HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1998-07-21Mayor Eugene R. Mullin
Council:
James L. Datzman
Joseph A. Fernekes
Karyl Matsumoto
John R. Penna
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
July 21, 1998
S___P E C ! A k MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
JULY 21, 1998
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 Tuesday, the 21st day of July 1998, at
7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION
PRESENTATIONS
· Aircraft Noise Insulation Program Bi-annual Newsletter and Program Status
AGENDA REVIEW
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY FORUM
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of 6/24/98, Regular Meeting of 7/8/98 and Special
Meeting of 7/15/98.
Motion to confirm expense claims of 7/21/98.
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Motion to adopt an ordinance regulating movie making and activities in the City of S.S.F.
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 6.94 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO ESTABLISHING FEES, DEPOSITS, CHARGES AND PROCEDURES WITH
RESPECT TO MOVIE MAKING AND FILM PERMITS
Resolution rejecting one bid received for construction of the Americans with Disabilities Act Play Area
Renovations at City Hall play area, Siebecker Center, Clay Avenue Park, and Francisco Terrace play area
and authorize the City to readvertise for bids on this project.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REJECTION OF A BID RECEIVED FOR THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT PLAY AREA RENOVATIONS PROJECT/PHASE II AND AUTHORIZING
STAFF TO READVERTISE FOR BIDS ON THIS PROJECT
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Motion to approve plans and specifications and authorize advertisement for bids for the 1998-1999 Street
Resurfacing Project.
7/21/98
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
CONSENT CALENDAR
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to be the authorizing agent to execute all State and Federally
funded grant applications.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT, EXECUTE AND CARRY
OUT ALL STATE AND FEDERALLY FUNDED GRANT APPLICATIONS AND/OR GRANT-BASED
AGREEMENTS
Motion to accept the Hillside Blvd. Signal Installation Project as complete in accordance with plans and
specifications.
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Resolution authorizing an agreement with EQE International to provide a Seismic Vulnerability, Risk and
Reliability Assessment for the Wastewater system for an estimated cost of $80,000.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH
EQE INTERNATIONAL, INC. TO PROVIDE A SEISMIC VULNERABILITY, RISK AND RELIABILI-
TY ASSESSMENT FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Resolution awarding the construction contract for underground fuel tanks Phase II to Acutite Environmen-
tal Engineering in an amount not to exceed $126,000.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $126,000 TO ACCUTITE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FOR THE REMOVAL/
REPLACEMENT OF UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS - PHASE II
10.
Resolution approving the Oyster Point Widening right-of-way acquisition with RWL Investments, Inc.,
335 Oyster Point Blvd. settlement agreement with RWL Investments, and authorize the City Manager to
sign the Certificate of Acceptance.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH RWL INVESTMENTS,
INC. AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE CERTIFICATE OF ACCEP-
TANCE
11.
Resolution authorizing acceptance of a $10,000 grant from the San Francisco Foundation and a follow-up
proposal for an additional grant to support the development of the Community Learning Center.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A $10,000 GRANT AWARD FROM THE SAN
FRANCISCO FOUNDATION AND THE SUBMITTAL OF A FOLLOW-UP PROPOSAL TO THE
FOUNDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL GRANT TO SUPPORT
DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER
12.
Resolution authorizing an agreement with A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. to provide services as managing
underwriter for future bond and assessment district financing.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH A.
G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC. TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY AS THE MANAGING 14
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
CONSENT CALENDAR
12. Resolution - Continued.
UNDERWRITER FOR FUTURE BOND AND ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FINANCING
13. Resolution amending the City's list of Conflict of Interest filing statements.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE LIST OF DESIGNATED POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE TO ADD THE POSITIONS OF
PROJECT READ DIRECTOR, LIBRARY PROGRAM MANAGER, CAPITAL PROJECT COORDINA-
TOR, MANAGER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS,
RECREATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND
ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR
14. Resolution approving interim funding for the Conference Center.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING INTERIM FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 FOR THE SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE CENTER
15.
Motion to approve the design of the proposed parking lot No. 14, and adopt a resolution approving the
property at 432 Baden Avenue to be included within the boundary of Parking District No. 1.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDING THE PROPERTY AT 432 BADEN AVENUE TO PARKING
DISTRICT #1
16.
Motion to direct staff on the Transit Occupancy Tax allocation for the San Mateo County Convention &
Visitors Bureau.
17. Resolution authorizing the second amendment to the BBN Technologies Agreement.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE CONTRACT WITH BBN TECHNOL-
OGIES TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT BY $10,000 AND AMENDING THE 1998-99
OPERATING BUDGET (NO. 99-2)
PUBLIC HEARINGS
18.
Public Hearing - Consideration of changes to the Master Fee schedule for charges for various departments
in the City; Public Hearing opened 6/24/98 and continued, Motion to continue the Public Hearing to
8/12/98.
