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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1978.10.16242 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA October 16, 1978 CALL TO ORDER A regular meettng of the BurtLngame City Counctl was held on the above date tn the Ctty HaLl Council Chambers. Meettng was called to order at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor Crosby. PLE DGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Jerome F. Colenan, Ctty Attorney. ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT : COTJNCIL MEI{BERS ABSENT: UINUTES AMSTRUP , BARTON , CROSBY, },IANGINI , MARTIN NONE Minutes of the spectaL meettng of-september lL, -1978requtar meettng bf October 2, L978 wCre approved and wtfh the correltton P.236 draft mtnutes, October 2, iaii ient"nce, CounctLrnan Manglntrs statement to "Ile accredttatton was a concern of the Prtvate school ." BIDS 8n ad 5rh rh d the opted, paragraph, ought the L. CONSIDERATION OF WASHING TON PARK I}TPROVEMENTS Mavor Crosbv noted that Counctl had considered btds at me6ttng of bctober 4. There were no furthet comments f I. RESOLUTION NO. 65.78 ,'AWARDING CONTRACT' WASHINGTON PARK tffi8-1" (Anza Englneertng corporatton-- S28.710.00) was tntroduced by Counctlman Barton vrho moved Lts ;;;;;i;;;-;."o"4-ui councltmin AmstruP' carrled on unantmous roll call vote. HEARI,NG the rom s tudy Council L. COUNCILI.TAN AMSTRUP APPEAL: PAYLESS CAR RENTAL OPERATION, PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF 1555 BAYSHORE HICHWAY/1876 EL CAMINO REAL A t P 2 erto t$ 978 of f,[a vor Crosbv. Asststant Ctty Ptanner reviewed hts ;; io: igze aeiiirins the proc6sslng of thts spectal i-appio"ea by the Ptlnning'Commlsslon on September ovai-was condtttoned as foLLows: rth epor ermt5' L eque sf Oct hich.Ap t ob lra Pr 1. The operatton of thts agency shall be conststent r'lth the si.t".""ii ,ade 1.r the iorrnE ani Lettere ftled wlth the appllcatton. 2. There shall be not nore than two employees and one office manager. 3. There shall be not more than 40 vehtctes tn the lental fleet' iittr-"oi-..i.-itr" 4 "orpany cars at 1555 Bayshore Hlghway, to be parked ln those spaces ldentlfied A-D on the site ptan' 4. There shatl be not more than L5 vehtcles stored at 1876 El iirinii-n".il-io U" Located as shown on the -stte plan ftled lrlth ;t;-;;pii;;iro",-it"t.-;il"!; i- ut strtped and ilarked "Pavress"' 5.Thepermttshallbeapproved.toBruceFoxofCareRent-A.Car ia/uia-plyfess car Rental- System) and be non-transferable' 6. The permtt shall be for a maxlmum pertod of 20 months, and then shaLL expire. 243 Report attached documentatton. Asslstant City Planner ldenttfted tssues of substandard parking at L555 Bayshore, poor housekeeptng8t 1875 El Camtno, L}5 mtle dtstance between the tuo sttes, Longerrental pertod proposed. l.layor Crosby opened the meettng to public comment. al, addressed the Counctl ,ldent of Payless Car rent ems tn ftndtng a site tnulted tn thts temporary ss ratsed, he stated thatn ttdted up; that staff o Bruce Fox, outl tntngport, whtc sPonse tostatton ha dts the bl oc Padb and sho pres probl h res tssue d beed not b e tncreased regardlesstno sttes woul.d be onlcar for a clean one. Ited that a 20 month 1eaa stte were found, the Burttngaue near the atr-pltt operation. In re-the 1875 El Camtnonly parktng at 1555 Bay-of car inventory; thaty for the purpose of ex-n response to Counctl se had been slgned on Iease could be termtnatedonly 15 cars wtll be patked s have been made with Anza avowed chargesprocess of kage of the dtlve- less as ems . shore woultttPs beth, changtng a quest tons , Bayshore, Parktng tothat he ha l lcenelng way on Bay een thedtrty he sta and lfby paytng a premtum tn rent; that whtleat the statton on El Camtno, arrangeEentrk the surplus Lf necessary. He een tn operatlon before starttngpermtt; and stated there is no re. Mr. Dan Thureton, part-ordner of 1555 Bayahore, spoke of Pay an excellent tenant, addtng there had been no parklng probl Bob