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BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA
August ?, 1976
CALL TO ORDER
A regul ar m
above dateto order at
of the Burlingame
Ci ty Hal I Counci I
P.M.
eeti ng
i n the
8:09
Ci ty Counci I was held on the
Chambers. The meeti ng was cal I ed
PLEDGE 0F ALLEGIANCE T0 THE FLAG: Led by Jerome F. Coleman, City
Counci I
Counci I
Members
Members
Present:
Absent:
Amstrup-Crosby-Harri son-Mangi ni -Marti n
None
The mi nutes
and adopted
of the regular meeting of July 19, .l976 were approved
REQUEST OF SUSAN MATTHEt.IS, I452 FLORIBUNDA AVENUE, TO ADDRESS
CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENCE COUNCIL.
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THE
Ms. Susan Matthews, president of Residence Council for apartments
located at 1452 & 1500 Floribunda and l4l9 and I42l 0ak Grove,
thanked the Council for the opportunity of addressing them. Pointing
out that her presentati on was a matter of pri nc i pl es affecti ng the
Iives of long term residents of these apartments, she read from a
prepared statement by the members of the Residence Council. The
itatement, in part, affi rmed that "tte are contri buti ng members of
the Burlingame community shop along Burlingame Avenue, belong
oups and organizations, worshi p in Burl i ngame churchesr Burl i ngame' s ci vi c I eaders . The maj ori ty of us are
zens . The new owners of our bui I di ngs, Mr, and Mrs.ert, have demanded a security/cleaning deposit of from0, have presented us with a rental agreement which doesto the Cal i forni a Civil Code , and have requi red rentf from 50U to close to I00X depending on the size of
our apartments. l.le assert that this is unfair." It went on to
say that they wished to remain in their homes where some of them
have been for l8 to 30 years, and wlshed a fair arrangement so that
the Gruberts could get a fair return on their investment and they
could remain in their apartments
to I oca
and vot
Senior
Gordon
$215 tonot con
i ncreas
I 9re fo
ci ti
Grub
$26
form
e5 0
, Ms. Matthews read certa i n paragraphs from
tosubstanti ate the tenants ' clairn of unfai r and
treatment by the new owner.
Ms. Matthews stated that this date she and
gi ven evi cti on noti ces al though rent was not due
tonight. No evi ction notices have been gi ven in
for thirty years. She mentioned instances where
called because of the Grubert's acti ons agai nst
case where a tenant had moved but had left some
She came back for them and was locked out' even
sti ll in effect.
the rental agreement
unreasonable
others had been
unti I mi dni ght
these apartments
pol i ce had beenthe tenants, and oneof her possessions.
though her rent was
Mr. Bill Breyer, of the steering committee of this Residents
ouncil, stated his mother had lived at 1500 Floribunda for eleren
ears and because of this harrassment by Mr. Grubert, is now in
he hospi ta I . He spoke of the effect on the tenants as not bei ng
ust the tenants' probl em but Burl i ngame's probl emi si nce these
eople who have coirtributed to the community many years and have
uilt Burl ingame and supported its Ieaders are being driven out.
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Attorney.
ROLL CALL
M I NUTES
PRESENTATION
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He stated Mr. Grubert had presented rent increases 3-4 days before
he legally owned the property, and made no concession to long termresidents who said they could not meet them. Mr. Breyer also notedthe i ncidents where the pol i ce had been cal I ed, and noted theheat had been turned off in the apartments. He stated Mr. Grubert
had refused to negotiate with the attorney whom the Council hadhired, but instead had sent eviction notices to the members. Mr.
Breyer noted he had been informed by the City Attorney that there
was nothing in the code which would allow the City to give
assistance; but he hoped that some way would be found to help these
peopl e.
Ms " E
instances
. L. Mertz , I419
where the pol ice
0ak Grove , #101 , spoke
had to be called,
in detail ql two
Mayor Mangi ni questi oned
were in the audi ance. There
if Mr, Grubert or his representative
was n0 response.
comment on the situation from theThe Mayor then
Ci ty Attorney.
requested
The City Attorney told Council that from a legal standpointthere is very little the City can do, since tenant-owner relation-ships in the areas of security deposits and evictions are coveredby State law. In response to question from the Mayor he said the
Tenants Counci I was fol I owi ng correct procedure i n getti ng thei r
own attorney.
Counci lman Harri son ques ti oned if the al legation made was thatthe rental agreement did not conform to State code. The CityAttorney stated that apparently it did not conform, but someone inprivate Iaw practice would have to determine what the tenants'rights were and this would have to be a civil action.
Councilman Crosby questioned a statement made by Mr. Breyerthat Mr. Grubert was known unfavorably to the City staff. Staffattending had no knowledge of this and the Mayor considered thisnot germane to the discussion. He told tenants' representatives it
seemed they were on the ri ght cou rse of acti on, but whether theCouncil could help as an official body seemed open to question,
He encouraged them to go on wi th the correct iegal process and
voiced sympathy for the older people who have done so much and seemto be getti ng so little.
CONSIDERATION TO POLICE STATION DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNICATION FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONCERNING ABOVE.
Mayor Mangini commented there would be considerable discussionforthcoming, and requested that all participants confine their
remarks to the police station development. For the benefit of the
audience he reviewed progress to date, noting that
and money already spent, there still have not beenestablished on what the City realIy wants in terms
which would serve for the next 25 years. He noted
moratorium, halting architectural work on the pre
has now expired, Mayor Mangini then invited presen
I nteres ted parti ci pan ts .
in s
f i rmof a
the
I i mi ntatio
pi te of time
parameters
deve I opment
90 dayary plans,
n from
Peter Ebner, 261 Park Road, identified himself as chairmanof the Ad Hoc Burlingame Parking Committee, and spokesman for thismeeting, substitutlng for Committee spolesman, Robert Thompson, on
vacati on,
Mr, Ebner prefaced his presentation by reading a petition
signed by approximately 400 members of the community, representing
businessmen, local merchants, and other taxpayers. The petitionstated: "Ue, the undersigned, do hereby endorse the plans prepared a,
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by the Ad Hoc Parking Committee and urge that your City Council give
favorable approval of these plans and take the necessary steps to
augment its recommendations." Mr. Ebner went on record as presentingthis petition to the City Clerk. He requested Council considerationof two proposals, one by the Ad Hoc Burlingame Parking Committee,
and the other by the Burlingame Business Association. Copies of
each pros pectus had been presented to the Counci I earl i er in the
meeting.
Mr, Ebner reviewed proposal by the Burl ingame Business
As soci a ti on. This proposal envi s i ons the sol uti on of both the
problem of extra space for the police department and the problem
of parking in downtown Bur'l ingame. This concept includes:
Purchase of Shaffer servi ce
a n d Po s t 0ffi ce prope rty.
2 Erecti on of add i ti ons to the exi sti ng police station up
20,000 SF, eight visitors parking spaces,28 spaces for
vehi cl es and empl oyees wi th addi ti onal spaces on groundof an adjacent parki ng structure,
Iandscapi ng and Spani sh desi gn.
of thi s proj ect is estimated at:
Purchase:
Si te Preparati on:
topolice
f I oor
3
4
Erection of 4l ,000 SF of retail store area, half on Park Road
and hal f on Lorton Avenue.
