HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1978.01.03BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA
January 3, L978
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meet lng of the Burlingame City Council was held on the
above date in the Clty Ha[l Council Chambers. The meeting was
called to order at 8:03 P.M. by Mayor A"c. "Budrr llarrtson.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
Led by Jetome F. Coleman,
ROLL CALL
COIINCIL ME}EERS "PRESENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT!
MINUTES
The minutes of th
Ctty Attorney.
AMSTRUP, CROSBY, HARRISON,MANGINI,I,IARTIN
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egular meeting of December 19, 1977 were
wlth correctton: Page 38, Draft Minutes,f 7th paragraph should be t'It rneans that ift htgh the -plgE!!E qlg has to be twenty
On behalf of Counctl Mayor llarrlson extended birthday congrat-ulatlons to Councilman Crosby.
PRESENTATION
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL I'{AN}GEMENT PLAN FOR THE SAN FR.NCISCO BAY AREA
PREPARXD BY ASSOCIATION OF BAY -APEA GOVERNMENTS (ABAG)
Mayor Harrlson introduced Mr. Dean Mackries of ABAG who made the
foLlowtng presentation :
About tvro years
governments to
three aspects osolid waste. Abut the Water P
a water qua l lty
United States. ALso tthat by 1979 there be
Bay Area. The unique
counties of the Bay Arthat essentially this
arrangement can be deva regtonal agency, ABA
ago ABAG was designated by the Stete and Federal
prepare an environmental management plan involvingf the environment r water quality, air qualtty' and
BAG dtd not necessarily constder this a good idea,ollutlon Control Act of L972 xequlres that there be
plan prepared for all the maJor regions in the
The policy body govern
Task Force made up of
people and envlronmentdraft of the plan ls bdistribut ton.
he Air Qualtty Act of L
an impLementabLe plan f
aspect of the plan is t
ea are involved tn prepls an experiment to see
eloped so that jurlsdtc
G, ln preparing Federal
lng the plan is the Env
elected offtciaL, bus tnaltsts so tt has a good
eing printed and soon t
977 also requiresor a i.r qua L ity in the
hat cities andaring the plan, solf a cooperatlve
ttons .can work through
Ly mandated plans.
lronmentaL Management
ess people, Laborbalance. The final
o be available for
?he Bay Area has atready gone far t
Already either spent or committed t
toward lmproving muntctpal wastewatfor yet another 2.3 mt11lon -dolLars
of meeting the Federal standards inilities up to secondary treatment L
begtnnlng a modest surface runoff p
captured and is therefore untreated
be dealt wlth ts to try to clean up
not become further polluted through
n upgrading municlpal facilities.
here has been about $2,000,000er factLltles. The plan calLsto be spent to flnt;h the job
brlnglng alL muntctpal fac-evel. The plan also recommendsrogram. Surface runoff ls not. The prlnctpal rray thls can
surfaces so that the water does
such thlngs as lltter, oll,
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heavy metals. Surface runoff accounts for toxlc substances inthe Bay. Shellfish cannot be harvested In the Bay, for example,
because cancerous clams and musseLs have been found and the
posslb[e cause is an unidentified toxicity in the loater.
The plan also deal-s wtth water supply questlons, the need for
further conservatlon, broadening of efforts tn wastewater re-
clamation, and the construction, where necessary,
water supply projects. Along with thts the plan d
solid $aste, and pLaces heavy reLtance on carryingplans on solid waste, mandated by the State Legisl
central problem in that area is garbage. The Counout of places to dump .garbage and must flnd new wair.
of addeals wout C
Ittonalith
ounty
The
runnlng
handllng
at urety isys of
The question of alr quality is very dtfftcult and the County ls
a long way from meettng the Federal standards. In order to meet
those standards some difficult choLces nust be made. Federal
standards have been criticized as excesslve, especialLy by theoiL and auto industries; but they have withstood some difficult
examtnation throught the years they have bee
Congress is not of a mind to change them rea
probably be the flrst area tn the United Staable to identify what specific actton must b
Metropolitan area to neet the present Federathe standards are at a Level the County can
mendations for air quality are broken down i
One is stationary sources, an d for these sources the princtpal
Area Pollution Control Distrlct.y wlth then to see what steps can be
e air from these sources. The plan
nstitute what is known as "best'I industry. It would be a heavyollutets in the Bay Area are aotds. The plan lndtcated what the cost
tion.
