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CALL TO ORDER
A regular me et in
the above date I
caLled to order
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Led by Alfred J
ROLL CALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
COUNCIL }MMBERS ABSENT:
MINUTES
BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA
December 4, L978
the Burlingame City Council was held one City Hall CounciL Chambers. Meetlng lras
:05 P.M. by Itlayor William J. Crosby.
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Patmer, Chtef of Poltce.
AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, I\,IANGINI, I4ARTIN
NONE
Mtnutes of the
and adopted.
BIDS - CONSIDERATION OF:
L. WASHINGTON PARK LIGITTING JOB N0. 78-22.
regular meeting of November 20, L978 were approved
Memo of November 29, L97I from Department of Public Works advlsed
of bid openlng for thts proJect on November 9, 1978. t recom-
mended that Pacific RecreattonaL Llghttng be awarded the contlact
at btd of $L0t,[00. Memo attached bid sumoary Llsting seven bids
and engLneer's estlmate of $I00,620. A state grant of $I03,400
has been approved providing 100% funding.
Lette! of November 30, 1978 from Robert G. Coleman, Executive
Manager, ELectrical Industry Trust of San Mateo County, protested
what ts belleved to be a proprietary speclflcatlon in the pro-
posal, and stated that it- is- felt nb award of contract should be
made prior to resolutlon of thts matter.
Letter of December 1, 1978 from l"la yne K. Thomas, Bustness tlanage!,
Local Unlon No. 617 of the InternationaL Brotherhood of Electrtcal
Workers, protested the deslgn of spectfications by the manufacturer'
granting bf contract to non-union contf,actor out of thLs area, and
the loss of this work by local resldents.
City Attorney t
and had talked
opinion bid spe
aspect comprlselovest bid was
ommended lt be
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I he had met with the above tvro assoclationsttorney, Raymond H. Levy. He stated in his
s are i6galiy correct, Lhe ttor equal"ular brand of llghting flxture, and the
ne wtthln the State grant funds. Ile rec-
Mr. Robert Coleman of Electrical Industry Trust ad*essed Council
to the effect that not enough time hain the manufac turer-prepared speclfic
the City since there was a possibilit
contractors are also taxPayers; and s
is not delayed.
Dl-rector of Public Wotks stated that the bids $ere Put out
weeks. Substitutlons were to be in 7 days before bid date.
fairly common to have technical specificattons prepared. by
after- the City sets up Ehe tyPe of Lightlng deslred. This.
effect of having the ipecifilations done by an exPert tn th
Specifications are wrttten around a performance standard.
dbe
at ioyof
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en allowed for substltutlonns; thls vras not fatr toa Lower price, and Local
sted action lf this contract ^
Robert Coleman commented that the Law speclftes that if there
two suppliers of any product, both arttcles shall be named.
for threeIr is
supplier
has thee field.
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Atqorpey replled that in this lnstance this ls a unique brandand thus spectfication is alloued by statute. In response to
Council question he conftrmed that contract could be rebid
but delay would have an effect on sprtng sports.
Mr. Jack Hitoml, presldent of Enersave Lamp Manufacturlng
Corporation of Los AngeIes, addressed Councll. His firm had
prepared speciftcations. He stated funds for this projecE were
ptovided by SB t74 - a State grant fund - wh
Southern Californla also. He noted Southern
taxes as well, and hls firm made a low pricedistributors which saved the Clty money. Copetitive btds would be based on. tnstaLlationability. He stated that the speclfication w
Department of Recreatlon in Sacramento and aIt lras then issued by the City. He consider
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appLtes tollfornia paysssible to all
actors t com-sts, time, and
presented to the
oved by them.
one week gives
contractors enough time for substitutton. He noted that sevencontractors had bld this Job and Local costs wlll go up if
rebid.
Mr. I^Iayne Thomas, bustness manager, Electrtcal Workers Unlon,
suggested that thls bid was an arrangement vrhich precLuded abid from the Local area. This will be a non-unton job, and his
union intends to pursue the matter. Councllman Manglnl notedthat Clty Attorney confirmed bid process met State legaI re-
quirernents and manufacturer got the City a good price from thewholesaler. Counctlwoman Barton questtoned if the unions were
lnttmating there was some connectlon betlreen the manufacturer
and the contractor.
In reply, Mr. Thomas questtoned why local contractors were atleast t3% higher than the low bldder slnce they flgure bidsvery carefully. He repeated his concern about work for local
eLectricians.
Councilman Marttn questioned lf local bldders were unlon. M!.
Thomas stated 3 or 4 were. He revtewed union status of each
bidder.
