HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1986-10-30 Mayor Roberta Cerri Teglia
Vice Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Council:
John 'Jack' Drago
... Ri chard A. Haffey
i Gus Nicolopulos
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
--1. Overview of Historical Survey.
MINUTES
City Council
City Council Conference Room
City Hal 1
October 30, 1986
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ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:20 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Addiego pre-
siding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Nicolopulos, Haffey,
Drago and Addiego.
Tegl i a.
Historic Preservation Commission: Arndt,
Feudale, Gookin, Mullen
and Harks.
Commissioners Absent: None.
The pledge of allegiance was recited.
Mayor Pro Tem Addiego invited the
Chairwoman to give an overview of the
original historical survey.
Chairwoman Harks chronicled the history
that had led to the historical survey
being done: that 10 to 12 years earlier
it had been noted that the City was
losing many historic resources; that
Council and the citizenry had become
alarmed recently when the Bortoli house
had been lost; that the Historical
Society had been successful in preserving
the school bungalow and historic
sidewalk; that demolition of the house at
340 Miller Ave. had been stopped; that
the need to establish a criteria and
orderly process for preserving natural
resources had led to Council's implemen-
tation of an ordinance to define a
resource and a criteria to save same;
that there were possibilities for tax
incentives; Council passed the ordinance
and appointed Commissioners; Council
appropriated $10,000 for the historical
survey.
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1. Overview - Continued.
She stated that the whole point of the
Commission was to preserve the flavor of
a neighborhood in this City and if a
building could not be saved, to replace
it with something appropriate to keep a
sense of time and place or flavor of the
area.
She stated that it was an advantage to
the citizens of the City because it gave
them more pride in their property and the
whole area. She stated that the hearing
held on Sign Hill had brought forth the
pride of the citizenry in that area.
She spoke of the advantages of preserving
historical properties: tax credits for
rehabilitations of property; freezing of
assessed valuations on historic resource
property; it could vary the zoning ordi-
nance to make the use worthwhile to save
a resource.
She stated that it was the Commission's
duty to find and discover public property
as historic resources, using as the basis
the Bamburg Survey and the Blue Book.
She stated that the Commission was eva-
luating each of the 190+ properties in
the survey for designations.
Mayor Pro Tem Addiego suggested giving
value to buildings where there was a
historical feature or a notable person
had lived in the house.
Director of Recreation & Community
Development Norton stated that the
Commission was to review his recommen-
dations and the survey and come up with a
preliminary list by 11/13/86.
Mayor Pro Tem Addiego stated that it was
after the Council had stopped the demoli-
tion of the Miller property that many of
the historical aspects had been
discovered.
Chairwoman Harks stated that the survey
had been completed by people who had not
been well trained or were knowledgable of
this City.
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1. Overview - Continued.
(Cassette No. 2)
ACTION TAKEN
Chairwoman Harks stated that the survey
had been completed by people who had not
been well trained or knowledgable of this
City.
Director of Recreation & Community
Development Norton spoke in detail of the
rating criteria used by the consultants
for historical resources and the national
trust.
Discussion followed: that the commission
must very carefully designate properties
that would stand up to the public hearing
process; that a certificate of alteration
could be issued to someone whose property
was not designated but was on the inven-
tory list, etc.
Commissioner Arndt stated that he and
Commissioner Gookin were the subcommittee
that were physically checking the 5 and 6
ratings in the survey, and had found that
some properties should be 3s or 4s, and
others should not be on the list. He
stated that a report would be provided at
the next meeting with a preliminary
listing from the investigation.
Director of Recreation & Community
Services Norton stated that the con-
sultant had trained volunteer survey
workers on various architectural
features, but there had not been any
training on local features.
Discussion followed: on the inventory
compiled by the volunteers; that there
were historical buildings not on the
list; must educate people that property
owners could add their property to the
inventory, do the background research,
and have a public hearing to see if
anyone objects to the designation; that
there was a $250 fee for the application
unless the Commission designated the pro-
perty an historic resource; that restora-
tion of an historic resource had to be
done with matching materials, i.e., wood
windows replaced with the same rather
than aluminum windows; that the Brincat
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1. Overview - Continued.
Mayor Teglia Arrived:
ACTION TAKEN
building on Linden should be on the
inventory; the Wildberg building being a
relic; the Doon Toy building on Grand
Ave. was going to be torn down; concern
over the listings on the 100-200 block of
Grand Ave.,; what various cities with
Historic Preservation Commissions had as
a historic resources list, etc.
Councilman Drago stated that it was just
a matter of time before the Wildberg
building was sold to some large deve-
loper, and questioned if there was a
problem in saving some part of the
building.
Mayor Teglia arrived at 7:45 p.m.
Commissioner Gookin stated that she had
talked to the owners of the property
during the survey, and they had expressed
concern over preserving the Wildberg
building. She stated that the owners had
given her some old photos of the building
that she had turned over to the History
Room of the Library. She stated that one
of the people involved in the building
had expressed concern that the Doon Toy
building was going to be torn out by the
people who presently owned the building.
Vice Mayor Addiego spoke of industrial
property, such as Edwards Wire Rope,
which was a long industrial building with
a little office that Homart had
recognized as a resource, however it did
not fit into their sleek look.
Mayor Teglia stated that was not true,
Homart had initiated a move to preserve
the office and she had contacted Friends
to Parents to try to have the building
donated for a nursery school operation.
She stated that that had been vetoed by
the State because of soil conditions on
the site.
Vice Mayor Addiego apprised the Mayor of
the discussion before she arrived at the
meeting.
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1. Overview - Continued.
