HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/24/1975MINUTES
ADJOURNED MEETING.OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY_OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 249 1975 - 4:05 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Pledge
Roll Call
' PRESENT:
ABSENT:
City Staff
PRESENT
Councilmen Graham, Gurnee, Norris and Mayor Schwartz
Councilman Petterson (arrived at 4:50 p.m.)
J.H. Fitzpatrick,.City Clerk; R.D. Miller, City
Administrative Officer; A.J. Shaw, Jr., City Attorney
1. The City Council met with representatives of the Downtown Merchants
Organization (Dunin, Bove, Carpenter, Renetsky,.Silva, Corcoran) to discuss
the conditions for establishing of a Downtown Parking and Business Improvement
Area under the provisions of AB 103.
A.J. Shaw, City Attorney, reviewed for the Council the provisions of the
proposed ordinance which would establish the parking and business improvement
area with particular emphasis on paragraph H of the ordinance which describes
the methods of appointing the advisory committee.
Ron Dunin, Chairman of the Downtown Association, asked that the City Council
consider the Downtown Association to be the group who would appoint the first
' nominating committee of five members to select the slate of advisory
committee members.
Councilman Norris stated that he.wanted the appointees to the advisory
committee made under the provisions of the City Charter and not change
the methods.
The City Council and Business District representatives discussed the provisions
of Section H in detail for clarification.
(h) An Advisory Board.of 11 representatives from among those who have
businesses in the area and who are subject to the tax shall be appointed
by the City-Council in accordance with standard City procedures to advise
4nd recommend to the Council the methods and ways in which the revenues
derived from the additional tax shall be expended. Each Board member shall
serve for a period of 2 years, provided that 5 of the first members appointed
shall be appointed to initial 1 -year terms, and provided further than any
member may be removed and replaced by the Council at any time after hearing
the recommendations and advice of the Advisory Board.
A nominating.committee of 5 members will be appointed by the existing
Downtown.-Association from the licensed businesses within the Improvement
Area. This committee will prepare a list of 22 nominees and hold a ballot
within the Area,-and-therefrom submit the 15 nominees receiving the highest
vote totals from which 11 will be appointed to the Board by the City Council.
' The Board's first order of business shall be to establish by -laws for its
operation, subject to approval of said by -laws by the City Council.
2. R.D.-Miller, Administrative.Officer, brought to the Council's
attention the matter of the electrical transformers at the present time
located in the City Hall basement which would be phased out over a period
of years and replaced with pad mounted transformers located outside the
building.. R.D. Miller continued that the architect analyzed the possibility
of using the transformer room for office related storage uses and therefore
prepared a change -order for such a contingency but apparently due to the
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possible increase in electrical current used by the City, it would
necessitate moving the transformers outside the City within the next
twelve month period. It was the recommendation of the Administrative
Officer that the appropriate City officials be authorized to sign the
agreement with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company so that construction
of the transformer pad and related electrical work could be budgeted in
next year's budget in order. to correct any possible future deficiency in
the electrical system.
By consensus, the City Council approved the request of the Administrative
Officer.
3. R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer, reported that his assistant,
David Williamson, had been conducting an exhaustive investigation into
furniture needs in connection with the City Hall remodeling. He had been
working closely with the department and division heads in assessing their
needs. The purchasing office was now ready to place orders for approximately
$21,500 worth of office furniture and supplies with 68% going to local vendors.
The breakdown was as follows:
11%
Prison Industries
13%
State Purchasing Contract
14%
Hill's Stationery
36%
Mission Stationery
18%
Brittain's Stationer and
8%
Other sources
The order for steel shelving would for the most part go to Mission Stationery
and_this broad category would also include map files.
Mr. Shaw, City Attorney, said that since this order involving approximately
$7,600 to one vendor consisted of many different items on.which competitive
bids had been obtained, the Council might find that no useful purpose would
be achieved in calling for formal sealed bids.
R.D. Miller also presented for the Council's consideration a resolution
authorizing the purchase of four steel desks, one steel credenza, forty
steel chairs.and four steel tables to the State Purchasing Contract and
asked that a resolution be adopted approving this action.
On motion of Councilman Graham,seconded by Councilman Gurnee the following
resolution was introduced: Resolution No. 2830 (1975 Series), a resolution
of the.Council of the City of San Luis Obispo authorizing the Department of
General Services of the State of CAlifornia to purchase certain items for the
City.
Passed and adopted on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen Graham, Gurnee, Norris, Petterson and Mayor
Schwartz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
On motion of Councilman Graham, seconded by Councilman Gurnee that the
City Council found that while the City had taken competitive bids on many
items they felt that no useful purpose would be achieved in calling for
formal sealed bids on certain categories of shelving, map files, etc.
Motion carried, all ayes, no noes.
On motion of Councilman Norris, seconded by Councilman Petterson the
meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m. to Wednesday at 4:00 p.m., October 1, 1975.
Motion carried.
APPROVED:
. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk
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