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Home My WebLink About04/10/2007, BW#1 - BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS: MAINTENANCE Page 1 of 2 ,� Jq This message was sent with importance.high 9 9 Attachments can contain viruses that may harm your computer.Attachments may not display correctly. Settle,Allen From: Jean Anderson [slohpver@charter.net] Sent: Mon 4/9/7007 4:58 PM �vna;15 To: Carter,Andrew; Romero, Dave; Mulholland,Christine; Settle,Allen; Brown, Paul ` CQUACIL Cc: Bochum,Tim; Walter,.Jay 91 CAU C9 Fl�1, DI FA Subject: Budget considerations: Maintenance N ACAO Z FIRE CHIEF ® ATTORNEY J PW DIR Attachments: Walter Jay 8-24-02.odf(83KB) F)ATT80463.htm(226B) ® CLERK/ORIG 211 POLICE CHF ❑ DEPT HEADS PS REC DIR Mayor Romero and members of the City Council: R 'Cebu^e 9 UTIL DIR I first sent this message to you at the City's group address, but do not know_if any of you ever received it. I am-kiidiii attend the Council meeting tomorrow evening. r I /r_j D !zo Choi tRE(CEI,I VE Jean Anderson ;-___ 13 60""C; 1 APR 1 2007 MEETING AGENDA First sent January 24, 2007: - -------------------------------- SLO CITY CLERK DATEoy c c ITEM #Oy When you hold your Goal-setting Workshop on Saturday,I implore you to consider the safety of all citizens of and visitors to San Luis Obispo: pedestrians,cyclists, and motorists. Much of the downtown and other infrastructure in San Luis Obispo is truly broken, putting many at risk. As most,or all,of you are aware, I not only drive a GEM electric car, but am a pedestrian and cyclist as well, serving a second term on the Bicycle Advisory Committee. I make it a point to observe not only behavior of those walking,cycling and driving, but those things that make it dangerous for people to walk,cycle or drive in this city. 1. Pedestrians: Many of our sidewalks are badly in need of repair. Neither the City nor property owners are'doing their part to repair or keep our sidewalks clear and free of debris,all kinds of garbage, parked cars, cracks,wide gaps and deep holes. Considering how many seniors now live in or Gose to the downtown area, it is imperative that all sidewalks and transitions to street crossings be safe for those who are not as stable as they used to be,for those who use canes or walkers,and for those in wheelchairs. Many sidewalks are cluttered with newspaper holders and other debris that make it very difficult to get by on our narrow sidewalks. Many of the tree plantings also can be pedestrian traps. About 3 years ago I.suggested strongly that Public Works check out the rubberized sidewalks(from recycled automobile tires),tested in Santa Monica (see htto://www.rubbersidewalks.com/and http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/243444 ncenterOS.html).After having been tripped by a group of college students on Monterey Street, I would much prefer to fall on a rubberized sidewalk than a concrete one! 2. Cydists: Most bike lanes in San Luis Obispo are not built ormaintaned to City or Caltrans(State)standards. Stripes and signage in many areas have faded to almost non-existence. Maintenance and debris clearance is also very poorly done.When the City has performed slurry sealing, bike lanes and pedestrian areas have been negatively affected,with up to 1-1/2"of height differences. I brought this to the City's attention back in Aug. 2004(see attached PDF copy of a letter to Jay Walter). Bike lanes are not the safest place for cyclists to ride—and inferior bike lanes put more people at risk. Please bring the existing bike lanes up to standard before striping more! 3. Motorists: Many areas in San Luis Obispo seem to attract drivers who pay no attention to speed limits. It would be nice to have Marsh and Higuera, south of Nipomo Street,with slower traffic. Many drivers seem to consider those areas speedways into or out of the downtown--and it can be difficult for pedestrians crossing any of those areas—especially Marsh at Beach,and anywhere between Nipomo and the Marsh/Higuera intersections. Also,those subcontractors who are doing the latest round of digging up city streets many times leave open gaps and holes for unsuspectiing motorists and pedestrians. Doesn't anyone from the City check their work? 4. Education: Ongoing education programs for children (as peds and cyclists),for older and adult cyclists,as well as for errant motor vehicle drivers (including local bus drivers),and our police officers(who do not always cite reckless cyclists or drivers and who do not truly know the rights of bicyclists on our roads and streets)can be done by many volunteers in our City.The local group of League Cycling Instructors(trained and certfied by the League of American Bicyclists) have proved that over the past four years with our free cycling classes. Remember that there can be more"bang for the buck"with quality education programs for pedestrians,cyclists and motor vehicle.drivers--as well as an added level of safety for all. Please consider a pedestrian advisory board as well.There is really no one who speaks for those of us who try to stay healthy by walking around this city. _ Sincerely, Jean E.Anderson,LCI#839 San Luis Obispo,California Phone: 805-545-9003 https:Hmait.slocity.org/exchange/asettle/InboxB udget%20considerations:%20Maintenance.EML?Cmd=o... 4/10/2007 Page 1 of 1 O Settle Allen From: D. &E. Dollar[ddollar@pacbell.net] Sent Mon 4/9/2007 10:27 AM To: Carter,Alice; Mulholland,Christine; Romero, Dave; Settle,Allen; Brown, Paul _ Cc: R=U ri Subject: 2007-09 Budget MEETING AGENDA Attachments: DATFoy-10- 7ITEM # L Mayor and City Council, As a concerned resident of San Luis Obispo, I wish to make public comments on the 2007-09 Budget. Please enter my comments in the record. Comments For the 2007-09 Budget cycle,I think that it should correlate to Measure Yident/ried pnoriGes With that in mind,the large request for updating the Land Use Element,should be put off for at least two to four years for Measure Y catch up. Updating the WE is not on the Measure Y list. Street Paving-reduce street paving budget by 25 to 30% and use that money as suggested below. Gas at$4 plus a galleon will help on street wear and tear.The proportion of the budget proposed for street paving is too high. Law Enforcement-add one or two more additional patrol officers to the Police Department than requested. LOVR Interchange-I do not think the new development In that area has paid a fair share of the impacts they are causing. Recoup fees from them. Get the fees right for future development. Maybe you noticed the recent article in the LA Times,CalTrans suing developments to pay their way for road impacts. Homeless Services-use some money from street paving to help,esp. with 125 kids being homeless in our city-this is horrible. Add$200,000. Affordable Housing-stop approving high end housing projects.Approve projects that have at least 25% affordable housing (by common definition). Downtown-close Higuera St. on Thursday afternoon at 3PM to have more pedestrian friendly downtown. Open Space-increase land acquisition funding to$350,000. Form an Open Space Committee.to help city and staff with all the valuable and highly loved open space the city has.The recently updated Conservation and Open Space Element of the General Plan provides for an Open Space Committee. Land Use Element-drop idea for at least two to four years to use budget money for Measure Y issues.The LUE is still very functional and can be amended if truly needed.The cost is way too expensive. Please give my comments consideration at the Budget Workshop tomorrow. Sincerely, Don Dollar — SLO 781.0118 4ic': Py' RiECENVED Cuurdcl� X CDb-DIR .... ��R 1 U 2001 ® CAO i FIN DIF ® ACAO 91 FIRE CHIEF SLO CITY CLERK ®ATTORNEY IR PW DIR 62 CLERK/ORIG 19 POLICE CHF 0 DEPT HEADS ® REC DIR ® UTIL DIR ® HR DIR {$ CRo so � Council https-//mail.slocity.org/exchange/asettle/Inbox/2007-09%20%2OBudget.EML?Cmd=open 4/10/2007 Page 1 of 1 O O . Council,SloCity From: Philip Ruggles[pruggles@calpoly.edu] Sent: Tue 4/10/2007 9:42 AM To: Council,SloCity Cc: Subject: April 10,2007 City Council Meeting,Staff Report, p. 1-79, paragraph #1, "Open Space Stakeholders" Attachments: RECEIVED Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members: flO R 10 2097 The uses and conditions of the City's Open Spaces most immediately SLO CITY CLERK impact homeowners with property adjacent to the Open Space. Homeowners additionally play an important role in Open Space preservation by monitoring conditions and