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BI'RLINGAME, CALIFORNI,A
January 16, 1978
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meettng of the furl!1glme CtlY Counctl was held on
the ibove date ti the City Hatl-Counci.l Chambers. Ih9 meettng
was called to order at 8:05 P.M, by Mayor A.C. ttBud" Harrlson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FI.AG:
Led by Alfred J. Palmer, Poltce Chtef
ROLr C4l.L
COUNCIL ME}tsERS PRESEM : AMSTRUPTCROSBYTHARRISON'MANGINI'MARTIN
COITNCIL MEI{BERS ABSENT: NONE
MINUTES
The mtnutes of the sPectal meettng of November ?0' L977 were
approved and adopted-wtth the following. corrections :
F&a-53, draft minutes, Last sentencer-"1001000 supplemental
reit.tt It was noted that tn the body of the mLnutes Mrs.
Dorothy Custck should be tdentlfted as a former Councilman as
were M-rs . Charlotte Johnson and !{r. Frank Burroughs.
The mtnutes of the regular meetLng of January 3' 1978 were
approved and adoPted.
HEARINGS
l.WESTATES PARK PROJECT: APPEAL FILED BY JESSE
ATTORNEY
D.
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YOHANAN
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THROUGH J. FI
(CoNTINUED FROM MEETING OF DECEI,tsER t9 , L977
Mayor llarrtson acknowlStnclatr Assoctates, aport dated January 6,
edged letter of Januaxy 9, 1978 from Panko/
rchttect for the appttcant, attachtng re-
1978 from James F. Carroll & Assoctates'
Consultt tneers.ThLs re t res
att meet ngo c r to Counctl dlrectton
measures to
Resolutton
t t t
adverse lmpacts ttsted tn Exh
lleT -77 .
,ib tt A of City Counct
At the reguest of l.Iayor Harrtson, C!!y Planner revtewed Progressof this afpltcatlon ior a park and fly operatton for a perlod. up
to t0 yealb, wlth subsequent developmbnt-of a restaurant at the
north 6nd of the properiy and an of-f tce at the south end.
Mr. Dermott Fttzgerald, rePresenttng the appltcant, addressed
Council. Dresenttng them wlth dtagrams and a series of photos
showing-the effect-of the berm on-nearby property. Points of Mr.
fitrg.i"id's dtscusston: I. Contrtbutioir w6uld-be made of Ll?
of c6st of stgnaltzatton. 2. Berm on Bayslde o_{ ProPerty would
be raLsed to frevent floodtng condlttons. 3. Wtth landscaptng
of berm and the dedtcated easement, Iandscaptng would amount to
aimost 287.. 4. Present code would allow 800 iars to be parked
on stte wtth restaurant uses. 5. Stte area destgnated forttrestaurant[ would not be used for park and fty operatton.
6. The 25' dedtcated easement woutd be accompLtshed. Mr.
Fttzgerald then lntroduced Mr. James Carrollr -Civll Engtneer. .Itr. Earroll told Counetl addtttonal ft1l woutd be brought to the
stte to mlttgate anttclpated settltng of the foundatloqs;
paving of stEe would be- asphalt combtned wlth rock dratn- system
i"i-ilfter matertal whtch l{tfl accomplLsh dratnage and also
entrapment of pollutants. Flooding of the ProPerty would be
mtttgited by a-berm along the Bayside of the ProPerty to
ffifir4r'tr
7L
Elevatton 10 or ll. The speclflc atructural sectton for the
pavement would be asphalt, to be dependent upon the tmportedmatertal and trafflc tndtcattons agreed to by the Dtrector ofPublic Works .
fhere fol
Fltzgeral
Spec tftc
studtes e
Eng tnee r
areas wtlcontour r
butldtngtttes. N
posed offltmtt for the park and fly operatton wtth a three year option
renewabte annually. 9450,000 would be the cost of landscaplng,
berms, resurfactng and dratnage. BCDC had not eddreosed thematter of the large number of cars tn the addendum to the draft
EIR.
Mayor Hsrrtson declared the heartng, open for publtc comment.
