HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1984-02-15Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Vice Mayor Richard A. Haffey
Council:
Emanuele N. Damonte
Gus Nicolopulos
Roberta Cerri Teglia
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
February 15, 1984
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Birkelo requested:
- A Closed Session at the beginning
of the meeting to discuss the
M.O.U. and a matter of litigation.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
CLOSED SESSION:
Councilwoman Teglia Arrived:
RECALL TO ORDER:
CITY MANAGER
Staff Report 2/08/84 recommending
adoption of a Resolution accepting
and approving the Non-Sworn Police
Department Employees M.O.U., Unit
No. 7 for the period of September
1, 1983 through December 31, 1984.
ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:11 p.m. Mayor Addiego presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Haffey, Damonte and
Addiego.
Nicolopulos, Teglia.
City Clerk Battaya informed the Council
that Councilman Nicolopulos had informed
her office he would be on vacation and
unable to attend tonight's meeting.
The pledge was recited.
AGENDA REVIEW
So ordered.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one chose to speak.
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
7:12 p.m. for the discussion of labor
negotiations and litigation.
Councilwoman Teglia arrived at 7:20 p.m.
The meeting was recalled to order at 7:29
p.m., all Council present, no action
taken.
CITY MANAGER
City Manager Bi rkelo stated that he
wished to amend the title of the
Resolution to include the wording
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1. Staff Report - Continued.
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AND
APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-
STANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO POLICE OFFICERS'
ASSOCIATION, NON-SWORN POLICE
DEPARTMENT UNIT #7 EMPLOYEES FOR
THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1984
e
Staff Report 2/08/84 recommending
adoption of a Resolution approving
unit determinations.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING UNIT DETER-
MINATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS AS
MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER PURSUANT
TO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 3.08 AND
CONTINUING RECOGNITION OF AFFECTED
EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING
THE MAJORITY OF AFFECTED EMPLOYEES
Staff Report 2/15/84 requesting
review of the proposed revisions to
the Land Use, Circulation and
Transportation Elements of the
General Plan.
CITY MANAGER
"Subject to the review of the City
Attorney of the wording of the Memoranda
of Understanding."
M/S Teglia/Damonte - To adopt the
Resolution with the change "M.O.U.
language subject to final review by the
City Attorney."
RESOLUTION NO. 17-84
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
M/S Haffey/Damonte - To adopt the
Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 18-84
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Addiego stated that there was a new
member on Council present who had
been made privey to background material
on General Plan Hearings. He stated that
this meeting was being held for Staff to
discuss with the Council the policies
contained in the General Plan and give
direction to Staff. He stated that there
would be a Pubilc Hearing on March 3,
1984 at 9:30 a.m. in the Municipal
Services Building for public input on
the General Plan.
City Manager Birkelo stated that Council
had earlier approved the discussion of
the U. S. Steel site which fell under the
General Plan.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that Mr. Peter Healy
and Evelle Price were prospective purcha-
sers of the U. S. Steel property and
wanted to address Council on the terms of
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AGENDA ACTZON TAKEN
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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achieving a consensus in terms of the
future use of the U.S. Steel.
Mayor Addiego requested a review of the
portion of the General Plan that affected
the U.S. Steel property before Mr. Healy
spoke.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that in the draft
General Plan that was submitted to
Council in January of 1983, the Planning
Commission had recommended that the U.S.
Steel site be designated a planned com-
mercial category, which meant a change
from a heavy industrial type of use to a
use which would allow such uses as office
buildings, commercial uses, hotels,
perhaps a conference center and under
certain circumstances residential uses.
He stated that it was a dramatic depar-
ture from what the property had been uti-
lized for in the years past. He stated
that the Planning Commission had modified
that particular Policy 1-5, to broaden
the use and should be redeveloped by pri-
vate or public means for a modern commer-
cial residential marina and research
development. He continued: initially
when the General Plan was forwarded to
Council there had been a provision that
discussed an intensity of 75% of the
Gateway Project. He stated that the
Planning Commission felt that an artifi-
cial 75% criteria should not be put on
the development, that the development
could be above or below what the environ-
mental report stated. He stated that Mr.
