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St tGGESTED CITY GOALS FROM COUNCIL ADVISORY BODIES
Suggested City goals for Council consideration as part of the 1997 -99 Financial Plan process
were received by January 7, 1997 from the following Council advisory bodies and are included in
this section:
■ Architectural Review Commission
■ Bicycle Committee
■ Business Improvement Association
■ Cultural Heritage Committee
■ Housing Authority
■ Human Relations Commission
■ Joint Recreational Use Committee
■ Mass Transportation Committee
■ Parks & Recreation Commission
■ Personnel Board
■ Planning Commission
■ Promotional Coordinating Committee
■ Tree Committee
No suggestions were received from the Board of Appeals and the Jack Residence Committee.
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Memo
To: Bill Statler, Finance Director
From: Ronald Whisenand, Development Review Manage I
John Mandeville, Long Range Planning Manag 1
Subject: Advisory Body Goals
Date: December 20, 1996
The Planning Commission, Architectural Review Commission, and the Cultural Heritage
Committee have met individually to discuss their goals for the upcoming budget process. Based
on their goal setting exercises, the Commissions would like to forward the following candidate
goals to the City Council for consideration (in priority order):
PLANNING COAC IISSION:
1. Conservation Element - Update of the Conservation Element to the City's General
Plan which is currently 23 years old.
2. Commercial Zoning Workshop - Obtain funding for consultant services to review
the City's commercial zoning structure and hold a community/Commission
workshop to look into possible modernization of the City's Zoning Regulations.
3. Zoning Ordinance Streamlining - Continue to revise and streamline the City's
Zoning Regulations.
4. Open Space Acquisition - The Commission would like to encourage the Council to
continue to give priority to open space acquisition programs.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION:
1. Architectural Review Guidelines - Staff and the Commission have begun the
extensive update process which is planned for completion during the 1997 -1999
budget cycle.
2. Reactivate the City's Sign Amortization Program - The Commission would like to
see the City reactivate the City's sign amortization program in order to ensure that
any remaining non - conforming signs are brought into compliance with current City
sign regulations.
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Bill Statler, Finance Director
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December 20, 1996
CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE:
1. Prevent building safety hazards preserve important historic buildings. and guide
building restoration after a maior earthquake or other disaster by:
a. preparing community handout on preventing safety hazards in historic
buildings;
b. adopting Post - Disaster Historic Preservation Program Guidelines;
C. investigating becoming a Certified Local Government under SHPO
guidelines; and
d. helping evaluate, restore and preserve the City -owned adobes.
2. Establish property owner assistance programs and incentives to encourage the
gmervation and restoration of historic structures by:
a. adopting City - sponsored Historic Building Rehabilitation Loan Program
for historic residential and commercial buildings;
b. holding a public workshop on preserving and protecting unreinforced
masonry (URN) buildings;
C. establishing new incentives for participation in the Historic Preservation
Program (e.g. volunteer building inspections, CHC historical consultation);
d. continuing Historic Plaque Program for Master List Properties; and
e. developing Community Award for Historic Preservation, possibly through
the Obispo Beautiful awards program.
Enhance public understanding, and appreciation of historical preservation by:
a. helping organize tours of City-owned adobes, possibly in concert with the
Friends of SLO Adobes;
b. resuming the walking tour program in historic districts;
C. updating and expand the City's Walk of History brochure, and consider
using a video format;
d. establishing a Web page (Ahome page@) on Historic Preservation in SLO;
e. updating the Historic Preservation Program Guidelines;
f. sponsoring an archaeological demonstration dig in the
Downtown Area, possibly in connection with the Osos Street Bridge Replacement
project;
g. establishing a Lost Treasures@ Historic Point of Interest tour
h. providing entry signs for Historic Districts;
i. establishing a Chinatown artifact exhibit; and
j. establishing a Cal Poly student internship program in historic preservation.
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Bill Statler, Finance Director
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December 20, 1996
4. Consider establishing new historical preservation districts by:
a. establishing preservation guidelines for each historic district; and
b. considering establishing the following new districts: the Railroad /Little
Italy Historic District; Mt. Pleasanton/Anholm District; Monterey Heights; and
Brook Street.
Improve communication among community groups City advisory bodies and City
Council regarding_ historic resources bv:
a. holding joint meetings with City advisory bodies to encourage unified,
multi- purpose efforts toward historic preservation; and
b. holding neighborhood outreach meetings to explain and discuss new
historic preservation programs.
Please let us know if there are any questions regarding the above listing of goals.
