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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1975.02.03r) ?)(ii) 2 Burlingame, California February 3 | 1975 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was date in the City HalI Council Chambers. The meeting order at 8:05 P.M. by Mayor William J. Crosby. held on the above was called to PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE ELAG: LCd by Gerald A. Nordstrom, Chief of Police. ROLL CALL Present: Absent : Councilmen: Councilmen: Ams trup-Crosby-Cus ick-Harri son-Mangini None IVIINUTES The minutes of the regular meet.ing submit,ted to t.he City Council, werefollowing corrections : of January 20, L975, previously approved and adopted with the I. Under the heading "Sheraton Inn Roof Sign Approved;" The paragraph reading "Councilman Cusick pointed out that some of the members of the present Council were not on the Council when Howard Johnson plans were approved. This Council cannot be tied into what was approved years ago." Insert "unofficially" before "approved" in both sentences. 2. Under the heading "Variance To Allow Non-Conforming Carport, 22OO Poppy Drive-Denied." The paragraph reading "Councilman Cusick felt there were unusual circumstances in the property because of the shape of the Iot, and that a variance of 10" did not appear to be significant. .......". After "1ot" insert "which would make an application for variance permissible" 3. RESOLUTION NO.&ZS on the ro11 caIl, add after "Cusick" "untiI the State allocates money for 9II." COMMUNICATIONS I. PARCEL I,IAPS Under date of January 30, 1975, the City Manager forwarded parcel maps received from the City Engineer that were approved by the Planning Commission with conditions at j-ts meeting on January 27. 1. Fina1 Parcel Map being a resuboivision of Lots L2 and 13, Block 32, Lyon & Hoag Subdivision, prepared by Edward W. Baca, dated December 27, 1974, for Dominic and Mimi Casazza. i{r. and Mrs. Casazza were present. Mr. Casazza confirmed he understoocl imposed by the Planning Commission. In response to Mayor Crosby, and agreed to the conditions Councilman Mangini moved approval of the map on the condition that the developer enter into an agreement with the City Council assuring that the developer will provide water service and sanitary sewer service to each Parcel B and C. Motion seconded by Councilmin Cusick, all aye on voice vote. 2. Tentative ancl Final Parcel Map entitled The Ansel, a condominiumproject at 606 Ansel Road, being a portion of Lot 9, Block 6, Bur- iLingame Land Company Map No. 2, prepared by Redmond Walsh, Civil Engineer, dated October , L97 4 , for Joseph G. and Iq. L. Lombardi. Mr. Lombardi was present. At Mayor Crosby's inquiry, he affirmed com- pliance with the conditions and handed a letter to the City Engineer to this effect,. /. Councj.lman Amstrup moved approval of cleveloper assign two parking stalIs seconcled by Councilman Mangini, aII the map on the condition that the to each of the three units. Motion aye on voice vote. 321 LIFE INSURANCE COVERAGE In a communication dated January 29, L975, the City Manager reported that North American Life and Casualty, an old reliable company with a higl Best rating, offers $101000 group term life insurance at a cost slightly less tfian the present coverage of $5,000 group term life' The l,lanager's recommendation that North American replace the present life insurance carrj-er was accepte<l on motion of Councilman Harrison, second by Councilman Amst'rup, all aye on voice vote. 3. TIXED ASSETS APPRAISAL A tabulation of bids of three concerns to perform an inventory and appraisal of fixed assets was forwarded by the City Manager -ulqel-dateo?-Jan,rary 30, 1975. ilis recommendation that the 1ow bid of $7,380 submittecl by M&s Appraisal systems be accepted was concurred in on motion of Councilman Arnstrup, second by Councilman Mangini, all aye on voice vote. For the benefit of the auclience, Mayor crosby explained it was deter- mined that it would be to the City's advantage to have fixed assets inventoried and appraised. There were three bids in amounts of $25,800, gI5,20O ina 97,380. The Council selected the lowest. 4 AIRPORT LAI\JD USE COMMITTEE PROPOSED STANDARD FOR INFILL Under date of January 30, Lg75, the City Manager forwarded a communi- cation from t,he Regional Planning Committee, San Mateo County, .1ated January 27, 1gtS, advising that ALUC, at its regular meeting on January 9, requested that ciLies represented on ALUC be asked to review a plan amendment to define the concept of."infilI." Infill was j-ncluded in the plan to allow special exceptions for developing parcels in noise implcted areas which are already largely improved with existing develoPment. RpC communication advised. that ALUC voted at its January 9 meeting to acropt the following standards for lots to be considered as special exclptions to ALUC regulations: "A minimum of BOt of the lots