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JOINT MEETING OF
SOUTII SAN FRANCISCO
MILLBRAE, BURLINGAME AND
CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
June 22, L987
CALL TO ORDER
A duly noticed special meeting of the Burlingame City Council, neeting
jointly uith the Mi1lbrae, and South San Francisco council members,
was held on the above date in the Millbrae Cj.ty Hall. Mayor Gloria H.
Barton, Councilnan Irving Amstrup and CounciLnan Victor Mangini were
present. The neeting was ca1led to order at 7:00 p.m, by Millbrae
Mayor Paul Van Iderstine.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the cit j-es respectlve
positions and opinions on the San Mateo County Transportation Advisory
Committeets plan of expenditures and proposed ballot measures.
No formal action uas taken.
Minutes of the meeting are attached.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m
Judith A. Mal fat t i
City Clerk
BURL INGAME, CALIFORNIA
July 6, 19 87
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE ELAG
Led by Chief of Police, Alfred J. Palner.
ROLL CALL
COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCILMEMBERS
MINUTES
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEMBI, MANGINI, PAGLIARO
NONE
Minutes of the Study Meeting of June 10, 1987 and the Regular Meeting
of June 15, 1987 were approved.
PUBLIC HEARING - APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION ON TENCE
EXCEPTION AT 14OO LINCOLN AVENUE
City Planner reviewed her nemo of June 25 in which she recommended
council hold public hearing and take action. The applicants, Ron
Andreas and Dawn Blanken, are requesting a fence exception to add
trellises in their side and rear yards adjacent to the property 1in e
which exceed six feet in height. The proposal included two lattice
trellises in the rear yard along the side property ] ine at nine f eet
in height, a proposed trellis over the gate between the front and rear
yards at eight feet in height, and four fan trellises each at eight
feet in height located in the side yard between the front portions of
the houses at 1400 and 1404 Lincoln. The neighbors at 1404 Lincoln
appealed the apprgval of the fence excepEion. After the Planning
Commission action the applicants had the side property line between
1400 and 1404 Lincoln surveyed and received a building permit for the
CALL TO ORDER
A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingane City Council was held
on the above date in the City Ha11 Council Chambers. The neeting was
caIled to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Gloria H. Barton.
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fence. The applicants also submitted atheir request by deleting aL1 the eightthe tue rear yard lattice trel,1i.ses.
letter dated June 12 modifying
fooL fan trellises and one of
In response to council questions, City Planner said that since the
trel-lises uere attached to the property line fence they are considereda fence, and that the neuly installed property line fence has been
inspected.
Mayor Barton opened the public hearing.
Ron Andreas, applicant, said he uould like to have approval of the
original request including fan trellises but if council couLd not
approve that request he uould like the modified request dated June 12
approved; he wants the trellises for privacy and enjoyment of hisproperty; the trellises will not reduce light or create shadous on
neighboring property; the new fence has been approved and had final
inspection.
Speaking in opposition vras Susan Bruschi, 1404 Lincoln, told of askingfor inspection of new fence because it was too high; eight or nine
foot high tre111ses will cause shadows on her house and take away thevievl the fence is very close to her housel an extension on the garage
at 1400 drips uater into her yard. Mauro Bruschi spoke in opposition
saying the trellises would affecL the value of his property.
Councilman Amstrup suggested if there are sti11 building inspections
to be done, perhaps counci-1 should wait before taking action. City
Planner noted the new fence has nothing to do uith this application,
it will be required to neet code as stated in the building permit.
Mayor Bartoo closed the public hearing.
Councilman Pagliaro had visited the site and said the .tre111ses would
be Lower than Lhe windows at the neighbors house and the wlndows are
not the type of window used for views; if there is any problem vith
the fence, the building inspector will see that it is corrected; he
could support the fence exception. Councilman Lembi also viewed the
property and supported the project; he noted the applicanL could plant
bushes higher than Ehese trel1j^ses.
Councilman Mangini also stated appLicant could plant Erees that would
be higher than the trellises and uould create shadows.
City PLanner shor,red visual of site and the original, plan conpared to
the modified plan dated June 12.