reporting problems, day and night, seven days a week. In reality, we are a critical supplement to RED FILE the City Park Ranger coverage at no cost to the city. - MEETING AGENDA As a homeowner with property immediately adjacent to City Open Space, PA11E911L-_ °1 ITEM #LJ. I I would like to respectfully request that "Homeowners living adjacent to City of San Luis Obispo Open Space" be included as "stakeholders for Open Space Preservation." ema�1, EACAO I am not asking that the City of San Luis Obispo do anything exceptallow us to be identified as stakeholders. pIR€CHIEF Feel free to contact me if you have questions at pruggles@calpoly.edu or 543-5968. O. a ljaLICE CHF DS M RtC DIA 2 TIL-DIR. Thank you. os• 2 HR DIR14 •__ -- i5 CAO Philip K. Ruggles * Professor Emeritus * Graphic Communication Dept. C.1-Ir 'le�� Cal Poly State University * San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 e-mail: pruggles@calpoly.edu * voice: (805) 543-5968 https://mail.slocity.org/exchange/slocitycouncil/Inbox/April%2010,%202007%20City%2OCouncil%20M... 4/10/2007 Valk ema �5 X COUNCIL $ cbb DIR 0 RED FILE C ® CAO ® FIN DO MEETING AGENDA ® ACAO �§ FIRE 'CHIEF ® ATTORNEY ® o1N DIR DAT ,i -rn ITEM #_aA�*L 12 CLERK/ORIQ � POLICE GHF P.O. Box 712 ❑ DEPT HEADS ® REC DIR San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 -r°' ° -- Q�.ls..$� a� ® HRI IR D R April 9, 2007 _—. _ ca oEto 1XIMayor David Romero and City Council R E C ff I V ED IV e oo(4nc:1 oeb I City Hall San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 FUDR i U 2007 Dear City Council: SLO CITY CLERK The announcement of the city's priorities in last Friday's Tribune has brought concern to many of us looking at the future of San Luis Obispo. Particularly troubling is the priority to "Work with county on planning the Prado/101 overpass," as if the need for an overpass is a given, and using sales tax for its planning is OK. It is the residents' understanding that the sales tax windfall was supposed to be used for"restoring many services lost in the leaner" previous budgets, not starting expensive, controversial new projects. The "Yes on Measure Y" campaign made no mention of funding the Prado Road interchange with the sales tax increase, and for good reason. It would likely have lost. In 2004, city residents voted to make the Dalidio development pay for itself, rather than subsidizing it with sales tax money. By the narrowest of margins in 2006, city voters approved the project with assurances from three Supervisors that their "taxes will not increase one penny and no other highway and road improvements will be delayed" (letter from Supervisor Lenthall to the Third District voters). City voters have showed that they are deeply split regarding the project, and they have never authorized Council to spend money on it. It is premature to devote any funds to the Prado Road interchange. First of all, due to pending litigation, the Initiative J project may not go forward. Why should the city give any money at all to this county project? City staff in its report to the "Lenthall Committee" prior to the election indicated that the city would lose about$1 million a year if Measure J passed. The sales tax will go to the county and all the negative impacts to city residents. The developers have deliberately damaged the city and our General Plan. There is no good reason for the city to give a financial subsidy to the Dalidio Ranch Project. The city should not lift a finger to help the developers at this time. Secondly, the city should wait to see if Measure J is defeated in court. If it is, many possibilities will open up. Perhaps the developers will apply for annexation and give half the land to open space, as they promised to do in the 1994 General Plan. Perhaps they will scale back the project to the point there will be no need for another interchange, now estimated to cost the taxpayers more than $50 million. Alternately, the city and county could get together with the taxpayers' money they are thinking about spending on an interchange and buy the 131 acres of agricultural-zoned land for open space and recreational uses. Suggestions of multiple uses, such as organic agriculture and a park with a science museum, have been offered in public