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January 5, 1997
Mayor Allan Settle
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Dear Mr. Settle,
As a San Luis resident and parent of two young children who are involved in
youth athletics, I strongly favor the City of San Luis supporting the recreational fields at
Cal Poly. The football, soccer and baseball youth leagues badly need these facilities
for practice and play.
Whenever there has been an open meeting held to discuss city involvement,
those against the construction of the facilities have cited a number of reasons for their
concern. Among these are that the project would cause additional traffic, noise, and
night lights, and that an area that is now used for agricultural purposes would be
changed to athletic fields.
The opposition to city involvement will not alleviate these concerns. These are
arguments against the construction of the Cal Poly women's softball stadium, Cal Poly
men's baseball stadium, and perhaps eventually construction of a new football
stadium. These facilities will be built by Cal Poly on their campus without consent or
support from the city just as numerous other new facilities have been built. Cal Poly is
not required to get the "go ahead" from the citizens or city of San Luis Obispo.The fact
is Cal Poly will be building first two new baseball stadiums and possible later a football
stadium on this land.
What is at question is whether we want the city to contribute to this project so
there are additional practice fields built and maintained by the college to which our
youngsters will have access. There will be no night lights required, huge crowds, or
major traffic increases caused by watching the Saturday morning soccer and baseball
youth games or practices Wednesday nights.
Participation in organized sports helps promote physical and mental well being
in our children. As adults, we need to support them in their positive endeavors. We are
severely in need of additional practice fields. By working together with Cal Poly, the
city's youth, as well as the college, will benefit.
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It is budget time again and I want to throw in my two cents!
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We all know that it is time for the city to become fiscally responsible and some things will simply
have to go. Last November, the citizens rejected Measure O so it would be wise for you to
eliminate the position of Natural Resource Manager which was created in order to acquire and
manage open space. We have a good Parks and Recreation Department that is no doubt able to
manage our natural resources. We also have many concerned and skillful citizens with real estate
and accounting backgrounds that would be more than willing to GIVE advice to the city about
any future additions to our natural resources.
Since we already have all these available human resources, you should eliminate the superfluous
position of Natural Resources Manager... relieve the citizens of this undue burden on our budget.
Sincerely,
Lawrence Pennington
761 Grove St.
SLO, CA 93401
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I am taking this opportunity to address the issue of the athletic
facilities project at Cal Poly.
My interest in this issue is multileveled. First as a parent of
two young boys. They were our primary reason for moving out of
Los Angeles and specifically to San Luis Obispo. They are
involved in sports and have faced the fundamental problem of the
lack of playing fields in this community. We play on inadequate
fields, with inadequate lighting, inadequate parking, inadequate
access and inadequate space and facilities. In a community such
as this, these problems need to be addressed. We stress sports as
a positive motivator for our children. We should then, when an
opportunity arises such as this, provide our children with the
best possible venue. The Cal Poly fields would do this.
Additionally, the Cal Poly fields would reinforce the connection
between young children and college; a goal that cannot be
overlooked. The more a young child interacts in a positive way
with "college" as reality, then the better the chances of college
being in that child's future. My children attend all of the Cal
Poly atheletic events as well as Wolfgang's Soccer camps. When
they walk through town and see some of the "big college guys"
that they know from these events, it is an extremely positive
perception of college that is occurring.
Second, as a member of this community, who spent twenty years in
Los Angeles, watching it being destroyed, my insight into
communities should be valued. Keep your eyes open. Do not think
that by thinking nice thoughts, our children will stay safe. You
need to acknowledge the negative changes around us, and act
immediately to do whatever is possible to discourage any type of
gang related activities and promote all that is positive and safe
for our children,or San Luis will be another Fresno, Bakersfield,
Los Angeles. It is just that simple. Do not be naive.
Third, as a business person, this is the type of investment that
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will bring in fiscal returns. Do not forget the money being made
by sports all over this country. I spent 10 years in the
entertainment business. The possibilities are endless.
Please continue to promote ventures that keep Cal Poly an active
member of the community. We do not need to model ourselves after
low life, stereotypical California cities in despair. We can and
should be the shining star in California. Between my husband and
myself we have 18 years of higher education. Some would consider
us educational snobs. We love academic life. We do not see any
destruction of academia with the enhancement of the sports
complex. I hope that my children have a more balanced life, which
includes sports at the college level. A balanced life is a more
productive life. A balanced college campus can include this
Sports Complex.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing concerning the proposed Cal Poly Sporting Complex.
