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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-24 e-packet AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIP AL SERVICE BUILDING COMMUNITY ROOM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 7:00 P.M. PEOPLE OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO You are invited to offer your suggestions. In order that you may know our method of conducting Agency business, we proceed as follows: The regular meeting ofthe Redevelopment Agency is held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California. Public Comment: For those wishing to address the Board on any Agenda or non-Agendized item, please complete a Speaker Card located at the entrance to the Community Room and submit it to the Clerk. Please be sure to indicate the Agenda Item # you wish to address or the topic of your public comment. California law prevents Redevelopment Agency from taking action on any item not on the Agenda (except in emergency circumstances). Your question or problem may be referred to staff for investigation and/or action where appropriate or the matter may be placed on a future Agenda for more comprehensive action or a report. When your name is called, please come to the podium, state your name and address for the Minutes. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES PER SPEAKER. Thank you for your cooperation. The Clerk will read successively the items of business appearing on the Agenda. As she completes reading an item, it will be ready for Board action. RICHARD A. GARBARINO, SR. Chair PEDRO GONZALEZ Vice Chair MARK N. ADDlEGO Boardmember JOSEPH A. FERNEKES Boardmember KARYL MATSUMOTO Boardmember RICHARD BATTAGLIA Investment Officer IRENE SOTO Interim City Clerk BARRY M. NAGEL Executive Director STEVEN T. MATTAS Counsel PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES AND PAGERS HEARING ASSISTANCE EQUIPMENT IS A V AII~ABLE FOR USE BY THE HEARING-IMPAIRED AT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETINGS CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL AGENDA REVIEW PUBLIC COMMENTS CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Motion to approve minutes of October 10, 2007 CLOSED SESSION 2. Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8 real property negotiations related to 1 Chestnut Avenue property, owner: Ron Price and 356 Grand Avenue property, owner: David Tsui ADJOURNMENT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA October 24,2007 PAGE 2 AGENDA CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REGULAR MEETING MUNICIP AL SERVICE BUILDING COMMUNITY ROOM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 7:30 P.M. PEOPLE OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO You are invited to offer your suggestions. In order that you may know our method of conducting Council business, we proceed as follows: The regular meetings of the City Council are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California. Public Comment: For those wishing to address the City Council on any Agenda or non-Agendized item, please complete a Speaker Card located at the entrance to the Council Chamber's and submit it to the City Clerk. Please be sure to indicate the Agenda Item # you wish to address or the topic of your public comment. California law prevents the City Council from taking action on any item not on the Agenda (except in emergency circumstances). Your question or problem may be referred to staff for investigation and/or action where appropriate or the matter may be placed on a future Agenda for more comprehensive action or a report. When your name is called, please come to the podium, state your name and address (optional) for the Minutes. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES PER SPEAKER. Thank you for your cooperation. The City Clerk will read successively the items of business appearing on the Agenda. As she completes reading an item, it will be ready for Council action. RICHARD A. GARBARINO, SR Mayor PEDRO GONZALEZ Vice Mayor MARK N. ADDIE GO Councilman JOSEPH A. FERNEKES Councilman KARYL MATSUMOTO Councilwoman RICHARD BATTAGLIA City Treasurer IRENE SOTO Interim City Clerk BARRY M. NAGEL City Manager STEVEN T. MATTAS City Attorney PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES AND PAGERS I-IEARING ASSISTANCE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE HEARING IMPAIRED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INVOCA nON PRESENT A nONS . Beautification Committee Awards - Recreation and Community Services Supervisor, Gus Vellis . Project Read Trivia Challenge Event - Library Literacy Program Manager, Holly Fulghum- Nutters . City of South San Francisco Centennial Celebration Kick-Off GALA Event - Margie Casagrande . Proclamation - National4-H Month -Mitchell Anderegg, Melissa Crist, Carol Michaelis, Tatiana Spisz, Katarina Spisz, and Jane Stahl AGENDA REVIEW PUBLIC COMMENTS ITEMS FROM COUNCIL . Announcements . Committee Reports CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Motion to approve the minutes of regular City Council meeting of October 10, 2007 2. Motion to confirm expense claims of October 24, 2007 3. Proclamations presented: Lt. Roy Varney, Retired, South San Francisco Police Department - October 19,2007, National4-H Month - October 24,2007 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 4. Resolution to summarily vacate a 10- foot wide public service easement located between Hemlock and Larch Avenues COMMUNITY FORUM CLOSED SESSION 5. Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6, conference with labor negotiator, Barry M. Nagel, negotiations - all units ADJOURNMENT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA October 24,2007 PAGE 2 NATIONAL 4-H MONTH OCTOBER 2007 WHEREAS, 4-H is a community of young people learning leadership, citizenship and life skills; and, WHEREAS, 4-H is one of the largest youth development organizations in California and the largest in the nation with 6.5 million young people; and, WHEREAS, 4-H in California claims 130,000 youth members and 20.000 adult volunteers, while San Mateo County's 4-H program numbers more than 500 members and more than 250 volunteers; and, WHEREAS, 4-H as part of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is a program where youth learn through hands-on experiences in science, engineering and technology, healthy living and citizenship projects, events and activities; and, WHEREAS, 4-H has been providing youth with the innovative research and resources from our nation's 106 land-grant universities and colleges for more than 100 years; NOW, THEREFORE, J, RICHARD A. GARBARINO, Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, on behalf of City Council, do hereby proclaim October 2007 as: National 4-H Month in the City of South San Francisco. Richard A. Garbarino, Mayor Pedro Gonzalez, Vice Mayor Mark N. Addiego, Councilmember Joseph A. Fernekes, Councilmember Karyl Matsumoto, Councilmember Dated: October 24, 2007 - ~'t1\ s:4.N ~~ (~ ~ ~ ~ v 0 "4'I~~'~ Staff Report AGENDA ITEM # 3 DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: October 24, 2007 Honorable Mayor and City Council Terry White, Director of Public Works A RESOLUTION SUMMARILY VACATING A 10-FOOT WIDE PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT LOCATED BETWEEN HEMLOCK AND LARCH A VENUES RECOMMENDA TION It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution vacating a to-foot wide public service easement located on Hemlock and Larch Avenues adjoining four residential properties. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION In 1949, the City acquired a 10-foot wide public service easement located between four certain properties, 80 I Hemlock A venue, 753 Hemlock Avenue, 728 Larch Avenue, and 726 Larch Avenue in the City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, more particularly described in Exhibit A. The City's Public Services Department closed off the easement from public use approximately forty-two years ago due to complaints from the adjoining property owners regarding trash, trespass, and noise. One property owner approached the City recently about the need for the property, which caused staff to confer with all four property owners who connect to this easement as to their desire for ownership. All are in favor of the city vacating to them a 10- foot wide public service easement. Pursuant to Section 15061 (b) (3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, vacation of this public service easement is not a project within the meaning of the CEQA because it has no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Per the California Streets and Highways Code Section 8333, (I) the easement proposed for vacation has not been used for the purpose for which it was acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation; and (2) there are no other public facilities located within the easement. S tatT Report Subject: SUMMARIL Y Y ACA TfNG A IO-FOOT WIDE PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT LOCA TED BETWEEN HEMLOCK AND LARCH AVENUES Page 2 City staff has informed the residents that it will not remove the concrete stairs or fences at either end. Staffwill only remove the locks from the gates. The City will be responsible only for the paperwork and recording of documents and it will be up to the property owners to make improvements in the future, if they so desire. FlJj\.lDING Sufficient funds are available to cover the costs to prepare and record the proper documents in the office of the County Recorder of the County of San Mateo. No funds will be collected from the residents, as no sale will take place. CONCLUSION Approval of this resolution vacating a IO-foot wide public service easement will resolve a long standing problem for both the City and the adjoining four property owners. It will relieve the City of future maintenance and liability, while allowing the property owners use of otherwise non-functional land. From the date the vacation is recorded, the easement shall no longer constitute a public service easement. ~. Terry White Director 0'[ ublic Works 1 /) () uJ~ APproved~ ' f~ a M. Nage City Manager TW:db Attachment: Resolution Exhibit A - Lot/Block Map RESOLUTION NO. CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION SUMMARILY VACATING A 10- FOOT WIDE PUBLIC SERVICE EASEMENT LOCATED BETWEEN HEMLOCK AND LARCH A VENUES WHEREAS, in 1949, the City acquired a ten-foot wide public service easement between four certain properties commonly described as 801 Hemlock Avenue, 753 Hemlock Avenue, 728 Larch A venue, and 726 Larch Avenue in the City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, more particularly described In Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference (the "Easement"); and WHEREAS, the Easement was closed off from public use by the City's Public Services Department approximately forty-two years ago due to complaints from adjoining property owners regarding trash, trespass and noise; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds, pursuant to Section 15061 (b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, that vacation of this public services easement is not a project within the meaning of the CEQA because it has no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds, pursuant to California Streets and Highways Code Section 8333, the following: (I) the Easement proposed for vacation has not been used for the purpose for which it was acquired for five consecutive years immediately preceding the proposed vacation; and (2) there are no other public facilities located within the Easement. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco as follows: 1. The foregoing recitals are true, correct, and incorporated herein by reference. 2. The Easement described above and in Exhibit A is hereby vacated pursuant to Section 8333 of the California Streets and Highways Code. 3. The City Clerk is directed to cause a certified copy of this resolution, attested by the Clerk under seal, to be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of San Mateo. 4. From and after the date of this resolution is recorded, the Easement shall no longer constitute a public service easement. * * * * * 1 013450-1 I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a meeting held on the day of , 2007 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: 1013450-1 ATTEST: Interim City Clerk AGENDA ITEM # 4 ROY BENTON VARNEY WHEREAS, Roy Benton Varney retiredfrom the City of South San Francisco on August 3, 2007; and WHEREAS, the retirement celebration honoring Lieutenant Varney on October 19, 2007, at the South San Francisco Conference Center, will commemorate his thirty-one years as a member of the South San Francisco Police Department; and WHEREAS, Roy began his working career with the South San Francisco Police Department on February 13, 1976 as a police officer and served as K-9 Handler in January 1980; he rose through the ranks and appointed sergeant in 1984 and lieutenant in 1987; he served as Personnel and Training Manager for two years, Communications Bureau Commander for four years and Criminal Investigations Bureau Commander jor jive years; and WHEREAS. during a distinguished law enforcement career, Roy's accomplishments have included serving as a K-9 Unit Coordinator, receiving a 1992 Chief's Award and numerous letters and Certificates of Appreciation from law enforcement agencies and community organizations for canine training and demonstrations; recognition from Domestic Violence Prevention organizations and instrumental in modifYing the San Mateo County Domestic Violence Protocols to simplifY the process ofnotifjJing domestic violence advocates for emergency assistance to victims; and WHEREAS, Roy's professional affiliations have included: secretary and treasurer of the South San Francisco Police Association; Belmont Little League Board of Directors; Ci~v of South San Francisco Employee Recognition Committee; president of the San Mateo County Training Managers Association; Board of Directors of both the South San Francisco Boys and Girls Club and the South San Francisco Police Athletic League; bargaining representative of South San Francisco Public Safety Managers; Legal Process Committee of the San Mateo County Task Force on Violence Against Women; and WHEREAS, committed to his profession, Roy's participation includes the South San Francisco Police Association. International Police Officers Association, California Police Officers Association, California Reserve Officers Association, East Bay Regional Park District Volunteer, AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator and the California Mounted Officers. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby issues this proclamation in honor of the retirement of Lieutenant Roy Benton Varney for his dedicated and exemplmy service from February 13, 1976 to August 3, 2007. and recognizes his outstanding efforts in the protection of life and property in this community. Richard A. Garbarino, Mayor Pedro Gonzalez, Vice Mayor Mark N Addiego, Councilmember Joseph A. Fernekes, Councilmember Karyl Matsumoto, Councilmember Dated: October 19,2007 NATIONAL 4-H MONTH OCTOBER 2007 WHEREAS, 4-H is a community of young people learning leadership, citizenship and life skills; and, WHEREAS, 4-H is one of the largest youth development organizations in California and the largest in the nation with 6.5 million young people; and, WHEREAS, 4-H in California claims 130,000 youth members and 20,000 adult volunteers, while San Mateo County's 4-H program numbers more than 500 members and more than 250 volunteers; and, WHEREAS, 4-H as part of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is a program where youth learn through hands-on experiences in science, engineering and technology, healthy living and citizenship projects, events and activities; and, WHEREAS, 4-H has been providing youth with the innovative research and resources from our nation's 106 land-grant universities and colleges for more than 100 years; NOW, THEREFORE, J, lUCHARD A. GARBARINO, Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, on behalf of City Council, do hereby proclaim October 2007 as: National 4-H Month in the City of South San Francisco. Richard A. Garbarino, Mayor Pedro Gonzalez, Vice Mayor Mark N. Addiego, Councilmember Joseph A. Fernekes, Councilmember Karyl Matsumoto, Councilmember Dated: October 24, 2007