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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1988.04.18189 BURTINGAME, CALIFORNIA April 18, 1988 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council vras held on the above date in the City Hal1 Council Chambers. The meet- ing was called to order at ?:34 p.m. by Mayor Frank Pagliaro. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by reporter Mike Mewhinney. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT : COI'NCILMEMBERS ABSENT : MINUTES AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI , MANGINI , PAGLIARO NONE Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 4, 1988, were approved. LoT A; (2) RESOLUTIONPUBLIC HEARING - (1) PARKING STRUCTURE, NEGATIVE DECLARATION City Manager reviewed his memo of April 12 in which he recommended Councj.l review the proposed project as presented by MWM Architects,and as a separate action review the negative declaration as recom- mended by the Pl-anning Commission. Mayor Pagliaro then asked thearchitects to make their presentation. George Winnacker, President of Mt,lM Architects, and Jack Kemp made the presentation. Mr. Kemp explained to council how several monthsago six different sites around the Burlingame Avenue area were studied relative to the parking needs of the area, the suitabilityof particular locations to those needs, aesthetics, number of spaces each site could provide, and cost. The feasibility study led Coun-cil to move forward with consideration of two sites--Lot A next tothe library and the bowling alley site. Mr. Kemp then displayed the schematic design for a one and two deck structure at Lot A explain-ing the split level arrangement dictated because of the higherground on Donnelly side and lower ground on Bellevue side. Thestructure would be separated from the property line by 15r sideyards on the Bellevue side which is more than requj.red by the zoning or-dinance, major access would be on Donnelly side, planting would be maintained on the residential section of the site, stairway andelevator would be placed on the Donnelly frontage, design style would fit in with the Library facade and neighborhood, and lowdirected lighting is proposed which is better than current floodlighting. Councilman Lembi asked Mr. Kemp about landscaping on the east sideof the Bellevue frontage. Mr. Kemp explained that the plantingstrip along that side would be a 3' to 4' strip with room for trees. Councilman tembi aLso asked about stairwel-I doors. Mr. Kemp con-firmed the stairwells would be completely open and visible from thestreet. Councilman Lembi then queried the architects on what effect the headlights of cars on a second deck would have on buildingsdirectly across from the structure. Mr. Kemp explained that a 35"to 42" solid railing would eliminate any liqhting problem withouthurting the aesthetics. Councilwoman Barton questioned the architects on where the first and second deck of the structure would come on the library. Mr. Kemp showed Council hor^, the first deck of the structure woul-d be 12' high and would setback behind the reading room windows of the library;the second deck would come to the eave line of the library and alsobe 80' from the street and behind the readinq room windows. Coun-cilwoman Barton also asked Mr. Kemp to explain where the elevator 190 shaft tower \"rou1d be located. Mr. Kemp explained that with a 2-deck structure, the elevator shaft tower would be 33-\/2r high, Iocated on the Donnelly side. Councilman Mangini asked if the parking structure would be connected to the Iibrary building. Mr. Kemp explained it would not. Mayor Pagliaro explained to the audience that with the number of items on the agenda, public comments would be limited to three minutes each. He asked that speakers not be repetitive and he opened the public corunents. Ross Bruce, 500 Almer Road, was in support of the parking structure. Renee Albert, 1240 Be11evue, Iives across from Lot A and was opposed to the parking structure. He stated that there was already too much traffic congestion in this intersection; why couldn't a parking structure be built along California Drive in a commercial area. Mary Hunt, 725 Vernon Way, spoke in favor of the parking structure. AIan Horn, 1325 Paloma, asked Council to consider a 3-level struc- ture not only for Lot A but also for the Broadway area. Mike Piana, 545 Vernon way, spoke in opposition to the parking structure. Marti Knight of Chatham Road also spoke in opposition to the Lot A parking structure and asked Council to consider a structure on the bowling alley site. CarroII schmitz, L237 Bellevue, who lives ad- jacent to tot