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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2007.05.21BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of May 21,2007 CLOSED SESSION: Council met in closed session and directed staff regarding the following: a. Conference with Labor Negotiator pursuant to Govemment Code $ 54957.6: City Negotiators: Jim Nantell, Deirdre Dolan, Glenn Berkheimer (IEDA) Labor Organizations: AFSCME, Locals 2190 and 829; BAMM; Teamsters Local 856; Department Heads; and Unrepresented Employees JOINT COUNCIL AND CHA OF COMMERCE MEETING Burlingame City Council met with the Chamber of Commerce to discuss various Chamber activities and promotion of Burlingame businesses. 1. CALL TO ORDER A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above date in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Terry Nagel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. INTRODUCTION OF JACKIE ARNOLD. YOUTII MAYOR FOR THE DAY Mayor Nagel introduced Jackie Arnold, a fifth grader at Franklin Elementary School. Jackie won the honor of being Youth Mayor for the Day and helped Mayor Nagel with procedural actions during the meeting. 2. PLEDGE OFALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Shar Beckheyer 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT : COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT : Baylock, Cohen, Keighran, Nagel, O'Mahony None 4. MINUTES The following corrections were made to the May 7,2007 Council minutes: Item 6.a.,page 3, replace "driveway" with "house" to read: ...landscaping shall be added along the right side property line adjacent to the house; Item 10. to read: Council postponed their reports to the next meeting.; and Item 9.a. spelling correction of Bookings on title line. 511 Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes May 21,2007 5. a. b. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to approve the amended minutes of the May 7,2007 regdar Council meeting; seconded by Vice Mayor O'Mahony. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. INTRODUCTION/PRE SENTATIONS For introduction of Youth Mayor, see Item 1 above following Call to Order BEST OF BURLINGAME AWARI) Mayor Nagel presented Emma Anders with the Best of Burlingame award. Emma Anders is a junior at Burlingame High School who has logged more than 100 hours of community service every year in high school while eaming grades that have qualified her for the honor roll each semester. She is involved in many school and community activities. She is committed to serving others and leads by example. Those who work with Emma often mention the passion with which she tackles every project. COP Van Etten advised that the Police Department is participating in the city's Centennial and introduced members of the department's Centennial Committee: Officer Laura Terada, Parking Enforcement Officer Rob Alviso, Commander Mike Matteucci and Sergeant Bob Boll. The committee members displayed their new uniforms with badges and patches replicating the first Burlingame Police badge and patch to commemorate the Centennial. Police car door emblems will be changed to replicate the vintage patch as well. The committee members presented each Council member with a Centennial issue of the Police polo shirt and patch. d. CALTRAIN RAILROAD CORRIDOR PLANS Ian McAvoy, Chief Development Officer of the Transportation District, provided an overview of the future plans for the railroad corridor. The overview included plans for the Broadway Grade Separation Feasibility Study, Railroad Corridor Electrification, and Railroad Corridor High Speed Rail. Mayor Nagel opened the floor for questions. Mr. McAvoy responded to questions from the following citizens: Mike Harvey, Rudy Horak, Jeff Carter, Jack Ringham, Pat Giorni, and Don Cory. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS ct.PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ON ORDINANCE TO AMEND TITLE 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS CP Monroe reviewed the staff report and requested Council to hold a public hearing and take action on the proposed ordinance amending provisions of the sign code. Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion that Council make the finding that the proposed update to the sign ordinance will have no adverse impact on the environment and adopt the Negative Declaration; seconded by 5t2 Burlingame City Council May 21,2007 Approved Minutes c. POLICE CENTENNIAL UPDATE Vice Mayor O'Mahony. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 1807 adopting a revised Title 22 (Sign Code); seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Nagel directed CC Mortensen to publish a summary of the ordinance within 15 days of adoption. b. ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 1808 AFFIRMING ORDINANCE NO. 18OO TO SPECIF'Y THAT ALTERATIONS TO AN ENTIRE BUILDING ARE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULAIING A REQUIREMENT TO INSTALL SPRINKLERS RATHER THAN A SINGLE PREMISE FC Dornell reviewed the staff report and requested Council hold a public hearing on the adoption of Ordinance No. 1808 affirming Ordinance No. 1800 applying administrative interpretation for a trigger to install sprinklers. Councilwoman Baylock expressed concern that the geographical description in Section 2 of the ordinance "...the Santa Cruz Mountains foothills..." should be changed to the San Andreas Mountains foothills. CA Anderson was not present to confirm the correct description. Mayor Nagel opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the floor, and the hearing was closed. Vice Mayor O'Mahony made a motion to approve adoption of Ordinance No. 1808 affirming Ordinance No 1800 to clarify provision regarding installation of sprinklers, and should there be a change in Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1808 as to the mountain boundaries, that it be added later; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Nagel directed CC Mortensen to publish a summary of the ordinance within 15 days of adoption. Mayor Nagel moved to Item 13.a. due to public interest. 