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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2012.02.21 CITY C BURUNGAME ,b a 9 BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of February 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. CLOSED SESSION CA Guinan advised that Council met in closed session prior to the meeting, gave direction to the Labor Negotiators, and there was no further reportable action. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Rosalie McCloud. 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 February 6, 2011 regular Council meeting; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved by voice vote, 4-0-1 (Keighran abstained). 5. UPCOMING EVENTS Mayor Deal reviewed upcoming events taking place in the City. 6. PUBLIC HEARING a. PUBLIC HEARING ON 50/50 SIDEWALK PROGRAM REPAIR COSTS AND PROJECT ACCEPTANCE DPW Murtuza reviewed the staff report and gave background on the 50/50 sidewalk program which was implemented by an Ordinance adopted in October 2010. He requested Council hold a public hearing and approve the 50/50 sidewalk program repair costs and project acceptance. Prior to opening the public hearing, 1 Burlingame City Council February 21,2012 Approved Minutes Councilman Brownrigg reminded residents that should damage to their sidewalk occur within 12 years of being repaired,they would not be responsible to pay half the cost to repair the sidewalk. Mayor Deal opened the public hearing and Burlingame residents Doreen Back, Lorene Gandolfi spoke in protest since the damage to their sidewalks was caused by the City's liquidambar trees. Burlingame resident' David Jonson spoke about a discrepancy in his assessment. There were no further comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Council requested clarification on how the estimates are determined and Public Works staff member Victor Voong reviewed the estimates and noticing policy. Based on Council's recommendation, DPW Murtuza agreed,that in the future, the homeowner would be notified if the estimate was going to be higher than what they were quoted. Council understood that the liquidambar trees are damaging, but asked for clarification that it was not necessarily the City's policy to pay for sidewalks damaged by liquidambar trees, and CM Nantell agreed that was the case. Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to adopt the Resolution approving the final 50150 sidewalk program repair costs, with the exception of Doreen Back, who should not be charged for her sidewalk repair, and with the stipulation that the City work with Irene Gandolfi and David Jonson on their particular sidewalk issues; there was no second to the motion and the motion failed. Councilman Brownrigg agreed to make a motion and advised that the State of California requires homeowners to pay 100 % of the cost of repairs to the sidewalks on their property, but the City elected to do this as a 50150 partnership in view of the damage caused by City trees. Councilman Brownrigg made a motion to approve Resolution No. 10-2012 approving the final 50150 .... sidewalk program repair costs report for 2011-2012, authorizing collection of property owner's portion of the costs through the County Assessor's office; and accepting the completion of the 2011-2012 sidewalk maintenance program project, with the exception of resident David Jonson since his estimate was incorrect; Vice Mayor Keighran seconded the motion and echoed Councilman Brownrigg's comment about the California law and the City agreeing to this compromise. Councilwoman Baylock requested that staff follow up with Doreen Back and Lorene Gandolfi. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve Resolution No. 11-2012 accepting the completion of the 2011-2012 sidewalk maintenance program project; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS Girl Scouts Samantha and Tanya spoke about the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts and requested that Council declare the week of March 11, 2012 as Girl Scout Week in Burlingame. Burlingame business owner Jeffrey Pink spoke that he was opposed to making parking lot E mixed use. Burlingame merchants Dale Ferrel and Michele Sidone spoke about item 8c. Burlingame resident Charles Voltz spoke about high speed rail. There were no further comments from the floor. 2 Burlingame City Council February 21,2012 Approved Minutes 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC, SAFETY & PARKING COMMISSION CC Kearney gave each Councilmember a ballot to vote for two of the six candidates. The ballot submissions resulted in the incumbents,Nick Akers and Jeff Londer receiving five out of five votes. The two successful candidates were appointed to the Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission to serve for a three-year term, ending in November 2014. The Council members agreed that all the applicants were very well qualified and urged them to become involved with City programs, such as the bicycle pedestrian group. They also urged them to become involved in the potential development of the downtown area, and subscribe to the City e-news to learn of goings on in the City and various groups to join. b. MAKE APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION CC Kearney gave each Councilmember a ballot to vote for the one candidate. The ballot submissions resulted in applicant Richard Kirchner receiving five out of five votes. Richard Kirchner was appointed to the Beautification Commission to serve for a three-year term, ending