I was born in S.L.O. in 195I and have lived here my entire life. I played Little League Baseball
from 1960 through 1963 and have been coaching this same age group for the past ten years .
The three fields available 36 years ago are still the primary fields today. The additional fields
that the City has helped coo-finance are greatly appreciated but they aren't enough for the size of
program that's being ran. Due to the lack of proper baseball facilities, I've had to hit ground
balls to my team on grass fields. This doesn't sound so bad except that there are gopher holes,
ruts and other unseen hazards lying under the grass that cause `bad hops'. This can be
dangerous and our kids deserve better.
As a life long resident, I truly believe that this complex is an opportunity that cannot be lost.
Land in San Luis Obispo, as you very well know, is expensive and an area to build a complex of
this size would be hard to find.
I know many people will be against this complex due to the money issue.
This year San Luis Obispo Babe Ruth Bambino Division held a forty (40) team baseball
tournament and we turned away numerous entree applications. We had to turn these teams away
because we simply didn't have the facilities (fields) to play on. The teams that did participate
came from all over California. Most spent the weekend in our hotel / motels, ate at our
restaurants and spent money at our local businesses. A quick bit of math. Let's say 30 of the
teams come from the valley (most do), 15 players per team equal 450 players, two parents per
player, that's 900 adults plus the grandparents and other relatives that come along. Even the 10
teams that don't sleep here have to eat and drink. I've sat and talked to the people that come
over from the valley and they love it here, and felt very lucky to have been able to get into the
tournament.
The soccer program has exploded in size over the past few years. They hold their own
tournament (which is popular state wide) and I believe they'd agree that a complex as the one
being proposed would be a great asset to their program as well.
A facility of this type WILL bring money to the pockets of many of our local merchants as well
as to the City.
With all I've written, the bottom line is that I believe our children deserve this complex.
I hope some to watch my grand - children play soccer, baseball or football at the Cal Poly Sports
Complex.
Please support the program for our children of today and those of the future.
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MUSIC & the ARTS for YOUTH
P.O. Box 13752 • San Luis Obispo, CA 93406 • (805) 541 -4456
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January 7 1997
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The Hon. Allen K. Settle, CITY CouNC
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Whom It May Concern RE: Your invitation for comments on goal - setting.
Dear Friends,
a) There is already more than enough misguided emulation in the media of crass
entertainment and crackpottery: PCC's elegant "quality of life" goals will not
be enhanced by not applying a "fine comb" approach in award recommendations.
Sports and various entertainment connected "benefit" events should be closely
regarded: will the actual benefit be but negligible, or at all, as compared
to the grant award?
Admittedly, there is a fine line here between
censorship and freedom of expression. Person-
ally I am inclined to term it as leadership
in curtailing some bobbing up enthusiasm for
the smell of green. ($)
b) Re. Community-PAC "partnership ":
"Help; I caught a Turk but he won't let me go; ", -a proverb coming out of 16th
L'entur7 Hungary during the Ottoman Turk occupation. I wonder if it applies here.
BIGGER, LOUDER, the.MORE are not necessarily criteria for quality, value, and
beauty yet which the PAC administration seems to be in the need to employ in
entertainment bookings to cope with salaries and upkeep. Considering the tremen-
dous patriotic investment of the community, individuals, business, and govern-
ment, I do not think it improper for the City to ponder the dreamed of partner-
ship. Or is it: presenters with worthy goals and successful but uphill-working
non - profit organizations are not only unable to cope with the outrageous fees
for using the facility but also, thanks to slanted publicity, the general public
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tends to believe now that unless an event is housed in our ( ?) "world- class"
"state -of - the -art" building it must not be a one worthy of support. One can
gather a similar slant in press promotion. The couple of large local organiz-
ations using it must strain and beg for additional subsidy (i.e.- even the
PCC, -see last years grant award list!) for the "privilege" of being there. The
bookings that do "make out" (surely of PAC's privilege--but where do the pro-
fits go ?) are the large syndicated commercial entertainment groups that send
out third and fourth - string traveling ensembles upon the news of the new Center.
This picture surely must have been known at the very outset but probably soft -.
pedalled in the early period of enthusiasm. The crucial question here is- to
what extent, to how much more "milking" of our community's resources would it
take a) for a local organization to call PAC "home ", and b) -never mind the
"world class" and "state of the arts" bit, --up to par for its cost.
