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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1990.10.15105 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA october 15, 1990 A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the city HaII Council Chambers. The meeting was calIed to order at 7:31 p.m. by Mayor Don Lembi. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by city clerk .Iudy Malfatti. ROLL CALL COUNCIL PRESENT: BARTON, HARRISON, TEMBI , OIMAHONY, PAGLIARO COUNCIL ABSENT: NONE MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 1, 1990 were approved on motion of Councj.lman Harrison. Seconded by councilman o'Mahony and carrj-ed 4-L with councilh,oman Barton abstaining because she was absent from that meeting. Mayor Lembi opened the public hearing. Joe Karp, L209 Burlingame Avenue, presented photos of the site; he showed overheads of old and current zoning laws regarding 1ot sizes required at the site; he dj-d not plan to enlarge Summit Drive; he was willing to widen street on Hillside Circle and putin sidewalk if city requires such. In September L989 he had an engineering study made to determine what he could do with thispropertyi he would like to retain the present charming old home and could do so with a three lot subdivision. The city had ark director agreed that trees would betreet was widened and a sidewalkith conditions the Planning Commission had was concern expressed about the stone retaining wa1I on Summit; he would have a study done if reguired. Neighbors are concerned about the houses being higher and looking down on their homes; he could lower the lot three to four feet to lessen the impact; iswilling to meet all city conditions; he would prefer not to havea sidewalk and will replace any tree or bush removed or harmed. David Carr reviewed history of neighbors objecting to changes and additional homes in their neighborhood; they vrant to keep thingsthe way they are now; that house has been there for 31 years and they dontt vrant change but things do change; they could keep the o1d house and provide two new homes that meet conditions for lotsize. Another person said the property owner has a right tosubdivide this large Iot; people living on Hillside have asubstandard streeti Karp is willing to make improvements and Iost or harmed if t t in a parking bay on the street, but anproposed that he pu arborist and the ci tvphes edwtraffic engineer study impact of this area and the engineer determined that theretraffic impact from adding two homes. There installed. He agreproposed. He had a subdivision on the would be negligible CALI, TO ORDER TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION AT 2807 HILLSIDE Public Works Director reviewed his memo of october 10 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action on this mapping request. Council should either approve the map with any desired conditions or disapprove the map making findings as appropriate, any substantive changes need to be referred back to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission recommendedthat councj-I deny the map by a 4-2 vote. The applicant, Joe Karp, is requesting a tentative parcel map to subdivide one 28,000 square foot lot on Hillside Circle between Summit and Hillsj-de Drives into three lots (code requires 7,000 square foot minimum size, the smallest lot size proposed is 7,781 squarefeet). The subdivision does not meet code requirements forstreet width and does not include sidewalks. t 06 council is obligated to live by city laws; he asked if anycouncil members had seen the site, council responded they had all vj-sited the area; he said there would be minimal grading required because the lots are mostly level, slopes are at the rear, thetrees on Hillside Circle are black acacia and are a nuisance and overgrowni he urged council to approve this request. David Behling, appeal board a home s asking f next door, witsplit the Iot ar ndBorahrhinto ea1 estate agent vrho sits on county assessment oard of Realtors has seen neighbors with small ssessment reviews because of huqe homes built ree lots Karp would build smaller homes; if hetwo, there could be tvro huge homes built. ircle is smallIley carsion would be eared that overage . Bill GiLmartin, 345 Lorton, was interested in purchasing theparcel with the old McMillan house; with the three lot division he would be able to afford the site; it's a wonderful oId home and he has three smalL children. Speaking in opposition was Bill Cohendet, 1408 HilIside Circle, he presented a petition signed by neighbors objecting and asked people in audience opposed to the subdivision to stand. Roy Mayer, 1387 Hillside Circle, presented a letter from Hank Engineers stating that widening Hillside circle would impact therural aspect of the area; the subdivision would create traffic hazards; he had spoken to the city traffic engineer hrho suggestedyield signs and traffic bumps to slow traffic and said in the future we might need to make street one-way. Dan Mccarthy, 1388 Hillside