There was no reaponae, and the publtc heartng waa declared
c loeed .
lowed a pertod of Counctl questlons to uhtch both Mr.d and Peter Caltender, landscape archttect, replled.
responses tndlcated that all of the eotls engtneertngha1l be performed to the sattsfsctton of the Clty
and the Chtef Butldtng OfftctaL. Berm ltne tn some
1 be ttsnaked", undulaEtng, to pregent a more naturalather then a dlking effect. Development of offlce
and restaurant are probabtllttes, not Just posstbtt-
eg,ottatlons are no$ under way for tenancy of the pro-
tce butlding. Developer would agree to a 7 year
In the followlng dtscueslon Counctlmen Amstrup and Marttn con-
sldered thts a poor uoe for this valuable stte, parttcutarly for
such a length of tlme. Councttman }langtnt was concerned wtththe 10 year pertod a6 was Counctlman Crosby, who dtd, however,feel that thts use was better than no development. Mayor
Harrtson did not parttcularly llke the use, but polnted out thata butldtng prog,ram would be ongotng 8t the same ttme. To thesepotnts, Mr. Fitzgerald stated that a condttton ltmtttng the park
and fly use to 7 years would be acceptable, wtth a posstbllttytt could be ternlnated by a better devetopment before then. No
extenston of the 7 years would be requeeted. To other questions
he answered that it would be economLcally imposslble to developthe property at thts ttme wtth any other use. He agreed thepermtt could be condtttoned that the developer must contrlbutet/3 of the eettmated cost of $48,000 for stgnalizatlon.
There was Counctl comment that tn any event thts land wtll not
rematn vacant for 7 years; that thts use offers the City a poor
return, and there ls a posstbility of future dlscusston ofgetttng rid of some of the present rent-a-car uses. Thts ln-tttated dtscusston of Ctty Planners report on rent-a-car useagein thts area. At the request of ldayor Harrtson, Ctty Plannerclartfled that purpose of the report wae mereLy informatlonaLto lndtcate some of the dtfflculttes wtth special permtts to
these agenctes. He stated thls ls very deftnitety an airport-
reLated u6e, and indicated thts report could be used by the tand
use consultant.
In response to further CounctL questtons, Mr. Fttzgerald statedthat the property owner deftnltely tntends to develop thls
property wtth other uses, but cannot do so economically unless
he starts wlth the park and fly operatton. He probably could
not abandon thts use tn less than ftve years. If the spectal
permtt were not grented, Mr. Yohanan probabty could not develop
the property and would have to eell tt. Mr. Yohanan would
employ a general contractor, but the proJect would be developed,
owned, controlled, and operated by htm. He would agree to
having thte epectal permtt issued in hts name only.
Adverse Counctl comm€nts were that Clty incone from thtg use is
mlnlmal; the Bayfront tB rapldly dlsappeartng ---thls ts a poor
use to put on tt; the Councll ls not trylng to "run bustness
out of town" but is exerctstng lts prerogattve of betng select-
tve .
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Counctlman Mangint moved that the Planntng Commtsston dentalof this speclal permtt be reversed condtti.onal upon a 7.yearItmttati.on for "park and flytt use; dedlcati.on of-the 25'-
easement for publtc path and btkevray; spectal use permit to
be issued to John Yohanan and to terminate if property tssold:' Ll3 of the cost of stgnaltzatton, esttmeted at $481000,to be patd by owner; Landscaptng, pavtng, berms, and dralnage
destgn to be tn accordance wtth plans presented to Counctl
and subJect to approval by the Ctty; proJect to tnclude street,
curb and gutter tmprovements along Bayshore Htghway. Second
by Mayor Harrison. Motton faLled on the followtng roll call
vote:
AYES : COUNCILMEN : IIAIGINI ,IIARRISON
NAYES : AMSTRUP,CROSBY,MARTIN
ldayor Harrtson announced that the Planntng Commtsston deciston
on thts matter wes sustatned.
RECESS
After a short recess at 9:15 P.M., the meetlng reconvened.
