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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/05/1985M I N U T E S REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1985 - 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: GlennaDeane Dovey, Ron Dunin, Robert Griffin, Vice -Mayor Allen K. Settle and Mayor Melanie C. Billig Absent: None City Staff Present: Paul Lanspery, Administrative Officer; Geoff Grote, Assistant Administrative Officer; Roger Picquet, City Attorney; Pam Voges, City Clerk; Don Englert, Chief of Police Services; Toby Ross, Community Development Director; Roberta Goddard, Finance Director; Mike Dolder, Public Safety Director; Dave Romero, Public Works Director; Terry Sanville, Principal Planner C O N S E N T A G E N D A On motion of Councilwoman Dove y, seconded by Councilman Settle, the Consent Agenda was unanimously approved as recommended by the City Administrative Officer (5 -0). The following actions taken as indicated: C -1 COUNCIL MINUTES Council minutes of Monday, February 11, 1985 - 12:10 p.m. and Tuesday, February 12, 1985 - 4:00 p.m. were approved as amended. C -2 CONTRACT PAY ESTIMATES Contract pay estimates and change orders approved and ordered paid as recommended. C -3 ENGINEERING STANDARDS (File #502) Resolution No. 5626 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo was adopted approving engineering standards for construction of public works projects as recommended. C -4 SALE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY (File #165) Resolution No. 5627 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo was adopted declaring personal property (law books) as surplus and negotiation of sale authorized with the California Mens Colony as recommended. C -5 NOISE REGULATIONS CRITERIA (File #738) Noise criteria and operational directives received and filed as recommended. C -6 CITY ATTORNEY TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (File #301) Resolution No. 5628 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo was adopted approving agreement with Roger Picquet by providing a low- interest loan for housing assistance as recommended. City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 2 P R E S E N T A T I O N A. HIGHWAY 101 IMPROVEMENTS (File #1112) Presentation given by Pete Hom, Lloyd West and Gary Sims, Design Engineers for Caltrans, concerning proposed improvements to Highway 101 at Marsh, Chorro and Grand offramps. After discussion staff was directed to write a letter to Caltrans requesting median landscaping on Highway 101 between Madonna and Marsh Street. Further, that staff work with Caltrans regarding other forms of roadway barriers and landscaping (5 -0). A D V I S O R Y B 0 D Y A P P O I N T M E N T S' B. APPOINTMENTS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION (File #125) On motion of Mayor Billig, seconded by Councilman Settle, to appoint Peg Pinard, Lawrence Field and Fred Baur to the Architectural Review Commission for two -year terms expiring 3- 31 -87. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). C. APPOINTMENTS TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION (File #125) On motion of Councilwoman Dove y, seconded by Councilman Griffin, to reappoint Herschel Apfelberg, George Brudney, Barbara Biossat, Nancy Grant, Susan MacDonald and Stephen Vines to the Human Relations Commission for two -year terms expiring 3- 31 -87. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). D. APPOINTMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL BOARD (File #125) On motion of Councilwoman Dovey, seconded by Councilman Settle, to reappoint James Buttery, Louise Matheny and Allyn McReynolds to the Personnel Board for two -year terms expiring 3- 31 -87. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). E. APPOINTMENTS TO THE PROMOTIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE (File #125) On motion of Councilman Griffin, seconded by Councilman Dunin, to reappoint Dale Owens and appoint Holly Wycoff and Michael Stanton to the Promotional Coordinating Committee for two -year terms expiring 3- 31 -87. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). Upon question by Councilman Griffin, it was Council consensus to reconfirm policy that any person requesting appointment to an advisory body and who is not appointed at the time the interviews are conducted, would be placed in the pool to be reviewed equally with any new applicant (5 -0). P U B L I C H E A R I N G S 1. FINAL MAP APPROVAL - TRACT 1194 (File #410 -1194) Council held a public hearing to consider granting final map approval for Tract 1194, creating a six -unit residential air -space condominium located at 579 Highland Drive; R -2 -S zone; Ramesh T. Shah, subdivider. Dave Romero, Public Works Director, reviewed the agenda report stating that the Public Works Department had reviewed the final map and conditions as set forth in Resolution No. 5349 and all conditions had been met. He recommended granting final map approval. I Mayor Billig declared the public hearing open. Ramesh Shah, subdivider, stated he was available for any questions. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing closed. On motion of Councilman Settle, seconded by Councilman Dunin, Resolution No. 562 9 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 3 Luis Obispo was adopted granting final map approval for Tract 1194 as recommended by staff. Resolution adopted unanimously (5 -0). 