Minutes 1967-05-23
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CITY COUNCIL MA,Y 23rd, 1967
ARROYO GRANDE, CALIFOItNIA ~ ~
The City Council met in regular session with l~ayor Wood presiding.
Upon xoll call'~ouncilwoman '~hompson, CounciLmen Levine, SchLegel, and
Burt reported presente
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOGATI~N
Mayor Wood Led t e PLedge of Allegiance to the Unit~d States of
Ameriea; and immediately thereafter Reverend Father Joe W~,tt, of Ste
Patrick's Catholic Church of Arroyo Grande, deLivered the invocatione
APPRO VAL OF MINUTES
e minutes of the reguLar meeting of May 9, 1967 were approved
as prep,ared,
APPROVAL OF WARRANTS
T A motion was made by Councilwoman Thompson, seconded by Council-
man Levine, ~hat General Warrants No~ 996 to and incLudin No. 1033
in ~he totaL amount of $L4,629.61; PayroLL Warrants No. 1~99 to and in-
cluding No, 14~63 in the total amount of $L~,349e29, & Tru~t ~nd ,
Agency Warrants No, 220 to and incLuding No. 225 in the totaL amount
of $30e00, be approved and ordered paida Motion ca~ried,
FEE EXEMPT BUS, LICe FIjIE CITIES JR, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO SELL FIRE-
WORKS
City Administrator Biatch rEad 'a Letter from the Five Cities
Junior Chamber of ~ommerce requesting a fee exempt business License
to sell safe and sane f ir~works in the WiLliams~ Brathers Shopping
G~nter from June 29 through JuLy 4, 1967~ Mre DeLwyn G. Wayner,
Project Chairman for the Five C ities Chamber of Commerce, oralLy
stated the Five Cities Jaycees have ~und raising projects such as
f ireworks sales to help support community deveLopment projects, and re-
quested the Council's ~pprovaL for the fee exempt License.
A~~~er Council discussion, a motion was made by CounciLman Burt,
seconded by CounciLman Schl.egel, that the Five Gities Junior Chamber
of Commerce be issued a fee exempt Lic~nse for the purpose o€ selling
safe and sane fireworks from June 29 through JuLy 4, 1967, at the Lo-
cation of the WiLliams'~` Brothers' Shopping Centers Motion c~rried.
LETTER FROM CITY OF PZSMO BEACH SUPPORTING CITY STAND - OCEANO AIRPORT
City Adminis rator Butc rea a etter rom t e City o Pismo
Beach, notifing this City that the City of Pismo Beach has gone on
record supporting and endorsing the Oceano Airport Improvement plan
prepered by the San Luis Obispo ~ounty Pilo~s' Associ~tion. ~
NOTTCE OF PROPQSED COUNTY HIGHWAY MEETTNG - MAY 25th 1967
C ty Adm~.nistrator Butc a vi~e noti ication as een received
from the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce that a County-W~.de High-
way Meeting wi1L be heLd on Thursday, May 25th, at 7:30 P.M. in the~
Supervisors' Chambers of the Courthouse.Annex.' An item'of discussion wi
be the possibiLity of t~he County Economic DeveLopment Committee
handLing the County-wide Highway Meetings as this Committee may t~ave
more authority, and perhaps greater ability, to coordinate aLl the.
