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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019
7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER 7:09 p.m.
ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Addiego, Nagales and Nicolas, and
Vice Mayor Garbarino and Mayor Matsumoto.
Absent: None.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Ethan Mizzi and Aaron Adriano led the Pledge of Allegiance.
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Futrell requested that Item #15 be moved to the top of the agenda after Presentations.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF
None.
PRESENTATIONS
1. Presentation of a proclamation recognizing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Pride Month in South San Francisco. (Karyl Matsumoto, Mayor).
Mayor Matsumoto introduced Aaron Adriano and Ethan Mizzi to read the proclamation. She stated
Aaron and Ethan were outstanding Youth and Government Program graduates and recently
graduated from El Camino High School. Ethan and Aaron also participated in the Mock City
Council meeting.
2. Presentation of a Life Saving Award Certificate to Officer Daniel Finnegan for his quick and
decisive actions in saving a toddler's life. (Jeff Azzopardi, Police Chief)
Police Chief Azzopardi introduced Officer Daniel Finnegan and read the Life Saving Award
Certificate. Officer Finnegan thanked Council for the certificate.
Councilmember Addiego inquired whether Officer Finnegan recognized what he dislodged from the
toddler. Officer Finnegan replied he dislodged a piece of candy.
Mayor Matsumoto requested to move Item #15 after Presentations.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
15. Report regarding a motion to accept the Community Civic Campus Schematic Design and
advance the project to the next phase of design, Design Development. (Marian Lee, Assistant
City Manager and SmithGroup, Project Master Architect)
Assistant City Manager Lee introduced the SmithGroup, Master Architect for the Community
Campus Project and together, they presented the Civic Campus Project design. Assistant City
Manager Lee advised that the $210 million was for the construction and design costs and would not
include the financing charges that were discussed at the June 12, 2019 Special City Council meeting
at 6:00 p.m. Assistant City Manager Lee stated most of the feedback received regarding the Civic
Campus Project at community meetings were generally positive. She received a few emails and
phone calls from residents with concerns regarding the design. Assistant City Manager Lee
highlighted that all of the indoor functions were in one building, meaning the functions of the
Library, Parks & Recreation, and the City Council Chambers were all now in one building. At a
prior City Council meeting a few months back, staff were looking at two buildings. She clarified
having two buildings would allow staff the possibility to phase the project in the event the bids
came in over the project costs. In terms of the structured parking in the building, staff last informed
Council there were 30 spaces underneath the building. That number was now reduced to 20 spaces,
prioritizing for ADA spaces. Assistant City Manager Lee mentioned the park at the Civic Campus
was originally 1.5 acres and was now reduced to 1.3 acres. Although reduced, all of the program
spaces mentioned originally for the 1.5 acres would all still fit inside the 1.3 acres.
Peter Buffington, SmithGroup, provided a PowerPoint presentation of the Civic Campus Project.
Mr. Buffington provided a project summary of the Civic Campus and spoke in detail of the project
design of the Library/Parks & Recreation building. The project was broken down into three phases.
Phase I was the Police Station, Phase II was the Library/Parks & Recreation building, and Phase III
was the Fire Station.
Todd Kohli, SmithGroup, provided details on the main open space and the multi -modal
transportation plan. Mr. Kohli presented three elements that weren't part of the base bid for the
main campus park site plan. The three elements consisted of the future playgrounds, synthetic turf,
and the future gardens. Mr. Kohli gave a brief overview of the parking management strategy for the
Civic Campus Project. He stated the general user would have a four hour time limit from 8:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m. City employees would have an unlimited time limit permit. Day passes would be
provided for special events and there would be four 20 -minute short-term parking spaces.
Mr. Buffington gave a brief police station project summary. The project cost would be $56 million
with the building size being 45,000 square feet. Mr. Buffington also mentioned there would be 72
secured parking spaces. The police station would be a two level building and construction would
start in the first quarter of 2020. Mr. Buffington presented a fire station project summary. The
project would cost $15 million with the building size of 8,826 square feet. There would be 14
parking spaces. The fire station would be a one story building.
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Mayor Matsumoto queried on the type of heating and ventilation system the Civic Campus would
use and what would be the estimated cost for utilities. Assistant City Manager Lee advised staff
would have better cost numbers on the second phase of the project. Mr. Buffington replied that the
main campus building would have roof top units that fed all the spaces in a conventional manner.
