HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1991-05-08 Mayor Jack Drago
Council:
Richard A. Haffey
Gus Nicolopulos
John R. Penna
--'Roberta Cerri Teglia
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
May 8, 1991
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 8th day of May 1991, at 6:30 p.m., in the Municipal
Services Building Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California.
Purpose of the meeting:
Closed Session for the purpose of discussion of personnel matters, labor
relations, property negotiations and litigation, and further interviews of
City Attorney candidates.
~taya<~
City of South San Francisco
Dated: April 29, 1991
AGENDA
'CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
Closed Session for the purpose
of the discussion of personnel
matters, labor relations,
property negotiations and
litigation.
RECALL TO ORDER:
---ADJOURNMENT:
ACTION TAKEN
6:44 p.m. Mayor Drago presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Haffey, Nicolopulos.,
Penna, Teglia, and
Drago.
None.
Council adjourned to a Closed Session at
6:44 p.m. to discuss the items noticed.
Mayor Drago recalled the meeting to
order at 7:30 p.m., all Council present,
no action taken.
M/S Haffey/Penna - To adjourn the
meeting.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 7:30 p.m
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
~Jack Drago, Mayor/~/
.'ty 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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Mayor Jack Drago
Council:
Richard A. Haffey
Gus Nicolopulos
John R. Penna
---~.oberta Cerri Teglia
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER: (Cassette No. 1)
ROLL CALL:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INVOCATION:
PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation - Water Awareness Month
May 1991
>roclamation - National Salvation Army
Week
Proclamation - Clean Air Week May 6-12,
1991 and Don't Drive
Alone Day, May 9, 1991
Proclamation - Historic Preservation
Week, May 12-18, 1991
AGENDA REVIEW
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
]OMMUNITY FORUM
MINUTES
City Council
Municipal Services Building
Community Room
May 8, 1991
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ACTION TAKEN
7:32 p.m. Mayor Drago presiding.
Council present:
Council absent:
Haffey, Nicolopulos,
Penna, Teglia, and
Drago.
None.
The Pledge was recited.
Rev. Golden, Our Redeemer Lutheran
Church, gave the invocation.
PRESENTATIONS
Councilman Haffey read the Proclamation
aloud and presented it to Mr. Gene
Gravell, California Water Co.
Councilwoman Teglia read the Proclamation
aloud and presented it to Mrs. Celia
Bronstein.
Vice Mayor Nicolopulos read the
Proclamation aloud.
Councilman Penna read the Proclamation
aloud and presented it to Historic
Preservation Commissioner Feudale who
gave a current overview of historic
activities; and presented a certificate
to Mr. Nicols that named the State
Building as a historic resource.
AGENDA REVIEW
City Manager Armas stated that he did not
have changes to the agenda.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one chose to speak.
COMMUNITY FORUM
Mayor Drago invited the audience to watch
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
O0"
-COMMUNITY FORUM
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion to approve the Minutes of
the Regular Meeting of 4/10/91; and
Adjourned Regular meeting of
4/17/91; Adjourned Regular of
4/24/91; Regular Meeting of
4/24/91; and Adjourned Regular
Meeting of 4/26/91.
Motion to confirm expense claims
of 5/08/91.
Motion to accept Haskins Way
Shoreline Trail as complete in
accordance with the plans and
specifications.
.4'o~°
e
Resolution approving plans and spe-
cifications, authorize the adver-
tisement of bids for the 1990-91
Street Resurfacing Program.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, AUTHORIZING THE
WORK AND CALLING BIDS FOR THE
1990-91 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM
Be
Resolution of award of contract to
Gavin Brothers Painting in the
amount of $8,182 as the lowest
responsible bidder for Grand Avenue
Pole Painting.
A RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT
FOR THE GRAND AVENUE POLE PAINTING
PROJECT
4. Resolution approving plans and spe-
cifications, authorize the adver-
~-o go
COMMUNITY FORUM
the student mock Council meeting next
Wednesday on Cable TV.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Approved.
