HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/09/1982City Council Minutes
Tuesday, March 9, 1982 - 7:00 p.m.
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On motion of-Councilman-Griffin, seconded by.Councilwoman Dovey., the .
following ordinance was introduced: Ordinance No. 922 (1982 Series),.an
interim urgency ordinance of the city of San Luis Obispo establishing a
moritorium on the establishment of electronic game amusement centers for
a period of four months with an amendment that this would have no effect
on applications for electronic game amusement centers made prior to the.
effective date of the ordinance..
Passed and adopted on-the-following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Griffin, Dovey, Dunin and Mayor Billig
NOES: Councilman Settle
ABSENT: None
1. REPORT OF ACTIVITIES BY STANDING COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES..
A. Area Council of Governments Councilwoman Dovey
Councilwoman Dovey reported on the February and March meetings of the
Area Council of Governments. She explained that they had adopted
definitions for 1) Unmet Transit Needs and 2) Unmet Transit Needs that
are Reasonable to Meet. The COG held hearings on unmet transit needs on
February 4. On March 4 Council considered the request for improved
transit services in the region and directed staff to come to the May
meeting with a report on a projected costs, patronage and feasibility of
the requests which the Council had determined to be unmet needs according
to the definition just adopted. With this information, the Council
would then determine which needs are reasonable to meet, also according
to the recently adopted definition.
At both meetings COG continued consideration of a final draft of-a
social services transportation coordination plan (AB 120 Action Plan).
COG further considered projects for inclusion in the California DOT
preliminary State transportation program (PSTIP), including the addition
of the project entitled "upgrading freeway-ramp system on Highway "101 in
the City of San Luis Obispo" to the State's long -range program for
construction in 1987 -88.
It was her understanding that this meant the possible removal of and the
redesigning of some of the freeway ramps which are close together and,
therefore, creating traffic hazards, as well as a probable redesign of
the Santa Rosa interchange.
B. County Water Advisory Committee Mayor Billig
Mayor Billig stated she had no additional report other than to say that
the Advisory Committee had toured both Salinas and Lopez water supplies
and both field trips had been handled well.
C. North Coastal Transportation Councilman Settle
No report.
D. Parking Committee Councilman Dunin
Councilman Dunin explained that the Parking Committee had discussed the
final report and that this report is now going to be submitted to the
B.I.A. for review and then will be submitted to the Council.
E. Whale Rock Commission Mayor Billig
Mayor Billig explained that no'meetings have been held since the last
Council report. She would have more information by the next meeting.
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F. Zone 9 Advisory Committee Councilman Dunin
Councilman Dunin stated that at the Zone 9 meeting there had been a
presentation given by a Nolte representative with a list of projects for
the upcoming budget. Bob Lietcher had been elected chairman. He would
expect that Zone 9 would benefit the city this year.
2. PARKS'AND RECREATION ELEMENT
Council continued its study session to consider the draft Environmental
Impact Report of the Parks and Recreation Element of the General Plan
(continued from 7/13/81 and 9/14/81).
Terry Sanville, Senior Planner, stated that in February of 1982 the
Parks and Recreation Commission and Planning Commission reviewed the
Parks and Recreation Element and its draft EIR. Both commissions have
recommended changes to the draft Element which he outlined. He asked
that the Council review the draft EIR, identify any additional informa-
tion that it should contain, and schedule a public hearing for the
certification. Further, review the draft Parks and Recreation Element
and comments made by both commissions, make appropriate changes to the
report, and schedule a public hearing for its adoption.
Councilmembers Settle, Dunin and Dovey felt that the Environmental
Impact Report was adequate.
Councilman Griffin stated it was somewhat difficult to follow.the
statements from the technological report to the EIR. He felt the
technical reports were valuable enough to use as planning documents and
should have at least been reflected by reference in the EIR and Element.
Upon question, Terry Sanville stated that the Council would need to
certify the EIR at a public hearing; however, the time for response had
closed on February 5, although staff had extended it for an extra ten
days to-allow for additional written comments by the State Fish & Game
Department.
Upon question by Councilman Dunin as to how park -in -lieu fees were
established, Mr. Sanville reported that'in -lieu fees are governed by
various State laws, and the program allows for the funds to be used in
various ways. It was important to identify the strategy as to how to
use the money at the best level and location.
Councilman Dunin was concerned about the possibility that the developer
could be forced to pay higher in -lieu fees simply because he.has an
expensive piece of property, although there may be no park shortages in
the area of development at the time of construction.
Terry Sanville stated that the city does not have to collect for
park -in -lieu fees if there is no need for additional parks; however, a
new development would normally be using the existing facilities and,
therefore,•staff felt the developer should also contribute to some
extent.
