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ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 250, 1990 - 7:00 P.M.
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ROLL CALL: Vice-Mayor Jerry Reiss, Councilmembers Peg
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P.CI - Brett Cross, 1217 Mariner's Cove, requested Council direct staff to prepare a detailed
report as to the merits of the job-housing element of the General Plan.
STUDY SESSION
1. GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE (JONAS/462 - 3 hrs. )
Continued review of the Land Use Element update forwarded by
the Planning Commission-pages 26-42 (continued from July 31
and August 28, 1990) .
RECOMMENDATION: Continue to review the residential section
and begin review of the sections on commercial and industrial
development, and special design areas (including the airport) .
Indicate whether the draft is acceptable or identify any
changes which the Council supports.
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FINAL ACTION: The Council continued its review of the Land Use Element and
referred it to the Planning Commission for review of the following areas for possible
inclusion to the document, and to be brought back together with the Circulation
Element.
1. The contradiction between the City's role as a Regional Center in achieving a
Job-Housing balance
2. Consideration of the County Growth Management Ordinance.
3. Recognition of existing recent Council policies on areas around the City,
specifically the Dalidio and the airport areas.
4. Tri polar concept for County Government Office Expansion, with the drive-in
area as a possible expansion site.
S. Traffic Management and trip reduction for commercial and individual
development.
6. Provision of sites for future auto sales and relocation of auto dealerships
7. If the City is to encourage car dealerships in the Auto Park Way area, then to
relook at urban design uses in the Monterey Street corridor area
& The possibility of using County land next to the Cal Poly campus for student
group housing, and the possibility of a special zone to designate group housing
in the City next to Cal Poly.
9. The economical impacts or economic viability of some of the proposals in the
document, an example being Downtown Development, Retai4 Affordable
Housin& and Fees for Development.
10. How residential densities are calculated and the impact on the neighborhoods.
11. The issue of designing the City for cars or for other modes of transportation that
will provide ease and mobility.
12. Pedestrian linkages throughout the City.
13. Feasibility of Agriculture within City limits
CObIIr=CATIONS
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Administrative Officer may informally update the Council of written
or oral communications and ask for comment and/or discussion.
State law provides that Council take action only on such matters
which have been noticed at least three days in advance of the
meeting unless special circumstances are found to exist. Formal
action or approval is not preferred and such items should be
continued to the next Regular meeting.
A. ADJOURIMENT
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STUDY SESSION
1. GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE (JONAS/462 - 3 hrs. )
Continued review of the Land Use Element update forwarded by
the Planning Commission-pages 26-42 (continued from July 31
and August 28, 1990) .
RECOMMENDATION: Continue to review the residential section
and begin review of the sections on commercial and industrial
development, and special design areas (including the airport) .
Indicate whether the draft is acceptable or identify any
changes which the Council supports.
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COMMUNICATIONS
(Not to exceed 15 minutes)
During the balance of this meeting, any Councilmember or the City
Administrative Officer may informally update the Council of written
or oral communications and ask for comment and/or discussion.
State law provides that Council take action only on such matters
which have been noticed at least three days in advance of the
meeting unless special circumstances are found to exist. Formal
action or approval is not preferred and such items should be
continued to the next Regular meeting.
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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT M NIBER:
FROM: Arnold Jonas, Community Development Director
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PREPARED BY: Glen Matteson, Associate Planner
SUBJECT: Consideration of Land Use Element update forwarded by
the Planning Commission
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Complete review of the residential section and begin review of
the sections on commercial and industrial development and special
design areas (including the airport) . Indicate whether the draft
is acceptable or identify.any changes which the council supports.
BACKGROUND
At this meeting, the council is scheduled to review from page 26
through page 42 (attached) . The expected result from this
meeting is the council's preliminary review of the draft and
identification of desired changes, for the subject topics.
On August 28, the council held the second of four scheduled study
sessions to review the Land Use Element update endorsed by the
Planning Commission. The council discussed the draft from
"annexation and services" on page 14 through the "residential
expansion areas" table on page 26, and reached consensus or
majority positions on the following items:
1. Where the San Luis Obispo County Council of Governments has
started to work ,on a policy or program of the element, that
fact should be identified in the element (such as regional
planning; evaluation of commuter trains) .
2. Policy 1.9 on page 18 will be discussed further after the
council reviews the most recent draft of the county growth
management proposal.
3. Policy 2.1 on page 23 was amended to read, "The city should
assist neighborhood groups to identify and designate
neighborhoods. The city will prepare neighborhood plans. . ."
4. Policy 2. 11 on page 24 was amended to read, "Residential
developments shall preserve. . ."
5. The third sentence of policy 2.14 on page 24 was amended to
read, "The city should require a residential project to have
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6. Policy 2.17 on page 25 will include a requirement that
specific plans show how proposed development will be
integrated with the city.
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O L. Opportunities for individuals or small groups, other than the specific
plan developer, to build homes or to create .living environments suited to
small groups or to special needs.
2.18 Within the major expansion areas, bicycle and walking paths which are separate
from roadways should connect residential areas with neighborhood commercial
centers, schools, parks and, where feasible, other areas of the city.
2.19 The estimated residential capacities of the major expansion areas are shown
below.
TABLE 4
RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION AREAS
Name of area AAproximate number of dwellings
Low High
Irish Hills 600 700
Margarita 600 800
Special Design Area #4' 500 800
[° formerly the Orcutt major expansion area]
Density categories
2:20 The following residential density categories are established (Table 5).
Residential density is expressed'as the number of dwellings per acre of net site
area within the designation. In determining net area, only the following types
of areas are excluded: .sensitive features such as creeks, habitats of rare or
endangered plants and animals, and significant trees; land dedicated in fee to
the public for streets and neighborhood parks.
For the categories other than "low density," densities are expressed in terms of
a standard two-bedroom dwelling. This approach is intended to achieve
population densities approximately like those indicated. More or fewer
dwellings having different bedroom counts may be built depending on the
number of people expected to live in a project, as indicated by the number of
bedrooms. The population-density standards also apply to group residential
facilities.
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TABLE 5
RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES
Category Average Maximum
Population Density dwelling density
(people per acre) (units per acre)
Low 20 7
Medium 25 12
Medium-high 40 18
High 55 24
221 The city may approve a density bonus for a project which will, as a result,
provide exceptional affordability for low-income or moderate-income residents.
2.22 Low-density residential development should generally consist of detached, one-
or two-story dwellings with substantial private yards. Low-density development
is appropriate within and next to neighborhoods committed to this type of
development.
2.23 Medium-density residential development should generally "consist of detached or
attached dwellings in one- or two-story buildings, with private yards. Medium-
density development is particularly appropriate within Old Town, as a transition J
from low-density development to other uses, and for manufactured-housing
developments.
2.24 Medium-high density residential development should generally consist of attached
dwellings in two- or three-story buildings, with private outdoor spaces and
common outdoor areas. It is appropriate near employment centers and major
public facilities.
2.25 High-density residential development should generally consist of attached
dwellings in two- or three-story buildings, with private outdoor spaces and
common outdoor areas. It is appropriate near the college campus and major
concentrations of employment.
226 All multifamily development and large group-living facilities should be
compatible with any nearby, lower density development.
Affordable housing
2.27 Each major residential expansion area shall do the following to help provide
affordable housing and to meet special living needs:
A. Grant a right-of-first-refusal to the City or its Housing Authority, to
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purchase at market value land adequate to construct' at least five percent
of the number of dwellings allowed within the specific-plan area.
B. Reserve sites for the following, adequate to accommodate five percent of
the population expected to reside in the .specific-plan area: group
housing of handicapped people; transitional-care homes or residential
treatment homes; elderly board-and-care homes. Each site should be
able to accommodate up to 12 residents and should be well integrated
into the design of the neighborhood. Other, additional sites within the
specific-plan area could be used for such facilities..
C. Construct owner-occupied housing according to the following schedule:
TABLE 6
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
Fraction of dwellings Selling price as a E imated maximum
in specific plan area multiple of countywide c ;t for 1990 (d)
median income (a)
10 percent 2'times (b) S.69,700
20 percent 3 times (c) $ 104,600
20 percent 4 times (c) $ 139,400
U (a) For dwellings with two or more bedrooms, medi; income of four-
person family; for studio or one-bedroom dwellir median income of
two-person family.
(b) Buyers must qualify as low-income; resale price be controlled in
perpetuity..
(c) Buyers must qualify as low- or moderate-income; resale price to be
controlled in perpetuity.
(d) For two-bedroom dwelling, with median income estimated to be
$ 34,860.
With City Council approval, up to.one-third the number of affordable, owner-
occupied dwellings called for by this schedule may be substituted with rental
housing, group housing, or lifecare facilities. Such substitute housing must be
affordable to low- or moderate-income residents. The rental, group, or lifecare
housing must remain affordable, unless replaced with owner-occupied housing
meeting the affordability standards of Table 6).
2.28 Outside major residential expansion areas, residential projects should provide at
O least ten percent of their units affordable to low-income residents or 20 percent
affordable to moderate-income residents, in perpetuity, or pay a fee equal to
two percent of the project valuation. The city or the Housing Authority would
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l use the funds to purchase or develop land or to rehabilitate or construct
dwellings affordable to low- or moderate-income residents, or housing for
handicapped or homeless people.
2.29 Commercial and industrial projects should pay a fee equal to three percent of
project valuation, to be used asprovided in Policy 2.28. Commercial or
industrial projects incorporating affordable housing or group-care facilities
would be exempt.
Residential land protection
2.30 Substantial areas designated for residential use should not be changed to
nonresidential designations.
2.31 [The commission discussed this policy but did not reach a consensus on keeping.
or deleting it.] The city may adjust land-use boundaries in a way that would
reduce land designated as residential, but only if.
A. A significant, long-term neighborhood or citywide need, which outweighs
the preference to retain residential capacity, will be met, and;
B. The need is best met at the proposed location and no comparable
alternative exists.
Student housing
2.32 A. California Polytechnic State University campus should provide housing
opportunities for students. Existing on-campus housing should be
retained. [The commission said specific numbers of on-campus units to
be built should be included in a program or table to be developed later.
The consensus appeared to be for on-campus housing to increase at least
as fast as enrollment, so the proportion of students living on campus
would remain the same as it is now.]
B. The city should encourage Cuesta College to provide on-campus housing.
C. Multifamily housing likely to be occupied by students should provide the
amenities which students seek in. single-family areas, to provide an
attractive alternative. '
2.33 Fraternities and sororities should be located, in order of preference, (1) on
campus, (2) in medium-High and high-density residential areas near the campus.
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C' Group housing
2.34 Large group housing other than fraternities and sororities, such as retirement
homes or homes for handicapped, should not be located in low-density
residential areas. They may be located, but not concentrated, in medium-
density residential areas. They may be concentrated in medium-high or high-
density residential areas, or in suitable commercial. or light-industrial areas,
where services are convenient. Each large group housing proposal shall be
evaluated through use-permit review.
2.35 Small residential care facMies should be treated the same as individual houses.
Old Town
2.36 In downtown residential areas (Figure 4), the city should encourage the
rehabilitation and maintenance of existing housing. Additional dwellings, may
be permitted, in keeping with density limits, provided that the existing character
of the area is not significantly changed. Demolition of structurally sound
dwellings shall be strongly discouraged.
PROGRAMS
2.1 The city will review, revise if deemed desirable, and enforce noise, parking, and
property-development and property-maintenance standards. Staff to adequately
enforce these standards will be provided.
2.2 The city will adopt and implement property-maintenance regulations, focused on
proper enclosure of trash, appearance of yards and buildings from the street,
and storage of vehicles. The regulations will be periodically reviewed and
updated.
2.3 The city will evaluate student housing preferences and consider revising
development standards to better meet them in multifamily housing near
campus.
2.4 The city will review, and revise if deemed desirable, its standards for
multifamily housing so that apartments will provide usable open space and
storage similar to the requirements for condominiums.
2S The city will consider adopting special development standards to guide addition
of dwellings within downtown residential areas, to implement policy 236. The
following should be included when evaluating new standards for this area:
A A new density category between the current low-density (R-1) and
medium-density (R-2) designations;
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B. Requirements that new dwellings on lots with existing houses be above
or behind the existing houses, and that .the. added building. area be
modestly sized and of similar architecture in comparison with the
principle residences on the site and in the surrounding area;
C. Requiring new buildings to reflect the mass and spacing of existing,
nearby buildings;
D. Requiring special parking and coverage standards;
E. Requiring minimum amounts of usable open space.
2.6 The city will adopt inclusionary-housing and development-fee ordinances
consistent with the policies above..
.2.7 The city will consider new regulations, for low-density areas, to require special
review for (1) incompatibly large houses, (2) replacement or infill homes in
existing neighborhoods, and (3) accessory buildings with plumbing facilities
allowing easy conversion to illegal second dwellings.
2.8 The city will consider allowing group-care homes by right within certain zones,
with requirements for minimum separation between such homes, and possibly
with different size thresholds for each residential density category.
2.9 To foster neighborhood protection and enhancement, the city will:
A. Identify neighborhoods and prepare neighborhood plans;
B. Encourage the formation of Voluntary neighborhood groups, so residents
can become involved early in the development-review process;
C. Designate a neighborhood planner to help carry out items A and B
above, to review proposed projects for neighborhood impacts, and to
advocate neighborhood protection and enhancement.
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COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
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POLICIES
General retail
3.1 The city should have areas for general retail uses adequate to meet most
demands of city and nearby county residents. General retail includes specialty
stores as well as department stores, restaurants, and services such as banks.
However, as explained in the following policies, not all areas designated general
retail are appropriate for the full range of uses.
3.2 The city should focus its retailing with regional draw in two locations:
downtown and the area around the intersection of Madonna Road and
Highway 101.
3.3 No land should be added to the commercial area near Madonna Road and
Highway 101 until a detailed plan for the retail expansion has been adopted by
the city. The plan should describe the limits of commercial expansion,
acceptable uses, phasing, and circulation improvements. Any permitted
expansion should be aesthetically and functionally compatible with existing
development in the area.
Further, the plan must follow an analysis demonstrating that the projected
commercial expansion is not likely to significantly impact existing retail areas or
the balance between jobs and housing in San Luis Obispo, and that the major
components of the expansion cannot likely be accommodated in the existing
retail areas.
3.4 Most specialty retail stores should locate downtown; some may be located in
neighborhood shopping centers so long as they are a minor part of the centers
and they primarily serve a neighborhood rather than a citywide or regional
market.
Neighborhood retail
3.5 The city should have areas for neighborhood retail uses to meet the frequent
shopping demands of people living nearby. Neighborhood retail uses include
grocery stores, laundromats, and drug and hardware stores. Neighborhood
retail centers should be available within about one mile of all residences.
These centers should not exceed about five acres, unless the neighborhood to
be served includes a significant amount of high density residential development.
Specialty stores may be located in neighborhood centers as long as they will
not be a major citywide attraction or displace more general, convenience uses.
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3.6 New or expanded neighborhood commercial centers should:
A. Be created within, or extended into, adjacent nonresidential areas;
B. Provide uses to serve nearby residents, not the whole city;
C. Have access from arterial streets, and not increase traffic on local
residential streets;
D. Have safe and pleasant pedestrian access from the surrounding service
area, as well as good internal circulation;
E. Provide landscaped areas with public seating;
F. Provide indoor or outdoor space for public use, designed to provide a
focus for some neighborhood activities.
3.7 The city should evaluate the need for and desirability of additions to existing
neighborhood commercial centers only when specific development proposals are
made, and not in response to rezoning requests which do no incorporate a
development plan.
3.8 Small, individual stores within established residential areas may be retained
U when they are compatible with surrounding uses. Other isolated commercial
uses which are not compatible with residential surroundings eventually should
be replaced with compatible uses.
Offices
3.9 The city should have sufficient land for office development to meet the
demands of city residents.and the specialized needs of county residents. Office
development includes professional and financial services (such as doctors,
architects, and insurance companies and banks) and government agencies.
