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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1989.08.07393 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA August 7 , 1,989 CAIL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the city HaIl council Chambers. The meeting was call-ed to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Irving S. Amstrup. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Bud Harrison, PLanning Commissioner. ROLL CALL I Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 17, and the Study Meeting ofJuly 19, 1989 were approved. APPEAL FOR TWO VARIANCES FOR AN ADDITION AT 1356 VANCOWER - DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE Mayor Amstrup closed the public hearing. Council unanimously agreed to deny vrithout prejudice. APPEAL FOR HILLSIDE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT AT 1531 ALTURAS - RESOLUTION 85-89 - APPROVING SAI.{E City Planner reviewed her memo of JuIy 31 which recommended council hold public hearing and take action. Vahi and Silva Tekesian,property owners, are requesting a hillside area construction permit so that they can make a 1,465 square foot addition to their 2,159 square foot exj.sting house with basement garage. The second floor addition would increase the height of the structure by 12 feet, from 16 feet to 28 feet in height. The second floor would be 37 feet wj.de, compared to the present 49 foot width of the first floor. The basement garage is more than 50 percent below grade so does not count as a story under the zoning code. The ne$, addition would include three bedrooms and two baths so the completed house would have four bedrooms and four baths. A11 other zoning codes are met. The project was appealed by a neighbor, Jose and Linda Franco at 1532 Los Montes. The Ptanning Commission approved the project with two conditions; they found that the second story addition could be seen from the neighbor's house but would not obstruct their view because of the substantial change in grade (about 30 feet) and the distance between the structures ( about 250 feet). Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. The applicant, silva Tekesian, explained that they had attempted to keep the project within city requirements i they have tried to cooperate with neighbors. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI , MANGINI COUNCI LMEMBERS ABSENT: PAGLIARo (vacation) MINUTES city Planner reviewed her memo of August 1 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Remigio Becher, property owner, is requesting two variances to enlarge his house from 1,991 square feet to 3,568 square feet in size. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny this request because it was too large and would impact the neighbor . Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. Allen Dadafarin, engineer representing property owner, requestedthat council deny the request vrithout prejudice in order for theplans to be revised and returned to the Planning Commission for consideration. 394 Robert zuc, 1536 Los Montes, spoke in favor and told of his original concern about the project blocking his view. He is located directly behind the applicant's sj-te. He said there are four pine trees on the Tekesian property which also block the view and which he has trimmed with the approval of the Tekesians. He feared that if he objected to the project the Tekesians would not Iet him trim the trees and he would lose the view due to the trees. They worked out an agreement \"rhere two pine trees would be removed to open Zucrs view further and therefore Zuc would not object to the project. Mayor Amstrup closed the public hearing. Council appreciated the compromises applicant had made in order tobuild the addition, perhaps the other trees could be cut for the Franco's view; had visited the site, can't see that the addition would have a great impact on views since the applicant's home is much lower and far away from the Francos; had been unable to visit the Franco home but appeared to be lots of trees in line of sight. Councilman Lembi moved to uphold the Planning Commission approval by adoption of RESoLUTIoN 85-89 with conditions. Seconded by Councilman Mangini, carried unanimously 4-0 on roLl caII vote of members present. APPEAL FOR SPECIAL PERMIT TO INCREASE OFFICE AREA AT 1510 ROLLINS ROAD - DENIED city Pl-anner reviewed her memo of August 1 which recommended council hold public hearing and take action. coen Company is requesting a special permit in order to increase the office area in the 53,600 square foot warehouse building from 49 percent to 59 percent. A usepermit is required for converting