The plan also proposes the bannlng of all oll based paints
Bay Area, and the use of water based palnts only. Cost of
change is indicated, along wtth amount of pollution this wo
remove .
Mobile sources of poLLution are a major constderaqion ln the plan,
which proposes that the State adopt imnedlately an lnspection and
maintenance program for all motor vehicles. It proposes stricter
emisston standaids for moto! vehicles, more stringent than those
that the Federal and State governments now employ; tt proposes
ni
diL
tesetls
1iv
nto
n effect so thaty. This wlLLthat uill be
aken ln a major
tandards, and what
e wlth. Recom-four basic areas.
regulatory agency is the Ba
ABAG has been r,rorking cLose
taken to further clean up t
proposes that the Bay areaivaiLable technoLogyr' for a
expense, because the maj or
now utilizing the best metho
would be for this implementa
v
L
h
l.t
p
in thethls
uLd
that certain trans
increase in the to
on all vehicLes en
and l0 A.M. ln the
autonobiles durlng
the use of public
ortation controLs be adopted such.as a further
Ls for the bridges, as well as 35% parking tax
erlng paid parking factlities between 6 A.M.
urorning. This witL dlscourage the use of
that p-riod and also generate more money for
rans tt .
PIt
t
Another.rmjor proposal ln the plan is land us
ABAG staff is not unaware of the controversy
has oreoaled the plan to demonstrate uhat it
Fedeial' standards, for consideratLon by elect
use and zonlng regulatlons are proPosed to re
particularly ln frtnges. Thts w111 cut down
lutomobile by reducing travel time between wh
Livlng and where they are worktng.
e management. The
involved here, but
es to meet theofficlaLs. Land
e urban sprawl,
use of the
people are
tak
ed
duc
the
ere
Conslderation and approval of
have much at stake, .and tf thof what it would take to meet
through a deLtberate process
Bay Area can and cannot acceP
his plan: clties and counties
are to questton the severe nature
he Federal standards, they must 8oreachlng conclustons on what the
They cin be written off if a
t
evt
oft.
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April 6
The flrst general assembly, lBAGrs authortty to convene cities
and counties, will be held oa February 8, 1978 to revieqr theprovisions of the plan uith all member governments to make surethat there is no mts under standing of what ls proposed and whatis not proposed and to get the first notions from ctties aird
counties as to what they feel should be revised, excluded, or
includeil . Fo! this reason lt would be destrable for the City
to have had its staff revieh, thts document durlng the month of
January, and have dlscusston at the Council level. the Cityrs
delegate to the general assembly wlll then be able to rePort
on what ls acceptable to the City. The environmentaL Task
Force will deltberate on the plan in the month of January also,
anil wlll recommend to the ABAG Executive Board on February 22
:l li: Bi:i:":::":; #l:"i; n8et on
in San Jose to dtscuss and vote on the plan. By thts time,
Burlingame and other citles should be weIl informed enough to
make tntelligent decislons. After the General -As sembly- vote s ,the State agEnctes and th6 Governor must certify this-plan by
June 21. TEe EPA wtll have 90 days from June 21, !978 to
respond to the Bay Area on what ts acceptable to them. The
EPA'has. been very- cooperatlve uP to now, but the reat test wtll
be on what happens after the 90 day period.
Mr. Mackries stated Council and staff would receive copLes of the
plan within the next week.
