HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/17/1977M I N U T E S
ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1977 - 11:50 P.M.
COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL
Roll Call
Councilmen
PRESENT: Councilmen Dunin, Jorgensen, Settle and Mayor Schwartz
ABSENT: Councilman Petterson
City Staff
PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; Allen Grimes, City Attorney,
R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Jim Stockton, Director
of Parks and Recreation; Terry Sanville, Associate Planner;
Dan Smith, Senior Planner
1. The City Council adjourned to Executive Session at 11:50 a.m.
2. The City Council reconvened in Regular Session at 12:20 p.m. All Council-
men present except Councilman Petterson. Staff present: J.H. Fitzpatrick; Allen
Grimes, R.D. Miller, Terry Sanville and Dan Smith.
3. Communication from the County Engineer, San Luis Obispo County, forwarding
a list of proposed federal aid urban projects for the region of San Luis Obispo
and the City of San Luis Obispo.
1) Santa Rosa Street from Monterey Street to Highway 1 widening easterly side
of Santa Rosa from Monterey Street to Walnut Street. Work should consist
of right -of -way acquisition, building removal or demolition, roadway con-
' struction, installation of traffic signals at Walnut and Santa Rosa Street.
2) A portion of South Higuera Street from Marsh Street to Madonna Road and
South Street realignment from Madonna Road to Beebee Street.
The County Engineer asked if the Council had any objections to these projects.
On motion of Councilman Settle, seconded by Mayor Schwartz, that the City Council
of the City of San Luis Obispo notify the County of San Luis Obispo that they had
reviewed the projects and approved the list for forwarding to the Regional
Transportation Planning Agency. Motion carried, Councilman Petterson absent.
3. The City Council considered a housing proposal from Barbara Kraus
which would establish a plan to direct and manage the rate, the type and
cost of residential housing in the City of San Luis Obispo. She reviewed
her proposal stating the following:
I. Purpose: To adopt a specific Growth Management Program, consistent with
the General Plan, which would:
A. Preserve the small -town characteristics of San Luis Obispo
B. Encourage tourism as a fundamental source of revenue
C. Insure the social stability of the community
D. Address the impact of growth management of affordable housing for
working families
F. Consider the problem of energy conservation in residential construction
G. Address the necessity to maintain clean air.
II. Authority: The general police powers granted to local governments to
promote and preserve the public health, safety and general welfare.
III. Implementation
IV. City's Role as re- purchaser of all MI housing under the allocation system.
V. Funding.
City Council Minutes
October 17, 1977 .
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She suggested the city could enact a real estates: transfer tax on all sales of
residential property within the�city which she stated that would be legally
possible for the city to do. She then reviewed for the City Council, a possible
criteria fora "Project Rating Scale ", criteria for "Applicant's Rating Scale ",
and the possible selling /profit considerations in the program. She stated that
her program was based on extensive..research carried.on by her in the cities of
San Juan Capistrano and Davis in the State of California.
Terry Sanville stated that the city's Advanced Planning Staff had not done any
in -depth studies of the Kraus proposal but the staff could proceed as part of the
city's Housing Element of the General Plan and include this type of program but
felt that-the City Council must first establish policy for the staff to follow..
Dan- Smith.stated. that he had checked with -the cities of Davis and San Juan Capistrano
and he stated while -it's true - they had this type -of.program,•they were having some
difficulty with the implementation of various facets of it.
Mr. Yeoman, builder,.opposed.the program. ..He-felt-it was just.:one more.step
in government control of housing, felt it was a.poor...suggestion and should
be rejected by the City Council.
Tom Maple, planning consultant,- stated.he would.support any program in general
thatlwould.insure moderate and low- income housing for - __citizens of San Luis Obispo
but he felt that a lot more work was.needed.to clearly see- the . impact that the
type of program proposed would have on the city. [,chile he was supportive, he
felt that a lot:.of work had-to go in to.the Kraus proposal to have it make.sense.
Melanie Billig felt the program had merit and that.the city should integgate
the program with their other goals and.plans for the community. She felt that
not only should.middle- income people be protected but also low- income citizens
in trying to develop housing for themselves. But.she felt that the program
should not-be-developed in a vacuum but must be included in the overall city
General Plan and its elements. She-hoped this program could be implemented
without allowing.the.city bureaucracy to get involved and with its long staff time,
increase costs.to housing in the city. She also felt the city should work with
the normal lending institutions in helping people get housing in -the community.
