Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1997-09-24Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes Council: James L. Datzman Eugene R. Mullin tohn R. Penna Robert Yee MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room September 24, 1997 S_PECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO SEPTEMBER 24, 1997 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 24th day of September, at 7:05 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California. Purpose of the meeting: 1. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54957.6, labor negotiations for all labor units and City Attorney. Resolution approving an amendment to the agreement between the City and Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver and Wilson. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND MEYERS, NAVE, RIBACK, SILVER AND WILSON 3. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54659.6 - existing litigation: South San Francisco vs. Harding-Lawson Deputy City Clerk City of South San Francisco Dated: September 18, 1997 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: AGENDA (Cassette No. 1) Resolution approving an amendment to the agreement between the City and Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver 5.zT;z- 9/24/97 Page I ACTION TAKEN 7:05 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding. Council Present: Datzman, Mullin, Penna, Yee and Fernekes. Council Absent: None. City Manager Wilson asked that this item be re- moved from the Agenda. AGENDA 2. Resolution - Continued. and Wilson. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND MEYERS, NAVE, RIBACK, SILVER AND WILSON Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54957.6, labor nego- tiations for all labor units and City Attorney. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54959.6 - existing litigation South San Francisco vs. Harding-Lawson. RECALL TO ORDER: ADJOURNMENT: ~,ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk City of South San Francisco A~TION TAKEN So ordered. Council entered a Closed Session at 7:06 p.m. to discuss Items 1 and 3 on the Agenda. Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m., all Council was present, no action was taken and direction was given. M/S Mullin/Yee - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 7:38 p.m. APPROVED. ,os~/~h X. l~rnek~, yo Ci?//of South San Francisco The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica- tions, 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. 9/24/97 Page 2 Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes Council: James L. Datzman Eugene R. Mullin '--'lohn R. Penna Robert Yee MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room September 24, 1997 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: AGENDA (Cassette No. 1) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: INVOCATION: PRESENTATIONS '-'%uth San Francisco Day in the Park - September 27, 797 ACTION TAKEN 7:45 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding. Council Present: Council Absent: Datzman, Mullin, Penna, Yee and Fernekes. None. The Pledge was recited. Lay Minister Cantley, Aldersgate Episcopal Church, gave the invocation. PRESENTATIONS Mayor Fernekes related: Saturday, 9/27/97, will be S.S.F. Day In the Park; it is a day for the family and the community and the day we all may come together in Orange Park; he showed the audience the t-shirt designed by City employee Dennis Crossland, who is a talented individual who came through with this concept design, developed it into its final form that will be available for purchase in the park; he also developed a poster that has been distributed throughout town with the help of the Parks & Recre- ation Department; all S.S.F. service clubs and City- wide organizations will share in the profits which include ArtRise, Historical Society, Pal Boosters, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club and Rotary Club who will have booths selling various commodities; this was put together by City Department Heads, and the Chamber of Commerce and Genentech have come forward with money and assistance to make this a successful day; it will start with a public safety breakfast at the MSB from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 where the police and fire will prepare the breakfast pan- cakes which is free; the next part is being held in the MSB from 10:00 to 12:p.m., which will be sculptures and art by the Cultural Arts Commission which is also free; this is the fourth or fifth arts presentation, each of which has been successful as will be this one; next is the fair in Orange Park 9/24/97 Page 1 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN PRESENTATIONS Introduction of the new Executive Director of the Cham- ber of Commerce Sally McLeod by President Ray Hanssen PRESENTATIONS from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. with 130 booths; helping sponsor the event is FirstPoint Utility Solution, an electric company, has contributed a great sum of money and following this presentation