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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1967.11.06206 Burlingame, california Novenber 6, L967 A regular meeting of the Burlingarne city council waE held on the above given date. lteeting called to order at 8:05 p.m. Uayor oiederidrsen in the Chair. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIAIICE At word from the Chair, all in the Council Chanber arose and gave the Pledge of Allegiance to the F1a9. Present - Councilmen : Crosby-Diederidraen-George-arohnaon-llartin. Absent - Councilmen s None. IIIINIITES The Irlinutea of the regular neetings of October 2 and October 17, 1967, submitted to Council previously were approved and adopted. IIEARINGS PIOII{BO DIRT EAIrL APPLICAT ION A letter from the larr offices of Carr, ltcclellan, hgersoll, Ihompeon anal 8orn, sigaed \r Luther ttl. Carr, Attorney, dated trovenbe t 6, L967, requested that tlre application and tlre subaequent appeal of the Pionbo Construction Company for a dirt haul on Trousdale Avenue, be withdrawrr. :Ore cmunication rras ad(nowledged and placed on fi1e. 2. "VARIABLE EEIGET DISTRIqI" RBST'I,ATIONS l.tayor Diedericlrsen announced that at the initial hearing on a propoeed addition to the Zoning Code (Ordi,nance No. 868) setting forth reg'u-lations for a "Variable Eeight District,' several revisions suggested by CounciLnan ltartin referred tlre subject to the City Planncr and that the anendments are now before Council for conaideration. councilman ltartin further moved that section 25.35.040 (Building 8ct- back requirementa ) be amended to read: "All side and rear setbacks shall be clear from ground to sky or, if the garage portion extenda beyond tlre walls of the habitable portion of the buitding, fro the roof * of the garage to the sky except that open balconies or fire escaPea nay be extended no nore than four feet from the wal1 of the habitable portlon where eudr wat,ls are at least four feet greater in distancc fron the property line than the garage portion. " llhe motlon on the foregoing ameDdnents was seconded by Councilman George and recorded as unanimoug. the Chai.r announced that the public heari.ng on the ProPosed "Variable Eeight District" regulations, as aeended, would be continued to tlre next regular meeting, troveube r 20, L967. CAI,I., TO ORDER ROLI, CALL l. Councilman l{artiJl Doved t}rat section 25.35.030 (carage Constructlon Requirenents) be amended to read: "Ihe garage (non-habitable) atory of the building shall conform to the eide and rear yard requirenents of Section 25.66.050 of this code and, when extended beyond the building line of the principal building, may not exceed one stoty in height above the established grade of the atreet on shich it fronts. Any additional story above the first 6tory used for garage putposes ahall conform to the building setback requirements of the habitable portion of the building." 20.1 COI/IMI'NICATIONS 1. SEWAGE TREATIT{ENT WORKS III{PROVEUENTS A cormunication frdn the Director of Public vforka. dated Octob er 26, 1957, advised that the contractor for Job No. 66-26 - Sewage Pumping and Treatment Works Improvements has completed the project and a final inspection nade by his office and Mr. John Jenks, Sanitary Serf,e r Consultant, confims that the inprovements have been lnstalled in copliance with plans and specifications. A memo from the City uanager, footnoted on the comunication, concurred with ttre recomrendation that the Contract b€ accepted as being coplete. RESOLUrION trO. 55-67 "Acc€pting Sflage Pumping and Treatment Yrorks Improvemente - ilob No. 66-26', (narry Lee PhDbing Co. - $59,380.00) was introduced for paasage on motion of Councilman irohnson, seconded by Councilman Crosby and unaniuously adopted upon RoIl Call vote. REPLACEI,IENT SSWER LINE (Adeline Drive) A Eemo from the city lranager, dated Novenber 2, L96?, referred to a report from the Direetor of Public t{orks, under date of october 25, 1967, concerning the necesaity to replace a defective six-indr sanitary sewer main in the area of Adeline Drive and within the Burlingame Hills sewer ltaintenancc District. fhe Director of Public workg advised that a supplementatY agreement betrreen the County of San llateo and the city of Burlingame, stiPulating that the uaintenance Diatrict shall pay thirty percent and the City of Burlingane seventy p€rcent of the total co8t of the installation, is available and it sas ttre rec@mendation of hia