HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1997-06-11 Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes
Council:
James L. Datzman
Eugene R. Mullin
--lohn R. Penna
Robert Yee
SPE. CIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
JUNE 11, 1997
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
June 11, 1997
089
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 1 lth day of June
1997, at 6:30 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco,
California.
Purpose of the meeting:
Interview of applicants for the Conference Center Authority.
City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
Dated: May 29, 1997
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA
(Cassette No. 1)
Interview of applicants for the Conference Center Au-
thority. ~/~"~,
ACTION TAKEN
6:30 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding.
Council Present: Datzman, Mullin, Penna, Yee and
Fernekes.
Council Absent: None.
Council interviewed Jeri Clark and George Chimenti
and V. Marie David was a no show.
Mayor Fernekes stated the Council will make ap-
pointments in two weeks.
M/S Yee/Mullin - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
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~ENDA ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNMENT:
090
Time of adjournment was 7:00 p.m.
,,ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
APPROVED.
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
J~sepht A. Fernelces, Mayor
{7ity of South San Francisco
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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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Chairman Joseph A. Fernekes
Boardmembers:
James L. Datzman
Eugene R. Mullin
"'lohn R. Penna
Robert Yee
MINUTES -
Recreation and Park District
Municipal Services Building
Community Room '~
091
June 11, 1997
SPECIAL MEETING
RECREATION AND PARK DISTRICT
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
JUNE 11, 1997
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Municipal Code and Resolution of the City of South San Francisco,
that the Recreation and Park District of the City of South San Francisco will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, the
1 lth day of June 1997, at 7:05 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San
Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
1. Motion to approve the Minutes of the Special Meeting of 4/23/97.
Resolution approving a joinder to the lease between Raiser, LLC and the San Mateo County Harbor
District.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A JOINDER AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND
LEASE BETWEEN THE SAN MATEO HARBOR DISTRICT AND RAISER RESOURCES LLC
3. Adjournment.
City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
Dated: May 29, 1997
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA
(Cassette No. 1)
Motion to approve the Minutes of the Special Meeting
of 4~23~97.
ACTION TAKEN
7:05 p.m. Chairman Fernekes presiding.
Boardmembers Present:
Boardmembers Absent:
Datzman, Mullin,
Penna, Yee and
Fernekes.
None.
MIS Penna/Datzman - To approve the Minutes of
the Special Meeting of 4/23/97.
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Page 1
A~ENDA
1. Motion - Continued.
Resolution approving a joinder to the lease between
Raiser, LLC land the San Mateo County Harbor
District. oz"/~-.~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A JOINDER AND
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND
LEASE BETWEEN THE SAN MATEO HARBOR
DISTRICT AND RAISER RESOURCES LLC
ADJOURNMENT:
ACTION TAKEN
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
092
City Manager Wilson stated this item is still under
negotiations and asked that the item be continued.
So ordered.
M/S Mullin/Penna - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 7:08 p.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITI'ED,
. B~bara A. Battaya, City Clerk (./
~creation and Park District
ity of South San Francisco
APPROVED.
Jo h A ernekes, Chairman ~ph .A. l~erne
Rgcreatlon and Park D~stmct
city of South San Francisco
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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.
6/11/97
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Mayor Joseph A. Femekes
Council:
James L. Datzman
Eugene R. Mullin
---Iohn R. Penna
Robert Yee
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
June 11, 1997
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
JUNE 11, 1997
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 1 lth day of June
1997, at 7:15 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco,
California.
Purpose of the meeting:
Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54956.9, conference with legal counsel on existing litigation - Johnson vs.
City of S.S.F.
2. Adjournmem.
City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
Dated: May 29, 1997
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA
(Cassette No. 1)
Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54956.9, conference with
legal counsel on existing litigation - Johnson vs. City of
S.S.F. ,.5'/
.... ~CALL TO ORDER:
ACTION TAKEN
7:15 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding.
Council Present: Datzman, Mullin, Penna, Yee and
Fernekes.
Council Absent: None.
Council entered a Closed Session at 7:15 p.m. to
discuss the item noticed.
Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at
7:30, all Council was present, no action was taken
and direction was given.
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A~ENDA A~TION TAKEN
ADJOURNMENT:
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clert~
City of South San Francisco
M/S Yee/Mullin - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 7:31 p.m.
APPROVED.
lose~ h A. ~ernek~s, tVl-ayor
Cit~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.
6/11/97
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Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes
Council:
James L. Datzman
Eugene R. Mullin
-'"lohn R. Penna
Robert Yee
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
June 11, 1997
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA
(Cassette No. 1)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
INVOCATION:
PRESENTATIONS
-:ce Hero Award to Al Seubert - Beautification Commit-
e by Chairperson Marie Peterson
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Wilson Requested:
- Remove Item 10, 13, 20, 21 and 22 and continue to
6/25/97 meeting.
Mayor Fernekes Requested:
- Continue Item No. 23.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
ACTION TAKEN
7:35 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding.
Council Present:
Council Absent:
Datzman, Mullin, Penna, Yee and
Fernekes.
None.
The Pledge was recited.
Rev. Neely, Grand Ave. Baptist Church, gave the
invocation.
PRESENTATIONS
Chairperson Peterson gave the award to Mr. Seubert
and Mayor Fernekes stated he recently gave a Citi-
zen of the Year award for the Elks Club to Mr.
Seubert.
AGENDA REVIEW
So ordered.
So ordered.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Ken Wall, 218 Bryce Ave., spoke on the Air-
port Roundtable: He is here representing a number
of residents; they are responding or reacting to an
article in the Examiner regarding Atherton com-
plaining of planes flying low overhead; an official
quoted as saying there are more and larger plans to
accommodate large number of passengers; FAA has
established rules on major spaces of aircraft and
limited approaches over the bay; many S.S.F. resi-
dents sympathize with other cities with aircraft noise
problems; many in his neighborhood are under the
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
6/I 1/97
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
flight paths of the Pacific Rim flights and the planes
are large, heavily loaded and make prolonged roars
passing overhead; we are not happy living with the
noise of the aircraft, but in all fairness we have to
establish a benefit provided by a world class airport
plus its economic vitality and being a conduit of
travelers going to worldwide events and the vendors
and contractors operating at SFO; the Airport em-
ploys 30,000 individuals, many residing locally; we
S.S.F. residents tolerate aircraft noise because we
like living here for a number of reasons - most of us
enjoy the weather, like being close to S.F. and
major freeways, the major schools, the re, develop-
ment; we are grateful for the insulation and the
windows and doors from the insulation program; the
article also said the Airport has offered to insulate
the homes in Atherton and they are not interested, at
least some of them because their enjoyment of the
outdoors would be compromised; the FAA is going
to increase 6,000'-7,000' to overfly Woodside; the
article also mentioned the experiment over Pacifica,
rather than the South County because of the com-
plaints of the residents of Atherton and that ended
when the residents complained in Pacifica; it is not a
new issue and hits a responsive cord in the resi-
dents; we don't know if having those cities in the
south as voting members is appropriate or not; we
urge you to consider it wisely to assure that S.S.F.
and other impacted communities are fairly represent-
ed on the Roundtable; make sure that giving voting
rights is in our best interests; the residents will take
it badly if there is increased noise in our City and if
there is an experiment to increase aircraft noise just
to see if we will complain as loudly as the others; he
assured the Council this group will voice it and
some among us feel the noise has increased over the
past few years and want to talk to Councilman Yee
about the airport noise.