2. BURLINGAME BAY CLUB CONDOMINIIII PROJECT: ENVIRONMEMAL IMPACT
REPOm-rr;g
ed
4-P,
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rece
whtc
28,oft
thesuffont
r Harrtson announced heartng on this EIR and acknowtedgipt of documentatton on thts prevtously submttted EIR 4h lncluded addendum report contatntng mtnutes dated November
L977 of Planntng Commtsslon heartng on the EIR and responses
he publlc and vartous agencies to the Draft EIR. He spectfted
purpose of the EIR certificatton ts to tndtcate that there tstctent tnformatlon presented to allow subsequent dtscusslon
he proJect. He then requested report from the Ctty Planner.
Ctty Planner directed Counctl attention to Exhtbtt A of Counctl
Resolution ll2-78 certtfylng the EIR. He potnted out thatExhlbtt A ltsts adverse Lmpacts of the proJect wtth mlttgatlon
measures and ftndtngs and urged Counctl constderatton.
There was Counctt questl,on about the ttgrandfather clausettwtth
BCDC and the Corps of Engtneers and tts relatton to thts proJect
on State owned land. Ctty Planner explatned that under the pro-
posed Anza l.taster Plan BCDC exempted all Anza tand from Lts
Jurtsdtctton. However, the Anza !traster Plan was not adopted by
the Ctty; and even tf tt had been, the Master Plan referred to
C-4 uses only. He noted that the Corps of Englneers had gtven aftlt permtt for thts proJect ln December, L977.
To further Council questton, Clty Attorney stated that other
agencies I discusston of the exenptton clause does not affect thevaltdlty of the EIR as long as tt ts factually correct and council
can ryelgh thelqture plelert. _
Counctl noted letter of January 10, 1978 from Thomas C. Taylor,
Chatrman, Plannlng Commtsston, nottng that thts proJect wttl
requtre admtntstrattve actions: rezontng from C-4 to R-4, a
General PLan amendment, a condomtntum permtt, and perhaps avartance. Mr. Taylor stated that the Planntng Comm{.sstoo r€corn-
mendsthat the Ctty Counctl constder reacttvating the Blayney
Assoctates etudy and preparatlon of overall Bayfront PLan. ALso
noted lras memo of January 11, L978 from the Ctty Attorney whtch
requested speclftc Counctl attentton to impacts and mtttgatton-foi restdenttal useage tn thts area and indtcatton from Counctlif restdenttal useage Ls not to be constdered. Memo noted
expense of general plan amendment and the Blayney report. In
response to questton, Ctty Attorney exptatned that tf EIR were
apptoved, the next step would be the Blayney report whtch does
)
rr-f .,Lr-\fMLdL&rr
not now contemplate restdentlal uses. Then a General Plan
Study would be necessary wtth subsequent General Plan amend-ment. The Blayney re
these steps. Ile adde
been reworded from thoatntatn fornat that
t ls necessary before elther ofhat Exhtbtt A to the Resolutlon had
lannlng Commteslon resolutlon to
requtred by State Guldellnes.
PordteP
te
Mayor Harrtson opened the oeettng to publtc comment on thtsEIR. There was none, and the publtc heari.ng ras declared
c losed .
Counctlmen ldartin and ABstrup requested that future records
show that Councll cetttftcatton of an EIR ts wtth respect tolts adequacy and does not tmply approval of the proJect.
Counc ilman Mang int lntroduced RESOLUIION 2-78 "RESOLUTIONCERTIFYINC FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL II{PACTREPOR-T AND I.{AKING TINDI NGS
WITIT RESPECT TO TIIE PROPOSED BIIRLINGA}TE BAY CLUB CONDOMTNIT'M
PROJECT - EIR-44P" as an actton acknowledgtng EIR adequacy andwtth no cornmttment or obltgatton to approve the proJect thereintdenttfted and moved tts adoptton. Second by Councilman Crosby,
carrted unantmously on ro11 call vote.
