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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1981.02.02777 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA February 2, J-98l CALL TO ORDER A regular meetj-ng of the Burlingame City Council \^ras held on the above date in the City Ha11 Council Chambers. Meeting was calfedto order at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor Martin. PLEDGE OF A],LEGIANCE Led by John R. ROLL CALL Yost, City Pl-anner. COTINCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: COI]NCIL MEMBE RS ABSENT: MTNUTES AMSTRUP , BARTON, CROSBY , MANGINI , MART IN NONE Minutes of the study meeting of January 14, 1981 and of themeeting of January 19, 1981 were approved and adopted. regular COMMI]NICATION RE BARRICADES FROM TERRY NAGEL, 13OO MILLS AVENUE AND OTI{ER RESIDENTS AT OXFORD/CAMBRIDGE,/EL CAMINO INTERSECTION Director of Pub1ic Works reviewed circumstances leading up to thisletter of 1/28/81 asking for an aud.ience with the City Council. Hesaid that aporoximately one year ago the City had received petitionfrom the residents of Oxford, Cambridge, and EI Camino Real for thecl-osing of the Oxford/Cambridqe intersection with Et Camino becauseit was dangerous. This petition was referred to Traffic, Safetyand Parking Commission, who subsequently recommended a trial periodof closure. This in turn was discussed with Caltrans, who havejust recently agreed to a trial period of closure. Two weeks agobarricades were installed, and this reaction from citizens on Uills Avenue has resulted. Mrs. Terry Nage1, 1300 Mills Avenue, presented Council \,rith apetition protesting the barricades as creatinq a dangerous situation,and signed by 157 peoole residinq in the area. Mrs. Nagel statedthat 63 of these signatures represented 100? of the homes on Mi1ls Avenue . Jim NageL, 1300 Mi11s, displayed a scale map ofMill-s is a street with a number of intersectionsoff a major intersection causes problems. the on area. He notedit, and closing Other citizens were: who spoke against the barricading at Oxford/Cambridge David A. smith, 1312 Mill-s Avenue Mavis Karalius, 1108 MiIls Avenue Lee Stein, 1404 Mills Avenue Robert Dwyer, 121-2 Mi1ls AvenueChris Ganas , 1423 Laguna Steve Mccarty, 110 0 Oxford Rose Spinelli, 1301 Mil1s Avenue Anne Smith, 1312 Mi1ls Some of the opinions expressed: Original petition for closure v,/as not circulated on Mil1s Avenue. Mil1s/Et Camino is a blind intersectionStop this before fatal-ities result. and extremely dangerous. Mil1s residents do not have simplewith City officials, residents ofsatisfactory answer. solution, but offer to workother streets, and Caltrans for *-! j T72 The width of Mi11s Avenue intersection of Ef Camino -2- 34' curb to curb. However, oxford at 64 r, almost double. l-s Mills Avenue will not accept a traffic light. Since the barricades, traffic on Mil-ls had increased greatly- Cars from Cambridge, oxford and Highway Road are waiting to turn on Mills. How many streets in Burlingame the length of Mi11s have traffj'c from 8 streets on them? Traffic northbound on Et Camino uses Hiqhway Road as a means of avoiding lights on Et camino. rt is completely justified that north end of Highway Road should be blocked off. Traffic EW on Adeli-neyellow light. and oxford should be put on a flashing Six months trial would be far too dangerous for this intersection. Mike Spinel1i, 1301 Mi1ls Avenue, displayed B photographs to Council which he had taken a few days prior. These, he said, j-l]-ustrated the adequate width of the oxfo rd,/Cambridge/n1 Camino j-ntersection, the nariowness of Highway Roail, the parking problems now on Hj-ghway Road and Mi11s, the iact that emergency vehicles cannot handily negotiate the E1 camino/Mi1Is intersection, the view of Mill-s/EI Camino intersection blocked by trees. Tom Taylor, Planning Commissioner, lll-2 Oxford Road, stated he enjoyed the present lack of traffic on oxford, but thought it was nol worth the hazards created on the surrounding streets. The following people spoke aqainst removing the barricades: Judy Johnson, J- 141 Cambriilge Robert Gans, 1112 Cambriilge Margaret Blake, 114 8 oxford Some of their reasons: Residents want 3 things: barricades removed; set traffic commiss ion. There should in fairness be a longer There witl be a traffic probl,em at EI the intersection used, until solution With practice, people wil] find Mi 1ls . Copy of petition sent to Caltrans; get uo meetinq with citizens, City Staff, Emergency vehicles ordinarily come up California trial period Carnino Real is found. alternate routes of the barricades. regardless of Drive . rather than using Mayor Martin reminded audience that the City has no the placement of traffic lights on EI Camino. That rogative of Caltrans. The City pays L of the cost. Councj-l dj-scussed situation and arguments presented' In response to Council questions, Director of Public Works affirmed that a traffic count could be done the first of the following weeki but ,hi1. crltrans would be contacted reqarding the barricades, removal