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY (File #425) Council held a public hearing to consider giving final passage to Ordinance No. 1035, establishing policies and procedures for affordable housing incentives (continued from 8 -7 -84, 8- 21 -84, 10 -9 -84 and 2- 5 -85). Toby Ross, Community Development Director, briefly reviewed the agenda report stating that the recommended action was to give final passage to the ordinance and further to direct staff to prepare standard agreements for assuring affordability of housing. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing open. No one spoke for or against the proposed ordinance. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing closed. On motion of Councilwoman Dovey, seconded by Councilman Griffin, to give final passage to Ordinance No. 1035 establishing policies and procedures for affordable housing incentives as recommended. Resolution adopted unanimously (5 -0). On motion of Councilwoman Dove y, seconded by Councilman Griffin, that staff be directed to prepare standard agreements to assure housing affordability. Agreements to come back to Council for review including other possible procedural processes. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). r. 3. REZONING R1144 - OSOS STREET (File #463) Council held a public hearing to consider a Planning Commission recommen- dation to introduce an ordinance amending the zoning map to change the designation from medium - density residential (R -2) to medium -high density residential with special considerations (R -3 -S) at 1429 Osos Street; Charles Delmartini, applicant. Toby Ross, Community Development Director, reviewed the agenda report stating that the Planning Commission had recommended approval on a 5 -2 vote. The Commission had added the "S" overlay zoning to ensure compatibility with the sensitive neighborhood. Staff was recommending denial of the request based on the finding that the zone change would be detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of persons living or working at the site or in the vicinity. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing open. Tom.Priest, 3145 Calle Jazmin and project architect, reviewed the project for the Council urging their approval to support the Planning Commission recommendation to rezone the property from R -2 to R -3 -S. Penny Rapp a, 1435 Broad Street and representing Old Town Association, stated that although the Association had some mixed emotions, they still favored the R -2 to be maintained as they felt there would be a better way to handle this land use issue. They would, therefore, urge Council support of staff's recommended action. Dave Hannings, 1904 Broad Street, agreed with Mrs. Rappa stating that he was afraid that allowing this zone to be increased to R -3 would set a bad precedent for the surrounding neighborhood area. ' Patrick Gerety, representing the Planning Commission, reviewed the comments at the Commission level by various members as to their support for the requested R -3 -S. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing closed. Councilman Settle stated he could not support the requested rezoning as he felt that the density was too high for this area. Further, that Mitchell Park was not sufficient grounds to excuse the open space requirements. Councilman Griffin agreed -and would like to again look at the lot combination policy as he felt that most of the problems were generated from this request. City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 4 Councilwoman Dove y agreed and also felt there was not sufficient information that had come forward to make her supportive of the request. Councilman Dunin took a strong position to support the request. He felt that if the City wanted to provide affordable housing within the community, then this is the kind of project that needed to be approved. After brief discussion it was moved by Councilman Settle, seconded by Mayor Billig to deny the requested rezoning at 1429 Osos Street and that staff be directed to bring back the lot combination policy after Planning Commission had an opportunity to review it. Further, staff to notice the Architectural Review Commission of Council concerns as to sensitivity of site, location of units, privacy issue and Planning Commission concerns. Motion carried on a 4 -1 vote, Councilman Dunin voting no. 4. BICYCLE FACILITIES PLAN (File #462) Council held a public hearing to consider a plan to implement bicycle planning provisions of the adopted General Plan Circulation Element (continued from 1- 8 -85). Terry Sanville, Principal Planner, reviewed the agenda report stating the recommended action was that Council hold a public hearing and direct staff to bring back an amended Bicycle Facilities Plan for Council adoption as reviewed this evening. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing open. Bob Gerring, 319 Santa Lucia and representing the Bicycle Club, reviewed his letter previously sent to the Council regarding the bike plan with and suggested some amendments. He did not feel that the plan followed the design criteria of the State; he felt the Streets and Highways Code should be sufficient. John Chestnut, 314 Higuera Street, spoke in support of the bike plan and felt it would be an excellent plan with some minor amendments, which he outlined for the Council. Ray Houston, 1444 Laurel Lane, stated he was not in favor of more bike lanes. He felt that he had already donated part of his land to the city for curb, gutter and sidewalks as required, and it would not be fair to now use it for bike lanes. He would, therefore, urge support of the Planning Commission recommendation. Mike