Approved in the amount of $1,016,069.25.
So ordered.
Removed from the Consent Calendar for
discussion by Councilman Nicolopulos.
RESOLUTION NO. 44-91
M/S Teglia/Haffey - To approve the
Consent Calendar with the exception of
Item No. 4.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Councilman Nicolopulos stated that 4th
Lane between Linden and Cypress Avenues
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
4. Resolution - Continued.
tisement of bids for the 1990-91
Street Resurfacing Program.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, AUTHORIZING THE
WORK AND CALLING BIDS FOR THE
1990-91 STREET RESURFACING PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
6. Discussion of Bay Vision 2020.
was in bad shape and wanted it considered
for inclusion in the program this year if
there was sufficient money, and if not in
next year's program.
City Manager Armas stated that it could
be treated as an alternate.
Consensus of Council - To include it in
this year's program as an alternate, an
addendum, if the funds are available to
add it to the list.
M/S Nicolopulos/Haffey - To adopt the
Resolution with the stated condition.
RESOLUTION NO. 45-91
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Mayor Drago stated that he had asked the
City Manager to pursue this as an agenda
item because the City had been asked to
take a position on this report to the
City/County Association of Government
Committee of San Mateo County.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that the
Council had been asked to take a posi-
tion, but they did not have to take a'
position.
City Manager Armas stated that the
Council had been presented material that
delineates a bit about what the Bay
Vision 2020 effort is all about. He
then related the following: better than
a year ago Bay Vision 2020 Committee was
established; its charge was to examine
and focus on development opportunities
and managing growth over the longer term;
to examine how the Bay Area could main-
tain its quality of life in the face of
regional growth, traffic and housing
problems; that the draft of the final
report contained findings and goals along
with proposals for restructuring regional
agencies to accomplish these goals; deve-
loping a regional commission to look at
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AGENDA
.... ~DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
6. Discussion - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
issues from a broader prospective; con-
cern that in moving toward a regional
effort, some of the authorities and the
perogatives of the local government and
local citizens might be sacrificed;
balancing the needs of the local com-
munity, as well as those of a larger
perspective; common shared objectives of
preservation of our natural beauty and
managing growth in a reasonable manner
where we have some ability to dictate how
it goes; diminishing pressures of
responding to needs that have taken pre-
cidence over good land use planning;
creating a commission with elected offi-
cials and public members at large which
C/CAG would be discussing this matter
later this month, and Mayor Drago is the
representative of this Council who will
be asked to take a position; Council can
endorse the efforts and take no position
and support some or none at all, etc.
Discussion followed: special districts;
moving away from single purpose entities
to multi purpose entities; dealing with
those efforts that cross political
boundaries; merging metropolitan
Transportation Commission, Air Quality
District and the Association of Bay Area
Governments; Vice Mayor Nicolopulos was a
strong advocate of clean air, and felt
this all sprang from Brown's AB4242 that
had made things helter skelter, and felt
that the Council should take a position
not to accept this and cited his reasons
for not wanting to establish another
Board; the findings were that they were
trying to tie the nine counties into a
single independent unit; they are trying
to take clean air, clearwater, transpor-
tation and put it under one board to
govern because of the fact they overlap;
Mayor Drago did not have a problem with
the concept of regional government, but
had problems with the mechanics and with
the panel that will be appointing the
public membe~ as to Wow it is put
together; Vice Mayor Councilman
Nicolopulos felt the three
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
---%DMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
6. Discussion - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
agencies were doing their job and
mistakes made were being corrected;
Councilman Penna had two concerns:
land use and the loss of power with
regards to City Councils on land use;
Councilman Haffey spoke of the four
major points in the report: a) State
policy to reduce tax pressures and to
fiscalize land use; b) consolidation of
certain functions; c) preparing a
regional plan in the next three years
with no commitment on the local level; d)
provides the regional commission the
authority to permit or deny developments
of regional importance during the
planning period; he felt that a, b and c
made major progress and opposed d)
because we lose local control, and in no
way did he want to see local land use
given up carte blanche to some new
regional commission which would be extre-
mely unfortunate for the City;
Councilwoman Teglia feels that local
government takes care of the local
interests better than some far off
regional bodies; the Council had enough
trouble getting County Government to con-
sider us here in the north end; public at
large members made her nervous because in
her experience with other bodies it
showed them as being very vocal lobbiest
for special interests wherein the elected
people represent the people; she was
opposed to d) where they would dictate
this City's housing goals; she felt
Council should hang back, with C/CAG,
and resist at all points giving up
our ability to make land use decisions,
etc.