may take a longer time. He was directed to so proceed' Council- decided that meeting should be held arnong residents of Mi11s, oxford, Cambridge; tie rraffic, Safety, anil Parking. Commj-ssion; ind the city staff to 6eek an equitable solution' Commission Chairman roley agreed to set the meeting for 8:00 P'M', Februarl' 9' 19 81, at City I{aIl. contro 1 is the over pre- L73 -3- RECES S Short recess was dec]ared at 9:00 P.M. Meeting reconvened thereafter. ORD INANCES SECOND READING HEARINGS 1. ORDINANCE NO. 1192 - 'AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE I]NIFORM BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN GROUP R-1CODE TO REQUIRE OCC UPANCIES CERTAIN Mayor Martin declared public hearing open on this ordinance. There were no public corunents and the pubJ.ic hearing was declared closed. Ordinance No. 1192 passed its second reading and was adopted on motj-on of Councilman Crosby, second by Councilman Mangini, carried unanimously on ro11 call vote. 2. ORDINANCE NO. 1193 - "AN ORDINANCE TO REOUTRE SMOKE DETECTOR,S IN ALL HOTELS BY JANUARY I, 1982." Mayor Martin declared public hearing open on this ordinance. There were no public comments and the public hearing was declared closed. Mayor Martin questioned whether these were individual units or hard wired. Fire Chief reported these are individual units; and while the Sheraton Hotel questioned the time limit, they were cooperative when informed these would be portable units. ordinance No. 1193 passed its second readi-ng and was adopted on motion of Councilman Amstrup, second by Councilman Mangini, carried on unanirnous ro11 call vote. 3. ORDINANCE NO. 1194 - ''ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PORTIONS OF LAGUNA AVENUE AS ONN-WAY STREET. ,' Mayor Martin declared public hearing open on this ordinance. There were no public comments and the public hearing was declared closed. Staff confirmed that all pe Avenue had been notified of tribution of flyers. Ordinance No. 1194 passed its of Councilman Mangini, second on roll caLl vote. ople on appropriate portion of Laguna this meetinq both by mail and by dis- second reading and was by Councilman Amstrup, adopted carried on motion un an imous 1y 4. ORDINANCE NO. ].195 "ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TWO-HOUR PARKING LIMIT ON PORTIONS OF CAPUCHINO AVENUE, CHULA VTSTA AVENUE, AVENUE AND PALOMA AVENUE. " LAGUNA Staff reported that in actuality this ordinance authorizes removal of thro-hour parking limit on these streets as a result of a year-Iong successful trial period lifting the restrictions. Residents are in favor of the removals as they have been in effect for a year. Mayor Martin opened public hearing on thj-s ordinance. There were no public conrnents and the public hearing was declared closed. ordinance No. 1195 passed its second reading and was adopted on motion of Councilwoman Barton, second by Councilman Crosby, carrj-ed unanimously on roll call vote. 5. ORDINANCE NO. 1f96 - ''ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS AT HILLSIDE DRIVE AND VANCOUVER AVENUE EROM ALL DIRECTIONS" on question from Mayor Martin, Director of Publ-ic Works reported that this corner does not meet warrants for a 4-way stop sign in terms of total traffic. However, this sign is proposed because of problems with sight direction on this steep corner. Property owners in the area had petitioned for it. Mayor Martin stated he was convinced that 4-way signs were not needed unless warrants are met. Mayor Martin opened public hearing. There was no response from the auclience and public hearing was d.eclared closed. L74 -4- Ordj.nance No. 1195 passed its second motion of Councilman Amstrup, second on the followinq ro11 call vote: reading and was adopted on by Councilman Mangini, carried AYES:COIJNCILMEN: COUNCTLMEN: COT]NCILI'IEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MANGINI MARTIN NONE NAYES : ABSENT: CONSENT CALENDAR I. ORDINANCE NO. 1197 - ,'AN OP.DINANCE ESTABLISHII.]G CONDOMINTUM CONVERSION APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND REQUI REMENTS, PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS, AND TENANT PROTECTIONS" - INTRODUCTION 2. RESOLUTION NO. 11- 81 I' RESOLUTION INITIATING OF THE 210 O BLOCK FROI4 MILLBRAE AND OF TROUSDALE DRIVE INVOLVING ANNEXATION TO BURL TNGAM.E '' REORGANI ZATION DETACHMENT 3 Memo of February 2, l98l from City Planner attached a proposed request for prooosal to consultants for the above project, and askedfor Council approval of content and form. He proposed to circulate copies of l-etter to selected firms within the next two weeks. Memo of L/27 /81 fron Director of Public l,{orks transmitted letter ofl/6/8I from San Francj-sco Water Department extending the City Contract under same conditions as now prevail to 6/30/82 $/ith a proviso forearlier negotiation. He recommended the City acknovr'tedge this ex- tension. SETTING SAFETY & OF HEARING DATES FOR PARKING CHANGES PROPOSED BY TRAEFIC, PARKING COMMISSTON - FEBRUARY 17 AND MARCH 2, 1981 City Managerrs memo of January 28t l98l attached list of parking changes submitted by Traffic, Safety & Parking Commission, and pro- posed public hearing on first three changes for February 17, andpublic hearing on }rtarch 2, on last three. TENTATIVE A\ID FINAL PARCEL MAP I8].5 MONTECITO WAY 2720 MARIPOSA DRIVE AND 1811 AND6 Memo of January 28, 1981 from City Engineer mended approval of this tentative and final conditions to be indicated on the map: one curbs and gutters; and the other concerning with attachments recom- parcel mao with twopertaining to sidewalks, buildino height limit. 