Demilo, 1352 Palm Street, stated that as owner of a car and a bicycle, he was supportive of a strong bicycle plan. He felt it was a relatively inexpensive way to provide for necessary bike lanes. He would also suggest additional promotion for biking. Wayne Williams spoke in support of the letter he previously had sent to the Council raising his concerns. He felt that the bike plan was important to the community with some of these minor amendments. Rose McKee n, McKeen Realty, stated that although she felt that it was important for safe bicycling, she wanted the Council to be concerned with the preservation of needed parking and not to take away important parking just to allow for bicycles. George Crane, 546 Higuera Street and Director of ECOSLO, spoke in support of the bike plan. He felt that the community needed quality bike lanes. He would hope that there would be better maintenance of the signal actuators. Judy Neuhauser, 314 Higuera Street, submitted a petition with over 1,000 signatures listing the concerns that many people had with the proposed bike plan. Although they did favor it, they were requesting that property construction and maintenance of bike lanes be provided as well as bike lanes being installed on newly widened roads and other major thoroughfares in newly developed areas. She also submitted a letter written by a Richard Potashi with some of his concerns of the Bicycle Facilities Plan. She was very supportive of the Bicycle Facilities Plan and the Council's adoption of a strong bike plan (please see her letter received 3/5/85). City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 5 Dave Sheridan, 2061 Slack Street, also spoke in support of the bike plan. Jack McKeen, Laurel Lane property owner, asked the Council to consider lowering the speed limit on Laurel Lane from its current 40 mph speed limit. He would also like to see some formula established that would provide that bicyclists pay for the plan. Mark Elliot, 655 Johnson Avenue, urged approval of a safe bike plan. He would like to see a timetable for monitoring of the plan inserted in the program. He would also like to see actuators at Santa Rosa. Pat Gerety, 685 Higuera Street, asked the Council to consider some kind of licensing requirement to help offset implementation of the bike plan. Mayor Billig declared the public hearing closed. Terry Sanville, Principal Planner, reviewed some of the concerns made by the public this evening: 1) Staff had reviewed the State Design Guidelines and has incorporated most of those State requirements; 2) the City would send its recommendation to the County once the plan had been adopted by Council to notify the County of City concerns with regard to bike lanes in fringe areas; 3) Bridge Street east of Higuera Street was the alternate bike route proposed for through bike traffic. He stated that this area would be part of a redevelopment project and could be signed at that time; 4) with regard to bike promotion programs, the City is looking into having lockers available in the downtown areas. The Circulation Element does support it although no general promotional program had been effected; 5) rerouting between Marsh and Madonna, he felt would be significantly detrimental to safety; 6) regarding the removal of parking on Laurel Lane, this would be a third or fourth priority and the traffic would have to be considerably heavier in order for this to occur; 7) the plan does prioritize improvement areas, the hazards being the most important. Eliminating hazards would depend largely on the City's ability to budget for their correction; 8) Higuera Street and Johnson Avenue improvements are larger projects that would be coming before the City in the future; 9) with regard to the railroad, Southern Pacific had been approached on several occasions although they had not been receptive for allowing bike transportation in the reailroad right -or -way, 10) with regard to cost, there is no bottom line cost estimate for the entire bicycle plan, rather there are various cost components which would be identified as the plan proceeds during the next few years. There would be many people participating; an individual project might involve both the developer and the city and possibly other agencies or individual property owners. The Council then went through the bike plan (individual revisions are available in the City Clerk's Office for review). On motion of Mayor Billig, seconded by Councilman Settle, to include these amendments in the Bicycle Facilities Plan as discussed this evening with future public hearing to scheduled for its adoption. Motion carried unanimously (5 -0). 5. CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN (File #241) A. Council considered the 1984 -85 Capital Facilities Plan and request to appropriate the necessary funds ($1,597,300). B. Council considered the plans for Los Osos Valley Road Extension Project, City Plan E -08 and request to submit these plans to Caltrans to advertise; bid estimate $900,000 (city's share $124,000). Geoff Grote, Assistant Administrative Officer, reviewed the agenda report for the 1984 -85 CFP with the recommendation that Council adopt the resolution. Dave Romero, Public Works Director, reviewed agenda report for plans of the proposal for Los Osos Valley Road Extension Project requesting Council adoption of the resolution approving the plans. Mayor Billig asked for public comment. City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 6 Jack McKeen spoke in support of Council's approval of the Los Osos Valley Road Extension Project. A. On motion of Councilwoman Dovey, seconded by Councilman Settle, Resolution No. 5630 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo be adopted approving appropriations for the 1984 -85 Capital Facilities Plan as recommended by staff. Resolution adopted unanimously (5 -0). B. On motion of Councilman Griffin, seconded by Councilman Settle, Resolution No. 5631 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo be adopted approving plans for Los Osos Valley Road Extension Project and staff was directed to transmit plans to the State for advertising. Resolution adopted unanimously (5 -0). 