REDWOOD CITY CITY COUNCIL
MAYOR RICHARD S. CLAIRE
VICE MAYOR JEFF IRA
COUNCILMEMBER JIM
HARTNETT
COUNCILMEMBER DIANE HOWARD
COUNCILMEMBER COLLEEN M. JORDAN
COUNCILMEMBER BARBARA PIERCE
COUNCILMEMBER IRA RUSKIN
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
7:00 P.M.
JANUARY 28, 2002
1. CALL TO ORDER - 7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Council Members Present: Hartnett, Howard, Jordan, Pierce, Ruskin, Vice Mayor Ira, Mayor Claire
Staff Present: City Manager Everett, Public Works Services Director/Assistant City Manager Ingram, City Clerk Howe, City Attorney Yamamoto
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Diane Howard, Council Member
4. INVOCATION - Pastor Elias Boch, Iglesia Cristiana Church
5. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY - Presentation of a Proclamation to Ted Hannig
6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
M/S Ruskin/Howard to waive reading of the Consent Calendar except the ordinances by title, adopt the resolutions and the ordinances, and approve other items. Council Member Jordan requested Item 7.2C and Council Member Ruskin requested Item 7.1D be removed from the Consent Calendar.
7.1 Section - Motions
A. Motion to approve the Minutes of the last meeting of January 14, 2002
MINUTE ORDER 02-14
B. Motion to approve Task Order No. 2 to the Agreement with Wilsey Ham for additional Engineering and Design Services (Construction Contract Support Services) for the Roosevelt Avenue Reconstruction Project Phase II, in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 (Wilsey Ham);
MINUTE ORDER 02-15
C. Motion to accept the 2000-2001 Slurry Seal Project, and authorize the release of Payment Bond and retention (American Asphalt Repair and Resurfacing, Co.);
MINUTE ORDER 02-16
E. Motion to approve continuation of the legal services letter agreement with Nossaman, Guthner, Knox and Elliott, LLP, as set forth in the staff report;
MINUTE ORDER 02-17
F. Motion to approve an agreement for a temporary construction easement with Harbor Village LLC for the Construction of the Friendly Acres Area Storm Drain Improvements Project - Phase II (Harbor Village LLC);
MINUTE ORDER 02-18
G. Motion to approve Task Order No. 1 to the Agreement with John Cahalan Landscape Architect for additional Engineering and Design Services (Construction Contract Support Services) for the Main/Maple & Broadway/Hopkins Intersection Improvements Project, in an amount not to exceed $4,575.00 (John Cahalan Landscape Architect);
MINUTE ORDER 02-19
H. Motion to authorize staff to enter into an agreement with Claims Management Inc. (CMI) to act as third party administrator for the City's self-insured worker's compensation program effective 2-1-02 (Claims Management Inc.);
MINUTE ORDER 02-20
I. Motion to approve Task Order No. 1 to the professional consulting engineering services agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants;
MINUTE ORDER 02-21
J. Motion to approve revocable permit for use of Herkner Pool by the Peninsula Covenant Community Center;
MINUTE ORDER 02-22
K. Motion to approve award of contract for the construction of the Roosevelt Avenue Reconstruction Project Phase II to the lowest responsible bidder, Interstate Grading and Paving, Inc. of South San Francisco, California in the amount of $3,358,373.50 (Interstate Grading and Paving, Inc.);
MINUTE ORDER 02-23
7.2 Section - Agreements/Resolutions
A. Construction Grant Agreement - San Francisco Bay Trail 2001;
- RESOLUTION 14411 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONSTRUCTION GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BAY TRAIL PROJECT AT THE BLOMQUIST STREET EXTENSION;
- Motion designating the City Manager as the authorized representative for the City to implement the construction of a bicycle/pedestrian facility as part of the Blomquist Street Extension Project;
MINUTE ORDER 02-24
Council Member Jordan stated her interest as an objective to include in the design a dirt-jogging path next to the paved portion of the path.B. RESOLUTION 14412 ESTABLISHING APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001/2002;
7.3 Section - Claims and Warrants
A. Reject the claim no. 1970 from Wesley Nelson as submitted;
MINUTE ORDER 02-25
B. Approve warrants dated through January 28, 2002 and usual and necessary payments through February 4, 2002;
MINUTE ORDER 02-26
7.4 Section - Ordinances (2nd Reading) None
The motion to pass the Consent Calendar passed by a unanimous roll call vote.
7.2 Section - Agreements/Resolutions
C. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MAINTENANCE OF NEW BICYCLE PATH ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 101, WHIPPLE AVENUE ON RAMP TO SKY WAY FRONTAGE ROAD;
Council Member Jordan stated that this she would like this item to be continued to another meeting so that the City can obtain more information on alternative connections for Redwood Shores to Whipple Avenue. One alternative is a bridge going from the Redwood Shores levee trail to inner Bair Island. She stated her concern for the potential access loss to the public and that the Bay Trail connection to Bair Island from Redwood Shores directly would help in that regard. She stated the proposed bicycle trail along the highway would actually be bordering the auxiliary lanes consisting of two cement walls with fencing. She encouraged discussion with other State agencies that are interested in this issue.
Council Member Ruskin stated that he had researched the item and found that Fish and Wildlife had issued an opinion against building a bridge and that he had found that other issues made any options almost impossible to achieve.
Council Member Jordan confirmed that the facts needed to be determined prior to Council decision on the issue.
