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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1966.05.26402 Burlingame, California l{ay 26, 1966 CAIL "O ORDER A regularly adjourned meeting of the Burlingame City Council, frou theregular meeting of Uay 16, 1956, was called to order on the above dateat 8:O0 p.m., Iqayor ceorge presiding. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At word frqn the Chair, all in the Council chanbe r arose and gave the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present - Councilmen: Absent - Councilmen: Crosby-Diede richsen-ceorge-ifohnson-Martin. None. SPECIAT PERMIT FOR IIOTEL LANDS OF BURLINGAIT{E SHORE LAND COII{PA}IY SUSPENDED. Councilman Martin referred to an action of the Planning Commission, atits meeting ltay 23, 1966. approving a special permit application forhotel use of Lands of the Burlingame Shore L,and Company. Corunenting that the Conunission's decision would seem premature at thistime, councifunan l.tartin introduced a motion to suspend the Special Permit, pending review by Council of the Planning Comnission action. Hotion seconded by Councilnan Crosby and unanimously carried. I{onday, ilune 5, City Council. 1966, was scheduled for a public hearing before the BROADWAY OVERPASS AND GRADE SEPARATION. Uayor ceorge announced that this was the time and place seheduled to initiate the public hearings on tentative pl.rns for the Broadway Over- pass and crade Separati.on improvements, prepared by the fim of York & Dady, civil Engineers. Mayor ceorge conmented on the magnitude of the project and encuaibering problems, advising that a preliminary plan has been suburitted to Sacramento to the State Division of Highways for approval, wh ictr plan will be the subject of the public hearings before Council . Upon determination that there rrere no corununications on file, Uayor George declared the hearing open. Councilman Martin, council's Broadway Overpass representative, initiated the discussion. Referring to the traffic situation at Broadrray and the Southern Pacific crossing, a matter of concern to the City for many years, and the increased traffic burden caused by the development and groerth of the i.ndustrial area, he stated that Council recoglnized that the situation was becoming critical and that corrective measures had to be taken. IIe advised that the report submitted by the engineering firm of York & Dady, retained by the city Council to recorunend a solu- tion, encompasses eight separate proposals, the reconuaended plan, represented in the model . is a cornbination of schemes, r^rith revisions by the state engineers. councilman !,tartin, in conclusion, made the following points: It was felt that traffic movements could be clarified and more easily dis- tinguished than if drawings were used exclusively, therefore, the scale model was authorized but should not be construed as Council's endorse- ment of any particular plan. Secondly, the City council has made no firm decision; hearings have been scheduled for the purpose of deter- mining public reaction to the engi-neers' Proposals. HEARING MR. HowARD YORK COMI'IENTS A delineator and screen hre re used by Ittr. of the eight alternate schemes discussed and filed with the City Council. 403 Ilohrard York to explain features in the report dated March, 1965, !tr. York advised that the firm worked closely with melribers of the City staff and repreaentatives of the Division of Highways, that probably a total of 28 to 30 designs were drawn, and tltat eight were selected finally for the City's consideration. !lr. York atated that of the eight, Schemes VI, VII and VIII were recom-' mended to the City; vl utilizes the existing overpass and proposes an underpass under the railroad tracks (it was felt that one sclreme should include an underpass). IIe stated that it would be possible to go under the tracks but it would be very coatly, there would be maintenance probJ.ems and the chance of leal<s because of the high r.rater ta,bIe; if the railroad tracks were raised, there probably would be no overPass because it woutd have to be too high. Ihe city Engineer concurred with I{r. York, advi.sing that if the tracks remained at grade an underpass r,rould require pumps installed, continuing maintenance problems, and it would be impossible to guarantee against flooding. !tr. York stated that Sdreme vIIr, with revisions, is the subject of the scale model, and, referring to the model, he explained that three alternates were designed for crossing the railroad tracks west to California Drive, ilLustrated in the photograPhE on disPlay. I{r. York stated that all of the schemes eliminate direct access to Broad$ray, explaining that if funds were to be forthcoming frqn the Southern Pacific Company and the Public Utilities Comlission, the grade crossing must be eliminated. IIe stated that it should not be considered that Broadteay would be "cut off" since a Pattern of one-t ay streets r,ou1d afford practical and easy access to the shopping area. trtr. York explained that all improvements within the state right-of-way are within State jurisdiction and financed by state funds; the area generally west of Rollins Road- is the City's responsibility with the Southern Pacific company and the Public Utility comnission paying a portion of the cost. COMITEIITS FROU THE AT'DIEIICE. !lr. Janes E. Carroll, 848 Walnut Avenue, and l.lr. Hoerard watkinson, 1544 Bernal Avenue, objected to traffic movements requiring left hand turns across traffic on California Drive. Mr. Frank Walch, orrner of business at L322 llarsten Road, Mr. Hugh F. Connolly, 1450 Chapin Avenue, ur. Duncan Beardsley, L229 Cabrillo Avenue, u!. Alfred Kaufmann, or.nrer of business, 1352 Broadway, llr. Ray Bland, 75O Acacia Drive, questioned the routing of traffic fron the freeway directly into the industrial area at t{arsten Road. Itlr. York explained that southbound from san Franci8co, traffic urould enter at llarsten Road, travel Rollins Road to an up-rarmp, and then down to california Drive. He stated that one additional incline ra.np, carrying traffic directly from the freeway to california Drive, would improve the plan irnmensely but would add to the coEtsi he estimated $50O,OO0.O0. t!!. York described Scheme vII as the "economy model, " stating that "it is very cheap aE far as the state and not too expensive for Burl inganre; there is littIe land acquisition; it does everything but does not cost muctr . " 404 Itr. Alfred Kaufmann, 1352 Broadway, and l,tr. Rob€rt Higgins, 1169 Broadway, objected strongly to the lack of direct accesa into Broadway, allegingthat the shopping district and the me rctrants would be penalized; a nuriber of alternates lrere discussed for diverting traffic into Broadlray. In reply to questions concerning turning movenents at Broadrray-Cal ifornia Drive and Broadway-Rollins Road. !tr. York referred to charta in the report, which were reviewed. It{r. York, in reply to questions from Mr. Higgins, advised that there is insufficient space to construct an underpass at California Drive and Broadway similar to that in San Uateo at Hilldale Boulevard and El Camino Real. Ur. Paul Constantino, L92O Carnelita Avenue, questioned whether an accessinto Broadway r*ould be feasible, !tr. Higgins stated that people in the Broadway area are interested in preserving the ingress and egress that presently exists between Broadvray and the freeway. RECESS Following a recess at 1O:35 p.m., the neeting reconvened at 1O:45 p.m. In reply to an inquiry from Mr. Ray Bland, 75O Acacia Drive, Ur. York advised that approximately 285 cars would enter the Marsten ltoad- Rollins Road area during a peak evening cotElute hour. In reply to Mayor George's in the audience opposed to request, there was a show of hands of those eliminating direct access to Broadway. There were individual coErnents from Council assuring serious consideration to the points raised concerning the additional ramp to move southbound traffic from the freeway to California Drive and to the "dead-end" at Broadway. Council suggested that conments favoring or protesting any phase of the proposed plan should be submitted in writing. Uayor George announced that future meeting dates will be announced; in the meantine, Council, working with the project engineers, qrill attempt to resolve some of the problens raised during the present discussion. ADJOURNMENT lhe meeting was regularly adjourned at 1I:I0 p.m. Respectfully submitted. HERBERT K. WIIITE, CIIY CLERK APPROVED3 \€J,*--J i:'r-t rz*=.-. n 4 rowenp D. cEo#E, uAYoRr