will explain their company and what they will do for the City; there will also be entertainment, arts and crafts, Ronald McDonald, BART will be present to explain how they are coming through the City and there will be an Airport model on the expansion that is taking place to show the community what it will look like and then the aircraft insulation, for we will answer questions on aircraft noise; it is a day of fun for the community, so please come and join Council and share the first community day. Vice Mayor Mullin concurred with what the Mayor said except for his modesty, as it was his idea, his concept and driving force. Mr. Hanssen related: the history and future of the S.S.F. Chamber of Commerce is tightly wed to the business community; in 1890 the S.S.F. Land and Improvement Co. was formed and he gave back- ground on the business community growth and promotion of the City to improve the quality of life for all of the citizens; he then introduced the Execu- tive Director. Executive Director McLeod stated the Chamber was also participating in the Day in the Park and with other events we will have in the near future. There will be a Taste of S.S.F. on 10/22/97, Wednesday, at the MSB to showcase the restaurants, delis and bakeries of S.S.F. Anyone may attend the function for $20.00 and sample a little bit of everything and it will be a well attended event. She stated another event that the Chamber encourages attendance at is the first premiere event of Women In Business on the first Wednesday in November at Bertolucci's beginning at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at 12:00 p.m. with a speaker, Jean Hollands, who is an owner of a business in Mountain View and is called the Guru of Silicon Valley. She is going to speak on how to have a business and a life. The Chamber has monthly mixers and the next is in October in Daly City at a company that tries to get people off of the welfare rolls and into the job market; she will con- tinue working with the Council in their good rela- tions, as well as with the City Manager and Assis 9/24/97 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN PRESENTATIONS FirstPoint California Inc. by Juan Nagore Proclamation - National Adult Day Care Center Week - Joe Hunzicker, ADC Coordinator _.h-O a/7 Westbay Nuggets Girls Softball Team Recognition Beautification Award - Barbara DeMattei PRESENTATIONS tant City Manager; and she thanked everyone for attending their events. Mr. Nagore related: S.S.F.'s objectives were to bring the benefits of deregulation to community residents, the city and its businesses, to create a competitive environment that would result in lower prices, to create competition for services, to create a local presence and to build a relationship with an electric utility that would interface with the city. He described the implementation components: regulatory affairs, customer care, product develop- ment and offerings, marketing, public relations and customer communications, local business operation and management, energy delivery, space needs and technology, operations through metering, sales and enrollment, distribution company interface. The further described: the evolving process with its constraints and challenges; customer care - August to December and beyond; marketing September- November; local office implementation; program management and the S.S.F. Office - 943 El Camino Real, 877-8220 for customer service and office; there will be a flat rate throughout the year; on 1/1/98 they will deliver to customers, although PG&E will read the meters and FirstPoint will read commercial meters; etc. Mayor Fernekes read the Proclamation aloud and presented it to Joe Hunzicker. Mr. Hunzicker intro- duced a woman whose 85 year old father uses the Center and she expressed her gratitude for this service on behalf of herself and others with elderly parents in need of care during the day. Mr. Hunzicker gave a five minute slide show on the services given the elderly in this program. Mayor Fernekes gave Certificates of Outstanding Achievement to Kelly Dickson and Valerie Nofinson. Beautification Committee Member DeMattei stated the winners were: Residential - Ray and Edwina Taredo, 620 Palm Ave., and Josef and Agnes Vierhaus, 11 Greystone Drive; Commercial - Hines Properties, Inc. 651 Gateway Blvd. 9/24/97 Page 3 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ~,_ ~'"" ~ AGENDA REVIEW ity Manager Wilson Requested: Motion/Second to add Item No. 9a, to accept the $300,000 FAA grant for single family homes within the 1995 CNEL, which requires a 4/5 vote. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AGENDA REVIEW M/S Yee/Penna - To add Item No. 9a to the Agen- da. Carried by unanimous voice vote. City Attorney Mattas stated this item is similar to Item No. 9, and we have to accept it by September 30th and this is the Council's last opportunity to approve it, and it will be used to insulate single family homes in the 65 CNEL noise pattern. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Dennis Neil, 1213 Verona Dr., requested the Council consider forming a Citizens Complaint Board modeled after Pittsburgh's after concern with the Police Department. The purpose is to review each and every police complaint to achieve a balance in issues concerning police and public safety. This is to avoid incidents of cops beating suspects that were allegedly handcuffed and a man being molested by the police and sodomized by a plunger and they broke several of his teeth. This City had an incident with Officer Molieri who was accused of punching a suspect while another officer was a witness, and Officer Molieri socked him while the other officer was attempting to cuff the suspect. Who is telling the truth, please read the transcripts that were done sometime in early 1996, and you will discover the Emperor wears no clothes, the Chief has been caught without pants and shot himself in the foot. The lawsuit is now $3,000,000 for unfair treatment of Officer Molieri and a circus to silence all complaints and the City has offered money out of the Court. How much money should be paid - how much will it cost to hire a trained officer. He believes the Chief owes Officer Molieri an apology. City Attorney Mattas stated some of the comments -- clearly, the citizens of the City know the Chief's reputation and he thinks that stands on its own. He stated, for the benefit of the public, we are in the middle of litigation and preliminarily the Courts have dismissed two of the allegations. There is on- going litigation that the Council is aware of, and has been apprised of that for their benefit and so far the arguments have been sustained by the Court and the 9/24/97 Page 4 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY FORUM 9/24/97 Page 5 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS actions of the City have been vindicated. This will continue and the City will continue to defend it. The charges against Raffaelli - the public knows the allegations are false. Mayor Fernekes stated we have an outstanding Chief and an outstanding Police Department that are doing a good job in the community, and once again thank them for the job. COMMUNITY FORUM Vice Mayor Mullin stated S.S.F. High School will have a candidates night, on 10/7/97, for the 11/4/97 election and will also be hosting four of the Com- munity College and City Council candidates, 9 candidates in total, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the cafeteria. There will be 500 students attending, who will be available to help candidates. This will allow everyone to hear the candidates for office and they will be available to interact with the audience and he invited everyone to attend. He stated that on Saturday, 10/11/97, is the fund raiser at Art Rise at 616 Linden Ave. which is their future location, and that is a tri-tip dinner which will be fun and he will attend. Councilman Penna commended City Treasurer Ford for her continuing prudent manner of investing City funds and is receiving a 6 1/2% interest return. Vice Mayor Mullin stated he attended a ground breaking for Sugen Inc., who has relocated from Redwood City, is engaged in cancer, diabetes and genetics research and he welcomes them to our community. Councilman Datzman accepted an Award of Excel- lence for the City on its planning role between the City and business. Vice Mayor Mullin announced that Monday evening at Martin School at 6:30 p.m. the Old Town Home- owners will hold their yearly social, and two princi- pals will be attending which will lead to the 11/18/97 meeting on community focus. He stated there have been eight meetings for the community focus and they will have a booth Saturday. AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSENT CALENDAR Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of 8/13/97, Special Meeting of 8/27/97, Special Meeting of 8/27/97 and Regular Meeting of 8/27/97. 2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 9/24/97. Resolution awarding a contract for ADA Playground upgrades to Community Playgrounds in the amount of $421,788 as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $421,788 TO COMMUNITY PLAYGROUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT PLAY AREA RENOVATIONS AT SELLICK, BRENTWOOD, ORANGE, GARDINER AND PAR- ADISE VALLEY PARKS Motion to approve plans and specifications and au- thorize advertisement for bids for pipelining Newman Drive. ~O~e9 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Councilman Yee stated he recently attended his second Sister City trip in Lucca, Italy which he enjoyed tremendously, and with the Mayor's lead- ership it was very comfortable. A Sister City trip is not just fun and food and just before he left S.S.F. Dennis Rosaia said it is time you get some culture. He did and gained eight lbs., attended his first op- era, had the best seat in the house and there was no air conditioning - if all Sister Cities are like that, he hopes they invite us back. Councilman Penna stated the opera house was five stories with individual booths surrounding the stage. Shirley Yee asked me what was going on and he didn't have a clue, because it was so hot, but he would like to do something like that with Art Rise. He had greatly enjoyed Lucca, meeting other dele- gates from three other cities in Belgium, France and England, including the walking tours. Mayor Fernekes stated he and the City Clerk also participated and it was his first experience with the culture of different countries and enjoyed the representatives from Belgium, England and France. CONSENT CALENDAR Approved. Approved in the amount of $4,604,635.04. Removed from the Consent Calendar by Vice Mayor Mullin. Approved. 