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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1984.02.08( MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 6 BEGIN ON PAGE 84 ) BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA February B, 'l984 meeting was called to order by Mayor Iving S. Amstrup, PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, MANGINI, MARTIN, PAGLIARO ABSENT : NONE STAFF : ARGYRES, COLEMAN, I'4ONROE, KIRKUP, QUADRI , FRICKE, PRESENT: FIREMARSHAL TOI^INS AND TREASURER,SOMMER CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY--GOLDEN CITY CAB The City Manager outl ined B1 The duly noticed, adjourned regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council washeld on the above date jn ConfererrcE loom E of City Hall at B:00 p.m. The the factors necessary fo r dtCt vt the background of our current taxicab ordjnance and the Council to considelissuance of a new Certificate Necessity. He also provided the Council with infor- ation concerning the request for a new appl ication bytional permits requested by Towne and Luxor Taxi and Jud ith .A. Malfatti City Clerk of Pub li c mation on Golden Cit the req ues questions onven i ence an he current si u Taxi , the add i c0 for a rate increase, The Council then considered a number of policy ncerning our regulation of taxicabs. Council concerns included cer-tificatjon of taxj meters, insurance coverage, maximum or deregulated fares,safety inspection of taxis and senior citizen fares. Representatives of TowneTaxi, Yellow Cab and Luxor Cab addressed the Council concerning their need fora nate adjustment. Donald Lirette of Towne Taxi d'iscussed with Council the in- creased cost of insurance and parts and the rationale for his rate increase pro- posal; Chin So of Luxor Cab reviewed his proposal , which called for a lower in jt'ia1 drop charge, and 0liver Nordby of Yellow Cab stated that they agreed withLuxor's rate proposal. Since Golden City Cab was not present, the Public Hearing concerning their Certificate of Publ ic Conven'ience and Necessity was continuedto the February 21 City Council Meeting. Council then djrected staff to meetwith the thnee companies involved to seek agreement on a common maximum rate fortaxis. They also requested that staff prepare amendments to our-cuiEnt taxj ordinance providing for $1 Million insurance Ijability coverage and annual taxi- cab inspections by outside mechanics. Mayor Amstrup closed the adjourned regular meeting at 8:53 p,m. >u^e) B2 Mayor Irving S. Amstrup convened the Study Meeting of the Burlingame City Council in Conferenie Room B oi the Burlingame City Hal 1 at 8:54 p.m. on the above date following the adiourned regular meeting. PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, MANGINI' MARTIN' PAGLIARO BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING February 8, 1984 ABSENT : NONE STAFF : ARGYRES, COLEMAN ' MONROE ' KIRKUP ' QUADRI 'PRESENT: FRICKE, FIREMARSHAL TOI.INS AND TREASURER SOMMER I . HOTEL FIRE SAFETY 2. CONSIDERATION OF I4ERGING PAR K AND RECREAT]O N AND BEAUTIFICATION COI4MISSIONS 3. APPOINTED VERSUS ELECTED CIT Y CLERK AND CITY TREASURER councilman Pag'l iaro had requested that the subject of the hotel fire safety be ."vi.w.a-Uy iie Council. ih" Fir" tlarshal's reports on a survey of existing hotels'- our smot<e 'detector ordinance and high rise code requirements were discussed. Council reviewed the status of sprinklers, smoke detectors, heights and other tire pro- tection features in Various hotels as well as some of the problems of enforcement' The F'ire Chief suggested a f.ire prevention citation program-as an enforcement tool ' The City Attorney iequested that enforcement problems be referred to his office. Corniii"approved-, in concept, the revising of our smoke detector ordinance for 6oi.is, mbiets ana lodging houses, other than type I or II mate.ials to.retroac.: tivetv'p.oviae for perian6ntly wired srnoke detectors in publjc areas and hallways that ire directly transmitted to the Fire Department. Staff was directed to provide the ordinance revisjons for Council consideration at a regular meeting. The c.ity Manager reviewed the February 2 Beautifjcation and Park and Recreation Commissions' freeting to discuss the possible merger of the two commissjons' The iwo commissions had-suggested that they meet iointly with the combined agenda until 0ctober to test ihe merger idea. Councilman Pagl