Cc: Arnold Jonas, Community Development Director
Planning Commission
Architectural Review Commission
Cultural Heritage Committee
Bailey Medical Engineering
202011th. St. Los Osos, CA 93402 USA
FAX COVER SHEET
DATE December 27,1996 TIME 12:02 PM
TO: Reinie Jones MOW -
SLO Public Works FAX: 805. 781-7198
FROM: Cynthia Boche PHome. 805 - 528 -3754
FAX: 805-528-1461
Number of pages including cover sheet 1
Hi Reinie -
Slightly modified Council Goals recommendation:
The Bicycle Committee recommends the following goal for inclusion in the 1997 -
'1999 Financial Plan:
Provide funding to meet the modal -split objectives and bicycle transportation
policies outlined in the Circulation Element by.
1. Completing previously programmed capital projects.
2 Constructing minor projects that improve bicycling safety and security.
3. Establishing a bicycle promotion and education program which encourages
bicycling and enhances bicycle safety by educating both bicyclists and
drivers
4. Working with Cal Poly and Cuesta College to develop bicycle plans,
programs, and projects.
5. Establishing a longterm strategy for funding projects Included in the
Bicycle Transportation Plan.
6. Improving bicycle access into and through the downtown.
7. Ensuring that new development complies with the Circulation Element.
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Memorandum
To: Mayor Allen Settle, City Councilmembers
From: Deborah Holley, BIA-
Re: Council Goal Setting
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Thank you for this opportunity to submit input for consideration during your upcoming goal setting
process. The BIA is anxious to work closely with the City Council and city staff on items both ongoing
and proposed for the betterment of the Downtown and the entire community.
• Our first and foremost priority is that the City Council include completion of the Marsh Street Parking
Structure Expansion as a goal for the two year period. It is the belief of the BIA that parking is in
severe undersupply for the square footage of CC zone it serves and that the expansion will provide
only a small amount of relief, but is necessary for the short term.
The City Council, in March, also approved commencement of negotiations for a third parking
structure site (Wells Fargo). It is the belief of the BIA that the Parking/Alternative Transportation
Study currently underway will indicate this structure is very much necessary in the long term parking
needs of the Downtown, and that it is not too early to include the third structure in goal setting at this
time.
Continued cleanliness, safety and health issues of the Downtown are everyone's concern. Because the
Downtown is the source of a major amount of sales tax revenue, it deserves consideration for the
needs the increased use generates to continue this trend. These needs include public restrooms, trash
and recycling bins, frequent sidewalk and street cleaning, and public areas. The BIA is currently
installing a tree lighting program designed to provide more light and ambiance to the Downtown at
nighttime and has installed more than 40 benches for public use. It is the hope of the BIA that the City
Council will include consideration of these services, and the BIA's contribution, when it develops its
goals and budget.
The scheduled construction of the Prado Day Center is welcome news for the Downtown. Since the
relocation of the People's Kitchen from the Mission Plaza, the center of town is now used once again
by locals and visitors for enjoyment and leisure. The BIA supports continued progress of this project.
Court Street development would be a beneficial boost for the Downtown. The BIA hopes that the City
Council will support the trend of development like the Downtown Centre in an effort to maximize the
potential of its commercial district and to adopt the principles of the Downtown Concept Design Plan.
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487 Leff Street Post Office Box 1289 San Luis Obispo CA 93406 -1289
(805) 543 -4478 fax (805) 543 -4992
The Honorable Allen Settle
John Dunn, Chief Administrative Officer
City of San Luis Obispo
990 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 -3249
Dear Mayor Settle and John:
Executive Director-Secretary
George J. Moylan
On behalf of the Housing Authority a sincere thank you for your
letter of October 18th inviting our participation in the City's
goal setting process. Please be advised that at their November
meeting the Commissioners of the Authority asked that I respond to
your request.
With a resurgent rental market, little new construction activity in
the past several years, and massive uncertainties with probable
loss of income coming via Welfare Reform the low and moderate
income households of the City and County face extraordinarily
difficult times.
As in the past we thank the City for its commitment to affordable
housing in its adopted set of goals, the housing element and its
funding of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Program
proposals. We would ask for your continued support of the Section
108 Loan Program particularly as it applies to the Brizzolara
Street property, the County's First Time Homebuyer's Program, the
Mortgage Credit Certificate Program and our Children's Work
Incentive and Family Self- Sufficiency Programs.
However, given what we see as affordable housing needs in the city,
especially in light of Welfare Reform, continuation and expansion
of the cited programs will simply not be enough. To address the
problem in any meaningful way will require the following:
- -The City's continued efforts to streamline the development
process, and the need to continuously review it's housing element
with an eye towards eliminating unworkable programs and developing
workable programs.