Assistant City Manager Lee added staff are planning on having solar panels installed on the police
department parking lot on top of the canopies.
Councilmember Nagales was concerned with traffic flow on the Civic Campus Project and the four
hour parking spots along Antoinette Lane with residents using them for overnight parking. He
inquired whether parking meters would be installed. Councilmember Nagales was also concerned
whether 220 parking spots would be enough spaces. He complimented staff on the ceramic frit.
Councilmember Addiego believed the design would be an iconic design for years to come.
Councilmember Addiego asked whether there would be a price drop on the cost to create an
underground parking structure as the parking spaces decreased from 100 spaces to 20 spaces.
Assistant City Manager Lee stated the area was absorbed into other areas of the building.
Vice Mayor Garbarino stated he liked the exposed steel beams on the building. He mentioned
seeing that style a lot during his travels.
Motion — Councilmember Nicolas/Second —Councilmember Nagales: to approve a motion to accept
the Community Civic Campus Schematic Design and advance the project to the next phase of
design, Design Development. Unanimously approved by roll call vote.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Vijay Patel, business owner in South San Francisco, thanked the Council and reported that two
years ago he came to Council with plans to build a 155 room modular hotel in South San Francisco
and tomorrow, 16 months later, the hotel would be opening. Mr. Patel also thanked City staff from
various departments for being so helpful through the project. He also would like to donate 2,000
square feet of decking to the Parks & Recreation Department.
BJ Patel, business owner in South San Francisco, thanked the Council and City Staff and extended
an invitation for their grand opening ceremony next Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Mayor
Matsumoto inquired how much time was saved in construction by having a modular building over a
traditional building. Mr. Patel advised the modular building took 16 months whereas a traditional
built building that size would have taken an additional 16 months to finish.
Wynn Grcich addressed the Council regarding Assembly Bill 967 that Governor Brown signed
which allowed human remains to be liquefied and disposed into a sewer drain. She urged City
Council to not allow entrepreneurs to liquefy bodies via liquid cremation and pour them down the
drain.
Greg Brown addressed the Council upset over a surcharge printed on a restaurant's menu. Mr.
Brown was also upset about the Planning Department's staff not being helpful.
Mariza Halim spoke in favor of AirBnB and how it has financially helped her family since they
started using the service to rent their house.
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Mayor Matsumoto called out for John Pierce but he was not present.
Mayor Matsumoto requested to move the Consent Calendar to the end of the meeting.
PUBLIC HEARING
11. Report regarding Resolution No. 69-2019 approving the report of stormwater management
service charges, approving the stormwater management service charges for Fiscal Year 2019-20
and directing the stormwater management service charges to be collected on the official tax
assessment roll. (Andrew Wemmer, Environmental Compliance Supervisor)
Environmental Compliance Supervisor Wemmer presented the report for stormwater management
service charges, approving the stormwater management service charges for Fiscal Year 2019-20 and
directing the stormwater management service charges to be collected on the official tax assessment
roll.
Public hearing opened: 8:36 p.m.
Public hearing closed: 8:37 p.m.
Councilmember Addiego asked what it would take as far as a parcel tax to make the stormwater fee
not impact the General Fund. Supervisor Wemmer stated there were municipalities looking for an
approach. Supervisory Wemmer mentioned third party organizations threating law suits on any raise
of stormwater fees and there were a lot of municipalities waiting to see how things played out.
City Manager Futrell advised two years ago the legislature amended the 218 statute so that
stormwater would be included so the City could do a 218 process to increase the stormwater fee.
City Manager Futrell added most states in California were waiting for another City to do it first and
see where it goes.
Motion — Vice Mayor Garbarino/Second — Councilmember Nagales: to approve Resolution 69-2019
approving the report of stormwater management service charges, approving the stormwater
management service charges for Fiscal Year 2019-20 and directing the stormwater management
service charges to be collected on the official tax assessment roll. Unanimously approved by roll
call vote.
12. Report regarding Resolution No. 70-2019 approving the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Master Fee
Schedule. (Christina Crosby, Interim Director of Finance)
Public hearing opened: 8:41 p.m.
