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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 080994 Approved as Submitted Meeting Date: 09/27/94 ATASCADERO CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 9, 1994 MINUTES The Mayor called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance followed. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Carden, Highland, Johnson, Luna and Mayor Bewley Absent: None Also Present: Muriel "Micki" Korba, City Treasurer Staff Present: Andy Takata, City Manager; Henry Engen, Community Development Director; Art Montandon, City Attorney; Brad Whitty, Finance Director; Lt. Bill Watton, Police Department, Mark Markwort, Chief Waste Water Operations; and Kelly Heffernon, Administrative Analyst COUNCIL COMMENTS: Mayor Bewley welcomed Councilman Highland back from vacation. COMMUNITY FORUM: Ray Jansen, 6655 Country Club Drive, continued comments from previous meetings encouraging youth participation in the improvement of the Masonic Temple as a recreation center. He called for a fund-raising effort that would empower the youth to raise a dollar a month per donor in groups of twenty-five children interconnected with adult leaders and groups citywide that would raise money for the youth center. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: 1. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - July 26, 1994 2. RESOLUTION NO. 77-94 - Designating a stop sign on Atascadero Mall at Atascadero Avenue 3. RESOLUTION NO. 78-94 - Designating a stop sign on La Canada at Del Rio 4. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 11-90 , 8065 AMAPOA - Acceptance of Final Parcel Map to subdivide one lot into four (4) airspace condominiums and a common area (Shutt) 5. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 12-90, 8045 AMAPOA - Acceptance of final Parcel Map to convert an existing four-unit project into airspace condominiums (Shutt) 6. SCHEDULE DATES FOR INTERVIEWING APPLICANTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TRAFFIC COMMITTEE 7. RESOLUTION NO. 82-92 -Adopting increased stipend for the elected City Clerk MOTION: By Councilman Luna, seconded by Councilman Highland to approve the Consent Calendar Items #13-1 through 7, with correction to Council Minutes of July 26, 1994 relative to councilmembers present; motion carried unanimously. B. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1. SOLID WASTE PLANNING (AB 939) A. Resolution No. 80-94 - Adopting the Source Reduction and Recycling Element (Cont'd 2/22/94) B. Resolution No. 81-94 - Adopting the Household Hazardous Waste Element (Cont'd 2/22/94) C. Resolution No. 79-94 - Adopting the Nondisposal Facility Element (Staff recommends continuation of Items A & 8 to the 8/23/94 City Council meeting) Henry Engen presented the staff report and background for preparation of these documents mandated by AB 939. He recommended that the.public hearing on Resolution Nos. 80-94 and 81-94 be postponed until after the joint meeting with the Paso Robles City Council, together with allowing the City Attorney to further review some issues regarding the environmental impact report (EIR). Resolution No. 79-94, he concluded, was recommended for action. Mr. Engen noted that Ruth Abbey, BBA Consultants, Steve Devencenzi of the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (COG) and Kelly Heffernon, who served on the Solid Waste Technical Advisory Committee, were present and available to respond to questions. Discussion ensued regarding Item #C-1(C), proposed Resolution No. 79- 94. Steve Devencenzi, Solid Waste Planner with COG, updated the City Council on the status of the plan in other jurisdictions. He noted that the Board of Supervisors had adopted the document that morning. He complimented the city's efforts, through the city's Recycling Committee and emphasized that the plan was a menu for programs that could be selected at the future discretion of the City. He confirmed staff's previous indication that adopting the plan does not commit the City to join the countywide joint powers agreement (JPA); although, he added, that would be welcomed by COG. He noted that other arrangements, including a North County JPA, would also be available for plan implementation. Councilman Luna questioned whether the City's cost, as reflected in Exhibit "B", were derived from countywide averages or from North County data. He was assured that the information was based on the North County waste shed, therefore, it did not reflect the higher cost for South County problems. Mayor Bewley then opened the meeting to the public; there were no public comments. Following discussion, Council concurred to continue Resolution Nos. 80-94 and 81-94 to a future date following the re-scheduled joint City Council meeting with the City of Paso Robles. (Note: At the conclusion of the meeting, the joint session was tentatively set for August 25, 1994). MOTION: By Councilman Luna, seconded by Councilman Johnson to approve Resolution No. 79-94 adopting the Nondisposal Facility Element; motion carried unanimously. C. REGULAR BUSINESS: 1. GENERAL PLAN STUDY SESSION - To review the Urban Services Line policies and possible initiation of amendments to the Land Use Element Henry Engen presented the staff report noting that Council had requested, at their last meeting, a discussion of the Urban Service Line (USL) with a view to possibly initiating amendments to the City's General Plan. Included in the agenda