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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1988.11.07279 BURLINGAI4E, CALfFORNIA November 7, 19 88 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame city Council was held on the above date in the City HaI1 Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:41 p.m. by Mayor Frank J. Pagliaro, Jr. Led by Attorney Joseph cel1er from the audience. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: AMSTRUPI BARTON, LEMBI , MANGINI , PAGLIARO COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: NONE Mayor Pagliaro apologized for the late start of the meeting becauseof council members interviewing applicants for a comnission vacancy. MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of october 17, 1988 srere approved. SCHEDULE APPEAL HEARING FOR DECK AT 433 OCCIDENTAL Mayor Pagliaro scheduled an appeal hearing for the deck at 433 Occidental for the December 5 meeting at the request of appellant. DENIAL OF APPEAL OF SPECIAL PERMITS FOR GARAGE ALTERATION A1 134-136 BLOOMFIELD ROAD City Planner reviewed her memo of November 1 in which she requestedcouncil hold public hearing and take action. Jonathan Horowitz,property owner, is requesting two special permits in order to remodel the existing garage at 134-136 Bloomfield in the R-1 zone. This property is presently developed with a duplex residential unitbuilt in L950 with a detached 646 square foot t$ro car garage with an 11 foot plate 1ine. The present garage was remodeled in 1980 from a 380 square foot garage with an eight foot plate 1ine. The requested remodeling would require two special permits, (1) to raise the plateIine from 11 to 13 feet and (2) to raise the height from 15+ to 17+feet. The garage is currently oversize, 500 square feet is the maximum allowed; however the square footage would not change withthis proposed remodeling. The Planning CoNnission voted 4-3 to deny the tlvo special permits; commenting that boat storage yards areavailable, the applicant \,rho owns the boat for which the garage is being enlarged does not live on the property, and that the size ofthe garage is almost as large as one of the residential units. Mayor Pagliaro inquired about parking requirements for duplexes;City Planner responded that the requirements for this property are one space per unit since it is non-conforming; current requirementsare L.5 spaces per unit or three spaces total . Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. Jonathan Horowitz, applicant, stated he Commission was due to his not living onthe site; there is room for ths available in paved area; coul he must live on site to park h game, owns several properties ioperty and improves them, has b served boats stored at many pro under cover; he is trying to get his boasight; none of his neighbors object to t felt the denial by Planning the site; there is only onee vehicles and additionalfind no reference in cityboat there; he does l-ivecity and takes good care een a resident for 30 years;perties in city but nott under cover and out of he boat storage. re d .l_ s n tenant onparking i code thatin Burlinof his pr he has ob PLEDGE OF ALLEGIAI'ICE TO THE FLAG Council-man Mangini inquired about Horowitz' appeal letter referenceto IRS requirements for residency. Horowitz replied that he would 280 live at the site for three weeks each year in order to establish residency as required by the IRS for second homes. Mayor Pag]iaro closed the public hearing. Councilman Mangini noted that council has been t^torking on the declining height envelope to reduce size of projects, this garage project would be taIIer than the duplex; he could not approve it. Councilman Lembi said he lives just six doors from this site and that Horowitz takes excellent care of his property; neighbors do not object to the project and the garage is set back behind a largestreet tree so that it would be barely visible. He moved to reverse the Planning Cornmission and grant the special permits with conditions of staff report, and modification of condition number 2 that would a1lo$, Horowitz to park his boat in the garage. Second by Councilman Amstrup for the sake of discussion and because Horowitz said he would live on site. other council members noted that Horowitz said only for three weeks each year would he live there. Councilman Lembj. felt it was of no significance that applicant live there since he is getting the boatoff the street and out of sight. Councilwoman Barton said the point she objects to is that the project is oversize now and this would make it larger, there is no hardship for Horowitz to move his boat somewhere e1se. Councilman Mangini noted the garage is now non-conforming, he would vote against it. The motion failed on 2-3 vote, Councilwoman Barton, Councilman Mangini and Mayor Pagliaro voting noi the Planning Commission denial was therefore upheld. DENIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE - 1440 CHAP]N AVENUE SPECfAL PERM]T FOR REAL ESTATE OFF]CE AT Councilwoman Barton stated she would abstain from the discussion and from the vote on this project because of a conf lj-ct of interest' City Planner reviewed her memo of November 2 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Grubb & Ellis