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BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA
February 6, L978
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meettng of th
the above date ln the C
was called to order at
PLEDCE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
Led by 0. Fred Frtcke, Ptre Chtef.
ROLL CALL
CO1JNCIL MEIEERS PRESENT :
COIJNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT:
MI,NUTES
urltngame Clty Counctl was held on
Ilall Counctt Chambers. The meettng
0 P. M. by l,tayor A. c. "Bud" Harrtson.
eBtty
8:0
AMSTRUP, CROSBY, HARRISON, MANGINI, MARTIN
NONE
The mlnutes of th
spectal meettng o
erfJ eguLar meetlng
anuary 25, L97
of January 16,
8 were approved
1978 and the
and adopted.
t.ARCAUTOI'IOTMSERVICE,L244ROLLINSROAD:DONALDJ'STEIN
lipeAi,-rnOll-iLntWruC COItIISSION DENIAL OF SPEcIAL PERMIT FOR AUTo
riiiAiR iriop lllo rot{ING sERvIcE (66NTINUED FR9M MEETING 0F JANUARY
HEARING
T6 r.97 8
At the reouest of Mayor Harrison, ctty Attolney- reported on thts',ii.iil.--i"-rt"i"a iiri y". Sret; had'vacated the ptemtses and
his -vehtcles vrere gone. In hts opt.rtonr- the n.tter was moot ';1";; Mr: Stetn wEre prei"trt and'wished ro speak. It rcas deter-
mined that Mr. Stetn was not Present '
Counctlman AmstruP moved that the dectston of the Plannlng Com-
;i;i;;T; "pteia, se"o"a-ty councllman MarrLn, carrted on unanirnous
vote .
1 JEAN SAWYER WEAVER,2350 SKYFARI'{ DRIVE,
ING COMMISSI ON DENIAL OF SPECIAL PERMI,T FOR 18 CLARENDON ROAD
Mayor llarrison read letter of January 30, 1978 from Ms' Weaver
PLANN
HILLSBOROUGTI' APPEALING
APPLIC@
1. CALIFORNIA AUCTION SERVICES BY VAUGHAN BIGALO}J
Counct! had recetved letter dated January !3' 1978 from-y6rrghan
nfrrio*. C.ltfornta Auciion Servtces, 26i52 Rabtda CtrcLe, Mlsston
iiEi;:-6riii;ilG; requesttns, Permtt to conduct an art auctton at
ti.'ai"ooii uriin" Hodet on Maich 25, 1978. Attached !'ere ert
iri""-"i"ii-itCt and bond certtftcate fo! $5'000'
Mayor Harrtson acknowledged Poltce Report.-of J"IY1"L-24:,1978 whtch
tnitcated no reason to deny the permit. He stated Mr' BtgaLow was
;;i-;;;;;";i itt t tre-traa-miae a betermtnatton-, when--questtoned bv
itr" bttv Cl6rk. that 1t was not neceasary to brtng l1r. Etgalow uP.
;;;r"i;'. ;"s;i;t-il;t"-si""e [" n.a compieted a sittsfactorv permlt
tn Burltngame ln October' L9?7.
counctl questloned tf Mr. Btgalow's perntt would be for an tndtvldual
;;-il-h"';;prJ"""t"d a corpolatton.'ctty. cterk-and pollce chlef con-
itrmed that Mr. Btgalow repreeented only hlmseLf'
counc tlman Mangtnt moved that thts art auction-permtt be approved,
ail;J-b, counEttoan Marttn' carrled unanimously'
COMMUNICATIONS
B2
appealtng this dental of a communlty
Counctl he set hearlng on appeal for
February 2L, L978.
2. STATE LANDS DIVISION OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA STATE I.ANDS
COMMISSION: LAND DEVELOPMENT, STATE I"A,NDS AT BITRLINCAME,
VICINITY OF ANZA PROPERTY
garden. Wlth consent of
the regular meettng of
Mayor Harrlson read for audtence bene
1978 f rom James F. Trout, l.Ianager LanDtvtston. Mr. Trout stated thls DlvlClty of Burlingame so that State Landsistent wtth Land uses acceptabLe toof L972 ls outdated, and they want to
The State Lands Dtvision suppolts theproj ec t .
Mayor Harrison noted that CounciL has aLready reacttvated theBlayney study and_ts meettng wtth the planniirg Commtsston onSaturday, March- 18, 1978 to discues tts findtngs. llayor llarrisonsuggested that Letter be written to H. A. llartiLe, coardtnatorfor State Lands Commisstol, lnformLng htm of thts. Clty planner
Igpol!:g that Letter had been urltten to Mr. Marlcle on-January26, L978 informtng hlm of the Blayney actLon, and that he woul6be advlsed of future discusstons on the study.
