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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1992.01.22320 BURI,INGA!,IE, CALIFORNIA aranuary 22. L992 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council washeld on the above date in the city Ha11 Council Charnbers. The rneeting n as cal]ed to order at 7:30 p.n. by Vice Mayor A. c. rrBudrr Harrison. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FI,AG Pledge liras 1ed by Julie Dennis, reporter for Boutique & Vi1lager. ROLL CALL COIJNCIL PRESENT: HARRISON, KNIGHT, LEUBI, O IMAIIONY COT,NCIL ABSENT: PAGLIARO MINt]:TES The minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 6, 7992 and the Study Meeting of January 11, 1992 were unanimously approved. PRESENTATION OF BADGE TO NEW FIRE CAPTATN Vice Mayor Harrison asked new Fire captain Steve Koron to come forward with his father, retired Fire chief of San l,lateo. Thevice Mayor said it was a special pleasure to present the new badge and he asked Stevers father to pin it on his son. Steve introduced his fanily nembers $/ho were present. Fire Chief Tolrnssaid he kne$/ Steve would do a great job for the city. Steve received a round of applause frorn the audience. PRESENTATTON OF COMMENDATION TO SENIOR ACCOUNTANT vice Mayor Harrison read a cornmendation signed by al-I the menbersof the Audit connittee for Linda Lee, senior Accountant, commend- ing her for completion of the recording of fixed assets in the city's financial statenents which resu1ted in the city receiving an unqualified audit opinion for the first tirne in its history; he asked Linda to come forward to accept the cornmendation and she received a round of applause. city Attorney reviewed his rnemo of December 11, 1992 i"rhich recommended council hol-d a public hearing and take action; this ordinance will prohiblt parking of large trucks during the hours of 6300 p,m. to 8300 a.n. in Parking Lot H. Vice Mayor Harrison opened the public hearing. There being no comments, the hearing was closed. councilwoman o'Mahony moved approval of ORDINANCE 1449. seconded by councilnan Lenbi, carried unanirnously 4-0 by voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING - SECOND READING . ORDTNANCE CODE TO ADDRESS }IOVEABLE COPY SIGNS AND BAY 1450 - REVISING SIGN ORI ENTED STGNS city Planner reviewed her nerno of January 13, ]-992 which recom- mended council hol-d a public hearing and take action to adopt this ordinance to regulate and define moveable copy siqins, change of face on non-conforning signs, and bay oriented signage for hotel developments. Nonconforming signs are signs that existed before the rnajor revision of the siqn code in 1978 but were larger than what was perrnitted in that code revision; the idea h/as that while the city was not going to require all existing signs to be immediately replaced to meet the standards of the PUBLIC HEARING - SECOND READfNG - ORDINANCE L449. PROHIBITING OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN PARKING LOT TIHII 32L revised 1978 code, the city was going to be very restrictive about changes to these signs so that all properties would eventu-ally conform to the size of signage dictated by the new ordi- nance r' many businesses complain that they cannot cut costs byusing existing sign boxes or copy or are penalized by the tine and money for a sign exception if they only want to change the name on an existing oversized sign. The wording of this proposed ordinance reflects the intent of the 1978 code to review and abate nonconforming signs. councilwoman Knight wondered if this ordinance could control sj-gns such at the Sheraton Hotelts ti$69n siqn. Staff respondedthat the Sheraton Hotel has a master sign program and that sign was an existing signr' the hotel only changed the copy, they wereallowed to do this without city review; the city does not control-the wording or color of conforming signs. Vice Mayor Harrison opened the public hearlng. There being no comments, the hearinq was closed. Councilman Lembi moved adoption of oRDINANCE L450. Seconded by Counci,lwoman o rlilahony, carried unanirnously 4-o on voice vote. Vice Mayor Harrison noted council had dj-scussed these ordinancesin depth at its previous meetings. PUBLIC HEARING - SECOND READING - ORDINANCE 1451 - ESTABLISHTNG NO PARKING ZONES ON BROADWAY FROM ROLLINS TO CALIFORNTA AT ALL TIMES, AND ON SOUTH SIDE OF BROADWAY FROM CHULA VISTA TO CALIFOR- NIA FROM 7:OO TO 9:Oo A.M. PubLic Works Director reviewed his staffrs memo of Decenber l-0, 1991 which recommended council hold a public hearing and adoptthis ordinance to prohibit parking on Broadway east of CaLiforniaDrive