Erecti on of parki ng structure, three fl oors pl us roof , over
retai I store area, creati ng 1020 parki ng spaces. Deduction
64 existing spaces and .l37 spaces for retail stores would
leave a net gain of 8l9 spaces, Roof and next Ievel down to
be Ieased by the month, next level down - metered long term
parki ng. Level oyer the stores short term shopper parki ng.
of
,000
,000
,000
60,000
'I 0 ,000
Razi ng structures
Movi ng storm sewer cleanout
Construction Costs:
Ground Fl oor retai I
f i rst parki ng I evel ,parki ng I evel
area , ground fl oor parking,
second , third, and roof
Archi tectura l
Pol i ce Stati on
Tota l cost
and incidentaI f ees
addi ti ons
4,836,000
200,000
I ,000 ,000
$7,931 ,7oo
343,800
6 ,000
303 ,31 2
I ncome is projected as;
Retai I stores
Servi ce stati on wl thi n parki ng structure
Income from parking (includes 400 spaces on
long term periphery Iots and onstreet metered
parking)
Total i ncome $ 653,t I2 J
I
Shaffer stati on
Jenkel -Davi dson bui I di ng
Post 0ffi ce
stati on, Jenkel -Davi dson building
5.
Cost
Land
$ 150
'I 75
I ,500
Mr. Ebner stated that bond attorneys have been consulted who
advised that $587,801 (estimated revenue Iess l0% vacancy factor)
would service $6,263,607 worth of bonds' Total cost of project
plus 101 safety factor would be $8,724,100. Less bonds' this
i eaves a bal anie of $ l ,460,493 to be fi nanced. Contri buti on from
the City is asked in the amount of $l ,000,000 which leaves a balance
of $460,493 to be pai d by parki ng assessment di stri ct.
He listed some benefits to the City, its businessmen and
taxpayers as: parki ng and pol i ce stati on taken care of in oneprojeLti new sales tai money from new stores, increase in assessed
evaluation of downtown with additional property taxes, beautificationof downtown area, improved traffic flow for downtown ' greater
variety of stores at which to shoP.
At thi s poi nt Mr. Ebner di spl ayed fl oor pl ansof the proposed construction. Al so shown was a Iay
pol i ce station as it woul d I ook under constructi on
communications system in operable status while the
porti on of the building t{as under con s tru ct i on. He
his availability for questions.
Mayor Mangi ni questioned the cost analysi s, a
had been given to relocation allowance for the Sha
stati on. Mr. Ebner stated cons i derati on had beenfeit Mr. Shaffer would be happy to be
Mayor suggested it be definitely estabis going to get relocation money for h
questioned if it were proposed to demo
The answer was negative. Mayor Mangin
and
out
elevationsof the
h the present
ht hand
en stated
i ncl uded i n
I i shed whethis business,
I ish existini then quest
been determined that the Police Department could s
under cons tructi on and if this had been di scussedChief. Mr. Ebner replied the department would sti
and this was the fi rst presentati on of the pl an an
been referred to the Police Department.
wi tri g
th
wi tIIdh
skiffe
gi v
the
er
H
sp
i onti I
ng if cons i derati onr servi ce
en but it was
comp l ex. Theor not he
e f urther
ol i ce stati on,
ed if it hadI f unctionh the Po I r'ce
be f uncti oni ng
ad not yet
Counci lman Harri son remarked he thought the figures estimatedfor the purchase of the Shaffer bui I di ng and Jen ke I Davi dson
building were low. He noted it appears the proponents are rssumingthat parking meter revenue will be available to the proiect and
questi oned if Mr. Ebner real i zed this is not so. Mr. Ebner
confirmed he was aware that parking meter money was not allocatedin this manner and that was why the periphery lots had been in-
corporated.
Councilman Amstrup questioned if there were two plans to be
considered at this meeting. Mr. Ebner stated there were, and he
woul d like to have Counci I consideration of both pl ans before
anything is done on the proposed site.
Councilman Crosby questioned if the Pol ice Department had been
consulted on the layout. Mr. Ebner replied they had not been -
tha t the intent of the proposal had been to show that the police
s tati on could be expanded.
Counci I man Mafti n stated he
from the Chamber of Commerce had
and Chief Nordstrom and had also
unders tood that John Hughes
consul ted wi th L i eutenan t Palner
tal ted wi th the archi tect.
he was sati sfi ed
show that 20,000
wi t
SF
h the
could
expl ana-
be gai nedtionfor
Mr. Ebner introduced Ron Harris, owner of the Avenue Arcade,
I I I0 Burl i ngame Avenue, to exp l ai n al ternate pl an projected bythe Ad Hoc Parking Committee, He pointed out that neither proposal
attempts to present exact figures, but rather presents a guidelinefor a viable alternate to the Carolan Avenue project.
Mr. Harri s poi nted out that operati on of the Burl i ngame Post0ffice has undergone a major change, and the Post 0ffice building
wil l be declared "surplus property." Since neither the FederaI nor I
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Counci I man Crosby i nd i catedthat the pl an was mainly tothe pol i ce station.
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State government is likely to find a use for this property, the
Ci ty of Eurl i ngame coul d acqui re i t. By usi ng the Post 0ffi ceproperty, the existing parking lot, and the existing police station,
a new structure could be bui lt to house the expanded pol i ce depart-
ment and additional parking spaces. In addition a new store
bui I di ng woul d be built at the i n tersect i on of Park Road and
Burl i ngame Avenue, closing off Park Road except for a pedestri an
walkway. !,rlide sidewalks and Iandscaping would give the effect of
mal I to Park Road, Steps to be taken would be
Purchase of Pos t 0ffi ce property
Purchase of Jen ke l Dav i d son bui lding
Erecti on of four story structure for parki ng and retai I stores
al ong Park Road and Lorton.
Renovati on of exi sti ng pol i ce s tati on wi th extens i on i nto the
parki ng s tructure on the second fl oor.
Erecti on of story structure which would cover part of Park Road.one
ofI n s ta I i a t i o n wide sidewalks and landscaping.
SF
4
5
6
Site plans were displayed which Mr. Harris explained. He
noted on plan for remodeling police station that floor space only
was sholin; no actual floor layout, since the Ad Hoc committee did
not feel it had the right to confer with the Police Separtment.This additional floor area would be I3,000 SF. Therdlrould be 4?,240of retail store areas in the parking structure and 3,600 SF morein the one story building closing up Park Road. 538 parking spaces
woul d be prov i ded , a net gai n of 350 after deduction of 64 exi sti ng
and ll5 for retai I stores.
Mr. Harri s then presented arti st's concepti on of the proposed
pl an.
Costs were projected as:
Purchase of I and
Constructi on of Pol i ce Department
Constructi on, parki ng & retai I areas
0ther deve I opment costs - demol i tion
archi tectural, etc.
