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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/12/1978City Council Minutes September 11, 1978 Page 2 After a lengthy discussion, the Council took the following action: On motion of Mayor Schwartz, seconded by Councilman Jorgensen, that the Council accept the recommendation of the Jack House Committee amended as follows: A) $25.00 basic rental plus $7.50 per hour for clean -up and maintenance. B) $5.00 per hour for supervision. C) All donations to Jack Residence to be earmarked for Jack House building fund. Motion carried, all ayes. The City Council also directed the Jack Residence Committee to submit a plan and cost estimate for improvements to Jack Residence grounds for Council consideration. 2. The City Council discussed the progress being made by the Citizens' Advisory Committee on their study of council advisory boards and commis- sions and ultimate recommendation to City Council for reorganization or restructuring of the advisory groups. After discussion with the Chairman of the Citizens' Advisory Committee, Foster Gruber, the City Council informed Mr. Gruber to have the C.A.C. continue their study as the City Council is interested in the reorganization of some advisory boards and then as C.A.C. is ready, to establish a series of study meetings with the Council in order to review step by step the recommendations of the C.A.C. and analyze the suggested organization, duties, etc. On motion of Councilman Settle, seconded by Councilman Dunin, that the Council meet with the C.A.C. at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 10, 1978, in order to review work to date and guide the C.A.C. on the study of advisory board organization. Motion carried, all ayes. 3. Mayor Schwartz briefly reviewed a chart prepared by the County Hydraulics Design Division of preliminary cost estimates of the 1980 State Water Project Costs to anticipated participants. After discussion by the Council, the staff was directed to set a meeting for 12:10 p.m., Monday, October 2, 1978, with representatives of the County Staff for a more comprehensive review of the State [dater Plan cost estimates. 4. The City Council reviewed a letter from the developer of the San Luis Obispo Mall Project asking to withdraw their appeal to the Planning Commission decision to deny their rezoning for the project, but asked the Council to hold the hearing on the E.I.R. and Economic Report for the San Luis Obispo Mall Project. The Council continued the request to the public hearing of September 12, 1978. 5. The Council adjourned to Executive Session at 1:50 p.m. The City Council reconvened in Regular Session with all Councilmen present. , 6. There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Schwartz adjourned the meeting to 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 12, 1978 at the Maya Restaurant, 1761 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo. APPROVED: October 3, 1978 pllitzpatrick, City Clerk M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL . CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1978 - 8:00 A.M. MAYA RESTAURANT, 1761 MONTEREY STREET Roll Call Councilmen PRESENT: Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen, Steve Petterson and Mayor Kenneth E. Schwartz ABSENT: None City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Ftizpatrick, City Clerk; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer Guests PRESENT: Assemblywoman Carol Hallett and Steve Gace, Assemblywoman Halletts staff member. 1. The City Council discussed with Assemblywoman Hallett the impact of the 1977 -1978 legislative session on the cities of California and San Luis Obispo in particular, and, also,- the Council attempted to inform the Assemblywoman on areas of legislation that would be of benefit to the citizens of the City of San Luis Obispo. 2. There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Schwartz adjourned the meeting at 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, 1978. APPROVED: October 3, 1978 itzpatrick, City Clerk --------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1978 - 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET Roll Call Councilmen PRESENT: Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen, Steve Petterson, Allen Settle and Mayor Kenneth E. Schwartz ABSENT: None City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Henry Engen, Community Development Director. ---------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- 1. The City Council will hold a public hearing on the appeal of Rybar Associates (San Luis Mall Shopping Center) from the denial by the Planning Commission of a requested rezoning to C -R -PD retail - commercial, planned development from A /C -20 agriculture /conservation, 20 acre minimum. Mackey W. Deasy, respresenting Merriam, Deasy and Whisenant, Inc., consulting firm for the developers Rybar Associates,submitted the following letter to the City Council regarding the San Luis Mall: City Council Minutes September 12, 1978, 7:30 p.m. Page 2 Gentlemen: "Please be advised that after careful consideration we are hereby requesting that our