in October 2015. c. BURLINGAME AVENUE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT PARKING METER RATES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS DPW Murtuza introduced Bill Hurrell of CDM Smith Consultants who gave a presentation on the downtown parking study goals,which included reviewing current conditions, studying current occupancy, evaluating current parking patterns and habits, recommendation for improvements, and analyze revenue options. Prior to beginning his presentation, DPW Murtuza acknowledged Dale Ferrel, of the Burlingame Improvement District and his staff, as well as, Traffic, Safety& Parking Commissioner Jeff Londer for all their assistance with the study. DPW Murtuza gave a presentation and reviewed the findings of the Burlingame Avenue parking study, including the downtown Burlingame Avenue parking demand, the advantages and disadvantages of smart meters and smart meter costs estimates. He provided numerous options that summarized the variation of time limits and meter rate increases with varying amounts of projected revenue. He requested Council concur with and approve the final recommendation of the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission to implement Option C to address the Burlingame Avenue downtown district infrastructure and parking needs. Council discussion followed concerning annual parking permits for residents since employees are taking prime parking spaces, employee parking permits, extending the parking two hours in the evening, meter increase differences in the parking lots versus city streets, smart meter locations, costs and advantages. Corporal Chuck Witt clarified the cost and the benefits of smart meters. Mayor Deal opened the item for the public's input and business owners Dale Ferrel and Michele Sidone spoke in favor of Option C. There were no further comments from the floor. 3 Burlingame City Council February 21,2012 Approved Minutes The majority of the Council did not concur with Option C, but preferred smaller increases for the parking meters, only install smart meters on Burlingame Avenue for now, not extend the meters two hours in the evening. Councilwoman Nagel was in favor of higher increases for the parking meters and supported extending the additional two hours in the evening. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve Option A; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved by voice vote, 4-0-1 (Nagel voted no). d. FINANCIAL AUDIT AND TRANSMITTAL OF THE FY 2010-2011 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT (CAFR) FOR PERIOD ENDING JUNE30,2011 FinDir Nava gave a thorough presentation of the FY 2010-11 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the period ending June 30, 2011. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to accept the 2010-2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran; motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5 —0. e. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE STORM DRAIN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE DPW Murtuza requested Council call for applications to fill one impending vacancy on the Storm Drain Oversight Committee. Council set March 30, 2012 as the due date for applications. L DISCUSS THE SAN MATEO COUNTY RAIL CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22,2012 DPW Murtuza provided a presentation of what took place at the Caltrain meeting on February 16, 2012 and the high speed rail discussion. 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilwoman Nagel asked that item 9b be removed for comment. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt items 9a and 9c of the consent calendar; seconded by Vice Mayor Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE 2011 FEDERAL GRANT STREET RESURFACING PROJECT BY O'GRADY PAVING DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 12-2012 accepting the construction contract for the 2011 Federal Grant Resurfacing Project by O'Grady Paving. b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETION OF THE FEDERAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROJECT DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 13-2012 accepting the completion of the federal energy efficiency and conservation block grant project. Councilwoman Nagel commented on the energy efficient lighting in various parts of the city as a result of this conservation block grant. 4 Burlingame City Council February 21,2012 Approved Minutes c. APPROVE OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL FOR THE CITY LIBRARIAN ..� CL Harding requested approval to attend the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia March 14-17, 2012. 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 resident Charles Voltz spoke about high speed rail. There were no further comments from the floor. 12. OLD BUSINESS Mayor Deal asked the Council members if they would like to hold a public hearing at a future meeting and reply to the labor representatives. Council did not feel it was necessary at this time. 13. NEW BUSINESS 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Traffic, Safety & Parking, December 8, 2011; Parks & Recreation, January 19, 2012; Beautification, February 2, 1012 b. Department Reports: Building, January 2012; Fire, January 2012 15. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Deal adjourned the meeting at 11:08 p.m. Respectfully submitted, 5e, Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk 5 Burlingame City Council February 21,2012 Approved Minutes