However, not all types of offices are appropriate in all locations, as explained
in the following policies. (The Public Facilities section, page 49, also offers
guidance on development of government offices.)
3.10 All types of offices are appropriate in the downtown commercial area. Also,
all types of office activities are appropriate in the surrounding office district,
though offices needing very large buildings or generating substantial traffic may
not be appropriate within that district, which provides a transition to residential
neighborhoods. Some types of offices may be accommodated in locations other
than downtown:
A. Medical services should be near the hospitals;
CB. Government offices emphasizing social services should be near South
Higuera Street and Prado Road;
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C. Large offices having no substantial public visitation or need for access to
�. downtown government services may be in service-commercial or
industrial areas.
3.11 Existing office buildings outside the areas described in polity 3.10 may continue
to be used and may have minor expansions if they:
A. Have access directly from collectors or arterials, not local residential
streets;
B. Will not significantly increase traffic in residential areas;
C. Will not have significant adverse impacts on nearby uses.
3.12 Historic or architecturally significant buildings located in office districts should
be conserved, not replaced.
Tourist commercial
3.13 The city should accommodate tourist commercial uses, those which primarily
serve the travelling public, where such uses have already concentrated: along
upper Monterey Street; at the Madonna Road area; at certain freeway
interchanges; and in the downtown.
3.14 Tourist commercial areas should accommodate motels,_ restaurants, service
stations, and minor retail sales for the convenience of travellers. These areas
should not include offices, general retail stores, auto repair, or business
services.
3.15 Site planning, building design, and types of activities for new tourist-commercial
development adjacent to residential areas should be carefully reviewed to
assure compatibility.
Services and manufacturing
3.16 The city should have sufficient land designated for sendces and manufacturing to
meet most demands of the city, and some demands of the region, for activities
such as wholesaling, building contractors, utility company yards, auto repair-,
printing, bakeries, and retail sales of large items and those often stored
outdoors (vehicles, building materials, plants). Areas reserved for these uses
may also accommodate convenience restaurants and other activities primarily
serving area workers.
3.17 The city's general plan previously designated "service-commercial/light-
industrial" areas. A "service commercial" (C-S) zone and a "manufacturing" (M)
zone have been applied to these areas. Each zone allowed a wide range of.
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uses, which are sometimes incompatible. The land-use map should be refined
to show where one or more of the following categories of uses would be
appropriate.
A. Wholesaling, warehousing, storage, and retail sales which do not have
many employees and do not generate significant customer traffic;
B. Vehicle sales and rental;,
C. Retail sales of products which require outdoor areas or large floor areas
for display and storage, such .as lumber and building materials, home
improvement items, furniture and appliances, and plant nurseries, and
which have many employees or generate substantial customer traffic;
D. Service centers for a variety of uses not generally suitable for other
commercial districts, including small outlets for items in category C
above, repair shops, printing services, laundries, animal hospitals, sporting
goods, auto parts, and some recreation facilities, having relatively many
employees and generating significant traffic;
E. Light manufacturing and laboratories.
3.18 Auto sales should be encouraged near or along Los Osos Valley Road near
O Highway 101.
3.19 New, general-retail stores or neighborhood shopping centers should not be
developed in service and manufacturing areas. However, existing uses such as
supermarkets and drugstores may be retained or expanded if:
A. They are compatible with nearby uses;
B. The expanded use will not divert trade from other general-retail or
neighborhood-commercial areas which are better located to serve the
expected market area.
3:20 Access to service-and-manufacturing areas should be provided by commercial
collector streets, to avoid customer traffic on residential streets or delivery
routes which pass through residential areas. Driveway access onto arterial
streets should be minimized. .
3.21 Industries which would degrade air or water quality should not locate or
expand within San Luis Obispo or its airshed or watershed.
3.22 Service and manufacturing uses should connect to the city water and sewer
systems, unless other means of providing service are identified in a
city-
systems,
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Rural industrial
3.23 North and west of the county airport, land should be designated for rural
industrial uses. Rural industrial land in parcels of sufficient size and with
suitable soil should be used for farming. Recreational facilities which need a
lot of space, and which do not need city water and sewer service, are also
appropriate in this area. Crop production and recreation uses here can be
supported by use of reclaimed water from the city's wastewater treatment plant.
Except for public facilities and businesses adjacent to and directly serving the
airport, public, commercial, and industrial uses should be those requiring
substantial space, having a low concentration of employees or customers, and
capable of being adequately served by on-site water supply and waste disposal.
Businesses needing ample separation from residential areas and from more
sensitive types of. businesses are appropriate near the middle of this area.
Businesses close to city residential and commercial areas should be compatible
with those areas.
Parcels within the rural industrial area should not be further divided.
Overall
3.24 New, major employers should contribute to provision of child care and elder
care for their employees.
3.25 Convenience facilities serving daily needs, such as small food stores, branch
banks, and child and elder care, and amenities such as picnic areas, may be
allowed in centers of employment. They may be required within large
commercial and industrial developments.
PROGRAMS
3.1 The city will amend the Zoning Regulations so the "planned development"
approach can be used on any size parcel, in any commercial or industrial zone.
3.2 The city will evaluate its regulations for the C-S and M zones to determine
appropriate uses in each zone. The city will consider rezoning C-S and M
areas to refine the types of uses seen as appropriate in each location. Factors
to be evaluated include employee and traffic intensity, access, proximity to
regional transportation facilities, lot size and shape, compatibility with nearby
uses (including housing), the market to be served, and existing land-use -�
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3.3 The city will rezone to neighborhood commercial existing C-S sites which have
become neighborhood convenience centers, if: (1) they primarily serve a
neighborhood rather than city-wide market; and (2) they are appropriately
located considering access and compatibility with other nearby uses.
3.4 The city will consider establishing tourist information facilities near highway
entries to the city, to reduce demands for on-site and off-site advertising by
tourist- and general-retail uses.
3.5 The city will amend its Zoning Regulations to implement the commercial and
industrial policies.
3.6 The city will investigate a program linking major new commercial and industrial
development to provision of child care and elder care for workers, through on-
site facilities or payment of fees to be used off-site.
3.7 The city will study the potential need for neighborhood commercial expansion
and establish ultimate boundaries before considering requests for new or
expanded neighborhood centers.
3.8 The city will analyze the urban form and architectural character of downtown
areas zoned "office" and "residential-office" [see page 45, item 42], to help
O determine limits on physical changes within those areas so the character and
fabric of existing neighborhoods will be protected.
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SPECIAL DESIGN AREAS
POLICY
The city has several relatively large, mostly vacant sites where it is appropriate to
consider a range or mix of uses not encompassed by the open-space, residential,
commercial, industrial, or public designations described elsewhere in this element.
However, a particular use or mix of uses may not be desirable unless it is chosen in
combination with a specific physical design which solves problems of relationships
between activities within the site, and between the site and its neighbors.
In areas designated for special design, the city intends to allow a wider choice of land
uses than normally would be permitted, subject to approval of a physical development
plan, possibly with customized limits on specific activities and requirements for off-
site improvements.
Special design areas are designated by number on the Land Use Element map, and
are indicated on Figure 3. These areas and the guidelines for their development are
listed below.
1. Laurel Lane at Southwood
This site is suitable for development of housing, offices, or a combination of
the two.
2. The Brickyard at Broad Street and Orcutt Road
This site is suitable for a mixed-use development which would include a
substantial residential component. Nonresidential uses could include offices and
service businesses, but not neighborhood or convenience retail stores, which will
be adequately provided at other locations along Broad Street. A completely
residential development, with a generous buffer along Broad Street, would also
be appropriate on this site.
Development should provide convenient walking routes connecting nearby
commercial and recreational uses, and other residential development, possibly
including the former Pacific Coast Railway right-of-way. Before or concurrent
with development of this site, the Broad-Orcutt intersection must guarantee safe
passage for pedestrians crossing these arterial streets.
The edges of development should buffer residential uses from the undesirable
effects of the railroad, arterial street traffic, trucks serving nearby commercial
• uses, and the commercial uses themselves. However, the buffer should not
isolate the residential development. The appearance of a "walled city" should
be avoided.
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3. Orcutt Creeks at Broad and Orcutt
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This site is suitable for a mixed-use development which would include a
substantial residential component. Nonresidential uses could include offices, a
campus-like business park, or minor retail businesses having low trip generation.
Neighborhood or convenience retail stores, or restaurants, which have higher
trip generation, should be located at other locations along Broad Street.
The prime objective is to protect the creeks within the site. Avoiding roadways
throughout the site can help do this. Providing a greater separation between
parking and the uses served by the parking than normally occurs, while
allowing necessary fire suppression and emergency access, is a means to limit
roadway encroachments in sensitive areas, and to foster a desirable pedestrian
environment.
Development should provide convenient walling routes connecting nearby
commercial and recreational uses, and other residential development, possibly
including the former Pacific Coast Railway right-of-way. Before or concurrent
with development of this site, the Broad-Orcutt intersection must guarantee safe
passage for pedestrians crossing these arterial streets. Pedestrian links to the
Williams. Brothers center and to the Edna-Islay neighborhood are desired.
The edges of development should buffer residential uses from the undesirable
effects of the railroad, arterial street traffic, trucks serving nearby commercial
uses, and the commercial uses themselves. However, the buffer should not
isolate the residential development.
4. East Orcutt expansion area
This area may be used for low-density residential development. However, if
owners of the area prefer, there can be established. lot-size or density standards
which would result in less intense development, corresponding to the "suburban
residential" or "rural residential" normally developed under county jurisdiction.
The city will prepare a plan of streets, utilities, and drainage for the area.
Once the city adopts this "infrastructure" plan, individual parcels could be
annexed, subdivided, and developed as allowed by whatever zoning has been
adopted by the city. (As in the major, named expansion areas, there must be
enough water and sewer capacity for existing and potential development inside
the city, including the area to be developed, before development could occur.
Also, development of individual parcels would be contingent on there being
provided access, utilities, and drainage to city standards, within the parcel being
developed, as well as between that parcel and the rest of the city.)
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C5. Airport area �.
Desired land uses and development patterns for this area are included under
the "rural industrial" heading, page 37. In addition to these limits, there are
standards of the County Airport Land Use Commission, intended to assure
compatibility with airport operations. These standards include limits on the
height of structures, outdoor lights, reflective roof materials, and radio
interference. Avigation easements may be required :in this area.
6. Damon-Garcia area, south of the Prado Road extension
[An appropriate use for this area.has not been resolved, even tentatively.
Further work on the Margarita Specific Plan and the Airport Land Use Plan is
expected to lead to a choice among the possible agricultural, rural-industrial,
recreational, or residential uses.]
7. Drive-in theater at Prado Road and Elks Lane
This area may be further developed only if flooding can be mitigated without
significant harm to San Luis Obispo Creek. Continuation of agricultural use or
low-intensity recreational use is appropriate.
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8. Mid-Higuera area
[Desired uses for this area would be determined after the proposed sorting-out
of allowed uses/areas in the C-S zone; see policy 3.17.1
The city will prepare and adopt a plan for this area showing any desired street
and driveway changes, and creek channel widening. The plan could also serve
as a "conceptual redevelopment plan," guiding private construction on sites
affected by widening of Higuera Street and the creek.
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(305) 5,13 1323 - FAX (805) 543-1255
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Honorable Mayor & Councilmembers
City of San Luis Obispo R E C E[ V 9 D
P.O. Box 8100
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8100 SEP 2 4 01 O
Dear Mayor & Councilmembers: srur_c�CA -
We have testified at Council LUE study sessions about our
concerns over the draft LUE document. We know that your
discussions are preliminary and that final discussions will
take place after the EIR is developed. We feel it is
O imperative, however, that before the draft proceeds any
further, some specific points about it be made.
We feel that many of the goals outlined in the draft are
laudable. The acquisition of open space, the preservation
of San Luis Obispo as a unique community and the push for
better environmental protection measures are ideas which we
readily support. The LUE draft, however, embraces these
ideas while creating an utterly impossible atmosphere in
which to pursue them. At every turn, the draft document
suggests policies which are restrictive and unfairly
imposing on new development, and sends a clear message to
business and community development that they are not welcome
here.
The provisions for commercial growth restraints, the push to
move county employees into outlying areas, the conditions
required of new development (singled out for bike lockers
and elder care, for instance) , send a booming message to
commercial interests that they are not a welcome part of the
San Luis Obispo community.
San Luis Obispo is a treasured community because of its
balance. Economic, environmental, and social needs have
always meshed here. The new LUE robs the community of that
balance. It takes away a commitment to economic health. W
believe a more meaningful approach would be one that asks
the question "What do we want to accomplish with the growth
we intend to absorb?" , then seeks to answer it. If we want
to accomplish a better environment, housing and cultural ACCREDITED
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
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opportunities and the like, we need both a commitment to
those goals and a means of accomplishing them. The present
draft sets out goals then, in its negative posturing and
economic negligence, makes them impossible to attain.
We hope you will consider these problems with the LUE draft
and push for both an EIR which addresses those issues as
well as a revised draft which resolves them.
We will be happy to assist in any way we can.
Best regards,
o Sharon Young
Chamber Presiden
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PLANNING SERVICES
1163 Main Street
Morro Bay,California 93442
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Ron Dunin, Mayor, and the • �; Cm CLERK
San Luis Obispo City Council SAN LUIS OBISPO.CA
P.O. Box 8100
San Luis Obispo, California 93408
Re: Land Use Element Update - Commercial Section
Dear Mr. Mayor and the Council:
We represent the property owners of twelve acres located just
outside the San Luis Obispo City limits, at the southeast corner of
Broad Street and Tank Farm Road. The property is designated as
Rural Industry on the proposed San Luis Obispo General Plan Land
Use Update. We strongly object to the designation of this property
as Rural Industrial on the proposed plan. We ask it be designated
on the Land Use Plan as urban uses, such as Commercial-Service for
convenience uses. Our reasons for this request are as follows:
The intersection at Broad Street and. Tank Farm Road is a
significant intersection in the City area. These two major
arterials provide essential traffic links between employment and
housing within the City. The intersection of these two streets
requires a more appropriate application of land uses than the
catch-all uses left over from the Rural Industry category. We
believe the City should evaluate how strategic corners, such as
this intersection, can provide the services necessary to meet the
needs of the community.
Currently, about five acres is being used as a contractor's storage
yard. On the remaining corner portion there is a residence and
vacant land. This intersection should have a much more important
role in servicing the needs of the local population.
The previous proposals made in the Airport Specific Plan designated
this area Commercial-Service and proposed the allowed uses within
Commercial-Service designation be broadened to. include a higher mix
of land uses for this zone. However, it is our understanding the
City withdrew its proposal to pursue completion of the Airport
Specific Plan. 'The Council is now being advised to retain low
class, un-serviced land uses in this section of the City, perhaps
to allow the annexation of these areas to be put off to a later
date.
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September 21, 1990
The intersection of Tank Farm Road and Broad Street should be
regarded as a.key location for providing essential commercial goods
and services. We propose this property be allocated to Commercial-
Service classification to allow the establishment of a convenience
corner (including convenience stores and uses, e.g. gasoline sales,
bottle shop, laundromat, day care, etc) . This is an appropriate
location for this land use. We suggest the City consider this type
of commercial category in their plans.
There are at least four intersections within the City where
convenience commercial services have been allowed, but none are
located in the southern portion of the City. They are primarily
located on main travel thoroughfares where there is heavy
concentrations of intra-city vehicular traffic. Residential uses
have been developing in this vicinity. Consideration must be made
of how to provide convenience services to these growth areas.
Convenience service centers are a relatively new type of land use
in the City. Although these land uses exist, the text of the Land
Use Element Draft does not provide policies for them. It may be
appropriate for the City to establish policy for these centers in
the land use plan.
We believe the intersection of Tank Farm Road and Broad Street is
appropriate for a convenience commercial service center. As
housing develops in the south part of the City, this intersection
will continue to be one of the vital traffic hubs and appropriate
land uses in this area should be contemplated.