forum. These would avoid a traffic J and flood nightmare, improve the life of residents and attract far more tourist dollars than additional box stores ever could. Thirdly, the Land Use and Circulation Element updates are coming up shortly. The need for the Prado Road interchange should be explored during the public hearing process, and all alternatives thoroughly explored. No money at all should be allocated to facilitate the development of the Dalidio Ranch project and its interchange, especially given the uncertainties at present. Instead, Council should devote funds to improving the Los Osos Valley Road interchange and to restoring the neighborhood paving program. Sincerely, Rosemary Wilvert President, Citizens for Planning Responsibly 0 0 Hampian, Ken RECEIVED From: Brett Cross [brettcross@hotmail.com] APR 1. 0 200-7 Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:48 PM To: Council, SloCity; Hampian, Ken SLQ CITY CLERK Subject: Budget Workshop April 10 City Council Meeting �ft4coP� is: -9 COUNCIL _. &CDD DIR' CAO To: San Luis Obispo City Council 9 ACAC 9J FIN DIR ®-FIRE CHIEF P9 ATTORNEY R PW,DIR From: Residents for Quality Neighborhoods -N CLERK/ORIG ZPOLICE CHF' ❑ DEPT HEADS 2 REC DIR Q1�Tr ® UTIL DIR Date: April 10, 2007 RED FILE ! - bh 01 MEETING AGENDA 81 eao V6+ e(e�(t Dear Council Members, � oy,o o2 ITEM # OWI ® c•ou12, t On behalf of the members and Board of Directors of Residents for Quality Neighborhoods I would like to express RQN's support for the request by the Police Department for additional Patrol Officers and the request by the Community Development Department for an additional Code Enforcement Officer. The staff report provides an excellent analysis of the.City's staffing levels in these two departments and a comparison of our community's staffing levels to those of other communities. The action plans created by both departments are comprehensive and well thought out. Both requests for increased staffing in these departments will be vital in the City's Neighborhood Wellness goals. Again, I would recommend that the Council include additional staffing requests in those departments and I would like to commend staff on a very well presented budget document and especially the Neighborhood Wellness programs that are being recommended. Sincerely, Brett Cross Chair, Residents for Quality Neighborhoods i 0 O Page 1 of 1 Council,SloCity From: Calvin Wilvert[cwilvert@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tue 4/10/2007 1:29 PM To: Council,slocity RECEIVED Cc: Subject: Prado Road Interchange APR 10 2007 Attachments: SLO CITY CLERK Dear City Council: I urge you not to even consider spending any new sales tax money on planning or building the Prado Road Interchange until after the results of the lawsuit are announced. Calvin Wilvert RED ri-c MEETING AGENDA ILt �Sao � C�� DATE2i ooh ITEM #1 1 @ACAO F,ry DIR ®AMpt4E r FIRE CHIEF CLERK/Op1,3 P11,DtR DEpr MIAOS OCE GNF !� M - Oke 6(R` UT/L 61h ea0 ® CiF ( e(er� A co�hcr� https://mail.slocity.org/exchange/slocitycounciL/Inbox/Prado%20Road%20Interchange.EML?Cmd=open 4/10/2007 RIM I nri J ®AT TEM #hL_ si ` RECEIVED APR 06 SLO CITY CLERK 2OCCUNCIL e2rCDD DIR WCAC eFIN DIR J; ACAO .e FIRE CHIEF C31ATTORNEY 2rPW DIR fa'CLERW0810 -Z POLICE CHF _ 0 DEPT HEADS � EC DIR kkTI6 DIM R DIR Aformerly homeless client enjoys an --'C,%I .., opportunity to garden as part of the tran- sitional housing program. Eureka's Multiple Assistance Center Maxdo imizes Support for Homeless The concept of a multiple assistance center(MAC)aims to break the cycle of homelessness by successfully transitioning program participants toward stable employment and permanent housing. The City of Eureka's MAC project was first introduced in 1996 as a new approach to solving issues of homelessness. By integrating on-site specialized care and support services with on-site transitional housing and multiple-step programs, the MAC is designed to help families and individuals achieve self-sufficiency. Historically,homeless services were dispersed at various locations throughout Eureka, p resulting in limited access and availability for those with mental and physical disabilities. �j/ SSC �Ir/,_tp Local service providers estimate that the unmet demand for local emergency shelters,af- fordable housing and homeless-related services affects 30 percent of all homeless people. L And local service providers expect the need for shelters and services to continue at cur- �Q rent levels, if not worsen as the population increases. Without an innovative solution to these problems,the likely trend would be a gradual �[ worsening of homelessness in Eureka. But previous site selection processes for homeless M �d2 �' /�j %e�a shelters (with no program services) in Eureka had been divisive,contentious and futile. / C/�,.