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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/11/1980City Council Minutes 11/11/80 - 7:30 p.m. Page 2 On motion of Councilman Dunin, seconded by Councilwoman Billig, that the Mayor appoint a subcommittee of Councilmembers Bond and Munger to review sources of revenue other than fare box for the transportation program. Motion carried. D.F. Romero then asked the City Council to consider the latest two recommend- ations from the Mass Transportation Committee: 1) Consideration of additional service to South Higuera and Laguna areas (continued from Council meeting of October 7, 1980 and 2) Consideration of restoration of weekend and /or holiday service to previous level (continued from Council meeting of October 28, 1980). He stated that the Mass Transportation Committee recommended that peak hour service to the Laguna - Higuera area which was 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 to 6:00 p.m An additional bus could be run to the Laguna area and to South Higuera Street providing half hour service and a similar route would be between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. The additional cost to provide this peak hour shuttle service to these two areas would be $59,000 per year based upon a five day week rate at the contract rates per mile and that if the city wished,to reinstate the one hour service on Sundays and holidays between 9:00 and 1:00 p.m., it would cost approximately $7,000 more per year at the contract rate. Councilwoman Billig stated she would like to support a new route four as suggested but did not know where the subsidy funds would come from so she would support the Mass Transportation Committee Alternate 1 -A. Councilman Munger stated he could also support Alternate 1 -A if it included a fare increase. Councilman Bond stated he could support Alternate 1 -A but without a fare increase. On motion of Mayor Cooper, seconded by Councilman Dunin, that the City Council authorize an increase in bus service as recommended in Alternate 1 -A to the South Higuera -Los Osos Valley area as soon as possible and to reinstate the one.hour Sunday service until 1:00 p.m. and with the Subcommittee to make recommendation on alternate financing. Motion carried, all ayes. F151 2• The City Council held a public hearing to consider a program for tenants temporarily displaced during the downtown housing rehabilitation program Terry Sanville, Senior Planner, reviewed for the City Council that having accepted a $350,000 grant from the Federal Government which monies would be used to set up a downtown housing rehabilitation program. As a condition of the grant the city must prepare a "displacement stategy" and submit to HUD by November 20, 1980. The City could not actually get the funds until this strategy was reviewed and approved by HUD. He then reviewed for the City Council the stategy developed by the city staff with the guidelines of the Housing and Urban Development Agency of the Federal Government. After reviewing the displacement strategy of the staff, he recommended that the City Council approve it and authorize the filing with the federal agency. He concluded his comments by stating that the staff would be submitting a program guide for rehabilitation program at the next Council study session. Mayor Cooper declared the public hearing open. No one appeared before the City Council for or against the proposed displacement strategy. Mayor Cooper declared the public hearing closed. On motion of Councilwoman Billi , seconded by Councilman Dunin, the following resolution was introduced: Resolution No. 4315 (1980 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo approving a displacement strategy as part of the City's 1980 Community Development Block Grant Program. Passed and adopted on the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers Billig, Dunin, Bond, Munger and Mayor Cooper NOES: None ABSENT: None City Council Minutes 11/11/80 - 7:30 p.m. Page 3 F583 3. The City Council gave further consideration to the development of the Corporation Yard reviewing supplemental data prepared by Ross, Levin and McIntyre. D.F. Romero, Public Services Director, briefed for the City Council, the Ross, Levin, McIntyre report which submitted supplemental data for the Corporation Yard's Master Plan for the South Higuera Street site. He continued that the purpose of the study assigned to Ross, Levin & McIntyre was to review the S.U.A. report and master plan for the corporation yard meet with each division head to obtain first hand comments and view of existing conditions and proposed needs; 2) to delineate graphically a master site plan incorporating this master plan incorporating this information and 3) to assist the Public Services Director in phasing the project and estimating construction costs. As part of this review process, the architects also reviewed Alternate Site A which was located at the sewer plant at Prado Road and Highway 101 and compared it with Site B, the South Higuera Street site (Gudel property). As part of their review, the consultants felt that Site A, Prado Road, had more advantages (23) and less disadvantages (7) and they also felt that the more economical to develop Site A for the Corporation Yard than Site B. The Site B site, Higuera Street, had fewer advantages (5), and (24) major disadantages and was much more expensive to develop and operate from: He concluded his general comments by stating that he would follow the direction of the City Council and develop Site B but that he felt that the City Council should review all the advantages and disadvantages of these sites and the long term maintenance and operating costs for each site. The City Council then discussed the supplemental data provided by Ross, Levin & McIntyre on behalf of Public Services Director stating that the Council had made a decision that the land at the corner of Prado Road and 101 Highway was too valuable to develop into a Corporation Yard, that it was an entrance to the city, that Corporation Yards were historically not too site pleasing and that the Council had previously made a decision to use Site B. Councilman Dunin felt that possibly could agree that Site B should not be develo due to the difficulty of entrance off of Higuera Street and traffic. Councilwoman Billig stated she could not understand why all this was being reviewed over and over again, that months ago the City Council had made a decision to devleop Site B, that funds had been budgeted to start the develop- ment and now the Council was right back at Step 1 trying to decide what the location was. Mayor Cooper stated that he felt that the land either A or B which were very valuable could be developed to other uses, particularly with the development going around on both sides of Site B and across the street on Higuera. He suggested that the Council might consider an alternate site in the industrial area along Tank Farm Road east of Higuera Street. The land would be much more reasonable to purchase, would be easier to develop and the city could connect with some utilities. After discussion by the Council, it was decided that the Mayor and the City Administrative Officer would look into the alternate site called "C" in the general area of South Higuera and Tank Farm Road and report back to the City Council with recommendations between site B and C. There being no further business to come before the Council, Mayor Cooper adjourned the meeting to 12:10 p.m., Monday, November 17, 1980 for a joint meeting with the Laguna Lake Committee. MINUTES APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON: /e:Ga -sue 12/2/80 J. itzp rick, City Clerk