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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1997-11-12Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes Council: James L. Datzman Eugene R. Mullin lohn R. Penna Robert Yee MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room November 12, 1997 CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: AGENDA (Cassette No. 1) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: PRESENTATIONS ~lice Department Canine Program by Lt. Roy Varney S.S.F. Elks Christmas Basket Program Proclamation - David Bliss, Kaiser Hospital AGENDA REVIEW RAL COMMUNICATIONS ACTION TAKEN 7:34 p.m. Mayor Fernekes presiding. Council Present: Council Absent: Datzman, Mullin, Perma and Fernekes. Yee. City Clerk Battaya stated Councilman Yee informed her Office that he was ill and would not be in atten- dance at tonight's meeting. The Pledge was recited. PRESENTATIONS Police Lt. Roy Varney gave a history of the Canine Program: there have been 28 different handlers over the years; the cost of training is $5,000-$7,000 per dog; they search buildings more effectively than officers do; they can run up to 25 miles an hour; the police have captured over 100 suspects with the dogs; the police provide canine demonstrations. S.S.F. Elks Exalted Ruler Fred Shepard presented a check to the Mayor for the Food Basket Program. Mayor Fernekes read the Proclamation aloud and presented it to Dr. Bliss with a City pin. Dr. Bliss stated he spent all of his professional life in S.S.F., has met and gotten to know many of the community well and will miss everyone. AGENDA REVIEW City Manager Wilson stated there were no changes to the Agenda. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Collin Post congratulated Councilmembers 11/12/97 Page 1 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ,_C/RAL COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Penna, Datzman and Ms. Matsumoto. They all had a good time campaigning, and he wanted to thank the 1,200 voters who voted for him, and looked forward to serving the community in the future. Mr. Mike Pacelli, S.S.F. Chamber, announced the Festival of Trees, sponsored by the Chamber, will be held for the benefit of North Peninsula Neigh- borhood Services that provides many programs to the community for individuals needing a helping hand or food. The event is on 12/4/97 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., First National Bank, 216 Linden Ave., and encouraged all of the businesses to participate, for it is for a worthy cause. He also congratulated Councilmembers Penna, Datzman and Ms. Matsumoto. Mr. Mike Amiy, 701 Airport Blvd., stated he was representing an ad hoc committee of merchants that have retained counsel to prevent the problem of beautification. He stated his business is dependent on the business location and the traffic count and, from what he understands, his business is in jeopar- dy because the trees are either 20' or 30' distance in front of his business and cuts him off from the highway in visibility. He feels there should be serious discussions and a review with the merchants before this is dOne, because if it is done in an order- ly fashion it will work for everyone. Bob Kane, Atty., stated up to one week ago these merchants did not know that their whole area would be subject to landscaping that jeopardizes the eco- nomics of their business and creates a slew of prob- lems for the merchants. They were not given any notice of the plans and he wanted them to come up and share their concerns. Mr. Arturo Gonzales, 100 Fairway Dr., stated he is the owner of a sports business on Airport Blvd. and his business is where the first trees went up and his parking spaces have been reduced to one. He wants to express his concern and perhaps we can work it out, for he is not against trees, but against them being every ten feet or so. Mr. Ron Bernstorn, 727 Airport, stated he has concerns on behalf of his employees and showed a 11/12/97 Page 2 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN .._ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 11/12/97 Page 3 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS picture from the San Mateo Times of the proposed tree beautification, so the Council can understand the merchants plight. We are members of the City and proud to be so, and we are concerned with the fact they are going to be buried. This is an overcall and when you review and understand where we are coming from - slow it down and not put in trees every ten feet. He showed droppings from the trees that look like pine cones that could hurt people. He wondered if the City wants the Blvd. to look like Paris, for the trees are full grown and 50' to 60' tall and he does not know how his business can even be seen. Mr. David Kelley, 531 Airport Blvd., stated he is the owner of Bay Area Mobil Glass and is con- cerned about the landscaping project with the spac- ing of trees being ten feet that can grow to 80' or 90', with a spread of 40' wide that will block visibility from Airport Blvd. and no one will see their businesses. Also, it will lead to employees not having a job and will affect the tax dollars coming in. He contacted 20 property owners and not one has been notified. He has a copy of a notification referring to a meeting for the beginning of February this year, and this was given to us from someone down the street, but the first he heard about it was in the newspaper article. There was a contractor that came by and said this is the plan and shoved it down our throats. Obviously