Mayor Harrison stated he was concerned that local autonomy not be
Loit, and also had concern about the fundtng for the addttional
costs. What were the other soulces of fundtng bestdes brtdge
tolls, parktng fees, and so on? VJhat wbre the costs? At this time,
stnce'hi realized i[ was going to be'ln the rePort, he dld not want
the detail, but questloned how these costs would affect the local
taxpaye! here in Burllngame.
rtes replted that the major costs in air quallty control
borne 6y tndustry and Fy people who drlve cars, stnce
e the tw-o matn sources bf alr potlutton. The eventual cost
borne by the consumer tn both cases. Industry in the Bay
ne has spent about 43 mtllion dollars in the last year for
utlon eqiripment. This pl'an proposed another 30 millton
annuallv tb be spent bv tndustrv for the next 20 years to
e best iechnologicat tlvel. 0bvlously, thls cost'wiLI be
the consumer.
concerted effort is not made. Therefore, tt is important for
elected offictals to be certain that this effort is made.
Mr. Ma
woul d
these
wou Ld
Area aalr po
do 11ar
reach
borne
ck
be
ar
be
1oll
sth
by
Mayor Harrlson questtoned lf the cost of the- L'and m'anagement Pro-polal would be borne by the cittes. Mr. Mackrles replted-he
thought the tndtrect cbsts would be. He posed qqestions for
CounEll: Can we, wlth nearly I00 cttles lnvolved, really adoPt-a
unlfted land use-proposal foi the Bay Area on-a vol.untary basls?
Can thls be done itth no ne!, powers'- no transfer of autonomy from
Iocal governments to other authorlties? Another question-vrhlch will
confroit cities and countles is can they adopt a density level which
is htgher than now proposed? He gave as-an examPlel total overatl
densiEy of the Bay Arei ts about 8 dwelltng unlts Per acre. In un-
develoied areas the denslty proposed ts thiee units per acre. This
plan siggests that thls tatter figure _be revised to 6 units per
icre. " A-uqtfied response will be needed for thts questlon.
The Federal Governnent ts forbtdden
Land use menagement, but the Act als
amine every aspect needed to clean u
use cannot be exc luded.
he Act to be lnvolved inys Jurisdlctions must ex-
e areai obvlously the land
-meeting where the costhat the speciflc ftgures
intosa
Prh
Councilman Amstlup noted he had attendeof the program was gtven. He questlone
dadw
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were. Mr. Mackries re
rec o&rnendat ions , for t plied the overalt cost, including allhis area, would be sLx hundred million
dolLars per year. This tncLudes the large waste waterfacilities program. Counctlman Amstrup pointed out that vriththls huge cost, all people in the area who want information
should have access to the matertal - not just the electorate.
Mr. Mackries replled that everybody in the City government
would be recelving a summry of the plan. Also, three copiesof the futl 600 page report would be sent to the Clty.
Numerous public hearings would be held tn the Bay Lrea, andvarious media would be instructed to give the pLan publtcity.
Councilman Amstrup repeated that this material should be inthe hands of any citizen who wishes to look at it.
Counctlman l4angini noted that "Land use" covers many areas.
He questioned what the plan projected for soLid i'raste disposal,recovery, and hazardous waste.
Mr. John Davls of ABAG replted that the recommendations in thesolid waste managenent plan emphaslze carrying out of the plan
already impLemented by the Counties. On the subject of hazard-
ous liaste, one aspect of the plan is an attempt to flnd ways to
minimize its generation, because we are runnLng out of sites
where we can dLspose of it. He noted that careful managementof tndustrlal prlctices can reduce thts type of lvaste. I! the
area of recoveiy, the plan tries to proyidq some suqPort for
anv efforts to iecover- reusabLe mateiiaLs from soLid waste.
slirce it ls dlfficult to recover matertal at a cost that is
competitive, the best policy is to try to suPPort Federal and
State pLans which provlde markets for recovered mate!iaL.
