City Council
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 5:30 P.m. - 6:30 P.m.

Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL

The Special Meeting will be streamed to the City's website, YouTube Channel, and Channel 20. Attendees of City Council or Advisory Body meetings are eligible to receive one hour of complimentary parking; restrictions apply, visit Parking for Public Meetings for more details.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT:

Public Comment prior to the meeting (must be received 3 hours in advance of the meeting):

Mail - Delivered by the U.S. Postal Service. Address letters to the City Clerk’s Office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California, 93401.

Email - Submit Public Comments via email to . In the body of your email, please include the date of the meeting and the item number (if applicable). Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.

Voicemail - Call [phone] and leave a voicemail. Please state and spell your name, the agenda item number you are calling about, and leave your comment. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting.

*All correspondence will be archived and distributed to councilmembers, however, submissions received after the deadline may not be processed until the following day.

Public Comment during the meeting:

Meetings are held in-person. To provide public comment during the meeting, you must be present at the meeting location. Verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes and may only address items listed on the agenda. 

 

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1.

CLOSED SESSION (5:00 - 5:30 PM)

1.a

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Closed Session of the San Luis Obispo City Council to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

1.b

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS ONLY

Public Comment will only be accepted for items listed on the Closed Session agenda.

1.c

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION

Pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of California Government Code Section 54956.9. 

Name of case: San Luis Obispo Property and Business Owners Association, Leslie Halls v. City of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo City Council; Smart Share Housing Solutions, a corporation, San Luis Obispo Superior Court Case No. 25CV-0212.

1.d

ADJOURNMENT

The City Council will hold a Special Meeting on April 29, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

2.

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Erica A. Stewart will call the Special Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council to order. 

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Council Member Mike Boswell will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. 

4.

PRESENTATION

4.a

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER PROCLAMATION

Mayor Stewart will present a proclamation declaring May 1st as the "National Day of Prayer".

5.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ONLY

As this is a Special Meeting, public comment will only be accepted for items listed on the agenda.

6.

CONSENT AGENDA

6.a

AUTHORIZE A TAX EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO TO ADDRESS TAX TRANSFERS FROM SLACK STREET AND HATHWAY DETACHMENT NO. 04 (CAL POLY VISTA MEADOWS)

• Recommendation:

  Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, accepting a negotiated exchange of Tax Revenue and annual tax increment between the County of San Luis Obispo and the City of San Luis Obispo for Detachment #04 (Slack Street and Hathway) from the City of San Luis Obispo.”

7.

BUSINESS ITEM

7.a

INTRODUCTION OF THE 2025-27 WATER AND SEWER RATES AND AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE THE ASSOCIATED PROPOSITION 218 NOTICE (Estimated Time: 60 minutes)

• Recommendation:
  1. Direct the publication and mailing of a notice consistent with Article XIII D of the California Constitution and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Prop 218) as it relates to water and sewer rates; and
  2. Set two Public Hearing dates on June 17, 2025, to consider the adoption of updated water and sewer rates if there is no majority protest in accordance with Prop 218.

8.

ADJOURNMENT

The City Council will hold a Special Closed Session Meeting on April 30, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Hearing Room at City Hall. The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on May 6, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

 

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City Council meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 20 and the City's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/CityofSanLuisObispo. Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office located at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, California during normal business hours, and on the City’s website https://www.slocity.org/government/mayor-and-city-council/agendas-and-minutes. Persons with questions concerning any agenda item may call the City Clerk’s Office at [phone].