office, c'oncurred in by the Office of the City uanager, that the aupplemeRtatY agreement be authorized for execution. REs,OLlIIIOtr NO. 56-67 "Authoriz ing E(ecution of Supplementary Agreement By and Betreen the City of BurlingaDe and the County of San ltatoo Por Rcplacetlent of a Portion of the Burlingame Eills Strer tlaintenance District Seser Line" vae iDtroduced for passage on motlon of Councllman crosby and seconded by CouncilDan .rohnron. on the question and in reply to inquiriea fron Counci.lnan litartin, the Director of Public t{orks Btated that the county of san ltateo will adniaiater the projectr to Nayor DiederichBen's inqulry, the Director of PuDlic t|orks rtated tbat the City will aasuDe b€tYeen $5,O0O.O0 and $6,000.00 as its ghare in the cost of tlre inprovenent construction. A noll Call vote on Resolution No. 56-67, waa recorded thereafter as unanimous. 3. BT'DGET ACCT'UUIJATED I{ONIES A meDo from the City uanager, dated Novenber 2, L967, advi8ed that dranges bave occurred through legielative action affecting gaa tax funde; however, prior to Novenber 8, L961 , to receive gaE ta:x noniea available to that date, the paa.age of a resolution for budgotting the accumulated funds ie neceasaty and it waa the rec@endatlon of his Office that a resolution prepared by the Diviaion of Highways be proceased. RESOLOTION EO. 57-67 'Resolution of the Ci ty Council of the City of Burlingane, Adopting Budget Por E<p€nditure of Funds Allocated From lrhe state Bighway Punds to Citie6" was introduced for pasaage on notion of Councilman ,ohnson and secondcd btr Councilnan fiartin. A RolI Call vote waa recorded as unanifious. 2 208 4. COtNTlf PROPOSED "HIrIilAI REIJATIONS COUI|{ISSION" A BeEo from ttre City Uanager, dated UoveDber 2, L967, referred to a comunication of i.nquiry received fron the County of San ltateo Bolici- ting Courcil's comnents to a list of eight questions to ageist the 8oa!d of Supervisors in evaluating the establishDent of a proposed Hllman Relations Commission. Ir{ayor Diederic}rsen announced that in his role as Chairman of the San llateo County Council of litayors' the Office of the County llanager ha8 asked that he serve on an "ad-hoc" coomittee to itanuary of 1958 as a prelude to the foraation of a Erman Relatione Cmission. I{ayor Diederic}rsen adviged t}rat an invitation has been extended to thelnterin c@ittee to attcnd a meeting on the subject at tlre County Governnent Center on Wednesday, November 8, at 4:00 p.m. Action ras withheld pending a report fro the Chair to Council at tbe next regular neeting on November 20. 5. TICETSE !O ''ZORBA GREEK RESTAURATiIT' A memo from the city ltanager, dated NoveEber 2, L967, advised that inspections conducted by the llealth, Fire and Police Departtoents at zorba the creek Re8taurant, 1330 BayBhore Bightray, are favorable andthe management therefore is eligibl.e to be peraitted an amusenent license. 6. PINAI, T.IAP ATZA-AIRPORT PARK *5 A c@munication from the City Planner, dated Novenbe r 2, L967, advisedthat the Planning Comieeion at a regular neeting on October 23, L967, recormended the approval of the Final l{ap of Anza-Airport park #5,with the same conditions regarding access to the City property as nay be appl ied to the adj oining subdivision. Ihe City Planner, in a verbal report to Council, adviaed $rat both Anza Airport Parks troa, 4 and 5 are adjoining and a portion of the improvenentE that rriLl serve No. 5 are a part of No. 4t Anza Airpoft. Park lrnit No. 4 came before CounciL at a prior meeting and actioa on both subdivisions should be coincidental; there is a matter of acceaa upon whidr the City Attorney and litr. C!,rus J. [cuillan, Attorney for the project are conferring on details and thig permanent means of access over lande of tlre Clty strould be first provided btr Council action. I{r. }tc}tillan, in attendance, advised that as requested by Council at aprior roeeting, revisions i-n the revocable pernit uith rerpect to the term of the permit and the non-occup.rnclz of the property have been complied with and a draft thereof suhitted to tlre City's staff n€obers. f'he City Attorney confirmed that the Subdivision Agreenent and the Revocable Pemit were both in order, stating that iJr the interin, horrever, hig office hag been adviaed by u!. t{cttiUan that the developer now proposes to improve the property under asaessment bond procedure. Continuing. the city Attorney advi sed that ttre action required of Council on this occasion is a review of the Final ltap and an indi.cation of approval or rejection, suggesting further, that an action oa tlre revocable pernrit be postponed to the next regular neeting of Council. Counci}oan Crosby moved that tlre application for a special permit for danci.ng and for entertai nent be approved, seconded by Counci!.man ilohason and unanimously carried. 