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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1966.08.03444 Burlingame, California August 3, 1965 An adjourned neeting frdtr the regrular meeting of the Burlingane city Council, August 1, 1966. was held on the above given date. lteeting called to order by l,tayor ceorge at 8:15 p.n. At rrort from the Chair, all in the Council Chanber arose and gave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present Absent - Councilmen: - Councilmen: Cro sblr-D j,ederidrsen-ceorge-lfohnson-llartin. None. tlayor ceorge announced that the adj ourned gesgion had been sctreduled to continue a public hearing on the selection of a City HaII Eite. lltre hearing r*as declared open and recalling the regular meeting of August 1, wtrerein Council was advised by Col. E. L. t{orberg of plane he had prepared in the interest of ptrbLic service to remodel the present city Hall, the chair invited coI. Norberg to present his draw- ings and statementa of coat. Copies were submitted to Council and a set displayed on the Council blad<boanl. Col. Norberg first guestioned whether the Civic Improvement Cormittee had been presented rrith "a11 the facta" pertaining to the present sitefor corparison with the proposed Bellevue Avenue site. Cormenting that both sites rculd be acceptable, Col. Norberg stated that the igsue is a question of whether the building be improved, rejuvenated and preserved as a historical structure or a question of economics r that the re-conditj.oning of the building with improvements added would be considerably more econonical than conatructing a building on a new site. co1 . Norberg explained in some detail his propoeal to improve the property in tero stagesi the first stage to provide an upper atory to the Department of Publie lvorks Building rrith building extensions sufficient to houEe City Hall office8, a kitchen facility, a confer- ence room, a dressing-room, lavatories, storage space, a foyer and three meana of exit; the second stage to re-vamp and earthquake-proof the current building; add an elevator, a staiway and expand the office apaceai the present public rrorka offices to remain as they are with poesibly some expansion. In reply to councilman Diederichsen, Col. Norberg Btated that the eecond story would temporarily accomnodate all the City HaII offices until the nain building t,aa rehabil itated. counciLuan crosby and Councilman l{artin, inguiring further into the placenent of the various City ltall offices, were advised by Co1. Norberg that the entire upstaira area would be utilized by all the offices during the renovation period and a detemination made later CAIJL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL PURPOSE OF HEETIIiIG COL. E. L. NORBERG PROPOSAL as to which offices shall renain in the upper sectj.on of the addition and which offices shall remain on the first floor of the reconatructed building. Ir{ayor George questioned the nunber of square feet and the cost prolrosd for each structure and was advised by col. Norberg that his entire plan enconpaasea an area of 18,000 aquare feetl 11,562 square feet for the new addition and the remainder in the reclnstructed buildingr a total project cost of $375,OO0.00, rith an estiDated $208,000.00 for the fj,rst stage and S167,OOO.OO for the remode lled and rejuvenated structure. Cost esti$ates rubmitted were reviewed by Councilman llartin and in taking an average of the per square footage co8ts both on the new conatrrjrction and on the renodelled, Council waa advised that the total alproxinated a coat of 923.0O per square foot. llayor George pointing out that a[ple space is a requiaite to accrhlnodato a growing city, questioned the advisabllity of ranovating a building th.t \ras conatructed over one-half a century prior. Col . Norberg repeated his previous cont€ntion that the building can be reatored and nodernized to adeguately serve the cmnunity for another thirty yearsi adding further, that the Bellevue Avenue property is an expenslve parcel, it " should not be taken off the tax rolle" and that the preaent city HalI should be preaerved aa a 'rmonrDent. n Councilnan Diedericheen advised that he had obtained factual data compiled some years prior for the infonration of the Planning Cormission and referred to in a report to the Civic Improvenent comrdttae ln Novenber of 1965, under tlre title of "Ei8torical Notes - City 8a11." B(cerpts fron the report read I Councilman Diederichsen, included a reccrmendation