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Roll Call
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ADJOURNED.-MEETING.OF-THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY..OF-.SAN ... LUISABISPO
... .. FRIDAY, MAY.. 23, .1975.. -. 12:10 P.M.
CONFERENCE.ROOM, CITY HALL
PRESENT: Myron-Graharn,.T. Keith .Gurnee...:Jesse-Norris, Steve
Petterson.and Mayor Kenneth E.-Schwartz
ABSENT: None
City Staff
PRESENT:. J. H. Fitzpatrick, City.-Clerk; R. D. Miller,-Administrative
Officer : .. '. I .. 1.
1. R..D. Miller, Administrative Officer,.-presented for,the Council's
consideration-a-propbsal-.from.-Fred.Sch6tt,,..Structural..Engineer, to act as
engineer in.charge-of-.structural-construction--.on-the.restroom,.con.cession
building and-press-box:-at-Sinshei±er Park recently awarded-to LaFreniere.
The structural..eiigineering.prop6saI was:
1)..-A.-review.of the project.plans and.specifications.
2)_ Approve.the.job inspector..
3) Make -periodic..inspectioiLs-'.at...the-.s.i.te...to-.che .n e. ck ge . .ral
compliance-of,.the-work.-with-thO-Iapproveid pioject.plans
.and specifications.
4) Interpret plans.iiid.specificitions..when.there.was-an-impasse
.. in:.interpret.ation.-between--the.-inspector and.-contractor.
5) -Prepare.and submit-verified-reports to-the Office of.
Architecture and..Construction.
The .fee would... be..based--upc?n,- 2.5.. times..salary.. cost�-plus_ direct: -non- salary
expenses..with.princip.al-'s 'timei.char-ged..at-$30.00 per hour. The expected
average was.two.to..four-hours-per.week.-
On motion of. Councilman.. Norris j.::seconded�by..Councilman -Graham..the. following
resolution was introduced: RESOLUTION NO. 2801 (1975 Series), a resolution
of the.Council of...the.City of.San.Luis--Obispo.authorizing-.the.-employfuent of.
a.structural..engineer-.for.-construction_of..-Sinsheimer..Park.]5aseball..stadium
facilities.
Passed and-adopted.on..the following:roll call vote:
AYES:.. Councilmen-Graham,i-Gurnee,-..Norris,Petterson-.a . nd . Mayor-Schwartz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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May 23, 1975
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2. R. D. Miller, Administrative Officer, reported to the.City Council
that in accordance with the contract for.the baseball.stadium facilities it
had been necessary to install a four -inch water meter at the job site before
the combustible construction began. Informal bids had been solicited with
a bid from.R. Baker of $4,800. In order for.this contract.to be let, the
City budget.must be increased at this time. Therefore, he recommended that
Account No. 60- 12- 5761 -605 be increased by $5,500.
On motion of.Councilman Norris, seconded by Councilman Graham.the following.
resolution was introduced: RESOLUTION NO. 2800 (1975 Series), a resolution
increasing the 1974 -75 budget.
Passed and adopted on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Graham, Gurnee, Norris, Petterson and Mayor Schwartz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
3. R. D. Miller, Administrative Officer, stated that his assistant,
David Williamson, had submitted to him a draft of the various job descriptions
for the new Community Development and Public-Services Departments, but due to.
the extremely heavy load in the Administrative Office, he asked Council
permission to continue this to a later date.
The City'Council'approved the request.
4. The City Council-at this time discussed-the proposal adopted by the 1
City Council retaining a.consultant'.to.prepare.the Laguna Lake and surrounding.
area master plan for a.cost of.$50,000.
Councilman Gurnee asked that the City Council consider rejecting and not
entering in the contract with the.consultant to do.this work at this time as
he felt that there were many.more pressing things needed.to.be done and completed
by the City; for.example, the General Plan studies that have been.under progress
for over.a year and a half, and the lack of regulatory provisions and.ordinances
to complement the new General Plan. He felt the_City_had more..important.duties,
such as to study the overall role'of consultants within the City, and he felt
the Council should make a study of administrative management within the City
before initiating further master planning efforts. He also felt that this
particular project should be a joint effort between the City and the County.
