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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 2013-09-11 (2)PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by: Mayor Gonzalez PRESENTATIONS Proclamation - October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Proclamation recognizing October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month was presented by Mayor Gonzalez and accepted by Information Technology Director, Doug Hollis. Director Hollis thanked Council for recognizing the importance of and taking the necessary steps in an effort to reduce the risk of cyber attacks. • Presentation by Team California about the upcoming BIO 2014 Convention in San Diego and other ongoing programs, trade shows, and activities. Economic Development Coordinator Mike Lappen introduced Team California Director Mary Ingersoll and Reese Isbell of Bay Bio Director Ingersoll gave a brief outline of Team California and their expected exhibit at the Annual Bio International Conference, which would be held in San Diego in June, 2014. She gave special acknowledgement to Bay Bio and BioCom for their work on the exhibit. Lastly, she thanked the Council and staff for their contributions to Team California and the Biotechnology field. MINUTES SANA� ��O�qH o ti� CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO g C911F0 RH�A REGULAR MEETING MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING COUNCIL CHAMBERS 33 ARROYO DRIVE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER Time: 7:15 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Addiego, Garbarino and Gupta, Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto and Mayor Gonzalez PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Led by: Mayor Gonzalez PRESENTATIONS Proclamation - October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Proclamation recognizing October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month was presented by Mayor Gonzalez and accepted by Information Technology Director, Doug Hollis. Director Hollis thanked Council for recognizing the importance of and taking the necessary steps in an effort to reduce the risk of cyber attacks. • Presentation by Team California about the upcoming BIO 2014 Convention in San Diego and other ongoing programs, trade shows, and activities. Economic Development Coordinator Mike Lappen introduced Team California Director Mary Ingersoll and Reese Isbell of Bay Bio Director Ingersoll gave a brief outline of Team California and their expected exhibit at the Annual Bio International Conference, which would be held in San Diego in June, 2014. She gave special acknowledgement to Bay Bio and BioCom for their work on the exhibit. Lastly, she thanked the Council and staff for their contributions to Team California and the Biotechnology field. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto noted how an appearance from the Governor would be a very big draw and how critical it was when competing with other locations. She asked if it would be possible for him to make an appearance in San Diego. Mayor Pro Tem continued by noting the support in the State Legislature by both Assemblyman Kevin Mullin and Senator Jerry Hill. Director Ingersoll appreciated the comment /question and agreed with the sentiment. She noted the invitation had been extended and there was a definite effort being made to get him to attend. In addition, any further effort the City wanted to add would be greatly appreciated and would go along way. Councilmember Garbarino added that based upon conversation he'd had with other local law makers, there was going to be a concerted effort to get the Governor's attendance in San Diego. Councilmember Garbarino and the Mayor Pro Tem encouraged the local biotech companies to take part in the effort as well. Reese Isbell from BayBio introduced himself as the new Associate Director of Government Affairs and stated he would be working with Ritchard Engelhardt to conduct more activities with Council. Councilmember Garbarino related information on an email from Bryan Perkins of Congresswoman Speier's office regarding an article on the loss of Biotech business in California. He had heard about a pot of money of about $750 million that the Governor was willing to use as an enterprise fund for struggling cities. He suggested the establishment of a sister -city model for business with cities in the valley like Modesto and Turlock as an effort to tap into that money and keep jobs, namely biotech jobs, in California. AGENDA REVIEW Item 12 removed from agenda. PUBLIC COMMENTS Resident Mike Harris spoke on his continued issues with various City staff regarding his front porch, specifically naming the City Attorney, City Manager, Susan Kennedy, Norma Fragoso, Bruce Carey an Gary Batis. He requested that Council intervene at this point. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL • Announcements. Committee Reports. Councilmembers reported on attendance of community meetings, upcoming events and items for consideration including: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 2 Councilmember Gupta provided an update on the working group for the Big Lift Pilot Program. The four concentrations currently being worked on were: school readiness, absenteeism, community and parental communications, and improving the overall quality of our schools. He would provide Council with periodic updates on progress as it happened. Councilmember Garbarino reported on his attendance of the Local Agencies Formation Commission ( "LAFCo ") meeting and was pleased to announce his election as their Vice Chair. Councilmember Addiego thanked Councilmember Garbarino for sharing an article with him out of the Business Times that reported on South San Francisco's downtown. The publication graded downtown as a "B ", noting the diverse restaurants, reasonable parking rates, the availability of parking due to the addition of the downtown garage and the improvements anticipated with the Downtown Station Plan. Councilmember Addiego was proud of the representation and of what the downtown had to offer. A gentleman who had a long history with our City's Sister City Committee, in particular with Sister City Altotonilco, Jalisco, MX, traveled there at his own expense to meet the new Municipal President Ramon Banales Arambula. His challenge to us was to increase the number of exchanges between the two cities, getting them to become more of a part of our community and us a part of theirs. Lastly, Councilmember Addiego noted the Historical Society would be having a program and showing film of Market Street in San Francisco prior to the 1906 Earthquake. The event was scheduled to take place on September 16 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Municipal Services Building. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto asked if there had been a decision made regarding the Mosquito Abatement District at the last LAFCo meeting. Councilmember Garbarino stated the matter would be coming back to them after being referred to the County Environmental Health, most likely sometime in January. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto added to the report on the Big Lift, noting it was a nationwide effort. Traffic concerns on El Camino Real had also been discussed with Trustee Bush requesting a 4- way stop be put in due to the increased traffic caused by the development at 636 El Camino Real. Mayor Pro Tem asked the Public Works Department to follow up and see if the item was warranted. On September 14, the Farmers Market will be holding its Food, Fun, and Fitness Event with a wide variety of free events for the whole family. She encouraged the community to come out for the healthy activities and food, adding the Farmer's Market accepted WIC coupons. The next Community Workshop for the Downtown Station Plan was scheduled for September 17 at the Municipal Services Building. Mayor Pro Tem continued with a report out of the latest meeting regarding the Supervisorial District Mapping, a process in which she has been representing the City. Three maps were currently under consideration and she requested direction on how to proceed. Councilmember Addiego voiced his opinion that the Community Unity Map seemed to be the best if the issue was to have a seat at the table. City Attorney Mattas suggested Council entertain a motion placing the item on this evening agenda under Administrative Business. A 4/5 vote would be required to do so. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 3 Motion — Councilmember Garbarino /Second — Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto: to add an agenda item under Administrative Business regarding Supervisorial District Mapping. Unanimously approved by voice vote. City Attorney Mattas stated the item would be picked up again under Administrative Business. Mayor Gonzalez announced the San Mateo County Harbor District's Kite Festival happening at Oyster Point Marina on Saturday, September 14 where 5000 kites would be given away to attendees. Mayor Gonzalez announced the State Legislature had declared September 2013 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and read a letter from Seton Medical Center regarding on the importance of early detection and treatment. Lastly, the Mayor announced the Centennial Celebration would be held on in honor of the South San Francisco Unified School District. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto requested the meeting be adjourned in memory of Aldo Di Tomasi. Mayor Gonzalez requested the meeting be adjourned in memory of Esther Chacon, employee of the North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center and Shirley Jones, member of the West Winston Manner Homeowners Association. CONSENT CALENDAR Motion to approve the minutes of the meetings of July 17, 2013, July 31, 2013, August 14, 2013, August 26, 2013, August 28, 2013 and August 29, 2013. 2. Motion confirming payment registers for September 11, 2013. 3. Motion to cancel the Regular Meeting of October 9, 2013. 4. Resolution approving an amendment to the Lease Agreement with GTE Mobilnet of California Limited Partnership, a California Limited partnership d/b /a Verizon Wireless for the facility at 1121 South San Francisco Drive. 5. Resolution approving an amendment to the Lease Agreement with Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC for the facility at 1151 South San Francisco Drive. 6. Resolution approving a Loan Agreement in the amount of $8546.00 with the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco to allow the Successor Agency to make a payment for a Non - housing Recognized Obligation. 7. Resolution approving a Loan Agreement in the amount of $445,848.00 with the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco to allow the Successor Agency to make a payment for a Non - housing Recognized Obligation. 8. Resolution supporting the planning and project study report phase of the South Linden Avenue Grade Separation Project and authorizing submittal of an application for Measure A Grade Separation Program Funding for the South Linden Avenue Grade Separation REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 4 Project. 