- -An increased emphasis on inclusionary programs in new, and
revitalized areas of the communities. Because of the many problems
surrounding annexation of new areas we visualize the City
encouraging higher density redevelopment in the downtown and other
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sections of the community. Those areas, closer to jobs and
transportation, should be prime locations for affordable housing.
The Downtown Housing Study which we commissioned with your approved
usage of CDBG funds pointed out the many problems of redevelopment
but also cited many of its advantages. We would ask that the City
Council provide clear direction in this area, as well as necessary
financial support if the decision is made that emphasis should be
placed on redevelopment.
- -A recommendation in our memorandum to you of December 15,
1994 was to work with other cities and the County to develop a
Housing Trust Fund. With an improving economy the initial funding
of such a tool should become a major goal in the next two -year
period.
- -One of the prime tenets of welfare Reform is the creation of
jobs with government again becoming the employer of last resort.
The City must look long and hard at it's own methods of creating
jobs as well as other fob creating possibilities in the private
arena. However, the City must be careful to make sure that funding
provides jobs not additional bureaucracy which has happened too
often in the past. This is a difficult endeavor in a labor market
as saturated as ours. But it is a necessity if Welfare Reform is to
be successful. Our Family Self- Sufficiency program has proven to be
a very successful job generator at very little cost. As the
specifics of Welfare Reform become clearer we may well request CDBG
funding to expand this program to our total tenant population.
- -Our special needs population continues to soar. More than
one out of three of our clients are disabled or handicapped. Most
of those persons live on incomes of less than $600 per month.
It is virtually impossible for those individuals to find adequate
housing in our City. While our Section 6 program serves more people
than it ever has there is still a need for a locally operated
housing assistance payments program specifically designed for this
clientele. We urge the City, in conjunction with other cities and
the County, to consider funding such a program for upwards of
$250,000 out of HOME program funding on an annual basis.
- -We would continue to encourage you to review your property
holdings on a regular basis to determine if surplus land could be
made available, at no or little cost, for affordable housing.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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George J. Moylan
Executive Director
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1997 -99 Financial Plan
Suggested Goals
HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
At its December 4, 1996 meeting, the Human Relations Commission adopted the following two
goals for consideration by the Council as part of the City's 1997 -99 Financial Plan process:
■ Continuous support of the grants- in-aid process with a requested increase of cost -of-
living plus S% in funding in order to address the anticipated demands for funding
assistance generated by implementation of welfare reform.
■ Continue to proactively address the needs and education regarding accessibility issues
regarding the disabled
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December 4. 1996
TO: Mayor Settle and Members of the City Council
FROM: Joint Use Committee
PREPARED BY: dpaul LeSage, Director of Parks and Recreation
SUBJECT: MAJOR CITY GOALS
The Joint Use Committee, at its November 19 meeting, developed the following major goal for
consideration by the City Council as part of the 1997 -99 budget process:
Continue to implement the Parks and Recreation Element/Master Plan approved by City
Council in 1995, specifically increasing the number of athletic fields available to the youth of
the community by participating in the Cal Poly Sports Facilities Project. Such participation
shall be contingent upon developing a joint use agreement that guarantees the City and local youth
sports organizations an equitable access to the facilities.
Increasing the number of youth athletic fields in the community is the number one priority of the
Joint Use Committee. To this end, the Committee has been active in reviewing the projects that
have improved conditions at existing fields. While this has been an important project, more fields
are needed. The youth of this community simply do not have enough places to play sports.
The Cal Poly Sports Facilities Project offers the City a cost - effective method of dealing with the
shortage. At whatever financial level of participation, more field use can be made available than by
building City fields. Cal Poly's offer to maintain the fields is also a long -term cost savings.
The Committee's support of this project is contingent upon an iron -clad joint use agreement being
developed for the project. No City funds should be committed until that time.
This may be the only chance that the City will have, for many years to come, to provide these
facilities that will improve the quality of life for the youth of the community. A similar location to
the Cal Poly Athletic Facilities site does not exist.
JUCMA MAUM
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MEMORANDUM December 10, 1996
To John Dunn
From: Doris Highland - Vice Chairperson, Mass Transportation Committee
Subject: Advisory Body /City Council Goal Setting
In your November 18, 1996 letter, you asked for suggested goals for SLO Transit for the
upcoming two year budget cycle. With the assistance of MTC members, a staff team is currently
developing the Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP) which will guide SLO Transit through the next
five years. Therefore, budget goals should be compatible with SRTP direction. The City Council
should be considering the SRTP in March of 1997.
Included in the SRTP, and therefore suggested as budget goals are:
Continue to seek long term funding for SLO Transit.
