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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1995.06.19340 BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA June 19, 1995 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. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Knight. PLEDGE OF CE TO THE FLAG kd by Fire Chief Malcolm Towns. ROLL CALL COUNCIL PRESENT: COUNCIL ABSENT: HARRISON, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO, SPINELLI NONE MINUTES The minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 5, 1995 were approved 3-0-2, Vice Mayor Pagliaro and Councilman Spinelli abstaining since they were absent from that meeting. Mayor Knight introduced Denise Daly, the city's new Personnel Manager. ING R SERVICE AT 346 LORTON - DENIED City Planner reviewed her memo of June 8 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Ron Avenida is requesting a special permit for take-out food in order to open a retail juice bar at 346 I-orton. The primary product is a drink made of fresh juice, frozen yogurt and fruit. All drinks will be sold for take-out; there will be a counter but no tables and chairs in the store. The business is proposed to be open 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekends. There would be a maximum of two employees on site at any one time. He expects 100 customers a day initially, increasing to 150 in five years. He expects 8 to 10 people in the shop at one time including the employees. He estimates only 15 to 20 percent of his customers will drive to the site. The applicant undertook a parking survey during his peak hours, finding little parking available from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., this survey was confirmed by the traffic engineer's survey. The Plaruring Commission approved the application with conditions, including policing the area for trash, at its May 8 meeting. She noted another letter received from the applicant dated June 15. Mayor Knight explained the reason she called this application up for review by council was because she felt strongly about the existing parking and traffic problems in the area; council recently turned down another restaurant for this same site; several take-out food sites with outside seating have evolved into restaurants; she thought it important that council look at anything that might impact traffic and parking in this area. Mayor Knight opened the public hearing. Ron Avenida, applicant, and his partner, explained that his business would be dependent on walk-in traffic and impulse buying; he did not expect his business would be a destination restaurant; they did not plan any seating irside. Councilman Harrison asked if they would object to a condition that there be no tables and chairs anywhere on 34i the site including on the sidewalk. The applicants said if council desired that condition they would accept it, though they might have wanted to put tables and chairs outside. Council questioned their figures on amount of driving and walk-in customers; determined this is not a franchise; applicant worked at a similar business in Palo Alto and made these marketing assumptions based on that business. The hearing was closed. Mayor Knight said she would like to have these two young men doing business in Burlingame, but not at this site; another food service is not appropriate in this area; she would support a motion to deny the permit because it would be detrimental to the public health and welfare. Councilman Spinelli said if the Mayor had not called this project up for rcview, he would have called it up; agreed these are really nice young men, but 100 customers per day is too much for this area; another take-out with resultant trash in the area would be too much. Vice Mayor Pagliaro felt bad about turning this down; council has probably "given away the store" in the area with all the parking variances. Councilman Harrison said it appeared there were three votes against this business, but personally he did not see a problem with such a business if there was a condition that there be no tables and chairs; this is unique business and did not imagine people would drive to it. He moved to uphold the Planning Commission approval with conditions and additional condition of no tables and chairs. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony, who stated she liked the condition of no inside or outside tables and chairs, but would not support the motion because she thought purchases based on impulse are not going to be taken home. The motion failed l-4 on roll call vote, Councilman Harrison being the only favorable vote. Councilman Spinelli then moved to deny the application. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony and carried 4-1 on roll call vote, Councilman Harrison voting no. N 47-95 N LIMIT F 1995-96 FISCAL AND AMENDING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 1993-94 City Manager reviewed his memo of May 3 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Each year, as part of the budget process, council adopts an appropriation limit pursuant to Article XIII@) of the California Constitution. The process by which the limit is determined is audited by KPMG Peat Marwick as part of the arurual audit. During the 1993-94 audit, the auditors found a calculation error and recommended a higher limit than that adopted by council. Cities may modify their limits, but in so doing, must recalculate and readopt the limit for each succeeding year. In this case, the 1993-94 and 1994-95 limits must be changed to conform with the recommendation of the auditors. The new limit for 1995-96 has been prepared using the revised numbers and can be adopted for the first time. He responded to Councilwoman O'Mahony's questions regarding the formula for calculations. Mayor Knight opened the public hearing. There were no comments and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman O'Mahony moved adoption of RESOLUfiON 47-95. Seconded by Councilman Harrison and carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING - RESOLUTION 48-95 PTING THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30. 