Interim Director of Finance Crosby presented the report approving the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Master
Fee Schedule. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Master Fee Schedule reflected the City's
comprehensive update of user fees that took place FY 2016-17 via a Cost Allocation Plan (CAP)
and fee study. Interim Director Crosby stated the next comprehensive review of the City's fees
would take place in the next year. In the intervening years, the City could apply the change in the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the San Francisco - Oakland - Hayward area of 3.5 percent to the
fees listed in the Master Fee Schedule with the following exceptions: 1. Fees that are prescribed by
State law, such as the cost of copies or the cost for a returned check; and 2. Library Department
fees, which are set by the Peninsula Library System.
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Public hearing closed: 8:44 p.m.
Vice Mayor Garbarino inquired how often the City updates the Master Fee Schedule. Interim
Director of Finance Crosby advised Finance had been trying to institute updates every three years
with the fee study and those in between years do a CPI adjustment. Vice Mayor Garbarino
commented the costs are reasonable and supported the fee increases.
Mayor Matsumoto read a resident message concerned about the different times allowed to park at
parking meters throughout the City. She asked whether it would be possible to change the time to be
the same across the board at least until the construction was over.
City Manager Futrell advised he would pass that concern to the Parking Place Commission as that
would be a decision that rests with that Commission. He stated the topic had been debated several
times at the Parking Place Commission meetings and their decision for the 8:00 p.m. time were to
keep the vehicles circulating mostly for the restaurants.
Mayor Matsumoto recommended approving the Master Fee Schedule with the exclusion of the
parking rates. Interim Director of Finance Crosby advised the rates were never changed, they had
just never been listed before in the Master Fee Schedule.
City Manager Futrell stated he would encourage the Parking Place Commission to host a study
session regarding the parking meters and he would also encourage them to report their progress to
Council and to also have a dialog with City Council on policy.
Motion — Vice Mayor Garbarino/Second — Councilmember Nicolas: to approve Resolution 70-2019
approving the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Master Fee Schedule. Unanimously approved by roll call vote.
13. Report regarding Resolution No. 71-2019 establishing sewer service rates for Fiscal Year 2019-
2020; amending the Master Fee Schedule to include the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Sewer Service
Rates; adopting the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals Charges for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, and
continuing the low income sewer rebate program. (Mike Futrell, City Manager & Brian
Schumacker, Plant Superintendent)
Public hearing opened: 8:51 p.m.
Plant Superintendent Schumacker presented the report to Council establishing sewer service rates
for Fiscal Year 2019-2020; amending the Master Fee Schedule to include the Fiscal Year 2019-
2020 Sewer Service Rates; adopting the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals Charges for Fiscal Year
2019-2020, and continuing the low income sewer rebate program. Plant Superintendent Schumacker
stated there were 18,216 sewer system users in South San Francisco with the largest industrial users
being Biotech. South San Francisco is the fourth lowest in the county regarding monthly fees. He
stated that last year the City started a $76 rebate for qualified residents and plan on continuing that
rebate program next fiscal year. Plant Superintendent Schumacker explained why rate increases
were required. The reasons included to comply with mandatory regulatory requirements, increase
level of treatment and plan reliability and to protect the fragile San Francisco Bay ecosystem.
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Councilmember Addiego requested additional information regarding the switchgear. Plant
Superintendent Schumacker explained a switchgear was in place to transfer emergency power
during a power failure.
Public hearing closed: 8:59 p.m.
Mayor Matsumoto queried when the Water Quality Control Plant was built. Plant Superintendent
Schumacker advised the plant was built in 1950 and had gone through a major upgrade every ten
years.
Councilmember Nagales requested to show the PowerPoint slide showing the rates of all the Cities
in San Mateo County. Councilmember Nagales stated South San Francisco had the fourth lowest
rates in the County.
Councilmember Addiego asked how many residents participated in the rebate program. Plant
Superintendent Schumacker stated there were three participants last year.
Councilmember Addiego queried whether the City's 20% budget reserve included the Enterprise
Fund and whether the Water Quality Control Plant carried their own reserve separate from the
City's 20%. Plant Superintendent Schumacker advised the Water Quality Control Plant generally
kept two types of reserves in the Sewer Fund. Financial Services Manager Lovell stated the Sewer
Enterprise Fund maintained two types of reserves.
