Pacifica Tribune from Pacifica, California • 12

More 2 1 1979 Poe if'ca Tribune 12 A New Zoning Is Revenue ESoosffer 4 v' i wm It Was a Good Day for a Walkout taxable sales per square foot than the neighborhood renters which are dominated by the 'low- sales lax revenue per square fool' supermarkets" he said Ironside included 36 pages of graphs and charts to support his theory comparing 197071 statistics to those for 1979 79 and projected to include general plan changes IRONSIDE 8AII1 his study indicatedlocal residents are paying from 9650000 to 9750000 per year in sales tax in retail stores outside of Pacifica He predicted if the general plan were in force the city would be operating a 96 63 million budget with 97 25 million income instead of a deficit budget of 95 23 million with only 94 B2 million in revenues Ironside also predicted a 45 percent increase in property tax with the new land use plan nearly triple sales tax with only state and federal park revenues dropping His charts showed the dollars spent for government and city services also increasing but at a lower proportional rate "THE AJOR problem is a city cannot go on indefinitely without spending any money for capital improvements" he said However Ironside said his projections may be misleading since it is apparent the city's present services "are stretched very thin" and it is unlikely the city is spending sufficiently on street and public facilities maintenance to provide for their sustained use for the for-seeable future "The city may we'l need to adopt as many cities are doing additional revenue generating user fees for city services" Ironside Mid Implementation of Pacifica's new general plan with commercial development planned for 139 more acres than now zoned could bring ft million in new revenue to the city and convert a present 9400 (WO an nual deficit into a small "surplus" of 1600000 per year Consultant Bob Ironside submitted those figures in his fiscal impact report on the plan for future land use in the city to the Planning Commission Monday night MK MID THE Study was prepared by assuming the general plan could be "instantly" put into operation with today's operating practices and the present value of the dollar Ironside said the survey does not include the income nor coot of the sewage treatment plant since it is a financially independent self-sustaining public utility No capital outlays were considered since practically no city funds currently go for capital improvements The report assumes the state's 9450009 Prop 13 bailout from drastic cuts in property tax income is a temporary situation Ironside said the general plan proposes 10 additional acres lor neighborhood commercial 14 more acres for general-highway commercial 03 additional acres for specialty-visitor facility commercial and 3: acres for office commercial a total of 250 acres in commercial development ATTRACT these types of economic development the city will need to undertake a long term sustained economic development program" Ironside said "Of particular significance" Ironside said "are the new specialty-visitor centers which would have a much higher return of Terra No a students downed for the camera as they milled around the front of the school during a "walkout" protest Monday morning Organisers of the rtrnl planned it at a protest against the Jefferson school board's recent learhrrs nest year Hut for many lease school early and enjoy a sunny Sffudenffs Upseff by Ui Harris "Hey you walking out?" one student called to another just minutes before the bell rang ending second period Monday at Terra Nova high school A walkout was called for 10:15 a to protest the Jefferson high school district board's decision March 12 and 13 to lay off a number of employees including 19 teachers attendance supervisors some counselors nurses activities directors and some programs The student questioned responded casually "Yeah I guess so Glancing at the blue aky and bright sun she added a great dav for a walkout" AT THE SCHOOL entrance students sunned themselves during second period asked one another if they were going to participate in the walkout organized according to a handout circulated on campus by a small group of students last week let the school board know that we the students do not want to be the ones to suffer" you going towalk girl asked another I haven't walked in yet'' came the laughing response Such as the general tone of the lackadaisical "walkout" staged by more than 100 students at Terra Job Insecurity at Sewer Plant Spurs Resignations With the City Council negotiating seriously for a probable private contractor to operate the city's sewage treatment plant two veteran plant employees have decided to move to the city of San unitary engineering department Sam Blackwell 728 Cindy Way with the city of Pacifica since 1964 end Richard Rushlow a four-year employee have both resigned posts at the plant Blackwell haa served as chief operator of the plant at least twice during vacancies and was offered the top administrative post last year but declined for health reasons Rushlow has been treatment plant maintenance mechanic since May 1975 Blackwell was rated a treatment plant operator III at his resignation CITY COUNCILMEN who have discussed the idea of contracting out the plant operation for months had sought to assure city employees their jobs would be secure under any contract arrangement Blackwell uid he had nothing against any of the private contractors bidding for the contract to run the plant A Runaway Truck On Monterey Misses Everything 'A Miracle' by Tom Johnston crushing either persons afternoon and evening decision to cut some programs and students the walkout was an rsrute to day Tribune photo Contused GONNA have to go five years in order to graduate" a student said in an incorrect assumption which was repeated separately by others won't get all your credits W'e'U have to go to night school" Mid another of the five-year period day proposal "Then you'd lose credit and you can't take that many electives' In fact the five period day would cut down on a number of electives students could take in a semester and could aeverely restrict electives far college-bound students CUTTING out auto shop and woodshop" Mid another student Actually the board hasn't yet mentioned the subject but it be ruled out entirely in this post Prop 13 pre 1979-80 school funding measure