HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1984-02-04Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Vice Mayor Richard A, Halley
Council:
Emanuele N. Damonte
Gus Nicolopul os
Roberta Cerri Teglia
MINUTES
City Council
City Council Conference Room
February 4, 1984
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the
State of California, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold a
Special Meeting on Saturday, the 4th day of February, 1984, at 9:00 a.m., in the City
Council Conference Room, City Hall, 400 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
1. Review of Departmental Goals.
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney
10:00 a.m. - Fire Department
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community Development
2. Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor
rel ations and litlgation.
Dated: February 4, 1984
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
1. Review of Departmental Goals
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney.
ACTION TAKEN
SPECIAL MEETING
9:10 a.m. Mayor Addiego presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Nicolopulos, Tegl ia,
Haffey, and Addiego.
Damonte.
City Attorney Rogers outlined his short
term goal{: 1) Act as primary counsel
to the Redevelopment Agency and put forth
a rationale for that action in being able
to attend seminars and receive educa-
tional publication on redevelopment
materi al.
Mayor Addiego stated that there was a
possibility of creating another
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AGENDA
1. Review of Departmental Goals.
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
211
Redevelopment Agency on a smaller scale
that could be timely.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that redeve-
lopment law was a specialized area and
did not want any changes in the well
organized team already in existence.
City Attorney Rogers suggested that
Attorney Fitzgerald would be the one to
set up the Redevelopment District but he
felt that he could be the one to answer
questions as the primary source of
information.
Councilwoman Teglia made mention of the
fact that when City Attorney Rogers came
to work for the City he did not have
experience in municipal law. She
reiterated that she did not want anything
to diminish the quality of the present
Redevelopment team.
City Attorney Rogers stated that he had
developed a full spectrum of municipal
law; had studied extensively on land use,
planning and zoning; felt that redevelop-
ment was a natural extension of
planning; the need to expand his
knowledge.
He stated: 2) that he wanted to become
more involved in labor relation issues
while negotiations are underway in order
to insure that concerns are expressed
during the draft and negotiation stage
rather than after promises have been
exchanged and put on paper. He stated
that if he could sit in on the beginning
negotiations and provisions of the MOUs
which facilitate Closed Sessions where
the negotiator puts forward issues on
directions she is following on language
for the MOUs.
Vice Mayor Haffey agreed that the City
Attorney should be in negotiations at the
ground floor and point out problems with
the language of the MOU but not become
involved in the give and take process.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 212
1. Review of Departmental Goals.
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney - Continued.
Mayor Addiego stated that there needed to
be discussion on removing the City
Attorney from the Executive Management
Group and make the position more indepen-
dent from the structure.
Discussion followed on client/attorney
relationship; in the past the City
Attorney's Office facilitating what the
Department Heads wanted to accomplish;
communication between the Council and the
City Attorney's Office; the Attorney
sending copies of memos to the Department
Heads and to Council for information.
Vice Mayor Haffey restated his cautionary
note that the City Attorney was not to
become involved in the strategy of nego-
tiations but to only write proper MOU
language.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that the City
Attorney was not to negotiate.
City Attorney Rogers stated he only
wanted to be in Closed Sessions where the
negotiations were being discussed to
understand the document before he had to
review it for Council action.
He stated: 3) that he wanted to develop
a policy among the City's custodians of
records regarding the disclosure of
public records; 4) adoption of a nuisance
abatement ordinance. He spoke of a
problem of a man building a green house
without a building permit which was
blocking out air and light from a neigh-
bor. He spoke of the problems in not
waving a nuisance procedure in that the
City would have to get a court order to
raise the structure or charge him with a
criminal offense - but the Municipal Code
penalties are only infractions.
Discussion followed on the property on B
Street being under procedural order to
clean up the front yard; the rear yard
being hazardous and injurious to public
health, etc.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 212
1. Review of Departmental Goals.
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney - Continued.
City Attorney Rogers spoke of long term
goals: Redrafting the Tow Car and
Taxicab Ordinances, which are long term
due to low priority and heavy workload.