Total
Projected i ncome per year:
Reta i l rental
Parki ng rental
Less projected expenses
Net i ncome
$ l ,500 ,000
900,oo0
3,096,800
503 ,200
$6,000,ooo
267 ,400
53 ,700
24,000
$ 297,.l00
Mr. Harri s stated that $297,100 of yearly i ncome vroul d fi nance
$2,800,000 worth of bonds. Thi s woul d leave a bal ance of
$3,200,000 to be funded. He proposed that the city make a contri-
bution of $2,500,000 lvhich would leave a balance of $700'000 be
funded by a parki ng di stri ct.
Mr. Harris proposed the theory that, since the project on
Caroian would cost $l,750.000, and his proiect proposed a City
contribution of $2,500,000, it would still be a bargain for the
City because there would be 350 additional parking spaces. In
addition, the City would benefit by the receipt of $60-70,000 A
annually of new tax monies and increased assessed values of down-
town property would create more revenue. Benefits to citizens
woul d i ncl ude more attracti ve shoppi ng envi ronment, improvedtraffi c fl ow and rel i ef of parki ng congesti on.
In summati on, Mr. Harris
any decision on the new police
authorize a complete study ofto maki ng fi nal determination.
about
thatit
of
Counci lman Harri son questi oned where the
from as cost of Carolan Avenue project.
was a "guesstimate" made by a source.
ed that the City Council delay
ati on, and that Ci ty Counci Ipossible courses of acti on pri or
fi gure of $l ,750,000Mr. Harri s stated
ur9
st
al I
Mayor Mangini questioned how factual the statements werethe Post 0ffice. Mr. Harris stated that he had been informedpart of the Post Office operations had already been moved andwas proposed that remaining operations cou'ld be handled in onethe proposed retail areas. He added that the statement that
Burlingame would be in line to purchase the property was the
resul t of commi ttee i nput.
Counci I man Harri son commented that hi s source i n San Franci scohad indicated the Post 0ffice would not be declared excess untilat Ieast some time in the next year. Mr. Harris indicated this wasa proposal to consi der i nstead of wai ti ng unti I the government
takes action.
came
that
Councilman Crosby questioned if itof the parking revenue on this proposal
stated that j ust the revenue wi thi n the
had been cons i dered as revenue.
Counci I man Martin remarled thatfigure of $l,905,000 had been quoted
pol i ce station.
at
as
were i ntended to take all
as revenue. Mr. Harri sparki ng s tru cture i tsel f
the meeting of April
an estimated cos t of
7 the
the
Counci lman Amstrup commented on an idea not contained in
ei ther of the
H iI I sborough.people that t
peop I e in Hilit woul d save
Counci I man Harri
one , the pol i ce stati
had sai d that he wou Istation on Carol an an
He cto be ininterest
He notedstation.
County of
se proposal s - that of shari ng a pol ice stati on wi th
He stated he had been led to believe by certainhere was interest in thi s. He had talkei to a f evrlsborough who had evidenced interest and he suggestedthe City some money.
Councilman Harrison reviewed that at the City Council meetingof April 19, on the motion of Councilman I'lartin, the Council had
qgreed to instruct the architect to cease work on preliminary plansfor 90 days. At that meeting he (Councilman Harrison) had comirentedthat "This proposal is obviously a delaying and stall ingtacti c to accompl i sh only one thi ng - that is to get this Counci I ,with funds already comitted to a police station, to use thosefunds to provide for parking . , . " He added that at that samemeeting Councilman Crosby had indicated he was . . "was not weddedto that propos i ti on (of Carol an Avenue pol i ce stati on ) nor did hesupport the concept of a police station in the downtown area,especially as part of a parking structure, but felt the proponents
shou I d be granted the opportuni ty of a presentation.,' Counci lmanCrosby had added that if proponents of a new plan failed to present
an acceptable proposal at the end of g0 days, he would again declarepubIicly in favor of the Carol an Avenue proposal .
stated the City had two priorities:
and the other, parki ng. Based on that, hein accord wi th goi ng ahead wi th the police
mmi tti ng a I i ke amount to a parki ng structure.
sidered the proposals presented this evening were showne best interests of businesses, and brought to i ight thethe merchants in getting the Council to move on parking.
r{ould take at Ieast two years to build the policen thi s connecti on he reported tha t in March , 1976 thean Mateo received a study that had been commissioned
son
on,d bed co
on
th
ofit
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earl i er deal i ng wi th muni ci pal courts. This report s hows that
muni ci pal courI Ioads coul d i ncrease as much as l00l[ in the next
20 yeai-s. He al so referred to the Reel /Grobman Associ ates Pl anni ng
5iuii, which study had recommended that a new facility should be
consiiucted to su-pport Pot i ce Department growth for the next 25
years and take inLb consideration possible annexati ons of
iurroundi ng communi ti es . Archi tects were i nstructed to go ahead
with prelifrinary plans based on such information' Councilman
iarrilon emphasizLd ttrat actual cost figures on the police station
constructioh are needed, but unti I prel imi nary pl ans are- agai n
iuinorizea, these specific cost f igirres will not be available' He
pointed oui that deiays have already cost the City-money in.terms
bf inftationary constiuction costs, and further delays would add to
this.
parki ng s tructure woul d i
could qualify for I00g Fe
woul d be in October and t
go to bid. He added that
availability of the Post
the I atter proposal at th
prel iminary pl ans, deve I o
scal ed down model. The C
Counci lman Harri son sof Pub I i c I'lorks that both
tated he had been tol d by the Di rector
of these proiects, pol i ce station and
themselves be types of proiects that
eral Funding. Filing for Federal gran t
ere would be some 60 days after that t0
if the Counci I wi shed to gambl e on the
ffice, a better way to gamble would be
s meeting, (Ad Hoc Committee) getting
ing othei preliminary plan costs and a
tv-would then have something tangible
iubseouent and real istic moti on on the
ht he v,iou I d be i n f avor ' He added he
fter other comments were heard.
n
d
h
0i
p
i
to go on. If there were a
parki ng strucure ' he thoug
wi s hed to make a moti on , a
Councilman Amstrup stated he thought the whole matter of the
police Station had beeir blown out of pioportion, Many things are
L"ing-co,iifdered but the subiect shoui d . be enl argi ng the pol i ce
station at its present site. No feasibility :!udy has been made
oi-iaring this itone. He considered a feasi-bility study was needed
ina iime-to make it so that everyone's interests would be served.
councilman Martin stated he had suspected for some_time that
sufficient funds were not available for the police station even
inougit staff report had many times been that there were. He said
n.-i6rna, after'checking th6roughly, that up to and including last
iiscai year the City hai received $870'000 in Federal revenue
ini.ing-iunds wiricn-weie earmarked for the poligg-station. Proiecting
over tIe next tlo years' if the City receives $224,000 per.year'
iire annual maximum- receivea thus f a-r in revenue sharing, there would
ilifi.oi be enough to pay for the police station at its cost of
$1,905,000. The iemainiei must come from other sources' He
iommeniea he had verified these figures as of this date'
Counci l man Marti n s tated he thought peopl e shoul d be awa re
that anything over a cost of $l'300,000 for !l,e pglice statl0n
,orio ii,me out of taxpayers' funds. Personally' he thought present
fians *ere too elaOoriti and he thought something should be done to
i"i it. cost down, Regardless of whether it goes on.the Carolan
Av"nue or the post office site, too much mone, is being spent' He
iugguit.a a reitudy. In the event of a restudy to cut costs' he
coiiiaered one of ihe concepts presented at this meeting might
Ue ippiopri ate to i nvesti gate. He emphasi zed that i t must be
posiibt.'to core up with i feasibie viable plan that.would.not
tost so much out oi pocket money to the City as v{ould Carolan Avenue.
