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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1984.04.16110 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA April 16, L984 CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed, regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the City Ha11 Council Chambers. The meeting was ca1led to order at B:04 p.m. by Mayor Irving S. Amstrup. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Chief of Police, Fred Palmer. ROLL CALL Minutes of the Regular Meetlng of of April 4, L984 were approved. AMSTRUP, BARTON, MANGINT, MART]N, PAGLIARO NONE Aprit. 2, l9B4 and the Study Meeting COUNC I LMEMBERS COUNC I LMEMBER S M]NUTES PUBLIC HEARING UNITS IN THE R_l PRESENT: ABS ENT : SBCOND ZONE READING ORDINANCE I27I PROHIBITING SECOND City Planner reviewed her memorandum of April 9 in which she recommended council hold publ1c hearing and take action. fn May 1983, council directed staff to complete specific studles regarding documentation on required state findings prohibiting second units. Staff completed the task and the results were reviewed by Planning Commission at its meeting of March 26, 7984. Upon review, the commj-ssion voted 4-3 to not recommend adoption of the ordinance prohibiting second units. Councilman Pagl ia ro City Planner stated felt certain it met questioned wording in she and City Attorney state requirements. Finding 5 of had reviewed ordinance. wording and the the Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. Speaking in favor of the ordinance was Marti Knight,23 Dwight Road. She stated Burlingame has a sma11 town atmosphere and she would like to keep it that way; second units would add to traffic and parking problems; back yard privacy could be affected. Speaking in opposition was George McQueen, 752 Lexington, a long time resident; second units would a11ow people who could not otherwise afford to live here get additional income from their second unit; could a1low seniors added income, provice security and assistance with property maintenance. Dan Marks, People for 0pen Space representative, stated his group had done a study of certain communities in the bay area and concluded second units would not impact the areas where they occurred; they would provide additi-ona1 houslng without increasing tt"p.aw1 ; tt most cities have experj-enced loss of population in recent years; supplements income to seniors and others; makes lower cost housing more affordable; al1ows development of lower cost rental housing. Lois Drieslien, representing League supports falr houslng and expanding cost housing. of Women Voters, stated the League housi-ng supply, particularly lower Alan Horn, resident and representative of the San Mateo/Burlingame Board of Realtors, stated second units are benefit to property owners, tenants and the city; keeps families together; half of Burlingame residents 1j-ve a1onel protect pri-vate property and constitutional rights and a11ow second units. Leigh Tanton,845 Linden, was planning on retiring and would like to build a second unit for himself and his wife to live in, so he can rent the main house while he travelsl there are many i11ega1 second units 1n city. LLL Mayor Amstrup closed the public hearing. Mayor Amstrup reviewed that council has been studying this for a year; city has many narrow streets, parking would be problem with second uni-ts, could create problem for fire trucks getting through. Councilman Mangini agreed. Parking problems streets; he favored the ordinance. could lead to one-way Counc ilwoman character of Barton said the city. allowing second units would change the whole Councilman Pagliaro noted he had not had the opportunity to study this issue as long as the rest of council but passing an ordinance which a11ows second units with very strict regulations would be hypocrisy. This is a sma1l city, it has traffic and parking problems; until something better comes a1onB, he would vote for this ordinance. Councilman Martin di-d not approve of the ordinance because it prohibits second units. Second units would enable people to afford houses in Burlingame. He took exception to staffts reasons for prohibiting second units. (1) 0n-street parking: street width could be consldered in permit process; second units that already exj-st do not have to be blanketed 1n; present code a11ows lodgers; maximum number of R-1 unj-ts is 7225. (2) Impact of 1ot size or topography could be controlled by special permit; could require applicants to keep within footprint of building for second unit. (3) Server capacity: dry weather flow would add a maximum lncrease of 4 percent; if system is unable to handle any increase then logic demands that we stop all construction that might increase usage. He contlnued that we keep adding jobs to this area but housing; it will come to subsidizing housing for jobs; are one way to provlde additional housing. Dan Marks, POS, commented environmentalists arable land; there 1s a need to concentrate a way to do that. we add no second units are concerned about losing people and second units is Mayor Amstrup noted that Peninsula sen j-or housing. He stated council support cityrs residential areas. talking about building said they would Hospital members is have Councilwoman Barton stay R-1. said people have bought into R-1 and they want to Councilman Mangini moved adoption of 0rdinance 1271. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton. Councilman Martin stated ordinance stricken. he would like to see Finding 3 1n the Councll discussed modificati-on of that finding qualification that sewer systems are currently as stated in the Cleanup and Abatement 0rder of Quali-ty Control Board. and agreed to used to their the Regional add limits Water Councilman Mangini and Councilwoman motlon. The motion carried on ro11voting no. Barton added that change to thelr calf vote, Councilman Martin Mayor Amstrup ca11ed a recess at 9:15 p.m. The meeting reconvened aL9:25 p.m. with all members present. PUBL]C HEARING - SECOND READING _ ORDINANCE L272 PROHIBITING BANKS AND FINANC]AL INSTITUTIONS ON BROADWAY, OGDEN AND MARCO POLO I^IAY AND L]M]TING OFFICES ON BROADWAY City Planner reviewed her memorandum of recommended council hold publi-c hearing Mayor Amstrup opened hearing was closed. April 9, and take l9B4 in which she action. the public hearing. There being no comments, the R ECES S LLz Councilwoman Barton moved adoption of 0rdinance I272. Councilman Pagliaro, carried unanimously on ro11 call Seconded vote. by PUBL]C HEARING - SECOND RELATING TO AWNINGS AND READING ORDINANCE L273 CANOP] ES AMENDING S]GN CODE City Plannerfs memorandum of April 9, 7984 recommended council hold public hearing and take action. Mayor Amstrup and City Planner thanked the Chamber of Commerce for conducting the survey of businesses for study of the sign code. Councilman Pagliaro inquired if city has laws concerning window signs. City Planner reviewed code requirements for window signs. Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. Tony Taylor, President of Chamber of Commerce, recommended council adopt this code amendment. Mayor Amstrup closed the pub11c hearing. Councilman Martin moved adoption of 0rdinance I273. Seconded by Councilman Manglni, carried unanimously by ro11 call vote. PUBLIC HEARING - SEC0ND READING 0RDINANCE 1"274 - ESTABLISHING Ti4/0 HOUR PARKING ON HIGHLAND BETWEEN CAL]FORNIA AND HOhIARD Director of Public Works reviewed his memorandum recommending council adopt this ordinance. Mayor Amstrup opened the public hearing. There being no comments, the hearing was closed. Councilman Mangini moved adoption of 0rdinance 7274. Councilwoman Barton, carrj-ed unanlmously by ro11 call Seconded by vote. OLYMPIC RENT_A-CAR APPEAL HEAR]NG CONTINUED TO MAY 7 7984 MEETING Mayor Amstrup acknowledged a letter from 0lympic requesting continuance to May 7 meeting due to the absence of one of Lhe business partners. Hearlng was continued to the next meeting. COUNC]L REV]EW OF CANOPY AT I457 BELLEVUE CONT]NUED TO MAY 7 7984 Mayor Amstrup continued this hearing to May 7. C]TY TREASURER RECOMMENDATION OF BANKING PROPOSAL Ci-ty Treasurerts memorandum of April 11 , 1984 recommended council concur with the recommendation of Treasurer and Fi-nance Director to approve the selection of First Interstate Bank for clty banking services. Upon approval a formal contract will be completed and submitted to council for approval at the first meeting in May. Council unanimously approved the proposal for banking services. RESOLUTION 23_84 - AUTHORIZ]NG AVIS RENT_A-CAR EXECUT]ON OF ]MPROVEMENT AGREEMENT WITH City Attorney's memorandum of April- 72, 19B4 recommended adoption. Councilman Pagliaro inquired abouL the status of the bike path. Director of Public Works replied that the Avis plan would be to tie lnto the bike path with Marriott. Councilman Martin questioned the advisability of a surety bond and wondered if we might consider another alternative, he was also concerned that there was no provisions for penalties for de1ay. Dan Hunt, attorney for Avis, was present. Counci-1 discussed possibility of holding this item over to the next meeting. Hunt stated he could meet with City Attorney and they could work olrt an agreement on those two points to the satisfaction of the city. Avis was anxlous to not have a delay 113 1 Councilman Mangini moved adoption of Resolution 23-84 with thecondition that a satisfactory agreement is worked out between CityAttorney and Avis. Seconded by Councilwoman Barton, carrledunanimously by voice vote. CONSENT CALENDAR RESOLUTION 24_84 - F]X]NG EMPLOYERS CONTRIBUTION UNDER PERS POLICE OFF]CERS ASSOCIATION City Manager's memorandum of April 9 recommended adoption of thisresolution to increase city contribution to Police 0fficerst Association health insurance as part of the negotiated settlement. 