9/24/97 Page 6 AGENDA CONSENT CALENDAR A resolution authorizing a transfer of $200,000 from the Terrabay Childcare Trust Funds for relocation of the Children's Center to Spruce School. A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AP- PROPRIATION OF $200,000 FROM THE TERRABAY CHILDCARE TRUST FUND NO. 81- 2914 TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THE RELOCA- TION OF THE CHILDREN'S CENTER Motion to approve a Negative Declaration to be distributed for the Water Quality Control Plant Im- provement Project for public review. A resolution authorizing a consultant contract with Nichols Berman for the 1997 Supplemental Environ- mental Impact Report for Terrabay. ~O~ A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH NICHOLS BERMAN FOR A SUPPLEMEN- TAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR TERRABAY PHASES II AND III A resolution awarding a contract for the Oyster Point Interchange Hook Ramps to Brian, Kangas and Foulk as the lowest responsible bidder in an amount not to exceed $230,000. A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE OYSTER POINT INTERCHANGE HOOK RAMPS TO BRIAN, KANGAS AND FOULK Motion to accept a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and direct the funds to the CIP for Phase XIX of the Aircraft Noise Insulation Pro- gram. ,6"9,8 9a. Motion to accept a $300,000 FAA grant for single family homes within the 1995 CNEL. Resolution awarding a contract for ADA Playground upgrades to Community Playgrounds in the amount of Page 7 ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR TAKEN Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by Vice Mayor Mullin. Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by Vice Mayor Mullin. RESOLUTION NO. 102-97 Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by Councilman Yee. Accepted. Removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion by Vice Mayor Mullin. MIS Datzman/Penna - To approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Items 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9a. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Vice Mayor Mullin questioned if this completes the ADA upgrades or what was remaining. AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ,~,..~ ~7' Resolution- Continued. $421,788 as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $421,788 TO COMMUNITY PLAYGROUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT PLAY AREA RENOVATIONS AT SELLICK, BRENTWOOD, ORANGE, GARDINER AND PAR- ADISE VALLEY PARKS A resolution authorizing a transfer of $200,000 from the Terrabay Childcare Trust Funds for relocation of the Children's Center to Spruce School. ,.6'0 ~ q A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET AP- PROPRIATION OF $200,000 FROM THE TERRABAY CHILDCARE TRUST FUND NO. 81- 2914 TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THE RELOCA- TION OF THE CHILDREN'S CENTER Motion to approve a Negative Declaration to be distributed for the Water Quality Control Plant Im- provement Project for public review. .b"'~ ~ 7 Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Ser- vices Nagel stated these are the first to be done of the 17. M/S Mullin/Penna - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 103-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. Vice Mayor Mullin stated this was in Avalon School and is being moved to Spruce School and services 150 children. We moved funds from Terrabay when in-lieu fees became available and this was an exam- ple of four government entities coming together. M/S Mullin/Penna - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 104-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. Vice Mayor Mullin stated he was not aware we were servicing Colma. City Manager Wilson stated the main line was installed and a bypass and they prepurchased so many units they have not exceeded. Director of Public Works Gibbs stated they pay 1% per year and will share in improvements. Vice Mayor Mullin stated we are increasing the plant from 9 million to 13 million gallons to allow capacity for growth at a cost of $40 million due to change in Federal regulations. Councilman Penna stated Federal funds are not available, so the City has to pay. Director of Public Works Gibbs stated staff was to have financial advisors tonight, but they were un- available, however, there will be a full presentation at the next meeting. He stated there will be a 60 million capacity in wet weather, that is at peak capacity for an hour or two and he needs data col- lection from the coming winter. M/S Mullin/Penna - To approve the Negative Decla- 9/24/97 Page 8 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN o 9a. Motion - Continued. A resolution awarding a contract for the Oyster Point Interchange Hook Ramps to Brian Kangas and Foulk as the lowest responsible bidder in an amount not to exceed $230,000. .5'0 ~ A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT TO BRIAN, KANGAS AND FOULK FOR THE OYS- TER POINT INTERCHANGE HOOK RAMPS Motion to accept a $300,000 FAA grant for single family homes within the 1995 CNEL. 5 2. 