ine Councilman af f i rined he thou-ght I months a9o that the money was
noi iUiiiaUIe, and four months of cnecking figures had confirmed
this. For thi s reason he suggested the Counci I s top and i nvesti gate
iire suUject thoroughly befor-6verspendi ng. He predicted Counci Iman
Hirrisoi would movE f6r preliminary plans but he would suggest
ici,.*iiic plans instead,'since with schematics the cost could be
ei ii mated wi ttri n possibly l0%. A second suggesti on- wou l d. be to
tiv" an outside ai'cniteci study the various-proposa)s. as to their
ieiiiOifiiV. Another suggestion was to investigate the possibility
oi-iomUiniirg with H.illsb6iough. He amplified that this would not
,"an-corUining pol i ce forces-but rathei shari ng .such faci I i ti es as
Iorruni.itioni,'technical services, records, and the like which
could be nanalid in one department. He noted Hillsborough has not .7
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yet been consulted. He approved Counci lman Harrison's point that
the City should get alternate costs for the plan the City has now;
and he did not think it would take as long as 5 months to get
accurate figures. He wanted all of the alternatives uith accurate
costs to come to Council, suggesting that by the time that is done
there will be a better figure on how much money is available from
the Ci ty,
Counci lman Marti n agreed that constructi on costs are goi ng up,
but consi dered it woul d be better to let them go up and get accurate
costs for an ideal situation from the standpoint of cost, utility,
and what is best for the City. He added that getting it right on
paper is a lot I ess elpensi ve than overspendi ng on the actualbuilding. The Councilman emphasized that a project such as this
should have the complete unanimity of Council - not a split vote.
Councilman Amstrup stated that the figures on revenue sharing
would be available at the next budget neeting, and that he agreed
wi th Counci lman Marti n that the facts shoul d be ascertai ned be fo re
a deci s i on is reached.
Mayor Mangini questioned if it is planned to put money in the
po)ice station fund for the next two years and what the present
budget showed.
Counci i man Marti n stated th
funds is being transferred to thin the year,
These studies to be under the
Councilman Martin to be a member o
at $500,000 of revenue sharinge fund, wi th more avai I abl e I ater
ance of a committee andt commi ttee,
The Mayor suggested there could be a transfer from unallocated
reserves.
Counci I man Marti n
money was there.
agreed thi s was possi bl e, but only i f the
Counci lman Harri son noted the presence of Mr, Gumbi nger of
Del'lol f , Johnson and Gumbinger and asked him to give his opinionof preliminary drawings versus schematics.
Mr. Gumbinger considered that the additional cost involved in
preliminary plans was well iustified from the standpOint of
accurate cost figures and more detailed information. All structural
detalIs such as air conditioning' acoustics, and Iighting would be
explored. He considered the accuracy factor of 101 with schematics
notlfactual,
Councilman Harrison requested report from the City Engineer
on Federal fundi ng.
The City Engineer told CounciI he had contacted the Regional
Director of the Economic Development Agency who had indicated they
would not receive any applications until 0ctober, since new require-
ments are being compiled. 0nce the application is submitted, theywill evaluate on such items as business it will create and long
term benefits. 0nce an award is made, construction must start within
60 days. He indicated it would be a very competitive process
since all cities in the Bay area are now in the process of working
up submittals for projects. He noted the County will be preparing
some data for submission to the Economic Development Agency. Hedid not think the funding was guaranteed and suggested the possibility
of deni al of I ong term projects.
Councilman Harrison moved that the Counci l authorize the
architects to proceed with the preliminary drawing phase of thepolice station project on Carolan Avenue. This phase to include
detai I ed cos t estimated of special areas in the stati on such as
"weapons range " , "trai ni ng center", etc. A1 so prel imi nary plan
upon prel imi nary p1an.
guidf tha
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Cost estimates are
al ternati ves:
also to be provi ded for the fol I owi ng
Single story structure built with the capability to add a secondstory and/or parking on the roof.
2 Cost of a single one waythe roof-top parki ng.
ramp , wi th signal s, to gain access to
3, Cost of doubl e decki ng the parki ng area to the rear of thestructure with two ramps in the event it becomes necessary tobuild a second fl oor on the mai n structure.
CounciIman Harrison added that at the conc"l usion of this pre-lirninary drawing phase, the Council will be eguipped with the
necessary cost data to make intelligent decisions as to the areasthat will be constructed. By approving this motion, the Council isin no way obligated to proceed with this concept as drawn in itsentirety, unless Council is satisfied with the detailed costestimates that will be provided. Then , and then only will theCouncil have the necessary dollar information to cut and delete asthe Counci i and its experts see f it.
Mayor Mangini questioned the time schedule, and CouncilmanHarrison replied that the original resolution provided for the time
schedule.
There was no second to the moti on and it fai I ed.
Counci lman Marti n questi oned the proced ures rel ati ve toFederal grants, s tati ng it had been his experience that all f unds
were diverted to a regional office and al locations made accordingto the judgment of that office. He cited generous award of HUDfunds in San Franci sco in comparison to this a rea. He was doubtfulif there would be funds available for Burlingame, and noted that
even if the City authorized the architect; he started immedjately,it was doubtful if the project woul d go to bid by December. Iffunding is going to be allocated in December, the City's chances
would be small.
Mayor Mangini questloned if Councilman Harrison wished torestate his motion. The Counci I man decl i ned.
Counci lman Marti n read a suggested moti onstatement. Duri ng the ensui ng di scussi on, the
raised.
from a prepared
fol I owi ng poi nts were
Councilman Harrison questioned studies to consider incrementai
deveiopment, and time limit of January 1, 1977.
Counci I man Marti n cons i dered i ncrements to be for a new
development; that the present station could be expanded onlyslightly. He considered a time limit of 90 days on studies toonarrow. He notednot be i nterestedfi rmed that it wou
Mr
in
ld
. Kahl could do the study and thought he wouldbidding on the project. The City Attorney con-
be possible to precl ude from bi ddi ng the person
who is doing the s tudy.
RECESS
A short recess was decl ared at l0:10 P.M. after whi ch the
meeti ng reconvened.
Mayor Mangini invited comment from Mr. David Keyston who
wi shed to addres s the Counci L
Mr. Keyston, speaki ng as a pri vate ci ti zen , noted that the
Carolan Avenue location would be the most advantageous to AnzaPacific and its property. However, his main concern was theavailability of money and the confusion on the amount of reserves.
He questioned the effect of the construction on the tax rate and
urged Council to cmploy o consultant to study alternatives and costs.
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Mayor Mangi ni requestedthat $500,000 was available
fund wi thout rai si ng taxes.
correct,
confirmation from the City Managerfor transfer to the police station
The City Manager stated this was
Counci lman Harrison questioned the City Manager oof other reserve funds. The City Manager stated there
that could be transferred.
