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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 2006.10.16BURLINGAME CITY COUNCIL Approved Minutes Regular Meeting of October 16,2006 I. 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 Cathy Baylock called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Katie O'Brien. 3. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT : COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT : Baylock, Cohen, Keighran, Nagel, O'Mahony None 5. a. 4. MINUTES Vice Mayor Nagel made a motion to approve the minutes of the October 3,2006 regular Council meeting; seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. PRESENTATION LIBRARY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Lib Escoffier provided data on the key indicators for Library services for 2005-06. Business at Easton Branch has tripled in the last year, and overall patron registration has grown l5o/o over the last four years serving 89% of the population. Lib Escoffier stated that the 1O-year-old Burlingame Library Foundation continues to support programming and public relations and had raised $1 million for the Easton Branch renovation. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no public hearings 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following citizens spoke on Measure H: John Ward, 792 Willborough Place; Tom Koros, 1425 Cabrillo; Susan Castner-Paine,728 Concord Way; and Pat Giorni, 1445 Balboa Avenue. There were no further comments from the floor. Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 430 October 16,2006 STAFF REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS RED LIGHT TRAFFIC PHOTO ENFORCEMENT - COP Van Etten reviewed the staff report and requested Council to direct staff on whether to implement this traffic enforcement program which would use stand-alone technology at the intersection of Broadway and El Camino Real. Chief Van Etten introduced Wade Bettisworth of Redflex Traffic Systems who presented details of their red light traffic photo enforcement program. Mayor Baylock opened the public hearing. David Adams, 917 Lagrma Avenue, asked about the photo identification process. Mr. Bettisworth advised that the process would be up to the local police to pursue using DMV records. There were no further comments, and the hearing was closed. Council requested further cost studies including cost justification and a comparison of traffic counts in cities that have this program in place before approving implementation of this program in Burlingame. REVISION TO PROCEDURE FOR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND TO ATTENDANCE STANDARDS CA Anderson reviewed the staff report and requested Council to discuss possible revisions to the procedure for board and commission appointments and possible revisions to the attendance standards for board and commission members. For the interview process, Council would like to advise applicants of the number of hours commissioners might expect to dedicate to their commission; to facilitate more spontaneity in the interview questions; to include clarification that no private meetings at any off-city premises with applicants would occur; and for - all Council members to attend all interviews on a trial basis. In discussing attendance standards, Council would like commissions to include in their meeting minutes information as to when commissioners or board members arrive late or leave early. Council agreed to schedule interviews with all Council members present for a trial period. All Council members will interview applicants for the Traffic, Safety and Parking Commission on November 6 at 6:00 p.m. and all applicants for the Civil Service Commission on November 20 at 6:00 p.m. A study session will be scheduled in the near future to discuss possible revisions to the attendance standards for board and commission members. Council agreed that input would be needed from Human Resources before revising the standards for Civil Service Commission members who also serve on interview panels. c. CML SERVICE COMMISSION VACANCY CM Nantell reviewed the staff report and recommended that Council call for applications for the two impending vacancies on the Civil Service Commission. The application deadline was set for November 9,2006. As Council discussed in Item 8.b., all Council members will be present to interview all applicants on November 20 at 6:00 p.m. d. CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS TO WASHINGTON PARK BALL FIELD 8. a. b Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 431 October 16,2006 P&RD Schwartz reviewed the staff report and requested Council to consider authorizing additional funding for improvements to Washington Park Ball Field as requested by Burlingame Youth Baseball Association (BYBA) to make the field more playable and safer. BYBA has been supportive in partnering with the City in improving other park projects in the past. Council expressed concern about the short notice for this project and the request to use City reserve funds. Hank Sauer, BYBA President, spoke on the need for improvements to level the field, especially at this time before the rainy season. Randy Diekman and Chuck Chavez, BYBA Board members, spoke on the need and the urgency to repair the field. FinDir Nava recommended that an alternative to using the City's reserve funds would be to transfer the $25,000 needed for this project from funds already allocated for the Burlingame High School backfield artificial turf since it may take up to ten months for the backfield issue to be resolved at which time the City would be looking to re-appropriate funding for the backfield in the 2007-08 budget. CA Anderson advised that a request for the recommended transfer of funds would be presented to Council for approval at the next meeting. 