Councilnan Mangini moved approval of the fence exception as nodified
by the plans dated June 12 removing the four fan trellises and one
nine foot lattice trellis in the rear yard. Seconded by Councilnan
Pagliaro, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote.
Councilman Pagliaro t.hen moved that the four fan treLlises originally
requested also be allowed to remain. Seconded by Councilman Lembi,
carried 3-2 ot ro11 call vote, Councilman AnsErup and Mayor Barton
voting no.
PUBLIC HEARING
AN ADDITION AT
- APPEAL OF
1611 WILLOW
PLANNING COMMISSION USE DETERMINATION FOR
- RESOLUTION 57-87 - APPROVING SAME
City Planner reviewed her merno of June 25 in which she recommended
council hold a public hearing and take action. Dr. and Mrs. De
Ranieri, applj-cants, requesEed a use determination as to vrhether a
remodeling made by them in a 525 square foot area of the basenent of
the house a 1611 i{illow was a second unit. After construction of a
second floor addj,tion, the vacant basement area below the addition and
in an existing porch was improved to create a 260 square foot
family/party room, a 143 square foot bedroom connected to an existing
bathroom and a 100 square foot kitchen. A building permit was issued
for the second story addition includlng framing and sheetrocking of
A resident at 1311 Capuchino, adjacent to 1400 Lincoln, spoke infavor; he agreed with the need for privacy, particularly uith the
large apartment house nearby.
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the basement area, no permits were issued for these improvements to
the basement area. These improvements were not shoun on the Plans
submitEed to Lhe building department. When the basement improvements
were disclosed at final inspection, staff determined Lhe basement area
constituted a second unit because of the kitchen area. Staff directed
the removal of the appliances and replacement of the ful1 sj-nk and
garbage disposal with a bar sink. The applicant appealed to the
Planning Commission and the commissi-on also found it was a second unit
and directed the removal of the sink and appliances. The applicant
then appealed to council.
Mayor Barton opened the public hearinS.
Joya and Albert De Ranieri, applicants' stated that the family room
has been there since they moved ini they have a large family and do a
1ot of entertaining; they have three snal1 children and intend to
continue living there; iE is difficult to go up and dovn stairs with
food so the kitchen downstairs is necessary; they have no intention of
using area as a secgnd unit.
Tno neighbors spoke in favor; other neighbors were also present
lending support to the applicant,
Mayor Barton closed the public hearing.
Council discussion: beautifut addition, but it looks bad on PaPer;
don't see any moLivation for a second unit; City Attorney confirmed
that 1ega11y this R-l zone does not a1low second units; city must
depend on neighbors to report any i11ega1 uses.
Councilnan Pagliaro moved to reverse the Planning Commissionrs us€
deEermination by adoption of RES0LUTION 57-87 finding the area is noL
a second unit and a11or+ the basement lnproveme[ts to remain with
conditions 3 and 4 of the staff report. Seconded by Councilman Lembi,
carried unanimously by ro11 call vote.
PUBLIC HEARING - REVIEII OF SPECIAL PERM]T FOR
STAT]ON AT 12OO BAYSHORE - RESOLUTION 58-87 -
SNACK SALES AT GAS
DENYING SAME
City Planner reviewed her rnemo of June 30 in which she recommended
council hold public hearing and take action. Larry lzzo, Ls
request j-ng two special permits for retail sales of grocery itens and
for take out food service in order that a snack shop at the gas
station at 1200 Bayshore be allowed to remain. This snack shop was
added sometime duri"ng the past tvo years without required city
permits. The Planning Commj-ssion granted the special permits l.rith
conditions at its neeting of June 8 finding that it would not set a
precedent because the stat.ion is not near residential areas, but Ehat
Mobil 0i1 should pay penalEy fees for Ehe retroactive building
pernits.
In response to council questions, City Planner reviewed the previous
appLications for snack shops at gas stations. The Chevron station at
Broadway and California redesigned its facility to eliminate a snack
shop.