209 ttr. Ucl.tillan requeatd Council to indicate its approval to the current Final ltap, vrith an action to approve the subdivision delayed until the cmpletion of and the acceptance by the City of the inprovements theleon. Irhe City Engineer, in reply to Corurcil inquiries, advised that the pro- posed procedure, although unuaual, was accoplished on a subdivision to the eouth. !tr. David Keyston, developer, in reply to the City Engineer's inquiry concerning whether the perrait ncnr in existeace is irr effect, advised that an accesa road is unneceEsary under the current i-aprovement plans and confirmed that an aaseagment di8trict procedure was applied in the developoent of both Anza Airport Units *1 and #2. Follorrring further discussion, including a period of inquiriea and replies by ltr. Kenneth I. alones, Eond Attorney, on procedure applicable under the 1911 and the 1915 ltrblic Improvement Acts, the eubject was referred for consideration under Iten No. I on the Agenda, directly affecting the developnent of the hza-Airport Subdivisions. the City Attorney advised that a revocable permit would come before Council at its aext regular neeting. RECESS A recesa was declared by the Chair at 9:0O p.n. CAI,IJ TO ORDER lhe rneeting rraa reconvened by the Chair at 9s10 p.n. NIZA AIRPORT PARK UNIT #5 (continued) Council revired the Pinal l,tap of Anza Airport Park lInit #5 and thereafter indicated no objection to the loap as presented. Purther action by CorDcil raa poatponed to sudr tine as the Subdivider may request an .ctlon approprlate to ttre subject subdivision. '\-a.- q tU,7. EURLIIGAI{B SBORE LAUD CO. REr I,{ODIFICATION OF AGREEUEI{T A c@unic.tion fron ttre city Planner, dated October 25, L967, referred to a public hearing conduqted bV the Planning Comiaeion on a reaub- diviaion aap and on an application for a variancc in connection with a requeat fro tbe Burling.oo Shor€ Land C@pany for a rodiflcation of its agreem€nt with the City to conltnrct apartment buildings on a thirteen acre site and an action to recommend approval with apecific conditions. A petition, circulated by llr. Alfred Kaufmann, Broadrray merchant, anong the merdranta on Broadway, presented to Councilnan Johnson in reply to her inquiry sone ti-me prior concerning the nunb€r of nember8 present at Broadway Uerctrants ' Agsociation neetings, was filed with the City C1erk. with menbers of Council requesting a copy of the petition. !lr. Kaufmann, in attendance. explained that the petition circulated wae not a caErpaign 'for" or "against' the proposed ehopplng center but merely a "po11" to indicate the reaction of the merchants. Councilnan crosb,!, noved ttrat the matter of the Burl ingame Shore Land companyrs request for a nodification of agreement be considered at the next regular meeting of Council, Uovenbar 20, L967, aeconded by Council- uran George and unanimously carried. ttr. Robert ':Irhopaon, Attorrrey, representing the Burlingame Shore Land Company, in reply to couDcil inquiries, advised that copics of the resubdiviaion map would be Dade available to eaclr nernber of the Council. 210 8. BAYSIDE IJ[{PROVEI.iENT DISTRICT NO. 4 l{ayor Diaderidrsen recogllzed ttr. Kenneth I. .ronea, Attoroey, repre- senting the llnz a Pacific Corporation. Hr. Jonea advised that the petition before Council has been executed by ttre Nrza Pacific Corporation and proposes the formation of "Bayside Improvement District t{o. 4" to improve Anza Airport Park Units, Councilis requested to undertake proceedings purauant to thc Uunicipal Improve- -nent Act of 1913 aDd to isaue bondg to represent the unpaid assc8aoents pursuant to the Inprovement Bond Act of 1915 for financing ttre costai the petition includes a deacription of the iuprovements, ttre boundariegof the assesanent district. and, based on prelininary estimates, the project will appro:rimate an expenditure of 91.10O.0OO.00. !tr. ironea furttrer referred to documents filed with the petltionr a copy of the project engineer's certificate that the signatures on thepetition represent more than sixty percent of the areai an appraisal frm t{r. David Ingram, l{.A.I., setting forth the estirated narket valueof the property after the inprovenents are coplete and a series of resolutions to lnitiate the proceedings. A nap of the !