October 13, 2003 City Council Agenda

CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
JOINT WITH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OCTOBER 13, 2003
7:00 P.M.

• Regular Meeting Agenda (This Document)
• Closed Session Agenda

IMPORTANT NOTICES

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The Mayor/Chairman will convene the City Council and Redevelopment Agency meetings to order concurrently.

*ATTENTION SPEAKERS: Please see footnotes following agenda items.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Jim Hartnett, Council Member

4. INVOCATION - Pastor Dennis Logie, Sequoia Christian Church

5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY -

6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

This agenda category is limited to 15 minutes to be allocated as determined by the Mayor/Chairman. If you wish to address the Council/Agency, please complete a speaker's card (next to agendas) and give it to Council Volunteer Art Balsamo (seated to the left of the Council). If your subject is not on the agenda, the Mayor/Chairman will recognize you at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by Council/Agency Members at this time. If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized by the Mayor/Chairman at the appropriate time your item of interest is being considered by Council/Agency.

7. CONSENT CALENDAR – CITY COUNCIL

Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. The Consent Calendar category is limited to 15 minutes of comment to be allocated as determined by the Mayor. If you wish to speak to items on the Consent Calendar, please complete a speaker's card and give to Council Volunteer Art Balsamo.

MOTION: waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items.

7.1 Section - Motions

A.	Approve the Joint City Council and Redevelopment Agency minutes of September 22, 2003, as submitted; Staff contact: Patricia Howe, City Clerk 780-7222 phowe@redwoodcity.org View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.A (pdf)
B.	Award of Contract – Redwood Shores Sewer Pump Stations #1 and #3 Improvement Project Staff contact: Peter Vorametsanti, Senior Civil Engineer, 780-7388 peterv@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Approve the Contract Documents and award the contract for the Redwood Shores Sewer Pump Stations #1 and #3 Improvement Project, to the lowest responsible bidder, McGuire and Hester, Inc. of Oakland, California, for their low bid of $629,250.00. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.B (pdf)
C.	Amendment to Agreement for Shopping Cart Retrieval Services Staff contact: Gary Lepori, Senior Building Inspector, 780-7354 glepori@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to extend the agreement for shopping cart retrieval services with DeMichele’s Shopping Cart Retrieval Services. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.C (pdf)
D.	Revocable Permit for Use of Herkner Pool by Menlo Masters/Team Sheeper Staff contact: Christopher Beth, Parks Recreation & Community Services Manager, 780-7253 cbeth@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Staff recommends that City Council approve by motion the revocable permit with the Menlo Masters/Team Sheeper for the use of Herkner Pool. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.D (pdf)
E.	Acceptance of Grant of Public Service Easement – Arco Gas Station located at 504 Whipple Avenue Staff contact: Phong Du, Senior Civil Engineer, 780-7385 pdu@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Accept the Public Service Easement offered by BP West Coast Products LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and direct the City Clerk to record a certified copy of the order with the deed in the office of the County Recorder of San Mateo County. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.E (pdf)
F.	Cost Sharing Agreement with the County of San Mateo for Resurfacing Portions of Hillcrest Way and Wilmington Way Staff contact: Saber Sarwary, Senior Civil Engineer, 780-7370 ssarwary@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Approve and authorize execution of an agreement between the County of San Mateo and the City of Redwood City, for the resurfacing of portions of Hillcrest Way between south and east County boundaries; and Wilmington Way in conjunction with the County’s resurfacing project in the Emerald Lake Hills area of Redwood City, in an amount not to exceed $31,000.00. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.F (pdf)
G.	Agreement between the County of San Mateo, City of Redwood City, and the Redwood City School District for the renovation of Fair Oaks School Field with Synthetic Turf Staff contact: Gary Hover, Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Superintenent, 780-7246 ghover@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: To approve the Agreement between the County of San Mateo, the City of Redwood City and the Redwood City School District for renovation of the Fair Oaks School Athletic Field View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.G (pdf)
H.	Water Recycling Project – Completion of Environmental Documentation Staff contact: Peter Ingram, Public Works Services Director, 780-7466 pingram@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: By Motion, authorize final Task Order No. 2 to the professional services agreement with CH2M Hill, Inc. for completion of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation for the proposed Recycled Water Project View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.H (pdf)
I.	Acceptance of Quit Claim Deeds – Redwood City Elementary School District Staff contact: Jon Lynch, City Engineer, 780-7371 jlynch@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Accept the Quit Claim deeds offered by the Redwood City Elementary School District, and direct the City Clerk to record a certified copy of the order with the deed in the office of the County Recorder of San Mateo County View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.I (pdf)
J.	Suspension of enforcement of maximum parking periods and meter rates in certain areas of downtown during the holiday season Staff contact: Dan Zack, Downtown Development Coordinator, 780-7363 dzack@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Pursuant to Redwood City Municipal Code Section 20.133, by motion, suspend enforcement of those sections of Redwood City Municipal Code (Article VII, Chapter 20, Division 4—Parking Meters Generally) regulating on-street, 2-hour maximum parking periods and meter rates for those areas lying within the downtown area as described below, for the period of Thanksgiving 2003 to New Year’s Day 2004. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.J (pdf)
K.	Suspension of enforcement of maximum parking periods and meter rates in Parking Lot T North Staff contact: Dan Zack, Downtown Development Coordinator, 780-7363 dzack@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Pursuant to Redwood City Municipal Code Section 20.133, by motion, suspend enforcement of those sections of the Redwood City Municipal Code (Article VII, Chapter 20, Division 4—Parking Meters Generally) regulating parking in Parking Lot T as described below. View Associated Packet Document for 7.1.K (pdf)

7.2 Section - Resolutions

A.

Approval of the Updated Engineering Standards for Public and Private Streets Staff contact: Jon Lynch, City Engineer, 780-7371 jlynch@redwoodcity.org Recommendation: Adopt a resolution approving the updated three volume document entitled, “Engineering Standards for the City of Redwood City.” RESOLUTION APPROVING AND ADOPTING REVISED ENGINEERING STANDARDS FOR THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY; AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 13267

7.3 Section – Claims and Warrants

A.	Approve warrants dated through October 13, 2003 and usual and necessary payments through October 27, 2003; Staff contact: Brian Ponty, Director of Finance and Financial Planning 780-7048 bponty@redwoodcity.org

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8. CONSENT CALENDAR – CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MOTION: waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items.

ADJOURN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING

9. STAFF REPORTS

10. PUBLIC HEARING

11. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST

12. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION TO ADJOURN UNTIL THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 27, 2003;

*SPEAKERS, ATTENTION: Speaker's cards are on the rostrum. If you wish to speak, please complete the card and give it to Council Volunteer Art Balsamo (seated to the left of the Council Members). The Mayor will recognize you at the appropriate time when your item is under consideration by the Council. If your item is not on the agenda, the Mayor will recognize you during the Oral Communications portion of the Council meeting. Please keep your comments to 3 minutes to allow for others to speak.

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