Larry lzzo, applicant, reviewed the location
freeway, it is a convenience for travelersl
Councilman Lenbi stated that the park
operates during Little League seasoni
special permlts. Councilman Pagliaro
l-s
he
on other side of the
urged approval .
Mayor Barton closed the public hearing.
Councilman Amstrup noted he had called this item up for review;
council has noved againsE this type of application in the pasti
bothered him that Mobil added Ehese improvements uithout permiLs; hepointed out the adjacent Bayside Park and feared children would run
across thi s busy street to buy snacks.
has its oun snack
he has no problem
agreed.
stand whi ch
L'ith the
Mayor Barton felt this is not the rlght place for a snack shop;
Mayor Barton opened the public hearing.
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Councilman
no pernits
Mangini
for the
uaiting to happen; they had
Councilman Amstrup moved to reverse the Planning Commission approval
and require removal of the improvenents within 60 days by adoption of
RESOLUTI0N 58-87 denying special pernits. Seconded by CounciJ-man
Mangini, carried 3-2 on ro11 call vote, Councilmen Lembi and Pagliaro
voting no.
EOS ANNUAL REPORT ON I{IASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Lorri Andersen presented council with the annual EOS report on the
Burlingame Wastewater Treatment P1ant. She briefly reviewed the
report and complimented city staff on its cooperation. Council
congratulated her on her enthusiasn.
Councilman Pagliaro suggested that copies of the excell-ent report be
sent to our neighboring council members in Hi1-lsborough,
COMM]SSIONER APPOINTMENTS
said it is an accident
inprovements.
City Manager reviewed his meno of June 25 regarding appointmentsthe Library Board and the Civil Service Commission, and the need
interview for the Traffic, Safety Parking Commission.
to
to
Council interview teans reconmended Loretta Blevins and William
Bacigalupi for the tuo vacancies on the tibrary Board, and Herbert
Tanner for the one vacancy on the Civil Service Commission.
There belng no other nominati-ons, the
appointed to Ehe comrnissions.
nominees were unanimo u s 1y
Councilmen Lembi and Mangini will interview new applicants for the TSP
vacancy in the near future.
BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING NEWS RACTS
City Manager reviewed his memo of June 29 a/]d the attached letter from
Ehe Beautification Conmission requesting council consider an ordinance
Lo control newsracks at the post office, train station and Stanavay
Market. He reviewed past council consideration of this issue, in 1984
council directed staff to r.trork with the newspapers to encourage use of
new modular racks.
Mayor Barton agreed there was a problen, she asked
comnunicate uith the post office to try to resolve
staff to
this i"ssue.
PARK AND RECREATION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING MILLS CANYON PARK
Recreati,on Directorts memo of June L9 listed the Park and Recreation
Commission's recommendations regarding improvements to the Mi11s
Canyon Park. Park Director reviewed the various meetings he and
commissioners had with neighbors and the Park Association. There have
been problems with access to the park through Mercy Iligh School
grounds and through private property.
Council directed staff to implement Lhe recommendations.
RESOLUTION 59-87 - CALLING A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3
City Clerkrs memo of June 29 recommended council adopt a
calJ-ing a General Municipal Election on November 3, 198 7
requesting the County CIerk to render certain services.
resolution
and
CounciLman
Councilman
Mangini moved adoption of RESOLUTI0N 59-87. Seconded by
Anstrup, carried unanimously by voice vote.
CANDIDATE STATEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTION
City Clerk's memo of June
charge candidates for the
limit the number of words
29 recommended council determine whether to
costs of pri.nting candidate statements and
to 200 as in previous years.
Councilnan Mangini moved to continue the previous policy of limiting
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words to 200 and charging candidates for the cost
candidate st.atements. Motion carried unanimously
print.ing
voice vote.
RENT CONTROL
City Manager reviewed that the City Clerk was presented with the
initi-ative petition for Rent Control on July 2. The opposing petition
called Fair Property Rights is expected to be turned in shortly. The
Clerk has 30 days in which to verify the signatures and determine if
they qualify for the November 3 election.