within a Z5-O foot radius circle around a particular parcel would have to be developed to be considered as infill." Accompanying the communication were attachments "special Exceptions" and "Proposed Amendment-Infi1l of Developed Areas," Councilman Mangini, Burlingame's representative to ALUC, explained the intent is to allow an owner of unimproved property within the fixecl circle to develop free from restrictions applied by ALUC' -This will apply only to the two county airpofts,-HaIf Moon Bay and San Carlos. ALUC considers the amendment suitable. A motion by Councilman llarrison, second by Councilman Mangini, to enoorse the amenclment carried unanimously on voice vote. 5. REVISIONS OF T}IE GENERAL PLAN A letter from the City Planner dated January 28, L975, reportedresults of Planning Commission actions at its meeting on January 25 when, following a public hearing to consider revisions of Part IIIof the General Plan in Area R, Burlingame Park, and Area S, East Burlingame, the Commission voted to recommend to the City Councilfor consideration changes in the General Plan Diagram to make it morenearly coincid.e with the zoni.ng map in these two areas. Attachments to the communication were identified as follows: "Holding Capacity Changes, Area R and Area S," "General PIan Changes,Area R and Area Sr" "Density Diagram Area R and Area Sr" "Proposecl anci Existing General PIan, Area R and Area S." Tire communication noted the Commissionrs vote on residential density "?_, 2. ;l2g in the two areas and stated, in conclusion, "The Commission awaits Council direction before doing any further work on other areas." Mayor Crosby asked the City Planner to elaborate on the last tence in the letter concerning "further work on other areas." The City Planner explained that the Planning Commission willdirection as how to proceed, whether to study other areas in and whether to conduct hearings on those areas. Councilman Mangini asked if the Council will have the public input pro and con. The City Attorney explained Council must have a hearing. One of the other options Council to have hearings on each one of the areas. sen- appreciatethe city Councilman Amstrup asked the extent of "other areas." The City Planner reported there are areas lettered from I'A* to "T", the largest being lrRrr and "S", many of the remaining are very small. of those remaining, the Broadway area is extensive and cannot be con- sidered without a great deal more information. In response to Councilman Manginirs inquiry regarding procedure with respect to public hearing on each of the areas, the City Planner stated that the City Council may wish to consider passage of a reso- lution rvhich might create the General Plan identical with the zoning map in one action, He stated that a Negative Declaration posted on January L7, L975, will permit the General PIan Diagram (Part III of the G.P.) to be changed so that each category will be identical with existing zoning district boundaries. Councilman Harrison suggested that considerations such as me<lium high density, medium low and buffer zone may not be appropriate in view of the citizens of Burlingame who say let us maintain R-1. Because of the Negative Declaration, he expressed accord with following the reso- lution procedure mentioned by the City Planner. Councilman Cusick asked if the City Council must schedule a hearing. The City At,torney responded in the affirmative. Councilman Cusick askecl if there were other requirements to be consj-dered. The City Attorney indicated not. The City Planner stated the hearing would include every area in the city. Councilman Harrison conlmented that the hearing will be one of concept in terms of what the Council responds to as elected officials, how the Council considers the people's feelings; thus, it is not the intent in any way to indicate lack of awareness or appreciation for the hours and hours that have gone into the studies by staff and Planning Commission. Not enough can be said to thank them. opportunity of that the City is for the Councilman Cusick stated that her motion last JuIy asked that Part III of the General Plan be amendecl in both R-I and R-2 Districts where Part III projects a higher density than that allowed by the zoning code. She asked if the Negative Declaration goes beyond that. The City Planner indicated it would because of the other residential <lensity-R-3. IIe explained there are difficulties in zoning boundaries in East Burlingame area, also in the R-l area backing up R-3 along El- Camino. Additionatly, changing the General Plan where it is incon- sistent on the other side of the freeway would be involved because light industrial has been rezoned to commercial. That pattern would not be identicat with the zoning map and would be adjusted at the same time. Councilman Cusick asked the City Attorney if there will be 1egaI technicalities because the discussion now is about a larger area than the motion