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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1977.06.20,o-ooI CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Burlingame City Councif was held on the above date in the City HaIl Council Chambers. The meeting was catled to order at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor A. Harrison. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TTiE FLAG: Led by wayne M ROLL CALL Swan, City Planner. Amstrup , Crosby , Harrison, Mangini , Martin MINUTES: The and minutes of the regular meeting of June 6, 1977 were approved adopted. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. CLAIM OF GLADYS E. KING, FOR DENIAL BY CITY ATTORNEY None Council-, Mayor Harrison announced consideration po int . LIAB ILITY-SEWAGE DAMAGE, RE COMI,IEN DAT I ON With concurrence of of calendar at this 2. PARCEL MAP 1415 BURLINGAME PLANNING COMMISSION AVENUE, APPROVAI RECOMMENDED BY Mayor Harrison stated he assumed that sj-nce there witrr rs,000 sP area allowed on each lot without a development woul-d be exempted from contribution to Parking District. City Attorney confirmed. are two lots special permit, the offstreet 1. DAVID C COMMISS ION BUILDING AT on motion of Councilman Crosby, second by Councilman Mangini, consent calendar items were unanimously approved. HEARING . CARR FOR 2OO PARK ROAD CO}4PANY, APPEAL FROM PLANNING CONDITIONAI APP ROVAI OF SPECIAL PERMIT FOR ADDITION TO 200/216 PARK ROAD 1. ROBERT N COMMIS S lON PODESTA RESIGNATION FROM TRAFFIC, SAFETY, PARKING to Mayor Harrison acknowledged receipt of letter of June 9, L977 from Robert N. Podesta announcing his resignation from thj-s commission because of a change in living location- Mayor Harrison requested City Manager prepare a commendation Mr: Podesta, thanliing him for his efforts and accepting his resignation r4rith regret. council Mernbers Present : Council Membe rs Absent : BURLINGAI.4E, CALIFORNIA Jwte 20, ]-977 Mayor Harrison read tetter of June 17, 197'l from David C. Carr advising that 200 Park Road Company is preparing alternate pla'ns which will eliminate the necessity of any further consideration of appeal , and requesting the aPpeal be droppetl from the agenila' wj-th concurrence of Councj-l, Mayor Harrison tleclared this item remove d from the agenda. COMMIJNI CATIONS 388 Council concurred. with Mayor's suggestion that present commission applicants be reviewed, commission opening also be publicized, and appointment be made at first Council meeting in August. 1 $i Mayor Harrison directed City Manager to so proceed. FROM STAFF 1. CITY MANAGER FORWARDING BEAUTTFICATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARK DEPARTMENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROPOSALS. . washington Park Improvement project for which State funds of 19,17I.00 have been approved and City contribution of $8,529.00s necessary. 2. Construction of replacement building at Park Corporation Yardto house maintenance shop, garage, equipment storaqe and office. Cost is $43,700.00. City Manager noted. $20,032 is left in Washington Park Corporation Yard fund and there is $120,000 inthe Park Maintenance budget. He recommended transfer of $23,668from this fund to the Corporation Yard fr.rnd for this project, for which Park Director has the p1ans. Cj-ty Manager noted thisconstruction is much needed, and suggested Council discussion atnext study meeting. Mayor Harrison commented he would soon be discussing the Department budget with the Park Director, and suggestedbe deferred until- then. There was no Council objection. Park discussion 2. CITY SE CURITY MANAGE R AND CHIEF OF POLICE: RENEWAL OF LEASE SPACE IN PACfFIC NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. Council had received memo of June 70, 1977 from Chief of Police recomrnending a tv/o year agreement be neqotj-ated with TheodoreBlunberg for this lease. Present agreement expires in November, 1977.The City could comnj-t j-tseIf to three-month periods within thattime frame. Police Chief noted lessor's commitment that rent wouldbe raised onl-y on a cost of living basis. By endorsement of June 15, ].977, City Manager concurred. in recommendation. Councilman Crosby questioned the amount of rent and was informedby the City Manager that it $ras presently $491.00 per month. Wity concurrence of Council,to proceed with negotiations Mayor Harrison directedfor this 1ease. City