9. CONSENT CALENDAR a. PROGRESS UPDATE ON THE MILLS CANYON SLIDE REPAIRS PROJECT DPW Bagdon provided Council with a progress update of emergency repairs to the Mills Canyon mudslide. b. RESOLUTION NO. 85.2006 AWARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO SHAW PIPELINE FOR THE MILLS TA TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT DPW Bagdon requested Council approve Resolution No. 85-2006 awarding construction contract for the Mil1s Tank Transmission Main to Shaw Pipeline, Inc. c. RESOLUTON NO. 86-2006 AWARDING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO STOLOSKI & GONZALEZ FOR SKYLTNE WATER SERVICE LATERALS DPW Bagdon requested Council approve Resolution No. 86-2006 awarding construction contract for the Skyline Water Service Laterals to Stoloski & Gonzalez. d.RESOLUTION NO. 87-2006 APPROVING A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KENNEDY JENKS CONSULTANTS FOR CONSTRUCTON MANAGEMENT OF THE MILLS TANK TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT DPW Bagdon requested Council approve Resolution No. 87-2006 approving agreement for professional services with Kennedy Jenks Consultants for Construction Management of the Mills Tank Transmission Main Project. e. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NOS. 82-2006.83-2006 AND 84-2006 FIXING THE EMPLOYER'S CONTRIBUTION UNDER THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL CARE ACT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1.2007 Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 432 October 16,2006 HRD Dolan requested Council approve Resolution No. 82-2006 fixing the employer's contribution under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital care Act for AFSCME Locals 829 and2190, Burlingame Association of Middle Managers, Department Heads, lnternational Association of Fire Fighters, Police Officers Association, Association of Police Administrators and Unrepresented Employees; Resolution No. 83-2006 fixing the employer's contribution under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act for employees in classifications represented by the Fire Administrators employee organization; and Resolution No. 84-2006 fixing the employer's contribution under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act for employees in classifications represented by Teamsters; Local 856. f. WARRANTS AND PAYROLL FinDir Nava requested approval for payment of Warrants #21118-21655 duly audited, in the amount of $2,217,033.20 and Payroll checks #166583-166814 in the amount of $2,799,618.90 for the month of September 2006. Councilwoman O'Mahony made a motion to approve the Consent Calendar; seconded by Councilman Cohen. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote, 5-0. Council reported on various events and committee meetings each of them attended on behalf of the City. a. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE ON SAFEWAY Councilwoman Keighran reported that she and Mayor Baylock met with Safeway's consultant, David Bowlby, on October 11. Mr. Bowlby plans to meet with Citizens for a Better Burlingame (CBB) on October 26 because of their interest in Safeway's project. Next, Mr. Bowlby would like to invite Candace Hathaway, an independent mediator, to meet with Mayor Baylock, Councilwoman Keighran and City Manager Jim Nantell in November. Then early next year, a meeting with all stakeholders is planned. For that meeting, Mayor Baylock suggested displaying Safeway's plan, Martin Dreiling's plan and Dan Ionescu's plan to be critiqued by those who attend. 11. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pat Giomi, 1445 Balboa Avenue, spoke on various community issues. There were no further comments from the floor. Councilwoman O'Mahony stated that recently CalPers was authorized to invest $2.9 million to help agencies throughout the state to develop a pre-funding plan for employee health needs in the future and requested Finance to present to Council any advantages that would be made available to the City. Mayor Baylock shared a letter from San Mateo Mayor John Lee asking Council to support Sue Lempert for her reappointment to MTC. 433 Burlingame City Council October 16,2006 Approved Minutes 10. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS 12. OLD BUSINESS There was no old business. 13. NEW BUSINESS 14. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS a. Commission Minutes: Parks & Recreation, September 21,2006; Planning, October 10,2006 b. Department Reports: Building, September 2006 c. Three letters from Comcast concerning program changes CLOSED SESSION CA Anderson advised that Council met in closed session and directed staff regarding the following: a. Personnel Matter: Mid-Year Performance Review of City Manager (Government Code $ 54957) 15. ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION Mayor Baylock adjoumed the meeting at 10:02 p.m. CLOSED SESSION CA Anderson advised that Council met in closed session and voted not to submit a bid on the property at260 El Camino Real: a. Conference with Real Property Negotiators pursuant to Govemment Code $ 54956.8 Property: 26081Camino Real (APN 029-201-320) Agency Negotiators: Jim Nantell, Larry Anderson and George Bagdon Negotiating Parties: Chevron USA, Inc. Under consideration: Possible negotiation for purchase of property 16. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Baylock adjoumed the meeting at 10:27 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Doris City Clerk Burlingame City Council Approved Minutes 434 October 16,2006 ,h^C*