CounclLman l,lartin questioned when the Cityfutl text of the plan. Mr. Davls replied
hand delivered next week. Councilman Mart
happens after September 2l when the EPA ha
olan. Mr. Davis stated that then the adml
has to indlcate whether the plan ts accept
plan is sent to hiro that does not meet Fed
has the choice of returning the plan as un
the area to continue planning. He note
can be withheld from the Bay Area if th
plan are not met. For thls reason care
understandlng are nece s sary.
dr
et
fuL
would recelve the
the plan would be
in questloned what
s considered thenistrator of the EPA
able or not. If aeral standalds, he
accePtable or asktng
hat Federal money
equirements of thedeliberatlon and
Counctlman Martln pointed out that this is the ftrst area to
be affected by the- pLan. Therefore, from an economic stand-
polnt thls ari:a is loing to be disadvantaged - economtcally
ienaltzed. Mr. DavLs answered that thls has been a concern of
itre Spl Task Force and they have written a lette! to this
effect to the EPA. No reply has been receLved as yet, but -Federal law says that lf 'an area becomes -a-unique area-ln. adgP!-
lng certain kiirds of control, then the admlnistrator of the EPA
ls-obtlged to take that as a hlghest standard and apply it
through6ut the United States. Ttrls area - the Bay Area - wlll
be precedent setting.
Counctlman Mattin spoke of the ftgure of six
dcillars per year whlch was projected. He st
would be'higher than that' and tn view of th
consumer is ultimately going to Pay for it,
publlc should know what exactly the cost vrou
ieplied that the cost uould be given in term
oubllc could understand but that there are c
tosts that they do not have the technology t
man Martin questtoned the abolitton of otl b
asked how it is posslble to paint an auto or
Laquer wtthout it. I"1r. Davls..acknowledged t
pldn also recommends certain "closed systems
hundred million
ated he thought lt
e fact that the
he thought theld be. Mr. Davts
s of what fheertain klnds of
o measure. Counc il-
ased palnt, and
anything that needshls, but stated the
. " He noted that
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1 . CITY },IAT.IAGER:
ROBERT HAMMETT
TENTATIVE AND FINAL I,IAP, I4IO ROLLINS ROAD,
Memo of December 28, 1977 from Director of. Public lJorks reportedtentattve andject to certat
bridge from Ma
both tentattve and
counc iknan AmstruP move
subject to completion o
carrLed by unanimous vo
oved by the Planning Commission sub-
among theur the constructlon of a
Parcel 2, arrd recommended approval
nap subject to campletton of the.
proval of Eentatlve and flnal map
e bridge, second by Councilman Mangini,
p apPr
lons,
ad tofinat
finncrst
dapfrhte.
al ma
ondit
en Ro
of
br
at
Atdi
tdge and in accordance hrlth the approved plans and speciflc-ions. Memo of December 28, L977 endorsed thls recommendatlon.thts meeting Dlrector of Public Works reported that a1l con-tions had been met and the bridge is nearing completton.
2. TRAFFIC,SAFETY,
SIGNS. INTERSECTION
PARKING COMMI,SSION RECOMMENDATION FOR STOP
SIJMMIT DRIVE/EL PRADO ROAD
This Commission recommendatlon of December 16, L97
sign installation at this lntersection was endorse
Manager recommendation of December 28, L977.
7tdb or stoPy City
With concurrence of Council, Mayor Harrison dtrected Clty
Attorney to prepare necessary legtslatton for this installatton.
3. TRAFFIC,SAFETY,PARKING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR STOP SIGN,
SOUTHBOUND TRAFFI C ON HUNT DRIVE APPROACHING RIVER} DRIVE
This Commlsslon recommendatlon of December 16, L977 for stop sign
instaLlatton at thts tntersectLon was endorsed by City Manager
recommendation of December 28, L977.
With concurrence of Counbil, Mayor llarrtson dlrected Ctty Attorneyto prepare necessgry legtslation for this lnstallation.
Counctlman Marttn requested determinatlon on both of the. above
stop signs whether State warrants are being met. This should be
transmitted to Counctl by memo along wlth legislatton.
4. ANNUAL COMMISSIONERIS DINNER MEETiNG
City Manager's. nemo of December 28, L977 rerninded Counctl thatthe annual commtssloners' dlnner has been held after the fllst of
each year, and that tf there were no obJections, a reservatlon of
time and place would be sought accordingly. There rr,ere no Council
obJections.
5. RENEWAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGREE}GNT SELF.INSURED LIABILITY
PROGRAM
City Attorney's memo of December 23, L977 lnformed Council of
renewal date of contract r\rith R. L. Kautz & Company to admlnister
even wtth the controls we have today, it would be vlrtually
impossible for an auto assembly plant to be located ln the
Bay Area, and noted the unsuccessful attempt by Dow Chemicalto locate a plant here. He stated the pl-an suggests thatthe area- attempt to reduce pollution by "doing certaln otherthtngs, " and by Looklng at these major tndustrial problemsin a new way.
Mayor Harrison noted that three of the full reports and the
summarles r,rould be received by the City next week. He askedthat staff review them and lndicate to the Councll at the
February study sessLon what some of the htgh potnts vrere.
COMMI.'NICATIONS
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the Cityrs self-i.nsured liabittty program. Annual fee ts
$6r000 per year and City Attorney recommended that the
agreement be renewed.
Counctlman Amstrup noved that the admtn{strative agreenentwith R. L. Kautz & Company be renewed for a pertod endtng
December 2, L978, second by Councilman Crosby, carrled
unanimous Ly .
6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT EIR-44P, BURLINGAME BAY CLUB
CONDOMINII,'M PROJECT
City Plannerts memo of December 28, 1977 to Council transmttted
Addendum to Draft EIR-44P and Planning Commlssion Resolutlon
No. 18-77 recommending certlflcation of thls EIR. Ctty Planner
recommended Clty CounciL schedule thls EIR for hearing and
cert lfication.
Mayor Harrison set EIR-44P for hearing at the Councll meetingof January L6, 1978.
RESOLUTIONS
t. RESOLUTION NO. I.78 .'ACCEPTING GRANT DEED FROM NEW ENGLAND
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCI- COMPANY DATED SEPTEMBER 22, L977't (Deed to
Burlingame f.ox 20.2% of jotnt dechlorinatlon faclltty located ln
South San Franctsco) was introduced by Councllman Crosby who
moved its adoptton, second by Councilman Amstrup, carried on
unanimous roll caLl vote.
Mayor Harrison acknovrledged receipt of appeal of January 3, L978
from Mr. Stein, and with concurrence of Council set hearlng onthis appeal for January 16, 1978.
ORDINANCES
1. ORDINANCE NO. ILIS ''ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15.O8.LOI AND
DELETITORDTMNEE_ SEETION 15.08.020 OF THE BURLINGAME MI.'NICIPAL
CODE REGARDING APPLICATI0NS FOR SEWER CONNECTIONSTT was introducedfor first reading by Counctlman Martin.
NEW BUSINESS
I. APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION DENIAL OF SPECIAL PERMIT TO
OPERATE AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AT 1244 ROLLINS ROAD BY DONALD
STEIN OF ARC AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE
2.BLOCKAGE OF }MGNOLIA AVENUE BY MERCHANTS
Councilman AmstruD reDorted he had received a number of complaints
about suppLiers t irehiiles for Petrinlrs and Long rs Drugs blbcking
Magnolta- ind in effect uslng lt for an alley. The CTA_had_com-plitned because they are unable to get into their parking Lot at
tlmes. Dlrector of' Public Works replied that Petrinis is planning
an expansion into the Plaza area with some remodeling. The Ctty
has blen in communicatton with thelr archttect, and a solutlon !s
probable to this problen. City staff is meeting with the architect
6n January 4, L97
-8 and land ouner and a wall opening agreement rn,ill
be discusied. He assuoed the agreement would be reached and could
be on the next agenda for Council consideratton.
CounclLman Martin added that he had been compLainlng about this
;ii;;ai; for a long time - the city had insisted t6at Petrinlrs
have a store room bit they still have material spilled over the
sldewalk, and it ls a hazard.
Mavor Harrlson questioned the Director of Public Works what the
tiftretable vras for the El Camino entrances and exfts on the PLaza.
lle !,,as informed the plans and specificatlons are being completed
this week and contrait should be coming to Council for award
about the second week in February.
r,D
Councilman Amstrup questioned why the City was allowing the
storage of a backhoe on a property on Trousdale and Sebastian.