application of appeal from the decision of the Planning Commission in connection with the above referenced project be withdrawn, without prejudice against resubmittal at some future date. Insofar as a great deal of effort on the part of staff and the consultants and substantial funds have been expended, we respectfully request that the meeting scheduled for September 12, 1978 at 7:30 p.m. be held solely for the purpose of certifying the E.I.R. and the parallel economic report." Mayor Schwartz announced that based on the consultant's request on behalf of the property owners that the meeting would proceed but be limited only to the consistency of the E.I.R. and the economic report for the San Luis Mall project and not for.the rezoning or use permit. Councilman Petterson left the meeting due to possible conflict of interest. Henry Engen, Community Development Director, gave to the City Council the progress to date on the E.I.R. and the economic report for the San Luis Mall Shopping Center including the recommendations of the Planning Commission on 1) the E.I.R., 2) the economic report, and 3) the requested zoning change. He continued that the City Planning Commission recommended approval of the E.I.R. and the economic report as being consistent and adequate for the proposed project. Mayor Schwartz declared the public hearing open. Mackey Deasy, representing the firm of Merriam, Deasy and Whisenant, Inc., consultants for the property owners, reviewed for the council the entire project for their information which included the land, the proposed mall, the tenant mix space allocation, parking, landscaping, etc. Michael Wright, representing WESTEC Services Inc., reviewed the environ- mental impact report for the proposed San Luis Mall which included a review of such items as: 1. soils and geologic conditions 2. air quality 3. hydrology 4. climate 5. noise 6. land uses 7. aesthetics 8. circulation 9. public services and utilities 10. energy He also reviewed things that could be.done to mitigate the adverse effects this project would have on the immediate environment and also alternative projects for the area. Andy Trevedi, representing Larry Smith & Company, Ltd., the city's economic consultants,reviewed for the City Council the economic studies prepared by his firm on 1) effects of the center on existing city businesses, 2) effects of the center on downtown shopping center, and 3) effects.of the - center on the balance of the county. He then reviewed in detail the economic consultant's summary and conclusions of the effect the San Luis Mall Shopping Center would have if developed in the City of San Luis Obispo. Henry Engen, Community Development Director, again reviewed the Planning Commission's action dealing with the San Luis Mall that the Planning Commission on a unanimous vote recommended that the City Council certify the shopping center's E.I.R. as being adequate and prepared consistent with city and state E. & R. guidelines. J 1 City Council Minutes September 12, 1978, 7:30 p.m. Page 3 Mayor Schwartz again restated that the action before the City Council this evening was consideration of the E.I.R. and economic report only and not of the land use or proposed uses. Mackey Deasy, representing the developer, again asked the City Council to accept the E.I.R. as adequate and meets the city and state requirements as approved by the Planning Commission. Russ Johnson, San Luis Obispo, felt the E.I.R. was adequate, covered all the potential problems, mitigated them and felt the city needed additional shopping facilities and urged that the Council approve the E.I.R. and economic report. Jack Foot felt the E.I.R. was adequate, felt it was well done and should be accepted by the City Council. Mayor Schwartz declared the publice hearing closed. Henry Engen again stated that the E.I.R. and economic report do list altern- atives and referred the public to pages 73 -76 of the E.I.R. and pages 48 -50 of the economic report. In answer to the comments of the B.I.A., he stated that the economic report was adequate in the mind of the Planning Commission and also that the answers were adequate. Councilman Settle felt that the E.I.R. was adequate as was the economic report on San Luis Mall. He felt the information was well rounded and adequate and a good job in bringing out the evironmental and economic potentials of this proposal. Councilman Dunin felt the E.I.R. was adequate and very informative for future development and he would support the Planning Commission's recommen- dation. Councilman Jorgensen agreed that the E.I.R. and economic report were adequate. While he disagreed with some of the conclusions, he felt the job was well done and that the Planning Commission had done a good job in analysing the responses and their questions. James Lopes, Chairman of the Ecoslo, submitted a report stating that the Environmental Center has reviewed the responses to comments, San Luis Mall draft E.I.R., and stated that throughout the responses they found that the consultant has addressed the various public comments only from the viewpoint of mitigating measures for the proposed project. In none of the responses