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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1978.03.0696 BURLINCAME, CALIFORNIA !,IARCH 6, 1978 A regular meeting of the Burltngame Clty Councll was held on the above date in the Cttv Hall Council Chambers. The meetinq wascalled Eo order at 8:i2 by Mayor A. c. trBudtr Harrison. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG: Led by Alfred J. Palmer, Poltce Chtef. ROLL CALL COI,'NCIL ME}{BERS PRESENT : COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSEM: MINUTES AMSTRUP, CRoSBY, HARRISoN, I.,IANGINI, Ir{ARTIN NONE The mlnutes of th approved and adop 1978 were COMMI,'NICATIONS 1. NICK GENER APPEALINC PLANNING COMMISSION DENIAL OF VARIANCE FOR PROPERTY AT 1457-t459 EL CAMINO e regular meetlng of February 2I, ted. CounciL had received letter from Nick Genl978,appeaLing thts vartance dental. Mayhearing for the meetlng, of March 20, L978 er dated February 28,or Harrl-son scheduled this 2. THOII,IAS C. TAYLOR, CHAIRI',IAN, PLANNING COMMISSION: cooLIDGE SCHOOL PROPERTY Council received letter of February 27, L978 from Planntng Commtsston Chalrman Taylor advtstng that the Plannlng Commisston had revtewed the letter from Burllngame School Dtstrtct statlngintention to selL Coo[idge SchooL. The commissLon had determtnedthat a resldenttal Land use with Low trafflc generation, a park,recreatLonal and/or other open space purposes-would be in c6n-formance wtth the GeneraL Plan for this property. The City Attorney advtsed Counctl that they had 60 days from thedate of the School District rs letter, Febrirary 2, L97b to deter- mlne whether or not they wtshed to purchase thls property. Mayor Harrtson announced this matter would be constdered at astudy ses s lon. 3, T C. DILLON AND TERRY MERRIT: STATUS OF ENCORE THEATRE tyof oP fo Letter from Chrlsttne Dillon, property ovrner, and Ter 730 Hillsborough Boulevard, HilIsborough, advlsed ofto reopen thts theatre as a technical, multl-medta fafunctioning for the entertalnment tndustry. They dethich would be offered, methofor tts renovation. They rth Counctl the matter of a s theetre. Ctty Attorneyrs letter of February 28, and Mr. Merrltt that stte plans must bethat staff could study the detatls and such use. 1978 advised Mrs. Dt1lon presented to the Clty soLnvesttgate other areas of pes of entertatnmentthe theatre, and p1portunity to disc us sr thts operation of sw ans wt the ry Merrttt,their des tre c tlttyailed varLousd of operat ton equested anpectal permit City Attorney, addressing Councll , advl-sed that Mr. Merrltt had conferred !0ith the Ass{stant Clty Planner todey, and preltotnariesare betng worked out at staff level. !!r4r}_L!iir-,-!! 97 STAFF MEMORANDA l. CITY MANAGER: REPORT 0N STATLTS 0F PETITION FOR CR0SSING GUARD, EL CAMINO REAL AND RAY DRIVE/ROSEDALE. 2. CITY !4ANAGER: POLIC E EMERGENCY COMMUNCIATI,ON EQUIPMENT Letter of February 3, 1978 to Ctty Counctl from Ms. Lana Scottt L637 l"lestmoor Road, transmttted a petltlon eontatnlng many stg- natures that had been circulated throughout Burllngame Vtllage and to the Ltncoln Elementary School PTA suppoltlng action to be taken to obtatn a crosstng guard at the above tocation. Ctty l4anagerrs endorsement of March 2, 1978 advlsed that Mrs. Scott has-been nottfLed that a trafftc survey and study is betng conducted, and as soon as Counctl receives the rePort she would be not lfied . Memo of 2-27-78 from Police Chlef re equt pment p Prova quested the present exPendituresnt ftscaL vear alLocation for tpment. P'resent prlces for rhts-suppller ln the next few months, rchise at thts time would reP- Poltce Chlef stated that thepart of hts 1978-79 budget to ment lnstallation. Memo and endorsement of 2lL/78 fron t of this request to obtatn the of $55,230.80 from the $80,000 curr updating emergency communication eq equipment are due for a rebld bY th wtth- a possible tncrease of l-5%. P resent ionsiderable savtngs, and th balance of the $80,000 could be mad e u e u e e peof equ t eda complete thts tnitlal Phasattiched detatled ltst of the City Manager recommend Lower prLce. Counctlman Martin moved thts expendttute be approved, second by Councilman Crosby, carrled unantmously. 