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE
19.
Public Hearing - to consider ND 98-004, GPA 98-004, RZ 98-004, PUD 98-004 and SA 98-004,
Southpark/Kaiser Foundation, Summerhill Homes, to adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, to amend
the General Plan Land use designation of the site from Planned Industrial to Medium Density Residential,
to reclassify the site from Planned Industrial (P-I) Zoning District to Medium Density Residential (R-2-H)
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
19. Public Hearing - Continued.
Zoning District, to adopt a Planned Unit Development allowing exceptions from City development
standards including reduced lot size and rear setbacks, and to adopt a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map
allowing the development of 153 dwellings and common area, situated at a site bounded by West Orange
Avenue, Railroad Avenue and the future North Canal Street extension, in accordance with the Municipal
Code Titles 19 and 20; Open Public Hearing, Motion to continue the Public Hearing to 8/12/98.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
20.
Resolution of award of contract to RGW Construction in an amount not to exceed $3,382,198, as the
lowest responsible bidder, for the Oyster Point Widening Project, and amend the CIP budget in the
amount of $200,000.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,382,198 TO
RGW CONSTRUCTION FOR THE OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD WIDENING PROJECT AND
AMENDING THE 1997-98 CAPITAL IMPROVING PROJECT BUDGET (NO. 98-25) TO ADD
$200,000 TO THE OYSTER POINT WIDENING PROJECT
21.
Motion to direct staff in regard to the public concerns at Airport Blvd. Landscape/Streetscape improve-
ments at Butler Ave./Airport Blvd. intersection.
22. Resolution authorizing Amendment No. 3 to agreement with Tillo for sewage sludge disposal treatment.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT SLUDGE REMOVAL WITH THE TILLO PRODUCTS COMPANY
23.
Motion to direct staff to solicit homeowners, on two City streets to install speed humps on a six month
trial period.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
GOOD AND WELFARE
CLOSED SESSION
24. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54957.6, labor negotiations for the Fire Department.
ADJOURNMENT
July 23, 1998
City of South San Francisco
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
_.ALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
(Cassette No. 1)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
INVOCATION:
PRESENTATIONS
Aircraft Noise Insulation Program Bi-Annual Newsletter
and Program Status
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7:35 p.m. Mayor Mullin presiding.
Council Present:
Council Absent:
Datzman, Fernekes, Matsumoto,
Penna and Mullin.
None.
The Pledge was recited.
A minister was not in attendance.
PRESENTATIONS
Project Manager Valkenaar related: a July 1998
issue of the ANIP Status Update has been mailed to
the owner of every qualified residential dwelling unit
that has not yet been included in the program; 91%
of single family home owners are participating in the
program; owners of 425 homes have declined to
participate for various reasons; there are 955
townhomes covered under the MOU; there are 719
condominium units covered under the MOU; there
are 1,206 living units in multi-family buildings that
are covered under the MOU; etc.
Councilman Penna related: on 6/20/98 a plane
flying over the City had engine problems, there
were three loud bangs, it dropped, then gained
altitude and returned to the Airport; he asked for a
report from the City Manager's Office of what took
place; the only report came on 7/13/98 which was
three weeks after and said it was an engine problem
with a United 747 plane; although the Airport was
contacted several times they are not able to give any
more information.
He wants to know three things: 1) What was the
flight path back to the Airport; 2) If fuel was
dumped, the elevation and did it continue to drop or
level off; 3) and at what elevation it missed San
Bruno Mountain.
Program Manager Valkenaar stated Christine, from
the Manager's Office, has been investigating this
and called him. He stated that the pops were like a
back fire on a car, with the engine shut down the
airplane did not drop or flip, so they aim for the
lowest elevation which is through the gap using the
RESENTATIONS
AGENDA
7/21/98
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ACTION TAKEN
PRESENTATIONS
standard landing patterns of the aircraft, for they do
not go over San Bruno Mountain because of the high
elevation.
Councilman Penna thanked Mr. Valkenaar for the
report. He said his concern was that several months
ago, at a quarter to nine in the morning on East
Grant Avenue, he saw a Delta plane attempt to land
and came up with its nose down, three seconds later
a 757 was heading for him. So, he went to the
Office and they said it did not happen, and he called
Ron Wilson and he said it did not happen. Yet
knows the Airport can track everything going in and
out, because they know the flight patterns. They tell
him it never happened, yet he is positive he and two
others saw it take off but not land. He asked Coun-
cil to direct the City Manager to write a letter on the
part of the Council requesting all incidents for the
last five years be reported to this Council, for a shut
down engine could have an affect on the health and
safety, and this City should be informed of any such
incidents. The Airport could call the incidents into
the Police Dept. advising us with that kind of infor-
mation so we as a Council would be able to better
represent our constituents and the EIR that is being
or is going to be circulated.
