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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1997.03.19BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA March 19,1997 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 7:00 p.m. by Mayor O'Mahony PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG lrd by David Hinckle. ROLL CALL COUNCIL PRESENT: COUNCIL ABSENT: HARRISON, JANNEY, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, SPINELLI NONE MINUTES The minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 3, 1997 were unanimously approved. ING SAME City planner reviewed her memo of March 8 which recommended council hold a pubtic hearing and take action. Edwin James Hannay, Rector Motorcar Company, 1010 Cadillac Way, is requesting a conditional use permit to store automobiles in a 50 feet wide by 363 feet long area on the Caltrain property *.rt oi the tracks in the 1200 block of Catifornia Drive. The land is owned by the Joint bo*.rr Board (JpB) and access has been negotiated through the San Francisco Water property. The JpB is asking that a chain link fence be installed from the city drainage area at the north end to the Broadway right-of-way between the track and the auto storage area. Cars will be moved in and out of the toi Ouiing off-plak traffic hours. The area will not be lit nor will loudspeakers be installed. Sales people may bring customers to the site to look at cars stored there. No sales transactions will Ue negotiited at the st6rage site and employees visiting the site will park in the storage area or the Cattrain parking lot. Cars will be delivered to the 1010 Cadillac site and moved to this storage area by Rectoi .*ployrer. The planning Commission approved this request at its February 24 meeting. Ii was appealed by a resident who lives near this site. This resident subsequently wrote stating she would not be present tonight. Councilwoman Knight asked how cars would be delivered to the site and about security of the parked cars; staff noted that no car carriers would come to this site. Vice Mayor Spinelli asked how this parking area would be demarcated. Mayor O'Mahony opened the public hearing. James Hannay and a JPB representative, Arleen paton, were present. ttrey displayed photographs of the site; noted improvements would be made 126 and a fence installed between the track and parking; responded to council questions regarding security and sign designating private parking. The hearing was closed. Councilman Harrison moved to uphold the Planning Commission decision and action approving the application with conditions by adopting RESOLUTION 22-97. Seconded by Councilwoman Janney The motion was carried unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS David Hinckle discussed a repoft on a "Sustainable San Mateo County, " copies of which have been sent to council, planning commission and staff. This report reviewed demographic and social trends in the county. He would appreciate any comments from council after they have reviewed this report. RESOLUTION 23-97 INTENTION TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH PERS AND INTRODUC- TION OF ORDINANCE 1567 AMENDING THE PERS RETIREMENT CONTRACT FOR LOCAL MISCELLANEOUS MEMBERS City Manager reviewed his memo of March 6 which recommended council adopt a resolution of intention to amend the PERS Retirement contract and introduce an ordinance that will amend the PERS contract to provide 2 percent at age 55 retirement benefit for local miscellaneous employees including an extension of the funding period to the year 2011. The cost of this optional benefit is 3.836 percent of payroll effective July 1, 1998. Four employee bargaining groups have agreed to long-termcontracts which include no salary increase in1997-98 and a l percent reduction inthe 1998-99 salary increase to fund this increased cost. The estimated annual cost of this amendment is $282,061. This amount will be paid by reduced salary increases in 1997-98 and 1998-99. The public hearing for this ordinance will be held on April 23, lg97 . Councilman Harrison then moved to introduce ORDINANCE 1567, request the clerk to read the title and to waive further reading of the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Janney. The mayor asked the city clerk to read the title of the ordinance. The motion to introduce was carried unanimously. PROACHING PEPPER AVENUE Public Works Director reviewed his memo of March 10 which recommended council introduce this ordinance to place a yield sign on Chapin Lane at Pepper Avenue. A resident has requested the yield sign be installed to avoid conflicts with through traffic on Pepper. The Traffic Commission has reviewed this request and recommended it to council. The police department investigated the request and recommends installation of the sign and staff concurs. There are sufficient funds in the existing maintenance budget to cover the costs. Councilman Harrison then moved to introduce ORDINANCE 1568, to request the clerk to read the title and to waive further reading. