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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1962.10.161,77 CALL TO ORDER A special meetlng oflleetlng of October 9cal1ed to orden at B PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At word from the Chaln, allthe Pledge of Alleglance to ROLL CALL Present - Councllrnen: Absent - Councllmen: PIIBLIC HEARING the Bu?llngams Cl-ty Councll f?om lts Speclal , A.962 was held cn tho above glven.date. !{eeting :15 p.m., - Yayor Lorenz ln the Chalr. Burllngame, CalLfornla October L6, 1962 In the Councll Chamben a::osethe F1ag. Crosby- Johns on-Lorenz -Man tln-l,lorgan None and geve BURLINGAI,IE AVEI$JE AREA OFF STREET PARKING PROJECT ),layor Lorenz 1nv1tsd. .Councllman i'lartin, Councll J.lalson memberto the Parklng Cormittee to contlnue to conduct the pub11c hearlng on the Burllngame Avenue Area off Street ParklngDl s trlc t. CLARIFICATION RE S. CIIRISEAN Councllrnan l,lar:tln repeateal ground rules and annortnced that the ProceeilJ-ngs on this occasj.on would Lnclude ccrunents fnom (1) Opponentsof the Distrlct; (2) Members of the clty staff; (3) Englneer.sfor the Dlstrlct ana (11) Attorneys fon the Dlstrlct. ltlr.. James Tormey, J::., Attorney, representLng the Ambrose propertleswlthin the Assessnent Dlstrlct, obJected to the Parklng Distrlct as a whoIe, statlng that parking lots have been proposed throughoutthe ctty, and the rrbest centrallzed parkLng, on the basLs of prlce has been lgnored. tl i,Ir'. Tormey pr.otested the lack of evldence presented, statl-ng thatonly rrgeneralLzed oplnlons have been expressed; no facts hav6 been presented through surveys, to determlne rlwhat 1s the needrrrrlWhe::e the cars are fron,r! trWhere should cars be parketl in orderto all-evlate the sltuationrr and. rrt"rheroin ui1l the beneflts be denlved as cl aimed. rl l,b. Ral-rnund B. Wunlltzer, olrner of property wlthln tho proposed Parklng )l-strlct, r.e ad. a letter from S. Chnlstlan of CopenhagenInc., tlated October Lr, L962, clanlfytng a pnlor reference with respect to tr"uck park!,ng, 1n part, as follows: rrOur c ompany makes dellverles to our Burllngame Store three tlmes a week....at no tlme ls the tnrck pa:rked any longer than the tlne it takesfor loadlng and unloadLng. rr rrTtre truck Ls at no tlme stationed Ln Burlingame. rt The conrmunlcatl-on was lntroCuced lntc evLdenceas E)GIIBIT N0. 3l+. l,fr. Ralmund B. Wurlltzer., property owner wlthln the DLstrict read from a slxteen page statement lncllrdlng hls rrComnrents and Recommendatlon on Burllngame Panklng DlstrLcttr flled wlth theClty Clenk as EIGIIBIT N' #1{.3t CO:,f{ENTS FRO},I OPPONHSTS !Lr'. Howard Watklnson, Bernal Avonue property owner, llkened. the proposeC F rking dlstrlct to the Burlingame Pl-aza area, claimLngthat no a::chitectural control was establlshed end stated that a more approprLate pa::klng lot factllty was to rtcut a swath from Lorton Avenu+ to Burlingamo Avenue an al from the Amerlcan Tmst Company on Pr!.mroso Road to E1 CamLno. rr 118 CO}4]{ENTS i,IE].!BEB CITY STAFF The City l,lanag er3 stated that the parkini proposal should be conslder.ed ln t errns of trwhat ls best for the whole cltytl and on the basls rrof long range view to sustain the entLre conrrnunlty; I rrgr:ound Ievel parklng ls the only thlng to advocato todayrr and to trplace lots in an ar6a most need.ed;t,rrthe downtown shopplng distrlct occuplos a small area butlt ylelds tax revenuesrr and uf the Dlstrlct urged that the proJect go forward. The Clty Planner stated that the Clty oas a deflnlte lnter.est Ln the Dlstrlct and predlcted that an ad.dltional 61000 or: Jr000 new rlgsldnets w111 locate ln Burling,me 1n Ehe future. C ommentLng on lots proposed, the may be valLd wlth respect to Lot Bellevue Avenue lots should be p1 lot 1n that area are nore alpoopr south of lloward Avenue parki.ng lsto a one hund.re d foot wldth wouldthe eleven foot walkway proposed Clty Planner stated that protests H, west of El Canlno Real; aced lowest 1n prlorty becauso Late for apratment house usage necessary, however, a reductloni:e a bette! approach and on Bur.lingame Avenue ls obJectlonableln that a may create po11c6 problems. RECESS A recass was d.eclanett by the Chalr at 9:35 p,n. CALL TO ORDER The meetlng neconvened at 9:50 p.n. ADDITIONAI, CO],T.!