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C I TY OF SAN LU IS O B I S P O
FROM: Ken Hampian,Assistant City Administrative Officer
Prepared By: Wendy George,Assistant to the City Administrative Officer W'
SUBJECT: Proposed Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC) Grant-in-Aid. to
SLOCO Access
CAO RECOMMENDATION
Approve the PCC's recommendation to give a grant-in-aid of$1025 to SLOCO Access to fund its
special needs access guide.
DISCUSSION
Each year the PCC makes grants to local non-profit organizations that promote programs of cultural
benefit to residents of the City or of tourism promotion advantage to the City. The granting cycle
begins in February and grants are finally issued effective with the beginning of the fiscal year in
July. Occasionally, requests come to the PCC mid-year and are considered for funding from any
remaining reserves,based on the merit of the request.
A coalition of the Chamber of Commerce, the Tourism Council,the Human Relations Commission
and SLOCO Access, has come to the PCC requesting $1025 to help fund a guide, SLO and Easy
Access, for special needs users of local hotels,motels,restaurants, etc. The intention of the guide is
to build on the City's reputation as an accessible tourist destination by providing access information
to visitors, as well as local citizens. The Coalition believes this guide will help a significant
population. As the median age gets higher,estimates are that as much as 30%of the population has
some sort of access need,ranging from wheel chair access to vision and hearing impairment.
The PCC considered the funding of the guide to be of benefit to the City's tourism promotion
program and agreed to recommend funding $1025 for a portion of the printing and distribution
costs of the guide. Additional funding is coming from a San Luis Obispo County grant and a grant
from the Human Relations Commission.
FISCAL IMPACT
The PCC currently has $5,000 remaining in its budget which was carried over from the 1995-96
fiscal year in an encumbrance earmarked for La Fiesta It has become apparent that no volunteers
have stepped forward to continue La Fiesta and the PCC believes that $1025 of this encumbrance
would be better spent on the SLO and Easy Access Guide.
Attachments
Letter and Budget from Don Green,Human Relations Commission
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City of San Luis Obispo 1 -8-97
Promotional Coordinating Committee
City Hall, San Luis Obispo
Attn: Ms. Wendy George, Liaison
Dear Wendy,
The Human Relations Commission has the responsibility for
advising the City Council on ADA complance project priorities
using CDBG monies. As an outgrowth of hearings with our luc:dl
special needs advocates, a project to create a special needs
"users guide" began. The intention of the guide is to build
on San Luis Obispo' s reputation as an accessable destination
by providing access information to visitors (and our local
community) . The formate of the guide is to be a "quick ref-
erence" source with phone numbers to call for further infor-
mation.
The coalition of groups working on the project includes the
Chamber of Commerce, the Tourism Council, the Human Relations
Commission and SLOCO Access. SLOCO Access has completed a
number of on-site access evaluations, which serve to determine
access from a user ' s viewpoint and to educate the business
people who request the visit. The Chamber of Commerce has
provided references to the guide in their 1997 publication and
will handle mailing out guides to all those who request them.
This is a project that promotes San Luis Obispo as a des-
tination for a large segment of the population. Access needs
apply to an increasingly large group as the median age gets
higher. Estimates are as much as 30%. Remember that special
needs go beyond wheel chair access to dealing with problems
such as hearing and vision impairment. I personally would 1i.ke
restaurants to consider better lighting and larger print on
their menus.
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We would like to apply to the Committee for inclusion in
your next funding cycle for a portion of the printing and
distribution costs of the guide. I understand that appli-
cations will be available soon. In addition, if there are
monies available from this year ' s budget, we would like to
apply for their use. we are putting together funding for our
initial publication date in March.
The Human Relations Commission is meeting today from 4PM
through BPM, which coincides with your meeting. I would very
much like to make a presentation al your next meeting and
answer any questions committee members may have at that time.
Please let me know if there is any further information I can
give you in the meantime.
Thanks,
Uon Green
City of San Luis Obispo
Human Relations Commission
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COMMENTS:
Dear Wendy,
Here is the budget for this year that the Committee asked for.
Its pretty simple, since there are no employees at SLOCO Access
and they are absorbing overhead through other sources for this
firsL printing. As you can see we still have some work to do to
make it balance, even if the Committee can help us print the
3000 we estimate to be our minimum need. Thanks For your help
in bringing this before them. I am told that I Will have a mock-
up of the complete book for this meeting.
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SLOCO ACCESS
SLO & EASY ACCESS GUIDE 1996-1997 Budget
income
SLO County Grant ($3400 applicable for 2 years ) $1700 . 00
SLO City Human Relations Commission 1000 . 00
Total to date 2700 .00
Expenses
Duplication/Postage $ 430 . 00
Printing (basad on 2000 copies, 1 color cover) 2634 . 00
Distribution (estimated) 480 . 00
total $3534 . 00
Cost to print additional 1000 copies - $1025. 33