HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1988-10-05Mayor Jack Drago
Council:
Mark N. Addiego
Richard A. Haffey
Gus Nicolopulos
Roberta Cerri Teglia
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
1. A joint meeting with the Parking
Place Commission to discuss items
of mutual concern.
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
October 5, 1988
ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
7:37 p.m. Mayor Drago presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Addiego, Haffey,
Nicolopulos, Teglia,
and Drago.
None.
Parking Place Commissioners present:
De Tomasi and Welker.
Parking Place Commissioners absent:
Maltoni.
Mayor Drago stated that this meeting was
being held to address items of mutual
concern and to determine if the Council
could assist the Commission in solving
any Commission problems.
Parking Place Commission Chairman Welker
related the following: that revenues
of the District were limited to buy pro-
perty, as well as there being a shortage
of land to purchase property for parking
lots; that parking in the downtown area
was at a crises level; that there were
plans to raise the meter rates for
borrowing power; that a survey had been
made of parking needs in the area; that
public hearings would be held before the
rates were increased; raising the hourly
meter rate to two hours on Grand Avenue;
potential for a $1,000,000 bonded indebt-
edness if the property owners agree; that
the outlying lots were being used by
employees, etc.
Discussion followed: that people went to
the downtown area to buy a particular
item, and then meandered through the
other stores; that Burlingame charged the
retail businesses for their employees
using the metered parking; that this
community did not have that problem; that
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Joint Meeting - Continued.
parking was critical in the 300-400
blocks of Grand Avenue; that there were
no lots in the 400 block of Grand; that
the metered parking by the Womens Club
was not in the District; a summary of
parking meter usage of each lot was
discussed; peak hours of the day for
parking; that there were not enough
monthly parking spaces to accommodate
employees from new businesses coming into
the downtown area, etc.
Mr. Robert Georgi stated that people
parked in the lot across from his busi-
ness and commuted to other locations.
Discussion followed: that to attract
people to the downtown the City needed
adequate parking; that clothing and shoe
shops were needed in the area; that at
one point in time there had been a
proliferation of banks in the downtown;
that the area was like shopping in the
1950s; concern over the number of produce
markets; decking Lots 3, 5 and 8; that
plans for the new redevelopment area
would aid parking; creating a new
breezeway and turning the existing lot
into retail businesses; courting a major
retailer for the area; the Wilbur Smith
parking study; that the Commission should
continue to be aggressive in buying lots
to protect future needs; that the
Commission was not interested in buying
more property, but in developing the pro-
perty it owned; that the redevelopment
studies would address the parking needs
of the area; that the lots could be
decked for a cost of $2,000,000; incor-
porating outside meters into the
District; enlarging the District to
square up the configuration; acquiring a
lot on Baden for a three level, two story
parking lot that would connect to the
breezeway; that redevelopment monies could
be used for parking.
Mr. Lou Dell'Angela stated that there was
a parking problem in the 300-400 block of
Grand, however, there was a chance that
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Joint Meeting - Continued.
the Benjamin Franklin store would vacate
the premises. He stated that he and his
client, Mr. David Gonzales of South City
Ford, were very interested in being a
part of the development of the downtown
area.
Councilman Haffey stated that this
meeting was a joint one with the
Commission to discuss mutual concerns,
and not for the purpose of outside input.
Mayor Drago stated that Mr. Georgi had
requested appointment to the Commission,
however, he did not qualify because he
did not live in the City; and he had
been allowed to speak. He stated that
the discussion was to include a broad
scope without getting into specifics.
Vice Mayor Teglia stated that this
meeting was an opportunity for brain
storming, and the Council was aware that
this was also taking place with the
Downtown Merchants, Planning and the City
and the input would ultimately be pulled
together.
Mayor Drago expressed concern that the
Finance Director was not present to take
part in the discussion as the staff
liaison to the Commission.
Parking Place Commission Chairman Welker
requested direction from Council on the
ideas for raising revenue.
