SLO Council OKs plan to develop Orcutt area

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• Orcutt-area voters approve controversial SLO annexation

  Orcutt-area voters approve controversial SLO annexation

  Residents of the contested Orcutt area near San Luis Obispo voted to allow annexation by the city Tuesday, paving the way for millions of dollars of residential and commercial development to fall under the city’s jurisdiction.

  Twenty-nine people voted in favor of the city’s plan to annex the area. Eighteen voted against it.

  Only the 55 registered voters said to be living in the area were eligible to vote on the issue. Election results released Tuesday night showed that 47 of the 55 people registered to vote in the area did so by mail ballot.

• Atascadero’s ideal downtown

  Atascadero’s ideal downtown

  In Atascadero’s ideal downtown, key gathering places and businesses are linked by pedestrian-friendly pathways. Such a vision is laid out in its downtown revitalization master plan adopted about a decade ago.

  While many of the plan’s ideas are still conceptual, a pedestrian footbridge project over Atascadero Creek could be complete in a year. The project also features a plaza, walking trail and creek restoration.

  Renderings of the approximately $1.6 million bridge and plaza project, now in the design phase, show people strolling between downtown’s Sunken Gardens and the new Colony Square. The footbridge will stretch from East Mall over the creek and into the shopping plaza.

• Downtown Atascadero: Plans for creek coming into focus

  Downtown Atascadero: Plans for creek coming into focus

  Plans for Atascadero’s new creekside plaza and footbridge — the latest efforts in the city’s downtown revitalization — continue to take shape with fresh additions such as memorial bricks and a time capsule.

  The City Council last week approved the design of the multi-element project for the area of Atascadero Creek between the Sunken Gardens and Colony Square. Construction is slated for next year.

  Also included in the plans are a walking trail, creek habitat work and improvements to an adjacent public parking lot that’s currently dedicated to construction on the historic City Hall.

• Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Government Watch: A roundup of this week’s agendas

  Arroyo Grande City Council. Meets Tuesday. 473-5400. Amend contract regarding retirement system for local police employees; consider whether to maintain two-hour restricted parking in the Village on West Branch and East Branch streets between Traffic Way and Mason Street, and on Bridge Street off West Branch Street, and eliminate all other existing restricted two-hour and 30-minute parking in the Village.

  Atascadero City Council. Meets Tuesday. 461-5000. Vacation leave accrual policy; changes to the restaurant stimulus loan program; update on City Council goals.

  Grover Beach City Council. Meets Monday. 473-4567. Update on funding and scope of project to improve West Grand Avenue area; update on city’s five-year capital improvement program.

• SLO Council to consider mail-only vote on Orcutt-area annexation

  SLO Council to consider mail-only vote on Orcutt-area annexation

  The San Luis Obispo City Council will consider on Aug. 16 setting a special mail-only election for Nov. 15 to determine the fate of the long-sought annexation of a 231-acre stretch of land in the Orcutt area southeast of San Luis Obispo.

  Only the 54 registered voters living in the area will be eligible to vote.

  A majority vote, 50 percent plus one, would be needed to overturn the annexation approved by the San Luis Obispo County Local Agency Formation Commission in April.