A was opposed to the parking structure stating that a structure would take away from his property and privacy. Freida Freund, 1230 Donnelty, was opposed to having the structure 6" from her property line perpendicular to Donne1ly and wished to have it setback 5t . Kristine Cannon, 1304 Bernal, spoke on negative declaration and wished Council to consider greater cost effectiveness of two decks and look toward th Broadway, hoped Avenue area, Counthe future. Davi Merchants Associat ef thaci1 dH ion uture for parking needs. Ann Parsons, 1202t if a structure was built in the Burlingame would look favorably on the Broadsray area in inkIe, 1616 Sanchez, representing the Broadway , spoke in support of the Council and requested s tructure taken from council consider providing more parking for the Broadway area with a proportion of the parking funds available. Laura strom, representative of the Crosby colunons Tenant Associa- tion, spoke in favor of a 2-story parking structure and the need for employee parking. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. Councilman Lembi thanked the public for attending the meeting and giving their input. He also supported the negative declaration recommended by the Planning Commission and supported the construc- tion of a 1-Ievel structure with proper foundation for future addi- tion. Councilman Amstrup brought up the comments about the Southern Pacific lot stating that a number of years ago it was suggested that the city use a stretch of this area for parking for employees of the Burlingame area. The argument the City received $ras that women wouldn't r./aIk in that area at night and the pitch from the eucalyp- tus trees woul-d faII on the cars. He also mentioned financial resources for parking--to go further adding a second deck, Council would have to reprioritize the city's capital improvement progrElm. Councilman Mangini stated that if a two to three Ie were built on the library site, funds would have to other projects, affecting the quality of life in the c veI beitv. Councilwoman Barton stated she did not agree with the negative dec- Iaration and wished to discuss it further. She also thanked the citizens for attending the council meeting. She noted that the parking structure issue was studied very thoroughly and that if she 191 were to approve a multi-deck parkin to a residential area but instead i such as the bowling alleY site. g structure, it would not be next n the downtown commercial area After some discussion and cl-arif icati approve the negative declaration as ap sion with the finding that on the basi colunents received there is no substant will have a significant effect on Councilman Mangini, the motion carrie Councilwoman Barton voting no. councilman Lembi motioned to approve and authorize staff to proceed with conceptual plans to develop a 1-story parking structure as presented wi_ttr tte increased foundations as authorized. seconded by Louncilwoman Barton, the motion carried unanimously on 5-0 roII caII vote . Mayor Pagliaro commented that council had spen on this, deciding which site and the type of s his first choice was the site next to the pos that it rdas not feasible and so agreed to go wi his first choice had been to go with 2 decks bu to go with 1 deck and that "a half of pie is aII." A parking structure is needed and perhap one at some point in time. He thanked t patient . Mayor Pagliaro called for recess at 8:55 p.m. vened at 9:00 p.m. Councilman Lembi moved to ved by the Planning Commis- f the initial study and any evidence that the Proj ect environment. Seconded bY -1 on rol-1 caII vote !,rith t over a year workingtructure. He notedt office but was toldth this site. AIsot Council has decidedbetter than no pie at s Broadway will have he audience for being The meeting recon- oDr proso ICTJ. thed4 PUBLIC HEARING --PARCEL MAP -- RESUBDIVISION OF LOT AT 125 PEPPER Public works Director revierred his memo of April 14, 1988, where he recommended Council hold a public hearing to discuss the map and the Ptanning Commission's action. The applicant has requested to divide his 106'x208' 10t (27,390 sf) into two rots (53'x208r with 10,700 sf each). The Planning Commission at their meeting of March 28, 1988, recommended denial of this resubdivision because the proposed devel-opment of the divided tots lvouId not be compatible with the lot sizes and frontages of other lots in the neighborhood and that this is one of Burlingame's special streets which the neighborhood would tike to preserve. Public works Director noted that if council decided to approve this map, conditions to be considered would be that all trees within the front setback should be retained with the development of the parcels, rear Iot setback increased to 43', Iot coverage reduced to 30ts, staggered front setbacks, and the two houses should be different in appearance. Also if approved, the map should be considered both tentative and final parcel map. Councilman Mangini asked the City Attorney if the petition requests could be included as conditions of the map. city Attorney replied yes. Mayor Pagliaro commented that the recent urgency zoning ordinance wai not applicable when this matter was before the Planning Commis- sion and was not going to be used by the council at this meeting. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. David Finkelstein, applicant's attorney, spoke to Council on his client's behalf. He noted that the applicant has agreed to retain the trees within the front setback, that the style of the houses would be different--one French and one English Tudor, that he had met with the residents regarding rear and side fencing, and that the Iot division would be compatible with other lots in the neigh- borhood. He noted that the applicants are willing to meet all reasonable requirements with the exception of maintaining the exist- ing house's front setback. There $rere no other public comments in favor of the application. L92 Fred Calonico, 105 Pepper, spoke in oppositioHe noted that he was the senior member of people in the neighborhood are particularly pr the appearance of their homes. He felt that ment would not beautify the neighborhood. n to the lot division.the block and that the oud of the area and in the proposed develoP- Michael Nilmeyer, 128 Pepper, also spoke in opposition as he lives across the street from the property in question. He explained to Council how the neighborhood has a different ambience than other neighborhoods in Burlingame. The proposed development $rould detract from the integrity of the neighborhood. John Kokas, who lives next door to the property, stated that the proposed development would ruin his privacy. Robert Rosse11i, L21 Pepper, also felt he would be loosing privacy by having the 1ot divided. He did not feel the proposed development would be conducive to the area. Catherine Nilmeyer, 128 Pepper, also spoke in opposition. to the resubdivision. -Three other neighbors also approached council asking for their vote against the lot division in order to maintain the am- bience of the neighborhood, protect the large lots which are the fo- cal point and heart of the street, keep the garages away from the front of the house. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. CounciLman Amstrup agreed that the area was one of the nicest areas in Burlingame ana feft that the 1ot separation would detract from the aesthetic value of the whole neighborhood. He then moved to ,rptofa the Pl-anning Commission decisj-on to deny the subdivision, finaing that 438 of lots in the neighborhood are larger than 20,000 sf, 6i* have greater street frontages, that a block may define neighborhood, that the whole lot size and frontages are not com- patible, and that this is one of Burlingame's special streets.-seconded by councilman Mangini, the motion carried unanimously on 5-0 ro11 call vote. council-man tembi noted that the city made a mistake years ago when it allowed larger l_ots to be split. He felt that council had an op- portunity to pieserve and mainlain the neighborhood and he intended to vote with the motion. PUBLIC HEARING -- REVfEW OF PARKING VARIANCE FOR 2108 EASTON DRIVE, RE SOLUTION 33-88 City Planner reviewed her memo of April 8, 1988, where- the ap- plilants are requesting a parking variance in order to make a three L.aroo*, d,en, ind two bathroom iecond story addition.to the single family 'structure. The applicant proposes to retain the one car S.iiS" where the code requires two covered off street parking spaces ior ffr" size of the addition in order to avoid removi-ng a redwood ir." with a 7' diameter trunk. The Planning Commission at their *".ii"S of March 14, 1988, approved the parking variance with condi- tions. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. ating his reasonsit r"rould be dif-7' diameter red-rder to enlarge e Burlingame area Ernest Boden, applicant, addressed the council- st for needing the additional space and explaining ficult to enlarge the garage because of an existing wood tree. The tree would need to be removed in o the garage. He stated that he l-iked living in th and wanted to raise his children in the area. Jean Adter, 2111 Easton, lives across from the applicalts' spoke in iavor of the applicants and that she would not like to the redwood tree removed. There were no conunents in opposition. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. she see ORTEZ--RESOTUTION 34-88 City Planner reviewed her memo of April 8, 1988, where applicant is appiying for a special permit to use the existing 353 sf storage ai6a- o.rer the gaiage for recreation purposes. The Planning Commis- sion at their meeting of March 14, 1988, approved the applicant's request with conditions. Mayor pagliaro questioned the city Planner about work that was done inlide the building \"rithout a building Permit. City Planner ex- plained that the pievious owner had done some improvements which the city required be removed. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. Herman Bustamante, applicant, explained that he had a large family and needed the room for storage in the garage. He explained that he had removed panelinq in the room and added some insulation not know- ing he needed a permit. He wasntt changing the structure, only removing and replacing carpeting, linoleum, and paneling. Councilman Amstrup asked the applicant if he was going to use the room for storage or recreation. The applicant replied both. Mayor Pagliaro asked the appticant if he was going to use the garage for parking, and the applicant replied yes. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. Mayor Pagliaro asked staff if a condition could be added to this vaiiance requiring the applicant to use the garage for parking. City Attorney replied yes. Councilwoman Barton moved to uphold the Planning Commission decision but that the ground floor of the garage shall be cleared and used for parking the family vehicles, Reso1u- tion No. 34-88. Seconded by Councilman Amstrup, the motion carried unanimously by voice vote. APPOINTMENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION Mayor Pagliaro noted that Councilmen Amstrup and Lembi had inter- viewed six candidates for the Planning comnission vacancy. Council- man Amstrup reported to council that he and Mr. Lembi would like to recommend Ruth Jacobs for reappointment as she has been doing a finejob. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Barton and carried unanimously by voice vote. REPORT ON WATER RATIONING CouncilvJoman Barton Saw no problem with the applicant's request and moved to uphold the Planning commission's decision to approve the parking variince, Resolution No. 33-88. Seconded by Councilman amstrup, the motion carried unanimously by voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING--REVIE!,' OF SPECIAL PERMIT FOR RECREATION ROOM AT 1]-36 Public Works Director reported to Council on the water availability situation. He noted that the San Francisco water Department is recommending a 25t reduction from the 1987 leve1. Rationing would begin June 1, and the City would begin to pay penalties in JuIy with the JuIy biLl. Council-man l\mstrup noted concern over San Francisco's thrust is aimed more at outside use which causes problems in this town. He felt $re should have a l-ittle leeway i-n our Particular setup. Councilman Lembi voiced concern over irrigation of landscaping. He asked how one could teLl if someone violated their \"rater quota. Public Works Director explained that information would be given to residents about reading their water meters, conservation kits would be distrj-buted. Presently, people do not realize there is a water shortage problem and instead are using more water than in the past. Councilman Lembi asked about differences in allocation according to size of family. Public works Director stated that the rationingf would be based on past usage. 193 194 Mayor Pagliaro asked how the percentage of inside and outside wateruse was determined. Public Works Director said that a way to checkwould be to look at the meter during a rainy month and then look atthe meter reading for the surnmer months; if it was twice as much inthe sunmer, then there would be large amount of outside water use. After some Council discussion, Council directed staff to report backto them at the next Council meeting with a recommended action. COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS Council assignments remained the same with the exception of MayorPagliaro being added as an alternate for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Lembi asked that his vote be abstained from Item i on theConsent Calendar. Mayor Pagliaro asked for removal for discussionof ltem i and noted he would abstain from one item on Warrants andPayroll- concerning Black & Veatch which is represented by his firm. a RESOLUTfON 35-88 PROGRAM AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF SENIOR NUTRITION