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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 2014-02-26 @7:00 MINUTES .sc 1 SANA oil, ";-'yam CITY COUNCIL -- "_—_o CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO edzipoReAA REGULAR MEETING MUNICIPAL SERVICES BUILDING COUNCIL CHAMBERS 33 ARROYO DRIVE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 7:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER TIME: 7:04 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmembers Addiego, Gupta and Normandy, Vice Mayor Garbarino and Mayor Matsumoto ABSENT: None PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AGENDA REVIEW No changes. PRESENTATIONS • Introduction of New Employees and Newly Promoted Employees. New and promoted employees hired/promoted between May 2013 and January 2014 were introduced by their respective Department Heads. Public Works - Mirna Andrade and Joao Escorcio; Fire Department - Travis Hidgon; Economic and Community Development - Tony Rozzi; Library - Adam Elsholz, Talia Abdullah, Jessica Jaramillo and Jacqueline Overlid; Finance - Joe Martin, Jesse Myott and Richard Lee; Police - Maria Scavani, Brian Blake , Paul Injaian, Sean Selig, Daniel Finnegan, Jason Pfarr, Tony Alvarado, Dave Kennan and Ken Chetcuti; Information Technology - Peter Fong; Parks and Recreation- Samantha Haimovitch, Josh Richardson, and Eric Chang. • Certificates of Recognition for past Board members and Commissioners. Mayor Matsumoto presented the certificates, first naming the members who were not present: Library Trustee, Lando Baldocchi, Public Housing Authority Commissioner Al Salogga, and Cultural Arts Commissioner Anthony Violanti. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commissioner Karen Sumner, Cultural Arts Commissioner Ron Burgess and Housing Authority Commissioner Tony Jara were present to accept their certificates. Each thanked Council for the honor and opportunity to serve the community of South San Francisco. • Certificate of Recognition from Council for Jan Rao, Executive Director of Willows in the Wind. Item not heard and rescheduled for March 26. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. COUNCIL COMMENTS/REQUESTS Councilmember Addiego remembered local baseball legend Jim Fregosi, who passed away February 14 at the age of 71. Mayor Matsumoto reported on the success of the tree planting event that happened over the past weekend. Sadly though, she reported on and showed a photo of a tree that had been vandalized. She urged citizens to call the police if they ever witness such an act. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Motion to approve City Council minutes for the meeting of February 12, 2014. 2. Motion confirming payment registers for February 26, 2014. 3. Resolution awarding the construction contract to GECO, Inc. of Novato, California, for the City Hall Annex Renovation Project (Project No. 131407) in an amount not to exceed $61,720; amending the 2013-2014 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to include the Project, and appropriating a project budget in the amount of $80,320 from the General Fund Reserves. 4. Waive reading and adopt an Ordinance making revisions and clarifications to chapter 20.210 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code, related to the Bay West Cove specific plan district; and an Ordinance adopting a development agreement for the Development of a 20.1 acre site for the Britannia Cove at Oyster Point project in the Bay West Cove specific plan district. 5. Resolution updating the list of designated positions and applicable disclosure categories for the City of South San Francisco's Conflict of Interest Code. Council requested discussion on items 2, 3, and 5. Motion—Councilmember Addiego/Second—Vice Mayor Garbarino: to approve consent calendar items 1 and 4. Unanimously approved by roll call vote. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26,2014 MINUTES PAGE 2 Item 2 —Mayor Matsumoto asked if the warrants were reported on a monthly basis. Finance Director Steele stated they covered three (3) weeks. The Mayor expressed concern over some of the reported expenses, specifically the reported cost for water. She had further questions that she would ask staff directly at a later time. Item 3 —The Mayor asked that high profile City buildings such as the City Hall Annex, receive some attention during the CIP process regarding their spacing and functionality. This building was often a first introduction to the City and she felt it was in serious need of attention. Council agreed. Specifically, Councilmember Addiego noted similar sentiments when he visits departments located in the basement of City Hall. He felt a long range plan was needed to update the City's facilities so they could provide the services needed. Item 5 —Mayor Matsumoto sought clarification as to why the City Clerk had different filing obligations