HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1996-10-09 Mayor Jack Drago
Council:
Joseph A. Fernekes
Eugene R. Mullin
--John R. Penna
Robert Yee
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City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
October 9, 1996
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
INVOCATION:
PRESENTATIONS
CDBG Update - CDBG Coordinator Fragoso
Beautification Awards - Commercial Category
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Wilson Requested:
- Continue Item No. 9 so modifications may be made to
ordinance, have meeting with property owners and
bring the ordinance back to Council.
- Motion to add fire negotiations to the Closed Session.
ACTION TAKEN
7:35 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Fernekes presiding.
Council Present: Mullin, Penna, Yee and Fernekes.
Council Absent: Drago.
The Pledge was recited.
Rev. Neeley, Grand Avenue Baptist Church, gave
the invocation.
PRESENTATIONS
CDBG Coordinator Fragoso gave a slide show on
the Home Investment Partnership investment in the
downtown area through painting and improving
facades of buildings. She stated $750,000 was
expended, 20-30 buildings have been completed and
property owners have been assisted. She stated the
City has leveraged monies from private owners and
the Redevelopment Agency is involved with an
expenditure of $34 million in the downtown.
Beautification Committee Chairwoman Peterson
presented the following awards: Commercial Cate-
gory - Exxon Corp., 2296 Westhorough; Residential
- John and Alice Ghiggia, 105 Cuesta Dr., Mary
Rivenbark, 1 Capay Circle and James and Hazel
Outlaw, 22 Escanyo Drive.
AGENDA REVIEW
So ordered.
M/S Mullin/Penna - To add fire negotiations to the
Closed Session, Item No. 10.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
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AGENDA ACTIQN TAKEN ,-,~'~
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY FORUM
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
9/11/96 and Regular Meeting of 9/25/96.
2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 10/9/96.
Motion to approve plans and specifications and au-
thorize advertising the Airport Boulevard Storm Drain
Improvement Project for construction bids. ,.~tY~'t9
4. Resolution authorizing a capital improvement budget
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Phil White, Principal of Westborough Middle
School, invited everyone to attend Netday II on
Saturday, 10/12/96, at El Camino High School,
Parkway Heights Middle School, Westborough Mid-
dle School, Hillside Elementary School, Junipero
Serra Elementary School and Skyline Elementary
School. He asked for volunteers to pull wires to
attach computers to the web.
Dr. Diane Kline, Principal of El Camino High
School, also invited everyone to attend and intro-
duced Greg Gutierez, one of her brightest students
and President of the Student Body.
Mr. Greg Gutierez related the following activities at
El Camino High School: 9:00-11:00 a.m. complete
the pulling of wires; 11:00-12:00 p.m. lunch with a
BBQ; 12:30 p.m. ceremony in the library with
dignitaries; 1:00 p.m. unveiling the web page; 1:30-
3:00 p.m. will be hands on work on the network.
COMMUNITY FORUM
Councilman Mullin reminded the audience to attend
this weekend's festival at All Souls.
Mayor Pro Tem Fernekes stated there will be an
urban design study on the BART Station with two
community workshops to be held on 10/14/96 and
10/29/96 at the MSB between 7:00-9:00 p.m.
He invited everyone to the Italian Cultural Exchange
dinner on 11/1/96 at the MSB Social Hall and stated
he had tickets to sell, as well as tickets being avail-
able at So. City High School.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilman Mullin wanted the word "bill" changed
to read "build" on page 7, 4 paragraphs from the
bottom, on the minutes of the 9/25/96 meeting.
Approved in the amount of $2,107,113.46.
Approved.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
CONSENT CALENDAR
t. Resolution - Continued.
amendment for ADA upgrades for Americans with
Disabilities Act Play Area Renovations.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET, CIP NO.
97-4, ADDING FUNDING FOR THE ADA IM-
PROVEMENTS FOR PARK PLAY AREAS
Resolution authorizing a grant agreement for the
Downtown Commercial Rehabilitation Program with
CDBG funds for the Bertolucci Building at 600 Lin~_
den Avenue. ,.%0
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET PRO-
POSAL FOR THE BERTOLUCCI BUILDING AT
600 LINDEN AVENUE AND AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF GRANT AGREEMENT
6. Motion to approve the concept of the proposed pro-
__ gram and budget for the Liberty Hotel at 421 Cypress
Avenue. ~Oa~
Motion to approve the concept of the proposed pro-
gram and budget for the Liberty Hotel at 421 Cypress
Avenue. ,
LIBLIC HEARINGS
/. Public Hearing - Consideration of amending the land
use traffic generation for the Oyster Point o~5'//~'
CONSENT CALENDAR
RESOLUTION NO. 150-96
RESOLUTION NO. 151-96
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Mullin.