is requesting a conditional use permit to operate a residential real estate brokerage office at 1440 chapin, zoned c-1, in the Burlingame Avenue Sub Area B-1. A conditional- use permit is required because real estate use is identified as an intensive office use with a parking impact greater than other of f i-ce uses. Grubb & El1is r.rould employ 60 peopLe in a 7,168 square foot office area. Except for their once a week staff meeting when all 60 could be present, they would have no more than 35 employees on site at any one time. The proposed lease of office area woul-d guarantee them 22 off-street parking spaces, and use of 13 more spaces if not needed by other tenants of the building, for a total of 35 parking spaces. The Planning Commission voted 4-3 to deny the special permit because of concerns about parking, that another real estate office could replace the present Grubb & EIIis site; that there may not be 13 extra spaces avaitable to Grubb & EIIis when the 1440 Chapin building is fully leased; and that persons attending the weekly crubb & El1is staff meeting would have to park on the street. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. DoIIy Toms, representing Grubb & EIIis, had surveyed the people using the office and the maxj-mum number on site, she presented figuies; if another real estate office moved into their present site on Primrose it would not employ as many people because the new modular office arrangements in use in real estate offices do not alIot/i as many people per square foot. David Harrison, Patson Development the property owners, said Grubb & EIIis has been guaranteed 30 parking spaces, rather than 22. He distributed a chart with comparison of parking with number of persons employed. He said the underground parking garage is never more than one third full. 281 Council expressed concern that when new tenants move into the Chapin building the parking allowed to Grubb & El1is would not be less. Harrison noted one current tenant uses less spaces than its site is required; the Grubb & El1is survey showed no more than 25 people on site of the present real estate office at one time. Ian Paget spoke in favor and Jerry Igra, Grubb & approval . He noted the property owners can restr available to other tenants. He said parking impa would be less when they move; parking at 1440 Cha Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. E1 ICctpi Iis, requestedt the parkingat 400 Primrosen is off-street. Councilmen Mangini and Amstrup said they would sustain Planning,their concerns were to lessen the impact on parking, if Grubb & E1lis move another real estate office could move into the oId site. Councilman Lembi favored the special permit; with guaranteed parking other new tenants would have to take whatever parking is available and remaining. City Planner noted another real estate or financial use would have to get special permit from city; other offices vrould be Iimited to parking allowed by leasor. Councilman Lembi felt this would lessen the impact on parking, real estate agents do not workin the office except for the short meeting on Monday morning; the cj-ty is putting in a parking garage where long term parki-ng will be available to lessen parking impact. He favored overturning the Planning Commission denial. Mayor Pagliaro agreed that reaL estate agents do not spend much timein the office; he had concerns that intensive office uses impactparking and that if the leasor would guarantee to city that other intensive office uses j-n the site would be prohibited he would be wiIIj-ng to deny without prejudice. Councilman Mangini moved to sustain the Planning Commission denlal. Councilman Lembi inquired if he meant without prejudice. Mangini replied no. Mayor Pagliaro thought denial without prejudice would benefit the city because this intensive use real estate office would be removed from Primrose. After further discussion, Councilman Mangini amended his motion to deny without prejudice with the condition that the applicant return within 90 days with a guarantee from the owner of the Primrose site that other intensive use offices would be prohibited from rentals in the building. Seconded by Councilman Amstrup, Carried unanimously 4-0 on roll- call- vote, Councilwoman Barton abstaining. Mayor Pagliaro called a recess at 8:42 p.m. The meeting reconvenedat 8:55 with all council members present. SECOND READfNG - ADOPTfON OF ORDINANCE 1378 - ESTABL]SHING A DECLINING HEIGHT ENVELOPE fN R-1 AIiID R-2 DISTRICTS City Planner reviewed her memo of october 21 in which she recommended council hold public hearingi and take action. Shebriefly reviewed previous council action, the adoption of an interimdeclining height ordinance, and study of the issue by an ad hoc committee which recommended revisions to the interim ordinance. The ordinance before council incorporates these revisions and willresult in a reduction of mass and bulk of second story additions, itprovides an increased side setback and a clear policy statement oncompatibility of mass and bu1k, reinforced by required findings for use permits and variances, and an exemption for non-conformingstructures in the event of disaster. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. There beinq no corunents,the hearing was cLosed. Councilman Lembi moved adoption of ORDINANCE 1378. He cornmentedthat council and the public should be thanked for input that l-ed tothis ordinance, he had a good feeling about the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Amstrup who noted the ordinance will keep Burl-ingame the way people want it to be and willbenefit the people. 282 Mayor Pagliaro thanked the corunittee members and commented that atfirst the real estate people had objected to this ordinance, but novr they have accepted it. The motion carried unanimously 5-0 on ro11 call vote. RESOLUTION 101-88 - NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR BAYSHORE OVERLAY ZONE - SECOND READ]NG - ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1379 - ESTABTISHING OVERLAY zoNE r'oR SEVENTEEN PROPERTIES oN BAYSHoRE HIGII\^IAY City Planner reviewed her memo of October 27 in which she recommended council hold public hearing and take action, first on the RESoLUTION for a negative declaration, and then on the oRDINANCE. After considerable review and study, council- directedstaff to prepare an amendment to the M-1 district regulations to establish an overlay zone for those properties fronting on Bayshore Highway. In this overlay area it was recommended that freestanding restaurants with an FAR of .15 and parking requirements the same as those used for restaurants in the C-4 district across the street be allowed and that new office uses be prohibited. Restaurant use would generate less traffic per acre than many of the presently permitted uses, especially office use. Additionally restaurant use would be more compatible in appearance and function with the waterfront orientation across the street than the light industrial warehouse uses now present along the west side of Bayshore. Mayor Pagliaro stated that he would abstain from this discussion and from the vote on this issue due to a conflict of interest. Councilwoman Barton wondered about the recommendati-on forprohibiting office use, she thought office use could be just as well controlled by requiring special permits or variances. Vice Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. Bob Brown, property owner in that area, Joseph Geller, 1799 Bayshore owner; Ronald Rosberg, 1669 Bayshore owneri R.W. Reed, L831 Bayshore owner; William Cason, l-849 Bayshore owner; Charles Gentzler, property ovrner i all favored allowing the restaurant use, but strongly objected to prohibiting office use; reconunended council establish a committee for further study of the area and office uses; stated hotels had greatly increased traffic due to employees coming and going at same time during shift changes; hotel employees use parking Iots; offices bring less traffic than hotels; prohibiting offices would restrict employment, Iower property values and would be almost confiscatory; this ordinance would impact sale of buildings or rebuilding after destruction. Vj-ce Mayor tunstrup inquired of city Attorney about making changes in the proposed ordinance; City Attorney responded if major change is su-ggested council should continue pubtic hearing to next meeting. Vice Mayor Amstrup closed the public hearing. Councilman Lembi thought this ordinance reguired further study, he wondered if council could pass part of the ordinance and study the small restaurant and office issue further. Councilman Mangini agreed with all speakers; it needs further study. Councilwoman Barton noted that all the speakers agreed that the freestanding restaurants should be allowed; she inquired of City Attorney if council could adopt part of the ordinance, Attorney responded yes . Councilwoman Barton thanked the ad hoc committee members. She admonished some people who had spread rumors and sent letters aboutcouncil trying to rrstop aII second story additions" and being toorestrictive. She invited people to view an addition on Halerard Court that generally complies \^rith the declining height ordinance,yet is quite l-arge. Councilman Amstrup also objected to the rumors. 283 Councilwoman Barton moved adoption of RESoLUTIoN 101-88 Adopting a Negative Declaration for the overlay zone on Bayshore Highway. seconded by councilman Mangini, carried unanimously 4-0 by voice vote, Mayor Pagliaro abstaining. councilwoman Barton moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1379 Establishing an overlay zone on Bayshore Highway, adopting only section 2 (a) of 25.42.045 which allows free standing food establishments as a permitted use t/rith an FAR of .15 and parking to the standards of the C*4 zone. Seconded by Councifman Lembi, carried unanimously 4-0 by rotl call vote, Mayor Pagliaro abstaining. Councilwoman Barton then moved to study the issue of small- restaurants and offices in the Bayshore area. Seconded by Councilman Lembi, \"Iho invited the persons who spoke to attend the study meeting which will be held after the new year. The motion carried unanimously 4-0 by voice vote, Mayor Pagliaro abstaining. SUSTAIN APPROVAL OF CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL VARIANCE AND FIVE SPECIAL PERMITS FOR AN ADD]TfON -600 AIRPORT - RESOLUTION 102-88 APPROVING City Planner reviewed her memo of october 6 in which she recommended council hold public hearing and take