Discussion followed: is a newsletter sent to homes
not participating in the ANIP Program; no, but he
does send out mailings in response to questions;
what percentage of the homes are not subject to
insulation; Mr. Valkenaar knows there are 7,000
residents covered, but he does not know what
the percentages are; the rational for owners choosing
not to have their homes insulated; early in the pro-
gram owners were concerned about the rights they
were giving up, but some have come back and
signed up; the duel paned windows are the greatest
benefit; some are absent owners and don't care or
feel they will not be living here or involved in the
house to make it worthwhile; some have legal prob-
lems with the title; Mayor Mullin believed what
Councilman Penna saw is true, but it simply takes
a longer time to see altitude and the engine is
laboring, but he understands they can fly with one
RESENTATIONS
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ACTION TAKEN
PRESENTATIONS
or two engines going; he experienced seeing one
that he thought was going to land in his chimney
and it took months to get an answer as to the
details, and to this date he has not had a res-
ponse; he agrees there should be some kind of data
analysis of incidents we receive in a timely manner;
he will work with the City Attorney for some better
reporting procedures; if there was a landing at the
maintenance base there should be a record of that;
there is a meeting next week with the consultant and
we can ask for information; etc.
Mr. Ted Skybol, 16 First Lane, questioned: is there
a map of the areas being insulated, for obviously he
is out of the area; he at one time looked out the rear
window and saw a jet just miss a second story build-
ing; he knows that when it is foggy, the planes are
loud.
Mayor Mullin asked Mr. Skybol to give his name
and address to Mr. Valkenaar, who will get back to
him on the footprint map and other information on
CNEL levels.
Mr. Gary Linkey stated he lives in Mayfair Village
on So. Magnolia, and has had occasion to be
retrofitted. The Council asked why they refused to
have windows, well when they put in his, he had a
broken ledge, but the workmanship was unprofes-
sional and had nothing but arguments with it. They
are not cleaning the old and are putting in caulking
over old caulking, without supervision and are told
to get in and out. He did talk to someone by the
name of Gorman, for when they could not find
access holes they just sprayed it in, it did not match
and it was a joke. People are going to have trouble
because they are only putting a little caulking. He
had it done a year ago, and you ask why people
don't want it done and that is the reason for the peo-
ple doing it are not qualified people.
Mr. Necati Ergur stated he wanted to come over
here and confess something, for he got involved
with other cities and realized the wonderful things
you are doing. He confronted the Council last year,
~ESENTATIONS
AfiENDA
AGENDA REVIEW
Assistant City Manager Moss Requested:
- Remove Item No. 14 and hear it under Administrative
Business.
~XRAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMI'UFEE REPORTS
7/21/98
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ACTION TAKEN
PRESENTATIONS
and the City employees are doing a wonderful job.
Mayor Mullin instructed Mr. Valkenaar to respond
between now and the next meeting on the Mayfair
Village, and perhaps tell him the number of com-
plaints, who supervises the jobs and if that contrac-
tor is doing other areas, the level of satisfaction,
because we do use a number of contractors.
Mr. Valkenaar responded: each phase is bid and
there has been more than one contractor; and he will
bring information to the next meeting.
AGENDA REVIEW
So ordered.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one chose to speak.
COMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMITTEE RE-
PORTS
Councilwoman Matsumoto related: the Arts Com-
mission noted there are no art scholarships after
checking with the high schools, and will be offering
three a year for the art schools; the Grand Avenue
mural is on hold and the next Cultural Arts show
will be on Nov. 13-15th; she attended the Legisla-
tive Committee of the Council of Cities; they have
concluded their meetings for the year based on the
legislature's time table; and some meetings have
come to a halt; a letter to the Times posing the
possible reduction of the vehicle license tax to
city government; a letter was received from the
Council of Cities asking the Council to write
Senator Kopp, thanking him for his support on this
Assembly Bill; she heard on the news that welfare
people are being removed from the roll by 50% dt~e
to the aggressive programs the County Agencies
have initiated - she asked for figures on how
that impacts our residents.
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
dOMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMITtEE REPORTS
7/21/98
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COMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMITTEE RE-
PORTS
Mayor Mullin stated he would write the letter to
Senator Kopp.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated the Office just
received documentation on the issues involving
welfare.
Councilman Fernekes related: A Day In the Park is
on 9/19/98; the Subcommittee consists of he and
Vice Mayor Datzman; they are meeting with staff on
a regular basis and now have funding; it will be
from 10:00 to 4:00 at Orange Park and preceding it
is a pancake breakfast put on by the police and
firefighters; there will be 200 booths, rather than the
135 last year in Orange Park.
Mayor Mullin stated it is also the 90th birthday of
the City's incorporation.
Councilman Penna related: he and Councilwoman
Matsumoto attended a cultural event, a summer
symphony; it had a jazz band and the San Jose
Symphony and Roberta Flack was fantastic; he
thought it would be great to get some musicians as
part of a Cultural Arts event or at the Day in the
Park or other cultural event in the City.
