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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 2/4/84 Page 1 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. 2/4/84 Page 2 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. 2/4/84 Page 3 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 2/4/84 Page 4 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. 2/4/84 Page 5 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. 2/4/84 Page 6 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 2/4/84 Page 7 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. 2/4/84 Page 8 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 2/4/84 Page 9 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. 2/4/84 Page 10 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. 2/4/84 Page 11 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 The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the office of the City Clerk and available for inspection, review and copying. 2/4/84 Page 12