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Home My WebLink About03/14/1978M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1978 - 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL Roll Call rnnnrilman PRESENT: Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen, Steve Petterson, Allen Settle and Mayor Kenneth Schwartz ABSENT: None City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; Allen Grimes, City Attorney; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Gordon Johnson, Personnel Director Also Present: William Callaway, representing the Firefighters' Association; James McKay, representing the Police Officers' Association;, Dennis Cox and Kathie Michel, representing the San Luis Obispo City Employees' Association 1. The City'Council adjourned to Executive Session to continue their discussion with representatives of the three city employee associations to consider a grievance related to the sick leave reporting form. The matter was continued from the February 28, 1978 Executive Session. The City Council reconvened in Regular Session with all councilmen present. City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; Allen Grimes, City Attorney; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Roger Neuman, Police Chief; Terry Sanville, Associate Planner; Henry Engen, Director of Community Development; Rudy Muravez, Finance Director Also Present: Charles Andrews and LaVerne Schneider, Planning Commission Members A. The Mayor announced, on behalf of the City Council,.that they had made a decision to terminate the existing contract with Wendt, Mitchell, Sinsheimer, de la Motte and Lilley to provide legal services to the city in favor of employing a full -time city attorney. The City Council wished to recognize the outstanding legal services provided to the city by Allen Grimes over the past two years. 2. The City Councilmen reported on activities of standing Council Subcommittees upon which they serve: Using the C.I.P. document dated February 27., 1978, Richard D. Miller, Administra- tive Officer, went through the Capital Improvement Program for streets on Page 15, utilities on Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20. He then referred the City Council to various exhibits dealing with the planning studies proposed by the Planning Department, the sidewalk program for reimbursed curb and sidewalk construction, the street tree and landscaping projects and the priority listing for the sewage and water systems annual recurring deficiency correction program. A. Area Council of Governments Councilman Settle B. Central Coast Criminal Justice Committee Councilman Petterson C. Water Advisory Board Mayor Schwartz D. Whale Rock Commission Mayor Schwartz E. Zone 9 Advisory Board Councilman Dunin 1 3. The City Council continued their study and discussion of the 1978/1979 Capital Improvement Program continued from the March 6, 1978 council meeting. Using the C.I.P. document dated February 27., 1978, Richard D. Miller, Administra- tive Officer, went through the Capital Improvement Program for streets on Page 15, utilities on Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20. He then referred the City Council to various exhibits dealing with the planning studies proposed by the Planning Department, the sidewalk program for reimbursed curb and sidewalk construction, the street tree and landscaping projects and the priority listing for the sewage and water systems annual recurring deficiency correction program. City Council Minutes March 14, 1978 Page 2 8:55 P.M., Mayor Schwartz declared a recess. 9:05 P.M., the City Council reconvened with all councilmen present. Terry Sanville, Associate Planner, reviewed for the City Council's information, the recommendation of the Planning Commission for amendments to the 1978/1979 C.I.P.: 1. The city should prepare a master plan for park and recreation facilities within San Luis Obispo. The plan would guide capital spending for parks in the future. Parks and Recreation Projects for fiscal year 1979/1980 should be evaluated after their consistency with the Master Parks Plan. 2. The 1978/1979 C.I.P. should give greater emphasis to health, safety and welfare items such as sewer and water system improvements and flood control. 3. In the Nipomo Phase of the Mission Plaza, Item No. 810 should be deleted from next year's C.I.P. Rather than purchase the needed property, the city should try other means of securing access and use of the creek bank areas. In any case, the construction of the Mission Plaza Extension should not take place next year. 4. The proposed sprinkler system for the golf course, Item No. 805 should be deleted along with the upgrading of softball field facilities at C.L. Smith School, Item No. 807. 