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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1962.09.2597 Burllngame, Californla September 25, 1962 A Speclal Meeting of the Burlingame Clty Council, contlnued fromIts Speclal Meetlng of September LB, 1962, uas helal on the aboveglven date. Meetlng called to or.der at B:00 p.m. - l,layor Lo:renzln the Chaln. CALL T00 RDER PLEDGE OF'ALLEGIANCE At word from the Chalr, e1lthe Pledge of Alleglance to the Councll Chambers e F1ag. arose and gave ROLI CALL Pr6s6nt - Councl-1men: Crosby-Johnson-Lorenz-Marti.n-MorganAbsent - Councllmen: None Mayor. Loronz announced. that. the meeting was scheduled to continuethe pub1lc heari.ng on the matter of the proposed formatlon of the Burllngame Avenue Area Off Street Parklng Dlstrlct anC Councllman l,[a::t3.n, Councll lLalson member, was lnvlted to conduct the contlnued meetlng. Actlng Chalrman Mantln restated the ground r:uIes to be applled w5-th reepect to the publlc hearlng and lntroduced Ernest A. Wilson and Ken Jon€s, Attornoys f-or the Dlstrlct end Jack Van Zandt, EngJ.neer for the DlstrLct. BURLINGAME . EOWARD AVMIUES BETWEEN PRIIMOSE AND PARK ROADS IOT J The actlng Chairznan advlsed that the hearlng would open siderlng the area between Bprllngame and Howard Avenuos Prlmrose Road and Park Road. by C On- tween There wer.e no comm€nts from elther proponents or opponents rrl- th respect to this sectLon. LOT E Ralmrnal E. WurlltzEr, property owner. wlthln the DlstrLot ::efe::redto lilr. Casper Weinbengenr s statement on the occaslon of the last m66tlng wherein Lt was requested that the Horrand Bulck bulldlngsE e1l as tha l{owand property ba LncLuded lnto the parklng Dlstrlct. ln rh !,1r. W. Pederson, 12\ Lor:ton Avenue, property orner Lrutredlately out- sLde the Parklng Dlstrlct sug6ested that lf purchased, the Eowa::d Bulck bulldlng str.ucture would trmako a good two story p arking fac- 111ty;rr rra two deck parkLng factllty wlthin the buslness area would be more of a convenLence.rl Joeseph H. Petorsonl orJrler of property outslde the DLstrlct, butwlthln the Assessment Distrlct, protested pa rklng ln the out].ylng areas anal stated that 1n hi.s opinlon, people will not go to park b61ol, Howard Avenue to shop on Burllngame Avenus. i{:'. Peterson stated that he was Ln favor of t he Howard Bulck bullding being taken Lnto the Dlstrict; that facl1lty, plus the lot across thestreet from the Clty HaIL, would be sufflclent to provlde parklng faci11ty. PUBL]' HEARING - BURLINGA],IE AVF;NUE AREA AREA BETWEEI'I PRMIROSE ROAD FROJ'{ HOWARD AVEMIE g8 Mr. Van Zsndt, ln repLy to the Chalnrs lnqulty stated that the Howard Iot on Lorton Avenue has a frontage of 150 feet and a wldth of 70 feet; an estLmated trenty-flv6 cars coulil be parked on the 1ot, wlth the acqulsltlon of the bul1dlng, thlnty more spac€s ras estlmated andlt would posslbly craate l,Ir.. Van Zandt questloned double deck facltlty wer.e provlded ddltlonal thlrty to slxty spac6s.deslrablllty of double decktng 1n the lfa ana the down t olf,n ar6a, statlng that ground. parklng ls mcre populan although ln another lreven years lt trmay be a dlffenent story.tr In repl cost pe stated $1,511. funate $or poss $t,2oo.thls tlrne to neply Councllman Monganr s luqulry on whether the coat per space would lncrease Lf a d.oubl.e-deck faclflty uer6 construc ted. In reply to i{r. Wilsonrs 1nqu5.ry on whether the Eonard BulckButlding ls sulted for two