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Councilwoman Rappa expressed the hope that Council and staff would also
look very hard at traffic and circulation in addition to water and sewer
services.
Councilman Griffin urged that the Council look at broad conceptual systems
working on the suitability of knowing what the city's best estimates of
_ rates are and to spend more time on projected development looking at the
broader perspectives.
Councilwoman Dove y felt that the Council should either abide by the
regulations or repeal them.
Mayor Dunin questioned whether the the regulations should be continued.
He felt they should be in a program form rather than ordinance form. He
would suggest looking at industry and the type of housing necessary for
the citizens and whether a need exists to expand services to accommodate
them.
Mayor Dunin asked for public comment.
John French felt the staff reports tended to look backwards as to what
happened rather than looking ahead at what will happen, which he felt was
fairly predicable and, therefore, could be accomplished. He would like to
see the Council look more at the scheduling approach that Mr. Ross
referred to. For instance, with the Edna -Islay project they had scheduled
in the phasing which was partially growth management. He felt now there
was growth management within the growth management. He noted in the staff
report that regardless of the growth management regulations, there has
only been a two percent increase in the last ten years and, therefore,
again did not feel that the growth management regulations were that
important. He felt it was important that the owner /builder should be
represented as a part of the study as they also represent one -half of the
demand. He felt that the city needed a balanced economic growth. It
should also be sustainable.
Chuck French felt it was important that there be some assurances that a
developer could provide the lender. This should be done at the time of
application or original approvals of the project, rather than at time of..
permit approval.
Rick Webster, Laguna Hill Estates, stated that over 80% of the people who
are purchasing his homes, which were in the high -end category, were local
persons rather than out -of -town buyers. Of the remaining 20 %, he stated
that 10% were coming from the outlying areas but were working and
providing services to the community. The other 10% were retired.
Rob Rossi, developer of the other side of the Edna -Islay project, stated
that although they deal in primarily commercial projects, they had noted
that the leases they have approved, are mostly from local persons who
cannot live in San Luis Obispo due to lack of housing stock.
Stan Bell, Shell Beach, stated that the ordinance needed to be finetuned.
He felt approval should be granted at the time of application, rather than
at the building permit stage. He felt there would be significant impacts
in the months ahead as a result of the current constraints provided within
the ordinance.
Richard Loughead, builder of a 100 -unit project at Margarita near Higuera,
stated that it was important that the lender have assurance that the
actual permits would be able to be pulled. He felt that this would have
an effect on future housing if they got caught in the web of the current
growth management constraints.
Richard DeBlauw was opposed to the regulations and urged the Council to
repeal them.
Councilman Griffin felt that the Council's success as growth managers over
the last three years was in serious question. He felt they were spending
more of their time being mediocre managers and less time being fair and
having effective policies. He stated that he could be in support of
repealing the growth management regulations and would like to see a
Charter measure placed before the voters addressing how they would like to
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see growth handled in the 1990's. He felt this would be a key to
serviceability and planning for city services of its growth rates. He
would also like the Council to look at all the elements, circulation,
traffic, water and review them where necessary to be more specific.
Mayor Dunin stated he could.support Councilman Griffin's broader approach
but would not support a Charter amendment.
Councilwoman Rappa stated she was not in favor of abandoning the ordinance
but would rather see it defined. She would like staff propose a
development schedule that would provide approval prior to building permit
stage. She also felt it was important to educate prospective property
owners to as great a degree as possible. She also agreed that both
commercial and industrial projects be looked at in the overall growth
management percentage. She was in favor of looking at large projects so
that everyone has an equal opportunity to develop within the city.
Councilman Settle stated that he was in favor of retaining the ordinance
and agreed it was important to control the growth rate in light of service
availability. Consideration should also be given to the applicants so
that they have some idea of where they would be in the process through a
"schedule." He would recommend staff look at various methodologies within
this context. He felt there needed to be a link to the other General Plan
elements and would like staff to look at types of housing that could be
exempted, i.e. mobilehomes, etc.
Councilwoman Dovey stated that she had never felt overly comfortable with
the regulations and would like to see them provide some flexibility. She
would hope the development community would continue to work together, in
conjunction with staff for phasing or scheduling. She would like to stay
on top of resource inventory. She could also support allowing more than
one dwelling unit. With regard to exemptions, she did not support any
being exempted. If there was a problem with the ordinance, then it should
be revised.
Mayor Dunin stated the ordinance didn't work and that it should be
replaced with a different type of growth management plan as suggested by
Councilman Griffin. Larger projects should be addressed so that they can
plan future development. Special consideration should be given to small
projects so that they are not lost. The scoring procedure also needed to
be revised.
After discussion and upon general consensus, Council supported the
following:
1. refine the ordinance including revision to delete two -week delay in
issuing of permits;
2. as an interim measure, staff to work with developers on scheduling to
prevent ranking, if possible;
3. revise the Growth Management Regulations so that ranking is over a
longer term that one month (ranking is based on building permits that
have been applied for but not r:eceived);
4. develop provisions for evaluating large -scale or specific plan
projects at time of Planning approval to schedule their build -out
phase; and
5. coordinate with other long -term provisions to deal with the long -term
prospect of development of resources such as the Water Management
Plan, Housing Element, Land Use Element update and CIP (5 -0).
Council to schedule one additional study session for this review.
Additionally, recent State changes regarding these regulations to be
incorporated as well.
2:15 p.m. Mayor Dunin declared a recess. 2:25 p.m. City Council
reconvened, all Councilmembers present.
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C O M M U N I C A T I O N S
C -1 ANNEXATION - MARGARITA AVENUE
Council considered letter submitted by Richard DeBlauw, President of
Sierra Gardens of S.L.O.,.regarding application for annexation of 19 acres
at Margarita Avenue and Prado Road.
After brief discussion, moved by Griffin /Dunin (3 -2, Dovey & Rappa voting
no), to direct staff to work with the property owners of the 300 -acre 1
annexation on some proposed funding mechanism whereby a specific plan
could be returned to Council for review. The specific plan to address
water and other resources.
There being no further business to c e fore the City Council, Mayor
Dunin adjourned the meeting at 2:50�m %�
Pa la Voges, City er
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 5 -20 -86
M I N U T E S
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1986 - 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers
Present: GlennaDeane Dovey, Robert Griffin (arrived at 7:04 p.m.),
Penny Rappa, Allen K. Settle and Mayor Ron Dunin
Absent: None
City Staff
Present: Paul Lanspery, Administrative Officer; Roger Picquet, City
Attorney; Pamela Voges, City Clerk; Toby Ross, Community
Development Director; Dave Romero, Public Works Director;
Steve Henderson, Assistant to the Administrative Officer;
Mike Dolder, Fire Chief; Don Englert; Police Chief;.i�Terry Sanville,
Principal Planner; Candace Havens, Assistant Planner
C O N S E N T A G E N D A
Moved by Settle / Dovey (4 -0 -1, Griffin absent), to approve the Consent
Agenda as recommended by the Administrative Officer. The following
actions taken as indicated:
C -1 CONTRACT PAY ESTIMATES
Contract pay estimates and change orders approved and ordered paid as
recommended (4 -0 -1, Griffin absent).
C -2 ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS (File #125)
Dan Fulmer, John Bria and Jack Dewar reappointed to the Joint Recreational
Use of School District Property Committee to serve two years; terms to
expire 3- 31 -88. Appointments subject to Board of Education confirmations
(4 -0 -1, Griffin absent).