13. NEW BUSINESS a.SET APPEAL HEARING DATE FOR PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY/SPCA Council set June 4,2007, as the hearing date for the Planning Commission appeal of 1450 Rollins Road/ 20 Edwards Court. 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following citizens spoke on Easton Drive and the Eucalyptus Tree: Rich Grogan, 1450 Columbus Avenue; Michael Dillon, 174L Lake; Diane Condon Wirgler, 1536 Cypress; Sue Fuller, 2210Poppy Drive; and Stephen Hamilton, 105 Crescent Avenue. Rudy Horak, 1332 Edgehill Drive, spoke on Highway 101 construction and pedestrian safety on Broadway. John Root, 728 Crossway Road, spoke on Council Chamber's sound system and the SPCA. Pat Giorni, 1445 Balboa Avenue, spoke on the sound system. Don Cory, 833 Alpine Avenue, spoke on various subjects. Paul Stann,1025 Larkspur Drive, requested a waiver and submitted a signed petition to keep their basketball hoop in public right of way. Jennifer Pfaff, 615 Bayswater Avenue, offered her basketball hoop. There were no further comments from the floor. 8. STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 513 May 21,2007 COMPASSION PROJECT AT I45O ROLLINS ROAD/2O EDWARDS COURT A. APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A PROFE IONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FinDir Nava reviewed the staff report and requested Council direct staff whether to proceed to enter into a professional services agreement with Granicus for web-based, streaming media services. Granicus representative, Hilda Stevens, presented an overview of their services. Council expressed concerns about the need to improve the quality of Council Chamber's sound system and related funding, consideration of other service altematives available based on the type of services desired, and the unknown number of citizens who would access the service. Mayor Nagel stated that Council consensus is to discuss funding for the improvement of the Council Chamber's sound system at their May 30th Budget Study Session before further consideration of providing streaming media service on the web. b. Councilwoman Baylock acknowledged Lorne Abramson, a Burlingame resident, for providing Council with information from other cities that have this media service. Mayor Nagel declared a five-minute intermission at 8:35 p.m.; then reconvened the meeting at 8:45 p.m. APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH NBS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS TO PERFORM A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DIS]IBrcT rcED IORMATfQN STUDY FinDir Nava reviewed the staff report and requested Council to enter into a professional services agreement with NBS Consultants to perform a Community Facilities District formation study. The CFD would provide Council with more flexibility in determining the structure of a special tax. After Council discussion, Mayor Nagel advised that State Senators Yee and Torlakson introduced SCA 12, new legislation to amend the state constitution to make fees and charges for storm water management the same way as fees for sewer treatment and water. If approved by the Legislature, the bill would be placed on the ballot for voter approval. Council decided not to proceed with the proposed agreement for a CFD formation study until the fall when more information would be available on the legislative status of SCA 12. Vice Mayor O'Mahony asked during the discussion that the G.O. bond financing mechanism be retained for like considerations since it is less burdensome on 59o/o of the residential homeowners according to the 2005 study. c.DUCE ORDINANCE CLARIF"TING CLAIM FILING UIREME CM Nantell reviewed the staff report and requested Council to introduce an ordinance clarifying claim filing requirements. Mayor Nagel requested CC Mortensen read the title of the proposed ordinance amending Section 4.15.010 of the Municipal Code to clarify claim requirements. Councilwoman Keighran made a motion to waive further reading of the proposed ordinance; seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 5t4 May 21,2007 GRANICUS FOR STREAMLINING MEDIA SERVICES Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to introduce the proposed ordinance; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Nagel requested CC Mortensen publish a summary of the proposed ordinance at least five days before proposed adoption. CM Nantell reviewed the staff report and recommended that Council call for applications for the Beautification Commission. The application deadline was set for June 1 1,2007 . e. CONSIDER PROPOSAL FROM THE MAY OR FOR A PILOT ONE-WAY STREET ON EASTON DRIVE AND DESIRABILITY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY Mayor Nagel reviewed her memorandum to Council regarding Easton Drive Reforestation. ln an effort to resolve the fate of the Easton Drive eucalyptus tree, Mayor Nagel recommended two options: to turn Easton Drive into a one-way street between Vancouver and El Camino Real or to replace the tree after the Beautification Commission revisits the list of replacement trees this summer. After Council discussion, Mayor Nagel made a motion to send out a survey asking "In order to prevent the removal and replacement of the tall eucalyptus tree that is growing into the street in front of the Easton Branch Library at 1800 Easton Drive, do you favor changing Easton Drive into a one-way street between Drake Avenue and El Camino Real, with traffic flowing westbound only? This traffic change would be implemented on a pilot basis before becoming permanent. Please check one: Yes or No;" seconded by Councilman Cohen. The motion failed by voice vote, 1-4 (Baylock, Cohen, Keighran and O'Mahony dissented). During further Council discussion, Mayor Nagel proposed a four-month pilot program without a survey - changing Easton Drive into a one-way street between Drake and El Camino Real with traffic flowing westbound only; other one-way modifications could be made later as the community gives input; the method of implementation would be to notify the neighborhood of the change by mail with an effective date given; and City staff would erect barricades and temporary signage denoting the new traffic patterns. Mayor Nagel made a motion to enact the proposed one-way street pilot program without a survey as soon as possible; seconded by Councilman Cohen. The motion failed by voice vote,2-2-l (Keighran and O'Mahony dissented, Baylock abstained). 9. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilman Cohen requested removal of Items b. and d. from the Consent Calendar for further discussion. Councilwoman Baylock requested removal of Item c. from the Consent Calendar for further discussion. a.RESOLUTION NO. 41.2007 APPROVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LINGAME AND THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY FinDir Nava requested Council approve Resolution No. 41-2007 approving Information Technology Services agreement between the City of Burlingame and the City of Redwood City. e.ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 44-2007 APPROVING SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO AND THE CITIES OF THE COUNTY FOR THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 515 May 21,2007 d. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION CA Anderson requested Council approve Resolution No.44-2007 approving the second amendment to a revised agreement between the City of Burlingame and the County of San Mateo for Animal Control Services. f. WARRANTS & PAYROLL FinDir Nava requested approval for payment of Warrants #25000-25665 duly audited, in the amount of $2,884,481.25 (excluding Library checks #25185-25225);Payroll checks #168320-168526 in the amount of $2,314,854.70 for the month of April 2007. Vice Mayor O'Mahony made a motion to approve Items a., e., and f. of the Consent Calendar; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 40-2007 ACCEPTING STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM 2006 DPW Bagdon requested Council approve a resolution accepting the Street Resurfacing Program 2006 Councilman Cohen asked when a presentation would be available on how the resurfacing program is developed. DPW Bagdon advised that the presentation would be scheduled for FY 2007-08. Vice Mayor O'Mahony made a motion to approve Resolution No. 40-2007 accepting improvements to Street Resurfacing Program 2006by Interstate Grading and Paving, Inc.; seconded by Councilwoman Keighran. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. c.RESOLUTION NO. 42-2007 REOUESTING METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (MTC) TO ALLOCATE AL YEAR 2OO7-08 TRANSPORTATION b. DEVELOPMENT ACT FUNDING DPW Bagdon requested Council approve a resolution requesting MTC to allocate funds for the Transportation Development Act. Councilwoman Baylock acknowledged the work of City staff and commission members in getting $ 1 15,854 for the City projects which were ranked 1, 6 and 10 out of 20 in San Mateo County. Councilwoman Baylock made a motion to approve Resolution No. 42-2007 requesting the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the allocation of Fiscal Year 2007-08 Transportation Development Act, Article 3 Pedestrian Bicycle Project Funding; seconded by Vice Mayor O'Mahony. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. d. DPW Bagdon requested Council approve a resolution approving an agreement for the city to maintain the new Broadway Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge at Highway 101, a new soundwall and landscaping. Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 516 May 21,2007 RESOLUTION NO. 43.2007 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH CALTRANS FOR MAINTAINING THE NEW BROADWAY PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE BRIDGE AT HIGHWAY 101 AND MAINTAIN LANDSCAPING OF SOUNDWALL ALONG ROLLINS ROAD Councilman Cohen asked about the landscape plan and bridge design. DPW Bagdon stated that the bridge will be a pernanent structure to fit the future interchange and has been designed by Caltrans. The landscaping will be Boston ivy. Vice Mayor O'Mahony made a motion to approve Resolution No. 43-2007 approving maintenance agreement for specified city maintenance of specified areas in connection with the auxiliary lane improvement project to U.S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway); seconded by Councilwoman Baylock. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Mayor Nagel moved to Item 13.b. 13. NEW BUSINESS b.VEHICLES FO COMMUNICATING COUN ACTIVITIES Mayor Nagel asked Council to consider posting the details of their activities on the City's web site in lieu of providing details of their activities during Council Committee Reports. 10. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Council reported on various events and committee meetings each of them attended on behalf of the City 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pat Giomi, 1445 Balboa Avenue, spoke on Caltrans and Caltrain. Rich Grogan, 1450 Columbus Avenue, spoke on Easton Drive one-way street proposal. Michael Dillon, 174l Lake, spoke on Easton Drive street - modifications. There were no further comments from the floor. 12. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business 13. NEW BUSINESS Vice Mayor O'Mahony thanked CP Monroe for the many years she served on San Mateo City/County Association of Government's Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). CP Monroe stated that CDD Meeker has offered to serve on the TAC. 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Parks & Recreation, April 19,2007; Beautification, May 3,2}}7;Planning, N4ay 14,2007 b. Department Reports: Finance, April 2007 c. Letter from Comcast conceming program adjustments _ 15. ADJOURNMENT Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 5r7 May 21,2007 Mayor Nagel adjourned the meeting at 11:55 p.m. Doris City Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes llv tted, 518 May 21,2007