packet were excerpts of the City's General Plan pertaining to USL policies together with General Plan maps and excerpts from the Final EIR relative to possibly expanding the USL. Discussion and questions followed regarding land use implications of adjusting the USL, attendant costs, environmental impact possibilities and consultant costs, together with the ability of the sewer system to be expanded. Public Comments: Leo Korba, 10905 Santa Ana Road, questioned the direction that Council may be giving to staff with respect to high and low density development. He wondered whether the Atascadero State Hospital is being considered as part of the long range plan and encouraged contemplation of the Highway 41 bridge as part of the update. ---End of Public Testimony--- MOTION: By Councilman Carden, seconded by Mayor Bewley to initiate and expedite a General Plan update which would incorporate the south end specific plan area in the USL and review for potential commercial development property lying between Highway 101 and EI Camino Real; to expand the USL in the north portion of EI Camino Real to include at a minimum those properties directly facing EI Camino Real and potentially look at expanding further to the east in that area; look at expanding the USL west of Highway 101 on Del Rio Road; potentially re-zoning that area directly east of EI Camino Real in the area of Santa Ysabel for long-range planning; and to consider condensing the number of commercial designations; to change the current Neighborhood/Commercial on EI Camino Real to Commercial/Retail language. Motion carried on a roll call vote 3:2 (Councilmembers Highland and Luna). Councilmembers Johnson and Highland indicated that he would like to see clarification of the various components of the motion and the cost implications associated with each phase. Henry Engen reported that staff would prepare an environmental analysis and solicit requests for proposals regarding each component. Councilman Luna raised the need for neighborhood meetings to inform the public of what is being proposed. Mayor Bewley indicated support. Councilman Johnson remarked that the first step is to find out what the proposal will cost. Councilman Luna agreed. MOTION: By Councilman Carden, seconded by Councilman Johnson to delete the Santa Ysabel study area; motion carried 5:0 by roll call vote. Henry Engen clarified that staff's direction is to prepare an environmental review of the proposed General Plan amendment offered, including: 1) looking into consolidating some of the commercial designations, 2) expanding the USL to Santa Barbara Road at the south end of town and to designate the 62 acres that is in for a General Plan Amendment now as commercial, 3) to expand the USL along EI Camino Real up to and including anything that fronts EI Camino Real within the USL (including the Rochelle property), 4) look at expanding Del Rio Road on the west side of the freeway (Hemingway property) and 5) look at what the land uses might be with that change. Although staff would prepare the environmental analysis, he added, it would be necessary to contract for preparation of the EIR. Councilman Luna asked that these costs be included as part of the budget. Andy Takata indicated that he would meet with staff and work up some preliminary figures to include in the budget. He pointed out that the City Council will have to authorize, before expenditure of any funds, the contract for the consultant to prepare the EIR. D. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Andy Takata summarized the changes associated with relocating and consolidating the committee reports to the end of the Council's agenda. 1. S.L.O. Council of Governments (COG)/Regional Transit Authority (SLORTA) - Councilman Carden reported that there had been a commendation for Robert P. Nimmo at the last meeting for his services on that body. He noted that he had proposed that COG staff look into certifying the population of Paso Robles, Templeton and Atascadero as containing 50,000 people and thereby providing localities eligibility for hundreds of thousand of dollars more in transportation project assistance. E. INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION/AND OR ACTION: 1. City Council Mayor Bewley appointed Councilman Carden as the representative to the Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and Councilman Highland as the alternate. Councilman Carden indicated that he would be on vacation for most of the month of September. 2. City Manager Andy Takata noted that the Council meeting of August 23, 1994 would begin at 6:00 p.m. to consider the City's budget. F. ADJOURNMENT: The City Manager indicated that the City of Paso Robles had requested, due to the death of Paso Robles City Councilmember Steve Martin's mother and pending funeral arrangements, that the planned joint meeting of the city councils be rescheduled. Staff, he added, was seeking to re-schedule that meeting for Thursday, August 25, 1994. He recommended that the public hearings relating to the solid waste planning matters (C-1 (A) & (B)) continued earlier be conducted on that same date, immediately following the joint study session and the City Council concurred. THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:38 P.M. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1994 AT 6:00 P.M. MINUTES RECORDED BY: HENRY ENGEN,)COMMUNITC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 5:7 : LEE PRICE, City Clerk