{a6ter Plan of the Anza Airport Park Subdivision wag dig- played and the boundaries of the proposed district explained byUr. ilonea . In continuing his comm€nta, I.lr. Jones advised that the 1915 Improvenent Bond Act provides for a liDited guaranty by the City that in the event of a delinguency, the City will advance the paiment to the Bond Fund and upon redemption thereof, intereat rill be accrued at the rate ofsix percent per .rnnum i the estiDated $I,100,0OO.00 inprovement repre- sents a cost of twenty cents per aquare foot and the ReclamationDi8trict land representa a cost of thirty cent6 per square foot, in coparison uith }{r. Ingran'a appraised value of betueen 92.40 and 92.55per square foot for improved indugtrial lands. In reply to Council inquiries, tlr. aronea reported that there are aonesix cities within the innediate vicinity applying thia procedure for an identical purpose, outstanding of wtrich is tlre City of South San Franciaco; that this particular procedure ie favored to encourage the egtabl ishment of industry. comenting in sorne detail on the advantageB of the 1915 Iagrovement Act proceedinga. both in terms of flexibillty alrd cost, lilr. atonea pointed out that in: this particular instance, the developer would realize a saving of S65,000.00 on the firat phase of construction and a aaving of 9200,OO0.OO on the total prop€rty developnent. Councilman Cieorge gave a rosu e of the current outstanding bonded indebtcdnc s s in the industrial araas of Ure City and cxpreas€d his approvel to placing the l9l5 Improvenent Act in cffect for the prolxrsed project. Councilman Crosby and Counciluan arohnson eadr 8tated tlreir individual approval to the development of the property as proposed. The city Engineer, in reply to councilman llartin, concerning ttre proJect engineerr a estiDatea of cost, advised that a brief revia indicated a difference of appro:cinately 92O,OOO.Oo leas than the estinates of hiE Office. lir. ilonea, in reply to an inquiry from Councihdr ltartin, confitred Urat the developnent of industrial prollr!-tieg- in other areaa he referred to, accmplighed with 1915 bonris, ,.t"F?tllt lien upoa ttre property. zll Councilnan t{art in thereafter requerted t}re recorda to ltrdicate that the 1915 Public Improverent Act procedure applied to industrlal properties, ras a firat lien against said properties and that in tlre preaent inltance, the Reclamation Dietrict bonds would conatitute a prior (first) lien. liayor Diederichaen, in a aumarization, expreaaed approval to tlre develolEent of tlre property by the means proposed, stat furg that the City of Burl ingane is in a corpetitive poaition with other comunitiea slnilarly developing its iDdustrial areas and in hia opinion, the resultr'|t "tax balance" will b€nefit the City. :flne follorying ResolutioDs were prepared for Council to initiatc proceedinga. RESOLIITIOU ltro. 58-67 'A Resolution DeteElin ing Conpliance rrit}r Division 4 of the streets and Eighsays Code, and Detemining to undertd(e Proceedings Purauait to Special Asaeasment and AaseaaEent Bond Acts for lEprovements llithout Further Proceedinga Under Said Division 4 - Bayslde Inprovement Distrist no. 4" was lntroduced for passage on motion of Councilman Crosby, seconded b,!r Councilnan Johnson and unanimously carried upon Ro1l call . RESOLUTION NO. 59-67 "A Resolution Appointing Engineer and Attoraeys - Bayaide ImproveneDt Di.trict t{o. 4" ras introduced by Councilnan Crosby wlro noved its passage, seconded \r Councilnan George and unanimoualy adopted upon RoII Call. RasoLUrIoN No. 60-67 'A Resolution of Intention to construct Improve- m.nts and to Order Acquisitlon and Cancell.tion of Bonds and to Iasue Refunding Bonds - Bay3ide lEprovenent District No. 4" was introduced for passage on mot ion of councilnan Crosby, seconded by Councilnan Johnson. A Roll Call vote waa recordd as follows: Ayeas Noes : Councilmen: Crosby-Diederichsen-George-arohn6on. Councilnen: l,tartin . RESOLUTIOUS IRANSIENT OCCI'PAIICY TAl( AI,IOCATION Councilman ceorge, referring to a requeat from the County of San llateo received by Council sme time prior, to participate in a county-wide advertising progran, stated tlrat it is incunbent upon this City as rell as other cities to c@ply by allocat!.ng a portion of the revenue rece ived from the hotel,/noteI tax. RESoLUIIOIM. 