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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1978.09.11BURLINGA}M, CALIFORNIA September 11, 1978 CALL TO ORDER A Speclal Meettng of the Burltngame Ctty Counctl was held on the above date tn the Clty Hall Councll Chambers. The meetlng was called to order by !trayor Crosby 8t 8:05 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG The ple Ftnanc e dge of atlegtance to the ftag was led by Dennts Argyres' Dlrector. ROLL CALL counctl Members present : AMSTRUP, BARTON TCROSBYTMANGINI, MARTIN Counctl Hembers absent: INTRODUCTIONS NONE I-iayor Ctoeby tntroduced hts frtend, Bob lltll' who was vtstttng from Brtebane, Australta. 1. ORDINANCES Mayor Crosby announced the conttnuatton of the adjourned heartng on-ordtnenca 1134, "A!{ENDTNG SECTION 22.46.0L0 0F THE BURLTNGAME MT'NICIPAL CODE TO ADD AND CI.ARIFY PROVISIONS FOR TITE PLACEMENT AND REI.{OVAL OF POLITICAL AND CAMPAIGN SIGNS.'I HE TEfETTCd tO thE Clty Attorneyts memorandum of September 5th whlch dtscussed pro- oosLd amendments to the DroDosed ordtnance to llmtt the stze of iuch stgne to 15 square feet per sign and a total of 80 square feet of-sl-gnage foi one propeity, and also to requtre evtdence of perntsston-from owners of vacant property. Mr. Coleman explatned there had been a challenge to our Coile's prohtbttton of poltttcal stgne. Because of recenE court rultngs tn casee tnvolvtng atmtlar oriilnances of the Ctty of Concord and Redwood Ctty, he felt there cou[d be costly llttgatton and ltttle prospect of successfut de- fense . l,layor Crosby tnvtted publtc comment. -Respondtng to a questton fr6m the flbor, Mr. Coleman elaborated on the recent cout rullngs. Counc itrnan Mangtnt ooved the adoptton on second readtng of Ordtnance 1134 as amended by the Ctty Attorney's memorandum of sePtember 6, 1978. The motton'was seconded by Counctloan Marttn and the ordtn- ance, as amended, waa adopted unantmously on roll-call vote. 2. L978-?9 OPERATING BUDqE: Mayor Crosby dectared the meettng would now be open -to _publtchelrtng of the proposed L978-79 Operattng Budget and-asked Budget. Chatrmin Amstrup to prestde. Counc tlman AmstruP revtewed Counctl's deltberattons o-f budget cuts subsequent to the Presentation of the proposed budget by city Manager- Schwatm and passage of Proposttton i3,'tncludtnE many meetings wtth staff and eleven counctl Eeettngs. The operatlng budget before the neetlng tncludes deletton of Sf.f30.595 from the proposed budget of June for the flscal year L9i8-79, and $782,892 o-f long-teim (recurrlng) cuts, as detatled tn the Flnance Dtiectorrs memorandum of September t' 1978. Counctlman Amstrup and Flnance Dlrector Argyres dlscussed the effect of Proposttton 13 on ploperty tax tncrement' the necesstty for the propobed cuts and the stePs taken by Councll to increase other soirrcLs of revenue tn an atteoPt to rLtatn publtc servtces and the nature of the communtty. umbe f people eere present forltst of proposed budget CouncLlman Amstrup noted that a n a dtscusston of ltern 28 on page 7 of ro the 23r 232 Mr. trltlltam Nagel, Mr. Frank Pagttaro, Mr. Cannon, Mrs. Dolores Huajardo, Mrs. Anne Al Scott spoke, emphastztng the unlqueness of advantages to school chttdren, the elderly, area, the extenstve use made of the factltt reductlons, the clostng of the Easton Branch of the Llbrary on January L, L979. He tnvited publtc comrnent. Bart Nerrsom, Mr. Klts exander and Mr. Wtlltam the Easton Branch, tts and fantltes tn thetes by restdents ln thetts closure com-er. Clty sponded to Councllwoman Bart pointment of a ctthat such a c ommt Scott , Mr. Cannon tog,ether wtth the revlew the ltbrar recommendattons t ed It than by the closure of the Easton Branch. After a short recess the commlttee reported that Mr. Nagte and Mr. PaglLaro had been appotnted co-chatrmen. on proposed that M!. Nalle ts suggestton for ap- ttzen comnlttee be accepted. Counctl determlnedttee, composed of Mr. Nagle, Mr. Pag1taro, Mr. , Mrs. HuiJardo, Mr. Newson and Mrs. Alexander, Ltbrartan and a menber of the Ltbrary Board,y budget, hold publlc meettnts, and report lts b Counctl by November 15, 1978, as to how, wtthlnet funds allocated for ltbrary servlcesr fundo n such manner as to better serve the conmuntty area, and small comparattve monetary advantage tn pared wtth the dtsserrrtce the communtty woul.d suff Librartan Bergstng and Ftnance Dlrector