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MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY,MAY 25, 1999-7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO,CALIFORNIA
ROLL CALL:
Council Members
Present: Council Members John Ewan,Jan Howell Marx, Ken Schwartz,Vice
Mayor Dave Romero, and Mayor Allen K.Settle
City Staff:
Present: John Dunn,City Administrative Officer, Jeff Jorgensen,City
Attorney; Lee Price,City Clerk; Ken Hamplan,Assistant City
Administrative Officer;Arnold Jonas,Community Development
Director, Bill Statler,Finance Director;Ann Slate, Human Resources
Director,Jim Gardiner,Police Chief; Bob Neumann,Fire Chief;John
Moss,Utilities Director, Mike McCluskey,Public Works Director, Paul
LeSage, Parks and Recreation Director,Wendy George,Assistant to
the CAO; Sue Baasch,Administrative Analyst;Gary Henderson,Water
Division Manager, Dave Elliott,Administrative Analyst; Keith
Opalewski,Parking Manager, Dave Hix,Wastewater Division Manager;
Dan Gilmore,Utilities Engineer, Brandon Farley,Transit Manager
PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. 1999 WATER FUND REVIEW. (File No.1202-05)
Utilities Director Moss presented the staff report and recommendations. In addition,he
indicated that staff is requesting that the Council consider a proposal to move to monthly
billing.
Mayor Settle opened the public hearing. There were no public comments. Mayor Settle
closed the public hearing.
Brief Council discussion and questions followed.
ACTION: By majority approval,Council gave direction to staff to bring back for
review and consideration a proposal for monthly water billing; motion carried 4:1
(Settle).
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Romero to 1) review and discuss the 1999 annual water
fund financial review. 2) Adopt Resolution No.8934 rescinding adopted water rates
for 1999-00,and decreasing water service charges by 10%,effective July 1, 1999;
motion carried 5:0.
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2. 1999 SEWER FUND REVIEW. (File No. 1203-04) •
Utilities Director Moss aresented the staff report and noted that staff is also recommending
review and consideration of monthly billing,and further,to study residential sewer rate
structure alternatives. Staff responded to questions from the Council.
ACTION: Concurrence to review and consider monthly utility billing and,further,to
study residential sewer rate structure alternatives.
Mayor Settle opened the public hearing. There were no public comments. Mayor Settle
closed the public hearing.
ACTION: Moved by Romero/Marx to adopt Resolution No.8935 increasing sewer
charges by five percent(5.0%),effective July 1, 1999,and by four percent(4.0%),
effective July 1,2000; motion carried 5:0.
3. PARKING FUND REVIEW. (File No.804-05)
Public Works Director McCluskey presented the staff report.
Mayor Settle opened the public hearing.
Richard Krandorf voiced concern that mass transportation and alternative transportation
are being put on the back burner in order to build parking structures.
Brett Weaver,Kennedy Club Fitness, encouraged the Council to move forward with •
providing more parking in the downtown.
John French asked Council to plan ahead for the City's parking needs by selecting sites In
advance for parking structures. By doing this, he said,citizens and merchants will have a
chance to adapt and plan for any impact as a result of these sites. He also urged the
Council to consider Court Street as a location for community parking.
Tom Swem.Chairman of the Parking Committee of the Downtown Association,urged
Council to move forward with recommendations presented tonight and to make decisions
now for moving forward with a future parking plan.
Mayor Settle closed the public hearing.
Council discussion followed.
Council Member Ewan suggested the proposed parking garage currently referred to as
"Palm 11" be renamed the"northeast quadrant garage". He stated for the record that a
percentage of the Parking Fund should go to alternative transportation and added that he is
not in support of allocating any money for land acquisition or property on Palm Street being
acquired through eminent domain.
ACTION: Moved by Romero/Ewan to approve the Changes in Working Capital-
Parking Fund,as recommended,with the substitution for Palm 11 Parking Garage
"Northerly Quadrant" parking garage(area around City Hail and the Santa Rosa
vicinity). No new study will be done; motion carried 5:0.
