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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1991.05.06A duly noticed regular neeting of the Burlingarnheld on the above date in the city Ha11 councilneeting was called to order at 7:31 p.n. by May BT'RLINGAUE, CALIFORNIA May 6, 1991 CALL TO ORDER e City Council was Chambers. Theor GLoria Barton. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by City Treasurer Joe Harvey. ROLL CALL COITNCIL PRESENT: BARTON, HARRISON, COI,NCII., ABSENT: NONE MINUTES LEI,IBI ,O I MAHONY ,PAGLIARO Minutes of the Regular l,Ieeting of April L5 t t99:- and the JointCity Counci l/Planning Comrnission Study I'{eeting of April 27, LggLwere approved unanimously on rnotion of Council-man Harrison secondby Counci lwoman OrMahony. SECOND READING - ORDINANCE 1434 - ESTABLISHING ONE HOI'R PARKING METER Z ONE ON ST SIDE CALIFORNTA FROM CARMET,ITA TO BROADWAY Public Works Director reviewed the Public Works meno of Aprj-l- 9which recornmended council hold a public hearing and take actionon an ordinance to extend parkinq meters from carmelita to Broadway on the west side of California Drive. The Traffic Commission had recommended council approve installation of one-hour neters; at the last council meeting, council" decided toinstall trro hour neters; a Ietter was received subsequentty fronthe orrner of Kerwin calleries requesting the area be one-hourmeters to increase turnover. A11 businesses on that bl-ock have been notified about this public hearing. llayor Barton opened the public hearing. Richard Kerwin, owner of Kerwin Ga11eri.es, 1107 California, saidhe would prefer to see one-hour meters; he said none of thebusinesses on that block needed two-hour parking and one-hour would stop the auto repair shops fron storing autos on thestreet . Mayor Barton closed the publ.ic hearing. Councilrnan Lembi agreed there rras no need for two-hour parking, he noted only one restaurant on that block was open for lunch. He noved for adoption of ORDINANCE 1434 with a change to makethat block a one-hour netered zone. City Attorney said he would change the ordinance to include the one-hour parking. Secondedby Councilman Harrison, carried unanimously by rol,l call vote. PUBLIC HEARING - WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM - RESOLUTTON 45-91 - ORDERING THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS AND DANGEROUS WEEDS & RUBBISH Public Works Director reviewed his rnemo of April 29 e/hich recommended council hold a public hearing to hear any protests from property owners whose property has been posted for weed andrubbish removal and then adopt the resolution orderingdestruction of such r^reeds and rubbish. A list and rnap ofproperties posted was presented to council with the staff report. Mayor Barton opened the public hearing. There being no comments,the hearing was closed. 199 200 Councilwoman O I lilahony moved adoption of RESOLUTION 45-91. seconded by Councilman Pagliaro, carried unanimously 5-0 on ro11 call vote. 199L-92 WATER RATIONING RESOLUTION 4 6-9 1 AMENDING REGULATTONS Public works Director reviewed his memo of May 1 which recommended council review and select either the per capita or the percentage of 1987 use alternative for the 1991-92 Irlater Rationing PIan. In early 1991 the San Francisco water Department imposed a more restrictive rationing plan of 45 percent reduction beIor,, 1987 use. Faced with this large reduction, Burlinqame adopted a very restrictive water rationing plan in March, with all residential use on a low per capita allocation with no allowance for outside watering. Fortunately we had a very wet March and San Francisco was able to purchase sone additionalwater. On April 23, L99lt the San Francisco Water Department rescinded the 45 percent program and returned to the 25 percentprogram. Staff has based the two aLternate plans on that 25percent program. Alternate One al-l-or^rs 100 gal-lons per day f orthe first person, 70 gallons for the second, third and fourth, and 50 qallons for each person thereafter. In addition, eachparcel would receive a landscape allocation for the bills fron May 1 to December 31, depending on parcel size. The great najority of lots in the city are under 10,000 square feet and would receive a landscape allocation of 50 gallons per day or 3,000 gallons per billing period. Lots over 10,OOO square feet would receive 150 gallons per day or 9,OOO gallons per billingperiod. Alternate Two uses the percentage of 1987 use as a basefor all classifications; this is the same plan adopted in 1990. Both alternates would include banking cut back to 10,OOO on April1, 1991 with an additional 10,000 galLons allowed to be savedafter April for a rnaxirnum of 2O,OOO gallons; cars can be washedwith a hose with a positive shut off valver. commercial car washes