Price was negotiating for the property
and that the current thinking was toward
a commercial mixed use consistent with
the policies being recommended in the
General Plan. He continued: the con-
cerns in consumating the purchase dealt
with the fear or the need for assurance
that the City Council was thinking on a
planned commercial direction rather than
going back to the old industrial develop-
ment scheme.
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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Mr. Peter Healy, representative of the
owners of the property stated that Mr.
Dell'Angela had expressed the owners con-
cerns which had been discussed with staff
and some members of the Council prior to
the meeting. He stated that the primary
concern pivoted around comfort the
financier would like in connection with
loans for this property. He stated that
the problems eminated from the rather
unusual status of the zoning which at the
present time was M-2 Industrial and that
the General Plan Amendment which had been
approved by the Planning Commission would
move well beyond the uses previously per-
mitted. He stated that the problem ari-
ses when one is proposing to develop a
mixed use project on the site which in
large part is consistent with the new
planned commercial designation. He
stated that when the Council itself has
not definitely confirmed the Commission's
decision, accordingly he wanted to
describe the concept proposed for the
site; speak to the policies, namely No.
1-5 and to the issue of residential use
on the site; solicit input from the
Council members as an indication of their
interest or support primarily in the con-
cept to be proposed; recognizing that
there are usual procedures an applicant
had to adhere to. He stated that in
essence what was intended to be proposed
on the site was a conference center, two
hotels, office buildings, certain support
retail shops, medium density residen-
tial, a marina and support services and
restaurants. He stated that the archi-
tect could better describe the project
but that the plan was to create a com-
munity in and of itself on the east side
of the freeway where U.S. Steel formerly
occupied the land. He continued: in the
interest of creating this community,
which would be integrated with the balance
of the community, would ask upon sub-
mitting a formal application that Council
consider the project as a total concept
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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when evaluating high vote density and the
mix of the functions that will be pro-
posed. He stated that the proposed com-
mercial plan designation talks about
approximately 30 dwelling units per net
acre of land. He stated that the owners
thought that a well thought master plan
may well include greater density.
Vice Mayor Haffey stated that on the
whole for that type of land use in that
area he was supportive of having a
planned commercial concept which Mr.
Healy had described. He stated that one
of the things in the description that was
unique and setting a precedence for the
entire area was a residential use and
when the Council considered the residen-
tial use the total package needed to be
desirable to the community as a whole.
He continued: that some of the most
desirable elements of the planned commer-
cial package, such as a conference center
interested him personally as a
Councilmember, and made him look more
favorably at the area. He stated that
Council was being asked to look at the
total package, which he hoped was
complete, because there was an informal
moratorium on residential uses east of
101 and to break that moratorium would
have to be something very special and
unique.
Mr. Healy stated that it would be pre-
sented as a total package and would
include the conference center. He stated
that he was prepared to give a visual
perspective of the mixed use of the pro-
ject with further details in substan-
tiation of what he had described.
Mayor Addiego stated concern over the
direction that Mr. Healy was seeking. He
stated that there was a proposed policy
that addressed the change from an
existing to what the Council wished to
see out there. He stated that not long
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AGENDA
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
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ago another developer had addressed
Council with a plan for an Oyster Point
Marina business park and the Council had
tried to interest the developer in the
possibility of residential use
recognizing the water amenity that could
create an interesting housing element.
Mr. Healy stated that specifically he
was requesting an indication from the
Council, was a general interest in the
type of concept being proposed which must
manifest itself in a formal project
application on the site. He stated that
the reason he was requesting the prelimi-
nary input was because it was his inten-
tion to carry the information, in the form
of a transcript, to the lender who has an
interest in exactly what the Council's
preliminary feelings were in the concept.
He stated that the lender was interested
because of the complexity associated with
the present status of the land. He
continued: on the one hand it was pre-
sently zoned M-2; you have a heavy
industrial; you have a Planning Commission
Resolution which suggests there is strong
favor for a mixed use on the site. He
stated that the mixed use type of project
would be before the Council in April and
that his intention was to close escrow
prior to that time; and to continue the
preliminary work being done for a formal
application after the preliminary judge-
ment was made.