9. Resolution awarding a Services Agreement to Peterson Power Systems of San Leandro, California for the repair of a Waukesha Generator in the amount not to exceed $84,214. 10. Resolution 1) approving the use of up to $50,000 from the Housing Fund to preserve the affordability of Below Market Rate (BMR) Units Citywide; 2) authorizing the City Manager to approve BMR Units for preservation and executed documents in connection with such preservation; and 3) authorizing a budget amendment setting aside $50,000 from the Housing Fund for this purpose. Items 4, 5, 9 and 10 were pulled for further discussion. Motion — Councilmember Addiego /Second — Councilmember Garbarino: to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 -3 and 6 -8. Unanimously approved by voice vote. Items 4 and 5: Councilmember Gupta asked how the increase in the rent was arrived at; was it done by ratio or was it an arbitrary amount? Director Hollis responded it was based on a ratio that took into consideration the demand and exposure of the area, and how much of the area was available for expansion. From his understanding of the report, Councilmember Gupta stated the City had been getting $3000 per month for 640 square feet. Under the new lease, the square footage was being increased by 218 square feet or one -third with an increased amount in rent of $300, just 10 %. Director Hollis explained how the negotiation process led them to the current lease agreement. In a benefit to the public, it was a small amount in comparison and the land would not be used for anything else. An additional benefit to the public was the company agreed to put in a generator, providing cell tower connectivity in the event of power outages. Staff felt this was an important item to include. Motion — Councilmember Gupta/Second — Councilmember Addiego: to approve Consent Calendar Items 4 and 5. Unanimously approved by voice vote. Items 9: Councilmember Garbarino asked how old the generator in question was and if, given its age, would replacement be something more feasible. Assistant Public Works Director /City Engineer Brian McMinn stated the year of installation was unknown and went on to explain that the generator operated around the clock and ran off of methane gas from the a digester and covered approximately 1/3 of the energy costs at the plant. He further explained that anything running that much should receive a major overhaul every three years or so. Assistant Director McMinn noted replacement costs could be anywhere between $1 — 1.5 million. Item 10: Councilmember Garbarino asked if staff could explain what the loan would do and how the program worked. Also, could staff speak to more of what the litigation involving South City Lights was regarding? REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 5 Housing Consultant Armando Sanchez explained specifics of the litigation were unknown but they were construction related. The Homeowner's Association believed there to be construction defects in need of repair and the contractor disagreed, so they are now in litigation. Councilmember Addiego stated it was common knowledge that there is leakage in the roof and walls. Regarding the BMRs, South City Light's units were provided under the City's inclusionary housing ordinance and no funds went into them making it affordable. A unit with a market rate of $600,000 was determined to be affordable at $400,000. When the market crashed so dramatically, the market price became lower than the restricted affordable price and there was a loss of 10 to 12 units. The market had since recovered enough to find buyers but there was still a gap of about $15,000. Councilmember Garbarino understood it was an assistance program. Motion — Councilmember Garbarino /Second — Councilmember Addiego: to approve Consent Calendar Items 9 and 10. Unanimously approved by voice vote. PUBLIC HEARING 11. "Centennial Village" Safeway Shopping Center Shamain Partnership /Owner WT Mitchell Group, Inc, /Applicant 180 El Camino Real (APN014- 183 -110) PI 1-0065: UP 11 -0006, DR 11 -0019, TDM 13 -0001, ND 12 -0004 and DA 13 -0002 Resolutions recommending that the City Council adopt the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (ND 12-0004) and Approve Planning Project P11- 0065:UP11 -0006, DR11 -0019, TDM13 -0001 and DA13 -0002 in accordance with the SSFMC Chapters 19, 20.090,20.300, 20.330, 20.350, 20.400, 20.440, 20.450, 20.460, 20.480 & 20.490. Associate Planner Gross presented the staff report recommending the following actions: 1) adoption of a Resolution making findings and adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration ND 12- 0004; 2) adoption of a Resolution making findings and approving Planning Project P11 -0065, including Use Permit UPI 1-0006, Design Review DR11 -0019, and Transportation Demand Management Plan TDM13 -0001 based on the proposed draft findings and subject to the proposed draft conditions of approval; and 3) waive reading and introduce and Ordinance approving the Development Agreement DA13 -0002. Planner Gross began with a PowerPoint presentation depicting the presentation of building architecture and explaining the 3 phase development. He explained the phasing of development as follows: Phase 1- Construction of ground level retail and parking for major tenants; Phase 2- construction of additional parking, including structures and above building parking as well as a minimum of 141 residential units above certain buildings; Phase 3- construction of remaining residential units up to 284 in total above certain