requeste from ~he various areas of thie County. After Council dis-
cussion, it was agreed that a11 Council members possible wouLd atten.d~
this meetin~, as requestedo
MUNTGIPAL CODE - AMENDMENT - FIRE ZONES -~FIRST READTNG
~ity Administrator Butc rev~.ewed requirements o the Fire Zone
Ordinance now in effect and outlined the areas of the City which are
affected by each fire zone, stating that with the creation and adop-
tion of the Central Business District, the F~.re Zones as previously
adopted did not now encompass the areas of original intent, and it has
been brough~ to the attention of the City Staff that Fire Zone L
appears ~o be too restrictive Eor some areas of the City which are in-
cluded within Fire Zone Le Rev. Kenneth Criswell, of the Methodist
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Church, was advi.sed by City Attorney Shipsey th~t the present st$tus
of the new construction addition to the Method~.st Ct~urch, Loc~ted in
Fire Zone L, could not be al~tered until the ~ ffecti~e dats aft~r the'
adoption of a proposed ordinance am~nding the preser~t Fire Zon~s in t`he
C ity of Arroyo Grande, which proposed ord~nance, as presented, woul.d
place the entire City in Fire Zone 3. After Cauncil discussion,-it was
egreed further s~uay ehould be g~.ven th~ cu~tter of Fire ~ones for fila~
C ity of Arroyo Grande, and in the intera.m an ordinance amendment be
adopted to relieve some over-restrictive ~reas. City Attorney Shipsey
read, for its first reading, the title of ~,n -0rdinance amend~ing the .
Municipal Code relating to Fire Zones in the City of Arroyo Grande.
Thereafter, a motion was mad~ by Councilwoman Thompson, seconded by
CounciLman Levine, to dispense with reading the balance of the Ordi-
nance. Motion unanim~ously c8rried.
PUBZIC HEARING FOR CURB AND GUTTER TNS`I'AL"L~A,TION. SO;. ALP~NE S-'~.~-,-~~.,
SHOR -1- 1L A~ , ; ; , , .
City A ministra~or Butch reviewed those areas af So~.th Alpine St.
in which curb and gutter instaLlation Y~as been rsquest~d, and_also
the procedure to be foLlowed in the use of the 131L,Act (Short Fo,xt~~).
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After b~ing assured by City CLerk Ma.lLer ~hat the properties ~~d
bee,n posted and the property owners notified as,re.quired by.Law, Mayor`
Wood declared the pro~t~sfi hearing open and any person for or against
the instalLation of cnncrete curbs,.gutters, and drive~ray aprons on:-
portions of Sou~h:ALpine Street, by use o~' ~he short ,esses~ment dis~rict~
wauld now ~e heard. As ~Chere'was rio discu~sion for,ox against ~he.;
inataLLa~tion, Mayor Wc~ad dec:Lared the hearing cLosed. After Cauti~il
•~~discussian a motion was m~d~ by CaunciLman Schlege:l, seconded:by _
Councilman Bur~, that .the ins~elLata.on af curbs, gutters, and drive-
way aprons by use of fi'he 19L1 A.ct Short Assessment District be approve.d.
Motion was carried on the foLLowing roll. c~ll vote:
AYES: CounciLwoman Thompson, CounciLmen Levine, Schlegel,
Burt, and M~yor Wood,
NDES: None
ABSENT ~ I~one _
ADOPTION - MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT - STREET TREES
City A,ttorney S s.psey read t e t~tLe of an Ordinance amending the
Mt~nicipal Code reLating to Street Trees, Thereafter, a motion was
made by Counciiman Levine, seconded by CounciLwoman Thompson, to dis-
pense with reading the balance of the Ordinance, Motion unanimously
cerried.
ORDINANCE NO. 8 C.S.
ORDZNAN~E OF T'HE C.TTY OF '~RROYO GRANDE AMENDING
CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 10 Og THE ~RROYO GRANDE
.~MUNI~IPAL CODE R,EL~,TING T0 TREES SHRUB~. AND
PY~i.NZ'S
On motion of CounciLwoman Thamp~on, seconded by CounciLman Lev~~e,
and by the foL_Lo,wing_ raLL ceLL vote, to 'wit: ' , . ~
AYES~ CounciLwoman Thott~pson, Councilmen Levine, Schlegel,
B~rt, and Mayor Wood , ^Y4
NOESc None , ; A
w ABSENT: None _ .
