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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1982.12.08443 BURLTNGAME CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING Deced)er 8, 1982 PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS AMSTRUP, BARTON, MANGINI , MARTIN ABSENT: COUNCILMAN CROSBY STAFF PRESENT: ARGYRES, COLEMAN, KIRKUP, MONROE, FRICKE 1. EXPANSION OF SEWER TREATMENT PLANT The City Manager and Pub1ic Works Director reviewed the current pro- blems and need for expansion of the sewer treatment plant with Council-. Basically the City has a "solids loading" capacity problem out at our secondary treatment plant. currently there are five to six viol-ations each year of the water qual-ity standards. The developments that we have already approved, plus the addition of the solid dewatering p1ant, is going to further aggravate our current condition. There are currently no Federal or State crants avaitable; we do not have a place on the priority l-ist for any further expansion. We also stiIl need some sewer collection system rehabil-itation work. A sewer evaluation study is just being completed and one part of that study is where to i.mprove next--it also stated that it may be more cost effective to try to ex- pand the plant rather than increase the capacity of some of the sewer 1ines. The Regional water Quality Control Board has been threatening us with prohibition against ner^, corrections to the sewer system. This is for a number of reasons--they are concerned about the dump and about the solids loading problem. A letter of response has been written and this last week our geologists met with them to discuss some parts of the reply we made. There is another meeting scheduled. Councilman Martin protested that dump and sewer should not be "Iumped" togetheri the City Manager responded to inquiries macle by the Council stating that a reply has been made and we are essentially trlzing to sort the things out and schedule a meeting. The corrective actions needed are to "reduce" loading going into the plant by requiring "pretreatment" by major usersi e.9., restaurants-- We do have existing standards on the books but we have not been en- forcing the standards concerning grease traps ' etc. We are now talking about all new developments coming in requiring additional pre-treatment. We may sti11 need to go back and require some of the major users to retroiit in terms of grease traps. We do need to expand the capacity of the plant to handle "solids" for both existing and future needs. There are two construction alternatives that we can fo11ow: The first, to add a third set of basins at cost of $2.8 milLion. This does not add capacity--it only solves the problem we currently have. The second alternative is to go one step further and aald a fourth set of basins that would expand capacity for us. That adds an additional cost of $ .9 million with a total of $3.6 million aII out of City funds. Between this project with the Sewer Treatment Plant and the Freeway Connection, which the Council has supported, those two projects would essentially exhaust al-1 of the currently available Capital Funds. We would not have additional funds for sewer system, dump closure or Airport B1vd. Another alternative for financing is to go under a 1933 Act Sewer Revenue Bond, go to the Bond Market and issue Revenue Bonds to be paid for out of sewer fees and the sewer connection fees. In preliminary discussions, we are probably talking about 10-11* rate of iinancing. rt would require an additional service charge--it would not require a vote of the citizens for this type of project unless we get a protest of I58 of the property owners or voters. Council suggested that we seriously look into going for bonds, not strip ourselves of our reserves, and proceed to secure proposals for a financial advisor and bond attorney. ) Mayor Gloria Barton convened the study Meeting of the Burlingame City Council in Conference Room B of the Burlingame City HaIl at 8:10 p.m. on the above date. (The meeting \das preceded by a carry- over item from the adjourned Regular Council Meeting of December 6, 1982). 444 Another issue discussed was from the Water Quality Control Board and relates to same subject--it is possible to get a waiver for secondary treatment during wet weather discharges. The Regional Board believes this is a good way to go. Federal EPA had taken theposition that they are not goi-ng to a11ow exemptions for wet weatherflow--they have since revised their regulations and the EPA is sayingthat now they will consider waivers to secondary treatment for wet weather but only if we apply before December 29, L982. The cost es-timate to go to a consulting engineer to complete the draft application and study plan is $5,500. Council- supported this application. Sum-mation of council agreement is to proceed with design of two additionalbasins, explore bond opportunity and apply for the waiver. 2 75TH ANNIVERSARY - HOW TO CELEBRATE June 6,1983 will be the Cityrs 75th Anniversary. The Chamber of Commerce and varj-ous private individuals have expressed interest in how the City intends to celebrate our anniversary. The Chamber has pro- posed to establish a specJ-a1 commj-ttee and Gene Hern of Hern Enterpriseshas submitted a promotional p1an. The question to Council is how do youwant to celebrate it? At staff Ievel a number of sj-mpIe ideas were pre- sented using the theme of some of our regular programs; Art in the Park,Youth in Government, Commissioners Dj-nner, and "I Love Burlingame Day".Mr. Gene Hern discussed his proposal stating that primarily he wanted theCouncil to know prospective plans and not conflict with City activities. The Council directed Mr. Mangini, representative to the Chamber of Commerce, to meet with the Chamber Manager, determine their plans andreport back to Council. 