at all tirnes on both the north and south sides of thestreet; it would also estabtish a no parking zone on Broad\^ray vrest of california Drive on the south side from 7:oo to 9:oo a.m.fron Chula Vista to California Drive. Councilwoman OtMahony suggested adding the wording rrboth sides,'to the section prohibiting parking on Broadway east of Califor-nia; City Attorney will rnake that change. Vice Uayor Harrison opened the public hearing. Mike Harvey, auto dealer at LoTo Broadway, said he $ras not speaking against the ordinance, although it would rernove his onlyoff-site parking at his dealership but he understood the need todo it; he had sone connents regarding the underlyingr problems$/ith the intersections of Broad$iay and California, Carolan andRoIlins. He requested the city rneet with railroad officials about cornbining the two Burlingarne stations into one station at Oak Grove, he heard this has been considered previously; cLearl-ythe greatest problerTr hrith those intersections j-s the train stop-ping at Broadway i he has heard tal-k about undergrounding Broadwayat the tracks and he thought that would be a very expensiveproposal; another solution to lessen traffic impact would be todivert west bound traffic turning teft on Carolan onto Rollins and Cadillac Way. Council discussed with Harveyl removal of thefour parking spaces in front of the auto dealership will free up another lane westbound; staff noted the idea of one Burlingarnestation was discussed many years ago, there wifl be a meeting todiscuss the grade separation; Lembj- suggested northbound trainsstop north of Broadvray to free the crossing; O'Mahony would liketo see the train crossing incLuded in the Broadway overpass improvements; Harvey noted property olrners had no input indiscussions about the intersection, he thought owners woul-d belike to be included; council thanked Earvey for his ideas. Vice Mayor Harrison closed the publ-ic hearing. Councilwornan o'lIahony moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1451. by councilwonan Knight, carried 4-0 on voice vote. seconded WATER RATIONING PENALTY APPEAL - 16 KENIIIAR WAY Finance Director reviewed his report of January 7, 1,992 which recommended council review the appeal and take action. Raymond Goldsby, trustee for his great aunt Nellita Mayer who lives at 16 Ke nar Way, is requesting council forgive the $279 penalty on Mrs Mayerrs bill; his letter dated December 31 reviewed several- Ieaks, and a gardener who left water running; Mrs Mayer is disabled and unable to identify or correct the problern but the attendant and gardener were both there and did not take action. Raynond Goldsby was present, he is Mayer's legal guardian; they had the house painted and it was power washed which used more water; he explained the he and his wife were out of the country for an extended tine; when they returned saw the hose running inyard and found the leaks; the tenants could not see the Leaks. The feaks have been repaired and the gardener was adrnonished about letting water run; showed photos of leak sites and tenants. council stated it is pretty firn on water penalties because ifthe party does not pay the taxpayers rnust pay; Councilrnan Lembi thought there were extenuating circumstances in this case and perhaps council could allow a break on the penalty; he moved to alloi, a 50 percent reduction of the penaLty. Seconded by coun- cj,lwoman orMahony, carried 3-1 on voj-ce vote, Councilwoman Knight voting no. FINANCIAL STATEIIIENTS AND MANAGEMENT LETTER - FISCAL YEAR 1990-9]. city Manager reviewed his memo of December 26, 799L whj-ch recorn- mended council accept the financial statements and managementletteri he noted the najor hiqhliqht was the fact that there were no audit exceptions for the first time in city history. He complirnented the auditors, KPMG Peat Mar!,rick, the Finance Direc-tor and staff, and especially Linda Lee and Mary Bortotussj-. Councilwoman O'Mahony, menber of the audit cornrnittee, said it was a stellar report and it woul-d not have happened without the $rork of the Senj-or Accountant Linda Lee srho lrorked over 10 years on accornpJ,ishing the booking of fixed assets; she accounted for allthe cityrs property and improvements, every nut and bolt that belongs to the city; she l^ras very proud of the report. Councj-lwoman OrMahony noved to accept the reports. Seconded by Councilwornan Knight, carried unanimously by voice vote. counciLman Lembi commented that in the six years he has been oncouncil and every year there have been fewer comments in the financial reports. He cornplimented Fj.nance staff. APPROVAL OF CITY