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4. TRANSIT FUND REVIEW. (File No.803-05)
Administrative Analyst Elliott provided an overview of the staff report.He stated that no
transit fare rate Increases are proposed. In addition,for the first time the City will be able to
provide service to the Airport, increasing the number of service hours and extending the
contract with Laidlaw.
There were no comments from the public.
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Romero to 1)review and discuss the worksheet"Changes
in Working Capital-Transit Fund." 2) Approve three minor adjustments to the
preliminary budget for Transit; motion carried 5:0.
S. GOLF COURSE FUND AND RATE REVIEW. (File No.1106-06)
Parks and Recreation Director LeSage presented the staff report and recommendations.
He noted that the preliminary budget erroneously shows two mowers for replacement and
reported that there is only one piece of equipment being recommended for replacement.
There were no comments from the public.
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Marx to:
1) Adopt Resolution No.8936 with the following fees for Laguna Lake Golf
Course effective July 1,1999:
Senior/Youth Weekdays $5.50
General Weekdays $7.50
Weekends $8.25
Senior/Youth Weekends $6.25
10-Play Cards: Senior/Youth $50 for 10 Rounds of Golf
10-Play Cards: General $60 for 10 Rounds of Golf
2) Authorize a General Fund transfer of$131,400 for general government costs,
and capital Improvements; motion carried 5:0.
There being no further business to come before the City Council,Ma or Sett djoumed the
meeting at 10:28 p.m.to Tuesday,January 19,19 9 at 7:00 m.i e Co cil C amber,990
Palm Street,San Luis Obispo.
Lee P .M.C.
City Clerk
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MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL •
AND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY,JUNE 1, 1999-6:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO,CALIFORNIA
ROLL CALL:
Council Members
Present: Council Members John Ewan,Jan Howell Marx, Ken Schwartz,Vice
Mayor Dave Romero,and Mayor Allen K.Settle
City Staff:
Present: John Dunn,City Administrative Officer,Jeff Jorgensen,City
Attorney; Lee Price,City Clerk; Ken Hampian,Assistant City
Administrative Officer;Arnold Jonas, Community Development
Director; Bill Statler,Finance Director,Ann Slate, Human Resources
Director;Jim Gardiner, Police Chief; Bob Neumann,Fire Chief;John
Moss, Utilities Director; Mike McCluskey, Public Works Director; Paul
LeSage,Parks and Recreation Director;Wendy George,Assistant to
the CAO
STUDY SESSION •
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS(SLOCOG) OVERVIEW. (File No.204-06)
SLOCOG Director DeCarli presented an overview of the roles and responsibilities of
SLOCOG and the relationship It has with the City. He distributed and summarized a hand-
out,which outlines the major functions(on file with the City Clerk).
The Mayor called a recess at 6:59 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7:08 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Ann Ream.President of SLO Arts Council,announced that the"Celebration of the Arts"will
be held on June 13th,from 2:00-4:00 p.m.at the Performing Arts Center. Awards will be
presented to Wilda Rosene,Eric Greening,John Baer and Council Member Schwartz.
Rick Fabrick urged the Council to evict the Boy Scouts of America due to their discriminatory
practices. City Attorney Jorgensen reported that the City has been meeting with the Boy
Scouts of America. They have agreed to the recommendations of the Human Relations
Commission. The matter will on the July 6, 1999 Council agenda.
Mayor Settle announced that Item#1 will be continued to June 15,1999.
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CONSENT AGENDA
ACTION: Moved by SchwartzlRomero to approve the consent agenda as
recommended by the City Administrative Officer,motion carried 5:0.
C1. COUNCIL MINUTES
Monday, May 17,1999
Tuesday,May 18, 1999
Wednesday, May 19, 1999
ACTION: Moved by SchwartzlRomero to waive oral reading and approve minutes as
submitted; motion carred 5:0.
C2. SWIM CLUB USE AGREEMENT. (File No.70406)
ACTION: Moved by SchwartzlRomero to approve a use agreement for the SLO Swim
Center with the San Luis Obispo Seahawk Swim Club; motion carred 5:0.