more than 20 percent of a ware- house to office use. The new office area woul-d be added at the second floor by placing a floor in a two story warehouse areai the area below would continue to be used as warehouse. The plans include 30 additional on-site parking spaces to be placed on a presently undeveloped area partially in a drainage easement and old SP right- of-way which was acquired and added to the Coen site in 1982. In 1985 the coen Company divided its property and created two parcels. As a requirement for subdivision they were required to place land- scaping to meet the current zoning requirement of 10 percent land- scaping. This landscaping was never instal-Ied. The Planning commission voted 4-3 to deny the request; noting a concern about increase in traffic, lack of landscape requirements met and setting a precedent in allowing use of even more office use at this site. Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. Norman Book, attorney representing Coen, addres Planning Commission's concerns. It was determi did not need a traffic allocation; no parking v they are creating 30 more parking spaces; Coentraffic mitigations such as flex-time, encourag mass transit use. Landscaping; they wilI accep sed nedari has ingtt some of thethat this proj ect ance is needed, developed several-car pools and he conditions regarding landscaping and wiII complete the landscape reguirements before any building takes place. As far as setting precedent, there are several buildings across the street that are 100 percent officeuse. He noted that coen has been in the city for 25 years and would like to stay here. Councilman Lembi had visited the site today and noted that at 4:30 p.m. there were few cars parked in the lot, he wondered if this was ttpical. Book replied that was usual case. Councilman Mangini asked about the small bridge over the creek and the sandbags blocking the bridge. Young Chang, Coen Company, said there were no specific instructions from the city about how to place Jose and Linda Franco, 1532 Los Montes, spoke in opposition, they felt the project would adversely affect their property and views; stated one other neighbor had sent in a letter in opposition; did not approve of replacing trees with more structure. Showed photos of the view from their home. 395 the sandbags; they tried to make the sandbags equal to the height ofthe other side of the creek to avoid flooding and it worked. Councilman Mangini could not understand why a motor vehicle bridge across the creek was blocked by sandbags. Mayor Amstrup closed the public hearing. city Planner responded to council questions regarding the newparking area; it may be subject to flooding since it is the natural low spot in the area. councilvroman Barton vras concerned about traffic; the M-1. area requires no more than 20 percent office area on a site, this applicant was granted 49 percent, and now they are asking for more. She moved to uphold the Planning Commission denial. Seconded by Councilman Mangini, carried 3-1 on ro11 call vote, councilman Lembi voting no. APPEAL FOR REMOVAL OF STREET TREE AT 109 OCC]DENTAL AVENUE - DENIED Park Director reviewed his memo of August 1 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Ann offield, 109 occidental, is requesting removal of a sycamore street tree in frontof her property. At the June 1 Beautification Commission meeting,this request was denied. Commissioners felt that offield could widen the driveway opposite the tree and remove part of her hedge to improve access; there are other large sycamore trees in similar spots on that street. If council should approve this request, he suggested the applicant bear the entire cost of removal and replacement of the tree with a 24 inch box tree to be pl.anted at a Iocation determined by the Park Department. Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. The applicant vras notpresent and there were no other comments. The hearing was closed. Councilwoman Barton stated she couldtree, but noted that there are otherin the same spot by their driveways. driveway could be widened easily, heplanting a rhododendrum plant by the see the problem with the large houses on that block vrith trees Councilman Mangini thought the had also noticed someonetree today. councilwoman Barton moved to uphold the decision of the Beautification Commission to deny the request. Seconded by Councilman Mangini, carried unanimously by voice vote. APPEAL FOR H]LLSIDE PERMIT AT 2990 DELORES WITHDRAWN Mayor Amstrup acknowledged a letter from applicant requesting that the project be withdrawn. RESIGNATION OF PLANNING COMMISSIONER Mayor Amstrup accepted with reqret