Councilman Penna related: Council has spoken
about this at the last few meetings; is it for us to
direct Councilman Yee to vote against this or have
we not agendized the item; should it be put on the
next meeting.
Councilman Yee apprised Councilman Penna that it
is on the agenda tonight, on the Consent Calendar.
He offered to meet with Mr. Wall and the residents
to deal with some of their concerns.
AGENDA _ACIIQ_N TAKEN
COMMUNITY FORUM
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion to approve Minutes of the Special Meeting of
5/7/97, Special Meeting of 5/14/97, Regular Meeting
of 5/14/97, Special Meeting of 5/28/97 and Special
Meeting of 5/28/97.
2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 6/I 1/97. ~ ! ,.3
3. Resolution to rename the 400 block of Point San
Bruno to DNA Way. SO~o
A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE 400 BLOCK
OF POINT SAN BRUNO BOULEVARD "DNA
WAY"
Resolution approving the proposed Amendment No. 2
to the 1981 Airport/Community Roundtable Memo- _
randum of Understanding. 5 / ~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZ-
ING THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AIRPORT/COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Resolution of award of contract to Accutite Environ-
mental Engineering, in the amount of $132,871, as
the lowest responsible bidder for the removal/re-
placement of underground storage tanks and a budget
amendment of $152,871 to authorize an additional
contingency of $51,000 for contaminants. ,5'~5~ o
,5'J 2-D
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COMMUNITY FORUM
Vice Mayor Mullin related: last Saturday night his
neighborhood had an extremely heavy aircraft fly
over, which happens to be outside the noise foot-
print, and the residents will be holding a neighbor-
hood meeting to deal with those particular issues.
There was a United Airline flight that had an engine
blowout on takeoff and had to come out and circle
the City and make a large loop to return to the
Airport, and that accounted for the incident Saturday
night at 11:45 p.m. He does not know about the
incident Friday night, but they rivaled each other.
Mayor Fernekes directed staff to look into a day in
September or October to have S.S.F. Day to show-
case the Departments to the residents on the things
that the City offers. This used to be done with a
street fair, but this will not be to the same degree.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Yee.
Approved in the amount of $1,262,885.28.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Datzman.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Vice Mayor Mullin.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Mayor Fernekes.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
CONSENT CALENDAR
Resolution - Continued.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONSTRUC-
TION CONTRACT TO ACCUTITE ENVIRON-
MENTAL ENGINEERING FOR THE REMOV-
AL/REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUND FUEL
TANKS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $132,871.00, APPROVING A PROJECT
BUDGET OF $152,871.00 AND AUTHORIZING
AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY IN THE
AMOUNT OF $51,000.00 TO BE USED IN THE
EVENT CONTAMINANTS ARE ENCOUNTERED
6. Resolution authorizing the Caltrans Master Agreement
for Federal Aid Projects. 5'0'~ d)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANS-
PORTATION, AGREEMENT IDENTIFIED AS
AGENCY - STATE MASTER AGREEMENT NO.
04-5177
Resolution of award of contract to Harry Pipelines,
Inc., in the amount of $69,160.00, as the lowest re-
sponsible bidder, for the McDonnell Drive Sewer
Project and approving a budget amendment of
$94,560.00 of the Capital Improvement Budget..~,O'~'7
50~1
A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONSTRUC-
TION CONTRACT TO HARTY PIPELINES, INC.
FOR THE MCDONNELL AVENUE SANITARY
SEWER REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN THE
AMOUNT OF $69,160.00, APPROVING A PRO-
JECT BUDGET OF $94,560.00 AND AMENDING
THE 1996-97 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET
8. Motion to approve plans and specifications and au-
thorize the advertisement of bids for the Orange Park
Interior and Exterior Painting Project. ,ffoz~
9. Resolution awarding a two year contract for landscape
and street median maintenance of the West Park 1, 2
& 3, Grandview Commons, Stonegate Ridge and
Willow Gardens Common Greens to Environmental
Care in the amount of $679,829.00, as the lowest _
responsible bidder. ,5'0 t9 ~,
A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT
CONSENT CALENDAR
RESOLUTION NO. 59-97
RESOLUTION NO. 60-97
Approved.
RESOLUTION NO. 61-97
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AGENDA ACIIQN TAKEN
CONSENT CALENDAR
Resolution - Continued.
FOR WEST PARK 1, 2 & 3, GRANDVIEW COM-
MONS, STONEGATE RIDGE, WILLOW GAR-
DENS COMMON GREENS AND STREET MEDI-
ANS
10.
Resolution approving a joinder to the lease between
Raiser Resources LLC, San Mateo County Harbor
District and Recreation and Park District. .5'/I ~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A JOINDER AND
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND
LEASE BETWEEN THE SAN MATEO COUNTY
HARBOR DISTRICT AND RAISER RESOURCES,
LLC
11. Resolution amending the Capital Improvement Pro-
gram Budget for the Junipero Serra Blvd. Tree and
Street Overlay Project in the amount of $300,000.00.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE
JUNIPERO SERRA BLVD. TREE AND STREET
OVERLAY PROJECT
12.
Resolution amending the Capital Improvement Pro-
gram Budget for the Callan Blvd. Tree and Street
Overlay Project in the amount of $147,700.00..,~'/2.0
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CAPITAL IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE
CALLAN BLVD. TREE AND STREET OVERLAY
PROJECT
Motion to approve Minutes of the Special Meeting of
5/7/97, Special Meeting of 5/14/97, Regular Meeting
of 5/14/97, Special Meeting of 5/28/97 and Special
Meeting of 5/28/97.
Resolution to rename the 400 block of Point San
Bruno to DNA Way. ~ $O
CONSENT CALENDAR
Removed and continued by the City Manager under
Agenda Review
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Yee.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Yee.
RESOLUTION NO. 66-97
M/S Penna/Yee - To approve the Consent Calendar
with the exception of Items No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 11 and
12.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Councilman Yee asked that page 48 of the 5/14/97
minutes be changed from the name Drago to
Datzman.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Councilman Datzman stated the Mayor worked with
Genentech for this and there is no impact. He
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
Resolution - Continued.
~ RESOLUTION RENAMING THE 400 BLOCK
OF POINT SAN BRUNO BOULEVARD "DNA
WAY"
Resolution approving the proposed Amendment No. 2
to the 1981 Airport/Community Roundtable Memo-
randum of Understanding. ff]~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZ-
ING THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AIRPORT/COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
asked if there will be signage for those people
going down Forbes looking for Point San Bruno.
City Manager Wilson stated there will be signage
in both directions.
M/S Datzman/Penna - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 62-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated the recommen-
dation from the City Attorney is to approve the
proposed Amendment to the Airport/Community
Roundtable MOU. He stated certain cities in San
Mateo County have expressed interest in joining the
Roundtable in order to participate in efforts to re-
duce aircraft noise.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated, in light of the previous
speaker he wanted to share with the general public
the provisions, and also Resolution No. 93-01. He
does not know who is going to make the report, but
would make comments after that.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated in December
1993, Resolution 93-01 was adopted to memorialize
the long standing policy of not shifting from one
community to another the noise when related to
aircraft operations at SFIO. The Roundtable will
continue to adhere to the policy set forth in Resolu-
tion 93-01 allowing new voting members will not
change the prior policies established, but would
allow the new cities, 1) to be represented and be-
come voting members of the Roundtable, agree to
comply with the original MOU and Amendment No.
