HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1987-01-21Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Vice Mayor John "Jack" Drago
Counci 1:
Ri chard A. Halley
Gus Nicolopulos
Roberta Cerri Teglia
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
Staff Report 1/14/87 recommending
adoption of a Resolution that
authorizes an agreement between
Tinmet Corp., the State Lands
Commission, and the City of
South San Francisco.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN TINMET
CORPORATION, THE STATE LANDS
COMMISSION, AND THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
MINUTES
City Council
City Council Chambers
City Hal 1
January 21, 1987
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ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:06 p.m. Mayor Addiego presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Haffey, Drago,
Nicolopulos and
Addiego.
Teglia.
City Attorney Armento stated that this
item had been on the Agenda at the prior
Council meeting, and she had updated the
staff report which included a copy of the
actual agreement the State Land Commission
had drafted for this matter.
She related the following in response to
questioning from Council: explained the
quit claim process; the State putting the
$300,000 into a land bank; that the terms
of the agreement would say that the
$300,000 for a three year period was spe-
cifically earmarked for use in South San
Francisco, which would not be the case
after three years; after three years a
request for purchase would go into a
pool; if the City wanted a piece of pro-
perty costing $400,000, the additional
$100,000 would come from the State's
general pool; that the State could
acquire properties the City was
interested in east of the Bayshore
Freeway in the industrial area, and
transfer them to the City; that the
City's Marina was a qualified trust if
the City wanted to expand or create
another marina; that the City only had a
three year priority with the $300,000;
that the City was restricted to proper-
ties that would further trust purposes;
that a new agreement with ConAgra would
be coming before the Council, etc.
Discussion followed: whether the City
could purchase a piece of Tinmet's pro-
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
Staff Report - Continued.
Discussion of a Draft Smoking
Ordinance.
perty for use as a jogging path; that
the money should sit in the land bank
while the City planned appropriately for
a land purchase for the community; that
trust purposes were for marine related
commerce and navigation, which would
limit opportunities to purchase and turn
around and lease the properties; that it
was difficult for staff to know the
potential lands affected by the State's
right to assert and lay claim to land,
etc.
M/S Dra§o/Haffey - To adopt the
Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 4-87
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
City Attorney Armento stated that the
Council had indicated at the last meeting
that it wanted to discuss a draft
smoking ordinance similar to those
adopted in other communities. She stated
that the Sunnyvale Ordinance was attached
to the staff report which could be
modified to Council's needs for the City.
Ms. Marilyn Isiac, American Heart
Association, spoke of the Health Alliance
in San Mateo County, and presented a
packet which included a model ordinance
and one adopted by the City of San Mateo.
She stated that the significant dif-
ference between the model ordinance and
that adopted by the City of San Mateo was
the approach to the work site -- smokers
rights.
She stated that the Health Alliance
recommended very strongly that any
smoking ordinance establish the pre-
eminence of the right of the non-smoker
in a dispute, which was not clearly shown
in the ordinance adopted by San Mateo.
She continued, the Ordinance was clear
that some smoking policy needed to be
adopted for each and every work site in
the City of San Mateo but it did not
outline exactly what the policy would be
-- yet it did establish a non-smoking
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
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Discussion of a Draft Smoking
Ordinance - Continued.
Councilwoman Teglia arrived at 7:37 p.m.
policy in the workplace.
Mr. Kevin Larch, American Lung Assoc.,
stated that a number of ordinances in
Santa Clara and Contra Costa Counties
allowed only 50% non-smoking in
restaurants, and that there were 70% in
the nation as a whole. He stated that he
felt that a 60% non-smoking policy was
more appropriate. He stated that the
area of education in the workplace had
not been addressed in San Mateo.
Councilman Nicolopulos questioned
whether the Council was the proper agency
to effect this type of legislation. He
stated that he did not smoke, felt it was
obnoxious, and a health hazard. He
questioned if there were enforcement
measures attached to the ordinance.
Ms. Isiac stated that because it was a
health and safety issue, some cities did
have enforcement penalties attached to
the ordinance. She stated that because
it affected health it was a proper con-
cern of a City Council.
Councilman Nicolopulos stated that he
felt that, based on his police
background, the ordinance was incapable of
being enforced. He spoke of a 1908 Ordi-
nance that prohibited spitting in public,
which in his 25 years as a policeman was
only enforced once and proceeded to
relate the incident.
Mr. Larch stated that in San Francisco
the City Manager handled the non-smoking
problem when it could not be worked out
in the workplace - which had only hap-
pened once.
Discussion followed: on how the ordi-
nance would be written in terms of enfor-
cement; if violation of the ordinance was
infraction, the City could write an
infraction citation; if the infraction
citation went to Court the Judge would
rule on whether a violation had or had
not occurred; that the ordinance would
tell an employer that he must set up a
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
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Discussion of a Draft Smoking
Ordinance - Continued.
Discussion of the Downtown
Revitalization Plan Strategy.
smoking policy within 90 days in their
workplace; that the model ordinance
addressed smoking in day care centers
with six or more children; that the
Council wanted statistics from cities
that had adopted the model ordinance, and
the effectiveness of enforcement; that a
prior Council had effected smoking and
non-smoking sections at Council meetings,
as well as no smoking at the Council
table; that the first reading of the
ordinance should be presented at the
Council 1/28/87 meeting for citizen
input.
Deputy City Manager/CD&A Lewis presented
the Downtown Revitalization Strategy in
detail, which was a conceptual program or
a collection of programs designed to
revitalize portions of the community that
had fallen below acceptable community
standards.