� continued on page 2q The City of Eureka won an Award for Excellence in the Housing Programs and Innovations category of the 2oo6 California Cities Helen Putnam Award for Excellence program.For more information about the awards program,visit www.eacities.org/helenput=. 16 League of California Cities www.cacities.org A _ Eureka's Multiple Assistance Cei 'daximizes Supportfor Homeless,continued frc�1_119e.16 To meet this challenge,the city sought MAC Becomes Primary Strategy egy.Since 1996,the project has become funding,partnerships and public support Confident that the MAC would meet central to the city's efforts to assist home- to select and acquire property for the con- a critical need in Eureka and ultimately less populations in the community. struction of a new and innovative facility provide an improved,more efficient and The City of Eureka assumed a leadership that would combine affordable transition- cost-effective delivery of homeless services, role in building the necessary public and al housing and multiple homeless services the city adopted the project as its primary private partnerships and facilitating coor- in one location. homeless and low-income housing strat- dination of this project between a broad coalition of supporters.These included local nonprofits,public agencies,health care organizations, religious communities housing advocates and many concerned citizens devoted to improving the lives of homeless families and individuals in the Eureka community. Along with these coalition partners, the city successfully moved the project forward through lengthy and often con- tendous site selection,acquisition, reloca tion,permitting,environmental,design, construction, fund-raising and political processes.All objectives were met when the MAC opened in March 2005• Many Services in One Facility The MAC now provides a more efficient distribution of existing homeless services in Eureka. By combining transitional housing with on-site services and net- working with existing community ser- vices and programs,the MAC endeavors to make the best use of financial resourc- es,avoids duplication of services,and uses a creative problem-solving approach. Programs and services now offered at the MAC include childcare, medicaUmental health care,literacy building,parenting skills development,money management, anger management,nutritional skills,con- Aict resolution,landlord/tenant protocols, alcohol/drug counseling,job training, transportation and others. Through case management at the MAC, the homeless in Eureka can now identify their needs,learn how to overcome ob- stacles,obtain employment and function independently within the community.A well-developed program with long-term solutions to homelessness, the MAC also facilitates overall health improvements to the homeless population. The MAC was created to fill a major gap in Eureka's homeless services continuum of care: a 24-hour staffed transitional www.eacities.org Y y. housing facility combining shelter with catalyst for increased support and assis- solve the problem of homelessness within in-depth case management,on-site pro- tance for the local homeless population as the area. grams and direct services in one facility. well as more understanding of the impact Contact: Gary M. Bird special projects these problems have on the community at manager, Office of the City Manager, City A Community Concern large.As a result,the City of Eureka now of Eureka;phone:(707)441-4165;e-mail: has an energized community focusing on bird@ci.eureka.ca. ov>. 