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DATE
M I N U T E S
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1990 - 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER - CITY HALL - 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA Draft Minutes
ROLL CALL to be approved
at Council Meeting
Councilmembers 5./� D
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Present: Vice-Mayor Jerry Reiss, Councilmembers Peg Pinard, Penny
Rappa, Bill Roalman and Mayor Ron_Dunin
City Staff
Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City
Attorney; Kim Condon, Assistant City Clerk; Arnold Jonas,
Community Development Director; Dave Romero, Public Works
Director; Ken Hampian, Assistant City Administrative
Officer; Mike Dolder, Fire Chief; Bart Topham, Police .
Captain; Bill Statler, Director of Finance; Bill Hetland,
Utilities Director; Allan Short, Water Division Manager;
Harry Watson, Transit Manager
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. There was no public comment.
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Ken Hampian, Assistant City Administrative Officer, introduced Harrv .Watson,
the new Transit Manager.
CONSENT AGENDA
Moved by Pinard/Ravpa (5-0) , to approve the Consent Agenda as recommended by
the City Administrative Officer with the exception of C-2 which was withdrawn
at the request of staff.
C-1 COUNCIL MINUTES
Council approved (5=0) the following minutes as amended:
Tuesday, February 20, 1990, at 4:OO p.m. , and
Tuesday, February 20, 1990, at 7:00 p.m.
C-2 CONTRACT-PAY ESTIMATES
Contract pay estimate for the Edna Saddle Pipeline withdrawn from the agenda
at request of staff.
C-3 WATER ALLOCATION REGULATIONS (File No. 517)
Ordinance No. 1164 (5-0) given final passage amending the Water Allocation
Regulations concerning tenant improvements in spaces which have been vacant
since the regulations were adopted (continued from 3/6/90) .
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C-4 1990 CENSUS (File No. 1101)
Resolution No. 6778 (5-0) adopted designating 1990 as Census Year.
C-5 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (File No. 431)
Resolution No. 6779 (5-0) adopted amending the policy by the Architectural
Review Commission for noticing requirements on development projects.
C-6 FINAL MAP - 275 NORTH CHORRO STREET (File No. 410)
Resolution No. 6780 (5-0) adopted approving the final map for Tract 1652,
a 25-lot planned unit development located at 275 North Chorro Street; Takken
and Harris, subdividers.
C-7 UTILITY PROJECT (City Plan No. P-45A)
Resolution No. 6781 (5-0) adopted approving plans and specifications,
authorized staff to advertise for bids and CAO authorized to award contract
for the "1990 Utility Trench Repair Project", City Plan No. P-45A (A21-90-
CCN); engineer's estimate $32,550 including contingencies.
C-8 PARKING REVENUES (File No. 554)
Ordinance No. 1165 (5-0) introduced to print amending Chapter 10.64.040 of the J
Municipal Code to allow 1008 of parking fines and forfeitures paid to the City
to be deposited into the "parking fund" effective 7/1/90 in order to correct a
short-fall for the present parking program.
C-9 CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS (File No.123)
Council considered appointments and reappointments to the Citizen's Advisory
Committee.
Darell Farrer and William Pvper reappointed to two-year terms expiring
3/31/92; appointed Carl Johnston to a one-year term expiring 3/31/91; and
James Petroni and Melinda Schrenk Szatlockv appointed to four-year terms
expiring 3/31/94.
C-10 EARTH DAY FUNDING (File No. 1052)
Resolution No. 6782 (5-0) adopted supporting Earth Day 1990 and City funding
approved in the amount of $1,000 to offset costs associated with the event
(continued from 2/20/90) .
C-11 PUBLIC SAFETY ALARM SYSTEM (File No. 702)
Ordinance No. 1162 (5-0) given final passage amending Chapter 15.12 of the
Municipal Code regarding installation, operations and maintenance of public
safety alarm systems (continued from 3/6/90) .
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C-12 BIA BOARD File No. 123)
Tom Donat, Tad Hillier, Becky -Hoffman, Betsey Irwin, Steve Owens, and. Pierre
Rademaker confirmed (5-0) as new BIA Board .Members to serve two-year terms
beginning 4/1/90.
C-13 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUNDS (File No. 1100)
Resolution No. 6783 (5-0) adopted approving a grant application for Land and
Water Conservation funds for the Johnson Park Project as recommended.
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ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS
AA=1 HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (File No. 123)
Moved by Pinard/Roalman (5-0) to reappoint Shelly Aleshire and Marion Wolff to
four-year terms expiring 3/31/94 and Jane Brennan-McGovern appointed for
one-year term expiring 3/31/91 as recommended by the Council Subcommittee
(Pinard and Roalman) .