6. MID -YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT 1984 -85 (File #231) Roberta Goddard, Finance Director, reviewed the agenda report asking for Council to adopt the various resolutions approving the mid -year budget adjustments for the remaining of fiscal year 1984 -85. Mayor Billie asked for public comment. No one spoke for or against. Mayor Billie declared the public portion. On motion of Councilman Griffin, seconded by Councilman Settle, Resolution No. 5632 through 5639 (1985 Series), resolutions of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo were adopted approving mid -year budget adjustments as recommended by staff. Resolutions adopted unanimously (5 -0). 7. GROWTH MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS (File #463) Council considered a request for an exception to the Growth Management Regulations for a 168 -unit apartment complex located at 1045 Southwood Drive; Smith, Andrews and Piperato, applicants. Toby Ross, Community Development Director, briefly reviewed the agenda report and stated that although there were three resolutions that the Council would review, staff was recommending that Council adopt the resolution which would deny the request for the exception as found on Exhibit A. Staff felt that Finding #2 could not be made to approve the requested exception. They would recommend that the potential conflicts with the objectives of the Regulations be limited_by conditions as found in Alternative B, should Council wish to grant that exception. Mayor Billig asked for public comment. Rob Strong, representing the applicant, reviewed the project and the options available for bond financing stressing the fact of the uniqueness of this project insofar as it being so large and still providing affordable housing. Rich Chubon, representing the Housing Authority, also spoke in support of the project emphasizing the fact that this could be a large affordable rental project. He felt the developer's requirements went beyond that which was required by both State and City regulations. John Kromefellow, proposed underwriter of the bonds, explained the difficulty in allowing approval of the bonds without having a guarantee that all of the units be built at one time, rather than in the phasing 1 concept as proposed by staff. Pat Smith, developer, spoke in support of Resolution B which would provide that occupancy occur no later than one year. Councilman Griffin offered some alternative language to Resolution B. Mayor Billie stated that she would be unable to make the necessary findings to allow the exception. She was afraid that this could be precedent setting and would, therefore, not be able to support the request. City Council Minutes - Tuesday, March 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. Page 7 Councilman Settle felt that it would not be precedent setting because the bonds are not going to be available in the future as proposed at this time. Councilman Dunin felt it was important that this exception be allowed because it would allow for affordable housing which was most important for the community. After discussion and on motion of Councilman Dunin, seconded by Councilman_ Settle, Resolution No. 5640 (1985 Series), a resolution of the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo be adopted granting request for exception from the Growth Management Regulations for Southwood Apartments identified as Exhibit B with amendments as proposed by Councilman Griffin. Resolution adopted on a 3 -2 vote, Councilman Griffin and Mayor Billig voting no. Council then held closed session to discuss pending litigation regarding 1) Pratt v. City, case #48680; 2) Chumash Village v. City, case #58207; and 3) Hoadley v. City, case #59676. There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Billig adjourned the meeting at 12:40 a.m..t@ Tuesday, March 19, 1985, at 7:00 p.m. Pa I ela Voges, City C rk APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 4 -16 -85 -- - ----- - - - - -t4 •I. .-N -JJ T -E - - - - - -- - - - - -- -- REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1985 - 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Rnr.r. rArT Councilmembers Present: GlennaDeane Dovey, Ron Dunin, Robert Griffin, Vice -Mayor Allen K. Settle and Mayor Melanie C. Billig Absent: None City Staff Present: Paul Lanspery, Administrative Officer; Geoff Grote, Assistant Administrative Officer; Roger Picquet, City Attorney; Pamela Voges, City Clerk; Toby Ross, Community Development Director; Wayne Peterson, City Engineer; Jim Stockton, Recreation Director C O N S E N T A G E N D A ' On motion of Councilman Settle, seconded by Councilman Dunin, the Consent Agenda was unanimously approved as recommended by the City Administrative Officer (5 -0). The following actions taken as indicated: l.. C -1 COUNCIL MINUTES Council minutes of Tuesday, February 5, 1985 - 7:00 p.m. and Friday, February 15, 1985 - 12:10 p.m. were approved as amended.