RESOLUTION 60-87 - AGREEMENT FOR COLLECTION OF SCHOOL FACILITY FEES
City Manager reviewed his memo of June 25 in which he recommended
council approve the agreement uith the Burlingame Elementary School
District for collection of their school facilities fees. He also
asked directlon regarding providing the sane service for the high
school district.
Council verified that the school district would be the last appeal for
complaints about these fees I concerns about the cost of administering
this program, City Manager said the city will assess the impact of
staff time in administering the fee collection and if it is
signifi-cant the city wl11 have to reassessl council would like the
phone numbers of the school districts as Lhey are sure to receive
complaints from Lhe public; had no objection to also collecting for
the high school district.
of
by
Mayor Barton stated she would like somethingcity cost of adninistering; she thought it acollect fees for another entity.
added to
terrible
contracL f or
mistake to
City Attorney reviewed his memo of June 30 in shich he recommendedcouncil grant an amendment to Anusement Permit with conditions. He
recommended conditions for the permit: (1) that performers not dancewith customers; (2) custoners not touch dancers; (3) dancers wear no
less than bikinis; (4) male dancers only; (5) review permit in sixty
days.
Councilnan Mangini inquired of applicant whether they needed thisactivity for business. Maurice Bessiere responded Lhaq business 1s
slow during the week and this may improve things. Mayor Barton not.ed
she was pleased that Partner's had withdrawn its request for the sametype of amusement permit.
Councilman Anstrup noved ap pr o val
Permit with conditions. Seconded
unaniroously by voice vote.
the amendment to Cheeks Anusement
Councilman Mangini, carried
of
by
PARKING STRUCTURE FEASIBILITY STUDY PROPOSALS
Director of PubIic LIorks reviewed his memo
recomqended council direct staff regarding
for the parking structure study.
of July 2 in which he
eight proposals received
Council discussion: concern about the spread of thefamiliar with one firm that did attractive garages atsuggest staff pick three or four firms to interview;
the number of lots it should cost less; would like toof proposed garages by the firms staff chooses.
bid amounts;
Stanf ord;
if city linits
see elevations
Councilrnan
Councilman
one of the
Lembi expressed an interest. in sitting
Pagliaro noted he might have a cooflict
firms which he has represented.
in on interviews,
of interest with
Councilman Mangini. noved adoption of RES0LUTI0N 60-87 Adopting
Agreement for Col,lection of Burlingaroe Elementary School DistrictEees. Seconded by Councilman Lembj., carried 4-1 on ro11 call vote,
Mayor Barton voting no.
AMENDMENT TO CHEEKIS AMUSEMENT PERMIT, 1308 BAYSITORE
Council directed staff to interview three or four firns and cone back
wlth a recommendation as soon as possible,
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INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR 1987-88
City Attorney revieued his memo of June 30 in which he reconnendedcouncil approve obtaining insurance coverage for this fiscal year.
During the past year the city has been self insured because cost of
insurance was too expensive and extremely linited in coverage. our
broker indicates that we can obtain insurance with a self insuredretention of $250,000 at a maximun coverage of $5 million and at acost of $305,924.
Councilman Pagliaro abstained from the voLe. Councilman Amstrup moved
approval of obtaining this insurance coverage. Seconded by Councilnan
Lembi, carried unanimously by voice vote, excluding Pagliaro.
FIRE DEIARTMENI REQUEST FOR AUTOMATIC MUTUAL AID WITH MILLBRAE
Fire Chiefrs memo of July 1 recommended council approve or refer tostudy a proposal for autonatic nutual aid with the City of Millbrae
for fire protection coverage of certain areas of the two cities.
There are presentl,y areas of both cit j-es vhere, due to location,
response times are at the maximum range. With automatic mutual aid,both cities would respond to these areas at once, rather than uaiting
to be called for nutual aid, resulting in faster response time. Noncity equipment and manpoller would be Lhe first to be released from afire scene, Council agreed vith the concept and asked the Fire Chiefto prepare a contract for council approval.
Mayor Barton recessed the neeting at 9:08. The neeting was reconvened
at 9i15 with all council nembers present.