iaro strongly.opposed the merg"r concept. The maiority-of the Council agreed with the commissions' request to illow joint meetings of t-he commissions on a trial basis. Council requested if'ui tt. irevious res5lution concerning commission attendance be circulated to the Council at their next meet'ing. Commission reappointments to Park and Recreation and geiutificatjon will be defeired until 0ctober. Councilman Martin suggested, ina if,. Council concurred, that future commissioner app'l ications should be held for a one-year period. The c.ity council d'iscussed the issue of yrhether or not to place the question of appoinila vursus elected City Clerk and Treasurer before the voters in the up- ibiring ,lrn" election. Councilman Mangini favored the appointed approach. lYayor nritirp ilit.d that he could see the reasons for cons idering an appointed City i..irri".. although he felt that an elected City Clerk would be advisable. The Council and City Treasurer, Herb Sommer, discussed the fact that qualificatjons iJi an appointei treasurer should be developed. Councilman Pagl iaro stated that fru ii Uiilclv against the idea of appointed officials, although he would have lo tninf, on ihe-question of appointbd City Treasurer. The City Clerk of Belmont' iir-M.Lirghfin, daaressea the'bouncil repiesenting.the Association of Elected Otiiliuii"io uige the CounciI not to consider appointed.officals.. .Council dir- ecteJ itari to 6..pu.. for the-February 21 Regular Meeting resolutions-ca11ing for bal lot measures for June on two alternatives. One alternative vould be for Uotn-officiats to be appointed and another alternative would be for only the C'ity i.uurr.". to be appoinled. The City Treasurer and staff will develop qualifica- tions for the treasurer's position. At the February 21 meeting, Council would consider whether it wishes to adopt either of the alternative resolutions. B3 4, ENVIROTECH CONTRAC T RENEI,JAL.-WASTEhIATER TREATMENT PLANT 5 PAVEMENT I"IANAGEI.4ENT REPORT The City Manager briefly outl ined the current status of our wjth Envirote-h for operation and maintenance of the City's Plant. It is staff's reconrnendation that we favor a negotia of this contract. Council agreed with attempt'ing to negotia suggested that staff a.lso contact other possible vendors inf the-neg,:tiations for extensions should include a review of a of the operator. five-year contrac t lllastewater Treatment ted renewal , if possible, te a renewal , but orma11y. Part of ctual operat ing expen se s The Publ'ic Works Director rePorte which has been developed for the a preventi ve maintenance Program approximately $660,000 Per Year i $250,000 is for rehabi I itation. amount. Staff will also utilize ments in coniunction with street 6. COMMISSIONERS' DINNER o Council on the Pavement Management Systemy. This computer nndel will be used to formalize our street system. The study shows that eeded for street maintenance. 0f th'is amount 'as tax funds provide $310,000 of the required he program to coordinate water and sewer improve- esurfacing. Judith A. l,4al fatt i Cjty Clerk tit 0r n d Cf S G t r council concurred with the suggestion of Mayor Amstrup that city Seal Trays be presented to each commissioner at this year's commissioners' dinner' 7. PLANNING COMMISSIONERS' INSTITUTE Council d.iscussed the issue of whether the numben of planning commissioners attending the annual institute should be limited or, 'in some way, rotated between the members. suggested that the number of commissjoners be limited to two per tnei Ue required to report back to the balance of the comm'ission' I iaio also suggested that the number be limited and a rotation system . Councilwoman Barton felt that no limit should be p)aced this in the future some type of ]imit on the number of meetings to be d be establ'ished. It was the consensus of the majority of the CounciI years, the planning conrnissjoners should be l'imited as to their the Pianning Cornmissioner's Inst.itute if they are to be leaving shortly, ihe Planning Commissioner's Handbook will be amended ommissi-oners to attend two jnstitutes during a regular tenm (4 years). irected that our new planning commissioner, Ruth Jacobs' be offered y to attend this year's institute. Mayor Amstr year and th Counci I man be es tab I is year , but t attended sh that in fut attendance the commi ss to enco ura g Counc i I al s the opportu up at Pag hed hat o u'l ure at 'io n ec od nit t_