Manager 3. CITY MANAGER: BURLINGAI4E BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION REQUEST CONCERNING AMERTCAN LEGION BUILDING. Letter of June 8, 7977 from Vlm. M. Fisher, president, Burlingame Business and Professional Association, suggested the renovationof the Anerican Legrion Ha1I , 900 Burlingame Avenue, as a Cultural Center with space to be rented out to several- Ioca1 groups. Funds needed for the reconstruction could be obtained from these qroupsto preserve this historJ-ca1 building. Mr. Fisher suggested theseorganj-zations would be interested: Burlingame Chamber of Cornmerce, Burlingame Historical Society, Burlingame Civic ArtsCouncil, Burlingame Business and Professional Association.This latter group specifically would like an opportunity to $rorkwith Council to develop plans. City Managerrs memo of June 15, 1977 transmitting this lettersuggested that organizations present a proper plan with the fundsto rehabilitate, and the City could then cooperate. Al-so, theCity should negotiate future rental-. City Manager reported. on this Commission's recommendations for two capital projects: Councilman Martin requested that the record show he had taken no partin this dis cus s ion. Mayor Harrison stated he had this evening received telephonecaII from manager of Chamber of Commerce who stated his Board had not yet taken any action on this matter. Councilman Mangini considered preservation of the building a good idea but not at any expense to the taxpayers. He approvedthe idea of these organizations occupying the building, but thought a plan should be worked out as to u,ho occupies what space. He suggested they be instructed to come up wj-th fund raj-sing plans and a workable plan for presentation to Council. Council-man Martin stated he agreed with this and the City Managerr s recommendation. Mayor Harrison directed City Manager to inform Mr. Fisher of these stipulations. 4. CITY MANAGE R: REPLACEMENT OF CITY HALL DRIVEWAY TREES City Managerrs memo of June 15, 1977 transmitted report from Park Director on difficulties with three eucalyptus trees presently planted in City HalI driveway. The o\,Iner of apartment building at 1422 Be]1evue complains these trees overhang his property and deposit leaves in his swimming pool. Also roots are beginning to push up City HalI driveway. There will also be damage to the fence. Park Director reconrmended these trees be removed and re- placed with drought resistant shrubs, also that four missing trees in the row along this drive be replaced. Cost would be from operating budget of the Park Department. City Manager concurred in this recommendation. Councilman Crosby questioned if these three trees could be removed and planted on EI Camino. Park Director replied that theirplanting area is very narro$, and it would be difficult to remove them intact. on question from Mayor Harrison, Councit indicated no objections to the removal of these trees and addition of plantings. Councj-lman Amstrup remarked he also plant more trees along EI Camino. considered it was time to 5. CITY MANAGER: FIVE YEAR RE-ANALYSIS OF NEEDS, BURLINGAME AVENTIE AREA. PARKTNG SURIIEY AND Director of Pubtic Works' memo of ,June 13, L97'7 to City Manager transmitted detailed findings and recommendations of the Traffic Engineer after reviewing and updating the DeLe ui", Cather Report. Dj-rector of Public works recorunended this report be referred to Traffic, Safety and Parking Committee to obtain public input, wj-th subsequent recommendation to Council. City Manager, by dation. memo of June 15, 1-977, concurred in this recommen- On question referral of orde re d. from Mayor Harrison, Council had no objection to this matter to this commission. Mayor Harrison the so 6. CITY ATTORNEY: CONVENTION CENTER REPORT Council had received City Attorney's report of June L7,1977 on the Convention Center project whj-ch attached letter of June 15, 1977 from Wilson, Jones,Morton & Lynch re proposed changes; letter of June 16, 1977 from Hornblower & weeks-Hemphi 11 , Noye s , same subject; memo of June 17, l-977 from City Finance Dj-rector with preliminary review of feasibility reporti memo of June 17, L977 from City Treasurer, reviewing report of National Feasibility corporation; and proposal letter of September 27, L976 from City Manager outlining scope of economic feasibility study. Council also received memo of June J-7, L9'77 from City Manager commenting on feasibility study. l'llllFlrtIFiFrrtr !