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BURIJINGAI'IE,
Novenber 2, L992
CALL TO ORDER
I 9lfy no!.iced regular neeting of the Burlingane City council washeld on the above date in the city HalL counail charobers. theneeting was called to order at Z:ae p.m. by Mayor Frank pagliaro.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGTANCE TO THE FLAG
Pledge was led by lrtike l"lcKinnon.
ROLL CALL
COIJNCIL PRESENT: HARRISON, KNIGHT, LEMBI , o'MAHoNY, PAGLTARo
COIINCIL ABSENT: NONE
14TNUTES
The minutes of the Regular Meeting of October Lg, 7992 were ap-proved unanirnously on notion of Councilnan llarrison, seconded byCouncilwornan O tMahony.
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NEW POL ICE EMERGENCY SERV rCES VAN
CALIFORNIA
Police Chief informed the audience that Larry Bettencourt, a cityenployee in the auto maintenance yard, had donated over 1oo houraof his personal time after work hours to nodify and convert anold del,ivery van for use by the city during energencies. MayorPagliaro presented a plaque with clock and weather instrumenLs toLarry and led the audience in a round of applause.
PUBLIC COI{I,IENTS
Lj.ttl-e League/Pony League: Anthony Kakis, 2OO9 Clarice; Steveconzales, 20 Tulip Court; Yolanda Arrechea, San Mateo; BrianDelehanty, 211 Occidentali George Arvani and Ken Bianchi, Hills-borough; spoke against the split of Little Leaque and establish-
rnent of a Pony League; they said the Recreation Department wasreferring people to the new Pony League !,rhen the Litt]e Leaqueorganj-zation was still operating; they had been active in tieorganization of Little League as board nenbers, coaches or
managers and had children in the league; they r^rere bothered bythe way the vote in favor of keeping Littte League was ignored,.lrhen the vote to split the league was disapproved, the groupfavoring split formed the Pony League; Recreation Department
seemed to be showing favoritisn, seemed to want to exclude anychildren outside the cityr. some of these children may not live incorporate lirnits but they go to school in BurLingarne and want toplay ball with their friends; Little League is a grood organiza-tion because it a1lows kids of aI1 abilities to play; there had
been an objection that Hillsborough did not have any qualityfields for the kids to play onr. Little League has charged Hills-
borough and outside kids an additional g3O to join league andthose funds were used to upgrade Hillsborough fields, Iast year
league spent $35,000 on upgrading a Hiltsborough field.
Mike UcKinnon; Brock Riddle, 1368 Vancouver; and another residentsaid the Pony League was established because Little League'snational organization recommended splitting the league because it
was too big; non-residents can join the Pony League, but theycanrt have a vote in board matters unless they are Burlinqameresidents; they plan to play atl games at Bayside Park r. it willbe a better program than Little League.
Council, said there was not much they coul-d do; council members
had all recej-ved call"s regarding this subject; suggested refer-ring to the Park and Recreation Comrnission for arbitration andal-location of fields; would like to see pro and cons of the two
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organizations; directed the Recreation center not to endorse aparticular program and to renain neutral; sorry to see bad
feelings amongst these people who are all working for the good of
our children. Uayor Pagliaro called for a recess at 8:35 p.m.
The roeeting reconvened at 8:42 p.m. with all council present.
CHANGE ORDER OF AGENDA - PRESENTATION FROM BAHAIIS
Mayor Pagliaro noted a nunber of people present fron the Bahati
congreqation and asked thern to come forward. Jess Porti11o,
spokesperson for the Bahar is, thanked council for allowing themto present docunents and books to council regarding the irnpor-
tance of racial unity in the worl,d, he said racial prejudice is a
disease eating at the vitals of America. Council thanked them.
CONTINUED PUBLIC CO},,IMENTS
Airport Expansion: Joyce spence of the Coalition of Airport
Neighbors (cAN) thanked Mayor Pagliaro and Councihronan o'Mahony
for representing the citizens of Burlingame at c/cAG and the
Airport Roundtable, both council members had voted against
approvinq the Mernorandum of Understanding with the Airport
because the airport is not addressing air pollution, noise and
traffic in its plans for expansion.
Train Freight Depot: Karen Key encouraged council to try to savethis ol-d building on Myrtle Avenue; southern Pacific still ownsthe site and is requiring the tenant to denolish the building;
the tenant must comply by November 9 or pay an additional $2,000rent; timing is vital to save the building; the train buffs wouldlike to use the building as a museum and bring ol-d locomotive
2472 Lo a siding track for the museumi it would be a destination
of interest to many people. Mayor Pagliaro said he had written a
letter regarding same; City Manager is atternpting to discuss with
sP, he wilL caII council menbers with response fron SPi thequestion is wouLd council be willing to incur expenses; Council-
man Lenbi said he would inquire about sale price of building.