storles, Mr. Van Zandt r€p1led neg-atlvely and recormrended that the buldllng be razed. AREA BETWEEII PARK AND LORTON - EOWARD AVE. TO SOUTH BOI]NDARY LOT F Refer:nce was mad.e to a protast entered by Attorney Melvln Cobonwlth respect to the excluslon of the Ford and Cunnlnghanr pnoper.ti.es on Park Road at the last meeting. Mr:. A. Weltz, nepnesentlng h!.s Mothen, Mrs. E11za \leltz, 135Lorton Avonue, stated that he:: lot 1s the one lot remalnlng ln the or5-gLna1 p1an to convert four 1n thls a:rea lnto a parkLngfaclIlty, bacause of new apartments on U::see 6f ths orlglnal Iots. Mn. Weltz advlsed that one unlt of the apartment bulldlng ls hLs l{othe::r s home, the othe! units provS.de her only me ans ofllvellhood! the Lot l-s an expenslve plece of property fo:: converslon Lnot a parklng 1ot and a prevlous appralsal placed a valuatlon of $l+0r000r00 on the propentyo lfu.s . Audrey lloope? speakLng 1n behalf of her Mother, ltf-r's. MarLe Strum Ack1ey whose pnoperty on Park Road ls proposed wLthLn theDLstrlct, steted that the bulil1lng compnlmlses a beauty shop andfour apartrnents the sole lncome of hen l4other and constr:uction ofof apartments at the near of the property (on Lonton Avenue) ncuts off any acc€ss for parklng.rr lfr. A. G. Westcott, Walnut Avenuo, spoke ln behaLf of ltlrs. ELlzalreltz suggestlng the excluslon of the 1ot lnto the ParklngDlstrict. Itbr. The6dore Blumberg, memben of the Parklng Dlstrlct Comnlttee, spoke ln favor of retalnlng the Lorton Avenuo (Wettz) lot lntothe Distrlctl statlng that this 1s an Lntergral part of t heparklng plan; tt v111 provlde a drlveuay through fo:r al'l th:ree ofthe sreas to the south sLde of Eowand Avenue and 1f the lot ls not taken lnto the Dlstrlct, lt wlII reduce the efflelency of th6 panklng pr3o8::am; a walk-uay uLIl also be created. Mn. Van Zandt, al"so r.eferned to the area, statlng that lt ls notto be an a1ley - lt l-s a parklng anea form whlch cars are golngto ne Ln a poeltloa to move ln a n east to uest dlnectton from PrLnr.oa e Road to Eighland Av€nu6. Mr. Johnson Cockroft referred tothe wldth of Broadsay wlth lts two-nay trafflc aud almost ldentlca1 ln dl,mensLon wlththe lot under dlscuEsldn obsrvlng that the lorton Arrnue lot has conslderable more potentlal than Just a dnLveway area. o Councllman Mo::gant s inqulr.y, concernlng the {v6r'egear per spece, 1n the Parklng Dlstrlct, Itbr. Van Zandtt the average cost is a ppnoximately $Ir100.00 toper spacei the Howard Bul_ck bulldtng Iot would applrox- 00.00 per space, less 35% of the Cltyr s contributlony $l+r000.00 per space s.s compared wlth $1r100.O0,on $1r!O0.00. Mn Van Zendt expr:essed hesltance at yt t!c tha 00 7rZtbl o0 99 Inreply to theChalrr sthe boundary I1ne of zonad Il-ne. lnquiry, the Clty Plannen advlsed thatthe proposed distrlct follows a couraerc5.ally AREA INRTON AND HIGHLAND.BEfWEEN IIOWARD AN BAYSWATER AVENOES LOT N Thcne were no commsnts from elther proponents or oppenents. AREA LORTON - IIIGHLAND AVENI'E - CALIFORNAI DRIVE LOT M (o1d Depot Hotel) I{n. Rl amrnd lfurl,l. t z er pr:otosted the lnclusLon of the Depot llotelproperty because of t he cost of its acqulsltlon and because of a compr.omlse mado to obtaLn slgnatures of owne rg of property at the opposlte end of the street. Mr. Wunlltzer stated that orlglnal plans proposed the lncluslon of a 1ot on Iltghland Avenue and Honard Avenuue the acquJ-sltlon of the hotel property lrould b6 costly and would s€r:ve no par.tlcular