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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 2012.05.21 CITY O� BURUNGAME O� O OwwTEO JuuE O. BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of May 21, 2012 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 Jerry Deal called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Bill Meeker. 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 May 7, 2012 regular Council meeting; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 5. UPCOMING EVENTS Mayor Deal reviewed upcoming events taking place in the City. FC Dornell reviewed the events coming up for the Memorial Day weekend with our Adopt-A-Unit 21"Airborne soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky. 6. PUBLIC HEARING a. PUBLIC HEARING TO FORM AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2012-1 FOR DOWNTOWN BURLINGAME AVENUE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS DPW Murtuza reviewed the staff report requested Council conduct a public hearing and receive any remaining ballot submissions. Mayor Deal opened the public hearing and Burlingame property owner, Riyad Salma spoke in favor of the assessment and thanked DPW Murtuza and his staff for all their work on the project. There were no further comments from the floor and the hearing was closed. 1 Burlingame City Council May 21,2012 Approved Minutes Mayor Deal advised that this item would continue after the City Clerk, City Attorney, Director of Public Works, the project Consultant and some staff members finished tabulating the ballots in Conference Room A. The aforementioned group left the Chambers to go to Conference Room A. 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. REPORT ON CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT PROCESS HRD Dolan reviewed the staff report and the timeline and advised that a subcommittee consisting of Council members Baylock and Brownrigg met in April 2012 and interviewed three executive search firms for the recruitment of a new City Manager. They selected the firm of Peckham and McKenny to work with the City and Bobbi Peckham, co-principal of the firm, is the recruiter designated for this project. HRD Dolan then reviewed the dates for the phases that will take place in the recruitment effort. Council questioned if it was typical that the recruitment period is such a narrow window from August 20 to September 28 and HRD Dolan said that is a typical timeframe, however, the recruiter would be contacting possible candidates prior to that. Council also inquired if any other cities in the area had recently recruited for a City Manager and if the response was good. CM Nantell advised that East Palo Alto received a very good response to their recent recruitment for a City Manager. b. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION Council requested applications by August 3, 2012 for one vacancy on the Planning Commission, 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilwoman Nagel requested items 9c and 9d be removed for further discussion. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt items 9a, b, e and f of the consent calendar; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH PARKING COMPANY OF AMERICA FOR NORTH BURLINGAME SHUTTLE DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 36-2012 approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment No. 5 to the agreement between the City of Burlingame and Parking Corporation of America(PCA) for the North Burlingame shuttle bus services. b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SANCHEZ BYPASS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SEWER REHABILITATION PROJECT, PHASE 1 DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 37-2012 accepting Sanchez bypass and neighborhood sewer rehabilitation project, phase 1. 2 Burlingame City Council May 21,2012 Approved Minutes c. APPROVE BURLINGAME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROMOTIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR 2012/2013 FinDir Nava requested Council adopt Resolution No.38-2012 authorizing the City Manager to execute an �— agreement with the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce to provide information and promotion services in 2012-2013. Councilwoman Nagel asked about a promotional video with the Chamber and CDD Meeker said they are working with Raziel Ungar. Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to approve item 9c; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. d. ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PENINSULA CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER MEDIATION SERVICES CONTRACT FOR FY 2012-2013 FinDir Nava requested Council adopt Resolution No. 39-2012 authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center for the provision of conflict resolution services for Fiscal Years 2012-2013. At the request of Councilwoman Nagel, FinDir Nava reviewed the services provided by the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center. Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to approve item 9c; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. e. APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR FINANCE DIRECTOR FinDir Nava requested that Council approve out of state travel for him to attend the International Hispanic Network Conference in San Antonio, Texas. L CANCEL JULY 2,2012 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CC Kearney requested Council approve the cancelation of the regular City Council meeting scheduled for July 2 2012. In the past, due to summer vacations, this meeting has been canceled. 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 no comments from the floor. 12. OLD BUSINESS 13. NEW BUSINESS a. CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR SB 981 AND SB 1000 Council discussed both bills and agreed that additional information was needed on SB 1000 which would subject the California Public Utilities Commission to the California public records act just like any other state agency. 3 Burlingame City Council May 21,2012 Approved Minutes Vice Mayor Keighran made a motion to support Senate Bill 981 designed to stop the revolving door of employees between the CPUC and the utility companies; seconded by Councilwoman Nagel. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Deal clarified that Council would like to wait on support for SB 1000 until the League of California weighs in on this bill. CONTINUATION OF ITEM 6a - PUBLIC HEARING TO FORM AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2012-1 FOR DOWNTOWN BURLINGAME AVENUE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS CC Kearney reported on the ballots tabulation that took place immediately after the close of the public hearing. The tabulation resulted in 34 ballots received and of those, two were duplicates and two were disqualified. In total 18 ballots, representing $118,078.86, favored the assessment while 13, representing $91,586.58, opposed the measure. The assessment district measure passed by 56.32% and a majority protest did not exist. Vice Mayor Keighran made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 35-2012 ordering improvements, ordering formation of the City of Burlingame Assessment District No. 2012-1 confirming the assessment diagram, confirming and levying assessments, and authorizing necessary actions; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. The Council members all expressed their excitement about the streetscape improvements and they were extremely grateful to the Burlingame Avenue property owners for their investment in the project. 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Parks & Recreation, April 19, 2012 b. Department Reports: Building, April 2012; Fire, April 2012 15. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Deal adjourned the meeting at 8:06 p.m. in memory of former San Mateo Councilman and Mayor John Lee, Burlingame resident Ruth Hesselgren, mother of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Laura Hesselgren, and CHP Officer Dale Krings. Respectfully submitted, 4-/ Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk 4 Burlingame City Council May 21,2012 Approved Minutes