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February 4, 1980 - 12:10 p.m.
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ADJOURNED MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
MONDAY, FEBRUARY.4', 1980 - 12:10 P.M.''
COUNCIL HEARING ROOM CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
Councilmembers
PRESENT: Melanie Billig, Alan Bond, Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen
-and Mayor Lynn R: Cooper
ABSENT: None
City Staff.
PRESENT:_. Lee. Walton, Administrative Officer; George Thacher, City
Attorney,. J.H. Fitzpatrick, -City Clerk; -Dave Romero,
Director of Public Services; Henry Engen, Director of
Community Development
1. City Council discussed proposed hillside developments and controls.
Mayor Cooper stated that the purpose of the meeting was to - discuss.ways
and means-of arriving.at direction for development-of hillsides in the
city. Directions.to.staff,.developer and developers' consultants, but
keeping.in.mind that no prior..approval was to be given at -the information
session. The purpose was.establish guides for. developers prior to putting
into-development that did not.meet city approval.
Henry Engen, Community. Development Director, reviewed for the.City.Council
a number of .hillside- type.projects that are.before regulatory- agencies of
the city for various approvals.. He felt the concept .. reviewed by the City
Council would offer some opportunities for - getting projects pointed in
the right direction at-- the.outset. He also felt there were a number of
hazards and.policy.issues that. should be'discussed by the council prior
to-the first such meeting. He,felt the central point would be -to forewarn
applicants-that the council- cannot.make a specific commitment on a given
project. Detailed staff review and Planning Commission.hearings.invariably
uncover facts which could be fatal to a project to say nothing of giving
the appearance of hurting the hearing process. He continued that..there
.was appearance of people..to.believe the worst of - government- and.felt that
it was.important that the.affected.neighborhood.areas be made aware of
the council's discussions.-This would perhaps .best be resolved by a
clearly worded advertisement of the matter to be studied by the council.
At the same time, he did not feel it was not the:couiicil's intent to
launch into a full -scale public -type debate on the merits and demerits
of any particular project..
He also felt that due to. the-additional - advertising. - that.would be required,
the City .Council . should establish a..standard- tee_for.these.study agendas
for the time and-effort required to prepare.staff. reports.
-He concluded by.saying that.it. was the Community-Development staff's feeling
.that the city had-enough standards and ordinances, Conflicts between.
them need to be .eliminated in order to clarify any conflicts. Finally,.that
.the decision on any given hillside project is a.subjective judgement which
requires a number of standards and values incltiding.community` aesthetics.
He felt the place to'give` direction for hillside development was..in the
general plan and not on individual'.approvals.of development.
Mr. Engen then presented several:sketch. maps showing: 1) potential.hillside
projects inside the city and inside the county .adjacent . to- .the. city- limits
for which no progress had been submitted; 2) hillside areas within the
city-for which some projects had been considered in the past.
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City Council then discussed hillside developments and the need for the
council to establish a policy and to clarify development standards in
hillside areas. Professionals and representatives of developers,
at the meeting, discussed with council problems with existing policy in
the general plan and the enforcing ordinances, as they saw it. They
felt that while it was true that the city had plenty of ordinances and
standards for development, the problems were sometimes how they were
interpreted by each individual working with the private developer. They
felt the proposed program would be an opportunity to discuss the standards
prior to actually preparing a development proposal. A handbook or flyer
like the HRC's would be helpful in putting all requirements in an easy, readible
form for the counter.
Mayor Cooper thanked each person who took part in the discussion on the
hillside development and.ho.ped that the City Council, Planning Commission
and staff could come up with policies and standards for hillside developments
that would be clearly understood by everyone involved.
At 1:55 p.m., Councilman Bond left the meeting.
Discussion continued on policies and standards for hillside development.
2. Councilmember Billig thanked the City Council for their support
at the Historical Building Preservation Conference which was held on
January 26, 1980.
3. There being no further business to come before '_he council, the
meeting adjourned to 4;00 p.m. February 5, 1980.
APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON: 4/1/80
�trick, City Clerk
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ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1980 - 4:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
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Councilmembers
PRESENT: Melanie Billig, Alan Bond, Ron Dunin, Jeff Jorgensen
and Mayor Lynn R. Cooper
ABSENT: None
City Staff
PRESENT: Lee Walton, Administrative Officer; George Thacher, City
Attorney; J.H. Fitzpatrick, City Clerk; Henry Engen,
Director of Community Development; Wayne Peterson, City
City Engineer; Rudy Muravez, Director of Finance; Richard
.Minor, Fire Chief; Roger Neuman, Police Chief; and
Dave Romero, Director of Public Services