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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/27/1994MINUTES ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1994 - 7:00 P.M. CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS - 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL: Council Members Present: Council Member Penny Rappa, Dave Romero, Bill Roalman, Vice -Mayor Allen K. Settle and Mayor Peg Pinard Absent: None City Staff Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City Attorney; Kim Condon, Assistant City Clerk; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer, Terry Sanville, Transportation Planner Jeff Jorgensen. City Attorney, reported no action was taken during the closed session and that Council continued the item to Friday, September 30, 1994 at 8:30 A.M. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD P.C.I. Richie Ray Walker stated he was opposed to speed bumps on Chorro Street and brought attention to various streets within the city which he felt were in need of repair. CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Settle /Romero to approve the Consent Agenda as recommended by the City Administrative Officer; motion carried (5-0). C-1 SONIC CABLE EXTENSION (File No. 143) Consideration of extending the franchise agreement with Sonic Cable Television through October 31, 1994. Moved by Settle /Romero to approve the extension of the franchise agreement for one month to expire on October 31, 1994; motion carried (5-0). C-2 HOUSING AUTHORITY LEASE ASSIGNMENT REQUEST (File No. 1032) Consideration of a request by the Housing Authority that the City reassign the lease for the property located on Orcutt Road (Marvin's Gardens) to a limited partnership. Moved by Settle /Romero to approve a reassignment of the lease and authorized the Mayor to execute the assignment for City owned property from the San Luis Obispo Non - Profit Housing Corporation to Laurel Creek Apartments, a California Limited Partnership; motion carried (5-0). City Council Meeting I Tuesday, Setpember 27, 1994 - 7:00 PM COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS 1 LJ There were no Council Liaison Reports. PUBLIC HEARINGS Page 2 1. CIRCULATION ELEMENT (File No. 462) Council held a public hearing to consider the Draft Circulation Element (continued from 9/13/94); scheduled discussions included the Trip Reduction Programs, Transit, Bicycle and Walking Programs. Council gave direction to staff on Traffic Reduction Policies and Programs (pages 10 -17), and continued the discussion to October 11, 1994 at 7:00 P.M. (general consent). Tenn Sanville. Principal Transportation Planner, gave a brief overview of the policies and programs to be reviewed this evening on pages 10 through 17 of the Draft Circulation Element. Mayor Pinard declared the public hearing open. Mark Shaffer. Director of Transportation Management Associates (TMA), spoke about the progress of Ride-On's TMA and told Council his organization could play a potential role in helping the City reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. He also suggested that Average Vehicle Ridership (AVR) should be based on a community-wide survey rather than just targeted to employers of 50 or more. John Ewan. Task Force Chair for the Chamber of Commerce dealing with the Circulation Element, and a TMA Steering Committee member, told Council that what has been happening in the community on a voluntary basis, and said the ability for people to move within the community has been enhanced due to success of the TMA. Maggie Cox. 270 Foothill, representing the SLO Association of Manufacturers, expressed a number of the association's concerns stemming from the punitive nature of some of the suggestions that are under consideration and asked the Council to reject mandatory trip reduction, increased target AVR, and the idea of the doubling of transportation impact fees suggested by the EQTF. Dennis Schmidt. Central Coast Engineering, 396 Buckley Road, said that instead of focusing on particular businesses for ride - sharing, perhaps the focus should be on particular areas. He read a letter delivered this evening into the record. Michael Harmon, representing the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments, expressed concern with the plan because it does not adequately recognize the importance of balancing employment growth with increased housing and said that the recommended AVR of 1.7 was too high and should be lowered to I.S. Lany Allen, representing the Air Pollution Control District, said the APCD strongly supported the policies and programs of the Traffic Reduction chapter and said the APCD was in the process of finalizing their commuter alternatives rule and employer -based trip reduction program. The current program being recommended to the board would be voluntary for the first two years with established AVR goals set at 1.25 and going up to 1.5 after four years. City Council Meeting Tuesday, September 27, 1994 - 7:00 PM Page 3 Pam Copeland. BIA President, read a letter from the BIA Board of Directors expressing their particular areas of concern, including a program that calls for reducing demand for downtown parking and the possible elimination of parking in the downtown to accommodate bicycle lanes. Pat Veesart. San Luis Obispo, spoke in support of the trip reduction policy being initially voluntary. Mayor Pinard declared the public hearing closed. 8:47 p.m. Mayor Pinard declared a recess. 