Councilman Gurnee asked for a rejection'of:•the consultant contract for the
following reasons:
1)� The.-General-Plan was taking too long to complete. Another major
planning - .study would.overload..the planning department and upset
the General Plan's timetable for completion.
2) City inability or refusal to implement past plans including the
General Plan could indicate that this.new.plan.would.meet the same
meaningless fate as previous ones. Until a track record of City
accomplishment of past plans-was established, more studies would
be a waste of time, energy and money.
3) Such a. planning.effort should require close.cooperation between
the City,)County,.and other agencies for it.to have.any:chance of '
being implemented. Until City- County relations.are mended, planning
outside the City by the City would meet with the same -fate as the
Eisner General Plan which the County refused.to adopt. The City
could plan forever outside the City, but they could exercise no
control of development without cooperation of the County.
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4) The City has had considerable difficulty with past consultants.
Until determining what went wrong.with past consultants and
contracts, the City should not jump into another expensive
consultant venture.
' 5) The regional nature of the plan, involving detailed studies
over large areas outside the City Limits, merited financial
assistance from the County and perhaps other agencies.
6) Existing plans, including the County Open Space Plan, the
City Open Space Plan , City General Plan, State plans for
areas of Statewide critical concern, would hold unneeded
development in check - if enforced.
There was nothing that another "plan" would do to stop development on
San Luis Peak, unless these or existing plans were implemented and strictly
enforced. Therefore, the City should concentrate its efforts on completing
the General Plan, zoning, subdivision, and grading ordinances, E.I.R.
guidelines, making zoning consistent with the General Plan and seeking
County agreement to enforce them in the urban fringe, before engaging in
abstract studies that would not, in themselves, influence development.
He concluded that the timing was.poor, and that he would press for completion
of higher priorities in planning and then reconsider the issue of this
study.
Councilman Norris stated that he was pleased with the City Council's
reconsideration of this issue as he had consistently opposed the expenditure
of further tax funds for the study of Laguna Lake and the mountains. He
' was opposed to regional planning by .the City. He felt the City should
implement the plans they had already and not go into other areas. He
stated he-generally agreed with the great amount of money for this particular
consultant.. He felt that if the City Council wished to spend money on the
Los Osos Valley, he would agree to spend money to man and build a fire
station to protect the citizens who live in that area.
Councilman Petterson stated that he agreed with both Councilman Gurnee's
and Councilman Norris' comments in general but wanted to add that in
contacting County planning officials, they had never been consulted by
the City on this planning study as envisioned with the new consultant for
$50,000. He felt that before the City entered into this type of contract,
they should at least get cooperation from the agency in whose area and
responsibility the land lay. He then reviewed for the City Council the
studies that had been completed to date by both the County and the State
agencies which would protect the mountains and peaks of the area.
Councilman Graham stated that it was hard for him to believe that the County
was not aware of studies being considered by the City of San Luis Obispo.
He felt that the City should be constantly updating prior studies for
development of specific plans of the City. For example, he felt Laguna Lake
area must be updated in order to keep on top of the development.
He felt that the City staff was competent and.the Council should support
their requests for funds for use of these consultants. He felt that the
' plans should be allowed to proceed and the funds should be expended.