3. ARC AUTOI.OTIVE SERVICE, L244 ROLLINS ROAD . DONALD J. STEIN
APPEAL FROI{ PI.ANNIIIG COI8.{ISSION DENIAL OF SPECIAL PERMIT FOR
AUTO REPAIR SITOP AND TOI{ING SERVICE
Counctl had tecetved memo of
revtewtng progress of thts s
subsequent dental by the PIa
attached tncluded Ptanntry CCtty Attorney memo to Planntspectal permtt appltcatton snoted Ctty's dtfftcuLty wtth
January 11, 1978 from Ctty Attorneypectal permtt appltcatton and tts
nnlng Comntgston. Documentatl.on
omlggton mtnutes, December 2L, L977;
ng Comtsston December 15, 1977; and
ubmttted by Mr. Stetn. Ctty Attorneythe "Dorelt property tn making sub- -
dtvteton toproveoenta, and the fact that thCse are not jet com-
ct
b
2
pt leted atthough tnspectlon wtth Bank of Amertca representatl-ve
ndtcated they are under way. Ctty Attorney also noted staff
oncern that Mr. steln'e malntenaoce of the property wae not good;
hat thLs represented an undeslrable use; and that !lr. Stetn had
een glven nottce to vacate by Bank of Amerlca effecttve January2, L978.
Upon tnqulry by l{ayor Harrteon, tt rras determtned that l,!r. Stetn
wes not present.
Mayor Harrtgon dectared hearlng open.
Mr. Donald Miller, Bank of Amertca replesentative, addreased
Counctl to the potnt he did not want the Counctl to take action
based on Mrs. Dore rs delay tn mak tng tmprovernents to thts property.
He thought, rather, tt should be an tndtvidual dectston.
In response to Counctl questton, Ctty Planner conftrmed the use ofthts property had been tn exlstenee before permtt appticatton was
made, and that the Planntng Comtsslon had dented on the basts ofthe condttton of the property and the fact that tt was an un-deetrable use.
l.Iayor Harrtson and Councilman t{angtnt were tnclLned to Bustatnthe Planntng Commtssl.on anftlose the heartng tn vlew of staff re-
commendattons; the fact that Mr. Stetn was not present; and thathts lease would soon be termtnated. Counc tlman l.{arttn thoughtCouncll did not know one way or the other and should hear fromMr. Steln who might have good reaaon for not betng present. He
suggested conttnutng .the heartng .
Mayor Harrtaon announced heartng would be conttnued to meetlng ofFebruary 6, L978.
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Ctty Attorneyts memo of January 10, 1978 attached Letters from
R. L. Ikutz & Company on each clalm recommending denlal. Clatmof Davtd Rayner lnvolved storm damage and damage to a car and
clatur of Jackte SctiAleck tnvolved a fall on a sldewalk. Ctty
Attorney concurred tn the insurance manageoent f trmts recom-
mendat ton .
1. INSI.'RANCE CLAIT.TS - RAYNER AND SCITIEDECK
2. FINAL PARCEL MAP. T459 AND L47L EL CAMINO REAL
RESOLUTI oNs
Merno of January 11, 1978 from Asststant Ctty Engtneer recomnended
Counctl acceptance of the easement dedtcatlon and approval of
thls ftnal map, nottng condttlons of tentattve map had been ful-ftlled. By endorsement of January ll, 1978 Ctty l{anager concurredin thls recommendatton. Counctlman MartLn moved approval of the
Consent Calendar, second by Councllman Croeby, carrted unanlmously.
1. RESOLUTION NO. 3.78 ''PJSOLUTION RECERTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT FOR CHARLES KI,NG AND ASSOCIATES PROPOSED OFFICE
CENTER A? I35O BAYSHORE HIGHWAY, BT'RLINGAME, CALIFORNIA,
EIR-40P RBCERTIFLCATION'i was presented for Counctl constderatton.
