HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1992-03-11 Mayor John R. Penna
Council:
Jack Drago
Joseph A. Fernekes
Gus Nicolopulos
'--~oberta Cerri Teglia
MINUTES VOL.
City Council L SE
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
March 11, 1992
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the
State of California, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold a
Special Meeting on Wednesday, the 11th day of March 1992, at 6:00 p.m., in the Municipal
Services Building Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
1. Motion to instruct City Attorney to prepare impartial analysis of Measure
concerning Ordinance No. 1110-92.
2. Appointment of Council Committee to prepare argument in favor of Measure
concerning Ordinance No. 1110-92.
3. Closed Session for the purpose of the discussion of personnel matters, labor
relations, property negotiations and litigation.
Barbara A. Battaya, City C61~rk
City of South San Francisco
Oated: March 6, 1992
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
Motion to instruct City Attorney
to prepare impartial analysis of
Measure concerning Ordinance No.
1110-92.
ACTION TAKEN
6:04 p.m. Mayor Penna presiding.
Council present:
Council Absent:
Drago, Fernekes,
Nicolopulos, Teglia,
and Penna.
None.
City Attorney O'Toole stated that the
City Council had the option to have an
impartial analysis prepared by the City
Attorney, so it is an option, and if the
Council did not wish to have an impartial
analysis - no action need be taken.
M/S Drago/Fernekes - To instruct the City
Attorney to prepare impartial analysis of
Measure concerning Ordinance No. 1110-92.
Vice Mayor Teglia asked the City Attorney
for a procedural clarification in that
she had no problem with an impartial ana-
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Motion - Continued.
Appointment of Council Committee .~0~
to prepare argument in favor of
Measure concerning Ordinance No.
1110-92.
lysis, but she did not want in any way
that her vote for that to be construed to
mean or if she chose to abstain that she
was supporting any argument for the pro-
position - so if she goes for this there
is no relationship to the other.
City Attorney O'Toole stated that was
correct, the impartial analysis was not
an argument in any way.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Penna stated that with the con-
currence of Council, he wanted to appoint
Councilmembers Drago and Fernekes because
they had been involved in this issue.
Vice Mayor Teglia stated that she did not
have a problem with a committee being
formed, but wanted to make sure that her
endorsement of the committee doing that
in no way indicates that she is in favor
of the argument they are preparing.
City Attorney O'Toole stated that if that
was the case he would recommend that any
valid argument in favor - that you delete
the Vice Mayor's name. He stated that
when the argument came back from the com-
mittee the Councilmembers in favor would
sign their names for the pamphlet, and
any members dissenting would not have
their names attached to the argument.
Vice Mayor Teglia stated that in voting
for the committee to be formed was in no
way an endorsement of what they were
doing, and questioned how she should
vote.
Mayor Penna stated that it was not a vote,
but an appointment with concurrence of
the Council.
City Attorney O'Toole stated that direc-
tion had been given by the Mayor to form
the committee, and the argument would
come back to the Council for approval.
Mayor Penna stated that the appointment
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
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'--~_. Appointment - Continued.
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Closed Session for the purpose
of the discussion of personnel
matters, labor relations,
property negotiations and
litigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
ADJOURNMENT:
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
__Barbara A. Battaya, City ~erk
~ity of South San Francisco
stood as Jack Drago and Joe Fernekes as
the committee.
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
6:10 p.m., to discuss litigation pursuant
to GC 54956(a) on McCarthy vs. City, and
McKenzie vs; City; and possibility of
initiating litigation pursuant to GC
54956.9(c).
Mayor Penna recalled the meeting to order
at 7:45 p.m., all Council was present,
no action was taken.
M/S Drago/Fernekes - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 7:45 p.m.
Jo~Pe~a, Mayor
City of~'l:n~l~W San Francisco
The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose
of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape
and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are
available for inspection, review and copying.