need not recycLe water; and penalties would be reduced to a 2-3-5tines the vater rate. When San Francisco revised the rationingpLan it also adopted a 40 percent rate increase to go into effectwith the July 1991 bilIs. Staff will. be reviewing these newrates and bringing a report to council at a later date. In response to council questions, PI{ Director said no penaltiesfor the 45 percent rationing proqram had been imposed yet, thosepenal.ties lrere proposed to go into effect j,n June, any penalties on current bil1s are for exceeding the 25 percent p1an. Regarding banking the city is concerned that we will be buildinga bank for which we canrt pay. Finance Director explained thatrecent water bilIs have incl,uded the more restrictiveallocations, the lrater department e/ill be sending information tocustoners about any new plan the council adopts tonight. Council was curious about the number of ca11s received regarding waterrationing, staff did not have nunbers but noted calls were continuous and customers were very concerned. Mayor Barton asked for audience conments. Clayton Shepard, 810 Acacia, asked about whether San Franciscohas excused penalties to our city; staff explained that anypenalties to this date have been based on the 25 percent allocation and have not been excused; the 45 percent all"ocationpenalties would not have gone into effect until June. Shepardreported on six elderly people in his neighborhood hrho live aLonein their homes and wouLd have great difficulty with the percapita allocation because they grow vegetables; he urged theallocation be increased for a single person in a house; he had done a comparison of those peoplers allocations based on the 25percent of 198'7 and the per capita and they would receiveconsiderably Less with the per capita. Walter Cavanaugh, 2852 Adeline, had subrnitted a letter tocouncil; he said san Francisco has made allocatj-ons based on urban use, people in San Francisco do not have yards; only twoother cities have adopted per capita, most are going back to 25 20L percent of 1987 allocations; he feared if we adopt a per capitareduction San Francisco may adopt per capita for the entirePeninsula and nay not make allocations for landscaping. Margaret Lake supported the per capita allocation. David A11en, 1000 Park, favored per capita; he has been able to keep under hisallocations and he sees neighbors using lots of water; per personis the fairest rray to go. Gary Button, L925 Devereux, said he has a large yard but it isstiIl under 10rO00 sqluare feet and he would have difficulty withthe 50 gallons per day for landscaping. Bill Pottberg, L62l Westmoore, has tracked four of his neighborrswater usei he favored the per capita p1an. Joan Herron, 2860 Adeline, noted people wiII be upset with eitherplan; perhaps council should consider people needs on individualbasis, some large lot may be all patio while another has lots oflandscapingi she has an acre of land with about half inlandscaping and under the per capita her landscaping will beseverely disabled; the most fair way to allocate is based onactual use. ltayor Barton closed the floor to comrnents. Councilman Pagliaro told the audience that our city buys waterfrom San Francisco and we have Iittle control over the process;the city should have provision for special needs and makeadjustments. Staff said the per capita plan is based on the bestinfonnation we have; it is possible for the individual to reduceon per capita to choose to a1low more outdoor watering. Councj-l- rnan Lembi wondered what percentage of custorners stay within theirallocationsr' staff said there is a 5 percent variable buil-t intothe allocation program. Lembi said his fanily has three kids, in 1987 they were younger and used less water, now two are teenagers and water use is nuch higher. Councilman Harrj-son hoped the message got through that sie need to conserve; he thought the percapita was the fairest ptan; would like to be able to make someexceptions for needy. Finance Director explained that the wateroffice has two years history of water use for each site on computer i there is staff available to visit site to assessspecial needs; there is a process to request exceptions. Councilwoman OrMahony agreed with Pagliaro that there should be sorne provision made for single person in a house. Councilquestioned how nany houses have a single person resident; theysuggested a one person house get a per capita allocation of 150gal.lons and keep other figures the sane. Director suggestedraising the ninimun or life-Iine leve1 from 6,000 to 7,500gaLlons per billing period. Mayor Barton aqreed that per capitais fairer; she had received many calls from residents in supportof per capita. Councj-lwonan OtMahony was concerned that raisingthe first person to 150 gallons would cause the city to go