Argyres re questtons regardtng ltbrary budget items. Counctl members explalned to the pubttc the many constderattonstn the deliberatlons whtch resultCd tn the proposal that the Branch be phased out. They stated that no ptane or negottattons have been made regardtng dtsposttton of the Easton Branch stte. the ltmtt of can be uttltz bud Councllman AmBtrup reported that anot present to questton poltcy wtth reSar Ethel Sterner of 156[ Ralston requestat the tntersectlons of Oak Grove wtt because of htgh echool student trafft 736 Ltnden Avenue questtoned the crttguards. Chtef Palmer explained thatprtorttlzed as the regult of a study both the tntersecttons at Oak Grove c as had been done successfully for ha1of the Washtngton School PTA asked fo route to be used by students of that Intermediate School so that hlgh schoAfter suggestlng a route, Chiei Palne guard studtea are concerned wtth pede fifth grade. Mts. Ada Anderson, apea Parent Teacher Assoctattooa, requesterel"nstated. She called attentton to School on the opentng of the schoot y CouncLl dectstons $ere the result ofcrtterta and also used by San Jose.In the Educatton Code at the last ses permtts school dlstricts to supply cr volunteers insured by the school dtst of the Counctl that crosstng guards b proposed tn the budget. Councllman Amstlup, wl-th then revtewed the plopos 8-page schedule attached1, 1978, directed to the her group of restdents were d to cooeslng guards. Mrs. ed more protectton for chtldren h Carolan and Caltfornta Drlvec. Mr. Joseph Gosende oferta for removtng crosstng each tntersectton had been and tt was deterntned that be nanned by one guardlast year. Mrs. Wtlson e destgnatlon of a safeoI who rtde to Burltngamerafftc mtght be avotded.r exptatned that cross ing strtan volume through theking on behalf of Burttngamed that all crosstnt guatds be the trafftc problem at Hoovereer. Councilman Marttn stated a study based upon San Dtegore He called attentlon to a change ston of the Legtslature whtch osstng guards, lncludingrtct. It was the consensus e rnatntatned tn the number ouldfofrth schoolt a edt c sslstance from the Ftnance Dtrector, budcet reducttons as set forth tn the o MrI Argyres t memorandum of September lty Manager . be wl,th respect to Item 4, transfer of garden ptck-up costs toprlvate iectlon, Counctlman AnstruP commented the matter rrou revtewed by the Counctl at a subsequent meettng. the 1d Mr. A1 Leyva of Carlos Avenue requested that Counctl reconaider Item 8, eitmtnatlon of Stster Clty support' because stnce the ttem was proposed Burltngame had been chosen for the 1979 conventlon, whtch w6uld resutt i.n constderable room tax and sales tax revenue' oo.)JDD a portlon of whtch could be used to defray the expenses of the convention. counctlman Marttn suggested that the stster ctty Aesoctatton prepare a budget and subott tt to Counctl at a future ttme. Counctloan Amstrup potnted out that tt may be constdered necessaryto replace the tree trtmer tn the Park Department tn the future because that Department needs mote personnel. The matter wtIl be constdered at a future study seeston. !{lth respect to Item 33, page 7, Counctlman Uarttn stated that though Counctl had dectded not to tncrease sewer and $ater ratesthts year, Federal requtrements are that all costs of servtce must be recovered fron the user. Presentty the cost of frtnge benefttsfor workers tn these de Pa ba rtments are patd from the General Fund.ble that seeer rateg wtll be tncreased to Counctlman Amstrup potnted out wlth regard to Item 34 that the exact amount of the State sulplus funds had not yet been deter- mined. There had been dtscusston that any funds recelved from this source be applted to the se$er system, the ftrst phase of whtch is esttmatad at a cost of 51.200,000. Councilmeobers complioented staff for asststance tn working out the budget reducttons. ltayor Crosby thankdd Counctlman AmstruP for hls-ext raordtnary servlce on the moat difftcult budget beforetr. In the future tt tl cover all costs of t CounctLman Am8trupttng Budget for thethat the Easton Bra moved lts adoptton. and Mangtnt and paq The meetlng adJourned at l1:05 p.m. P h roe servtce. introduced Resolutton 80-78 Adopttng the Opera- Ftscal Year 1978-79' wtth the understandlng nch phase-out ts subject to later revtew, anl Thi motton was seconded by Counctlmen Crosby sed unantmously on roll call vote. C ':' / lyn H. HtlL J,