2. Establishing a transit transfer center (Super Stop) within the downtown.
3. Establishing a transit transfer center near the Amtrak Station (land purchase, soils
remediation, engineering and start construction).
4. Replace a minimum of one bus a year with more energy efficient and lower
polluting models.
5. Developing a Long Range Transit Plan (10 year plan).
6. Modifying and expanding the transit system in conformance with adopted SRTP
7. Establish an automatic bus wash facility at the maintenance facility.
8. Continue with the Bus Stop Improvement program.
e. MTC Members
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December 4, 1996
TO: Mayor Settle and Members of the City Council
FROM: Parks and Recreation Commission
PREPARED BY: (� Paul LeSage, Director of Parks and Recreation
SUBJECT: MAJOR CITY GOALS
The Parks and Recreation Commission, at its November 6 meeting, developed the following major
goal for consideration by the City Council as part of the 1997 -99 budget process:
Continue to implement the Parks and Recreation Element/Master Plan approved by City
Council in 1995, specifically increasing the number of athletic fields available to the youth of
the community by participating in the Cal Poly Sports Facilities Project Such participation
shall be contingent upon developing a joint use agreement that guarantees the City and local youth
sports organizations an equitable access to the facilities.
In 1995, the City Council approved as a Major City Goal the implementation of the Parks and
Recreation Element/Master Plan. Several capital projects were approved that addressed shortages
identified in the element. This included improvements to existing athletic fields, funding for a
portable gymnasium floor now installed at Taylor Gym, and construction of neighborhood parks.
The most pressing need for recreation facilities continues to be for youth athletic fields. While
improving existing athletic fields was a significant help, it does not meet the shortage of fields that
exists in the community. The over 3,000 participants in youth sports programs need at least six to
seven fields to meet current demands. It is important that the fields be in one location to facilitate
league and tournament play.
The Cal Poly Sports Facilities Project offers the City a cost - effective method of dealing with the
shortage. At whatever financial level of participation, more field use can be made available than by
building City fields. Cal Poly's offer to maintain the fields is also a long -term cost savings.
The Commission's support of this project is contingent upon an iron -clad joint use agreement being
developed for the project. No City funds should be committed until that time.
Finally, the Commission recommends to the Council that the other major points of the Parks and
Recreation Element/Master Plan continue to be developed. Specifically, this includes
neighborhood parks and the completion of Sinsheimer and Laguna Lake Parks.
PRCMMCA MFM
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December 17, 1996
Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council:
The Personnel Board met on December 9, 1996, to discuss possible Council goals for the
upcoming two year financial planning process. We determined that there are three areas
that we believe should be included as part of this process. Recognizing that these
probably do not carry the importance of major City goals, nonetheless, their inclusion is
supportive of the Personnel Board's philosophy of appropriately motivating and preparing
the City's employees to be effective providers of public service.
Tuition Reimbursement Pro
City employees should be encouraged to earn college credits to prepare themselves for
promotional opportunities and to gain additional skills/knowledge in areas that are of
benefit to the City. Tuition Reimbursement Programs are found in many cities and public
agencies who recognize the valuable resource of their employees not only being better
prepared to assume roles of increasing responsibility but also being better equipped to
meet the challenges they face in their current roles.
Tuition Reimbursement Programs provide funding for expenses incurred by taking college
courses which employees attend on their own time. The Personnel Department
anticipates costs of approximately $13,600 to fund such a program. The Personnel Board
believes there is value in such a program and recommends that the Council consider
allocating the appropriate funds.
Employee Tra mn¢
In recent years, training budgets have been reduced in response to shrinking financial
resources. The Personnel Department has been attempting to meet the training needs of
the City employees in general skills subject areas (as opposed to technical or mandated
subject area which are provided by the individual departments) by offering training in-
house or locally. The Department intends to develop an annual calendar of course
offerings which represents an enhancement of current efforts. The courses will be
designed to strengthen skills in the areas of customer service, communication, community
consensus building, critical thinking, supervision and management.
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The Personnel Board is supportive of such efforts and encourages the Council to endorse
such activities. Actual costs for such a program have not been developed as yet but they
will be submitted as part of the Personnel Department's operational budget. The costs
will be estimated based upon a training needs assessment that is currently underway.
Local Health Care Providers
Although not specifically within the scope of the Personnel Board or the City Council, the
Personnel Board, in its role of advising the Council on employee matters, is concerned
about local health care issues and the impact on employers and employees. With the
prospect of one corporation owning the private hospitals in this County, the Board wants
to communicate to the Council the need for their awareness of related health care impacts
and the potential for increased costs to employees and ultimately employers. This does
not translate to a specific goal for the Council but rather a concern of the Personnel Board
and a desire for the Council to share that concern.