1 to the MOU, and 3) to contribute annual funding
to the Roundtable in the same amount as current city
members contribute or such additional funds as may
be recommended by the Roundtable. If Council
concurs with the proposed Amendment No. 2 chang-
es, as is recommended for this, would not change
the patterns or noise from one area to another.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated, at the 5/14/97 meeting
when Mr. Chinn, who has been retained by the
Airport as a coordinator for government relations.
He referred Council to page 47 of the minutes of
that particular meeting, pages 47 and 48, talking
about what it would take to make a lot of changes
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A~ENDA ACTION TAKEN
_..3. Resolution - Continued.
A RESOLUTION RENAMING THE 400 BLOCK
OF POINT SAN BRUNO BOULEVARD "DNA
WAY"
Resolution approving the proposed Amendment No. 2
to the 1981 Airport/Community Roundtable Memo-
randum of Understanding. ,5' / ~-3
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZ-
ING THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO AIRPORT/COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
asked if there will be signage for those people
going down Forbes looking for Point San Bruno.
City Manager Wilson stated there will be signage
in both directions.
M/S Datzman/Penna - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 63-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated the recommen-
dation from the City Attorney is to approve the
proposed Amendment to the Airport/Community
Roundtable MOU. He stated certain cities in San
Mateo County have expressed interest in joining the
Roundtable in order to participate in efforts to re-
duce aircraft noise.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated, in light of the previous
speaker he wanted to share with the general public
the provisions, and also Resolution No. 93-01. He
does not know who is going to make the report, but
would make comments after that.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated in December
1993, Resolution 93-01 was adopted to memorialize
the long standing policy of not shifting from one
community to another the noise when related to
aircraft operations at SFIO. The Roundtable will
continue to adhere to the policy set forth in Resolu-
tion 93-01 allowing new voting members will not
change the prior policies established, but would
allow the new cities, 1) to be represented and be-
come voting members of the Roundtable, agree to
comply with the original MOU and Amendment No.
I to the MOU, and 3) to contribute annual funding
to the Roundtable in the same amount as current city
members contribute or such additional funds as may
be recommended by the Roundtable. If Council
concurs with the proposed Amendment No. 2 chang-
es, as is recommended for this, would not change
the patterns or noise from one area to another.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated, at the 5/14/97 meeting
when Mr. Chinn, who has been retained by the
Airport as a coordinator for government relations.
He referred Council to page 47 of the minutes of
that particular meeting, pages 47 and 48, talking
about what it would take to make a lot of changes
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
4. Resolution - Continued.
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Page 7
with respect to the Roundtable in response to some
questions. That it would take a unanimous vote,
legal opinion says a majority vote carries, then the
item about Pacifica that was mentioned in Sunday's
paper as well. It goes on, Pacifica is opposing this
with the Roundtable for it was an experiment to
reroute over Pacifica that was conducted poorly,
where at 7,000' it slam dunked across Pacifica and
the bay at a high altitude. There were some changes
in arrivals over southerly cities as low as 3,500'
over Atherton. It goes on to say, FAA ruling is that
you cannot shift noise from one community to an-
other and that is set in stone. There is a problem in
the south that can be corrected. Why is that in
order to shift noise from Atherton they did run an
experiment so, how did that procedure occur when
there is no allowance of a noise shift, etc.
Councilman Yee explained: a year or so ago there
were a lot of planes coming from the far East during
the early evening hours to land at SFO, and that
caused a lot of concern for people in Atherton,
Menlo Park, Palo Alto and so forth; there are a lot
of pilots that live in the area, as well as sit on the
Roundtable; so there was a recommendation that
perhaps those planes coming at those hours could fly
high over the Pacific Ocean into Pacifiea, and over
the Bay and make a so-called slam dunk, they call it
a teardrop maneuver; this was thought to not impact
anyone coming over the Bay and into SFO and they
tried the experiment; this looked good on paper, but
in actuality it didn't work in Pacifica and caused a
lot of problems and the Roundtable ceased the ex-
periment; this was never intended to be a sol-
ution, so that created a great deal of concern with
the southern cities; so, they were performing their
own group of 8 or 10 cities for a Roundtable; so the
question was, should we have two Roundtables or
one so all the concerns can be in one large
Roundtable; there was a consensus during the dis-
cussion that the Roundtable would be more useful
than two Roundtables; there are 13 cities on the
Roundtable and it takes 7 votes as a majority to
change the policy; they already have 5 members
voting for the change and most of these people are
associated with the Airport and S.F. County and so
forth; we are all going to have concern about noise
and the operation at the Airport and should not
separate into two Roundtables for all of those con-
cerns should be addressed by one body; our goal is
to not have more noise than we already have and the
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
4. Resolution - Continued.
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Page 8
current MOU does not allow shifting of noise; there
are two choices - do not approve this amendment
and they form their own Roundtable, he recom-
mends approving the Amendment and be well repre-
sented on the Roundtable.
Vice Mayor Mullin noted this states that an
alternative member will be appointed to represent
the City, yet he once filled in for Councilman Yee.
Councilman Yee stated he is the representative and
the Mayor is the alternate if he could not attend a
meeting.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated Resolution 93-01, if there
was a move to change that, and he understood it
took a majority vote for the ability to eliminate the
policy of not shifting noise from one community to
another.
Councilman Yee stated the MOU with the Airport
has to change, but does not know the process.
City Manager Wilson stated it is a majority vote and
the concurrence of the Airport.
Discussion followed: letters received from Foster
City on this subject; the FAA has sole jurisdiction,
for they control air traffic because safety is of ut-
most concern; Councilman Penna reiterated concerns
from the last meeting that Millbrae is also impacted,
for 85% of all flights take off over the Bay with the
back roar into Millbrae, Burlingame and Hillsbor-
ough; his having served several years on the
Roundtable he is very familiar with the moves South
County has made in the past of trying to get onto the
Roundtable with the same reasons given, and it was
resisted at that time.
Councilman Penna related: the resistance is because
S.S.F., Pacifica and San Bruno are heavily impacted
by outgoing flights and we always felt that
Hillsborough, Burlingame, Millbrae and Foster City
are short a few votes, but if you add South County
cities in with their vote you suddenly have Menlo
Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside and Red-
wood City; then there is a substantial amount of
votes to make an imbalance which could influence a
political decision, this is his concern; his other
concern is that when you have people like Shirley
Temple Black, George Schultz, the Secretary of
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
4. Resolution - Continued.
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Page 9
State living in Portola Valley and Woodside there is
a great deal of influence that does take place in that
part of the County on policy having to do with the
Federal Government and the FAA, and for that
reason the Council has always resisted this in the
past; he does not see two Roundtables being estab-
lished without some sort of Airport input; he feels it
is not in our best interests to allow these cities to
come into the Roundtable because he thinks they are
there for just one specific reason and that is to elimi-
nate flights over their cities; the thought right now is
to raise the height that they come in from 6,000' to
7,000' and if done, it will eliminate the problem as
was done before, but now they are back to 6,000'
and the complaints are back; this is something the
FAA can handle with those cities and they do not
have to come into the Roundtable, for they are not
impacted as we are here and he cannot support this
resolution.