Mr. Charles Theiss, 2601 Donegal Ave.,
stated that it was time to get all of
these people to sit down together and
eliminate the cross number of committees
and commissions that are presently in
order.
Mayor Drago directed the City Manager to
draft a letter for him stating that at
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AGENDA
ACTION TAKEN
--ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
6. Discussion - Continued.
e
Discussion of district elections.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
this time the City opposed it, and he
he would present it at the next meeting.
Mr. A1 Waters, 2266 Shannon Dr., stated
that four years ago he had come before
the Council and had asked about district
elections, and had asked for it to be
placed on the agenda on the 14th of Feb.
1987, wherein he had presented his case
- and after that he had heard nothing.
He stated that in four years he had done
a lot of research, had talked to law pro-
fessors all over the State, including
Dallas. He continued, then the
Watsonville case came after the Voter
Rights Act in the 1960s, then an amend-
ment in the 1980s that stated that
minorities do not have a chance in an at
large election. He asked the Council to
think about it and form an advisory com-
mittee with a cross section of the com-
munity to study the problem.
He stated that there were 15,000 people
in Westborough of all races, colors, and
creeds, and he represented the
Westborough Concerned Citizens, and
related the following: they ran a can-
didate in 1973 as an experiment for the
School District who had lost, then they
ran a woman candidate, Patsy Hillard, for
the School District who had won; in 1985
they ran Dr. Churchwell for the City
Council and he had lost; he felt that
people will vote and participate if they
know what their candidate is about; 80%
of the people in Westborough couldn't
tell you who was on the Council; the
Council had three choices - initiative,
pass an ordinance or litigation; he did
not believe in standing on a street
corner collecting signatures and begging
because this is a government by and for
the people; people need an involvement in
the electoral process; the district was
not too small; Malcom X had said
hypocracy -- democracy, and asked the
Council to'prove him wrong.
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AGENDA
--ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
7. Discussion - Continued.
ACTION TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
He suggested that the City Manager and
City Attorney be members of the advisory
committee, as well as a cross section of
the City to study district elections.
Mayor Drago stated that Mr. Waters had
talked before about the community of
Westborough, now he was hearing minority
representation -- which are two different
animals.
Mr. Waters pointed to different members
of Council and stated which neighborhood
they represented in town.
Councilman Haffey stated that he repre-
sented South San Francisco - the entire
City.
Mr. Robert Stevens, 2435 Tipperary,
stated that he was personally opposed to
having district elections, and felt it
would be somewhat counter productive from
the point of view of cohesion within the
City. He felt that district elections
would fractionalize us and tend to take
us apart. He stated that there did not
appear to be any minority rights that
were violated because the last census
stated that in certain towns and areas up
here in north district, the whites are
in minority, etc.
Mr. Warren Colberg, 3770 Callan Blvd.,
stated that he wanted to go on record
against district elections, and felt that
perhaps in New York or Los Angeles, or
San Francisco you could'justify district
elections, but not in S.S.F. with its
makeup. He felt that it would open the
door to back room deals and everything
else that causes problems in government.