there are liability problems, not only for people but also for vehicles and the City is liable, yet the person will say my trees did it. We are concerned about the lost park- ing and also, the wind factor will be a problem in summertime with the leaves. He had also heard that this was a city friendly to business and encourages them to come here, but he questions that when 30 to 40 were not contacted on the landscaping. Mr. Patel stated he owned property on Airport Blvd. which he bought because it was visible from 101, but before he finished construction the contractor came and said there would be the landscaping and he is upset with the planting of the trees. Attorney Kane stated his clients want a cooling off period of time for the businesses to participate in what is going to be done, because until there is notice, and collaboration and a team effort with the AGENDA ACTION TAKEN _.ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 11/12/97 Page 4 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Redevelopment Agency and the City, which should have been done from the beginning. Discussion followed: the Mayor asked for a des- cription of the process; the Director of Economic & Community Development stated the Council was presented with this proposal a year ago; the Council asked the staff to improve the appearance along the corridor of Grand Avenue to Sister Cities Blvd. and staff took a proposal before the Design Review Board to basically change the physical appearance because it is the primary entrance to the City; staff's idea was to look at full landscaping which was given to the Council and staff was authorized to proceed with drawings for meetings to be held in a public setting and staff held a meeting and put out a notice for the property owners and tenants; staff did con- duct that at Martin School and did have attendees; staff did send out notices on the subsequent meet- ings, and there were newspaper articles describing the project in detail; this is redevelopment money and is funded by the Agency and at one time it was talked about for the owners to take an active part and that was not felt to be an option because it is a City responsibility for the design and maintenance of the materials; we could go into a large argument on the size of the trees that were selected, but that is not recommended for it is not agendized; Council- man Datzman was puzzled by the suggestion that this occurred in a vacuum; the article came out six months ago, not today; the Council tries to bring everything forth to the community and not making decisions in a vacuum and there have been active discussions at the Chamber to sit down with the business community; Vice Mayor Mullin stated the issue appears to be notification or lack thereof; he believes staff did indeed notify all of the prop- erty owners and tenants of the area; he went to the meeting in February and March and the plans were all presented and the entire staff was there and went through the entire process; he is concerned with what was said to be the height of the trees, for the project has been extremely sensitive to design for the trees in front of the building so there will be limited blocking of signs; one of the speakers said staff is trying to make Airport Blvd. look like Paris, yes, we want to enhance it for now it is in essence a repository for semis over night; the Council is trying to make a beautiful landscape area with no AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 11/12/97 Page 5 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS disruption and he talked to the Director about this; if you are not notified then obviously you have legiti- mate concern, but if we can show you were notified, well we can't get more open than that; staff had a particularly difficult time selecting trees that would grow in this climate and we looked at trees to give us the buffering for the freeway corridor and looked at deciduous trees which do fall in winter; the other consideration was trees that would give us the decid- uous affect and it was staff's intent to have large trees rather than buy two gallon trees and wait years for them to grow; they wanted large trees that would not be hurt by garbage trucks; he asked the height of the trees on the magnolias, which is the primary tree on the freeway side; the evergreens will be on 15' centers; it is true that if you leave it out unabated it could grow to a very large tree; the specimens staff has collected should reach no more than 40' or 50'; on the westerly side they are averaging 30' on cen- ter; the trees are 30' apart; staff will look into the acquisition of lost parking spaces; we are making some changes on the northerly side because we are limited in parking on the easterly or freeway side, in fact by count we will be adding parking spaces on the business side, so we will not be losing spaces; Councilman Penna was concerned about parking during the hearing and how the businesses will be screened and qUestioned the trees and parking lay- out, and how the street was going to be redesigned, however, he never received any phone calls about a property owner being unhappy; Councilman Datzman stated when he looks at the peninsula and sees the sound walls, which are ugly, then there is no doubt which one he prefers; etc. Mr. Ron Bernstorn, 727 Airport Blvd., stated the Code is 10' from the bottom of the sidewalk. The statement was given that the trees were blocking,, yet on his Paris postcard he did not see businesses only the Eiffel Tower. All the property owners are asking for is common