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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1989.02.15315 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 316 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 vmy 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.