overits allocation; staff said the base tinit of 7,500 per billingperiod averaged out to about 125 gallons per day. City Managernoted that some people wiII gain and others will lose under anyplanr' he said we have been over allocation every month until D1arch when people reacted to the stricter alLocation reductioncouncil adopted that nonth. Councilman Pagliaro moved adoption of RESOLUTION 45-91 toestablish a new water rationing plan based on the Alternate Oneper capita allocations lrith a change in the Lifeline amount to7,500 gallons per billing period. Seconded by Councilwornan orlilahony, carried unanirnously by ro11 call vote. Councilman Lembi a very reluctant yes vote. llayor Barton ca11ed for a recess at 8:43 p.n. The neetingreconvened at 8:54 p.n. with all council members present. city Uanager nentioned the resolution had an error in that it referredto aLlocations trper monthtr and the wording would be changed torrper billing period. " 202 RESOLTJ:IION 47-97 - APPROVING NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR LOT SPLIT AND APPRoVING TENTATIVE PARCEL I.{AP rOR 2811 ITILLSTDE/21o8 st ul,IIT Public works Director reviewed his merno of April 23 which recomrnended council consider the Planning Commissionrs reconmendation and act on the rnitigated Negative Decl-aration and Tentative Map for a lot division at 2811 Eillside. About two years ago the property owner, Robert orconnor, built a second residence on his Lot in the unincorporated area of the county; he then requested annexation to the City of Burlinqame i the property was annexed to Burlingame in August 1990; Orconnor is nowrequesting a lot division. At its April, 22 rneeting, the Planning Commission reviel/ed the Negative Declaration and Tentative l'{ap,it recommended council approve the requested subdivision with eleven conditions and approve the mitigated negative declaration. The houses do not meet all city code requirernents; the Sumlit house driveway is too steep and the house too high, and there is no covered parking on the Hillside property and it has a circulardriveway installed recently in the front setback which does not conform to code. Robert OrConnor requested approval- of the subdivision withconditions 1-8 only, he requested that council deLete conditions(9) requiring the driveway at 2108 Sumnit be rebuilt to reduceslope to less than 20 percent, (10) that two covered parking spaces be provided at 2811 Hillside and (11) that the circular driveway at 2811 Hillside be removed. He said it would be agreat hardship and extremely expensive to reduce the slope of the Surnnit driveway because it woul,d require rernoving the slabfoundation of the garage which supports part of the house; thecircular driveway on Hillside is inctuded to keep cars off thestreet; he said he could conply with providing for coveredparking at the Hillside site. Another resident of Summit said the present tenant at 2108 Surnmit spoke at the Planning neeting about not having any problern inentering the driveway but they have sma1l carsl he has found histhree cars hit bottom when entering or exiting the driveway; thedriveway is not functional; this tenant wilL not be there forever and hrhat if the next person has a larger car, they would have topark in the street; aI1 other houses on Summit provide parkingfor guests on their lotsr. there is a blind spot on Summit at this house which nakes parking on street dangerous. OrConnor said the retentj,on of the circular driveway for offstreet parking on Hillside is supported by his neiqhbors. MaryWorrell, 2805 Hillside, spoke in favor of keeping the circulardrive. Council. and O'Connor discussed the possibility ofbuilding covered parkinq on the Hillside site. councilwoman orMahony said she would like to see orconnor come upwith something etse for this 1ot division; it seems there is roomon the other side of the Hillside lot for a garalre though it mayrequire removing some trees. In response to Councilnan Harrison,staff said a garage or carport may or nay not require a variance depending upon where it is placed. Mayor Barton said in May 1990 o'Connor said he wouLd neet allcode requj,rements in order to be annexed; she fel,t council shoulduphold the Planning comrnission. councilman Lenbi said he was notsure it was possible to change the driverray on Sumrnit, he wouldIike to see counciL waive this condition. OrConnorrs engineer Rednond Walsh said the driveway is only one percent over code, itwould be terribly expensive and destructive to require rernovingthe driveway and rebuilding it; he has driven in and out of thedriveway many times himself; there are many drS,veways in thecounty area that are even greater slopes,. woul-d cost $1OO,ooo to make these changes. Mayor Barton said Orconnor wanted to be inthe city and in 1990 he said he would meet