WATER PENALTY APPEAL - 229 DWIGHT ROAD
Finance Director reviewed his memo of october 20 erhich recommend-
ed council, take action on this request to abate $653.14 water usepenalty. Roger and Connie Behling incurred this penalty overfour months; they believe the penalty is not justified sincethere is no explanation for the high water usel over the twelve
month period ending March 1992 the Behlings used 33,100 gallons
of water, about 90 gallons per day; in May 1992 they installed a
smalI sod Lawn, about 150 square feet in sizel between March and
september 1992, their water use increased drarnatically, 117,100gaLlons over three billing periods or about 65L gallons per dayiduring one billing period the use v/as 11120 ga1lons per day. The
neter was read on october 16 and the use returned to 94 gallons
after that; staff has audited the $rater use and found no evidence
of leaks or malfunctions; the lawn sprinkler is manually con-trolIed. The Behl.ings say the ]a$/n s/as watered every day for two
weeks after it was installed, then every other day after that.Staff said it did not appear that this watering pattern e/ouldresult in such high water use.
Roger Behling, appellant, stated there are only two adults in the
houser' it was found they were being alLocated for only oneresident and that has been changed; they had always been underallocation, even hrhen the allocation was for only one resident.council questioned Behlinq and staff about methods of checkingfor leaks; noted council has always been very firm about water
overuse penalties; wondered hrhy Behling waited so long to inves-tigate overuse, he said he spent a lot of tine looking for 1eak.
Councilman Lernbi moved to reduce the penalty by half to $326.57.Seconded by Councilwoman OrMahony, carried unanimously.
APPROVE RATE INCREASE FOR GARDEN WASTE PICKUP SERVICES
Finance Director reviewed his rnemo of October 16 which reconnend-ed council approve this request for a rate increase of nineteen
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Ballots were marked for the Beautification Comrnissi.on nornineesresulting in the appointrnent of Lynn McDonald, Carolyn Root andRalph Osterling for terms expiring October 1995. CounciLnanLenbi thanked Jeannie Gi lrnore-Friend,- the only reason he votedfor someone else was because of his personal policy of lirnitingterms on a comnission.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Regarding_rrdrr councilwoman Knight sti1l wished the tree lightingwas 9n Friday night, she was concerned about people walking backto city ha11 for the tree lighting from the closed streetslPo1ice Chief rnake his officers on duty aware of that issue.
a RESOLUTIO 96-92 ACCEPTING EASEMENT FOR WATER UTI LITI ESllPNO,1 -n11-n?n L\Tn 11 NEAR c rzvt Tl\TE! PT,\IN011-n7nl
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City Attorneyrs meno of October 22 reconmended councitthis claim for alleged misuse of computer software.
LABOR AGREEM WITH BAI,IM
City Managerrs memo of October 28 recommended counciprove an agreement with the Burlingane Association o
Public Works nemo of October 27 reconnended council acceptthis easement for water util,ities for a subdivision lyingadjacent to Skyline Manor on Loma Vista and SkyJ.ine goule-vard. This is unincorporated Iand, city hrater nain wasextended by the property owners r. upon receipt of a one yearmaintenance bond, this easenent will be recorded.
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cents, fron $1.28 to $1.42 per month and to j.ncrease the annualcity subsidy to $47,388, effective January L, !9g3 for the tlrononthly pickups for.green wastel one pickup is done by BFIIrithout cost to residentsr. the second pickup is paid Ly a nonthlysurcharge.on residential garbage bills and partlt by a-citycontribution to cover extra transportation ind aisposal co3ts.The rate increase was reviewed by Hilton, Farnkopf and llobson todeterrnine the actual cost of the garden waste piLkup; theirinvestigation determined the rate increase is Justitied. cur-rently the BFI garbage collection agreement is being nodified toi.ncorporate the recent garbage rate increase and he recommendedthe garden waste pickup agreenent be modified to incLude sirnilarlanguage and to al1ow use of the same rate calculation method-ology- used in the garbage collection agreement. These agreementswill be presented to council at a futuie meeting. Dan Diy, BFIrepresentative, responded to council questions. There wa-s'noevidence the second garden pickup was liqhter than the firstpickup. Residents can put out one large-item for garbage pickupon the last pickup day of each month, not on the girden-piLXupday,' concern that residents may not be aware of this benLfit,council asked informatj-on go into a future newsletter or givenotice on bil1s; discussed profit ratio and sources of reienue.Councilnan Harrison moved to approve the rate increase effectiveJanuary L, L993. Seconded by Councitwoman OrMahony. The notioncarried unanimously.
CO}O,IT SSION APPOTNT}.,IENTS
Councilwoman OtMahony said she and Councilman Harrison hadinterviewed some exceLlent candidates for three positions on theBeautification Cornmission. They nominated Lynn McDonald andcarolyn Root, incunbents, and Ralph osterling. Mayor pagtiaro
noninated Jeannie cilmore-Friend. city uanager diatributedballots for a vote for three of these nominees.
Councilnan Lenbi said he and Mayor pagliaro had interviewed twoexcel,lent candidates for the three positions on park & Recre-ation. They norninated the three incumbents who \./ere alI finish-ing their first terms. There were no other nomi.nations and thenominees were affirned for another term expiring october 1995.