panic don't think it's very fair for the teachers that are going to be cut back" Mid a student fought through the strike for more money and better things for us and now they're going to cut back on those teachers" Several students Hid they were planning to attend the Jefferson district school baord meeting Tuesday night at Oceana high school And if they were dissatisfied gathering along the right-of-way fences and watching as the barrel wai separated from the mangled chassis and the pieces were separately loaded onto a big flatbed truck In the late afternoon there were five tow trucks clustered around the wreckage while the tangle was being pulled apart The Pacifica fire department wu twice asked to come as a precautionary measure The fire truck came to wash away leaking fuel and disconnect batteries from the (parking motor wires immediately after the truck stopped rolling and then to return and stand by with charged hoses while acetylene torches were used to dismember wreckage Fossler Crash Continued from Page One PHILIP BARROWS 1236 Redwood Way told Haley that hia 1966 Chevelle had Just come over the crest of the hill when he saw the Brunori car spinning into his path He Hid he braked but he was already headed downhill on the wet paving and he skidded into the aide of the Brunori car driving it up over the street's north curb Ilis statement was supported by the witnesses Barrows had only a laceration on his left hand from thg impact In addition to the pain from a broken pelvis Mrs Brunori was bleeding from a substantial wound In her right arm and she was splinted for a possible broken arm bone before being put into the ambulance Freeway 380 Continued from Poge One Legislature but without a specific route or right of way The commission has an option to delay recinding the route and let 380 stay as a designated route pending future actions by Cuffs with the board response they Hid then they'd walk out again Wednesday TERRA NOVA administrators rather unsuccessfully tried to coax students back into clau something like this starts" Mid Principal Joe Conway who had warned students last week that all those ho walked out would receive a cut for the day really can't stop it Some kids are upset Others are just going along with the crowd" Attendance Supervisor Paul Leger frequently walked outside to talk to the students who were milling around in front of the school the losers left" he told one girl the winners go back to daH" She didn't budge "COME ON" he persisted is the way to give Terra Nova a big black eye Meanwhile a group of students gathered on the lawn across from the driveway set off firecrackers and goodnaturedly offered an approaching reporter some of their drugs A student observer remarked he didn't think the walkout was much of a success or proved much of anything And Mid of the minority that participated of them are the 'spacemen' anyway" Industrial Park Continued from Poge One property and include it in the project However he said if it is not able to purchase the property the project will be that much smaller The project would require a change of zoning The propoMl was made at a commission study session and no action was taken Chairman John Lewis directed the applicants to meet with city Planning Administrator Wayne Loftus to develop a specific plan to present to the commission The project is west of a tract which had been zoned and planned for a skateboiird park behind the Arco service station The skateboard project came to nothing after the Kedwood City developer did not follow through on construction having apparently lost some financial participation by investor Fairmont Group Plans to Oppose Rezone Attempt The final public hearing on rezoning for 43 additional single family homes on an eight-acre former school site in Fairmont between Imperial Drive and Skyline Boulevard Is scheduled before the City Council Monday night However a group of Fairmont residents not closely allied with the homeowners auociution will ask for a two-week delay in order to prepare a caw in support of the Planning Commission's refusal to rezone the property from commercial recreation to residential The land owned by the Laguna Salada elementary school district has been sold to a developer contingent upon getting the new zoning VEKA PAHR 387 Imperial Drive uid a group of neighboring residents had formed Fairmont Citizens For Action to resist property management consultant Carl Kirker and the school district's attempts to get the changed zoning The committee is planning an organizational meeting at the Fairmont recreation center on Parkview Circle Thursday March 29 at pm Nova Monday morning TO RE SURE some were sincerely angry about pending cuts and used the walkout to make a political statement "They're cutting a supervisor (attendance) and they're cutting a bunch of teachers 19 received layoff notices and that ain't said one angry student Another small group cornered a reporter to My that the cuts are "unfair" to students They complained about the PE requirement being cut from three yean to two and they attacked the probable elimination of work experience and vocational training programs FIGHTING for our Hid another send us to school for our education They're cutting back on our classes and transportation They're cutting down on the teachers and everything They're doing it for an imaginary budget deficit" The protestors Hid they got ther information from what they'd read in the paper from their parents and from some of their teachers Many students expressed fear and misunderstanding about one district propoul to cut the number of students' daily classes from six periods five as a way of reducing the number of teachers needed thus a way of MVing money or property SHAKEN BUT UNHURT Eugene Anderson HI of Oakland who was driving the big vehicle for Lakeside Materials of San Francisco Mid the speed on Monterey Road got up to 40 mph one resident of the street declared that the truck could not have been going len than 80m ph Anderson Mid he noticed his brakes' air pressure dropping while he was on Hickey Boulevard Just above the Monterey Road intersection and he began the struggle of trying to get into lower gears as he helpleMly rolled through four stop signs AT THE FOOT of Monterey Road and slowing he attempted to turn left on Oceana Boulevard but the top-heavy vehicle with its concrete drum churning rolled