We respectfully request you consider designating this property for
Commercial-Service land uses as was proposed by staff on the
Airport Specific Plan Concept Plan. Thank you for your time and
attention.
Sincerely,
*NeRog"yj
Planning Servic
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1163 Main Street
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DATE
September 18, 1990
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Re: Land Use Element Update - Commercial Section
Dear Mr. Mayor and the Council:
We represent the owners of Lot 92 , San Luis Suburban Tract. This
lot is located on Broad Street, just south of the Williams Brothers
property and is approximately 10 acres in size. There is a pending
proposal to annex this property to the City of San Luis Obispo as
part of the Southern California Gas Company annexation request. We
have proposed to develop a large retail store that would be
adjacent to and coordinated with the Williams Brothers shopping
center. We believe the development of a retail commercial complex
at the Broad Street location would benefit the City without
producing significant impacts.
Our proposal has been pending with the City since 1986 and we have
had many setbacks in our attempts to bring our request to hearing.
We have worked with staff and with various agencies to resolve some
of the concerns that have been expressed about this development
including traffic, water supply, drainage, and area assessments.
At each and every turn we have been able to satisfy the wishes of
agencies by formulating solutions to eliminate significant impacts
which may be created by the development.
The City initiated a new procedure when we submitted a Development
Agreement to the City. We submitted a Development Agreement as a
strategy to get the City to act upon our application. The City was
processing our application and development agreement until the
annexation, moratorium stopped all actions on our request. Now
there is no prospect our proposal will be considered for annexation
or our request for development will be brought to hearing.
RECEIVED
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CITY COUNCIL
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Mayor Dunin and the Council
Page 2
September 18, 1990
Those who invest in major projects of this type cannot wait forever
for land use decisions. When the processing of these types of
projects is delayed to this degree, the financing of these projects
will go to other developments in other cities. There has been
testimony before the City Council about the City's reluctance to
favorably consider retail commercial land uses. Those who
testified indicated the City should recognize the need for
commercial growth in order to stabilize the economy of the City.
Your deliberations and General Plan policy would provide an
appropriate opportunity to resolve what appears to be a reticent
attitude.
All we are requesting is for our project to be heard. The staff
continues to recommend the annexation and rezoning of this
property, but the necessary hearings have yet to be scheduled. In
order to maintain the economic viability of the City, the Council
must resolve commercial growth issues and act upon legitimate.
requests within a reasonable time. We sincerely request that Lot
92 be processed through annexation and a hearing be scheduled so
that we may have a decision on our request. Thank you for your
time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Ned Rogo , A CP
Planning Se i es
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RECEIVED
September 6, 1990 "e 101990
Ned Rogoway, AICP CITY CLERK
1163 Main Street k9a ms�po•0
Morro Bay, CA 93442
Dear Mr. Rogoway:
I have been asked to respond to your letter of August 29, 1990, to Mayor Dunin,
concerning the format of current City Council study sessions on the General Plan Land
Use Element (LUE) update. First and foremost, please remember that the current
Council involvement with the LUE is not in the context of public hearings. The whole
purpose of pursuing Council comment on the LUE at this time is to assure some
measure of comfort that the document which will be subjected to environmental review
represents an acceptable document to a majority of Council members.
Many, many opportunities for public input into the current draft of the LUE were
provided during initial citizen committee work and Planning Commission review and
editing. In addition, a full round of public hearings before the Planning Commission and
City Council will be held prior to certification of the EIR and adoption of the LUE.
Consequently, it was not anticipated that public comment would be accepted at this
stage of document development.
Following the August 14 study session the Council did decide to allow a limited time (30
minutes total) for public comment at the beginning of each remaining session. As you
know, two more sessions are currently scheduled on September 25 and October 9. There
may be need for additional sessions beyond those two to allow consideration of the entire
LUE document. I know of no plans on the part of Council to revisit the material
covered at the August 14 session just to allow public comment. However, you are always
welcome to submit your comments in written form.
I hope this information enables you,-to better anticipate the process for the remainder
of the LUE study sessions. If I can be of further assistance please let me know.
Si cere),y,
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Arnold B. Jonas, i ector
Community Develo ent Department
cc: Mayor Dunin
John Dunn
/ NED ROGOWAY,AICD
PLANNING SERVICES
1163 Main Street
Morro Bay,California.93442
` (605)772-5400(Fax)772-5650
August 29, 1990
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Ron Dunin, Mayor `'`'
City of San Luis Obispo aTY*jC '
P. O. Box 8100 5AhU0908660CA
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403
Re: Land Use Element Update Hearings
Dear Mayor Dunin:
Thank you for allowing public testimony at your August 28 Land Use
Element Update hearing. It was a pleasant surprise. As you know,
we have submitted letters to you on behalf of Laguna Hill Estates.
The letters identified concerns about the overall programs, growth
management policies, annexation policies, and most recently, the
housing and neighborhood policies of the plan. We would have been
better prepared to testify on those subjects had we known the
hearing format had been changed to allow public testimony.
We believe there is some public confusion about how the City
Council will be conducting the Land Use Element Update hearings.
There has been no explanation of how the study sessions will be
conducted and when public testimony will be received. The agenda
should provide this information. At the August 14 study session,
a number of people were there to testify about the Land Use Update.
Most of them left when you indicated that there would be no public
testimony. The impression was there would be no public testimony
until the end of the hearings in October. Most of these people did
not attend the second study session on August 28.
Page Two
Ron Dunin, Mayor
August 29,1990
The Land Use Element Update, and your decisions, will effect
everybody within the City. We believe you should hear the
suggestions, comments, criticisms, and concerns of the public.
Then the Council can deliberate and discuss the full context of
what they have read, received testimony on, and learned before
giving directions and text changes to staff.
IWe would appreciate a clarification and identification of the
format the Council intends use for the remaining sessions. When
and how will public testimony be accepted? Will public testimony
be allowed before the consideration of each section? When will
public testimony be taken for those issues considered at the
August 14 hearing? Thank you for your consideration and
clarification of this matter..
Sincerely,
1
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Planning
cc: Rick Webster
Dan Lloyd
John Belsher, Esq.
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SUBJECT: BACKYARD COMPOSTING PROGRAM
One of the interesting things I learned about at the recent recycling conference was the
success several communities are experiencing with backyard recycling. This concept could
augment recent volume-based garbage collection and should be explored.
I have obtained an actual bin from Washington and would like to request Council
• consideration of the following:
1) In mid-October, San Luis Garbage is planning a booth on Thursday night.
Tom Martin has extended an offer to have a compost bin set up with a survey
to see if our citizens would be interested.
2) Include in our City newsletter a survey on this topic.
I have attached back-up information for your.review. If you have any questions, please call
me.
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the Backyard Composting Program forthe enhancers, KM County Is helping rest- In addition, the plan states that all
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will have been distributed to local res'- is diverted from the waste stream through
dents over a 10-month Period(June 1989 backyard composting,it is a key element
to March 1990). At an affordable price of In achieving the county's goal of reducing
$8:75,residents are clamoring to receive or recycling 65 percent aLthe total waste
their county-subsidized bins in order to stream.The long-tern effects of hands-on
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eration source. In King County an esti- nff=M step is taken toward waste reduc.
mated 17 percent of the total annual waste tion or recycling in the household, as it is
stream consists of yard, waste. The through' backyard composting, subse-
county's goal is to diver 90 percent of this quell steps begin to follow. Residents
yard waste from the disposal system by begin to change behaviors and attitudes.
2000. By minimizing the volume of yard Backyard composting, presented in con-
waste entering the solid waste stream, junction with information on solid waste
collection, processing and marketing ef- volumes, begins to be viewed by the par-
forts and costs are avoided. ticipant in terms of the number of garbage
• As stated in the 1989 Proposed Com- cans filled or not filled each week.Volume
prehensive Solid Waste Management of waste takes on a new meaning. Recy-
Plan, the county's first step is to provide Ging and waste reduction have suddenly
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King County project are constructed of alternating
cedar stats with tour metal connector rods.Residents
participating in the project receive information from
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program that included promotion and pub- the western, urbanized areas of the
Talting it to the people lic awareness, direct mail of program in- county, which includes the state's largest
As a critical element of the sold waste formation,bin selection and manufacture, city, Seattle.. Incorporated cities and
management plan, King County initiated and bin delivery. towns, including the City of Seattle,com-
the Backyard Composting Program in Although only the eleventh largest pose 59 percent of the total county popu-
1989.The county selected C'S'Group to county in land area, King County is by far lation, with the remaining 41 percent in
develop and implement the program and the most populous of Washington's 39 unincorporated King County.
to distribute bins in conjunction with the counties. King County holds 31 percent The program is available to all cou
county. Teamed with Elgin Syferd and of the total state population of 4.5 million. residents. However, in order to allow the
Resource Recycling Fe&uary 1990
municipalities time to detemtine the level improvement stores in each of the four Bin selection
Of County support they needed for their target areas.
own residential yard waste programs,the Several bin designs were considered dur-
initial efforts of the and ing Program development. The factors
� Y composting Direct mail sign-up that the county considered in selecting a
project have been focused on four high With the job of distributing 16,000 oom- bin included:
density residential areas in unincor- post Cobins,ting County decided on a direct
Po ■ safety
Posted �^ County. mail sign-up system as the best method ■ size
Promotion and public awareness to assure an orderly process of sign-up ■ durability
and delivery. Rather than a countywide ■ cost
The promotion and education campaign mailing, brochures were mailed to resi- ■ ease and convenience of assembly
to support the program was designed to dents within the target areas. To paRicl- and use
meet three overall objectives: pate in the program, residents simply ■ bin material
■ to motivate a minimum of 16,0oo resi- return the tear-off sign-up card and a ■ aesthetic value.
dents to sign up for the program check for$8.75.The compost bin is deliv- The chosen bin is made of 100 percent
■ to assist participants in developing, ered to their home within a few weeks. talldown,western cedar,a by-Product of
maintaining and using their backyard lumber and ink
composting system How to compost west dung in the Pacific North-
■ to generate public awareness of the An instiuctior l brochure is Included with mat Normally discarded as a waste
as well aL this hdklown cedar a being re.
other Pand� ,. II bin
assem bure contains cycled into oompcsfbins.7tte bindesign
solid waste management and well as assembly ice• as selected by the county is a four-sides unit
composting information: It is or- constructed of 40 alternating cedar sfats
The Peary promotional and educe- 9antzed around the three stages of com- and four metal connector rods.The bin is
tfonat strategies have included Posting:getting started, making compost delivered to each resident bundled as a
media and demonstration events. kThe and 00mPost The brochure also kit and includes tour extra slats,pre con-
program kick-off event, which received contains the phone number for the King nector rod Is thinner than the others to aid
both local �ding and composting inform- in opening the bin when
newspaper and television tion fine. Residents may call for assis- move the bin or gain accesse.
coverage, featured ting County F�cecu- tance with composting Questions or to tial during composting.
five Tim Hill and the Council member exchange composting ideas. The county An average of 100 bins are manufac-
whose district received the first bin.Media recognizes that having someone to talk cured daily. Each bin costs the county
releases were then distributed in each to about composting adds a personal $16.50, which includes manufacture and
of the target areas. Additional newsre touch to the program, thus increasing its bundling into tats for delivery A resident
teases are distributed on a regular basis value to the resident.
announcing composting events and may order up to three bins, but in order
demonstrations,and highlighting program
sucMses and benchmarks• Ongoing Five reasons why backyard composting is high
media relations activities have helped
maintain Program awareness and have priority in an overall yard waste program
generated Positive recognition for home
composters.
The county has sponsored demonstra- ■ Backyard composting saves money for county and municipal governments. If
tion ever in each of the target areas. yard waste enters the waste stream, there is less waste to
Knowledgeable composters have been Process or landfill.
available at nurseries and orcin-and ■ Backyard composting reinforces the fad that citizens need to take responsibility
home. improvement stores 9 o answer for the waste they generate even if it requires them to change their behavior.
questions and a sell bins. Smaller, ■ Backyard composting provides a free garden enhancer for use by citizens.
Permanent demonstration cis Ia thin ■ Backyard composting is highly compatible with all other solid waste handling
P Ys activities since waste is eliminated before it enters the waste stream.
'de program and sign-up information ■ Backyard composting does not require a collection
Jcated at several garden and home system.
. Remmm Rerydmg February 1990
to cover the true costs of manufacture and for a bin,they will be more likely to set it Jne of the most positive aspects of the
delivery, the second and third bins are up and continue to use it. program, as viewed by the residents, is
$26.00 each.The county is evaluating the A total of $400,000 was budgeted for the composting information fine. Havinq-�
effectiveness of the selected bin through- this program. The sale of the bins to resi- ready access to composting informati
out the duration of the program. Any dents,at a cost of$8.75 each,has yielded and assistance has provided a person,
changes or improvements will be made an additional $140,000, which has been touch to the program.The composting in--
as
n-as necessary. So far the bin has been allocated to cover additional program formation line averages 500 calls monthly
performing well and residents are happy costs. and this number continues to increase as
with it. the program receives more media atten-
Program evaluation tion and gains visibility.
Delivery A comprehensive evaluation component
The distribution system for the compost has been built into the program. A statis- The Backyard Composting Program has
bins has been a key element to the suc-- tical analysis of program components has been overwhelmingly successful in its first
cess of the program. Several option s been very useful. King County has moni year of operation.Residents are respond-
were considered,including mail or United tored the effectiveness of the selected ing by composting a high percentage of
Parcel Service delivery of the bins,as well compost bin and program promotions. their yard waste.Seventy percent of those
as establishing locations for residents to In order to assess program effec- surveyed indicated that they were corn-
purchase the bins.The most efficient and tiveness,a survey was administered to a posting approximately 75 percent of the
cast-effective method identified by King random group of 100 program participants yard waste they generated.For 1990,the
County and C2S2was to purchase two after 50 percent—or 8,000—of the bins county and.C2S'will increase-the number
trucks and hires staff to deliver the bins had been distributed. Ninety-sox percent of bins distributed and focus on inc:or-
directly to residents.The average delivery of the residents surveyed said they were porated areas of King County in its pro-
time (from sign-up to delivery) has been pleased with the program.In addition,the motion efforts. RR
three to four weeks, with approximately survey showed that more than one-third
100 bins delivered daily.Again,by adding of the participants had not previously corn-
ft personal touch with home bin delivery, posted before receiving a bin from the For further information on the ting County
the county has increased the program's county. Encouraged by the high number Backyard Composting Program, contact
value to residents. of new composters, the county plans to Candy Cox, Vice President, C2S2, 1818
Increase bin distribution next year from Westlake Avenue N.,Seattle,WA 98109;
Budget 18,000 to 30,000. (206)284-9964.
"County considered the option of pro- Residents have been pleased with the
viding compost bins to residents at no quality and aesthetics of the bin.Fifty-five
charge. f was decided, however, that percent of arose surveyed stated that the Reprinted by permission of Resourr
residents should be required to pay a por- bin is better than what they were pre- Recycling, P.O Box 10540, Portland, C 1
tion of the cost of the bin to increase the viously using, although 13 percent said 97210;(5173)227-1319.
likelihood of the bin being used. N resi- that the three-foot-square bin could be
dents are willing to pay even a small price larger.