3. DERMOT J. FITZGERALD, ATTORNEY AT I.AW: REQUESTING RETIEARING
BEFORE CITY COI,'NCIL ON DENIAL OF SPECIAL PERMIT TO JESSE D.
ftt Letter of January 18,
d Operations, State Landsslon wants to work wtth the
s woul.d be developed con-the Ctty. Anza I'taster PLan
develop a repLacement.
contlnuatLon of the Blayney
YOHANNAN FOR PAR( AND FLY FACILITY (WESTATES PARK PROJECT
Council had recetved letter of February 2, Lg78 from Derrnot J.
Ittzgerald ourltntng ln detatl modtft6d lroposal for thtsdevelopoent-. Cltgf modtftcarion was chanle in Length of ttmefor the park and fly use-,-cutttng lt down-to five lears wlth athree year optton renewable yearly. 0n thls basts- Mr. FitzgeraLdasked for rehearlng.
Counctl advtsed they had not chaneed ttype of use whtch risulted in a vSte oAttorney stated no actlon rras necesaarto lehear. No such motton was made an
r feettngs tordard thts- 2 to deny. Cltynless there was a mot l-onhe matter was dropped.
hetf3yudt
STAFF MEMORANDA
T. CITY ATtrORNEY:REVISED BUSINESS LICENS E ORDINANCE
Clty At_torneyts memo of January 31, [978 transmttted to Councllcopy of revtsed bustness ttcen3e ordtnance wtth hts comments.Attached were estimates of Ltcense tax revenue, memo of January27, L977 fron Finance Dllector with cooments and recommendatlohson proposed ordtnancer and Exhlbtt A - rrBusiness Llcense Taxes.rl
Mayor Harrlson -announced that ttme would be taken durtng thtsmeetlng for lnformal audtence comuenta. He acknowledgei recetptof letter from Burllngame Chamber of Conmerce request:[ng post-
ponment of thts-ordtnance untlt Chamber members tiad resEaiched tt,and requestlng 30 coptes of the ordLnance for use of Board memberi.He consldered thls request reasonabLe tn vlew of the recent re-organizatton of the_Chamber. Counctl concurred. However, to alsoget-quick passage of the ordinance, stnce budget preparation ts
lgrtl:l!, he suggested lt be tnrroduced at the melttirg of February2L, L978 and heard at the meettng of March 6, L978.
Ctty At torney -addres sed Counctl. He stated there were two pur-poses for draftlng the new ordinance: 1. Modernizatloa, 2.' Optlonsfor tncreased revenues. He spectftcalty noted some ltems tncLirded,such as exemptton of sentor cltizens and mtnors, incLuslon of horoe'occupations, such occupatLons as curb patnters, and tncLuston forc-onsl.deratlon, the controverstaL landlord Ltcense. He noted flguresfor comparison of revenue with and h,tthout thts use. He potntea out
83
tt
p
p
a
he fees suggested are based on a survey of other citLes, and
hat genelal Ltcense fees would be $40.00 per year plus $5.00er employee ln excess of three. He suggested addtng to the
roposed ordtnance a Ltcense fee of $300 a year for rent-a-car
genctes because of the dlfftculty of thetr admtntsttatton. He
olnted out that the Ftnance Dtrector thought there lcould not
e substantial expenses tnvolved in changtng to the per employee
p
b
basts of Ltcenstng.
Mayor Harrison opened the meettng to lnformal audtence cooment.
There were no comments .
CounctLman Martln ques
for taxatton ot non-taof exemptton of vetera
language and appltes t
faLrness of fees for bposstbtttty of exclust
taLn amount of sentot
Burl lngame .
Counc tlman Mangtnt
ttoned several ttems
xatton of part-ttrne
ns (Ctty Attorney no
: there ls
employees;
ted thts ts
eddlers or
n more than
no provls ion
destrabtLtty
stockaoltcttors);
one locatton;nt to a cer-
s a problem ln
1978.
nd
o veterans who are
ustness carrted on
Pt
ttAmusementstt aB ap
concern as Counctl
one locatton, appl
'rExemot tons - CharClartitcatlon on f
on of apartment houses which re
cltlzens stnce space for them t
questloned the followtng: PP. 2[,22r23,piicable to achool fund ralstng; P. 19' Same
ilan Marttn on buslness conducted tn more than
tcatton to a chaLn bueiness; PP. LL-I2,
ttable and Non-Proftt Organtzattons;" P. 15,
tgurlng employee tax.