code. CounciLnanPagliaro agreed with the Mayor, the city did nothing hrrong;orconnor built second house then discovered county $rou1d not lethirn subdivide, so he annexed to city with promise he would meet 203 all city codes. Perhaps an engineer could figure some way to fixdriveway. Councilman llarrison wondered if there were another wayto enter the garage to eliminate the steep driveway. Councilman Lembi said perhaps they could put off street parking in front oflot to get residentrs cars off street and not have to use garage.Staff said this would require najor excavation and retainingwalls at front of house. Mayor Barton remarked if people want toannex to city they must meet city codes; at a recent planning/ Council neeting this was discussed and agreed upon. orconnor said his house at 2811 Hi,l1side iras built in 1913, atthat time there were no height linitsr. the other house on his lotwas built to complenent the existing house,. he wanted that housebuilt in accordance with both city and county codes and soinstructed his contractor and engj.neer r. when site survey was donethey found the new construction did not rneet city requirements,.he appeaLed to council about the drj.veway condition; he wouldhave to tear apart the new house to change the drj,veway,- he hadthe house constructed to be earthquake safe; the occupants canget into the driveway and neighbors would like the cars off thestreet; as far as the ofd house, he couLd provide covered parkingon the side if given a variancel council reminded hin that he would have to corne before the Planning conmission for a variance,they are only considering the nap tonighti he said the east sideis not a good site because of the swinming pool; he would agreeto condition 10 if council would deLete conditions 9 and 11. Mayor Barton reiterated that Otconnor had agreed to neet citycodes, she felt strongl,y that if council deletes these conditionsit would send the wrong message to citizens. Councilwoman OrMahony said council is trying to be fair but in May 1990 Orconnor did say he would meet codesl she felt bad about theconditions, but he should neet with city engineer to see aboutcorrecting the driveway slope. Councilwornan O'Mahony moved adoption of RESOLUTfON 47-91 to approve the Negative Declaration and subdivision nap t ith 11conditions in staff report, seconded by Councilnan PagLiaro. Councilnan Lenbi asked for reconsideration of the motion in orderto approve conditions 1-8 first and vote on the other conditionsafter, he did not lrant to vote for condition 9 but srould approveothers. CounciLrnan Pagliaro withdrew his second. Afterconsiderable discussion, CounciJ,man Ilarrison moved to detetecondition 9 from the vote, seconded by councilnan Lembi. Thatmotion failed 4-1 on ro11 call vote, Councilman Lenbi voting yes. councillronan orMahony repeated her original motion for adoptionincluding all the proposed conditions; again seconded by Councilman PagJ-iaro. The notion carried 4-1 on roLl call vote, CounciLnan Lembi voting no. TRAFFIC ALLOCAT IONS - MAY 1991 City Planner reviewed her meno of April 19 which recommended.counciL review the request for a traffic alLocation for a 3.29acre site for airport parking use at 765 Airport Boulevard.Polytech Associates representinq the property ovrner is requestingan allocation in order to develop the vacant 2. 05 acre 1ot andattach it to the 1.24 acre adjacent lot used for airport parkingto operate an independent 3.29 acre long terrn airport parking lotwith about 300-350 parking spaces. The property owner made this same request in August 1990. The allocation was granted but theproject did not proceed and the allocation expired. The maxirnurnduration of this use could be five years of a use perrnit issubseguently granted for its installation. CounciLnan PagJ,iaro objected to using this valuable lot forparking, the city receives no sales tax for this type use, yetthe use contributes greatly to traffic and wear on city streetsand intersections; he asked that council study establishing sometype of tax for airport parking lots. 20 4 Councilman Harrison noved approval of the traffic allocation asrequested. Seconded by Councilwoman OtMahony, carried 4-1 onroll call vote, councilman Pagliaro voting no. TWENTY-FOUR IIOUR CHILD CARE F CILITY AT 945 CALIFORNfA DRIVE City Planner reviewed her nemo of April 26 which informed councilof a notice from the County that it proposed buying the former SamTrans office in order to convert the first floor to 24 hour day care and the second floor to offices or a training facility. The county asked the city to determine if the project conformedwith the general plan and gave the city 40 days to respond. TheCity Attorney pointed out that the authority of the city islinited in this case, the county is required to ask the cityabout