Councilwoman Teglia said she, as a member
of the Council, was personally supportive
of the mixed use on that site. She
stated that she had seen plans of the
diagonal land uses and wanted the rest of
the Council to see the concept. She
questioned when Mr. Healy's group would
be prepared to speak with authority on
the conference center.
Councilman Damonte questioned the number
of rooms the hotels would accommodate.
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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Mr. Healy stated that there was a prelimi-
nary idea of how many the conference
center would accommodate and the hotels.
He stated that there was an interest from
members of the City to have a larger con-
ference center which the owners were
interested in pursuing as being important
to the project. Ne spoke of the possibi-
lity that there might be some special
form of financing by the City in order to
make that part of the project feasible
which had only been discussed on a preli-
minary basis with the City. He stated
that he wanted to meet with the City at
the earliest convenience to further pur-
sue the matter of financing.
Vice Mayor Haffey stated that Mr. Healy
wanted to know how the Council felt about
Policy 1-5, whether Council was suppor-
tive of it or not.
Mr. Healy stated in the affirmative and
said that certain aspects of the planned
commercial formula speak to limita-
tions on the density per acre with
respect to residential. He stated that
if there was a higher density it would be
more compatible with the balance of the
master plan to be proposed.
Vice Mayor Haffey stated that Mr. Healy
had heard some Councilmembers comments
in regard to a convention conference of
which he saw no language referred to in
Policy No. 1-5 which the Council might
want to add an and/or when it got to that
point.
Director of Community Development
Del l'Angela stated that he did not feel
it was necessary unless the Council felt
very strongly about having a conceptual
presentation this evening. He stated
that once the General Plan was adopted
and assuming that the policy related to
the U.S. Steel site was not changed,
Staff would work with the Developer to
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
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develop a Specific'Plan for the entire
area. He stated that the environmental
document would include possibly a deve-
lopment agreement to deal with the uses,
and intensity of uses in the property, as
well as the timing of the build-out of
each phase, i.e., the convention center,
hotel, etc. He stated that what appeared
to be missing was an indication from the
Mayor and Councilman Damonte in terms of
that particular policy, and then go on and
develop more specifics later on for the
pl an.
Councilman Damonte stated he did not know
what Mr. Healy was looking for as this
discussion was preliminary.
Mayor Addiego gave a brief chronicle of
the City's history from stockyards to
steelmills to the present growth and
development. He stated that the City was
looking for the utmost amount of creati-
vity and was proud of what Homart had
developed in the City. He stated that
after Councilwoman Teglia had met with
the U.S. Steel developers an excitement
had developed among Council at the future
prospect.
Mr. Evelle Price, Architect and Co-
developer, presented illustrations to the
Council of the site layouts showing the
functions and illustrations.
Discussion followed on the type of offi-
ces and restaurants to be included.
Consensus of Council - Director of
Community Development to add language on
the conference hotel aspect to the site.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela questioned if it was also the
consensus of the Council that the d(rec-
tion of development was towards a planned
commercial usage for this property as
opposed to an industrial usage.
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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Consensus of Council - That the direction
of development was towards a planned com-
mercial usage for the property.
Councilman Damonte questioned if any sta-
tement was going to be made by the
Council in regard to density.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated no, that the environ-
mental document had to address density.
He stated that the transition from an
industrial to a commercial use was the
important issue at this time.
Mr. Healy stated that Mr. Dell 'Angela was
right he was concerned with Policy 1-5
and the planned commercial designation
and the land use element of the proposed
General P1 an.
Mayor Addiego stated that if Mr. Healy
felt a restaurant was needed the Council
could do it through the policy and that
all the mixed uses anticipated are
exactly the direction this Council and
the community wanted to go with regard to
this industrial area.
Mr. Healy commented that the planned com-
mercial element, the last line speaks to
the residential density, and to the extent
that the total master plan concept to be
proposed is appropriate to the site. He
questioned if it would be fair to assume
that there could be flexibility in terms
of the density issue.