-ilvrFIrstrrr--!l7!--"r-.rP -'.1- 389 390 City Attorney reviewed his report. Status of the project was defined as noi., including the 210 rooms on the hotel and no guest rooms on public 1and. Eeasibility report and EIR are to be revised to reflect this change. National Feasibility estimates 10 days will be necessary to complete, with a longer period if answers to Finance Director's and Treasurer's comments are included. H.K.S. projects July 15, L977 for revised EIR. Because of changeto 210 room project, final redevelopment plan must be returned toPlanning Commission for amendment. City Attorney considered itpossible to have it to them at their next meeting. City Attorney reported he had this day telephone contact withNationaf Feasibility. They and Mr. Silverton consider there is mis understanding of their report on the part of both FinanceDirector and City Treasurer. They do not plan to make specific responses to staff comments in their revised report. City Attorney suggested that possibly this could be handled through Mr. Silverton. He considered it important that staff and bond counsel meet todiscuss report and get a clear understanding of the legal implj-cations. He thought there was misunderstanding, and some points were not asminor as Mr. Silverton thinks. Councilman Mangini also requested comment from CityCity Planner. City Attorney noted that because oftheir comments had not been included. Engj-neer and vacati-on schedul-es Councilman Crosby corunented thatsuch as locatj-on of the airport,reliability of the who1e. some etc.].naccuracl-esraised doubts report, the in the as to Councilman Martin added that changes in plans and conflicting reportsand correspondence make j-t difficult to keep track of the project,so that Council does not know what is going on. He suggestedrevised plans and cost estj-mates be presented as suggesied by Mr. Jones. Councilman Crosby pointed out that Council also is very interestedin details of report, and suggested a meeting of Council , staff,Mr. Jones, Mr. Dinkelspiel , and Mr. Silverton. He had severaLdefinite concerns with the report. City Attorney stated he wouldlike to have Council involved. Councilman Amstrup agreed with Cor:ncilman Crosby, stating thetime has come to meet with staff, firm up concepts and makedecisions. Councilman Martin also agreed, stating he had some concernssimilar to those of Finance Director and City Treasurer. Henoted Mr. Jonesr letter of Jr:ne 15, 7977 had five points ofsupplemental information and analysis necessary for the proposed change, and Mr. Dinkelspielrs letter of June 16, 1971 specifiedother information necessary. He suggested this information beobtained before the proposed meeting. Mayor Harrison questioned length of time necessary to get al]this information. City Attorney said National Feasibilityindicated that information reguested by Mr. Jones was more detailedthan they had planned to include in the revision, and would takemore time than the projected 10 days. He considered most of theinformation needed by Mr. Dinkelspiel could be obtained directlyfrom Mr. Silverton. He questioned if Council wished to waituntil receipt of revised feasibility study. Councilman Amstrup suggested City Attorney contact Council- whenhe considered all necessary information had been accumulated. Councilman Crosby emphasized he would like to have Mr. Jones,Mr. Dinkelspiel and Mr. Silverton in attendance at the meeting. Council also requested ample time to study information beforetime of meeting. City Attorney agreed to these stipulations. 391 He noted the large amount the City is paying efforts. City Attorney commented plans were original report but they can be incLuded- for these preliminarY not incfuded in the Mr. Kenneth Jones, bond counsel, addressed Council. He considered Council's focus this evening was to identify the project, and stated the decision had been made to proceed with the 210 room prj-vate addition. If Council objected to that change, it should Le so stated at this timei otherwise, the project will proceed in that direction, He agreed that the points raised by Finance Director and Treasurer must be resolved. He approved the idea of a joint meeting on thj-s Project, but suggested that pending such meeting progr.S= should Le maae on the bisis of what the project now is' councilman Amstrup stated that at a meeting he attended with