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Resource Recycling February 190
tilg 1 Vl FICULL [V l ilk J/Vi1"t&1Vll
I. another bid to appro- Chicago and its suburbs. publican leaders indicated that it Both sides said it's still possible
X0.000 fell short, appar- Sen. Howard Carroll (D-Chica- would violate a bipartisan agree- that the appropriation will be
victim of a bipartisan go), chairman of the Senate ment not to fund new programs in passed later in the session:
m plan. Appropriations I Committee, said order to hold down spending. Carroll, a longtime,commission
Ad hinder the plan- planning commission officials ini- Republicans disputed Carroll's supporter, said the planning com- ;
m ion's master plan, tially assured him that Senate Re- version. mission has been funded several
nmission officials esti- publicans supported the proposed "Senator Carroll wants to shifk a times dig the 1980s by the Gen- '
:ost about $1 million to appropriation for the commission. little of the blame to us, but this is eral Assembly and therefore should
The appropriation was proposed a bipartisan agreement all the not be considered a new program
3 in July, the commis- as an amendment that would have way," said Jeff Andres, an that is being added to the state
s to spend twoyears added $100.000 to the budget of appropriations analyst with the budget. ;
:th business and political the Department of Commerce and Senate Republican staff. "By The commission's budget for ffs-
Jraw up a "regional land Community Affairs, with the sticking to that agreement, I don't -cal 1990 is $2.6 million, but 85
arategy" to est new money going to the commission. think. Republicans are killing fund- percent of that money involves fed-
)ordinate the often-con- But when the amendment came ing for [the planning commis- eral and state contracts and can't
welopment policies of up for discussion, Carroll said, Re- sion]•" be used for the master plan.
St. Charles officials confident
e
-:* rcyclers will pile up compost
: By Wayne Baker To that end, the city recently Duerr said his committee is
St. Charles residents know Purchased 1,000 cedar compos- studying a plan to buy or lease'
which side of the recycling fence ting boxes to sell to residents at property at the Illinois Youth
j has the greener grass—the side less than half-price. After one Home correctional facility on
that composts. week of distribution, the boxes which the city can maintain its
While most western suburbs are selling fast,he said. own compost pile.
have scrambled lately to renegoti- "One thousand homes is nearly, Naperville has had a similar
ate their contracts with waste 14 percent of our households,' program in effect for its residents
haulers to include provisions for Duerr noted. since last year.
the removal of yard waste, the The committee is studying Yard waste" collected at
"Pride of the Fox" has relaxed. whether to subsidize more-boxes, curbside is turned into mulch
One of the few municipalities he said. and compost that Naperville pro-
r tohire a recycling coordinator, "The key element is making vides free of charge to its resi
St. Charles is encouraging its res- the individual homeowner aware dents for landscaping.
idents to maintain household of his or her contribution." he Nearby Geneva recently in-
compost ppflea. A recent survey said. "St. Charles has set an ex- eluded yard waste in its curbside
f indicates !30 to 90 percent of the ample for how to reduce the pickup service, but Batavia has
.-� homes may eventually do it. waste stream." yet to begin planning a recycling
"There's a lot of environment- The city's recycling efforts program.
ally minded people here," said began in April 1989 and crys- Eric Keeley, Du Page County's
Jon Franz, the coordinator. talized in October when curbside full-time recycling coordinator,
"They're all very receptive to our pickup began,Frani said. praised St. Charles' efforts, but
program." The city had its yard waste cautioned that it is easier to per-
Two month-long surveys, taken pfa�n m effect nearly nine months suade people to recycle than to
in January and April of randomly before the state-imposed July 1 get them to compost
selected neighborhoods, showed ban on the dumping of the mate- "Even people who do their own
awe ow.wMs caro about 95 percent of the homes rial at landfills. composting also set out yard
were participating in the city's Residents have the option of al- waste on the curbside during
curbside recycling program, lowing the city's waste hauler, a heavy growing season," Keeley
n their bagpipes in Franz said. Waste Management subsidiary, said. "If they do get an 80 per
W. Wilson Rd. Fifth Ward Aid. John Duerr, Fox Valley Disposal, pick up cent participation rate, then
chairman of the City Council's yard waste in special bags that that's really good."
Recycling Committee,said he ex- cost S1 each, or mulching and St. Charles Aid. Sue Klin
pects that enthusiasm for re- composting it themselves. khamer said the city still has a,
dition, spokesman Mi- cycl1ng to carry over to compos- St. Charles' recycling program lob ahead educating its citizenry.
D said ung. works on similar economic in- "It will take little while for
"Composting and recycling centives. City-supplied garbage [combo :_ ] to catch on, but it
n
soof go hand in hand," Duets bags are priced at S 1 each, on will,' er said. "There
S QWV@ said. 'The best situation is not to the theory that the less garbage are people who have known
have anything go out on the one produces the fewer bags one about it and have been doing it
ldfl
@d curb." will have to buy,he said. for years."
t b,, s/29l yo
A prescription to
reduce yard debris
Throughout the nation, state after state cause they are large generators of yard
has enacted legislation banning the land debris and because they need to partici-
disposal
b TGu enbuehl of yard debris such as leaves, pate more directly in source reduction ac-
by gg grass clippings,tree trimmings and Christ- tivities.
and Kathy Corcoran mas trees.Because of legislative actions,
cities and counties are rapidly developing Reduction methods
programs for the collection and compost- Aside from calamities such as prolonged
Terry GuggenbUbhl is a senior associate Ing of yard waste. drought, desertification and other clima-
and Kathy Corcoran is an analyst with The success of various yard debris re- tological changes, source reduction of
DPRA Incorporated, a solid waste con- covery programs is frequently touted in yard debris Is the responsibility of the
suiting firm based in St.Paul,Minnesota. the pages of this journal.There is no doubt landowner or iandtender. Recommended
that community-wide collection and proc- methods of reducing the generation of
essing of yard debris its necessary to han- yard debris will vary according to local
the the large volumes of material gener- climate, economic status of the com-
ated. it is also essential to Incorporate munity,neighborhood,or landowner,and
An important component of source reduction activities into any large- other factors.
a comprehensive yard debris scale yard debris program because a Backyard composting. Many home-
fp
program is reducing yard m that has been so modified is the owners have compost piles consisting of
most cost-effective method of managing garden wastes,leaves and other yard de,
.waste generation. yard debris.It will also improve yard debris bris.Several varieties of compost bins ar
collection and processing by modifying commercially available, although man,
the peak flows of incoming volume of de- people Improvise their own. Cost, odors,
bris. lack of space and the labor involved are
Reducing the generation of yard debris factors most often mentioned as impedl-
at its source should be the first priority in meets to residential backyard compost-
developing a comprehensive yard debris Ing. Concerns about odors and level of
recovery program. Effective source re- effort required can be alleviated through
duction activities can have a significant education. Low-income homeowners or
impact on the design of a comprehensive renters simply do not view source reduc-
system.Material that does not have to be tion of yard debris as a high priority.Small
collected, transported, processed and yards and the cost of bins are larger
marketed simply saves money. Fewer impediments for them than for middle-
trucks or less frequent collection will be income residents.
needed to collect debris; perhaps proc- Composting of yard debris at apartment
essing sites could be smaller or less labor buildings,commercial buildings,or institu-
required. Depending on the level of com- tions is uncommon because it is not per-
mitment from decisionmakers and par- ceived as economical. Gardeners, land-
ticipating residents and businesses, it is scapers and groundskeepers need to be
possible to reduce the'generation of yard instructed,if not required,to compost yard
debris by 5 to 20 percent through basic debris at the job site.Public grounds such
reduction methods. as parks, trails and lawns at government
All too often, the responsibility for facilities need to have areas designated
source reduction is placed on the citizen for composting their green wastes.
alone. Source reduction programs aimed Landscape planning and alteration:
at residents are common, easy to imple- For landowners and developers,yard de-
ment and produce positive results. More bris reduction can translate into lower
effort needs to be directed at yard debris maintenance requirements. Every new
source reduction by businesses, institu- residential development and most com-
tions and publicly owned properties, be- mercial and institutional developmerif
go
Resource Reryd" duy 19W
could incorporate some form of yard de-
bris
e bris reduction in their landscape planning.
Existing developments could consider ai- `` ' t •.
1'. � M' -•
tering their landscapes to provide the '
same result.
Landscape planning and alteration in-
cludes planting native vegetation (espe-
dally appropriate in desert areas), plant-
ing low-maintenance vegetation (e.g.,
trees and shrubs that do not need pruning,
ground covers instead of turf grass), and
planning space for compost piles and
brush chipping.Los Angeles has enacted
an ordinance that requires new commer-
cial developments to have a landscape
plan that provides for xeriscaping,or land-
scaping for low water usage.Although the
Impetus for the ordinance was the need
to reduce water usage, it has the added
advantage of reducing yard debris gener-
ation.
Reduced maintenance. A simple _
source reduction method is to maintain ' e9tt
lawns and grounds less intensively. This
means that instead of cutting grass once fit in with one's neighbors and a cultural mental shrubs and neatly manicured
a week, it may be cut once every two preoccupation for organization and neat- lawns. The "American Way" of pride in
weeks.The same principle applies to the ness have trapped homeowners into ritu- one's lush lawn has supported a massive
priming of.woody vegetation. A desire to als resulting in precisely trimmed oma- industry that promotes imaginative con-
coctions to make sure your lawn grows
fast, thick and weed-free. Fertilizers and
frequent watering not only increase yard
debris generation but also affect ground-
water and surface water supply and purity.
Home mulching of grass clippings
and home chipping of brush.If a home-
owner or business owner must have a
lush lawn and precisely trimmed woody
plants, she or he should take measures
to minimize disposal of grass dippings
and prunings.Brass clippings can be left
on the lawn after cutting with minimal un-
sightliness; and trouble. Lawn mainte=
nance experts advise homeowners to
leave some grass clippings on the lawn
to insulate roots from temperature ex-
tremes and to increase water holding be-
padty•
Clippings could also-tie collected and
placed in a backyard compost bin or
placed in gardens or fiowerbeds as a.
mulch.These activities require less effort
than bagging the clippings for refuse col-
lection and they benefit the grounds as
well.
Prunings are not as easily handled.For
homes and businesses that generate con-
sistent volumes of prunings, the cost of
5100 or more to purchase a small chipper
may be justifiable, but for most people, it
would be difficult to justify the purchase.
Rental from a business or a.sponsoring
government or organization is one way to
•. handle prunings.
Am==RBCYC*g July IM
generation of yard waste is reduced at
.�Los Angeles home by landscaping with
plaoPlt ground covers rather than grass(1). Public
COMPOST information materials on composting are offs-
ER R fributed tluough a Tree People educaW-
EgUCAT 10 N CENT .
center in Los Angeles(2).
considered for specific target groups such
as a single-family homeowners, garden-
ers and businesses. Groups with special
needs such as neighborhoods with high
percentages of non-English speakers or
Y — people with physical impairments should
also be targeted for customized public in-
' R �= formation.
A highly effective method of public
information is to offer hands-on dem-
onstrations of source reduction methods
for yard debris. This could entail con-
structing a multi-use demonstration area
in a highly visible location or simply setting
up a sample compost bin in a park or other
2 public area. A multi-use demonstration
area may encompass one to three acres;
Implementation methods messages and media. Videotape, tele• it may have a full-time attendant or be
The implemention of source reduction ac- vision commercials, billboards, work- . staffed by volunteers; it may include
tivities should encompass a variety of shops and special events(e.g., parades, backyard composting techniques, low-
measures that target certain materials or festivals,neighborhood events)should be maintenance yard care methods, com-
generators. For instance, brush gener-
ated by land grubbing or land clearing
operations could be chipped on site.
Implementation of this activity could be
accomplished through provision of chip-
pers or grinders, informative brochures,
or regulations requiring that brush be
handled on site by land clearing or land
grubbing businesses.
Actions necessary for implementation
of yard waste reduction ideas generally
range from regulations (e.g., ordinances
requiring xedscaping or low water use
landscaping for new residential construc-
tion)to intensive public information(door-
to-door home instruction as planned by
Seattle). Other more established im-
plementation techniques include multi-
media public education(brochures,video
and advertisements), demonstration fa-
cilities, and group instruction (such as
Seattle's Master Composter program).
Public information — multiple tar-
gets and multiple media The simplest
implementation activity is the preparation
and distribution of public information ma-
terials such as brochures and advertise-
ments. This is a good first step because
the materials can be disseminated at any
time—there is no need to have a collec-
tion or processing system in place.
A theme and identification logo should
be established from the start and main-
tained on all subsequent information.
Eventually, the public information items
should include a variety of target groups,
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post and mulch. Use ideas, and plant Regulations seem to work best when
growth comparisons with and without they target construction of new housing,
• compost; and it may be open for tours. commercial buildings, or other develop.
In conjunction with demonstration ments that may produce plant wastes.
facilities or as a separate function, in- Through a city's building, planning, or
structing groups on the advantages and zoning department, administration and
methods of yard debris source reduction enforcement of requirements for land-
is another effectiveinformational activity. scaping (e.g., water use requirements,
Presentations at workshops and similar type of plantings) could be conducted.
events can reach students, business Landscaping requirements for new con-
people, members of civic organizations, struction should target maintenance re-
elected officials and residents. quirements that may generate large vol-
Regulation—not for everyone.Reg- umes of yard debris as well as provisions
ulating source reduction measures can for handling yard debris on-site. These
present a dilemma. Should certain ac- requirements are most cost effective
tivities be restricted even though there is when applied to larger developments
potential of alienating a portion of the rather than single-family homes.
population that may have voluntarily re-
duced yard debris generation? Conclusion
While public information measures are Source reduction of yard debris should
for everyone, source reduction regula- not be the orphan child of a comprehen-
bons are not. If officials decide to regulate sive yard debris program.N is an essential
some source reduction measures,coned- component of any yard debris program—
eration should be given to targeting large from small neighborhood compost sites
generators of yard debris such as land to large-scale countywide collection and
clearers or grubbers, lawn services, and processing programs. Communities
building ownerswithexpensive grounds. should recognize that aggressive source
Regulations could also be material- reduction_ efforts have a. significant,
specific. For instance, commercial tree though difficult-to-measure,impact on the
trimmers(generators of large volumes of costs of collecting and processing leaves,
potentially diseased or insect-ridden grass clippings, or brush. There are a
brush and wood waste)could be required variety of approaches to source reduction
to handle their debris on-site in a manner of yard debris. Each community must de-
that will not spread disease or insects to termine the programs that will work the
other trees. best. RR
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Clyy SantuisoaspoO
990 Palm Street/Post Office Box 8100 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-8100
September 27, 1990
MEMORANDUM
TO: Arnold Jonas, Community Development Director
FROM: Ken Hampian, Assistant City Administrative Officer —
SUBJECT: Council Follow-Up: Land Use Element
In following up on the September 25, 1990 Council meeting concerning the Land Use
Element, please provide in writing the twelve or thirteen issues to be referred back to
the Planning Commission for further study. Similar to the manner in which we handled
the "Court Street consensus points", I would like to provide this written summary to
Councilmembers for review prior to referral to the Planning Commission. Please attach
the written summary to a brief Council note requesting that individual. Councilmembers
contact the Community Development Director if they feel there are any major
discrepancies in the itemized list of concerns.
Along with the transmittal of these items to the Planning Commission, please also
transmit the various specific changes made by the Council to the Draft LUE over the
last several weeks. I believe all of these changes are documented either in Council
Follow-Up Memorandums or in agenda reports.
c: Dunn
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*Denotes action by lead person
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A G E N D A kaso
ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL T
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1990 - 7:00 P.M.
64)0-7:00 P.M. - Reception hosted by the San Luis Obispo Arts Council held in the Community ;
Room at the City/County Library r�
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Ron Dunin ` '}>+
ROLL CALL: Vice-Mayor Jerry Reiss, Councilmembers Peg Pinard,
Penny Rappa, Bill Roalman, and Mayor Ron Dunin
PUBLIC COMMENT
(Not to exceed 15 minutes)
Immediately prior to scheduled items, members of the public may address
the City Council on items that DO NOT appear on the printed agenda. T�
Please observe the time limit of three minutes. A speaker slip s
(available in the Foyer) must be filed with the City Clerk prior to the
beginning of the meeting.
As a general rule, action will not be taken on issues not listed on the
agenda. Staff will generally be asked to follow-up on such items. The
Council is interested in hearing from the public regarding issues or '?
concerns of the community and welcomes your input.
7:00 P.M.
