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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1989-01-01 Mayor Roberta Cerri Teglia Counc i 1: Mark N. Addiego Jack Drago Richard A. Haffey _ Gus Nicolopulos AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: 1. Oyster Point Blvd. Interchange Status Report. MINUTES City Council City Council Conference Room City Hall March 1, 1989 ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING 7:05 p.m. Mayor Teglia presiding. Council present: Council absent: Addiego, Drago, Nicolopulos, and Teglia. Haffey. City Clerk Battaya stated that Vice Mayor Haffey had informed her office, that due to the death of a family member he was unable to attend tonight's meeting. The Pledge was recited. City Manager Armas stated that staff planned to present a status report on a major project that had been underway for a number of years, and then review some current activities on other projects so that staff can get direction as they begin preparation of the actual budget for the following year. He stated that Mr. Bob Yee, Consultant, would present a written and oral report on the Oyster Point Blvd. Interchange P roj ect. Mr. Yee stated that Consultants were in attendance from T.Y. Lin and CH2M Hill, and would present a status report on the Project. He stated that the Project began right after the City constructed the East Grand Avenue Grade Crossing some seven or eight years ago, and at that time the City started with a grade crossin~ that cost $16,000,000. He stated that that number was the basis for the Nolte Report and the cost allocation for the Developer's fee. 3/1/89 Page i AGENDA Oyster Point Blvd. Interchange Status Report. ACTION TAKEN He stated that with this Project the City was talking about a $40,000,000 project, and he had discussed his plan of action with the City Manager which had been broken down into different categories: Environmental Process; Design Engineering, Project Financing, and Project Schedule. He proceeded to describe in detail the elements of the staff report (a copy of the staff report is on permanent file in the Clerk's Office). Discussion followed: a third redevelop- ment area; time schedule for the project if the Council executes the amendment; funds to be received from Measure A; that the Project could start in 1990, and be completed in 1991; go to bid in January of 1992, with construction in June; completion in 1994, which was the year earmarked under the State Transportation Improvement Program; when the City would receive the Measure A funds for the Project; that the Measure A funds were being handled by Samtrans staff; that this project was the only Interchange Project in the State's Category A; pothole monies being received yearly, etc. Mr. Gordon Elliott, CH2M Hill, stated that his firm had worked on the East Grand Avenue Project, which was felt to have been a success, and felt that the Oyster Point Grade Separation Project would also be a success. He spoke in great detail on the engin- eering designs of the Project and used conceptual drawings for visual clarity. Mr. Ron Zimmerman, T.Y. Lin International, spoke on the advance planning structures study report (a copy is on permanent file in the Clerk's Office). Discussion followed: on how someone in the downtown area could access 101 from Linden by using the hook ramp or using 3/1/89 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Oyster Point Blvd. - Continued. Hickey Blvd. Extension Review Concept. Linden to Hillside; Mr. James Peterson questioned if the projected plans would impact his neighborhood; it would not; Mr. Lorenzini questioned how one would cross over 101 with the elimination of the pedestrian crossing; that there would be sidewalks for that purpose; that drainage improvements would be made, etc. Mayor Teglia stated that the Council Subcommittee had met with the County Board of Supervisors and interested par- ties to explore what had happened to the plans for the Hickey Blvd. extension. City Manager Armas stated that the meeting with County representatives had been for a number of reasons: to update the County on what was going on in our design and its considerations; to look at how the City might get the County's con- currence to do some planning, and coor- dinate any actual implementation because the material being presented to the Council indicated that the projects are interrelated. He stated that it was important to recognize that even though the areas were in different jurisdictions they impacted one another greatly, and the City would not want to proceed with the improvements independent of the County agreeing to do something. He stated that now was the time to look at the project timing, and then look at some potential funding. He stated that he, and Mr. Wong had met with the County Public Works Director subsequent to the Subcommittee meeting, and had made reference to pursuing some State money under Senate Bill 140. He stated that the County will not be applying to the State for funding under that Program for this project, however, they were advised that the Public Works Director is inclined to recommend to the Board that the County consider the use of Measure A money to fund the project. He stated that he felt that there had been a 3/1/89 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Hickey Blvd. - Continued. favorable reaction overall from the meeting. He stated that the staff report noted that the alignment of the City's portion had changed since the initial design back in 1967, and the map previously presented showed that it had been moved away from traversing the mobil home park and was almost a direct extension. He continued, the County had the right of way paralleling E1 Camino High School, and it was found that the City could do this improvement in a way that would not create a hardship on landowners and would integrate well with the cross town movement that results from this project. He stated that the previously prepared and considered EIR would have to be updated or revised as it was no longer accurate. He stated that he thought that the County Staff was favorably disposed and is pre- pared to recommend to the Board to ear- mark some monies. He stated that Council direction was needed because this was the final year of the five