beneflt. Mr. J. Ed lttcClellan, Cahlman of the Parklng Comml ttee, expal1n6dthe neversaL form the orlgnlal plans, advlslng that the otlginalplan includetl a 1ot at the corncr of Htghland Age. and Horard Aysnue and the adJacent Harder bulldlng; Mn. Hander at that t lme exptessed dlsepproval ina8nuch as the vacant 1ot ras belng ava11- able for such uge ln connectlon wlth the operatS.on of hls auto- moblle agencyi the Comd.ttee iras concer:ned wlththe automoblle agencles-ln its cftyy' 1f the lot was lnclrrded ln the ,lstnlct lt would be forclng on6 of Burllngame I s eutornoblle agencies to removo a portlon of the buslness to San l4ateoy' the lnc1ualon of the uarder bulldlng was bot pnactlcal 1f the corner lot was not lncluded, therefore, lt was suggerted that the o1d Depot Hotel wlth anotholsparcel large enough to repLace the cornen lrt be take lnto thaDlstrLct. I,tr'. ],tcC1el1an Ln replylng to Mr. Wllsonr s lnquIry, s tated that thepetltLon signed by Mr. Hender was done so uncondltlonally. Ques t 1on6 proposed b e11eve d pnop os 6 d dbvlots the Lot the Cahlr on relatlve costs between the orlglanally and t he one selected, h. Van Zand.t stated that he caost of the now proposed Depot Hotel and the now N to be a sllghtly hlgher than the orlgnial lot proposed. Mr. Van Zandt stated that the o1d, hoteL ls a prlme exampke of obsolenscenco and 1n r6ply to the Chairrs inqul,ry on a comparLson of panklng spaceE advLsed that there are moro spaces provlded ln the two propertLes now lncluded wlthln the DlstrLct. AREA BOUNDED BY BAYSWATER AND HOWARD, BBTWEEN HIGHLAND AND LORTON The Chalrrnan advLsed thatthere are three lots outsLde the Dlstrict but wlthln the Assessment DlstrLct, plus proposed parklng lots. 1,1r. Jemes Ior:ruey, Jr., representing the Ambrose-Lambert propertles on the L1O0 block of Eoward Avenue, wlth the Assessment Dlstrlct, advlded that hls cllents protest the extent of the proposed Dlstrlct; the beneflts to be'derlved w111 not match the assess- ments that hlg cllents 1111 be forced to pay; under the present schedule, the DlstrLct ls tteachlng lnto an a rse of confLscatLonln an attonpt to asslsst beslcally, the sma11 buslnass st:rlp of Burllngame Avernre. I"1r. Tormey, at considerable length, protested the Pa::kLng Dlstrlct l-n general, the lncluslon of lots to accomod.etc the mercahnts r- ernployees and real estate offL ces and s tatod that he fa11ed !!to sei tfrat beneflts would equal the burdonsrr lmposed and questloned. whether surveys had be6n c buslness that may be brouglylng ilistrlct; what other perlenced as a result of a the number of people who would use the panklng facLLltLes and whene they ane folng; the numbe r of cars that could bo panked Ln the area available on the east side of Callfornla Drlve, etc. onducted to ascertaln the type of newht 1n, ossential to tlrose 1n the out-ctties of Burllngame I s type has 6x-' Parking Dlstrlcti lts effectivness 100 In reply to the Chalnrs Lnqulny, Mr. Torrrey stated that hls cllentsproperty lncludes one buidlLng with two offLces on t he groundflbbr and four rooms upstalrs, wlth parklag provlded. Mr. Wllson was re:uestod. by the Chair t o reply some of the Lnqulrlcs posed by l,lr. Tormey. HLs Etatement l-n essence, lndlcated that ttlt is the last thlngln the mlnds of the Parking Dlstrlct Cormlttee to make a recommen-. datlon that the lssue of a ParkLng Dlstrlct be submltted to ths voters of an lmprovments that ls expected to be