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City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo
Wednesday January 23, 2019
Joint City Council and Citizens' Revenue Enhancement
Oversight Commission (REOC) Special Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
A Joint City Council and Citizens' Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission (REOC)
Special Meeting was called to order on Wednesday January 23, 2019 at 6:08 p.m. in the
Veteran's Memorial Building, located at 801 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, California, by Mayor
Harmon.
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Carlyn Christianson, Aaron Gomez and Erica A. Stewart, Vice
Mayor Andy Pease, and Mayor Heidi Harmon
Commissioners Jeannette McClure, Michael Multari, and Winston Newland, Vice
Chair Ken Kienow, and Chair Christopher Coates
Absent: None
City Staff
Present: Derek Johnson, City Manager; Christine Dietrick, City Attorney; Greg Hermann,
Assistant City Manager; and Teresa Purrington, City Clerk; were present at Roll
Call. Other staff members presented reports or responded to questions as indicated
in the minutes.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Council Member Carlyn Christianson led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Don Maruska provided welcoming remarks and included that tonight's meeting is a joint
meeting with the Revenue Enhancement Oversight Commission as it is an opportunity to provide
feedback on the use of the Local Revenue Measure and act as the Annual Citizen Oversight
Meeting.
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2019-21 FINANCIAL PLAN PROCESS AND FISCAL OUTLOOK
Mayor Harmon, Derek Johnson, City Manager and Brigitte Elke, Finance Director presented the
PowerPoint on the 2019-21 Financial Plan process and fiscal outlook.
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Mayor Harmon called upon Don Maruska, facilitator, to review the approach for tonight's
community forum.
All attending participants were provided with an opportunity to "Express their thoughts with
dots!" by applying green sticker dots to posters for their five top priorities for general fund
expenditures and to complete a survey ranking the priorities for Measure G expenditures.
PUBLIC COMMENT
During the public comment period, members of the public provided input on the issues and goals
that were priority to them. Public comments were grouped into the following categories:
Allan Cooper Downtown Vitality
Bettina Swigger — Downtown Vitality
Biz Steinberg — Housing and Addressing Homelessness
Elaine Mansoor — Housing and Multi Modal
Luke Dunn — Addressing Homelessness
Eric Veium — Climate Action
Barry Rands — Climate Action
Janine Rands — Climate Action
Dean Miller — New Ideas — Historic Preservation — Adobes
Peggy Rodriguez — Fiscal Sustainability — Historic Preservation
Molly Kern — Housing, Multi -Modal Transportation and Fiscal Sustainability
Lea Brooks — Multi -Modal Transportation
Scott Cleere — New Ideas — Lighting tennis courts at Sinsheimer Park
Cynthia Lee — New Ideas — SLOPD funding for Detective
Jasmine Fashami -New Ideas — Increase lighting in residential areas
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m. To a Special City Council Meeting scheduled for
Monday, February 4, 2019 at 5 p.m., to be held in the Council Chamber, 990 Palm Street, San
Luis Obispo, California. The next Regular City Council Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
February 5, 2019, to be held in the Council Chamber, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo,
California.
Teresa Purrington, City I k
APPROVED BY COUNCIL: 02/05/2019