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CITY OF BURLINGAME
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
Saturday, February 24, 7990, 9:00 AM
City Ha11 Conference Room A
Mayor Don Lembi convened the annual work program and goal session of
the Burlingame City council and department heads on the above date
j-n conference Room A of Burlingame City HaII at 9 AM.
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS BARTON, HARRISON, LEMBI , PAGLIARO, OIMAHONY
city Manager briefly reviewed 1989 and presented a forecast for
1990. He then reviewed a list of problems, issues and projects
which we anticipate the city needing to act on i
These included regional issues, 1ocaI issues, bu
major capital projects, and commissions. A
through the outline, it began its dj-scussion of
nt
dgest
var
e existing regulation of creeks for a future study meet-
ilmembers Harrison and o'Mahony commented on the dj.scus-
ks from the prior Wednesday but indicated that it would
e to review the regulations now in pIace. Councilwoman
t that the numbers presented in the previous creek study
bjective and that the current study data did not seem to
stently to the 1954 data.
he upcoming year .
t/ administration ,he Council worked
ious items.
Council asked that the issue of developing a plan for Bayside Park
on the sanitary 1andfiIl be placed on a future study meeting. In
discussinq the Convention center co[unittee, Council indicated that
it would be acceptable to replace Rick Adie with the new Hyatt
manager Rod Young.
Councilmembers Pagliaro and Barton asked that staff prepare a short
report on thing. councsion of cree
be acceptabl
orMahony fel
were very surelate consi
In discussing Broadvray parking, Council-woman o'Mahony stated that
Park Road Realty had prepared a paper for Council review. She
thought it would be possible to seII the city property on Rhinette
and use this revenue as a dor^rn palment on the Chu1a Vista site.
Councifwoman Barton discussed the history of public parking on
Broadway as compared to Burlingame Avenue and the fact that Broadway
had never had a parking district or any property owner contribution.
She had discussed the underutili zation of the Rhinette Iot with some
merchants and thought we might look at some type of free or permit
parking for the 1ot. Councilman Harrj-son thought there was another
iite option which needed to be looked at, a condominium site on
Rhinette which is now vacant adjacent to a lot on Broadway. Coun-
cilman Pagl-iaro fel-t that the merchants need to do some self help in
terms of reducing the parking impact by encouraging employees to use
the Rhinette lot. He stated he would not support purchase of the
chul-a vista 1ot at this time but thought Councilman Harrison's idea
of reviewj-nq the Iot on Rhinette with some type of sralk-through
across Stanawayrs Market parking 1ot needed to be reviewed.
Mayor Lembi stated that due to a conflict of interest, he could not
paiticipate in any discussion of the condo lot on Rhinette. He
Lhought- we needed to focus on all of the options for providing park-
ing on Broadway, similar to what we had done on Burlingame Avenue.
councitwoman Barton felt the council was in agreement that the next
dime for parking would go to Broadway, but that there currently are
no funds in the parking fund and we need to look at options. coun-
ciLwoman o'Mahony stated that the fand on Rhinette which is cur-
rently vacant il zoned residential versus the Chula Vista 1ot which
is zoied commercial . It was the consensus of the Council that staff
was to prepare a report outlining the various locations and options
which are ivailable for addressing the parking problems on Broadway '
The next item Council discussed was the possibility of some type of
senior citizen addition to the Rec center. Mayor Lembi stated he
wiIl be meeting with various representatives of seniors groups to
understand their concerns. councilman Harrison stated that there
STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRES, BECKER, BERGSING, KIRKUP, MONROE, PALMER,
OUADRI , TOWNS, WAGNER, CITY TREASURER JOE HARVEY
OTHERS PRESENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND BROADWAY MERCHANTS REPRE-
SENTATIVES
are currently seven different seniors groups in town and that it
would be a good idea to review their needs. Councilman Pagliarostated that previous Park and Recreation commissions have reviewed
senior needs and that we need to review this material. Mayor will
meet with representatives of the seniors groups and report back to
Council.
Mayor Lembi and the Council discussed the need for after-school ac-tivities at our various schools and encouraged the Recreation
department to work with the schools on this matter.
Councilman Harrison stated that he would Iike to see the city assumeall the costs of sidewalk repai-r rather than the current policy.
City Manager stated the city currently assumes approximately 80 per-
cent of the cost of sidewalk repair caused by tree damage.
Eliminating private contribution j-s a matter which staff would con-sider in terms of speeding up the repair process and reducing ad-
ministrative costs. In reviewing the commission item, Council
agreed that it would be a good idea to have a Saturday morning
breakfast meeting hrith the Planning Commission at a future date.
The City Manager reviewed the budget outlook for 1989-90 and 1990-
91. Because of to the loss of hotel revenue, it is anticipated that
there will be a reduction in fund balance to the general fund this
year as there was last year. As a result of the earthquake damage
to the Hyatt and Amfac plus the fact that for the first year in
seven ye
growing.
ticipate but declined 8.3 percent in 1988this year. Data for the first quarter o
and industriaL uses are off 30-40 percent
felt the bottom line tras that we ne
transfers to capital projects and that we
sewer working capital. Council asked City Treasurer Joe Harvey to
review the investment situation. city Treasurer indicated that be-
cause of declining interest rates, we are not earning as high a rate
of return as last year.
Council moved from the budget discussion to a review of current
service 1evels and department head resolutions. Councilman Harrison
thought it was very important that the city staff and employees con-tinue to emphasize developing a positive attitude towards the public
ars we have no nel^t hotels opening, hotel tax revenue is not
Sales tax is our largest revenue and is dj.fficult to an-
f 1989 shows that both auto
. City Manager stated he
ice depaof Broad
ed that
tor Quapark mablic acc
-89 and is uncertain for
eded to reduce general fund
need to increase r"rater and
rt-
way
due
ad-driin-
look at
and thej-r jobs. Councilwoman O'Mahony asked that the PoLment look at trying to improve the safety at the corner
and Capuchino by more enforcement. Police Chief indicatto the additional parking being created, he may need to
ding more parking enforcement personnel. Park Direcstated that he will be asking for a new position for the
tenance because of the addition of eleven new acres of pu
on the Bayfront to maintain.
tion of the Chula Vista property for park
that council make some indication of itsBarton stated that she had no interest
Councilman Harrison thougtt that we needednatives prior to committing to any
FROM THE FLOOR
Tim Auran of Park Road Realty asked the Council to consider acquisi-
Judith A. Mcity clerk
or Broadway. He askederest. Councilwoman
he property currently.
ook at all the alter-location. Councilman
ing fintinttol
one
Pagliaro felt that the property owner needed to look out after his
own interest and advised him not to hold the property off the market
waiting for the city to develop an interest.
Marti Knight of the Elementary School Board thanked the Council forindicating its willingness to work with the school district in ad-
dressing the needs of the youth, noting continued parent concern for
needs of older children.
The meeting was adjourned at 1
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