Mayor Addiego stated that he had looked
at other proposals for the general area
in regard to residential and had given
all considerations to the site and had no
problem with densities similar to the one
proposed for the Oyster Point Marina as
controlled by the Harbor District.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that that was in
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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excess of 120 units per acre.
Mayor Addiego stated that he had not had
a problem with the density at the Marina.
Vice Mayor Haffey stated it was premature
to have any conversation this evening on
density.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that she was
not for high density on this side of the
freeway, but that on the other side of
the freeway there were opportunities to
come in with a complete exciting package
which might result in a very flexible
attitude toward density.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela gave background information
on the resolution from the Planning
Commission and Council public hearings on
the General Plan; Council tabling the
General Plan for additional study. He
questioned if the Council wanted to group
the various policies or pages of policies
in summary discussion, then outline the
land use and then the transportation
elements and General Plan map. He stated
that on Council direction any of the
documents would be amended or changed.
He stated that the Council had before it
a revised February 1984 draft summary of
the proposed policies as recommended by
the Planning Commission to the Council; a
description of the land use categories,
etc.
Consensus of Council - Go through the
policies one by one.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela discussed policies 1, 2 and
3.
Councilwoman Teglia questioned why Policy
3 included annexation of County land.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela stated that Country Club
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
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Park, McLellan Nursery, California Golf
Club, Ponderosa School and South Slope
were all under the City's sphere of
influence and will eventually be incor-
porated into the City.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that the
sphere of influence had nothing to do
with the General Plan and that South
Slope had been annexed and should be
removed from the policy.
Director of Community Development
Dell'Angela spoke of policies 4,5,6,7,8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
Discussion followed: Policy 10 - that
night use of schools is O.K. if inciden-
tal to their use; Policy 11 - could allow
long conforming uses and allows upgrading
of non-conforming uses with improvements
up to 25% of value; Policy 12; Policy 13;
Policy 14 - review each neighborhoods
characteristics before establishing set-
backs; Policies 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and
20.
Further discussion followed: Policy 21 -
limiting height density and examples of
mixed height density; Policy 22.
Consensus of Council - To strike Policy
23.
Discussion continued: Policy 24 -
current 2.5 vacancy rate; Policy 25;
Policy 26 - problems with mobile homes
abutting Winston Manor and Buri Buri;
Policy 27 - Councilwoman Teglia stated
that she had a problem with Spruce
Drive-In being used as residential, and
indicated that the area is light
industrial and could be used for mini
warehouses.
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3. Staff Report 2/15/84 - Continued.
RECESS:
RECALL TO ORDER:
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
Council woman Tegl ia:
GOOD AND WELFARE
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Consensus of Council - To combine
Policies 28 and 29 with Policy 10.
Mayor Addiego declared a recess at 9:30
p.m.
Mayor Addiego recalled the meeting to
order at 9:39 p.m., all Council present.
Discussion followed on: Policies 30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37; Policy 38 - that
the word may replace should; Policies 39,
40, 41, 42, and 43.
Consensus of Council - That the language
on Policy 44 be reworked so that new
shopping centers won't be outlawed.
Discussion continued on: Policies 45,
46, 47, 48 and 49.
Mayor Addiego stated that a public
hearing would be held on Saturday, March
3, 1984, at 9:30 a.m., in order that
Council could complete their discussion
of the policies and receive public testi-
mony on the General Plan.
Mayor Addiego asked City Clerk Battaya if
a list of speakers at prior public
hearings on the General Plan could be
given to Council, and that the matter of
televising the meeting of March 3, 1984,
be investigated.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
Councilwoman Teglia requested a letter
of support from Council for the reloca-
tion of the Caltrain station in San
Francisco. She stated that MTC would be
considering this matter at their next
meeting.
GOOD AND WELFARE
No one chose to speak.
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNMENT
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
M/S Teglia/Haffey - That the meeting be
adjourned.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
APPROVED:
City of South San Francisco
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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
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