Vice Mayor Datzman related: last Monday,
7/13/98, there was a presentation on water trans-
portation at Oyster Point before the Transportation
Task Force which was well received; there was a
local meeting with 30 representatives and key busi-
ness people; there will be three more meetings and
then have a report for the Council, and are hopeful
we will have a successful project.
Mayor Muilin told the audience that the Summerhill
item was being postponed to 8/12/98, however, the
regular meeting of 8/12/98 will probably be moved
to 8/11/98 which will be amply noticed.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated the Director of
Economic & Community Development will take the
names and addresses of people in the audience to
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
~'OMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of
6/24/98, Regular Meeting of 7/8/98 and Special
Meeting of 7/15/98.
2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 7/21/98.
Motion to adopt an ordinance regulating movie mak-
ing and activities in the City of S.S.F. ..~[ {e-/
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 6.94 TO
THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ESTABLISHING FEES,
DEPOSITS, CHARGES AND PROCEDURES WITH
RESPECT TO MOVIE MAKING AND FILM PER-
MITS
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Resolution rejecting one bid received for construction
of the Americans with Disabilities Act Play Area
Renovations at City Hall play area, Siebecker Center,
Clay Avenue Park, and Francisco Terrace play area
and authorize the City to readvertise for bids on this
project. .5"t9~9
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REJECTION
OF A BID RECEIVED FOR THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT PLAY AREA RENO-
VATIONS PROJECT/PHASE II AND AUTHORIZ-
7/21/98
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COMMUNITY FORUM/SUBCOMMITTEE RE-
PORTS
notify them of the Summerhill meeting.
He stated he wanted to commend the Unified School
District Board that on Thursday agreed to go along
with the City to combine the Alta Loma play field
with the new Alta Loma park, a recreational park to
service the entire area and make room at the adult
school site for parking for the library and to allow
negotiations for leasing the rear portion of the
Spruce Gym for the Community Learning Center
adjacent to the Children Center; and close to the
original Kaiser and the City's complex. They have
continued to demonstrate and it benefits everyone
because the two Boards are working in concert.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Approved.
Approved in the amount of $2,205,164.64.
ORDINANCE NO. 1225-98
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilmember Matsumoto.
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
IONSENT CALENDAR
4. Resolution - Continued.
lNG STAFF TO READVERTISE FOR BIDS ON
THIS PROJECT
Motion to approve plans and specifications and autho-
rize advertisement for bids for the 1998-1999 Street
Resurfacing Project. _~O ~t~
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to be the
authorizing agent to execute all State and Federally
funded grant applications. 3"'0
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO SUBMIT, EXECUTE AND CARRY
OUT ALL STATE AND FEDERALLY FUNDED
GRANT APPLICATIONS AND/OR GRANT-
BASED AGREEMENTS
Motion to accept the Hillside Blvd. Signal Installation
Project as complete in accordance with plans and
specifications. ~'t~ ~'
Resolution authorizing an agreement with EQE Inter-
national to provide a Seismic Vulnerability, Risk and
Reliability Assessment for the Wastewater system for
an estimated cost of $80,000. ~O'~ 7
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT
WITH EQE INTERNATIONAL, INC. TO PRO-
VIDE A SEISMIC VULNERABILITY, RISK AND
RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THE
WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Resolution awarding the construction contract for
underground fuel tanks Phase II to Acutite Environ-
mental Engineering in an amount not to exceed
$126,000.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$126,000 TO ACCUTITE ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING FOR THE REMOVAL/REPLACE-
MENT OF UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS -
7/21/98
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CONSENT CALENDAR
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Mayor Mullin.
RESOLUTION NO. 90-98
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilmember Matsumoto.
RESOLUTION NO. 91-88
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Mayor Mullin.
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
~'ONSENT CALENDAR
9. Resolution - Continued.
10.
PHASE II
Resolution approving the Oyster Point Widening
right-of-way acquisition with RWL Investments, Inc.,
335 Oyster Point Blvd. settlement agreement with
RWL Investments, and authorize the City Manager to
sign the Certificate of Acceptance. ~-I J {o
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SETTLE-
MENT AGREEMENT WITH RWL INVEST-
MENTS, INC. AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO SIGN THE CERTIFICATE OF
ACCEPTANCE
11. Resolution authorizing acceptance of a $10,000 grant
from the San Francisco Foundation and a follow-up
proposal for an additional grant to support the devel-
-- opment of the Community Learning Center. ~ [2.-Z>
12.
13.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE
OF A $10,000 GRANT AWARD FROM THE SAN
FRANCISCO FOUNDATION AND THE SUBMIT-
TAL OF A FOLLOW-UP PROPOSAL TO THE
FOUNDATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL GRANT
TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE
COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER
Resolution authorizing an agreement with A. G.