3. CITY MNAGER: ASSEMBLY BI-LL 2442 CONCERNING USE 0F RADAR ON CERTAI N RESIDENTIAL STREETS Bv endorsement of 312178 the Clty Manager tndlcated he uould ii,foio, the Assembly TransPortatibn Commtttee if there were no jecttons. Memo of 3ll/78 from Dtrector of Publtc works explatned tlflat AB 2442 ts a League sponsored btlt changlnS the vehtcle code to allow the use of ridar b.t a resldenttal sIrelt tess than one mtle tn length ;;; iOt-i" *tattr. Also the deflnttton of "engtneering trafflc survev" would be expanded to include such thtngs as iesidential "[ri"6t"i, -iocatton'of schools ' Presence of senior citizens and chlldren.'and noise Levels. Tieie two changes Lrould allow- the City much mo16 flextbtllty tn estabLtshtng trafftc regulations tn res- iJ".ti.f-rr""j. glr'""tor of Publlc orks requesEed_that the Council i;;i;;a; io it" Cattfoinla Assembly thetr sufport of thls btll whtch wtll be heard on March 14, 1978. Councilman Mangtnl tended to favor implementation, which the Dlrec tor so ob- but had questtons about Works explatned. The Dtrector of Publtc works addressed councit, explaintng -the mechanics ;;-;;;;;*i;r"i-speea ltmtts after trafftc survev ts made and using State crlterta. Counctlman Martln objected to thts btll because for years the state tas been trvtng to eEtabltsh norms for cttles all over the State. i[i.-Uiit wiLL"attow tndlvl-dual ctttes to set their own ltmtts and ttspeed trapstt could result. Mavor Harrtson approved concept of the bill because there are untque ditferences tn aii cttles, and thts would allow determlnatton at the local 1evet. Councttman Amstrup thought ctttes shgu!! have a Part ln determtning theLr own Ltmtts. He supported the bill. rh of e bil1, Public 9B Director added that thts bttl does not mean that cittes can setwhatever Ltmlts they wish. All constderations must be takeninto account ln the survey. CouncLlman Crosby questioned how State crlterta were developed.Thls was detailed by the Dlrector of Publtc Works. In response to question from Councilman Crosby, the Po[tce Chlefstated he had not had an opportuntty to research thls informatton,but was 1n favor of the concept. After some further dtscussion,Councll tndicated they would suppolt the btlt, wtth the exceptlonof Councllman Marttn who asked that the record show he obJectedto it. dlrected City Manager tothts tnformat ion.contact the Legis lat iveMayor Harrison Committee with 4 CITY },IANAGER:SAN MATEO COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE BUDGET City Manager's memo ot 3/2/78Budget, which requtres a vote Councllman Manglni , transmitted the from the Ctty I s County Ctvtl Defense repf,esentattve, The C_ity l,lanager addressed Counclt, drawtng to their attentLonthat^BurLingame ts share of thts priposed bidget has been reduced 11 ,49? from last year, making thi Cityrs parltctpation for rhefiscal year 1978-1979 the anount ot 94,398. Counctlman Amstrup moved that the Cttyrs share of thts budeet beapproved, second by Counctlman Crosby, carried unanLuroustyf 5. CITY PLANNER: ONE WA?ERFR0NIOFFICE BUILDINC PROJECT, 7OO AIRPORT BOT'LEVARD city Planner rs memo ot 3lLl78 transmttted to counc!t documentattonsupporting a glugy area permlt for this project, Draft EIR-45p, Addendum to EIR-45P, Planntng Commtssion- Resoluiton l-78 recom-mendtng the EIR and other documentation. ttayor Harrison set hearlng for EIR-45P and Study Area Permit for the meettng