Recreation Director's memo of April 6, 1988, recommended Council approve resolution to continue this program at a cost to theCity of $4,584. b. AMENDMENT TO CITYIS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN Finance Director's memo of Aprj.I 18, 1988, recommended Council approve amendment of the City's deferred compensation plan toinclude a non-assignability clause. RESOLUTfON 36-88 DECTARING WEEDS AND RUBBISH A NUISANCE - JOB 8803 d. RESOLUTION 37-88 ACCEPTING DELIVERY OF PIPE MATERIALS JOB 405 Senior Civil Engineer's memo of April- 8, 1988, recornrnended Coun-cil approve resolution accepting the 30" piping materials forthis project at a cost of $44,560.25. RESOLUTION 38-88 ABANDONfNG DRAINAGE EASEMENTS AT 1626-1640 ROLLINS ROAD City Engineerrs memo of April 1-2, 7988, recommended Council ap-prove resolution abandoning three 10r drainage easements at L626- 1640 RolLins Road, Senior Civil Engineerrs memo of April 13, 1988, recommended Council approve the agreement with Harding Lawson Associates forproviding professional engineering services in the amount of $50,500. s DENIAL OF CLAIMS (].)THoMAS MURPHY; (2) removed city Attorneyrs memo of April 7, 1988, recomrnended councildenial of claim for tire damage as a result of an open manhole. City Engineer's memo of April t2, L988, recommended Council ap-prove Resolution 36-88 setting a public hearing for May 16, 1988for the 1988 weed Abatement Program. f. RESOLUTION 39-88 AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES MONITORING TANDFILL - JOB 7518 h. SPEC]AL ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR DECK AT 2305 RAY DRIVE city Engineerrs memo of April 13, 1988, recommended Council ap-prove the special encroachment permit to allow recorded notice of the permission given for this overhang by the Director ofPublic Works in April 1957 subject to standard conditions. 195 i. TENTATIVE AND F]NAL PARCEL AND TENTATIVE CONDO MAP FOR 113 AI.IITA city Engineer's memo of April 12, cur with Planning commission and dominium Map for the six units. 1988, recommended Council con- approve the Tentative Con- )TENTATIVE CONDO MAP EXTENSION,1105 EL CAI4INO REAL Building lnspection Report, March 1988. Police Report, March 1988. Treasurerts Report, March 3L, 1988. FROM THE FLOOR City Engineerrs memo of April 12, 1988, recofiunended Council con- cur with the Planning Commission and grant the requested map ex- tension for twelve months to May 5, 1989. K. WARRANTS AND PAYROLL Finance Director recommended approval of warrants 39185 - 39522 duly audited, in the amount of $L,269,686.43, and Payroll Checks 82516 - 83190 for the month of April, 1988, in the amount of $685,591.07. Mayor Pagliaro questioned the Public works Director about the con- struction detail and firewalls at 113 Anita. It vras noted that this map had previously been approved by the Council. Councilman Mangini moved approval of the consent caLendar. Seconded by Councilman Amstrup, unanimously approved by voice vote. OLD BUSINESS Councilman Amstrup mentioned that state legislation on the Transient occupancy Tax has been put over for this year. He also mentioned the Special ourmpics he attended over the weekend and congratulated Joanie Palmer for being chosen as the volunteer of the year. coun- ciL asked staff to send a letter of congratulations . NEW BUSINESS Letter dated April 12, 1988, from residents appealing the Planning cormission April 11 decision to allow a special permit for educa-tional and religious purposes al 2220 Summit Drive. Public hearing was scheduled for the May 16 regular meeting. councilman Amstrup commented on Traffic Safety Parking Commission minutes regarding motorcycle parking and would like Council to be informed prior to any actions. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Commission Minutes: Traffic Safety Parking, March 10; P1anning,April 11, 1988. Letter from Broad$ray Merchants regarding need for more parking. Proclamations: older Americans Monthi Reading Day, Nursing Home Week; Professional Secretaries week; Recognizing Staff of Dis- covery Shop; CoNnending Volunteer Helen Campbell. Letter from Lapkins opposing division of lot at 125 Pepper. Letter from Ehling regarding noise from late takeoffs at air- port . Letters from Mayor to three Eagle Scouts, George Kiesel, Chris Lindberg, and Mark Vennemeyer . a d f s h i There were no comments from the floor. t9ti ADJOURNMENT Vice Mayor Amstrup asked that the meeting be adjourned in honor ofCity clerk Judy Malfatti r,rith a prayer for a rapid recovery and tothank her for keeping Council informed. The meeting was regularl-y adjourned at L0:34 p.m. Judith A. MalfattCity Clerk vmy