"Better to have an enemy's criticism than a friend's praise "- jtonardo da Vinci.
(How about a FRIEND's view ?). To wit:
Aside the fact that the spirit and the edifice it-
self of the PAC is a cause of the greatest civic
pride, the building is not yet now the advertised
"world- class" nor the touted acoustics are any sec -
ond -to -none. The sight of the opening night' was tru-
ly sparkling and made one proud in his city. How-
ever, if the reader heard that magnificent Beethoven
for the first time, she/he hasn't heard it yet. The
acoustical work is incomplete (how can funds be rais-
ed for its completion when "perfection" is the slogan?);
it doesn't need to take scientific experts to discover
why, for instance, an .orchestra can sound mumbo- jumbo.
Ietters to the Editor comment on ticket prices. One a-
about a family splurging, paying $47.5D per ticket (t
same for children) then only able to see, with craned
necks, but half of the stage.(Neither was it the orig-
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The name of one well known hometown-boy-made-good
conductor was headlined, frontpaged- pictured,for
the concert of a somewhat glorified school or-
chestra and beginner kiddies on strings, of which
(of course) he conducted but a minuscule portion,
to justify a $30 ticket price. By no means any de-
meaning is meant here on behalf of the wonderful
kids with the E for effort.
Our best ballet company, with its truly world -
class leadership, decided to cancel its hard -
worked-at Christmas performance: couldn't risk
the cost.
I wonder about the feasibility of bringing together top -level spokespersons of
City, PAC, and the press. The latter routinely neglects our high - standard local
presentations, renowned visiting artists with the support going mostly where the
$ and the boom-boom-boom are. Let us work out a "package" that would put San Luis
Obispo on the map. ANY map.
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January 13, 1997
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I respectfully ask that you consider these written opinions, in response to the article in
today's Telegram- Tribune. They are from two pelple.
The following items should take TOP PRIORITY:
maintaining public roads
developing a long -term water supply —FOR CONSERVATIVE GROWTH
protecting the DOWNTOWN economy —NO BIG BOX STORES ANYWHERE
open space acquisition
The following items should not even be considered by our city government:
Cal Poly Sports Complex— POLY'S RESPONSIBILITY
student housing— POLY'S RESPONSIBILITY
affordable housing— current city plan realistic and fair
funding for theatrical performances
new park for Foothill area— consider joint use with schools
new bldg. for San Luis Obispo Art Center —what we have meets our needs /quality
The following fall somewhere in the middle —your choice:
extra police officers —if and when needed; all seems well now
tree planting —SLO is already a very green town, no more needed by city
public transportation — you've done a great job; nothing more needed
longer library hours — suggest open Sundays, for working people, close Mondays
public art
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MEMORANDUM
January 27, 1997
TO: City Council
FROM: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
GOALS FOR 1997 -99
Attached for your information and use in preparing for the goal- setting workshop scheduled for
Saturday, February 1, is a consolidated listing of the proposed goals received from the Mayor and
each Council member.
These should be placed in Section 8 of your notebook.
If you have any questions concerning these materials, or require additional information, please do
not hesitate to contact us.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99
The following consolidates the proposed goals for 1997 -99 received from the Mayor and each
Council member, organized by functional area: public utilities, transportation, leisure, cultural &
social services, community development and general government.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
Water Services
■ Water supply project. Reach agreement and commit to water supply project.
■ Long -term water supply. Conclude negotiations with North County groups on the
Nacimiento Project; retain City's position on Salinas Reservoir; complete water reuse
environmental work/project design, and begin transport of water.
Adequate water resources. Provide for adequate water resources to support appropriate
annexations by continuing to explore options including Nacimiento and Salinas Dam,
focusing on enhanced relations with leaders in North County to facilitate an
effective /cooperative outcome, and ongoing emphasis on water reuse programs.
■ Reliable supplemental water supply. Work with North County cities and districts on
resolving water issues for Nacimiento or Salinas Dam.
■ Water reclamation program. Continue on our water reclamation program. This can
serve as a reliable use of water prior to expanded resources from Nacimiento or Salinas
and help return the investment in the existing water treatment facility.
TRANSPORTATION
Streets and Flood Protection
■ Maintenance of basic facilities. Renew emphasis on maintaining basic city facilities such
as streets, flood protection and sidewalks.