Motion — Councilmember Addiego/Second — Councilmember Nagales: to approve Resolution 71-
2019 establishing sewer service rates for Fiscal Year 2019-2020; amending the Master Fee
Schedule to include the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Sewer Service Rates; adopting the Report of Annual
Sewer Rentals Charges for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, and continuing the low income sewer rebate
program. Unanimously approved by roll call vote.
14. Report regarding a Zoning Text Amendment to establish regulations related to short-term
vacation rental uses, in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code.
(Tony Rozzi, Principal Planner)
Public hearing opened: 9:10 p.m.
Principal Planner Rozzi presented the item to Council to establish regulations related to short-term
vacation rental uses, in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code.
Principal Planner Rozzi advised that the ordinance presented to Council proposed to balance
regulations with reasonable enforcement. He advised that without the regulations in place, residents
currently could not advertise a room or unit on platforms such as AirBnB. Principal Planner Rozzi
specified that any person offering a room or an entire home would need to follow the following
requirements. 1. Only single family dwellings are permitted to offer rentals. 2. If the owner or
tenant was present, a room would be able to be rented out an unlimited amount of times. 3. If the
owner or tenant does not live on site, staff would propose a cap on the number of days they would
be allowed to rent a room or unit at 90 days. 4. A business license, a short-term vacation rental
application permit and remittance of TOT and all other applicable taxes would be required. 5.
Noise, trash, parking must be in good standing. Additional parking would not be required for this
use, a driveway space or parking garage would satisfy the parking requirement. 6. A contact
person's information be listed in the unit and filed with the permitting process. Principal Planner
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Rozzi confirmed the proposed ordinance had been reviewed and recommended for approval by the
Planning Commission.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mina Richardson, South San Francisco resident, supported the ordinance. She mentioned her
neighborhood had a few homes that utilized AirBnB and had become a nuisance with users
knocking on neighbors' doors having trouble finding the rental unit.
John Pierce, South San Francisco resident, supported AirBnB and stated the users of the app were
vetted and the renter would have the ability to read reviews of potential tenants and vice versa. Mr.
Pierce compared using AirBnB to using Uber in the way each party can read reviews of the other
individual.
Naveen Goswami, South San Francisco resident, supported AirBnB and believed more complaints
had been made with multi -family units than AirBnB homes. Mr. Goswami liked the financial
incentive and flexibility he received from using AirBnB.
Public hearing closed: 9:21 p.m.
Councilmember Nagales inquired about the 30 day rule from the California Fair Housing Act,
stating that after 30 days a person becomes a tenant. City Attorney Rosenberg replied that was
correct and that was why the ordinance was structured to say less than 30 days. City Attorney
Rosenberg added that, to his knowledge, the AirBnB app doesn't allow a user to rent for more than
30 days.
Councilmember Nagales asked whether there would be violations issued for renters that weren't
aware of the ordinance. City Attorney Rosenberg advised the individual would be subject to any
enforcement action that is a violation of the City's zoning code.
Councilmember Nagales queried whether the other councilmembers had any feedback on expanding
the ordinance for condo units to be included. Principal Planner Rozzi suggested the language on the
ordinance was vague and was open to add or remove as Council recommended. He added that
staff's goal was to advertise the ordinance through a City blast and encourage residents to go
through the application process.
Councilmember Addiego asked whether the City could legally require a unit to be hosted by the
owner. City Attorney Rosenberg confirmed that the ordinance could distinguish between a hosted
and non -hosted unit and that other communities have done that.
Council agreed to move forward with the ordinance and address expanding the ordinance to allow
condo units to be allowed in the future. Council suggested that staff present a report to Council in a
year for an update on the program.
Motion — Councilmember Nicolas/Second — Councilmember Nagales: To waive reading and
introduce an Ordinance regarding a Zoning Text Amendment to establish regulations related to
short-term vacation rental uses, in accordance with Title 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal
Code. Unanimously approved by roll call vote.
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COUNCIL COMMENTS/REQUESTS
Mayor Matsumoto would like to adjourn tonight's meeting in memory of Wilredo Malibiran. Mr.
Malibiran was the father of Brian Malibiran who had been working for the Library for 15 years.
Mayor Matsumoto would like to adjourn tonight's meeting in memory of Raymond Yoschak. Mr.
Yoschak last served as a member of the Conference Center Authority.