city Attorney, ur. Silierton and Mr. John Stein, Mr. Silverton had said he want-ed the 210 room project. The Councilman suggested that the City go with this revision. Mayor Harrj-son asked if there were Council objections' There *"?" ,ror.. Mayor Harrison then directed that Cj.ty Attorney acquire information as requested, then contact him and make arrangements for a meeting. .7. CITY PLANNER: DRAFT REQUEST FOR P ROPOSALS FOR LAND USE STUDY City Planner addressed Council to the provisions of Urgency ordinance I107 which requires Planning Commission to make land use =i"av "f M-l and c-4 ardas. He submiited by memo of June 76' 197'1 a draft request to consultants for proposal, for Council review ind ait""tio.t. It is intended to send this to 12 consultants' R;;";;a ir,.otpo..t.d time schedule of 30 - 50 - 90 - 120 davs foi completion of various tasks. City Planner reported that oirectoi of Public Works had already ient proposal to nine firms to do traffic study for this area, with a similar schedule' City Planner pointed out that the main thrust of the l-and s tu-dy would be toward economic impact, most important in ,rt to gain the best possible type of development' usethe long limibtion s upon existingI'layor Harrison questioned how reatistic these time *o-,rld fu. City Planner replieil this is dependent workload of consultant hired- Councilman Mangini questioned allocation of cost of these studies' citv-pi""""r r6pried cost of land use study must be borne by aiay, h;a"er, Lraffic study could be financed from gas tax funds' i"-iemirrea ii might be pos-sible to recoup cost_of land use stualy ii i r.t.t date bf developmental charge or the like' CouncilmanMartinnotedCityPlanner.srequirementoffourcopiesof report from consultants. He suggested suffj-cient copies be obtaiied for Council ind plannj-ng Commission. City Pfanner agreed' Mr. Thomas c. Taylor, chairman of Planning Commission' addressed the Cor:nci1. He urged Council approval of proposal request at ifris meeting, with wide tatitude-to be given to the Planning Commission In their study. He pointed out that this overview of this particular area ivould a-ctualIy amount to an upgrading of the General PIan; and is an opportunily for the city to determine ,fr.ru it is to go in the eutuie. rf the Planning Commission conducts this siudy effectively, benefits will accrue to the City from an increased tax base- councilman Martin agreed with Chairman Taylor's concepts' tir. q""iiitcation oi a time restraint' He supported City prop6sal letter, but suggested Council may vrant to modify of worX as they receive reports for progressive phases' He requested this stipulation be made to bidders' with Planner' s s cope On be question from MaYor Harrison, CitY d.one. Planner stated this coul-d I aoot) p-,1 4 Councilman Marti-n moved tions of City Planner. unanimous Iy. land use study proceed based on recommenda- Second by Councilman Mangj-ni, carried RESOL UT IONS 1. RESOLUTION NO. 48-77 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING CITY SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM 1976-1977 - JOB NO. 76-20" was introd.uced by Councllman Martin who moved its adoption, second by CouncilmanCrosbyl all aye ro11 call vote. 3. RESOLUTION NO. 5O-77 I'AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEIVTENT WITH THE COUNTY OI' SAN MATEO FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF GAS TAX FUNDS FOR THE AIRPORT BOULEVARD IMPROVET4ENTS PROJECT" was introduced byCouncilman Amstrup, who moved its adoption, second by CouncilmanMangini, all aye rol-l- call vote. Councifman Amstrup hoped thiswould effect the clean-up of the area. 4. RESOLUTTON NO. 51-77 'RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING APPLI CATION FOR FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS F'OR PUBLICLY OWNED WASTEWATER TP€ATMENT WORKS AND PROVIDING CERTAIN ASSURANCES" was introduced by CouncilmanMangini who moved its adoption, second by Councilman Amstrup, allaye ro11 call vote. RESOLUTION NO. 52-77 IIRESOLUTION AUTHORIZING E)GCUTION OF AD DE NDUM NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF BURLINGAME WASTEWATER TREATI\4ENT PLANT AND AGREEI,IENT FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF BURLINGAME WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH ENVIROTECH CORPORATION" was introduced by Councilman Martin, who moved itsadoption. Second by Counci lman Anstrup, all