HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - PC - 1954.03.11BURLINGAME CITY PLA,_NNING
Present
Chairman Mitchell
Comm. Diedbrichsen
Henderson
" Rooth
" Stivers.
MINUTES
Absent
Comm. Brown
to Mattock
COMMISSION
Study Meeting
March ll, 1954.
Others' Present
Mayor Simonds
City Engineer Marr
Planning Consultant Mann
An adjourned session of the Regular February meeting was opened to
discuss Mills Estate #3 Map, which had been revised according to re-
quest previously made by Mr. Mann. The revised snap showed widening
of Trousdale Avenue to 84 feet, and so much of Murchison Drive as
lies within the City of Burlingame as would make that street of sim-
ilar width. This map also showed certain other street changes-whi.ch
had been requested in order to improve the street pattern in the area
concerned.
At this point Mr. H. Jay Burns of the Burlingame Elementary School
Board requested that the Commission defer any further action on any
tentative map until the school board had selected school sites. ir.
Burns explained the Millbrae and Burlingame Elementary School site
problem, and illustrated on a map an approximate desired location for
two schools.
Mr. Lee Ham of Wilsey & Co. stated that he would work on the details
regarding the school sites, now that he knows their location, and will
submit another map accordingly.
No representative of the Burlingame Recreation Commission was present.
The Secretary read a communication from Division 'IV of the State Div-
ision of Highways in which it was stated, among other things, that
"the cost of electrical installation and signals :is divided between
the local jurisdiction and State in proportion to the number of legs
of the intersection in each". The suggestion that the developer pay
the City share of this cost was made. Mr. TWeisenberg of the Trousdale
Construction Corp. stated in answer, that he had no authority to com-
mit the developer on this proposal, but that he would talk of the
proposition with his associates.
The Commission deferred any action on the map until such matters as
recreational area, school sites, traffic light system and "benching"
had been th)roughly developed and presented..
A final map on Mills Estate #1 was not accepted, pending further con-
sultation between Wilsey & Company, the City Engineer and the City
Planning Consultant; the latter two officials stating that certain re-
visions were necessary prior to their granting approval.
The adjourned session of the regular meeting was closed at 9:40 P. M.
The March study meeting of the Commission was opened at 9:41 P. M.,
with the same officials in attendance.
The request of, Theo. G. Meyer and Sons to abandon a part of Valdivia
Way was discussed by Mr. Theodore K. Meyer, Vice -President, and the
members of the Commission. Mr. Meyer outlined the desirability of the
residents concerned in that section of the city to have the "dead-end"
of that street abandoned on account of the probability of increased
traffic through winding streets in that area, should it be made an art-
erial street. Mr. gam of Wilsey & Co. engineers, for the Trousdale
Construction Company, stated that they had no objection to the closing
of that portion of Valdivia Way inasmuch as they contemplated tying in
a street running generally east from Skyline Boulevard vicinity, into
Trousdale Drive. Mr. Ham also stated that the developer of Mills
Estate is considering possibly two street outlets south of the proposed
east -west street, and running generally toward Hillside Drive.
The commission was informally in favor of deferring any action on this
proposal until a map of that area was submitted by the Trousdale Con-
struction Corporation; but, on advice of the City Planning Consultant
who stated that "street abandonment" was a matter for the City Councii
to decide, Mr. Meyer was advised to make formal application for his
proposal to the City Council.
A request from W. L. Burkdall relative to revision for the resub-
division of Lots 19-20, Block 4, Burlingame Park No. 4, washeld for
the regular March meeting.
The request of Captain B. I. Bearint, U. S. Army, to operate an animal
shelter on Bayshore Highway, will be considered at a public hearing on
March 25th.
Mr. W. J. OtConnell, a citizen, stated that the proposal of the School
Board in selecting a site adjacent to the present Burlingame Intermed-
iate School, and the developers' plan for extension of Marco Polo Way
into Mills Estate, poses a traffic problem concerning RayPark. Mr.
O'Connell urges that these proposals reopens the question of traffic
pattern around Quesada Way and Marco Polo Way, and stated that resi-
dents of Ray Park, being particularly concerned, through their Improve-
ment club, should be asked their opinion, or objection, if any.
Mr. James Himmel introduced a sketch of Millsdale #1, showing that area
to be an "island" entirely surrounded by commercial or industrial zon-
ing. Mr. Himmel also introduced a paper entitled "Minimum Design Con-
siderations and Studies for Mills Estate Maps".
The meeting adjourned at 11:10 P. M.
Respectfully submitted
CHARLES W. ROOTH
SECRETARY