He stated that he had noticed great
apathy in the Westborough area, and in a
couple of other locations in the City
when he had attempted to get people out
to vote on something. He stated that he
would challenge any contention that
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
~ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
7. Discussion - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Westborough was not represented because
of anything other than apathy. He stated
that if the Westborough area residents
were registered and voted it would be the
greatest single voting block in the City
and the elected people would have to be
responsive to the people who vote.
Mr. Charles Theiss, 2601 Donegal, stated
that he was appalled that this agenda
item had already been concluded in the
Enterprise Journal by certain members of
Council. He stated that the article had
determined that Westborough was a forgot-
ten entity, yet there were 14,000 people
up there and would take less than 5,000
votes to elect anyone. He stated that if
there was a subject that would rile
people up - those people will be here.
He stated that district elections would
make it more disfracted, separated as we
are now, but we need to join together all
of our districts.
Ms. Shirley Hoch stated that she was
living evidence that a minority woman
living in Westborough can be elected to a
position in government in S.S.F. as an
elected member of the Board of Trustees
of the S.S.F. Unified School District.
She asked the council to keep in mind
that S.S.F. is a unique community in the
fact that although we are near a big
City we have the small town feel, and if
you put in districts it would be
fragmented and would lose the charm that
had led her to live here. She felt that
the Council represented the people well
regardless of where the Councilmembers
live, as long as they care about the
people they are elected to serve. She
stated that she never wanted to see a
small group in one area fighting with a
small group in another area because that
is not what City government is about.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
7. Discussion - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Councilwoman Teglia stated that newspaper
reporters had called some of the Council
on their opinions, and she was sorry that
Mr. Theiss felt the matter had been
concluded in the press. She stated that
she did have an opinion that she
expressed and had given her reasons, but
there may be some evidence that would
make a difference which she looked for-
ward to discussing.
Councilman Penna stated that he had the
opportunity to speak to some of the mem-
bers for the district elections and the
main reason he had received was that they
feel it is a big area that needed repre-
sentation - which he did not agree with
that viewpoint because this is a city of
50,000 people. He continued, he did not
think in terms of various sections of the
City, but thought that what affects one
part of the City affected the City as a
whole.
He stated that people in Westborough:
had served on boards and commissions;
Gordon Boblett served on the Council, but
unfortunately was unable to serve out the
term; back in the late 60s and 70s there
had been a large group in Westborough
that became involved in city government
and had elected people they trusted, such
as Mr. Boblett, etc.
He stated that he had asked the Clerk to
get a break down by area of election
results from 1968 through 1973 when
Westborough had an active political group
that had been pointedly instrumental in
soliciting voter turnout, as well as
getting candidates elected.
He did not feel that the City had
anything to gain in district elections,
because we don't have the diversity of
San Mateo County, and felt that the
Council would listen to anyone's con-
cerns, and anyone could run for election.
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ACTION TAKEN
AGENDA
- tDMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
7. Discussion - Continued.
Appeal of URM designation of the~O~
building located at 409 Grand
Avenue; Motion to affirm the
determination and deny the appeal.
Councilman Penna Left the Podium:
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Vice Mayor Nicolopulos spoke of his long
tenure and experience as a policeman and
related an experience of searching for a
child in the Westborough area, and seeing
the cooperation and closeness of the com-
munity in joining the search.
Councilman Haffey stated that he would
not support district elections, and
wanted the entire community to come
together and neighborhoods support one
another - which would not be true if the
City was divided into districts.
Mayor Drago stated that there was a con-
sensus of Council to not have district
elections. He stated that he would like
an advisory committee set up with the
City Manager and City Attorney to review
our existing method of voting to see if
there was any question of its legality.
Councilman Penna asked the Acting City
Attorney if he should excuse himself from
any discussion of this item.
Acting City Attorney Haile responded,
that would be appropriate since
Councilman Penna did have clients that
had URM buildings, and it would be pru-
dent and well for him to excuse himself.
Councilman Penna left the podium and did
not take part in the discussion for vote
on item No. 8.