Councilman Datzman stated Mr. Moss did a good
job of describing the mixed blessing that comes with
having an Airport in the area, the kind of complex-
ity of the issues we are facing and why the
Roundtable was formed to begin with, and we know
the noise doesn't go away. The reason for Council-
man Yee's presence at those meetings is represent-
ing our citizens and our City's concerns and he
thought he did a good job a couple of weeks ago of
laying out a scenario that was helpful for him to
understand. It was for people to discuss the noise
issues and try to decide if we would be best served
by altering, and so forth. When the issue came up
of the cities to the south, and it is not a new issue, it
is real clear it is not going to go away. If they are
not allowed to participate in a Roundtable, he heard
clearly, then they go and form their own group and
start pressuring and we will have to have someone
sit in on that group to protect our interests in addi-
tion to the Roundtable meetings already occurring.
He knows there is a certain amount of risk, but it is
clear to him if we enlarge the Roundtable, listen to
their concerns, and then we can still represent our
own interests.
Councilman Penna stated they cannot form their own
group unless they have the sanction of the Airport,
and the Airport is not about to sanction another
group.
Councilman Yee stated the Airport sanctioned this
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
11.
Resolution - Continued.
Resolution of award of contract to Accutite Environ-
mental Engineering, in the amount of $132,871, as
the lowest responsible bidder for the remov-
al/replacement of underground storage tanks and a
budget amendment of $152,871 to authorize an addi-
tional contingency of $51,000 for contaminants. ,,fiD'8
A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONSTRUC-
TION CONTRACT TO ACCUTITE ENVIRON-
MENTAL ENGINEERING FOR THE REMOV-
AL/REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUND FUEL
TANKS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $132,871.00, APPROVING A PROJECT
BUDGET OF $152,871.00 AND AUTHORIZING
AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY IN THE
AMOUNT OF $51,000.00 TO BE USED IN THE
EVENT CONTAMINANTS ARE ENCOUNTERED
Resolution amending the Capital Improvement Pro-
gram Budget for the Junipero Serra Blvd. Tree and
Street Overlay Project in the amount of $300,000.00.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE
JUNIPERO SERRA BLVD. TREE AND STREET
OVERLAY PROJECT
amendment and if we are going to do anything we
should do it in a cooperative manner - not only with
the Airport, but with all the communities around us,
etc.
M/S Mullin/Datzman - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 63-97
Carried by majority roll call vote, Councilman
Penna voted no.
Vice Mayor Mullin felt this was a close call and this
was the right way to go.
Mayor Fernekes agreed, and stated we have been
pioneers in noise insulation in this County in a
cooperative effort with the Roundtable, the FAA and
the Airport.
Mayor Fernekes stated that the Company he works
for owns Accutite and he will not participate or vote
on the issue.
M/S Penna/Yee - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 64-97
Carried by majority voice vote, Mayor Fernekes
abstained on the item.
Councilman Yee cited his questions: how did the
process take place, because we already approved the
entire State Grading Project at the last meeting;
according to the staff report you asked for another
$250,000 which seems like a large number; when he
looks at that he says what happened, don't you look
at these before you go to bid; explain how you after
the award need this amount of money.
Director of Public Works Gibbs stated he decided
that the reconstruction go to the City limits on the
west side underneath the bridge. It was not included
and we felt it should and that is the additional resur-
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
11. Resolution - Continued.
12. Resolution amending the Capital Improvement Pro-
gram Budget for the Callan Blvd. Tree and Street
Overlay Project in the amount of $147,700.00. ,.~
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CAPITAL IM-
PROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE
CALLAN BLVD. TREE AND STREET OVERLAY
PROJECT
facing. He stated item one is a change order, item
two is for the removal of the trees, if you remember
some time back, March 12th, there was a presenta-
tion on the method of removing trees.
Councilman Yee asked who was going to remove
and replant the trees.
Director of Public Works Gibbs stated the contractor
will remove and replace the trees.
Discussion followed: what about the conduit; it is
from Avalon/Hickey Blvd.; Councilman Yee cited a
number of concerns - he is concerned that there is
only $16,000 different between the first and second
bid and a possible challenge, for after you awarded
the contract you changed the project significantly by
a quarter of a million dollars; if they had known you
were going to do that they may have been the low
bidder; he is not sure that is fair; he can understand
a change order is not unforeseen, for you could have
known all along and he is concerned for this is a
25 % change order before even starting the project;
his suggestion is to remove the last item be-
cause he believes they can get funding from TSM
rather than spend our money; the distance is way too
far from Hickey to King and you are not going to
get traffic through in a timely manner; he does not
know how you can incorporate less than a quarter of
a million dollars to Interstate for trees,
for they have to sub it out; he asked the City
Attorney if he understood his concerns.
City Attorney Mattas stated the change order is
within the permissible approach in percentages, but
if it's your desire to bid for a competitive quote then
he does understand, but the change order is 25% of
the contract and the numbers are within the scope.
With some projects there are change orders for
excavations and it is isolated and this is not changing
the object of the project.
Councilman Yee stated the reason he pulled Item 12
was because it deals with the trees also. He sug-
gested consolidating the tree project as one bid from
11 and 12. He also has the same concerns on the
change order and this gives him the impression these
things are not well thought out.
Director of Public Works Gibbs stated Interstate
would still be lower, based on the surface, but he
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12.
Resolution - Continued.
6/11/97
Page 12
can argue if you enlarge the second bid the second
bidder could bid differently. He stated this is the
right contractor, but item 2 and 3 could be consoli-
dated with Callan Blvd. that has a similar tree plant-
ing. He stated Councilman Yee was right for costs
were not included.
Councilman Yee stated he felt the City could proba-
bly go to bid on the tree project rather than go
through Interstate, for he is not a tree contractor.
Director of Public Works stated the only problem he
had with the suggestion, some of the trees have to
be removed before we rip up the street for the roots
have to be cut and that will be done based on Park
& Recreation. Some of the trees could fall over if
you remember the presentation.
Councilman Yee says he gives up.
Councilman Datzman stated he is hearing, like
anything else, there are a number of ways and the
City Attorney says this is proper, but he understands
that Councilman Yee has a different perspective.
Vice Mayor Mullin asked if the conduit and the pull
boxes are not items where Measure A monies can be
used. This is for potential signalization and where
will that be installed.
Director of Public Works Gibbs stated this request
came from the City Engineer and then the resurfac-
ing. The cost at this time will be considerably less
and Councilman Yee is correct there are probably
funds for it, but if we choose to use the funds that
may not be the case at that time.
Councilman Yee related: we have a number of
interconnections - El Camino and Spruce, use AB
funds and grant monies only if those streets are
qualified; it is hard for him to believe we need an
interconnection, for it's nothing more than traveling
from one end to the other where you don't stop; you
spend $43,000 to put it in and it is a waste of mon-
ey.
Councilman Datzman thought there was discussion
for future development between King Drive and
Hickey.
Councilman Yee stated this is nothing more than a
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12. Resolution - Continued.
RECESS:
RECALL TO ORDER:
PUBLIC HEARINGS
13.
