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Home My WebLink About09/21/2004, C5 - CITY CO-SPONSORSHIP OF CENTRAL COAST GREENBUILD 2004 CONFERENCE & EXPO council NewwDw acenaa aepout CITY OF SAN LUIS 0 B I S P 0 FROM: Wendy George,Assistant City Administrative OfficerO SUBJECT: CITY CO-SPONSORSHIP OF CENTRAL COAST GREENBUILD 2004 CONFERENCE&EXPO CAO RECOMMENDATION Approve City co-sponsorship of the Central Coast Greenbuild 2004 Conference & Expo and in- kind Information Technology assistance. DISCUSSION Mountainbrook Community Church, along with other sponsors, is hosting the Central Coast Greenbuild 2004 Conference & Expo March 3 and 4, 2004, at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo. The purpose of the conference is to provide information to attendees on"green"building and design, sustainable construction practices and selection of "green" material for health and improved indoor air quality. Nationally recognized presenters will provide workshops on the LEED principles (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and discuss local LEED Registered Projects,such as the Congregation Beth David Synagogue Project;Mountainbrook Church Campus, Phase I;and the SLO Botanical Gardens Education Center. Mountainbrook Community Church has requested that the City become one of the co-sponsors of the event. Under the City's Co-Sponsorship policy,the City may provide support for special events and activities that benefit or are of interest to the community. However,if the City is listed as a co- sponsor in promoting the event,Council approval is required. In addition to using the City's name in promotional information, Mountainbrook Community Church has asked the City to provide three cyber stations in the lobby of the Embassy Suites so attendees can check their web-based e-mail during the 2-day event. The Information Technology staff has reviewed this request, and is comfortable providing the in-kind assistance necessary to install and remove the three workstations and make internet access available on them. However,we are not recommending that the City absorb the actual payment of the Embassy Suites' internet access cost. We have discussed this recommendation with one of the conference directors from Mountainbrook Community Church, and she is comfortable that she will be able to obtain financial support.for the access costs from other sources. Along with the City possibly being one of the event co-sponsors, the Community Development Director has agreed to participate in one of the conference panel discussions. CS 1 Council Agenda Report—Co-Sponsorship of Greenbuild 2004 Conference Page 2 FISCAL IMPACT The value of the proposed in-kind service is anticipated to be approximately$260. The requested computers are already available in the City's inventory,and it will take approximately four hours of Information Technology staff time to set up and take down the workstations. Attachments: Conference flyer G:Administmtion/StairiGeorge/Agenda Reports/Greenbuild 2004 Conference CS' �. o ca c cs c C V y C) CU p i a) ,C -• m j a 0 CU ma v c f1 �• L a, � a��i co ca 13a Q� W c Uy O N 4 H (.� •O D 2!6) mi ch y. G1 m a) WmPV 10 �1' • • x 4t C' y ZLcam o C_ •LCWD U x • Q 15 C y V L R , 0 v VLL v m 3-. 3 d CM LLJc N E ca • L CC) o W OJ CC L CUJO c H • O Z Z"a CLJ lu LU UJ E Tom i ' y QTY H � Ji • ;a m ,. ru n '. �: Nnx ow d k C i 1�;: i'�reri �, V1 d Cpl 1. f�f '1.�{I �`P•� 16. I 51k. O i� :i � • Z'i v tai V LLI �t n�:�• . +Y:� O OCi o � , , ... �• O is E IC c : :�, :. Q CL Y CO) 'yj�V�1�y: Q 6 0 • � 0 � f • •� V r O L 4-J J c LA o : Imo : 2• a CSS �J Mila Vujovich-La Barre Save San Luis Obispo P.O. Box 4312 San Luis Obispo,California 934034312 80-546-1112 Subject: Repealing Prior Approvals of the Marketplace Date: September 21,2004 Good Evening Mayor Romero and Members of the City Council- Tonight, you are going to get a second chance to do the right thing. I am speaking tonight on behalf of the community members of Save San Lab Obispo and the thousands of voters who signed the petitions demonstrating that they'strongly disagree with your decision to approve the massively out-of-scale Marketplace project by Southern California developer Bill Bird. I am also here as we are gravely concerned with staff's recommendation regarding an all-mailed ballot vote. We urge you to rescind your Marketplace decision for the following 6 specific reasons: • One-The Marketplace threatens our Downtown.Two studies agree the Marketplace project will harm the prosperity and atmosphere of our beloved Downtown. • Two- Better sites exist for"big box"developments in the City. The best examples are on Los Osos Valley Road,where vacant big box building sites have already been approved. • Three-If the Marketplace is built,taxpayers will magaIll be giving my an estimated$750,000 in sales tax for thirty years to Marketplace developer Bill Bird.This does not include the interest for 30 years. This windfall—totaling more than$25 million - sets a dangerous precedent with the City.Are we not unfairly favoring new businesses with little consideration for existing ones? • Four-The estimated cost of the Prado Road overpass road work has increased from$12.5 million to$22 million and the actual cost is likely to be closer to $30 million.These uncontrollable costs would mean cutting police and fire protection, parks,youth sports,and street repairs. • Five-It is highly unlikely that the County will approve the Marketplace if the City doesn't The County is not in a financial position to provide urban services to this sprawling development o Six-The Marketplace will cause traffic gridlock on Madonna and Los Osos Valley Roads and on South lEguera,Street. It will also slow traffic on the freeway.Traffic generated by this massive project will make driving through town miserable for everyone and will force through traffic into neighborhoods. The traffic that will be produced from this project will mirror the urban traffic congestion of Los Angeles or San Francisco. The thousands of petition signers believed they would go to the polls and vote for or against Bill Bird's Marketplace project Now,that the petitions are signed,the City staff is planning to change the rules. All-mailed in balloting is a change of rules. This is an unprecedented act against a single issue. It is discriminatory in nature. Thousands of voters are willing to go the polls and vote in the traditional manner. Why change it now?Why is the City even thinking of tampering with the established voting process without proper public notice or approval? On behalf of Save San Luis Obispo and the thousands of voters that signed our recent petitions,I urge you to repeal your prior decision and reject the Marketplace project Thank you. Page 1 of 1 SLO Citycouncil-Referendum From: Kathy Smith<ksmith8766@yahoo.com> To: <slocitycouncil@slocity.org> Date: 9/22/2004 3:01 PM Subject: Referendum I am one of those constituents who has always felt a surge of freedom treasured in our democracy while voting AT THE POLLS! I have never voted absentee and hope never to in my lifetime. For me,it's important to invest that time and energy. CHOICE is also an important part of that freedom. Please do not transform our democracy into a"do as I say"environment. We keep chipping away at our freedoms . . .and that one happens to be one that I cherish. A committed former Colleague, Kathy Smith Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com-Register online to vote today! file:HC:\Documents%20and%20Settings\slouser\Local%20Settings\Temp\GW)0000LHTM 9/23/2004