over through the freeway fence down the embankment and almost across the northbound lanes How Anderson and the truck found the openings in the heavily traveled street and freeway and the miracle Coworker Willie Self of San Francisco following the truck in his car watched in horror thing that worried me wai that somebody was going to get killed" he uid TIIE TRUCK WAS heavy with its load Anderson Hid he'd poured out a part of the load for some slabs there" in the Fairmont district but was still carrying six cubic a burden of at least 12 tons in the turning barrel The essence of the miracle held to the very end On the freeway the rolling truck grazed but did not seriously damage a 1979 Oldamobile driven by Jennie Knudsen of San Joae The car contained four a segment of a wedding party "If they'd come along one half-second later have all been killed" Mid Pacifica Fire Capt Chris Thompson TIIE MIXER TRUCK bounced onto the freeway just short of 1 pm Saturday The work of tow truck drivers mechanics crane operators to clear the wreckage out of the center median extended to 8:30 pm Spectators came and went all Teachers Challenge Cuts was Just the uncertainty that sort of pushed me into looking for a job and I found a better one ith San Francisco' he Mid BILL WILKENS the acting superintendent of the plant himself a contracted employee of Remcon will now have a staff of nine employees operating the plant That includes eight operators covering 24-hour seven-day shifts plus one technician-chemist The city budget calls for more plant staff but Wilkins by balancing his shift assignments has been able to function with II staff members City Manager A1 St Cyr is currently negotiating a contract for private operation planning to bring his recommendation to the City Council March 26 In the meantime the council authorized him Monday night to recruit replacements for Blackwell and Rushlow The proposal for private operation would go into effect July 1 St Cyr Mid the new employees could come from the contractor's training program and would automatically become private employees again when city operation ceased should do some lobbying too (in Sacramento) and then maybe they could come to a better compromise than just cutting" JOE GEORGE head of the TN business department chose his words carefully in giving his response to the board's actions He Mid the students will "suffer more than anyone else" He uid teacher morale is low and morale a definite effect on the teacher's ability and attitude toward Ai a teacher of 16 years he Mid have planned for years for curriculum development and now all of that ia in question" realize the limitationi the board after Prop 13 he Mid we also realize that they should be doing something very constructive inJSacramento to try and improve the situation Aft IT IS he uid are playing right into the hands of the voucher The board's recent decision to grant administrators seven and a half percent pay raise while on the other hand announcing teacher cuts angered many teachers Said Oceana teacher Bob Labozetta "I think it's highly unrealiitic that they give administrator seven and a half percent increase and proceed to cut student programs That Is utter stupidity" He believes because teachers got a seven and a half percent raise does not mean administrators should get the ume "Seven and a half percent of 935000 is a hell of a lot more than of 916000" he Mid The runaway plunge of a loaded ready mix concrete truck down steep Monterey Road and onto the Edgemar freeway early Saturday afternoon made "miracle" Pacifica's hardest-worked word for the rest of the day The heavy equipment with its brakes failing and its driver frantically trying to get it geared down for the drag of motor compression roared down the busy arterial and then rolled acroM the freeway's northbound lanes Alyce Bauman 67 Pacifican 20 Years Dies at Mary's Help Alyce Bauman 67 447 Lewis Lane died Thursday in Mary Help Hospital Her husband former football star Alf Bauman died just two weeks ago at Mary's Help from heart failure Mrs Bauman had been admitted at that time for pneumonia and exhaustion MKS BAUMAN was a Pacifica resident for 20 years living on Carmel Avenue and Esplanade before moving to Lewis Lane She had been retired for the past five years from bookkeeping for Cal-West Electronics of South San Francisco and had earlier been a member of a square dancing group and the Pacifica Duplicate Bridge Club She was home and family oriented however and her principal interests lay in her children grandchildren and home decor crefta mostly aelf-taught which she thoroughly enjoyed SURVIVORS INCLUDE son Michael Findlay of Chicago daughters Patricia Ostovar of Pacifica and Alice Findlay of Woods ide and 13 grandchildren She was a native of Chicago Mrs Bauman suffered a stroke March 11 and had been in Mary's Help since Services were held Friday at Nauman and Lincoln's Chapel by the Sea mortuary and were followed by Interment in Holy Cross cemetery Continued fram Page One HOAA EVER HE SAID going to PERB with a complaint "is a process that is available to the union and to the district We have had claims like this filed before Everyone has to do what they feel they have to do" Sometimes the claims are negotiated to a settlement sometimes a hearing is held with PERB officers Throughout the district teachers are angry They are angry that the administration has forecast a budget deficit when it still doesn't know how much money it is getting from Sacramento they are angry the administration did not consult with teachers before making recommendations on program and staff cuts and they are angry at the board's action to go along with those cuts I DON'T THINK there's anyone in here who doesn't feel the Mme way very very upset" Hid Terra Nova teacher Friday who preferred to remain anonymous is extremely low I've heard several people talking about looking for other jobs" "I feel very sorry for our students" Mid TN German teacher Christel Flueter echoing a phrase repeated by several teachers "I fed that if we don't take care of educating our youngsters what kind of society is this?" She expressed fear that academic electives might go on the chopping block too "1 feel it's very ad" she Hid Flueter acknowledged that Prop 13 threw school funding into disarray and hat to an extent tied trustees' hands 1 still feel that if the school board and Gonella i I.