M/S Jordan/Ira to table the item. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
MINUTE ORDER 02-27
7.1 Section - Motions
D. M/S Ruskin/Pierce to approve Task Order No. 1 with Smith-Emery Company for providing professional consulting services for the El Camino Medians Landscaping Project, in an amount not to exceed $13,325.00 (Smith-Emery Company);
The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
MINUTE ORDER 02-28
Council Member Ruskin asked if additional funding was to specifically supplement the night supervision or hours actually worked.
Supervising Civil Engineer Lynch confirmed that the payment is based on actual hours of inspection.
8. BOARDS, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE REPORTS -
- Appointments to the Architectural Review Committee (one vacancy architect seat);
(continued from 1/14/02)
- Mark A. Aguirre
- Gary J. Ahern
- Morton Frank
- Larry Grondahl
- Carl W. Hesse
- Andrew Raymundo
- Brian Scholl
- Elizabeth Louise Travers
City Clerk Howe conducted a roll call vote with each Council Member voting for one applicant.
The first vote resulted in a tie vote between Morton Frank and Andrew Raymundo as follows:
- Gary Ahern:
Council Member Jordan
- Morton Frank:
Council Members Hartnett, Howard and Ruskin
- Andrew Raymundo:
Council Member Pierce, Vice Mayor Ira and Mayor Claire A second roll call vote was tallied as follows with the successful appointment to the Architectural Review Committee of Morton Frank.
- Morton Frank:
Council Members Hartnett, Howard, Jordan and Ruskin
- Andrew Raymundo:
Council Member Pierce, Vice Mayor Ira and Mayor Claire MINUTE ORDER 02-29
9. MATTERS OF COUNCIL INTEREST -
- Countywide Deficiency Plan;
Council Member Hartnett, Board Member of City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) stated that the complete report (CMP) is contained in the agenda packet. He stated that Community Development Services Manager Patterson and C/CAG Executive Director Rich Napier were available for questions.
Council Member Hartnett explained that if the CMP is adopted by C/CAG under requirements by law by which when certain deficiencies are indicated in the transportation system in the County, a deficiency plan must be prepared in accordance with the law. Two options exist for the plan; one where each required city prepares a plan or a Countywide plan that encapsulates all of the deficiencies throughout the County. C/CAG has developed through extensive discussions with the cities throughout the County, the City Managers and Planning staff, a plan that could accomplish having one deficiency plan rather than multiple. This could accomplish leveraging of funds so that once the plan is adopted and the individual cities have made their contributions to the plan, monies would be leveraged multifold from State and Federal sources in order to have meaningful measures implemented that would make a difference countywide. He further stated that before the Council is the recommendation that the City allow Council Member Hartnett to vote in favor of the Countywide Deficiency Plan, recognizing that it has a fiscal impact on the City because, if adopted, the City members would need to make a contribution.
Council asked various questions about the CMP.
M/S Ira/Ruskin to authorize City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) Board Member Jim Hartnett to vote for approval of the Countywide Deficiency Plan. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
MINUTE ORDER 02-30
10. STAFF REPORTS -
- Permitting System Software and Hardware Purchase;
Building and Inspection Manager La Torra explained that this system is a complete permitting system with the ability track projects from inception and produce historical records. The record information would pertain to Planning, Engineering, Fire, Code Enforcement and Business Licenses. He explained the various methods that users have to access information and utilize the system that includes Internet, interactive voice response system, fax or telephone. Field personnel will be connected to the system allowing the ability to obtain information from the field.
M/S Ira/Howard to:
- Approve the transfer of $203,345 in the CIP budget from 263-70015 Gas Tax Construction Fund to 357-72424 Building Permit System Upgrade;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement for Professional Services and Software License (CRW System, Inc. dba CRW Associates) and to purchase the required system hardware.
The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
MINUTE ORDER 02-31
11. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS - None
12. PUBLIC HEARING -
- Appeal of Architectural Permit at 907 Pleasant Hill Road:
Principal Planner Passanisi gave the background and showed slides reflecting the relationship of the applicant and appellant's lots. He described the Planning issues to be that of necessary conformance to the zoning standards and that other issues such as shadow and privacy are not within the scope of architectural review. The architectural permit review is limited to generally reviewing the roof overhang, materials and siding, including conformance to the zoning ordinance. He stated that the addition conforms to City requirements and exceeds the rear yard setback requirements.
Passanisi stated staff recommendation is to uphold the decision of the Zoning Administrator and approve the Architectural Permit. He pointed out that staff suggested both parties enter mediation, however, the appellant declined and chose to proceed with the appeal process.
Council asked various questions.
Jan Wesolowski, the appellant, stated his reasons for the appeal as loss of privacy, loss of light, loss of view, loss of property value. He elaborated on the aforementioned reasons. (A letter was submitted for the record and is on file in the Clerk's Office.)
John Comito, the applicant, explained why he thinks the proposed addition is well within the City ordinances with respect to the appellant's residence and the appeal should be denied.
M/S Hartnett/Ira to close the public hearing. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
Council discussion ensued and various questions were asked.
M/S Jordan/Howard to uphold the decision of the Zoning Administrator to Approve the Architectural Permit, denying the appeal. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
MINUTE ORDER 02-32
13. CLOSED SESSION - No action to report.
14. ADJOURNMENT - 9:20 p.m.
M/S Jordan/Howard to adjourn in memory of Al Gransert, who raised four great children, was a flight engineer pilot, an outstanding member of St. Matthias parish, and proudly represented his family in Redwood City. Adjournment also in memory of Bert Barrett, longtime resident of Redwood City and a founder of the Oak Knoll Neighborhood Association. The motion passed by a unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia S. Howe, CMC
City Clerk
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