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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2011.05.02 CITY O� BURLJNGAME � 'tip 00 O,pp `9 AHTEO JUNE BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of May 2, 2011 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 Terry Nagel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Ross Bruce. 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Baylock, Brownrigg, Deal, Keighran, Nagel COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: None 4. MINUTES Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 18, 2011 regular Council meeting; seconded by Vice Mayor Deal. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 5. PRESENTATION a. PRESENTATION OF GREEN BUSINESS CERTIFICATION AWARD TO FACILITIES MANAGER JOHNSON WOO Mayor Nagel congratulated Johnson Woo for taking the initiative to implement conservation measures and best management practices relative to green business that made this award possible for the City of Burlingame. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. TRAFFIC, SAFETY & PARKING COMMISSION APPEAL FOR 2805 ADELINE DRIVE Traffic Engineer Chou reviewed the staff report, gave a report with background information and an update on the traffic situation at the location. He requested that Council hold a public hearing regarding the appeal of the Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission's (TSPC) recommendation to maintain eighteen feet (18') of red curb zone on the south side of Alvarado Avenue at 2805 Adeline Drive, and make a determination to uphold or reject the TSPC recommendation. 1 Burlingame City Council May 2, 2011 Approved Minutes Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing. The appellant, John Funghi spoke about his objection to the red zone placed in front of his property and provided a presentation showing the traffic flow at Mercy High School at peak times during the day. Laura Held, Principal of Mercy High School spoke and presented Mercy High School's position on the issue. Traffic, Safety& Parking Commissioner Jeff Londer spoke in favor of upholding the Commission's decision. Dr. & Mrs. Bolanos, neighbors of the applicant, spoke in support of the appellant. Mr. Funghi spoke again and requested the City consider providing restricted parking signage. Council discussion followed and Traffic Engineer Chou and DPW Murtuza addressed their concerns. There were no further comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Vice Mayor Deal made a motion to deny the appeal and uphold the Traffic, Safety &Parking Commission's recommendation; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. Councilwoman Keighran requested that Mercy closely monitor the traffic control officer to be sure that he or she is there at peak traffic times. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. b. ADOPT AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING TWO HOUR PARKING LIMIT AND INSTALLATION OF ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE ALONG TROUSDALE DRIVE AND MARCO POLO WAY(8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, HOLIDAYS EXCEPTED) DPW Murtuza requested Council hold a public hearing and adopt Ordinance 1860-2011 amending section 13.36.040 of the Municipal Code to establish two hour parking zones on a portion of the south side of Trousdale Drive near the intersection of Marco Polo Way and on the east side of Marco Polo Way near the intersection of Trousdale Drive. Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing and Bob Hortop, Vice President, Mills-Peninsula Health Services --� spoke in support of the ordinance. There were no further comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to adopt Ordinance 1860-2011; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Nagel requested CC Kearney publish a summary of the ordinance within 15 days of adoption. C. PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF BROADWAY AREA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012 FinDir Nava reviewed the staff report and requested Council hold a public hearing and consider any protests to the Broadway BID assessments and ask the City Clerk to report out any protests filed with the City; and if protests do not represent 50% of the majority of the assessments, adopt Resolution No. 26 -2011 establishing 2011-2012 assessments for the Broadway Area Business Improvement District which did not change from a year ago; and determining that no majority protest has been made. Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing. Ross Bruce spoke and said he was available if there were any questions. There were no further comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. CC Kearney reported that no protests were received. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 26-2010 establishing the 2011-2012 assessments for the Broadway Area Business Improvement District and determining that no majority protest --� has been made; seconded by Vice Mayor Deal. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 2 Burlingame City Council May 2,2011 Approved Minutes Councilman Brownrigg commented that the approval of this assessment year after year was a real testament to Ross Bruce and the Broadway BID. d. PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CITY OF BURLINGAME MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR R FISCAL YEAR 2011-12,EFFECTIVE JULY 1,2011 FinDir Nava reviewed the staff report and requested Council hold a public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 27-2011 approving the 2011 master fee schedule for City services. FinDir Nava stated that the proposed fees have been adjusted to reflect the annual increase in costs that are adopted for the ensuing budget. He advised that the fee schedule was not revised for fiscal years 2009-10 or 2010-11 because the cost of providing city services did not increase due to budget reductions and decreases in personnel. Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the floor, and Mayor Nagel closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 27-2011; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Councilman Brownrigg commented that the City does not derive any profit from the fees that are charged. 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS Citizens Environmental Council members Kathy Meriwether and Benoit Delaveau spoke on item 8a; Burlingame resident Joe Sacco spoke on item 8b. There were no further comments from the floor. 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING SAN MATEO COUNTY STYROFOAM POLICY CDD Meeker reviewed the staff report and advised that the County of San Mateo adopted an ordinance on February 15, 2011 that prohibits all food vendors, including restaurants, delis, cafes,markets, fast-food establishments, vendors at fairs, and food trucks from dispensing prepared foods in Polystyrene containers. CDD Meeker also advised that adoption of the County regulations by the City of Burlingame accomplishes the City Council's goal of prohibiting the use of Polystyrene food ware containers while eliminating the need to fund staffing for enforcement of the ordinance at the City level. Dean Peterson,Director of San Mateo County Health Services spoke and explained exactly what polystyrene is and said it is the number two contaminate to the environment, with cigarette butts being number one. Mayor Nagel asked CC Kearney to read the title of the proposed ordinance adding Chapter 8.10 to the Municipal Code to prohibit food vendors from using Polystyrene based disposable food service ware. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to waive further reading of the ordinance; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to introduce the proposed ordinance; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. Mayor Nagel requested CC Kearney publish a summary of the proposed ordinance at least five days before proposed adoption. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 3 Burlingame City Council May 2,2011 Approved Minutes Prior to item 8b, Councilwoman Baylock requested that the Mayor open the item to public comment after the staff report was presented. b. POLICE SHARED SERVICES—RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR POSSIBLE JOINT POLICE DISPATCH/RECORDS WITH THE CITY OF SAN MATEO Interim PC Wood reviewed the staff report and advised that the Police Department contracted with Citygate Associates, LLC to perform a Police Services Merger Technical Implementation plan for the cities of Burlingame and San Mateo. Chief Wood commented that they interviewed three consulting firms and Citygate was selected since they were quite familiar with Burlingame as they are the consultant of the Fire Department merger. Chief Wood introduced Dwane Milnes and Stewart Gary from Citygate and reviewed their qualifications and familiarity with city government. Chief Wood requested Council provide direction to staff relative to their recommendation to proceed with the research and development of a possible implementation plan for joint Police Records/Dispatch operation with the City of San Mateo. Councilman Deal and Mayor Nagel stressed that this item was not to approve a merger with the two cities to perform dispatch and records service, but rather to perform an implementation study to make that determination. Dwane Milnes and Stewart Gary provided a thorough slide show presentation(appended) on a Police Services Merger Analysis and advised that since Burlingame is a small city it will eventually be unable to provide the dispatch services necessary and will need to look at a regionalized plan. Council discussion followed and suggested looking at an interim plan to try and gauge whether other nearby cities would be interested in joining. If Burlingame will need to eventually join a regionalized dispatch service,they should wait until more local police stations are prepared for a merger. Council also questioned the implications of losing record services in Burlingame. CM Nantell reminded Council that many of their concerns were outlined in attachment B of the staff report and would be addressed upon completion, if they agreed to go forward with the implementation plan. Mayor Nagel opened the item for public comments and Kathy Meriwether spoke and expressed her concern to merging the full police services of San Mateo and Burlingame. Council concurred to go forward with the implementation plan for possible joint police records/dispatch operation with the City of San Mateo. C. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE LIBRARY BOARD Council agreed to call for applications by June 3, 2011 for the two upcoming vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees Commission. Councilman Brownrigg left the meeting to catch a flight to Washington, D. C. 4 Burlingame City Council May 2,2011 Approved Minutes 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Nagel requested item 9a be removed for further discussion. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve items 9b and 9c; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved by voice vote, 4-0 (Brownrigg absent). a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY/COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS OF SAN MATEO COUNTY Rich Napier, Executive Director of City/County Association of Governments for San Mateo County reviewed the services provided by his organization. DPW Murtuza requested Council approve Resolution No. 28-2011 approving continued participation in the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County(C/CAG) and approving the amended Joint Powers Agreement for C/CAG and authorizing the Mayor to execute the agreement. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve item 9a; seconded by Vice Mayor Deal. The motion was approved by voice vote, 4-0 (Brownrigg absent). b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH BROWN ARMSTRONG ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION TO SERVE AS THE CITY OF BURLINGAME'S INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL FINANCIAL AUDITORS WITH OPTION TO EXTEND FOR TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS �. FinDir Nava requested Council adopt Resolution No. 29-2011 approving and authorizing the Finance Director to execute an agreement between the City of Burlingame and Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation for external financial auditing services. c. ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FY 2009-10 STREET MICRO-SURFACING PROGRAM BY GRAHAM CONTRACTORS,INC. DPW Murtuza requested adopt Resolution No. 30-2011 accepting FY 2009-10 improvements street micro- surfacing program by Graham Contractors, Inc. 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 There were further comments from the floor. 12. OLD BUSINESS a. HIGH SPEED RAIL UPDATE, DISCUSSION AND SUPPORT FOR AB 952 & AB 953 Mayor Nagel advised that during the meeting with High Speed Rail Director Roloef van Ark there was no answer provided to the two items she brought up; the first one being if the environmental impact report that 5 Burlingame City Council May 2,2011 Approved Minutes is due out next Fall will favor an aerial alignment, and secondly, the fact that there is no valid business plan. She commented that if an aerial alignment is still proposed in Burlingame, it may be necessary to change our position and oppose the project. b. APPOINTMENT OF AN ALTERNATE TO THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PENINSULA CITIES CONSORTIUM Council appointed Councilman Brownrigg to serve as the alternate on the Peninsula Cities Consortium. 13. NEW BUSINESS a. UPDATE ON DISCUSSIONS WITH PG&E Mayor Nagel advised that PG&E will be sending letters to residents living near a gas pipeline and plans are underway to schedule a town hall meeting with representatives from PG&E. 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Letter from Comcast concerning programming adjustments. 13. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Nagel adjourned the meeting at in memory of Rosemary Mathy, sister of Joe McCluskey, City of Burlingame Green Building Specialist. Respectfully submitted, / S / Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk 6 Burlingame City Council May 2,2011 Approved Minutes