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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Special Meeting of the City Council
CALL TO ORDER
A Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council was called to order on Tuesday, April
13, 2021 at 5:33 p.m. by Mayor Harmon, with all Members present via teleconference.
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Carlyn Christianson, Jan Marx, Andy Pease, Vice Mayor Erica
A. Stewart, and Mayor Heidi Harmon.
Council Members
Absent: None
City Staff
Present: Derek Johnson, City Manager; Christine Dietrick, City Attorney; and Teresa
Purrington, City Clerk; were present at Roll Call. Other staff members presented
reports or responded to questions as indicated in the minutes.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Harmon led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PRESENTATIONS
1. ADVISORY BODY RECOGNITION
The Mayor and City Council recognized the Advisory Body members for their service.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Tim Jouet
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PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AND BUSINESS ITEMS
2. INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SAN LUIS OBISPO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD CHAPTER 8.10 (SHOPPING CARTS), AND AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.04 (ENCROACHMENTS AND
EXCAVATIONS) AND CHAPTER 12.20 (PARK REGULATIONS)
Assistant City Manager Shelly Stanwyck, Parks and Recreation Director Greg Avakian and
Public Works Director Matt Horn provided an in-depth staff report and responded to
Council questions.
Public Comments:
Amman Asfaw
SBSLO Alliance
Thomas Arndt
Kevin Foote
Marshall James
Eva Ulz
Frank Kopcinski
Donna Hare Price
Lisa Jouet
Michelle M.
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RECESS
Council recessed at 8:15 p.m. and reconvened at 8:27 p.m., with all Council Members present.
ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEASE, SECOND BY COUNCIL
MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, CARRIED 5-0 to introduce Ordinance No. 1695 (2021
Series) entitled, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo,
California, amending Title 8, Health and Safety, of the Municipal Code to add Chapter 8.10
pertaining to the unauthorized removal of shopping carts from retail establishments and to
facilitate retrieval of abandoned shopping carts;”
Revise Section 8.10.040 (Packet Page 15) as follows:
A. “Abandoned or unattended shopping cart” means a shopping cart which is either:
1. Removed from the premises of a retail establishment by any person without the
written authorization or consent of the cart’s owner; or
2. Left unattended, discarded, or abandoned upon any public or private property
other than the premises from which the shopping cart was removed, regardless of
whether such shopping cart was removed from the premises with the
authorization or consent of the cart’s owner. For purposes of this chapter, a
shopping cart located on any public or private property other than the premises
of the retail establishment from which such shopping cart was removed is
presumed abandoned, even if in the possession of any person, unless the person
possessing the shopping cart is:
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a. The owner, or an employee or authorized agent of the owner, entitled to
possession of such shopping cart;
b. An officer, employee or agent of a cart retrieval service hired by the owner to
retrieve such carts;
c. Enforcing this chapter upon the Director’s authority; or
d. Has written permission to possess such shopping cart from the owner entitled
to possession of such shopping cart.
Revise Section 8.10.060 Prohibitions (Packet Page 17) as follows:
A. It is unlawful for any business to allow or permit the removal of a shopping cart
from the premises of the cart’s owner.
A. t is unlawful to possess a shopping cart off the premises of a retail establishment
without the prior written authorization or consent of the shopping cart’s owner,
unless the person in possession of the shopping cart is in the process of immediately
returning the shopping cart to the premises of the retail establishment.
B. It is unlawful for any person to leave, or cause to be left, a shopping cart that was in
his or her possession or custody, on any public area or upon any public or pr ivate
property such that it becomes an abandoned shopping cart.
C. It is unlawful to possess or use a shopping cart in City parks or open spaces and in
any creek, stream bed, or riparian area located within the City.
ACTION: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTIANSON, SECOND BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MARX, CARRIED 4-1 (COUNCILMEMBER PEASE VOTING
NO) to introduce Ordinance No. 1696 (2021 Series) entitled, “An Ordinance of the City
Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, amending Chapter 12.04 and Chapter
12.20 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code to clarify expressly that tents and similar
structures are prohibited encroachments in public parks” consistent with a previously issued
clarifying Memorandum.
ACTION: By consensus, the Council directed staff to continue to monitor the use of child
play areas in parks, check in with the Parks and Recreation Commission and report back to
the Council if there is further recommendations or direction needed from the Council.
STUDY SESSION ITEMS
3. 2020 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE
CONTINGENCY PLAN
Utilities Director Aaron Floyd and Deputy Utilities Director of Water Mychal Boerman
provided an in-depth staff report and responded to Council questions.
Public Comments:
None
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By consensus, Council provided the following comments to staff:
•Prohibition on wheeling water at 5 years or less.
•As part of any wheeling agreement there should be a statement at what tier it gets cut off.
•Offers of audits could be in the Watch category.
•Keep up with the irrigation situation both in residential and around the school.
•Water bill inserts may not be the best way to outreach to customer because of auto bill pay.
•Make sure to include Social Media in outreach.
•Look for incentive ideas (contests) to make saving water more fun.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS AND LIAISON REPORTS
None
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:48 p.m. The next Regular City Council Meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 5:30 p.m., via teleconference.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 05/04/2021