confornance but the cityts conments are only advisory tothe County Board of Supervisors. The Planning Commission reviewed this request and voted 5-1 that the facility was ingeneral conformance. Councilman Pagliaro caLled attention to a Local paper whichreported that this child care facility woul-d operate under aIease agreenent; the City Attorney pointed out that the countypreempts the city with an operating agreernent but if the countyleases to a private firn the city might have more control. CityAttorney said in the County correspondence he has received thecounty said it would not be a lease. Councilman Pagliaro wasconcerned about taking away sone of the parking space forplayground arear' about possible noise for neighbors of the site.City Attorney said we would have control of noise and on streetparking through existing city ordinancesl he then explained thedifference between an operating agreement and a lease agreement.l,[ayor Barton said she would like to be sure the second floor isused for offices to support the first floor uses, she suggestedwriting a letter to the county with council concerns, councilconcurred. TRAFFTC CO!{UTSSION REOUEST FOR DIRECTION Public l{orks Director reviewed his rnemo of March 29 rrhich askedif council had any direction for the cornrnission regarding therequest from saturn of Burlingame to replace the parking neterson California Drive. Originally Saturn requested the bare meterposts be removed, but after rneeting with the cornmission theyfound parking could be better control,led with parking neteri. councilnan Pagliaro hoped they would not ask to have the metersrenoved again next yeari staff noted the meters had been removedat auto dealers request but the posts hrere left in case neterswould be reinstalled. Councilwoman orMahony thought it a wasteof money to take out the poles. Mayor Barton directed the comrnission hold a public hearing on the natter. LTBRARY SPACE UTTLIZATION AND EXPANSION STUDY City Manager transnitted the Study to council and councj,l agreedto place this issue on a future study rneeting agenda r. the siudyoutlines a najor library expansion of g8-9 rnillion and wouldrequire a bond issue or tax election to fund the project. RESIGNATION FROM CIVIL SERVICE/EXPIRATION OF TERI{ LIBRARY TRUSTEE City Managerrs memo of April 29 recommended council accept theresignation of Civil service commissj,oner Maxine Graham ind notedthe expiration of Library Board Trustee Jane Taylorts term. Hesuggested council. establish an application period to end May 31,1991 for these positions. Council agreed to this recommendation. C/CAG POLICY ISSUES Councilmen Pagliaro and Lembi reported on recent C/CAG meetingsto establish a budget; C/CAG is facing nearly 91 miLlion inproposed consultant costs for a hraste management study and for 205 a b congestion rnanagement; now it is proposed the group handle the new government responsibility for storn water perrnits in thecounty; if city handled these requirenents on its o!,rn it wouldcost even nore. They will keep council informed on progress. Council asked to receive copies of agendas and reports for c/cAG. PARK AND R ION CO},I}TISSION RECOI4IIIENDATI N ON BUS DEPOT City l,lanager revieved his memo of April 22 which recommendedcouncil determine when it would l-ike to review the architecttspresentations for the o1d bus depot. Council set for the Julystudy meeting. CONSENT CALENDAR council.men Lenbi and Pagliaro both had questions about theproposed floodlights at Heritage park and the lightsr effect onneighbors; staff said the lights are being installed at therequest of these neighbors to halt congregation of youngsters atthe park at night. Councilman Pagliaro asked if the encroachmentpermit (f) will take up any sidewalk areai staff said no. Healso inquired about the claim of Dr. Wall (i) r. city Attorney saidthe city had a contractor working in the area, the hole j-n thestreet rrhich caused the fatt appeared to have been caused by thatcontractor. councilman Pagliaro asked removal- of itens (a) and(h) fron the consent calendar. Renoved. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1435 - ESTABLISHING NO PARKING ON NORTH SIDE PEN NSULA FROI'{ CALIFORNIA TO SP ILROAD TRACKS Pub1ic Works memo of April 23 recommended council adopt anordinance to have no parking at any time on the north sideof Peninsula from CaLifornia Drive to the rai.Iroad tracks inorder to have a right turn Lane onto California Drj-ve. c. RESOLUTION 48-91 - SETTING PUBLIC HEARING FOR T]NDERGROI,ND DISTRTCT 8 FOR FIXING ASSESSI.