originally sent to the Planning Commission. The City Attorney explained there is a Negative Declaration on the broadest possible aclion. The larger area need not be included in City Council action if the Council does not wish to change other than R-I and R-2. ? Councilman Amstrup's recommendation that further discussion be post- poned to the study meeting on Wednesday night and that the Planning Commission be invited was accepted. asked Councilman Cusick/if it would be possible to have available for wednesday's meeting locations where R-3 was extended by variance to an adjoining property. RESOLUTIONS o 5)(l e) L,, "Accepting Grant Deed - From Georganna Bernice 13, 1975" was introduced by Councilman Amstrup, second by Councilman Mangini and unanimously . 74-L9" was introduced by Councilman Amstrup, second by Councilman l{angini and unanimously 1. RESOLUTION NO. 9-7 5 Barneft, Dated January who moved its adoption,carried on ro11 caII. Asphalt overlay - Job No who moved its adoption, carried on ro11 cal1. 2. RESoLUTIoN NO. 10-75 "Accepting Resurfacing - Miscellaneous Streets 3. RESOLUTIoN No. 11-75 "sustaining Denial of Variance -- Edward S.Goetz" vlas introduced by Councilman Harr ison, who moved its adoption, second by Councilman Mangini and declared carried on following ro11 caLl: AYES: COUNCILMEN: Ams trup-Harr i son-Mang i ni l.loES: COUNCILMEN: Crosby-Cusick ABSENT COUNCITMEN: NONE ORDINANCES Second reading: t. ORDINANCE NO. IO29 "An Ordinance Of The City Council of The City-6E-E[7ffn-{'ffi6EEirori z ing An tunendment To The Contract i Between The City Councit And The Board of Aclministration of The California PubIic Employees' Retirement System" (one-half spouse continuance miscel- laneous employees) was given its second reading. on motion of Council- man Mangini, second by councilman Amstrup, said ordinance passed its second reading and was unanimously adopted on ro11 ca11. 2. ORDINANCE NO. 1030 "ordinance Ainending The Burlingame Municipal Code By Repealing Chapters 3.22 And 3.24 And Adding New Chapter 3.22, Traffic, Safety And Parking Commission" $ras given its second reading. on motion of Councilman Ilarrison, second by Councilman Cusick said ordinance passed its second reading and was unanimously adopted on ro11 caI]. CITY I,,IANAGER REPORTS I. Annua1 Commissi.onersr Dinner Meet.in The Council approved the S hera on I'{otor nn on r ay evenr-ng, March 14,L975. 2. Children's Art Work: Under date of January 30, 1975, the City Manager forwarded a status report from the D irector of Parks on installation of chil-dren's art work. The report advised that the next project wil-I be installed on Burlingame Avenue in the flower bed at the end of Park Road. 3. Fox Theater Marquee To lqbl1Sjlze Recreation Pro In a memo- rand fhaf the Recreat ron Director has obtained the privilege from the or^rners of the Fox Theater to use the marquee to publicj.ze the recreation program. During the discussion that followed, it was the consensus of the City Council that this not be pursued. 4. Freeway Access--Anza Master p !e! plqjeq!: Under date of January 30, the eity I'lanager forwarded a conceptual proposa 1 prepared by the city Engineer for southbound access to the Freeway in the vicinity of Peninsula Avenue interchange. Councilman Amstrup referred to prior discussions concerning land acquisition that lvi11 be involved in attempting to provide Freeway access. He questioned whether the recent sale by Anza of some of its 4, Mayor Crosby explained the City took advantage of the opportunity to ac(uire the Barnett property at Ralston and Occidental vrith the idea that it will be suitable for either park or open space purposes. 3;iu holdings in the area of Airport Boulevard and Beach Road to another owner might hinder access at Airport Boulevard. Responding to Councilman Amstrup's con'u[ent, David Keyston of Anza Corporation indicated there should be no problems. At his request, he was fur- nished a copy of the City Engineer's drawing. Councilman Mangini asked if this was in addition, or an alter- native to the project for Peninsula Avenue discussed at the last Council meeting. The City Engineer stated there was a request from the City Council at. the last meeting for a copy of p1ans. There are no such plans. The idea of southbound access at Peninsula developed when staff, Mr. Keyston and representatives of the Depart- ment of Transportation met recently. It was felt this might be the most economical method of providing Anza with Freeway access, but there witl not be a study by the State until written requests are filed by the cities of BurJ.ingame and San Mateo. The Engineer mentioned there may be alternatives to the patterns depicted in the drawing resulting from the State's study. Mr. Keyston cornmented that the drawing is substantially in accord with the discussion. IIe stated that Anza would undertake to recover Iand from the people who bought the building if that were necessary. The City Manager was requested to proceed with the idea of a joint meeting with the City Council of San Mateo for the purpose of discussing this subject, a1-so transfer station sites. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. has Cove Truck in Com an The City Attorney reported that Mr. Covey een served a lawsu ta n<l that the time to answer expires today. Councilman Harrison asked the City Attorney and the Chief of Police to discuss issuance of citations because of continual parking violations involving Covey's trucks. 2. San Mateo Foundation Avrard: In response to Councilman Mangini, the cit1, Manager reported that the Beautification Commission is aware that avrard money that might be received from the Foundation will be disbursed at the direction of the City Council. 3. Proposed Bus Shelters; In response to councilman Harrison, Tran@nrepor-tedthattheBeautificationCommission was r6quested to revie\", design of two shelters, one opPosite Southein Pacific depot and the other on Murchison Drive at the Plaza. Mr. swan advised cost will be less than $3,000 for both. 4. Transit District: councilman Amstrup reported he received a tele- ptronE-tErl- r6E6tEry--from Supervisor Bacciocco who was most interested-in Burlingame's transit system. With the help of the City Manager, City Planner and Transit Aide, suggestions r^Iere sent to the Supervisor recommending that consideration be given to allowing cities to operate their own r6utes; the county would iun just north and south connecting cities. Councilman Amstrup expressed pleasure at the supervisorrs approach in attempting to learn the individual city's position with rLipect to operation of the county-wide system. Al-so, it was brought to nis attenlion that, there will be no one on the Transit Board repre- senting the area from San Mateo to Daly City. All members are from the coistside or south of San Mateo. He said they were aware of this l-ack in the make-up of the Board. 5. Dav ins sou ask to 1oc the no May lig 6. Lig hts at Baysiale Park: Councilman Amstrup asked D irector be illuminated /,r. of Pu blii Works to det ermlne w hether the soccbr field I Street Li hts and Si ns, Anza Park: Keyston report t att e Departmen taI1 signs to direct people from the E th of Peninsula Avenue and north of Br ing for illuminated signs that say Air the Sheraton and one near Coyote Point ating his restaurant. Mr. Keyston rep entrance to the dump has been out for street l-ights from the sevrer P1ant to or Crosby requested the City Engineer ht situation can be remedied. In response to Mayor Crosby, t of Transportat.ion will reeway to Airport Boulevard oadway. Kee Joon is port Boulevard, one close to assist visitors in orted the one light at about two weeks. There are the convention center. to ascertain whether the r^rithout turning the lights on in the ball diamond. the can r) .) Ii, I 7. colf Course Consultant:Councilman tunstrup recalled that the City Council declared its intent recently to develop the dump site as agolf course. He suggested it may be wise to consider retaining pro-fessional help to prepare a preliminary design. Staff in the Engineering Departinent is deveJ-oping the dump according to contours on the Hanamoto p1an, which most people no longer want. If the site is to be developedto a design other than Hanamotors, and even though the course may be 5 years in the fuhlre, there should be some form of interim plan tohelp in engineering design. Councilman Mangini mentioned that State funds will be available ifthere is a formally adopted master plan for Bayside Park. The City Manager advised that the City can file a claim for such funds that vrill be available in October; however, to qualify, the City must be prepared to submit a proper plan. Mayor Crosby asked if the Council wished to interview golf coursearchitects. There r,rere no objections. The City Manager was requested to make the arrangements. 8. Lagoon:Councilman Mangini referred to a conment in Park and Recre- ation Pifority List, dated January L4, f975, that BCDC will not approve fi11in9 in the fingers in the lagoon. The City Engineer advised that when Anza Pacific submitted its project to BCDC for approval under the 'brandfather" clause, the fingers were included in the sketch prepared by Anza for presentation to BCDC. For this reason, the city believes it wilL oe allowed to fil,1-under the "grandfather" clause. 