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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1985.12.04DO6)dJ,l improvement proposed by the lighting consultant: whether wooden poles tigated and that possibly the city should purchase a warehouse for in- CITY OF BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIT STUDY MEETING December 4, 1985, 7:30 p.m. City HaIl, Conference Room B Mayor Victor A. Mangini convened the Study Meeting of the BurlingameCity Council on the above date in Conference Room B of Burlingame CityHaII at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: COUNCITMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, LEIIBI , MANGIN], PAGLIARO ABSENT: NONE STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRES, COLEMAIiI, KIRKUP, TOtlNS, WAGNER 1.SOCCER LIGHTS BAYSIDE PARK The City Council reviewed the staff material submitted concerning thesoccer program in Burlingame and cost estimates for soccer lights atBayside Park. Council questioned staff concerning the extent of the might be appropriate rather than metali and whether lighting from onedirection would be adequate. Councilman Pagliaro felt that the majorproblem was a general lack of facilities and the time change as aresult of daylight savj.ngs time. Council asked where CouncilmanPagliaro felt that additional- facilities might be placed and he indi-cated that he felt that land in the Rollins Road area should be inves- door activities such as basketball as welI. It was the consensus ofthe council that staff should go back and develop cost estimates for atemporary addition of lights at Bayside Park, attempting to utilizethe existing or $rooden poles and light the field from only onedirection. Staff will present this information to council as soon asit is available. 2. UNIFORM FIRE CODE r briefly reviewed the two broad policy questions being1 concerning staff preparation to adopt the 1985 edi-form Fire Code. These questions included whether wea ban on the sale and use of "safe and sanerr fireworksshould include Appendix 1-B which requires retroactive consensus of council that the city should not include a ban on 'rsafeand sane[ fireworks in the proposed adoption of the 1985 fire code. Concerning the second issue of high rise safety in existing buildings,the majority of the council did favor exploring this optional amend- ment to the code but would prefer that the three buildings effected becontacted by staff and requested to volunteer to comply prior to coun-ci1 consideration of mandating the required improvements. There wasgeneral support for pursuing this optional amendment. The Fire Chiefwill contact the three buildings effected and report back to councilas soon as possible concerning the prospect of voluntary compliance. 3. HISTORICAL SOCIETY REOUEST TO USE CARRIAG E HOUSE, WASHINGTON PARK. Staff briefly reviewed the written request from the Historical Societyto use a portion of the Carriage House in Washington Park for theirarchives and cataloguing. The staff position was that the space requested was used for existing city purposes and that we questioned the compatability of the uses proposed, given that the building cur-rently has equipment and pesticide storage. Ken Bower and Martha The city Manage asked of councition of the Uni should include and whether we fire protection items in existing high rise buildings. responded to council questions concerning the number ofe cal1s we currently receive as a result of fire works,of enforcement of such a ban and the problem with ex-fireworks. After discussing these items, it was the installation of The Fire Chiefadditional- firthe difficultyisting iIIegaI oc)c)DOD Rosman, of tthe Historicfeet of stor a proposal t indicated thHistorical SSociety, sta House to see he Hial so age s hey hat it oc ietff wi \^rhat storical Society, reviewed the current activities ofciety and their need for approximately 1,000 cubicpace plus working space. They presented council with ad drafted concerning their requested use. Councilfelt that the city should be involved in hetping they in some fashion. As suggested by the Historical 11 undertake a building inspection of the Carriagework might be necessary to accommodate the Histori-caI Society request and will also review other possible locations.Staff will complete the building inspections portion as soon aspossible, indicating that the specifics of the type of occupancy needto be determined. 4. SISTER CITY ASSOCIATION Councilman Pagliaro indicated that he was interested in participatj.ngin the Sister Cities fnternational program which is different from theU.S./ Mexico Sister City Association. He had requested that staffsecure information as to how to pursue this program. As soon as in-formation is available, it will be forwarded again to council. 5. GARBAGE FRANCHISE REVIEW/RENEWAL The City Manager reviewed the current joint efforts with other citiesconcerning both rate review and franchise renewal efforts with BFI . The cityrs franchise expires in August 1987 along with five othercities at the same time. Staff recommended that we should participatewith the Transfer Station Joint Powers Authority in jointly approach-ing franchise renewals using competitive bids to maximize all cities'positions. Council supported this approach. 6. HILLSIDE TASK FORCE Council reviewed the Po1ice Chief's suggested composition of theHillside Drive area task force concerning Halloween. Councilman tembisuggested that we need to also contact the College of San Mateo andSkyline Colleges concerning their participation as schools. Councilrequested that Don Roberts also be contacted concerning being an arearepresentative and that the Recreation Department be represented. Thecouncil representative would be the Mayor. The maximum size of thecoNnittee should be around ten. Staff indicated that we do not intendto activate the committee until three or four months prior to HaI- loween in 1986. Saturday St udy session.The city Manager clarified that Council-man Pagliaro was available for the January 25 study sessj.on. Councilbriefly discussed the format of the meeting and it was the generalopinion that it would remain similar to prior years. Criteria for FAU Funding.The Public Works Director distributed 7. POLITICAL SIGNS The City Attorney reviewed the staff memo he had been requested toprepare concerning legal controls on political signs. After discuss-ing various legal aspects, the council felt that the l-ast campaignpresented three tlpes of problems: (1) Election signs in parkingstri.ps in front of residential homes, (2) Placement of signs on tem-porary structures which are over city sidewalks, and (3) Removal ofi11egaI signs placed up the weekend before the election. CouncilmanPagliaro felt that the city needed a large penalty or fine to imposefor violations of the ordinance. He felt that the city should be pur-suing legaI action on gross violations. The City Attorney repliedthat he would have pursued violations of the existing sign code ifsufficient proof was available as to the violator. After councildiscussion, no change in policy was directed. The City Manager indi-cated that at the next election the city sreekend crews would bealerted to enforce the sign ordinance as necessary. 8. OTHER nqADO:t a report to Councilman tembi and Mayor Mangini, the cityrs Regional Planning Commission representatives , concerning a meeting scheduled on December 5 regarding criteria for selection of FAU funding. Council- man Lembi indicated that he would try to attend to represent ourinterest. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adj ourned at 9:17 p.m. th A. Malfity Clerk I