Edwards & Sons, Inc. to provide services as man-
aging underwriter for future bond and assessment
district financing. ,~q-~ 7 7
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH
A. G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC. TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THE CITY AS THE MANAGING
UNDERWRITER FOR FUTURE BOND AND AS-
SESSMENT DISTRICT FINANCING
Resolution amending the City's list of Conflict of
Interest filing statements. ~6-~ ~
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE LIST OF DES-
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CONSENT CALENDAR
RESOLUTION NO. 92-98
RESOLUTION NO. 93-98
RESOLUTION NO. 94-98
RESOLUTION NO. 95-98
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
~ONSENT CALENDAR
13. Resolution - Continued.
IGNATED POSITIONS FOR THE CITY OF
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO'S CONFLICT OF IN-
TEREST CODE TO ADD THE POSITIONS OF
PROJECT READ DIRECTOR, LIBRARY PRO-
GRAM MANAGER, CAPITAL PROJECT COOR-
DINATOR, MANAGER OF HOUSING AND COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR OF
PARKS, RECREATION AND MAINTENANCE
SERVICES, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURC-
ES, AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR
14. Resolution approving interim funding for the Confer-
ence Center. .:~1 2. c~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING INTERIM
FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 FOR THE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE CEN-
TER
Motion to approve the design of the proposed parking
lot No. 14, and adopt a resolution approving the
property at 432 Baden Avenue to be included within
the boundary of Parking District No. 1. ~"c~ ~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING ADDING THE
PROPERTY AT 432 BADEN AVENUE TO
PARKING DISTRICT #1
16.
Motion to direct staff on the Transit Occupancy Tax
allocation for the San Mateo County Convention
Visitors Bureau. .ff~
17. Resolution authorizing the second amendment to the
BBN Technologies Agreement. ~fi-9.'~ ~
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT
NO. 2 TO THE CONTRACT WITH BBN TECH-
NOLOGIES TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT
AMOUNT BY $10,000 AND AMENDING THE
1998-99 OPERATING BUDGET (NO. 99-2)
7/21/98
Page 13
CONSENT CALENDAR
Removed from the Consent Calendar by Assistant
City Manager Moss and moved to Adminis-
trative Business.
RESOLUTION NO. 96-98
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilman Fernekes.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion
by Councilmember Matsumoto.
M/S Fernekes/Datzman - To approve the Consent
Calendar with the exception of Items No. 4, 5, 7, 9,
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
~ONSENT CALENDAR
Resolution rejecting one bid received for construction
of the Americans with Disabilities Act Play Area
Renovations at City Hall play area, Siebecker Center,
Clay Avenue Park, and Francisco Terrace play area
and authorize the City to readvertise for bids on this
project.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REJECTION
OF A BID RECEIVED FOR THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT PLAY AREA RENO-
VATIONS PROJECT/PHASE II AND AUTHORIZ-
ING STAFF TO READVERTISE FOR BIDS ON
THIS PROJECT
Motion to approve plans and specifications and autho-
rize advertisement for bids for the 1998-1999 Street
Resurfacing Project. ~.~"t9 ~ O
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CONSENT CALENDAR
14, 16, 17.
Carried by unanimous voice vote, with the exception
of Item #15 wherein Councilman Penna abstained.
Councilmember Matsumoto questioned what happens
if only one bid is again received.
Director of Parks, Recreation & Maintenance Ser-
vice Nagel stated bids are coming up 20% higher,
so he is pushing it back to Sept. or Oct. and
increasing the CIP. The City has until the year
2000, but it needs to be replaced for health and
safety reasons.
M/S Penna/Matsumoto - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-98
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Mullin asked if Railroad Ave. between Com-
mercial and Orange Aves. is included, for he
thought it had a high priority.
Director of Public Services Gibbs stated it is in a
separate design project which will be in construction
next year.
Vice Mayor Datzman asked if Forbes and Eccles
was included.
Director of Public Services Gibbs stated it is in a
study now for reconstruction. He stated he is look-
ing at a street overlay, and feels it will fall under
budget and bids will be advertised in the local paper.
He stated that ADA bids fall under a B license,
requires bonding and is of high competition.
Councilwoman Matsumoto questioned the procedure
for pot holes.
Director of Public Services Gibbs stated that should
be under street maintenance. He stated with asphalt
streets, it starts with water getting into the subbase,
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
5. Motion - Continued.
Motion to accept the Hillside Blvd. Signal Installation
Project as complete in accordance with plans and
specifications. ~ ~g ~)
Resolution awarding the construction contract for
underground fuel tanks Phase II to Acutite Environ-
mental Engineering in an amount not to exceed
$126,000. _~-~
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION
CONTRACT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$126,000 TO ACCUTITE ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING FOR THE REMOVAL/REPLACE-
MENT OF UNDERGROUND FUEL TANKS -
PHASE II
and the top wearing surface loses its elasticity and
heavy trucks do damage.
