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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/28/1976M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1976 - 12:10 P.M. HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA Roll Call Councilmen PRESENT: Myron Graham, T. Keith Gurnee, Steve Petterson Mayor Kenneth E. Schwartz ABSENT: Jesse Norris City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, Acting Administrative Officer /City Clerk; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer; Steve Smith, Fire Captain; William Flory, Director of Parks & Recreation; Rudy Muravez, Finance Director Citizens' Advisory Committee PRESENT: Foster Gruber, Connie Hendricks and Shirley Horton County of San Luis Obispo PRESENT: Bertram Townsend, Health Department John Nichelson, Area Planning Council - Transit Manager Bill Heath, Coordinator - Area Planning Council Visitors PRESENT: Charles Cattaneo & Al Rizzoli, San Luis Garbage Company 1. At this time the -.City Council considered. -the request of the San Luis Garbage Company for extension of the solid -waste extension contract. (Continued from the April 21, 1976 meeting). Ms. Connie Hendricks, representing the Citizens' Advisory Committee, again reviewed the report of the Citizens' Advisory Committee dated 12/12/75 entitled "Extension of the Garbage Franchise and /or Contracts" listing recommendations that they feel the City Council should consider before granting a new contract. Charles Cattaneo, President - San Luis Garbage Company, discussed with the City Council a number of the items considered as important by the Citizens' Advisory.Committee and to which they would be most happy to agree if it was placed in the contract. There being no further discussion, the matter was set for public hearing for extension of the San Luis Garbage Franchise and /or contract to May 17, 1976. 3. The City Council continued their discussion of the City County Area Planning Coordinating Council Joint Powers Agreement and budgeting require- ments for the 1976 -77 year. The San Luis Obispo County and City Area Planning Coordinating Council felt that up to the 1975 -76 year, the County Board of Supervisors approved 50% of the budget needed to operate the council office. Starting with 1976 -77, the County Board of Supervisors felt that the member cities should now participate in proportion to population to make up the difference in cost in operating the Area Council Office. On July 10, 1975, the Area Planning Council moved to notify each member jurisdiction of the change prior to consideration of the 1976 -77 budgets. In the meantime, an interim funding measure was approved by the Area Council as an operative during the 1975 -76 fiscal year only. Since the July, 1975 meeting, many events have occurred which may ultimately alter the policy. The most important of these has been the recent formula- tion of a new Area Planning Council Joint Powers Agreement now under consideration. 1 1 1 City Council Minutes April 28, 1976 Page 2 Some of the primary debatable issues proposed in the Joint Powers Agreement deal with membership, agency representative and funding. It is therefore, possible other methods of funding will finally result from approval of a Joint Powers Agreement. Therefore, the County and Cities Area Planning Coordinating Council asked the City Council to allocate in their 1976 -77 budget, the amount shown for the jurisdictions based on population. Furthermore, they also requested from the City Council thatmatters of Joint Powers Agreement and suggested funding be placed before them so that the city's delegates may be properly instructed to the points and questions resolved before the beginning of the next fiscal year. Total cost of operating the Area Planning Council was $10,750.00 with the City of San Luis Obispo paying $2,917.55 or 27.14% of the total budget. On motion of Mayor Schwartz, seconded by Councilman Graham,-that the City Administrative Officer be instructed to budget $2,917.55 as part of the city's share of the expenses of the Area Planning Council in the 1976 -77 fiscal year subject to negotiating a more equitable joint Powers Agreement which would be satisfactory to all the cities and to the county. Motion carried, all ayes. 2. Communication from Wayne Peterson to the City Council dealing with the Area Planning Council Meeting of March 31, 1976. Wayne Peterson stated that the at the meeting there was a discussion regarding the method by which the Regional Transportation Plan would be financed. Inasmuch as there was no representative from the City on the council he felt it wise to inform the council that this subject should be brought up at the council meeting and discussed so that the city may take a definite stand on how they wished to see the SB 325 monies spent. He further related that SB 325 funds were primarily designed for use in transit systems. Only when an agency can see that all transit needs that can be reasonably met have been met can they use the money for other purposes. Two percent of the money has to be used for bicycle or pedestrian purposes. Wayne Peterson continued that the staff of the Area Planning Council was proposing that all of the agencies in the county participate in the Regional Transportation Plan, including intercity transit for elderly and handicapped based on population. If this was approved, most all gas tax money they were now using on streets would not be coming to the city. Five years from now, the city may only use 50% of the SB 325 money on transit and would be forced to produce 50% of the city's share from the city's general fund. The implication of this decision that the Area Planning Council is considering can cause quite an affect on the city's budget. Therefore, as soon as the proposal has been received from the Area Planning Council, they should be discussed. Councilman Gurnee reminded the City Council of the action that was taken by the City Council on the March 31, 1975 ... meeting whereby Resolution No. 2758 (1975 Series), a resolution of the Council, of the City of San Luis Obispo opposing the consultant's recommendation in the Regional Transportation Plan in certain areas. Mr. Bill Heath, Program Director for the Area Planning Council, spoke strongly in support of adopting an overall county -wide transportation plan.. He admitted that the proposed transportation plan as prepared by the consultant was poor and lacking much information which the new augmented staff would hope to upgrade in the next fiscal year. John Nichelson, County Transportation Manager, submitted for the council's ' consideration, transit implementation criteria and cost involved for the City of San Luis Obispo. He also submitted what he felt was a 6 -year cost estimate for a county -wide transit system including capital expenditures, operating costs, etc. He stated that it was his opinion that San Luis Obispo's share of the SB 325 funds would be 27.14% of the annual cost of the project. City Council Minutes April 28, 1976 Page 3 Councilman Petterson suggested that before the City Council take any action on this proposal, that the Mass Transit Committee of the City should be asked to look into it, have Mr. Heath and Mr. Nichelson appear before them and then make a clear, precise recommendation to the City Council. The City Council accepted the recommendation of Councilman Petterson and requested Art Hird and Dave Romero to set up a meeting as soon as possible. Bert Townsend, County Health Department, presented for the Council's ' consideration, a preliminary county -wide solid waste management plan for the council's consideration. Final plan would be required to be approved by a majority of the cities which would contain a majority of the incorporated population. He asked that the City Council review the preliminary plans and determine whether the City Council could approve the plan and draft E.I.R. with respect to: a) The objectives setforth in the plan. b) The method of organization for implementation of the programs contained in the plan. c) The procedure for financing the recommended solid -waste management program. . d) The role identified in the plan for the City of San Luis Obispo in implementing a cooperative effort for management of solid -waste in an economical and environmentally accepted manner. He stated that he had submitted for the council's consideration, a sample resolution to be considered at the time the final plan was adopted, but not at this stage. He stated that if the City. Council wished to hold a public hearing on the matter, he would be most happy to attend and help the City Council. After a few questions from the city staff and council, the matter was continued to a future study session. There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting adjourned at 2:15 p.m. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk 1