He stated that in other cities the
department heads drafted their own ordi-
nances and sent them to the City Attorney
who looks for legal defects and proper
format.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that that was
why the City hired Mr. Rogers because of
his experience in ordinance development.
Discussion followed on Council directing
the department heads to draft their own
ordinances and resolutions; enforcing
ordinances; the definition of laches
"when you know about something and don't
enforce it for a long time - you just
make a long delay, essentially you can
end up in a point where the court will
say look you have taken too long to get
around this, we are not going to deal
with it;" that the City when it knows
someone is in violation of the Code tries
to make the individual comply; inter-
relationship between departments on on-
going probl ems.
City Attorney Rogers continued: he spoke
of the hearing process and suggested
charging fees to anyone appealing a
Planning Commission decision before
Council.
Discussion followed on the hearing and
appeal process; telling developers to
present all information to the Planning
Commission; the Council will not charge
fees for citizens to appeal decisions of
the Planning Commission as the citizen
has already paid for that right.
City Attorney Rogers spoke of two items
in the Council goals and objectives
I.A. and VIII.A. in reference to Closed
Sessions and stated that he wanted to
apprise the Council on specifics of the
Brown Act for reorganization issues and
developing public relations skills for
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Review of Departmental Goals.
9:00 a.m. - City Attorney - Continued.
Review of Departmental Goals.
10.00 - Fire Department.
department heads. He stated that it was
proper for Council in Closed Session to
discuss: individual department heads;
employee performance and evaluation;
public relations skills as a program for
an individual. He stated that the
discussion of sweeping organization
changes should be discussed in public.
He stated that the Office of the City
Attorney should be dealt with by the
Council directly and not be in the
Executive Management Group which could be
a conflict of interest. He stated that
the Council could not discuss in Closed
Session salary issues with the City
Attorney and City Manager because of a
recent law case in San Diego on the Brown
Act. He stated that the Council could
in Closed Session discuss performance
evaluations with the City Manager and
City Attorney.
Fire Chief Drago stated that the goal of
the Fire Department was to provide the
finest possible fire protection and
emergency medical services at a cost the
public was willing to pay and to develop
and implement the programs needed.
He stated that other goals and objectives
were as follows: To provide maintenance
of a high level of emergency response
effectiveness; maintain: a first alarm
assignment; a capable emergency response
backups; an effective mutual aid and
automatic aid plan; a sufficient on-duty
emergency force; fire apparatus; a com-
munications system; adequately equipped
stations to house emergency apparatus;
personnel physical condition; water
supply system.
He continued: To provide maintenance of
acceptable response times within City
jurisdiction; maintenance of competence
of engine and truck company; to develop
fire managers within the department; the
implementation of a "Management by
Objective" concept.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 2i5
Review of Departmental Goals.
10.00 a.m. - Fire Department -
Continued,
RECESS:
RECALL TO ORDER:
He stated the following goals in fire
prevention: Protect life and property by
preventing fires; dwelling inspections;
commercial/industrial inspections;
schools/public assembly/institution
inspections; adoption of the Uniform
Fire Code 1982 Edition; develop related
codes to minimize each of man power;
develop hazardous material disclosure
ordinance; increase bureau personnel
technical knowledge; increase line offi-
cers knowledge.
He stated the following goals in fire
suppression: Fully trained on-duty fire
force in a state of emergency; engine
companies to complete 100% of the listed
Fire Prevention assignments; provide each
man with a structural physical con-
ditioning program; to have each man
trained to the highest level of fire
fighter duties; to maintain equipment and
quarters; attain a degree of readiness
for each fire fighter; minimum monthly
and annual requirements for training.
He stated the following goals for
paramedics: To provide emergency pre-
hospital care to the sick and injured
with the most up to date paramedic
skills; provide transport to nearby
hospitals. He stated that the paramedic
program had netted $90,000.00 in 1983.
Council discussion followed: To make
school fire drills more realistic; Fire
Department should critique school dril 1 s
and send to the School District; firemen
should conduct meaningful programs for
kindergarten to the 4th grade on a once a
year basis; the need for one additional
person in the Arson Program; continue
Class 2 Fire Rating; expansion of the
School Fire Prevention Program.
