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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002 -12:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, 990 PALM STREET
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
ROLL CALL:
Council Members
Present: Council Members Jan Howell Marx, Christine Mulholland, Ken
Schwartz, Vice Mayor John Ewan, and Mayor Allen K. Settle
City Staff:
Present: Ken Hampian, City Administrative Officer; Jeff Jorgensen, City
Attorney; Lee Price, City Clerk; Wendy George, Assistant City
Administrative Officer; John Mandeville, Community Development
Director; Ron Whisenand, Deputy Director Community Development
— Development Review; Mike Draze, Deputy Director Community
Development — Long Range Planning; Glen Matteson, Associate
Planner; Terry Sanville, Principal Transportation Planner; Shelly
Stanwyck, Economic Development Manager
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GENERAL PLAN FOR 2001. (Continued from April 2,
2002)
Associate Planner Matteson and Community Development Director Mandeville presented
the staff report and responded to a variety of questions from the Council. In -depth Council
discussion followed.
ACTION: Moved by Ewan/Marx to: 1) Accept the 2001 Annual Report as revised.
2) Direct staff to add to the 2001 Annual Report: a) A note that a Pedestrian
Transportation Plan has not been adopted, and b) Information on the Dalidio
property. 3) Provide direction to staff for follow -up, as summarized: a) Reinforce
areas of the General Plan that would allow for mixed uses in an effort to address
affordable workforce housing; b) Update the Short-Range Transit Plan; c) Fold in
historical preservation in to the Conservation Element of the General Plan;
d) Prepare an inventory of vacant commercial and office space; e) Include urban
forest protection policies In the Conservation Element Update. Take these to the
Tree Committee along with direction that they revitalize the Heritage Tree Program;
f) Bring back informally sample Economic Elements from other cities for review by
the Council; g) Provide more detailed information about potential revenues from
new non - residential development projects and reference previous fiscal impact
studies as context for land use decisions as they come to the Council for
consideration; h) Provide in the 2002 Annual Report more detailed information
' about the type of non - residential development occurring during the reporting
period; and 1) Create a brochure or other summary about how the City receives
revenue & where it comes from; motion passed 5:0.
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, April 9, 2002- 12:00 p.m.
Mayor called a break at 1:35 p.m. Reconvened at 1:40 p.m. - -� -�
STUDY SESSION
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2. EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S CENTRAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT AND
DOWNTOWN IN -LIEU PARKING FEE BOUNDARY.
Deputy Director Community Development Whisenand, Principal Transportation Planner
Sanville and Associate Planner Corey presented the staff report.
Public Comments:
Mary Beth Schroeder. 2085 Wilding Lane, indicated that she did not favor mixed development
or any additional commercial development. She urged the Council to preserve historic
buildings and asserted that the community needs a good hospital.
end of public comments —
Lengthy Council discussion ensued.
Council Member Schwartz displayed a map with his recommendations for expanding the
zone and proposed that rezoning might be done incrementally. He urged Council to treat
the zoning in the upper part of Monterey differently because the area serves tourists. He
also suggested that the Council consider possible impacts to cultural facilities in the
downtown core.
Council Member Marx proposed that the NARF be designed as a connection point, with first
floor retail. She favored the establishment of City park- and -ride lots and providing free or
low -cost shuttles. She voiced support for expanding the C -C zone in phases, excluding the
NARF (both the preferred and the alternative site).
Council Member Mulholland voiced concern about negatively impacting parking as a result
of the expansion. She expressed an interest in making the corridor more pedestrian
friendly and adding a bit more commercial. Additionally, she suggested that Council
consider implementing a policy of mixed uses with shops and retail on the first floor with
options for residences and parking on other levels.
Council Member Ewan proposed that Council consider the southwesterly side of downtown
during the next goal setting cycle and indicated that he would support the eventual
expansion of the C -C zone to the intersection of Marsh and Higuera Streets. He also
recommended creating additional parking incentives. Regarding the issue on the table, he
favored going to railroad tracks as a first phase, but leaving NARF out of the proposed
expansion.
ACTION: Ewan/Marx to expand, as proposed by staff, the C -C zone up Monterey
Street to the RR tracks, however, exempt the preferred and alternative sites for the
North Area Regional Facility (NARF); motion passed 3:2 (Mulholland/Schwartz).
ACTION: Marx/Mulholland to provide direction to staff to disconnect the in -lieu
parking program from C -C zoning; motion passed 5:0.
ACTION: Marx/Mulholland to proceed with further study and public hearings about 1
a revised downtown parking in -lieu fee boundary area; motion passed 5:0.
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Tuesday, April 9, 2002 - 12:00 p.m.
By majority approval of the Council, staff was asked to look into issues relating to
transportation demand management or alternative modes of transportation to reduce
the parking demand generated by uses in an expanded GC zone. In addition, staff
agreed to bring bacly as part of the next goal setting/budget approval process,
consideration of a planning effort to create an area plan for the southwesterly portion
of the downtown.
COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS
Council Member Mulholland gave an update of the Downtown Association Board Meeting of
April 9, 2002.
Council Member Schwartz reported that at the April 3, 2002 meeting, the Parks and Recreation
Commission recommended forming a subcommittee (consisting of two representatives from
the Parks and Recreation Commission, two representatives from the Architectural Review
Commission and two representatives from the Tree Committee) for the purpose of studying
landscaped parkways in more detail. Council concurred.
There being no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Settle adjourned the
meeting at 3:29 p.m. to Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 990 Palm
Street, San Luis Obispo.
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 5/7/2002
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