action. Edward Gee, represent- ing the Holiday Inn Crowne P1aza Hote1, has revised the previous proposal for an addition to the hoteI. The revised proposal is for a 136 room addition (reduced from 144 rooms); ground floor meeting rooms (3,000 square feet) and a 3,000 square foot addition to the ground floor restaurant (eliminating the 9,000 square foot ne$, restaurant); and a second floor ballroom of 11,000 square feet (same as previous proposal). one deck has been eliminated from the parking garage, reducing it from three decks to two, bringing the total parking on site to 559 spaces (552 required). There was also a chanqe in the exterior design of the building. The Planningt Commission approved this project with conditions at its meeting of September 26, 1988. Mayor Pagliaro questioned how the building could be reduced 10 feet in height and also be reduced by two storiesi he also was concerned about the view corridor, when he drives past this hotel he cannot see the bay at all, yet the view corridor is said to be blocked only 67 percent, he thought the view was totally blocked. Councilman Mangini confirmed that the public can walk from Airport Boulevard to the $raterfront through the hotel property. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. Jim Kerrigan, Manager of Crowne Plaza Hote1, spoke in favor of the addition, noting that the hotel needs more meeting room space in order to compete with other hotels in the area. Edward Gee, architect for Crowne Plaza project, shot ed visuals of the proposed addition; the addition to the hotel will have a stepped down facade near the top to reduce the apparent bulk; garage wiII be landscaped on three sides to soften appearancei he reviewed numberof rooms and parking spaces which more than meet city requirements. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. Councilmembers congratulated the architect on the pIans. Councilman Mangini moved approval of the project by adoption of RESOLUTION 102-88, including conditions in staff report, and anadditional condition that a public access sign be placed on Airport Boulevard to direct the public through the site from the street tothe shoreline. Seconded by Councilman tembi, carried 4-1 on ro11caII vote, Mayor Pagliaro voting no. SECOND READING - ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 737'7 CATS ON A PREMISE TO THREE LIMITING NUMBER OF City Attorney reviewed his memo of october 5 which recommendedcouncil hold public hearing and take action. This ordinance follows 284 the pattern of our existing dog ordinance and incfudes a provisionthat feeding of stray cats establishes ownership of those cats, it excludes kittens under two months of age; and provides for a permit procedure if more than three cats are desired. Mayor Pagliaro opened the public hearing. Sheryl Herauf, 1416 Carlos, spoke in opposition; she has four cats and has owned them for many years, would hate to have to choose which one to get rid of; suggested the ordinance allor/, four cats; many cities do not limit cats; suggest a grandfather clause to allowpresent cats to remain; suggest that veterinary records be used to determine how long the cats have been on a site; concern about being able to get approval from 80 percent of her neighbors for a permit. Mayor Pagliaro informed her that she would only have to get approval from 50 percent of her neighbors. Council informed her that city would only enforce this ordinance on a complaint basis; since cats are not licensed it is difficult to know where they are; council was sure that Herauf would have no complaints from her neighbors since she obviously t,fok good care of her cats. Mayor Pagliaro closed the public hearing. Councilman Mangini moved adoption of oRDINANCE 1377. seconded by Councilman Amstrup, carried unanimously 5-0 on ro11 cal-I vote. Mayor Pagliaro calIed for a recess at 10:08 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:10 p.m. with all members present. LIBRARY LONG RANGE PLAN Mayor Pagliaro changed the order of the agenda to accommodate the presence of the City Librarian and Library Board President who h,ere there to present the Library's Long Range PLan. Council acknowledged the report and Councilman tembi moved to accept the report. seconded by Councilman Mangini, carried unanimously. They congratulated the Librarian and the Library Board for the hard work this report involved. COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENTS Mayor Pagliaro asked for nominations to the two positions on the Park and Recreation Commission. Councilman Amstrup and Mayor Pagliaro had interviewed for these positions. Councilman Amstrup complimented the applicants and nominated the two incumbents, Donald Roberts and Robert cIark. Councilman Mangini moved nominations be closed. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton, carried unanimously. The two incumbents were el-ected by acclamation. Mayor Pagliaro asked for nominations to the two positions on the Beautification Commission. Councilwoman Barton and CounciLman Lembi had interviewed for these openings. Councilwoman Barton nominated Ardith Erickson, incumbent, and Mark Peeters. She asked that Dorothea Hughes, the other incumbent who has served on various city commissions for many years, be written a letter of thanks for her service and dedication; council interviewers felt that some new person should be given a chance to serve on this commission. Councilman Lembi moved that nominations be closed. Seconded by Councilman Mangini, carried unanimously. Erickson and Peeters were elected by accl-amation. Mayor Pagliaro asked for nominations to the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission. Councilwoman Barton and Councilman Mangini had interviewed for these openings. Councilhroman Barton nominated Edward o'DonneII, incumbent, and Atdo Simonetti. Councilman Mangini noted the difficult task of choosing from all these excellent candidates and asked that they be considered for other commissions. Councilman Lembi asked how many terms the other incumbent Tim Auran had served; staff responded one term. Council-woman Barton noted that the interviewers had nominated Simonetti because he had previously served on this commission for a short time and had resigned due to other meeting obligations which are now complete. 285 Councilman Lembi nominated Tim Auran. City Manager distributed ballots which resulted in the election of o'Donnell and Simonetti; Amstrup, Barton and Mangini voting for o'Donnell and Simonetti, Lembi and Pagliaro voting for O'Donnell and Auran. Mayor Pagliaro extended the application period for the t!,ro openings on the Civil Service Commission until November 23. TRAFFIC ALLOCATIONS - NOVEMBER 1988 City PLanner reviewed her memo of october 27 in which she recommend- ed council review these two requests and take action. one requestis from Burlingame Investment corporatlon for a 24,400 square foot restaurant on Airport Boulevard, this restaurant would have the maximum FAR of .15 and would use ,7 percent of the traffic capacity at Airport, .45 percent at Broadway and 1.3 percent at Peninsula. The other request is for Alamo Rent-A-car for a storage and mainten- ance facility at 1356-1360 Marsten Road. This would use .09 percent of the capacity at Broadway, .L4 percent at Airport, and .05 at Peninsula. Alamo currently uses the Carruf hotel lot on Airport Boulevard for storage of overflow cars but due to the imminent development of the carruf hotel project Alamo has lost its lease. The Marsten site is on the \"rest side of the freer.ray while the Alamo rental site (and its current storage site) is Iocated on the east side of the freeway at Burlway Road. Cars being moved bet\n een these two sites $roul-d travel through the Broadway overpass and theAirport/ Bayshore interchanges. The applicant notes that cars woul-d be generally moved between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The previ-ous useof this site was a brick yard which had no impact on traffic at thecritical- intersections on the bayfront sj-de. Council agreed it had no questions on the restaurant site. Mayor Pagliaro was concerned about the rental- car usei Councilman Mangini asked if the rental car uses were being studied and if the study ofthis use could be used as a basis for denyinq this request. Staff responded that this is not a request for a car rental agency, just a storage site, City Planner noted that the Planning Commission is discussing the car rental uses. George Corey, attorney representing Alamo, requested to corunent i he noted Alamo currently has a storage yard in the city; that if they have to move out of the city for storage, they would stil1 beferrying cars to the site on Marsten and going through those intersections, and that the city could better control- the uses if both sites remain in the city. Mayor Pagliaro moved to approve the traffic al-Iocation for Burlingame Investmentrs restaurant site on Airport. Seconded by Councj-Iman Mangini, carried unanimously by voice vote. Councilwoman Barton moved to deny the request for traffic al-l-ocationfor the Alamo Rent-A-Car storage facility at Marsten because of thefacility's unanticipated impact on the critical intersections. Seconded by Councilman Amstrup, carried unanimously by voice vote. CREEK DRAINAGE STUDY Director of Publi,r works reviewed his memo of october 28 in which he recommended council determine whether to proceed with a study of thecity creek and drainage system. The hydraulic portion of the study would cost from $75,000 to $80,000 and take about one year tocomplete. As part of the study, existing bridges and cuLverts must be examined for hydraulic capacity and this would cost an additional $70,000 to $80,000. There may be additional costs involved if drainage improvements are found to be needed. He noted that theinterim ordinance on creek lot development wil-I need to be extended and the City Attorney has indicated that it could be extended up to two years while these studies are conducted. COI'NCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO AUDfT COMMITTEE Mayor Pagliaro asked that councilmen Amstrup and Mangini represent council on the City Audit Committee. 