City Planner, referrtng to hts memo to Counctl otold Counctl that recerttftcatton waa nece8sary
the final EIR wrltten comrnenta from the Dtstrtct
from the Executtve Director of BCDC whlch were transnttted after
Councll certtftcatton of thts EIR tn September and approval of
varLance and speclal permtt tn 0ctober, 1977. Ctty Planner stated
that after BCDC revtew thelr staff had auggested that a drarrtng
showtng revtsed publtc acceaa along the Bay and an lmproved-accees
from Bayshore Htghway be tncLuded in the Final EIR. Clty Planner
recomreirded receittflcatton of thts ELR, and stated Mr. wtnte! of
Gensler Aseoctatee wes present to answer questtons. Ctty Planner
further etated that BCDC suggestlon changes the 81te plan, maktng
it dtfferent from what the eounctl prevlously had approved.
Counctl questions centered around the BCDC revtsLon of the access
easement 'and whether or not tt would be 25 I aB orlStnally re-
quested by the Ctty. Slte plan presented lras not clear as to
thts aspect.
Ctty Attorney clertfted that tf Councll approved thts recertifi-
cation wtth the tncluston of the stte plan, they were not thereby
approvtng a dtfferent destgn. Mr. Ktng nust sttll come back to
coirnctl if tt is necessary to amend hls permtt.
Councilman Mart i-n stated that lt should be made cle
that the McAteer-Petlls Act dtd not permtt them to
for a leglsLative body. Mayor Harrtson suggeeted C
wrtte BCDC maktng thts ctear wtth dlrect reference
fJ
to
Ge
anuary 11, 1978,
incorporate in
ologtst and
a! to BCDC
do planntngtty Attorneyto thls ELR.
Counc tlman Crosby moved that
an actlon acknowledging ELR a
obltgatton to approve the Protdenttfted. Second by Counctroll call vote .
Resolutton No. 3-78 be approved as
deouacv and wlth no commttment or
Jedt wittr revised stte plan theretn
Lman Mangtnt, carried on unanlmous
2. RESOLUTION NO. 4-78 ''RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF
AGREEMENT FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTT'RAL SERVICES FOR WASHING?ON
PARK IMPROVEI.{ENTS Wlllt PETER CALLENDER, A.S.L.A" was presentedfor Counctl c onstderatlon.
Memo of January L2, L978 fron offlce of Dtrector of Publtc Works
informed Council that thls agreement ts for preparatton of plans,
speclflcations, and cost esttmates for lnstalllng tightlng,
J.
CONSENT CALENDAR
't !)
benchee, paths, t
Washtngton Park t
avatlable wtth Fe
$27,700. A secon
Vernon Way area owrttten to have trecetpt of grant .
on system and appurtenant work nearourts. Fundtng for the proJect lsrant and Clty funds tn the amount ofappllcatton tnvolves work ln the
ngton Park, and the agreement has been
on of addtng thts work dependent upon
dorseoent of January 12, !978 Ctty
agreement be authortzed .
There was Counctl questton about the need for ltghttng speclftedin the agreement, stnce people ate not to be tn the park after
10 P.M. "Ctty Atiorney eiplitned that ordtnance forbids "lottertng"tn the park after that ttne, not walktng through.
rrtgatt
enntg c
deral g
d grantf Washt
he opti
8y en
ldanager reconmnded thts
RESOLUTION NO. 4-78 wa s tntroduced by Councttoan Marttn who movedy Counc tlnan Croeby, carrted on unanlmous
Counctl noted agreement spectftcatlon that tf low btd exceed
15% the cost esttnate the landscape archltect ts to performtttonal senrlcee to brtng cost of the proJect wtthtn L57" ofesttmate. There was Counctl sug,gestton that I certaln ftgur
speclfted so that admtnlstrattve costs and everythtng eLse w
not exceed the amount approprtated. Dtreetor of Publtc Work
commented that at the tlme the $27 1000 grant was approved it
tnclude landscaptngi the Ctty had spectfted some optlons Lf
scaptng were not included because of the drought.
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add-
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ORDINANCES
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Ordtnance N
unantmoug r
I. ORDINANCE NO. 1118 "ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION L5.OE.OlO AND
DELETING ORDINANCE SECTION 15.08.020 OF TIIE BT'RLII{GAHE I.{I,'NICIPAL
CODE REGARDING APPLICATI0NS FOR SEWER CONNECTIONSTT was presented
for Council consLderatLon and publlc heartng.
