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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 2008-01-23 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008 MUNICIPAL SERVICE BUILDING COMMUNITY ROOM CALL TO ORDER TIME: 7:30 p.nl. ROLL CALL: Present: Councihnen Addiego, Garbarino and Mullin, Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto and Mayor Gonzalez. Absent: None. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mayor Gonzalez. INVOCATION: Given by Rev. Dr. Gabriele Schroeder, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. PRESENTATIONS .. Improving Public Places. Director of Public Works White introduced members of the Improving Public Places Committee, Shmle Luper and Judy Bush. Ms. Luper and Ms. Bush provided a visual presentation of landscaping needs in the City, and explained that the Committee is seeking volunteers to assist with landscape improvement projects. Most projects would require volunteers to visit a specific project site once a week to perform light gardening work. V olunteers must provide hand tools and transportation. Interested persons may contact the Parks Division at 650-829-3837. .. Proclamation honoring former Planning Commissioner, Mrs. Judith Honan, for her dedicated service to the City of South San Francisco. Mayor Gonzalez presented Mrs. Honan with a proclamation detailing her contributions to the City during 11 years of service on the Planning Commission. Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto thanked Mrs. Honan and noted that her attention to detail led to many fine projects being established in South San Francisco. Mrs. Honan thanked Council and former Councilman Fernekes for the opportunity to have served on the Planning Commission. She encouraged residents to get involved in the community and noted that persons with an open mind, open heart and love for our City can make a difference. AGENDA REVIEW No changes. PUBLIC COMMENTS None. ITEMS FROM COUNCIL .. AIUlouncelnents/ COlnmittee Reports Councilmenlbers reported on attendance at conlnlunity nleetings and events, al1110unced upcoming events, programs and public improvements and thanked staff for its response to Councihnembers' requests for infornlation. Specific itenls for further action and/or consideration were set forth as follows: Councilman Mullin noted that Senate Bill 624 now requires enforcelnent of the prohibition on tobacco sales to lninors at both the state and local level. He requested that Chief of Police Raffaelli provide infornlation sUlnlnarizing prior state enforcement efforts in our community, and consider whether local enforcement and retention of fine revenues or an enforcelnent contract with the State Departlnent of Health Services would best satisfy local enforcement obligations. Councilman Garbarino requested that appropriate procedures, including review by the Cultural Arts Commission and proposal to Council, be followed with respect to the placement of a piece of artwork created by the Public Works Departlnent staff using old panels from the library. Councilman Addiego requested a cost breakdown from the Public Works Department pertaining to the aggressive clean-up of rubbish in the Downtown District that he opined had become an unofficial free garbage pick-up day for residents of the district. Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto requested a completion time and cost estimate for the spines and spurs portion of the Bay Trail improvements. She further questioned whether anything could be done regarding the state-installed pylons on the EI Camino Real which she opined were ineffective and inconsistent with the ten guiding principles of the Grand Boulevard Initiative. She requested Field Representative Josh Laney from State Senator Leland Y ee' s Office, who was present, to follow-up on this issue as well as the issue of pot holes that had not been fixed on the EI Camino Real. She suggested that Public Works Director White consult with Field Representative Laney and consider submitting a letter regarding the potholes. Mayor Gonzalez noted that HEART presented the proposed joint powers agreement to its members at a meeting that day and he requested that the City Attorney review the agreement. He further commented that he had reviewed letters from and/or talked with several Board and Commission members regarding absences. He noted the letters were from good members who would remain in service. He asked the City Manager to request Board and Commission chairpersons to read the absence policy at the yearly Reorganization of each respective Board or Commission. Mayor Gonzalez next requested Council's direction with respect to election of the President of the Peninsula Division of the California League of Cities, for which candidates came from South County this year. Council decided to support Councilmember Furtado of Campbell. Council further determined that all Councilmembers would attend the Peninsula Division of the REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 23, 2008 PAGE 2 League of Cities meetings. It was further stated that Councihnan Garbarino would be attending BA Y-BIO meetings. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Motion to approve the lninutes of January 9, 2008 as revised January 23, 2008. 2. Motion to confirm expense clainls of January 23,2008 in the mnount of$2,054,704.58. 3. Resolution # 10-2008 awarding Phase I of the replacement of four (4) playground structures in the Westborough Common Greens Area of Carter and Callan Neighborhoods, utilizing a Cooperative Purchasing Agreement on the County of Monterey's Bid. 2007-2008 CIP Project No. 51-13232-0824. Item Pulled from Consent Calendar by Councilman Garbarino. 4. Resolution # 11-2008 approving an amendment to the Employment Agreenlent with Barry M. Nagel for the position of City Manager and Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco. 5. Resolution # 12-2008 authorizing the acceptance of California Library Literacy Services funding in the amount of $34,315 from the California State Library to support Project Read services and amending the Library Department's 2007/2008 operating budget. 6. Resolution # 13-2008 authorizing the acceptance of $25,000 in funding from the Woodlawn Foundation to support Learning Wheels, a program of Project Read, and amending the Library Departlnent's 2007/2008 operating budget. 