Public Hearing - Consideration of Negative Declara-
tion ND-97-030 and General Plan Amendment GP-
97-030 deletion of freight forwarding and related uses
from the Planned Industrial land use category of the
East of 101 Area Plan; Public Hearing opened and
closed on 5/14/97 and continued to this date; Motion
to continue to the 6/25/97 meeting. 5'~ ~ ~
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING NEGATIVE DEC-
LARATION ND-97-030 AND APPROVING GEN-
ERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GP-97-030 AMEND-
ING THE EAST OF 101 AREA PLAN POLICY 5A
TO DELETE FREIGHT FORWARDING AS A USE
conduit between Avalon and King or Serramonte. If
we need it let's try to get grant funds for $43,000 is
a lot of money. If it is needed we can use the
shoulder area for it is not a big project and he does-
n't like to use money that will be sitting here for
another year.
Director of Public Works Gibbs stated maybe we
can leave this item off and report back on this item.
City Manager Wilson recommended that Council
proceed with the change order and not activate the
$43,000, because he thinks some good points were
raised.
M/S Penna/Mullin - To adopt the Resolution for the
Junipero Serra Blvd. Tree and Street Overlay Pro-
ject.
RESOLUTION NO. 65-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
M/S Yee/Datzman - To adopt the Resolution for the
Callan Blvd. Tree and Street Overlay Project.
RESOLUTION NO. 66-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Fernekes called a recess at 8:45 p.m.
Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at
9:00 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
M/S Penna/Datzman - To continue the item to
6/25/97.
Carried by majority voice vote, Mayor Fernekes did
not participate or vote on the item.
6/11/97
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AGENDA _ACIIQN TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Public Hearing - Continued.
CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANNED INDUSTRI-
AL LAND USE CATEGORY
14. Public Hearing - Extension, for a period of 10
months and 15 days, an ordinance prohibiting the
processing or approval of applications for use per-
mits, variances or other land use permits or zoning
entitlements for freight forwarding, warehouse and
distribution or related uses which may conflict with
proposed amendments to the East of 101 Area Plan
and the City General Plan; Conduct Public Hearing;
Motion to waive reading and adopt an urgency ordi-
nance that takes effect immediately; Motion to
approve report describing measures taken to alleviate
condition leading to adoption of interim ordinanc~/~
AN EXTENDED INTERIM URGENCY ORDI-
NANCE PROHIBITING THE PROCESSING AND
APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR USE PER-
MITS, VARIANCES OR OTHER LAND USE PER-
MITS OR ZONING ENTITLEMENTS FOR
FREIGHT FORWARDING OPERATIONS WHICH
MAY CONFLICT WITH PROPOSED AMEND-
MENTS TO THE EAST OF 101 AREA PLAN
15.
Public Hearing - Consideration of an appeal of the
Planning Commission denial of UP-97-012 and Miti-
gated Negative Declaration ND-97-012 to allow a
charter bus parking lot and vehicle washing area with
associated landscaping located at 119 So. Linden
Avenue in the M-1 Light Industrial Zone District in
accordance with S.S.F. Municipal Code Section
20.30.030(c) Asian American Charter/4C Contrac-
tors, Applicant, Jon Mead, Owner; Conduct Public
Hearing; Motion to deny the appeal and uphold the
decision of the Planning Commission.
(Councilman Penna Left the Podium Due to a Con-
flict of Interest).
PUBLIC HEARINGS
City Clerk Battaya read the title of the ordinance in
its entirety.
Mayor Pro Tem Mullin opened the Public Hearing.
Mayor Pro Tem Mullin closed the Public Hearing
when no one chose to speak.
M/S Yee/Datzman - To waive reading and adopt the
Urgency Ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 1204-97
Carried by majority voice vote, Mayor Fernekes did
not participate or take part in the vote.
Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing.
Chief Planner Harnish related: the applicant began
operating the business sometime prior to 1/10/97
without a use permit or business license; on January
10th a Code Enforcement Officer visited the site and
issued a cease and desist order after discovering that
construction was occurring without any building or
other required City permits; this was done with full
knowledge of the City's permit requirements; the
applicant and his representative met with staff as
early as November 1996, to discuss the City permit
requirments and necessary site improvements; de-
spite the clear understanding of the need to obtain
necessary approvals and permits, the applicant im-
proved the site and began operation of the business
without obtaining a single City permit or approval;
next was a stop order and the applicant continued to
carry out physical improvements and operate the
business; and the site was visited by Water Quality
Control Inspector Honan and staff, and the applicant
was informed about the requirement of the water
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
~. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
control and it is not determined whether or not the
construction complies with Code; the application for
the use permit was received in February, about a
month after the cease and desist order; after hearing
the testimony from the staff, the Planning Commis-
sion asked the applicant's contractor about the deci-
sion to go ahead without the permits, and was told it
was a business decision; based on the testimony, the
Commission determined this project was a parking
lot for charter vehicles and washing space; the Com-
mission was concerned that even though this use
would be permitted with the use permit there was
the disregard of the City's requirements and the
construction that took place, and there were no
inspections and some of it was underground or
covered up with no way of telling if it complied
with the Code and they denied the use; staff is
asking Council to uphold the Commission's denial of
the use permit; if Council thinks it is appropriate to
grant the appeal, then all of the conditions of ap-
proval in the Planning Commission staff report
should be imposed and four additional conditions -
that the current business ceases until all conditions
are complied with, the use permit be granted for a
period of 90 days and an extension be considered
following certification by staff and finally the
applicant reimburses the City for enforcement ac-
tions related to the project.
Mr. Lou Dell'Angela, Consultant, stated he was
hired to represent John Mead after the Planning
Commission meeting was held. He related: here is
a situation where you have a particular use that
meets the Zoning Ordinance; because of the actions
of a contractor the project proceeded ahead without
permits and the application was denied; he knows
what has to be done to comply with all of the City's
requirements and he has prepared an updated map
showing the improvements proposed for compliance;
the landscaping on the plan is substantial on the
property and is on close to 20% of the lot; Mr.
Mead's lease ran out in Burlingame and he found a
lot here, complied with the General Plan and hired a
general contractor and said this is what needs to be
done; the contractor went ahead and assured him it
could be done with minor penalties - which was a
drastic mistake; people hire contractors and put their
faith in them and trust that they are going to do the
right thing, and if they make mistakes you have to
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
3. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
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pay for it; he has been in contact with the contractor
and he was uncooperative and opinionated on what
has to be done; this use is a good use, a proper use
and he has a petition from the surrounding property
owners one of whom is Four Star Automotive; Mr.
Mead has every intention to make the changes the
City wants; they met with all City staff on all the
important things that had to be done - the storm-
water on the site had to be separate from the washer
in the rear, so we do not have wash water going into
the system; they met with Ray Honan on the capaci-
ty and worked the stormwater out on the plan and it
has been approved by Mr. Honan of the WQCP;
Mr. Mead has agreed to all the conditions of ap-
proval and is here to agree on the record that he will
make the necessary connections that need to be
made; the only modification they ask is in terms of
landscaping, if there should be a six foot strip along
the property line and he asked this be removed
because it backs up to a railroad and we have done
the landscaping that is most visible and is twice what
is required by the City; the second condition is there
should be an enclosure cover on the washing, but
for the purpose of maneuvering this condition it
makes that difficult, and a pneumatic valve is being
suggested as a substitute in lieu of the covering,
because the covering can prevent serious problems;
the third request is that Mr. Mead has been operat-
ing the utility system, which is not hooked up, and
there cannot be business until there is a water sys-
tem, but for all intents and purposes other than
landscaping, it is a completed lot; he asked the
Council to allow Mr. Mead, during the 90 day
period, to operate and the Council can be the judge
if he does not perform; this is a conforming and
permitted use and Mr. Mead is asking for another
chance by upholding the appeal and be allowed to
continue operations during the 90 days and go ahead
and get the improvements done so he can have an
on-going business; he stated the contractor acted as
Mr. Mead's agent, but not in a responsible way; a
pneumatic valve closes when buses are being washed
in the area, so the drainage goes into the
sanitary sewer and not the stormwater; if the top is
covered and not the side you will have water into
the stormwater drain, so the value may be more
effective and give more maneuverability around the
site; until there is rainwater on the site there will be
no business on the site; at the Commission meeting
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearings - Continued.
