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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1990-02-28Mayor Richard A. Haffey Council: Jack Drago Gus Nicolopulos John R. Penna Roberta Cerri Teglia MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room February 28, 1990 AGENDA ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property negotiations and litigation. Vice Mayor Drago Arrived: RECALL TO ORDER: ADJOURNMENT: ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING 7:30 p.m. Mayor Haffey presiding. Council present: Nicolopulos, Penna, Teglia, and Haffey. Council absent: Drago. Council adjourned to a Closed Session at 6:37 p.m. to discuss the items noted. Vice Mayor Drago arrived at 6:38 p.m. Mayor Halley recalled the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m., all Council present, no action was taken. M/S Teglia/Penna - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. The time of adjournment was 7:30 p.m RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED , APPRO~(ED ~ z~,~ "h~a~A~af 'Barbara A. Battaya Ri f City of South San Francisco City of South San fl sco /// The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the C~JM 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. 2/28/90 Page I Mayor Richard A. Haffey Counci 1: Jack Drago Gus Nicolopulos John R. Penna Roberta Cerri Teglia AGENDA CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1) ROLL CALL: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCATION: AGENDA REVIEW ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room February 28, 1990 ACTION TAKEN 7:30 p.m. Mayor Haffey presiding. Council present: Council absent: Drago, Nicolopulos, Penna, Teglia, and Haffey. None The pledge was recited. Rev. Robin Dummer, Grace Covenant Church, gave the invocation. AGENDA REVIEW City Manager Armas stated that there were no changes to the Agenda. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Ronald P. Lemoge, 69 Wessix Court, Daly City, stated that he had addressed the Council during adoption of the new bingo ordinance on behalf of the Conquistadors, and proceeded to present President Donald Bloat. Mr. Donald Bloat, 230 Mansfield Dr., stated that his organization had pre- sented an earthquake relief fund check to the Red Cross back in October, and had discovered three weeks ago that the check had not been cashed. He stated that after reading in the newspapers that the Red Cross monies were not being dispersed, the Conquistadors Board of Directors had decided to stop payment and retrieve the funds. He proceeded to present the City with a $1,550.00 check for the Park & Recreation Departments efforts to repair Orange Park Pool damages resulting from the earthquake. 2/28/90 Page I AGENDA ACTION TAKEN __ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Halley expressed the City's appre- ciation for the generosity of the Conquistadors, and stated that the money would be used for the benefit of the commun i ty. Ms. Margaret Pierson, 204 Rockwood Dr., stated that she was a daily user of Orange Pool, and wanted to personally thank the Conquistadors for their donation. She stated that she was speaking on behalf of the community theatre, Art Rise, and related the following: that "The Dining Room," by A. R. Gurney, Jr. would be performed by Art Rise from 3/2/90 - 3/17/90; that there would also be an exhibit of San Mateo County pho- tographers on display during the perfor- mances; that this performance was a comedy/drama and was suitable for the entire family; auditions for the new production of "Stepping Out" would begin on 3/25/90; and that the theatre had a seating capacity of 65. Ms. Jan Pont, 111 Belmont, expressed con- cern over the lack of public par- ticipation at the public hearing on the scavenger increase which she felt was due to it being set on Valentine's Day. She expressed appreciation to all of the people participating in the recycling program which she felt would help the landfill problems. She stated that she understood that the County had funded the money to start the recycling program. Mayor Halley stated that was not correct. He stated that the curbside recycling program was paid for by the community who paid for the service. He stated that there was $26,000 provided by the County of San Mateo for the purpose of publi- cizing recycling, so the people were edu- cated and knew why recycling was so important. 2/28/90 Page 2 A G E N D A A C T I O N T A K E N L:,r~":'t~ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS' Ms. Pont questioned how the general public could find out about the revenue that the Scavenger Company was collecting from the recyclable goods; where that money was being used; and whether that would be given back to the customers. Mayor Haffey stated that as a general example, the cost of recycling per homeowner was $1.00 per month. He con- tinued, the combination of having commer- cial rate payers and the materials they actually recycle and get from the markets lowers that to 20¢ per month as a cost to each householder for recycling. She questioned if there was a way we can see the distribution of this revenue. Mayor Haffey stated that one of the actions that the City Council did