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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1992.03.02341 BURIJINGAI{8, CALITORNIA llarc}n 2, L992 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingarne City Council washeld on the above date in the City Hall Council Chambers after adedication cerernony for the Plague for 30 Year Enployees in thelobby. The meeting hras ca11ed to order at 7:34 p.n. by Mayor Frank Pagl iaro. Pledge hras led by former council member Gloria Barton. ROLL CALL COI'NCIL PRESENT: COTJNCIL ABSENT: KNIGHT, LEMBI , OIMAHONY, PAGLIARO HARRISON continued an appeal hearing to the March 16 request of the appell-ant. MINUTES The rninutes of the Study Meeting of February L2 and the Regular Meeting of February L9, :-992 were unanimously approved on motionof CounciLwonan Oruahony, second by Council-nan Lembi. ASSEMBLYWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER Mayor Pagliaro recognized Assembl)Moman Speier who lived in Burlingane for many years; she noted that with reapportionment she was our assembly person; told of difficulties with the State budget deficit; there will be a challenging year ahead. CONTTNUE APPE,AL HEA ING, 1249A BROADWAY Mayor PagLiaro meeting at the AMUSEMENT PERMIT FOR CARTBBEAN GARDENS, 1306 BAYSHORE HIG}IWAY City Attorney reviewed his meno of February 27 t L992 which recom- nended council approve the permit until July Lt L992. Theapplicants intend to operate a night club on a Caribbean theme atthe site of the former Safari Run. Attached to his report $rere comments from the Police Department and the Planning Department which suggested private security service be provided; litter atthe site was a problem previously; questioned whether there was dancing on the mezzanine before and the number of seats to beprovided; and concern about lighting in the parking area. Theproperty o$rner had sent a letter stating that more }ighting wouldbe installed in the parking area and litter problen v/oul-d behandled. City Attorney recommended conditions that (1) private security be provided, (2) lighting of parking areas be improved, and (3) litter control be maintained at site. The permit would be reviewed at the annual review of all amusenent pernits in Juneor earlier j.f there are any problems or conpJ.aints. Mayor Pagl,iaro asked if previous business had permission for parking atadjacent businesses, staff said parking after hours is t'catch ascatch can;rr he also asked about safety of dancing on the mezza-nine, staff noted fire departnent has reviewed this request and approved it. Councilwoman Knight hoped their security woutdpolice all the parking lots. The applicant, Orwin l"Ii11er, was present along with businesspartners and family rnernbers; counci1 relayed its concerns aboutthe previous problems with businesses on this site; site has a bad reputation; have had virtual riots at the site; he respondedto council questions about previous experience in business in NewYorki asked if Mi11er planned to advertise on radioy recalledprevious complaints about music being so loud it was heard in theadjacent rnovie theaters, it is a different type music and arnpli- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 342 fication will be directed away from the common wa11 with thetheateri Mayor Pagliaro wanted the applicant to be a\^rare of coun- cilrs great concern about this site, it vJas no reflection on the present applicant, just councilts bad experience with prevj-ous businesses; if there is any problen, council will not hesitate to review the permit earlier. Councilman Lernbi moved to approve the Amusement Pernit with conditions suggested by city Attorney. Seconded by councilwoman orMahony, carried 4-0 on voice vote. WATER PENALTY APPEAL - 1745 SEBASTTAN DRIVE city Manager reviewed the Finance Directorts memo of February 19 which recommended council deny this request because the hrater emerqency rules state a resident wil-I receive an allocation for one person until the inforrnation concerning nurnber of residents is received. Anne Yeung alleges she did not receive the two rnailings in March and April 1991 concerning the new rationing regulations. She asks penalties totaling $151-.07 be returned to her; staff has already forgiven the December penalty of $54.23. Anne Yeung, appellant, said she never received the occupancy survey in the mail; she and her husband conserve water, they have a very large lot - over 10,000 square feet - she did not under- stand the bills; when her sister visited she noticed the 1ow allotment and large penalty and then Ms. Yeung called the water department and was told there was only one person credit for house; she said there are four peopl-e living there. Staff confinned to council that if no survey card was returned to citythe house s/as assumed to have one resident; with over 8,000 rnailings there is chance some got lost in nai1. Council was surprised she had not read her bill more careful-Iy, she should have noticed something was wrong rnuch earl,ier. Council mernbers noted Ms. Yeung was actually entitled to the larqer alLotment forthe entire period. Councilman Lenbi said council has been severe with water appealsbut this lady seemed to have difficulty with language and under- standing the bil1. He moved to forgive the $151.07 in penalties. Seconded by Council-wonan OrMahony, carried 3-1 on voice vote Councilwornan Knight voting no. COMMISSION APPLICANTS Council members discussed dates for interviews of comrnissionapplieants. City Manager will schedule. city Manager revielred his merno of February 18 which recommended council deternine whether to include a city newsletter in the recreation brochure. The Recreation Director has received an estimate of $1,350 per progran to add eight pages of printing plus postage; the estirnated annual cost would be about $5,000including an allowance for additional staff time and graphics. He recommended council try it for one year. CounciLnan Lernbi had suggested this idea at the January study rneeting. council" mernbers !