circle, said HiIlside and narrow because that is where the Burlingame T turned around; he agreed the houses in the subdiv much higher than those across Hillside Circle; he Karp would build to the maximum of 40 percent lot Councilwoman O'Mahony noted the proposed lotsIots across the streeti council must determine comparable with neighborhood; this large prope city for 31 years and there has been no change the neighbors are protective of this charming they have become attached to the treesi she ha neighbors want to keep the narrow street and i ro l_s f A resident on Hillside, wondered how many people would reside in these homes, how many cars, how many children; it's a small narrow street and can't handle more people; another person reviewed dangers of driving and backing out onto these streets. A resident at 2809 Summit, \,ranted to see houses that conform to the neighborhood, Karp would have trouble making three houses work on the site; house and lots are much higher than across the streeti Karp says he wiII replace the trees and bushes but mature growth can't be replaced; he was concerned about oaks on site; height of new homes wiII look into his home; the stone retaining waII should be retained. Applicant Joe Karp rebutted; he would have all the trees and bushes counted and measured; he had an architect draw proposed footprints of new homesi he would meet aI Councilwoman Barton wondered what he woul approval, she wanted to knoht what alterna introduced Bill Gary who showed drawingsfor three lots, two lots and one lot. Ka discuss alternatives at the PLanning Commission meeting. Harrison said the owner would want to get revenue from site, if he does not get three lots, he would divide into two lots and put up larger homes and tear down the old McMillan house. Mayor Lembi closed the hearing. I requirements. d do if he doesn't get tives he had. Karpof building envelopesrp said he did not areifrtyin oIddatm larger than the the lots are has been in the those years i house and lot; sense thatight be important to keep it as is; subdivision could be done within code; on the lot by Summit Drive very few feet could be graded to reduce height; no code violations, don't believe it should be denied; we should keep the treesi she didnrt want to see more huge monstrosities built l-ike some that have gone up in the city, she trusts that Joe Karp would not do that. councilman Pagliaro said property must be considered where it exists; this street is only 20 feet wide, on his site visit his car took up half the street, subdivision could destroy neighborhood and trees; it's an inappropriate development for this focation because of the public improvement requirements i-n subdivision code; he will vote against it. councilwoman Barton agreed with neighbors who donrt want to make change but she doesn't own the property, thls man bought it and he has the right to develop it within code limits; not sure she can legally say no; cantt say no because the street is narrow, he can widen the street. City Attorney reviewed for councj-I that 10 feet frontage with trees and sidewal-k are city property; he reviewed criteria for council to consider for subdivisions. councilman Harrison empathized with neighbors, had looked at some of the monstrosities that have qone up; but he does not feel that, based on the criteria, council can deny thls subdivision. The tlpe of homes that go in are another matter, will be separately reviewed and would be taken up at another meeting. Mayor Lembi had an experience similar to this subdivision another city, that city voted against it and was founviolation, the council decision hras overturned in cou hated to see the 1ot split, but he coul-d not vote aga Council reviewed the conditions in staff report; Councilman Harrison asked if the two lots fronting on Hillside Circle could have a common driveway, City Attorney said it could be done but they would each need easements from the other property; council liked this idea because it would require fewer driveways on Hillside Circle and protect more vegetation, staff said it might require redesign of the house plans; driveway should be no wider than 15 feet; a driveway requiring that peoPle drive out forward rather than backing out was discussed but staff said it \4,as not feasible because there is not enough room. 1n in heir dto rts i ins t Councilwoman o'Mahony moved approvalfor a subdivision at 2807 Hil-lside wireport (10/!5/90) and conditions 3 th Engineer's report (9/24/90) to planni conditions (a and b l0/75/90 ) regardi maintenance of the retaining structurstaff report to council (10/15/90) an condition requiring investigation of Hillside Circle with a single 15 foot drivew cross easements for shared access and provid proposal be approved by the City Engineer as standards and minimizing vegetation removal. Councilman Harrison. Councilman Pagliaro asked the tentative parcel mapfive conditions in staffgh 12 in the City commission, two slope stability andn Summit Drive in the he addition of a eloping the two