the foregoing Ordin~nce w~s passed,and.adopted thi~ ~3rd day of May,-
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CITY COUN~IL
A,RROYO GRANDF~, CA.LIFORNIA, 23rd., 1967
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PROPOSED UNDP,R:GROUI?]D t~~T'~I;ITy ORDINA,NCE
The Couricil discus~ed portions ~f the prc~po~ed ~.nderground utzLity
ordinance. Ferry McBeth, r~presentativ~ of P~.cifie Gas and Electric
Co., outlinedl some portions whieh his Company feLt were in conflict~
with other partions of the proposed Ordinance, The Council agresd
further review and study of the propo~ed ~rdinance shouLd be held
prior to the ordinance adoption, and that stczdy session be heLd 7:30
P.M., May 31, 1967,
' PROPOSED ~TGN ORI,~TNA.N~E ,
After CouncilL discussion, it was agreed to hold a further study
session on the proposed sign ordinan~e incLuding the Council, as a
body, touring the City ta asc~r.tain the number and quaLity of signs ,
that wi11 be effected by the proposed sigx~ ordinance, ~
UNIFORM SA,LES T,A,X FOR ALZ CITIES IN SLO CQ MAYORS' LUNCHEON MEETING `
MAY 2_
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Mayor Wood stafied that a11 arrangements ~~,ve been made ~s au~hor-
ized for ~he Luncheon meeting of Mayors ~f the Six incorporated Gities
in San Luis 0'bispo Ccaunty to disccsss cities intent regarding the re-
quest for uni:form~.ty ot saYes tax d~.~~t~°ibu~ion in San Luis Obispo
County,
A~~R~ZE CAL7G k'OR BIDS PAGKAGE I.NSURA.NCE PQLTCY FOR CITY - JUNE 22
City Adm i.~.is~rator B~.tch advised that oezr current Liability in-
surance c~avera~e wiYL expire JuLy L, 1967 and requested authorization
b~ granted to advertis~ a~aY.1 far bids for insurance covera~e to in-
cLude Liabil.i~y, fi.re, mGmey~ emp~.~y,~~ ~Q~d and an a11.-risk fLoatera
By ineL~di,ng a11 t~e Ci~yts ix~sur~n~ce ~caverages in one p~Package In-
surance PoLicy,4P it is an~.~icipated cost for insura~.ce wi11 be much
Less, as w~L1 as making the administratian of sam~e much easier.
' A~ter Council discussion, a motion was made by Councilwoman
Thompson, secon.d~d by CaunciLman Levine, tha~ the City Clerk be auth-
orized and instructed to advertise the call for bids for trPackage -
Insurancept coverage for the Gity`of Arroyo Gr~.nde, bids to be open
Jun~ 22, 1967 at 2:00 P.M, in the Gouncil Chambers o£ ~he Arroyo
Grande Cit~y HaLLa Motion unanimously carried, :
LEAGUE OF CA,LIFORNYA CITIES p LEGISIATIVE BULLETIN DIGEST REPORT
City Adm~.nistrator Butc reviewe t e Lega.s at~ve Bu etin re-
ceived from the Leagu.e af Cali£ornia Cities' which outLined those biLLs
now before the AssembLy and Senate for immediate action. No action'
regarding the Legisla,tive Bulletin was taken by the Council at this
t ime e
COUNCIL AUTHORIZAT30N FOR FIRE DEPT. TQ RAZE STRUGTtTR~ - CIVIC CENTER
FORMERLY PENCE PROPERTY
C~ty Administrator Butch ~avisea the Council ~hat the residence
owned by the C'ity at 2p2 E. Branch Street is now vac~nt and the eon-
dition of the stru.cture is such that it wouLd require extensive re-
pairs to put it int~o conditicon for occup~ncy; and as removal of the