1996 City Manager reviewed his memo of June 15 which recommended council hold a public hearing and take action. Council received the proposed budget in mid-May and reviewed the budget on June 14 at the study session. He recommended the following revisions to the proposed budget be incorporat- AND 1994-95 FISCAL YEARS 34? ed in the final budget: (1) increase disaster preparedness by $5,500 for additional assessment county fees, decrease contingency appropriation by $5,500; (2) allocate $33,250 to certain community groups. At the study session, council requested the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center attend a future study meeting to review its proposal for funding. The budget totals are General Fund $21,151,541; Water Enterprise Fund $2,849,654; Sewer Enterprise Fund $4,807,687; Waste Management Fund $108,200; Capital Projects Fund $16,390,000. The total 1995-96 budget is $45,307,082. The general fund is up 3.6 percent; water, sewer and waste funds are down 2 percent; capital improvements is up 66 percent. The total budget is up 18.5 percent over last year. Mayor Knight opened the public hearing. There were no comments and the hearing was closed. Councilwoman O'Mahony moved adoption of RESOLUTION 48-95. Seconded by Councilman Harrison and carried unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS Stan Vistica stated he was interested in applying for the opening on the Plarmiag Commission and wanted to know the selection process. The mayor noted council would be discussing this issue later and hoped he could stay. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR FENCE IN RIGHT-OF-WAY A T 70 VERNON - CONTIN-I UED FROM LAST MEETING - APPROVED Public \Yorks Director reviewed his memo of May 3l which recommended council approve the permit. Theresa Early, applicant, had acquired a building permit to build a fence on her own property. The fence was instead built 8 inches from the sidewalk 1'4' into the city right-of-way. The fence varies in height from three to seven feet. The fence at this location does not interfere with city utilities, however staff was concerned that the 7 foot fence adjacent to the driveway would block view of pedestrians when a car was backing out. Public Works Director recommended council approve the request with the condition the fence sections adjacent to the driveway be lowered to 3' height or the fence be moved back to the property line for 8' on either side of the driveway. At the meeting of lune 5 the applicant objected to that condition but since that time she has moved the fence back to the property line 8 feet on either side of the driveway as the condition recommended. At the June 5 meeting the applicant also questioned some other properties which had fences which appear to be built in the right-of-way; staff investigated each and responded in a supplemental staff report to council dated June 14. Director noted the applicant said she would not attend this meeting. Councilman Harrison moved approval of the encroachment permit with conditions. Seconded by Councilman Spinelli and carried unanimously. CONSIDER CONVERSION OF DONNELLY TO ONE-WAY AND CHANGING TIME LIMITS IN PARKING LOTS C AND D Public Works Director reviewed his memo of June 12 which recommended council review proposal to make Donnelly a one-way street from Lorton to Primrose and consider the TSP Commission recommendation to convert 14 four-hour meters in I,ot D and 22 ten-hour meters in I-ot C to two- hour meters. He noted the Burlingame Avenue streetscape study was being considered and included a traffic/parking component. The TSP Commission voted against making Donnelly one-way after holding a public hearing at which 2l merchants, residents and employees spoke against the proposal, the commission did recommend converting the meters to two-hour in l,ots C and D. 343 Councilwoman O'Mahony thought it prudent to add these considerations to the streetscape and parking study. She did not believe Donnelly should be one-way; it would make difficulties at both Primrose and [orton. Councilman Spinelli agreed about putting off action until the study is done, noted his surprise at opposition of merchants to making Donnelly one-way. Vice Mayor Pagliaro remarked on the comment in staff report about "some indication that people are feeding meters. " He was interested in knowing how pervasive this practice was. We had talked about adding a meter enforcement officer at budget time; he asked the Police Chief about this. Police Chief said they don't mark tires regularly; occasionally will write down license numbers. Vice Mayor Pagliaro approved of changing time limits in I,ot D, but thought other issues could wait for study. Council- man