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CITY OF BURTINGAME
CITY COUNCfL STUDY MEETING
wednesday, February 1.5, 1989, 7:30 PM
City HaII conference Room A
Mayor Irv Amstrup convened the study session of the Burlingame City
Council on the above date in city HaII Conference Room A at 7:30
PM.
PRESENT :
ABSENT:
STAFF
PRESENT:
COUNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, TEMBI , PAGLIARO
COUNCI LMAN MANGINI (illness )
ARGYRES, COLEMAN, KIRKUP, MONROE
1. CREEK STUDY
The Public Works Director and City Manager reviewed the proposed
scope of work for a creek drainage study. The City's interim or-
dinance regulating development on lots which contain trater courses
expires in october 1989. staff feels the need to update informa-
tion from a 1954 report on drainage and flood control Prior to
recommending a final ordinance regulating creek side devefopment to
Counci- I .
Councilman Pagliaro felt that the scope of work outlined as items
1, 2, and 3 were fine and questioned whether items 4 and 5 could be
prepared tater if necessary as indicated by the first 3. council-
man Lembi questioned whether it was possible to combine some of the
elements of items 1, 2, and 3 to obtain a lower cost than the es-
timated $50-55,000 for these items. The Public works Director
reviewed the work program pointing out which items were field in-
vestigation and which analysis. Mayor Amstrup stated that it was
critical to have the storm drainage information for the general
cj-ty records. City Planner indicated that the information from the
study would be useful for considering the planning aspects of any
future ordinance on creek development.
There was a consensus of the Council that staff was to obtain
proposals for consulting services on the items of work indicated as
1, 2, and 3 in the Public works Director staff report.
2. CALIFORNIA/BROADWAY fNTERSECTION RIGHT-OF-WAY
The Public Works Director reviewed the staff report and history of
the Cal-ifornia/Broadway improvement project. San Francisco water
which owns some of the right-of-way needed for the project is notwilling to seII it to the city. other agencies also have agree-
ments with the San Francisco !,later to hold this land for future
transit purposes. Staff has obtained an agreement in principal
from aII the parties involved that a new revocable permit coul-d be
granted for the right-of-way. Since the project was intended for
funding from Federal Aid to Urban (FAU funds), the City contacted
them about this method of obtaining right-of-way. The Federal
agency is not willing to give the City grant funds unless the City
owns the 1and. After reviewing the alternatives, staff has recom-
mended proceeding with the easement approach to the project and not
purchasing the right-of-way using all city money. Public Works
Director has also explored transferring our FAU funds to another
eligible agency and obtaining 80d on the dollar for these grant
funds.
Council then discussed the pros and cons of install-ing the
Broadway/carolan light separately as requested by Mike Harvey.
Public works Director was asked to explore $rhether it was possible
to bid the project as one contract but to phase installation sothat the Broadway/Carolan light is installed first. ft was agreedthat we would not proceed on the project bids until the right-of-
way guestion is resolved. Councilman Pagliaro indicated that since
only single property would benefit, he would be against splittingthe project into phases if the tax payers would be incurring any
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additional cost. It was the consensus of the council that staff
shoutd proceed on obtaining an easement permit for the project,
seeking to transfer our FAU funds to another agency for 80d PerdoI1ar, and seeking to phase the project so that the
Broadway/Carolan light is done as soon as possible.
3. KOPP REQUEST CfTY POLICY BART TO AIRPORT
Councilman Pagliaro stated that he felt the city was in the middleon this proposal . While the Council is against BART coming into
the County, he felt that if it is extended to the vicinity of theairport, it should be extended to the airport terminal. Council
dj-scussed this position and was agreeable to sending a letter to
Senator Kopp from the Mayor stating that this was the City position
on the matter .
Councilnan Pagliaro reported briefly on the CalTrain extension
hearing that was conducted in San Francisco today. CouncilmanPagliaro testified on behalf of the city and indicated our supportfor al-ternative 4-A which included Ca1Train extension to the Second
and Market area. He felt that there vrere many groups favoring thisalternative and that we need to be sure that the CalTrain stationis not moved further from downtown because it would damage the fu-ture of the train service.
City Manager asked if the Council wished to take a position on
Senator Kopp's SB 300 gas tax biII. Mayor Amstrup questioned how
many different taxing proposals would be forthcoming for improvingtransit. Councilwoman Barton thought that the problem is bad state
wide and something needed to be done to address it. Council indi-
cated that we need to be careful to retain local control of gas tax
funds but that we would take no further position on the matter atthis time.
FROM THE FLOOR
There rrere no corunents
closed session at 8:10
ADJOURNMENT
The closed
adjourned at
from the fIoor, and the Council adj ourned to
PM.
session concerning litigation on the bowling a11ey was
8:50 PM.
Judith A. Malfat
City Clerk
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4. COUNCIL COMMENT
Councilman Lembi presented a proposal to the City from the Rotary
CLub Board of Directors to install a flag pole at the planter boxin front of the Burlingame Avenue train station. The Rotary club
would purchase and install the flag pole subject to the Cityproviding power to the area so that the flag could be lighted atnight. They are also exploring placing lights on the flag pole soit would resemble a tree for the Christmas season. councildirected the Public works Director to report back on theavailability of electrical power for this proposal.