6/11/97
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it was said that the tandem spaces were not accept-
able, so they went out and restriped for the tandem;
one of the first things he did when he came in was
to talk to the contractor, for he is the source of the
problem; he asked for a site plan to show to staff
and make sure they are satisfied with the improve-
ments, and the contractor did not produce the plan
until the last moments; he is as frustrated with this
as staff, but that does not answer your question for
he has been jerked around by the contractor.
Discussion followed: Councilman Yee asked if a
plan could be circulated now; staff did not attempt
to pass it out, because they did not review it to
provide direction; Councilman Datzman asked if the
applicant filed a complaint on the contractor; the
contractor was very argumentative with Mr.
Dell'Angela; etc.
Mr. John Mead stated he is a resident home owner
in S.S.F., thanked the Council for hearing this
tonight and he was sorry to take up their time. He
related: Mr. Dell'Angela did point out that the staff
report did refer to the applicant being aware of
certain things, but he assures Council they are not
referring to him; he is a small businessman operat-
ing buses in the Bay Area and have no idea of what
goes on in these kinds of actions and never bought
property or dealt with a contractor; he thought this
was the contractors responsibility to get the permit;
he accepted responsibility, was swayed by the con-
tractor, and had no time to realize the severity; after
talking to the City Attorney, he called the contractor
and said something had to be done, and he indicated
this was not a problem for he has friends on the
Planning Commission; the staff report says he was
aware of the worse case scenario and he asked the
contractor once and he stated that you would have to
pay penalties and he said he had no problem with
that, but had no intention of completely disregarding
the City's process; if the Council allows his business
to operate in this City, he has every intention to
comply with whatever the City requires of him; in
response to Councilman Datzman, no he has not
filed any sort of complaint against the contractor,
for he is between a rock and a hard space and is still
in the middle of an open contract,, but considering
what has transpired he is considering it; there is
washing presently on the site; we temporarily
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
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site; we temporarily borrow a hose and borrow
water from Four Star; he told them they could use it
to spray on the windows, so yes we have been doing
it for a short time; there are used mops at the site;
etC.
Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing.
Discussion followed: Councilman Datzman noted,
the face sheet of the staff report, second paragraph
is testimony by staff at the hearing indicated that the
applicant began operating prior to January 10th
without a use permit or business license; a cease and
desist order was issued when it was discovered that
there was construction without any building permits,
the next line says this was done with full knowledge
of the City's requirements; Mike Rozzi and Ray
Honan visited the site, and the staff report said they
had conversation with Steve Carlson and Richard
Harmon; work was done on the public right-of-way
without permits and Mr. Rozzi red tagged him; Mr.
Rozzi stated he was at the site when Rich DeSanto
issued the citation; Mr. Rozzi stated the contractor
poured the apron going to the parking lot and there
was some steel; that would be the actual driveway
approach, on the City right-of-way from back of the
curb without an encroachment permit and he poured
all the way out to the sidewalk and we said stop; the
apron is all the way to the curb, a big piece of
concrete; Mr. Rozzi has an appointment with a
contractor adjacent to the site, he pulled up and he
was talking to Mr. Cory; Mr. Rozzi asked what they
were doing and said don't you think you need a
permit and Rich DeSanto came by and he asked him
to issue it; the concrete was not poured within the
right-of-way; after receiving the stop work order the
contractor poured concrete the following Saturday;
do we have storm drainage on the site; Mr. Honan
does not believe we do, when he talked to the con-
tractor in December for he was referred to him by
engineering and he gave him his requirements at that
time, and say you may have a problem with the
stormwater for to his knowledge there are not any
storm drains and did not know how he could con-
form the drainage for the nearest is on So. Linden
and Victory; the City Engineer has not seen the
latest plan; Mr. Honan stated the cover would mini-
mize the water into the sanitary sewer; an alternative
down at Oyster Point there is a transfer station and
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
Page 19
PUBLIC HEARINGS
they have an electric pneumatic valve and when it
rains the rain hits that and the valve turns and de-
faults to the storm drain system; it lets the first five
minutes of rainfall go into the separator, then into
the sewer and after that, it closes to the sanitary
sewer and all water goes to the storm drain system;
this can be done at some of our sites where they
don't have to have a cover; Councilman Datzman
reread the staff report on the decision to proceed
without permits; Councilman Yee does not see it
quoted that way in the minutes, and he was at that
particular Planning Commission meeting and that is
not his recollection, there is a tape but it was not
transcribed here; Mr. Mead was not at the Com-
mission meetings due to pressing matters he had to
attend to; first of all he looked at the letter and
interpreted it as a recommendation that the use
permit be approved and he still asked the contractor
if it was necessary to attend, because he had person-
al things to take care of, and he said no it was not
necessary; page 5 of the entire report, one of the
concerns was the impression that the decision to go
forward was made, but it was a business decision
and the applicant was not at the meeting and there
was no way to tell that the representative made
accurate comments; Vice Mayor Mullin did think
that Mr. Mead got blind sided by the contractor, but
there is a six month trail and you acknowledged a
number of events along the way; he read through
everything and there are all sorts of red tags and
stop orders, but did Mr. Mead ever sit down and
say he was being shafted by this guy; Councilman
Yee had not personally heard that, but as far as he
could tell at the Planning Commission meeting that
the only contact with Mr. Mead was early in the
process and the engineer represented him through all
of the rest of the contacts; Councilman Datzman was
also convinced of that, but there is still an illegal use
going on; he does not know where the water is
going and he is concerned about the culpability and
whether the work being done has rebar and meets
Code; Mr. Mead should go after his contractor; the
red flags should have tipped off staff that all is not
right and all the work has to be verified.
Discussion followed: Mayor Fernekes had problems
with the June 24th memo from Mr. DeSanto and a
day later Mr. Mead knew the problems and yet,
work was still proceeding; the contractor told Mr.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
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DeSanto on 1/10/97 on site that he was working on
permits and coming in; prior to the contact back of
curb to the asphalt portion at the gateline; on the
16th of January Mr. DeSanto checked to see if the
use permit had been activated and it had not; on
1/22/97, Mike Rozzi said this was a new driveway
on a Monday, and the driveway had been poured on
the weekend; Mr. DeSanto started working on a
letter in January and mailed it to the business
owner, as well as to the contractor, but there was no
response and then Mr. Corey, the contractor, did
call him on 2/4/97 to advise him he was still work-
ing on the plan and expected to get it in a couple of
days; so no other work has proceeded; the site is not
hooked up to the sanitary sewer; Mr. Mead did
apply for a business license and was told it would be
subject to the use permit and there was no use in
proceeding; it was filed a month ago, but previous
to that in November he was told it would be subject
to the use permit; Councilman Yee stated everyone
had the same emotion in reading the report - we
have to get even with this guy and show control, but
when you put emotions aside and deny it now - what
are you going to have there for there is no other
option, we have to make use of the property; City
Attorney Mattas stated, if Council denies it you will
authorize the commencing of an action to close the
operation down and go to Court, which we did in
the Christmas Tree operating without a license;
Councilman Yee stated Council has to deal with the
problem so it does not have to deal with it again; he
asked if Mr. Mead agreed with the conditions, other
than the three items identified earlier; Mr. Mead
stated he did; Councilman Yee recalled, the land-
scaping on the back Mr. Mead preferred not to
have, and to delete the covering for the wash area;
in lieu of that, approval of a pneumatic valve system
as staff recommended and a utility hookup; Mr.
