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BURLINGAIqE CITY COUNCIL
STUDY MEETING
June 4, 1980
Mayor R. David Martin convened a study meeting of the Burlingame
City Council in Conference Room B of the Burlingame City HalI at
8:00 p.m. on l{ednesday, June 4, 1980.
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS : AMSTRUP , BARTON, CROSBY,MANGINI ,MARTIN
STAFF: Schwalm, Coleman, Kirkup, ArgJyres, Yost
1. BURLINGAME SCHOOL DISTRICT LEASING PROGRAM
Dr. James E. B1ack, Superintendent of the Bu::Iingame Elementary
School District, together with Board of Education Members Jean
Richanbach and Dr. Donald M. Kay, reviewed meetings conducted
with neighboring residents of Pershing and Hoover Schools to
determine their criteri-a for future use of surplus schocl sites
as reguested by the City Council at a previous studlz meeting.
Discussions at the meetings have developed a consensus that
neighbors of school properties would prefer:
1. To retain the school sites in their: present conditions.
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Playground areas should remain accessible to
To provide for the buildings to be occupied.
Residents near each school area should iden+-ify accept-
able uses for the respective property and develop
guidelines.
The District would prefer to lease or rent vacant properties to
meet the above objectirres rather than se11 the properties, although
sale may be necessary to use the capital asset to meet budgetarlz
requirements. To facititate rental or leasing of school sites a
change in the city ordinances relating to special use permits is
recommended.
City Attorney Jerome F. Coleman submitted a draft ordj-nance which
would add a chapter to the Code establishing procedures for a
special r-rse permit to rent or lease vacant school propert-i-es. He
suggested, in view of comments at this meeting, it be amended to
inilude neighborhood criteria developed by the school district as
a consideration for issuance of a permit.
Councilmembers who attended the Pershing Schoo1 meet-inq stated
they were impressed with the cooperative response of residents.
The benefit of individual criteria for each neighborhood was
emphasized. Zoning of the high school site.vras suqoested. The
City Attorney was directed to submit the revised ordinance for
introduction at the June 16th Council meeting
Councilmembers were
School on June 16th,
of Roosevelt Schoo1
16-20.
urged to attend the next meeting at Hoover
and the first meeting of resident neighbors
which will be held during the week of June
II RENT MEDIATION
City Manaqer Charles F. Schr,valm reported that the County is con-
tinuing its program focused on East Palo AIto. There will be a
task force report after June 9th. Mountain View has had a program
for six or seven years; it budgets approximatellz $17,000 for this.
It is his opini-on that the main advantage of rent medi ation is in
educating tenants concerning their rights and the economic results
of change of ownership of rental properties. Compulsory mediation
would not be effected by such a board since if there were an un-
reasonable rent raise initiating action, the landlord would have
no 1ega1 requirement to participate. Howeverr ds a sounding board,
the landlord may be embarrassed j-nto responding-
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Council discussed the cost of training individuals who wouldadminister a program and staff support. ft was suggested thatthe County or several cities might better be able to absorb thecost of such a program than would individual cities. Mr. Schwalm
was directed to contact the County Board of Supervisors aboutthe possiblity of a county-wide program for rent medj-ation.
III. PERSONNEL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
Mr. Schvralm reviewed the background of the City's personnel pro-
cedures which it is felt have become outdated. The Civil Service
Commission is performing work which, in a municipality of the sizeof this City, is usually performed by a personnel administrator.
Such functj-ons as testj-ng and oral examinations should properllz
be conducted by a professional on a more current basj-s than themonthly meetings of the Commission permit. A solution v,zould beto relieve the Commission of all testing and interviews and haveit serve as an appeal board. The department heads have pointedout that oral intervj-ews, in normal practice, are conclucted byexperts in the field from other citj-es, who perform as a panel insetting up an eligibility list. A professional personnel employeecould not only handle testing and evaluations, but also job analysisclassification, negotiations, training programs and employee re-lations. The normal complement is one personnel person for eachtwo hundred employees.
Council questioned the efficacy of staff personnel as a negotiator;
should he become ineffective, the City would be boxed in. Thepossibility of testing and oral interviews being conducted by apersonnel service was suggested. A survey of the personnel set-upof other cities the size of Burlingame would be helpful. Citiesof comparable size may have the same type of problem and be in-terested in a joint powers personnel program.
Council directed that it be made clear that review of this matteris not a reflection upon the service of the Civil Service Com-mission. To update the personnel system, however, steps shouldbe taken for testing and oral examination of prospective employees
on a current basis b1z a professional, with the Commission servingas an appeal board. The City Manager vras directed to investigate
how other citj-es the size of Burlingame perform their personnel
functions.
IV. PRELIMINARY UP-DATE ON CATV
City Manager Schwalm reported that proposals for CATV have beenreceived from:
American Television of California,
Burl ingame Te le-Communications
Capital Cities Peninsula CableStorer Capital TV, Inc.
Teleprompter of Burlingame, fnc.
United Cable Tel-evision Corporation
Inc.
Council briefly reviewed the volumes. Mr. Schwalm said he wouldship the proposals to Consultant George L. Page for his review
and recommendation. Not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days from receipt of the proposals Council is to hold a public
hearing and, based upon Council's evaluation, the franchise willbe awarded.
OTHER:
1. Parking Meter Offer
Director of Public l{orks Ralph E. Kirkup advi-sed Council that the
City of Turlock has offered 470 to 500 used Rockwell parking meters
for sale at $10 each, including a supply of spare parts. The
meters would have to be converted from 2 hours, dt 5 cents per hour,
to the higher rate fixed by Burlingame, and could then be used as
recommended b1z the Traffj-c, Safety and Parki-ng Commission to install
310 meters in Parking Lots B-1, C, D, E, F, K and 14. Duncan rneters
used by the Citv presentllz cost $107, plus tax and shipoing.
Traf f ic Engineer Tom Moore and Bill It{asters have i-nspectd the meters.t
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Mr. Moore also investigated the experience of San Francisco
and San Mateo who use Rockwell meters, and also investigatedthe cost of altering the meters in a variety of manners, all
as set forth in Mr. Moore's memorandum of June 4,1980. Metersin excess of those the City will require may be sold to the Cityof San Mateo. Based on the lnvestigations of Mr. Moore and the
need for a quantity of meters in the near future, Mr. Kirkup
recommended Council authorize acquisition of the surplus meters
from the City of Turlock at $10 per unit.
Council unanimously approved purchase of the meters.
2. Budget Hearings
Councilman Amstrup requested that part of the budget hearing
be scheduled for the June 16th Council meeting. There will beat least one public budget hearing.
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EVELYN . HILL
Ci Clerk