/IENTS IN PROTEST Ti{EREOF l'1r. Neil Doughty, 2,t1 l+ HaIe Drlve, questlcned the need for aparklng dlstrlct, stating that the issue was a .rrccnfllct between the merchants end the property orrners " BurlingaJrre was once conslderod a shopplng area rr jeweltr hoHever, with modern itay competltion, shop-oers , .pantlcula: 1;r r.romen shoppers, haveg:ravltated to the barga!.n prlce aroas. CO],&,B\lTS B{GINEERS FOR THE PANKING DISTRICT Mr. Van Zandt and B1alr, adthe Central Pparklng survethe centraL s Prlm:pose Roadfirm wes reta Englnaer of 1,I , repr:esentl-ng the englneering fj-rm of Wllsey, IIamvlsed that the record that hLs firm was retalned byarklng Dlstrlct the J; tter part of 1960 to conduct ey wlth vLew to Lmprovlng a parking sltuatlon wlthlnistrict of Burlir:game Avemre, froward Avenue and ; subsequent to which, by resolutlon, of Councll, the ined by the Clty and 1egal1y descrlbed as the ottk. ll I!lr. Van Zandt descrlbed the parklng facilitles crlrrently avall-ableindlcating 1r705 snaces, sixty percent of whlch, .or 110!6 arerroff stneot and 700 are "on streetrt parkingspaces withln the downt own c otle area. ErcIIBIT N0. 36 was f11ed ln evldence with l.{r. Van Zandt partlcularL y referr5,ng to Plate No. J showlng locatlons and capicltLes of aL1existlng off stneet oanking speces. Reference was mad.e to aquestlonnalre survey conducted 1r March of 1961, the results soindlcated wl-thin Exhlblt no.35. Yr. Van Zandt advlsed that the City ls 470 parking spaces shor:ttoday, slad flgune a:rrLved at by analytical means and predldctedthat wlthJ'n f5.ve yearq there w111 be a shortage of 936 spacesithat th6 Dlstr.Lct ls ttPlanned ahead for at leist flv6 yeirts.tt- E)O{IBIT N0 37, a set of flve maps, Englneers Map No. 62-Zll5-5L lndicati.ng recommended lots that ,'; cuJ-d lend rrsubstabce to theDlstrict and taklng lnto conslder ation vacant lots, obsolescenc and costs, was fl1ed with the Clty 61o:rk. 119 ltr. Van Zandt advlsed thatthe averago Distrlct cost per space was approxlmatoly 1r501-.00 and nendered. a breakdown of the net cost per apace for pr.oposed 1ots, as follows: Lot Ar $750, Lot B $2,000; Lot B-1 Lot E, $1,100 Lot F, S850; r,ot c $Lot Kr S1r8oo Iot L, $[oo Lot M g] elects to take the lot on corner onet cost per 1ot would be ttzrlSo H Chapln Avenue, revertlng back to the origlna $925 per: sDace per Iot; Whlpple Lotr Donnely $1,lr50 and Grnat Sweet lot on Lorton avenuo 0n the lssue of trwhy parklng? n i4r. Van Zandt ca1led atientlonto the existlng traffic congeatlon on Burling ',me Avenusr partlcr:1arlyln t re anea of Pr.lmroso Road. ancl stated tht parking lots on eitherslde of Bur.llngarne AvEnue w111 allevialte some of t he ocngestlon created by cans belng compelled to rrdrLve around and arorrnd2 the n&mow street of Burllngame Avenue to fintt a parking space. Itln. Van Zantlt unged that trsomsthlng be done about the potentlalr-tail do1lan volumett and added that rrparklng attracts people to shop.rr $Boo; r,ot 575i Lot H ,25o Lot Nf IIl;:hIand oward Bulc c, $1r25o L,ot D, $90o, $l-r1oo Lot J, 1,Boo , 800 of Councll and foward Avenuek bui1d.lng 1ot, $2roOO1 thlee lots, averagelot and Prlm::ose Road $7oo per spaco. COI,II,IEIJTS FORI.{ ATTOBI{ETS FOR j- HE DISTRICT I'Ir. Kenneth Jones, one of the Attorneys for the Dlstrlct, sunrrea::iz ed the responslblltty of Councll wLth respect to baslng lts decLsion on the data, lnformatlon and evidence presented. and stated. that the declsLon of Councll determlnes the prLorLtles of t he boundariesof the DlstrLct, whether the propoerties w111 be benefltted by t heIots pnoposed to I e acquired, whether the cost of the proJect has been spread ln proportlon to tbe beneflts and whether allowances fon pa rklng cr:edLt are p?oper. Mr. Jones cautloned. CorrncLl to be dellberate 1n its study ln the posslble deletionor addl-tL"n of any lot or portl-ln theneof. DEl^tta ! A recess was clLed by the Chalr at 11:30 p.n. CALL TO ORDER Mns. Dorls lvlcDonald Helbnush, co-owner of property on Chapln Avewlthin the DlstrLct, repeated prevlous pleas of resldnets to be ellminateC fomthe Distrlct, stating that the street wa,,rs wldenedat the property owners exptnse ln orde: no tD become a "back Allelrlto Bunlingame Avenue and t o ellml.nate posslble spot zoning. HEARING DECI,ARED CONCI,UDED There being no fur.ther corlnents, elther in favor or ln protest, Councj,lman Morgan movod that tho ireanlng on the Burlingame Aver-u6 Anea Off Street Panking Dlstrlct be deleted concluded, seconded Ly Councilman Crosby and unamlouls y carried. STIDY IMI;]TING SCI{FJDTTLD APPRO 't' ctful 1y subml bor K. Council opened_study meetlng on the subJect was sched rle d Wednesdb.y Novembor 7, 1962, at E:00 p.m. ADJOURNMSNT The neetlng ras regula r1y adJourned at 12:00 nldnlght, on motlonof CouncLlman Johnson and seconded by Councilman Crosby. Re er E]4AYOR RO Clty C16r.k te ted The meeting was rroconvened at 11:50 p.rn. REFERENCE TO CHAPIN AVENIIE PROPERTIES Ld