Mayor Addiego declared a recess at 11:30
a.m.
Mayor Addiego recalled the meeting to
order at 11:40 a.m., all Council present.
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AGENBA ACT]~ON TAKEN
Review of Departmental Goals.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development
Director of Community Development
Dell 'Angel a stated that the General P1 an
was important because it tied into the
issues later on regarding the direction
of Council. He spoke in detail of the
specific approach of the General Plan in
terms of policies. He stated that
Council had a goal of April 1st and felt
it would be adopted before the end of the
fiscal year.
Council discussion followed on the April
1st deadline and what had to be done to
meet that goal.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that if Council made
determinations on each of the policies at
the 2/15/84 meeting and then set a public
hearing in March if the Council was
satisfied with the document.
Council discussion followed: If the
Council chose to change a policy would
the document have to go back to the
Planning Commission; that a policy change
would be looked at by the Director and
City Attorney to determine whether the
change had been discussed by the Planning
Commission; that the 2/15/84 meeting
would not be for public testimony but to
go through each policy; Set Saturday,
3/3/84 at 9:30 a.m., as a Public Hearing
on the General Plan and agendize the
final adoption on 3/28/84 of the Plan.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that the State law
states that the City has to have an
updated Housing Element by July 1st and
that the Council would have hearings in
May after it had been to the Planning
Commission. He stated that it was not a
part of the segment for updating the Land
Use and Circulation Element. He con-
tinued, the Housing Element was different
and had to be dealt with legally as a
separate document. He stated that after
the Planning Commission adopted the docu-
ment that he wanted a Study Session with
the Council and the Commission to decide
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AGE,DA ACT O, T KE, 217
Review of Departmental Goal s.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development - Continued.
how to address the ABAG needs figures and
for allocation or designations of
possible sites.
Discussion fol 1 owed on the 1 awsui t of
nonconformance when the City had a
Housing Element and the decision was
upheld in Court that the guidelines were
in fact guidelines; having the City adopt
the figures in the ABAG report if they
were found to not be overbearing; risks
in acceptance or non-acceptance; time-
table needed to meet 7/1/84 State
deadl i ne.
Director of Community Development
Del]'Angela spoke of a parking study for
the Downtown Business District to draw up
a policy for new uses to available
parking.
Discussion followed on structural high
rise parking lots; second decking some of
the parking lots; the Parking District
swaping a lot for one on Cypress opposite
South City Ford; the results of the
parking study commissioned three years
previous.
Director of Community Development
Del l'Angela spoke of the need for a pre-
liminary draft of the new zoning ordi-
nance and the need for contractual help
which would take the balance of the year
to compl ere.
He stated that depending on the con-
sumation of the sale of U.S. Steel by Mr.
Eslick to developers on April 1, he
expected to get into the specific plan,
rezoning and EIR for the property; pro-
cessing the first building phase of
Terrabay, Subdivision Map and needed to
get into an HCP compliance determination;
will see the Precise Plan for the Village
Associates Project at the Marina; put
the 1980 Census Data Summary Report
into a book to be distributed to all
agencies and departments in the City
for research of the City.
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Review of Departmental Goals.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development - Continued.
Councilwoman Teglia questioned if Staff
had put together a document for the
Marina, a set of City procedures to file
submissions and conditions on
submissions.
City Manager Birkelo stated that the
members of the Board understand that they
must go through the process, however it
was felt to be a joint development and
expected consideration from the City
because each was involved.
Director of Community Development
Del l'Angela stated that once the General
Plan was adopted it would be implemented
by the passage of a specialty ordinance
on landmark or cardroom ordinance or
some other ordinance.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that she would
like secondhand stores addressed in an
ordinance to limit the use.
Discussion followed on precise plans for
Granada Royale Hotel and Genentech; -
that Council sits as the Design Review
Board as Redevelopment; a difference in
design than what had been shown to
Council for Granada Royale to that of an
art-deco style; that nothing had been
heard about the Genentech tour;
discussion of the EIR for Genentech; that
the Granada Royale was too busy a design
which could be a negotiated issue.