Mayor Drago opened up the semi-public
hearing and asked the City Attorney to
comment - dealing with this mater, and
with the question of the Appelant's
written communications and procedures for
the Council to follow.
Acting City Attorney Haile stated that
this was an administrative appeal
hearing, and was not technically a
public hearing that was published and
posted or the like. He continued, it was
an appeal from Helen Price, the owner of
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
---qDMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
8. Appeal - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
409 Grand Ave. to the City Council from a
determination of the Building Appeals
Board. He stated that it was really a
one on one between the Appellant and the
City and not technically a public
hearing. He continued, however, if the
Council wanted to hear from other members
of the public, it could do that.
He recited the procedure: to open the
hearing; have a staff report; he would
list items for the record which were
for the Council; Elaine Costello would
make an oral presentation; then a written
or oral presentation from the Appellant.
He stated that the Attorney for Mrs.
Price has a written brief on file with
the City and has chosen not to appear in
person, and he did not.believe Mrs. Price
was present tonight either. He stated
that it was appropriate for the appellant
to make an appearance either in writing
or orally or both. He stated that after
the appellant's position was taken it
would be appropriate for a response by
staff if they choose to; then a discussion
by the Council; a decision by the
Council, and then adopt findings.
He stated that if the Council chose to
affirm the appeal, it could adopt the
same findings that the Appeals Board had
adopted.
He recited the following for the record,
because there was an idle threat for some
litigation and he wanted to make sure the
record showed exactly what was before the
Council: 1) a staff report dated 5/8/91
to the Council from Elaine Costello,
Director of Economic & Community
Development; 2) a stenographic transcript
with 14 exhibits which has been on file
with the City Clerk for you to read at
your leisure, and was made known to you
by his memo; 3) there are findings of
fact and determination of issues before
the Appeals Board dated 3/5/91; 4) notice
of appeal dated 3/12/91 from Helen Price
from the adverse decision of the Appeals
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
· ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
8. Appeal - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Board; 5) memo dated 4/30/91 from him,
which was a supplemental memo to the
staff report and it contained a stipula-
tion and agreement between himself and '
the Attorney for Helen Price as to coming
before the Council to have this appeal
because there was not a provision in the
Code to have an appeal to the Council on
this type of a matter; 6) there was
before Council the method of iden-
tification of URM buildings that con-
sisted of 8 pages, including diagrams and
pertinent extracts from the State Seismic
Safety Commission Guidebook of December
1987 which was used in making the deter-
mination by the Building Official, and a
floor plan sketch of 409 Grand Ave.; and
finally the Appellant's written brief
which consists of a letter dated 4/30/91
to the City Council from the Attorney for
Mrs. Price, and he had also sent a
corrective letter dated 5/1/91, and his
4/30/91 letter has a notice of appeal to
the City Council; the application for an
appeals hearing to the Appeals Board; an
Attachment B which is a statement in lieu
of personal appearance which is submitted
on behalf of Helen Price, which in turn
has attachment letters dated 3/25/91 to
the City Clerk; a memo to the Building
Official Jeff Baca from Helen Price; a
letter dated 5/13/91 to Helen Price from
Jeffery Baca with an attached copy of a
preliminary list of URM buildings - that
is the administrative record before the
Council.
Director of Economic & Community
Development Costello stated that what the
Council had before it was an appeal by a
property owner of the designation of 409
Grand Ave. She stated that these
buildings were made of masonry material
which did not have evidence of adequate
reinforcement. She stated that the
buildings were built before 1946 when the
City's first Building Code was
established and when the first earth-
quake resistance standards were set up.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
---ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
8. Appeal - Continued.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
She stated that staff initially had iden-
tified this building as an unreinforced
masonry building back over a year ago -
which had been questioned by the owner
and staff had presented its rational for
the designation. She proceeded to relate
more background: the basis for the
designation; hearing before the Appeals
Board and the lack of evidence to support
Mrs. Price's contention that it was not a
URM building; Appeals Board upheld
staff's determination that it was a
potentially hazardous building through
unreinforced masonry construction;
requirement was to submit an engineering
analysis by February 1992 to find out the
severity of the problem, etc.