Foster Gruber stated he was supportive of the program.but felt he needed more
information on the proposal before giving his opinion.
Councilman -Dunin stated.he- was•-working on a.proposal sponsored by the Chamber
to appoint a task force committee, which would include all elements of the community
to try to•come up.- with -some proposals-to provide housing for the city but that this
committee would not include any of the city's bureaucrats or politicians. He felt
that it should only -involve people involved in the housing program.: Finally, he
stated he•could not - support any.- program -that would put any city management :in
charge-of-the-Kraus proposal. He continued that it would be his suggestion:that
before appointing a task force to study housing; the committee- should be clearly
given a charge of..the scope of work that they must accomplish. He felt-that the
Kraus proposal lacked: 1) legal grounds; 2) administrative solutions; and 3) means
of financial implementation.
Councilman Jorgensen felt the Kraus proposal was very comprehensive but it might
be too big a project for the City of San Luis Obispo to attempt.at this time but
he felt the City Council could implement portions of the plan.as proposed. He
felt that one area not-covered were the financial implications of the proposal,
particularly with no provisions for annual inflation factors that were facing the
builders and purchasers of dwellings in the-community. He:also felt that no
program would ever make housing available to-the low income people without
support from the government. Another way to proceed was the use of rent
control-in order to control the rents on dwellings which.would affect.the -
price.of the building and the replacement buildings. He would support-some
type of growth control management program in the community and also put in a
real estate transfer tax or a land improvement tax ordinance.
1:20 p.m: Councilman Jorgensen left the meeting. i -
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October 17, 1977
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Mrs. Kraus urged the appointment of a citizen's committee to study her proposal
and to prepare documents to implement the proposal for the people of San Luis
Obispo.
R.D. Miller, administrative officer, stated that before the City Council appointed
another task force or committee on this or any other subject, they should analyse
of how the work would affect the staff and ongoing projects previously assigned by
the City Council.
Terry Sanville, associate planner, reported in detail on the 1975 Task Force on
Housing which took over nine months of meeting with no real conclusions being
arrived at. He felt that to have a task force effective, it should have very
clearly defined parameters established by the policy makers of the city, the
City Council.
Allen Settle felt that the Kraus proposal was very interesting but felt that to
implement the program would take a long, long time due to the complexity of the
problem and the number of different people involved in housing programs in the
city. He hoped that in the future, each subdivision would include homes for
middle- income citizens but to do this in San Luis Obispo would be difficult
without having public funds involved. Finally, he felt that many of the Kraus'
objections should be included in the City's General Plan Housing Element and the
Council should look to city regulations on development and construction in a way
to help reduce costs of construction.
Mayor Schwartz thanked Mrs. Kraus for her suggestions in trying to solve
the housing dilemma facing the City of San Luis Obispo and he felt that
there were suggestions that should be included in the City's Housing Element
to be prepared very soon by the city staff. He, too, hoped that these
suggestions could be implemented by the private sector and hoped that the
government would not get involved in a housing development for medium and
upper income citizens as they had been for the low income.
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Schwartz
adjourned the meeting at 1:50 p.m., Monday, October 17, 1977.
APPROVED: January 3, 1978
J! Fitzpatrick, City Clerk
M I N U T E S
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1977 - 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL
Pledge
Roll Call
Councilmen
PRESENT: Councilmen Dunin, Jorgensen, Petterson, Settle and Mayor Schwartz
ABSENT: None
City Staff
PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; Allen Grimes, City Attorney, R.D.
Miller, Administrative Officer; Dan Smith, Senior Planner; Terry
Sanville, Associate Planner; Jim Stockton, Director of Parks and
Recreation; Rudy Muravez, Director of Finance; D.F. Romero,
Director of Public Services; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer
1. The City Council continued their public hearing on the recommendation of
the Planning Commission to rezone property in the Foothill /College Area in order
to have the zoning conform to the recently adopted General Plan of the city.
This matter was continued from the October 11, 1977 meeting.