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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 o0o 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- 1/21/87 Page I 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 1/21/87 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 000 ? 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 1/21/87 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 000 74 0 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- 1/21/87 Page 4 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 1/21/87 Page 5 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 1/21/87 Page 6 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 Page 7