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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1988.01.18BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA January 18, 1988 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council washeld on the above date in the City HaIl Council Chambers. The meet-ing was caIled to order at 7:40 p.m. by Mayor Frank J. Pagliaro. Mayor Pagliaro indicated that the Council had been interviewing for commissioners and apologized for the delay in starting the meeting. PLEDGE OF ALLEG]ANCE TO THE FLAG Led by City Manager Dennis Argryres. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT : MINUTES AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI , MANGINI , PAGLIARO NONE Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 4, 1"988, were approved. PUBLIC HEARING - JOB 703C PROTEST HEARING ON SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER REPAIR The City Attorney and Public Works Director revj-ewed the procedure and staff report for this item. The purpose of the sidewalk programis to eliminate tripping hazards and damages caused by city trees.Engineering staff has marked tripping hazards in the project area and notices and estimates of repaj-r costs have been sent to property owners in the area. The City assumes responsibility for making repat.rs if the sidewalk damage is caused by a City street tree. TheCity received one written protest which Public Works will review. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. There being no corunents, the hearing was closed. Councilwoman Barton moved that r^re advertise and receive bids torepair the side\"ralks in the project area. Seconded by Councilman Lembi, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote. PUBLIC HEARING - SECOND READING - ORDINAI"ICE 1359 - AMENDING TRANSfENT OCCUPANCY TAX REGUTATIONS The City Attorney reviewed his staff report on this item and the suggested changes in our transient occupancy ordinance to broaden the definition of hotel and provide for a lien procedure for collec- ti-ons of tax. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. the hearing was closed. There being no cornments , Councilman Amstrup moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1359. Seconded by councilman Mangini, carried unanimously by ro11 cal-I vote. SHERATON HOTEL TAX The City Manager indicated that we had received a letter from Mark Cohn of the Greater Capital Management Corporation asking that this matter be removed from the agenda because a meeting has been scheduled with City representatives and representatives of thehotel. city Manager reviewed that the Sheraton Hotel had failed to file their July through September 1987 quarterl-y hotel tax report and pa]'ment. City is currently pursuing legal actions against the operator. No action on the part of Council is required at this time. 158 159 REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF DRUNK DRIVING ARREST Police Chief reviewed his request to seek reimbursements for provid- ing emergency response to incidents involving persons arrested fordrivinq under the influence of alcohol/drugs. This procedure is authorized by Government code Section 53150. Council asked forclarification as to whether the City vrould be billing on arrests orconvictions. City Attorney and Po1ice Chief indicated that our in-tent was to biII only on actual convictions starting with 1987. Theproposal of the Police Chief was unanimously approved by the City Counci I . COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS City council proceeded to fiII the vacancies on four commissions. Councilmen Mangini and Lembi indicated that their nominee for the Beautification Commission position was william R. Ward. Mayor Pagliaro also nominated Lois E. Fragomeni for consideration. City Council then voted by ball-ot for the positions. William Wardreceived four votes and Lois E. Fragomeni received one vote from Mayor Pagliaro. Councilman Amstrup and Councilvroman Barton nominated Clara Crook and Janet caleno for the two positions currentl-y vacant on the Civil Servi-ce Commission. There being no other nomination from council- members, the tlvo nominees were unanimously approved by the city CounciI. For the Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission, Councilwoman Barton and Councilman Mangini nominated Thomas Herold. Mayor Pagliaro nominated Stephen Hol-Iman. Council then proceeded to vote byballot; Thomas Herold received three votes from Councilmen Mangini and Amstrup and Councilwoman Barton, and stephen Hollman received thro votes from Mayor Pagliaro and Councilman Lembi. Thomas Herold was therefore appointed to the Traffic, Safety & Parking Corffnj.ssion. Mayor PagLiaro indicated that Councilman Mangini woul-d assist himwith the interviews for the Mosquito Abatement position at 7:15 p.m.prior to the January 20 study session. CONSENT CALENDAR a INTRODUCTION OF ORDfNANCE 1360 - PROHIBfTING DRfNKING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN PUBLIC PLACES city Attorneyrs staff report of January 4, 1988, proposed toredraft section 10.20.010 of the Municipal code. The languageproposed is essentially identical to section 23223 of theVehicle Code which deals with having alcoholic beverages in cars. Public works Directorrs memo of January 7, 1988,revising the date set for property owners to connectground service to April 1, 1988. requestedto under- Councilman Amstrup and Mayor Pagliaro nomi-nated Ron w. Burks and Maureen Marshall for the Parks and Recreation Commission. They in-dicated that they had interviewed numerous qualified candidates butthe current commissioners were completing their first terms and had done an excellent job. There being no other nominations from the Council, Ron Burks and Maureen Marshall were unanimously approved bythe city Council. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR 1431 CASTILLO City Manager indicated that we had received a caII from the attorneyrepresenting the property owner in this matter and that they requested a continuance to the next Council meeting since theproperty owner is out of town. Council approved continuing this matter to the regular meeting of February 1, 1988. b. RESOLUTION 6-88 - AMENDING RESOLUTION 82-56 CHANGING DATES TO REMOVE I'NDERGROUND SERVICE AND REMOVE POLES ON DONNELLY AVE 160 RESOLUTION 7-88 FRANCfSCO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF CALTRAIN TO DOWNTOWN SAN Resolution supporting the extension of Cal-Train rail further toward San Francisco downtown near the Transbay Terminal . RESOLUTTON 8-88 - PROVIDING FOR fNSTALLING sO-CENT COIN BOXES ON LOT U AND T FOR IO.HOUR PARKING Mayor Pagliaro questioned the Public Works Director as to whythe SO-cent rate vras being charged for these lots. Director in- dicated that these lots are adjacent to CalTrain parking whichalso charges 50 cents and that this would be consistent with what is charged at the Caltrans and City parking for the Burlin- game Avenue station. e. RESOLUTION 9-88 - AMENDING SLUDGE HAULING CONTRACT WITH BMI Pub1ic Works Director's memo of January 12, 1988, requested amendment to our current contract with BMI to provide for exten- sion of the contract from 1989 to September 30, 1990. This eon-tract reserves capacity at the Redwood dump site in Novato forthe city to handle sludge through that period. Mayor Pagliaroquestioned the basis for the extension. Public Works Directorindicated that Ox Mountaln is no longer availabl-e to the City and that we need to reserve space for future use. He indicatedthat the disposal fees and trip hauling fees vary depending on which disposal site the City will use. f. BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TELEMETRY ALARM Pub1ic Works Director's memo of January 7, 1988, recommended Council approve a budget amendment of $50,670 for telemetry alarm equipment. Of this amount, $10,553 would be from the con- tingency reserve. This project had previously been budgeted inthe 1986-87 budget. s BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR ELECTfONS City Clerk's memo of January 12, 1988, requested an additional $5,350 for election costs. Councilmembers Amstrup and Bartonquestioned why the individual candidates are required to pay forprinting costs for statements while initiative petitions print- ing costs are paid by the city. City Attorney and City Manager indicated that the election code provide for candidates to reim- burse the city but not for petitioners. h. DENIAL OF CLAIM - ROBERT REHFELD City Attorney's memo of January 6, l-988, recommended denial ofthis claim for a faII on the sidewalk. i. FINAL CONDO MAP FOR 137 AN]TA Engineering Departmentrs memo of January 8, 1988, recommended approval of the final condomj-nium map for a S-unit condominium development, tot 9, Block 20, Map of Lion and Hoag subdivision, Map No. 85-5. To avoj-d reapplication for a simultaneous tenta-tive and final condominium map, staff suggests that this be ap- proved as a final condominium map at this time. j Finance Director recommended approval of warrants 37982 - !8276, duly audited, in the amount of $1,147,988.95 and Payroll Checks 80431 - 81118 for the month of December 1987 in the amount of $750, s44.11. Councilman Mangini moved approval of the Consent Calendar. by Councilwoman Barton, carried unanimously by voice vote. Seconded OLD BUS]NESS Councilman Mangini requested that a November L8, 7987 , letter from WARRANTS AND PAYROLL 161 Archie offield concerning parking be referred to the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission. council had no objection. Councilman Lembi questioned the Public Works Director as to whether the City is reviewing smaller equipment for street cleaning. Public Works Director indicated that the staff is currently reviewing thewhole street sweeping program and would be proposing changes in the upcoming budget. Mayor Pagliaro reported on the Joint city/county Transportation com- mittee meeting of the prior week. He felt that the meeting had been very successful and that a move by a member of the Board of super-visors to include BART projects in the proposals had been againdefeated. The plan will nov, be referred to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and two more public hearinqs wiII be held.Hopefully, the matter wiII be approved by the Board of Supervisors and the necessary cities so that the matter can be placed on the June 1988 balIot. NEW BUSfNESS councilwoman Barton indj-cated that in reviewing the newspaPer ac- count of the recent MTC meeting, she felt the voters were being misled about the funding for BART and the proposed CalTrain exten- sion to downtown San Francisco. She indicated that there is not enough money to fund both projects. Councilman Amstrup supported the comments by councilwoman Barton and indicated that the city must do al-I it can to support CalTrain. Mayor Pagliaro indicated that we may need a speciaL meeting on March 3 to approve the proposed sales tax plan. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Traffic, Safety and Parking, December 10, 1987; Planning, ,fanuary 11-, 1988. b. Commissioner Attendance Reports. c. Treasurer's Report, December 3L, 1988. d. Po1ice Report, December 1987. e. Letter from Q. Marquis regarding recent increased airport noise. FROM THE FLOOR There were no comments from the floor. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was regularly adjourned at 8:21 p.m Ju d rhl- 4>,Li,tu A. Malf6tti t<_ City clerk L