He stated that the idea for the plan had
come out of Council's goals and
objectives two years ago. He stated that
staff for the last year had been care-
fully analyzing and reviewing all the
approaches to revitalization, including
existing land uses, status of the various
parcels in the downtown, and surrounding
neighborhoods.
City Planner Christians presented a
slide show on the types of programs pro-
posed in the plan.
Deputy City Manager/CD&A Lewis discussed
the objectives of the programs and the
specifics of the ideas presented in the
study: to revitalize the entire downtown
as a commercial, financial, civic,
cultural, residential and historic City
center; to eliminate blight in the
surrounding neighborhood; provide housing
stock; that a lack of parking structures
was a crucial factor in the plan; that
the land usage had not changed in many
years; that the area was 22% owner
occupied, and 78% renter occupied; the
income in the area; that the Downtown
Merchants study showed that the redeve-
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AGENDA
-- 3. Discussion - Continued.
(Cassette No. 2)
ACTION TAKEN
lopment would be important and help busi-
nesses; that it could establish more
retail uses; a shuttle bus service to the
offices across the freeway; that the
Parking District study concluded that
even with present uses, the City was
short 66 spaces; a need for a regional
shopping center and lot beautification;
expanding the Parking District to
generate more income; restoration of
historic buildings through Community
Development Block Grants and tax incre-
ments; providing open space in a
convenient location; that with tax
increments, 20% of the funds had been set
up for low and moderate income housing;
the code enforcement side of housing;
density bonuses for housing projects;
giving density bonuses to developers to
couple small lots and build in blight
areas; undergrounding utilities; park
improvements; exploring the idea of a
downtown park; upgrading streets and the
construction of a transportation center
with public parking for Samtrans; using
funding from the County and Federal
Governments; that the City in conjunction
with the Merchants were working together
to market the downtown area as an attrac-
tive place to shop; tax increments for
loan programs; that funding had not been
applied for because the plan was in the
preliminary stages, etc.
Discussion followed on the commitment to
Bridge Housing of CDBG funds.
Mr. Bob Giorgi questioned if the tax
increment or CDBG funds could be used for
street or road improvements.
Deputy City Manager/CD&A Lewis stated
that the 20% set aside could be used for
that, but not the loan program.
Discussion followed: on whether the
City could effect a mini transportation
system to benefit both sides of the
freeway; problems with the proposed loca-
tion of the transportation center;
compliments to staff on the preparation
of the plan; that there had been a
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AGENDA
Discussion - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
meeting with the Chamber, Downtown
Merchants and the Historic Preservation
Commission on the plan, who had not
endorsed all phases of the plan; that
thus far the Oldtown Homeowners Assoc.
had not been privy to the plan, but
arrangements had been made for a presen-
tation at one of their meetings; that
once the Council approved the concept it
would take 12 to 18 months to go through
the process and set up the District,
wherein at any time the Council could
modify any phase of the plan; that this
would be the formation of a third redeve-
lopment district and also establish its
boundaries; tax increments, and long term
financing; consolidation of small lots
for development would enhance property
assessment evaluation; that as a last
resort the City could acquire property
for development; that a small home owner
could feel uncomfortable about the City
taking over his property when he did not
want to sell; that there would be public
hearings throughout the redevelopment
process; that Councilwoman Teglia wanted
more public input before approving the
concept; that there were objections to the
location of the transportation center;
that a video tape be made of the presen-
tation and aired on Cable TV for the com-
munity; that after public input the
direction to staff on the strategy could
be altered.
Mr. David Pfaff, President of the Chamber
of Commerce, stated that he wanted to
clarify the Chamber's position on this
strategy plan. He stated that a letter
had been sent to Mark Lewis on 12/11/87
explaining that a meeting had been held
by the Legislative and Governmental
Committee to review the proposed Downtown
Revitalization Strategy. He related that
the following was the result of the
meeting: the Committee was impressed
with the amount of time and effort
devoted to the proposal by staff; that in
the weeks ahead the Committee and Board
of Directors would be taking a closer
look at the document and its many speci-
fic components; that the Chamber agreed
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
Discussion - Continued.
CLOSED SESSION
me
Closed Session for the purpose of the
discussion of personnel matters,
labor relations and litigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
ADJOURNMENT:
in principle on the concept of the Plan
and was anxious to be a part of further
discussions on the subject.
He stated that over the next few weeks
there was going to be a formation of a
Committee of Chamber members to work with
the City on the revitalization. He
stated that there were Chamber members
that were also Downtown Merchants Assoc.
members and were serving the City in a
dual role.
Consensus of Council - To approve the
concept of the Plan and direct Mr. Lewis
to move in the direction of creating a
redevelopment district.
CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
9:30 p.m., to discuss property nego-
tiations and the Shearwater litigation.
Mayor Addiego recalled the meeting to
order at 10:05 p.m., all Council present,
and stated that Council had appointed a
subcommittee of Vice Mayor Drago and
Councilman Haffey to work with staff on
property negotiations.
M/S Haffey/Nicolopulos - To adjourn the
meeting to Wednesday, 1/28/87, 7:00 p.m.,
at the Municipal Services Building,
Community Room, for a Closed Session to
discuss Tinmet and ConAgra land
settlements.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment 10:06 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
APPROVED.
Barbara A. Battaya, Clerk ~
City of South San Francisco
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 are
available for inspection, review and copying. 1/21/87
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