M/S Mullin/Yee - To approve the Consent Calendar
with the corrected minutes of 9/25/96 and the ex-
ception of Item No. 6.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Councilman Mullin noted this was a deferred loan
with a twenty year period and questioned if the loan
period could be shorter.
CDBG Coordinator Fragoso replied: through Fed-
eral regulations it could be any amount, however,
twenty years is the life of the redevelopment area,
but it could even be for forty years.
M/S Mullin/Yee - To approve the concept of the
proposed program and budget for the Liberty Hotel
at 421 Cypress Avenue.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Mayor Pro Tem Fernekes invited anyone wishing to
speak for or against the item to step to the dais, no
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearing - Continued.
Overcrossing Formula; Public Hearing opened
9/11/96 and continued from two meetings; hear testi-
mony, close Public Hearing and adopt resolution.
A RESOLUTION ADDING ADDITIONAL LAND
USES FOR THE OYSTER POINT GRADE SEPA-
RATION CONTRIBUTION FORMULA
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
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Status report and recommendation from the S.S.F.
Conference Center on the San Mateo County Con-
vention & Visitors Bureau's funding and supplemental
program. .5'~ R
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
one did and he closed the Public Hearing.
City Manager Wilson stated the prospective
developer of the Shearwater had not come for-
ward to discuss this item and he was recommending
Council adopt the resolution as drafted.
Councilman Yee questioned how the repayment plan
was being addressed.
City Manager Wilson stated he will come back with
a separate amendment for adoption.
M/S Yee/Mullin - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 152-96
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Mayor Pro Tem Fernekes asked that the item be
continued to the next meeting for action to be taken,
after the staff report was given, so that the full
Council can be present. He talked to Mayor Drago
and he wants to be present when the Council acts on
funding for the Bureau, as well as on this item.
Conference Center Authority Executive Director
O'Toole stated Chairman Jones was also present for
the presentation and recommendation of the Author-
ity for consideration by Council.
She related: the process leading up to the recom-
mendation began when Councilman/Authority Mem-
ber Penna explained the circumstances regarding the
Bureau's funding by the County of San Mateo; the
Councilman also reviewed S.S.F.'s funding level to
the Bureau and the return on the City's investment;
the Authority requested its hospitality industry mem-
bers to review with the S.S.F. Hotel Assoc. the
effectiveness of the Bureau's programs in S.S.F. and
recommendations to improve the benefits; the Au-
thority recommends a second program in the event
the Council is going to reduce funding to the Bu-
reau; the second program would provide a mecha-
nism to supplement the sales and marketing pro-
grams of S.S.F.'s hotels and Conference Center
through generation of workable, corporate market
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TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Status report - Continued.
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ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
leads only for S.S.F. and with a promotional oppor-
tunity for the hotels through Web Site advertising;
the Authority recommends Council continue the
membership at some level for there is some value in
the leads the Bureau provides; the program is to hire
a leads generator, Pat Berg of Conference Resourc-
es, for corporate market business as an independent
contractor; a one or two year program would supply
statistics to evaluate leads from the County and leads
from Pat Berg; the second part of the program
involves designing specific hotel pages as part of the
Conference Center's Web Site construction and they
are working with Total Video/Total Net in the de-
sign of its Web Site with complete information on
the Center's meeting spaces, services and prices;
there will be an individual page for the 10 conven-
tion hotels with more detailed information also being
recommended; cost of the program is $32,300, leads
generator $22,200, one time start-up marketing
research $600, expenses/contingency $3,000 and
detailed hotel Web pages - 10 @ $650 cost $6,500;
doing this for two years would give specifics on the
two sources of leads and their benefits to the City.
Discussion followed: Councilman Mullin asked if
the $26,000 was contingent on the reduction of
funding to the Bureau, so if we continue at the
$113,000, then the Director would withdraw her
recommendation for that position; Executive Direc-
tor O'Toole replied in the affirmative and apologized
for that information not being in the staff report;
only $55,000 in T.O.T. can be traced to the
Bureau's leads and at the same time the City paid
$290,000; this City has made greater contributions
than any other city; Councilman Yee questioned, if
this second program has merit why didn't the Con-
ference Center come forward with it irrespective of
funding to the Bureau; the request came because if
the Council was going to spend money it should be
directed to something returning more benefits to the
City; this recommendation came from the Subcom-
mittee and the Hotel Association for money the
Council had already allocated; Councilman Yee
stated, politically, this is taking from Peter to pay
Paul, because if you have a project that is justified
then do it; Councilman Mullin asked, shouldn't the
hotels pick up the $6,500 expense for the Web
pages, for the hotels get the greater benefit; the
hotels are parts of franchises and the Corporate
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Status report - Continued.