Iots onth appropriate he finaling city onded byhat condition 5of trees that ounci lwoman stone retaining f acade ofth rou ng ngeodt dev ay wiing t meet Sec in staff report be changed to require replacemen need to be removed with trees of similar size. 0/t5/90). The motion carried 4-1 on ro11 tt b tt erO'Mahony asked tha waII and if it mus call vote, Councilma he would bring a res study be done regarding th e replaced it have a simila(conditions a and a b 1 n o Pagliaro voting no. The City Attorney said lution to the next meeting for this action. Mayor Lembi calted for a recess at 9:16 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:27 p.m. with all council members present. APPEAL FOR A NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND CONDOMINIUM PERMIT FOR EIGHT UNITS AT 518 ALMER ROAD City Planner revj.ewed her memo of october 4 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Takuo Kanno, architect, and Yamaoka Development are requesting a condominiumpermit for an eight unit residential condo at 518 Almer Road. The proposed structure would have 18 parking spaces belo$, grade (16 required) and four floors above the parking garage with a maximum height of 35 feet (35 feet allowed). The eight units would all have two master bedroom suites, common open areas and open space in each unit as required by code. The application hTas appealed by a neighbor, Wasil Demchuk at 515 Almer, who felt that eight units was too many for the 1ot. L07 108 Councilman Pagliaro asked staff to review guidelines for council approval of a condo permit. Mayor Lembi opened the public hearing. Takuo Kanno, applicant, was perplexed that this project was appealed because they had originally received approval for nineunits on this site and have reduced the number of units to eight;all code reguirements are met for the project. Speaking in opposition was Ross Bruce who lived in a condonearby. He was concerned about these large units requiring moreparking spaces than two each as proposed. This would causegreater parking impact on the street in an already impacted area. Mayor Lembi cl-osed the public hearing. Councilman Harrison agreed with Mr. Bruce that the large sizeunits might create problems; he asked that council study this issue to evaluate parking requirements for large units. He then moved for approval of the negative declaration and condominium permit by adoption of RESOLUTION 127-90, and moved approval of the tentative condo map for the project. Seconded by Councilwoman o'Mahony, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote. SECOND READING - ORDINANCE T425 - PROHIBITING TOW TRUCKS AND DUMP TRUCKS FROM PARKfNG IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES City Attorney reviewed his memo of September 24 which recornmended council hold a public hearing and take action. At a recent meeting councif discussed complaints about parking problems near Sherman Avenue and directed that an ordinance be drafted which would prohibit parking tow trucks and dump trucks in residential areas. Mayor Lembi opened the public hearing. Karen Hoffman, 1593 Sherman, reviewed problem the neighborhood had experienced with a tow truck operator. She appreciated the support of council on this issue. Karen Key asked if council could consider the problem of abandoned cars which are dumped on residential streets. Mayor tembi closed the hearing. Councilr^ioman Barton moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1425. seconded by Councilman Harrison carried unanimously by ro11 call vote. SECOND READING - ORD]NANCE 7424 - AMENDING PERS RETIREMENT CONTRACT FOR LOCAL POLICE MEMBERS (SECTION 20024.2) city Manager reviewed his memo of September 10 whic council hold a public hearing and take action. In agreement the city agreed to amend our PERS contrac increasing in most cases their average retirement benefits. The cost will be the employer contribution rate effecti estimated annual cost of this benefit budget impact until 1992-93 fiscal yea Mayor Lembi opened the public hearing. the hearing was c Iosed. ecommended PoA Iabor o provide ase pay for computing .328 percent increase toJuly 1, 1992. The $113,289. There is no hr thett this optional benefit by January L, !99!. This amendment increases the retirement benefits for police safety members by b veisr. There being no comments, Councilwoman Barton moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1424. Seconded by Councilwoman o'Mahony, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote. AMUSEMENT PERMIT AIIIENDMENT - MARRIOTT HOTEL 18OO BAYSHORE city Attorney reviewed his memo of September 25 which recommended council hold pubtic hearing and take action. Marriott is requesting an amendment to the current permit with alIows a disk jockey with recorded music and dancing. They have asked for a GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT USE city Manager reviewed his memo of october 9 which recommended council hear comments from 11 applicants for use of the o1d creyhound Bus Depot, then discuss