■ Roads /streets repair. Many main corridors are in deplorable condition. Make available
sufficient CIP funding for repairs or resurfacing, as required.
■ Pavement management plan. Revise and complete top priorities in the pavement
management plan.
■ Sidewalk repair and installation. Resume contract sidewalk repair and installation,
using where possible the 1911 Act assessments to recover costs.
■ Vehicular traffic improvements. Implement General Plan circulation element projects as
they relate to improved handling of vehicular traffic.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page 2
■ Neighborhood /family concerns. Truly encourage and support citizen involvement in
neighborhood initiatives for effective traffic calming.
■ Traffic impact mitigation. Mitigate traffic /circulation impacts on residential and
commercial areas.
■ Downtown flood protection and the Higuera street bridge improvements. Finish the
1983 Flood Management Policy and continue to evaluate the various downtown flood
protection improvements
■ Flood mitigation. Implement flood mitigation policies.
■ Laguna lake dredging. Get necessary permits including the creek entrance containing
silt.
Bikeways
■ Alternative transportation program implementation. Continue implementation of
alternative transportation program by implementing projects as outlined in the adopted
Bicycle Plan.
■ "Quality" in our life preservation. Continue emphasis on the development of bicycle
paths in scenic settings as well as those needed to encourage the use of alternative
transportation.
Parking
■ Marsh street parking structure expansion. Complete construction of expansion of
Marsh street parking structure
■ Marsh street parking structure expansion. Follow through with Council commitment
to complete acquisition of needed parcels - begin construction.
■ Downtown parking expansion. Continue with expanding downtown parking.
Transit
■ Alternative . transportation program implementation. Continue implementing
alternative transportation program by maintaining existing level of service for SLO
Transit, even if it requires General Fund subsidy.
■ Transit efforts. Continue with community transit efforts and options within the City and
with other government entities (such as Cal Poly).
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page 3
■ Transit transfer center. Continue the modal -split objectives and bicycle transportation
policies and support of the short range transit plan.
LEISURE, CULTURAL & SOCIAL SERVICES
■ Youth athletic fields. Participate with Cal Poly as full 1/3 partner in development of
sports facilities complex.
■ Youth recreation. Expand General Fund commitment to youth recreation
activities/infrastructure.
■ Athletic fields /sports complex. In a well - rounded community, recreational facilities
should be provided for every age group. Pursue a viable partnership with Cal Poly.
■ Recreational opportunities for youth and adults. Expand recreational opportunities for
youth and adults. This includes the school district, Cal Poly, and other opportunities for
athletic fields and facilities.
■ Enhancing the experience of living for a broad scope of individuals.
• More fields for our Children - Maximize the City investment via the Cal Poly
proposal or that which is "affordable.
• Consideration for our Seniors - Begin serious planning for a new Senior Center with
increased parking an immediate commitment.
• Support for Lifelong Learning for all age levels... funding the Library proposal for
increased hours.
■ Senior center parking. Supplement parking for existing senior center.
■ HRC grants. Increase the allocation for HRC grants.
■ Homeless services center. Continue support for the homeless services center.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Planning
■ Airport area annexation. Complete airport area annexation and initiate specific plan
studies.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page 4
■ Airport area annexation. Complete annexation. The City should "front" the money for
the infrastructure plan to gain property owners' support - recapture funds expended as
properties develop.
■ Airport area annexation. Use incremental annexation as an interim option to service
manufacturing businesses.
■ Dalidio annexation. Complete annexation process. This project provides best
opportunity to increase crucial sales tax revenues.
■ Studies and negotiations for expansion areas. Work with property owners to complete
the Margarita area specific plan and annex the area to the City; work with property
owners as opportunities arise to complete annexation of areas such as Dalidio, and those
in the airport area and within urban reserve line.
■ Development review streamlining. Continue streamlining of the zoning ordinance and
related regulations and reducing service charge fees.
■ Architectural review guidelines. Update architectural review guidelines.
■ Historical preservation. Rehabilitate, protect and preserve historic and artistic features
in the community - the historical museum, adobes and art center.
® Historical preservation. Use incentives to encourage historic preservation and consider
establishing new historical preservation districts.
Neighborhood Services Program
■ Neighborhood /family concerns. Actively promote increased student housing programs
"on campus" at Cal Poly and Cuesta impacting neighborhood noise issues; and support the
continued growth of Residents for Quality Neighborhoods.