the resignation of Plannj.ng Commissioner Harry Graham who will serve until a replacement is appointed. An application period was opened until August 18. REOUEST FOR DIRECT ION FROM PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION city Manager reviewed his memo of July 25 which recommended council determine whether the Commission should hold public hearings on the use of cuernavaca Park. A resident near that park had conducted a survey regarding renovating cuernavaca Park and has generated numerous citizen corunents for and against the idea. He noted that no funds are budgeted for any improvements to cuernavaca other than a city-wide progrErm using State grant funds to update playground equipment. Park Director responded to questions. Councilman tembi sa$, little parking probl-em at the site; this is an established city firm and seems to be sensitive to city concerns. Flooding could impact the new parking area, but they could work around that concern. He favored approval . 396 AUTHORIZATION TO FfNALIZE AIiI AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO WATER DEPARTMENT IN RELATION TO SFWD PROPERTY ALONG CALfFORNIA DRIVE FROM BROADWAY TO 170 FEET SOUTH OF TROUSDALE DRIVE Public Works Director reviewed his memo of August 1 which recommended council authorize staff to proceed with an agreement with the SF water Department to lease their property along California Drive. This property is needed in order to proceed with the widening of California Drive and improvements to the Broadway/ california intersection. In response to council questions, he said the intersection improvement project should be awarded in october. Council thought this project was going to be done in phases and that the signals at Carol-an would be installed first. Staff responded rhat it rto instalAfter somsignals b Councilman Lembi moved to authorize staff to finalize the agreement with San Francisco water Department. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton, carried unanimously by voice vote. CONSENT CALENDAR a.INTRODUCTION OF ORDINAIiICE ].394 - REVfSING REGULATIONS REGARD- ING FENCE HEIGHT IN REAR AND SIDE YARDS OF RESIDENT]AL ZONE City Planner's memo of JuIy 27 recommended council introduce an ordinance to change the maximum height of fences on side and rear property lines from six to seven feet. It would require that the last foot of fence be of an open design to allow light and air to pass freely through. The ordinance also clarifies how the height of a fence wiII be measured. b. INTRODUCTION OF OFDINA}.ICE 1395 . ESTABLISHING PROCEDURE FOR POLIC E RESPONSE AND FEES FOR IJNRULY GATHERINGS Police Chief's memo of July 24 recommended that council introduce an ordinance to provide for monetary charges to be hou Itedet ght council direction was to keep the project as one but he signals on Carol"an at the beginning of the project. iscussion, council directed that the installation of the he first priority of the project. Councilwoman Barton co[unented that if there is no money, there is no use in holding hearings. Mayor Amstrup agreed, noting that the city has several park or recreation projects going at the present time such as rebuilding the washington Park grandstand. Councilman Lembi said that if the park is underutilized it might not be a bad idea to hear what the neighbors think should be done. The park may need such a "shot in the arm" like starting this dialogueto see what people want up there. Councilman Mangini disagreed that the park was under-used, he noted that he frequently walked near the park and there were always kidsplaying basketball, a ball game going on and children in the sand box; if there were hearings, he had a concern that people living in that area be heard, Mayor Amstrup suggested this issue be put on a back burner and perhaps some hearings could be hel-d prior to the next budget. Councilwoman Barton thought the Park and Recreation cornmission could look at the park use, but not hold public hearings at this time. TRAFFIC ALLOCATIONS - AUGUST 1989 City Planner reviewed her memo of August 1 which recommended council review the request and consider deferring a decision on this traffic allocation until a decision is made on amending the Specific Area P1an. George Corey, representing Metro Park, has requested atraffic allocation to put a new long term airport parking facilityfor about 250 cars on the two vacant acres next to Days Inn at 755 Airport Boulevard. The SAP does not include this use. Councit unanimously accepted the recommendation to defer a decision on traffic allocation until it considers an amendment of the SAP. 397 levied for police responding to an unruly