5. The expenditures for lighting tennis courts, Item No. 809,-shall be predicated upon their being metered. 6. The deletion of the projects listed above would create $313,000.00 of unallocated funds of which $250,000.00 should be spent on Item No. 801, downtown parking to show the city's good faith effort. The remaining $63,000.00 and an additional $37,000.00 or a total of $100,000.00 should be added to Item No. 818, Water Systems Incremental Improvements. 7. The Water Fund Quarterly Assistance Program, Item No. 818. should be modified to permit funds not spent in any one quarter.to be carried over into the deficiency correction account and be used by the city. 8. The format of the C.I.P. package should include a status report for each current year projects, for example: Degree of completion and amount of monies spent to date. Charles Andrews, Planning Commissioner and representing the Planning.Commission, reviewed the reasonings behind each of the recommendations of the Planning Commission as presented by Terry Sanville. The City Council then discussed with the Planning Commission representatives present and city staff, the various deficiencies in the city's water system in the older part of the city, particularly in downtown and what was being planned to improve the fire flows. Mayor Schwartz again stated that he felt placing dollars in the C.I.P. Project report just distorted and confused the process. He felt that the major function for the City Council C.I.P. was to prioritize the various projects regardless of the cost and source of funding and this way the City Council,.hopefully, would get the most needed improvement first and these would be funded as money became available. The City Council then took the C.I.P. dated 2/27/78 and list of the priorities as seen by them: Item No. 1 - C.I.P. 41801 - Parking - Approved. Item No. 2 - C.I.P. 41802 - Police /Fire Combined Communications Center - Approved. Item No. 3 - C.I.P. 41805 - Acquisition of the Laguna Golf Course. On motion of Mayor Schwartz, seconded by Councilman Dunin, request that the city staff look into the possibility of acquiring the golf course property on a 1/3 basis over the next three years. Motion carried, all ayes. No. 805 was approved as number 3 contingent on being able to purchase it on a 1/3 basis. I I rj Fi 1 Item No. Item No. Item No. Item No. Item No. Item No. Item No'. Item No. Item No. Item No. Item No. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 C.I.P. 41808 C.I.P. 41804 C.I.P. 41811 C.I.P. 41810 -A C.I.P. 41806 C.I.P. 41803 C.I.P. 41809 C.I.P. 41807 C.I.P. 41805 -B C.I.P. 41810 -B C.I.P. 41812 City Council Minutes March 14, 1978 Page 3 The City Administrative Officer was asked to recast the C.I.P. list as prioritized by the City Council at this meeting. There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting adjourned at 10:40 P.M., February 14, 1978 to 12:10 P.M., Monday, March 20, 1978. APPROVED: April 18, 1978 J� Fitzpatrick, City Clerk M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1978 - 12:10 P.M. COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET Roll Call Councilmen PRESENT: Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen, Steve Petterson, Allen Settle and Mayor Kenneth Schwartz ABSENT: None City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer; Rudy Muravez, Finance Director; Dave Romero, Director of Public Services; Roger Neuman, Police Chief; Richard Minor, Fire Chief; Henry Engen, Director of Community Development; Robert Mote, Utilities Engineer; Gordon Johnson, Personnel Director 2. The City Council then continued their consideration of the 1978/1979 Capital_.Improvement Projects as updated at the March 14, 1978, City Council meeting and prioritized by the City Council. Richard D. Miller, Administrative Officer, presented for the council's consideration, the proposed C.I.P. for annually recurring improvements as revised March 14; 1978, C.I.P. C.I.P. #A - Planning studies and Park Master Plan — Approved. C.I.P. 41B - Sidewalk, reimburse curb and sidewalk construction - Approved. C.I.P. 41C - Handicap barriers (city facilities) - Approved. C.I.P. 41D - The bike paths would be included in the Street C.I.P. Project. C.I.P. 41E - Flood control projects - Approved. C.I.P. #F - Street trees and landscape projects On motion of Mayor Schwartz, seconded by Councilman Jorgensen, that $40,000.00 of this item be transferred to the Street C.I.P. for Street Tree Projects. Motion