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.
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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
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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
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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
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AGENDA ACT Z ON TAKEN
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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
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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
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
...... 3. Proposed Pathway - Continued.
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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.
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.... 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
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