of t'{arch the 20, aPp t97 APPLICATION FOR STUDY AREA PE RMIT: licatton for 8. APPLICANT, PROPOSED OFFICE BUI,LDING,1. CARRUF CORPORAT 370 AIRPORT BOI,TLEVA roN /15 N.V., RD. Ctty Planner ts memo of 3/2/78 transmitted to Counctl studv areapermtt lppltcation, set of plans just recelved by staff aird not lqytqwed, envlronmental assessmeni appltcatton, ind letter of2128/78 from-Anza Trust urgtng prompl' approvaL'of rhis permlt.City Planner's memo detatled ieiessiry iteps whtch shouid be takenbefore approval of thts permtt could Le constdered. One of thesewas the satlsfaction of CEQA requtrements as to EIR, negattvedecLaration, or nottce of exemptton. Addresstng Counc tl"If any aspecE of may cause a s ignif whether the ove ra L Ehen an EIR must ba signtftcant effeprepared. This ts and subject to thefrom state EIR Gut Ctty Planner he pro cant e ect, efect o ,t t-I e j f quoted from State Guidellnes,tther tndivtdually or cumulat tvely,n the envtronment, regardless ofe proJect is adverse or beneflcial, He found that the proJect may have ronment and that an EIR should bepermlt, therefore dtscret ionary,of CEQA. He quoted other exceipts effect of th prepared . "t on the envla study area requ Lreme nt selines . c d Councll questtoned if actton on this permlt werecompletlon of theBlayney report, woulil there be ait would not need an EIR. delayed untll theposslbtlity that City Planner confirmed Ehat the second phase of the report ts due COMMISSION Asststant Clty Engineer's meno of March l'-197q transmttted thts ftnal map for'conEominlum project at L225 Oak Grove Avenue and recommenbed approval. Cttt l1lnagerts endorsement of the same date also recommended approval. 2. CLAIMS: CHARLES WRIGHT FOR VEHICLE DAI'{AGE. LORETTA MENICUCCI , INJURY. City Attorneyts memos of February 2-3, L978 and March L' L97 resiecttvelv. transmttted letters from R. L. Kautz and Comp iec bomendtn!, - denla I of both. Clty Attorney concurred tn th rec ommendat ton. 8 anyis 3.APPLICATION TO FILE LATE CLAIM:GARY DIAQU ISTO. BODILY INJURY Clty Attorneyts memo of FebruarY of clatmant, appltcatton to flLe Murohv. and-letter dated 2/23178 recbmir6nding acceptance of Late on lts merits. ctty Attolney co 27, L97 8 transmitted declaratlon taie clatm from AttorneY JosePh from R. L. Kautz & ComPanYftttng of clatm but denial of it ncurred in these recommendations. counc tlman Amstrup moved approval of the consent calendar, second by Counctlman llangtnt, carried unanl'mously. RESOLUTIONS I. RESOLUTION ''AUTHORIZING E)GCUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH SAN FRANCISCO AIRPO RT MOTEL COMPANYI' Constderation of thts agreement was conttnued from the meeting of February 21, L978. cttv Attornev qave counctt an exhlblt concerntng signal Ltghts at f"i6 rse" t fon'wHich should be included ln the agreement. Ile tn- formed Councit that stnce the last Council meettng the Planning Commissl,on had approved a speclaL permlt to oPerate- an atrport parking factllty'in the C-4- dtstrtat. Thts ts tn the area that irould Encompass the parktng dtscussed in thts agreement. councilman Mangtni commented there had been some suggestion about "ii"g -"*" tant at the back of the hotel near the lagoon as opposed to uaing the Frontage on Atrport Boulevard and the possibtllty of 99 wtthtn one week comoLetton of the Blavnev report wouLd tncLude a master EIR for thi whole area and riould piceclude the need for an EIR on any tndlvtdual proJect. T!t" completto! date of- the . Blay:rey repoiq Ls ejllrnalqq at_J4LQr a! leasJ four month:. In resgoGe tq flqittielqqestlons' he tndi.gated that preparatLon of an EIR sould TakeE-Ieasf two months, trith a 45 day mtntmum also. review oerlod. whtch would mean a time period of approxlmately 4 mos./ At thts' potnt, Mr. Davtd Keyston addressed CounclL, Pointlng out