Mr. Httomi told Council he was addressing them as a
contractor whose plane was delayed and who would be
In response
ufacturer's
Works rep I ieother rec rea
company had
the Los Ange
meeting and
Thls had beethts type ofIn the spec ithe contracttinued to Deperiod of atElectrtcal Atractors coumaterlals ch
favor to the
Present later.
a studythe job.
ays done inf lighttng.
ays before
Ld be con-Id gtve a bidolnt thehat other con-
tons and get
In response to questtons from Mayor Crosby and Councllwoman
Barton, Mr. Hltoml stated that the distributor had been asked togive the same prtce to all btdders - they all had the same materlalcost. He noted contractors should be expected to bid the Job onthetr ability to do the job.
CounciLman Martln questloned how much materials had been on thtsproject. When Mr. Httomi replied in the $70,000 range, the
councllman noted that figure was 707" of the bid.
o questtons from Counctlroan Amstrup about the man-
evelopment of the spectftcations, DLrector of Publicthat after the appllcatlon for the grant was made,lonal agencies were asked for recommendat ions . This
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een recommended by several agencles botes area. Staff had gone to Council at
sked permtsston to have Enersave deslgngranted. Thls procedure is almost alwproject where there ls a special type oication there ts a grace period of. 45 dr can withdraw hls Lovr btd, so thts cou
ember 18. If lt ts rebtd, the City wouleast 4 weeks. He commented that the psociation and the union are making ts td come tn, if rebl-d, and make substttutape! than the $70,000.
h in thls and
CounctLman Martin dld not recalL that the manufacturer had beenlisted as the designer at the study meettng, and noted that actrcumstance such as this gives an opportunity for a ttsweethearttr
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job. He did not llke the present btd because it was non-unlonlabor and the Clty had lost conErol of a job by Letting a manu-facturer destgn. Thts is hard for a contractor to break.Director of PubLlc l,Jorks conflrmed it is difficult to break
any propri-etary specification. CouncLLman Marttn suggestedthat two manufacturers be glven an opportunity to write spec-iflcatlons for this job. Then contractors can bid on either
one, whlch would open up the bldding.
RECESS
After a short recess at 9:00 P.M. the meetlng reconvened.
Councilman Mangtni questtoned the 'ralternatet' bid of some
$4,500 for addittonaL equipment. Dlrector of PubLic Worksstated that thts bid had been dropped since there would not
be enough funds tn the grant.
In subsequent conversation Councilmembers lndlcated they wouldLike to have thls contract rebid, although several consideredthe cost mtght be more.
Councilman Amstrup moved to reject aIl bids recetved and dtrectstaff to prepare specificattons for a rebld on this contract.
Second by CounctLwoman Balton, carrled on unanimous voice vote.
COMMI,'NICAIIONS
l. COLTNCIL 0F MAYORS, COLJNTY OF SAN l,lATEO: RECOMMENDATIONS TO
IMPROVE FI.'NCTIONING OF THIS BODY
Council had received Letter of November 22, L978 from Chatrmanof Committee studying {mprovement of functlontng of the Counctlof Mayors, which attached that commtttee's five speclfic recom-
mendations. Aftet some discusslon Council agreed they had no
obJections to these recommendatlons.
STAFF MEMORANDA
T. ASSISTAM CITY PLANNER: PROPOSED HOME SAVINGS AND LOAN
PROJECT - DEVELOP!,TENT OF PARKING LOT.
Assistant Ctty Plannerrs report of November 28, L978 lnformed
Counctl that the Planning CommtssLon had on November 27, 1978
approved a speclal permlt for this project at 1188 EL Camlno
Real, with four ltems of adJustment and nlne condtttons listed.
Report attached site plan for the proJect.
Asslstant City Planner tnformed Counctl the condtttons were sub-ject to thelr review and addttlon of further condltions tf they
desired.
In response to Councll question about doubledecktng the parkinglot, Director of Public Works stated estimated cost lias pro-
hibitive, about $11,000 per parking space.
Council directed stsff to tnsure that aI1 conditlons were blndlng
on any successors to Home Savings. Councilman Martln suSSestedthat this be done as condittons on the parcel map.
2. CITY I4ANAGER:
CITY PARK.
NEW CITY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DOGS IN ANY
Letter of November L6, L978 from Burlingame Park and R
Commlssion transmitted that Commissionrs recommendatioCity ordinance be adopted as above. Mayor Crosby setof this proposal for the January, 1979 study meeting.
Martin noted a Commission member's newspaper statement
CiEy was not enforctng exlsting ordinances regarding d
suggested the advlsability of maklng compLaints to sta
Council rather than the media.
ecrnt
dis
Coth
o8stf
ea t ionhat a
cuss ion
unc ilmanat the
and
or
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CONSENT CALENDAR
1. RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION NO. 75-78 ,,RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXEC{'TION OFffi FoR HousrNG AND DEvELoptENT FUNDs".