We appreciate the opportunity of being involved in the City Council goal setting process
and thank you for considering our recommendations.
Sincerely,
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Frank Martinez, Chairper§Dn
Personnel Board
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990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 -3249
Memorandum
January 7, 1997
TO: City Council Members
FROM: Bill Pyper, Chairperson, by
Promotional Coordinating Committee
SUBJECT: 1997 -99 Council Goals
Thank you for inviting the Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC) to participate in the City
Council goal setting process for the 1997 -99 Financial Plan. As you know, it is the task of the PCC to
recommend to the Council how the City should market itself as a year -round tourist destination. The
PCC also recommends the allocation of grants- in-aid funding to local non -profit groups that promote
cultural, recreational and economic opportunities for local citizens.
With these charges as our responsibility, the PCC strongly encourages the Council to make the
attraction and retention (return visitation) of destination tourists a major goal for the City in the 1997-
99 Financial Plan.
Why should we make tourist attraction and retention a major City goal?
Tourism is a critical component of our local economy. It is the second largest employer and creator of
base level jobs. Tourism is a clean industry that brings new dollars into the community. As a result,
both private and public sectors benefit through increased sales for businesses and additional sales tax
and transient occupancy tax (TOT) receipts for the City, without adding addition financial burden on
the residents. Although not all businesses and citizens are directly involved in the tourism industry, all
of us benefit from the infusion of outside money to our local economy. We are just beginning to tap
the tourist market in San Luis Obispo. There are still great opportunities to bring more visitors to the
City, encourage them to stay longer and spend more money.
How can we reach this eoal?
In the short term:
We must expand into secondary tourism markets such as the Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley.
Due to budgetary limitations, we currently focus the bulls of our efforts on southern California, which
has proved to be our primary market. In addition to developing other markets, attracting new tourists
can be accomplished through a variety of approaches such as increased print and broadcast advertising,
continuing efforts to receive free editorial publicity and expanding our efforts to bring tourists to local
events such as the Film Festival, Mozart Festival and activities at the Performing Arts Center. These
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approaches will increase the number of tourists who visit the City and make San Luis Obispo a
destination, not a "pit stop" on the way to another City.
Successful implementation of such a program requires appropriate funding. The PCC recommends
that the Council allocate $388,100 for 1997 -98 and $388,100 for 1998 -99 for tourism promotion.
Funding would be broken down as follows
Promotion Services (Chamber of Commerce)
Visitor Services Center (Chamber of Commerce)
Visitors and Conference Bureau
Advertising Contract
Enhanced Promotional Funding
Promotional Coordinating Committee
1997 -98 1998 -99
$ 35,400
$ 35,440
72,500*
72,500*
91,700
91,700
137,500
1372500
50,000
50,000
1,000
1,000
*Increase allows Chamber to remain open until 8:00 p.m. on Thurs, Fri. and Sat. nights.
In the long term:
We must position San Luis Obispo as a "tourist destination" with the appropriate facilities, events and
amenities. To do so will encourage tourists to stay longer and spend more dollars in the conummity.
Achieving this goal is an ongoing challenge that will span many financial plans and require the
combined efforts of the City, the business community and cultural organizations.
Clearly, the City is moving in the direction of positioning itself as a destination. The PCC applauds the
City Council's continuing efforts in this area and strongly encourages the Council to strengthen its
support and necessary funding in the in the 1997 -99 Financial Plan for the following activities:
Expansion of Mission Plaza
Provision of adequate parking throughout the City.
Implementation of the Downtown Design Plan.
Acquisition of open space around the City.
Affordable and efficient public transportation.
Encouragement of the construction of a regional public conference facility.
Grants -in -Aid Funding
Finally, the PCC recommends that the City Council allocate $85,000 per year for the Grants- in-Aid
program, a $5,000 increase over the 1996 -97 allocation of $80,000.
Please feel flee to contact me at 543- 5939 (M -F 9 -5:30) if you have any questions regarding the PCC's
recommendations.
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1997 -99 Financial Plan
Suggested Goals
TREE COMMITTEE - -_ -_ - --
The Ttee Committee :proposes the following three goals for Council consideration. as part of the
City's 1997 =99 Financial Plan process:
■ Amend the current tree ordinance as it pertains to tree remova., maintenance .
responsibilities, acceptable pruning practices, and tree replacement requirements:
s Expand Arbor Day activities. beyond Laguna Lake Park into a city -wide event.
■ Revise the City's master street tree. list.
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