fro wiIIi.n A. Hhiffler, Ardr itect, that the "pre8entbuilding is unsound, it is not feasible and it is e:rpensive to remodel.' Counci lman Diederidrsen stated that in his opinion, the quotation fr€m the conaulting architect waa sufficient to juetify his objection to the renodeling of the pre8ent City Hall. Ittayor ceorge thanted CoI. Norberg for his presentation, stating ttrat the proposal trould be taken under advigement !ryr the city Council. ttre Chair referred to an amended offer gubmitted by the Anza Pacific , just prior to the opening of the Council meeting on August lat . David Keyston, official, Anza Pacific Corp., was invited to on the proposal. t{r. l(oy8ton atated that the City of Burlingane ia confronted with a nurnber of major problerns, tt o of which are, in his opinion, of prine irnportance: (1) fhe expaneion of the Searer Pl.rnt, and (2) Highway acceaai eadr costly projects. with hi8 company nor offering a site, installingutility facilities and roadways, the City'a development of bayfront propertLes into a park and recreational area will be considerably reduced; and, with the future expane ion of the Airport, thia sectionof the City shall becoe the 'geographic center. " Corp. by ur speaJ< 449 ANZA PACIFIC PROPOSAL !lr. Key8ton reviewed the copany's original offer and the most recent nodifications, atating that the proposal will expedite the developnent of the area and encourage building within the area fr@ Peninsula Avenueto Broadway. 450 It was suggested by Ur. Xeyaton that the droice of a site be voted upon by the citizens, in whidr event hie coepany would be willing to continue the offer for a period of one year. Irlayor George, comenting on the reference to major city projects, stated that $1OO,O00.00 has been allocated }l]r Council in the current budget for the sewer expansion, Cuernavaca Park has been developed and plans are in progress to develop the City'8 bayfront park and recreation area. llr. xeyston, in repJ.y to uayor George's inguiry concerning the prep- aration of the Bubject property should the City accept the offer of two acrea, Etated that rrater and Eerrer facilities would be installed, that as quid<Iy as fill is available, the roadbed shall be extended across the unfilled portion of the property and a bridge will be constructed acroas the drainage ditch. Ur. Keyston stated t}rat there is no intention to place the property on the market; as advertised, they wiII "build to suit" and acknoryledged thereafter that if a City Hall rrere erected, his conpany would receivea "higher u8e" from the property and would attract desirable tenanta. Councilnan llartin's inquiry on whether the offer of the Anza Pacific Corp., would remain in effect for a period of one year ahould Council,within that period, determine that a proper site had not been selected, rras ana\rered in the affinntive by Mr. Keyston. Col. Norberg, replying to Councilman l,tartin's request for his opinion c@paring the Key8ton site rrith the Bellevue Avenue site, stat€d that the iaolated location of the fomer site forestalled a reasonable cmpariaon. Uayor George reported that li{r. irohn Cockroft had advised that the Burl ingame Bowling Alley property will be available for poaeible consideration as a city ltall site. Further diecussion concluded with Council concurring in the recomendation of Councilman rrohn son that the civic lnprovement Co@ittee review the new proposals and that a report be suboitted to Council by tlre next regular meeting of Council on Augfust 15th. EMPI'YEE SALARY AD'TUS${ENT CIUPLAINTS Councilman iIohnEon, Council euployee liaison, reported that a second conference has been requested by ernployees who have appealed the recent salary adjustmentE and that a representative has been Eelected by the(l to speal< to Council in their behalf. fhe City Uanager was directed to notify the emPloyee8 to submit a written requeEt, accoapanied by documented evidence to support their plea, for council consideration. BNOADWAY PARKING IOI FACIIJITY hAPPROVED: ) EEDWARD D. G ^-a R EERBERT K. IIHITE,CIIY CLERX In reply to an inquiry fron Ur. Donald Nahn'rald, 3034 EiUside Drive. concerning a date the neh, parking lote in the Broadway businese district may be c@pleted, councilman Martin advised that the inproved facility will be in readiness b!, the week of Tharik egiving. AD"OT'NN}IEIIT r'he meeting was regularly adjourned at l0:Io p.m., with litayor George announcing that a study meet ing rculd imrediately follm. ReaPectfullY suhitted,