Councilman Amstrup noted that unused reserve funds
earning interest, At this time he announced a special
meeting Thursday, August 5, at 5:15 P.M.
Councilman Martin noted that some funds may be earmarked for
other projects, or restri cted as to use.
Counci lman Marti n noted that
schemati cs should be paid for in
Detllol f , Johnson and Gumbi nger.
Councilman Martin moved that Del'lolf, Johnson
instructed to develop alternate schematic plans t
n availabil ity
are f unds
have been
budget
Councilman Martin moved that Detlolf ' Johnson and Gumbinger be
instructed to provide the following in respect to the schematic
pl an approved March I, I976:
'I . Studies and cost analyses to consider deductive alternates for
the el imination of all non-essenti aI areas.
Studies and cost analyses to consider additive al ternates to
provide capability to add a second story and/or parking on
the roofj ramp for access to roof parking; double decking the
parking area to the rear of the structure.
Second by Councilman Amstrup, unanimously carried on roll call vote.
2
l. Studies to consider phasing, for incremental
and Gumbi nger be
hat provlde:
deve I opment.
?. Cost anaiyses of incremental growth plans.
This work to be authorized with the understanding that Del'lol f ,
Johnson and Gumbi nger be pai d for it.
Counciman Amstrup seconded the
rol i cal I vote.
motion3unanimously carri ed on
Councilman Martin moved that a feasibility study be conducted
regard to the property presently occupied by the police station,e post office, Parking Lot E. Schaffer Tire Company, and Jenkel-
vi dson to determi ne the fol I owi ng:
in
th
Da
If a combi nedrental areas,
police
can be
and parking facility, including commercial
cons tructed on one or more of these lots,
to be made by an archi tect other than Del,lol f ,fi nanci al advi sors and legal consui tants as
wi th the unders tandi ng that the arch i tectbe precl uded from bi ddi ng on the proj ect;o be supervised by a citizens committee.
?
3
If it can, provide cost analyses and suggested financing methods.
It it cannot, then determine whether a parking facility, including
commercial rental areas, can be constructed and financed.
These studi es are
Johnson and Gumbi nger
determi ned by the Cit
who does the study lvi
and these studies are
t,llt
Councilman Crosby seconded this motion.
Mr. Marti n had proposed an add i ti ona I paragraph in regard to
He also urged that definite determination be made of how much
money is availab'le in CitY funds.
the proposal to devel op al ternate
addi ti on to present contract wi th
the comm,ittee which read:
"The committee should be composed of merchants and property
owners of the assessment di stri ct; and taxpayers not representi ngthe asscssECnt district. Committe to be advised by the City staff
as requ i red. " However, in Counci I di scussi on it was deci ded totalk about composition of the committee at the study meeting.
Councilman Harrison commented he would vote against this motion
because of points I and 2; that he did support poi nt 3.
The moti on carri ed on the fol i owi ng ro l I cal I vote :
AYES: COUNCILMEN: AMSTBUP, CROSBY, MANGINI , MARTIN
NAYES: C0UNCILMEN: HARRIS0N - for reason above stat6d.
Councilman Martin moved that, in accordance with Councilman
Amstrup:s suggestion (as reported in the San Mateo Times of July 3l,1976,)
discussions be initiated with the Town of Hillsborough on the joint
use of a pol ice facility to provide:
I . Separate and di sti nct occupancy area for al I admi ni strati ve ,patrol , and investigative personnel of each jurisdiction.
2 Joi nt use of communi cati on, record ,facilities.custodi al , and techni cal
Second by Councilman Amstrup, Carried unanimously on roll call vote.
Councilman Martin moved that all of the above proposals are to
be completed as rapi dl y as possible, but in no case I ater than
January 1, 1977. As soon as alI are completed, Council will then
have alternatives to determine the most economical and efficient
way to accomplish their two top capital improvement priorities:
a new police facility; and additional parking in downtown Burlingame.
Councilman Crosby seconded the motion and it carridd on thefollwing rol I cal I vote:
AYES: C0UNCILMEN: AMSTBUP,CR0SBY, tIAIIGINI, MARTIN
NAYES: C0UNCILl,lEN: HARRIS0N
The Ci ty Manager's suggesti on that cost fi gures on the study
might be appropriate was accepted by the eouncil, He was directedto have the information figures ready for the budget meeting of
Thursday, Augus t 5,
the
Ci ty
report
Counci lman Marti n amplified it had beendrilling of holes and that the physical workthe project is built on a different property,
be needed.
At the request of Mayor Mangini Mr,
was on ly a smal I fee amount I eft, and a
engineer would give full information.
In response to Counc il man Amstrup's
stated that $l ,584.70 had been spent on
Counci I man Harri son cons i dered a
authori zed. Mayor Mangini questioned
had not al ready au thori zed thi s. TheCity did have a contract for a soils
i ncl udi ng the report.
Mayor Manginl questioned if the balance
and the City Attorney affirmed it would.
report s hou ld bety Attorney if the City
ttorney repl ied that theat a cost of $2,000
soi I s
Ci
A
authori zed for the
had been done, If
tha t report will not
Gumbi nger stated there
report from the soils
ques ti on , the C i ty Manager
the contract so far,
woul d get the report,
Counci I man Harri son moved that a soils
Second by Mayor Mangini. Motion fai led
vote:
report be authori zed.
on the fol I owi ng roll [,cai I
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177
AYES:
NAYES:
HARRISON, MANGINI
AMSTRUP CROSBY, MARTIN.
I. CONSIDERATION TO RECL
OF BURLINGAME FROM C-I (R
OVERLAY) OR C-2 (SERVICE
AVENUE AND CALIFORNIA DRI
PARKING tOT M AND HOI',ARD
ASSIFICATION OF
ETAIL COMMERCIA
BUSINESS. ) ALL
VE, EAST OF HAT
AVENUE, INITIAT
8 LOTS IN BLOCK II, TOl'lNL) TO C-I.A (COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY t,lEST OF HIGHLAND
CH LANE, BETt.lEEN CITY
ED BY CITY OF BURLINGAME,
_-_ ^91tf Counci I had received Final Environmental Impact ReportEIR-38P for reclassification of these lots from C-t -t5-C:Z j-
Planning commission Resolution No. l-76 recomrnendi nq reclaisificationfrom c-l District to c-r-A (commerciar overiii, Di;i.iii;-rnapproveaPlanning.Commission minutes.of June 28, lgl6;-ina ietter'oi ,:iri,e 26,l976from Mario Giacchino and catherine Giaichino, zsot mliiion street,0aly City, approving re c I a s s i f i c a t i o n of thii orooe"tr - ,itInotation this letter had been received too latb tbr c6nsiaeiatlonby the Planning Commission at their hearing 6f June ZA.-.lSie .
Mayor Mangini requested report from the City planner.
