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Home My WebLink About09/11/1967MINUTES ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL September 11, 1967 - 7 :00 P.M. CITY HALL Roll Call Present: R. D. Young, Planning Director; D. F. Romero, City Engineer; R. D. Miller, Administrative Officer; E. L.. Rodgers, Police Chief; H. Johnson, City Attorney; J. H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk. 1. The City Council met with Mr. Fran.Wallace, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce,. -and discussed with him his duties and assignments with the Chamber as to economic development, tourist promotion.and general Chamber operation. Mr. Wallace explained the.program that he has.been working under for the past year in the economic development.field. and in the convention services bureau work. Mr. Wallace explained the problems in getting memberships for the Chamber but he felt that the leadership of the community is represented on the membership rolls of the Chamber. J. Kimball, President of the Chamber of Commerce, explained some of the plans and programs that the Chamber Board of Directors have prepared for this year. He felt that, given time under Mr. Wallace's leadership, the Chamber would be. a much stronger organization to serve the business community, the City and the general public of San Luis Obispo. He also stated he felt that the Chamber Retail Merchants Division and the Downtown Association were starting to work together for a stronger downtown business district but felt that Fran Wallace needed some additional tools such as brochures for conventions and out of town advertising to attract tourists to the community. Mr. J. B. McDonald, President of the Downtown Association, explained to the City Council the reasons for and the aim of the Downtown Association. He stated that he felt that the cooperation by the.Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Association at this time was very poor. He felt that a more progressive, cooperative attitude between the two organizations must be accomplished. He continued that the Downtown Association was formed to protect and enhance the downtown business district. He further felt that .too much emphasis was being placed on bringing.industry into the community while not promoting the City's biggest asset, tourism. He stated that as president of the Downtown Association, he demanded that his group be represented on any committees formed in cooperation with the City which would spend.public funds for advertising and promotion. The City Council and persons present in the audience discussed what could be done to achieve better cooperation between the business community and the City of ,San Luis Obispo. 2. The City Council continued the discussion of the use of bed tax funds for ' advertising until they had had an opportunity to meet with Mr. Chace who represented the City of Santa Barbara on their advertising and promotion expenditures. 3. Communication from Assemblyman Bob Monagan asking that the City Council support the Assembly Joint Resolution No. 29, a resolution of the State. Legislature asking that Congress enact some form of a Federal Tax Sharing Program with the cities and Counties and States. City Council Minutes September 11, 1967 Page 2 This request was referred to the City Attorney for preparation of an appropriate resolution for the Council's consideration on motion of Councilman Blake, seconded by Councilman Gallagher. Motion carried. 4. D. F. Romero, City'Engineer, presented for the Council's consideration five proposed alignments•of• connecting streets between-Santa Barbara Avenue and Santa Rosa Street in order to have a continual east -west connection through the City of San Luis Obispo. _ Mr. Romero explained the construction problems in each of the proposals and stated he felt the best alignment was the alignment along Railroad Avenue from Santa Barbara Avenue to Santa Rosa Street. The City - Council then discussed the various alignment problems as presented -by the City Engineer and discussed with the Engineer potential problems in the various r outes. On motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Spring, proposed routes 2 and 5 were dropped from consideration and the Engineer and Assessor were requested to proceed with cost estimates for property acquisitions and construction. Motion carried. 5. H. Johnson, City Attorney, presented for-the Council's information a preliminary title report of that property located on Madonna Road adjacent to the Madonna Inn entrance which was relinquished to the City by the Division of Highways after the construction of the Madonna Road Overpass. Mr. Johnson stated it was his opinion after reviewing the title report that the City Council had the right to control access to and through this property. The matter was ordered received and filed. 6. H. Johnson, City Attorney, presented for the Council's approval the proposed advertising to sell the Cornet Store Building on Higuera Street at public auction. The City Council discussed in detail what they felt should be included in the proposal such as retention of a drainage easement over the property and a pedestrian access from Higuera Street to the Mission Plaza area. The City Council and City Attorney discussed "with several real estate brokers in the audience clarification of the ad so that fair, competitive bids could be considered for presentation to the City Council. On motion of Councilman Blake; seconded by Councilman dallagher, the final draft of the proposed ad was approved and ordered published with bids to be accepted and the public auction to be held on Monday September 18, 1967. Motion carried. 7. Mayor Whelchel brought to the Council's attention the consideration of ways and means of reducing the cost of legal advertising for the City by having actual copies of ordinances available forpublic information and only advertise notices that these ordinances were under consideration which would avoid advertising the ordinances in their entirety. Councilman Gallagher stated that he felt that advertising of Council actions and documents was necessary so that the public would know what the City Council was considering prior to the Council taking final action so that if they had any feelings on the matter they could appear before the City Council and make these feelings known. Councilman Blake stated he felt that the City should continue to advertise its public hearings and ordinances in the daily paper so that the public would have an opportunity to be well informed if they so desired. He stated he also realized that advertising maps and sketches in the paper were expensive but he felt that the public could be more aware of the Council's consideration when they could see a picture of what was being proposed. L 1 City Council Minutes September 11, 1967 Page 3 R. D. Miller, Administrative Officer, brought to the Council's attention the fact that an interim committee of the State Assembly is studying the existing require- ment of requiring each Public Works ad to include applicable wage rates for each type of worker to be employed on the project. Mr. Miller continued that the League of California Cities and the Supervisor's Association had attempted during the last legislative session to have the require- ment of advertising wage rates on public works projects eliminated but have them on file and included in the actual project specifications. After discussion by the City Council it was moved by Councilman Blake, seconded by Councilman Spring, that the City was in accord with the policy of not requiring wage rates to be advertised on Public Works Projects.. Motion carried. 8. R. D. Young, Planning Director, presented for the Council's consideration a sketch for a proposed roadside rest for tourists on City.owned property at Reservoir No. 2 on north Highway 101. In addition to the sketch, Mr. Young showed colored slides of existing conditions in the proposed area of the roadside rest. The City Council discussed this proposal, its advantages and disadvantages and the matter was continued so that R. D. Miller, Administrative Officer, could receive a report from the Division of Highways on this proposal. Councilman Miller left the meeting. 9. & 12. on motion of Councilman Blake, seconded by Councilman Gallagher, the ' following grant deeds were accepted and the Mayor was authorized to record same. Motion carried. Grant deed and agreement from Alma A. Mehlschau for street widening on Foothill Boulevard. Grant deed and agreement from Johnson Highlands, Incorporated for street widening on Johnson Avenue. 10. Mayor Whelchel reported to the City Council that-at-an earlier meeting this date of the County Supervisors, that they rejected all proposals for reapportioning the Supervisorial Districts in the County and that they would stay as presently constituted until the next census. 11. The City Council discussed the replacement of an old water line on High and Buchon Streets which is presently being paved and suggested that the pipe be placed underground before final paving is placed on the street. On motion of Councilman Gallagher, seconded by Councilman Spring, the following resolution was introduced. Resolution No. 1746, a resolution finding and determining that replacement of the water line on High and Buchon Streets is urgently needed to preserve City property and authorizing that the work be done without advertising for bids. Passed and adopted on the following roll call vote: AYES: Emmons Blake, Frank Gallagher, Arthur F. Spring, Clell W. Whelchel . NOES: None ABSENT: Donald Q. Miller _