M/S Penna/Fernekes - To approve plans and specifi-
cations and authorize advertisement for bids for the
1998-1999 Street Resurfacing Project.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Councilwoman Matsumoto wants costs and grounds
of comparison for each project.
Mayor Mullin asked that information be for-
warded in future to Council.
M/S Penna/Datzman - To accept the Hillside Blvd.
Signal Installation Project as complete in accordance
with plans and specifications.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Mullin questioned, are you replacing with
double walls, for one is at W. Orange, is that be-
cause it is an emergency center - is that still viable
or is it below drain, and with El Nino vulnerabale
to flooding.
Director of Public Services Gibbs stated yes, staff is
looking at putting it in a new building, but nothing
will be done for three years. The building is in a
sad state seismically, and we could do something
with emergencies in a new fire station, for it
makes sense to put it in a new building for if there
is an earthquake of 8 duration the library will fall
down on the EOC center.
Fire Chief Lee stated it is not part of the current fire
study, but the issue was raised to do something with
the EOC, however, in about a month the study will
come to the City.
M/S Datzman/Fernekes - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 98-98
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
Motion to direct staff on the Transit Occupancy Tax
allocation for the San Mateo County Convention
Visitors Bureau. ~'-~
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Councilman Fernekes questioned the amount of
money in the staff report going to Non-Departmen-
tal.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated, until the scope
of the study goes out we will not exceed that
amount.
Discussion followed: Councilman Penna reiterated,
if 90% of their budget comes from cities and 10%
from industries then they can dictate what the city
contributes which he does not feel is fair nor was it
talked about too much; he also presented, about a
year and a half ago that he posed to the industry -
if you are requesting that additional be contributed,
then why doesn't the industry come up with the
additional funds for they get the most benefit; they
said we will not give any funds because they do a
sufficient amount of advertising through their
franchise fees and feel they are already extended and
would not be able to contribute to the Bureau; he
asked, what if the Bureau did not exist, would you
or would you not create one, and that question went
away and no one wanted to touch it; he feels San
Mateo, as a whole, needs to have an agency for the
County because our industries do benefit from being
a member of the Bureau, but where is the perfor-
mance; his position is - we want to belong, it is a
regional need, but we want to know what are the
benefits back to S.S.F., for we want to measure it
along the same lines as the Conference Center; how
does the Bureau govern itself for it represents an
entire County; Mayor Mullin stated there are a lot
of unresolved issues, so we should hold this over
and accumulate more information by giving direction
to staff and Sandra O'Toole should be here at the
next meeting, as well as Marsha; Councilmember
Matsumoto wants to measure the benefits of the
promotion; Vice Mayor stated we should check the
web sites, for we need linkage to enhance the Con-
ference Center; Mayor Mullin stated we should
continue to market our industries for room nights
and he wants the last quarter or year of bookings by
Pat Berg to determine what she has generated; he is
uncomfortable spending $69,000 for a study, and is
prepared to vote against it; one Councilmember
should be part of the group to develop the scope of
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
_ 5. Motion - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
14. Resolution approving interim funding for the Confer-
ence Center. ~z--/~Z 0
A RESOLUTION APPROVING INTERIM
FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-99 FOR
THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
study, and early on, the Council should see the
study; do we know the funding cycles of the Bureau;
Councilman Penna stated the cycle is Oct. 1 through
Sept. 30; $60,000 was given last year, then $50,000
and he recommended giving $50,000 and some
amount to the Conference Center; nothing was
provided for him to see efforts by the Bureau vs.
efforts by the Conference Center; Assistant City
Manager stated it is tbr an economic development of
hotels in S.S.F., accommodating larger groups at the
Conference Center and bringing in better hotels;
Mayor Mullin feels the question is whether to con-
tinue funding $50,000 to the Bureau; Councilman
Fernekes has also a concern on spending this amount
of money for a study; Council established standards
for Ms. Berg which the Conference Center feels she
can attain, and the Council should ask for an update;
City Attorney will check with the Executive Director
of the Conference Center at the Thursday meeting;
Councilman Penna would like to appropriate the
$50,000 and the balance to Pat Burns and not allo-
cate the whole $143,000; he would like to serve on
the Committee because he serves on the Visitors
Bureau; Mayor Mullin stated, because it is an ad
hoc committee, he would like to serve for this one
particular study; Bureau put out a survey with a 4%
fee for cities and they want to put in a man-
datory requirement; he feels it is a negative docu-
ment when there are no performance standards being
met and if we give $50,000 there should be a com-
mitment they cannot drop the City; Mayor Mullin
stated, postpone giving any money and hold over to
the 8/12/98 meeting and get information on the
make-up and have Councilman Penna pursue with
the Bureau on putting $50,000 in jeopardy; Vice
Mayor Datzman wants the Director to come up and
make a presentation, and he thinks $50,000 is ap-
propriate.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
City Attorney Mattas stated do to the Authority not
having a quorum at their meeting this item was
carried over to Thursday, and requested the Council
approve the item subject to the Authority's approval
on Thursday.
