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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/05/1989463 M I N U T E S REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1989 - 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Vice -Mayor Peg Pinard, Councilmembers Penny Rappa, Jerry Reiss, Allen K. Settle and Mayor Ron Dunin City Staff Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Pam Voges, City Clerk; Michael Multari, Community Development Director; Dave Romero, Public Works Director; Mike Dolder, Fire Chief CONSENT AGENDA The Consent Agenda was unanimously approved on motion of Rappa /Settle (5 -0) as recommended by the City Administrative Officer with the exception of C -6 as noted. C -1 COUNCIL MINUTES The following minutes were approved as amended (5 -0); Wednesday, June 7, 1989, 3:00 p.m.; Monday, June 12, 1989, 4:00 p.m.; Wednesday, June 14, 1989. 3:00 p.m.; Thursday, June 15, 1989, 1:30 p.m.; and Monday, June 19, 1989, 1:30 p.m. C -2 CONTRACT PAY ESTIMATES Contract pay estimates and change orders approved and ordered paid as recommended. C -3 RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION Moved by Rappa /Settle (5 -0) Resolution of Avpreciation No. 6637 adopted for Jim Clark, Chief of Police, the City of Arroyo Grande as recommended. C -4 UNOCAL PIPELINES AGREEMENT (File No. 501) Moved by Rappa /Settle (5 -0) Resolution No. 6638 adopted authorizing the CAO to enter into an agreement with UNOCAL to transfer ownership and approve easements for two 8 -inch steel pipelines approximately 10,000 feet in length as recommended. C -5 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION (File No. 324) 1 Moved by Rappa /Settle (5 -0), A) Resolution No. 6639 adopted calling an election on November 7, 1989; and B) Resolution No. 6640 adopted requesting the Board of Supervisors consolidate the General Municipal Election with Draft MA City Council Minutes Page 2 Wednesday, July 5, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. I School and Special Districts Election as recommended. C -6 INTERNAL OFFICE REARRANGEMENTS (File No. 111) Consideration to approve plans for remodeling the Council, Administration, and City Clerk offices and authorizing issuance of payment voucher for systems furniture. Councilman Settle expressed concern that the Hearing Room be preserved if at all possible. Councilwoman Pinard agreed with Councilman Settle and suggested looking at the Human Relations area instead of the Hearing Room. After brief discussion, moved by Dunin /Reiss (3 -2, Councilmembers Pinard and Settle voting no) plans for remodeling of the offices was approved and staff authorized to issue a purchase order to Haworth, Inc., for systems furniture as recommended. PUBLIC COMMENT A -1 - HIGUERA STREET STORM DRAIN (CP Nos. N -10E, N -53P and N -54R) The following persons spoke under the public comment period all concerning the same issue; the proposed construction project on Higuera Street, to install storm drain. Denise Seidman, 1105 Santa Rosa; Peter Blackwell, 1000 Higuera Street; Don Yeackle, Rice Travel, 1043 Higuera Street; Sandy Cattaneo, 1011 Higuera Street, and Rick Seidman, 1105 Higuera Street. Each of them expressed concerns that the proposed construction project would have an adverse effect on their businesses during construction and urged the Council to delay the project until such time that they could meet with staff to look at other alternatives than closing of the street. After discussion, it was moved by Reiss /Rappa (5 -0) to add discussion of the Higuera Street Storm Drain Project as an urgency item this evening. Motion carried unanimously. After additional discussion, it was moved by Rappa /Settle (5 -0) that staff be directed to stop the Public Works project (City Plan No. N -10E, N -53P, and N- 54R), Higuera Street Storm Drain, and return with a report providing alternatives for conducting night construction work; identifying an acceptable advertising program during construction, providing alternative parking sites with the request to the County for the use of their parking lot in exchange for space in the City's Parking Structure, and explore the use of other lots not currently being utilized. Further, that staff report back on what travel lanes would be available on Higuera and Santa Rosa Streets. Motion carried 1 unanimously. City. Council Minutes,:::;..;.... - Page 3 Wednesday, July 5, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. Upon general consensus (5 -0) a special council meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 1989 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss the project alternatives. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1. APPEAL - ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION (File No. 407) Council held a public hearing to consider an appeal by Channel Lumber Company of an Architectural Review Commission action to conditionally approve appellant's request to remove an existing U.S. Postal Service kiosk located at 773 Foothill Boulevard (Foothill Plaza) subject to the condition that an equivalent postal facility be provided elsewhere in the center (continued from 6/20/89). Michael Multari, Community Development Director, recommended that this item be continued to a date uncertain, as the Postal Service had distributed requests for proposals to merchants in the Foothill Plaza, hoping to provide a manned postal service center within one of the businesses in the shopping center. Moved by Settle /Pinard (5 -0) that this item be continued to no later than Tuesday, August 15, 1989, in order to allow the postmaster time to receive responses to a request for proposals distributed to the merchants in Foothill Plaza. Motion carried unanimously. 2. SIGN APPEAL - ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION (File No. 407) Council held a public hearing to consider an appeal by Sunset Honda of an Architectural Review Commission decision to deny a request for an exception to the sign regulations to allow a higher freestanding sign for Sunset Honda located at 12250 Los Osos Valley Road. Michael Multari, Community Development Director, briefly reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council adopt a resolution to deny the appeal and to concur with the action of the Architectural Review Commission, denying the exceptions. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing open. Guy Moerman, 1390 Walker Street, representing the applicant, spoke in support of this sign request. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing closed. After brief discussion, it was moved by Rappa /Pinard (4 -1, Councilman Settle voting no) to adopt Resolution No. 6641 to deny the appeal of the Architectural Review Commission's actions to deny exceptions to the sign regulations at 12250 Los Osos Valley Road as recommended. 1 465 Me City Council Minutes Page 4 Wednesday, July 5, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. 1 3. HOUSING CONVERSION - GARDEN STREET (File No. 425) Council held a public hearing to consider a request to convert an 8 -unit apartment house to a 15 -room bed and breakfast inn at 1212 Garden Street; Permit CV 1445; C -C zone; Dan and Kathy Smith applicants. Michael Multari, Community Development Director, reminded the Council that this item had been extensively discussed with the original application and that neither the project nor the circumstances had significantly changed. He reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council adopt a resolution approving the requested conversion permit based on the required findings. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing open. Jim Hoffman, representing the applicant, 363 Foothill Boulevard, spoke in support of the proposed conversion. Dan Smith, applicant, 1541 E1 Tigre Court #6, spoke in support of the request. Don Hubbard, 153 Broad Street, supported the request. Ysabel Nunez, 1212 Garden Street, spoke in support of keeping the apartment building as is. Mark Linten, 1212 Garden Street, urged that the Council deny the conversion. Keith Shane, 1212 Garden Street, spoke in support of keeping the apartment building. Bill Roalman, 546 Higuera, believed that the housing downtown was more important, therefore, urged against the conversion. Karen Johnson, 1212 Garden Street, also spoke in opposition to the conversion. Sally Krews, 1212 Garden Street, urged retention of the building as an. apartment complex. Jim Merkel, Sierra Club, urged against the conversion. Christine Marvev, spoke in support of retaining the apartment complex. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing closed. Councilwoman Ramps expressed concern with allowing the loading zone, and would like to see it deleted. Mayor Dunin was concerned with the amount of housing conversion in the downtown and could therefore not support this request. 467 9:10.p.m. Mayor Dunin declared a recess. 9:25 p.m. City Council reconvened, all Councilmembers present. 4. TENTATIVE MAP - MINOR SUBDIVISION 89 -135 (File No. 432) Council held a public hearing to consider a tentative parcel map creating two lots from one lot at 2527 Broad Street; R -2 zone; Ken Chatham, subdivider (continued from 4/18/89). Michael Multari, Community Development Director, reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council adopt a resolution approving the tentative map with exceptions, findings, and conditions as recommended by.the hearing office. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing open. Mike Szatlockv, representing the owner, spoke in support of the project. Roy Hanff, 569 Lawrence Drive, expressed concern that the sidewalk on Broad Street is left open during construction and urged the City to take some action to keep it closed for safety purposes. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing closed. After discussion, moved by Dunin /Ravva (4 -1, Vice -Mayor Pinard voting no) to adopt Resolution No..6643 approving the tentative map for minor subdivision 89 -135 with findings, exceptions, and conditions as recommended. After additional discussion, moved by Pinard /Settle (5 -0) to direct staff to require the contractor to cover the sidewalk during construction even if it was required by City forces. 5. TRAFFIC ISSUE - SOUTH HIGUERA STREET (File No. 770) Council considered the elimination of parking on South Higuera Street near CalTrans between.,Madonna Road and Elks Lane to facilitate installation of bike lanes and modification of the traffic lanes. Dave Romero, Public works Director, reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council, by motion, eliminate the parking and provide for four travel lanes and two bike lanes along this portion of Higuera Street that was staff's alternative #1. IMayor Dunin asked for public comment. City Council Minutes Page 5 1 Wednesday, July 5, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. After additional discussion, moved by Ravva /Pinard (3 72, Councilman Settle and Mayor Dunin voting no), Resolution No. 6642 adopted approving the requested conversion permit with no additional conditions beyond the usual code requirements for a bed and breakfast in the C -C zone, as recommended by staff. 9:10.p.m. Mayor Dunin declared a recess. 9:25 p.m. City Council reconvened, all Councilmembers present. 4. TENTATIVE MAP - MINOR SUBDIVISION 89 -135 (File No. 432) Council held a public hearing to consider a tentative parcel map creating two lots from one lot at 2527 Broad Street; R -2 zone; Ken Chatham, subdivider (continued from 4/18/89). Michael Multari, Community Development Director, reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council adopt a resolution approving the tentative map with exceptions, findings, and conditions as recommended by.the hearing office. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing open. Mike Szatlockv, representing the owner, spoke in support of the project. Roy Hanff, 569 Lawrence Drive, expressed concern that the sidewalk on Broad Street is left open during construction and urged the City to take some action to keep it closed for safety purposes. Mayor Dunin declared the public hearing closed. After discussion, moved by Dunin /Ravva (4 -1, Vice -Mayor Pinard voting no) to adopt Resolution No..6643 approving the tentative map for minor subdivision 89 -135 with findings, exceptions, and conditions as recommended. After additional discussion, moved by Pinard /Settle (5 -0) to direct staff to require the contractor to cover the sidewalk during construction even if it was required by City forces. 5. TRAFFIC ISSUE - SOUTH HIGUERA STREET (File No. 770) Council considered the elimination of parking on South Higuera Street near CalTrans between.,Madonna Road and Elks Lane to facilitate installation of bike lanes and modification of the traffic lanes. Dave Romero, Public works Director, reviewed the agenda report with the recommendation that Council, by motion, eliminate the parking and provide for four travel lanes and two bike lanes along this portion of Higuera Street that was staff's alternative #1. IMayor Dunin asked for public comment. 0 City Council Minutes Page 6 Wednesday, July 5, 1989 - 7:00 p.m. 1 Kerry 369 Lemon Street, spoke in support of staff's recommendation. James Merkel, 392 Pismo Street, spoke in support of the recommendation. George Stewart, spoke in support of the proposed bike lanes. Willard Daiken, 138 Grand Avenue, supported the additional bike lanes. Bill Roalman, 546 Higuera Street, spoke in support of alternative #1. Steven Wasenrie, 1703 Santa Barbara Street, also spoke in support of bike paths. Jamie Loves, Broad Street, supported the bike lanes. Julie Haney spoke in support of bike lanes. Roy Hanff did urge that bicyclists be more careful in their driving habits or be cited by Police. Tom Becker spoke in support of the staff's recommendation. After discussion, moved by Pinard /Settle (5 -0) to support alternative #1, to eliminate parking and provide four travel lanes and two bike lanes along Higuera Street as recommended. 10:45 p.m. Mayor Dunin adjourned the meeting to closed session to discuss proposed litigation. 12:00 midnight, there being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Dunin adjourned the meeting to Wednesday, Ji�ly 12, at 4:00 p.m. in the Hearing Room. APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 8/1/89 , PV:nlo Pam voges, Ci Clerk M I N U T E S ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1989 - 4:00 P.M. COUNCIL HEARING ROOM, CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET ROLL CALL Councilmembers Present: Councilmembers Penny Rappa, Jerry Reiss, Allen K. Settle, and Mayor Ron Dunin