valley Road. A ballot four years as voters are likely to reject an open ended increase in taxes. 2005-07 Financial Plan: Proposed Council Member Major City Goals Page 4 • My goal is to avoid personnel RIF [reductions in force] and reduce CIP and maintenance. I do not favor ballot measure unless more evidence is presented that this option has some prospects for success. • I'm not interested in cutting ANY of the services we now provide. I do think we should discuss having a survey done to see if our voters would support an increased sales tax to fund Laguna Lake Dredging, Open Space Acquisition, Flood Control Activities, Traffic mitigation/ Road Improvements or other activity that will require major funds but we just aren't going to have money for. Diane Reynolds-Goal Settings of �' O Page 1 From: <MsKRoth@aol.com> To: <bstatler@slocity.org> Date: 1/28/05 9:01 AM Subject: Goal Setting -City of SLO ADDITIONAL TENNIS COURTS REQUIRED This situation came to everyone's attention last year when the local recreational women's tennis league increased due to popularity of the sport. Their court usage conflicted with the regular informal users of the public tennis courts. A poll was taken by the Parks& Recreation Department that reflected the need for more local public tennis courts. After many heated Joint Use Committee meetings a workable interim agreement was achieved. However, this is not a long-term solution. These growing pains that we are experiencing in SLO indicate the need to accommodate the increase in interest and demand for more tennis courts. The sport of tennis is a healthy, low cost, low impact sport that can be played at any level from social to competitively. Further, it is a sport that can be played at any age,so it is especially beneficial to seniors. The continued growth in the sport of tennis in San Luis Obispo reflects the need for more tennis courts. For the last 4 years, as a contract tennis instructor for the San Luis Obispo Parks & Recreation Department, I have offered a low cost summer tennis program to children to introduce them to a sport in which they might not ordinarily have exposure and instruction. The NJTL (National Junior Tennis League) program has been extremely popular, and every year I am able to accommodate between 150—250 children.The program serves children between the ages of 8— 17 years old. It has become increasingly difficult to continue to operate this program because of the lack of facilities. Presently, we are using at the SLO High School tennis courts. There is no shade for the children, and restrooms are a long hike away but we are still willing to use this facility. Every year there is a battle as to which group will get to use the facility in the cooler momings; either high school tennis camps or the NJTL Parks & Recreation program. Even in these less than ideal circumstances the program is _4Gvd a huge success,with its popularity demanding a waiting list every year. CCU,NCIL , CDD DIR Paul LeSage detailed the ideal ratio of population to tennis courts in a ' CAO FW DIR report to the Joint.Use Committee and the Parks& Recreation commission. I doh ACAO FIRE CHIEF not recall the exact figures, except that San Luis Obispo does not come close ATTORNEY PW DIR to this ratio. ; CLERKIORIG POLICE CHF With additional public tennis courts there would be many more programs and -' Dom, _tir SDS REC DIR avenues for the community to be involved in activities such as team tennis, !�1n�'' UTIL Di,R recreational tennis leagues,tennis tournaments, various classes and walk-on 1'� --- HR DIR tennis court use. This would help alleviate some of the pressure on Sinsheimer tennis courts in San Luis Obispo,the only public tennis facility with more than one tennis court. We need to work toward better support of our seniors, adults and youth in their desire to play tennis. Karen Roth 534-0466 34-0466, RED FILE M EETIG AGENDA RECEIVED DATE / ITEM # — JAN 2 8 2005 SLO CITY COUNCIL ERECEIVIED 2005 UNCIL SAN LUIS OBISPO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY - 1/18/05 Mayor Dave Romero & Council City of San Luis Obispo City Hall , 990 Palm St . San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Dear Dave & City Council Members: As president of the SLO Friends of the Library, I wish to express our thanks to the City for the contribution of $14 ,000 per year to the SLO City/County Library. Since the disappointing failure of Measure L, the whole county system is in dire straits. Along with the League of Women Voters of SLO County who helped in the Measure L campaign to support Libraries , we recognize the need for other sources of funding Libraries are a vital and important part in our communities ; we hope you can see your way clear to increase your contribution in this next budget year . r Sincerely, Dotty Conner, President cc : Marguerite Bader , President , SLO League of Women Voters City Council members : Brown , Ewan , Mulholand , Settle %COU CIL ;TCDD DIn /CAO Z FIN DIR ,Z�CCAO -" >FIRECHIEF RED FILE ;2.A70RNEY ;pw oiR Ki CLERK/ORIG 2-POLICE CHF M ING AGENDA ElDEPT HEADS cRc DIR U7iL DIR DATE4 ITEM # _ �_ �� DIR P.O. BOX 1135 • SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93406 (805) 594-8962 Julie O'Connor-Quick budget thoughts From: "Bonnie McKee" <bonniemckee@sbcglobal.net> To: <jewan@slocity.org>, <pbrown@slocity.org>, <dromero@slocity.org>, <cmulholl@slocity.org>, <asettle@slocity.org> Date: 1/19/05 9:17PM Subject: Quick budget thoughts (I promise) ERECEIVED I was unable to speak at the Community Forum last week since my kids' NO.) attention spans ran out soon after the cookies. I would like to ask you to consider how important dedicated bike paths areLERK for families in this community. Not bike lanes in the streets (which are great for adults), but bike paths Pike the Bob Jones Bike Trail. Kids need a safe place to ride and explore. Thanks Bonnie McKee RED FILE �o NC L 7 CDD DF' ACAO FIN DIR ME I G AGENDA _ ATTORNEY FIRE CHIEF DATE # 0 EERK ORIG �OL CE CHF EADS LJ PEC DIR L TIL DIR I -�._., HR DIR