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
· .DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
14. Resolution - Continued.
CENTER
RECESS:
RECALL TO ORDER:
PUBLIC HEARINGS
18.
Public Hearing - Consideration of changes to the
Master Fee schedule for charges for various depart-
ments in the City; Public Hearing opened 6/24/98 and
continued, Motion to continue the Public Hearing to
8/12/98. ~.~ ~
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE
SCHEDULE
19. Public Hearing - to consider ND 98-004, GPA 98
-004, RZ 98-004, PUD 98-004 and SA 98-004,
Southpark/Kaiser Foundation, Summerhill Homes, to
-- adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration, to amend
the General Plan Land use designation of the site
from Planned Industrial to Medium Density Residen-
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ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
M/S Datzman/Fernekes - To adopt the Resolution
subject to approval by the Authority.
RESOLUTION NO. 99-98
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Mullin declared a recess at 9:10 p.m.
Mayor Mullin recalled the meeting to order at 9:25
p.m., all Council was present.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Councilman Fernekes stated he may have a problem
on 8/12/98, because he may be out of the State and
asked to move the meeting up one day to 8/11/98.
Vice Mayor Datzman stated he has a similar prob-
lem for he is leaving that morning for Europe.
Councilman Penna stated he is going to have a
problem on the 9/23/98 and 10/14/98 meetings, but
he does not have a problem to change the August
meeting.
Mayor Mullin stated the regular meeting of 8/12/98
will be moved up to Tuesday, 8/11/98.
City Attorney Mattas stated there are some public
hearings scheduled for 8/12/98 that will have to be
changed to 8/11/98 with appropriate notification to
the newspapers.
M/S Penna/Fernekes - To continue the Public Hear-
ing to 8/11/98.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Mullin opened the Public Hearing.
M/S Penna/Datzman - To continue the meeting to
8/11/98.
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
. UBLIC HEARINGS
19. Public Hearing - Continued.
tial, to reclassify the site from Planned Industrial (P-I)
Zoning District to Medium Density Residential (R-2-
H) Zoning District, to adopt a Planned Unit Develop-
ment allowing exceptions from City development
standards including reduced lot size and rear setbacks,
and to adopt a Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map
allowing the development of 153 dwellings and com-
mon area, situated at a site bounded by West Orange
Avenue, Railroad Avenue and the future North Canal
Street extension, in accordance with the Municipal
Code Titles 19 and 20; Open Public Hearing, Motion
to continue the Public Hearing to 8/12/98. .fro 'g ~
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
20.
Resolution of award of contract to RGW Construction
in an amount not to exceed $3,382,198, as the lowest
responsible bidder, for the Oyster Point Widening
Project, and amend the CIP budget in the amount of
$2oo,ooo. t l
A RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,382,198 TO RGW
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE OYSTER POINT
BOULEVARD WIDENING PROJECT AND
AMENDING THE 1997-98 CAPITAL IM-
PROVING PROJECT BUDGET (NO. 98-25) TO
ADD $200,000 TO THE OYSTER POINT WID-
ENING PROJECT
21.
Motion to direct staff in regard to the public concerns
at Airport Blvd. Landscape/Streetscape improvements
at Butler Ave./Airport Blvd. intersection.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Director of Public Services Gibbs gave a brief staff
report.
City Attorney Mattas stated the resolution to be
adopted needed to be amended to reflect the
correct fiscal year.
M/S Penna/Datzman - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 100-98
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Director of Public Services Gibbs related: this staff
report brings to Council the concerns on this pro-
ject; at the last two Council meetings members of
the public came to the Council regarding the access
of Butler whereby staff closed the medium and it
could not be crossed; staff has visited the area over
the last two weeks and this would be a good exam-
ple to notice people in the area and have town hall
meetings to hear from the public; the public con-
cern did not arise until the construction and we did
have a meeting at Martin School to get comments on
the design; staff visited both intersections and they
both work as designed to get out of Chapman and
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
· ~DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
21. Motion - Continued.
22.
Resolution authorizing Amendement No. 3 to
agreement with Tillo for sewage sludge disposal treat-
ment. .~0~ 7
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staff discovered a stop sign is not warranted and
checked Butler and it worked, but does not address
the concerns of the people in the area and is rela-
tively easy to open up Butler to turn left and right
and go southbound; Butler used to be the extension
across the intersection and bring the signals in, and
it is simple to do if Council requests that; Council
should give us direction on where to open up that
intersection.
Councilman Penna commented, so this will delete
the center strip and open it to go out. In regard to
the traffic signals, will that be a signal that will only
turn when a vehicle is on Butler, and the rest of the
time the signal will be for the other.