13From the beginning,the MAC has been and supporting the MAC in an effort to g g a community effort.The City of Eureka, County of Humboldt,public agencies, local nonprofits,and the education and faith-based communities all worked to- gether for nine ears to get the MAC permitte , ed,sited and built.Now that it is operational,many agencies and services have committed to providing staff at the MAC,such as County Mental Health,Social Services and Public Health, Child Care Council, Private Industry Council,Veterans Services,Employment Training and Development and others. Furthermore,the total cost of the project was approximately$5.4�and many partnerships were needed to raise t e funds necessary to complete it.Costs included acquisition ($I.1 million),re- location ($175,000),design ($265,000) and rehabilitation ($3.85 million).The first year operational costs were budgeted at$600,000.Those contributing signifi- cant funds included: • Sisters of St.Joseph's of Orange ($250,000); • California Community Development Block Grant Program ($1.8 million); • State of California HOME Investment Partnerships Program ($1 million loan); • State of California Emergency Housing and Assistance Program ($500,000); • County of Humboldt($600,000);and • Eureka Redevelopment Agency ($1.9 million). In addition,hundreds of hours of com- munity service have been volunteered by citizens and supporters. Like many community homeless pro- grams,the MAC program initially met with resistance from the community, business owners and elected officials,par- ticularly with regard to site selection.An extensive and inclusive public participa- tion process over several years served as a www.westemcity.com Page 1 of 2 f-/&-O 9 Hooper, Audrey From: Adam Fukushima[adamf@slobikelane.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 200710:36 PM To: Hooper, Audrey Subject: public comments Hello Audrey, As promised,here are my comments I made at the budget meeting on Tuesday. Best, Adam Fukushima -------------- First of all, I would like to thank you for placing the Railroad Safety Trail and bicycle facilities among the top ten major city goals for the City back in January. I've had a chance to read through the staff recommendations. I appreciate what is included for bicycling but I am hoping that Council will want to do more. The Bicycle Coalition is concerned that there are no funds set aside in the proposed budget for the Railroad Safety Trail. What is listed in the Major City goal for the trail has already been funded. The Bicycle Coalition asks that construction funding be included in the major City goal for Phase 3 of the trail from the Amtrak station to Marsh street. If that is not possible, we ask that at a minimum staff resources be increased to seek out and apply for grant funding in order to complete this important circulation route through the City. The second issue I would like to address is the lack of funds for bicycle education. The bicycle advisory committee recommended that Council budget $30,000 annually for bicycle safety education. This recommendation was endorsed by the bicycle coalition. Bicycle education would help fulfill the city's goal for traffic safety, which includes bicycle safety. As you will find in your staff report on page 1-20 the City was ranked as the worst city for bicycle collisions in the state among cities with a similar population [the worst] and number 8 for fatal injury traffic collisions. Bicycle education is one of the most cost effective ways of reducing crashes. Please fund it. The last issue is parking. I would like to encourage you to expand the objective for"downtown improvements to include bicycle parking and to budget money for it so we can provide more bicycle parking where it is needed, like what has been provided in front of Linnaea's Cafd on Garden Street. To sum things up,bicycling helps fulfill three priorities for Measure Y: 1) to relieve traffic congestion, 2) to increase public safety including traffic safety and 3) the need for neighborhood street paving and pothole repair by taking cars off the road. 4/13/2007 Page 2 of 2 o 0 Thank you. I will be here if you have any questions. Adam Fukushima, Executive Director San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition P.O.Box 14860 San Luis Obispo CA 93406 Phone(805)541-3875 Email:adamf@slobikelane.org Web:www.slobikelane.org "Making our community better for bicycles" 4/13/2007