3. METAL BUILDINGS POSSIBLE CODE REVISIONS Currently our Code has been interpreted to prohibit metal buildings intwo areas (1) We do al1ow metal buildings but it requires the approvalof fire, building official and an architectural review by the PlanningCommission. (2') We also have a Section 18.08.245 which does requirethat all new buildings in the C-2, c-3, and M-1 areas have one-hourexterior waIls. Generally speaking, this does exclude metal building=. - In reviewing the situation, staff has concluded that a total prohibitionof exterior metal coverinqs is no longer appropriate. In neighboringcities, none have any regulations against metal buildings. The FireChief has some concerns in residential buildings concerning air spacesand types of application. Some roofs require air space (which theFire Chief considers a danEer); other do not, and with these there isno problem. Council-man Martin expressed his concern that when theInternational College of Building Officials (ICBO) approves a productfor use according to a specification code, that the City of Burlingame should not deny use of that product. The Council discussed at lengththe process of sheathing prior to installatio,n of a roof . The Councildirected staff to prepare a code revision for Council considerationwhich would allow non-reflective prefabricated modular siding or panels which have the approval of Building and Fire Departments, and would be based on Building Official (ICBO) Standards. 4. ANZA FREEIfAY STATUS REPORT The City Planner presented a progress report to 1et Council know wherewe are in terms of discussion with CalTrans and BCDC regarding the Anza Ereeway Connection. A schernatic map was presented indicating twobasic alternati-ve routes: a. Frontage Road parallel to the Freeway connecting thetwo interchanges or b. Basically dividing them and providing a merge lane. Both of these improvements would be implementations of the Drachmanconclusions and would be partially paid for by the Bayfront Development. Concerns of both Ca1Trans and BCDC were discussed at length and thelaLest draft provided by the City Planner indicated further study isneeded. The State advises that to get on the State Highway Plan theywill process forward both plans and at some point we will need to makea decision. We are trying for the 1984 State Highway Improvement P1an. ,!ftry-re 445 The deadline for getting the application for approval in the 1984Improvement Plan is October 1983. Further MTC hearings as well asapproval from CalTrans will be required before we can make application.we are proceeding to try to get official approval no later thlnOctober 1983 for the 1984 appropriation. The cost will be approxi- T1!"+Y, $3-,4 million. Council supported the alternative connecting thetwo interchanges if feasible. 5. PENINSULA WATER USERS--STATUS REPORT Councilman Amstrup reported on the Peninsula Water Users recent meetingto which he and the City Manager attended. With the current suit goin!on between San Francisco and Peninsula Water Users, definitive in-formatj-on is not available. The legal fees to date have amounted toabout three quarters of a million do1lars. The judge who is handlingthe case between suburban users and San Francisco has been outspokenfor a settlement. San Francisco is asking for management fees, but allindications are that things are finally falling in 1ine. The waterneeds of the County are becoming greater--the water table at Daly Cityis nearly defunct. The day may come when all of us will be thinkinqof gefting a fourth pipe from Hetch Hetchy to take care of'our needs. The 9th Circuit Court ruled some time ago that San Francisco and weare co-giranters of this water facility. 6. OTHER: RAMADA INN The Planning Department has been tra4ing letters with Ramada Inn lhepast couple of weeks. The Ramada Inn submitted a letter to Council statS-ng that they wanted an extension of their P.M. peak hour trafficallocation. The Clty has now received a copy of a letter retractingthat request. Councilman Martin stated they should adhere to theoriginal limits. Council-'s direction was to reqrlire the Administra- tive Draft of the environmental assessment by January 7 and requirethe one-half payment of the Bayfront Development Fee, which will beforefeited if the other deadline dates established by staff are not met. The meeting was adjourned at 9245 p.m il*jL,7(+- .l-t t"/ 4c- Evelyn ff.niff City Clerk t 4e2 BURIINGAME, CALIFORNIA December 8, L982 CALL TO ORDER An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council was held on the above date in Conference Room B of the City HaIl. The meeting wascaIled to order at 7 255 p.m. by Mayor Gloria H. Barton. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: AMSTRUP, BARTON, MANGINI, MARTIN COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: CROSBY RESOLUTION 73-82 SURPORTING HIGHI^]AY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Counci-l amended the resolution to include an addition to the lastline of paragraph four, "excluding any connections to Airportrs western lands. " Councilman }.{ang ini moved adoption of Resolution 73-82. Seconded by Councilman Amstrup, carried unanimous v ro ca 1 vote of members present. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:10 prrn. to the Study Meeting. -xl Jll,L^ 1yn H. HillCity Clerk