City Council
REVISED AGENDA

Tuesday, September 07, 2021 at 6:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Teleconference - Broadcast via Webinar

*Agenda amended to remove Item 3a, Study Session: Public Safety Center Program and Design Update. This item is continued to a date uncertain.

*With removal of the 5:00 p.m. Study Session, the meeting start time has been amended to 6:00 p.m. 

 

Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in San Luis Obispo County, City Administration has made the difficult decision to return to a virtual meeting format.  There will be no physical location for the Public to view the meeting. Below are instructions on how to view the meeting remotely and how to leave public comment. Additionally, members of the City Council are allowed to attend the meeting via teleconference and to participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present.

 

Using the most rapid means of communication available at this time, members of the public are encouraged to participate in Council meetings in the following ways:

 

Remote Viewing - Members of the public who wish to watch the meeting can view:

View the Webinar (recommended for the best viewing quality):

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Televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20

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Public Comment - The City Council will still be accepting public comment. Public comment can be submitted in the following ways:

Mail or Email Public Comment

Received by 3:00 PM on the day of meeting - Can be submitted via email to  or U.S. Mail to City Clerk at 990 Palm St. San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. All emails will be archived/distributed to councilmembers, however, submissions after 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting may not be archived/distributed until the following day. Emails will not be read aloud during the meeting.

Verbal Public Comment

In Advance of the Meeting - Call [phone]; state and spell your name, the agenda item number you are calling about and leave your comment. The verbal comments must be limited to 3 minutes. All voicemails will be forwarded to the Council Members and saved as Agenda Correspondence. Voicemails will not be played during the meeting.

During the meeting - Join the webinar (instructions above). Once public comment for the item you would like to speak on is called, please raise your virtual hand, your name will be called, and your microphone will be unmuted. If you have questions, contact the office of the City Clerk at or [phone].

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1.

CALL TO ORDER - CITY COUNCIL / GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY

Call to order the Regular Meeting of the San Luis Obispo City Council, also acting as the San Luis Obispo Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

2.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Council Member Jan Marx will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3.

STUDY SESSION

3.a

PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER PROGRAM AND DESIGN UPDATE

*This item has been removed and continued to a date uncertain.

4.

PRESENTATIONS

4.a

CITY MANAGER REPORT

Receive a brief report from City Manager Derek Johnson.

4.b

NATIONAL MUSEUM DAY PROCLAMATION

Mayor Harmon will present a proclamation declaring September 18, 2021 as "National Museum Day."

5.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

Not to exceed 15 minutes. The Council welcomes your input. State law does not allow the Council to discuss or take action on issues not on the agenda, except that members of the Council or staff may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by persons exercising their public testimony rights (Gov. Code sec. 54954.2). Staff may be asked to follow up on such items.

6.

CONSENT AGENDA

Matters appearing on the Consent Calendar are expected to be non-controversial and will be acted upon at one time. A member of the public may request the Council to pull an item for discussion. Pulled items shall be heard at the close of the Consent Agenda unless a majority of the Council chooses another time. The public may comment on any and all items on the Consent Agenda within the three-minute time limit.

• Recommendation:

  To approve Consent Calendar Items 6a to 6f.

6.a

WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

Recommendation:

Waive reading of all resolutions and ordinances as appropriate.

6.b

MINUTES REVIEW - AUGUST 24, 2021 COUNCIL MINUTES

Recommendation:

Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on August 24, 2021.

6.c

RECEIVE AND FILE THE PUBLIC DRAFT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO VALLEY GROUNDWATER BASIN GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN

• Recommendation:

  Acting as the City of San Luis Obispo Groundwater Sustainability Agency, receive and file the Public Draft of San Luis Obispo Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Plan.

6.d

A REQUEST TO INCLUDE THREE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY’S INVENTORY OF HISTORIC RESOURCES AS MASTER LIST RESOURCES (198 PASO ROBLES, 201 BUENA VISTA, AND 2424 SUNSET)

• Recommendation:

  As recommended by the Cultural Heritage Committee, adopt a Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, adding three properties to the Master List of Historic Resources: 198 Paso Robles Drive (Pimentel-Orth House); 201 Buena Vista Avenue (Kenneth and Martha Schwartz House); and 2424 Sunset Drive (Page-Selkirk House).”

6.e

ADVISORY BODY APPOINTMENTS FOR UNSCHEDULED VACANCIES

• Recommendation:

  Confirm the appointment of Stephanie Carlotti to the Human Relations Commission (HRC) and Kris Roudebush to the Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC), as recommended by the respective Advisory Body Council Liaison Subcommittees.

6.f

AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR CITY-COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL COLLABORATION

• Recommendation:

  Approve an amendment to the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the City of San Luis Obispo and the County of San Luis Obispo, as administrator of the Zone 9 Flood Control and Water Conservation District (“Zone 9”), in order to provide funding support in the amount of $60,000 for additional vegetation management activities in San Luis Obispo Creek Watershed.

7.

PUBLIC HEARING AND BUSINESS ITEMS

7.a

PROCESS TO FILL A COUNCIL (MAYOR) VACANCY

• Recommendation:

  Approve a process to fill the vacancy on City Council resulting from the resignation of Mayor Heidi Harmon, effective at the end of business September 26, 2021.

7.b

REVIEW OF A TENTATIVE TRACT MAP (TRACT 3157) TO CREATE 23 RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON A 4.98-ACRE SITE WITHIN THE LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (R-1) ZONE

• Recommendation:

  Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving Tentative Tract Map No. 3157 to create twenty-three (23) residential lots in the Low-Density (R-1) Zone and adopting the Associated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Plan pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as represented in the staff report and attachments dated September 7, 2021 (SBDV-0169-2020/EID-0170-2020, 500 Westmont Drive).”

8.

LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Not to exceed 15 minutes. Council Members report on conferences or other City activities. At this time, any Council Member or the City Manager may ask a question for clarification, make an announcement, or report briefly on their activities. In addition, subject to Council Policies and Procedures, they may provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information, request staff to report back to the Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter or take action to direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. (Gov. Code Sec. 54954.2)

9.

ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on September 21, 2021 at 6:00 p.m., via teleconference.

 

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