structure to alLow enlargement of the parking area at the Civic
Center is proposed in the 1967-68 Budget, it is recommended that
authorization, as requested by the Fire Dept,, be ~pproved for this
Depar~ment to burn ~he structure for dri11 practice £or the Firemen,,
After Council discussion, a motion was made by Counciiman'Levine,
seconded by CounciLwoman Thompson, tha-~ the,Fire D~partment be granted
authorization to burn the st~ructure at 202 E, Branc~ St, as fire dr'ill,
practice on June L, G9 '~Y9 and 6, 1967 as requested by the Fire Depart-
ment, Motion unanimousLy carried~
PRESENTATION OF 1967-68 PRELIMINARY NIUNCIPAL BUDGET
The Council received cop~.es of t e sub~ect budget; after_which
the CounciT concLuded thet a study session regard~ng seme, a~ rae1l as'
ot~her items of business, wouLd be heLd during the ~djourned Meeting of
the Council to be held on May 3L, 1967,
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~4~~J GRA.NDE ~ ~A.L~F°ORNIA PA~~ ~
'P`R~.S~N`~:~'~ON F~F'cST AI~NtF~.I; 1ZEF'~~~' G~~` ~'~4.~K.S ~N~ P7.,A.NNII~Y~ D~PA~'~"m
MENfiS AS PR~PA,RED BY SUCH DEPAR°TMEl'~TS ° DIR~~°I°~~
The Cotzn~~.9. receivec~9 re~ie~red and tl~~~e~.fter d~.rected tc~ fiLe ~t~~
'~~.bjec~ ~°e~~to '~h€~ Cc~~,n~~.~. ~cui~~d ~c~mm~r~e~~~~.~n ~the Park~ ~r~d P~.an~
nin~ Dire~tor for° such ~~pc~r~,
~E~GETVE ~~I~S AND AWARD~~C Ct~N°I°RA,~`~° R~P;~1~~~~G ~E~7CAIN P~l~"~IOl~S
: S U'~'H A INE S'IdREE~' ~1~D HIL7~C12EST DR~VE
' e Co~:ncil w~s adviseel by t e Gi~y A.dm~.n~~tr°at~r t~t bi¢~~ ~er-
~t~xn~.n~ to ~he s~b~e~~t ~ra~~.ti~ ~~n~~~°~.~t~.~n w~~~ c~~~~~c~ M~~ Y.~,
Pal~o in ~he ~~cxnc~L Ghat~ber~ o~ -~hc~ A;r~c~~c~ Grsnde G~.ty
;~3aLL ~~s foLLow~ o
~'ecI W~t~Ci~s Cons~~°uc°~i~n ~q n 5, 099A ~i0
Mad1~n~s~ ~c~n~tru~~tiom ~c~ a 4, 989 e~(~
Ao ~e Di~~ni ~+9~26~3~
M o ,7 0 ~.~~°mr~ck , "~rz~ ~ 428 < 70 _
~~~~er ~~a~~.~~~, d~~~~.~~~.c~n9 ~ mc~~~o~. ~~;s m~d~ l~y Cdex~~~lm~.n SchLegel,
~eco~dec~ I~~ ~o~.nciLm~~ B~.~~ 9~~~~ ~~.e ~~r~~n c~f Ma J o Herm~eek Gom~~ny `
~e ara~rded t~~ c~~~~°~.ct fc~,~ ~~.v~n~ ~t~.case ce~x°~.~in ~~ar~t~.~r~~s c~f Sti;` ~~~~~.e~
` Street~ H~LI.~x°~s~t Dx°ive P~~ ~pe~i~a~~~.Ly set fort~i in ~he sp~~ifics~
t~.~~?s ~o~° s~:~'h ~t~~et pavin~ ~anstructi~n, ~nd a~ wi~.Y. be ~et fc~rt~i ~.n
th+~, s~.b~e~~ C~ntract e~ith the City ~f A~rc~~so Gra~nde ~nd Me ,T~ Her~m;reek
'~om~sany, Mca~ic~n una.nimr~~zsiy ~~r~°a~~d,
i7EED ACCEPTA1~tCE ~ BR~CSC~ R~.4,~-R~CGEi'~ (~F WAY p~33:m B, M~GA,SLIN
Af~~r pr~scnt~.t~.~n c~f p~r~inent f~c~ex~Y inf~rmat~.~n t~ the Cc~~n~i1
b~ C~,t~ Admi.n~s~ra°~c~r° B~~ch, ~nd ~~ter ~o~xn~c~Y. d~~cussion, a motimn
w~s made by ~~~.neiLwr~m~n Thomps~n., seconded by CounciY.man Sch~.egel, that
the 'Gr~nt I~e~d fram H, B, McC~sl~.n, for ~~.~t certain proper~y L~~c$ted
t~n ar~d aLang the N~r~hw~ste~~.~ s~.de c~~ Brisc~ Rd,:, n.ear its int~r~~~~.i.on
~ith Grand Avenue, be ~~cepted by ~he C~.°ty of Arr~yo Grande, and th~t
t= : tk~e Ma~or $nd ~he ~i:ty ~Y.erk be au~h~rized to sign ~~e Cer~ifi~~te c~~
Accept~nce,, x~nd th~~ saic] deed be recorded b Mot~on ~.~~n~.~aaously carriecl.
