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Home My WebLink About06/01/1999MINUTES REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1999 - 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, 990 PALM STREET 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 Director; 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 CAO STUDY SESSION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ( SLOCOG) OVERVIEW. (File No. 204 -06) SLOCOG Director DeCarli presented an overview of the roles and responsibilities of SLOCOG and the relationship it has with the City. He distributed and summarized a hand- out, which outlines the major functions (on file with the City Clerk). The Mayor called a recess at 6:59 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 7:08 p.m. — - PUBLIC COMMENT Ann Ream, President of SLO Arts Council, announced that the "Celebration of the Arts" will be held on June 13th, from 2.00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. Awards will be presented to Wilda Rosene, Eric Greening, John Baer and Council Member Schwartz. Rick Fabrick urged the Council to evict the Boy Scouts of America due to their discriminatory practices. City Attorney Jorgensen reported that the City has been meeting with the Boy Scouts of America. They have agreed to the recommendations of the Human Relations Commission. The matter will on the July 6, 1999 Council agenda. Mayor Settle announced that Item #1 will be continued to June 15, 1999. D City Council Meeting Tuesday, June 1, 1999 - 6:00 p.m. Page 2 ------------ ------ — --- _._____--- --- --- -- -- - -_._._ CONSENT AGENDA ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to approve the consent agenda as recommended by the City Administrative Officer; motion carried 5:0. C1. COUNCIL MINUTES Monday, May 17, 1999 Tuesday, May 18, 1999 Wednesday, May 19, 1999 ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to waive oral reading and approve minutes as submitted; motion carried 5:0. C2. SWIM CLUB USE AGREEMENT. (File No. 704 -06) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to approve a use agreement for the SLO Swim Center with the San Luis Obispo Seahawk Swim Club; motion carried 5:0. C3. OLD CARNEGIE LIBRARY REHABILITATION, SPECIFICATION NO. 99625B. (File No. 704 -06) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to 1) approve plans and specifications for the Old Carnegie Library Rehabilitation Project, Specification No. 99625B. 2) Authorize staff to advertise for bids. 3) Authorize the CAO to award the construction contract if the accepted bid (base bid plus alternates) plus contingencies is within the Engineer's Estimate; motion carried 5:0. C4. APPLICATION TO CALIFORNIA GREENWAYS CREATIVE GRANTS PROGRAM. (File No. 704 -06) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to adopt Resolution No. 8937 granting approval for the City of San Luis Obispo to submit a grant application to the California Greenways Creative Grants Program for parking area and trail enhancement on the Maino Open Space property; motion carried 5:0. C5. ANIMAL SERVICES AGREEMENT EXTENSION. (File No. 704 -06) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to sign amendment to an agreement for Animal Services extending term for one additional year; motion 'carried 5:0. C6. USE OF PROMOTIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE (PCC) ENHANCED PROMOTIONAL FUNDS. (File No. 302 -07) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to 1) approve the Promotional Coordinating Committee's recommendation to allocate $1,000 of the Enhanced Promotional funds as the City's share of a three -party contribution toward modifying the doors at the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce Visitors' Center so that they meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 2) Approve the Promotional Coordinating Committee's recommendation to allocate $2,500 of the Enhanced Promotional funds to the Chamber of Commerce for the creation of press kit folders to be used for City tourism promotion; motion carried 5:0. City Council Meeting Tuesday, June 1, 1999 - 6:00 p.m. C7. SAN LUIS OBISPO POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION MEMORANDUM OF Page 3 AGREEMENT. (File No. 509 -04) a ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero to adopt Resolution No. 8938 approving the Memorandum of Agreement; motion carried 5:0. C8. FINAL PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 1353 ADOPTING THE LATEST EDITIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND FIRE CODES. (File No. 205 -05) ACTION: Moved by Schwartz/Romero.to grant final passage to Ordinance No. 1353 (1999 Series) thereby: 1) Repealing Chapters 15.04, 15.08, 15.20, and 15.24 of the San Luis Obispo Municipal Code..2) Creating new Chapters 15.02, 15.04, and 15.08 adopting the 1998 editions of the California Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, and Fire Codes, the 1997 editions of the Uniform Administrative, Housing, Dangerous Building, Building (Volume 3), and Fire (Volume 2) Codes, and the 1997 edition of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation, with amendments; motion carried 5:0. APPOINTMENT Al. APPOINTMENTS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (File No. 302 -07) City Administrator Dunn presented the staff report. ACTION: Moved by Ewan /Marx to reappoint Wilda Rosene and appoint Dick DeLong to be the City's representatives to the Performing Arts Center Art Advisory Committee; motion carried 5:0. a Mayor Settle adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m. to the Annual Meeting of the Capital Improvement Board. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD Roll Call: Board Members John Ewan, Jan Howell Marx, Ken Schwartz, Dave Romero, and Allen K. Settle CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD ANNUAL MEETING Finance Director Statler provided the staff report. ACTION: Moved by Ewan /Schwartz to approve the minutes of the meeting held on June 3,1997; and, elect Mayor Settle and Vice Mayor Romero as the officers for the Capital Improvement Board (President and Vice President); motion carried 5:0. Mayor Settle adjourned the Annual Meeting of the Capital Improvement Board at 7:19 p.m. and reconvened the Regular Council Meeting. City Council Meeting Tuesday, June 1, 1999 - 6:00 p.m. .......... COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS None. PUBLIC HEARINGS Page 4 SUBDIVISION OF A 14.66 ACRE SITE INTO 48 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION AND STREET YARD SETBACK EXCEPTIONS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FULLER ROAD AND BROAD STREET, R.W. HERTEL & SONS. APPLICANT. (File No. 203 -03) ACTION: At the request of the applicant, this item was continued to the June 15, 1999 meeting. 2. CONTINUED REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY 1999 -2001 FINANCIAL PLAN. (File No. 410 -02) Finance Director Statler summarized unresolved fiscal issues as outlined in the staff report and recommended, to balance the budget, the approval of the following three funding sources: 1) available transportation impact fees (60,000); 2) budget balance from the street lighting system purchase (55,000); 3) available beginning fund balance (46,000). Mayor Settle opened the public hearing. Karl Lutrin. Richard Krantzdorf and Bob Wolfe encouraged the Council to allocate some of the money in the parking fund to alternative transportation and parking reduction measures. Evelyn Talmadge spoke in support of approving additional firefighters and police officers. Allen Pevev. Manager of Las Brisas Retirement Center, read a letter in support of adding an additional engine company at Fire Station #3 (letter on file with the City Clerk). Ron Regier spoke in support of funding for the acoustical clouds. Mayor Settle closed the public hearing. Lengthy Council discussion ensued. ACTIONS: 1) Moved by Romero /Schwartz to adopt the Proposed Parking Demand Reduction Work Program and Budget 1999 -01 as set forth in Attachment A of the Budget Follow -up, based on previous Council action; motion passed 3:2 (Ewan, Marx). 2) Moved by DR/KS to add one firefighter position; motion passed 5:0. 3) Moved by Ewan /Marx to approve increased planning fee cost recovery from 40% to 50 %; motion passed 5:0 4) By majority consensus (4:1, Romero), approved contributions for capital improvements at the Performing Arts Center as recommended by staff. 5) By mutual consensus: City Council Meeting Tuesday, June 1, 1999 - 6:00 p.m. Page 5 • Approved a contribution to a "regional census complete count" project in the amount of $31,000. • Eliminated the Cal Poly annexation feasibility study from the budget. • Eliminated photo traffic enforcement system feasibility study from the budget. • Approved $5,000 for the potential improvements to Santa Barbara Street. • Approved the purchase of property for future police space needs. Mayor Settle called for a break at 9:28 p.m. He reconvened at 9:42 p.m. Jason Berg. President of the SLOPOA, expressed appreciation to Human Resources Director Slate and the Police Department negotiating team for their efforts relating to the MOA. He thanked Council for approving the MOA. COMMUNICATIONS SAN LUIS BLUES BASEBALL Council Member Ewan observed that last Sunday was the opening day of the San Luis Blue Baseball season. COUNTY SUBDIVISION REVIEW BOARD MEETING Council Member Marx reported that the County Subdivision Review Board Meeting did not support the applicant's request regarding Eagle Hardware. She also noted they did not make any specific findings. City staff was directed to prepare a transcript of a portion of the Subdivision Review Board meeting to include all the public comments, including the City's testimony, and the deliberation and action of the Board. Staff was further directed to prepare a summary of the discussion and provide both the transcript and the summary to the Board of Supervisors. EDNA/ISLAY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD Mayor Settle reported that neighbors in the Edna/Islay Area (near the Graduate Night Club) have expressed an interest in requesting a variance for modification of the height of the wall and /or sidewalk removal to address on -going problems of trespassing and misbehavior. Staff was directed to review all available options. COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM Mayor Settle reported that he and City Administrative Officer Dunn had participated in the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and encouraged other members of Council to take part in this program. ....... _ ........ BUSINESS ITEM 3. 1999 WATER RESOURCES STATUS REPORT. (File No. 1202 -08) Water Division Manager Henderson presented the status report. Council questions followed. ACTION: Report received and filed. U City Council Meeting Page 6 Tuesday, June 1, 1999 - 6:00 p.m. There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Settl �joumed the meeting at 10:30 p.m. to Tuesday, June 15, 1999 at 7:0 .m n the C_ ouncil Ra ber, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo. �. �7 Lee Price, .M.C. City Clerk APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 6115199 LP:dr 1 1