that on other occastons when Counctt had constdered extendtng the emergency ordtnance he had asked that they ellminate- the re- qutremenl foi an EIR on those projects whtch comply complet-ely rilth zontng regulattons. This ls one of those Plojects - He stated he ioulE agree to put off this proJect untll , the next. phase of the Blayney refort ts iecetved, and to conttnue lt from then on, but asked that Councll not requtre an EIR. Councilman Marttn stated he thought that unttl CounciL had re- cetved the next phase of the Blayney report, they could not decide whether this proiect needed gn EIR or not-. He suggested.thts siudy ar"a peimtE be tabled unttl Councll has received and studied thts next phase of the rePort. Then thts permtt could be called up. Mayor Harrison asked tf there lras eny objection to tabltng thts peimtt unttl the ftrst meettng in April. There were no objections ' coNs:ENT CALENDAR 1. FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP "OAK GROVE COURT'' RECOMMENDED BY PLANNING 100 tradeoff as advantageous to both parties. To thts potnt, Counellman Amstrup dlstributed copi.es of a plan which showed a proposed parking area. He stated he had askedstaff to develop thts, and it uses a section of land owned bythe City that runs between the back fence of the hotel and a'large area of the dumpeast of the Sheraton. He considered this woulalso to the advantage o surprised to hear of thlntended to caLL tt up e (1.9 acres) south of the park ands will not be used much by the Ctty.e to the advantage of the hotet and he Clty. However, he stated he was Lanning CommtssLon decLsion andore the Counc t1 . sit ?hidbfreP bef Counc {.lman Crosby noted thatregard to Ehe paiking,rrsatd upon mutuaL agreement of theAttorney commented that tf ShCity ts bound by the agreemento move if there ls a Long te Leverage is ln thetr hands. varlance agreement states lnstte parktng may be relocatedy and the Sheraton. " The Cttyton does not want to move, thend there ls no way to force them use permtt on the property. The theoffcir erata rm Mayor Harrison commented this rras the ftrst he had heard of thlsplan and questloned what the advantages mlght be. Mr. CyrusMcMtllan, attorney for the Sheraton stated they would be- wtlltng _to_ move the- parklng from the stte proposed to ihe area dlrectly-behind the hotel . Marttn commented this move mav not solve tout that one park and fly had-been denledtf the Planntng Commlssion dectslon on thC-4 had not atready been appealed, he woulught the burden was on the Sheraton to ftnt on the Clty. n d nd n ho no problem. the trpor t ave done PPropriate Counc tlma He polnte CounctL aparktng tso. He tparking, At thls which wa meet ing now sat t was anytt was serty isbe irtevcltent I Counc 1L vote be 0n theland, i Counc i L as not he byeadhda potnt Mr. McMiLLan reviewed the progress of this variance,s granted wtth troo Counctl abstenttons, through the studyat rrhich certatn condtttons were spectfted. These weresfied, tncludtng the 100 car Lot. He sald at no ttmeobjectton ratsed to its betng in C-4. In the dtscusslonatd that it would be on Anza property, and aII Anza prop-C-4. The Counctl had wanted the as,reement on thls lot toocable, and a grant deed was obtaiied for lt. All htss trying to do ts comply with condtttons. man Marttn obJected that he had abstatned on the vartance cause he had considered it not legally before the Councll .question of the parktng, he had asked if Lt were on Statef it were for 66 years - not if lt were C-4. He thought _ had a,rtght to tlrn down a proposal for parklng tn CI4betng ln the best lnterests of the Ctty. Mayor Harrison satd he thought the City had gotten the terms ltwanted in the agreement, and he tntended to -upport the resolutton. Councttman l,langlnt agreed, but thought the present