8 "] ration. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Councilman Yee stated the resolution calls for the lowest responsible bidder. He asked if the concep- tual plan has been approved by Brisbane. Director of Public Works Gibbs stated it did not go out to bid, Brisbane has not approved it and Terrabay will be contributing to the hook ramps. M/S Yee/Datzman - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 105-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. Discussion followed: is this new money; this is additional and is making up for cost overruns; Councilman Yee talked to the FAA today who said early on we didn't want the money; staff is not able to accept the money as quickly as the FAA wanted; Councilman Yee felt it was an important clarifica- tion that the $2 million and the $300,000 is not new money - does that mean we will get that much less from SFIA, for we anticipate they will continue funding when the MOU runs out; ANIP Manager Valkaanar stated the City needs to spend the MOU money first, it is a matter of timing, for we spend the MOU money and take advantage of them con- tinuing to fund; Councilman Penna noted this is only to be spent in the 1995 area map for Brentwood and Avalon; yes; the timing of the FAA depends on the regulations and when the work is done; this is a grant offer, we do the work and then they reimburse us; have we hired a noise consultant; Council is looking at doing that; if it shows the information is not valid and the noise pattern exceeds the CNEL and has flawed data, then we can hold this in abey- ance; this $300,000 is an accounting exercise for most consultants are satisfied with the monitoring efforts; etc. M/S Mullin/Penna - To accept the FAA grant of $300,000. Carried by unanimous voice vote. 9/24/97 Page 9 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN PUBLIC HEARINGS '0. Public Hearing - Consideration of submittal of Annual Grantee Performance Report to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Conduct Public Hearing and adopt the resolution. ~'t0 ~ ~] A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMIT'FAL OF THE 1996-97 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT GRANTEE PERFORMANCE REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 11. Public Hearing Consideration of zoning ordinance on Cultural Arts in-lieu fees; Zoning Amendment No. ZA-97-014 amending Chapter 20 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code; Conduct Public Hearing; Motion to waive reading and introduce an ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 20.101 TO TITLE 20 OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MU- NICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A CULTURAL ARTS FUND WITH RESPECT TO LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS PUBLIC HEARINGS Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing. Coordinator of Community Development Block Grant Funds Fragoso related: there are detailed program performances in the report; any fund balances are on page 21 and 24 and those are not available to reallocate, such as ADA modifications, etc. Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing. M/S Yee/Penna - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 106-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. Councilman Datzman complimented Ms. Fragoso on her report. City Clerk Battaya read the title of the ordinance in its entirety. Mayor Fernekes opened the Public Hearing. Chief Planner Harnish related: this is a funding source for cultural arts; addresses 10% require- ments for landscaping; with changed uses it is diffi- cult to put in landscaping without sacrificing park- ing; this allows in-lieu fee based on $7.92 sq. fi. to go into the Cultural Arts Fund and be used for beautification by the Commission as received by the Planning Commission; a future joint meeting is being suggested with the two Commissions. Mayor Fernekes closed the Public Hearing. Discussion followed: this would only be used where a new use is restricted in landscaping; why are there strike throughs in the ordinance; those are the issues raised at the Planning Commission and modified; is this in-lieu fee triggered automatically and can go up to 10% or one pays the in-lieu fee; the landowner would bring forth the in-lieu issue to the Planning Commission; this will be discretionary with the Planning Commission; does the decision of the art location go before the Council or does it rest with the Cultural Arts Commission; originally $20,000 was put in a cultural arts fund and each of the mu- 9/24/97 Page 10 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 2.