9. Southern Pacific Conmuter Servj-ce: Councilnan Amstrup reported that il of Mayors is studying feasibility of a recommendation concerning upgrading of this service. The comnittee is stiIl working on the report. His recorunendation thdt a letter be sent to Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) requesting delay j.n their consideration of this issue until the Council of lviayors receives its corunittee report was accepted. The City Manager was directed to forward the letter. NEW BUSINESS ilillsborough Homeowners' Association Demand on San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Councilman Cusick referred to copj-es of the above document received by the City Council det,ailing the Association's position with respect to property assessment practices in this county. Citing specific state- ments in the document, Councilman Cusick stated it is incredible that some commercial properties in Burlingame had not been reappraised for a period of 9 years while single-family residences were reappraj-sed every two to three or four years, and that when a single-family resi- dence is so1d, the appraisal is based upon sales figure, but this same formula dogs not necessarily apply to commercial property. Council- man Cusick recommended that the City Council request the Board of Supervisors to exercise -its duthority--to correct existing assessmentpractices that discriminate against single-family residences to the advantage of commercial and industriaL propertj.es. Councilman Cusick referred to the December 9, 1974, issue of The Government observer wherein a breakdown of ?ype of Property, Assessed Valuation, Percentage of Total Assessed Valuation sho\,rs that assessed valuation of single-family residences in Burlingame represents 47.63t of total- assessed valuation. She reported that a couple of years ago she asked the City Engineer to compute the percentage of single-familyland. His figures showed 419 of total land area zoned single-family.This wou]d indicate that 41t of the land in Burlingame accounts for tl7t of City's total assessed valuation. Single-family land is supposed to be the least expensive. A11 the hotels, all the industrial land and apartments combined equal 47t of total a.v., the same percentage that is applied to singl,e-fami1y. Mr. I(eyston corunented he would like to see specific examples of indus- tria]- and commercial land that has not been assessed for a long period of time. For the past 14 years, the assessor has been assessing Anza .) .1 .}ooz Pacific every single year, not necessarily every single propertyi some are assessed every other year and some every year. Councilman Cusick stated heIp, and their material price. Mr. Keyston commented that the assessor has to determine market val-ue and, under the Iaw, assess at 25t of that va1ue. Mayor crosby stated that he was visited by the assessor at his office earlier in the day and approximately two years ago. that the Hillsborough group did have expert lists specific parcels of land and sales Following further discussion, the City Manager was requested the repoit vrith the attorneys in Monterey who prepared it and to est;blish the basis of their statements concerning lack of praisals of commercial properties in this city. to discuss attempt reap- Fil1 in Vicinit of Dis sa1 Area : truc act ty I s area. T IJI Mayor Crosby corunented on dumP rector of Public works rePorted e 28th of December caused debris roatlway. He approached BCDC for the berm to protect the road, the new manager of Pacific Mateo, Mr. Brian Laheney, nt that severe weather conditions on th from the bay to be deposited on the permission to increase the height of which was granted. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. assiin c Mayo 2. onE 3. Mr. R-1 ommunications: John F. Condon, Mayor of San I'lateo ' expression of appreciation for stance from Jerry TayLor and Tony Firpo, street and se$rer Department, learing a blockale in sewer line at apartment building owned by ,r Condon in Bur I ingame . Garden Study Club of the Peninsula opposing removal of any trees 1 Camino Real. Ange1a Johnson, 1528 Ralston Avenue, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Barberini, ani Mrs. Robert vogel, 1585 Cypress Avenue, opposing rezoning of properties to aIlow higher density. tteodore A. Tromovitctr, l't.o., requesting City Council to use influence in preventing expansion of airport. City Attorney re: status of zoning and code enforcement cases. Park Director re: Sycamore Pruning. Burlingame Office of Emergency Services Annual RePort. uinutei of san Mateo operational Area Civil Defense And Disaster its 5. 6. 7. 8. Counc i 1 . 9. Minutes: Health, SafetY Park and Recreation, January January 13, 1975. f i!TRODUCT oN,,.'I'layor Crosby presented Gas&E ec tr ioned in San mayor and cou and llorth Cou benefit of th & Traffic Commission, JanuarY I6, 14, Parking, January 22, Planning, welcoming him Bicentennial Committee: Councilran ilarrison reported that Natalie Lanam, inE conversation earl ier in the day, reported that Dale Perkins and hj.s group are doing an outstanding job of organizing a Bicentennial observation . C Company stat to this area. ncilman of Daly City, active in County Council nty Council of cities, $rho contributed much to e county and Peninsula cities. Time of adjournment l0:00 P.M.Respectfully submitted, APPROVED: ADJoURNMENT: In respect to the memory of Bernard J. Lycett,formerof Mayors the 1lviL1iam J. crosby, Mayor er a t€,ty Clerk