/ere all supportive of this venture,' can give 27 to}ocitizens a lot of information for $5,000; itrs a good investment; council suggested telling about upcoming capital i-mprovements Iperhaps it should be a pull-out type publ-ication, fear it night be lost in the recreation brochure. WATER FILTRATION TO MEET SURFA CE WATER TREATMENT REGULATIONS Public works Directorrs memo of February 26 recommended council authorize staff to reply to the state Department of t{ea1th Services that our city ptans to base j,ts compliance with the filtration requirement on San Francisco water Departmentrs construction of a regional filtration p1ant. san Francisco j-s the Last unfiltered surface water source in the state. Rather than have San Francisco and its thirty suburban customers each construct fittration plants, it was agreed that sFwD would 343 construct one plant to treat the water before delivery to itscustomers. State law requ.ires conpliance by July 1993, but San Francisco says the plant is very large and expensive and will not be completed until the end of the decade so we will be out of compliance for sorne time. Council dj,scussed location of theplanti possible ways to share costs and the resulting increase inour water costs. Councj-lvroman Knight mentioned proposed legisla-tion for an urban $/ater usersr surcharge for wi1d1ife. CONSENT CALENDAR a Public Worksr memo of February 20 reconnended council awardthis contract in the amount of $15,000 to warren construc-tion for removal of asbestos at the Fire Station at 799California Drive prior to demolition and reconstruction. b. RESOLUTTON 21.-92 - APPROVING CONTRACT WITH CALIFORNIA CON- SERVATION CORPS FOR MILL S ON FIRE BREAKS Park Directorrs memo of February 25 recomnended council ap-prove an agreement with the San Mateo CCC to develop fuel breaks in the city owned portion of Mills canyon at a costnot to exceed $L0,000. d RESOLUTION 22.92 - AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH SAN MATEO COT'NTY FOR RECYCLTNG GRANT Finance Directorrs neno of February 25 recommended councit approve this application for grant funds of $f:,505.50. RESOLUTION STRUCTION, 20-92 - AWARDING CONTRACT FOR PHASE I, ASBESTOS REMOVAL, CP FIRE STATTON RECON- ol-1-1 e INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1456 BT]RLINGAIi{E AVENUE FROM 4 TO 6 A - ESTABLISHING NO PARKING ON . M. FOR STREET SI.iEEPING city Managerrs nemo of February 25 recommended councilintroduce this ordinance as suggested by council at its lastneeting to accommodate street sweeping Monday through Satur- day fron 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the business district. f.ENCROACHI{ENT PERMIT FOR 87]. CALIFORNIA DRIVE Public Works memo of February 26 reconnended council approvethis permit subject to the condition that destruction by any cause of the building or that portion of the building cur-rently existing within the alley sha11 be cause for cornplete removal of the encroaching portion of the structure. Thisbuilding built in early 1900s encroaches onto adjacent prop-erties and the city alley area. councilman Lembi moved approval- of the consent calendar. ed by Councilwoman OtMahony, carried unanimously 4-0. Second- COI'NCIL COMM TTEE REPORTS Conventi,on Bureau: CounciLrnan Lembi reported the Board of Super-visors objected to changj.ng the name of the San Mateo Countyconvention & Visitors Bureau to the San Francisco peninsula conventj-on & visitors Bureau, so the Bureau decided to move mores1o$/Iy on this issue. He also reported that a wonderful- exhibitbooth was donated to the Bureau for trade shows. ABAGs Councih^roman Otlilahony announced that the City SelectionCommittee appointed Mayor Pagliaro to ABAG. Airport Roundtable: Councilwonan OtMahony said there are five cities and trrro dis- c.AFFTRM COIJNTY AS LEAD AGENCY FOR SOLTD WASTE ENFORCEMENT City I'lanager recommended a letter affirrning the County Environmental Health Services as the local- enforcement agency for solid waste enforcement issues. 344 tricts near the airport receiving funds for noise insul-ationr' s/ith the increasing air traffic r{re should be aware of that. Hotel Council: Councilwoman Knight said she and Mayor Pagliaro had attended a rneetinq at which the hotel-s discussed interest in a convention center and hotel tax monies; council members told the hotel managers about capital projects before the city. C/CAG: Mayor Pagliaro said c/cAG approved Millbrae Councilwornan Fogertyrs proposal for regional government; the issue of grouping all the separate entities received lengthy discussion, most opposed this proposal. OLD BUSINESS councilwoman Knight thanked the Fire Departnent for their efforts to save the Fishernan restaurant; she also thanked the neighbor- ing Benihana Restaurant for serving breakfast to the firernen that morning. she had observed litter at the train station. Council- wornan Knight offered to represent council at a League of Califor-nia Cities sponsored event named Children's Summit to coordj-natecity/school efforts for children. Mayor Pagliaro said he received a letter fron George corey, attorney for Alamo, stating the owners have agTreed to rrbeef uprr the landscapingr around the new parking lot at the Amfac site. Councih^roman OtMahony had heard that a second hand store would go in at the o1d Woolworth site, she hated to see this type store at such a prirne site. Regarding complaints about the sidewalkpartition protecting an adjacent property, staff toLd of lettercity Engineer vrrote to owners to remove overhead partition, open sidewalk area and fully enclose the site for safety. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cornmission Minutes: Senior Citizens Coordinating council", February 20; Park and Recreation, February 20i Library Board, February 18; Planning, February 24, L992. b. Letter fron Dorothy Scarpiniti regardinqr affordable housinq. Mayor c. Pagrliaro asked staff to respond to this 1ady. Letter fron Paul, Ferrari, 2667 Sunmit, requestj-ng an amend- rnent to the satellite antenna 1ard. Staff reviewed this request noting Ferrarirs request rrould require that council change the law to allow roof top antennas inresidential zone. council did not support any change to the law. d. Three letters from Burlingame Avenue business owners object- ing to formation business irnprovement district; one letter withdrawing former objection to BID. Councilwoman orMahony reviewed Quackenbush leqisfation. FROM THE FLOOR Carlos Aleala of the San Mateo Tirnes announced he would be novingto the sacrarnento Bee. Council members and staff commented on experiences with carlos and wished hin well. ADJOITRNI'{ENT The neeting was regularly adj ourned at 8:46 p.m Judith A. Ma1facity clerk a