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Managers (BAMM) for a 4.5 percent salary adjustnent for
L992-93 and a 3.5 percent adjustnent for 1993-94. This
agreement is in accordance with counci.l authorization.
d. APPROVAL OF FINAL PLANS FOR BI'RLINGA}IIE AVENUE HOLTDAY OPEN
HOUSE ON SI]NDA NOVEMBER 29. \992 FROM 1:O TO 5:00 P.M.
City Managerrs memo of October 27 reconnended council ap-prove the request fron the Burlingame Avenue Merchants forstreet closure on Sunday, November 29 fron 1 to 5 p.n. Themerchants will cornply with the Police requirernents, provide
insurance and cleanup and no wine sales uill be allowed.
APPROVE HOLIDAY FLAGS ON METER POLES ON BTJRLINGAME AVENUE
FROM NOVE}.,IBER 24 TO JANUARY 1, 1993
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no\{ go to theity for approval.
from Senator Koppgreed it was
f CHAIIBER I,IERCHANTS REOUEST FOR FREE PARKTNG T BROADI{AY
AND BURLINGAME AVENUE AREAS FROM NOVEMBER 24 TO JANUARY 1
Chamber of Commerce Letter of October 27 requested councilallow one hour free parking on all one hour meters in bothshopping areas during the holiday period.
Councilman Harrison moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
Seconded by Councilman Lembi, carried unanimously.
COI'NCIL CO TTEE REPORTS
TSM: Councilrnan Harrison said there would be a special Transpor-tation Managernent systen neeting to discuss air quality requiie-nents for businesses to meet 25 percent reduction in cir oCcupan-cy. He also noted the next ALUC rneeting tirne is changed andcongratulated Larry Nelson on the excellent AWWA neeting held atthe Hyatt Hotel.
Criminal Justice: Councilwornan Knight reported on her firstneeting, she thought the administrator excellent but he isleaving.
Chanber of Connerce letter of October 27 requested permis-sion to place eight foot taII flags in the existing flagholders along Burlinqame Avenue r. the flags neasure tlro byfour feet long and are white and gold, or white and silver.
Airport: Councilwoman orMahony said the city had voted againstthe MOU because of the noise nitigation aspect; they wiII bediscussing the airportrs request for a variance. She representedcouncil at a SB 5 Consortium neeting in the county, the meetingheadquarters $rere at the Cror4rne-PLaza.
ABAG: Mayor Pagliaro reported on the ABAG Generneeting which he and Councilwoman Knight attendelasted nearly all day; he was successful in gett
government proposal revised. Frorn that neeting
C/CAG neeting which lasted until rnidnight i at thvoted in opposition of the airport MOU, it wiltAirport Comrnission and then to each individual c
Councilwoman Knight noted a rather nasty letterto Airport Director Lou Turpin; Mayor pagliaro adisgraceful.
OLD BUSINESS - None
NE! BUSINESS
Fire Arrrard: councilman Lembi cornplimented a young nan, ScottNarnini, who assisted in saving a house on f irer. he was'recognizedby the Fire Department.
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Fame: Councilman Harrison noted the dinner eventduled for the same night as our commissionerI agreed to change the date of the comrnissioner5, L993.
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Itayor Pagliaro asked for a status report on the recycling bins inthe parking lots. He had received a caLl about a light being outat Bayside Parki this light has been out for several years; he
had received calls about this before and talked to the-ParkDirector who said replacement was on hold because of a lightingproject being planned. Staff will report back. CouncilwomanKnight said she got a call about litter on Skyline; she also
asked why donrt we have garbage cans in public parking lots.
Mayor Pagliaro received a letter and photos of trash problem onthe bayfront bike pathi he thought it was a disgrace. Staffnoted this is the property ohrners responsibility, staff wouldnotify the owners to clean up property. councilrroman otMahonyreported the parking lot north of Broadfi1Ied, and there i,s graffiti at Baysidsaid he would like to preserve the grey
and hrould like a plaque for dedication
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way is dirty and rreede Park. I{ayor Pagliaro
hound narne on the depotof the building, council
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Cornmission Minutes:brary Board, october
Department Reports:tion, June 1992.
Park and Recreation, October 15; Li-20; Planning, October 26, 7992.
Fire, September 1992; Building Inspec-
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Letter from Richard Silver requesting to rnake a presentationto council regarding CalTrain.
Letter fron State Attorney ceneral regarding city's non-compliance of housing element for General pIan.
The housing element letter hrouldagenda. Councilwoman Knight hada city to work with another city
when that city did not have a wa
e placed on the next studyeard about legislation allowing
o provide affordable housingto meet requirements.
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CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Pagliaro adjourned the neeting to a Closed Session on labornegotiations at 9:58 p.m.
ADJOURNIIIENT
The neeting rras regularly adjourned at 10:20 p.m.
Judith A. Malfatcity Clerk
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