7. CLAIM OF HELEN ELIZABETH SMITH 8. RESOLUTION NO. 12-81 ''RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BAYSIDE DISPOSAL SITE FENC ING JOB NO. 034 Councilman Crosby moved approvaf 8, second by Councilman Mangini, of Consent Calendar items 2 through carried unanimous 1y . ORDINANCE NO. 1197 - ''AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION APPLICATIONI PROCEDLIR.ES AND REQUIREMENTS, PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS, AND TENANT PROTECTIONS . " Council discussed- this item briefly. It was noted that this consent cal-endar item was only being introduced and that public hearing would be at the February 17, 1981 meeting. City Attorney noted that mora- Councilwoman Barton requested that this item be removed from the consent calendar. REOUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR PREPARATION OF AN EIR FOR THE TROUSDALE DRIVE POLICE STATION. 4. EXTENSTON OF SAN FRANCISCO WATER DEPARTMENT COIiTRACT TO 1982. By memo of January 29, J-98l City Attorney recommended denial of this claim on grounds of no merit. L75 torium be extended Councilman Manginireadinq, second by PROCLAI.4ATION for another six month period. moved ordinance No. fl97 be introduced for fi-rst Councifman Crosby, carried unanimous Iy. Mayor Martin read proclamation "Welcome Home to U. S. Hostages and Commendj.ng Burlingame Jaycees for Symbolizing Their Honor. " OLD BUS INESS SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT #7 In response to questaon reported that letter of been transmitted. from Councilman }4angini, City support for this amendment by Manager Council had STUDY MEETING Mayor Martin announced that study meeting of February 4 would be cancelled because of unusual-1y short agenda and notification on Cable TV. He stated action on Cable TV would be taken at the next regular meeting. NEW BUSINESS Councilman Amstrup broached the subject of the proposed new BART building in which ABAG and MTc may participate. Mayor Martin, as a member of the Executive Board of ABAG. reported that BART is going to build a new annex in downtown Oakland. They have offered MTC and ABAG the opportunity of joining in on a condo basis. ABAG is interested because it is now paying very high rent- Procedures were worked out as to financing, and the matter came before the ABAG Executive Board because of the pressure of time' The Board authorized the ABAG staff to proceed with finalization. However, Mayor Martin stated he had voted against it because this was an oral presentation and no time was griven to study it. Council discussed at some length, particularly the fact that this did not come to a vote of the member cities but was a decision of the Executive Board. City Attorney was asked to research any possible method the member cities could use to nullify this action, and report at next meeting. MERCY HIGH SCHOOL Councilrnan Mangini noted letter of 1/23/81 from principal of Mercy High School informing the Council of efforts to have the Kohl Mansion, one of the sections of Mercy High School, declared an historic site. She urged Council support of this matter and invited them for a tour of the Mansion on Tuesday, February 3. HERITAGE PARK Letter ot l/28/81 from Mrs. Robert V. ohlson, 211 occidental Avenue, spoke of aleplorable conditions at Heritage Park - drug dealing, indecency, and neighborhood fears of burglary by the people who frequent it. She suggested that the Park land be sold so that this situati-on could be alleviated. Council discussed. Chief of Police reported he had received a copy of Mrs. ohlson's l-etter. He noteil that in 90 days the Police Department had received only 3 cal1s on the park, and crime reports in this neighborhood are not greater than j-n other parts of the City. However, he has now asked his men to particularly watch activity in this area. After discussj-on Council asked that City Manager arrange a meeting among neighborhood residents, Police Chief, and the Park and Recreation Commission so that problems can be discussed. -5- L76 -6- ACKNOI^ILEDGIqENTS l-. Letter of l/30/81 from Carroll N. Minium, 1085 Rotlins Road #203re condomi,nium ordinance.2. Communication, Mildred A. McKinnon, 724 LorEon, re cable TV, d.aEed t/t6/81. 3. Letter, carden Study Club of the peninsula, 12/10/804. Minutes: Traffic, Safety & Parkinq, l/8/81; park and Recreation Commission, l/15/81; Planning Commission, l/26/81. ADJOURNMENT Meeting regularly adjourned at.I0:OO p.t{. €*2*z/ r,/zzuUelynl. ui11City Clerk