For Council information, the City planner reviewed the aof Thor Thorstenson to City Council oir Aprit 25, oi-iIe jenlaa special permit by the planning Commission for-his busineisthis location. At that time the appl i cant asked if the Councwoul d con s i der rezoni ng from C-i tb' C-2. The Counci I had appthis special permit for a period of six months, ina fraa-Jiricthat the Pianning Commission conduct a study oi rezoning this
peal
oft
I
oved
ed
area.
p
I
a
irt
The P l anat the Planniof the draft
be establ i shepermit. The
recommends thdistrict wher
addi tion, use
Fi ndi ngs atta
C-2 uses whicexisting uses
at an
ei n as per
chedh arein a
Commission had duiy studied this rezoning; andmmission meeting of June 14.- 1976 in coniiderationa suggestion was made that an overl ay zone , C-l -A,permi t al I uses. permi tted i n C-2 wi th a spdci aling Commission had approved and Resolutio; I-76ordinance be adopted establ i shi nq the C-l -AI.| C-t di stri ct regul ati ons wou I d
-apply, and, inmitted in C-2 districts with a speciit- [ermii.to the resol uti on note that theri are cLrtai ninappropriate and could be incompatible with thend around the area.
.The City Planner noted three letters of approval had been
I.:::ir:9,from.property owners at this meeting iira a fourin-propertyowner had stated his approval at the meeting-of June 2g, I9i6. -
Mayor Mangini requested audience comment. There was noresponse and the publ i c heari ng was decl ared cl osed.
counci Iman crosby stated his understanding that c-z uses wouldbe permitted only with a special perm.i t.
- councilman lla Ettr questioned what c-2 uses would be consideredi nappropri ate. The Ci ty pl anner ci ted such neavi-sirvic.r"isblacksmithing ships, machine shops, cleaning ana-av.irs-iltibl ish_ments , pl umbi ng and heati ng shops , etc.
Councilman Martin questioned if every C-2 use woulda-special permit. The City planner ieplied that ital lows greater control. -
Counci I man Harri son questi oned if specialthe discretion of the planning Commission or wII,e Ctty Planner stated they would be at the dPl anni ng Commi ss i on subject to appeal to the C
ni ng
ng Co
EIR,d to
Plann
have
thi s
have to
woul d -
Counci I man Harri sordi nance reclassi fyinC-l (Retai I Commerci alDistrict. Second by C
ca ll vote.
n moved that thethese ei ght I ots
Di stri ct to C-l -
unci i man Amstrup,
Ci ty Counci I adopt anon California Dri ve fromA (Commerci al 0verl ay )unanimously approvei' on
o
s
)
o rol I /a
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
HEARING
permi ts would be atould be mi ni steri al .i screti on of the
i ty Counci L
178
Mayor Mangini directed the City Attorney to prepare the
appropri ate ord i nance.
COMMUNICATIONS
l. clIY MAI{AQERS 0F BIlRLI{cal€, FnsT++ e ITY aNn sAl'l-Ir{ATIO CoNCERNING
SOLID lllAsTE COLLECTION .TRANSFER STATION LOCATION
Ci ty Counci l had rece i ved thi s
committee report on the above
and detailed recommendations.
communicationsubject. This
dated July 27, 1976
report con ta i nedas a
data
Mayor Mangi ni announced thi s report woul d be consi dered at
the next study meeting.
2. COUNTY OF SAN MATEO DEPARTMENT OF HEATTH
PROPOSED AMBULANCE ORDINANCE FOR REVIEt,l AND
AND t'IELFARE SUBMITTING
COMMENT.
City Council had received Ietter of Jyly 20, 1976 -from David
Thoene , -EttS
Admi ni strator, San Mateo County, transmi tti ng proposed
ordi nance regul ati ng the licensing, i nspecti on , and operati on of
ambu I ances . The I eiter expl ai ned that the purpose of the ordi nance
is to provide for regulatibn of ambulances not under direct contract
to the County. This-ordinaoce would have no force or effect in the
incorporated cities in the County unless approved by those cities.
The City Manfor information o
acti on is requi re
obj ecti onab I e it
s
on
nd
na
ager
nly 'd atit,
expl a i ned that thi s ordi nance i
since the County has not acted
thi s time. He stated staff fou
but it still is not ready for fi
presentedit yet.
nothingI acti on,
No
stated
Councilman Martin noted that Paragraph 2 of the 0rdinance
Summary requires that all such licensed ambulances must meet the
emerge-ncy niedi cal techni ci al trai ni ng requi rements establ i shed by
ttre 5tati of California. He considered this a severe measure that
woul d rai se the cos t of ambul ance servi ce. He que s ti oned its
effect on ambulances which are used merely to transport patients
from one hospi tal to another.
The City Attorney suggested the possibllity th
transfer services would not have to qualify. The Ci
that s taff wou ld check on this aspect.
at patientty Manager
STAFF MEMORANDA
1. DIRECT0R 0F PUBLIC ld0RKS RE:t,llASTEtllATER RECLAMATION STUDY
Memorandum of July 21 , 1976 from Director of Public llorks
recommended the firm o? Brown & Ca'ldwell be retained. Memorandum
transmitted this firm's proposal, and the Public t,lorks Director
noted he had negotiated i time and materials contract with a fixed
maximum fee witI them. Contract has been prepared by the City
Attorney and with Council concurrence can be executed by Erown
ina Caliwett. City Manager endorsement of July ?9, 1976 recommended
io-ciiv Councii thlt thii proposal and contract for work be authorized.
The City Manager told Councilmen that this study had been in
the budget Iist yeir in the amount of $20'000. City Att0rney
noted that resolution had been prepared'
Counci lman Harri son i ntroduced RES0LUT l0N 59-76 "AUTH0RIZING
EXECUTI0N 0F AGREEMENT I'IITH BRol',lN AND CALDtltELL F0R t/llASTET^IATER
ieiiAmnrtotl STUDY" and moved its adoption. Second by councilman
Crosby, ai1 aye voice vote.
2 GOLF DRIVING RANGE & GOLF COURSE DESIGN PLANS.
By
Counci I
services
memo
that
and
of July 28, 1976 the CitY
authori zati on be given to
foundation i nvesti gati on
Manager recommended to
the necessary architecturalof these projects. MaYor l2
779
City Attorney's memo of JUly 23, 1976 referenced presentation
to Council by Joseph Karp, property owner on Burlingame Avenue,
regardi ng the effect of Ci ty ordi nances upon i nsurance coverage of
his property. The City Attorney recommended that other interested
property owners be asked to make presentations at a study meeting
wi th spLci fi c fi gures showi ng effect of ordi nances on thei r i nsurance 'and shbwing impait of our ordinances in comparison to other c'ities'
!lith Council concurrence, Mayor Mangini referred such presen-
tati on to the study meeti ng of !'lednesday, August 4, I976.
EFFECT OF PARKING REGULATIONS ON NON-CONFORMING
4. CITY ATT0RNEY: TRAVEL AND C0NFERENCES
City Attorney's memo of July ?2, 1976 detailed three conferences
he wi shed' to attend in the comi ng year. He noted that because of
locale, the expense of these three should not be more than the two
conferences per year allowed by City policy. Unless the Council
had objection, he stated he would attend the three conferences.
There was no Counci I objecti on.
CONSENT CALENDAR
l. Ttlo-H0UR
RECOMMENDED
PARKING MAGNOLIA BETWEEN TROUSDALE AND PLAZA LANE
BY TRAFFIC DIRECTOR AND TRAFFIC. SAFETY, PARKING COMMISSION.
