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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30,1999 - 9:00 A.M.
CITY /COUNTY LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
ROLL CALL:
Council Members
Present: Council Members John Ewan, Jan Howell Marx,•Ken Schwartz, Vice
Mayor Dave Romero, and Mayor Allen K. Settle
City Staff:
Present: John Dunn, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City
Attorney; Lee Price, City Clerk; Ken Hampian, Assistant City
Administrative Officer; Arnold Jonas, Community Development
Director, Bill Statler, Finance Director; Ann Slate, Human Resources
Directer; Jim Gardiner, Police Chief; Bob Neumann, Fire Chief; John
Moss, Utilities Director; Mike McCluskey, Public Works Director;
Paul LeSage, Parks and Recreation Director; Wendy George,
Assistant to the City Administrative Officer; Linda Asprion, Revenue
Manager; Carolyn Dominquez, Accounting Manager; Mary Kopecky,
Assistant City Clerk
Mayor Settle called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and provided the introduction.
Facilitator Don Maruska described the purpose, process and guidelines for the workshop.
CAO Dunn summarized City services, described the CIP process and provided a brief
financial overview. In addition, he reviewed the status of 1997 -99 major city goals and
criteria for establishing major city goals.
Finance Director Statler provided a summary of the City's Five - Year Financial Forecast.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Ray Belnau urged the Council to save the "Octagon Barn".
Agatha Reardon spoke in favor of a new senior center and submitted a petition in support
signed by 149 seniors.
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Richard Kriet suggested that the Council make parks and recreation one of the highest
priorities for the City and proposed the development of a complex that meets recreational
needs of all ages, including swimming, hiking and sports fields.
Charlie Herrera, Residents for Quality Neighborhoods, encouraged the Council to improve
neighborhoods by adding a code enforcement officer.
Richard Kransdorf spoke in support of open space acquisition and urged the Council to
acquire the Morganti Property on Los Osos Valley Road to secure its preservation.
Lora Hutson reiterated her hope that the Council will implement a domestic partnership
ordinance and review the Boy Scout lease issue.
—End of public testimony—
Facilitator Don Maruska followed up on the process and summarized the criteria for
developing effective goal statements. He noted that the Council would work on six
categories, to be defined as public safety, public utilities, transportation, leisure, cultural
and social services, community development and general government. The Council began
the long process of crafting goal statements.
After in -depth review and discussion of proposed goals by category and crafting language
for candidate major city goals, staff developed a composite list of the 29 candidate goals
for review by the Council before the selection process. Don Maruska reviewed the agreed
upon scale of prioritizing goals. After discussion, Council decided to increase each
members total number of allowable points from 75 to 80. The voting process ensued. City
Clerk Price gathered the individual rating sheets and provided them to members of the
Finance Team for tabulation. Once the count was completed, Council reviewed the results
and discussed the outcome.
Council agreed to defer finalization of the major city goals until 212199. At 6:37 p.m. the
meeting was adjourned to Tuesday, February 2, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber,
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 2/16/99
City Clerk
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