HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1982-12-13Mayor Roberta Cerri Teglia
Vice Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Council:
Ronald G. Acosta
Emanuele N. Damonte
Gus Nicolopulos
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette l)
1. Items of mutual concern.
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
Oyster Point Yacht Club
Oyster Point Marina
December 13, 1982
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:00 p.m. Mayor Teglia presiding.
Council present: Acosta, Nicolopulos,
Addiego, Damonte and
Teglia.
Council absent: None.
Oyster Point Policy Board Members
Present: Boerio, Farnow, Flocks,
Fuller and Lee.
Absent: None.
Chairman Flocks requested that the
General Manager give an overview on
the Concept Plan of the Marina.
General Manager McClellan presented
a redrawn Master Plan which incorporated
all of the changes made in the Project
since November 1977. He cited in
detail all of the changes: the
inclusion of a hotel or motel; new
street names that need to be approved
by the City; the island just completed
by Mr. Diodati; access for the public
to the restaurants and commercial
complex to be controlled; the Rod and
Gun Club site being designated as a
restaurant; a park adjacent to the
restaurant; parking accommodations;
relocating the dock area to tie in
with the boat repair; parking for the
fishing pier; landscaping; pathway
system; BCDC requirements; breakwater
configuration; fishing gear lockers;
the bulb area; master road; pilings
for the harbor to be funded by a
separate California loan; boat storage,
leachate control, etc.
Mayor Teglia stated that she understood
the need for revenues, however the
Board could trade the restaurant for
a hotel and still have a park without
losing revenues.
General Manager McClellan spoke of
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Councilman Nicolopulos left the
meeting at 7:30 p.m.
the problems with the ground and that
where the hotel was projected was
a site that was above the old shore
line. He stated that the parking or
smaller buildings would be on garbage
hill.
Discussion followed on higher density
in putting the motel in the hotel
complex; the bid process; using the
site for a park; a 200 foot hotel;
the project being a marina park with
places to walk, fishing pier, trees ~
rather than a wild life sanctuary;
the original cost estimate of the
project; funding available and the
sources that were ear-marked; the
various phases of the project; the
leachate problems and resultant costs;
sources of revenue from the on-going
project; operating expenses; debt
service for the loans existing, etc.
Discussion followed on alternatives
to the project: condos, office space,
residential units, creating another
Marina Del Mar, etc.
Chairman Flocks stated that in view
of the permit process it would be
very difficult to solicit people as
developers when there was not a
feeling from the City of concurrence
in the Master Plan or design of the
project. She spoke of the flood
conditions in the parking lot and
the leachate problems which would be
costly due to inflation.
General Manager McClellan spoke of
the economic projections; operating
costs; maintaining roads, etc.
Councilman Acosta stated that in that
the District was not selling the land
to a developer but leasing it - how
would control be maintained.
General Manager McClellan stated that
a clause would be put in the lease
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that the Harbor District would control
the Project until it was turned over
to the City and then the City would
administer the Project as the leasor.
Discussion followed on the DENOD
loan; funds needed to repay the loan;
interest payments being allowed to
accumulate; foreclosure and a take
over of the operation; the State
pouring more money into the Project
to make it viable; the deterioration
of the breakwater; the parking lot
sinking; building facilities to
bring in revenues; having a boaters
park for picnics; the City's review
process; the amount of open space
in the Project and potential sites
for picnic tables; landscapping had
been planned to make natural areas,
etc.
Board Member Lee stated that BCDC
had reviewed the plan and minor changes
had been made in the plan to comply
with questions BCDC had discussed.
He stated that the more important
issue to be discussed was in providing
security for the development. He
stressed the importance of proceeding
with the Project.
City Manager Birkelo stated that the
only alternative was to apply a
Specific Plan and then Council would
be the only body to act on the Plan.
He stated that right now it was under
the General Plan process.
Mayor Teglia stated that the Harbor
Commission could do that and requested
an outline of the applications and
the Public Hearing and appeal process
would be subject to the City Council.
Chairman Flocks expressed concern
over the delays and stated she wanted
to resolve the problems.
General Manager McClellan passed out
a sheet on the Joint Powers Agreement
for later discussion.
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ACTION TAKEN
Board Member Boerio stated that the
Commission's main concern.was that
the Agency did not recognize special
police. He stated that a request
had been made for a radio for a
security guard at the Marina which
had been denied because the City did
not want the guards using their radio
frequencies.
Police Chief Datzman stated that it
was difficult to deal with one group
that requested a radio, when in other
cases the requests were denied because
of other alternatives available. He
stated that there had been discussions
on using a portable telephone,
combined with the security gate,
and he felt that this would do the
job. He spoke in detail of the crimes
in the area which appeared to be
minimal, one instance a week, with
the regular police patrol in the area.
Discussion followed on patrol
frequency; a larger need for patrol
units when the development was completed;
the guard shack and the portable tele-
phone; newspaper coverage of the
crime in the area, without alerting
the Police to the problem; the Council
not being aware of the problems in
the Marina; that information on the
Harbor District should come from
the Council members on the Policy
Board; using Staff to respond to
questions on the Marina from the
citizenry; the request by a citizen
to the Mayor for the Harbor District's
financial statements year by year;
that the Harbor District took control
of the Marina in 1977; budget problems
after the Harbor District took over
the project and delays; problems with
electrical wiring at the Marina not
meeting City Code after it was
installed and the additional cost of
riping it out and replacing it; why
the building inspector did not notice
the wiring before it was installed,
etc.