as compared to other elected officials. Interim City Manager Mattas stated that as an elected, the Clerk position operates independently. He further clarified that everyone on the list had to fill out a 700, where the difference was, was in the disclosure categories. Certain positions like Council and the City Manager have greater disclosure requirements due to their decision making power. Ultimately though, Council has discretion to set the categories. Councilmember Addiego suggested getting direction from the City Clerk, as he would like to understand what the Clerk is required to file and what would be changing. Interim City Manager Mattas referred to the list of categories included with the staff report and noted the requirements. For transparency and consistency, Mayor Matsumoto requested the City Clerk's disclosure categories be updated to match the categories of all other elected officials. Interim City Attorney framed the motion to include the requested revisions to Item 5, the Conflict of Interest Code so it now reads "Form 700" as the disclosure category for the City Clerk. Motion—Councilmember Addiego/Second—Vice Mayor Garbarino: to approve consent items 2, 3, and 5. Unanimously approved by roll call vote. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS 6. Ordinance amending Chapter 8.54 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code regarding the total amount of penalties administratively imposed for municipal code violations. Public Safety Chief Mike Massoni summarized the staff report and stated staff had been working with the former City Manager and the Attorney's office to come up with reasonable fines that would act as an incentive for people to take care of their identified issues. He also noted the availability of the currently underutilized abatement process, to fix issues and recoup expenses REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26,2014 MINUTES PAGE 3 via the lien process. It was staff's opinion that the caps were reasonable and defensible in a court of law. Vice Mayor Garbarino commented that lien process would stymie any sales activity and he supported the legislation. Motion — Vice Mayor Garbarino/Second — Councilmember Gupta: to introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 8.54 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code regarding the total amount of penalties administratively imposed for municipal code violations and waive further reading. Unanimously approved by roll call vote. PUBLIC HEARING 7. "Centennial Village" Safeway Shopping Center Shamain Partnership/Owner WT Mitchell Group, Inc/Applicant 180 El Camino Real (APN 014-183-110) P11-0065: UP 11-0006, DR 11-0019, ND 12-0004, DA 13-0002 & TDM 13-0001 Consideration of Planning Commission recommendation to approve a Use Permit, Design Review, Transportation Demand Management Plan, Development Agreement and Mitigated Negative Declaration to construct a mixed-use project including approximately 222,000 square feet of commercial space and 285 residential units on a 14.5 acre site located at 180 El Camino Real in the El Camino Real Mixed Use (ECRMX) Zoning District, in accordance with SSFMC Titles 19 and 20. Public Hearing opened at 7:40 p.m. Associate Planner, Billy Gross stated a letter had been received from the applicant requesting a continuance to the first meeting of March. Applicant Bill Mitchell of WT Mitchell group stated the reason for the extension was to explore a third option that would allow the project to be completed in one phase, with all of the housing. This may come as a result of recent discussions with a Wall Street financed apartment developer. At this point, an additional two weeks was requested to fully understand the possibilities. If assurances could not be made at that time, Council would be free to choose between the original two options. Resident Joe Stagelini chose to reserve his public comment until the project was reported on in March. Councilmembers expressed interest in allowing the continuance for further exploration of the third option, with some expressing optimism. Council looked forward to hearing an update in two weeks. Mayor Matsumoto asked for an update on the number of expected units and mentioned that the Rotarians were looking for a location for a new senior housing development. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26,2014 MINUTES PAGE 4 Mr. Mitchell stated the entitlement was 260 to 280 units. Interim City Manager Mattas recommended Council consider the 323 Miller property first. He noted that while the concept had been discussed with Mr. Mitchell and he had agreed to consider, the specifics were still new to him. Options were being explored but the current discussion related to 323 Miller was still continuing. Mayor Matsumoto asked if in the next two weeks, new and updated information would be available. She felt the material was dated. Interim City Manager Mattas stated if something was different than the most recent data before them this evening, it would be presented. This would be dependent upon how quickly Mr. Mitchell was able to get information from these entities. If it took more time to put together, then the request for additional time would be brought, staff would advise and Council would consider. The current data has not changed, as there have been no changes to the project since the continuances started. The Mayor still requested something substantial be presented, on which she could base her decisions. Motion — Councilmember Addiego/Second — Councilmember Addiego: to continue the Public Hearing to the meeting of March 12, 2014. Unanimously approved by roll call vote. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL—COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilmember Normandy reported out of the School/City Liaison meeting where some of the topics discussed included: the implementation of Common Core curriculum; expansion of child care services at Ponderosa; afterschool programs for middle school students and the traffic construction happening at Ponderosa, Monte Verde and South San Francisco High School. The Councilmember also reported out of the Housing Endowment and Regional Trust ("HEART") meeting. She expressed concern over the perception that was represented regarding Brookwood and the City, stating she thought it had sounded as if the City and Brookwood were already in partnership when in fact we are not. She found the matter to be unacceptable and requested clarification be made. Councilmember Gupta added to the report out of the liaison meeting, noting that Board member Weiss assumed the City had been making money for afterschool care at Ponderosa, and that this money should go to the schools. Director Ranals addressed the misinformation by succinctly pointing out that the City funded the operation. He hoped that the misunderstanding had been corrected. Additional topics discussed included a lifting of the "S" zone from school properties so that schools could hold social functions and activities. Councilmember Gupta also reported out of the C/CAG meeting where AB327 was discussed. The bill passed and removed some 2005 restrictions placed on the California Public Utilities Commission. Also reported on were the revised solar panel rates and energy requirements for all new housing post 2020. Councilmember Addiego reported that more information would be coming about the Bay Restoration proposal at the next Bay Conservation and Development Commission ("BCDC") REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26,2014 MINUTES PAGE 5 meeting. He would bring the information to Council so they could decide on whether or not the City would like to add any input. Vice Mayor Garbarino reported on his attendance of the Congestion Management Program and Environmental Quality Committee ("CMEQ") meeting, where adding express lanes to various bay area freeways/highways was a topic of discussion. Out of the League of California Cities ("LOCC") Board of Directors meeting, draft legislation dealing with medical cannabis was discussed. The legislation was going to be taken up by Senator Lou Carrera and had backing of the President of the Police Chiefs Association. The Vice Mayor asked Finance Director Steele if the data the City used for OPEB analysis was from an outside source, adding that the LOCC had tools available if they were needed. Additional information on the $40 million reduction of CDBG funds and the bankrupt status of the highway trust fund was shared. Responding to the Vice Mayors question regarding OPEB, Director Steele stated he was aware of the tools, and the data used by the City were our own. Mayor Matsumoto reported out the City/County Association of Governments ("C/CAG") where the majority of representatives found merit in further exploration of express lanes. She attended her first Homeless Task Force meeting, where she expressed concerns about the Industrial Hotel and the number of Telecare residents. It had been understood that there was to be a case manager on site, but investigations revealed substandard living conditions. Supervisor Pine shared her concerns and further information would be forthcoming. The Mayor then discussed the Homeless Outreach Team ("HOT") and restated their priority focus regarding members of the homeless community. Lastly, the Mayor discussed the upcoming March 12 meeting workload, asking Council if they were ok to go ahead with the amount of business. Council was agreeable. ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, Mayor Matsumoto adjourned the meeting at 8:12 in memory of Jim Fregosi. Submitted by: Appr•ved ; ,: Anna M. Brown, Deputy City Clerk ' K. atsumoto, Mayor City of South San Francisco City of South San Francisco REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 26,2014 MINUTES PAGE 6