Harrison related he had heard nothing but negative corffnents about changing the direction of Donnelly. Mayor Knight agreed merchants want us to do something about four-hour meters, she would like to change l.ot D to two-hour meters and wait on other issues for the study, including Donnelly one-way, since we would gain parking. She mentioned that in 1969 the city changed Donnelly to one-way and it didn't work, they changed it back to two-way in six months. Councilman Harrison asked to have enforcement officer mark tires in Lot D to see about meter feeding. Councilman Spinelli mentioned a time-lapse camera which took pictures of parking lots every few minutes to show meter feeding and tumover of cars. Staff will look into availability and cost of such a camera. Councilwoman O'Mahony thought the Lorton area should be included in the study. Councilman Harrison moved to take no action on Donnelly or parking and to include all in the streetscape/parking study. Seconded by Councilman Spinelli and carried unanimously. Councilman Harrison asked the police to start measuring meter feeding in Lpt D. H ARD Police Chief reviewed the City Attorney's memo of May 25 which recommended council grant an ,rmusement permit for 90 day period to Grandview Restaurant, 1107 Howard. The applicant wishes to provide Karaoke entertainment from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. He suggested the entertainment cease at 1:30 a.m. so that it is over before the usual closing time. He listed standard conditiors. The applicant was not present. Vice Mayor Pagliaro asked if there was a parking lot behind this establishment that might offer a buffer for noise. Police responded yes there is a lot with residential next to it. There were no public cornments. Councilman Harrison moved to grant the permit for a 90 day period with conditions as recommended. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony and carried 4-1 on roll call vote, Mayor Knight voting no because of her concern about the noise near residential uses. ANNUAL REVIEW OF AMUSEMENT PERMITS Police Chief reviewed the City Attorney's memo of June 6 which recommended council renew Golden China for 90 days, Bobby McGee's and Mr. K's for six months, and all other permits for one year. Annually in June we review all amusement permits granted in the city and determine if there are any problem establishments. The police department reported on all calls for service to these establishments. Bobby McGee's has improved but we still get a number of calls; he recom- mended renewal for six months with the same conditions previously required, including hiring two off-duty police officers for additional security. Police Chief noted a letter received from Perfor- mance Restaurants, owner of Bobby McGee's, requesting a shorter review time in order to remove the requirement for hiring police officers. Mr. K's has similarly improved, he recommended the same conditions and review in six months. Golden Chiru's problem appears to be noise complaints; it is located next to a residential area and should not cause such problems with just Karaoke; he 344 recommended the permit be renewed for only 90 days and if the noise complaints continue we would recommend revocation. Bobbv McGee's - Councilman Harrison said he had no problem allowing 90 day review for Bobby McGee's. Mark lrach, manager of Bobby McGee's, said the business had made changes and improved greafly; he was disappointed that the city was recommending six months renewal with same conditions; they hoped to remove the requirement to hire police officers which is a great expeme for the business; he reviewed the security personnel, ABC and leads classes his employees attended, changes in music and dress codes. kach said it is a great financial burden and he would like the opportunity to prove that they can control the business without outside intervention. Police Chief agreed the city tends to be overcautious and that police officers working there face greater exposure to danger; agreed some of the calls may be related to the hotel and not the restaurant; he had no objection to a shorter period. Council discussed allowing removal of the police officer requirement for 90 days to see how it goes. Councilman Spinelli moved to grant renewal of Bobby McGee's amusement permit for a 90 day trial period with removal of the requirement for hiring two police officers. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony and carried unanimously. Mr. K's Cabaret - The business owner was present. Councilman Harrison moved approval of the amusement permit for six months with same conditions. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony and carried unanimously. Golden China - The business was not represented at the meeting. Councilwoman O'Mahony said this establishment has continuous problems and would like to see a 30 day review, they need a severe warning. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he was ready to revoke the permit, in the past two week period they had four complaints. Councilman Harrison asked about closing time requirement, staff responded they are required to stop entertainment at 1:30 a.m. Councilman Spinelli said there are a number of apartments and large number of people living near this establishment; he moved to revoke the permit. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony. City Manager and Acting City Attorney reviewed revocation procedure, we need to give the business notice and hold a revocation hearing; once a permit is issued the business has "due process" rights. The motion was dropped ' Councilman Spinelli moved to give the revocation notice and hold a hearing July 6. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony and carried unanimously. Behan's Irish Pub - Vice Mayor Pagliaro noted a number of calls to this establishment, he would prefer to see a six month review time. Vice Mayor Pagliaro moved to review this permit in six months. Seconded by Councilman Harrison and carried unanimously. Remaininq Permits - Vice Mayor Pagliaro then moved approval of renewal of the remaining amusement permits for a one-year period: Benihana, California Bar & Grill, Caribbean Gardens, Charley Brown's, El Torito, Holiday Inn, Hyatt Regency, Empress Court Penthouse, Tuberose, Fisherman, Route 66, Moon Mcshane's, Radisson Hotel, Dicey Riley's, Marriott Hotel, and Max's Opera Cafe. Seconded by Councilman Spinelli and carried unanimously. INTRODUCTI N OF ORDINANCE 1527 WING SMOKING IN C IN AREAS OF MEDICAL AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES City Manager reviewed the City Attorney's memo of May 16 which recommended council introduce an ordinance to allow smoking in medical and residential care facilities. In May council heard a request from Mills-Peninsula Hospitals concerning the need to allow smoking in mental health and chemical dependency areas. Our current ordinance does not allow smoking in any health care 34s facilities. In order to accommodate the hospital's request, we must add to our ordinance's exceptions. This proposed ordinance adds one exception for medical facilities and another for residential care facilities. The wording is identical to the new state smoking law which allows such exceptions. About a year ago, council received a request for an smoking exception in residential care facilities and took no action on that request. He assumed council would want to consider both types of facilities. Councilman Spinelli noted he would abstain from any discussion or vote. Councilman Harrison moved to introduce ORDINANCE 1527. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony. Council discussed at length: concern about adding long term care facilities, is this same as state law; there is no mention of the elaborate air filtration system at the hospital for the proposed smoking rooms which goes way beyond what the state law requires; would like it spelled out in the ordinance; would like revisions to ordinance. Acting City Attorney believed required air filtration and exchange was described in state law; said council might want to delay introduction of the ordinance. The motion to introduce carried 4-0-1, Councilman Spinelli abstaining. CONSIDERATION OF EXTENDING HOURS OF SERVICE FOR PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS City Planner reviewed her memo of Iune 9 which recommended council review the staff analysis and decide if council would like staff to undertake a pilot program of extended counter hours. At the joint Council/Planning Commission meeting in April it was suggested staff look into how we might extend office hours to better accommodate the public. She suggested two ways to do this: extend hours two days a week, or stay open late one night a week. Council needs to decide who the customers are to be: homeowners or contractor/developers. Planning staff had done a survey of all planning departments in the county, hours vary considerably, three cities have extended hours in evenings. About 20 percent of the cities are presently considering extending hours. Building staff did a survey of building departrnents and found several with extended hours, but a number are also closed during some part of the day. There is no clear pattem of extended hours among the cities. In response to council concems about specific service needs at Burlingame's counter, she said the Planning staff has kept counter service logs in the past and she could review those for peak periods and present a report to council later. Staff noted it would be helpful to the public if all cities had same hours, it must be very confusing for contractors/developers who work in multiple cities. Council suggested extended hours should be to accommodate homeowners. The effect on people in the review process should also be considered and some thought needs to be given to how we would advertise the change in hours. Mayor Knight also expressed concern about security for workers and for the building at city hall with extended hours. City Planner mentioned staff now makes appointrnents for afterhours when requested by applicants. Council took no action and asked City Planner to report back. RESOLUTION 49-95 AUTHORIZING FIVE YEAR ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AGREEMENT WITH METRICOM Public Works Director reviewed his memo of June 8 which recornmended council approve an agreement with Metricom to allow installation of radios on city-owned street lighting and traffic signal standards. Metricom is a Los Gatos company which has developed a radio device which allows wireless digital communication between computers; the device uses low-power non FCC licersed systems much like a modum but without telephone connections. To make the system work, they need about 25 installations throughout the city to allow all residents to avail themselves of the service. Metricom will pay ttre city $60 per year for each pole installation. Metricom representa- tive Kurt Wampler was present and responded to council questions; Metricom pays all electrical 346 costs; the service differs from networks in that it is wireless; it would not interfere with radio or television signals; they have agreements with several cities; discussed cancellation clause. Councilman Harrison moved adoption of RESOLUTION 49-95 approving the encroachment p€rmit agreement with Metricom. Seconded by Counciknan Spinelli and carried unanimously. Councilman Spinelli moved to accept the resignation of Patrick Kelly with regret. Seconded by Mayor Knight. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he had been inclined not to accept the resignation but had spoken to Pat Kelly who asked that it b€ accepted. Councilman Harrison said he would rrot support that motion, he would abstain from vote; he said he was inclined to accept the resignation of the chair of the Planning Commission instead. Councilwoman O'Mahony said she would not accept the resignation, Patrick Kelly has interpreted the city code wisely and well. Mayor Knight said there are more issues involved than mentioned in his letter, she hoped council members would talk to other planning commissioners. Vice Mayor Pagliaro noted apparent tie vote for this issue, he wondered what would happen if he abstained. Acting City Attorney said abstentions count with the majority vote. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he would abstain from vote. The motion carried 2-1-2, Councilwoman O'Mahony voting no, Vice Mayor Pagliaro and Councilman Harrison abstaining. Councilman Harrison said council had interviewed several good candidates for this commission a few weeks ago; he thought council should appoint from that list. Mayor Knight agreed, could come back to the next meeting for appointment. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he would like to open the application period again. Councilwoman O'Mahony would like to appoint from the pool of applicants who were interviewed. City Manager informed council that our appoinfinent resolution calls for a minimum three week application period for any opening. He suggested the city attorney review the resolution prior to the next meeting. Council thanked Stan Vistica for his interest and asked him to apply in the future. Council removed items "d, e and h" for discussion. a INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 1528 MAKING CORRECTIONS TO ZONING CODE City Planner's memo of June I recommended council review changes suggested for the zoning code and introduce the ordinance. Hearing would be at the July 6 meeting. The Planning Commission reviewed over several meethgs and recommends these changes: 1) to set a maximum height of 3 foot from adjacent existing grade on uncovered stairs and landings as an exception in the front setback; 2) put the minimum 30 inch side setback standard back into the code; 3) require an interior connection between all habitable areas within a single family house; 4) in the C-3 district regulations, drop some special setback standards; 5) add to the commercial minor modification provisions real estate and financial institutions uses with a maximum of 600 gross SF of office area, unrelated to any other office users with a maximum of rwo employees; 6) increase permitted height of a detached accessory structurc from 14 to 15 feet provided both sides of the roof are pitched and the 15 foot ridge is separated from side property line by at least 5 feet; and 7) require all single family structures defined as "new construction" to provide two covered and one uncovered parking space, independent of the number of bedrooms. CONSENT CALENDAR 347 b RESOLUTION 50-95 APPROVING A FOR HABITAT RESTORATION IN EASTON CREEK C AS MITIGATION FOR EASTO CREEK IMPROVE- MENTS - CP 9OO9 Public Works memo of lune 14 recommended council adopt this resolution approving an agreement with Callander Associates in the amount of $16,095. As a condition of the Easton Creek Improvement, CP 8331, the Corps of Engineers requircs an area of .22 acre of habitat restoration as mitigation for the work to be done in the creek channel. RESOLUTION 5I-AUTHORIZING CONTINUING THE S OR NUTRITION PROGRAM Recreation Director's memo of June 8 recommended council approve this agreement to continue the senior nutrition luncheons at the recreation center every Tuesday and Thursday at a net cost to the city of $8,464. d. Removed Removed AUTHORIZING HASE OF 1995-96 EXCESS WO COMPENSATION INSURANCE Finance Director's memo of lune 13 recommended council approve purchase of insurance from American Reinsurance at statutory limits at a cost of $15,000 with a $300,000 self insured retention. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT FOR FENCE IN PUBUC RIG -OF.WAY AT 129 BLOOMFIELD ROAD Public Works memo of June 14 recommended council approve this permit with conditions. Removed. J AND AT Public Works memo of June 14 recommended council concur with the Planning Commission and approve the map subject to condition that it be recorded. WARRANTS D PAYROLL Finance Director recommended approval of Warrants 37960 - 38703, duly audited, in the amount of $2,132,251.85 and Payroll Checks 76206 - 76951 for the month of May 1995 in the amount of $1,188,325.14. Councilwoman O'Mahony moved approval of the Consent Calendar, excepting items "d, e and h." Seconded by Councilman Spinelli and carried unanimously. e. f. 1412-1416 CHAPIN h. i. 348 REMOVED CONSENT ITEMS d RESOLUTION 52-95 AWARDING CONTRACT FOR 1995 SANITARY SEWER REPAIRS - cP 9218 Public Works memo of June 14 recommended council award a contract to the low bidder, Jardin Pipeline, in the amount of $221,257 for replacing damaged sanitary sewers. There are nine locations including 1400 block of Columbus/Hoover easement, 1400 block of Alvarado, Burlingame High, 1200 blocks of Burlingame Avenue, Forest View, Paloma/Cap- uchino, Balboa/Hillside easement, Summit easement and 1300 block of Desoto/Columbus. RESOLUTION 53-95 ACCEPTING COMPLE TION OF EL CAMINO REAL SEWER ANDe h WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT - CP 9301 Public Works memo of April 6 recommended council accept this job as completed by Shaw Pipeline in the amount of $513,558.27. This project was designed to replace water pipes that ran on the east side of El Camino between Sanchez and Broadway, and to replace a substandard sewer between Arc Way and Forest View. Council's questions were answered with the previous item. Councilman Harrison moved adoption of RESOLUTION 53-95. Seconded by Councilwoman O'Mahony, carried unanimously. ENCROACHMENT PERMIT AND USE AGREEMENT FOR FLOODLIGHTS AND USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT.OF-WAY AT IO1O CADILLAC WAY Public Works memo of June 14 recommended council approve the agreement with Rector Cadillac to install six 25 foot tall floodlights in the city righrof-way subject to eight conditions. Rector has made this request to light their vehicle display lot, part of the area is leased from the city by Rector since 1968. Vice Mayor Pagliaro expressed concern that these lights would shine into and impact the Northpark Apartrnents, noted they have been using the parking lot in violation of the permit. Public Works Director explained the Rector building would stand between the lights and the apartrnents so there should be no direct impact from the lights on residents. Councilwoman O'Mahony asked about the intensity of the lights. Councilman Spinelli noticed that Rector pays $600 per year for the original lease, with this new use they would pay $1,200 per year. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he would like to review this request at the next meeting. It was continued to the July 6 meeting for review. Councilman Spinelli reported on the Airport Roundtable activities and the Emergency Services Council. Courrcilman Harrison said the ALUC meetings have been postponed, he also told about Convention Bureau. Councilwoman O'Mahony reported on CCAG and the Chamber. Mayor Councilman Spinelli was concerned about business disruptions while working on the 1200 block of Burlingame Avenue. Staff explained work would be limited to early morning hours and weekends. Councilwoman O'Mahony asked when Hillside/El Camino and Balboa sewer work would be done. Director said the improvements are now being designed for the Hillside/El Camino project. Councilman Harrison moved adoption of RESOLUTION 52-95. Seconded by Councilman Spinelli and carried unanimously. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS 349 Knight told about the meeting on a proposed sales tax, representatives may wish to make a presentation. Mayor Knight also told about legislative committee meeting, and the city selection committee meeting was postponed until luly. Vice Mayor Pagliaro said he noticed ABAG appointrnents on that agenda and would like to be reappointed to ABAG if his term is up, he asked the Mayor to write a letter in support of his reappointrnent. Council concurred. NEW BUSINESS Mayor Knight set an appeal hearing for July 6 for a special permit amendment at 1208 Donnelly. Vice Mayor Pagliaro asked about 1412-1416 Chapin project on the planning commission agenda; he was concemed about adequate parking and more real estate offices on that street. City Planner said council had approved the map for this project which was listed on the Consent Calendar tonight; she said the project meets all parking requirements for the whole building, only problem may be Monday mornings when the real estate office holds its "all employees" meeting. Other council members were not overly concerned about this project since there was parking to code. No action was taken. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Commission Minutes: Library Board, May 16; Civil Service, May 9; Beautification, Iune 1; Traffic, Safety and Parking, June 8; Plarming, Iune 12, 1995. Department Reports: Building, May 1995; Treasurer, May 31, 1995. I-etter from Christine Foley objecting to alarm system permits. Council asked staff to respond. Councilman Spinelli would like statistics on the last year or two of false alarm fees. d. Irtter from Senator Calderon requesting zupport ofSCA 24. e. Two letters, from Kary Lynch and from Marc Goldrath, regarding smoking request from hospital. f. ktter from Anna Alexander listing several concenrs. Staff will respond to this letter. g. ktter and donation of $600 from Radisson Hotel for mid-day shuttle bus operation. h. Proclamations sending greetings to six cities in Australia and New Tnalall.d. CLOSED SESSION At 10:12 p.m. Mayor Knight adjourned to a closed session on labor negotiatiotts with AFSCME. ADJOURNMENT b c Judith A. Malfatti City Clerk The meeting was regularly adjourned at 10:30 p.m. a.