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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 NONE a Pprovesentencthe berfeet wt nd adopn middls fivelt daei MI de. EI tedeo fee 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, 59 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. 60 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 61 62 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 63 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 64 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. 66 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 67 6B 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 69 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