A-2 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION (File No. 123)
Moved by Reiss/Roalman (5-0) to reappoint Allan Cooper and appoint Michael
Underwood to four-year terms expiring 3/31/94; Madi Gates reappointed to a
three-year term ending 3/31/93; and Linnaea Phillips appointed to a one-year
term expiring 3/31/91 as recommended by the Council Subcommittee
(Reiss/Roalman) .
A-3 CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE (File No. 123)
Moved by Rapoa/Roalman (4-0-1, Councilwoman Pinard stepped down due to a
possible conflict of interest) to reappoint Daniel Krieger to a one-year term
expiring 3/31/91; and Bruce Sievertson and Leo Pinard reappointed to
four-year terms expiring 3/31/94 as reommended by the Council Subcommittee,
(Rappa and Roalman) .
A-4 PLANNING COMMISSION (File No. 123)
Moved by Reiss/Pinard (5-0) to appoint Fred Peterson and Keith Gurnee to one-
year terms expiring 3/31/91; Richard Schmidt reappointed to a two-year term
expiring 3/31/92; and Mary Billington appointed to a four-year term expiring
3/31/94 as recommended by the Council Subcommittee (Reiss and Pinard) .
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS (File No. 533)
Council held a public hearing to consider objections raised by property owners
to city requirement that property owners install curb, gutter and sidewalk
improvements where more than 508 of the block is already improved.
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Dave Romero, Public Works Director, reviewed the agenda report with the
recommendation that Council take public testimony from property owners
objecting to the improvements on a street-by-.street basis, making adjustments
or modifications for each street. He reminded Council that the properties
included on the list were not protested to in writing.
Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing open.
The 1990 Sidewalk Improvements list includes:
1. East side - Chorro (between Boysen and Highland) .
2. West side - Rafael Way (between Boysen and Highland) .
3. West side - Lincoln (between Venable and Mission) .
No property owners spoke for or against the improvements on any of the above
properties.
4. East side - Almond (between Center and Mission).
S. West aide - Almond (between Venable and Mission) .
John Dee, 280 Almond Street, spoke against installing sidewalks because of the
rustic nature of the street and the fact that vehicle and pedestrian traffic
is very light.
Betty Schetzer, 225 Almond Street, although not an affected homeowner, said
more sidewalks would be detrimental to the character of the street and destroy
valuable landscaping.
After brief discussion, moved by Roalman/Rama, (5-0) to exclude Almond Street
from the 1990 Sidewalk Improvement List. Motion carried.
6. West side - Park (between Phillips and Hillcrest) .
There was no public comment from affected property owners.
7. North side - Breck (between Johnson and Fairview) .
Betty Long, Breck & Fairview (1690 Fairview), said putting in a sidewalk would
destroy her 45-year old hedge which protects her home.
John Pedroni, Fairview, said he was opposed to the sidewalk on Breck Street.
After brief discussion, moved by Rappa/Reiss, (5-0) to remove Breck Street
from the Sidewalk Improvements List. Motion carried.
8. North side - Iris (between Johnson and Fixlini) .
There was no public comment or objection.
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9. South side - Ella (between Osos and Binns Court).
William Voorlas, 1045 Leff (owner 1141 Ella) , spoke in opposition to the
requirement for curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements due to erosion
problems.
Dave Romero, Public Works Director, said staff would be receptive to exempting
1205 Ella from improvements due to the great difficulty anticipated in grading
the driveway.
Dale Williams, owner, 1013 Ella, said he would lose 80 feet of hedge and two
fruit trees to the proposed improvements.
Martha Reed, .P.O. Box 450, Paso Robles, owner of 1205 Ella, presented pictures
of her property at 1205 Ella, .spoke against the proposed sidewalk
improvements.
Mr. Thompson, owner of 1215 Ella, spoke against the sidewalk improvments.
After discussion, moved by Rappa/Pinard, (5-0) to exempt 1013 Ella from the
Improvement list due to loss of vegetation. Motion carried.
After more discussion, moved by Roalman/Pinard, (4-0-1, Councilwoman Rappa
voting no), to improve the rest of Ella Street between Osos and Binns Court.
Motion carried.
10. West side -. Swazey (between Osos and south end) .
Georgia Sanford, owner of 2027 Swayze, spoke against the improvements because
the street is a deadend.
Moved by Roalman/Reiss (5-0) to do sidewalk improvements on the west side of
Swazey between Osos and south end. Motion carried.
11. North side - Buchon (betweeen Nipomo and Beach) .
12. South side - Buchon (between Carmel and Beach) .
13. South side - Branch (between Beebee and King) .
14. South side - Branch (between King and Broad) .
15. North side - Funston (between Lawton and Broad) .
There was no public comment on any of the above streets.
16. West side - Lawton (between South and Funston)
Bob Bowers, Church of Christ, 2201 Lawton, spoke against the sidewalk
improvements.