Dell'Angela stated one of the things that engineering
wanted was the utility hookup and he wanted to
meet with engineering to see what they needed; his
other condition was to continue operating during the
improving process and continue to use the lot and
not be closed other than that John Mead will say he
is in full agreement with all conditions in the staff
report; City Attorney Mattas asked the owner to
state for the record his conditions including the
alternative conditions related to reimbursement; Mr.
Mead has not been told a number for reimbursement
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
6/11/97
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to the City; City Manager does not yet know the
enforcement amount; City Attorney stated the City
can only charge the reasonable charge, but quantify
the staff effort since the unlawful actions, but it will
be in the thousands of dollars for it involves his and
the Manager's time; Councilman Yee wants to go
with the staff recommendation for the 90 days and
report back to the Council to see progress on all the
items to be done; he wants to see the concrete drive-
way removed and replaced with the proper permits,
for clearly it was in violation when the inspector
went out there and stopped the work; his recommen-
dation included the 3 or 4 items from Mr.
Dell'Angela, the landscaping and covering included;
Councilman Datzman is finding difficulty with a
map presented tonight that was not reviewed by
staff, so unless staff changes its recommendation
then we should proceed and let the process take care
of itself; Councilman Yee does not want the City
Attorney to spend time in Court to stop Mead's
operation, for eventually we have to deal with the
problem tonight or two months from now, so give
him 90 days and get all these facts strengthened out
rather than deal again with the permit for this is
only a parking lot and realizes Mr. Mead did wrong;
etc.
Director of Economic & Community Development
Van Duyn related: he did recommend that the
project was consistent with the General Plan at that
time; when the matter went before the Planning
Commission and all the violations were noted there
was no reasonable way to approve this; staff recom-
mendation is to see this appeal denied and in the
denial to cease/desist this operation, refile the appli-
cation and go through the proper permits like any-
one else submitting this application in consistence
with City requirements; would go through the de-
partment procedures that would accomplish what
Councilman Yee is talking about and still bring the
project up to a standard; give the opportunity to
review the plans, make sure all the assurances for
the conditions for compliance and necessary utility
hookups are correct and have them in some sort of
guaranty and heard by the Planning Commission and
it can be approved there and doesn't have to come
back to Council provided all the assurances
have been made and complied with and the hearing
is conducted properly; that is staff's recommendation
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
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and we are prepared to stand by it this evening.
Councilman Yee asked, wouldn't the 90 days do the
same thing for you.
City Attorney Mattas related: the critical issue on
the 90 days is whether or not you allow them to
continue to operate during the 90 day period until
such time as they have satisfied all the permit re-
quirements, and he understood that to be Mr.
Dell'Angela's request - to be allowed to continue to
operate while it is proceeding, his opinion, from the
standpoint of ultimate conclusion of this issue is if
the Council was to go with the staff recommendation
of not allowing them to operate until such time as
the conditions have been brought into place and they
are satisfied, then that would accomplish the goal in
the Director of Economic Development's statement
that he should not be allowed to operate until such
time as he has all permits in hand, but it would also
forego the additional steps that would be incumbent
upon going to court and getting an order directing
him not to operate, if in fact he doesn't voluntarily
choose to operate; if this Council denies the applica-
tion he shouldn't be operating at all tomorrow, the
operations should cease automatically because there
are no permits, he has exhausted all of his adminis-
trative rights and it would be a blatant violation if he
should be in operation tomorrow; he believes there
is merit in Councilman Yee's contention that if ulti-
mately the Council believes that a properly con-
structed and authorized use out there is an appro-
priate land use, then staff's recommendation, includ-
ing cessation of use out there, accomplishes that
goal.
Councilman Yee related: two options the Council
should take unless Councilman Datzman Changes his
position - deny the permit and let the applicant go
back and start from zero, stop business until he gets
a permit which could mean a month, and he hates to
see that he is responsible for him not operating a
business even though he is responsible for the prob-
lems; nevertheless, he has a local business in town
and we all know this business is going to take place
in town; he does not see the Planning Commission
in the future denying it, or us too, for this is the
right kind of use for the area; or we can go with the
City Attorney's suggestion until he gets a permit
which could be months in which he would be with
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pUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
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out a business.
Mr. Mead stated, closing him down for 90 days
would create an extreme hardship, for it is his ob-
jective to run his business in compliance with City
Codes; it will be hard to find a facility because it
took him years to find this one.
Councilman Datzman reiterated the process which
could be started tomorrow morning, and he has a
problem with that process being short circuited.
Councilman Yee asked, can we allow the applicant
to continue the use on the site and come back to
Council with all the conditions, say within 30 or 60
days, so we don't have to get into the cease and
desist.
Director of Economic & Community Development
Van Duyn stated, this use has been out there since
January as a business in full operation without the
necessary permits or approvals, now part of the
recommendation of the Planning Commission and
staff is there is not a lot of compliance issues as
pointed out, and the land issue has substantial merit,
but there is extensive staff time in running this thing
down; maybe it's $1,000 or $2,000 of staff's time
here, but this man can comply within two weeks;
the net effect of that is operating the business with-
out a hookup and he has to vacate the premises
potentially to bring the project up to Code; so, the
total penalty for starting a business and running that
business in this City without permits illegally is a
two week suspension of his businesses; we have
code enforcement, street inspectors, sanitary sewer
inspectors, City Manager, two City Attorneys,
planning staff and others dealing with this issue --
and then only have a two week suspension; that
doesn't seem to be much of a penalty, so what will
prevent someone else from doing the same thing; he
thinks if Mr. Mead had a proper contractor it could
be done in two weeks, and he brings it into compli-
ance within 90 days, which is the alternative recom-
mended from staff.
Motion by Councilman Datzman - To deny the
appeal and uphold the Planning Commission denial
of UP-97-010.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
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City Attorney Mattas made a clarification, based on
findings that are equal to those adopted by the Plan-
ning Commission that are in your packet and also on
the testimony heard tonight.
Motion failed for lack of a Second.
Motion by Vice Mayor Mullin - For the alternate
Motion set out on page 2 of the staff report that will
include cessation of business until all the appropriate
permits are obtained, that the use permit be granted
for a period of 90 days to come back for review (I
presume by the Planning Commission, in substantial
conformity -- sorry, by the Council). That the
applicant reimburse the City for all the enforcement
costs incurred and he is not sure that would neces-
sarily be the case if this is denied and if a new
process is begun. Also that the work done, particu-
larly with the illegal concrete apron and access into
the City right-of-way be curb cut or cut to, or what-
ever the process would be to determine that it meets
City standards, and City Codes rather than up and
pour a new one; and the map that has been forward-
ed to the City be verified for consistency and the
rear set-back area landscaping could be deleted; that
the pneumatic valve, assuming that staff finds that to
be an adequate measure to prohibit additional storm
water entering the sanitary sewer system and the
other appropriate water related issues be properly
addressed.