problem was tnthe area of the parktng. Mayor Harrtson asked if the agreement wouLd tnclude the stipulattonthat the appltcant would move the parktng if the Ctty so specifted. Councilman Crosby also stated he would support the resolutton andthat he dtd not constder the hotel psrklng area park and fly. Theappllcant had come up with L00 spaces, and he saw no dlfference lnwhere lt $as put just so tt was ctose enough for the hotel to use. Counctlman Mangtnt requested a precise deftnitlon of both M-l andC-4. The City Planner read from the municlpal code defintttons ofthese zones and regulatlons and uses connected with each. Councilman lIartin pointed out that there aras M-L Land avatlablethat they could use. The point wtth the C-4 zone was to get com- patlbiltty with the watetfront area, and aesthetics are con- s tde red . 101 the Counctlman Amstrup stat because of lncome to th should be to the beneft piece of land. Hts ProCtty was toward thts en d no objections to a larger hotel but he thought the parktng area h parties lnstead of on a Prtmetng land presently owned bY the haed hee Cltt of posal d. v b ot us Counctlman Marttn thought that tf thts tdea ts suppo-rted and the cii" iana ts exchanged"for Anza land, lt should not be on a foot i.i'roo-f-t"iir.- itEt" shoutd be somi negottatton. He cauttoned the Council not to move too raptdly, and sald he would vote against the resolutton. Mr. Davtd Kevston addressed the Counctl' stating tt t-s well ir""""t"i-tii"[-i-t oi"i-"se 1s an appropriate one-fot the waterfront ;i}-;;;;";;"arv it" most profttaui!. -The probrern arose here be- ;;;";-aha applicant uanteb to butld as many rooms.as woutd fl-t on 8 r"r"" of iind, he had only stx, so Anza is selltng hlm two more ""i"i of land. 'If there *ai any-,ay of getting any more.land, no variance would be needed. The subject ts not a new - parl(tn8 oPer- "ti"";-it" s"t1e"t ts hotel parktng whtch is a permttted use' In resDonse to questtons from l'tayor Harrison' Mr'- McMiIlan agreed tiiai-ifr" "harree'of parking area toutd be put ln-the agteement "iil"fi"tt""il-Eotrtf6" Le iassea. ALso, that thts land would be in lleu of the area the Sheraton has bought by deed ftom.Anza' iii.""io"-rouia a""efof thts stte tf the City would make tt aval-I- able at fair market value. Counctlman Mangtnt asked that Counctl look closely it-;;;;;a piacEi"ar to htm to have parklng near th approved the tdea of a trade. The Ctty Attorney st{Pulated that thls. situatton i ;ti.;;;4.-;na-tie'woulb have to studv dtsposing of iregottat6a sale rather than a publtc sale' at the conce e hotel, and t e p h s rather c om- park land on a Councllman l'Ianglnt questtoned who- ts gotng to BaDc:- The cit! Attorney replied he could not r.fnt. Counciiman Amstiup polnted out that t 'f oi it " rec reat tona L area3 and f or the gol f c- ;;;"-;;rid-ue worted out for the mutual benif str"""io". He urged that the applicant be giv thts concept as well ss the Counctl ' get aPProval determtne at he Ctty needsourse. Thistt of the cit en a chance t from this pa rk ing sugge s tedy and of o study Councilman t'langlnt sug resolution, [t could i aoollcant had come topiit site and the BcDc qested that before ac t ton icLude the statement that an agreement and are gotng situatton. taken on the e City and the o tnvestigate is tht CouncllmanMartlnagatncautionedCouncilnottorushl.ntoadec-lston on thls. Mr. McMtllan opposed any further delay in approvlng'rirtt"i-it-was' i:rucial io the-fPPllcant because of an ansier be gtven at the earliest. Councll suggested that two weeks would not delay fLnances too badly. CounctlmanCrosbytntroducedResoluttonl0-T8andmoveditsadoptton' second by Counctiman Manglnt ' councllman Amstrup agatn potrlted out- that the sheraton could use ;hi;-;iE--p;ii-itir" ind the cttv could use Part