He said this equipnent had been there for weeks and gtves. a
bad impression.- City t"tanager teplied he would write to the
owner, and if he is not startlng construction, glve him a
deadline to get the equiprnent off the Lot.
3. STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
CounclLman Amstrup added he had requested Dlrector of
I^lorks to clean up-the pathway on EL Camtno.
COI,'NCIL MEETING MINUTES
Councilman Crosby reported a number of complalnts about a dttch
which runs acrosi Paik noad between Peninsula and Bayswatet and
is a hazard, particularly in rainy weather. He assumed it was
for sewer or ;ater line ind questioned why it could not be
closed. Director of Public Works sald he would check.
4. DITCH - PARK ROAD
5. EL CAMINO REAL
Councllman Martin requested that Ctty Clerk wrlte to Caltrans
!n an effort to get them to repalr the poor pavement on Et
Camlno from^HiLLside South to about Oak Grove. Apparently this
is not within the power of the City to repair and it has been
ln bad condttton for some time.
Public
Mayor Harrison stated that he and the Clty Clerk had discussed the
amount of employee ttme consumed in draftlng and typing CounciL
meeting mlnutes. This discusston had brought forth a suggestion
which he offered for Council constderatton. Thls would have to be
action mlnutes, indlcatlng motion, action taken, and vote, and to
have the meetl;g recorded-on tape. Thts would save tn effect, Ll2
ox 314 of one employee's time.
Councilman Martln stated he thought it was an excellent tdea and
pointed out he would also ltke to have the Planning Commlssion
minutes taped and shorter because of their great detall and the
length of tlme necessary to go through thero. Also, it lsdifficult to find some speciftc item.
Councilman Mangtnl questioned if legal recording responsibttittes
would be satisfled by taping. Clty Attorney stated they would lf
tapes lrere kept.
City Planner objected to thts method, stating the commtsslon now
has a recordtng secretary and cassettes are used. He would liketo have the Planntng Commlsslon react to taping and the shortened
type of minutes. If Plannlng Commission minutes had to be taped,it would be necessary to have only one meettng per month for
action and the other meeting scheduled for study.
Councllman Amstrup stated he was willing to try this method for
Counetl minutes but thought tt was a poor one because tt woul"d be
very dlfflcutt to find a spectflc item for teference on a tape,
and this would be impossible on weekends. He thought the Counctl
would be disattsfted with tapes.
Councilman Crosby commented that the ta
saved, the minutes liould not include po
had the same reservatlons about finding
taPes.
es would have to bents of dlscussion, and hespectfic ltems on the
P
l.
Councilman Manglni stated the Council mlght try this once ortwice, but he too was concerned about the dtfftculty of researchtngthe tapes.
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Mayor Harriso
could be triecould be aban
lnted out this was
ce or twice, and lf
d.
a suggested method thatit is not succe ssful
nPo
don
done
Councilman Martin statedinto all the detail thatconsider shorter minutes
Mayor Harrison stated that then
incLude everybody I s speeches.catalogued. He added this wasopportunity to save time and ma
After some further dlscus ston,
rnethod as an experlment.
t would not be necessary toe tapes could be stored snd
ought up because it was an.
ower .
he dtdls bei
and th
not think it
ng done now.e tape.
necessary to go
Council could
i
Th
br
np
Council agreed to try taptng
},CKNOWLEDGMEi!TS
l. Memo of December L6, L977 from Chief of Poltce regarding
Legaltet kidnapping expenses. Man hours utilized were L,225
and actual cash expended for overttme for aLL agencies
amounted to $4,947.43, Police Chtef noted it ls obvlousthat law enforcement mutual atd ts cost effective.
2. Letter of December 19, L977 from Penlnsula Water Agencyrequesttng formaL support of thls agency by resolution,
designating it as the coordinating agency ln all discussions
concerning water supply in San Mateo County. Councilman Martin
moved that this agency be so designated, second by CouncilmanMangini, carried unanimous ly.