2. WARRANTS AND PAYROLL Finance DirecLor recommended approval of Warrants 20476 - 2O798,duly audited, in the amount of $827,I90.77 and Payroll Checks48910 49560 for the nionth of March I9B4 in the amount of $548,01 1 .58. 3. REQUEST FOR FUND]NG FROM AIRPORT COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE City Manager's memorandum of April 9 and letter from County requested $600 contribution as cityrs share of Roundtable cost for the period May L, l9B4 through April 30, 1985. 4. F]NAL CONDOM]NIUM MAP FOR 1OOB EL CAMINO REAL City Engineer's memorandum of April 10, 1984 recommended council approve map. TENTATlVE SUBDIViSION I'iAP FOR 11i4 PALOI'IA5 City Engineer's memorandum of April 10, l9B4 recommended ap p roval . Councilman Pagliaro moved .pproval of the Consent Calendar. by Councilman Mangini, carri-ed unanimously by voice vote. Seconded OLD BUSINESS MIKE HARVEY OLDSMOBILE SPECIAL PERMIT AMENDMENT Mayor Amstrup noted that council had recelved a letter from SergeCoutant appealing this request for an amendment to a special permit. Mayor Amstrup had also desired to call this up for review. He notedthere is a real problem in that area with parking and wondered ifcouncil could appoint a group to study the problem. He envisioned thegroup consisting of two council merrbers, two Planning Commissj-onersperhaps Traffic, Safety, Parking Commissioners and residents of thearea. Council discussed at length and determined to schedule public hearingfor May 7 and at that time discuss a commi-ttee to study theproblem.City Planner noted that a number of residents would want to beheard prior to any further study. Councilman Mangini reviewed the request for Burlingame t s shareof the Emergency Services Council budget in the amount of $9,780.79.There also will be an additional charge of $13 per hour for an areaadministrator. He noted that a Hazardous Materials truck would bestored in the south county and placement of another truck is beingstudied. REQUEST FOR FUNDS FOR SUPERBOI{L EXPENSES Mayor Amstrup acknowledged receipt of a letter from County SupervisorJohn Ward requesting city allocate $4,750 from hotel tax revenuestoward a goal of $25,000. The county will contribute $12,500 and isasking the four cities with the largest hotel revenues to contributethe remainder. II i Mayor Amstrup scheduled a public hearing for May 7, 1984. NEW BUSINESS - EMERGENCY SERV]CES BUDGET L1,1 Council wondered why only four cities were being asked when all the county would benefit. Councilman PagLiaro city would be reimbursed for expenses for extra police. to contribute wondered if Mayor place investigate further and staff should Mayor Amstrup reported that, with the aid of Counci-lman Mangini, the Save Our Station commlttee had acquired use of the Kohl Mansion for its fundraisi-ng auction which will be held on July 19, L984. H]GH SCHOOL POOL SUMMER USE Council noted that newspapers had reported the city was sponsoring use of the high school pool for summer. City Manager replied that Recreation Department had budgeted an amount for the next fiscal year for pool use, but the money may be needed sooner. Council requested this be reviewed at next meeting. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER Amstrup stated he would on the next agenda. Karen mi xer after K"y, Chamber Director, invited which will be held at Simpsons nearly 35 years in business on council and staff to the Chamber Simpsons is leaving the area Burlingame Avenue. FROM THE FLOOR - STREET PAVING Delores Huajardo reported that the new paving on Carmelita, Broadway and Vancouver was in poor condition. Mayor Amstrup replied that this had been discussed at the last meeting and council was aware. Director of Public Works reviewed that those streeLs were being finished this day. Mayor Amstrup inquired when the Raiser billboard would be removed from a 1oca1 hote1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 Comml ssion Minutes : March 20; Traffic, and Beautification, Proclamation: Law Planning, April Safety, Parking,April 5, 7984. Duy, May 1, L984. 9, L9B4; Library Board, March B; and Park, Recreation 7984. 2 3 4 5 Proclamatj-on: Benihana of Tokyo Day, May 4, Fire Department Report, First Quarter of L9B4 Treasurer t s Report, March 31, 7984. Meetlng was regularly adjourned at 10:05 p.m )r ADJOUR NMENT ft Judith A. Malfatti City Clerk SAVE OUR STAT]ON RA]SER SlGN k