{ENTS Public Works memo of April 23 recommended council set ahearing for June 3 for fixing assessments for the Underground Utility District 8. As part of the Broadway/CaLifornia improvements the city undergroundedutilities along California and Broadway i the electricservice connection fron the street to the building is theresponsibility of the property owner and must either beinstalled by then or as rras the case here by the cityrscontractor at the ownerrs cost. Law provides that if thebiII is not paid the city can make a lien on the property;three properties have not paid their costs for an outstanding amount of $4,957.50. d. RESOLUTION 49-9L - ACCEPTING COMPLETION OF INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING AT CA IFORNIA AND BROADWAY - CP 52 Public Works neno of April 26 recommended council acceptconpletion of this project by St. Francis Electric in the anount of $15, 3 00 . e. AWARDING CONTRACT FOR INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING AT IIERITAGE PARK AND AT LI NS CLUB PARKING LOT cP 910 Public Works memo of May 1 recommended council approve thispernit with standard conditions for steps and a planter. f. ENCROACHI,TENT PERMIT FOR PI,ANTER AND STEP AT 2990 DOLORES Public Works merno of April 30 recommended council award acontract to CVE, Incorporated in the amount of 97,354 toinstall floodlights at Ileritage Park and a street light inthe Lions Parking Lot. 206 !'. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR FENCE AT 1OO1 CABRILLO Public works memo of May 1 recommended council approvethis permit with standard conditions for a 30 inch highpicket fence. h.Renoved. i. DENIAL OT' CLAIM OF DR. SAMUEL WALL city Attorneyrs memo of April 29 reconmended council deny this clairn for a fall at the intersection of l,Iagnolia and Trousdale. councilman llarrison moved approval seconded by Councilwoman O I Mahony, of the consent caLendar. carried unanimously. REMOVED CONSENT ITEI.{S h. ENCROACHMENT PERI,IIT FOR PARKING IN EASEIIIENT AT 1730 ROLLINS Public Works nemo of May 1 recommended council- approve an encroachrnent permit to a1loh, private surface use for temporary vehicle storage in the 140 foot drainage easement under the PG&E porrer lines subject to conditions attached tothe perrnit. Arthur Michael, property owner, intends to grade and pave a portion of this easenent and confine normal drainage to a ditch and underground pipe atonq the property. The ownerrs engineers have provided a study showing thatthis parking area is 1ow enough to aLlow rainwater overflowto avoid flooding adjoining property. This easenent is designated drainage right-of-way to store overflow rainwater frorn adjacent lands in case of high tide and pump stationfailure; under these conditions, flooding can be expected tooccur. A hol-d harmless clause is included, as well as arequirement for warning signs. The parking is only forpatrons of 1730 Rollins and may not be used as requiredparking for expanding that business. Councilman Pagliaro was concerned about the city's liability ifit allows parking in this area and the lot becomes flooded andalso about possible increase in membership of the club theparking lrill serve. He asked there be a requirement for 91nillion insurance naming the city as additional insured. Theapplicant was present and said he does carry g3 rnillion insurance and he would have the city naned as additionaL insured; they wiIIalso post the area with warning signs about the possibility of f loodingr' he said they have about 3,OOO members and the business cannot a1low nore mernbers because there would not be room in thebuilding; because there are several health clubs in the irnmediatearea, street parking is difficult and this additional parking is meant to alleviate the present street parking overcrowding.councilnan Pagliaro moved to approve the encroachnent pernitsubject to conditions, and with the additional condition that the ohrner carry $3 million i-nsurance with the city named asadditional insured, and that the parking lot be narned in thisinsurance and that the insurance sha1l be prinary. Seconded by Councilnan Harri.son, carried unanirnously by voice vote. a INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1436 - RAISING COI'NCIL SALARIES City Attorney's memo of April 17 recommended council i,ntroduce this ordinance to raise council salaries to $400 a month from the current $300; it also providesthat there will be no reimbursement of nileage for anyactivities within the county; it would become effectiveafter the Novernber council election. Councilman Pagliaro noted he was not in favor of this change and Mayor Barton aqreed. councilman Harrj-son moved introduction of oRDINANCE 1436. Seconded by Councilwonan O'llahony, carried 3-2 on roll cal1, Mayor Barton and Councilman Pagliaro voting no. 207 COUNCIL COMI'{ITTEE REPORTS TSII: Councilman }larrison said they have approved the mission statement of the advisory and appeals subcomrnittee; Richard Geeis the acting director; the budget will be approved soon. Hotels: Councilman Harrison acknowledged a letter he hadreceived