Mayor Matsumoto received a request from John Baker, President of the South San Francisco
Unified School District, to adjourn tonight's meeting in memory of Grace Chou who was a nurse at
Kaiser Permanente.
Councilmember Addiego discussed his meeting with City Manager Futrell and PG&E regarding
PG&E's reliability review. He was waiting on the data based on PG&E's review.
Councilmember Addiego discussed his frustration with the Hisense Development Project pertaining
to construction workers coning off lanes in areas that weren't currently going through construction.
Mayor Matsumoto stated she and Assistant City Manager Lee were meeting with the Hisense team
tomorrow to go over resident complaints about their workers and how the project was being
handled.
Economic and Community Development Director Greenwood shared concern over the Hisense
Project and stated his team were aware of no less than 56 major infractions. He advised they've met
with the Hisense team to address the concerns and had prepared a letter to put Hisense on notice
that any future infractions would result in potential work stop orders. Director Greenwood added
that his staff had issued four work stop orders in the past for the project.
Councilmember Addiego received an email from a resident wondering if the City could look into
placing lights at the skate park so residents could skate at night.
Councilmember Nicolas expressed appreciation for staff's help at BioTech. She would also like for
tonight's meeting to be adjourned in the memory of Grace Ray, South San Francisco resident.
Mayor Matsumoto shared a brief history on how Genentech landed in South San Francisco.
Mayor Matsumoto attended a ceremony recognizing Deborah Carlino as AAA Patrol Advisor of the
Year and was also recognized as the National Patrol Advisor of the Year.
Councilmembers elected to cancel the September 11, 2019 council meeting.
CONSENT CALENDAR
The City Clerk duly read the Consent Calendar, after which Council voted and engaged in
discussion of specific items as follows:
3. Motion to approve the Minutes for the meetings of April 10, 2019.
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4. Motion confirming payment register for June 12, 2019. (Christina Crosby, Interim Director
of Finance).
5. Report regarding Resolution No. 64-2019 approving an agreement between the San Mateo
County Library and the South San Francisco Public Library to provide staffing for the Big
Lift Inspiring Summers program in the City of South San Francisco, and approving Budget
Amendment 19.055 to accept up to $12,700 in reimbursement funding. (Valerie Sommer,
Library Director)
6. Report regarding Resolution No. 65-2019 approving an amendment to a license agreement
with EVgo Services LLC for the installation and operation of electric vehicle chargers at the
Miller Avenue Parking Garage located at 329 Miller Avenue, South San Francisco.
(Matthew Ruble, Acting Principal Engineer)
7. Report regarding Resolution No. 66-2019 approving two (2) one-year extensions of an
existing consulting services agreement with Primex Municipal Water Control Solutions of
Vacaville, California for the calibration, maintenance, and service of electrical
instrumentation and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment at the
Water Quality Control Plant and pumping stations in an amount not to exceed $185,000
annually for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 and authorizing the City Manager to
execute the extensions. (Brian Schumacker, Plant Superintendent)
8. Report regarding Resolution No. 67-2019 approving purchase agreements for the furnishing
of bulk process chemicals at the Water Quality Control Plant for fiscal year 2019-20; and
authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary agreements. (Brian Schumacker,
Water Quality Control Plant Superintendent)
9. Report regarding Resolution No. 68-2019 approving the First Amendment to a consulting
services agreement with Metropolitan Planning Group for staff augmentation services in an
amount not to exceed $60,000, authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement, and
authorizing a corresponding increase in the total budget to $190,000. (Tony Rozzi, Principal
Planner)
10. Report regarding adoption of Ordinance No. 1577-2019 amending Title 20 of the South San
Francisco Municipal Code related to Water Efficient Landscaping Regulations. (Adena
Friedman, Senior Planner)
Motion — Vice Mayor Garbarino/Second —Councilmember Nagales: to approve Consent Calendar
Items Nos. 3-10. Approved by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember Addiego,
Councilmember Nagales, Councilmember Nicolas, Vice Mayor Garbarino and Mayor Matsumoto;
NAYS: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT: None.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL — COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
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ADJOURNMENT
Being no further business, Mayor Matsumoto adjourned the meeting at 10:00 p.m. in honor of
Wilredo Malibiran, Raymond Yoschak, Grace Chou, and Grace Ray.
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