Director of Publtc Works explalned that under the present practtce
tnstallatton of new sewer literals ls lncluded tn the deveioper'sbid and the lateral ts latd by hts contractor. Under the actual
code tt ts specLfted that the developer or contractor shall cometn wtth an estlmate of the work and lt ts then done by Ctty forceswtth payment to the Ctty. Thts ls constdered an tnefftctentmethod. He recomrended deletton of thts code sectton.
l,layor Harrteon opened the meettng to publtc comment. ?here was
no reaponae and the publlc heartng was declared closed.
f Counc tLnan Amstrup, second by Counc tlman Mangtnl,o. 1118 paased tts second readtng and was adopted onoll call vote .
2. ORDINANCE NO. 1119 ''ORDINANCE ES?ABLISHING STOP SIGNS AT III'NTDRrm DRrvE, AND stuMrr DRrvE AND EL pRADo RoAD"
was presented for CouncLl constderation.
Counc tlman lrarttn had at a prtor meettng asked tf these inter-
sectton8 met State rrarranta. He questtoned why thts lnformatton
had not been subuttted. Ctty Manager stated that proper counts
would be made and presented to Counctl at the next meettng.
Mayor llarrLaon aet heartng on thts ordlnance for the meettng of
February 6, L978.
Counc tlman Amstrup tntroduced Ordtnance No. 1l-19 for ftrst readLng.
3. ORDINANCE NO. T12O IIADDINC CHAPIER IO.IO TO TITLE 10 OF THE
ruru.Iffiffi.ffififtTFf[i-coDE TO AUIHoRIZE FRANCIIISES FoR PoLIcE AI.ARM
SYSTEMS WITHIN TIIE CIIY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER" was introduced forftrst readtng by Counctlman Martln.
4. 'hN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22L3(t) OF THE UNIFoRM MECHANICAL
CODE REGARDING GAS SHUT-OFF VALVES''
(,
76
Thts proposed urgency ordtnance reads in palt, rrcas ptptng supply-
Lng more than one untt on any one preml"ses shall be equtpped with
separate shut-off valves to each butldtng or unit, so arrangedthat the gas supply can be turned on or off to any indtvtdual or
separate buttdtng or untt." Memo of January 15, i978 from Flre
Chtef explatned that thls amendment was deslrable because asingle gas meter for multl-untt butldtnga creates a hazard be-
cause tn order to shut off one unlt, al1 must be shut off, wtthresultant danger & dtfftculttes tn restortng service. Dlrectorof Publtc Works conftrmed the necesstty for amendment anddetalled the mechantcs of proposed meter setup. He requestedthts ordtnance not be declared urgency but be tntroduced at thts
eventngs meettng, and memo would be transmttted explatntng thesltuatlon tn more detall ln ttme for the heartng meettng.
There was Council dlscusston, and comment that thts $aB a very
expenstve method and not enough backup matertal had been pre-
sented.
Mayor Harrtson scheduled further dtscusslon for the Btudy meetlngwlth tntroductton of the ordtnance at a followtng regular meettng.
PROCIAI.{ATION
Mayor Harrtson procLalned the week of February 5 through 12, 1978
as' ttilattonal Crtme Preventt on Week. 'r
APPROVALS
1. WARRANT NOS. 881 through 1239, duLy audlted, ln the amount of
1664,864.94, were approved paym€nt on motton of Counctlman Mangtnt,
second by Counc ilman I'Iarttn, all aye volce vote.
, December, 1977, Check Nos. 2545 through 3399, tn the
429,245.74, approved on motton of Councllman Mangint,
2. PAYROLL
amounE of $
seconded by Counctlman Ctosby, all aye votce vote.
OLD BUSINESS
CONVEMION CENTER
l,layo r Harrlgon read tn full letter of January L2, L97,8 from Mr.
Bairy Sllverton requestlng wtthdrawal of the proposed conventton
centLr proJect unttl such ttme as he and hts consultants were ableto provide all the necessary tnformatlon, and stattnS, that the
deadltne of January L2, L978 dtd not glve enough ttme for coo-oilatton of data. Mr. Sltverton stated that when atl lnformatlon
had been completed he would constder relnstattng hls proposal for
the ploject.