Mayor Drago invited the Appellant to step
to the dais and speak - no one appeared
and he closed the hearing.
M/S Haffey/Teglia - To affirm the deter-
mination of the Building Appeals Board
and the Building Inspection Div. that the
building located at 409 Grand Ave. is a
potentially hazardous building and was
subject to the requirements as stipulated
in Chapter 15.28 of the S.S.F. Muni.
Code and using the same findings.
Councilwoman Teglia questioned if there
had been any new evidence presented to
the City from the time the hearing had
been held, the determination made, to
this date.
Director of Economic & Community
Development stated there had not been.
Vice Mayor Nicolopulos thought it was
unusual that the Appellant was not pre-
sent this evening.
Acting City Attorney Haile stated that
they had made an appearance through a
written brief, and it was quite proper to
make the appeal in writing.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
---~UBLIC HEARINGS
Councilman Penna Returned to the Podium:
Public Hearing - To consider General
Plan Amendment GP-90-42, and
Negative Declaration No. 707, pro-
posed amendment to the City's
General Plan and environmental
determination of same to allow the
addition of drive-thru windows at
fast food restaurants in certain
circumstances; Motion to approve
Negative Declaration No. 707, and
adopt Resolution.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT
GP-90-42 TO THE GENERAL PLAN TO
PROVIDE FOR DRIVE-THROUGH WINDOWS
IN FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS IN
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Councilman Penna returned to the podium.
Chief Planner Solomon stated that staff
agreed with the Planning Commission
recommendation to amend the General Plan
that would allow drive through windows in
the Westborough planning area, Area 10,
for existing fast food restaurants. He
stated that a use permit would be allowed
to allow any drive through windows in
this area. He continued, a further unre-
lated amendment was also recommended to
change minor inconsistencies in policies
for drive through windows.
Mayor Drago opened the Public Hearing.
Mrs. Diana Byers stated that she and her
husband Nelson were the applicants for
the proposed General Plan policy con-
cerning drive through service windows.
She stated that they had been the
owner/operators for the last five years
at Westborough and Gellert Boulevard.
She proceeded to itemize the underlying
needs behind the policy change request:
convenience and service; residents would
not have to get out of their car to
purchase the food; provide comfort and
warmth against the Westborough cold wind;
people do not have to get dressed up;
service to the handicapped and the
elderly.
She related background information:
12/7/90 filed an application for a
Citywide General Plan Policy change to
allow the addition of drive through ser-
vice windows under controller circumstan-
ces; 4/18/91, after holding 3 meetings by
the Planning Commission and substantial
discussion recommended a policy change
to the Council that would clarify some
ambiguous language of the General Plan,
and allow the drive through window to an
existing restaurant in Westborough; that
the recommendation was narrower than on a
Citywide basis in scope, but was accep-
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'"JUBLIC HEARINGS
9. Public Hearing - Continued.
RECESS:
Councilman Haffey Left the Meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
table to the Applicants; they urged the
Council to approve the recommendation
and the wording in Policy No. 10-8.
Mayor Drago stated that Ms. Ada LeBlanc
of 3880 Callan Blvd., #202, had to leave
the meeting, but wanted to go on record
as being 100% behind the drive through
window.
The following people spoke in favor of
the General Plan policy amendment to
allow the drive through window: Connie
Roedder, 3948 Crofton Way; Anne Garry,
2455 Unwin Court; Shirley Yee, 40 Seville
Way; Kenneth Davis, 3815 Susan Dr.; Judy
Kong, 2407 Emily Lane; Ike Riser, 2821
Berkshire, San Bruno; Robert Stevens,
2435 Tipperary; Warren Colbert, 3770
Callan Blvd.; Gerald Simotas, 2760
Tipperary; Charles Theiss, 2601 Donegal
Ave.; Perry Bautista, 2437 Rowntree Way;
Mary Ann Browder, 2431Unwin Court; Ken
Romano, 296 Evergreen Dr., ; Charlene
Edwins, 2643 Tyrone Court; Marilyn
Vitalie, 2780 Merion Dr., San Bruno;
Philip Bernhein, 3606 Bassett Court;
Sylvia Dee, 2960 Medina Dr.; Valerie Pal,
45 Escanyo Dr.; Reno Barsotti, 240
Madison Ave., San Bruno.