Letter from Traffic, Safety & Parking
made the above recommendation supported by
from Ci ty Traffi c Engi neer. Ci ty Manager,
July 28, 1976 recommended that legislation
thi s parki ng Iimit.
Commission of Jyly 15, 1976
memo of May 4, 1976
by endorsement of
be prepared to establ i sh
2. ACCEPTANCE OF t.lEEg ABATEMENT PROGRAM PERFORMED BY BAY PEST
CONTROL COMPANY.
Communication of July 26, 1976 from Director of
requested acceptance of this work by Bay Pest Controlprice of $947.47. City Manager's endorsement of July
recommended acceptance.
Counci I man Harri son moved
by Councilman Amstrup- al1 aye
Consent Calendar be
voi ce vote.
Publ i c l.lorks
Company at a28, 1976
approved , second
RESOLUTIONS
1. RESOLUTION NO. 6O-76 'AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT TOAGREffiON FOR BUILDING DESIGN SERVICES - PUBLIC
lr'l0RKS DEPARTMENT C0RP0RATI0N YARD C0NSTRUCTI0N'was introduced by
Councilman Crosby who moved its adoption. Councilman Harrison
second, alI aye voice vote.
2. RES0LUTI0N N0.6l-76 - "ACCEPTING I.lALKl'lAY AND RELATED IMPR0VEMENTSPARKmI0NYARDJ0BN0.75.l6,'wasintroducedby
Councilman Amstrup, second by Councilman Harrison, all aye voice vote.
3. RESOLUTION NO,62-76 -'RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
CITY OF BURLINGAME ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE
ACT 0F 1974 " was gi ven Counci I cons i derati on.
COUNCIL OF THE
CODE APPLICABLE
POLITICAL REFORM
tLl ,
Mangini announced this would be considered at the study session on
August 4.
3. CITY ATTORNEY:
BUILDINGS
Councilman Martin questloned if the same policy would be appliedto Commissioners and staff. The City Attorney stated he was pre-
pari ng a I i ke resol uti on for them.
Mayor Mangini questioned the apparent contradiction in Section 4
180
whi ch in one sentence
discussion which might
sen tence saYs theY maY
is I egal ly requ i red.
The CitY AttorneY exPlai
excepti on when it is I egal lY
must be a quorum.
Counci lman Marti n moved
Counci I man CrosbY, all aYe vo
di soual i fi es members from parti ci pati ng i n-ii;;;;iai ii advantase thein' qnd ! n the I ast
;;I-6; Ireiented fr6m parti ci pation when i t
ned thi s Iast sentence is meant for
necessary to have a vote and there
this resolution be adopted, second by
i ce vote.
0r
n
ORDINANCE - SECOND READING.
.l.0RDINA}tcINo.l0Sl.n0RDINANcELIMITINGTERMs0Fc0MMIssI0N
MEMBER-fl'-il;s Tetif-5r-the ci tv Attornev.
Mayor Mangi
thi s legislationVoters. Al so no
Chai rman of the
I976, urged Ci tY
Counci I al readY
ord i nance I imi ts
ments, and would
have much experifuture Ci ty Coun
continuitY in aP
I
e
n
t
P
h
acknowl edged recei pt of I etter of support f
aatea ,:uty'29, 1976', from the League -of -l'lomea-nas reclipt of letter from Thomas C. Taylo
inninq Commission. This Ietter' dated Jyly
orncii to reJect thi s ord i nance because: Th
i-irtno"ity io Iimit terms of service. This
he right of the Council to make its own appo
eori v6 the Ci tv of experti se of i ndi vi dual s
;;. This actiirn would tend to restrict righ
is and would deprive the City government of
yi ng pas t experi ence to present problems '
I
C
at
d
n
i
1
e
c
p
r,
26,
eC
int
who
ts
itv
of
She
but
of
Mayor Mangini declared the meeting open to the public'
Mrs. Ruth Jacobs, Planning Commissioner, opposed the. ordinance'
stated she, too, was a mem6er of the League. of-Women-Voters 'that thi s bl anket ordi nance coul d depri ve the Ci ty of 5ervI ces
p"npi. they might like to keep for more than t1*o terms'
Mr. Thomas Sine, Planning Commissioner, disapproved the
ordinance. He compaiea Irie C6uncil to management.of a corporation
with Commissioners as key supervisors. He n0ted in any large
6riin.ss it takes time to trai n personnel, and this ordi nance
*orfa trive tne effeci of droppin! trained personnel. once they _became;;-;;r;iii io 1'" ciiv. ie-iirggested this misht make sense if the
Council chose to limit their own tenure to tro terms '
There was
closed.
no futher comment and the public hearing was declared
Mayor Mangi ni di rectdd that
Women V'oters and from Mr. Thomas
of thi s meeti ng.
the letters from The League of
Tayl or be attached to the mi nutes
Counci Iman Amstrup di sapproved the ordi nance, stati ng he agreed
tnere-mignt be people whom tire City-wou1.d want to keep for.more
inan g yiars . he tonsidered Counci I di d not need thi s ordi nance 'iri.it'nui,'needed t6-iicepi its own authority and not bypass it.
Counci I man Harri son agreed, stati ng he thougl! Mr' .Tayl or had
put foiitr-fivi very gooa rEasoni tor noi having this ordinance.
Councilman Martin' as proponent of this -legislation.'.commentedtne ueigue of Women ioi..i has' taken the^posi t!o! !li!^!hi s^i s the
ideal situation, preventing, in effect, City governments rrom
uecomino,,closed lorpoiati6is.,, He noied that in the long time he
ilIi"iiii"a';;-a;r;;ii-iIit ontv one commissioner had been dropped
i"J,.-riirici, and ,rig"Ji.a-ih'e counci I may need such legislation
as this; reminaing tf,Em-itut utl Commissio'ners now must 6e appointed
in publ i c and must aiio Ue-ii imi ssed in publ i c, whi ch can be embarrassi ng '
There was some further discussion but no motion to introduce
thi s ordi nance for second readi ng and adopti on '
1Il2 Oxforal Ro&al
Burllngaue, caltfcrni8 94olo
Jvly 26, 1976
Ibe Hoflorable Victor llanglai
Mayor of tbe City of BELinga.Ee
5OI PriDrose
Burllngane, cslifornia 94O1O
Rr Oe',/a. PJt
f aD Hrlting thls letter to you and the other menbers of the councll
because I Bn uncble to ettenat the bearing scheduled for August 2, L976
relating to a proposed ordinance liniting the nunber of ter'os to be served
by Ccomissioners to two. I want to express qy general obiections to this
concept and set out By re8sons tberefor.
Firstr l believe that the Clty Council already hes authority to linit
tbe terms of service to any nunber of terros that the councll chooses. As
you kno$ aLL Cquissiotrers are appolnteal for a terts for year6 and when that
ierm e>eires they ,nay recelve a new aptr oint,ent also for a te'' for years.