2. Historic Districts.
ACTION TAKEN
Director of Recreation & Community
Development Norton stated that grant
monies of $12,000 had been matched by the
City with in-kind services, and a cri-
teria had to be followed for the survey.
Commissioner Arndt explained that the
Subcommittee had found: commercial pro-
perty on the survey that did not belong
on the list; high property ratings that
should be lower; commercial properties
that had been rated too high.
Chairwoman Harks related individual
cities historic resources in relation to
their populations: Vallejo 1,100 -
88,000; Palo Alto 459 - 56,000; Paso
Robles 548 - 12,000.
Director of Recreation & Community
Development Norton stated that Vallejo
had a large Victorian District of
approximately 150 beautiful homes, and
that 1,100 sites had been listed and 400
had been designated as historic
resources.
Commissioner Arndt stated that the
Subcommittee had spent 20 hours thus far,
and had found a significant amount of
properties with style, architecture and
history behind the homes. He stated that
the ultimate list would be between
200-300 homes.
Chairwoman Harks stated that this was a
concept of recognizing a group of
buildings designed geographically and
very close together in an homogenous way,
i.e., the block from Grand Ave. from
Acacia down to Orange would be a district
that was still young. She staed that the
same would apply to Palm Ave. which con-
veyed a sense of time and place.
She stated that with historic properties
there was always a problem of damage from
termites, and the district requires the
building be replaced with something
compati bl e.
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2. Historic Districts.
ACTION TAKEN
Commissioner Arndt stated that a district
did not freeze anything, only makes it
happen that when something has to go,
that something is put back in kind, in
place, in time of the feeling of the
a rea.
Discussion followed: that the Doon Toy
building was built in 1892; Town Liquors
being an example of square lines and wood
frames; the old Bank of America building
plans to have a square parapet, rec-
tangular windows being rejected by the
Design Review Board; that the buildings
in the downtown area were all of a scale
and if designated as a district it would
be preserved for the future; the City's
height restrictions; possibility of
having properties on the inventory go
before the Design Review Board and
Commission without the procedure being
cumbersome to improvement; that there
would be problems in designating the 100
block of Grand Ave. as a district because
of the gas station and adult bookstore;
that an individual designation was to
protect a property, and a district
designation was to protect the flavor of
the area; that property owners would vote
to be designated a district; non-
contributing buildings could be torn down
and a new building erected that had a
facade to go with the district.
Commissioner Gookin stated that the down-
town area was pedestrian, which was one
of the reasons to maintain the height of
the buildings for the benefit of the
whole area to make it visible and
accessible.
Discussion followed: opening up a lane
if it was behind a property to keep a car
under the house and free up the street;
establishing a joint meeting between the
Planning and Historic Preservation
Commissions to look at Village Way; using
redevelopment money to improve housing
for low and moderate income families in
the downtown area.
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2. Historic Districts.
3. Other Topics of Mutual Interest.
Chairwoman Harks stated that if a pro-
perty was nominated to the national
trust, then the property owner could get
a tax credit by contacting the State
Office.
Director of Recreation & Community
Services Norton stated that the property
at 314 Baden Ave. was not an historic
building, but a twelve month tentative
designation had been given to promote the
preservation of the building. He con-
tinued, if in a year the Neighborhood
Center is not able to proceed they would
lose that designation. He stated that in
that particular case, on historic pro-
perty, the Building Division was allowed
to use the State Historic Building Code
in lieu of the designation, etc.
Mayor Te§lia stated that she hoped the
joint meeting would take place shortly so
that the Planning Commission could have
the same benefit as Council had tonight
for a complete understanding of historic
resources.
Director of Recreation & Community
Services Norton spoke of having invited
experts to a Commission meeting to give a
pep talk on what a Historic Preservation
Commission was all about - which had been
greatly received by the Commission.
Mayor Teglia stated that after the first
of the year, after the list was complete,
there should be another meeting for
complete coordination of efforts between
the three bodies.
Director of Recreation & Community
Services Norton gave an overview on the
Certified Local Government Program in the
participation and preservation of local
governments. He stated that it meant
that down the road the City could compete
for Federal funds after certification for
various purposes.
M/S Mullen/Ardnt - To adjourn the
Historic Preservation Commission meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT:
GOOD AND WELFARE
CLOSED SESSION
Closed Session for the purpose of the
discussion of personnel matters, labor
relations and litigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
ADJOURNMENT
Carried by unanimous vote.
Time of adjournment was 8:45 p.m.
GOOD AND WELFARE
Mr. Jake Jones, 12 E1 Campo Dr.,
stated that many people were very con-
cerned over the increase in paramedic
fees which the seniors felt they could
ill afford. He requested that Council
adopt a new resolution for the Master Fee
Schedule and remove the increase in para-
medic fees.
Vice Mayor Addiego stated that 9 out of
10 people were subsidized for the ambu-
lance fee by insurance companies.
Mayor Teglia stated that the Council
wanted to work out a mechanism to accom-
modate those that could not afford the
paramedic fees.
Vice Mayor Addiego stated that inability
to pay the fee cancelled the charge.
CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
8:55 p.m. to discuss the items noticed as
well as the following litigation:
Airport Variance; Serramonte Park Plaza,
and Plaunch Law - which was a suit
arising out of the Downtown
Revitalization Assessment District.
Mayor Teglia recalled the meeting to
order at 10:15 p.m., all Council present,
no action taken.
M/S Addiego/Drago - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:16 p.m.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED ,
Barbara A. Battaya, City I~rerk
City of South San Francisco
APPROVED.
j~ooer~ a. ce r ~1'.. Teg/i a, ~r. yo ryor
City of South San Francisco
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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 are
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