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City manager announces bulky pickup, expanded trolley service and City Hall Friday hours
Summary
City Manager McDonald detailed several service and operations updates including free additional trash bags and bulky-item pickup scheduling, expanded Slow Trolley service July 3–Sept. 27, a July 1 fee schedule adjustment and City Hall reopening Fridays beginning July 7.
City Manager McDonald provided several operational announcements at the San Luis Obispo City Council meeting on June 17, including temporary and longer-term changes to city services and customer access.
For the city’s annual cleanup week, residents may place up to six extra bags of trash at no charge on their normal collection day. Account holders who call San Luis Garbage by June 20 can schedule one free bulky-item pickup (for example, a couch); leaving bulky items at the curb without scheduling may be treated as illegal dumping, McDonald said. Multi‑family complexes may place up to four bulky items; additional pickups can be scheduled at 50% of the regular charge. McDonald credited recent contract negotiations with the city’s waste hauler for the expanded options and directed customers to slowcity.org/recycle for details.
The city will run its Slow Trolley from July 3 through Sept. 27 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, operating roughly noon–8 p.m. on a continuous 30‑minute loop between downtown and the Upper Monterey Business District; fares will be 25¢ for seniors and disabled riders and 50¢ for others.
City managers also announced annual fee adjustments effective July 1. User fees will be adjusted by CPI or the previously discussed catch‑up increases; impact fees will rise by a construction cost index of 5.15%. The updated fee schedule will be posted at slowcity.org/fees.
City Hall front counter hours will expand to Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. starting July 7 (most other counters Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.) to increase public access. McDonald also noted open recruitment for several advisory body vacancies including the Area Agency on Aging, Administrative Review Board, Construction Board of Appeals, and Tree Committee; applications will be available via slowcity.org/advisory-body/vacancies and remain open for at least two to three weeks.
McDonald said the council’s July 1 meeting will be canceled and the next regular meeting will be July 15 with a “somewhat full agenda,” including easements, advisory appointments, grant agreements and an update on the building retrofit program.