City Manager Armas stated that it was
important for the Council to give direc-
tion on the larger context of parking,
look at the various elements, and find
the vehicle to attain it. He stated that
the work session later this month was for
the objectives of the downtown develop-
ment, and it was important for the
Council and Commission complement one
another rather than conflicting.
He stated that Council had not seen docu-
mentation on some of the ideas expressed
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-- 1. Joint Meeting - Continued.
2. Discussion of the status of the ~oo~
Youth Commission. ~
(Cassette No. 2)
by the Commission, and those would be
considered at a future date.
Discussion followed: that the Master
Parking Plan did not address growth of
the downtown; that the merchants had
hired an individual to do a study of
parking utilization; the viability of
using a shuttle bus; that no one realized
that the Italian restaurant would create
a parking crunch in the 100 block of
Grand Avenue; that the big landowners in
the District should be contacted for
input; that the parking lot bid would be
considered for acceptance by the Council
on 10/26/88, and a recommendation was
needed from the Commission and the City
Manager.
M/S De Tomasi/Welker - To adjourn the
Parking Place Commission meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice.
Time of adjournment was 8:30 p.m.
Director of Recreation & Community
Services Jewell stated that the Youth
Commission had not met since June 1988,
and was currently inactive due to the
lack of a quorum.
He presented background information on
the Commission since its inception:
programs which the Commission took part
in; concerns raised by staff and the
Commission members; that Bobby Vau§hn was
the only member eligible to continue
serving on the Commission; analysis and
alternatives to consider.
He stated that in the past it had been
difficult to have appointments to the
Commission, and the perception had been
that the Commission was not important.
Discussion followed: that Council had
given the direction for the Commission to
be formed to serve the needs of the
youth; that Council had heard nothing
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Youth Commission - Continued.
from the liaison people on the progress
of the Commission; that staff had advised
Council in the fall and winter of 1987 of
the vacancies, and a response had not
been received from the Council; that the
question of filling vacancies had been
brought up at a Council meeting and the
Vice Mayor had said to wait until the
school year began, etc.'
Youth Commissioner Vaughn stated that the
most important thing was interaction with
the Council, yet the Commission was
expected to go out and find issues. He
stated that the commission had contacted
Pros for Kids, and had become involved in
the project - yet there had not been feed
back from Council when the project was
completed.
Mr. Barry Nagel, Recreation Support,
stated that staff tried to make Council
aware of Commission activities by sending
tickets to all of the events, and minutes
of the meetings were forwarded to
Council.
Discussion followed: that Council had
held a reception this spring for all
Board and Commission members; that the
Commission had been established to iden-
tify the needs of youth in the community;
that the commission had made recommen-
dations for new recreation programs that
had not gone to Council; that the draft
ordinance on minors should have gone to
the Commission for a recommendation to
Council; that the Commission focused
mostly on the high school age youth; that
the present Commission was the most
progressive and out-going that the City
has had; that a member of the Commission
could only serve for two years and then
was out of high school, yet still on the
payroll because a replacement had not
been appointed; that the council had been
remiss on reappointments to Boards and
Commissions; naming student body'
presidents of Baden and S.S.F. High
Schools to the Commission; looking
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. _ 2. Youth Commission - Continued.
CLOSED SESSION
®
Closed Session for the purpose of
discussion of personnel matters,
labor relations, property nego-
tiations and litigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
ADJOURNMENT
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
'Barbara A. Battaya, City C1D~k
City of South San Francisco
at juniors for appointments; dissolve the
Commission; the Commission meeting with
various student body presidents, student
advisory committees to address school
issues; need for reports from prior
Commissioners on issues addressed during
their tenure; changing the Commission to
a Committee.
CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to a Closed Session to
discuss the items notices at 9:14 p.m.
Mayor Drago recalled the meeting to order
at 9:33 .p.m., all Council present, no
action taken.
M/S Haffey/Teglia - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 9:34 p.m.
APPROVED.
/,"'" ~Y~"Dr~ago, MaWr
//City of South San Francisco
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