courtesy because they were not notified. He is a resident of this County, but his business is in the Industrial City, however, having three trees in front of his business is too much. He is losing business and his fellow businessmen are also, and he wants the Council aware of the property owners being deprived. There was only one person at the meeting and the only reason he was there was because he was getting a redevelopment loan. He AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY FORUM RECESS: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS did not receive notice, if there was a notice it would have gone to his home and he or his wife would have received the notice. As a business man he cannot run down to the Chamber every time they are meeting on something. He asked the Council to reconsider this project. COMMUNITY FORUM Vice Mayor Mullin stated the Community Focus Group has been engaged in a process in S.S.F. for the past nine months, holding meetings and there is a dinner meeting on 11/18/97 at 6:30 p.m. in the MSB. Those that have been participating in the last meetings have been trying to select a project for the City, and there are 40 people that have responded, but anyone who wants to be involved is welcomed. He stated this past Saturday the College of San Mateo through the Board of Supervisors held an educational summit that eventually had 300 people present. The School District was represented by Lou Dell'Angela, Phil Weiss and Judy Miller and the City by Mayor Fernekes, Councilman Datzman, Library Director Summer and Mike Rearden. He stated copies of the work program can be obtained from the City Manager. Councilman Datzman stated he wanted to acknowl- edge the Vice Mayor's role in the get together Satur- day. He was concerned with the 700 block of Larch that was in the packet in reference to traffic jams and wants staff to address the subject. Mayor Fernekes stated there was a ground breaking at the Terrabay Recreation Center on Hillside that will be completed in a year for additional fields. He stated: he dedicated a new landscaping project in Irish Town greens located behind the gas station that had been a blighted area and turned it into a nice green spot named Irish Town Greens. He complimented staff on what he was seeing happening on Airport Blvd., for the trees are turning that area into a beautiful boulevard and the City is seeing redevelopment in action that is to turn around blight areas. Mayor Fernekes declared a recess at 8:35 p.m., so 11/12/97 Page 6 AGENDA RECESS - Continued. ECALL TO ORDER: CONSENT CALENDAR Motion to approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting of 10/8/97, Special Meeting of 10/15/97 and Special Meeting of 10/22/97. 2. Motion to confirm expense claims of 11/12/97. Resolution awarding a contract to D & K Painting Company, Inc., in the amount of $14,000.00 as the lowest most responsible bidder, for painting the inte- rior of Orange Park Pool. ,5'0 ~' A RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE ORANGE PARK POOL INTERIOR PAINT TO D & K PAINTING COM- PANY, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,000.00 AND APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1997-98 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET (CIP 98-10) ,~. Resolution to amend the 1997/98 Capital Improve- ment Project for the Signal Installation at Gateway Boulevard which is funded by the Gateway Assess- ment District. ,5'0 8' o RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1997-1998 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (CIP 98-11) BUDGET TO ADD $300,000 TO THE BUDGET FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON GATEWAY BOULEVARD AND INSTALLATION OF AN INTERCONNECT SYSTEM ALONG GATEWAY BOULEVARD BETWEEN OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD AND EAST GRAND AVE- NUE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH RKH CIVIL & TRANSPORTATION ENGI- NEERING FOR DESIGN OF THE PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $14,280 ,-5. Motion to cancel the Regular Meeting of 11/26/97. ,. Resolution amending the Police Department's budget to include the acceptance of the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund Program grant in the ACTION TAKEN the high school students may leave the meeting. Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at 8:43 p.m., all Council was present. CONSENT CALENDAR Approved. Approved in the amount of $2,637,178.60. RESOLUTION NO. 125-97 RESOLUTION NO. 126-97 So ordered. 11/12/97 Page 7 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN .-EONSENT CALENDAR i. Resolution - Continued. amount of $132,479.44. .512t9 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1997-1998 OPERATING BUDGET TO ADD $132,479.44 TO THE POLICE DEPART- MENT BUDGET (NO. 98-3). A Resolution approving a budget amendment in the amount of $12,925.00 for the expansion of the Bocce ball court at Orange Park. .5/Zt0 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 1997-1998 OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,925.00 FOR THE IN- STALLATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL BOCCE COURTS IN ORANGE MEMORIAL PARK Motion to adopt a zoning ordinance on the downtown area. ,5'//,7 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ADDING CHAPTERS 20.48 AND 20.89 AND ADDING SECTIONS 20.71.040, 20.71.050, AND 20.74.125 AND AMENDING CHAPTER 20.80 AND SECTIONS 20.06.100, 20.071.030, 20.073.020, 20.74.150, 20.88.040, 20.90.020, 20.90.040 AND 20.91.030 OF THE ZONING PROVISIONS OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE A Resolution approving a budget amendment in the amount of $75,000.00 for sewer pipe replacement on Littlefield Road. ..