HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-20-2017 Item 5 - Rowley
Purrington, Teresa
From:Sandra Rowley <macsar99@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, December
To:Advisory Bodies; Bell, Kyle; Davidson, Doug
Cc:Codron, Michael
Subject:Planning Commission, Zoning - Satellite Classrooms
Dear Commissioners and Staff,
Reference Satellite Classrooms, page PC5-2.
Satellite Classrooms – On May 6, 2003 the City Council provided a recommendation to staff to
combine Satellite Classrooms with the Specialized Education/training classification. On June 17,
2003, the agenda packet recommending adoption of Ordinance No. 1438 included Satellite
Classrooms regulated per zone identical to Specialized Education/training in which required a PC
use permit in the O zone, the A/D designation in the C-C and C-D zones, and allowed within the
C-R, C-S, and M zones. The final adopted Ordinance No. 1438 does not permit Satellite
Classrooms within any zone. The meeting minutes from the June 17, 2003 hearing do not include
any indication as to why there was this modification. The omission of Satellite Classrooms from
the final Ordinance seems to be in error given the City Council direction. There is no Ordinance
prohibiting Satellite Classrooms. Staff suggests keeping with this previous Council direction to
combine the Satellite Classrooms use with Specialized Education to be reclassified as Instructional
Services.
Audio/Video of Council Meeting.
Seemingly it should be easy to determine the reason for this omission and whether it was an error or
intentional. Either a video or, at minimum, an audio of this meeting was made. Council's discussion
about satellite classrooms, if any, is certainly worth finding - and should be made available to you and the
public before any action (guidance or decision) is taken. It is not surprising that the minutes of the
meeting contain no discussion; Meeting Minutes are termed Action Minutes and would not include this
information.
Thank you,
Sandra Rowley
SLO Resident
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