7. Motion to waive reading and adopt Ordinance # 1392-2008 (pending) of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco amending Section20AO.070 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code to adopt regulations for signs and displays in the Genentech R & D Overlay District. 8. Proclamations Issued - Victoria Morales Healy upon retirement from the City's Department of Public Works after over thirty two years of service, January 3, 2008. Item pulled from Consent Calendar by Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto. Motion - Councilman Addiego/Second - Councilman Garbarino: to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Unanimously approved by voice vote. Item No.3: Councilman Garbarino noted that bids did not match estimates. Director of Public Works White explained he was pleasantly surprised that the Department was able to obtain a lower than anticipated bid. Motion- Councilman Garbarino/ Second - Councilman Addiego: to approve Resolution # 10-2008. Unanimously approved by voice vote. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 23, 2008 PAGE 3 Iteln No.8: Mayor Pro Teln Matsumoto recognized Mrs. Victoria Morales Healy for over 33 years of service as a City Enlployee. Councilmelnbers acknowledged her contributions and noted the presence of many members of her Department. PUBLIC HEARING 9. Consideration of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Miller Avenue Parking Structure. (Recomlnendation is to continue off calendar). Public Hearing Opened 8: 19 p.m. Associate Planner Slnalley explained that staff reconlmended continuing the public hearing off calendar so that it could address issues raised during the Mitigated Negative Declaration circulation period. Attorney Peter Daniel representing the owners of the 321 Miller Avenue apartment structure noted agreement with staff s recommendation. Mr. Paul Shryer, owner of property located at 348 Grand Avenue and 333 Fourth Lane, expressed support for the proposed parking garage and opined that the structure would ease the parking problem in/and may bring more patrons to the Downtown District. Mr. Shryer suggested installation of a sidewalk on Fourth Lane to facilitate retail and office use. He closed by questioning the location of entry and exit points to the proposed parking garage. City Attorney Mattas advised that Chief Planner Kalkin could answer Mr. Shryer's questions outside the meeting. Prior to completion of the above set forth public comments, Councilman Addiego requested clarification from City Attorney Mattas as to whether public comments were procedurally appropriate given Council's potential action to continue the public hearing off calendar. City Attorney Mattas confirmed that even if Council decided to accept staff s recommendation by adopting a motion to continue the hearing off calendar, it could listen to public comments on the subject of the parking garage. Public Hearing Closed 8 :24 p.m. Motion- Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto/Second - Councilman Garbarino: to continue the public hearing off calendar with direction to re-notice the public hearing when the Mitigated Negative Declaration came before Council again. Unanimously approved by voice vote. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 23,2008 PAGE 4 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 10. Resolution # 14-2008 awarding a contract for telephone PBX hardware, software and installation services to Tinlothy J. Kelso COlnlnunications in an amount not to exceed $250,000. Director of Information Technology Hollis provided an overview of the current City phone systeln and explained that an upgrade was necessary for the system to run more unifornlly and efficiently. He further recOlnmended that Council award the contract for telephone PBX hardware, software and installation services to Tilnothy J. Kelso ConlInunications. He advised that he expected the project would be finished and the new phone service would be operable by June 30, 2008. Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto questioned whether an engineer or bid estilnate was cOlnpleted. Director Hollis advised that $250,000 was estimated for this project pursuant to the CIP Budget. Motion- Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto/Second - Councilman Garbarino: to approve Resolution # 14-2008 awarding a contract for telephone PBX hardware, software and installation services to Timothy J. Kelso Communications in an amount not to exceed $250,000. Unanimously approved by voice vote. COUNCIL COMMUNITY FORUM Mayor Pro Tern Matsumoto encouraged the public to attend a Special Joint Meeting of the South San Francisco City Council and Planning Commission on Wednesday, January 30, 2008. She noted that Dan Ionescu ofDIAP Companies would be presenting city and regional planning concepts and that Council and the Plmming Commission would engage in discussion pertaining to the Chestnut A venue/EI Cmnino Real area. Mayor Gonzalez reminded citizens to vote in the upcoming Primary Election on February 5, 2008. He also reminded residents that the law requires car headlights to be turned on when windshield wipers are operating. CLOSED SESSION 11. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(a).) Moberg v. City of South San Francisco et ai, Zimmerman et al v. City of South San Francisco et aI, Pacific Bell v. South San Francisco et aI, Salazar et al v. Schwarzenneger et aI, Republic Indemnity v. South San Francisco, Gonzalez v. South San Francisco, Halteh v. South San Francisco et ai, Palos v. State of California et aI, South San Francisco v. Bakshi et al. Time entered into Closed Session: Time reconvened into Open Session: 8:34 p.m. 9:45 p.m., Councilmen Addiego, Garbarino and Mullin, Mayor Pro Tem Matsumoto and Mayor Gonzalez present. JANUARY 23,2008 PAGE S REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Repoli out of Closed Session by Mayor Gonzalez: Direction was given and no reportable action was taken. ADJOURNMENT Being no further business, Mayor Gonzalez adjourned the lneeting at 9:46 p.nl. Approved: Pedro Gonzalez, City of South San Francisco REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA JANUARY 23, 2008 PAGE 6