Councilman Mangi.ni inquired about percentages of parking citation
nonies thaE come to ciEy. Mayor Barton asked about the large chargesfor sone sidewalk repairs in item rrk. rr Director responded that theseare large properties such as apartment houses, most charges are smal1.
a INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1346 - REVISING PROCEDURE FOR REVOKING
SUSPENDING OR MODIFYING USE PERMITS AND VARIANCES
Cit.y Attorneyts memo of June 30 recommended council adopt an
ordinance to revise our current procedure for use permits. This
will provide for written notice of intention to revoke a permit
or variance to be given by the City Planner. A hearing beforethe Planning Commission would only be necessary if the person sorequests. This will al1ow elimination of inoperative permits
rrithout setting a public hearing.
b. RESOLUTION 6I-87 - EXTENDING PARKING CITATION PROCESSING
Flnance Directorts memo of June 26 reconmended council approve an
agreement extending processing parking citations by San Mateo
County. The agreement expired last 0ctober, and cities have been
negotiating with the county. Since they are in the proceqs of
computerizing parking citations the cities and county have agreed
to adopt an interim agreement retroactive to 0ctober. This
agreement increases the city share of costs to $1 per citation
from $.675.
RESOLUTION 62-87 _ AGREEMENT WITH SAN MATEO COUNTY
VISITORS BUREAU FOR PROMOTIONAL SERVICES
CONVENTION AND
City Manager's memo of June 19 reconmended council approve this
agreement with the Convention Bureau for 1987-88. The council
approved $240,000 in the city budget for the Bureau.
d. RESOLUT]ON 63-87 REHABILITATION LOAN SERVICES
City Planner's memo of June 19 recommended council approve the
agreement with the County for adninistering CDBG federal funds
for housing rehabilitation 1oans. The county has mailed
information to each household in the cityrs designated rehab
c
RECESS
CONSENT CALENDAR
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area. Beginning this year hone owners throughouE the
be eligible for the program. In the fa11, the county
undertake another promotion program.
RESOLUTION 64-87 -
IMPROVEMENTS - JOB
COMPLETION OF MARSTEN PUMP STATION
city will
wi 11
e ACCEPTING
310 A
City Engineer's meno of July 1 recommended council
Marsten Pump Station flood proofing installed by R
the amount of $223,7 7 L.7 O.
accept the
L. Davis in
RESOLUTION 65-87 - ACCEPTING COMPLETION OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD
REHABILITATION - JOB 629
City Engineer's memo of July l" reconmended
Airport Boulevard rehabilitation performed
amount of $158,082,58.
council accept the
by Raisch in the
RESOLUTION 66-87 - AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT FOR EASTON CREEK
IMPROVEMENTS - JOB 331
improvements from 101 freeway to the bay anount of $85,820.
RESOLUTION
JoB 505
1n
OF67-87 - ACCEPTING COMPLETION SKYLINE BIKEPATH
Assistant Civil Engineer's meno of JuIy 2 recomnended council
accept l,lorks the Skyline Boulevard bike lanes as installed by
Raymond J. Bragato in the amount of $54,738.85.
City Engineerts memo of July I recomnended councll approve an
agreement with Carroll/Resources Engineering for design of creek
I RESOLUTION
PHASE 1I -
68-87 -JoB 613
AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT FOR PENINSULA WATER MAIN
City Engineerrs nemo of July 1 recommended council approve
agreement with Carroll-/Resources for completing the design
this project in the amount of $16,255.
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RESOLUTIONS 69-87 AND 7O-87 - AUTHORIZING AGREEMENTS FOR DESIGN
OF CALIFORNIA/GROVE DRAINAGE - JOB 415A AND 4158
City Engineerts memo of July 1 recommended council approve
agreements uith Barrett Consul,ting for design of these projects
in the respectj.ve amounts of $28,809 and $13,237.
RESOLUTION 77-87 _ FIXING
SIDEWALKS
ASSESSMENTS FOR REPA]R OF PRIVATE
Project Engineerts memo of July 1 recommended council fix
assessments to be transmitted to the County Assessor for
collection on the tax ro1l"s.