Mayor Drago closed the Public Hearing.
M/S Haffey/Teglia - To approve Negative
Declaration No. 707.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
M/S Teglia/Nicolopulos - To adopt the
Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 46-91
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Mayor Drago recessed the meeting at 9:55
p.m.
Councilman Haffey left the meeting at
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AGENDA
---~ UBLIC HEARINGS
RECALL TO ORDER:
10.
Public Hearing - Consideration of
Proposed Statement of Objectives
and Projected Use of Community
Development Block Grant Funds for
Fiscal Year 1991-92; conduct
Public Hearing; adopt resolution.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHOR-
IZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES AND
PROJECTED USE OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1991-92
ACTION TAKEN
PUBLIC HEARINGS
9:55 p.m., and did not return.
Mayor Drago recalled the meeting to order
at 10:12 p.m., all Council present.
Mayor Drago opened the Public Hearing.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that she lived
in the immediate area and had asked the
Acting City Attorney if she had a
conflict of interest, he had said she did
not because it was only a clean up so
she could participate.
Director of Economic & Community
Development Costello stated that the
recommendation was to keep on-going
programs at existing levels of funding
because there would be CDBG fund cuts
next year. She spoke of the funding
recommendations, and stated that funding
was not being recommended for projects
that can not prove they help low and
moderate families.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that Council
might want to revise this process next
year so to have it be a one year only
request and allow the organization to
apply again the following year.
Vice Mayor Nicolopulos stated that there
were five new projects and he felt that
projects like Project Read should not be
limited to one year because of the impor-
tance of the project to all age levels.
Director of Economic & Community
Development Costello reiterated that
there would be less money next year, and
the City having to look at all options.
City Manager Armas commented that there
were restrictions on the use of CDBG
funds.
Mayor Drago stated that he was bothered
at his lack of input in the recommen-
dations when now it was in print, and if
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--~PUBLIC HEARINGS
10. Public Hearing - Continued.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
he voted no, he was the bad guy. He con-
tinued, in reference to Project Reach -
he felt there were better programs out
there and some have funding from other
means.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that she had
problems with some programs that the
City had funded on a long term bases and
felt the Council should have latitude
wherein next year staff just give what the
organization were asking for and Council
make the recommendations.
Mayor Drago stated that it bothered him
for staff to decide priorities. He
stated that there had been one public
hearing wherein Council took information,
and he had been prepared tonight to
discuss the allocations.
City Manager Armas stated that next year
he would emphasize the need for
direction.
Mr. Eldon Luce stated that all of the
organizations were pleased with Council
support, and would answer questions if
needed.
Mayor Drago closed the Public Hearing.
Councilman Penna stated that after
reviewing the initial report he had cited
his concerns to the Director, and had
been satisfied with the report that came
back. He requested that in future
Council review the recommendations and
the programs.
City Manager Armas stated that he could
forgo any staff recommendations if the
Council was concerned that they were
being preempted.
Mayor Drago stated that he had a problem
with the new programs, their documen-
tation and rational.
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'--'PUBLIC HEARINGS
10. Public Hearing - Continued.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
11. Discussion of booking fees
(Councilwoman Teglia).
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Councilwoman Teglia suggested having a
study session next year between the two
public hearings. She stated that in the
past when there had been less staff,
Council had a better track record of
where the money went.
Consensus of Council - To hold a study
session between the two public hearing on
CDBG funds.