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After discussion, moved by Roalman/Pinard (5-0) to exempt 2201 Lawton from the
1990 Sidewalk Improvement List. Motion carried.
17. North side - Woodbridge (between Broad and Victoria) .
18. South side - Woodbrige (between Broad and Victoria) .
There was no public comment.
19. South side - Caudill (between Broad and Victoria) .
Dave Romero, Public Works Director, read a letter he had received from
S.J. Cegielski, owner of 743 Caudill, opposing the sidewalk .improvements.
Moved by Roalman/Reiss (5-0) to include 743 Caudill in Sidewalk Improvement
List. Motion carried.
20. South side - Francis (between Broad and Victoria) .
There was no public comment.
21. South side - Sweeney (between Broad and Rockview) .
22. East side - Rockview (between Sweeney and Broad) .
Ann Reilly, owner 601 Sweeney (corner of Rockview) spoke against the sidewalk
improvements.
Paul Jones, 3204 Rockview, asked for a postponement on the improvements in
order to give him an opportunity to build on the property.
Moved by Roalman/Rana, (4-1, Councilman Reiss voting no) to defer
improvements on Sweeney and Rockview. Motion carried.
Mayor Dunin closed the public hearing.
2. ALARM FEES (File No. 702)
Council held a public hearing to consider implementing alarm permit and false
alarm response fees in order to defray costs associated with administering
alarm permits and excessive public safety responses to false alarms.
Bart Topham, Police Captain, reviewed the staff report.
There was no public comment.
After brief discussion, it was moved by Reiss/Roalman, (5-0) to adopt
Resolution No. 6784 implementing alarm permit and false alarm response fees.
Motion carried.
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3. APPEAL - ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION (File No. 407)
Council held a public- hearing to consider an appeal by Marshall Ochylski of an
Architectural Review Commission action denying a request to delete "divided
light" windows from a new commercial building at 81 Higuera Street (Pacific
Coast Center); Interwest Investment Group, owners.
Mayor Dunin explained that the appellant had requested that this hearing be
continued in order to allow him time to present more data on his appeal.
Moved by Ravva/Roalman (5-0) to continue this item to date certain, April 17,
1990. Motion carried.
8:45 p.m., Mayor Dunin declared a recess; 9:OO p.m. , City Council reconvened,
all Councilmembers present.
4. WATER RATIONING METHODOLOGY (File No. 517)
John Dunn, City Administrative Officer, said that he thought the Council
should first officially vote to reconsider this item which had been acted on
at the March 26, 1990 meeting, when Council voted 3-2 (Reiss and Dunin voting
no) to have staff return with a mandatory water conservation method based on a
per capita allotment system. During the March 6, 1990 Communications portion
of the Regular Meeting of the City Council, Councilman Roalman asked Council
to reconsider the water rationing methodology.
Moved by Roalman/Reiss (3-0-2, Councilme_mbers Pinard and Rappa voting no) to
reconsider water rationing methodology. Motion carried.
Mavor Dunin declared the public hearing open.
Vice-Mayor Reiss read a letter he had received from Pamela Crum, 1642 Alrita
Street, voicing opposition to the per capita method of allotment.
John Merriam, 235 Chaplin Lane, suggested that meter readers survey the size
of the homeowners lot and water allotment be based on an individual allotment
with an additional amount allowed for horticulture.
Ralph Jacobson, 156 Broad Street, said that he was concerned about the
perception that those people who have a higher allotment today were wasting
water in 1987.
Dann Torrance, 77 Highland Drive, expressed his opposition to per capita water
rationing.
Millie Willis, manager of Irish Hill Hamlet, said it was impossible to manage
the water use in 146 units under the current water rationing method and said
she supports the per capita idea.
C; Mona Tors, 1150 Madonna Road, said she manages a HUD complex and supports the
per capita methodology.
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Brett Cross, 1217 Mariner's Cove, said he supported the current allotment
method.
Amy Arsenio, 2053 Hay Street, spoke about her concerns regarding overall
policy for this city in the future when there isn't a drought.
Dennis Barney, of Bob's Big Boy, and The Restaurant Association, said he
favors a baseline standard allocation as they have in Monterey and Carmel.
Tom Carey, builder of Clearview Estates, expressed his concerns for
landscaping requirements for new construction projects.
Tim Farrell, 70 Mustang Drive, felt per capita rationing would be difficult to
keep track of because of students frequently moving.
After Council discussion, moved by Roalman/Dunin (3-2, Councilmembers Rappa
and Pinard voting no) to direct staff to come back to Council with an
equitable plan for 35% water use reduction under the current percentage
reduction formula.
10:20 p.m., there being no further business to come before the City Council,
Mayor Dunin adjourned the meeting to Tuesday, March 27, 1990, at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL:
KC:nlo Pam Voges, City Clerk
By: Kim Condon, Assistant City Clerk