ANNUAL AI'DIT REPORT
tuary 2, 1978 transmttted to
t, Mamtck, MLtchel-1 & ComPan
inance DLrector dated Februar
t was a ftne audtt, well done
ear 's .
2. CITY UANAGE R
Ctty Manage!'s memo
Annual Audtt Report
rePort on the audtt
Counctl c omment $rag
easler to read than
of Feb
by Pea
from Fthat Ilast y
Couyay2
,a
TLnc
nd
3 CITY },IANAGER:TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 78-1. 142t EL CAMINO REAL.
Asslstant Ctty Engtneerts memo of January-26,;;;;;;;i-"i-i6ni.Et"" rnap wtth two ubondtttons.
February 2, 1978 Ctty Manager concurreo.
1978 recommended
By endorsenent of
Counctlman Mastaff, second
RESOLUTIONS
2. RESOLUTTON NO. 7-78 "
t977 - JOB NO. 77-26 "was
netnl moved acceptance of the recommendat lons of
Ey Counctlman Ciosby, calrted unantnously.
I. RESOLUTION NO. 6-78 ,IRESOLUTION ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT'
iffiEATr.{ENT WORKS II'{PROyE1{ENT5 (CITY JOB No.
if-aeln *"- tntroduced by Counctlman,Amstrup who moved. tts. adoptlon,
second by Councttman Man!tnl, carrted on unantmous rolL calI vote.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING RESI'RFACING PROGRAI'I -
tntroduced by Counc tlman Crosby who -moved
ounc tlman MarLtn, unantmously carrled ontts adoptton, second bY C
roll caLl vote .
3. RESOLUTTON NO. 8-78 "RESOLUTTON AUTHORTZTNq ExEcuTroN oFffi dtii-oiENiNc - prrntNtrs I.GAT, INcoRPoRATED"
i,i"i, i"tioa"ced by Counctlman uatttn who moved tts-adoPtton, second
6i-co"""ii*an Am'strup, carrted unantmously on rolt call vote '
4, RESOLUTION NO. 9.78 ''RESOLUTION AUTIIORIZING AGREEMENT TO CONVEY
iffi sTREET - wALTER E. BoDrNHousE,
was introauced bv councllman Martln t,ho moved tts adoPtlon, second
Ui-Counctlman Crbsby, unanlmously cerrled on roll call vote'
ORDINANCES
1. ORDINANCE NO. TI19 ''ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS AT HIJNT
ffine-onive, AND S1I-{MIT DRIVE AND EL PRADO RSAD"
was plesinted for Courrc tl constderatton and hearing.
B4
Memo oftrafflcDrive t
sec tton
was mad
January 2?, 1978 from Dtrector of Publlc Works detalled
study 6n these two lntersecttons, and stated the Hunt
ntersictlon meets \darrants, but the Summtt Drtve tnter-
does not. Ho$ever, because of condttions, recomr€ndatlon
e that stop stgns be tnstalled on each intersectLon.
llayor Harrtson opened the meettng to public comment. There was
none and the publtc hearing vras declared closed.
Counctlman l.lart in sald he approved o
Drtve, buc not the one for Su0mtt Drrrarrants. Stnce the two are combtne
, vote agalnst .
fr
tvedt
he stop slgn for Hunt
because it dtd not meet
n the Ordinance, he must
On motton of Counctlman Amstrup, second b
Ordtnance No. lll9 passed tts second read
the following roll catl vote:
CounctLman Mangtnt 'ng and was adopted on
vt
AYES : COIINCILMEN: AMSTRUP,CROSBY,HARRISON,MANGINI
NAYES: COUNCILMEN: },IARTIN
2. ORDINANCE NO. I12O. "ADDINC CHAPTER IO.LO TO TITLE TO OF THE
BI,Rf,,INGI\IG MTNICIPAL CODE TO AUTIIORIZE FRANCHI SES FOR POLICE ALAR},I
SYSTEMS WITHIN TIIE CITY CoMMUNICATIONS CENTERI was presented for
Council constderatton and hearlng .
Mayor Harrtson opened the meeting to public comment. There was
none, and the publtc heartng was declared closed.
On motlon of Councllman Mangtnt, second by Counc tknan Amstrup'
Ordlnance No. [120 passed tts second readtng and was adopted on
unanLmous rolL call vote.
INTRODUCTION
I. ORDINANCE NO. 1121 ''AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 13.35.055 TOffiL coDE PRoHIBITING THE PARKING oF CERTAIN
VEHICLES IN RESIDENTIAL ITISTRICTS" was tntroduced for flrat
readtng by Councilman Mangtnt. Mayor Hatrtson stated second read-ing and hearing would be on Tuesday, February 2L, L978,
NET{ BUSINESS
JARVIS-GANN INITIATIVE
Counctlman Marttn asked that Flnance Dtrector prepare a rePort for
Counctl on the financial tmpac t on the Ctty tf thts aoendnent ts
passed. Ile added thts report shoutd not necessartly be detayeduntll the next meetinS.