Director of Community Development
De11'Angela stated his long term goals
(1/84-12/90): adoption of new zoning
ordinance in 1985; start processing the
U.S. Steel site, Terrabay and Oyster
Point Marina precise plans; updated Land
Use Survey of City; Plan for second
Redevelopment Project at Harbor Way,
Downtown and at Cypress/Linden.
Mayor Addiego questioned if South
Maple/Victory Avenue had been looked at
for a potential redevelopment.
DJrector of Community Development
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Review of Departmental Goals.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development - Continued.
Dell'Angela stated that he did not think
the South Linden area had been designated,
but one area that could be considered was
the Drive-in Theater and lumber yard on
Spruce. He stated that the South
Maple/Linden area was both old and new,
good and bad, and was not as clean a
project.
Discussion followed on what was the
highest priority for redevelopment areas;
need for low and moderate income housing
and future study sessions to deal with
the issue.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela spoke of his constraints and
obstacles in meeting goals; shortage of
staff; limited funds; special project
assignments; inadequate office and
meeting space; extensive appointment and
meeting schedule; paperwork; processing
of routine zoning items; liberal counter
service hours; xeroxing; unclear develop-
ment policies.
Vice Mayor Haffey stated that the Council
was looking at reorganization and depart-
ment structures - perhaps reallocation of
resources. He questioned what a
Department of Community Development would
encompass.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that he had ran an
office that encompassed planning,
building, and engineering, he stated that
there were different hybrids in different
cities. He stated that the Capital
Program had been tied into planning, and
redevelopment was part of the package in
the planning for the over-all City. He
stated that in this City there was
planning and the redevelopment function.
Councilman Nicolopulos stated that the
Director should be given the Staff needed
to do the job and the Director should
receive a salary equivalent to the City
Engineer.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 220
Review of Departmental Goal s.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development - Continued.
Mayor Addiego stated that if the
Department was restructured where it
encompassed more than planning the salary
would be changed.
Director of Community Development
Del 1 ' Angel a stated that whether his title
was City Planner or Director of Community
Development the magnitude, the scope of
the office was a great deal more than it
had been five years ago. He stated that
at some point more had to be done than a
simple salary survey of the Peninsula in
terms of paper comparison. He stated
that he was a professional and had been
in the business for 25 years and that
regardless of the number of people in the
department Council should look at how
well the department was being run and its
operation.
Vice Mayor Haffey suggested that if the
Director had come to the Council and
said, "If you do give me some adequate
funding; if you do give me some adequate
staff I am going to be able to maintain
the level of service that I gave you in
the past. But what you are telling us is
you want more but you are going to give
us less."
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that that was not what
he was saying. He stated that when he
asked for more he was looking at the
office's capabilities of dealing with
issues that come forward in a more
comprehensive and complete manner. He
stated that he understood the message, if
we are going to give you more we want
more liberal counter hours - he stated that
he may have to do both. He stated that
the County administered the HCDA program
and he believed that his department did
not have the time to put forward a con-
certed enough effort to put programs
together for County funding. He stated
that in his last employment that City
had ran the HCDA Program and here the
County did it.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Review of Departmental Goals.
11:00 a.m. - Department of Community
Development- Continued.
Discussion followed as to why the City
had voted to allow the County to admi-
nister the funds; that the City did not
have a choice in the matter unless there
was a population of 50,000; that the City
had not informed the County that they
wanted their fair share; how the City
could become entitled - another census or
a Federal Government special census.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela requested that he be allowed
to take part in the reorganized depart-
ment structure and questioned selling the
South Airport property or using it for
the Convention Center.
Closed Session for the discussion of
personnel matters, labor relations
and litigation.
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
1:00 p.m., for the discussion of person-
nel matters, labor relations and
1 itigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was recalled to order at 1:32
p.m., all Council present, no action
taken.
M/S Teglia/Haffey - That the meeting be
adjourned.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT
Time of adjournment 1:33 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
APPROVED:
, City
City of South San Francisco
Mark~. ~Addie~o,' Mayor
City of South San Francisc6
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