286 Councj-lman tunstrup wondered about the funding for this project. City Manager noted part could come from this year's budget and therest of cost would be projected to the next year's budget. Council was surprised at the cost and suggested the matter bestudied further before a commitment be made. City Manager notedthat the city has not mapped the creeks in 30 years and it is something that needs to be done. Councilman Lembi wondered if thestaff had identified all the creek lots that could be develop rd. Mayor Pagl-iaro scheduled the discussion for the next study meeting. CANCET NOVEMBER STUDY MEETING Mayor Pagliaro canceled the November 9 study meeting. 1989 CITY COUNCIT CALENDAR City Manager reviewed his memo of october 24 whj-ch presented the proposed city council meeting calendar for 1989. He questioned ifcouncil wished to consider setting meetingrs following Mondayholidays for wednesday instead of Tuesdayi changing the time of study meetings from 7:30 p.m. to 5 or 5:30 p.m. He also asked if council wanted to consider the city council meeting scheduled for January 16 which is Martin Luther King Day; this is not a cityholiday, but is a state and federal holiday. CONSENT CALENDAR a INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1380 - REGULAT]NG VOLLEYBALL AiID AMENDING OTHER REGULATIONS OF PARK USE City Attorney's memo of October 25 recommended council introduce this ordinance to control the number of volleybalI nets placed in a park at one time, and other changes. RESOLUTION 103-88 - ACCEPTING COMPLETION OF 8?-88 SIDEWATK 7O3A RESOLUTION 104-88 - ACCEPTING COMPLETfON OF 8?-88 SfDEWAIK 7O3C Public Works memo of November I recommended council accept completion of these construction projects installed by R. J. Whiteside dba Whiteside construction in the amounts of $187,1-87.57 for 703A and $103,805.1"4 for 703C, Project 7038 was absorbed into 703A and 703c since most of that project v',as completed by property owners . c. ENCROACHMENT PERMfT FOR EENCE AT 704 VERNON wAY Public works memo of November 2 recommended council approve this permit subject to condition that the height be limited to 6 feet 3.25 inches by removing lattice from the top. d. BROADWAY MERCHANTS REO UEST FOR SIDEI/iALK SAtE AND STREET CLOSURE city Managerrs memo of october 2l- recommended council approvethis request for saturday, November 26 subject to the activity being covered by the Chamber of Commerce liability insurance. The city will provide traffic control personnel for 30 minutes. e. DENIAT OF CLAIM: MANUEL DEL VALLE city Attorney's memo of october 24 recommended council deny this claim for a fall on sidewalk. Councilman Mangini moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Seconded by Councilman Lembi, carried unanimously by voice vote. b Council directed that the January 16, 1989 meeting be moved to January 18. Councilmembers liked the idea of meeting on a Wednesdayfollowing a Monday holiday, rather than Tuesday. Council did not want to move the study meeting times to 5 or 5:30 p.m. Staff will bring a revised calendar to council indicating these changes. 287 NEW BUSINESS counci-Iwoman Barton commented on the tree trimming being done on her residential streeti she thought the trees would be topped somewhat to match those on the other side of the street but they appear not to have been. Staff will investigate. councilman Amstrup commented on the nrmber of signs residents put up for garage sales and then leave until they fa11 off from age. He would like to see some enforcement of removal of these signs. Councilwoman Barton mentioned that the crosswalk signals are too quick for persons to cross EI Camino at Trousdale. Staff will inform Caltrans. Councilman Amstrup told of a book the Town of Atherton had developed for nerd city residents. This book informs them of city laws and other important information. He suggested staff try to get a copy. RPC/ALUC AfRPORT MEETIXG Councilman Lembi reviewed the recent RPC/ALUC meeting he had attended where the "Airport Working Paper B[ and a plan to extend runways into the bay was discussed. Another cityts councilmember was concerned that cities should take a strong stand on the matter of extending runvrays. Councilman Lembi will have to vote on this matter at an upcoming meeting. Councilwoman Barton noted that the Airport Roundtable would be discussing this paper at its next meeting. Council had a lengthy discussion about the duplication of these issues by RPc, ALUC and the Airport Roundtable. Extending runsrays could result in more airport noise in Burlingame. Staff noted that extending the run$rays could be a mitigation for increasing the capacity of the aj-rport, staff was not sure which runway is being considered for extension. Council agreed that Councilman Lembi shoutd abstain from voting on this matter until more information is received. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Commission Mj,nutes: Library Board, october l-8; Park and Recreation, october 20; Planning, october 11; Traffic, Safety and Parking, october 13, 1988. Fire Department Report, Third Quarter of L988. Po1ice Report, September 1988. Proclamation: Family Week. october water Rationing Report from city Manager. Letter from Jane Baker, Mayor of San Mateo, regardinq a composting site. g. tetter from county Supervisors supporting Measure 1. h. Letter from Dan Santos, 9 Victoria, regarding southern entranceto cj-ty on EI camino. FRoM THE FtooR - There were no comments from the fIoor. The meeting was regularly adjourned at 10:55 p.m. Judith A. MalfatCity CLerk a b d f ADJOURNMENT