AID TO SENIOR CITIZENS
tlayor llarrtson stated he had observed senlor clttzens using the
Library copy machtne for dupltcattng medlcal forms. At ttmes many
coples are needed and conslderable money ts put into the machtne.
He'suestLoned if the City could not sub-stdlzl thls for sentor
cttizens who ltve in Buritngare. Counctlman Amstrup stated that
Ctty Hall has a Xerox machlne that would provtde better coples.
Mayor Harrlson noted, however, that the Ltbrary machtne ls also
avallable on nlghts and weekends. City Ltbrartan was requestedto have the Ltbrary Board constder thts at thetr next meetlng.
Counctlman Martln stated there had been complaints from sentors
about the blkes parked by the ltbrary ateps, oaktng tt dtfftcultfor older people to get lnto the butldtng. He asked that thts be
corrected.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. Letter of January 26, L978 from Martan Rtenter, 8ll oregon
85
Avenue, San Mateo, re parktng tn Burltngame.
2. Letter of January 26, 1978 from Ctty of San Bruno to Dtane
Fetnstetn, S.F. Board of Supervtsors, obJectlng to capltal
outtay proposals by the San Francisco Water D,epartment.
3. Letter of January 25,- L978 from Ptanntng llepartment' Ctty
and County of San Franclsco to Rtchard R. Heath, San Franctsco
Internatlonal Atrport Dlrector advtstng that EIR wtlI be re-
ouired on the blast fence. Counctlman Marttn noted that thtsionftrms Burltngame's posttlon. Counctlman l,lang tnt commentedthat he had heard Mr. Heath state durtng an address on the sub-ject that at the present t tme the blast fence has a very lowpriortty.
4. Ctty Planner: Sumoa ry of Ptanntng Comission Meettng January
23, L978.
CouncLlman Marttn noted the tten on the Escabosa hedge, 1515
Adellne Drtve, referred by Counctl to Plannlng Commtsston wtththelr subsequent epproval of a fence and hedge exceptton. He
questtoned tf another commissLon, such es Trafftc, Safety and
Parktng could agatn ftnd thts hedge a hazard and it woutd c ometo Counctl agatn. Ctty Attorney stated the dectston of the
Planntng Commtsston would be flnal tn thts case. It would not
come to Counctl unless there were an tndtvtdual appeal. Counctl-
man Marttn asked for cLartficatlon of the detalled wordtng de-
scrtbtng the actton in the Planntng Commtsston mtnutes. Ctty
Planner explatned.
5. Treasurerrs Report, December 3L, L977.
6. Burltngare Ltbrary Board MLnutes D,ecembet 20, 1977; Llllary
Board Agenda January 17; Ltbrartan's Report January 17, L978,
7. Mtnutes: Park & Recreatton Commtsston January 10; Planntng
Commtsston, January 9; Trafftc, safety, Parktng Commtsston,
January 12, L978,
FROM THE FLOOR
Mr. Dermot J, Fttzgerald, attorney for Jesse Yohannan, addressed
Council . He stated hts extreme dtsappotntment lrtth deciston of
Counctl not to rehear westates.
are betng made based on poltttcs
attons. These dectstons are notCtty, He satd he had been conta
proposal q,as first submttted. H
vras no eray thls would get past t
had continued wtth the applfcatt
Davtd Keyston of Anza Pacific emphattcally dented that Anza had
made thts statement. He satd George Keyston, tn talking to Mr.
Fttzgerald, had questtoned the wlsdom and economtc vtabtltty of
the Westates project. Ur. Keyston added that at no ttme had Anza
attempted to lnfluence Councll members tn thts proJect, and he
thought thLs statement tas a personal offense.
Counctlman Marttn obJected to the tmpllcatton that Mr. Keyston
could tnfluence Counitl, and stated that facts about prtor
appltcattons by Anza belted tt.
ADJOURNMENT
Meettng adJourned at 9:00 P.M. to executtve session on personnel.
Respectfully submttted,
He add
rathe rtn the
cted byehadb
he Clty
ed he belteved dec tsions
than practtcal constder-best Lnterests of the
Anza Paclfic when the
een advLsed by them there
Counc il . Ilowever, he
use of falth tn the Counctl .on beca
f;..*L-"-z/ 7k(
E0elyn lll HtllCtty Clerk