■ Housing options. Explore housing options at Cal Poly, Cuesta College and Camp San
Luis Obispo. Housing needs will continue to increase in the foreseeable future.
■ Neighborhood preservation. Continue neighborhood preservation efforts relating to
traffic, noise and maintenance.
Natural Resource Management
■ Open space funding. Continue open space funding by allocating General Fund revenue
for additional open space acquisition; and identify a permanent funding mechanism to be
placed before City voters in November 1998.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page S
■ "Quality" in our life preservation. On an annual basis, dedicate General Fund dollars
($100,000 +) to the purchase of open space.
■ Open space/natural resources. Preserve open space and greenbelt around the City's
urban reserve line; acquire and inventory natural resources; and flood and habitat
protection.
■ Greenbelt /natural resource awareness. Continue greenbelt agreement with the County
and the promotion of natural resource awareness improvements.
■ Expansion of environmental restoration and protection efforts. Expand Natural
Resource Manager's work program for additional environmental restoration, inventory,
and protection efforts within City creeks and City -owned open space areas.
■ Conservation element. Update the conservation element. This required element in our
General Plan was last updated in 1973. State guidelines recommend that elements be
updated every ten years. It's long overdue to update this important element.
■ Conservation element. Update the conservation element.
Building & Safety
■ Seismic retrofit program. Ensure reasonable program for property owners' support.
Onerous program could result in demolition of many downtown buildings and change
City's character.
■ Seismic retrofit program. Resolve policies on unreinforced masonry issues for all URM
buildings in the City including residential as well as commercial properties to preserve our
community from a major earthquake.
Economic Health
■ Continued economic development program implementation. Participate with the
private sector in economic development efforts with the City to expand existing businesses
and attract new businesses plus develop a jobs task force.
■ Economic development. Focus on retention of existing business, especially base level
jobs. Encourage both light industrial and retail/commercial development. Influence in -fill
at Madonna Road centers, if possible. Dalidio annexation must be a top priority.
® Economic development. Implement economic development programs to assure fiscal
health of the City.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page 6
■ Pro- active economic development programs. Generate pro-active economic
development programs compatible with the growth patterns supported by the majority of
San Luis Obispo residents by:
• Maximizing staff support and needed funding for the prompt annexation of the airport
area with emphasis on the development of an area -wide, modified specific plan.
Respond to incremental annexations - as needed - but focus on a total annexation.
• Focusing City staff economic efforts on attracting businesses (industrial and
professional) that offer quality employment.
• Pro - actively working to revitalize the Madonna Plaza and Central Coast Mall and
encourage retail development immediately adjacent to achieve maximum consolidation
for shopping convenience.
• Beginning pro- active planning to conceptualize and develop a plan for an effective
Court Street project.
• Continuing to support the ongoing success of our unique Downtown encouraging
appropriate retail development and adequate parking.
■ Central coast plaza/madonna shopping center revitalization strategy. Identify ways
for the City to facilitate /expedite the renovation and revitalization of this important retail
center (i.e., using a portion of the shopping center's sales tax increase to reimburse some
of the expenses associated with the shopping center's renovation).
■ Madonna/central coast plaza. Fill existing retail space in Madonna Plaza and Central
Coast Plaza Shopping Center and possible linkage of two centers.
■ PCC grants. Increase the allocation for PCC grants.
■ More effective promotion efforts. Avoid overlapping promotional efforts by various
groups duplicating programs.
■ Tourism. Continue Mission Plaza expansion and tourism.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
■ Fiscal health. Protect the City's lon;- -term fiscal health; maintain a balanced budget and
20% General Fund reserve.
■ Fiscal health. Set goals within the City's ability to retain a 20% reserve, continue its
current level of services, and maintain both facilities and infrastructure.
Proposed Mayor and Council Member Goals for 1997 -99 Page 7
■ Maintain existing services - police, fire, public works, water and sewer with a
balanced budget. Work within our existing revenue projections, maintain general fund
budget reserve and respond to the impacts of Proposition 218.
■ Financing seismic, fire sprinkler and sewer lateral improvements. Continue financing
seismic, fire sprinkler and sewer lateral improvements - joint public private financing
program.
■ Employee development. Implement employee tuition reimbursement program and
improve training program opportunities.