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ACTION TAKEN
Mayor Teglia stated that when the
plans were in the pencil stage it
would have been better for the
District to come to the City and
state that some things had to be
added and then the City could have
come forward with the District to
BCDC.
Member Boero stated that the District
had gone to the Planning Department
with an application that had been
denied and an appeal had been made
and the permit was issued.
Councilman Acosta stated that the
Harbor District wanted to borrow
more money, and in order to do that
there must be an ability to pay the
money back with additional structures.
He continued, the statement was made
to the effect that there was a possi-
bility that a loan would be made and
the District needed a guaranty of
some sort that the loan could be
amortized in 30+ years at 7½% interest
and that the hotel or motel would
allow that to happen. He questioned
what the District needed from the City
to facilitate the additional borrowing
of money.
Member Boero stated that the drawing
must be taken to the Planning Commission
and an application filed to get the
Master Plan amended.
Mayor Teglia questioned why Staff had
not advised Council of the existing
problems.
City Manager Birkelo stated that on
two occasions this had been brought
before Council that this was under
discussion at the Policy Board and
that it had been clear that the
matter had to go before the planning
process in the City.
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GOOD AND WELFARE
Discussion followed on the time frame
in completing the leachate control; the
funding for the landscapping; fixing
the old basin; the need to develope in
order to amortize the loans; the City
picking up the street sweeping and park
maintenance to help the District's finances;
to discuss a counter-proposal if the
Planning Commission found a flaw in the
plan; the parking lot sinking into the
bay; the District needing cooperation of
the City; the Joint Powers Agreement, etc.
General Manager McClellan stated that the
old agreement gave some money back to the
City and placed a hardship on the District
because of a payoff not coming for 60
or 70 fears.
Chairman Flocks stated that the District
had put in $800,000 when the Joint Powers
Agreement was formed and that now the
District had put in $3,600,000. She
stated that the District could not keep
pouring money in the Project unless,
when there were revenues the District
be allowed to recover some operating
revenues from the Project.
Discussion followed on the amendment
conditions on the $800,000 was without
interest; the money invested in Pillar
Point vs. the Marina; funds taken from
Pillar Point Project and put in the
Marina which had to be replaced; having
joint annual meetings between the two
bodies.
GOOD AND WELFARE
Mr. Walter Finney questioned the priorities
of the Harbor Commission in that the
Commission had had the harbor for five
years and few improvements had been made.
He spoke of the flooding of the parking
lot; chuck holes; leachate problems.
Chairman Flocks stated that an entire
new breakwater water had been constructed
and that the leachate control had been
prioritized; the Commission having a
full year delay in funding; work had been
done on the basin; tonight an attempt was
being made to get the funds to complete
the parking lot and address the basins.
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GOOD AND WELFARE
Mr. Finney stated that the $300,000 that
the Commission was going to use for
landscapping could be used for more
important improvements.
Chairman Flocks stated that the funding
had been granted for landscapping and
must be completed by April or lose the
funding. She stated that in the report
it was shown that the Commission needed
3.7 million dollars to improve the old
parking lot and finish the basin and
trench. She stated that the sewer had
to be moved and the utilities had to
be underground in order to do the
parking lot properly so that it would
last.
Discussion followed on the leachate
problem; what would happen to the marina
if the Harbor Commission was dissolved,
etc.
Mr. Jim Keegan questioned how the
3.7 million dollar figure had been
derived for the new basin and the rest
of the Project.
General Manager McClellan stated that
he said for the rest of the basin and
that he and Mr. Jim March had come up
with the figures.
Mr. Keegan stated that if it is assumed
that the figure is $4,000,000 could
the Commission amortize the loan and
he had heard the Manager say that the
debt service would be $3,000,000 and
he questioned that figure. He further
questioned if the Commission could earn
$300,000 a year from the hotel complex.
He stated that since 1973 he had been
listening to the financial projections
of 3 million dollars and felt it would
end up to be more like 7 million dollars.
He said that he remembered that the
original concept had been Marina/Park
and that the Park had been the concept
that had sold the City on the Project.
Mr. Fassarelli stated that being this
is a County issue he understood that
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the County was supposed to sustain the
cost and questioned the amount of money
that had been expended to date on the
Project; and what would be the final
cost.
Mr. Rene Duzak stated that the presenta-
tion of the Master Plan and the high rise
hotel were really unimportant unless the
marina itself is build to attract
developers for the complex. He stated
that he had slides of a marina that the
Harbor District had built and felt it
was one of the poorest he had ever seen.
He stated that in appearance it seemed
the Harbor District had more interest
in other harbors than in the marina
harbor.
A lengthy discussion ensued on the
various harbors of the District; material
and labor used on each; enterprise funds;
getting the users to pay for the harbor;
raising the lessees rent; the City
wanting a fishing pier and a park that
would not make money, etc.
M/S Addiego/Acosta - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
Time of adjournment 10:02 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
City of South San Francisco
APPROVED:
~KoDer~;a berrl leg/la, ~yor
City of South San Francisco
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