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Janney. The city clerk read the title of the ordinance. The motion carried unanimously. Burlingame Ciry Council 127 March 19, 1997 b CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor O'Mahony noted the presence of Wheelabrator EOS staff (item "b"). Vice Mayor Spinelli commented on the generosity of the Library Foundation's matching funds for furnishing the library (item "a"). a. WAIVING MINOR BID IRREGULARITY - CP 9305 Public Works memo of March L2 recommended council award this contract to OP Contract Incorporated in the amount of $323,123.51. In January the library furnishing package was advertised and six bids were opened in February. Staff discovered a minor irregularity in OP Contract's bid form; on the base bid line OP indicated their base bid plus all alternates. Staff recommended waiving this irregularity because it was not to their competitive advan- tage, did not benefit them monetarily and would not justify withdrawal of the bid. COOPERATIVE public Works memo of March 11 recommended council authorize assigning the WWTP contract from Wheelabrator EOS to United States Filter Cooperative. Staff has recently received a letter from wheelabrator EoS requesting approval of an ownership transfer from their current parent company, wheelabrator clean water to United states Filter cooperative. This will have no effect on the current contract and the existing WEOS staff will remain. c. WEST COAST GENERAL VS CITY OF CARLSBAD city Attorney,s memo of March 10 recommended council authorize him to add Burlingame to this lawsuit at no cost our city. One of the most recent tricks that some contractors are using to beat the public competitive bidding system is to "lease" employees and equipment from subcontractors. If successful, a contractor can bid shop after a bid has been awarded and increase its profit margin. The city of Carlsbad has successfully prevailed against a contractor who ittempted to lease its subcontracting elements and the contractor has appealed. This case will establish important elements in public bidding and contracting procedures regarding subcontractors' d. WARRANTS & PAYROLL Finance Director recommended approval of Warrants Number 48428 - 48934, duly audited, in rhe amount of $1,236,438.88, Payroll Checks 93574 - 94293 for the month of February LggT inthe amount of $ggg,798.99 and Electronic Fund Transfers (for employee benefits and tax withhotdings) for the month of February 1997 in the amount of $447,575.80. Councilman Harrison moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Seconded by Councilwoman Janney and carried unanimouslY. March 19, 1997 L28 Burlingame Ciry Council Councilwoman Knight reported on a school liaison committee meeting she and Councilman Harrison attended; on a legislative committee meeting at which Senator Kopp appeared; and a Samtrans meeting. Vice Mayor Spinelli told about the Airport Roundtable meeting. Councilman Harrison reported on the convention bureau meeting and also on the Chamber of Commerce meeting, noting the Chamber is now "on line" and he hoped the city would update its portion. Councilman Harrison recommended the mayor request that the large corporations which are moving into the Burlingame Avenue area support the local Chamber and merchant groups' activities. Council concurred and discussed various approaches for such a letter. Mayor O'Mahony had attended a CCAG meeting and welcomed a convention to our city. She asked that council support resolutions for legislation regarding authorization of ISTEA funds and Bay Area bridge funds for seismic and other upgrading. These will be on the next agenda. NEW BUSINESS Councilman Harrison asked staff to look into placing some warning signs about the stop sign at Easton and Cortez. Staff will investigate. City Manager said a report of a recent staff meeting with Caltrans regarding the El Camino trees has been forwarded to council. Councilwoman Knight asked the City Planner about two Hillside Construction permit requests. City Planner said one had been called up for review before the Planning Commission. Councilwoman Knight asked that the 3008 Hillside request also be reviewed by the Planning Commission. Commission Minutes: Library Board, February 18; Senior, February 20; Broadway BID, January 14, February 11, and March 11; Planning, March 10, 1997. b a Department Reports: Building, February 1997; Police, February 1997: Treasurer, February 28, 1997. Letter from Ruth Jacobs regarding vegetation in Mills Canyon and fire danger. Letter from Assemblyman Scott regarding AB 247 giving cities the authority to ban firearms ktters from students in favor of rebuilding the high school pool. ktter from Nancy Kux regarding poor condition of sidewalks on Broadway and about a store that sells what she perceives as unsafe items. ktter from Jack Robertson regarding a "celebration of diversity" at Stanford University. c. d. e. f. ob Burlingame City Council 129 March 19, 1997 COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS CLOSED SESSION At 7:51 p.m, Mayor O'Mahony adjourned the meeting to a Closed Session in order to confer with the City Manager regarding public employment of a Police Chief and a Fire Chief. The meeting reconvened at 8:06 p.m. with no action taken. ADJOURNMENT IN MEMORY OF PADDY CONNEELY Councilwoman Janney sadly noted the recent death of the Paddy Conneely, brother of Colman Conneely the General Manager of the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza Hotel. Mayor O'Mahony adjourned the meeting at 8:08 p.m. after a moment of silence in his memory' Judith A. Malfatti City Clerk March 19, 1997 130 Burlingame City Council