year capital improvement plan. He explained that Senate Bill 140 was adopted when there was consideration of the transportation plan on the ballot, which the voters had rejected. He stated that one provision of that legislation said that the legislature was expressing its intent to earmark $3,000,000 sta- tewide, on a matching basis, where the local jurisdiction will provide its own contribution. He stated that the legislature had not formally earmarked any of those monies, however it was known that transportation projects were of con- siderable importance and in great demand. He stated that it was appropriate and advanta§eous for the City to file an application for funding. He stated that the second source of fun- ding that had become available was Measure A, and the City was projected to 3/1/89 Page 4 AGENDA ACT Z ON TAKEN e Hickey Blvd. - Continued. Proposed Pathway between E1 Camino and Mission Road. ~,~ receive about $500,000 without restric- tion of spending as long as the funds were used for street related projects. He spoke in detail on: earmarking money for design work; accumulating additional money to cover City costs for construc- tion; looking at forming an assessment district; whether the Council wanted to accelerate the timetable on the project, etc. Discussion followed: that the project would mitigate many of the City's traffic problems; that this project was one of the goals of the Council Subcommittee; that the project would alleviate the fears of people in the trailer court; that the project would allow students to get from from Winston Manor to E1Camino; that the necessary paper work would be done in the middle of 1989, and go out to bid in 1990 with the actual cost; that by 1991 funds would be available to proceed; that there was a complicated process involving the right-of-way of San Francisco Water Co.; that this project would not shift traffic from the Westborough/Chestnut artery through town; that design of the project would be shown in the upcoming year's budget, etc. Deputy City Manager/City Engineer Wong stated that the pathway in question goes from Alta Loma, up in the subdivision behind McLellan's Nursery, down to E1 Camino and down to Mission Road and E1 Camino High School. He related the history of the pathway: it was installed by the Nursery before the 1950s for the workers to connect to the business location on E1 Camino; that the pathway was aided by the PG&E right- of-way; it was reconstructed by Caltrans in the early 1980s when they widened E1 Camino Real; it was constructed out of wood and timber, and was vandalized and burned down; rather than to rebuild the particular pathway or the stairway Caltrans elected to remove it; that 3/1/89 Page 5 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Proposed Pathway - Continued. Caltrans had indicated that they were willing to construct the stairway if the City had the proper easements for the connection points between Alta Loma and the stairway; Caltrans had also indicated that they were willing to build it for the City and give the City a permit to maintain those facilities; that this would allow Caltrans to get out from under their responsibility by turning it over to the City; that Caltrans would build the structure out of concrete which would be worth $50,000. He stated that the estimated cost to improve the path between Alta Loma Drive and the stairs was $25,000, and the cost to improve the remainder of the pathway between E1Camino Real and the school was Si00,000. City Manager Armas stated that the staff report discussed two pathways - the upper portion connecting the stairways, and then the larger pathway with a cost of $100,000. He stated that there was some merit to the upper portion because of Caltrans constructing the more permanent one, and supported earmarking monies in context with the budget. He stated that at this time staff was not recommending proceeding with the larger project. He stated that Councilman Nicolopulos had met with a representative of Caltrans and during the discussion an idea emerged, that of looking at a pedestrian over crossing on a long term basis. He stated that Caltrans had said that if there was interest by the Council they would pursue it, identify it in their budget cycle as a $500,000 rough estimate expenditure. Discussion followed: solving the problems of potential incidents on the pathway; that the problem had come to the attention of Councilman Dra9o because the hill was a cliff that in the rainy season could cause students using the pathway to fall and injure themselves; that Councilman Drago had turned the matter 3/1/89 Page 6 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ...... 3. Proposed Pathway - Continued. e Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property negotiations and litigation. ADJOURNMENT: over to the Subcommittee to pursue having the stairway reinstalled to prevent the students from falling down the hill, and someone else had added the Mission Road pathway; that there was consensus on the upper pathway, and a wait and see on the other pathway. Mr. James Keegan, 1244 Crestwood Dr., questioned if the School District had been considered in the funding of the pathway. Discussion followed: refer the shared funding question to the School Liaison Committee; there was a consensus of Council to put the issue to the School Liaison Committee; that the next meeting of the Committee was in May 1989; that the City Manager should call an earlier meeting than May to resolve the issue. Councilman Nicolopulos stated that he had contacted Mrs. McLellan to ask how she felt about reconstructing the stairway, and she had said she was not concerned one way or the other. He had requested that she respond to the City by letter on the stairway, and a letter would be sent in March to the City. Council chose not to hold a Closed Session. M/S Nicolopulos/Drago - To adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, 3/8/89, at 6:30 p.m., in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, for the purpose of a Closed Session. Time of adjournment was 8:30 p.m. 3/1/89 Page 7 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ~ i 77 .... RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, C~cy 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. 3/1/89 Page 8