C3. OLD CARNEGIE LIBRARY REHABILITATION,SPECIFICATION NO.99625B. (File No.
70406)
ACTION: Moved by SchwartzlRomero to 1)approve plans and specifications for the
Old Carnegie Library Rehabilitation Project,Specification No.99625B. 2)Authorize
staff to advertise for bids. 3) Authorize the CAO to award the construction contract
if the accepted bid(base bid plus alternates) plus contingencies is within the
Engineer's Estimate; motion carred 5:0.
C4. APPLICATION TO CALIFORNIA GREENWAYS CREATIVE GRANTS PROGRAM. (File
No.70406)
ACTION: Moved by SchwartzJRomero to adopt Resolution No.8937 granting
approval for the City of San Luis Obispo to submit a grant application to the
California Greenways Creative Grants Program for parking area and trail
enhancement on the Maino Open Space property; motion carried 5:0.
C5. ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT EXTENSION. (File No.704-06)
ACTION: Moved by Schwartz(Romero to sign amendment to an agreement for
Animal Services extending term for one additional year; motion carred 5:0.
C6. USE OF PROMOTIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE(PCQ ENHANCED
PROMOTIONAL FUNDS. (File No.302-07)
ACTION: Moved by Schwart7JRomero to 1)approve the Promotional Coordinating
Committee's recommendation to allocate$1,000 of the Enhanced Promotional funds
as the City's share of a three-party contribution toward modifying the doors at the
San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Visitors'Center so that they meet the
requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA). 2)Approve the
Promotional Coordinating Committee's recommendation to allocate$2,500 of the
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Enhanced Promotional funds to the Chamber of Commerce for the creation of press
kit folders to be used for City tourism promotion; motion carried 5:0. •
C7. SAN LUIS OBISPO POLICE OFFICERS'ASSOCIATION MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT. (File No.509-04)
ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to adopt Resolution No.8938 approving the
Memorandum of Agreement; motion carried 5:0.
C8. FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 1353 ADOPTING THE LATEST EDITIONS OF
THE CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE CODES.(File No.20545)
ACTION: Moved by SchwartrJRomero to grant final passage to Ordinance No.1353
(1999 Series)thereby: 1) Repealing Chapters 15.04,15.08,15.20,and 15.24 of the San
Luis Obispo Municipal Code. 2) Creating new Chapters 15.02,15.04,and 15.08
adopting the 1998 editions of the California Building,Mechanical,Plumbing,Electrical,
and Fire Codes,the 1997 editions of the Uniform Administrative,Housing,Dangerous
Building,Building(Volume 3),and Fire(Volume 2)Codes,and the 1997 edition of the
Uniform Code for Building Conservation,with amendments;motion carried 5:0.
APPOINTMENT
Al. APPOINTMENTS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ART ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. (File No.302-07)
City Administrator Dunn presented the staff report •
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Marx to reappoint Wilda Rosene and appoint Dick DeLong
to be the City's representatives to the Performing Arts Center Art Advisory
Committee; motion carried 5:0.
Mayor Settle adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m.to the Annual Meeting of the Capital
Improvement Board.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
Roll Call: Board Members John Ewan,Jan Howell Marx, Ken Schwartz, Dave
Romero,and Allen K.Settle
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD ANNUAL MEETING
Finance Director Statier provided the staff report
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Schwartz to approve the minutes of the meeting held on
June 3, 1997; and,elect Mayor Settle and Vice Mayor Romero as the officers for the
Capital Improvement Board (President and Vice President); motion carried 5:0.
Mayor Settle adjourned the Annual Meeting of the Capital Improvement Board at 7:19 pm.
and reconvened the Regular Council Meeting.
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COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS
None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. SUBDIVISION OF A 14.66 ACRE SITE INTO 48 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS
AND REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION AND STREET YARD SETBACK EXCEPTIONS AT
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FULLER ROAD AND BROAD STREET, R.W.HERTEL
&SONS.APPLICANT. (File No.203-03)
ACTION: At the request of the applicant,this Item was continued to the June 15,
1999 meeting.