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A,~T~'H~~TZATION `T~ AI~~RT'LSE GAL~I, ~°(~R BTDS F~R INST.ALIA`TSON OF ~1:) ~~A,~'~
'RC9AD `~'T~R ~INE :~TS FINA~L 4PL(~dP~Y ~OMP"LE'~I~N AND ~F 2 WATER L~N~
ON ELM STRE~~' BE'I°WE~I FARREI~L "R~OAD ~ND ~AIR OA.K AVENUE
A~~~r
~e~~.t~~~. iscu~sion9 ~ m~~t~.on w~.s rnade y CounciLm~n SchLegeL~
sec~nded: b~ ~ctxn~~,Lr~an Bu.r~,: that ~h~'C~.ty Cierk be ins~ructed and
~.u~huri~ec~ ~o €~d~rc~r~ise th~ ~aLL fc~r bids for tfie necessary fnstalla-
ti~ri c~f tk~c~~`e ~~r~t~.~n r~r~.-ter 1in~~ on V~lley Raad and an ELm Str~et be~-
'~~'~e~~. ~'~:rr~~.i R~~d and F$~.~° ~aks A.~renue, w~iich bid~ are to open+~d '
:~~~tn+e i2;. 1967 2000 P,M, in ~l~e Council Chambex°~ af the Arrayo Gr~nd~
C~.~ Ha~:lo Mo~ta.on ~.~:~ni~nQ~~L~ C~~~i~as .
, ' ° ~'T.1~Ti~~ =~PC~R°T ~ ~~U°I`~TT SAN LUI:S ~9~ISP~ C~UN`~Y SA~TITATI~N DISTRICT
- T' e C;o~at~~i was ~dvise y~ e C~ty Ac~m~n~str~t~r ~~t ~ preli:rni~
,~;a~~ b~dge~ fc~r L967-68 w~s di.rc~~sed by ~&~e D~~tri~t ~ s Boar~t of s
~~r+~c~~or~ ~,t' their L~~~ regul~.~° mee~~.~.go
COMMENDATI~~T B~I'' DELW~~N G, WAYNEk, '~EMB~R OF F~VE CITIES JAYCEES TQ ~I'~'
AND CITY ~0'fJ'N~~L
Mra De1 W~yner, a newcomer to this area from San Jose, expressed
commendati~~: Y4ta ~.LLYp those pers~n~ invol~red ~nd res~onsible for the
m$n:ner in w~ii~h. ~he City of Arroyo Grand~ fe~n~:~ta.~~s €zne] c~nducts the
s~fairs of t~.i~ munic~.paLityo
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PROPOSED ANNEXA.TION OF OCEANO , AND OTI~EFL A12EAS CI°~~' ARR~YO
GRA.NDE THROUGH RESOLU'I'ION ~ APPLICAiTI~1V~ ~,C~~AL A.GENG~" F°OR'MATT~N
C OMMI S SI.ON
Discussion wa~ held re~~.rding the ~~apr~~ed annexatimn of ~the Commtx-
nity of Oceano, and cer~ain other area~, to th.e City of Arroyo Gr~.nde
through proper appLic~.~tion to LAFCa o At th~ direc~~.on of the Coun:cil,
the Ci~y Administr~.~tor ou~lined, by map means, the prop~~ed ar~as of
annexation to the Cityo '~he gener~.1 s~udy da.~c~ssicsn of the proposed
ar~asf annexation was entered into by -~he persons of the Arroyo Grande
City Council, City Administrator Bu~ch, Messr,so Carl S~ith and AL
Baughman who are residents of the Oceano cc~mm~nity, ~.nd others,
After fczrther Gc>uncil dis~ussion, m~tion was made by CounciLmen
Levine, seconded by Councilwoman Thom~sc~n9 that Gity Attorney
. Shipsey be authorized ~.rid instru~teel tc~ prepare •the requisite reso~-
Lution-applica~ions for the p~°op~~ed annex~.~i~n of the Communit~ of
Oceano, and of other a~°eas, to the City of A.r°~oyo Grande, through
presenta~tion and fiLin~ of s~me to the Local Agency Form~xtion Cr~mmis-
sion of the County of San Luis ~bispo4 ~'~e stabject motion was ~unanti-
mo~:~ly c~.rried" b~r ReaY1 ~aLY. Vcte a~s fo1.lc~wrs o
AYES a Councilwoma.n T°hompson, Councilmen Levine, Burt .