STUDY SESSION
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1.
1. PUBLIC ART PROGRAM (J6NAS/477 - 2 1/2 hours)
Study session to discuss the City's recently approved Arts in Public
Places Program which includes an overview of the program from staff,
a presentation from Ms. Gail Goldman of the San Diego Commission for
Arts and Culture, and discussion on the key participants' roles in the
public art program as well as strategies to encouragd Public Art..
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file report. Consider public testimony
on the City's Arts in Public Places Program.
FINAL AMON.• General discussion held Program to be reevaluated in one year (05/91).
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Council Agenda September 11, 1990
COMMUNICATIONS
(Not to exceed 15 minutes)
During the balance of this meeting, any Councilmember or the City
Administrative Officer may informally update the Council of written or
oral communications and ask for comment and/or discussion. State law
provides that Council take action only on such matters which have been
noticed at least three days in advance of the meeting unless special
circumstances are found to exist. Formal action or approval is not
preferred and such items should be continued to the next Regular
meeting.
A. ADJOURNMENT
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Distribution List
6:00-7:00 PAL - Reception hosted by the San Luis Obispo Arts Con_ I•Unpaid subscriptions
Room at the aty/County Library
AIA President
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Ron Dunin ARC (reg.mtgs:in box)
ASI President
ROLL CALL: Vice-Mayor Jerry Reiss, Council BIA (in box)
Penny Rappa, Bill Roalman, and M2 Chamber of Commerce(in box)
ousing Autkoricy (in box)
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the City Council on items that DO NOT appear on I KSBY
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Please observe the time limit of three minutes
(available in the Foyer) must be filed with the Citl KVEC
beginning of the meeting. League of women voters
As a general rule, action will not be taken on issu Mustang. Daily
agenda. Staff will generally be asked to follow-up
Council is interested in hearing from the public Planning Comm. (in CDD box)
concerns of the community and welcomes your input. Telegram-Tribune
7:00 P.M.
STUDY SESSION
1..PUBLIC ART PROGRAM (JONAS/477 - 2 1/2 hours)
Study session to discuss the•• City's recently approved Arts in Public
Places Program which includes an overview of the program from staff,
a presentation from Ms. Gail Goldman of the San Diego Commission for
Arts and Culture, and discussion on the key participants' roles in the
public art program as well as strategies to encourage Public Art.
RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file report. Consider public testimony
on the City's Arts in Public Places Program.
STATE O E—
UNMTY OF SAX LUIS OBISPO ) SS
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Council Agenda September 11, 1990
COMMUNICATIONS
(Not to exceed 15 minutes)
During the balance of this meeting, any Councilmember or the City
Administrative Officer may informally update the Council of written or
oral communications and ask for comment and/or discussion. State law
provides that Council take action only on such matters which have been
noticed at least three days in advance of the meeting unless special
circumstances are found to exist. Formal action or approval is not
preferred and such items should be continued to the next Regular
meeting.
A. ADJOURNMENT
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Mr.Bill Beeson Dr.Russ Brown Ms.Barabra Burke
655 Morro Street,#1 1291 6th Street 672 Santa Lucia
San Luis Obispo Los Osos Los Osos
CA 93401 CA 93402 CA 93402
Ms.Laura Fraser Ms.Franchelle Haynes Mr.James Jacobson
257 Boeker Avenue 352 N.Third Street 6912 Live Oak Lane
Shell Beach Grover City San Luis Obispo
CA 93449 CA 93433 CA 93401
Dr.Jeanne LaBarbara Ms.Joan Lawrence Mr.H.G.Lopez
University Union Gallerie 11 Perla Lane 1011 A Atlantic City Avenue
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Grover City
CA 93407 CA 93401 CA 93433
Mrs.Christine Maguire Ms.Karen McDonald Ms.Marta Peluso
17005 Oak Road 2054 Ocean Blvd. 348 Court Street
Atascadero Shell Beach Los Osos
CA 93422 CA 93449 CA 93402
Mrs.Nancy Piver Ms.Wilda Rosene Ms.Shaunna Sullivan
773 Azalea Court 3563 Sueldo,Unit D 233 Montana Way
San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo Los Osos
CA 93401 CA 93401 CA 93402
U.Judith Summers Ms.Leslie Sutcliffe Ms.Mary Ann Trevathan
P.O.Box 564 162412th Street 405 Santa Barbara Avenue
Atascadero Los Osos Morro Bay
CA 93422 CA 93402 CA 93442
Mr.WaltTryon Ms.Carolina Van Stone
1442 Lizzie Street 1135 Second Street
San Luis Obispo Los Osos
CA 93401 CA 93402
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ARC Commissioners Patricia Brown 6 khGAhAIIUN UUMMIJJIUL�J 9/6/90
mmissioners
7/90 1446 Lizzie St. , #A.
CC CoSan Luis Obispo, CA 93401
7/90
Melinda Clarke Bradford Evelyn Delmartini Patrick Gerety
1741 Nipomo St. , OSB 2210 Santa Ynez Ave. 793 Buchon St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dan Chatham 'Samuel Ellis Joe Kourakis
1516 Toro St. 1821 Conejo Ave. 1577 Tanglewood Dr.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, . CA 93401
Allan Cooper Jack Gatz Gregory Macedo
756 Broad St. 1558 Laurel Ln. 779 Murray St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Madi Gates Jesse Norris David Olson
125 Serrano Heights 2047 Wilding Ln. .. 954 Vallecito Ct.
San Luis Obsipo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
Duane Morris Dan Pittaway Paul Orton
169 Cerro Romauldo 1115 Oceanaire 33 Las Praderas
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Linnaea Phillips LaVerne Schneider Dr. Robert Rosenberg
1530 Broad St. 1356 Marsh 1315 Cecelia Ct.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Michael Underwood Eva J. Vigil
487 Chorro 1590 Castillo Ct.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Original
Term Appointment
Home Business E-xRi:res Date
BRADFORD, MELINDA CLARKE 549-8798 595-5355 3/31/92 3/88
1741 Nipomo Street #B
San Luis Obispo 93401
CHATHAM, DAN 546-8240 same 3/31/93 4/89
1516 Toro Street
San Luis Obispo 93401
COOPER. ALLAN Vice-Chair (4/90) 543-1415 756-1321 3/31/94 4/84
756 Broad Street
San Luis Obispo 93401 (Reappointed 4/90)
GATES, MADI 543-1023 543-6235 3/31/93 3/88
125 Serrano Heights
San Luis Obispo 93401 (Reappointed 4/90)
MORRIS, DUANE--Chair(4/90) 543-8553 541-1775 3/31/92 3/87
169 Cerro Romauldo
San Luis Obispo 93405
PHILLIPS. LINNAE 541-2463 541-5888 3/31/91 4/1/90
1530 Broad Street
San Luis Obispo 93401
UNDERWOOD. MICHAEL 543-4221 same 3/31/94 4/1/90
487 Chorro
San Luis Obispo 93401
Council Subcommittee: Vice Mayor Reiss
Councilman Roalman
City Staff Rep: Arnold Jonas, Community Development Director
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 5:00 p.m.
Terms: Commissioners serve a four year term. Number of terms is limited to two
consecutive full terms (eight years).
Established: November, 1973 by Ordinance 600, Municipal Code, Chapter.2.48
ARC Commissioners file a Conflict of Interest Form 730:
Assume Office Appointed due 30 days
Leaving Office - due 30 days
ARCmembr.lst
Revised 7/90/ss
PROMIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Original
Term Appointment
Home Business Expires Date
BROWN, PATRICIA (PATI) 544-7805 773-1661 3/31/94 4/1/90
1446 Lizzie Street #A
San Luis Obispo 93401
DELMARTIN1. EVELYN 543-1695 544-1470 3/31/93 4/1/90
2210 Santa Ynez Avenue
San Luis Obispo 93401
ELLIS, SAMUEL 543-2893 543-3300 3/31/92 2/87
1821 Conejo Avenue
San Luis Obispo 93401
GATZ, TACK Chair 3/90 544-1194 543-3667 3/31/92 3/88
1558 Laurel Lane
San Luis Obispo 93401
NORRIS. JESSE 544-0575 same 3/31/94 3/86
2047 Wilding Lane 549-6181 (car)
San Luis Obispo 93401 544-0500 (Sands Motel)
PIW-AWAY, DAN. Vice Chair 3/90 549-8014 5442786 3/31/93 4/89
1115 Oceanaire
San Luis Obispo 93401
S HNEIDER, LaVERNE 543-5582 3/31/91 12/85
1356 Marsh
San Luis Obispo 93401
Council Subcommittee: Mayor Dunin
Councilwoman Pinard
City Staff Member. Deb HosslL Administrative Analyst
Meetings: Committee meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m.
Terms: Members serve a four year term. Until Council reaches the goal of staggered terms
(two terms expiring each year), some appointments may be made from 1 - 4 years.
Number of terms is limited to two consecutive full terms (eight years).
Chamber of Commerce: Attends regular meetings (Dave Garth, SJ. Francis & Associates)
Established: 1970
PCCmembr.lst
Revised 7/90/ss
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Original
Term Appointment
Home Business Expires Date
GERETY PATRICK 544-6495 same 3/31/92 3/89
793 Buchon Street
SLO
KOURAKIS, JOE 543-4425 3/31/94 4/90
1577 Tanglewood Drive
SLO
MACEDO, GREGORY 546-8072 461-2637 3/31/93 3/88
779 Murray Street
SLO
OLSON, DAVID 544-6759 595-6416 3/31/92 3/87
954 Vallecito Court
SLO
ORTON, PAUL Chair 544-5858 772-7351 3/31/94 3/85
33 Las Praderes—
SLO (Reappointed 4/90)
ROSENBERG, DR ROBERT 541-1315 3/31/91 3/86
1315 Cecelia Court
SLO (Reappointed 4/90)
VIGIL EVA L 541-8126 same 3/31/93 4/89
1890 Castillo Court
SLO
Council Subcommittee: Councilmembers Rappa and Roalman
City Stall'Members: Jim Stockton, Recreation Director
Kathy Koop
Meetings: Commissioners meet the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the
Recreation Department, 860 Pacific Street.
Terms: Commissioners serve a four-year term, not to exceed eight years.
Established: 1941
Park&Rec.lst
Revised: 7/90/ss
AMTS COUNCIL: I Public Art Mailing List Tom Sykes
Visual Arts in Public Places I 9/4/90 Interwest Investment Group
Committee 979 Monterey St.
(9/4/90) San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Donna Duerk Paul Jones
543 Dana St. 570 Peach St. , 121 Jan Hagerman-Jercich
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 2191 Lariat Dr.
Los Osos, CA 93402
Betsy Irwin Arne Nybak
Graham's Art Store 880 Buchon St. Donna Gibson
982 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 PLO Arts Council
P.O. Box 1710
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Jim Buckley & Judith Jett Ron Regere
P.O. Box 1776 Cal Poly Arts, UU #111 Mary La Porte
Cambria, CA 93428 Cal Poly State University Cal Poly Art Dept.
San Luis Obispo, CA ' 93407 Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
me ea Bruce .Fraser
1 Bu on 890 Osos St. Vic Montgomery
a i s San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 RRM Design Group
3026 S. Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Linda Wargo John French
Atascadero State Hospital 285 South St. Executive Director
P.O. Box 7001 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Downtown B.I.A.
P.O. Box 1402
Atascadero, CA 93423
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Meryl Perloff John Barrett
672 Serrano, �11 P.O. Box 1305 R. Gilbert Hoffman, Chair
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA .93406 Planning Commission
City of San Luis Obispo
DO NOT MAIL
Carol Flash Mary Billington Paul Orton, Chair
850 Church St. 1269 Fredericks St. Parks & Recreation Commission
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 City of San Luis Obispo
DO NOT MAIL
Ken Schwartz Duane Morris, Chair
201 Buena Vista Ave. Architectural Review Comm.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 City of San Luis Obispo,
DO NOT MAIL
Andrew Merriam
979 Osos St. Jack Gertz, Chair
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Promotional Coordinating Coma
City of San Luis Obispo
DO NOT MAIL
Public Art MailVig•List
4/2/90
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570 Peach S #21 174 porno #B 5 +Dd et
SIA, CA 93401 , 4`01_1 S ^, A 93401
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ArYiXybak John Barrett Jan Hagaman-Jercich
88-0 Buchon Street P.O. Box 1305 2191 Lariat Drive
SLO, CA 93401 SLO, CA 93406 Los Osos, CA 93402
Roll Regere Mary Billington Donna Gibson
Cal Poly Arti, UU#111 1269 Fredericks St. SLO Arts Council
Cal Poly State University SLO, CA 93401 P.O. Box 1710
SIA, CA 93407 SIA, CA 93406
Jk z S a E s Mary La Porte
e ane 18 Co Cal Poly Art Department
SLO, A0.1 SLO, CA 93407
Ken Schwartz
201 Buena Vista Ave.
SLO, CA 93401
Bruce Fraser Andrew Merriam Vic Montgomery
890 Osos Street 979 Osos St. RPH Design Group
SLO, 93401 SLO, CA 93401 3026 S. Higuera St.
SLO, CA 93401
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John French Tom Sykes
285 South St. Interwest Investment Group Downtown BIA
SLA, CA 93401 979 Monterey St. P.O. Box 1402
SIA, CA 93401 / SLA, CA 93406
--(]iairman Chairman-
SLO City Planning Commission SLO City,Arch_Rev.--Conn. Promotional Coord._Comm.
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ARTS COUNCIL San Luis Obispo
California 93406
VISUAL ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE (805)544-9251
Revised 2-5-90
Donna Duerk Meryl Per-loff
543 Dana Street 672 Serrano, #11
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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Jim !obs
Oak Lane
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Graham 's Art Store
982 Monterey Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Jim Buckley and Judith Jett
P.O. Box 1776
Cambria, CA 93428
James Neal
1145 Buchon Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Linda Wargo
Atascadero State Hospital
P. 0. Box 7001
Atascadero, 93423
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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Study Session to Discuss the City's Arts in Public Places Program
City/County Library Community Room
Tuesday, September 11, 1990 at 7:00 p.m.
I. Reception hosted by the San Luis Obispo County Arts Council, 6.:00 -7:00
p.m.. Light refreshments will be served.
II. Special Meeting.
A. Introduction and Meeting Format: John Dunn,City Administrative Officer
B. Spealw, . "Art in public places — Peer Review': Gail Goldman,
Coordinator, Arts in Public Places, San Diego Commission for Arts and
Culture.
C. Review --City's New Public Art Program: Staff.
D. Discussion:
1. Role of the City Council, advisory bodies and the SLO Arts Council
in reviewing public art
2 Possible strategies to encourage public art to enhance the
community.
E. Summary: Where to from here? Staff, Mayor and Council members, Arts
Council Members, City Advisory Body Members.
Adjourn ,..; ...
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AGENDA
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COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
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Hooa a Planner
SUBJECT: Co on New Public Art Program
CAO RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file staff report.
BACKGROUND
In May the Council adopted a public art program after several
months of hearings. The program was developed by a committee
composed of members from City advisory bodies, the San Luis Obispo
County Arts Council, and citizens-at-large. To inaugurate the
program, the Arts Council and staff saw the need for a dialogue
among the key participants to explain the program, and to share
ideas for understanding and promoting public art. Tonight's
workshop is intended for education and discussion only. The
council is not expected to take any specific action regarding
public art at this meeting.
OBJECTIVES
The workshop's main objectives are:
1. To familiarize the public and workshop participants with the
City's public art program, and how public art is created; and
2. To clarify the role of the City Council, advisory bodies, and
the Arts Council in reviewing public art.
DISCUSSION
1. Public Art Review. The SLO Arts Council played a key role in
developing the public art program through staff support,
technical advice, and by maintaining communication between the
City and the arts community. The Arts Council has another
role as part of the adopted program -- that of providing
artistic and technical review of public art to the City.
