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BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL
STUDY MEETING
September 8, L982
PRESENT: COIJNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MANGINT, MARTIN
STAFF: ARGYRES, COLEMAN, KIRKUP, MONROE, QUADRI
I . TRAFFIC, SAFETY AND PARKING COMMISSION RXCOMI.,IENDATION
Director of Public Works reported that the Commission had reconunended
two changes, (1) that on-street parking fees be reduced from twenty-
five cents per hour to tl^/enty cents per hour, and (2) that signs
reading "small cars on1y" and 'tlarge cars onlyrr be removed from public
parking 1ots. Councilman l{artin asked if the meters could be changed
to accomplish this and also if the meters could be altered to takepennies. Director of Public Works replied that it could be accomp-
lished for a cost of about $4,500 and that the penny slot would pro-
vide three minutes on the meter. Councilman Amstrup questioned when
the City would reach a decision to stop changing the meters and sug-
gested giving free meters for a period of time as a "trade off."
It was pointed out that the recommendation to remove the signs from
the parking lots hras based on the fact that the signs were not be j-ng
enforced and that they appeared to confuse parkers. A lengthy dis-
cussion ensued as to whether removal of the signs should be in order.
Mayor Barton agreed with the reconunendatj-on of the Conunission.
Councilmen Martin and Crosby disagreed, stating that enforcement of
the signs could and should be carried out in some manner.
Councilman Amstrup pointed out that this latest recomnendation was
based upon a request from a number of local business people and that,
whil-e he woutd like to see Council do whatever necessary to please
the locat merchants and keep them happy, this recommenilation only
added to the confusion he had as to what the merchants wanted- It
was stated that for a nunlcer of years now the various members of the
business community, Iocal merchants, the Chamber of Commerce, Guild
and residents had come up with numerous recotnmendations and sug-
gestions, many of which created conflicts. Council agreed that at
this point they were confused as to what was wanted in the downtown
area. It was suggested that City and civic group representatives
confer. Councj-l consensus was that City \"7ou1d allow the one hour
free parking on street commencing on November l, r:ntiI after
Christmas, and that no further action be taken until- all interested
parties come up with a consensus after January 1, 1-983.
2. BAYFRONT DEVELOPMENT FEE REVIEW RESTAURANTS
Director of Public l,lorks stated that, in view of the expressed desire
of the Council to collect new fees to handle peak hour traffic gener-
ated by development, staff had looked into the matter of reviewing a
change in fees for restaurants on the Bayfront, and corlcluded that no
further changes other than those recommended to Council shou]d be made
without an additionat study by an outside traffic consultant.
Council-man Martin pointed out that current fees were entirely based
on the Drachman Study and that study was based on Caltrans figures-
He stated that caltrans figures were based on "fast food" restaurants
placed on major interchanges and that restaurants on the Bayfront
were not of this type and generated traffic at a much later hour.
After Council review, no change in current fees was made.
Councilman l4artin stated that he was concerned that property owners
of BCDC property might not keep up their property and the city would
be hel-d responsible. He suggested that a Maintenance District be set
up to see that these owners kept up their properties, and that they
be reassessed to bring their fees in l-ine with the fees being imposed
on new developments.
Mayor cl-oria Barton convened a Study Meeting of the Burlingame City
Council in Conference Room B of the Burlingame City HaIl at 8:00 p.m.
on the above date.
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City Planner informed Council that about a year ago a citizen's
committee volunteered to develop a l-ist of historic sites and
structures to be used as part of the Pfanning Department's pro-ject review. The committee set up criteria, made a l-ist, matched
it to criteria, and came up wj-th a preliminary inventory which in-
cluded three clas si ficati.ons of historic sites. A resolution was
drawn up recommending approval of the inventory to be used as atool in preparing project assessments for the sites included in the
inventory .
Councilman Martin expressed concern that the resolution might becomea problem if the content of the inventory was accepted as mitigating
circumstances in an EIR. Ile stated he would be happier if wording
would be added to the Council resolution that would make it clearthat the list would not be used in any significant manner.
Council requested staff to rewrite resolution in a manner which
would avoid any Iega1 problems.
4. VIDEO GAMES
In reply to a request by Council regarding further restrictions on
video games, City Attorney reported that research showed City'srestrictions on the games to be in accordance with those of most
other cities. He further stated that it appeared the City now had
about as many of the games as would occur and that he did not
f orese.e a problem.
Council- agreed that no action should be taken for the present.
5. THROW-AWAY NEh]SPAPERS
In response to numerous complaints from residents, staff has looked
into methods of controlling the problem of unwanted throw-away
newspapers being constantJ-y placed on private property.
City Attorney stated that the problem coul-d be solved by an ordinance,but that it wou1d be very difficult. This approach would require that
an owner lodge a complaint with the City. City Staff would have to
keep a list of all residents not wishing to receive the newspaper. If
this list was violated, the Cj-ty could then file suit against the pub-
Iisher or dj-stributor of such newspaper.
City Manager said he had contacted Millbrae, which had a similar
ordinance, and they stated that it had only been partially effective
due to the constant changes in delivery peopl-e, and that it was acostly and time-consuming business. He questioned whether the Cj-ty
would wish itself to be in the middle of this problem.
On the recommendation of the City Attorney and the City Manager,
Council agreed to take no acti.on, although they agree the situationis very annoying to many residents.
6. FIP.E STATION SITE (HUNT DRIVE)
In response to a request by a citizen,possibility of building tennis courtssite adjacent to Cuernavaca Park.
Council discussed
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Councj-lman Amstrup suggested that neighbors be contacted before any
development plans were made for the site.
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Director of Publ-ic works also pointed out that roadways from Lang
to Coyote Point, which had been maintained by Anza Pacific when
they owned the property, would now become a problem for the City.
Council requested staff look into this matter and suggest someguidelines for the establishment of a Maintenance District.
3. HISTORIC INVENTORY
Councilman Martin stated that due to the terrain in connection to
Cuernavaca Park and, due to extremely poor drainage on the site, it
\^ras not suitable for any kind of recreation use. IIe asked if there
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After discussion, Council agreed that the Fire Station site besold and the proceeds used for the erection of tennis courts or
some recreational use.
7. SISTERIS OF MERCY - WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Director of Public Works advised Council that the Sisterrs of Mercyneeded to get more water for f j-re protection into their site. Theengineering report was reviewed and Director of public Works saidthe request of Sister's of Mercy to the City was that the City
assume maintenance of the mains and contribute something to theconstruction.
Director of Pubfic trnlorks stated that there would be advantages tothe City in this system in that it would provide more water for theHillside Subdivision and better fire protection for both that areaand the Mills Estates.
was room on Park grounds for the building of tennis courts. parkDirector said that there was an area of the park which was not inuse and which would be suitable for tennis courts.
City Manager proposed the establishment of one or more sessions peryear of "management" training for higher level City supervisors forthe purpose of establishing good " team" relationship and to hearand discuss some topic applicabte to their work.
8. MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Council was in agreement with this proposal.
9. CLOSED SESSION
Council met in
ADJOURNMENT:
closecl session to discuss labor negotiations.
l0:35 p.m.
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City Clerk
Council was in general approval of this suggested plan and in-structed Director of Public Works to proceed with ascertaining ex-act benefit to the City and the cost of the maintenance and con-struction.
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