Councilman Griffin felt that the park development priorities would
better be prioritized as follows: l) build new neighborhood parks, 2)
complete existing parks and 3) complete design standards.
Mayor Billig stated she would like to have a statement added regarding
pedestrian and bicycle paths. She would like to encourage paths in
neighborhood parks. She would like staff to look at evening sports and
entertainment very carefully insofar as noise, lights, etc. Identify
Pacheco Park and the Jack House as indoor and outdoor facilities, not
landscape projects. Mission Plaza to be shown also as a cultural
location being both a park and recreational facility. She would like to
see more emphasis on determining the level of intensity of the parks,
scale of parks, joint uses, and would encourage small meeting rooms in
the park buildings, as well as a trail system along the hillside-and
creeks.
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Regarding development priorities, Councilman Settle would support the
completion of existing parks prior to building of new ones.
Councilman Griffin agreed with the exception that if there were areas in
the city completely without parks,. then those areas .should be addressed
first. -
Mayor Billig agreed with both speakers and felt that the development of
either one would be dependent upon the funding available. The city
needs to balance both of these areas and hopefully by staying flexible,
the city can accomplish both.
Councilman Dunin would support rearranging the priorities to improve
existing parks prior to building new ones. He.felt.that.any mini parks
that were not usable could be sold and continue with the existing park
developments first.
Councilwoman Dovey disagreed and would leave the priorities listed as
first outlined, 1) to build new neighborhood parks, 2) improve existing
neighborhood parks, and 3) completion of the.recreation facilities in
existing parks.
Councilman Settle stated he would like to see an economic reporting with
regard to the cost of additional water for new parks, etc. He.supported
the Park & Recreation Commission recommendation to complete existing
parks prior to building new ones.
Councilman Griffin felt the city would.be better off purchasing land for
the new parks now than later down the line as it will only become more
expensive.
After brief discussion the Council agreed to leave the development
priorities as originally proposed, to build new neighborhood.parks,
improve existing neighborhood parks, completion.of.recreational.faci-
lities in existing parks and build new district parks and special
recreational facility.
Dutch VanHarreveld, Parks and.Recreation Commissioner, disagreed.with
the adopted priorities as he felt the parks were always.left in a
half -done state and if there is not direction.to complete them, this
will continue.
D. Planning and Design Standards
Council made the following changes:
Item 2 - to read "Park Space, not park size." Definitions.of neighbor-
hood districts and communities to be referenced in this same section.
Item 3 - Types of Park Space, *1. amended to read as follows: "In
neighborhood parks, half of the area will be developed for active
recreation like ballfields.and.ballcour.ts. Half will be developed as
'passive' space such as open space and walkways."
Item 4 - Passive Park Land, to read..'.'In meeting the passive park -space
requirements, in combination with active requirements, specified in
paragraph three above, the following credit will be given to different
types of land:"
Landscape Character
Steep Hillsides - over 20% slope
Drainage Ways
Flat- rolling Land
Flood -plain Land
Credit
50% .. . .
25%
100%
150%
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Major Creeks 200%
Hilltop 200%
Page 14 and 15, Item G, Paying for Park and.Recreation Projects
After brief discussion, staff was directed to rewrite pages 14 and 15 to
be brought back at the next public hearing.
Page 13, Item F, Development Responsibilities - the following changes .
were made: "The cost of building and maintaining parks system will be
shared by the city, people who use the facilities, developers and other
government agencies. Table 2 establishes how each of these groups will
participate in park projects."
Table 2: pttviJil Participation responsibilities for paying for the
building and maintenance of parks.
Council agreed to add "community parks" to types of parks previously
listed and also added under District Parks, that the city and developer
would do improvements both for the build passive improvements, as well
as build active improvements vs. the city being solely responsible.
Page 16, Item H, Recreation Programs.- Rewritten as follows: "The.
following principles are guidelines for the development of recreation
programs: 1) The city will develop a balanced recreation program that
provides activities for all age groups; 2) the city will increase
cooperation with the San Luis Obispo Unified School District and the
county and promote cooperative use of schools and county facilities for
recreation; 3) the city will continuously evaluate its park system and
recreation programs to determine how much they are used. The city will
support and expand recreation programs for which there is a large
demand. The more specialized a recreation program is, the more finan-
cially self- supporting it should become.
Page 18, Item J, Types of Parks and Recreation- Facilities
Item l - Neighborhood Parks
Item F - reworded to read "Development of a neighborhood park should
consider noise and traffic problems and not be developed so intensely
that it creates undesirable noise or traffic problems for adjacent
residents."