SCHEDULE PUBLIC
STATION PLACE
HEARING EOR CHANGE OF STREET NAME VICTOR IA
City Managerts nemo of June 23 requested council set public
hearing for July 20 as required by law to change the name of thestreet from Victoria Station Place to Bay View Place.
m SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING
MASSAGE PARLOR PERMIT -
FOR APPEAL OF REVOCATION OF LICENSE AND
MISS LOUIS, 1308 BAYSHORE
II
City Managerts memo of June 26 recommended council set public
hearing for July 20 for an appeal of the City Managerts
revocatj-on of Miss Lours permits.
DENIAL OF CLAIM: ELS]E DAB
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Assistant Civil Engineerts memo of JuIy 2 recommended council
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h.
City Attorney recomnended denial .
ENCROACIiMENT PERMIT FOR 32 HIGITLAND
grant an encroachment p ermi t
concrete block waLl one foot
for a three foot high decorativein back of sl dewalk.
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ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR 1601 DAVID DRIVE
AssisLant Civil Engineer's memo of July 2 recommended councilgrant an encroachment permit for replacing a wood retaining wa11
with brick two feet into easenent.
ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR
an
1800 BARROILHET AVENUE
Assistant Civil Engi-neerts memo of July 1 recommended councilgrant an encroachnent permit for a six foot nood fence 3.1 feet
into the city right of way.
Councilman Pa9Liaro moved approval of the Consent Calendar.
by Councilnan Mangini, carried unanimousJ-y by voice vote.
Seconded
Mayor BarEon opened the floor to comnents.
Florence Rhoads, Mayor of San Mateo and member of the SMCTAC
Conmittee, thanked council for its input during hearings and for
attending the meetings. She reviewed benefits of the pJ-an such as
saving CalTrain, funds will be directed t.o city for street and road
improvements, 101 interchanges r*il-l be lmproved aL Broadway and
Peninsula, railroad grade separations at Broadway and Peninsula
Avenues, bike paths, plans included for seniors and disabled, andtransportation management systems. She reviewed dollars planned for
various projects, She noted that BART is now a separate measure on
the ballot, she urged approval to give the people a chance to vote on
the mat ter .
Paul Riemer, Burlingame businessman, toLd of his employees difficultyin getting to work due to traffic problems, he has employees comingfrom Fremont and Santa CIara, important to improve transportation, if
county can provide fundi.ng for CalTrain the state wiLl also give
funding, He urged council approval to put measures on ballot.
Bud Bostwick, County Development Association,responsibility of elecLed officials to al1owvote on this issue.
said it is the
the people a chance to
David Kort, Easter Sea1s, urged approval because of the programs
provided for handicapped.
Tom Huening, County Supervisor, complimented council an high
attendance at the hearings and noted largeJ-y because of this councj-1
the BART issue was split to a separate baIloL measure. Mayor Barton
asked hin why the matter must be on the November baI1ot and not June
1988. Huening sald a tremendous amount of work has gone into this
p1an, if nay not be perfect but may be the best proposaL the county
can come up with. We have a windor"r of opportunity to act on getting
funds for CalTrain, if we donrt act now the funding may not be
avallable from State. As a self help county, Ehe State would bewilling to help us. San Francisco is planning the Mission Bayproject, when it starts they will not be willing to conpromise on the
Location of the downtown station; this plan is a compromise and needs
approval of 10 cities to put it on the ballot. Board urged counci-Is
to let the people vote on the p1an,
Mrs. Kelly spoke in favor of putting the plan on the ballot, she was
not sure she would vote in favor of it, but she vorks in Santa Clara
County and transportation needs improving, She urged a vote in favor.
Councilman Pagliaro discussed with Huening the monies dedicated to
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OLD BUSINESS - COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
City Manager reviewed that council has received the final version of
the Countywide Transport.ation Expenditure Plan as approved by MTC.
Tim Auran, Burlingame resident and busi-nessman, presented two l"etters
in support of the issue. Another Burl-ingame businessnan also urged
council approval.
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each project. Pagllaro asked if Huening favored extending BART to the
county line; Huening replied we should wait to see hou the BART
operation works at the airport; Pagliaro wondered if Huening was
involved in the BART station at CoLoa, Huening said no; discussed the
surcharge on BART services in San Mateo County.