Knops, manag,er, Unton 76 Statton, 1876 Et Camlno ReaL, spokeof hls plans for this opertaton, addlng that Payless uould be spendlng money for gas, servtclng, tlres and other ttems tn Burllngame. There were no further comments, and the publtc heartng was declared closed. Counctlman Amstrup detatled hts reasons for appealtng this specialpermtt. He stated thts Ls a permtt for dual use of a gasollne servtce statton whtch mi.ght start an undestrable trend; he had con-firmation that they had engaged tn bustness before getttng a bus- tness ltcense or permtt; there ls an unusual dtstance between the offLce and storage stte; and he had not knolrn about the arrange- ments wlth Anza Parktng whtch took care of the mechantcs of storing 40 cars. !fuyor Crosby recetved conflrmatton from l,Ir. Knops that the spacesat hts stte'would be marked ttPaylesst'. He founi the questloir of 40-car parktng answered to hts sattsfactton. Counctlman Manglnt sras concerned wtth the 2o-month lease and the precedent tt Etght set for future operattons of this type. He agreed that Burltngame had too loany car rentat agencies. Councilman llarttn suggested addtng condltton to perntt for reviewat the end of stx months for compltance wtth Planning Commisston condtttons, with permtt contlnued only lf compllance ts found. Counc tlwoman Barton statof use of gas stations bsatlsfactory, and dtd nothe 6-month condttton. ed utt she dtd not want to encourage this type had checked the statton out, found it oppose the perrott, rrith the tncluston of Counctlman Amstrup stated he dtd not o 6-month sttpulatlon, addtng the Ctty t{thls operatton. However, he wtshed tothls type of dual use of gas statlons. Councllman Mangtnt moved thLs permtt be granted wlth the stx con-dtttons tmposed by the Plannlng Commtsston and wtth a seventh con-dltton that the use be revlewed at the end of sfx months for com-pllance. If compltance ts sattsfactory, the permtt can extend for the 20 months of the lease. Permtt to be wtth the understandtng PPTI g ose, parttcularty rrtth the 1 get some revenue fromo on record as not favortng that the Ctty does not approve of a regular pollcy of permltting storage uses tn gasoltne service stattons. Second by Counctl- woman Barton, carrted on unanimoua voLce vote. STAFF I'{EMORANDA Memo of October 5, 1978 from Dtrector of Publtc Works attached proposat from Envi.rotech Company to lnstall emall computer on a triil basts at the Sewage ?reatment Ptant for the purpose of economy of operatlon anii tmproved reltabtllty. Envirotech would make necessaiy additlons or modtftcattons to plant at thelr ex- pense, and Install.atlon would be at no cost to Ctty. Dtrector bf Public Works recommended Envl-rotech be authortzed to proceed on a demonstratton basis, but that pernanent lnstallatlon be wittheld pendlng successful trt8l. Counctl approved the tnstatlatton on a trlal basts with the pro- vlslon thii Envtrotech furntsh a statement that tf the Clty should decide against a permanent tnstallatton the plant would be put back tn lts former condttion to operate as at Plesent. of oPpl brtefly dtscussed mechantcs of resumtrg, Clty operatlon lant tf ever destred. Staff reported the Ctty has o do thts every tvuo years. Outslde management of the d been chosen becausC tt ls more economtcal. I. CITY },IANAGER: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMI.,NICATION ON COMPUTER CONTROL STUDY. WASTEWATER TREAT},IEM PLANT Counc iL the ptlon tant ha 2. ACTING CIfi IIANAGER: C OMMI S S IONER REAPPOINTMENTS RESOLUTION ORDINANCES SECOND READING . HEARING t. 8XC ORDINANCE N 1137 ''ORDINANCE REGARDING REI',IOVAL OF CANI,NE 0r dtnance No. 1137 pas s ed tts second readtng and was adoPted on lnt, second by Counctlwoman Barton' call vote . Memo of October L2, L978 from Acttng Ctty Manager ltsted dates of Ctty servlce for the following commtssioners willing to-serve another term: Clarence Rusch, Beauttftcation Commtsston; Frank Pagllaro, Trafftc, Safety, Paiktng Commisston; James Det'Iartlnt' -L16rarv