Discussion followed: Vice Mayor Datzman stated
this will allow the same kind of access Butler had
prior, and the signals would be reinstated without
cost; The Director is trying to work out a good price
with the contractor and thinks it will be $25,000 to
$30,000 and much of that cost will be the signal;
Mayor Mullin has concerns because we are undoing
something and he has had many follow-ups with the
merchants and he does not know how we can get
better cooperation, so we don't have to go back and
spend $25,000 to $30,000; on the other hand, he
understands that the average resident would not
know until the construction; he had trouble with no
signal on Chapman and he thinks this is the right
thing to do; he believes there should be information
out to the public so they will know what the changes
will yield and what may arise, but consider what
impacts that might accrue to the residents; Vice
Mayor Datzman felt the Mayor's comments were
right on target; Councilman Penna stated he was
concerned about parking, but he never saw the
barrier on that plan - he missed that.
Consensus of Council - To follow staff's direction.
Director of Public Services Gibbs related: this is an
amendment to the Tillo agreement for sludge; the
original contract goes back to 3/9/88; Tillo takes the
sludge and mixes it with rice hulls; discovered from
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
· ,DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
22. Resolution - Continued.
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT
NO. 3 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLLANT SLUDGE REMOVAL
WITH THE TILLO PRODUCTS COMPANY
23. Motion to direct staff to solicit homeowners on two
City streets to install speed humps on a six month
trial period. ~"~ ~
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a study that the City saves $400,000 per year rather
than taking the sludge outside; the City pays all
ancillary costs for repair over time and the WQCP is
the overseer; this is financing additional equipment
and makes Tillo responsible for the whole operation.
M/S Penna/Fernekes - To adopt the Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 101-98
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Director of Public Services Gibbs stated staff had
two streets picked, but the Police Chief said no and
has different streets in mind.
Police Chief Raffaelli related: criteria for a mini-
mum number of streets; the police and fire have to
go over streets to agree and they are looking at four
streets.
Discussion followed: there was a letter to Council
from a property owner on Spruce; there are box tops
being used on the bay bridge; they were put on
streets to slow people down on Myrtle, but it was
found to not be effective; 4" rise over 14' hump
gives rise and motion effect which they want to
utilize on two streets; the Director had been asked to
accumulate information on what does and does not
work in other cities; should talk to residents and see
if they work because the Mayor's car was hit on the
600 block of Spruce at 2:00 a.m.; can Measure A
funds be used for streets, for $10,000 is the cost for
two streets; should survey door to door and if yea,
proceed; Council discussed the criteria on 2/11/98;
residents will have 18 months to say whether they
want it or not; no, staff will check it in six months;
the initial report dealt with the criteria, do it for six
months, run radar to see if it works, come back to
do the whole plan after doing it on a trial basis; only
a half dozen streets would apply - no streets on hills
or short streets or would impact traffic; success of
program is a speed study before and after; it is easy
to do, but the people will be standing in line; that is
what the criteria is for; people say Baden Avenue is
AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
~DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
23. Motion - Continued.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
GOOD AND WELFARE
CLOSED SESSION
~4. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54957.6, labor nego-
tiations for the Fire Department.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
a main thoroughfare, but can't do it because of
emergency vehicles; Councilman Penna thinks traffic
on a hill like Spruce will slow down, so should
make streets narrower; Mayor Mullin feels the issue
should be moved forward, for this is an approach
and then look at narrow streets and other things for
they are only looking at two streets here and Council
will look at it again in six months; only seven out of
45 streets qualify; Councilwoman Matsumoto has
mixed emotions, can you quantify this concern if
only 5% we are going to do this for; Councilman
Penna was in a quandary as to making a decision;
police use enforcement, but they cannot be there all
the time, next is engineering and mitigation if Coun-
cil says to not go in that direction; etc.
M/S Fernekes/Mullin - To direct staff to solicit
homeowners on two City streets to install speed
humps on a six month trial period.
Motion and Second failed - Councilman Fernekes
and Mayor Mullin voted yes, but Councilmembers
Matsumoto, Penna and Vice Mayor Datzman voted
no.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
Councilman Fernekes stated he will not attend the
study session on 7/28/98.
Vice Mayor Datzman stated he is hearing complains
about the railroad tracks on Forbes and Eccles.
Assistant City Manager Moss stated the City re-
ceived funding for So. Linden and So. Spruce.
GOOD AND WELFARE
No one chose to speak.
CLOSED SESSION
Council entered a Closed Session at 10:30 p.m. to
discuss the item noticed.
7/21/98
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~.ECALL TO ORDER:
AGENDA
ADJOURNMENT:
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
ACTION TAKEN
Mayor Mullin recalled the meeting to order at 10:52
p.m., all Council was present, no action was taken,
direction was given.
M/S Fernekes/Matsumoto - To adjourn the meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 10:53 p.m.
APPROVED.
The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica-
~ns, arguments and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the
ffice of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying.
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