City Council
AGENDA

Tuesday, September 02, 2025 at 5:30 P.m. - 10:30 P.m.

Council Chambers, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo

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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:

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1.

CLOSED SESSION (5:00 PM - 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 REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8

Property:                       APN: 001-014-041
Agency Negotiators:     Emma Laplante, Brian Nelson, Kyle Anderson,
                                     Luke Schwartz, Christine Dietrick, Whitney
                                     McDonald
Negotiating Parties:      Marilyn Farmer
Under Negotiation:       Price and terms of payment.

Property:                       APN: 001-013-002
Agency Negotiators:     Emma Laplante, Brian Nelson, Kyle Anderson,
                                     Luke Schwartz, Christine Dietrick, Whitney
                                     McDonald
Negotiating Parties:     Farshad Firouznam
Under Negotiation:       Price and terms of payment.

1.d

ADJOURNMENT

The City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on September 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

2.

CALL TO ORDER

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

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Mayor Erica A. Stewart will lead the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.

4.

PRESENTATIONS

4.a

CITY MANAGER REPORT

Receive a brief report from City Manager Whitney McDonald.

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

Not to exceed 15 minutes. 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 6k.

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 19, 2025 COUNCIL MINUTES

Recommendation:
Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on August 19, 2025.

6.c

POLICE DEPARTMENT 2024 ANNUAL REPORT AND ASSEMBLY BILL 481 (MILITARY EQUIPMENT USE) ANNUAL REPORT UPDATE

• Recommendation:
  1. Receive and file the 2024 Police Department Annual Report.
  2. Adopt a Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, accepting the 2024 Military Equipment Use (Ab 481) Annual Report and Renewing Ordinance No. 1712 with Findings of Ongoing Compliance with City Policy and State Law” 

6.d

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SURPLUS FLEET ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT DISPOSAL

• Recommendation:

  Authorize designation and sale of surplus SLO Transit vehicles and surplus Fleet Maintenance equipment in accordance with the City’s policies and procedures prescribed in the Financial Management Manual

6.e

ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1749 (2025 SERIES) REVOKING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY RELATED TO A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT 1144 CHORRO STREET

• Recommendation:

  Adopt Ordinance No. 1749 (2025 Series) entitled, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, revoking the Planned Development Overlay (Ordinance No. 1687 [2020 Series]), related to a development project proposed at 1144 Chorro Street, and amending the Zoning Map to rezone the seven (7) associated properties from C-D-PD and C-D-H-PD to C-D and C-D-H, respectively. The project is exempt from environmental review (CEQA) (1144 Chorro Street; 895, 898, and 973 Higuera Street; 876 and 890 Marsh Street; and 868 and 870 Monterey Street; PDEV-0428-2023).”

6.f

ADOPTION OF TITLE VI PROGRAMS FOR SLO TRANSIT AND FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

• Recommendation:
  1. Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving the adoption of San Luis Obispo (SLO) Transit’s Federal Transit Administration Title VI Program update for federal fiscal years 2026-2028”; and
  2. Adopt a Draft Resolution entitled, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo, California, approving the adoption of the Public Works Department’s Title VI Program Plan.” 

6.g

APPROVE PARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE NATIONAL OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

• Recommendation:
  1. Approve City participation in the nationally negotiated opioid related settlement agreements with Purdue Pharma L.P. & Sackler Family (“Purdue and Sackler”); and
  2. Approve City participation in the nationally negotiated opioid related settlement agreements with eight opioids manufacturers, Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior, Mylan, Sun, and Zydus (the “Manufacturers”); and
  3. Approve City participation in all future nationally negotiated opioid related settlement agreements; and
  4. Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to execute documents as needed to participate in the above-specified and all future nationally negotiated opioid related settlement agreements; and
  5. Authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to elect direct allocation of the settlement funds to the City; and
  6. Authorize the City Manager to vote on the Purdue bankruptcy plan, in consultation with the City Attorney (including abstention if the City Manager determines abstention is in the best interest of the City.)
  7. Authorize staff to submit required annual opioid settlement expenditure reporting forms to the Department of Health Care Services.

6.h

ACCEPTANCE OF A MONETARY GIFT TO THE PUBLIC ART FUND

• Recommendation:

  Authorize the Mayor to execute a donation agreement with the Donna P. Duerk Family Trust, in substantially the same form as that in Attachment A, accepting a donation valued at $21,730.07 to be used to support the installation of an art piece within the City.

6.i

AUTHORIZE SEWER FUND BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR UTILITIES CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) VAN RETROFIT

• Recommendation:
  1. Adopt a Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo Approving a Budget Adjustment to Allocate $25,675 From the Sewer Fund Undesignated Balance”.
  2. Find the project categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

6.j

GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CAL POLY CIE

• Recommendation:

  Authorize the City Manager to execute a one-time Grant agreement with the Cal Poly Corporation for the renovation of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in a final form satisfactory to the City Attorney and authorize the disbursement of funds in the amount of up to $116,000.

6.k

AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CORRECT A CLERICAL ERROR (2024-29 ON-CALL LIST FOR LEGAL SERVICES)

• Recommendation:
  1. Authorize the City Attorney to send belated notification of the City’s Request for Qualifications for Legal Services, On-call Outside Counsel 2024 (“RFQ”) to two law firms that were unintentionally left off the notification list; and
  2. Authorize the acceptance of qualifications, in the form directed by the City Council approved RFQ specifications, from the two law firms that receive belated notifications; and
  3. Authorize the City Attorney to review submitted qualifications and, if deemed responsive, add the two law firms to the City’s current 2024-29 on-call list for outside counsel legal services.

7.

CLOSED SESSION

7.a

THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES

Pursuant to Government Code §54957

Consultation with: San Luis Obispo Police Department, Police Chief

8.

LIAISON REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Not to exceed 15 minutes. Council Members report on subcommittee assignments, listed below, and 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)

Mayor Stewart	Vice Mayor Shoresman	Council Member Boswell	Council Member Francis	Council Member Marx
SLO Council of Governments	Zone 9 Advisory Committee	Airport Land Use	Nacimiento Water Project	Air Pollution Control District
Regional Economic Action Coalition	Downtown Association Board	SLO Climate Coalition	Community Action Partnership	Integrated Waste Management Authority
CA Men’s Colony Advisory Committee	Homeless Services Oversight Committee	Local Agency Formation Commission		County Water Resources Advisory Committee
Performing Arts Center Commission	CP Campus Planning Committee
SLO Regional Transit Authority
Visit SLO County Advisory Committee
Central Coast Clean Energy

9.

ADJOURNMENT

The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on September 16, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo.

 

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