time' CouncllmanManglntstatedheintendedtovotewtththetdeathatttrere-*o"fa be-some muiuaf use of that parktng and that the agree- m€nt ts still oPen. the resolutton, ftnanctng that Councilman Crosby a use of the parking replled that any Jobe done. ed Mr. McMtllan I the applicant ant use that the Ct ere mtght be a jotnt e Clty. Mr. McMtllan anted spectfied could ostponed to the next lman Mangtni, carrted fthdthtyw sk by tn Counctlman Marttn asked exactly what the Council vras voting on when they vote for this resolutton. The City Attorney replledthat the resolutlon authorizes the executton of thts agreement.Hts understandtng was that there were certain statements aboutnegottatlng or considertng the slte adJacent to the hotel as apossible alternative stte tn the future. That has no legalvalue. I,,Ihat the Council would be vottng on is the agreement. Mr. McMillan repeated that hls cllent would agree that at suchtime as the City wants to change the parktng Lot from lts des- tgnated area to thts site, the Lot would be moved. Afterfuture lengthy CounclL dtscussion and stateoent by the CiAttorney that tvJo weeks would allow some tlme to exploreternatives and terms on the proposed Land trade, motion a second were wtthdrawn. ty a1- nd Councilman Crosby moved thls hearing be reguLar Council meetlng, second by Counc unantmous ly . p ,. 2 L b . RESOLUTION IO-78 'IRESOLUTION ESTABLI,SHING AI,ARM FEES'I WAS 3. RESOLUTION L1-78 ''RESOLUTION AMENDING BOUNDARY OF I,'NDERGROIJND ntroduced by CounCllman Amstrup who moved tts adoptlon, secondy Councilman Crosby, all aye ro11 call vote, UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 5 - BAYSWATER AVENUE EROM I'{YRTLE ROAD T0 HIGHLAND AVENUETt was tntroduced by Counctlman Marttn who moved ttsadoption, second by Counctlman Mangtnt, carrted on unantmous rotl ca 1l vote . 1. ORDINANCE NO. 1123 ''LICENSING ?HE TRANSACTION AND CARRYING ON 0F CERTEIIrTtrSIIIETSIES TRADES AND pRoFEssroNs, CALLTNGS AND occupA- TIONS FOR TIIE PURPOSE OF RAISING MUNICIPAL REVENUETT was presentedfor Counctl consideration and hearlng. ldayor Hartlson acknowledged communlcatlon ot 3/3/78 from the San llateo-Burl tngame Board of Realtors attaching a 4\ page crtttque ofthe proposed bustness lLcense ordtnance wlth many objecttons. ALso acknowledged w8s lengthy letter from the Burtlngame Chamberof Commerce wtth objecttons and proposed revtstons. There was notealso of a telephone call from Robert H. Patchen, 161 W. 25th Avenue, San Mateo, a realtor, obJecttng to this ordlnance. Mayor Harrtson commented that Councll would need ttme to study these proposats and obJections and questtoned lf the hearing could be put off. City Attorney advlsed that the best legal procedure would be to open the heartng and continue tt without taking any testtmony, 4. RESOLUTION 12.78 'IDECLARING NOXIOUS AND DANGEROUS WEEDS AND RUBBTSffTNOTSNCE-TN AccoRDANcE WITH MUNICIPAL coDE CHAPTER 11.08tt vras tntroduced by Counctlman l.langini who moved lts adoptton, second by Counctlman Crosby, carrled on unantmous roll call vote. ORDINANCES I'trayor Harrtson opened the publtc hearlng and announced it would be conttnued. He suggested the ordLnance be consldered at thestudy meetlng of Aprtl 5, 1978. Ctty Attorney cautLoned that tfthis hearing is delayed too long, it will be dlfflcult for staffto implement it thts year, unless a very slmple ordtnance ls re- solved. Council and City Attorney discussed at Length how best to handlethe necesstty of studylng the above letters and receLving comments L02 103 from the publtc. Thts was resolved by a dectston to wtthdraw the ordtnance at thls ttme. llayor Harrtson announced thts ordinance was wtthdrawn, wtlL be studted at the Aprtl study meettng, and could be tntroduced ata subsequent regular meettng. ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION ORDINANCE NO. 1124 ,'ESTABLISHIN A THIRTY-FIVE MILE PER HOIjR SPEED L-MIT ON PENINSI'LA AVENUE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA DRIVE AND HIJMBOLDT ROAD, AND A TITIRTY MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON PENINSI'LA AVENUE BETWEEN EL CAMINO REAL AND CALIFORNIA DRIVE,' was introduced for flrst readtng by Councilman Amstrup. UNFINISHED BUSINESS t. ANZA AIRPORT PARKING Councilman Ams trupthe speciat permttAlrpott Parking Fa Boulevard which wa meeting of Februarwritten not ificat I Mayor Harrison sai announced he called up for Counetl appeto Anza Parking Corporation to operatectttty in the c-4 Distrtct at 701-801 Ats granted by the Plannlng Commisston aty 27, 1978. He stated he had prepared a on to thts effect. In response to Cityd thts appeal would be set for I'tarch 20, al an rPorttheir PLanner, 1978. NEW BUSINESS t. COMRACTORS' BLOCKAGE OF STREETS Councilman Marttn emphasized that there should be a better en- forcement of the regulations on street permits for contractors. He polnted out a bad sl-tuation on Grove and El Camino where not only the constructton stte is blocked by equipment and materialbut the other stde of the street ts blocked also. He commentedthat from hls expertence as a contractor thts ts not permttted in other cities. NORTH COIJNTY COT]NCIL OF CITIES MEETING I'trayor Harrtson reminded Councl-1 of thts meetlng on Thursday night, March 9, which Burllngame is hosting. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Councllnan Crosbv also stressed that the sttuatton wtth con-tractorts equipm6nt on Park Road ts still badi there ls double parking; and sometlmes lt ts lmpossible to get through the street. He asked that actton be taken. 1. Letter of February 16, 1978 from Pentnsula Associatlon for Retarded Children and Adults advtslng of San Mateo County Special Olympics to be held ApxlL 22, 1978, wlth lnvitatton for Councll attendance, 2. Letter of 2/LOl78 from Dudley F. Smtth, Santa Rosa, commendlngFire and Poltce Departnents for the{r actions in an accldent ln- volvtng his wtfe. 3. Letter from Dale and Joseph Htrschman, 2856 Htllstde Drive, commendlng Fire Departrnent. A. Letter of February L6, 1978 from Mrs. Dom Coppoltllo, 1503 LaMesa commendtng Ftre Depaltment. 5. Letter of February 20, L978 from Mrs. Jack I. Robinson, 1520 Arc [.lay commendtng Park Department. 6. City Planner: Negative DeclaratLon, Three Ctties Assembly of God Pre-School Day Care Center. 104 Respectfully submttted, A ., -/-/ t ty' k"#"k',r#ratrClty Cterk 7. Memo of 2/24178 from Park Dtrector gtvtng cost estlmate ontnstallatton of plaque at Herltage Park. 8. Clty Planner: Suuunary of Planning Countsston meetlng February 27, L978. Mlnutes: Park & Recreation Commtsslon, February .L4, L978, Planning Commisston, February 15, 1978; Study Meeting (Councll,) February 1, t978. Councilman Manglnl noted reference to Skyline Park ln Park and Recreation mtnutes which led to a request from Councll that thelot next to the ftre station tn Mllls Estate be cleaned up andpossi.bly seeded. It eras also noted that a Ctty lot betweenArguello and the top of Mtlls Canyon needs cleantng up. CttyIlanager said he would refer to the Park Department. FROM THE FLOOR Mr. Harry Graham addressed CounclL on behalf of the Burllnganc Business and ProfesslonaL Assoctatton asklng permtsston to schedule another Art Show on the sldewalks for June 9, L0, IL,L978. Mayor Harrlson noted that at the ttme of the prevtousyearts shlw Mr. Graham had stated that none of the pioceeds ofthe sale would be used for any polttlcal purpose. The Mayorquesttoned tf thts would be the same tn thls instance. Mr. Graham replted that tt would. Council had no obJectton to thesedates for the sale. ADJOIJRNMENT Meettng regularly adjourned at 10t40 P.M.