The San Luis Obispo City Council invites all interested persons to participate in a public meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. While the Council encourages public participation, growing concern about the COVID-19 pandemic has required that public meetings be held via teleconference. Meetings can be viewed on Government Access Channel 20 or streamed live from the City’s YouTube Channel at http://youtube.slo.city. Public comment, prior to the start of the meeting, may be submitted in writing via U.S. Mail delivered to the City Clerk’s office at 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 or by email to [email protected].
Public Hearing Items:
• A Public Hearing to consider a project (CITYWIDE, GENP-0188-2020) that proposes to amend the City’s General Plan to update Land Use Element, Policy 1.13.2 and Water and Wastewater Management Element, Program A7.3.4. This amendment would broaden the existing policy and program language to include both non-potable and recycled water supplies. The City’s Community Development Director determined the project qualifies for adoption of an Addendum to the 2018 Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact for the Water and Wastewater Management Element (EID 1455-2018) and Addendum to the 2014 Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Land Use and Circulation Element Update (SCH # 2013121019) in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. The City’s Planning Commission approved Resolution PC-1009-20 recommending the City Council adopt the proposed amendments and the Addendum at its May 13, 2020 meeting. Copies of the proposed amendments to the Land Use Element and Water and Wastewater Management Element and the Addendum can be found on the City’s website at slocity.org.
For more information, contact Jennifer Metz, Project Manager, in the City’s Utilities Department at (805) 748-1335 or by email, [email protected].
• A Public Hearing to consider rescinding and readopting a Resolution establishing a Clean Energy Choice Policy for New Buildings; introducing implementing Ordinances including local amendments to the 2019 California Building Code “Reach Code” and an amendment to Title 17 establishing limited term regulatory flexibility for all- electric new buildings; and approving guidance regarding the administration of the program.
For more information, contact:
Teresa McClish, Special Projects Manager, in the City’s Community Development Department at (805) 783-7840 or by email, [email protected].
Chris Read, Sustainability Manager, in the City’s Administration Department at (805) 781-7151 or by email, [email protected]
• A Public Hearing to: 1) Introduce an Ordinance rezoning the subject properties from C-D-H TO C-D-H-PD to provide a Planned Development Overlay, 2) Development Review of a six-story mixed-use building consisting of approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial/office space and 50 residential dwelling units, within the Downtown Historic District. The project includes demolition of an existing structure, a request to allow a maximum building height of 75 feet, where 50 feet is the standard in the Downtown Commercial Zone with the provision of required community benefits, and a request to allow a floor area ratio of 4.0 with the permanent preservation of an off-site historic building, and 3) Adopt an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Review (CEQA) (1144 Chorro, ARCH-1687-2018).
For more information, contact Kyle Bell, Associate Planner, in the City’s Community Development Department at (805) 781-7524 or by email, [email protected].
The City Council may also discuss other hearings or business items before or after the items listed above. If you challenge the proposed project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Reports for this meeting will be available for review online at www.slocity.org no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please call the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 781-7100 for more information. The City Council meeting will be televised live on Charter Cable Channel 20 and live streaming on the City’s YouTube channel https://youtube.slo.city.