aye roll call vote. 5. RESOLUTION NO. 53-77 ''RESOLUTION AUTHORTZING E )(ECUTION OF AGREEMENTFOR PAR had rec of June Plannin B ur 11ng TICIPATION IN PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS.,' City Councileived this resolution for consideration along with mem-o20, 1977 from administrative Aide advising ihat Manpo\^rerg had approved the addition of one more person toame's quota for painter trainee with an increase of$1I,400 in funding. Memo further stated it is proposed to usethese people to paint Recreation Building as well is recreationafareas previousry proposed. city Manager recommended by endorsementof June 20, 1977. Council had previously received list dateaMay 26, 1977 from Administrative Aide of eight approved positionsfor Burlingame under the CETA program. Councilman Amstrup questioned how many CETA employees the Citynow woul-d have, noting that at the last study meeting the figurewas different. City Manager stated this present request was fornine. He thought the total number in the City was tbout 20. Heoffered to check files for the exact number. councilman Martin disapproved of a presentation to councif withoutaccurate detail_ed knowledge by staff. City Manager emphasizedthat presentation was made as a means of gettj-ng service to theCity in the amount of approximately gIO0,OOO. In response to questions from Mayor Harrison and Council-manMangini, he stated this money is alfocated to the County by theFederal government, CETA personnel are hired for a maximum periodof one year, and this agreement should be executed before the nextCouncil meeting of July 5, !977 . Councilman Amstrup indicated confusion at the changing requestsand questj-oned the purpose of this program. City Manager againoffered to check fi1es, stating the puipose of tlris re{uest-issimpfy to get money for the City during the period it is available. Mayor Harrj.son considered this an opportunity, since the City 2. RESOLUTTON NO. 49-77 "RESOLUTTON ACCEPTTNG t976/77 WEE'DanarffiMs 6 AND 7" was introduced by Councilman Crosby who moved its adoption, second by Councilman Martin, all ayeroll call vote. can use these them. services and the Federal funding to accomplish Cor:nci lman Martin explained his dissatisfaction with the program as the fact that sometirnes CETA employees are deemed "indispensabIe"and are hired on the regular payroll at the end of their tenure,citing an instance at the Burlingame Public Library; he saw nonecessity for some of the proposed programs, such as the countingof street treesi and the money is not "free" money. It comes outof the taxpayer's pocket and belongs to the State. City Manageragreed with this latter concept, but pointed out that a certainamount of money is allocated to the County: if Burlingame d.oesnot use its share, it will simply be given to another governmental agency within the Cor:nty, and BurJ-ingame can use these services. Council-man Mangini introduced Resol-ution No. 53-77 and moved itsadoption. Second by Councilman Crosby. Cor:ncilman Crosby then asked City Manager to give each Councilmana complete list of CETA employees and their duties. He askedPark Director to explain street tree counting program. Park Director informed Counci] that one of the requirements ofthe Street Tree Ordinance i-s to have a Street Tree Master plan for the City. This was started a number of years ago, but wasnever finished. CETA employee could accomplish tree countingnecessary for this p1an. AIso, when Park Budget is prepared, itis necessary to know how much materiat to purchase to performthe duties required to keep City trees healthy and safe. For this,it is necessary to know how many trees there are. He pointed outthat the Park Department has done mostly emergency work on treesfor the past 15-20 years, mainfy on the eucalyptus groves, and some trees have not had attention. There are a 1ot of old treesin the City and much work to be done. He would like to know whatthis job entai ls. Council"man Martj-n co[unented this might be a way to increase thePark budget. Park Dj-rector replied that to the contrary itmight decrease the budget since he woul-d know exactly what hadto be done rather than estimating. Cor:ncilman Crosby observed that the Library CETA employeepreviously referred to had filled an openj-ng left by a permanent empl-oyee, and at the close of CETA had been hlred for thisnecessary position. ft was not an additional- position. Councilman Amstrup stated he objected to having a resolution infront of him with a last minute additional request which theCor:ncil had no time to study. He saw nothing wrong with the CETAprogram, but considered j-nformation shoutd be given to Councilbeforehand. He emphasized these jobs should be temporary, andshould not be added to regular payro11. Motion adopting Resol-ution 53-77 carried on theroll d.1 vote:fo 11owin g COUNCILIV1EN:AYES: AMS?RI P (with objections), CROSBY,HARRISON !4ANGTNT NAYES: I4ARTINCOTINCILMEN: ,qtsT"ri-7,r!i7rr}'Frnrr,-rF '-!