further at the study meeting on wednesday night. There are six proposals for commercial uses and' five for non-conunercial uses. commercial proposals: Leo Georgettj-, woodlake Joers, said he had a smaIl food related concept. Ron Karp had a proposal for a sma11 novelty store. Patricia Monroe proposed a hair salon keeping the name Greyhound Depot. Mike Harvey, auto row entrance - remove building, said with parking problems in the area he would prefer to see a park at the site. (w. Berry Hur1ey, office use, and carl Minerva, deli use, were not present. ) Non-colunercial proposals: Walter Kentzler, Bombay Bicycle Riding club, proposed a meeting room. Mike Nilmeyer, AYSo, proposed a meeting room for sports groups of the city. Bob Goodman, Burlingame Lions CIub, proposed the Lions manage the site for community activities. Tom wilburn' Lionel Train CIub, proposed a room for display of model trains. (Arts Council was not present . ) Councilman Pagliaro recommended council decide whether j-t lvants commercial or non-commercial activity. Council$roman o'Mahony said she heard a proposat to move the building to a site in washington Park to free the small triangle for open space, perhaps a large benefactor could provide a sign designating auto row for the site. Councifman Harrison thought the building might be used by the Senior Council. Mayor Lembi directed further discussion take place at the study meeting. 109 variety of contests or shows on Tuesday, a comedian on Wednesday, and contests or shows on Thursday. The Police Department has concerns about some of these activities causing caIIs for service; officers have been injured during service calls to the hote1. Of particular concern are the swimsuit and aerobic dancing contests. The Plannj-ng Department has continuing concern about parking problems in the area and use of neighboring busineises for parking by hotel patrons. He recoflunended a six month permit. Stan Moore, General Manager of Marriott Hotel, said he realized parking was a premium at his hotel; they are looking into parking logistics of hotel guest, dining and lounge patronsi he admitted there are times when the parkingr Iot is ful1 and the garage is not; he would like to force more parking into the garage; he said the 1ot is used as an airport parking lot by some people which impacts the lot use. Councilman Harrison asked if he was aware of complaints about hotel guests parking at adjacent businesses. Councilman Pagliaro said this hotel has some real problems and that police officers are endangered by service caIls to the site. Moore said most calls for service are on weekends; they have added doormen and security guards; he hoped for improvements. councilman Pagliaro said he would Iike to have the parking garage opened to the public. Moore was not sure that $ras the solution, Friday and Saturday the garage is fuI1 and that is when most problems occuri he said the hotel is a luxury hotel and guests expect valet parking services; if provided free of charge it would be $100,000 expense per year. Councilwoman Barton agreed the hotel is a luxury hotel, but wondered why a luxury hotel needs male and female swimwear contests. Moore said contests are in response to market needs and customer needs change over time. Councilman Harrison moved to approve the amendment as requested for six months and durinq that time Moore should look into using the garage better and solving litter problem at adjacent businesses. Seconded by Councilwoman o'Mahony. Councilwoman Barton had a problem with this, it is not the image she has of the Marriott or of Burlingame; we don't have to cater to these type of people and activities. Council-man Pagliaro said next time this comes before council he will look carefully at the parking issue. The motion carried 3-2 on voice vote, Councilwoman Barton and Councilman Pagliaro votj-ng no. TENTATIVE CITY COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR 1991 City Manager reviewed his memo of October 9 with attachedtentative calendar; he noted a Saturday morning study session for January 12, the Comnissioner Dinner for Friday, March l and the Budget study session for June 5. Councilman Harrison moved approval. Seconded by Councilwoman orMahony, carried unanimously by voice vote. COWENTION CENTER COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR CONSULTANT City Manager reviewed council authorize thefor professional servi s j-tes , f inanc j-ng, park on city revenues and h Council members all agreed they hranted to get moving on thisquickly; City Manager said award of contract could be in early December with a report back to council by February. Council inquired about information on election possibilities. Councilwoman O'Mahony moved approval of issuing a RFP for the Convention Center Committee consultant. Seconded by Councilman Harrison, carried unanimously. Marty Kantoff said the consultant would need clear criteria or the study might take a long time. CITY REPRESENTATIVE FROM BUSINESS COMMi'NITY TO TSM JPA City Manager reviewed his memo of october 2 which requested council ask the Chamber of Commerce to suggest one or more namesfor council consideration by November l- so they could appoint a representatj-ve from the business corununity to serve on the JPA advisory and appeals committee. Councilman Pagl-iaro asked the chamber present more than one nominee. Council concurred. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Pagliaro stated he had a conflict of interests in the claim of State Farm Insurance lC-2); in item D he was concerned about the number of turns required to access parking spaces inthis condo, would like to look at the number of maneuvers at a study meeting; in item c he wondered if there was any sales tax generated by the United Airlines food service business. a RESOLUTION 128-90 - AUTHOR]ZING AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVfCES FOR L]BRARY SPACE EXPANSION City Librarianrs memo of October 10 recommended council approve this agreement with Ripley Associates in the amount of $25,500 to complete a space util-ization and building expansion program for the library. b. TENTATIVE LABOR AGREEMENT WITH F]RE FIGHTERS City Manager's memo of october 11 recornmended council approve this agreement with the Fire Fighters; the agreement is in accordance with council authorization as revised during negotiations; the agreement includes a 5 percent trage increase in July l-990 and JuIy 1991. c DENIAL OF ctAIM (1) JOHN GOTELLI; (2) STATE FARM INSURANCE City Attorney's memos recommended council deny these claims for (1) sidewal-k repairs, and (2) tree damage to a house. d. TENTATIVE CONDO MAP FOR SfX UNITS AT ].346 EL CAMINO REAL Pubfic Works memo of October l0 recormended counci] concur with Planning Commission and approve this tentative map. his memo of October 9 which recommended issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) ces for a focused study of alternate sizes,ing, traffic, facility management, impactotel tax and a time line for development. 110 111 RESOLUTION 1,29-90 MITIGATION GRANT - DESIGNATING APPLfCANTTS AGENT FOR HAZARD Finance Directorrs memo of october 10 recommended council approve this resolution authorizing the City Manager and Finance Director to sign grant documents. f. TENTATIVE CONDO MAP FOR FOUR T'NITS AT 1022 CHULA VISTA Public works memo of October 10 recommended council concur with Planning cornmission and approve this tentative map. S. ENCROACHMENT PERMfT FOR STRUCTURES IN EASEMENT AT 845-855 STANTON ROAD Public works memo of october 10 recorffnended council approvethis encroachment permit subject to three conditions. United Airlines proposes to place two connecting corridors across an easement between two adjacent buiJ-dings in order to consolidate their food preparation operations. h. WARRANTS AIiID PAYROTL Finance Director recommended approval of warrants 1L393-7l-772, duly audited, in the amount of $849,105.95 and Payroll Checks 29088-30034 for the month of September L990 in the amount of $1,083,365.73. RESOTUTION 130-90 - AI4ENDMENT NO. GROVE WATER MAIN DESIGN - CP 922 2 TO AGREEMENT FOR OAK Public works memo of october 11 recommended council award additional water main design to Brian-Kangas-Foulk, consulting Engineers, in the amount of $11,126 to include design plans for an extension of the new water main in Wiltborough Place to Palm Drive. Councilman Harrison moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton, carried unanimously with Councilman Pagliaro abstaining from C-2. CO1JNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS C/CAG: Mayor Lembi reported on an upcoming meeting. A vote will be taken on the revised draft agreement. NEW BUSfNESS Schedule Appeal Hearings: Mayor Lembi scheduled public hearings for the November 5 meeting for appeals for a garage at 120 Bancroft, a final EIR report and two hotels at 460 and 480 Airport, and a sign at the Sheraton Hotel. Christmas Tree Lights! Councilvroman Barton asked the status of lights on a city hall tree, City Manager said lights have been ordered. Karen Key, Chamber of cofiunerce, said the tree lighting ceremony could coincide with the opening holiday season parade on Burlingame Avenue and invited council members to ride on the fire engine with Santa. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Commission Minutes: CiviI Service, september 11; Beautification, october 4; and Planning, october 9, 1990. Department Reports: Police Report, September 1990. Letter from BIS thanking city street s$reeper for sweeping school grounds. Letter from Supervisor No1an offering to speak before council about BART. 1 a b d LL2 FROM THE FLOOR Marty Kantoff commented that if council invited Supervisor Nolanto speak about BART, they should also invite a representative from BART because they would have opposing viewpoints. He \"ras also suspicious of anything the airport favors, because theairport always goes against san Mateo county. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was regularly adjourned at 10:38 p.m. Judith A. Malfattcity Clerk