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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1982.10.06423 Mayor Gloria H. City Counci l- inthe above date. BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING October 6, 1982 Barton convened a Study Meeting of Conference Room B of the City Hal-l- the at Burl in game 8:00 p.m. on COTJNCILMEMBERS PRESENT : COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT : STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRES, 1. TRAFFIC ALLOCATION A.I4STRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MARTIN MANGINI COI.,EMAN, KIRKUP, MONROE Cj-ty Planner reviewed r^ri th Council new guidelines for making traffic al-l-ocations in the Bayfront/Anza area to ensure timely construction and completion of a project which had received traffic allocation. The purpose of the review was to get staff guidance for modification of procedures. City Planner suggested that the current process for action on a project be speeded up. The proposed revision in procedure would reduce the time for completion of a project Eo 23-25 months. Critj-cal steps vrould be identified within the 23-25 month period. Fai]ure to complete any critical step in a timely fashion would resul-tin Council review of the traffic alfocation. Councilman Martin suggest- ed that since the project must go for Pfanning Commission approval before a building permit was issued that the Commission establ-ish the tj-me limitations on a proj ect-by-proj ect basis. Staff agreed they would pursue this 1ine. Counci lman Martin further suggested that developer pay hal-f his bayfront development fee .in advance and forfeit this if he did not develop his project. Counci] did discuss at lengthreturning the portion of the bayfront development fee placed on deposit if the project was not completed j-n a timely fashion and the traffic allocation was revoked. Staff advised Council they would study the entj-re problem further. City Pl-anner reviewed progress on projects which had traffic a11oca- tions, City Planner stated that two projects were seeking traffic allocations at this time. Planner stated that if both projects weregiven allocations the city would have 1.5 percent of the capacity remaining at the Broadway intersection which was a critical point in the circulation system. Councilman Amstrup and Mayor Barton were concerned that if all of the projects currently with allocations and the two seeking allocations were completed the city would then have a shortage of capacity to be awarded to future viable projects. Councilman Martin stated that some of the projects already havingallocations were perhaps not viable and that staff should come up wi-th ner4r criteria before any more capacity was awarded. He suggested Council refuse further allocations until- after the traffic aflocation procedures are revised. Councj-I agreed. 2.SOUTHERN PACIFIC STATION City Manager reported on staff progress j-n regard to a ]etter from the Burlingame Historical Society requesting that the city acquire titleto the Southern Pacific Station. The Historical- Society was anxiousthat this be done so that plans could be made for restoration of thebui1ding. In line with this request City Manager requested two Burlingame cj-tizens tour the building to see whether work to be done was of a major nature and what the approximate cost would be. Tenta- tive observation $ras that repair would cost approximately $30,000 to $50,000. City Manager also contacted Ca]Trans, which stated that j-t already had an option from southern Pacific and that its stated policy was that j-t would purchase the station but it had no funding and didnot know when, if ever, it would have funds. I CalTrans estimated the value of the property at $316,000--$161,000 of which was value of the parkj-ng area. Councilman Martin wanted to know if the val-ue considered for station grounds covered any parking inthat vicinity. City Attorney believed that al-I the area covered by meters belonged outright to the city. 124 Councilman Amstrup suggested that some form of foundation be set upfor the purchase of the building. Council agreed. A11 suggested thatthe bui]ding be saved. City Manager said that if the building werepurchased in this fashion a foundation would have better opportunityfor funding and that maintenance and repai-rs wouLd in alt likelyhood be less. Councilman Martinto see what couldcity. requested staff negotiate further with the State be done in te.rms of what the State could offer the City Planner reviewed with Council a proposaf by the developers inthe BayfronE/A,nza area for a new highway directional signage programin that area. As proposed by the group, represented by Arthur Hansenof Days Inn of America, the new signage program would consist of signsin a brown and white coloring to more clearly direct the pubtic toshoreline access and businesses. The first sign wou1d be located atthe site of the "Welcome to Burlingame" sign, two signs would beaffixed to the Cal-Trans signs at the l-01 exit onto Airport Boulevard,and a new metal face would be attached to the existing wooden Airport Boul-evard sign. The main sign on the Bayshore Freeway would have aspace for five logos to be placed on it. These logos would be assignedto companies sharing the cost of buildj_ng and maintaining the bayshorefrontage directional signage program. Councj-I expressed concern about the five logo idea, feeling that thiswould be discriminatory to other businesses in the area. Council agreedthat the wording on the signs should be simple. 4. CODE RNVISIONS - OFFICE CONVERSIONS IN M-f city Planner indicated to counci] that the conversion of warehouse tooffice in the M-l zone had been rising at so rapid a rate that it waschanging the character of the M-1 zone. In view of this, staff andPlanning Commission had been working on the probLem. In review,Planning Commission had also expressed concern about upsetting themix of warehouse and office use. In response to questions from thePlanning Commission, the City pl-anner stated that it was difficult todetermine rdhat effect on city revenue the change in use might produce.In light of this, it was the planning Commission's recommendationthat a conservative approach be pursued, i.e., focus on maintainingthe current balance of warehouse to office use. planner also statedthat the Commission was concerned about retail uses in the M-1 zoneand recommended confining such uses to those that were incidental toexj-sting uses on the site. Ptanning Commission policy also addresseduses such as delicatessans which were oriented to employees of thearea. In reviewing the Planning Commission,s recommendations , theCity Attorney stated that implementation of such a policy wouldrequire amendments to the existing code. Staff then reviewed theproposed code revj-sions recommended by the Pl-anning Commission withCouncil. Council recommended staff bring the proposed ordinanceforward at the next Council meeting. 5 POLICE SERVICE TO COUNTY AREA BEAT 60 i t 3. ANZA SIGNS For a number of years the city has provided police service to BurlingameHills when requested, even though that area is within county jurisdic-tion. It has been thought for a number of years that the city coulddo the job better and cheaper than the county. The Sheriffrs Depart-ment disagrees. City Manager stated that the County Board of Super-visors would l-ike to implement a pilot program of one year durationto calcu]ate whether this was feasible. City Manager stated thatdue to the large population in this area, if the city adopted thispfan on a permanent basis, the city would have to add one officer tothe force. Staff has suggested the pilot program be adopted, evaluated.and, if the cj-ty takes on the added service, it be reimbursed fromthe Sheriffrs budget. Council agreed to have staff draft a proposal including the abovej-tems to be presented to the county. 425 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEWER CONNECTION FEE With needed sewer treatment required by the city, the Director ofPublic Works suggested to Council that the city adopt a sewer connectionfee for a1f new developments. He pointed out that this would be in 1j-ne with the policies of most ci-ties. Cor:ncilman Martin suggested that a higher fee also be charged to those businesses which change their use to one which would require much higher sewer use. Council agreed that staff should prepare an ordinance for Council consideration. 7.OTHER BURLINGAME' S 75TH ANNIVERSARY Mayor Barton told Council the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce would Iike to assist or pl-an a celebration for Burlingame's 75th Anniversary. Council was in agreement providing the plan was better formulated than past celebrations. BUSINESSES ERONTING ON AILEYS OR PARKING LOTS Council is concerned about busi-nesses whic to public streets. The City Attorney poin have rear entrances. Council stated that to divide a building and provide two front not have access directly out that many businesses e is too much opportunity , one at the front and hdo ted ther ages one at the rear of the buildj-ng. Cor:ncil would like to see an ordin- ance that would prevent businesses $rithout frontage on a public street. ADJOURNMENT: l0:05 p.m ,?^ Evecir 1yn H. Hi 1ly C1erk