3. Ltbrary Board Reports, City PLanner report of Plannlng
Commlsslon meeting December 2L, L977. Mtnutes: Park &
Recreatlon Commission, December 13; Trafflc, Safety, Parktng
Commission, December I, L977; Beautiflcation Commts sloa L2/L/7t.
APPROVALS
Chamber of31, 1978
Commerce QuarterLy Report: January 1 through llarch
Counctlman Manginl moved that the alLocation of
approved, second by Councilman Amstrup, carried
NEW BUSINESS
COUNCIL OF },IAYORS MEETING
ABAG ELECTION
Councilman Ma
Tom McDonnellto the fact tof the exempt
McDonnelL obj
should be fol
Mayor Harrison announced that the Clty Clerk was holding ballots
foi Counctl vote for ABAG president and Vlce President, and that
these ballots should be cait in her presence. (Counctl members
voted after adjournment of meettng.)
AIRPORT BLAST FENCE
rtin commented on letter of December 22, L977 fxon
, L436 Cortez, to the Airports Commission objecting
hat the Airports Commlssion is considering'the use
ion provisions of the State EIR guidelines. Mr.
ected to this, and thought full EIR documentation
lowed. Councilman l,lartln said this Polnt !,,as well
$4,250.00 be
unanlmous ly .
Mayor Harrison noted City Selectlon Committee meeting to be held
January 27, L978. He said he had asked Councilman Martin to
repres-nt the Clty at this meeEing, and to support the appolnt-
ment of Robert E. Norrls incumbent as representative to the
Transit Distrtct Board of Dtrectors.
taken, noting that
going to be issued.
cLoseLy because itthe bLast fence.
He noted letter of December 22, L977 from Supervlsor John
VJard with the lnformatton that the County approved an amend-
ment to the County Notse El-ement wtth expanded scope o! work
on evaLuattng the- notse-rnonLtorlng system at San Franctsco
Atrport.
Councilman Martin referred
Charter Review Committee,
the fact that BurLlngame t sis only one member .
an EIR exemptton on the trblast pad" is
He thought thts should be investigated
is not known what lt is, and it could be
to meeting schedule of County
and stated dissatisfactton with
representation on this committee
Mr. David Keyston addressed Councll on this subject.- He stated
he had asked- Council two weeks ago to proceed lrtth these
studtes and the matter was put off to thls meetinS. He asked
that CouncLl now authorlze proceeding wlth these rePorts,
since not having them ts very dtfficult for developers. lle
promised that tf CounciL would proceed now with these reports'
he would commit htmself to provide up to $5,000 for any
additional study needed, whether Council does or does not
approve the Conirention Center. He vras not able to ascertatn
ii'thts would be the amount necess:rry for revLsion of these
reports, but uould commit htmself to that figure.
Counctlman Martin noted that the Councll had put off rnaklng
a declsion on the Conventlon Center until after the flrst of
the vear. He thous,ht the Council should novl make a decision
o.r w[ren they were [oing to make a dectsion. City Attorney
constdered he had the directive to come back to Council r'rhen
he had full tnformatlon. He did not have that yet, and that
was why he had not been pushtng the -matter. He commented
that C'ounc tl could study vJhat he did have .
Mayor Harrtson noted that a study session rras scheduled
January ll, and sked City Plannei how far the $5,000 !',ou
tn maklng these studies and for what Length of time. Ci
Planner Etated that at the consultantrs ;ate of $40.00 a
BAYFRONT STUDY AND DRACHI,IAN REPORT
hour it wouldweeks. lle cou
could not evaldolng. He sug
consultant aborePort from th
ably accommodate two men working fot twoot put thls in a time frame, because he
what the consultants would be charged wtth
ed obtatning an updated report from the
hat they could do and getting a progress
af f l-c consultant.
forld go
ty
n
probldn
uate
gestut vre tr
Mayor Harrison asked if Council had an
Pllnnerrs obtaining these reports so t
January 16 meeting Counctl could take
yo
hat
act
bjections to the Citypossibly on the
ion wtth these reports.