Specific formal review by the Arts council is not required for
every public art project. However .+ithin the adopted program
(Section 8) , the Arts Council is to review and provide
artistic evaluations to the City on an informal basis. It
appears that some uncertainty exists as to the Arts Council's
intended role, and as to whether that role de-emphasizes
artistic or "peer-review" in the review process.
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Arts Council members will be prepared to explain the following:
A. Arts Council's understanding of their art review role.
B. Peer review: What is it, and when/where does it happen?
C. Who does peer review -- jury selection.
D. What art juries look for.
E. Advantages/disadvantages of peer review.
2. Encouraging Public Art. The overall goal of the City's
program is to encourage public art in the built environment.
The program includes incentives to do just that -- matching
City funds, waived processing fees, and percent for art
provisions. Can more be done to encourage public art?
A. The limits of art review, and maintaining creative
freedom within the review process.
B. Keeping long-range goals in sight -- relationship of
public art to other programs and policies.
C. "Public art is for people" -- how to get the citizens
involved early in the process and maintain their support.
3. summary: Where to from Here? Staff to summarize additional
tasks to be completed, possible future public art projects,
and future review of the public art program.
Attachments:
-Public Art Program
-Letter from SLO Arts Council re: artistic review role
-Article, "Evaluating Artistic Quality in the Public Realm,"
On View, Spring/Summer 1990
• RESOLUTION NO. 6811 (1990 Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
ADOPTING A VISUAL ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Title and Content. The City Council hereby adopts the "Visual Arts
in Public Places" program as described in Exhibits "A" and "B" of the Community
Development Department staff report dated May 1, 1990.
SECTION 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this resolution, the following terms
are defined as follows:
(1) "Visual Art in Public Places" or "Public Art" means any visual work of art
displayed in a publically visible location: (a) in a City-owned area, (b) on the
exterior of any city-owned facility, (c)' within any city-owned facility in areas
designated as public area, lobbies, or public assembly areas, or (d) on non-city-
owned property if the work of art is installed or financed, either wholly or in part,
with city funds or grants procured by the City; and if on private property, secured
by a public art agreement between the City and the landowner.
(2) "Work ofArt" includes,but is not limited to,sculpture, monument, mural,fresco,
bas-relied mobiles, photography, drawing, handcrafts, painting, fountain, landscape
composition, banners, mosaic, ceramic, weaving, carving, and stained glass. "Work
of art" is the creative result of individual or group effort, and is either unique or.of
limited-issue nature, and is normally not mass-produced or intended primarily for
a commercial market. "Work of art"does not normally include landscaping, paving,
architectural ornamentation, or signs as defined by Chapter 15.40 of the Municipal
Code.
(3) "Capital Construction.Project" means any project listed in the City's Financial
Plan Capital Improvement Program, and paid for wholly or in part by the City of San
Luis Obispo for public benefit. "Capital construction project" includes, but is not
limited to building construction, addition, and remodel; parks; plazas; creek
improvements and flood protection projects; bridges; streets, sidewalks, bikeways,
trails other public transportationlinprovements;parking facilities,and similar public
facilities as determined by the Community Development Director.
(4) "Construction Cost" means the cost in dollars, as approved by the City Council
or the City Administrative Officer, to construct a projecL "Construction Cost" shall
not include land acquisition, design, operation, or maintenance costs.
Resolution No. 6811 (1990 Series)
Page 2
(5) "Eligible Project" means a capital construction project which is not exempt under
the provisions of this resolution, or by City Council or City Administrative Officer
action.
SECTION 3. Environmental Determination. After City Council review and
consideration, the Community Development Director's decision to grant a negative
declaration pursuant to the City Environmental Procedures and the California
Environmental Quality Act is hereby affirmed.
SECTION 4. Percent For Art. One percent (1%) of the total approved construction
cost of eligible capital construction projects shall be expended for the design and
installation of public art.
SECTION S. Responsibility For Implementation. The Community Development
Director is responsible for administering the program. City departments responsible for the
planning, design, and construction of eligible capital construction projects shall include
public art in their projects, or shall otherwise meet the requirement through allocation of
funds to the Public Art Program as described in Section 6.
SECTION 6. Public Art Program. (1) Small capital construction projects,
or projects in which the City Council or City Administrative Officer determines that it is
not feasible or desirable to include public art due to site limitations or the project's location
or design, may meet this requirement through allocation of one percent (1%) of their
construction cost as an in-lieu contribution for citywide public art; (2) The Finance
Director shall establish and maintain a Public Art Program in the Capital
Improvement Plan for such a purpose; and(3) Program funds shall be used for the design,
fabrication, and installation of public art, pursuant to the Visual Arts in Public Places
Program, Exhibits W and M'.
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Resolution No. 6811 (1990 Series)
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SECTION 7. Exempt Projects. The following types of projects are exempt from this
percent for art requirement: (1) Utility projects, such as public water or sewer system
improvements, pumps, and wells; (2) Underground projects, such as storage tanks and
storm drains and similar items; (3) The City Council or the City Administrative Officer
may exempt other projects from this requirement upon finding that: (a) installation of
public art would be detrimental to public health, safety, or welfare; (b) the project is not
suitable for the inclusion of public art; or is not visible by, used by, or accessible to
the public, or (c) The project is itself a public art project.
SECTION 8. San Luis Obispo County Arts Council. The San Luis Obispo County
Arts Council shall assist the City by evaluating the technical and artistic merit of proposed
public art projects by forwarding its comments to the Community Development Director
• or Architectural Review Commission. This is recognized as an appropriate function for the
Arts Council, a non-profit agency,and no City funding is allocated for this advisory service.
SECTION 9. Program Evaluation. The City Clerk shall schedule the public art
program for Council review within one year of the date of this resolution. At such review,
the Council may modify or suspend the program.
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On motion of Councilman Roalman , seconded by
Councilwoman Pinard , and on the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Coumcilmembers Roalman, Pinard, Rappa, Reiss, and Mayor Dunin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Resolution No. 6811(1990 Series)
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the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 15th day of
May 1990.
Mayor Ron Dunia
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VISUAL ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.
I. PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
A. Goals
The City of San Luis Obispo Shall:
1. Preserve and enrich the community's environmental quality by encouraging
visual arts in public places for both public and private development.
2. Foster public art to enhance San Luis Obispo's character.
3. Promote opportunities for public participation in and interaction with public
artworks and artists.
4. Expand access to the arts for residents and visitors, with special attention to
the needs of under-served audiences, such as children, low-income families,
senior citizens, and disabled persons.
5. Support a diversity of public art styles, media, programs, and artists through
its matching grants program for public art.
6. .Encourage public artworks which celebrate and reaffirm the community's
historical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic values, and which provide a sense of
continuity for future generations.
7. Expand citizen awareness andappreciation of the visual arts as a key part of
the community's identity and quality of life.
B. Objectives .
To achieve these goals, the city will:
1. Strongly encourage the inclusion of visual arts in new public and private
development projects in the PF, O, C-C, OR and C-T zones through its
development review process.
2. Evaluate, and where appropriate, revise its General Plan, Zoning and
Subdivision Regulations and other pertinent policies'and standards to provide
incentives for and remove obstacles to public art.
EXHIBIT A
Visual Arts in Public Places Program
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3. Develop and implement, in conjunction with San Luis Obispo County Arts
Council, administrative policies for public art acquisition, administration,
funding and long-range planning.
4. Expand the range and depth of financial support sources for the visual arts
including the possibility of using a portion of an increase in transient
occupancy tax or sales tax to support "public arts programs".
5. Include funding for public art planning and development in the city's Capital
Improvement and Capital Reinvestment Programs where feasible, including
an on-going matching grant fund for public art.
6. Include public art in new capital projects such as parks, city buildings, public
plazas and major street projects; and allocate at least 1 percent of total capital
construction costs for the installation of public art..
II. GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC ART
Art eludes precise definition or regulation. Art in public context, unlike art in private
collections or museums, is linked to the community in complex ways. It both shapes and
O reflects the community's perception of itself its character and its values. And it must
address and respond to a wider audience than art in museums or private collections.
Recognizing this difference, cities and counties have developed various guidelines to
encourage the widest possible range of artistic expression, while ensuring that artworks
express the community character and values, and meet reasonable criteria applicable to
other types of "development projects".
The following guidelines will help artists, citizens, commission and council members and
staff understand the city's expectations for public art. They are not intended to unduly
restrict creative expression, or limit the types of public art possible. Rather, they are
intended to achieve the best possible mating of site and artwork, and guide what is
essentially a form of communication between the artist and the community. They are
interpreted by the City Council and the Architectural Review Commission, with technical
and procedural assistance from the San Luis Obispo County Arts Council.
1. Public art shall be located within the public right-of-way, or shall otherwise
be easily visible or accessible from a public right-of-way.
2. The design and placement of public art shall not impede pedestrian or vehicle
traffic, or conflict with public or private easements.
1 Public art shall be compatible with the immediate site and neighborhood in
terms of architectural scale, materials, land use and the site's historical and
• environmental context.
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4. Public art shall be integrated with the site, and include landscaping, lighting,
interpretive information, and other amenities where appropriate.
S. Permanent public art shall be constructed of durable, higb-quality materials
and require minimal or no maintenance. Temporary public art shall be
constructed of materials appropriate to its duration of public display.
6. A wide variety of artistic expression is encouraged. Expressions of profanity,
vulgarity, or obvious poor taste are inappropriate.
7. Artwork shall reflect a high level of artistic excellence.
8. Public art shall not directly or indirectly cause adverse environmental effects,
or otherwise jeopardize public health, safety or welfare.
III. CRITERIA FOR MATCHING GRANT FUNDING
The city has established a matching grant fund to encourage public art. For every dollar
of private investment, the City.Council may match the expenditure on a dollar-for-dollar
basis. Public art projects receiving matching funds shouldprovide a clear public benefit and
advance the city's public art goals. To achieve this, the city has developed special review
criteria.
Projects seeking matching grant funds will require City Council approval, as described in
Section IV below. The council will use,the following criteria in evaluating funding requests:
1. Artwork shall be located 1) on publicly owned property or rigbt-of-way, or 2) on
private property if the artwork is secured through a public art easement..
2. Artwork should promote the city's Goals and Objectives for Public Art.
3. The applicant has demonstrated sufficient experience and ability to successfully
complete the public art project.
4. Projects which make creative and efficient use of resources will be given preference.
S. Artwork shall be consistent with the city's Public Art Guidelines.
6. Artwork designed and/or sponsored by a San Luis Obispo county resident, business
or organization will be given preference.
7. The City shall be named as an additional insured and indemnified during
construction and installation of the public artwork
8. .Permanent artwork receiving city funds shall become City property. O
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IV. PUBLIC ART REVIEW PROCESS
Public art projects shall be reviewed according to the chart shown in Exhibit"B". All public
an shall require review and approval by the City's Architectural Review Commission,except
for those public art projects'determined by the Community Development Director to be
minor or incidental: Hearing, notice and appeal procedures shall be as provided for
architectural review, Chapter 2.48 of the Municipal Code. Public art in major City capital
projects, or public art projects for which matching city funds are requested, shall require
City Council approval. The San Luis Obispo County Arts Council will assist the City in the
review of public art. A subcommittee of the Arts Council will, on request by the City,
evaluate artworks on their technical and artistic merits, and make recommendations to the
Architectural Review Commission and City Council.
V. INCENTIVES FOR PUBLIC ART
To promote the inclusion of public art in both public and private projects, the City shall
_undertake, as appropriate, the following actions to implement the Visual Arts in Public
Places program:
1. Waive processing and permit fees for public art projects.
• 2. Increase matching grantfunding or allow unused grant funds to accrue from
one budget cycle to the next.
3. Consider allowing density bonuses or height exceptions to projects which
include public art tied to open space at ground level. For example, a project
which included sculpture and mini-plaza aright receive height or coverage
exception to allow additional floor area comparable to the area devoted to
public art.
4. Work with the county and state to explore possible tax incentives for public
art .
5. Revise setback regulations (Section 17.16.020) to allow public art within
setback areas, with provision allowing direction discretion to require use
permits for large artworks, or for those whose placement may have solar,
traffic or environmental impacts.
6. Clarify Sign Regulations relative to public art.
7. Minimize public review time by waiving construction permit requirements,
where allowed by law, for most types of public art, including. temporary
artworks, projects which do not involve significant structural work, and
projects which do not affect public health or safety (e.g., the mural or bas-
relief on existing wall); and by allowing over-the-counter construction permits
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for all but structurally complex artworks.
8. Consider allowing public art to meet a portion of the total required common
open space in condominium projects.
9. Redefine "structure" in the Zoning Regulations (Section 17.04.410) so that
public artworks are excluded for determining setbacks or building lot
coverage.
VI. ADDITIONAL TASKS
These are additional tasks to be completed as part of a comprehensive public art program,
listed in the recommended order of implementation:
1. Establish Administrative Procedures - In addition to public art policies
established by the City Council, administrative procedures are needed to
support the overall goals of the program. These would include: artist
selection procedures, community involvement, interagency cooperation,
contract preparation, art collection management guidelines, insurance and
liability, and conflict resolution.
2. Artist Involvement -The ARC is the primary City advisory body charged with
reviewing public art. To assist the ARC in its role, at least one member of
the commission should be an artist, or have a strong background in the visual
arts. This would help commissioners understand art issues, and provide the
technical expertise to understand public art media, techniques, and design
implementation.
3. Public Art Brochure - To assist community groups, developers, and citizens,
the City will prepare a brochure which explains the public art program: goals
and objectives, matching grant funding, and the desigar review process. The
brochure would be made available through the Arts Council, and at the City
Community Development and Engineering Departments.
4. Education Program - The success of public art is measured largely by the
community's understanding of an and appreciation for this art form as a
cultural resource. To promote such understanding, the City will help sponsor
an educational program which may include: public art activities in elementary
school classes, occasional articles on public art in the SLO Newsletter, San
Luis Obispo City/County Library displays,and promotion of public art among
civic organizations.
5. Program Evaluation - The public art program should be evaluated on a
regular basis, initially one year after adoption (on or before May 15, 1991),
and then every 2 years, in conjunction with the city's budget cycle. The
written evaluation would describe the status of public art projects, evaluate
policies and procedures, and suggest changes to the program, as appropriate.
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San Luis Obispo County Post Office Box 1710
San Luis Obisp
ARTS COUNCIL Califomia 93401
(805)544-9251
November 9, 1989 jttULI tL
San Luis Obispo City Council NOV 9 X89
990 Palm Street cmwSan Lunoona
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 - ••-•.
To the Members of the City Council:
The San Luis Obispo County Arts Council applauds the efforts of
the City of San Luis Obispo in developing a new citywide public
art program, a vital step toward improving the quality of life
in our community. The San Luis Obispo County Arts Council Board
of Directors has reviewed and endorses the City staff report.
Especially to be commended is the inclusion of increased funding
for public art, for without this mechanism, communities are generally
unable to support a public art program.
In its role as a local arts agency advocating for all the arts
in our county, the. Arts Council is prepared to play two roles
in the City's public art program.
1 . ) ARTISTIC REVIEW
The Arts Council will appoint ad hoc committees •to review the
artistic and technical merit of a proposed artwork. The committee
will be comprised of appointed members of the arts community appropriate
to the particular artistic medium being proposed, an Arts Council
board member, an Arts Council staff person (nonvoting) , an ARC
member and a member of the City staff (nonvoting).
2. ) PUBLIC ART CONSULTATION
The Arts Council will act as a referral source for public art;
maintaining lists of interested artists and businesses, and consulting
on possible alternative funding sources.
The Arts Council will consult on public art policies, process
and criteria; advise on a Request for Proposal process, the coordination_
of competitions and review panels, and the development of criteria
for public art.
We believe that these responsibilities are consistent with the
Arts Council 's role in the community. At this time, it appears
as though the proposed public art program will not significantly
impact the Arts Council 's budget and staff time. Should the number
of public art proposals and the Arts Council's time involvement
increase greater than anticipated over the next year, some compensation
to offset this administrative time might be requested.