Board. Council ir6mbers l'tarttn and Barton disapproved of appolniing Commtsstoners Rusch and DeMarttnl to another tern bliause t6ey had served more than two terms already, and other people are inxious to serve on commtsgions. They stre-ssed l.1o ierional reasons were tnvotved. Counctlmen Amst-rup, Manglnt' and ifuyor Crosby had no obJectlon to the reappotntments, and-the thiee incumLent commlsiioners were reappblnted by Mayor Crosby. I. RESOLUTION NO. 55-78 'IACCEPTING DEED OF EASEMEM FROM WONNE T. Gm by Councttman Amstrup who moved its .aopito", second by Counctiman Manginl, carrlid on unantmous roll calL vote. llavor crosbv opened publlc heartng on Ehts ordlnance. There was no'publtc 16spbnse aird the publtc-hearing was declared closed' motion of Counc carrled on unan tLman lmous Mang ro11 2. ORD NANCE NO. 1I 8 A I SERVICEII Mavor Crosbv opened publtc heartng on thts ordtnance ' There was-".'p"uii" rL"pb.ts" aird the publLc-hearing was declared closed' 0rdtnance No. 1138 passed its second readtng -and wag adopted on ;;ti;; ;i co,rtt"rfrait Mart!n, second by coun-tlman AmstruP' carrted on unanimous roll call vote. 244 "oRDTNANCE AMENDING SECTToN 3.52.0r0 (a) CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR TO THE UNCLASSIFIED 245 I,'NFINISHED BUSINESS AIRPORT BOI,ILEVARD Counctlman Amstrup potnted out cluttered and dirty state ofAlrport Boulevard. He questtoned tf thls could not be remedted.Director of Publtc Works stated maLntenance of the street and landscaptng ts the responslbtltty of Anza Pactftc, although theCtty atds tn cleanup because of dump traffl-c. He wtll tn-vestigate and report. NEI.J BUSINESS BAYFRONT REPORT Mayor Crosby announced that meeting to dtscuss and Drachman reports and all aspects of the ba be held Tuesday, October 24, at 7:30 P.M. tn t Meettng will be Jotntly held lrlth the PlanntngTraffic, Safety and Parktng Commtsston. the flnal Btayneyfront area would e Counctl Chsmbers . Commtsslon and the v h Counc llman Amstruthat Ctty staff, Publtc Works, alstn dlscusston bett ls tmportant tother members ofabtltty for quest the meetlng . Pt. o 1t o pu to suggested as ground rules for thts meetinge. Park Dtrector, Ctty Attorney, Director of be present for Lnput, and that partlctpation mited to the three partlctpatlng bodles slnceget thts matter resolved. Contractors andbltc would be welcome, however, for avatl-ns. Counctl agreed to follow thts format for AIRPORT ?ASK FORCES Letter of October 9, L978 from Arthur Lepore, Chatrman, Atrport Land Use Commtsston, informed CounctL that Dtrector of San Franclsco Internattonal Alrport had asked htn to seek repreeent- atton from members of ctty staffs on task forces, made up ofatrport staff, dealtng wtth nolse, atr qualtty, ground trans-portatlon, and energy conservatton relattng to the Atrport. Recommndsttons from the task forces woutd be constdered tn maktng dectstons regardlng the atrport. Councilman !furttn detailed some aspects of this plan, notlngthis ts the ftrst ttme the Alrport has asked for actual part- icipation by ctttes, and tt ts tmportant to have a representattve from thls c tty. Councllsoman Barton and Councitrnan Marttn discussed dtfferentflight patterns that are used dependtng upon rreather and what dangers are tnvolved. Counctlman Marttn suggested Asetstant Ctty Planner be the Cttyrs representattve to these task forces. counctl concurred, and t{ayor Crosby so dlrected. STOP SIGN . TROUSDALE AND RqUTE 280 Councilnan Amstrup reported that thts stop 61gn at the intersecttonof Trousdale and Skyltne Boutevard had agatn been knocked down. He noted the dangerous intersectton and suggested destructton occurs so regularly Lt must be vandallsm. He proposed a reward system for tnformatton on perpetrators of vandallsm to City property. Councilconcurred. Poltce Chtef noted reward fund ts already set up - there need only be an amount set for vandallsm. BURLINGAME PLAZA Counctlman Amstrup reported the parktng of large commercial vans and rtgs ln the Plaza for long pertods of ttme and that merchants are complatning. Poltce chtef stated thts had been lnvesttgated,that overnlght parklng regulatlons do not apply because thts ts a commerctal aree, but tf the vehtcle ts parked for longer than 72 hours tt can be removed by the Police Department. C)fiRL)-Ar.! CONSTRU CTION EQUIP!