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CITY OF BURLINGAME
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
wednesday, May 23, l-990, 7:30 p.m.
City HaI1 Conference Room A
Mayor Donald Lembi convened the study session of the Burlingame city
Council on the above date in Conference Room A of Burlingame City
HaII at 7 |32 p.m.
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS BARTON, HARRISON, LEMBI , OTMAHONY
ABSENT: PAGLIARO
STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRES, COLEMAN, KIRKUP, PALMER, EOWNS, REILIY,
QUADRI , MEANS, WAGNER
1. BROADWAY STREET FAIR
city Manager stated that the staff has met with representatives of
the Broadway Merchants concerning their request for a street fairand that we have general agreement on alI but two items. These
items are the closure of Broadway at California rather than ChulaVista as in previous years, and the sale of alcoholic beverages on
the street.
Council discussed with staff how other cities handle sale of aI-coholic beverages and our past practices withi-n the city at events
such as Burlingame Days. Councilmembers Barton and Harrison indi-cated that they would not favor the sale of al-coholic beverages on
Broadway and that it would be a precedent for other events. It was
the concurrence of a]l" of the councilmembers that we should continueto prohibit sale of alcoholic beverages on public proPerty.
Council asked Sydney woo and Ann Parsons whether the complaints from
merchants about l-ast year's event have been dealt with. Ann Parsons
indicated that all who signed last year's letter have been contactedand the majority of these now favor the event. They stated that
they would like to have the street closure at California to involve
more merchants. Council reviewed with staff its traffic concernsfor a closure at California rather than Chula Vista and concurredthat we needed to continue to allow cross traffic at chula vista to
allow a reasonable traffic flow in the area. Staff was directed by
Council to proceed with issuing the street fair permit using lastyear's conditions.
BROADWAY PROPERTY OWNERS SURVEY RETURNS REGARDING
PARKING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
Mayor Lembi indicated that he had a possible conflict of interestand refrained from any discussion on this item and turned the meet-
ing over to Vice Mayor Barton.
Councilwomen Barton and O'Mahony questioned whether it would be pos-
sible to lower the parking charges at the city's Rhinette lot to 50
cents all day to match that of the parking across the street and to
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city Attorney reviewed the results we have received so far from the
two letters to property owners in the Broadway area. The responses
to date indicate that approximately 40 percent are opposed, 30 per-
cent in favor, and we have 30 percent no response. He stated that
we recently heard from Wel1s Fargo Bank and they would favor someparking proposal. Councilwoman o'Mahony thought that this was apositive response and questioned whether it would be appropriate to
have an interest forum for property owners to discuss the idea.
Councilwoman Barton thousht that if an assessment district was
formed, the assessments vrould be passed on to the merchants through
rent increases. Council recognized Pete campanile, a Broadway mer-chant, and he gave his opinion that there needed to be a definiteproject proposal before holding a forum and approaching the property
owners. He also stated he would lj-ke to see better signage indicat-
ing where the existing parking is on Broadway. Staff has ordered
the signage.
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encourage the use of the City lot. It was the consensus of Councilthat this was a good idea and that staff should prepare a resolutionfor the necessary change .
3. POSSIBLE USE INDUSTRIAL AREA PROPERTY FOR RECREATION PURPOSES
Mayor Lembi indicated that he had asked for this item to be placed
on the study agenda. He feels the City shoul-d examine the pos-
sibility of purchasing the 17-acre parcel on Rollins Road which is
on the market. It may be possible to seIl Bayside Park, build re-
placement facilities on approximately 10 of the 17 acres and selloff the baLance. Staff relayed that since Bayside Park is an oId
burn Landfi11 that testing needed to be done to determine thefeasibility of development or possible saIe.
Councilwoman Barton felt that she coul-d not support spending fundsfor testing at this time and that she did not feel there was suffi-cient gain from moving facilities from Bayside to the RolLins Roadarea. Councilwoman o'Mahony did not see that the industrial area
hras a good l-ocation for recreational uses but felt that the City
should test Bayside Park to see what options were available. Mayor
Lembi felt there are definite gains from the Rollins Road site as
compared to Bayside Park but he did not support the idea of testingunless the City wished to proceed with some kind of action onBayside. Councilman Harrison asked what testing might cost, andstaff indicated that we have not received proposals, but testing maytake three to five months. Councilwoman orMahony suggested thatpossibly we needed a committee to do a recreation needs assessmentto identify the types of facilities the community believes it cur-rently lacks.
Recreation Director Ray wagner stated that a questionnaire in therecreation brochure would be possible in August. After additionaldiscussion, it was the consensus of the Council that staff was to
determine the possible cost of testing of Bayside Park and develop ageneral questionnaire for inclusion in the recreation brochure.
4. PROPOSED REVISIONS 1988 UNIFORM FIRE CODE
Fire Marshal Bill Reilly gave a brief history of the Burlingame Fire
and Building codes and the reasons that we have a number of stricter
standards than those in the standard building code. fn reviewingthe merits of our local reguirements, staff feels that if $re ex-
panded the sprinkler ordinance provisions, we could grant moreflexibility by reducing the number of exceptions to the standardbuilding code. councilwoman Barton asked if staff had any idea of
the feelings of developers or contractors on this matter. Staff'sgeneral impression is that they would favor more flexibility andthat it was a possible trade-off of sprinkler costs against the
costs for other modifications.
Councilman Harrison questioned the wording of the proposed ordinance
asking if it would apply to all zones. Staff indicated that its in-tent was that remodels of over $50,000 in buildings that $rere over
5,000 square feet would be affected. Mayor Lembi asked how muchsprinklers cost. staff replied that current quotations are ap-proximately $1.15 per square foot for residenti.al sprinklers and
from $2 to $2.50 for commercial sprinklers.
After additional discussion, Council indlcated its support for theproposed revisions and directed staff to prepare the code revisionsfor introduction at a future meeting.
5. SELECTION PROCESS FIRE STATION ARCHITECT
Public works Director reviewed the process that staff has undergoneto date and guestioned Council about whether it wished to interviewthe three potential architects. Councj-lwoman O'Mahony asked aboutthe criteria used in the selection process. After reviewing thecriteria, Council lndicated that staff should make its recommenda-tion to Council, and Council will determine if it wishes further in-terviews $rith the architects.
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6. PROPOSED SPECIAL PERMIT FOR CULVERTING CREEKS
Mayor Lembi indicated that this had been suggested by CouncilmanPagliaro. Councilman Harrison said he had discussed this with Coun-
ciLman Pagliaro and that he had no problem with what had beenproposed. council concurred that they could support the proposed
ordinance and directed staff to prepare it for introduction at a fu-
ture meeting.
There were no further Council comments.
FROM THE FLOOR
Marti Knight addressed Council about her concerns regarding the pos-
sibility of selling Bayside Park. She thought that property on the
Bay front !.ras more desirable for recreational use than that in theindustrial area.
Dave Hinckle, representing the Broadway Merchants, addressed Council
concerning a recent merchants nevrsletter. He indicated that the
newsletter was an editorial piece with which all of the Broadway
merchants did not concur. He stated that in future newsletters,
they will try to clearly indicate authors on editorial opinions.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:22 p.m.
J udith A. MalfattiCity clerk
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