Planning Commission Meeting Update

June 10, 2009                          Wednesday                           7:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

ROLL CALL:        Commissioners Michael Boswell, Michael Draze, Eric Meyer, Airlin Singewald, Mary Whittlesey, Vice-Chairperson Michael Multari, and Chairperson Charles Stevenson 

                        Chairperson Stevenson was absent. 

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA:  The agenda was accepted as presented.

MINUTES:  Minutes of May 27, 2009.   Approved as submitted. 

PUBLIC COMMENT:    None. 

PUBLIC HEARINGS: 

1.   City-wide.  GPCI 48-09:  General Plan Conformity Report for the proposed Capital Improvement Program as part of the 2009-11 Financial Plan; City of San Luis Obispo, applicant.  (Kim Murry) 

Staff provided information regarding the Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) program proposed as part of the 2009-2011 Financial Plan and explained the Commission’s role in determining whether the proposed projects conform to the General Plan.  There were no public comments and the Commission had no questions regarding the projects proposed.  Several Commissioners expressed support for the clarity of the budget process and encouraged members of the public to review the City’s budget documents if they were interested in seeing how the City achieves its goals by budgeting for implementation of the General Plan and priorities set by the community through Measure Y. 

The Planning Commission voted 6:0 (Stevenson was absent) to recommend to the City Council that the proposed CIP program for the 2009-2011 Financial Plan is consistent with the General Plan. 

2.   City-Wide.  GPI 3-08:  Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Project; City of San Luis Obispo, applicant.  (Kim Murry)

Kim Murry provided introductory comments and examples regarding the City’s long-standing efforts toward sustainability and then introduced Geoffrey Chiapella, Cal Poly Masters Student, who prepared the Emissions Inventory for the City of San Luis Obispo.  Mr. Chiapella summarized the legislative background as well as the process, data sources, peer review, and results of the greenhouse gas emissions inventory.  Both municipal government and community-wide emissions were documented and presented.  Commissioners praised the efforts of Mr. Chiapella, asked questions, and provided comments regarding areas of the report that would benefit from further clarifications.  Staff from PMC Consultants who provided peer review of the draft report were in attendance and provided clarification in response to several questions.

The Planning Commission recommended the report be presented to the City Council once edits in response to the points of clarification have been made.

COMMENT AND DISCUSSION: 

3.      Staff 

    a.  Agenda Forecast - Staff provided a forecast of items to be presented at the July 24^th meeting. 

4.      Commission - None

ADJOURNMENT   

Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Planning Commission regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development, 919 Palm Street, during normal business hours.