~f 2 0 .~ 7 RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EMERGENCY EXPENDITURE TO REPAIR THE SANITARY SEWER LINE ON LITTLEFIELD AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,000 10. Resolution approving a cooperation agreement be- tween the City of S.S.F. and the Redevelopment Agency on prevailing wage policy for redevelopment __ area projects. A RESOLUTION APPROVING A COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SOUTH SAN CONSENT CALENDAR RESOLUTION NO. 127-97 RESOLUTION NO. 128-97 ORDINANCE NO. 1215-97 RESOLUTION NO. 129-97 RESOLUTION NO. 130-97 11/12/97 Page 8 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN CONSENT CALENDAR 3. Resolution - Continued. FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RE- LATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRE- VAILING WAGE POLICY FOR REDEVELOP- MENT AREA PROJECTS ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS 11. Resolution approving a consultant services agreement with MPA Design Consultants to provide a land- scape/streetscape plan for South Airport Boulevard and to apply for grant funds for the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program through the State of California. .5"~9 ~ A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MPA DESIGN CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE A LAND/ SCAPE/STREETSCAPE PLAN FOR SOUTH AIR- PORT BOULEVARD ITEMS FROM COUNCIL 12. Appointments by Mayor Fernekes, with the concur- rence of Council, to the Library Board, Parking Place Commission and the Cultural Arts Commission. CONSENT CALENDAR M/S Penna/Datzman - To approve the Consent Calendar. Carried by unanimous voice vote. ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS Assistant City Manager Moss gave a brief staff report. Councilman Penna asked if all property owners have been notified. Assistant City Manager stated they have not, but if approved it will be done. City Manager Wilson stated the slough areas will be enhanced, but kept natural, and perhaps they will design a trail around the hotels. M/S Datzman/Mullin - To adopt the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 131-97 ITEMS FROM COUNCIL Mayor Fernekes asked that Dr. Sam Saltzer be appointed and Joan Marvier reappointed to the Li- brary Board; reappoint Marie Peterson to the Park- ing Place Commission and appoint Gloria Lagomarsino and Rich Powers to the Cultural Arts Commission. Councilman Datzman stated he was looking for consistency, and was not clear which appointments are made by the Mayor and which are made by the whole Council. M/S Mullin/Datzman - To appoint Dr. Sam Saltzer, reappoint Joan Marvier to the Library Board, reap- point Marie Peterson to the Parking Place Commis- sion and appoint Gloria Lagomarsino and Rich 11/12/97 Page 9 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN ITEMS FROM COUNCIL Appointments - Continued. CLOSED SESSION 13. Closed Session, pursuant to GC 54956.9, conference with legal counsel on existing litigation - S.S.F. vs. Mayer, and WRT vs. S.S.F.; pursuant to GC 54956.8, real property negotiations for 191 North Access Road - Parcel No. 015-173-160 and the southeast corner of Grand and Chestnut Avenues (APN 012-312-380). ITEMS FROM COUNCIL Powers to the Cultural Arts Conunission. Councilman Penna asked the Council to consider a budget for a full time assistant for each Council- member. He stated there were people on Council that were retired and Councilwoman Teglia did not work, but that has changed and every Councilperson works. He stated if you look at the last packet it was 2-1/2" thick and he spent 4 1/2 hours just on reading the redevelopment material. He stated the meetings run to midnight, he has consensus from constituents, for there is also committee work. If anyone wanted to get involved in airport matters, for he had a letter on the ANIP and it could take him 8 hours to research it, so there is 26 hours of work on Council, plus work, plus one's family. We are a City that is growing pretty fast like Sunnyvale, there are research firms, hotels, marina, Gateway, East Grand Ave., Harbor Way, and Genentech all of which he wants to be aware of what is happening in revenue. He stated he waited until now, after the election, before bringing it up in order to make good decisions. He is also concerned about a new landing field, if put in as the newspaper said, parallel to Runway 28 that will take off over City Hall and Sunshine Gar- dens. He wants to hire a consultant to advise Council on the airport and on the pilots concerns to reconfigure and take off over the bay. Councilman Datzman has concern over two addi- tional officers in the Police Department that will bring it up to 75 officers, but they had that 20 years ago. Yet what he read said no general fund in- volved and he wants to look at this for the next budget. CLOSED SESSION Council entered a Closed Session at 10:15 p.m. to discuss the items noticed. 11/12/97 Page 10 AGENDA RECALL TO ORDER: ADJOURNMENT: RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, Barbara A. Battaya, City Clerk City of South San Francisco ACTION TAKEN Mayor Fernekes recalled the meeting to order at 10:59 p.m., ali Council was present, no action was taken and direction was given. M/S Datzman/Mullin - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 11:00 p.m. APPROVED. Jos~ A. !~Fernekes, MayO~ Citx~ ~f 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. 11/12/97 Page 11