2. CONTINUED REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY 1999-2001 FINANCIAL PLAN. (File No.410-02)
Finance Director Staffer summarized unresolved fiscal Issues as outlined in the staff report
and recommended,to balance the budget,the approval of the following three funding
sources: 1)available transportation impact fees (60,000); 2) budget balance from the street
lighting system purchase(55,000); 3)available beginning fund balance(46,000).
Mayor Settle opened the public hearing.
Karl Lutrin.Richard Krantzdorf and Bob Wolfe encouraged the Council to allocate some of
the money in the parking fund to alternative transportation and parking reduction
measures.
Evelyn Talmadge spoke in support of approving additional firefighters and police officers.
Allen Pevey, Manager of Las Brisas Retirement Center, read a letter in support of adding an
additional engine company at Fire Station#3(letter on file with the City Clerk).
Ron Regier spoke in support of funding for the acoustical clouds.
Mayor Settle closed the public hearing.
Lengthy Council discussion ensued.
ACTIONS:
1) Moved by Romero/Schwartz to adopt the Proposed Parking Demand Reduction
Work Program and Budget 1999-01 as set forth in Attachment A of the Budget
Follow-up, based on previous Council action; motion passed 3:2(Ewan,Marx).
2)Moved by DR/KS to add one firefighter position; motion passed 5:0.
3) Moved by Ewan/Marx to approve Increased planning fee cost recovery from 400/0
to 50%; motion passed 5:0
4)By majority consensus(4:1, Romero),approved contributions for capital
Improvements at the Performing Arts Center as recommended by staff.
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5) By mutual consensus:
• Approved a contribution to a"regional census complete count" project In the •
amount of$31,000.
• Eliminated the Cal Poly annexation feasibility study from the budget.
• Eliminated photo traffic enforcement system feasibility study from the budget
• Approved $5,000 for the potential improvements to Santa Barbara Street.
• Approved the purchase of property for future police space needs.
Mayor Settle called for a break at 9:28 p.m. He reconvened at 9:42 p.m.
Jason Berg President of the SLOPOA,expressed appreciation to Human Resources
Director Slate and the Police Department negotiating team for their efforts relating to the
MOA. He thanked Council for approving the MOA.
COMMUNICATIONS
SAN LUIS BLUES BASEBALL
Council Member Ewan observed that last Sunday was the opening day of the San Luis Blue
Baseball season.
COUNTY SUBDIVISION REVIEW BOARD MEETING
Council Member Marx reported that the County Subdivision Review Board Meeting did not
support the applicant's request regarding Eagle Hardware. She also noted they did not make
any specific findings. City staff was directed to prepare a transcript of a portion of the •
Subdivision Review Board meeting to include all the public comments,including the City's
testimony,and the deliberation and action of the Board. Staff was further directed to prepare
a summary of the discussion and provide both the transcript and the summary to the Board of
Supervisors.
EDNAASLAY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD
Mayor Settle reported that neighbors in the EdnalIslay Area(near the Graduate Night Club)
have expressed an interest In requesting a variance for modification of the height of the wall
and/or sidewalk removal to address on-going problems of trespassing and misbehavior. Staff
was directed to review all available options.
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
Mayor Settle reported that he and City Administrative Officer Dunn had participated in the
Community Emergency Response Team(CERT)program and encouraged other members of
Council to take part in this program.
BUSINESS ITEM
3. 1999 WATER RESOURCES STATUS REPORT. (File No.1202-08)
Water Division Manager Henderson presented the status report. Council questions followed.
ACTION: Report received and filed. •
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There being no further business to come before the City Council,Mayor Se adjourned the
meeting at 10:30 p.m.to Tuesday,June 15,1999 at :00 .m. n.the,Coun C tuber,990
Palm Street,San Luis Obispo. r n
Lee Pece, C.M.C.
City Clerk
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