In response to Counctl questtons Ctty Attorney tndtcated that he
thought Mr. Sllverton would have been able to be prepared by the
12th of January. He stated there was no way to prevent -anapplteant from- resubmltttng an appltcatton; also that tf a new
applicatton were wLthtn the fraoework of the Present EIR andfeastbtlity study tt would not be neceseary to recreate these
documents.
Counctknan tlarttn stated he thought the Counctl should firmly
state that alt proposals on the Conventton Center were dead;
that it should be understood that both proposals are over and
done uith.
Counc llman l,langini thought that actlon Counctl had
previous meeting inplled that lf Councll dtd not g
iraterial by January L2, L97 8 the lssue was dead.
taken etet sufftc tent
I
Counc tlman Am8trup agreed but thought there should be a statement;
that the Conventlbn eenter should not be carrted on any further.
He dtsapproved of leavtng it open lndeflnttely. If Mr. Sttverton
came ln igatn he would have to "come tn cold." He wanted adeftnlte Btatement so that there woutd be no doubt ln the mtndsof etther Mr. Stlverton or staff that the project was dead.
Mayor Harrtson stated he would support a motion to accept wtth-
drawal of the proJect.
Counctlman Amstrup moved that the Conventton Center Project pse as tt has been submttted to Councll tn the past ts reject
the Counctl and any project tn the future would have to 6tart
"Space l.tt Second by Councilman Marttn, carrLed on unantmouscatl vote .
er
ed by
from
roLl
Mayor Harrteon broached the subJect of the Blayney - Drachman
studtes, and Btated he would entertatn a trlotton to authorlze these
consuttants to proceed.
Counctt dtscugston foltored .
Councttman Marttn queotioned lf Counctl wlshed to include res-identtal uses ln these studtes. If reetdenttal rere onl.tted, it
would make a dlfference tn the trafflc study and a better report
mtght be produced. Mayor Harrtsoof the opttons to be conetdered,
restdent.i{il , he would approve all
A1so, he thought the ctttzens ofthat Counctl had looked at all opthetr declsion. Counc tloan Mangtthts vter, stattng he dtd not see
should be kept out of the report.
would like to have the optton ofdtd not meen the Counctl approvedall the facts before maktng a dec
stated he had no obJection to get
reports, but he rdanted it underst
aPProval of the use.
DRACHMAN . BLAYNEY REPORTS
Mayor Harrtson dtrected that the Blayney and Drachman studtes
go forrrard at thts ttme.
SAM.TRANS BUS STATIONS
n noted that restdential was one
and while he was not in favor ofof the opttons being lnctuded.
Burltngame should be tnforoedttons, and based on that had madenl was tncltned to agree wtth
any clear reason res ldentlal
Counctlman Crosby stated herestdenttal lncluded. I,rhtLe itthe use, he would ltke to havets{on. Counctlman Amstrupttng full tnformatlon on the
ood lt dld not stgntfy Counctl
Dtrector of Publlc Works dtscussed locatton, destgn, snd con-
structLon of passenger watttng stations to be erected by SAM TRANS
on EI Camtno, and dtsplayed ptctures of them. He noted that
Counctl suggesttons on the destgn could be referred to Sam Trans.
Some Counctl suggesttons $ere that the deslgn tsto ftt tn utth the Burltngame mottf, and they woat other destgns.
to
uld
o modernistlcltke to look
Dtrector of Publtc Works stated Sam Trans would be advtsed of thts.
INGRESS-EGRESS PIAN S FOR PI.AZA AT EL CAI,TINO
Dl.rector of Publtc Works dtsc
the State Dtvtslon of lltghway
and entry road from EI Camlnofrontage road along El Camtnoexit on Murchison. The entry
The frontag,e road would provtPlaza. It could be abandoned
es
owners for tts tncluston ln the park PI
ussed theee plans, now approved bye, whtch feature a central opentngtnto the Plaza, wtth closure of the
and tts entrance on Trousdale and
road would be dtvtded by an tsland.
de ped
and a
trtan access to parktng andrtce negottated wtth Plaza
ng lot.