Thls resolutton covers an agreement for the City to particlpate
through the County for Houstng Urban Development Funds. There
was conslderable discussion on this resolutlon which involved
Counctlman Amstrup rs suggestton that thts Federal money thtsyear be expended toward maklng the Amertcan Legion HalL on
Burlingame Avenue a senLor citlzens center. Asslstant City
Planner reported that County has now set up detalts of houstngrehabilitation loan program so that clties could contract wtth
the County to supervise it. Change of the Cttyrs plan for re-habilitation use would jeopardlze receipt of money for thisyear; but applicatton could be made early next year for an
alternatLve use such as this sentor citizens' appLtcation.Dlrector of Public Works stated that work on the application
could be started tn l,lay or June of. L979 so that it could be
prepared and public hearings held in t irne for submittal in
September or October of L979. Counctl agreed to continue the
housing loan program thtsadministered. As s lstantdetalls of program setup
Counclt suggested thts be
There were no further comments, and
c losed .
ar, but questloned how tt would bey Planner stated he would get
m the County and report to Council.
scussed at a study meeting.
ordinance .
public heartng was dec tared
yecirfro
dt
BqsllultqN "ACCEPTING DEEDS 0F EASEMENT LOTS 3,4,7,31, BLoCK 4,
BitmTfGm GRovE." Thts resolutton was withdrawn - grants of
easement not recetved.
RESOLUTION NO. 76.78 ''RESOLUTION NAMING FOX PLAZA LANE AND
TDWARDS EOAD:"
RESOLUTION NO. 77.78 ''PGSOLUTION CONCURRING IN COI'NTYWIDEffiR THE srATE LrrrER coNTRoLr REcycLrNc AND
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACT OF L977."
ORDINANCE NO. LL41 ''AI'GNDING CHAPTER 9.04 TO ADOFT A I'NIFORI'Iemfr-TffiEo-N ANTMAL LrcENsrNc AND coNTRoL.'r
Councilman l"trart in moved adoptton of the consent calendar with
ellminatton of the third item, second by Councilman Mangtnl,carried on unanimous roll call vote.
ORDINANCE . SECOND READING - IIEARING
T. ORDINANCE NO. II4O ''AI'GNDING SECTION 25,62.040 OF THE
ruru,TffiFffiNTc-[EFcoDE REGARDING SETBACK DI STANCE S''
Ms. Mara Lake, IL48 Oxford, approved
I'ta yo r Crosby opened publtc heartng on this ordtnance.
Mr. Robert Gans, lLL2 Cambrtdge Road, representing the Burlingame
Gate Improvement Group, requested revlew of this ordtnance.
Asststant Ctty Planner reported on the averagtng of setbacks
on Clty streets when they. ate 40% developed. Under present code
there ls a llmttation that setbacks not exceed 30r. This code
amendment simply specifies averaglng wtthout a spectflc footage
llmitatlon. Thts would accommodate Burltngame Gate area where
setbacks are 40t on some streets.
ORDINANCE NO. 1I4O passed its second readtng and was adopted on
motlon oilCourrc lInran Martin, second by Councilman Amstrup,carled unantmously on roll call vote.
2. ORDINANCE - INTRODUCTION
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
I. STUDY MEETING DECEMBER
It was decided t
because of a con
elay December study meeting, unttl 8:30 P.M.
cttng meettng .
Barton conpltmented Finance Director
budget.
odftl
2. BUDGET
Councllmembers Marttn and
on clarity of this yearts
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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1. Letter of November 30, 1978 from Encore ProductLons
appealing PLanning Commi-sston denial. Thls matter set for
heirlng at regular meettng of January 15' 1979.
Letter of November 27, L978 from ABAG wtth informatlon on
udget and dues. Councilman Martin ex
ues increase to be voted on January I
arton requested this be considered at
, 1978.
3. SLx communtcations, vartous dates, regardlng Easton Branch
Ltbrary.
4. Three communicatLons, vartous dates regarding vlew pre-
servatton.
5. Letter of November 19, 1978 from Wm. McGowan, Jr.' l40l
Vancouver Avenue, re traff l-c condtttons.
6. Letter of November 20, 1978 flom Colette Scott, 1300
Skyvtew Drlve, regardlng ltttet.
7. Letter of December t, 1978 from Suzanne Croghan, 1104
Bayswater, regardlng flower stand. Thts was referred to study
meLttng of December 6, L978.
8. Letter of November 22, L978 from Clty of Mlllbrae regardtng
Mlllbrae Avenue wldentng proJect.
9. Letter of November t5, 1978 from Senator S.I. Hayakawa re-
gardlng aircraft and airport notse.
10. Letter of November 15, from Senator H. L. Richardson re
Air Quality ltanagement Plan.
LL. Letter of appreciatton from Mrs. John Condon of San Mateo.
L2. Minutes: Park & Recreatton Commtssion, November 14;
Planning Comm isslon, November 27; Traffi-c, Safety, Parktng
Commiss ion ,November 9, 1978.
ADJOURN}.IENT
Meeting regularly adjourned at l0:00 P.M.
lained the nature of the
, L979. Counc tlworoan
study meeting of Decerober
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