Tbe counctL by custou and practice coul'al indeed Iin-it the terr0s of a
comissloner to tvo or to aqy other number. Thus no new leglslation is
neetlefl.
gecondly I oSpose any legislation r hlch tentls to inhiblt or curb the
authority or- tne city councll to carry out the cLtyrs busiuess. council-oen
are elecied by the people of Burl"inga'e to po!'rer in legislative duties
and to set thl poticy for the City Governroent. They need aIL of the flex&bility
that they "an
git. the passage of such an ord iaa'nce Ljlitlng the right of
the counlil to rgake its orn appoint6ents tends to linlt the flexability of
the councll alal therefore tenai to defeat thelr obtaining the best poss ible
governnent .
Thirdly I believe that while there are Dany peopLe in the cc'munity
fully sbLe io u"rrr" the c@unity es Cc@issioners rar\y present Ccmissioners
Lve'devel_oped expertise rihlch the citizens of the c@unity should not
]ose. On eich of the Cc@issions of the City there are lntlividuals whose
contribution to the erell being of the clty ls outstand.ing. To deprive tbe
clty of the benefit of their ex;lerience is detrimental to the coonunity as a
vhole. I believe that the City CounciL should reserve to ltsell the rigbt
to tleterEiBe who shoulil ser-ve oE tbe CoEBissions and. for hoY. long of a period.
Dea.r Sir:
foutth I betieve tbat the actlon tends to restrict the abi].ity of
future clty counc lls to function as they deee approprlate. Each councilran
is elected for a terE of fouf yeers anal nanJr statral for electlon to succeeal
hirnself if he chooses. It seens to ne thet for a present city council to
linit later City Councils by such restrictive ection as passing & restrictive
Orallnance ls detrlnental to the best interests of the cconunity. Iiach city
counc 1I shoulal be elloweat to EEke its ovn tlecision es to Itho they went to
aerve.
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fbe Honorable Victor l,langlnl
ldayor of the CitY of Burlingane
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FlnaIJy f believe that one of the advantages of making it possj-ble for
an lnd.ivlduaL comissj.oner to serve an ind.eterminate number of years ls that
lt provides the eity government wlth continuity. One of the great
advantages to a Comission is that they can draw frm the experience of Lts
menbers and. apply the lessons of tbe past to the problems of the future.
Thus I feel that the coneept of restrictlng the number of years that a
Ccenrnlssioner ms,y senre ls deprivtng the city of the service of valuable
nembers.
For all- of these reasons I feel that the proposed. ordi.nance should be
reJected. and. the counciL should eontlnue as lt has in the past to make lts
own determination as to who should serve and for hor long they should.
gerve.
I urge ygu to reJeet the orclinance.
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TTIS{AS C. TAY:T,OR
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JuLy 29, L976
Burllngame City Council
Burllngame City Hall
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 940L0
Gentlemen:
we have learned that the BurlLngame clty councLl ls conslderlng anordinance that r.louId limit the number of terrns for members of appointedclty comurisslons. The League of Women Voters of Central San Mateo CountysuPports the limltatlon of terms on such appointed bodies to two con-secutive terms on any one board or cornmlssion. I,tre reached this positionafter study of boards and conrnlsslons of the citles in our area in J.968, and
have readopted it annualJ.y since then.
[,Ie also believe that the City Councll should develop procedures for fil-ling
connrission vacancles that would define length of terms, provlde anple public
notice when vacancles occur, and lnsure that all applicants, whether
suggested by a council member, clvlc group, or by thi applicant hinself,are glven equal opportunity for consideratloa by the City Council. A11
applicants should be given the courtesy of ao lnterviev.
We feeL that your developlng and publicizlng procedures for recruitlng and
appointlng and limltlng terms of courmissioners w111 contribute to more
widespread cltizen understanding of, and participatloa in, local govetrment.
' Very truly yours,
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League af Women |foters
of Central .San Matea County
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Dorothy Greene,ActLon Coordlnator
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ORD I NANCE Introduction of :
ORDINANCE NO.'I 082
.04 UI IH
,ORDINANCE AMENDING PROVISION OF
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DOGS'
by Counci lman Ams trup.
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f i rst readi ng
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UNFINISHEO BUSINESS
BUDGET
Mayor Mangini announced Council study meeting !lednesday,
August 4,'1976 at 8:00 P.M.
DEVELOPMENT OF CHARGE FOR DEVELOPMENTS IN DO}INTOl'lN PARKING DISTRICT
Councilman Martin announced there had been a meeting of the
commi ttee considering this subject. llhen their study is finalized,results will go to Planning Commission and Parking Commission in
August, wi th subsequent referral to Counci I .
CONFERENCES - COMMISSIONERS
Councilman Amstrup referred to his question at a previous
meeting relative to Beautification Commissioner Dale Perkins
attending a conference, He stated his concern in this case was that
he thought it was usual ly the prerogati ve of the Counci I toallocate such money, and he questioned where the approval came from.
Councilman Martin considered this was a policy problem; and if
one Commissioner did it otherswould follow.
Mayor Mangini requested City Manager to review City policythfs matter.
CITY AUDIT
on
Mayor Mangini asked for comment on the
ci ti es must post thei r annual city audi t in
recent requi remant thatseveral places in the city.
q
Councilman Martin noted this audit is available in both the
Ci ty Hal I and the Library.
NEl,l BUSINESS q,se ^-'-\.-..,.-*-,*\-\\5{\}rl B r.\ 'qs\n }..a;1,, s..r. i. ,iR, ' *---- _::--. *b.js}]*{:.iH ;y\" U:i;_x1-ts.* *;,s ;q;',s' ls. n r " t.+
-*grtt# of the County Boardof Supervisors eentai n+ an ltem asking fei supp+rt ef Supervi+erstc dissolv. the San Mat.o H.rbor Dis.trict, He stated he wouldabstain from voti ng, as a
ACKNOt./LEDGMENTS
member of LAFC0,
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Letter from Charles H, Bocotzian, 2035 Helena t.,ay, Redwood City,recommending Broadway be made a one-way street eist.
Letter of commendation for theJohnston, l42l Bel I evue f2l0
pol ice department from Stephen C
Letter from Broadway Merchantsto order ll add i ti ona I benchesassociation woul d pay $600. OOwithin the year.
Associ ation requesting the Cityfor bus stops for $l ,320.00. Theimmediately and baiance - $720.00
4 Resol ution endors i ng AB 3021 Consol i dati ng the Functi ons of theBay Area Sewage Services Agency with the Associat.ion of Bay Area
Councilman Amstrup repeated thercr{oul d be a budget meeting
Thursday, August 5, at 5:15 P.M. at City Hal l.
STUDY MEETING
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6 Report from City Manager on warrants questioned at last Council
mee ti ng .
Treasurer's Report for month of June.
Police report for June, 1976
Minutes, Burlingame Park and Recreation Commisslon, July 13, .l976
THE FLOOR
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Counci'l man Harri son commented he
Broadway Merchants Association had rea
"Street Fai r" to pay the enti re amount
suggested this associ ati on be sent a I
Mangini so di rected s taff .
Councilman Amstrup announced he was
as alternate on BASSA, since he favored
d been told that the
zed enough money fromor the benches. Heter of commendati on.
hatif
et
thei r
Mayor
goi ngthe di
to res i gn his posi tion
ssoi uti on of the agency.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeti ng adjourned at ll:15 P. M. to executive sessi on on
Personne I matters.
Respectful ly submi tted,
LYC yn
Ci ty C er k
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