ratlfles by allof the voter:s of the Clty as an obllgatlon they would feel benefltted theLr propeties; 1f tt were so, the lroundarles would have beengreater. Mr.. Wl1son continued by statlng that rrthere 1s also no questlon !.n he mlndg of the conmlttee es to the legallty of the Cltyrs pledge to make a eontrlbutloni because this proJect wtl1 take more than onefiscal y6ar to conplete, monles w1.11 thenefore eppoar ihn more than one budget; holrever, f dld point out prevlously that all but the $1791000.00 of the Cltyts contrlbutLon w111 be avellable thls year;therfore we areonly talking about the aaount to be ralded 1n futur.eyears . tl M:r. Wllson explalned 1n consl.derable detall the rnethod of assegslngestabllshln8 the tax rate and final d.etermLnatlon by CouncLl,slttlng as a Board of Equallzat!.on. ltr.. Tor.rney also questlonetl at some length, the 1ega1lty of the Cltyr s contrlbutlon, the sollrce of revenue to agsume the cost,the total tax revenue of the Cttyy' ):.ow the cost 1s to be spneadtf the $61+01000.00 of the Cltyrs contrlbutlon Ls not avallable whether a Bond Issue r11l- be proposed, etc. Mr. lJllson advised that ln the lnstonce of the Pa:rklng Dlstrlct,a pet tlon came before the Councll based upon the assessed valuatLon of the land and as a Board of EqualizatLon, Councul determlnes the benefits to properties andrrwlth that end CouncLl should consfder each ploce of property assessed in thls Dlst:rlct ln the llght of the advide that has been glven and the figunesthat hav e resultod.;. ttthe councll has the rlght to altsr th6 ags6ssmEnts. tt Mr. WlLson advlsed that changes made afteir t he petltlon sign-updid not effedt the Junisdlctlon of the proJect; tha changos sndnodlfLcatlons are not fLnal and Council ls empowered. to revelw everypnoposed plec6 of property unden conslde:ratlon. In referrLng to s tatorlentg concernlag curveys, Mr. W11son statedthat his experi.ence lndlcated thet sutveys rrsatlsfled a novLng purpose and the were dlscardedn - trthoy do not demonstrate thit palk-lng ls needed. n In repJy to statemtns concernlng su.rveys, Mr. Wl1son statedthat hls experlence Lndlcated that surveys rwhereLn hic cllentspnoperty ls not benefltted ans rhy the assessed valuatlon 1s not a good reflecttng basls forthe spr€ad of assessments.rl In further answ6t' to lnquires r.alsed, Mr. Wllson stated that thereare two lnaccuracies ln Mr:. Tormeyrs statements (t) to assume thatthe ago, type or assegsed valuatl.on of a bulldlng has anythlng totlo rlth its contrlbutlon of a parklng lot and (2) the assumptl,onthat anythlng but land ls t aken lnt conslderatlon 1n spreatllngbeneflts. Fol}owlng furthor expl anatlon by I.1r. Wl1son on the Iega1 aspectsof the Dlstrlct fonmatlon, the Chair declared a recesrs. RECESS 9:40 p.n. CALL TO ORDER The meetlng was ca1led to order at 9255 prm. 101 AREA EAST OF IIIGI{LAND AVENUE Lot M AREA BCUND BY PRII"ISORE LORTO Nr BURLINGAME CONNELLY AVE. L. W11bu:r Smlth, Vl,ce Pr.esldent of Eonden Company, protested theLncluslon of the Bonden property lnto the Dlstrlct and distrlbuteda summary of rrr:equest fo:r deletlon.n Mr. Smlth elabotated'ln further iletall on polnts outllned 1n the sunr0 arlr: {,1) Bortten Comapny supplles adequite off-stneet parking as a necesslty tn the nomal openatlon of lts buslness; (2) tireplant locatLon ls out of the Burllngame shopplng dlstrlct; (3) the property ls ttre furthenest slstencc nemoved form g parklng Iot;(h) adequete metens