take, and he believed it was Councilwoman Teglia, that it be incorporated -- that the Council would receive reports on a regular basis on the tonnage and amounts of material that are recycled, and the type of money received on the market. Vice Mayor Drago stated that there would not be any money coming back to anyone, and that was why the residents were only- paying 20¢ per household - when the ser- vice cost $1.00 per month. Ms. Pont expressed concern that there were so few States with recycling plants for newspapers, and hoped that the land- fill would not be filled up with excess newspapers. Councilwoman Teglia stated that one of her written concerns read into the record at the last meeting, was that as people participate in the recycling and there is an appreciable drop in materials dropped or dumped at the dump site; then the amount of tonnage the City is being charged for should also drop. She stated that she hoped the City could look for- 2/28/90 Page 3 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY FORUM CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of 2/14/90. 2. Motion to confirm expense claims 2/28/90. 3. Motion to waive fees for the use of the Municipal Services Building Social Hall on 3/10/90 by the South San Francisco Police Athletic League. 4. Motion to waive fees for the use ~0~ of the Municipal Services Building A & B Rooms on 3/11/90 for the South San Francisco Girl Scouts Association. 5. Motion to waive fees for the use ~ of the Municipal Services Building Social Hall and Atrium on 4/21/90 for Art-Rise, Inc. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ward to some sort of a reduction on the basic rate. Ms. Pont presented the Council with an artistic concept of wetlands that would be used on Safeway shopping bags throughout Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska and Nevada. She stated that people had lost their oppor- tunity to save the wetlands in South San Francisco, and she hoped people would fill out the top part of the paper bag to get additional information on the preser- vation of wetlands. COMMUNITY FORUM Councilmember Teglia stated that there is a Council Subcommittee dealing with the issue of the scavenger rates and franchise in this community, and they would be happy to listen to people's con- cerns as Ms. Pont had cited. She stated that the Mayor was the other Subcommittee member. CONSENT CALENDAR Approved. Confirmed in the amount of $845,694.16. So ordered. So o rde red. So ordered. 2/28/90 Page 4 A G E N D A A C T I 0 N T A K E N t~; ~-":: ~ ~ CONSENT CALENDAR ® Resolution awarding the const'ruc- tion contract for the the Magnolia Senior Center Second Level Improvements to Nejat Construction in the amount of $379,000 as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE MAGNOLIA SENIOR CENTER SECOND LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS Resolution of award of contract for the San Mateo Avenue Pump Station Force Main Repair to P & M Pipeline in the amount of $99,472, as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE SAN MATEO AVENUE PUMP STATION FORCE MAIN REPAIR ® Resolution amending the 1989-90 Building Inspection Division Budget to add $10,000 to the Architectural/Engineering account. A RESOLUTION APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT 89-13 TO THE 1989-1990 OPERATING BUDGET ® Resolution executing Amendment No. i to Civil Engineering Services Agreement for the Terrabay project with Wilsey & Ham. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. i TO CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE TERRABAY PROJECT Resolution awarding the construc- tion contract for the the Magnolia Senior Center Second Level CONSENT CALENDAR Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by Councilmember Nicolopulos. RESOLUTION NO. 16-90 RESOLUTION NO. 17-90 RESOLUTION NO. 18-90 M/S Teglia/Penna - To approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Item No. 6. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Councilman Nicolopulos stated that the Subcommittee had been working, diligently on this to get the project working, and 2/28/90 Page 5 A G E N D A A C T I 0 N T A K E N [~ I~'~O 6. Resolution - Continued. Improvements to Nejat Construction in the amount of $379,000 as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE MAGNOLIA SENIOR CENTER SECOND LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 10. Resolution to appropriate $500 for the South San Francisco High School Spirit Squad to participate in a national competition. A RESOLUTION APPROVING BUDGET AMENDMENT 89-12 TO THE 1989-1990 OPERATING BUDGET Mr. Bordi, an employee, had stressed the importance of checking the leakage before doing anything. City Manager Armas stated that when the City had gone out to bid, he had addressed all of staff's concerns. Mayor Halley wanted the Manager to make certain that the different elements of staff had looked at any leakage, and make certain all concerns were addressed. He stated that it was important to deter- mine that there was not a potential for water damage when these improvements were made. M/S Nicolopulos/Teglia - To adopt the resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 19-90 Carried by unanimous voice vote. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Mr. Jim Cooke, S.S.F. High School, stated that the S.S.F. Spirit Squad was composed of cheer leaders and a song squad that had competed over the last few months in a number of qualifying events in the Bay Area. He stated that they had qualified to go to the national competition in Jacksonville, Fla. He stated that it was expensive to travel for the twenty girls, and various fund raisers had been held, but they were soliciting funds from the community and the City to help in those efforts. He presented eight of the girls from the Spirit Squad who performed one of their routines. M/S Teglia/Penna - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 20-90 Carried by unanimous voice vote. 2/28/90 Page 6 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 11. Motion to direct staff to forward comments to the County regarding the San Mateo County Transportation System Management Plan Director of Planning Smith stated that in June of 1988 the County voters adopted Measure A, which was the San Mateo County Transportation Expenditure Plan, and created the Transportation Authority, as well as, authorizin9 an increase of 1/2 of 1% in sales tax for twenty years to finance certain transportation improve- ments. She stated that it also called for the adoption of a countywide Transportation Systems Management or TSM Plan by the Authority within two years. She stated that as a result of a provi- sion also in the Plan, no City will receive funds for a major transportation project unless the City is in compliance with the TSM Plan. She described the goals of the Plan in detail (a copy of the staff report is on permanent file in the City Clerk's Office). She stated that Mr. George Bergman of San Mateo County could not attend tonight's meeting, but had faxed his prepared speech that she proceeded to read (a copy is on permanent file in the Clerk's Office}. Councilman Nicolopulos stated that this was one of the most important documents the Council needed to act on if it was going to do anything about transportation by getting people to use public transit, rather than driving to work. He stated that the main objective for the whole TSM ordinance was to attract more commuters to transit, and he hoped whoever worked on this kept the following objectives in mind: make transit use more attractive through transit infor- mation and promotion; transit pricing and subsidy; transit centers; park and ride lots; time transfers; shuttle buses, etc. Motion by Councilman Nicolopulos - To direct staff to forward comments to the County regarding the San Mateo Transportation System Management Plan. 2/28/90 Page 7 AGENDA ACT]' ON TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Motion - Continued. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Councilmember Penna stated that he had a question on the actual BART extension out to the Airport. He stated that transpor- tation was a very important feature in the twenty first century, but he had a real concern with part of this Plan. He stated that he had a serious concern with the actual BART extension being discussed in this Plan. He felt that one of the problems was that there is a time factor with regards to how long it takes for people to move from one area to another, and for that reason public transportation was not being used. He stated that if BART used the Caltrain right-of-way and connected from the Embarcadero Station, and uses the Caltrain right-of-way and comes down the Peninsula into Brisbane, S.S.F. and further south; he thought it would be found that there would be more people, especially from the East Bay, that would be using this system because it would be quick and direct. He stated that as it stood now, someone from the East Bay who worked in S.S.F., at the Airport, or anywhere on the Peninsula would have to use BART - which would stop at Daly City Station, and then would have to transfer to a Samtrans bus which would take another hour to get to work. He stated that the Council was looking at an alternative that isn't really going to work, and yet would cost a tremendous amount of money to build and would not fit our needs to get employees or resi- dents of the City to their destination in a convenient, rapid, and low priced way, etc. Mayor Haffey stated that Councilman Penna had turned this into an issue that was only one aspect of the Plan - the exten- sion of BART to the Airport. He stated that tonight's discussion was not a debate on whether the extension should occur or not, and there were other 2/28/90 Page 8 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Motion - Continued. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Councilmembers who wanted to speak to that issue, since it had been raised. He stated that he did not want to turn this into a full fledged debate on that issue. Councilmember Penna stated that if the Council passed this tonight with no discussion, and everything in place - he was only raising the question by asking the public to participate with us and indicate support or no support. Mayor Haffey stated that that was impor- tant, but there were many other important aspects to this Plan. He stated that Councilmember Penna had not been on Council at the time, but may have seen the Council deliberations on BART. He stated that the City of S.S.F. had never taken a formal position with regards to the extension, but said it would be open for consideration of that extension with a number of conditions: 1) that it is underground through our community; 2) that the station itself is underground; and 3) that there is adequate parking provided so that it does not impact our neighborhoods. Councilman Nicolopulos related the following: that the County for many years has spent millions of dollars to support the extension across the Bay, and in exchange for that had made an agreement to allow the BART Station to come into San Mateo County; that the pro- posal was for the extension to Colma, S.S.F. at Chestnut underground, San Bruno to Millbrae and possibly to the Airport; this was formalized two days ago; and now it was a moot question because we can not stop it. He stated that tonight the object was to decide if we can conform to these requests that were before us, and TSM must be in place by June of this year to be in con- formance with the law, and to have money coming in. 2/28/90 Page 9 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Motion - Continued. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Vice Mayor Drago stated that he did not know where Councilmember Penna read BART into this - when we are talking about a system management plan. He stated that the voters had decided the BART issue a year or so ago, but regardless, that time will come when it passes through our City in what we intend to do -- whether we want a station or not. He stated that he supported the end result - not in the Airport, but along the Freeway adjacent to Caltrans. He stated that it was com- muter oriented, rather than tourist, because our City would be hurt if the tourists could get from the Airport to San Francisco without using our hotels - but this had nothing to do with what we are voting on tonight. He stated that the vote was to support the Plan or not, and the bottom line was that the city had a major project, Oyster Point, which took a year and a half to get $14,500,000 appropriated for that Project. He stated that the City would not get that project if we don't pass the TSM Plan. Councilman Penna stated that he was not opposed to the transportation plan and would vote for it, but felt the City should be looking at a transportation system that connects too the East Bay in an efficient way. He felt that the effi- cient way was to come down the Caltrain corrider - not the Daly City corrider, which would do this City more good as far as getting people in and out of our City to other areas. He was concerned that everything the Council was looking at at this point is really an extension of BART to the Airport via Colma - not Caltrans to San Francisco. Vice Mayor Drago stated that this was not true, the 1/4¢ sales tax that was passed allowed 50% of that money to go to Caltrans, and this had nothing to do with either issue. City Manager Armas stated that the expen- 2/28/90 Page 10 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Motion - Continued. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS diture plan did identify a whole series of dollars for different improvements, some where in the neighborhood of $400,000,000 will go to extend Caltrans -- which is about 50% as the Vice Mayor had mentioned. He stated that the 1/2~ sales tax had been approved, and separate from that is the money that is to be used in a different capacity for the BART extension, which is a separate question that needs to be dealt with outside of the TSM Plan. He stated that this Plan was intended to identify the fact that there are a variety of techniques that can be used to get all of us to use different modes of transportation, etc. He stated that if the Council approves this Plan, then it will have an opportunity later to go on and identify some enabling legislation to actually implement techniques to mitigate the traffic impacts, etc. Councilman Penna stated that he just wanted to be on the record tonight as saying -- because he didn't want to come back later and have someone say, wait a minute, you voted for the TSM Plan. He stated that now we are extending BART to the Airport even though we have a Caltrain extension at the Embarcadero Station, etc. Mayor Halley stated that Councilman Penna would have a number of times to express his opinions on those issues. Councilmember Teglia stated that the Caltrain extension remains as a major priority and will be dealt with, and as the Mayor had said, this City has never said it was for or against BART; but remained very vigilant as to how it was going to cut through our community and the resultant impacts. She stated that the City's position in the General Plan has been a very solid endorsement of the Caltrain corrider. 2/28/90 Page 11 A G E N D A A C T T 0 N T A K E N [i~:'~4,.~, 2. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Motion - Continued. Resolution approving the 1989-90 Capital Improvement Program. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 1989-90 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Mayor Halley stated that in reference to S.S.F. in relationship to other cities and this Plan, he would like to refer it to the Business Subcommittee which con- sisted of Councilmembers Nicolopulos and Teglia. He stated that he wanted both the Chamber of Commerce, PIBC, and the Downtown Merchants Assn. fully educated about the impacts of the TSM Plan that would affect their businesses and employees. He stated that he would look forward to this spring, and a recommen- dation from that Committee to the Council after those various entities are informed and educated on the Plan. M/S Nicolopulos/Drago - To direct staff to forward comments to the County regarding the San Mateo County Transportation System Management Plan. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Director of Public Works Parini stated that this item was being returned for final review and approval after having made Council directed changes in the document: that the Council was approving this fiscal year's projects and appropriating the funds; was holding the balance of the program for review as part of the next year's budget; and tables were attached in reference to State funding for Buri Buri Park in the amount of $170,000. He stated that the Planning Commission had ruled that the Program was in compliance with the City's General Plan. Councilmember Teglia wanted on the record - when the City Council might expect the next capital improvement pro- posal before it. City Manager Armas stated that the Council was scheduled to hold a study session in May 1990. Vice Mayor Drago stated that the adjusted 2/28/90 Page 12 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 12. Resolution - Continued. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS cost of the Buri Buri Park Project was $526,800 to the General Fund, and would not jeopardize the maintenance problems on any other parks within the City. City Manager Armas stated, that was correct. Councilman Nicolopulos questioned if an enhancement to Orange Park, as an example, could be included for completion in the current year by a Councilmember. Mayor Haffey stated that there were two ways to handle that depending on the magnitude of the improvements: get the consent of the Council to include it in the Operating Budget if there were suf- ficient funds; if it was substantial, then it must be included in the master plan, and it needed the concurrence of Council. He stated that if it was a maintenance situation under $10,000 - that would be an operating budget item, and if it was a capital improvement item exceeding $10,000 it would be part of the master plan, and this spring was the time for inclusion. He complimented the staff on following Council direction, and stated that Councilmember Teglia had made the point of having a timely capital improvement budget for the 1990-91 fiscal year. He stated that he wanted it on the record that he would be extremely disappointed if the Council did not have a budget pre- pared and adopted by 7/1/90. City Manager Armas stated that it was scheduled for the 5/16/90 study session. Mayor Halley complimented the Council for concurring with him in setting aside $700,000 a year and using debt financing service payments for future improvements in our civic facilities, i.e., parks and recreation; sports fields; libraries; and 2/28/90 Page 13 A G E N D A A C T I 0 N T A K E N [i ?: ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 12. Resolution - Continued. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS 13. Motion to waive reading and intro- duce an ordinance prohibiting urinating and defecating in public. AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 10.40.065 TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT URINATING AND DEFECATING IN PUBLIC ITEMS FROM COUNCIL GOOD AND WELFARE CLOSED SESSION 14. Closed session for the purpose of discussion of personnel matters, labor relations, property nego- tiations and litigation. ADJOURNMENT ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS other facilities. M/S Teglia/Penna - to approve the 1989-90 Capital Improvement Program. RESOLUTION NO. 21-90 Carried by unanimous voice vote. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS City Clerk Battaya read the title of the ordinance in its entirety. Police Captain Raffaelli stated that the Supreme Court recently ruled that a Section of Penal Code 375A that had been used to govern this type of behavior was no longer applicable, however, with this ordinance the police can continue to enforce and control this type of behavior. M/S Teglia/Penna - To waive reading and introduce the ordinance. Carried by unanimous voice vote. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL No one chose to speak. GOOD AND WELFARE No one chose to speak. CLOSED SESSION Council chose not to hold a Closed Session. M/S Drago/Teglia - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 8:30 p.m. 2/28/90 Page 14 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ~taya< ~ City of South San Francisco APPROVED . ~ ' .~ Richari~ff~eY, ~ City of South San Fra/~o 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. 2/28/90 Page 15