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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2010.11.01 CITY G BURLINGAME iy0ogn 1 900 Nl.TEO JUNE� BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of November 1, 2010 1. CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Cathy Baylock called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Cub Scouts Pack 128, Den 6. 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Baylock, Brownrigg, Deal, Keighran, Nagel COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: �- 4. MINUTES Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 18, 2010 regular Council. meeting; seconded by Councilman Deal. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 5. PRESENTATION a. RECOGNITION OF MAYORAL DELEGATION FROM THE MEXICAN STATE OF SINALOA FinDir Nava introduced the 18 Mayors from the State of Sinaloa, Mexico who were visiting here on a trip organized by ICMA Latino America. The purpose of the trip was to introduce them to local government management in the United States with particular emphasis on the "Council-Manager" form of government. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. REQUEST FOR A FINDING OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY (PCN) PURSUANT TO SECTION 23958.4 OF CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE, RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR A TYPE 42 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES PERMIT ISSUED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ALCOHOLIC CONTROL BOARD (ABC), TO PERMIT WINE TASTING, AS REQUESTED BY AVTAR S. JOHAL (DBA PRESTIGE LIQUORS/WINE STOP) LOCATED AT 1300 BURLINGAME AVENUE 1 Burlingame City Council November 1, 2010 Approved Minutes CDD Meeker reviewed the staff report and advised that the applicant, Avtar Johal currently has a Type 21 alcohol beverage license that permits off-sale alcohol sales at his store, Prestige Liquors/Wine Stop, located -� at 1300 Burlingame Avenue. Mr. Johal has applied for Type-42 permit as a supplement to his license to allow wine tasting at the store. CDD Meeker further advised that PC Wood had reviewed the request and had included some additional conditions. He requested Council conduct a public hearing on the request for wine tasting at Prestige Liquors/Wine Stop store and consider public testimony. Mayor Baylock opened the public hearing and Burlingame resident Pat Giorni spoke on the item. Mayor Baylock closed the public hearing. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 83-2010 determining that the public convenience and necessity would be served by the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Board's issuance of a Type-42 alcoholic beverage sales license to Avtar Johal, doing business as Prestige Liquors/Wine Stop, 1300 Burlingame Avenue, including the additional conditions imposed by the Police Chief, seconded by Vice Mayor Nagel. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5 —0. b. CONSIDER REQUESTS RELATED TO THE SPLIT OF A SINGLE PARCEL INTO TWO PARCELS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1301-1311 BURLINGAME AVENUE : (i) REQUESTS FOR ADOPTION OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVAL OF VARIANCES FROM MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND LOT FRONTAGE STANDARDS FOR A LOT SPLIT OF ONE LOT INTO TWO LOTS; (ii) TENTATIVE AND FINAL PARCEL MAP FOR A LOT SPLIT OF A PORTION OF LOT 8, BLOCK 5, TOWN OF BURLINGAME NO. 1 SUBDIVISION CDD Meeker reviewed the staff report and advised that the property owner recently listed Parcel B (13 09 and 1311 Burlingame Avenue) for sale and was under the assumption that the Parcel was separate from Parcel A since it had a separate assessor's parcel number. A title report revealed that was not the case and the two parcels had never been formally subdivided. The applicant is now proposing to split the subject lot into two lots, referred to as Parcel A and Parcel B, in the Tentative Parcel Map. Mayor Baylock opened the public hearing. Burlingame attorney Mark Hudak spoke on behalf of the applicant and requested Council adopt the negative declaration and approve the lot split. There were no further comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Vice Mayor Nagel made a motion to adopt Resolution No.88-2010 approving a negative declaration and variances for lot size and lot frontage standards for a lot split of one lot into two lots, Parcel A and Parcel B, on property located at 1301-1311 Burlingame Avenue, located within C-1, Subarea A, Burlingame Commercial Area; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve a tentative and final parcel map for a lot split of a portion of Lot 8, Block 5, Town of Burlingame No. 1 Subdivision; seconded by Councilman Deal. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS In view of the Giants World Series game taking place during the meeting, Burlingame resident Charles Voltz spoke on the tradition for notifying the Supreme Court Justices of a World Series game score when they are 2 Burlingame City Council November 1,2010 Approved Minutes meeting in private conference. He also spoke about the"Make Your Voice Heard on High Speed Rail"rally on Sunday, November 7, 2010. Burlingame resident Pat Giorni urged citizens to visit Senator Joe Simitian's website and voice their concerns about high speed rail. There were no further comments from the floor. 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING VEHICLE HEIGHT RESTRICTION SIGNAGE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE BAYSHORE INDUSTRIAL AREA DPW Murtuza reviewed the staff report regarding height restriction signage in the Bayshore Industrial Area. He advised that the City was approached by business/property owners concerning problems with large, high- panel trucks parking on the streets for extended periods of time. He further advised that the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission reviewed and approved installing vehicle height restriction signage along Hinckley, Stanton, Malcolm, Mitten, and Cowan Roads. He requested direction to either authorize funding of the project with$14,000.00 from the City Manager's contingencies reserve or wait until the next fiscal year to implement the work. Council discussion followed and the Council members reached consensus to fund the project with the $14,000 from the City Manager's contingencies reserve fund to be paid back in July of the next fiscal year when Public Works has it in their budget. Councilman Brownrigg deferred to the majority,but did not support consensus. b. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE TRAFFIC, SAFETY & PARKING COMMISSION The staff report requested applications for two vacancies on the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission. The application deadline date was set for December 3, 2010. C. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING 2010 TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT AND GIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2011 CA Guinan reviewed the staff report and requested Council adopt Resolution No. 84-2010 declaring its intention to levy 2011 annual assessments for the San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District and set a public hearing for December 6, 2010. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to adopt the Resolution 84-2010 and set the public hearing for December 6, 2010; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. d. COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING FREE HOLIDAY PARKING FOR BURLINGAME AVENUE BUSINESS DISTRICT DPW Murtuza reviewed the staff report and advised that the Downtown Business Improvement District has requested that the City provide free holiday parking in select parking lots on the first four Thursdays of December. He said the DBID believes free holiday parking will encourage shoppers to come downtown and spend time shopping and dining. He also advised that the loss of revenue is estimated to be between $10,000 and $14,000. 3 Burlingame City Council November 1,2010 Approved Minutes CM Nantell advised that he believed that the DBID would contribute $5,000,but not the $7,000 the City had requested in order to cover half of the loss of revenue. Council discussion followed and Council expressed the need for a commitment from the DBID that they will contribute $5,000 or the City will not support it. They also expressed the need to heavily advertise the free parking, ask the DBID to commit that their employees not park in the free lots, and ask the businesses to advise the City if they benefitted from the free parking and if their sales were improved from the same time a year ago. 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Baylock requested 9c be pulled for further discussion. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve items 9a, b, d of the consent calendar; seconded by Councilman Deal. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SHAW PIPELINE FOR DOWNTOWN BURLINGAME AVENUE AREA WATER, SEWER AND STORM DRAIN UTILITY SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT PROJECT, PHASE IA DPW Murtuza requested Council Resolution No. 85-2010 awarding a construction contract for the downtown Burlingame Avenue area water, sewer and storm drain utility systems replacement project, Phase IA to Shaw Pipeline, Inc. b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO ERA —� CONSTRUCTION FOR THE HILLSIDE RESERVOIR AND PUMP STATION EMERGENCY GENERATOR REPLACEMENT DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 86-2010 awarding contract for hillside reservoir and pump station emergency generator replacement project to ERA Construction, Inc. C. ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING JESUS NAVA, FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURER AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC NETWORK(IHN) FOR TWO YEARS FinDir Nava requested Council adopt Resolution No. 87-2010 acknowledging Jesus Nava, Finance Director/Treasurer as the President of the International Hispanic Network(IHN). Mayor Baylock congratulated Jesus Nava and read the Resolution acknowledging Mr. Nava as the President of the International Hispanic Network. Councilman Deal made a motion to approve items 9c of the consent calendar; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. d. RECOMMENDATION TO CANCEL DECEMBER 20, 2010 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CC Kearney requested Council consider canceling December 20, 2010 Council meeting. 4 Burlingame City Council November 1,2010 Approved Minutes 10. COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND ACTIVITIES REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Council reported on various events and committee meetings each of them attended on behalf of the City. 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS Burlingame residents Leslie McQuaide, John Taylor, and Kevin Woolen spoke on the desire to have community gardens in Burlingame. Burlingame resident Pat Giorni spoke on the interview process for Commission vacancies. There were no further comments from the public. 12. OLD BUSINESS a. HIGH SPEED RAIL UPDATE AND DISCUSSION DPW Murtuza provided some new renderings of the proposed high speed rail project. All the Council members reported on the various high speed rail meetings they had attended. Councilman Brownrigg advised that he would attend two meetings in Sacramento on November 4, 2010 and asked Council if he should advise the High Speed Rail Authority that Burlingame would prefer they look at spending the money on high speed rail in the Valley, and Council concurred. Council discussed how best to get the word out to the residents about the high speed rail project and get them to sign up for email updates. It was concluded that a notice be placed in the water bills advising residents how to subscribe to high speed rail information and updates. b. DISCUSS ALLOWING BANNERS IN CITY PARKS CM Nantell reviewed the item and advised that some organizations had requested permission to hang their banners in City parks since the banner spaces on Burlingame Avenue and Broadway are reserved long in advance of the event. Council discussion followed and it was agreed to request the Parks &Recreation Commission place it on their agenda for review. They also requested the Commission advise residents living near the parks once the meeting is scheduled. It was also agreed that, if approved, the fee for banners in the parks would be the same as for the banners in the downtown areas. 13. NEW BUSINESS a. COUNCIL MEMBER CANDIDACY TO TRANSPORTATION BOARD CM Nantell discussed the issue and Council agreed that Council members are allowed to use Council letterhead to solicit support for candidacy. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to endorse Vice Mayor Nagel and Councilman Deal for their respective transportation boards; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Additional new business: CM Nantell advised that P&RD will send out a survey monkey to solicit interest in a community garden. Councilwoman Keighran that she had received some complaints for businesses on Broadway that the trees are interfering with their signs. She requested staff look into trimming the trees more frequently in the downtown areas. 5 Burlingame City Council November 1,2010 Approved Minutes Councilman Brownrigg requested staff monitor Lot K now that Safeway has been fenced off and there is no exit at Safeway. He also recommended that we notify residents about the water pipes replacement on El —� Camino Real and the potential traffic impacts. 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Beautification, October7, 2010; Planning, October 12, 2010 15. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Baylock adjourned the meeting at 9:18 p.m. in memory of Ruth Jacobs a former, long time Planning Commissioner and community activist in Burlingame. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk 6 Burlingame City Council November 1,2010 Approved Minutes