Mayor Fernekes Seconded the Motion.
Councilman Yee asked, what about the continued
use of the property.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated that is not part of his
Motion, the operation ceases until they comply - as
short or as long as it takes, probably shorter if he
gets another contractor.
Councilman Yee asked, does compliance mean
physically all the work done or just get the plans
done.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated his Motion would include
whatever the standard procedures of the departments
are to indicate compliance.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
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City Attorney Mattas stated, it would have to be
physically done and approved by a City inspector.
Councilman Yee noted that is going to be a long,
long time. He questioned, if this Motion passes
how do you proceed with the stop operation.
City Attorney Mattas stated, if we are advised by
code enforcement tomorrow that they continue to
operate then we would seek a temporary restraining
order because they would be operating in violation
of the approval of the Council and would ask the
Court to order them to stop operating.
He asked the Motion maker to approve the Negative
Declaration as part of the Motion, and secondly ask
that the applicant State for the record his concur-
rence to the conditions posed in the Motion.
Vice Mayor Mullin amended his Motion to include
the Negative Declaration.
Mr. Mead stated he will comply with those require-
ments.
Councilman Yee asked Mr. Mead, you concur with
the Motion that you will stop operation tomorrow
and will continue to stop your operation until you
complete all the improvements.
Mr. Mead stated he could see a possibility of his
complying with that, but his question is whether he
could leave his vehicles that are not going to operate
in the facility and go ahead and take out vehicles
that he does intend to operate and store somewhere
else, at another location.
City Attorney Mattas stated the Motion would have
to be amended to permit vehicles, unused, to stay on
the premises.
Vice Mayor Mullin stated he would be willing to
amend his Motion, for the second time, to allow the
storage of non-operational vehicles not subject to
verification or the permit process. That amendment
is not in any way to infer that there would be any
operation on that site. The business in effect would
cease until all permitting was met by the logistics of
storing non use vehicles.
AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
5. Public Hearing - Continued.
ouncilman Penna Returned to the Podium.
16.
Public Hearing - Consideration of ordering assess-
ments for fiscal year 1997-98 for the West Park l&2
Parks and Parkways Maintenance District; Conduct
Public Hearing; adopt resolution.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ENGINEER'S RE-
PORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESS-
MENT, ORDERING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 FOR THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO WEST PARK 1 AND 2
PARKS AND PARKWAYS MAINTENANCE DIS-
TRICT
17. Public Hearing - Consideration of ordering assess-
ments for fiscal year 1997-98 for West Park 3 Parks
and Parkways Maintenance District; conduct Public
Hearing; adopt resolution.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Mayor Fernekes Seconded the two amended Mo-
tions.
Discussion followed: Councilman Datzman stated
he heard that the applicant will pay for all enforce-
ment costs - he asks up to where, if the applicant
changes his mind about paying those costs. The
City Attorney stated it is in the thousands of dollars
and may very well be $10,000-$20,000, he does not
know the costs which staff will tabulate and if he
fails to pay it, it will go against the property as a
lien and in violation of their use permit and would
not be able to begin operation and that is part of the
penalty of not obtaining the proper permits. The
City Manager stated the enforcement costs will be
prepared within a couple of days; the charges are
due and payable before they commence their busi-
Bess.
Carried by majority roll call vote, Councilman
Datzman voted no, and Councilman Penna ab-
stained.
Councilman Penna returned to the podium at 11:00
p.m.
Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing.
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Ser-
vices Nagel stated bonds were issued for these
three assessment districts for a payback in the year
2001. He stated there are no increases in the three
assessments and this one remains at $54.00 per
parcel and is exempt from Proposition 218 because
it is a payback.
Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing.
M/S Yee/Penna - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 67-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing.
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Ser-
vices Nagel stated this assessment remains at
$60.00 per parcel.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7. Public Hearing - Continued.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ENGINEER'S RE
PORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESS-
MENT, ORDERING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 FOR THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO WEST PARK 3 PARKS
AND PARKWAYS MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
18.
Public Hearing - Consideration of ordering assess-
ments for fiscal year 1997-98 for Willow Gardens
Parks and Parkways Maintenance District; Conduct
Public Hearing; adopt resolution. ,5'~'
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ENGINEER'S RE-
PORT, CONFIRMING DIAGRAM AND ASSESS-
MENT, ORDERING LEVY OF ASSESSMENT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 FOR THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO WILLOW GARDENS
PARKS AND PARKWAYS MAINTENANCE DIS-
TRICT
DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
19.
Resolution requesting San Mateo County Board of
Supervisors use the San Marco County Flood Control
District as the funding mechanism to support the
County-wide NPDES General Program. ~'0 ~ '7
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THAT THE
SAN MATEO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DIS-
TRICT IMPOSE CHARGES FOR FUNDING
COUNTY-WIDE NATIONAL POLLUTION DIS-
CHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) GEN-
ERAL PROGRAM
20.
Resolution approving the Scavenger Franchise Agree-
mem. 3"~. ~-'7
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT
FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL FAA SOLID
WASTE BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO AND SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
SCAVENGER COMPANY AND AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing.
M/S Penna/Mullin - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 68-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing.
Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Ser-
vices Nagel stated the cost per parcel of this
District is $230.00 per parcel.
Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing.
M/S Penna/Mullin - to adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 69-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Mr. Ray Honan, WQCP, stated the rate is the same
as FY 1996-97 and we are now in the 5th year of
the Program.
Councilman Yee asked staff to investigate another
alternative because there is going to be a new pro-
gram that perhaps we can do ourselves.
M/S Yee/Penna - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 70-97
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Continued to 6/25/97, by the City Manager under
Agenda Review.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ]2.~--
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Motions to waive readings and introduce ordinances
on junk collectors. ~'2 Z-~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.16 OF
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.28 OF
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO RECYCLABLE MATERI-
ALS
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.16 OF
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO BUSINESS LICENSE TAX-
ES PAYABLE BY PRIVATE RECYCLING
AGENTS
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.56 OF
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO PRIVATE RECYCLING
AGENTS
Motion to waive reading and introduce an ordinance
on nuisance abatement. ,5'2.'/
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 8.26 TO
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO ABATEMENT OF NEIGH-
BORHOOD NUISANCES
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
23. Resolution opposing passage of AM 158 on
cardrooms. ,5-/
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING PASSAGE OF AB
158 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE
GOOD AND WELFARE
ADJOURNMENT:
LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Continued to 6/25/97, by the City Manager under
Agenda Review.
Continued under Agenda Review by the City Man-
ager.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
Mayor Fernekes asked that Item 23 be continued
under Agenda Review.
GOOD AND WELFARE
No one chose to speak.
M/S Mullin/Datzman - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 11:10 p.m.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
R___ESPECTFULLY SUBMITI'ED,
APPROVED.
~ya, City Cl~rk~~
City of South San Francisco
Joseph A. Fernekes, Mayor
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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