~ PUBLIC HEARINGS .1. Public Hearing - Continued. RECESS: RECALL TO ORDER: 9/24/97 Page 11 PUBLIC HEARINGS rals has to come before Council; Vice Mayor Mullin never saw the breezeway mural as a Councilman prior to the mural being painted, and it would be nice for the Council and public to see it before it is done; Councilman Yee feels the Developer should be paying more than the amount of the landscaping, because it is too easy to say he is going to have two more parking spaces instead of landscaping; the Commission talked about it being low enough, but the fee can be set at anything; City Attorney Mattas believes the nexus requirement should be what the landscaping costs, and you cannot charge more than that; City Manager stated the problem is with old structures and small lots in imposing these rigid zoning regulations and staff is balancing that by accepting reality; so, if we improve it we are going to get a balancing, so give the property owner a chance to improve and direct some amount to com- munity art for that was Council direction; so, if adopted Council wouldn't see many variances; there is a value of dirt that doesn't have to be applied and dirt has a value; Councilman Penna is in favor of this ordinance, but it doesn't state square feet of what for if you have 7,000 sq. ft. then one would pay $3,750 and in a zero lot line it would only apply if there is landscaping; Councilman Datzman stated we appointed a Cultural Arts Commission to do things not done and provide an ordinance to give them money; he questioned how long this has been mulling around; the concept has been around 18 months, but the drafts have been considerably less; Councilman Datzman would rather proceed on trust and the recommendation from the two bodies and see where it goes; Vice Mayor Mullin would like to see a check off before it is put in cement; the City Manager agreed. M/S Penna/Datzman - To waive reading and intro- duce the ordinance. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Mayor Fernekes recessed the meeting at 10:15 p.m. Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at 10:25 p.m., all Council was present. AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ~_.~ I ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Resolution awarding a contract for replacement of the city-wide telephone system to Com-Aid, Inc. in the amount of $393,288 as the lowest responsible bidder. A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $393,288 TO COM-AID, INC. FOR PROVIDING AND INSTALLING A NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR CITY OFFICES AND APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH M.L. STERN, INC. TO PROVIDE LEASE/PURCHASE FUNDING FOR THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM 13. Motion to appoint Councilmen as representative, and alternate to the Joint Powers agreement Governing Board - San Marco County Pre-Hospital Emergency Group. ,.~/5' ~ ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Systems Manager Daryl Jones stated Woolff & Assoc. conducted a needs assessment and concluded that Com-Aid, Inc. has the best system and NEC has the best equipment. He stated the total cost is $597,000, however, the City would no longer be paying $200,000 a year to Pacific Bell for leasing. Discussion followed: why lease rather than buy; it is a lease purchase agreement and it will be paid off in five years; the City did the same thing in the lease purchase of ambulances; there are four bid- ders, but no information on the other bidders; the RFP was conceptual and not detailed for we needed hardware and expertise in handling this; Mr. Jones invited two low bidders to negotiations and this is the lowest end bid; is this customer friendly; it has voice mail no one will have to talk to a machine; pay $18,000 a month after spending $183,000 up front and ten payments of $44,000; it will be fully amortized in five years which includes wiring new buildings and will save $100,000 a year; City Man- ger will get debt schedule from the Finance Director when he returns from vacation; this will allow the next step to include the internet; will the equipment be outdated when fully amortized; it won't be for 12 to 15 years and this is the first step in building a citywide data network; Mayor Fernekes stated it was an excellent report. M/S Datzman/Penna - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 107-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. M/S Mullin/Penna - To appoint Mayor Fernekes as the representative. Carried by unanimous voice vote. M/S Penna/Datzman - To appoint Vice Mayor Mullin as the alternate. Carried by unanimous voice vote. City Manager Wilson explained: each year the City budgets for this as a fair share allocation that was $110,000 last year; the City questioned this fair share value and gave $50,000 last year; this year 9/24/97 Page 12 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 