I
Mr. steve Mustch, property orrner at Burltngame Plaza, addressed
Council to the effect that the merchants tn the Plaza lrere not
tl
NEW BUSINESS
78
to Plannlng
sLng exenptton
Franc lsco
the amount of
a controve!8taLr some dtscuss lon,
n by the Ctty andthat could be
l. Letter of January 10, 1978 from City Attorney
Dtrector of City and County of San Franctsco oppo
category for the enlarged blast fence for the SanAtrport. In his letter Ctty Attorney stated that
coniern tnvolving thts struiture clearty makes itproiect that must be the subJect of an EIR. Afte
bouictl agreed that up to th6 time actlon ts take
County of San Francisco there lias nothtng further
done.
2. Letter dated Dedember 30,
Stuart-Klrk Associates re
1977 from Frederlck S. Frtedman'
Encore Theater .
3. PlannLng Commlsston mlnutes December 2L, L977.
4. Fire and Poltce Departments t December, 1977, reports.
1
tnterested ln havlng the access road closed; that tts use wouldstill be only by the people ln^the parktng area. He assured
CounctL of the Plaza merchants' cooperatlon.
Counctl members did not obJect to the closure of the Trousdaleentrance to the frontage road, but dtd not approve of the closlngof the exit on Murchtson stnce tt seems to be safe, has a doublestop slgn, and closure wouLd cut off one way of gettlng out ofthe parktng lot. Director of Publtc Works btateii thts-had beencontenplated as a safety measure; but stnce it was not a maJortrafftc problem, provlslon could be made for right turn out onthe Murchtson stde. In answer to other Councll ouesttons. hestated that a medtan tsland should be provtded uf the Et Camtno
Entrance drtveway whtch would extend up to the matn driveway infront of the stores. An agreement must be executed wlth the prop-erty owners so that thls medlan could be constlucted. He added
there ts a questton wtth the Plaza stgn whtch, accordtng to theplans, would be about 8'back from the curb and on City property.
Ctty Attorney stipulated he must examine present cross-easement
agreement before advistng Councll . Mr. Mustch stated he could
have this agreement, whtch exptres tn 1980, to the Clty tn the
next week, The merchants would be wtlltng to rener, lt. He also
stated that the property ovrners woutd rather have the Murchtson
exlt open than closedl and, regardtng the medtan agreenentr the
merchants were waltlng for advlce from the Clty as to lrhat they
had to do.
Councll agreed they wanted the Murchtson exLt open, and suggestedlt be rnade platn to Plaza nerchants that at some ttme ln thefuture the Ctty mlght want to uae the frontage road for such pur-
poses as a planted area o! the llke.
Dlrector of Publlc l{orks stated the plan would be modifted wlth
Counctl. permlsston, and at the ttne the project Soes to btd the
Counctl would have the agreement wtth the ProPerty owners.
NEW BUSINESS
JARVIS-GANN INITIATI,VE
Mayor Harrison remtnded Council and audtence of meettng to_be
heid at the Mlllbrae City Hall at 7:30 P.M. January 18, 1978 on
the Jarvts-Gann inlttative.
WATER RATIONING
In response to Council questton Dlrector of Publlc Works stated
that the Ctty, as a San Franctsco Water DePartment purchaserr ls
still under inandatory 25% watex rattonLng. Howeve!, the P.U.C.
wltl be consldertng the matter in the near future' and they ulll
have to oove to llft ratloning befote the Ctty can act.
ACKNOWLEDGI4ENTS
w-'nfi
79
5 City Planner - Sunrnary of Planntng Commtsston Eeettng
January 9, 1978.
6. Negattve Declarattons p
dated January 9, L978 f
Herttage Manor.
ADJOI'RNMENT
os tedor Do
bylla Planning D,epartmentr Rent-A-Car Systems and
Meetlng regularly adjourned at 10:35 P.M.
RespectfuIIy,
,€"drr*flztzLCtty Clerk
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