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Home My WebLink About04-21-2020 City Council Minutes Tuesday April 21, 2020 Regular Meeting of the City Council CALL TO ORDER A Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council was called to order on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 6:01 p.m. by Mayor Harmon, with all Council Members teleconferencing. ROLL CALL Council Members Present: Council Members Carlyn Christianson, Andy Pease, Erica A. Stewart, Vice Mayor Aaron Gomez, and Mayor Heidi Harmon. Absent: None City Staff Present: Derek Johnson, City Manager; Christine Dietrick, City Attorney; and Teresa Purrington, City Clerk; were present at Roll Call. PRESENTATIONS 1. SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH PROCLAMATION Mayor Harmon presented a Proclamation declaring April to be “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” to RISE. 2. ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROJECT PLAN PRESENTATION City Manager Derek Johnson and Assistant City Manager Shelly Stanwyck presented a PowerPoint on the Economic Recovery and Resiliency Project Plan. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA None ---End of Public Comment--- CONSENT AGENDA ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, CARRIED 5-0 to approve Consent Calendar Items 3 thru 7. 3. WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES CARRIED 5-0, to waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances as appropriate. San Luis Obispo City Council Minutes of April 21, 2020 Page 2 4. MINUTES REVIEW – APRIL 7, 2020 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CARRIED 5-0, to approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on April 7, 2020. 5. AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE ON-CALL SERVICES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS – STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES CARRIED 5-0, to: 1. Approve the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to provide Structural Engineering Design Services, Specification No. 5009.2020.SE; and 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with selected consulting firms; and 3. Authorize the Finance Director to execute and amend Purchase Orders for individual consultant service contracts not-to-exceed the authorized project budget; and 4. Authorize the City Engineer to amend or extend the agreement for services in accordance with its terms and within the available annual budget. 6. AGREEMENT WITH ASCENT ENVIRONMENTAL TO PREPARE THE COMPREHENSIVE HAZARD AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR THE GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT (RESILIENT SAN LUIS OBISPO) CARRIED 5-0, to authorize the Community Development Director to enter into an agreement with Ascent Environmental in the amount of $287,500 to prepare the comprehensive hazard and vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies for the General Plan Safety Element update funded through the Caltrans Climate Change Adaptation Grant, “Resilient SLO.” 7. RECEIVE AND FILE THE 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEXUS STUDY CARRIED 5-0, to receive and file the 2020 Affordable Housing Nexus Study, which completes a significant Housing Major City Goal task. RECESS Council recessed at 7:10 p.m. and reconvened at 7:22 p.m., with all Council Members present. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND BUSINESS ITEMS 8. INITIATION OF A PROJECT TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM BP -SP TO C-S- SP TO ALLOW FOR A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONSISTING OF 280 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE AND AUTHORIZATION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Council Members Pease noted her Ex Parte Communication with Steve Pack, Applicant’s Representative regarding the project. Council Member Christianson, Council Member Stewart, Vice Mayor Gomez, and Mayor Harmon reported having no Ex Parte Communications. Community Development Director Michael Codron and Associate Planner Kyle Bell provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions. San Luis Obispo City Council Minutes of April 21, 2020 Page 3 Public Comments: Stephen Peck ---End of Public Comment--- ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEASE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, CARRIED 5-0 to: 1. Proceed the processing of the Project through the entitlement process; and 2. Authorize the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Project and related entitlements; and 3. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a consultant services agreement with the consultant that best responds to the RFP in terms of qualifications, cost, and approach, that is funded (consultant and staff costs) solely by the Applicant. With the added direction to include requested changes by the Applicant, staff to work toward a Development Agreement or other enforceable mechanism, with the applicant to accomplish the infrastructure scope, the locals preference and other areas as determined by staff and to include early feedback from the Active Transportation Committee and Planning Commission for the conceptual review and scoping. 9. APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER LEADERSHIP PLAN Fire Chief Keith Aggson and Management Analyst James Blattler provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions. Public Comments: None ---End of Public Comment--- ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, CARRIED 5-0 to approve the Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan (CDLP) as the updated 2011 Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). 10. 2020 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM City Attorney Christine Dietrick provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions. Public Comments: None ---End of Public Comment--- San Luis Obispo City Council Minutes of April 21, 2020 Page 4 ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, SECOND BY VICE MAYOR GOMEZ, CARRIED 5-0 to: 1.Adopt Resolution No. 11112 (2020 Series) entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, establishing the City Legislative Action Platform for 2020 and appointing the council member and staff person to act as liaison between the City of San Luis Obispo and the League of California Cities;” and 2.Appoint the Mayor, City Attorney, and City Manager to act as the primary legislative liaisons between the League of California Cities and the City of San Luis Obispo. With changes proposed during the meeting. 11.DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING PROCLAIMING THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING COVID-19 PANDEMIC City Manager Derek Johnson provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions. Public Comments: None ---End of Public Comment--- ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEASE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, CARRIED 5-0 to adopt Resolution No. 11113 (2020 Series) entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, proclaiming the continuing existence of a local emergency regarding the COVID- 19 Pandemic. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. The next Regular City Council Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference. __________________________ Teresa Purrington City Clerk APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 05/05/2020