Sincerely, _
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President
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an works which emerge from the usually long and One question put forward at the symposium be- '
involved public an process.The question arises: came a recurring topic for debate.This was,when
Who determines the success of a public artwork? considering the artistic quality of public an as a
Particular works may be labeled"mediocre"by arts separate criterion,are the standards used any differ-
professionals,yet fondly embraced by the local ent from those applied to art created in an artisi s
community.Other artworks may meet with indif- studio?This question was discussed on a number of
ference from the public but receive accolades from different levels.The first was in response to the
the arts community.Rarer,but indeed most re- comparisons commonly made between public an
warding,are those instances when a public artwork and art created in the studio for museum or gallery
receives both professional critical acclaim and be- exhibition.Art consultant Patricia Fuller found the
comes a true part of a community's fabric. dichotomy between public in and studio an a
In May 1989,sixteen nationally recognized art- troublesome and"false"one. "The reason one asks .
ism public in administrators,architects,landscape an artist to do something in a public space is be-
architects,arts writers,and critics came together to cause he or she is working within the dialogue of
engage in dialogue on the difficult subject of defin- contemporary an in a serious and meaningful Kay
ing and evaluating artistic quality in public am that provokes questions that would be interesting
Their charge was to elucidate the issues around this to raise and address in a public space.Public art
topic and to begin to forge recommendations for should proceed out of what the artist is doing as an
evaluating artistic quality in the public realm.Or- artist.It's not helpful to look at:it in such a dichoto-
ganized by the Oti VIF.w Public Art and Design mous way."Artist Jackie Ferrara concurred,saying
Association,the symposium aimed to guide the that she does not make a separation in the artistic
development of a philosophical position for O:. process between creating sculptures in her studio
Visw Journal and to assist the efforts of those in- and creating sculptures for public settings.
volved in art in public places.As Kitty Dukakis, But artist Mags Harries voiced a different
Founding Director of the Program on Public Space sentiment: "There is a difference between studio
Partnerships at Harvard University's Kennedy and public an.There is an accountability to the
l School of Government,said in her opening re- public and their money.l engage in public art be-
marks,"It is critical that we establish evaluative cri- cause there is the challenge of the context.I dont j
feria and guidelines within broad definitions of feel that in my studio.That's important.I want to
artistic quality.It is important not only for the pres- see a difference between my public an and my
ervation of aesthetic values,but it is important if we studio art."
are to maintain and increase public support for These two attitudes are not black and white op-
our efforts." posites,however.The distinction seems to be more
between the standards by which art is judged and
Can Artistic Quality in Public Art be Measured? the.nature of the art that results in the different set-
Many forum participants were concerned with the tings of studio or public domain.In other words,as
symposium objective of generating specific guide- Harries seemed to imply,the factors and considera-
lines or criteria for evaluating the artistic quality of tions that revolve around public an may be differ-
public artworks.The most immediate fear was that ent from those for studio an and may prompt a dif-
such guidelines could too readily and inappropri- ferent artistic outcome,but that does not mean that
ately be adopted without thought to the unique- the quality of the artistic,creative process does or
ness of a particular set of circumstances surrounding should change.
j a given public art project.Sandra Percival,program Former Senator Paul Tsongas,now a public art
f manager for the Washington State Art in.Public advocate in his hometown of Lowell,Massachu-
Places Program argued,"We're confronted with the setts,where he has raised significant funds for pub-
simple difficulty that any rules would be hard to ap- lic art projects,questioned the validity of using aca-
ply to all cases or perhaps even in enough cases to demic or museum standards for artistic quality in all .
give the roles heuristic value."Although audience cases."It's possible that art that is not necessarily of
members eagerly sought guidelines in a question- the highest quality can haven[positive)impact on
and-answer period,caution prevailed throughout various people in a community who respond to dif-
the symposium as panelists addressed the forum's ferent qualities and different things."This senti-
objective.Yet the panel's discussion elicited ideas ment was echoed in slightly different terms by a
valuable to the assessment of what may diminish or member of the audience who said that by.limiting
enhance the artistic and overall potential for success the discussion to professional artists,a whole realm
of public artwork. of valid public art activity is ignored.'Me idea of
professionalism in public art prompted a philo- such as Richard Serra,Michael Heizer,and Beverly
• When Carlos sophical discussion about approaches to public art Pepper.In the Viemam Memorial,we see these
in general. ideas re-presented in a refined,palatable,now
Dorrien familiar set of terms." Fuller suggested that the
Public Art:An Idea,a Profession,or an Vietnam Memorial and other public artworks,if
got Up Institution? they aro to be considered sculpture,should be
Panelists presented diverse positions on the pros looked at in terms of their relationship to recent
and cons of defining public art as a separate.and dis. sculpture.Pallas Lombardi,public an coordinator
and tinct profession.Nuances of meaning for the term for the Cambridge Arts Council,argued that the Vi-
"profession"emerged as panelists reacted against etnam Memorial has worked for her.as art,as sculp-
explained certain manifestations of professions--categorics, turc and most importantly,as a successful work of
limitations,and prescriptions of what is good pros- public art:
the piece, ess p°licv'and art—which suggest not so much "Maya Lin,through this original memorial,has
the positive notion of professionalism,but the changed for all time what a monument or memorial
negative connotations of institutionalization. Fuller can be.Itis a sculpture that is in scale with its site;
a remarkable called public art"not a profession or a definition, meets its function by keeping remembrance alive
but an idea and a constantly changing set of circum- for millions of visitors—most of whom attest to hav-
transforma- stances." ing an emotional experience upon encountering the
Art critic Patricia Phillips went further."We work.7'he thousands of names etched into the
tion Of have to step back at this point in our experience black stone and the reflection of the viewer in the
and history and discussion of public art—away from stone provide the work with texture.The an was
the kind of delineation and specialization,the seg- selected in an exemplary public art process.Quali-
people's regaled thinking that has emerged about public art fied jurors made aesthetic decisions,funding was
and be more broad,more open,more synthetic in adequate,and the public was involved and in-
attitudes our thinking. I'm deeply concerned about the pro- formed.The controversy surrounding the work was
fessionalizarion,and the institutionalization of pub- about its subject matter,not the art."
Coccurred. lic art,of the limits,the strictures that I see being In a general response to the issue of artistic set. 1 think itis possible,and imperative to be in- originality,Lombardi posed that those who sponsor
rense,and focused,and clear,but less categorical in public art may be inadvertently perpetuating art
our thinking." which is less than original:"Do we qualify our
Throughout the day,specific artistic standards experience and our standards only through illustra-
were,most often,not deliberately articulated,but tion,using existing examples of what we deem
emerged rather through discussions of specific successful public art or design,and when we do
amvorks."!'hose that were discussed in am• this,do we only encourage imitation rather than
depth follow. emulation?"
Originality Context and Intent
The authenticity and originality of public amvorks Can the quality or success of a public artwork be
arose as legitimate issues in the discussion. judged by aestheticstandards alone?An underlying
Fuller offered as example the Vietnam issue posed by these debates was the appropriate-
Memorial in Washington,D.C.by ness of using artistic quality in isolation from con-
Maya Lin:"While its public textual considerations as sole or even the primary
function as a monument or criterion.
memorial is unquestionably Jennifer Dott•ley,Director of the Headlands
highly successful.its status (:enter for the Arts in Sausilito,California,dis-
y'k as art,as sculpture,has not cussed considerations of context and intent when
been carefully considered. evaluating public arc
It could be argued that it is "Public art results from the artist's engagement
a derivative piece;an un- in a place;a place that has a history,a future,a
acknowledged reitera- constituency of users.It contains memoryand
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%/i. about sculpture which social pressures,ecological environments.All of
were part of the bbs'dia- these arc elements,forces,influences or even
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"How do we evaluate what emerges from the work,St.Paul-based city planner,Weiming Lu,had
artist's engagement in this complicated matrix of some reservations about the success of Armajani's Public art
disparate elements?" Dowley asked,posing other pedestrian bridge.in Minneapolis:
questions in trying to address this one:"What did "While the bridge,which crosses a major high- is a new
the artist intend and were those intentions realized? way,serves as an important connector between a
Do chose intentions make sense in a particular time : city park and the Walker An Center Sculpture Gar- : Held. We
ior place?"Sculptor Carlos Dorrien added that it is dcn,I believe it has paid inadequate attention m
not just the intentions of artists which are of inter- p the special context.lts'form blocks views to several
est,but of everyone involved in the process:"Our important landmarks in the vicinity,and its bright have this
intentions must be clear and they must be impec- colors compete for attention in an already busy and
cable.Quality is an understanding,and when eve- confused visual corridor." presumption
rybody agrees on that understanding,quality is While Fuller agreed that
gr respecting the continu-
pretry much assured."
icy of space was a reasonable and worthy objective,
Dowley raised other questions: "What is the re- shesuggested that"public art proposes that there that artists
lationship between the artist's process and product;l may be other values worth the trade-off;other
Strategy and aesthetic?Social concern and formal things to gain that are worth suspending traditional know What's
considerations?What about the identification of the expectations.It may fail on one set of terns;in fact,
work as a signature of the artist?Or is the work even it may propose another set of terms." good for us.
identifiable as art at all?What about the role of artist Landscape architect Cherie Kluesing admon.
as outsider and gadfly compared to the role of artist fished the readiness with which public artworks arc I thinkwe're
as citizen?What questions does it raise about the criticized and the lack of and need for criticism of
artist's role in society?" conventionally generated public works projects
Minneapolis art critic and editor David Skarjune such as bridges: leamin&
l reflected further on the role of the"public artist:" "It's a puzzle to me how the bridge crated by-
"We
y"We must resist the role of the art world-bred anti- the artist is the focus of more controversy than all We've got
public artist as represented by painter George other bridges that have landed on this planet over
Baselitz when he claims,'The artist is not respon- the past fifty years.We have engineering works that
siblc to anvone.His social role is asocial.'And into make
crontrast,neither am 1 satisfied with the notion of cited on any level.They just arrive."
the*citizen artist.'who is seen as respecting and Kluesing also discussed how adequate long-tens mistakes
repres:nting mass society. 1 concur with Lucy Lip- care,or the lack of care,of public artworks has an
pard in the idea of the artist as a cultural worker,as obvious effect on the quality of those works.Draw- Out there.
one who can muster the communal imagination, ing parallels again with the design world.she noted
and work in harmony with the constituency that that the physical condition of estate parks which
will be living with the work of public art." have gone public has often suffered as a result of
Dowley s questions about context and intent,in . limited funding for necessary caretaking.Similarly,
her words: public artworks such as earthworks,created a dec-
..begin to delineate issues that frame critical ade or more ago,which have fallen out of fashion,
considerations that vary from ones used to discuss suffer from neglect Allowing public artworks to de-
thesuccess or failure of a painting or a building. teriorate denies their integrity.Kluesing ex-
We'rc all still in the midst of delineating these is- pressed the need for public art planning to
sues and recognizing the inadequacies of conven- include specifications that identify who
tional art and architecture criticism in regard to is responsible for the maintenance
public art.Our job is to begin to build a new frame- and preservation of public art-
work that will successfully encompass the full range works,and what those responsi-
of public art expression,from a Henry Moore on a bilities entail.
pedestal,to a Doug Hollis and Chuck Fahlen tidal
well,to Judy Bata's several-milt-long mural,and to Can Process Compro- '
Suzanne Lacy's staged media events to protest mise Quality? A 1
treatment of the tape victim." The complexities of bring-
Oni element of a new evaluative framework is ing a public artwork to AW
physical context.Specifically discussed was the fruition have naturally
public artwork's respect for the continuity of the caused much attention in
existing public space and elements surrounding it recent years on policies and
With all his admiration for artist Sigh Armajani's procedures.Yet,the policies
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and methodology which are adopted have a great of the artist:to return his/her thinking and creating
As a public deal to do with the quality of the resulting art- process back to the center of our discussion;to look
" w'orks• for ways to allow that vision to infiltrate and change
art adminis- The percent-for-art model,in particular,and the the existing mechanisms by which we create our
bureaucracy inherent in it was blamed for an inordi- public spaces and social interactions."
trator I've 1,11 preoccupation with public art processes. For Artist Mags Harries talked about the need to ad-
example,the creation of new agencies to administer just existing systems.She described a typical situ-
percent-for-art programs,the accountability meas- ation in which she found herself confronted by
come to ures typical of governmental agencies,and the lack project plans which were so rigid and prescribed
of precedent for working with artists on a public that there was no opportunity for her to exert her
learn to planning level,all contribute.to the complexiry of own ideas and grow as an artist.Harries saw one so-
the systems for managing public am lution:increasing opportunities for temporary art-
back myself Supporters of the percent-for-artmodel stressed works in the public realm.Pubic art need not be
that funds provided through government mandates, permanent.Temporary works encourage artistic
in the hands of broad-thinking agencies,may en- experimentation,as well as audience participation.
and other sure that artists are integrated into the public plan- "People are forgiving of temporary works because
ning process.Percent funds may not always be suf- [they]go away."Hames explained:
people out ficient to execute an an project,but can be seen as "People shouldn't worry about whether work
seed money. Urban designer Rebecca Barnes advo- will last for fifteen,twenty,or more years.Public an
of the proc- sated percent-for-art legislation,pointing out that it: is a new field.We've got to rethink it.We have this
..protects art[to a certain degree)in the presumption that artists know what's good for us.1
rough and tumble world of budgeting for urban de- don't have that presumption at all.I think we're
ess, So that velopment.Percent-for-art programs guarantee that learning.We've got to make mistakes out there."
the public an component of public projects won't
the artist'sbecome an easy victim of the pragmatic,political, Finding and Supporting Quality Art
cost trimming typical of later phases of most public According to Fuller the most basic yet important
process is building projects." dictum in achieving quality in public an is"to find
Fuller agreed that percent-for-art funds should the strongest artist and support his or her best ef-
be viewed as a staniag point but not be relied upon fort." A member of the audience objected,point-
about art- as the sole funding mechanism for public art.She ing out that in applying Fullcr's approach,emerg
expressed regret that a public an bureaucracy was ing or unknown artists would be excluded from
making. often created as a result of percent-for-art funding: consideration.In a self-perpetuating cycle,consult-
"We're missing out on the idea of working through ants and juries would select artists with known
existing institutions in the community instead of track records. Panelists acknowledged that the art-
creating new public art agencies.Communities ist selection process is problematic in many cases,
without percent programs often find more and that there is disagreement concerning who
creative ways to develop publican proj- makes decisions,and that the actual methods of in-
ects.There is a need for flexibility forming artists,generating proposals,and compen-
with as few preconceptions as pos- sating artists are inadequate.
sible." Artist Jackie Ferrara pointed out that many or-
The most resounding point ganizations eliminate themselves from considera-
�~ - y made,however,was that overem- cion by serious artists(particularly those with public
phasis on methodology tart com- art
experience)by using open competitions with
promise artistic quality.The two-jury systems to select artists. Ferrara criticized
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. r;L>•;�.:: caution was that the percent- the two-jury system where a jury of arts profession-
for-art mechanism is not the als chooses the finalists,and a second jury,made up
�. end in itself,but a means to an of local people who do not necessarily have arts ex-
end."We have,in many ways, peruse,decides the winning project.The premise
moved artists into the realm is that a professional jury has chosen quality artists,
of building codes,construe- and that,therefore,all of the proposals submitted
y " tion schedules and the pro- must be of quality.Ferrara said:"My experience is,
viding of public amenities," too often[that]what is selected is familiar,not very
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QI 0 tans is to return to the vision A publican consultant in the audience added
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that competitions foster competitiveness and that the baggage.We need to applaud those players who
artists often make compromises in preparing pro- do stimulating work;to patronize people who do it, We need
posals that they think will win.This was countered, and to encourage the private sector to provide the
however,by a prominent artist in the audience who spice for spaces which arc truly public.At the inter- more lead-
observed that a certain cadre of artists has been face between the street and the private project,is
overused in public art spheres and believed that the real opportunity to do something which is on
one advantage to competitions is their capacity to the outrageous side,on the innovative side,where ershlp and
discover new blood and new artists. less public involvement can result in more public
Speaking with a note of satire,Ferrara read a list good." less partici-
of reasons why she would not consider a potential Sk24une opposed the exclusion of community
public art opportunity. Included in Ferrara's list of and the concept of"art czars"suggested by Fried-
throwaway invitations were projects that required a man."We already have an czars.We don't need
registration fee;projects with inadequate or unreal- any art czars,"said Skarjune.Later referring to the
istic budgets;projects requiring that the artist visit disturbing development of government censorship Qual Icy
the site at their own expense;projects wherethein the arts which occurred during 1989,Skatjune
site and nature of the art desired are already de- advocated the application of communal and demo- often suf-
fined;and projects where the"fee paid for making cratic values in addressing the issues of public art.in
a proposal including a model,drawings and budget a democracy.He referred to his opening remarks, ferS from
is based on medieval wage scales." recommending that the role of the public artist be
Regarding community representation in the art- similar to that of a"cultural worker." He added:
ist and art selection process,symposium partici- "When we come upon art in the public realm, too much
pants generally agreed that decisions should be especially when it is funded by the public and
made by those who have knowledge of contempo- intertwined with public works projects,we stand on modifica-
rary art and specifically of public art. According to common ground.Public art is much more than a
Percival,"there:is an assumption that everyone union of government and artists working toward a tion of the
should be empowered at the point in time of artist public good If we accept that people may come to
selection.But the public art process happens over their own conclusions about their experience,just ,
a long period of time,engaging different people as we embrace the right of free expression by all in- artist S
with various perspectives at different points along dividuals in our democratic society,then there is no
the way." higher ground from which to respond to and judge original
Real estate developer Richard Friedman sum- works of public art It is on such common ground
marized a growing consensus about the inadequa- that we form a union of artists and communities."
cies and inherent problems in the public an pros- yowl elaborated: idea.