Mayor Schwartz stated he could not understand the argument presented by
Councilman Gurnee. He stated he felt just the opposite, the proposal and
study was needed in order to complete the planning process started by various
City Councils and Planning Commissions since 1961 when the adopted General
Plan showed the development of Laguna Lake and the adjacent peaks as part
of the study area. He continued that in General Plan considerations, no
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May 23, 1975
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member of the public had ever objected to the inclusion of these develop-
ments in the General Plan. He then reviewed in detail the Hector Plan
for development of Laguna Lake and its staged development. He continued
that he saw the new plan as an update of existing plans for the City. He
then read various sections of the adopted open space plan of the City with
reference to the need for the Laguna Lake study which was being proposed
by the consultants. He continued that the City had adopted an open space
plan and that the proposed study was part of that plan. He felt that this
was just an implementation of the adopted plan. Further, he reminded the
Council that development of the Laguna Lake and adjacent land had been
carried in the Capital Improvement Program for capital funding for many years.
Therefore, he did not feel that Councilman Gurnee's arguments were valid.
This was and had been an ongoing planning process and its final acquisition
and development would add to the quality of life of the citizens and visitors
to the City of San Luis Obispo. He strongly urged that the members of the
City Council be very careful in reconsidering and rejecting the consultant's
proposal for the Laguna Lake and adjacent land study at this time.
Councilman Gurnee agreed that his objection was only on timing of the
consultant's study, not on the study itself. He felt that the General Plan
should first be completed before adding new elements. He also urged that
the Council adopt the new regulatory ordinances in order to get the City's
General Plan and State - required elements and local regulatory ordinances
under control, which should have been adopted a long time ago. He would be
most happy to go into advanced planning such as Laguna Lake study now under
consideration when these had been accomplished.
Councilman Petterson asked if the Mayor did not feel that the County and
State plan for this area had some validity and should the City not consider
these proposals?
Mayor Schwartz stated that while he recognized State and County plans, he
felt his responsibility was to the City of San Luis Obispo and that the
City should proceed with its own studies. It was his feeling that many
people viewed the peaks as a very sensitive element in protecting the City's
natural environment.
Councilman Petterson felt that the County of San
lead agency in developing plans and strategies fo
the area. He felt that there were many questions
undertaking this particular study.
Mayor Schwartz opened the meeting to the public.
Luis Obispo should be the
r protecting the Morros in
to be answered before
Peter Phillips, Design Review Board, stated that the DRB could not make a
recommendation as they had not been involved in any of the studies.
Homer Odom agreed that most of the land being considered for the study was
mostly outside the City and he felt that this should be done by the County.
He also felt that before the City Council started to plan County land, they
should first try to get cooperation from the County government and develop
the plan jointly. He concluded that the relationships.between the City and
County governments were bad now and this proposal would not make it any
better. He urged the City Council to reconsider their decision at this
time and get the City plans within the City under control before they
develop plans for the County.
Mayor Schwartz declared the public meeting closed.
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May 23, 1975
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.On motion.of.Councilman Norris,: seconded ... by.- Councilman.Petterson the
following-resolution was introduced':_.RESOLUTION.NO. 2802,. (1975 Series),
..a.resolution.of the:Council of the City..of_.San Luis.Obispo rescinding
Resolution.No. 2790 which authorized.employment -of a consultant to prepare
a Master Plan.for Laguna Lake Park.
Motion carried.on the following xoll_call..vote:
AYES:...Councilmen.Norris, Petterson, Gurnee
NOES:_.. Councilman. Graham- and. - Mayor.'Schwartz
ABSENT: None
On motion..of...Councilman.. Gurnee ,.seconded_.by...Councilman Petterson that the
City Council.ask the County what the status was for.plans_for: 1)- preservation
_ of.-the morros, 2) southwest mountain:-and valley studies by the State of
California. Motion carried, all -ayes.
5. The_ City. Council... then.continued..their..study of the proposed 1975/76
bub dget,_ starting_ with. ..Page.75.,arid.ending.with.Page 97.
6. .. ..On, motion -of- _Councilman... Norris; seconded _byeCouncilman.:Petterson the
meeting.adjourned..at.2:02 p.m..to 12:10:.p.m., Tuesday, May 27, 1975.
Motion carried.
APPROVED: November 3, 1975
. H TZPATRICK, City Clerk
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