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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2012.02.06 CITY O- BURUNGAME w ,a o ,q H4TCG JUNE 6 BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of February 6, 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 with Labor Negotiators in closed session prior to the meeting and the session would be continued after the Council meeting. CA Guinan also advised that Council discussed the existing litigation of Extenet vs. the City of Burlingame and there was no further reportable action. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Joe Sacco. 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Baylock, Brownrigg, Deal, Nagel COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: Keighran 4. MINUTES Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 17, 2012 regular Council meeting; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved by voice vote 4-0-1 (Keighran absent). 5. UPCOMING EVENTS Mayor Deal reviewed upcoming events taking place in the City. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ZONING REGULATIONS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE INSTALLATION PLACEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF BURLINGAME Burlingame City Council 1 February 6, 2012 Approved Minutes CDD Meeker reviewed the key elements of the wireless communications Ordinance that was introduced at - the January 17, 2012 Council meeting. Mr. Meeker requested Council conduct a public hearing and adopt, by title only, the Ordinance. Mayor Deal opened the public hearing. Burlingame resident Tom Paine spoke and expressed concern over I the aesthetic component of the towers. There were no further comments from the floor and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt Ordinance 1870-2012 establishing zoning regulations and performance standards for the installation, placement and construction of wireless communications facilities within the City of Burlingame; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved by voice vote 4-0-1 (Keighran absent). Mayor Deal requested that the City Clerk publish a summary of the Ordinance within 15 days after adoption. b. APPROVAL OF THE EXPENDITURE OF SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FUNDS (SLESF) PC Wood reviewed the staff report and requested Council hold a public hearing and adopt a Resolution approving the plan of the Chief of Police for expenditure of Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Funds (SELSF), also referred to as the Citizens Options for Public Safety (COPS) Funds. Mayor Deal opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the floor and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 9-2012; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved by voice vote 4-0-1 (Keighran absent). 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following City employees spoke about their displeasure with the proposed AFSCME contract: Rich Stephens,Nick Hackelman, Mike Heathcote, Leo Egcasenza spoke. Sharon McAleavey, Business Agent for AFSCME spoke on behalf of the members. The following Burlingame residents also spoke: James Fleres spoke about a benefit concert in Burlingame on May 12, 2012; Andrew Peceimer spoke about the negotiations with the AFSCME union. There were no further comments from the floor. 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS a. POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF CITY-OWNED PARKING LOTS REVIEW OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFO) PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF RELATIVE TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH SELECTED DEVELOPERS CDD Meeker gave a presentation and reviewed the Request for Qualifications (RFQ)process that sought developer interest in the City-owned parking lots within downtown Burlingame and the recommendations of the Downtown Specific Plan Subcommittee (Vice Mayor Keighran and Councilman Brownrigg). He advised that better use of the parking lots was a goal of the Downtown Specific Plan that was adopted on October 4, 2010. 2 Burlingame City Council February 6,2012 Approved Minutes CDD Meeker reviewed the list of the 19 respondents to the May 27, 2011 RFQ and the factors that were considered in vetting the responses. He advised that after reviewing the submittals of the 19 respondents, they were reduced to six. Those six respondents met with an interview panel consisting of the Downtown Specific Plan Implementation Subcommittee, Community Development Director, City Manager, Finance Director and City Attorney on January 10, 2012, and at the conclusion, two teams were selected: Grosvenor and Equity Residential. CDD Meeker introduced the representatives from Grosvenor and Equity Residential. Steve O'Connell from Grosvenor gave an overview of the company and reviewed some of the mixed-use retail based development in other cities, and the company's desire to do the same with the parking lot E and the post office property. Dan Golovato of Equity Residential spoke and gave background on his company. He introduced Rob Steinberg of Steinberg Architects who gave his thoughts and approaches to Lot F and Lot N and gave a brief presentation on what they have done in other cities. Council discussion and questions followed concerning preserving the post office building, creating residences that could be purchased rather than just rented, retail space, building a boutique hotel, consider finding a public space for events. Alan Chamorro of Grosvenor spoke about the company's experience in adaptive use of historic buildings. Council stressed that many questions remain, and before moving forward with this project, there would be ample time for public input. Mayor Deal opened the item for public comments and Burlingame residents Jennifer Pfaff, Susan Castner- Paine, Russ Cohen, Jeff Londer and John Root spoke. Councilwoman Baylock read into the record her concerns regarding entering into an exclusive development agreement with proposers Grosvenor and Equity Residential. A copy of her comments is attached to these minutes. Councilwoman Nagel made a motion to move forward to negotiate with the two developers, engage a consultant, the public, the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission and the Planning Commission; seconded by Councilman Brownrigg. The motion was approved by roll call vote 4-0-1 (Keighran absent). b. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION Council set March 30, 2012 as the deadline for applications for the one vacancy on the Planning Commission. 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve the consent calendar; seconded by Councilwoman Nagel. The motion was approved by voice vote 4-0-1 (Keighran absent). a. ADOPT A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KENNEDY JENKS FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT OF THE BURLNGAME GATE/GROVE/VILLAGE SUBDIVISIONS WATER MAIN PROJECT PHASE 2 DPW Murtuza requested Council adopt Resolution No. 8-2012 authorizing a professional services agreement with Kennedy Jenks Engineers for construction management of the Burlingame Gate/Grove/Village subdivisions water main project,phase 2. Burlingame City Council 3 February 6,2012 Approved Minutes b. ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONTRACT WITH THE BURLINGAME SCHOOL DISTRICT CM Nantell requested Council adopt Resolution No. 7-2012 approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Burlingame School District for the joint use of City and School District facilities. 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 CM Nantell introduced the new Parks & Recreation Director Margaret Glomstad. There were no further comments from the floor. 12. OLD BUSINESS a. HIGH SPEED RAIL UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF LETTER CONCERNING COMMENTS ON THE BUSINESS PLAN Councilman Brownrigg spoke and said it was not timely now to comment on the business plan in view of the significant changes possibly taking place. Council concurred that they would like to send a letter to the State Legislators requesting that the matter be placed on the ballot again. They also agreed to send a letter to the High Speed Rail Authority requesting extending the Environment Impact Report comment period and to recirculate the business plan. 13. NEW BUSINESS �. a. DISCUSS RESCHEDULING OF BUDGET MEETING TO MAY 16 FROM MAY 23 2012 FinDir Nava requested that the May budget study session be rescheduled from May 23, 2012 to May 16, 2012 and Council concurred. Councilman Brownrigg commented on Ipads for the agenda and the electrification of Caltrain. CM Nantell advised that those items would be placed on a future agenda. 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Planning, January 9 & 23, 2012 b. Department Reports: Finance, December 2011 .—e Burlingame City Council 4 February 6,2012 Approved Minutes 15. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Deal adjourned the meeting at p.m. 9:38 p.m. in memory of Domenic Davino. Respectfully submitted, Mary Ellen Kearney City Clerk Attachment: Councilwoman Baylock's comments relative to item 8a. 5 Burlingame City Council February 6,2012 Approved Minutes