CM"What I'm hearing,and when 1 bring my expe- "What I've come to learn over the years as a
rience as a business person to this,is that we need public art administrator is to try to back myself and
to change the process.We need more leadership as many other people out of the process so
and less participation,less democracy in the selec- that the artist's process is as much
tion process." Friedman suggested that quality of- about an making as possible.It
ten suffers from too much massage and modifica- particularly has to do with
tion of the artist's original idea by too many people time—giving the artist the y a
with too many varying concerns. necessary time and flexibil- "J '
With a litany of"p"words,Friedman humor- ttY to figure out what the
ously summed up the problem and offered an after- place and community are
native; like.By this,l don't
"I've put down a list of"p"words that,I think, mean a day to look at t
arc a problem.It's an absolute formula for oatmeal the site.It may be w-
to put together public,program,process,panel, months or years!I •'�
Proposal,professional,and participation.You get agree that experts,corn-
puke.l think we need a good old-fashioned dicta- muniry members,re01
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t or,an art czar who can give people the illusion that search,and community
they are participating. Maybe community people profiles should be made �
should have nothing to do with the aestheric. In- available to the artist,
stead,maybe they should select the architect or the but then let the artist
artiar,but then drop away,because then the artist make his or her own
has got to do his or her thing and do it without all of profile,and conduct `` .
several years ago without community preparation or tact with the work along with our own.So let us of-
• education met with an uproar from elected officials fer opinions and insight and testimony.There arc Because of
and the public.The abstract sculpture,a series of no easy answers if we accept the risk and challenge
Icing yellow components,was quickly named "the of working communally." the demo-
french fries"by the public.Yet as time went by,
this reaction could be understood as part of the Closing Thoughts cratic ideal
community's ongoing relationship with the object. The panel's debate demonstrated that evaluating
Trasobares now feels that Henry's sculpture has artistic quality often requires a case-by-case cri-
i become not just an object in the community but tique.Discussions of quality in an often leave more Of public an
-an object of the community." questions than resolution,more disagreement than
consensus.To try ro eliminate this uneasiness with — to bring
Toward Public Art Criticism easily adopted criteria is counter to what most par-
An expanded role for the public an critic emerged ticipants felt was inherent in evaluating eonnempo- gn to the
from the discussion.The art critic could be a more ray am At the same time,the audience,composed
integral and important participant in the commu- of public an professionals,sought advice and guide-
Pity dialogue about public art.A need for more seri- lines,not black and white answers but thoughtful masses - it
ous criticism of public an was brought up by several approaches.Yet the panel's hesitancy prevailed.
panelists as necessary to the dialogue on quality in The following commentary by Phillips provides a is inappro-
public art. "How else are we going to become more thoughtful summary to the concerns and issues
educated about public art and design and encour- which emerged at the symposium:
age quality work and evaluate new work?"asked "There is some shared sentiment that this is not priate for
Lombardithe time in our experience and recent history of
Phillips elucidated:"It's the role of the critic to public an to make fixed conclusions about how it criticism to
make propositions,to take a position about the should be done.I'm concerned when I encounter
world. But it's not the role of the critic to provide so much preoccupation with criteria for public art, be under-
fast and flexible criteria.Nor is criticism,when it's about monolithic ideas of community,and an inter-
Cat its best simply opinion.The critical process is est 31 211 cost of avoiding controversy.These things standable
very much about an internal dialectic,but criticism are all very much related and give clear signs that
is an inherently public dialogue.The writing that 1 we can expect onh•the blandest,most comforting
do is offered as a way to elicit,sustain,and,l hope, kind of public art.Public art can be more than Only to
enrich the dialogue about the culture that we all amenity,entertainment,or ornamentation.It can
share an shape,and that.shapes us.My thoughts arc be a very energetic investigation.Public an is not a the art
offered in this spirit." discipline or profession.It is an idea and way of
Lombardi proposed that an evolution of an criti- thinking about art.What makes it public,is that it is
cism must take place if it is to serve a public func- situated at the congested crossroads of aesthetics, community.
tion: public life,cultural ideas,and political is-
-Becausc of the democratic ideal of public art sues.It is an art which is absoluteh-
programming—the idea to bring an to the masses— engaged with the world and this
it is inappropriate for public art criticism to be un- engagement often invokes
derstandable only by the art community.It needs to spirited disagreement....
reach the patrons and the beneficiaries of public Absolute consensus is
art—the public.They need to participate in the not necessarily a
dialogue and to be taken into consideration. In no happy state.A pub- .f '•
other field of an does the public feel a greater sense lic art that excites s
of entitlement,a right to know and participate,and the imaginative '
yet the majority is not knowledgeable about con- potential of many
temporary public art. It is our responsibility to teach unique individuals
them what quality public art is,to set standards and in a variety of dif-
promote criticism that reaches the public—a eriti- ferent ways,is,al-
cism that is informative and that can be under- beit,a little bit un-
stood." ruly.But a less cau-
Skadune saw an equal need for openness on the tious.less con-
Tian of administrators and critics to the views of the strained strategy may ,
lublic as exchange takes place: "\le will learn to lead to the best in pub !
I recognize the responses of those who come in con- lic am as it has in all am" c ,
his or her own research of the place.Give the artist ing about contemporary public art,there i
s a ten- i
Absolute the opportunity to do something that none of us dency to be too cautious and too generalized:There
would have expected." is,on the one hand,too much fear of controversy,
consensus is What is the Community's Relationship with and too little trust in the potential,albeit unwieldy
Public Art? and unruly potential,of a civic life that can address
not neees- "No matter how excellent the art,if it doesn't complex issues.The galvanization that occurred
create some resonance with the public,then it is within the common was never at the expense of di-
not fully successful,"said Fuller.This idea was em versiry,conflict,provocation,but it was because of
Sarl ly a braced by the panel.Just how the community these dynamics."
should relate to public artworks is often,however, Debate is often,then,a necessary part of the
happy state. too narrowly defined in terms of accepting or liking education process and life of a work of an in the
the artwork.Evaluating the community's response public realm.It implies not only that the public can
A public art to a public artwork can be further encumbered by and will react on whatever grounds it may to a par-
difficulties in defining who the"community"or titular work of art,but also that public art sponsors
"public"is. have a professional responsibility to inform the dia-
that excites Phillips reinforced Fuller's position and tackled logue with its knowledge and understanding of the
these elusive concepts: place that artwork holds in a larger arts context.
the imagi- "It's helpful to think about public art,not how it This means a commitment ro an education process.
differs from other art,but the ways in which it is the Tsongas generously illustrated,using his own
native same;what it shares in common with other art Like experience in serving as liaison between patrons
all art that is significant,resonant,challenging,pub- and coordinators of public art in Lowell.Massachu-
lic an must first make some intellectual,emotional setts.He admitted:
potential of or visceral connection with the singular human "I put myself in the category of people who
mind,the individual psyche.The idea of public know what they like(when.it comes to art],but
many ind I- may manifest itself through congregation and gath- through my involvement with public art.I've now
ering,through habit or ritual,by action or location, decided that 1 dont know what I ron/d like."
viduals is, but the genesis of the public occurs within each of Tsongas described his admiration for artist Carlos
us where the turbulent and often conflicting forces Dorrien who was willing to explain his work to the
of private impulse and common good reach some non-arts board of funders:
albeit, a detente,some symbiotic coexistence." "Carlos's piece was selected in a competition.
According to Phillips,debate around public art is When I saw his model,I was less than pleased.l
little bit logical and valuable in the community dynamic thought one of the other models was really first-rate
"A generative idea,for me,in thinking about and Carlos's was an aberration.The next day the
unruly. Public art is the common.The word 'common'is a board voted and his piece won eight to one!When I
significant space and idea in the conceptualization got a call that Carlos'piece had won,l said,'Tell
and enactment of aesthetic quality and civic action. me who's on that board and I'll call somebody and
In the design of many early American towns change their vorc.'But when I learned it was eight
_ and cities,the common was a place to one,I realized it was too late,that we'd have to
' where all kinds of community activi- live with it.Then,at the unveiling,Carlos got up
_ ties occurred.It was a coalescence, and explained the pieta.It was a remarkable trans-
''' spatially and symbolically,of formation of people's attitudes from one of great
community,of public.The cam- skepticism to one of understanding and great en-
mon was not,in the life of the thusiasm.One politician said,'Carlos could talk a
community,a place of dog off a meat wagon.'The point I'm making is
agreement or acquies- that there's a lot to be said for artists who are patient
cense but site of spir- and who do not come across with an arrogance,a
ired disagreement,of presumptivness that does neither side any good.
conflict,of controversy, His piece is now the most controversial piece in our
and only when it oc- collection.Some people love it,some hate it.Most
curred.of small com- people are talking about it.lis the dialogue over
promise.It was the the long term that means the most."
place where this dia- That the community education process takes
logue of individual dc- time was illustrated by Cesar Trasobares,director
sue and civility was of the Metro-Dade Art in Public Places program in
reenacted.When think- Miami.A John Henry sculpture installed in Miami
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September 10, 1990
TO: City Council
FROM: Penny Rappa
SUBJECT: PROPOSITION 128, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INITIATIVE
Please direct staff to report back to Council with a recommendation to support Proposition
128 regarding the Environmental Protection Initiative.
Attached is a sample resolution and background material.
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WHEREAS: Californians should do everything possible
to protect ourselves and our children from
those chemicals that cause cancer and
birth defects,
STEERING COMMITTEE: WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will phase out pesticides
California League of Conservation known to cause cancer or birth defects,
voters
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National Toxics Campaign WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will reduce gases and
Natural Resources Defense chemicals that damage the ozone layer and
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Pesticide Watch cause global warming,
Sierra Club California
Assemblyman Tom Hayden,Chair WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will protect the
AttorneyGineralJohrivandel(aimp California coast with tough clean water
standards,
WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will prevent oil spills
and provide for their cleanup,
WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will protect old-growth
redwoods ($200 Million bond to purchase
remaining ancient redwoods) ,
WHEREAS: Proposition 128 will create the office of
elected Environmental Advocate to enforce
the state's environmental laws,
WHEREAS: Proposition 128 presents workable
solutions to these and other environmental
problems facing the State of California;
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The Environmental Protection Act of 1990
STEERING COMMITTEE: The Environmental Protection Act of 1990 will reduce toxic chemicals discharged into the
California League of Conservation air, dumped in the ocean, and sprayed on our food. All the major statewide environmental
voters groups are supporting this initiative, to be put before the voters of California on the
Campaign California November 1990 ballot if passed, the Environmental Protection Initiative would:
National Tonics Campaign
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Pesticide Watch
Siena Club California
Assemblyman Tom Hayden,chair Phase Out Cancer-Causing Pesticides and Strengthen Food. Safety .Laws
Attorney General John Van de Kamp
IN Phase out in five years the use of pesticides known to cause cancer or reproductive
harm. This phase out would immediately affect 19 of the approximately 300
pesticides used on food. During the phase out $20 million will be provided to
conduct research on safe alternatives to pesticides for farmers.
• Reduce the acceptable level of pesticide contamination of food in order to protect
infants and children. New pesticide residue limits will be set based purely on health
considerations.
• Transfer key health-related pesticide regulatory powers from the Department of Food
and Agriculture to the Department of Health Services.
Ar Establish a farmworker health and safety program to reduce pesticide-poisonings.
Remove the exemption of farmworkers from the worker right-to-know laws.
Reduce Pollutants That Destroy the Ozone Layer
227 Broadway,.Suite 301-A and Worsen Global Warming
Santa Monica,CA 90401
(213)395-1990 * Require a state plan to reduce annually the emissions of gases that contribute to
9261 Street,suite.300 global warming. The Act specifically requires reductions of carbon dioxide emissions
Sacramento,CA 95814 by 20 percent in ten years and by 40 percent by the year 2010.
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1095 Market Street,Suite 705 Phase out CFC's and other ozone-depleting chemicals by 1997.
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(415)863-5050 " Authorize a $300 million bond for purchasing and protecting the remaining stands of.
YES on 128-BIG GREEN California's virgin redwoods and for reforesting urban and rural areas of the state.
Sierra Club,T.Hayden,,.Van de Kamp The initiative will require developers to plant at least one tree for every 500 square
Majorrnnding provided W entertainment feet developed.
Industry,rnrkWmrental groups,wed the
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Protect the Coast from Oil Spills and Toxic Pollution
* Prohibit new offshore oil drilling in state waters. Establish a $500 million oil spill
prevention and clean-up fund financed by a fee on barrels of oil landed at state
ports.
* Require, by the year 2000, all publicly owned sewage treatment plants to meet
federal clean water standards. Require major dumpers of toxic wastes into the
ocean and bays to reduce their use of toxic chemicals. Establish tough health-
based standards for discharging toxic pollutants into state waters and limit urban
runoff.
* Assure that fish, shellfish and beach waters are safe for human consumption and
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use.
Strengthen Enforcement of Environmental Laws
* Create a new statewide elected office of Environmental Advocate. The Advocate will
be the people's environmental watchdog to ensure that environmental and public
health laws are fully implemented and enforced. The Advocate may sue government
agencies or industrial polluters that violate the law.
* Provide $20 million for research on solutions to environmental problems, including
global warming and ocean pollution.
Industry Opposition .to the Environmental Initiative:
* The pesticide industry and agribusiness have launched a counter initiative specifically
to undermine the environmental protection initiative. The so-called "CAREFUL"
initiative will keep cancer-causing pesticides in food and maintain the status quo on
pesticide regulation.
Sponsors of the Environmental Protection Act include:
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS - Lucy Blake 415-896-5550
CAMPAIGN CALIFORNIA - Barbara Perzigian 408-286-6113
NATIONAL TOXICS CAMPAIGN - Michael Picker 916-446-3350
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL - Al Meyerhoff 415-777-0220
PESTICIDE WATCH - Dave Bunn 213-278-9254
SIERRA CLUB - Mike Paparian 916-444-6906