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Mayor John R. Penna
Council:
Jack Drago
Joseph A. Fernekes
Gus Nicolopulos
'---~oberta Cerri Teglia
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION:
PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation - Mediation Week February
22-28, 1992 ~0~7
Proclamation - Girl Scout Week March
8-14, 1992 ~-0 97
AGENDA REVIEW
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
March 11, 1992
ACTION TAKEN
7:46 p.m. Mayor Penna presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Drago, Fernekes,
Nicolopulos, Teglia,
and Penna.
None.
The colors were presented by Girl Scouts,
and the Pledge was recited.
Rev. Gene Lindeman, Kaiser Hospital,
gave the invocation.
PRESENTATIONS
Councilman Nicolopulos read the
Proclamation and presented it to Mr. Bill
Connealy.
Vice Mayor Teglia read the Proclamation
aloud and presented it to Ms. Millie
Bessire and the Girl Scouts.
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Armas stated that there were
no changes to the agenda.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Lou Dell'Angela, 460 Gardenside Ave.,
offered the following suggestions for
Council consideration: to supplement the
stop sign warning on the pedestrian over-
pass which was high enough to see and
would minimize accidents at Lincoln and
Hillside; that Council reemphasize their
stand on a Hickey Bart station rather
than the vacillating position reported in
the newspapers attributed to Ms.
Costello; that the first priority was
what is the best location for the station
and the environmental impacts; priority
two would be to look at economic benefits
in the area by creating high density on
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)RAL COMMUNICATIONS
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
E1Camino on 60 acres; this Council like
Colma and San Bruno should make a firm
stand and insist on a subway or a below
grade route for Bart through the City and
a surface route should be unequivocally
opposed even if it means litigation; that
if a station was to be built in the
Mission Rd. area it should be up by the
Hickey Extension or should not be built
at all, and the Council should not be
backed into a Chestnut situation; to work
with the neighboring cities and see if
there was a common ground.
Mayor Penna stated that the Bart issue
would be discussed at the adjourned
meeting next Wednesday.
Mr. Bob Stevens, 2435 Tipperary Ave.,
stated that a consultant spoke at a prior
meeting about stop signs on HillSide and
had related that the Council had two
choices - you can either get rear-ended
or broadsided. He stated that he noticed
that there were no comments from Police
Chief Datzman and his Traffic Officer who
were at the meeting, nor opinions soli-
cited. He questioned why they had
deferred to the consultant -- if the
people on Hillside waAted a stop sign -
give them a stop sign. He stated that the
residents in Westborough had a similar
problem, but on a greater scale, which
had gone into abeyance and got put aside
because of the construction on Sharp Park
Rd., and would probably take 3-6 months
to get the traffic settled in. He stated
that he hoped they would not get the same
consultant to tell us we have two choices
- get broadsided or rear-ended.
Mr. Paul Saroff, 762 Parkway, commended
the Council for allowing everyone to
speak at the last meeting, but he felt
that if a petition was being circulated
and someone on the Board had something to
do with it they should have the persons
wear name tags so if you have a bad
experience one can come back to the Board
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
~'--)RAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY FORUM
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Motion to confirm expense claims
of 3/11/92. 5~
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Motion to waive fees for the use of
the Municipal Services Building
Atrium and Community Room for
the Order of American Hellenic
Education Progressive Association
function on 3/22/92. ~o~ I
Resolution award the E.B. Motel
demolition to Ludwig Betchart, Inc.
in the amount of $98,990 as the
lowest responsible bidder.
A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT
FOR OYSTER POINT INTERCHANGE
CONSTRUCTION E.B. MOTEL DEMOLITION
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Resolution of Intention to form
the Airport Blvd. Underground
Utility District No. 2, and set
4/22/92 as a Public Hearing. ~o~0
A RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO FORM
AN UNDERGROUND UTILITY DISTRICT,
AND CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO
DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE REQUIRES
THE FORMATION OF SAID UNDERGROUND
UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
Be
Resolution approving an agreement
with Brian, Kangas, Foulk to pre-
pare a Parcel Map for the Orange
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
and say who it was.