buildings. He further reviewed the project's consistency with the General Plan and the Zoning Code as well as specific exceptions recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. A preliminary Transportation Demand Management Plan was proposed. The REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 6 Development Agreement and Environmental Review were also explained. Planner Gross concluded by recommending approval of the project. Applicant El Camino and Spruce LLC provided a PowerPoint Presentation outlining an overview as well as the purpose of the project. Pictures of the current shopping center as well as renderings of future plans were displayed. The purpose of the project was summarized as follows: 1) demolition and rebuilding of an out dated shopping center; 2) provision of neighborhood shopping; 3) provision of housing when feasible; 4) anticipation of the Grand Boulevard; 5) creation of a transit oriented development; 6) implementation of the objectives of the South San Francisco General Plan. Public Hearing opened: 8:47 p.m. Steve Aronovski spoke against the project. He opined the current shopping center was sufficient and believed the proposed development was not appropriate for the suburb of South San Francisco. Dan Campbell pointed out that the Developers did not plan to use Union Employees for certain construction projects. He noted that the wage would not be consistent with the needs of local workers. Accordingly, construction would likely be staffed by persons from other areas. Councilmembers Addiego, Gupta and Garbarino and Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto disclosed individual meetings with WT Mitchell Group Inc. Councilman Addiego opined the Development would greatly enhance the high profile corner of the City. Councilman Gupta expressed concern over the formula designed to trigger the later phases of development. Pursuant to calculations, he did not believe Phase 2 and 3 housing would ever be realized. He also expressed concern over the lack of Union Workers projected for the project. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto believed the project was beautifully designed. However, she stated she could not accept the triggers and believed the housing should run concurrently with the development of retail, especially in the current economic climate. She also encouraged the use of Union workers and fair wages. Councilman Garbarino echoed concerns pertinent to Phase 1 and 2 triggers and fair labor practices meeting union standards. He also mentioned he would like to have had the City's consultant on the project available to answer questions pertinent to the analysis of the triggers. City Attorney Mattas advised Council that if this project were to be rejected, the applicant could simply remodel the existing buildings without addition of housing or other amenities. He further reminded Council of certain airport related constraints related to the area. Councilman Addiego opined that if the triggers were ever going to be met, it seemed that the condition of the economic climate would make their realization optimal at the present time. The applicant agreed to consider Council's concerns and return for re- hearing at a later date. Public Hearing closed: 9:47 p.m. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 7 Motion— Councilman Garbarino /Second— Councilman Gupta: to continue this matter to the Regular Meeting of September 25, 2013. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 12. Resolution approving an Employment Agreement between the City of South San Francisco and Jesus Armas for service as City Manager. Item not heard. 13. Resolution No. 94 -2013 approving the San Mateo County Harbor District's Capital Improvement Plan and Management Plan pursuant to the Agreement between the City of South San Francisco, the Successor Agency and the San Mateo County Harbor District. Assistant City Manager Van Duyn presented the staff report and summarized Council's previous review of the County Harbor District's Capital Improvement Plan and Management Plan at a previous meeting. Approval of the Plan was necessary in order for the District to proceed with $2 million in dock improvements. At that last meeting Council suggested that there were some unanswered questions that they needed responses to and that they would like Harbor District representatives to respond directly to Council at a subsequent meeting. Present at the current meeting and representing the District were the General Manager Grinnell and President Bernardo of the Harbor District. Since that last meeting the City Council received a written response from the Harbor District regarding some of the unanswered questions. General Manager Grinnell stated that he was present to answer any additional questions Council may have. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto requested that Mr. Grinnell provide an overview for Public edification. Mr. Grinnell explained that their basic Joint Powers Agreement which was executed by the City and Harbor District in 1977 and amended 3 times over the years, provided for the Harbor District to completely take over the operation, maintenance and improvement of Oyster Point Marina, complete some protective work along the perimeter shoreline that was required due to the environmental issues related to landfill and to finish some development that the City had already begun at the marina. The JPA also provided that the Harbor District would take on all expenditures for operations and maintenance and would receive all revenue except tax revenue. On March 25, 2011, the City and the Harbor District executed another agreement that related to proposed developments as part of the City's redevelopment efforts at Oyster Point. As part of that, the Harbor District was on the one hand to relinquish its then existing authority for final approval of disposition of leases that Oyster Point Ventures was interested in obtaining for a proposed bioscience development. In return for that, the Harbor District received an understanding that subject to certain conditions the District would receive a $2 million reimbursement for certain dock repairs and $600,000 relating to the breakwater project which would expand the entranceway for the water transit operations. Section 6.2 of that 2011 agreement specified that the Harbor District would provide to the City for its review and approval a Capital Improvements Plan and Management Plan for the marina area proper that would include a focus on marketing the marina and aimed at increasing the occupancy and REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 8 ultimately the revenue. At the time the JPA was executed in 1977, the Harbor District took over the City's obligation to repay development loans for the original Oyster Point Marina which was the West Basin that the City began. This was financed with development loans then received by the Department of Boating and Waterways and so the Harbor District assumed that obligation. These and a later series of loans that the Harbor District received to complete the Oyster Point Marina according to the City's original plan coupled with loans received from the Department of Boating and Waterways to develop Pillar Point Harbor on the Half Moon Bay side, all came together for the Harbor District. In 2004, the Harbor District negotiated an updated Agreement with the Department of Boating and Waterways whereby a single consolidated annual payment of principal and interest would be made by the Harbor District to retire the entire outstanding loan balance which amounted to approximately $19.7 million. The remaining balance was now down to $8.1 million and would be retired a year early in 2018. In addition to maintaining all the Harbor facilities, the Harbor District has made various capital improvements including the complete rebuilding of all the gates leading to the docks and the guest dock 8 and 11 which are now back in service. Their intent was to get these improvements done before the America's Cup Races with the hope that they would be able to attract new tenants. Unfortunately, business from America's Cup was less than originally anticipated. Over the years the District has done improvements at the recreational fishing pier and is almost done renovating the restrooms at Oyster Point. In order to attract more people, better amenities were required. The District hoped to create some sort of commercial space that would bring in additional activity and revenue. It would also be working City staff to create restrooms for ferry passengers. One of the City's proposals was to create a commercial space like a coffee kiosk. The first step would be to choose a location in the area and then work on an MOU which would go before the City Council and the Harbor Commission for mutual review and approval. The recent BART disruptions led to a modest increase in ferry ridership and the District believed the City's proposal for a passenger restroom came at a good time. Assistant City Manager Van Duyn explained that there were very preliminary discussions at this point. The primary concern was to pin down a proper location for the restrooms and staff was considering the options taking into consideration the physical constraints on locations. Several staff members had the opportunity to look at other elements including food, an interpretive center, capturing a historical profile with the community. These were strictly ideas at this point. The funding being used for this was the $250,000 that Genentech pledged for a public restroom to offset the restroom that they did not want to put in their master plan. The options would be brought before Council sometime in October. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto inquired as to why WETA was not part of the discussion for the kiosk and why the Ferry was only operating during rush hour. General Manager Grinnell noted that when the Ferry Terminal was almost done they had brief discussions with WETA about a restroom. The thought was that WETA would finance a public restroom but at that time ridership was low and so that idea quietly vanished. There was a possibility that with these new improvements proposed they could jointly go to WETA for more money. Since ridership has gone up, it would be a good time to do this. The District has applied for a grant to provide for some facilities for the San Francisco Bay Water Trail, which is a trail down San Francisco Bay that kayakers and other non - motorized boaters can use. Oyster Point Marina was designated as a high opportunity site for embarking and disembarking onto the water trail. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 9 In response to Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto's inquiry into the financing sources for the dock replacements, Mr. Grinnell stated that the District had cash reserves, a capital reserve and several different funds. Motion- Councilman Garbarino/ Second —Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto: to approve Resolution 94 -2013. Unanimously approved by voice vote. 14. Resolution No. 95 -2013 approving an Agreement with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Ca1PERS) to join the California Employers' Retiree Benefit Trust Program (CERBT) and authorizing the execution of necessary documents with Ca1PERS to establish a Retiree Health Obligation Trust Fund. Finance Director Steele presented the staff report explaining that staff of the Successor Agency had been working diligently over the past year, with the Oversight Board trying to come to an agreement with the Successor Agency on funding retiree health and PERS obligations as part of the ROPS approval process. Staff finally reached an agreement with the Oversight Board at their last meeting in August. They agreed on specific positions supporting the RDA in the past and based on that direction, went back and revised the actuarial analysis. Staff would inform the Oversight Board at its next meeting how much of the ROPS should be funded towards unfunded PERS and retiree health costs. Staff believed that based on their comments, the Oversight Board was poised to agree to funding provided a valid trust vehicle is in place for the retiree payments. Considering that the City of South San Francisco is the employing agency, staff was asking the City Council to approve an agreement with Ca1PERS to set up a benefit trust for the retiree medical payments, none of which would come from City coffers since the City had set aside money separately but had not directed staff to fund those obligations. That cash would stay where it is but, in the meantime if the Oversight Board were to approve this ROPS line item at its next meeting, then that would allow the City to have a trust vehicle for the ROPS money. In order to make that happen, staff was recommending that Council authorize the setting up of that vehicle. Motion- Councilman Garbarino/ Second- Councilman Gupta: to approve Resolution 95 -2013. Unanimously approved by voice vote. At this point in time, City Manager Nagel suggested that given the late hour the City Council might consider discussing the urgency item that had been added to the Agenda under Items from Council and consider heading the remaining 3 items at upcoming meeting. Ultimately, Council decided to hear the urgency items and consider the remaining three items as consent items. 14A. Urgency Item added by unanimous vote under Items from Council: Supervisorial District Mapping. Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto's first choice, which she forwarded to fellow Councilmembers, was a modified version of the Preferred map since that one would not cut Pacifica in half. She and staff had been so concerned with protecting the City of South San Francisco that it did not look at the impact on Pacifica. The Preferred map would keep the city as a whole. Council had until September 20`h to resubmit the map but the committee had been inundated with maps. The second preferred map would be the Republican one and the third one would be the Blended map. In regards to the Unity map, Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto stated that she would like to solicit other cities at some point. She stressed that the Asian Law Caucus did not care what happened REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 10 and since the plan would divide 12 out of the 20 cities, Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto planned to bring it to those cities' attention and see if they would submit letters outlining their opposition to the Unity map. Councilman Gupta asked if the Republican map would go in the direction of getting 5 out of 9 votes. Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto replied that it was very similar to the preferred choice which they were tweaking to protect the City's interests. Her goal was to get 5 votes so that it could go before the Board and once that happened, it would require all Councilmembers to lobby for their plan since this would be very critical. Councilman Gupta expressed his appreciation for Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto's efforts on this matter. Council gave their consent to Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto's plans for their next steps. In turn, she promised to keep them updated on this process. BELOW ITEMS TAKENAS CONSENT PURSUANT TO CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL: 15. Motion approving the Response to the San Mateo County Grand Jury Report regarding "San Mateo County Special Districts: Who is really in charge of the Taxpayer's Money ?" 16. Resolution No. 96 -2013 making findings to certify the Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration, prepared by Environmental Science Associates, entitled South San Francisco /San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant Capital Improvements Project ( "Project "); and directing staff to begin implementation of the Project. 17. Resolution No. 97 -2013 approving the Funding Agreement with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (TA) for the preparation of a Project Initiation Document (PID) /Project Study Report (PSR) for the US 101 Produce Avenue Interchange Project. Motion— Councilman Garbarino /Second- Councilman Addiego: to approve items 15 -17. Unanimously approved by voice. COMMUNITY FORUM None. ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, Mayor Gonzalez adjourned the meeting at 10:41 p.m. in honor of Aldo Di Tomasi, Esther Chacon and Shirley Jones. Submitted: /s/ Krista Joy Martinelli City Clerk, City of South San Francisco Appro Pedro Gonzalez Mayor, City of South San Francisco REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 MINUTES PAGE 11