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Burlingame, Californi-a
April 29, L974
CALL TO ORDER
An informal meeting of the Burlingame City Council was called to order on the
above date at 8:05 p.m., by Mayor William J. Crosby for the purpose of obtaJ-ning
input from residents in the Broadway area on conversion of existing short-term
curb spaces to a combination of short-term and long-term on the side streets,
Broadway north to Lincoln Avenue and south to Capuchino Avenue, between California
Drive and E1 Camino Real. (In its "Broadway Avenue Area Parking Studyr" De Leuw,
Cather & Company found a deficiency of approximately 175 long-term spaces and a
surplus of short-term. )
P],EDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE F],AG:Led by Burress Karmel, City Attorney.
ROIL CALL: COUNCILMEN PRESENT: Amstrup-Crosby-Cusick-Harrison-Mangini
COMMUNICATIONS: Bank of America, Broadway branch, d.ated April 24, 1974, Broadway
Hardware Company, April 26, 1974, W.P. Wilson, Jeweler, 1365 Broadway, ApriL 24,
L974, Wells Fargo Bank, Broadway office, April 25, 1974, urging parking and
traffic improvements. R. Roussey, 357L EarI Drive, Santa Clara, owner of commercial
property at l-215-19-23 Broadway, opposing acquisition of additional properties
for parking lots for the reason that existing lots are not used to capacity. An
unsigned letter dated April 26, recommending two-hour parking be maintained on
the side streets, and installation of stop signs on Broadway, at least one,
preferably two, to allow pedestrians and cars to cross.
The City Manager reported that approximately 500 notices with map attached were
mailed to merchants and residents explaining changes proposed to improve and make
more efficient use of curb spaces on the side streets. The mailing list was
compiled from the local reverse directory so that occupants, whether owner or
not, were notified. He referred to the transparency projected on the screen showing
areas where short-term would be retained and, beyond that, the change to long-term.
PUBLIC COM},IEITI
Mrs. J.A. Riordan, 1235 Paloma Avenue, Henry A. T.una, 1244 PaLoma Avenue, A.A.
Meyer, 1228 Capuchino Avenue, Maurice G. Peterson, 1252 Capuchino Avenue, Mrs.
Frank Merriman, 1251 Capuchino Avenue, Mrs. M.B. Lane, 1237 Laguna Avenue,
Richard A. Sangal7i, L245 Laguna Avenue, William J. Barker, Barker Blueprint
Company, 1127 Chula Vista Avenue, Mrs. James Greely, 1039 Chula Vista Avenue:
With the existing two-hour limitation, there is a turn over and residents
have some assurance they will be able to park in front of their homes, or that
there will be spaces for guest parking. Because of a combination of narrow
streets and driveways, and cars parked on both sides of the street, some residents
find it difficul-t to back out of their garages. this situation will not be
helped with unlimited parking. Apartment buildings on Capuchino Avenue have
resulted in heavy overnight on-street parking. It has been necessary at times
to call the police department to have cars moved because people park too close
to the edge of the driveway and it is impossible to maneuver out into the street
between two cars parked at the curb, especially when there is a car parked on
the opposite side of the street.
Are the merchants being wise in fostering displacement of shopper parking to
accommodate their employees? This could have the effect of antagonizing the
residents to the extent that they would el-ect to shop elsewhere than Broadway.
If employee parking is needed, the merchants should make the effort to provide
it in areas other than residential.
On many of the streets, curbs and street surfaces are in poor condition. During
rainy weather, cars lined along the curbs interfere with drainage and cause the
water to back up and spill over into private driveways.
Presently, Chula Vista Avenue is one-hour for approximately 300 feet southerly
from Broadway where there is a concentration of commercial buildings; beyond that,
there is two-hour parki-ng in the residential section. The merchants here would
prefer that this arrangernent not be disturbed.
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appear to concentrate on Broadway. Parking regulations are not
side streets as they should be. With respect to partial blocking
on-street parkers, Police Department personnel indicate there is
long as the occupant of the building has enough space to exit to
Iulr. PauI Constantino and Mr. Al Kaufmann, both in business on Broadway for many
years, endorsed implementation of a long-range plan to increase the number of
parking lots by acquisition of private properties.
CONCLUSIONS
Acknowledgment was made of a report prepared by Sergeant James OrBrien, Traffic
Director, on the results of a four-day survey of Lots P & Q, north of Broadway,
between Laguna and Paloma and Capuchino and Paloma, respectively, indicating the
lots are used to half capacity between the hours of 10:00 a.m., and 3:00 p.m.,
daily.
Following a period of Council and staff discussion and comments from Mr.
Yohanan, President, Broadway MerchantS Association, and Mr. HanS Korve,
Cather & Company representative, there was agreement as follows:
John
De Leuw,
1. Red "no parking" area of curbs at residential driveways to be lengthened
to prevent blocking by on-street parkers, violators of red zone to be cited.
2. In one-hour metered on-street spaces, meter maids to chalk tires. Where
there is violation of legal limit, evidenced by chalk marks, citation to be
issued regardless of time remaining on meter.
3. Change Lot R to all two-hour non-metered parking by removal of existing
Iong-term meters.
4. Meter Lots P and Q to offer one to ten-hour parking. Two-hour signs to
be removed upon installation of meters.
5. Install additional 24-minute meters at intersections on Broadway and one-
hour meters at commercial frontage on Chula Vista Avenue.
Mr. paul Constantino volunteered to confer with l4r. Don Stanaway concerning the
latter's offer of an easement across his property. (The easement was mentioned
by Mr. Stanaway at a special City Council meeting on March 26, L974.)
A suggestion was made that Mr. Constantino and ltr. Yohanan poII the merchants on
an increase in business license fees as a method of financing parking lot acquisitions
and improvements. AIso, the merchants should attempt to organize a tentative
program of nrunber of new l-ots to be added, locations, approximate costs. When
information of this nature is available to the Council, then, perhaps, the decisions
can be made with respect to formation of an assessment district.
ADJOURNMENI
The meeting was regularly adjourned at 1O:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
APPROVED:
William J. Crosby, Mayor
Herbert K. White, City Clerk