M/S Tegtia/Penna - To adopt the
Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 47-91
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
ITEMS FROM COUNCIL
Councilwoman Teglia stated that the
latest scuttlebutt from representatives
in Sacramento was that 2557 would end in
July, and if that was the case then the
business of the County being able to
charge for property tax collections, as
well as the booking will fall away. She
stated that she did not know what the
County was going to do to make up for the
lost revenue. She stated that tomorrow
morning at 7:30 there was one more
meeting in a series of meetings of
elected officials in the north end of the
County they are being held to try and
come up with a solution to keeping the
booking facility in S.S.F. open. She
stated that the current plan was to
close it in July and there was some
indication from the County to keep it
open until October to give North County
more time to talk and come up with
viable solutions.
Mayor Drago questioned why we didn't
just accept the booking fee and pass
the charge on to the person being
booked and not release him from jail
until he had paid it.
Councilman Penna stated that there was
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'--iITEMS FROM COUNCIL
'11. Discussion - Continued.
GOOD AND WELFARE
(Cassette No. 2)
ACTION TAKEN
ITEMS ~ROM COUNCIL
another problem at the State level
wherein there was a lawsuit that looks
like it was being decided in favor of
companies who are doing business in the
State but are foreign companies, and were
being taxed higher amounts than what they
were actually doing business in the
State. He stated that it looked like the
suit was being lost by the State for a
shortfall of approximately three billion
dollars which will be added to the defi-
cit. He stated that he would feel more
comfortable if this City planned for
shortfalls in the State.
Councilwoman Teglia had attended a Harbor
District meeting as liaison for the City
and had taken a tour of their bed and
breakfast facility which she encouraged
the Council to visit.
Councilman Penna requested the City
manager investigate the three million
dollars of Harbor District funds that
were used for capital improvement,
because there was talk of the funds being
diverted to Pilar Point.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that for Cable
TV to be in the Marina it required a
35-40' tower. She stated that it would
require a use permit and it may not be
compatible with the architecture for that
area.
GOOD AND WELFARE
Mr. Charles Theiss, 2601 Donegal, stated
that his daughter was a member of the
Westborough Marching Band, and he was
very concerned that the Council had put a
stipulation on the $1,800 donation that
it be matched by the School District. He
stated that the School District was in
dire straights and unable to match any
outside funding.
Councilman Penna spoke of the City facing
a $1,000,000 deficit through the booking
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-SOOD AND WELFARE
--'~.LOSED SESSION
.12.
Closed session for the purpose
of discussion of personnel matters,
labor relations, property nego-
tiations and litigation.
13.
Motion to adjourn the meeting to
Wednesday, 5/15/91, at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall, Council Chambers,
400 Grand Avenue, South San
Francisco, for a study session on
Capital Improvement Budget and
sewer fees.
ADJOURNMENT:
GOOD AND WELFARE
fees, property tax, and capital improve-
ments. He stated that there was a per-
ception in the past that the City had the
resources, yet it was looking at a short-
fall of $2,000,000. He suggested that
the band approach some of the large firms
in the City.
Councilwoman Teglia stated that the only
program that the City funded straight out
was the Close Up Program, and encouraged
fund raisers and often waived fees for
the use of City buildings. She stated
that in the past 13 years the School
District had not matched any funds, and
she felt that they had skated.
Vice Mayor Nicolopulos did not feel that
the band members should have been made
pawns and the Council should have voted
yes or no without mentioning the School
District.
CLOSED SESSION
Council chose not to hold a Closed
Session.
M/S Penna/Teglia - To adjourn the meeting
to 5/15/91 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall for
a study session on the Capital
Improvement Budget and sewer fees; and
interviews for the Personnel Board and
the Historic Preservation Commission.
Carried by unanimous voice vote.
Time of adjournment was 11:07 p.m.
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AGENDA ACTION TAKEN
--'RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Barbara A. Battaya,
City of South San Francisco
APPROVED~
/// 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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