-?rl!r! 393 I I 4 Mayor Harrison asked if the request of June 20, l-977 for one more empl-oyee would be covered by Resolution 53-77. City Managerreplied this would be .incorporated in the agreement. Cor,mcj-lman Martin questioned who would pay for paint for theRecreation buiJ-ding and how much it would cost. City Managerreplied City must pay for materials and there would be money inthe budget for it. Cor:ncilman Amstrup questioned why there was not a specific requestin the budget for the material if this building needed. painting. 394 In response to further Cor:nci 1 questions, City Manager noted Recreation Director had determined the buitding needed painting; this employee request was made for the purpose of cutting the budget for the project; and money for paint would be in the operations budget for the Recreation Department. Councilman Mangini stated he had made the motion with the intent that the City participate j-n the CETA program, and that it would include this Recreation program. As far as he was concerned, the CETA agreement includes painters for the buildj-ng. whether the material is permitted by the budget is another matter. In response to Mayor Harrison, Councilman Crosby indicated that was also the intent of his second. Mayor Harrison asked Council if their vote sti1I stood. The response was affirmative, with Councilman Amstrup stating he would like to know the cost for supplies for these proposed programs. I.]NFINISHED BUSINESS SOLID WAS TE },IANAGEMENT PLAN Counci Iman Mangini reminded Council that revision to final report, Solid Waste Management PIan, must be reviewed. Mayor Harrison noted this must be approved or disapproved within 60 days, and set consideration of this report for Council meeting of July 18, 1977. PETITION FOR REFERENDUM - POLfCE STATfON APPROVALS 1. WARRANTS Nos. 6451 through 6773, duLy audited, in the amount ot $55i611 .01, were approved for payment on motion of Councilman Mangini, second by Councilman Amstrup, all aye voice vote. Mayor Harrison announced that in view of the filing of this petition with the City Cl-erk on Friday, June 17, he would move that the architect be instructed to cease and desist any further work on police station plans untit signatures are validated. Councilman t'langini seconded, motion carried r:nanimously. The Mayor directed City Manager to so inform architect. 2. PAYRoLL May, t977 ' Check Nos. 5278 through 6092 in the amount ot 939612T1.61 approved on motion of Councilman Mangini, second by Cor:ncilman Amstrup, aIl aye voice vote' ACKNOWLE DGMENTS 1. Letter of June 6, ]-97'7 from Dr. Richard H. Williams, Pri-ncipal, Burlingame High Schoot, expressing appreciation for Cityrs efforts in Youth in Government Day. 2. Letter of April 27, 1977 Avenue regarding nuisance of directed to answe r. from Mr. Del Stimers, f009 Paloma throw-a\"ray newspapers. City Manager 3. Letter of June 8, 1977 from Chairman, Beautification Corunission, listing that coNnission's proposed capital improvement projects. 3. Letter of June 3, 1977 from City Clerk Civil Service corunission meeting date. informing of change ln 4. Letter of June 3, ]-977 from Mildred A. McKinnon, I01 Howard Avenue, regarding proposed developments in Burlingame. 5. Letter of June 16, 1977 from State Senator Foran acknowledging receipt of Cityts telegram relative to SB 154, Compulsory and Binding Arbitration. City Manager mentioned possibility of ,l 39s Councilmembers from various cities chartering bus to Sacramentofor protest purposes. 6. City Planner report Planning Commission meeting, June 13, 1977. 7. Fire and Police Departments, monthly reports. 8. Minutes: Beautification Commission, June 2, commf6ETon-l May 25, 7977. AD.JOURNMENT and Planning Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M. negotiations.to executive session on wage Respectfully submitted, 6"sk=,/7/-/t City Cferk