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Home My WebLink About04-02-2013 B1 JohnsonRECEIVED AQcnOA MAR 2 9 2013 '► CITY SLO rr�� ' CLERK cot es on Vence March 29, 2013 COUNCIL MEETING-12 ITEM NO.: - TO: City Council FROM: Katie Lichtig, City Manager Derek Johnson, Community Development Director Prepared by: Kim Murry, Deputy Director, Long Range Planning 0 1111� SUBJECT: Land Use and Circulation Elements Update — Revised Attachment #8 Mayor and Council Members: The March 13, 2013 Planning Commission draft minutes (Attachment 8) attached to your Council Agenda report did not reflect the correct action taken by the Planning Commission. The Commission reviewed and approved the attached minutes at their meeting on March 27, 2013. The underlined portions of the minutes reflect the corrected and adopted minutes. Please replace Attachment #8 with the attached minutes. T: \Council Agenda Reports\2013\2013- 04- 02\LUCE Neighborhood Mapping (Johnson - Murry)\AgendaCorrespondence.docx SAN LUIS OBISPO PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES March 13, 2013 CALL TO ORDER /PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Commissioners John Fowler, John Larson, Michael Multari, Airlin Singewald, Charles Stevenson, Vice - Chairperson Eric Meyer, and Chairperson Michael Draze Absent: None Staff: Deputy Community Development Director Kim Murry, Assistant City Attorney Andrea Visveshwara, and Recording Secretary Dawn Rudder ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA: The agenda was accepted as presented. MINUTES: Minutes of February 27, 2013, were approved as amended. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON - AGENDA ITEMS: There were no comments made from the public. PUBLIC HEARINGS: City -Wide. GPI 12 -13: 2013 Annual Report on General Plan program implementation; City of San Luis Obispo — Community Development Dept., applicant. (Continued to March 27, 2013, Planning Commission meeting) (James David) Kim Murry, Deputy Community Development Director, recommended this item be continued to the next Planning Commission meeting on March 27, 2013. Information to be included was not ready in time to meet the print deadline for the Commission. PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no comments made from the public. COMMISSION COMMENTS: There were no comments made from the Commission. On motion by Commr. Larson seconded by Commr. Singewald, to continue this item to March 27 2013. AYES: Commrs, Fowler, Larson, Multari, Singewald, Stevenson, Meyer, and Draze NOES: None RECUSED: None ABSENT: None The motion passed on a 7:0 vote. 2. City -Wide. GPI 15 -12: Land Use & Circulation Elements Update: Status update and discussion of neighborhood boundaries, vision statement, and guiding principles; City of San Luis Obispo — Community Development Dept., applicant. (Continued from February 27, 2013, Planning Commission meeting) (Kim Murry) Kim Murry, Deputy Community Development Director, presented the staff report, recommending the Planning Commission review the Task Force recommendations and provide a Commission recommendation to Council regarding neighborhood boundaries and areas, Vision Statement and principles to guide development of alternatives for the Land Use and Circulation Elements update. She suggested a separate motion for each section. PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no comments made from the public. COMMISSION COMMENTS: Neighborhood discussion: Commr. Singewald is supportive of defining larger neighborhoods. Commr. Stevenson agreed with Commr. Singewald, subscribed to the idea of larger areas. He also supported notification to larger areas. Commr. Larson questioned where it will lead. Ms. Murry indicated that effort to define neighborhoods responded to a current General Plan policy and program. The concept of grouping the neighborhoods was to provide a larger framework in which to organize them. Commr. Multari is uncomfortable with the boundaries presented. He would propose neighborhoods be self- defining and the City should provide support. Commr. Fowler is impressed with the effort and outcome and is in favor of the boundaries as is. Vice -Chair Meyer stated that the people were adamant about how their neighborhoods were defined. He suggested that these boundaries may be used as a tool for the City to notice certain neighborhoods but that City departments should be free to draw whatever boundaries they deem appropriate for their respective needs. Area discussion: Kim Murry, presented the map of the larger areas defined by the TF -LUCE (Task Force for the Land Use and Circulation Element Update. PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no comments made from the public COMMISSION COMMENTS: Commrs. Multari and Draze voiced concerns about the map being in the general plan versus being used for City purposes such as project notification. Ms. Murry commented that the maps were not proposed to be included in the general plan