and Mayor Wood
NOESD None
ABSENT' e None
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ELKS 4 ANI~TCTAL PARA.DE AND RODEO - C~UNC~L PARTICIPA.TION IN PARADE - JUNE
3~ 1967
Tine ~zty Admin~~tratar b~ought tc~ t~ie a~tention of the Gouncil
their ~orthcoinirig~ gaart~cipation °i~ ~1~e Annual El~s ° Parade in S~nta
Maria on Saturday9 June 3, 1967,
LOPEZ DAM GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY AND 4tALL-OUTYY BARBE UE HELD MAY 2 L,
_L__~) & SgE~ZAZ THANKS TO BARBEQUE COMMITTEE FR~M A.RROYO GRANDE ~
After Couneil discussion of tt~e subject s~.ccessful TtLopez ~aypt,
the City Admini.strator was directed t~ farward a Letter of than~is to
the Barbeq~.e Committee, h~aded by Dick Werst, who so capably pr~pared
the deLiciotxs entree for the TPa11-ou~pp b~.rbeque held in celebration .
of the Lo~sez Dam~ Gxound BrEaking.
~,ETTER OF THANKS FROM COUNCYL T0 CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO RE. LA. FIESTA
PARADE LUNCHEON
T e Council directed City Administrator Butch to convey th~ir
thanks to the Gity of Sa~ Luis Obispo, through correspondence, ~or
the delightful L~ncheon to which they were invited and which th~y so
enjoyed ~.fter the La Fiesta Parade ~n May 20th Last,
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ATTENDANCE BY COUNCILWOMAN THOMPSON TO MEETING OF R~CREA.T°ION COMMIT-
EE OF LOPEZ DAM PROJECT ,
Councilwoman Thompson reported to the Council that she had re-
centLy attended this subject meeting, and she expressed that the pro-
posed Recrea~ion Element of the Lopez project, presented there, wes
to be prso besutiful44 upon final,itya
ATTEN.L~A.N~E BY COUNCILMA.N LEVINE TO DOWNTOWN MER~HANTS r C~MMIT'I°EE
CounciLman L~vine ~dvised he ad attended this Committee meet-
ing on Friday, May 19, and tl~at the en~Ehusiasm and ideas forthcoming
from such group, as we11 ~s their accomplished progress, were indeed
commendable.
ADJOURNMENT TO EXECTIVE SESSION
On motion by ~o~unci~.woman Tl~ompson, seconded by CounciLman Levine,
and un~,nim~usly carried, the Council adj~~.rned to an Exectxti~e Session
at 9:56 PmM, °
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RECONVENEMENT OF COUNCIL
e Counc~ reconvened in the Council Ch.ambers at 10.14 PoM,
wi~h a11 members being present as hereinbefore reported on ro11 caLle
ADJOURNMENT
On motion by Cot~ncilman Schlegel, seconded by G~uncilman Burt,
and unanimously car.ried, the meetir~g adjourned at LOe15 P,M, until
5:00 P,M., May 31, 1967,
ATTESTo
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