Councilman Amstrup told Council he thought the time had c.ome
wlth the Convention Center to either 'tdo lt or forget iL" He
questioned !,rhy a time limit could not be set on this matter.
Councilman Marttn stated the City had the developerrs ortginat
proposal before lt, and so far nothing had been done about lt.
He acknowledged that a letter had been received subsequent tothe November 30 meeting from the developer's counsel, with a
suggestion of an amend.ed format, but there was nothing in thatletter which withdrew the original proposal. He suggestedletter be obtained from devel-oper withdrawing the oriqinalproposal and another letter obtained outlining the new proposal.
City Attorney replied information had been received. from thedeveloper dated December 28, 1977 stating they wish to bring
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both plans to Council and get a decision on one or the other.
Councilman Amstrup asked when this information would be available.City Attorney stated that at the present time there were threepeople involved from whom he had not heard.
Councilman Martin suggested a deadline of January 16, 1978for receipt of information. If not received by then, the
Council drops the whole project. Councilman Amstrup agreed.
Mayor Harrison pointed out that from the informational hearing
on November 30 he had concluded that Council was not interestedin financing the proposal. That was his assumption.
Councilman }4artin stated there was no question about the positionof two members of Council before this night. He questioned whenCouncil was going to listen to the opinions of the people.
Ccuncilman lvlangini stated that as f ar as he was concerned,unless the questions raised by Mr. Brown and other citizens
were satlsfactori-1y answered, the Convention Center could slideinto San Mateo.
Mayor Harrison added that he was under theproposal was withdrawn and that the letter
was a new proposal.
impression that the
from Mr. Schreiner
Councilman Crosby was of the same opj-nion. He thought the oldproposal had been withdrawn that night, and had been waitingto find about the new proposal. As far as he was concerned,there was a new proposal.
Councilman l,lartin questioned City Attorney if he had a letterthat says there is a new proposal. City Attorney quoted letterIast received from Mr. Schreiner which ends by stating thedeveloper would be willing to go forward with whichever plan
the City chooses.
Councilman Martin stated the originaf plan was still beforethe Council and he thought a definite actj-on should be takenthat the Council does not want it. Councilman Amstrup said he
would second that.
Mr. David Keyston addressed Council, reviewj-ng his understandingof the circumstances of the old and new proposal. He statedhe thought it would be appropriate to vote the original plan
down because it apparently was unacceptable to everyone. However,he thought the City would be shortsighted to terminate a projectif it could be developed with no liability to the City of anykind.
Councilman Martin poJ-nted but he would like to get the firstproject completely out of the wdy, then set a deadline that thedeveloper would have to meet to present a new plan to Council.
Councilman l4artinrs comment about the original plan was restatedas a motion that Council reject origi-naI proposal that was
made which went through the public hearing process on November 30,1977. Councilman Amstrup seconded.
City Attorney stated that in meetings with developers and staff
regarding the new proposal he had discouraged any change in thephysical configuraLion of the plan because this would require a
new EIR.
Mayor Harrison commented that the motion made would then give
the developer an opportunity to start again, keeping the EIR
and the feasibility study.
Motion carried on the following roll call vote:
AYES : COUNCILMEN : AMSTRUP , CROSBY, HARRISON ,MANGINI ,MARTIN
NAYES: COUNCILMEN: NONE
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City Attorney questioned if the deadline for the new proposal
would be the meeting of January 16, 1978. Mayor Harrison askedif the Councj-l would get the complete proposal by January 12.City Attorney stated they wou1d. Council then concurred onthis deadline.
Councilman Crosby questioned present status of this proposal.
City Attorney stated a staff meeting with Mr. Silverton had
been held and many questions had been raised. He had circulated
memo on this subject but stil} needed a report from each of theseveral people involved.
Mr. Keyston asked when the Bayside report would be decided.
Mayor Harrison commented that the Council probably coulddecide one way or the other on the night of the 16th.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting regularly adjourned at 9:50 P.14.
Respectfully submitted,
City erk