COMMUNITY FORUM
Councilman Nicolopulos invited everyone
to attend the Greek Independence Day
festivities to be celebrated on 3/22/91
at 1:00 p.m. at the Municipal Services
Building.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Approved in the amount of $1,224,833.69.
Fees waived.
RESOLUTION NO. 20-92
RESOLUTION NO. 21-92
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
--SONSENT CALENDAR
5. Resolution - Continued.
Park Improvement Project.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION
OF AGREEMENT FOR THE ORANGE PARK
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
6. Oral Committee reports.
7. Appointment to the Parking Place
Commission.
357
CONSENT CALENDAR
RESOLUTION NO. 22-92
M/S Nicolopulos/Fernekes - To approve the
Consent Calendar.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
None were given.
Mayor Penna stated that there had been
several applications received for the
position of Parking Place Commissioner.
He stated that the Parking District covered
the area of Baden/Miller/Spruce to
Airport Blvd., and it was not only tradi-
tional but advisory that we attempt to
appoint people that either reside in or
own property in that area because deci-
sions made affect people specifically in
that area. He stated that within the
three or four applications received only
one specifically has a business in that
area.
Vice Mayor Teglia stated that the ad
placed in the newspapers had nothing in
the requirements that one had to own pro-
perty or live in the District. She stated
that there were at least five people that
applied, and as of tonight at least three
of those people had not been contacted to
tell them their application had been
received nor had they been interviewed.
She felt that these people should be
interviewed, and from there she did not
have a problem with an appointment.
Mayor Penna stated that it had been a
policy with this Commission, back to
1960, to appoint people who own proper-
ties or businesses in that District
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
7. Appointment - Continued.
358
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
except for an appointment made last year
because no one in the area applied for
the position. He felt that the problems
in the area were specific to that area,
and even though this Commission was put
together to retire bonds it was now an
advisory role to the Planning Commission.
He felt that appointing people who were
not familiar with the issues occurring in
that area would not really be doing
justice to the people who are going to be
affected. He stated that even though
other applications had been received, and
those applications should be kept on
record for other boards, that we go with
the individual that has a business and is
a resident and is in that specific
location.
Vice Mayor Teglia stated that the people
who own property on Grand Ave. do have
concerns but there are a lot of people
who shop there who do not have a business
or own property. She stated that the
City's requirements do not require that,
and three of the people have not even been
considered, and that seemed eminently
unfair to her.
Mayor Penna stated that he was willing to
put off the appointment for a month and
interview the other applicants, because
he realized they too had something to
offer.
Vice Mayor Teglia felt that Council
should decide if they were going to place
added restrictions for this Commission
other than being a registered voter.
Councilman Nicolopulos stated that the
Council should determine their priorities
and adhere to them as policies.
Councilman Fernekes felt that anyone who
applies for a Board should be interviewed.
Councilman Drago stated that the rules
only required a person to be a registered
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£TEMS FROM COUNCIL
7. Appointment - Continued.
GOOD AND WELFARE
CLOSED SESSION
0
Closed Session for the purpose of
discussion of personnel matters,
labor relations, property nego-
tiations and litigation.
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Motion to adjourn the meeting to
Wednesday, 3/18/92, 7:00 p.m., City
Council Conference Room, City Hall,
400 Grand Ave., for the discussion:
1) Letter to BART Policy Committee
regarding BART alignment; 2)
Neighborhood Strategy Process;
3) S.S.F. Marketing Program; 4)
Closed Session pursuant to
Government Code.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
voter in S.S.F., and on a few Boards the
Mayor interviews the applicants and makes
a recommendation to the Council.
GOOD AND WELFARE
No one chose to speak.
CLOSED SESSION
Council chose not to hold a Closed
Session.
M/S Nicolopulos/Fernekes - To adjourn
the meeting to 3/18/92, 7:00 p.m., City
Council Conference Room, City Hall for
discussion of the items noticed.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 8:30 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
~taya~
City of South San Francisco
John ~-._~.~. Mayor
City of So~n Francisco
The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose
of an item. Oral communications, arguments, and comments are recorded on tape. The tape
and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are
available for inspection, review and copying.
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