has the consultant.proposed- alternative projects or no project as a response. The Ecoslo felt that this neglect was fatal to the standing of the report. They also felt the final E.I.R. should follow the state guidelines and contain adequate alternatives to the proposed project. In order to do this properly, the consultant should be expected to modify their alternatives and to propose new alternatives which suggest themselves in the course of public discussion. Of particular concern to the Environmental Center was the alternative of timing. While this project is obviously ill- timed, it may be well accepted as a project in 10 or 15 years; yet the alternative to delay construction has not been proposed. For these reasons Ecoslo feels the E.I.R. for the San Luis Mall was inadequate and should not be accepted by the council until the alternatives, which would be addressed by the public, have been examined. Beth Law, Chairperson of Business Improvement Area, still felt that the economic report was inadequate and that there were erroneous conclusions arrived at in stating that the downtown was declining. She felt as a representative of downtown business that the opposite was true and that the downtown area was improving. Wayne Hesselbarth, Waynes Tires, stated he is opposed to the mall project as he felt that it would hurt existing businesses in the city and felt that the E.I.R. was inadequate particularly as to the economic portion. Russ Johnson, San Luis Obispo, felt the E.I.R. was adequate, covered all the potential problems, mitigated them and felt the city needed additional shopping facilities and urged that the Council approve the E.I.R. and economic report. Jack Foot felt the E.I.R. was adequate, felt it was well done and should be accepted by the City Council. Mayor Schwartz declared the publice hearing closed. Henry Engen again stated that the E.I.R. and economic report do list altern- atives and referred the public to pages 73 -76 of the E.I.R. and pages 48 -50 of the economic report. In answer to the comments of the B.I.A., he stated that the economic report was adequate in the mind of the Planning Commission and also that the answers were adequate. Councilman Settle felt that the E.I.R. was adequate as was the economic report on San Luis Mall. He felt the information was well rounded and adequate and a good job in bringing out the evironmental and economic potentials of this proposal. Councilman Dunin felt the E.I.R. was adequate and very informative for future development and he would support the Planning Commission's recommen- dation. Councilman Jorgensen agreed that the E.I.R. and economic report were adequate. While he disagreed with some of the conclusions, he felt the job was well done and that the Planning Commission had done a good job in analysing the responses and their questions. City Council Minutes September 12, 1978, 7:30 p.m. Page 4 Mayor Schwartz stated he felt the economic report was adequate, and that the consultants and developers had submitted good information to the city and its citizens. He felt he could support the recommendation of the Planning Commission. On motion of Councilman Settle, seconded by Councilman Jorgensen, that the City Council accept the Planning Commission's recommendation and certify that the E.I.R. was adequate and was prepared in consistency with city and state E.I.R. guidelines. Motion carried on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmen Settle, Jorgensen, Dunin and Mayor Schwartz NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Petterson On motion of Councilman Jorgensen, seconded by Councilman Settle, that the City Council accept in principle the recommendations of the Planning Commission,.:that they should refine the general plan policies to include long term strategy for freezing commercial development in the city, the general plan should be expanded to contain a clear definition of what the city considers a regional shopping facility, and finally that.the city should complete and adopt a downtown specific plan which would clearly define the city's roll in assisting retail development in the downtown area. Motion carried, all ayes, Councilman Petterson absent. 2. There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Schwartz adjourned the meeting at 9:15 p.m. to 12:10 p.m., Monday, September 18, 1978. 1 APPROVED: October 3, 1978 itzpatrick, City Clerk M I N U T E S ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,.1978-= 12:10 P.M. COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET STUDY SESSION Roll Call Councilmen PRESENT: Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen, Steve Petterson, Allen Settle and Mayor Kenneth E. Schwartz ABSENT: None City Staff PRESENT: J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; R.D. Miller, Administrative Officer; Dan Smith, Senior Planner; Allen Hopkins, Planning Technician; Bob Anderson, Staff Writer; Jon Ecklund, Planning Assistant; Henry Engen, Director of Community Development; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer; Dave Romero, Public Services Director ------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - -- 1