Councilman Pagliaro found it incredible that county would ask people
to vote on this issue without more inputi glad it was split into tuo
bal10t issuesi this council believes in SivinB the people a vote; this
is a poor plan; it is a regressive tax and hits the low income and
seniors; he has not recej-ved one phone call regarding what the plan
would do for our citizens; Burlingame had better rePresentation at the
SMCTAC meetings than some of the committee members; CalTrain needs
more support in any new plan; railroad grade separations could danage
city, lose houses and businesses to rnake rooml he was very upset by
the entire procedure for thls plan and by the conduct of some county
supervisors.
Mayor Barton noted she has lots of questions on the issue, she
Ehat lre need a tax, but should have better plans; she was glad
BART split to a second ballot measure; council does uant to do
sonething about transportat ion.
agreed
to see
Councilman Amstrup stated he has never been so upset as over this
matter; he went to a 1ot of meetings and couldn't get minutes of these
meetings until Lhe next meeting; he did not believe the monies
provided to purchase railroad right of way was sufficient; we want the
people to vote, but these hearings moved too fast so many things were
not considered; the plan is flawed' the system should be linked to
CalTrain; although he favored a sales tax, there is no reason why
county cantt come up with a better plan and vote on the matter in June
of 1988.
Councilman Mangini said
been paying for BART; he
to bail out their loses;
that he did not b e1i eve
tax money.
Councilman Lernbi noted he had lent his name to
of this issue, but he had sone reservations; he
someEhing about transportation soon but agreed
input.
for many years people in the East Bay have
feared BART would use funds from this county
he couldn't urge people to vote for something
in; he hras very concerned about control of the
Lhe Board for
favored dolng
support
county needs mor e
Huening responded that the June 1988 election will be a
prinary, a large ba11ot, the issue may be lost on thaL
there is relatively 1itt1e flexibility regarding use of
reviewed affirmative vote from Foster City.
presidential
ba1lot; he said
the funds. He
Councilman Pagliaro noved to disapprove the present proposal and
suggest that a revised proposal, go on the June 1988 ba11ot. Seconded
by Councllnan Amstrup, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote.
COUNTY CHILD CARE COMMITTEE
Mayor Barton scheduled an appeal hearing for the July 20 meeti.ng for a
parking variance ax 736 Acacia.
WATER LEGISLATION
Councilman Lembi. suggested council write a letter opposing AB I710.Council concurred.
PHOTO OF CITY HALL
Mayor Barton
requesting a
noted a letter from the
photo of City Hall.
League of California Cities
Mayor Barton asked if council had any nominations for the Child Care
Committee, After some discussion, Councilnan Lembi suggested that the
school district be contacted for names of people who might be
interested in serving on this committee.
SCHEDULE APPEAL HEARING
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Mayor Barton acknowledged a letter regarding a canper shel1 that has
been stored for several years in a neighbors front yard. Staff
reviewed that our code addresses vehicles, this is not a vehicle.
Perhaps we should amend our ordinance to include storage of this type.
Council referred the item to staff.
MARRIOTT PARKING IMPACT
Mayor Barton also noted a letter fron Joseph Ge11er obiecting to the
parking inpact caused by Marriott not allowing employees to park on
their property and by not allowing public use of their underground
garage. Council agreed that this matter should be looked at aSain at
a Study Meeting.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Comnission Minutes: Library Board, June 16; Park and Recreation,
June 18; Planning, June 22i BeauEification, June 4, 1987.
b. Treasurerrs Reports, May 31 and June 30, 1987.
Police Report, June 30, 1987.
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Letter
Putnam
from Lee Correy
Ma zd a/H i ghlan d s
successful resolution of the
privacy problems.
re gar d ing
residents
Letter from Doris Zona
0ffice.
FROM THE FLOOR
There were no public comments.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Barton adjourned the meeting at 10:45 p.m
regarding news racks at the Capuchino Post
Judith A. Mal fat
Ciry Clerk
STORAGE OF CAMPER SHELLS
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