itself. Commr. Stevenson commented that it could be included in the appendix. Commr. Larson agreed that the map should not be in the general plan. Commr. Fowler is in support of the neighborhoods and areas that have been outlined. The Commissioners acknowledged the amount of input and work the community and Task Force had put into the effort to define the neighborhoods and expressed a desire to see the boundaries shown as fluid lines that would have the flexibility to change over time based on resident sentiments. On motion by Commr. Multari, seconded by Commr. Stevenson, to support direction regarding neighborhoods as follows: In San Luis Obispo, neighborhoods are organic. Their sizes and shapes vary with the nature of issues and with the perspective of the person considering his or her neighborhood. Neighborhood boundaries are affected by one's perceptions of how places_ are _Linked along psychological, social and physical dimensions. Neighborhoods, therefore, _should �be self - defining, fluid and changeable over time. The roles of the city with regard to nei„ hq borhoods should be: 1) To provide support to local groups of residents_ who wish to organize for civic and social purposes; and 2) To work toward those features of good neighborhoods that were expressed by residents in almost all areas of the city, namely a. Pride of ownership and property maintenance b. Complete network of pedestrian connections e. Sense of safety d. Low crime rates e. Safe streets for various modes of circulation f. Strong neighborly relations AYES: Commrs. Fowler, Larson, Multari, Singewald, Stevenson, Meyer, and Draze NOES: None RECUSED: None ABSENT: None The motion passed on a 7:0 vote. Vision Statement: Kim Murry presented the Vision Statement recommended by the TF -LUCE be submitted with very little change. PUBLIC COMMENTS: There were no comments made from the public COMMISSION COMMENTS: Commr. Stevenson indicated the Vision statement should be less specific. Commr. Singewald commented that the statement should be a proactive statement on how the city wants to look in the future. Commr. Larson pointed out that this Vision Statement is already in the general plan. He stated that it would serve the city to simplify. Commr. Fowler commented the statement is too long, outdated, and redundant. Vice -Chair Meyer expressed concern that changes should be considered very carefully due to the extent of prior input and evident resonance with the community. Chairperson Draze is in support as presented. Commr. Multari indicated for the position of moving forward he would support the vision statement as written with the consideration that edits to the vision statement could be considered at a later date. Commrs. Stevenson and Singewald support the motion to move forward with the current statement. On motion by Commr. Multari. seconded by Chairperson Draze, to recommend the acceptance of the Vision Statement as it is presented with the consideration that changes could be considered at a later date. AYES: Commrs. Larson, Multari, Singewald, Stevenson, Meyer, and Draze NOES: Commr. Fowler RECUSED: None ABSENT: None The motion passed on a 6:1 vote. Guiding Principles: Kim Murry gave an overview of the Guiding Principles statement developed by the consultant team and explained how the Task Force recommended use of the existing goal statements in the current General Plan. The purpose of the guidance is to ensure the consultant team is developing alternatives for consideration that meet the community's objectives. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Steve Del Martini, San Luis Obispo, questioned, based on the Guiding Principles presented, how do you develop more neighborhood parks in an existing neighborhood? There were no further comments made from the public COMMISSION COMMENTS: Commr. Multari stated the Guiding Principles should not appear in the general plan but are useful as a way to screen and consider alternatives. He also expressed concern that the City needs to maintain the ability to modify or add and delete goals over the course of the update process. Chair Draze indicated that the City will see change occur over the years and that change can be positive. He echoed Commr. Multari's comments regarding retaining the ability to edit goals through the process. There were no further comments made from the Commission. On motion by Commr. Multari, seconded by Commr. Stevenson, to endorse the Task Force recommendation to use the existing land use and circulation element goals as Guiding Principles and forward this recommendation to the City Council AYES: Commrs. Fowler, Larson, Multari, Singewald, Stevenson, Meyer, and Draze NOES: None RECUSED: None ABSENT: None The motion passed on a 7:0 vote. COMMENT AND DISCUSSION: 3. Staff a. Kim Murry presented the agenda forecast. 4. Commission ADJOURMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:48 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Dawn Rudder Recording Secretary