4. Resolution approving $60,000 funding the San Mateo County Convention & Visitors Bureau for FY 97-98. A RESOLUTION APPROVING FUNDING FOR THE SAN MATEO COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AT $60,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997-98 ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS $113,000 is allocated of which we will give $30,000 to the Conference Center and $60,000 to the Bureau predicated on their setting fair share values for all cities; the $60,000 parallels Millbrae's fair share; will put the Bureau again on notice and embrace the fair share concept, however, we need service value for the level of support for this, he believes, is an economic development tool. Discussion followed: Councilman Penna agreed with the staff report, that it is a reasonable amount; there is a strategic planning meeting in a week - is the Conference Center Director going to attend; yes, plus Councilman Penna; Vice Mayor Mullin does not believe the City gets $60,000 in value, and the Director of the Bureau tried to assure us of benefits yet all he has seen is general tourism; personal travel away from conventions is no benefit to the City - only an overflow is a benefit; Councilman Penna agreed and thought $60,000 was more of a compromise; he feels we should be a member, but it should be for a minimum of $7,500; he has never seen any documentation to justify what we have paid over the years; Councilman Datzman was concerned with a joint JPA, but to back away would not put us in a very good light; Councilman Penna stated he had conveyed to the Director of the Bureau how unhappy we are and have taken heat because we are not cooperating; he got the Director to admit we are a secondary market, so the marketing he has tried to put together has never changed from the last 20 years; this City gets a greater overflow from S.F. than it receives from the Bureau; Councilman Datzman feels staff has come up with a reasonable number and it is more professional to do the $60,000 rather than say we are not going to play; Vice Mayor Mullin is not prepared to support $7,500; the gauntlet was to come back and show us what you do for us and he can see funding $50,000 which we allocated last year, yet now we get a request for $60,000 which is rewarding them for not providing a benefit; he did not agree on the formula and is not satisfied with what we got from the Con- ference Center either; Mayor Fernekes suggested keeping the figure at last year's allocation of $50,000. M/S Datzman/Mullin - To adopt the Resolution for $50,000.00. 9/24/97 Page 13 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN '2.. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 4. Resolution - Continued. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS 15. Motion to adopt an ordinance on security bars. 5' / do7 AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 15.08.055 TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDING THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE RELATING TO SECURITY BARS ON BED- ROOM WINDOWS GOOD AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 108-97 Carried by majority voice vote, Councilman Yee voted no. LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Acting Fire Chief Lagomarsino stated the security bars are in old town and Westborough, and first efforts to have the bars removed will be through education and they will use regular enforcement for compliance. They will hire an in-house contractor to achieve this goal, will render financial aid with short term loans. Discussion followed: will the contractor remove the bars in mass off bedroom windows; staff is going to try to prequalify the people and then administer loans for low income families; Vice Mayor Mullin is uncomfortable with the mandate and would feel better with a solid policy; are these low interest rate loans, because $250 is a lot; redevelopment low income funds, staff can use, for there is no way to secure $250, so some of these are commercial build- ings being rented and if they are low income they could probably get a grant; this is no different than Code violations and the City can issue a voucher; City Manger is not a fan of bars on windows - we don't have a burglary problem, but he will come back to Council with a complete program. M/S Yee/Datzman - To adopt the Ordinance. ORDINANCE NO. 1213-97 Carried by unanimous voice vote. GOOD AND WELFARE No one chose to speak. Councilman Datzman wished his wife Sandy a happy 31st wedding anniversary. Councilman Penna wished his wife Fran a happy birthday. M/S Yee/Mullin - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. 9/24/97 Page 14 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ADJOURNMENT: ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, arbara A. Battaya, City Clerk City of South San Francisco Time of adjournment was 11:20 p.m. APPROVED. Jose~,_~. F~"nekes, Mayor CitV.~f Soutlt San Francisco The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica- tions, 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. 9/24/97 Page 15