INVESTMENT POLICY FOR 1992 Finance Director reviewed hj-s rnerno of January 8, L992 which recornrnended council approve the ne$, investment policy. covern- rnent code requires the city council to adopt and annually review a written investrnent pol-icyi this year t!'ro chanqes reconmendedare to eliminate redundancy caused by arnendrnents over severalyears and add a requirement that banks, savings and loans, andthrift and loan associations possess an rrAx rating from theFinancial Directory, a rating service used by the city. Councilman Lembi moved approval of the 1992 Investment Polic' Seconded by councilv/oman otMahony, carried unanimously. COI'NCIL RESPONSE TO SENATOR MORGAN I S SB 797 At the last rneeting Mayor Pagliaro asked councilwoman o'Mahony and Vice Mayor Harrison to devel,op responses to SB 797 regardingt regional growth management. Both council members had prepared 322 fetters and counciL discussed at lengthi counciL concurred in sending both tetters since each $/as unique in its perspective. Councilwoman orMahony also suggested council support the Tri-VaIIey position on SB 797. Councilwonan Knight mentioned thatour county is held up as a rnodel for regional cooperation withour groups such as C/CAG. Councilman Lembi noved to send bothletters to Senator I'lorgan. seconded by councilwoman orMahony,carried unanimously. LETTER OF RESTGNATION FROM PARK AND RECREATTON COMMTSSfON Vice Mayor Harrison accepted with regret a letter of resignation from Conmissioner C1ark. He suggested since council members Lenbi and Pagliaro had interviewed recently for this commission,an appointment be rnade frorn those applicants at the next meeting. CONSENT CALENDAR Regarding (a) Councilman Lembi asked what the public shoutd do ifa contractor is making noise early on a Sunday morning,. staff responded they should call the police; City Attorney said he would make a change to refer holidays to those l-isted in ourvehicLe code section; staff noted contractors are given a handoutwhich indicates hours they can work. negarding (f) Councih4roman OrMahony wondered about inpact of the 1-5 cent iost of State loan; Pw Director said that should read 1.5 cent; and (g) staff isworking to meet deadline of January 30 for this grant and it will-include the Landscaping of the soundwall and Airport Boulevard improvements. a INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE !452 LIMITING CONSTRUCTION HOURS ON ST'NDAYS AND HOLIDAYS City Attorneyrs nemo of January 9 recommended counci1 intro-duce this ordinance to ]imit construction hours on holidaysto not start before 1,0:00 a.m. b. RESOLUTION 7-92 - DENYING CONDOMINIUM PERMIT, NEGATIVE DEC- IARATT ON AND TENTATIVE MAP FOR 962 CHULA VTSTA A NUE city Attorneyrs nemo of January 8,adopt this resolution to forrnalize meeting. 1,992 recommended counci]action taken at the fast c. RESOLUTION A-92 - AUTHORIZING RENEWAL oF DEFERRED CoMPENSA- TION ADMI ISTRATION CONTRACT Finance Directorts memo of January 10 recommended council-approve this renewal agreement for adrninistration of thecity enployees' deferred cornpensatj-on account lrith GreatWestern; the pLan will allow for investment options toinclude a variety of establ,ished rnutual funds as wel_1 ascertificates of deposit and noney rnarket accounts. d. RESOLUTION 9-92 - APPROVING LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AT 845 STANTON/ 1 655 BAYSHORE HIGHWAY Public Worksr memo of January 15 recomnendedthis 1ot line adjustment and the improvementinsure that aL1 zoning requirements are met; Comrnission reviewed this request and approvedJanuary 13 rneeting. council approve agreement tothe PLanningit at thei,r RESOLUTION LO-92 - APPROVING LEASE EXTENSTON FOR THE DI'NCAN PROPERTY T 404 PRIMROSE e. City Managerrs neno of January 15,approve this extension to the leasestairs office space at 404 prinrose basis; the rent has been increased rnonth . 1992 recommended council- agreement for the up-on a nonth-to-month from $l-,500 to 91,648 per 323 324 f. RESOLUTION LL-92 - APPROVING APPLTCATION FOR STATE LOAN FOR cP 114CONSTRUCTION OF WASHTN GTON PARK WAT WELL - Public Worksr meno of January 15 recommended council- approveapplication for a State Loan for construction of the wiih-ington Park well; construction costs are estimated to be$290,000, including engineeringi to repay the Loan would addabout 1.5 cents to the v/ater rate at rationing use. RESOLUTION L2-92 - APPROVING APPLICATION FOR GRANT FTJNDS FOR LANDSCAPI OF ROADWAY PROJECT S s Public Worksr meno of Januaryapplication for AB 471 grantsAirport Boulevard and Rollins 16 recommended council approvefor landscaping costs along