gathering two timeswithin a twelve hour period. RESOLUTION 86-89 - AWARDING CONTRACT FOR SHORELINE BIKEPATH - CP 538 j Public Works' memo ofInterstate Grading and subject proj ect. Iy 24 recommended council award bid to aving in the amount of $35,484 for the Ju v RESOLUTION 87-89 - AMENDING AGREEMENT FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION SERVICES city Attorney's memo of July 25 recommended council renew the agreement with cates McDonald and company on a year to year basis. RESOLUTION 88-89 - AUTHORIZ]NG APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR STREET TREE PLANTING Park Director's memo of August 1 recommended council authorizeapplication for funds under the Urban Forestry Grant Program. RESOLUTION 89.89 - AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR MITLS CANYON TRAIL RENOVATION Park Directorts memo of August 1 recommended council authorize application for funds under the Roberti-z ' berg-Harris Urban Open Space Grant Program. RESOLUTION 90-89 - AUTHORfZING APPLICATION FOR SB 140 GRANT FT'NDS FOR BROADWAY/CALIFORNIA IMPROVEMENTS - CP 521 Public works memo of July 31 recommended council authorize application for grant funds. RESOLUT]ON 91-89 - AWARDING CONTRACT FOR DEMOLITION OF OLD BOWLING ALLEY - CP 77250 Public Works' memo of July 31 recommended council award contract to Ferma Corporation in the amount of $143,568 for the subject proj ect. f s h 1 DENIAL OF CLAIMS: (1) MICHAEL NEWSOME; (4) CRISAFI & HARRIS; (2) TED PoRTA; (3) JASON BELCHAR City Attorney recommended denial of these claims for (1) responsibility for o1d police station sj-ters gas tank; (2) sidewalk falI, (3) a belt lost while in jail, and (4) false arrest. DISAPPROVAL OF CAL]FORNIA FILM COMMISSION PERMIT PROCEDURE a city Manager's memo of July 12 recommended council notify theCalifornia Film Commission that the current model filmingpermit process is unacceptable in its current form. Councilman Mangini moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton, carried unanimously by voice vote. NEW BUSINESS Council of Mayors Legislative Committee: Mayor Amstrup reviewed therecent legislative meeting; Senator Kopp was present and reviewedthe latest legislation he is sponsoring. Parking Structure: City Manager suggested that council set forfurther review the parking limits to be established in the parkingstructure on Lot A. The Police Department has some concerns abouteight hour time limits. Parking Time Limits: Councilman Lembi said he had recently parkedin a one hour zone and had difficulty in making it back to his carwithin one hour while he had a haircut; he thought the time might be d. 398 extended to two hours. other council members reviewed that this issue keeps coming back, merchants want quick turnover of parking spaces, yet people seem to never have enough time, the purpose of the one hour space is quj-ck turnover, if people need more than one hour they should park in lots with multiple hour parking. Councilman Mangini asked that staff check !,rith the City of Millbrae which seems to get along quite well with no parking meters on streetor in parking lots. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a Commission Minutes: Recreation, July 13 Safety and Parking, Library Board, JuIy 18; Park and and 20; Beautification, July 6; Traffic, JuIy 13; and Planning, July 24, 1989. h b. Department Reports: Treasurer's, June 30 and Police, June L989. c Proclaiming charlotte Edter Day on August 1-4, 100th Birthday. Mayor Amstrup noted that this hundred year old lady is the only remaining charter member of the Burlingame Senior Organization. d. Letter from BCDC requesting observance of Coastweek. e. Letter from supervisor Mary Griffin with proposed plan for financing improvements at the County Fairgrounds. f. Letter from Broadway Merchants about acquisition of parking. Councilman Lembi congratulated the Broadway Merchants on the excellent street fair held last weekend. Letter notifying city of death of Lord Shinjo Ito of Shinnyo-En. Mayor Amstrup noted council had sent condolences. Mayor Amstrup also had requested staff to congratulate the seventh Day Adventist Church on its renovation. FROM THE FLOOR There vrere no co[unents from the floor. ADJOURNMENT ]N MEMORY OF MARI E NELSON;RUSS BLACK; A}iD NITA HALL Mayor Amstrup asked for a moment of silence and then adjourned the meeting in memory of Marie Nelson, mother of city employee Larry Nelson; Russ Bl-ack, son of Burlingame Elementary School District Superintendent James Black; and Nita HaII, mother of Beautification Conunissioner Jeannie HaII Gilmore. The meeting was adj ourned at 8: 53 p.m. Judith A. Malfatti City Clerk