Page 19, Item 4, Related Park Types and Facilities - Item B, Open Space
Councilman Griffin agreed to rewrite these two paragraphs.
Upon general consensus Council agreed to continue this item to include
amendments made this evening and with direction to set for future study
session.
10:30 p.m. Mayor Billig declared a recess. 10:45 p.m. City Council
reconvened, all Councilmembers present.
3. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
Council considered draft ordinance revising the city subdivision regula-
tions. .
Glenn Matteson, Assistant Planner, explained that most of the changes
and additions to the State law -- the Subdivision Map Act, for
regulation of subdivisions had become very complex. Some manners are
prescribed by State, others left up to local governments. He explained
the city's rules for dividing land had not been revised recently. Over
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the years many discrepancies have developed between the city rules and
State law, other city regulations, and actual practice. Planning staff
was now asking the Council to react to suggested new rules. Council was
being asked to resolve any issues they felt important and direct staff
to return with a revised draft to be considered.at a public hearing. He
then went through a summary of the major changes from the existing
regulations.
Councilman Settle offered the following suggested amendments: 1) He
would like to see the subdivision ordinance be a readable document and
eliminate all references to State government code sections that confuse
the issue and explain those sections in layman terms and 2) under "types
of application" in the procedure summary, he would combine the "minor
land division" and "parcel maps ".
Councilwoman Dovey would also like to see the ordinance clarified and
simplified so that the average layman could read and understand it.
The Council then went through the major changes item by item..
Item 1 - New Types of Applications accepted as proposed
Item 2 - Different Responsibilities accepted as proposed.,
Item 3.- Slope Lot Requirements accepted as proposed.
Item 4 — Solar Access accepted.as proposed.
Item 5 - R -1 Lot Dimensions accepted as proposed..
Councilman Settle questioned 50 feet widths:
Item 6 - Lease Maps
Staff directed to make recommendations for provisions for maps of.leased 1
sites.
Item 7 - Street Standards accepted as proposed. .
Item 8 - Park Land Dedication and in -lieu fees were accepted as proposed.
Councilman Dunin did not feel that the present ordinance was equitable.
He.felt that there should be a straight.fee:for everybody and all.
developments to be treated alike. If there is not a need for park space
area, a contribution should not be required.
Item 9 - References to Other :Regulations.
Councilman Settle again requested that.the regulations not make continual
reference to the Subdivision Map Act. The average person, when reading
this document, should be able to read it and understand without going to
several other documents to find what they need.
Upon general consensus, Council agreed that this item remain as written
After brief discussion and upon general consensus, Council agreed that a
reference be made somewhere in the subdivision ordinance referencing _
condo conversion regulations (5 -0).
Item 10 - Amending Map.
Upon general consensus Council agreed that some:reference be.included
here with regard to the Map Act (5 -0).
Item 11 - Street Trees for lot combinations.
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Upon general consensus Council agreed that - street tree requirement be
deferred until issuance of a building permit. This should be cross-ref-
erenced-somewhere else in the document, as well as referencing the tree
ordinance (5 -0).
Ron Dunin brought up his concern about lot line adjustments and felt a
delineation be made between simple legal lot line adjustments and
physical lot line. adjustments. -
Upon general consensus Council agreed that on page 28 of the ordinance
that a reference be'made to include the sidewalk policy in this section.
After brief discussion and upon general consensus, Council agreed that
the subdivision ordinance be revised with amendments made today and set
for public hearing. Copies to be available to the public far in advance.
11:45 p.m. Mayor Billig adjourned,the meeting.to Closed Session.
12:00 p.m. City Council reconvened, all Councilmembers present.
There being no "further business to come before the City Council, Mayor
billig adjourned the meeting at 12:05 a.m. to March 15, 1982.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 4/6/82
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ROLL CALL
Councilmembers
Present:
Absent:
City Staff
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P mela,Voges, City AnI eik
M I N U T E S
ADJOURNED MEETING.OF THE CITY COUNCIL:
CITY OF SAN.LUIS OBISPO
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1982. -. 12:10 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
STUDY SESSION
GlennaDeane Dovey, Ron Dunin, Robert Griffin, Allen
Settle and Mayor Melanie C. Billig.
None
Present: Paul Lanspery, City Administrative Officer; George
- Thacher; City Attorney; Pamela Voges, City Clerk; Steve
Henderson, Human Relations Coordinator; D. K. Rowlee,
Recording Secretary.
1. MOBILEHOME PARKS
George Thacher presented staff report on the drafting of an ordinance
for rent stabilization of mobilehomes, indicating the critical areas to
be the purpose and intent, and the mechanics of requesting an excessive