Road adjacent to soundwall-. h DENTAL F CLATM OF RUT HACKER recommended council on Easton. deny 1 WARRANTS PAYROLL Finance Director recornrnended approval of Warrants :'g736 -L9238, duly audited, in the anount of 91_,745t 351 .46 andPayroll Checks 31141 - 31891 for the month of December 1991-in the amount of $1,O72,36!.74. Councilwoman OrMahony rnoved approval of the Consent Calendar.Seconded by Councilwoman Knight, carried unanimously. COUNCIL COMM ITTEE REPORTS Airport Roundtable: Council-woman Knight reported on a recentrneeting at which the group ceLebrated its l00th meeting andpresented an award to former Mayor G1oria Barton who served onthat conrnittee for many years; she learned that 85 percent of thepeople who land at SFO do not f1y out again, they stay here. Legislative Committee: Councilwoman Knight had attended ameeting at which Senator Kopp requested input on his SBA 31regarding property taxes. CICAG. Councilwoman O'Mahony had attended the C/CAG meeting;they are working on amending bylawsr. discussed Sherrs AB 454,. BayArea Air Quality Board wants to have a surcharge on autos. Convention Bureau: Councilman Lernbi said the bureau wou]d 1iketo have counci] nembers aware of groups hrhich night use ourfacilities; considering change of name fron San Mateo County to San Francisco Peninsula to increase recognition of local_e. Hehad also attended a Criminal, Justice Council meeting. City Attorneyrs meno of January 8this clairn for a fall on sidewalk Chamber of commerce: Vice Mayor Harrison reported the chamberhrill- be installing new officers; a tea dance is scheduled at theHyatt for Valentine's Day; the TSM conmittee is delaying discus-sions in Burlingane because of the Air euality Boardrs setting ofstandards . OLD BUSINESS Floor Area Ratio (FAR): councilwonan Knight wouLd like councilto study FAR and other issues to evaluate mass and bulk of neh,buildings and additions for consideration of possibl-e coderevisions at the March study rneeting; council- agreed that anycouncil member can ask an item be placed on study agenda, thiswill be discussed at the March meeting; it $rou1d also be an itemfor discussion at the joint Planning Comrnission - Council meetingin April and staff wilt prepare rnaterial for review prior to thatmeeting for both council and cornrnission; council-woman Knight was concerned about getting some public input before that Aprildiscussion. 325 NEW BU SINESS Floribunda project: councilwoman otMahony vrondered about thestatus of a buiLding project on Floribunda; staff said it ap-peared to have been abandoned; the construction traiLer wil-l- bemarked for 72 hour tow away, Millbrae Grade Separation: CounciLwoman Knight asked about theproposed detours through our city for the I*IiIIbrae Avenue rail-road grade separation; staff said this issue will be beforecouncil at the February study neeting. Schedule Appeal Hearings: Vice Uayor Harrison set hearings forFebruary 3 for (1) 1234 Vancouver and (2) 2OtO Broadway. Earthquake Safety: Vice Mayor Harrison said because of anearthquake seminar city enployee paul Borg attended, paulrs wife,a day-care provider, is arranging earthquake safety classes forother day-care providers in the area. ACKNOWLEDGEI.,IENTS a. Comrnission Minutes: planning, January L3, Lggz. b. Notice of Hillside Construction permit Application at 23L2VaIdivia. c. Departnent Reports: police, Decenber 1991; TreasurerrsReport, December 3Lt L99Li Fire, December 1991. d. Proclamations: Commending Herman Neizman on 30 years Ser-vice at His Retirenent i commending BFI and Lino Valbusa. FROM THE FLOOR Tony Te1ler, ]-440 Floribunda, asked when the road would berepaired on Oak Grovei staff explained that the water lineinstallation is nearly cornplete and resurfacing wiLl take placeafter school is out for the summer. Brian Woode11, 17OO Sherman, spoke to council previously aboutdelays getting building permits; he related another problem isthat each time there is an inspection he gets a different inspec-tor, he felt it was a waste of tine because each one finds somedifferent problem. Vice Mayor Harrison assured odel1 thatcouncil was arrrare of problerns and the consultant working withthat departnent will be reporting to council at the next meeting. ADJOT]RNMENT IN MEMORY OF II{ATT BoxER r Harrison noted with sadness the recent death of formercouncilman Matthew Boxer; he was an enthusiastic politi-active Lion, and Bicentennial Chairrnan of MiIIbraL; hebe an American and v/as very proud of that; after asilence, the rneeting was adjourned in his rnemory at Vice MayoMillbrae cian; an chose to moment of 9 3 07 p.n. Judith A.city clerk Malfat