are always avallable on Callfonnta Drtve; (5) only I[f, of sa]-esane mado to hones and stores in Bunl tngame, wltha fl.eet of over 110 vehlcles providing adequate parklng md opeatlng space 'sahll be avallable fon 67 vehicles. Some dlscussLon arose on the legaltty of r.eceiving wrltten protests at thls tlme, wlth Mr. Wllson ecplalning that writtne protests recelved prior to thl.s- hear'lng deter.mlned that there ls or therels not a moJorlty protest. LOT C l,lr. G. Chapelone, 1,126 Benlto Avenue, quewtloned why the parklng Iot on Donnelly and Prlmrose Road, at the rean of Bennetts Drugs was sxcluded from the Dlstrlct stating that ls occupency ls llnlted by the use of tlckey valldatlons and would rra ke an excellent double deck parklng facl).lty. Mr. Van Zandt advLsed that the englneers have neven consldered the 1ot to be taken f or. parklng because of 1t potentlal commerLcal development ln the downtwon ar6a and tis value and furth6r, no no conner lots wer nec crnmend.ed for in cluslon w 1th1n the ParklngDlstrlct. In reply to Dr. War.dr s lnqulry concernlng the corner: lot of Lot H on the west sl,4e of the Hlghway, i'[r. Van Zandt polnted outthat thispartlcular corner lot 1s not rrl thln a comrre:rlcal zone. PRII,IROSE . LOBTON, DONNELLY AND BELTEVIIE LOT A Mr. Joseph Schmltz, 1810 BarnolLhot avenue, protested on behalfof hls Mother, the lncluslon of thr"ee propertles located at 1233 Bellevue Avenue asa pa:.klng facillty outsLde the Dlstrlct boundarles. Itb. SchnLtz ln descrlblng lmprovments mad€ to the proporty, questloned why nesldents rere being d.ep:rlved of thel-n p::operty when a 1ot ln the heat of the downtown area 1s excluded. by a member ( Doru:e11y andPnlmrose ). I''lr Schrrltzstated thet a survey conducted by a member of his fanlIy lndlcated the few people uslng ti-re parklng lot anil s t englneerl eto nemaLn panking fa atedttdl c11 d that ln hls oplnlon, theparklng plan was poorly f the property on Donnelly a-nd Prlmrose 1s permltted e and bot conv6rt6d. lnot a two or three deck 1ty. M::. Paul Lorton, repr€sontlng the Charles E. Stelnbecks, L245 Bellevue Avenue protested the lncluslon of theL:r homo establlsJedover flfty y€ars ago and requested that egcJ.uston on the l>asis ofa hardshlp 1n the l{r.. Stelnbeck ls Ln illhea1th. Hr. Chalrles E. Gfroerer, BurlLngame AvBnue mer:chant, spoke on the ne6d for parklng, statlng that he tlldnot favor , howecerethe acqulslton of lots ln theoutlylng dlstrtct as belng benoficlel-to buslness. toz I{!. Gfnoerer spok6 on a suryey conducted several years ago, lndicatlng that some parklng ls needed. for customers, with more need for employees. He also expressed dLsagr.eement withthe statement concer:nl,ng the excluslon of the Donnelly - Pr:lmnoseparklng 1ot, questlonlng why the plopBrty, with lts reponted valuatLon, has not been sold for comraorclal use. lllt:s. Frelda Freund, owner. of a caterlng servlce buslness of Donnelly Avenue suggested. that a walk way be provided from Dormelly Avenue to Burllngamo, Avenue. Followlng furttrer comments fnom i'Ir. Chapellone, itlr. JamesPorter, t4r. J. Schmltz and I'!r.. Seorge lllcQueen oD the subject of double deck panklng, this portJ.on of the hearing was cpncluded. ADJOURNI{qNT The meetlng was reqularly adJourned at 11:01 p.mo to meet Tuesday September2, 1962, 8:OOprrtrr on motlon of Councllmen Johnson and seconded by Councllman Mo:rgatt. R^pec tfu1ly tredr r er ','Ihi teClty Clenk APPROVED: n\, -#J.