from Dan l,lcllale, manager of the Ramada, stating that thehotels have established a trHotel Iilanagers Counci-l-'r for the Cityof Burlingame. Chanber of Commerce: He had also attended the recent Chamberseminar in ltonterey and congratulated the Chanber on this event. One discussion centered on tourisn and everyone there said thecity needs a convention center. trmergency Services: Councilwoman Otl,lahony said the EmergencyServices Council budget will propose a 10 percent increase forcities; all employees involved in hazardous materiaLs mustreceive training. Convention Bureau: councilman Lembi said the Bureau is al-sodiscussing its budget shortfall and looking for ways to involveloca1 travel agents; they all ask about Burlingame's proposed convention center as it would aid the entire county. Criminal Justice Council: Mayor Barton reported they had a speaker wbo talked about runar^ray teens; there are l-ots of needsout there and little money avaiLable. city is getting lots ofrequests for social aid help and we are not a social- agency. Airport Roundtable: She said C/CAG talk of doing away with theRoundtable was met with resistance by that group because theyfeel they are getting pl-aces with the airport, FAA and citizensall working together. OLD BUSINESS School District: Councilman Lenbi had attended a meeting at theCounty Office of Education; they are interested in the inter-relationship of city and school. He thought we had rnissed theboat in passing over the recent request fron the BurlingameSuperintendent to establish a liaison gEoup to meet a coupletines a year to discuss mutual problems. He said he woul,d bewilling to serve as this liaison person if council approved,Council had no obj ection. NEW BUSINESS Amstrup L,etter: councilman Pagl-iaro brought up a tetter receivedfrom former Mayor Irv Amstrup about the city code not requiring aPlanning Commissioner to be a resident. Mayor Barton was surethis was an oversight and council asked the City Attorney tobring a correction to council. KCSM: Councilman Pagliaro reported he had spoken on KCSM about Bay Vision 2020. cuernavaca Park Pl-aque: Mayor Barton rnentioned a nemo about anold plaque conmemoratj-ng the founding of this park; she had noobjection to its installation at the park. Police: She also congratulated the Police Department on catchinga murderer and a robber. Schedule Appeal Hearings: Mayor Barton set I"Iay 2hearings for (1) 1617 Sanchez and (2) the Marriotsign at 1800 Bayshore. 0ftH or appealotel bayfront Planning Cornmission: Councilman Lembi said he was surprised tolearn that the Planning Commission al$rays votes j.n the same 208 alphabetical order. He thought they should rotate the vote as council doesl council concurred. Parking Fund: Councilman Harrison mentioned two l-etters from the chanber and the Broadway Ivlerchants expressing concern about l-ossof nonies to the parking fund. He sympathized with them and council agreed a letter should be written in a positive way toIet them know that there is no way to know just when these fundswill be replaced and that Broadway wiLl not be forgotten. ACKNOWLEDGEI.{ENTS 1. Commission Minutes: Senior Citizens Council, April 18; Park and Recreation, April 18; Planning, April. 22i Traffic, Safety and Parking, April 1L, l-991. 2. Department Reports: Police, March 1991; Fire, I"larch 1991. 3. Proclamations: Public works week; Honoring Bob Hi1I. 4. fwo letters from chamber of commerce regarding (1) Burlingame Avenue fire site; and (2) the Parking Fund. 5. Letter from Broadway Merchants regarding parking fund. 6. Letter fron resident regardingr late notice about street repair. 7. Letter from school Superintendent about Iiaison cornmittee, 8. Letters regarding water rationing. 9. Letter thanking city for street cleaning on Capuchino. 10. Letter conplaining about recent street repairs and complementing Junior Engineer. 11. Certificate of Appreciation from Board of Supervisors forassisting with Winter She1ter. FROM THE FI.,OOR Dan Mason expressed concern about the proliferation of multipleresidential projects; about airport noiser' about a noise barrierfor the freeway; and about the child care facility; he suggesteda shuttle service to take citizens, particularly seniors, acrossthe freeway so they patronize hotels and restaurants because the Broadway overpass sidewalks are too narrow for walkingr; he thanked council for giving hirn the opportunity to speak. CLOSED SESSION Mayor Barton adjourned the meeting at 10:44 p.m. to a Closed Session regarding litigation. The City Manager announced they would also discuss labor relations. SETTLEI.{ENT AGREEMENTS Council approved settlernents for the Fitzpatrick versus Orser suit and for Burlinqame versus zaro. ADJOI'RNMENT The rneeting was regularly adj ourned at 10:54 p.n. udith A. Malfatticity cl-erk