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ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Headquarters will not pay for a single location; the
Web page is being correlated with the Chamber's;
the benefits of having a Web page; the Conference
Center will be paying for their own Web site page;
Councilman Mullin agreed with Councilman Yee, if
it has merit, let's do it regardless of the Bureau's
funding; Mayor Pro Tem Fernekes stated that will
be coming forward at the next meeting, as well as
looking at the quarterly funding for the Bureau; the
Bureau's funding is normally done quarterly, but
staff does not have the funding yet, however, the
full amount was allocated and that is why the report
is being done tonight; the two items will be agend-
ized for the next meeting.
Councilman Penna reported on a retreat he had
attended on Tuesday; it was from 8:00-12:00 p.m.;
26 Bureau members were present which included
Executive Director O'Toole; there was discussion of
the S.S.F. benefits received from the Bureau vs. the
dollars spent and the reduction of funds from the
County; this City has been contributing to the Bu-
reau for the last 25 years, was one of the original
signers and has contributed $2 million which is more
than any other city; at the time we joined the Bureau
we had the bulk of the hotel rooms and the T.O.T.
worked well for a time; this City has been consis-
tently questioning looking at the number of rooms
booked through the Bureau and the resultant T.O.T.
which seems to be less than 1% of the T.O.T. we
receive and yet, we are giving the Bureau $111,000;
the Bureau has to come up with a better marketing
program to have this City continue its funding;
Millbrae and San Mateo only contribute $50,000 a
year; during the retreat they suddenly realized they
could measure the results and the Facilitator was
clever to turn things around so they will do more
promotional work for the County and 24 members
said they could focus on tourism which makes it
more difficult to measure the results of the work;
next they tried to get the Bureau to talk about fund-
ing to pay for the tourism work and they decided
they didn't want to talk about it; they left us still
asking how they substantiated the funding and they
said don't ask, keep contributing.
Conference Center Chairman Jones stated it was not
the Authority's intention to come and ask for mon-
ey, but if the Council is going to throw the money
AfiENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Status report - Continued.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Motion to waive reading and introduce an ordinance
on nuisance abatement and report on Willow Gardens
- continued from the 9/11/96 and 9/25/96 meetings.
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 8.26 TO
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO ABATEMENT OF NEIGH-
BORHOOD NUISANCES
FEMS FROM COUNCIL
ACTION TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
away, then it would be better to go in a different
direction and we would get more money coming in.
He thanked Councilman Penna for his efforts in
bringing this to a head.
He stated the Conference Center is not in trouble,
they have not been in the red since the Center
opened. The Center supports itself on its own.
Councilman Penna stated he pointed out to the Bu-
reau that this City's contributions come from the
General Fund, because that is where T.O.T. lodges.
His point is that all cities would be hard pressed to
explain how they contribute funds to a Bureau that
refuses to tell us how they can increase our business
and show us their efficiency when those funds can
be used for the seniors or for salaries or whatever.
One Councilmember is on record saying, we con-
tribute, but not that much because we don't get that
much out of it. The Bureau should be made to
respond like any other marketing program is made
to respond.
Mr. Cal Post felt it was very logical what the Di-
rector was asking, Councilman Yee and Mullin
brought up good points, however, through the Web
people coming to the Center will have sufficient
information before getting here.
Councilman Mullin noted that the 14 page Bureau
Visitor's Guide of Bay Area attractions does not
mention S.S.F.
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
City Manager Wilson asked that the item be contin-
ued off-calendar to allow him to meet with the
affected folks.
M/S Mullin/Penna - To continue the item off-cal-
endar.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
No one chose to speak.
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GOOD AND WELFARE
CLOSED SESSION
10.
Closed session pursuant to GC54956.9(c), initiation
of litigation - one case and (as added under Agenda
Review) negotiations with the firefighters.
RECALL TO ORDER:
11.
Motion to adjourn the meeting to Tuesday, 10/22/96,
7:00 p.m., City Council Conference Room, City
Hall, 400 Grand Avenue, for a study session to dis-
cuss: Scavenger Recycling Program, preferred resi-
dency for employees and a Closed Session pursuant to
GC 54957.6, to meet with its designated representa-
tives - City Manager, Interim Director of Personnel
and City Attorney on labor relations for the Station-
ary Engineers (changed from firefighters under Agen-
da Review).
,DJOURNMENT:
GOOD AND WELFARE
No one chose to speak.
CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at 8:55 p.m.
Mayor Pro Tern Fernekes recalled the meeting to
order at 9:43 p.m., all Council was present, no
action was taken and direction was given.
M/S Mullin/Yee - To adjourn the meeting to Tues-
day, 10/22/96, 7:00 p.m., City Council Conference
Room, City Hall for the above mentioned agenda
item.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 9:44 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
APPROVED.
Jack Dr~
~City of South San Francisco
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk ~ /
City of South San Francisco
The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica-
tions, 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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