{ENT Councllman Amstrup noted constructton equl on a lot at Sebastian and Trousdale for aquested actton. Dtrector of Publtc Works gate . pment long satd has been parked ttme and re- he would tnvestt- Thls appeal , dated October 16, 1978, was ftled by Davld C. Carr,attorney for tessee and owner. ldayor Crosby set date of heartngfor Counctl meettng of Nsvember 20, L978, SISIER CITY CONVENTION BUDCET n Amstrup reported that meetlngs of Conventton Bureau,ty lepresentative Leyva, and himself as Council rep-ve had not been sucessful tn firmtng up budget for theionrs nationaL convention here next-yeir. Ee suggestedty Committee make decistons on thetr needs before further ANNOIjNCEMENT Acttng City Manager reminded Councilllayors meet ing , November 2 , L97I . of North County Council of APPEAL OF THE SOUTHLAND CORPORATION AND SIDNEY M. MADDEN FROM ACTION OT PLANNING COMMISSION . ocToBER 11. 1978 Counc ilmaStster Ctresentati organlzatSlster Cl meet ings . APPROVALS Mayor Crosby proclatmed October 24, L978 as United Nattons Day. COMMENDATIONS I'Iayor Crosby announced commendatlons for meritortous servtce to John H. Calwell , and Howard B. Gundersen. FGSOLUTION Mayor Crosby declared resolutton of condolence on the death of John F. Condon, San }lateo Mayor. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Letters on "Vtew Preservationtt ordtnance from the followtngIe: Roderick J. 0tMeara, 1109 Drake Avenue; Eduard Stnski, Balboa Avenue; Janres Boll, 1620 Cannetlta Avenu 1. IfARRANT NOS. 3843 through 4053, duly audtted, in the amountof $509,742.41 were approveil for payment on raotton of Councttmanl.langtnt, second by CouncLlman Amstrup, all aye votce vote. PROCI.AMATIONS 1. PEOP 1109 Asbra, 27L2 AtgueLlo Drive; Thelma l,lclaughltn, 2518Drtve; Mr. and I'Irs. Stan Pollard, 3024 Atwater Drive e H 1 Mrs. A. F.llstdeC. D. Austln, 2851 Frontera; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Trtce, 2950 Dolores t{ay; Beatrlcel(ezzetta, 2613 Martinez Drive; Alti.ne M. Bentson, 1608 Skyltne * City Attorney lras requested by Councll to revtew aLl letters from the publtc wtth a vLew to answertng those whtch contain najor inaccuractes on the ro11 of the Ctty and the Counctl ln Govern- ment . 2. Letter of October 10, Avenue re garden plckup .date, same subJect. 1978 from M. Macchtaverna, 132I Vancouver Also from Ruthellen Rosenberger, same 3. Letter of October L0, 1978 from 200 Park Road Company regardtng tncrease in rent for Poltce Department because of increase tn Con- sumer Prlce Index. Council agreed to dtscuss at November study meet lng . *Boulevard; Mr. & Mrs. Earle Ertckson, 2805 Las Piedras Drtve. 247 4. Letter of October 5 , L978 from San Mateo County Selectton Commtttee announctng meeting of October 27, L978 for purposeof appointing representatlves to Bay Area Atr Pollutton ControlDistrict, C.E.T.A., M.T.C., and San !trateo County CrLmtnal Justtce Counctl. Counci.knan }trartin stated he would ettend. 5. Letter of Septembet 25, 1978 from Cal/Group reporting onCtty Cal/Dent plan and advtstng of tncrease in rate. 6. Letter of September 29, 1978 from Sdlator Alan Cranston re Atrcraft and Atrport Notse Reductton Act of L978. 7. Schedule of nlght fltghts for October, 1978 at San FrancLsco Internatlonal Alrport . 8. Assistant Ctty Planner, report of Planntng Commi.sston speting October 11, L978, 9. Park and Recreatton Commtsston mLnutes, October 10, 1978. L0. Reports: Ftre and Poltce Departments, September, 1978; Treasurer, September, 1978. lL. Asststant Ctty Planner! negattve declarattons. ' ApJOUEIMENT Meettng adJourned at 9:35 P.M. to executtve session on personnel. e Eve H. HillCtty Clerk &&-.,----..&Ja .tr't.-ffi/. i.'-ryf@ft-rFtffi.-"@ffi qr-rffi