9:08 p.m. Council reconvened; all Council Members present. Moved by Settle /Roalman to adopt the Introduction (Pg. 11) with the second sentence amended to read, °This quality is being eroded by high volumes of traffic."; motion carried (5-0). The Council then proceeded to go through the Traffic Reduction portion of the document point -by- point. Moved by Settle / Pinard to adopt Section 1.1 as amended to read, °The City should support county- wide and community programs in order to substantially reduce the number of vehicle trips; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Roalman that Section 1.2 read, 'The City will advocate flex time .programs and - alternative work schedules where they reduce peak hour and gross traffic levels. The City will institute these programs for its work force. After discussion, Council Member Roalman withdrew his second to the motion. Moved by Roalman /Rappa to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 1.2; motion carried, (5-0). Moved by Settle /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 1.3; motion carried, (5-0). Moved by Roalman /Settle as amended to read, "The City should establish programs that reduce congestion in the downtown, and to delete the word "parking°.. "; motion carried, (5-0). Moved by Settle /Roalman subparagraph D of Section 1.8 (as recommended by staff) become Section 1.5; motion carried; (4-1, Rappa voting no.) (Planning Commission recommendation 1.7 then became 1.6); motion carried (5-0). Moved by Rappa /Settle to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 1.7 as amended to delete the work °support° and substitute the work °participate °; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Roalman to adopt the Planning Commission for Section 1.8 (program setting own AVR standard); motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 1.9 as amended to delete the words employer and school - based; motion carried (5-0). City Council Meeting Tuesday, September 27, 1994 - 7:00 PM Page 4 Moved by Romero/ Roalman to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 1.10 as amended to read, 'City government will aggressively pursue a trip reduction plan for City employees' Motion carried; (4-1, Rappa voting no.) Moved by Settle /Romero to amend Section 1.10 (as recommended by staff) to read, "The City will work with area employers, the Chamber of Commerce, Air Pollution Control District, Transportation Management Association, and other agencies support a voluntary trip reduction program for employees with 50 or more employees." In subsections A, references to "the City will survey' be deleted, subsection B, "the City will offer assistance" be deleted, and, subsection C read, *Twenty-four months from the initiation of this assistance program, candidate employers will again be surveyed; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Roalman /Pinard that the sentence, "The City will pursue an Average Vehicle Ridership standard of 1.7 or larger° be added to Section 1.8; motion carried, (4- 1 -Rappa voting no). Moved by Settle / Roalman to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Sections 2.1 through 2.7 under °Transit Service "; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Raooa /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Raooa /Settle to read, "The City of San Luis Obispo should encourage the San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority to expand commuter bus service to Cuesta College and the California Mens Colony; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Romero /Settle to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 2.14 and 2.15; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Raooa to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Bicycle Transportation Section 3.1 through 3.5; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Raooa that Section 3.6 be deleted and 3.7 be substituted as the new 3.6; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Raooa to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 3.6; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Romero /Raaaa to delete Section 3.8 as written; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Romero /Settle to add a new Section 3.8 to read, °Cal Poly should be encouraged to provide incentives to all students, faculty and staff to use alternative means of transportation,' Motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Sections 3.9 through 3.13; motion carried (5-0). Moved by RomerolSettie to adopt Section 3.14 as amended to delete "priority," and substitute me high priority.'; motion carried (5-0). City Council Meeting Tuesday, September 27, 1994 - 7:00 PM Page 5 The City Council agreed to delete Section 3.15 which referred to a bicycle licensing program since that program is not longer in effect. (General consent.) Moved by Settle /Roalman to amend Section 3.10 to add, °Cal Poly should be requested to adopt a bike plan, coordinated with other agency plans.."; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Rappa /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 4.1; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Settle /Roalman to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Sections 4.2 through 4.4 and included the Environmental Quality Task Force addition to Section 4.2; motion carried (5-0)• Moved by Settle /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 4.5; motion carried (5-0). Moved bySettle /Romero to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 4.6; motion carried (5-0). Moved by Rapp@ /Settle to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Section 4.7 as amended to delete the words "off street;° motion carried. (5-0). Moved by Romero /Rappa to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation for Sections 4.8 through 4.10; motion carried (5-0). COMMUNICATIONS COMMA. Council Member Roalman stated he had received requests for the Council to adopt resolutions endorsing Proposition 185 and opposing Proposition 187. Council directed staff to prepare a resolution endorsing Proposition 185 to be brought back at a future meeting (general consent). Council felt that Proposition 187 was outside their scope of influence to officially oppose. COMM.2. Council Member Roalman stated he had received correspondence from the Koffee Klatsch regarding increased restroom expenses at the Network due to public restroom use and asked that the City defray the cost. Referred to staff for further investigation (general consent). 10.38 P.M there being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting to Friday, September 30, 1994 at 8:30 A.M. APPROVED BY COUNCIL lCim,,Cond , Assistant City Clerk KC:cm 1