HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1987-04-28Mayor Mark N. Addiego
Vice Mayor John "Jack" Drago
Council:
Ri chard A. Haffey
Gus Nicolopulos
Roberta Cerri Teglia
AGENDA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Birkelo Requested:
- Discussion of the Manager's
report on the LAFCO Report
Re: "Sphere of Influence
Study for the Westborough County
Water District."
Councilwoman Teglia Arrived:
1. Interview of applicants for the
Planning Commission.
CLOSED SESSION
2. Closed Session for the purpose of
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City Council
City Council Converence Room
City Hall
April 28, 1987
ACTION TAKEN
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
4:40 p.m. Mayor Addiego presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Halley, Drago,
Nicolopulos, and
Addiego.
Teglia.
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Birkelo presented the
subject report to the Council (a copy is
attached and a permanent part of the
record of this meeting).
Discussion followed: that comments on
the LAFCO report would be mailed under
the City Manager's signature; that the
suggested option was to support the
LAFCO recommendation; that Councilman
Haffey was not ready to make a decision
on the report; that if the Water Board
and the City agreed to the Board being a
subsidiary to the City or the Westborough
residents voted on a measure to that
effect which was successful - then only
would it cease to be a District, etc.
Councilwoman Teglia arrived at 4:50 p.m.
Councilman Halley questioned the City
Attorney: could the Council vote on
Planning Commission applicants tonight
when it had not been so noticed on the
Agenda.
City Attorney Armento stated that the
Council could discuss the applicants,
however, it should vote only at a pro-
perly noticed meeting.
CLOSED SESSION
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
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THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
COMMENTS ON LAFCO REPORT
REGARDING
"SPHERE OF INFLUENCE STUDY FOR THE
WESTBOROUGH COUNTY WATER DISTRICT"
APRIL, 1987
CITY COUNCIL
Mark N. Addiego, Mayor
Jack Drago, Vice Mayor
Richard A. Haffey, Councilman
Gus Nicolopulos, Councilman
Roberta Cerri Teglia, Councilwoman
STAFF
C. Walter Birkelo, City Manager
Valerie Armento, City Attorney
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GENERAL COMMENTS:
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The City of South San Francisco supports the objectives of LAFCO
to establish Spheres of Influence which will provide local
government structures best designed to eliminate overlapping
agency authority and to provide citizens with the best opportunity
to have their service needs made available in the most democratic
and efficient manner possible. It, therefore, follows that, apart
from very unusual circumstances, there should not be independent
governmental units operating within the boundaries of the primary
local government agency.
It should be emphasized that the City of South San Francisco, in
recognition of the historical background which led to the
establishment of the "Westborough County Water District" does not
have any current plans or ambitions to arrogate unto itself the
control and operation of the "District." The City does not
suggest that the "District" is not serving that limited portion of
the City of South San Francisco in a manner detrimental to the
citizens of that area. It does, however, believe that LAFCO has
provided an opportunity to give some consideration to the longer
term interests of both the "District" and the "City's"
constituents.
SPECIFIC COMMENTS:
Designation of a Sphere of Influence does not automatically
change the existing governmental relationships.
To implement any such change would require the agreement
of the respective governing bodies or a vote of the
residents of the area and approval of the County Board
of Supervisors.
It is highly unlikely that either the "Board" or the
citizens of the area would agree to any implementing
action unless they believed that such action would be
economically and politically beneficial to them.
The City of South San Francisco did not initiate the
Sphere of Influence change and cannot, therefore, be
accused of planning any immediate change in existing
government relationships.
The comparison of current water a~-sewe~ rates provides an
indication that the "District" is serving its clients in an
efficient manner but does not guarantee that the net cost (of
all services) to the service area recipients in the longer
term will continue to be in their best interests·
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The "District" comments have indicated a number of
assumptions relating to the perceived costs of providing
sewer service that suggest that no economies could be
effected in that area.
The "buy in" costs to an area of the "existing
city" could be dramatically different from that of
a newly annexed area to the City.
The "overhead" charges to an existing subsidiary
district would not necessarily be the same as those
applicable to redevelopment projects where the City
has waived its property tax revenues for a specific
period to foster development infrastructure to
support such projects.
In any event, neither the District Board or its
clients, would be likely to approve any
implementing plan which did not provide reasonable
long-term benefits to them.
The assertion that the Westborough community has little
social, economic, and political integration within the
greater South San Francisco municipal context flies in the
face of the City's efforts to overcome such perceptions.
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The City Council has made substantial efforts to provide
greater municipal services to the Westborough area such
as development and operation of Sellick Park,
underground drainage rehabilitation, street light
renovation, and undergrounding, street resurfacing, and
planning and funding for a new Westborough community
center building.
The City Council has already indicated its intent to
involve more Westborough citizens into its fabric of
community advisory and regulatory agencies such as the
Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation
Commission.
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The City cannot, in good conscience, support decisions
which would tend to perpetuate the idea of community
division.
CONCLUSION:
The City of South San Francisco has-ne-eb~ee~e~-ee supports the
LAFCO recommendation to change the Sphere of Influence of the
Westborough County Water District from "Status Quo" to a
"Subsidiary District of the City of South San Francisco."
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
0000
CLOSED SESSION
2. Closed Session - Continued.
the discussion of personnel
matters, labor relations, litiga-
tion and to screen City Manager
candidates. .~0
RECALL TO ORDER:
ADJOURNMENT
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City Cl~
City of South San Francisco
CLOSED SESSION
4:49 p.m., to discuss the items listed.
Mayor Addiego recalled the meeting to
order at 7:45 p.m., all Council present,
no action taken.
M/S Haffey/Teglia - To adjourn the
meeting to Wednesday, 4/29/87, at 6:00
p.m., for further screening of City
Manager candidates in Closed Session at
City Hall.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 7:46 p.m.
APPROVED.
Mark N. Addlego, 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 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.
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