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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1982.03.10MARCH 10, 1982 Councilwoman Gloria Barton convened a Study Meeting of the BurlingameCity Council in Conference Room B of Ehe Burlingame City Ha1l at E:00p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 1982. COUNCILMEMBERS PRNSENT: AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MART]N COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: MANG]NI STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRXS, COLEII{AN, K]RKUP, MONROE, SCHWALM 1. REGT]LAT]ON OF SECOND STORY DEVELOPMENT IN R-1 ZONE Council tabled this item at this time. 2. DUMP RNSTRICTIONS AND CLOSURE REVIEW ALTERNATIVES In regard to request from Council, staff recomnended guidelines forreview of regulations of _second story additions. City planner sug-gested a review of the additions be based upon the "diylight p1anE"concepE. This concept would be a hypothetical line drbwn-at L 45degree.gnglg from the side yard proierty, ten feet above grade fromeach side of the property. This $rould insure privacy of ieighbors,insure greater light and air access, and reduce the bulk of Lhebuilding. City Planner suggested that a special permit be issued ifapplicants complied with the regulations. Staff iequested thatCouncil make a decision on thi.s item so that they would have someguidar-rce. Councilmen Crosby and Amstrup agreed i^rith the guidelines. Councilwoman Barton disagreed, stating thaE she was not wllling tomanage tlre wa-y il-whiclr^neople_ 1ived. Councilman Amstrup suggestedCity review the first 30'of the set-back on the front yird.Councilman Martin stated that he could not "go with any- of the review', Director of PubIic Works outlined four alternatives for dump restrictionand elosure. The alternatives were as follows: a.) The priinary ob-j.ectiv.e wgq -to keep the dump open as long as possible. b. ) That thedump should be available until such time-as a- transfer station wasbuilt-, c.), The dump should be restricted to Burlingame residenEs onbut that the dump -should _be built no higher, d.) That a portion ofdump be reserved for roadway relocation-- either Airport- B1vd., orAnza connection. This would save on future costs if a roadway hadbe routed through the dump. ly, the the to Director of Public Inlorks also outlined constraints on the dump at thepresent Eime as follows: a.) The san Mateo Dump is scheduled to closeon April 28, 1982 and this increases the volume'Dressure on theBurlingame Dump. The^current- cap,acity of Ehe dump is approximately120,000 yards, -less 100,000 allotated- for roadway'relocition. Thiswould put the dump-out of business in less than Lix months, based oncurrent usage of 50,000 yards per year. b.) Garden pickup and city userequire approxi-marely 3,000 cubic yards per year u""ir, anh ruitin[ime--resident-only trash requires approximately another 4,000 per year.c.) staff does not have accuratL data as to ourside tse iir iei-rns of yo l"Tg or type of. use, bur it appears to be about 50 percenr of volume.d.).Discussed problem wir! Browning-Ferris but their lrofit is de_pendent upon the number of users so they have no inceitive to restrictuse. e.).If Dump is restricted as to uie, it will no longer be amoney-making operation. for the city. The more restrictivE the city ison the Dump Ehe less the revenue, but the longer the dump can remainopen. Director ofthat any onecubic yards,limit some o load is6 woul d a1s o Public Works also suggested limiting the amount ofperson could bring in. The curreni volume allowed _and he suggested this be reduced to 3 yards. Thist Ehe types of usage Ehe dump is receiving. It was 345 BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING I 346 suggested volume could be somewhat reduced by limiting the amountof days the dump is open (i.e. if the dump were open on weekends butnot on weekdays this would restrict the business flow). In reply to a question from Councilman Martin as to what businesses used the dump the most, Director of Public Works stated that there was no exact data on that but that debris boxes made up most of the us age . Estimated time by Director of Public Works for dump to remain open under current usage was another six months. By adding restrictionsof limited days of usage and maximum amount of loads, the dump could have a possible one to two year life. If the dump is used only two days a week, it could be extended from two Eo four years of1if6 and woirld require a subsidy of approximately $S,000 a month foroperation. If the dump is used only for garden pick-up and City use,this would furEher extend the use and would require further subsidy. Councilman Martin felt that he wished to see as much dump usage ex- tended as possible for Burlingame residents only, with tight super-vision on restrictive use by checking of licenses, issuing permits,or whatever means staff may find workable. Councilman funs trup agreed with restrictions, and added he approvedof the dump being open only on weekends. Restriction to two days, and tight restrictions Eo use by Burlingame residents only, was consensus of opinion of Council . This will be implemented as policy, to be discussed at a Council Meeting beforeApril l, to be announced to the public and policy beginning sometime between April 5 and April 15 , L982. 3. EXPANSION OF SECONDARY WWTP FACILITIES PROJECT 906-8 Director of Public Works reported to Council that the Llastewater Treatment Plant was at capacity and that they had a temporary Aeration Treatment Basin operaEing under the current contract. However, the problem of futute needs for treatment of discharge should be considered inrnediately. A study was made which concludedthat a secondary Aeration Basin be constructed, which would increase the capacity by 50 percent. Staff is currently pursuing State and Federal grants for assistance in the improvements. As time is of the essence, staff requested that Council authorize them to proceed with Engineer they have been dealing with to begin with design engineering. Alio requested that they be auEhorized to proceed with pursuit of grant monies with as much speed as possible. Council unanimous ly agreed to authorize the above. 4 ORDINANCE PROVTDING FOR PERMIT EXPIRATION T]MES 5. VIDEO GAMES In regard to Council's concerns as to a portion of an ordinance pre- sented to them in regard to traffic allocations in the Anza area, there was expressed concern that traffic allocations awarded to pro- jects which did not commence building, were holding uP other con- EtrucEion. City Attorney discussed the matter of a penalty fee for this, but suggeited that the loss of the traffic allocation if con- struction did-not commence within one year should be a sufficient deterrenE. City Attorney reconrnended quire an amusement permit adopEion of an for bus ines s es ordinance which would re- with more than three video games, No action taken, will be on City Council agenda, March 15 ' L982 6. PARKING CONCERNS - LOT J Councilwoman Barton announced that she had received a number of com- plaints as to restriping of this 1ot, and businessmen \rrere concerned that meter charges might be driving away shoppers. I 341 Director of Public trlorks stated that the contract for bumpers andrestriping had recently been awarded and work should begin soon. He said he had done a study of lots and had observed that formerly empty long=term lots were now ful1 and that spaces had become moreavailable in this lot. Discussion was given to the problem of compact cars taking up large car spaces and creating further parking problems. Suggestions were made that the lots be policed and wrnings or tickets given to com-pact car drivers until the situation was better under control.Director of Public Works also stated that restriping of some lots, eliminating some of the smal1 car parking, would help. 7 . CONCERNS WITH MOVIE-}TAKING WITHIN CITY LIMITS In response to complaints Ehat streets were blocked by movie pro- duction activity, creating a potentially serious fire and emergencyproblem, Councilman Martin requested a report from all departments concerned in how and why this happened. Councilman Amstrup wished to know why the City should be disruptedif no benefit was accrued Eo the City. It was decided that, 3s this was a rare occurence, no lega1 action should be pursued. 8. BUDGET DISCUSSIONS City Manager would like to arranqe an annual meeting between staffcouncil to revr-ew t riorities to be held a t least once a year. l! was agreed the first meeting would be held on April L7, L982 from lGOOa.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the City Library. ADJOURNMENT: 9: 35 p.m. J'/ JJJ/-.C,7 Q -i/"/ Evelyn fi ,/J City Clerk Hill