61-67 "Authoriz ing B<ecution of Agreement By and B,etreen the City of Burlingame and the County of San Uateo Concerning Transient Occupancy Tax r' was introduced for passage on motion of Councilman arohnson, aeconded by CounciLnan Crosby and unanirnou8ly adopted upon Rol1 CaU. Councllnan Martin further rtatod that as a natter of policy, he vaa oppoaed to tbe City be ing obl igated through provisions of the 1915 Improvement Act, to guaratrty paynent of unpaid bonda for development projects. An Agreenent, proposing an allocation of twenty-11vg percent or a maxirnun palment of $1O,0OO.OO per year, rraa roviewed, with Courcil thereafter endorsi^ngr "an annual payEent of $10,0OO.OO" and the Btipu- Iation that the "agreement shall be in effect for a period of one year. coruencing July I, 1967 and ending June 30, 1968. " 212 None. Novenber 20. L967, was scheduled as tha final date rrhereon Council waa to suhllit nane a to sel.ect a menber to fill a vacancy on the Pl.nnjng Commission. Action to fill a vacanc:f on the Park Cmmi8aion vas held pending a study on the feaeibility of cobining the Park and Recreation Cmniseions. Council having been informed that no probl€ms have arisen to date in connection with the operation of Kat Patdl II, Councilman ttartin moved that the entertainment petmit granted previouely on a trial basis, be extended for a period of one year. T}re motion wag aeconded by Council- man Croaby and unanimously carried. The City ttanager eras requestedto so notify the management of Kat Patch II . 3. BAYSHORE PARX IJATD.USE PLAI{ Councilman lr{artin spoke on hia personal visitation to the Bite of the proposed Bayside Park in conpany uith Councilman George and the City ll.rnager. follming a preliminary study of a plan submitted by repre- sentatives of the firm of Royston, Hanaroto, Beck and Abey, consul-tants, at the last Council study meeting. Refeffing to the "Diagraruatic Land Use Plan" prepared by the consultingfirm, Councilnan l.tartin recomended tlrat ttre area propoEed aa a 'turning-area" for gmall boatg be reduced and ttrat alternate plans be suhitted for tlris particular area adj acent to the durnp. Following a brief diacussion, Council approved the proposed plan, ritlr a proviaion that the Bay8ide Park planning consultants be requested to revige and to subait alternate plans for the area i.n queetion. Ihe City ttlanager was authorized ttrereafter to confer sith tlre conrulting fitm. 4. REETOR-CADILI,AC ENCROACNUEITT :Ibe City Attorney, in reply to an iJrquiry flon ltayor Diedericheen, conccrning tle Rector CadiUac's encroachncnt upon property of the City, advised tlrat hie Office is in the process of prepating a ravoc- able peroit. 5. STATE ASSEITBLY JOII{?RESOLT'TION IIO. 29 A cmunication frcm the Eoard of sulrervisors, County of San lLteo. dated October 3. 1967, adviged of its support of, State Aa senbly iloint Resolution No. 29, urging Congreas of the lrnited States to enact a "Federal 8ax Sharing Program" rritlr state and local governments. llhe cmnunication was acknorrledged and the subject matter referred to the Council study neeting of DeceDber 6. 6. TN(I FARB SCEEDT'LES A DeDo fro the City Ianager, dated November 6, L967, reported on his reeting sith taxicab eoqraniee ' repreaentatives and a revi* of praient and proposed taxi rate sdreduler. ORDINAI{CES T'ITFINISHED BUSINESS 1. COMI{ISSION VACAICIES 2. KAT PATCII II 2lE ltlra City lt{anager advig€d that a sixteen percent increase in taxi fareg uaa propoaed and that it was hlg recomendation that a conproEl.scd sdredule (lr nite...60Cr aech additional l, nile...f0C) b€ suggested to otlrer cities in thc lnterest of unifonnity. fifETXTT.FIFIts ATNIVERSAAIY CIIY SERVICE uayor Diederichsen announoed that Councilnan Johnson hae called attention to Police Lleutenant lorin ?fodd'! recent obsern ance of his trrcnty-fifth anniveraary of service to thc City of Burlingame. A brief diecuagion wae initiated on appropriate means to recognize an employee'a years of scrviee, with tlre subject referred to the City llanager for recomendation and report to Council. SAII I'I TEO COINflTT UAYORS. COIINCII. RE: COI,I!,IIITEE - DELEGATE RECo!{ITIEIIDATIONS Council, r€queated by the Chair, in behalf of the s.rn uateo county council of llayora for an endoraement of noinees to several governnental adviaory comnissione, unanimously reconmended the folloring: Regional covernment Adviaory C@ittee .... . Ur. Harland A. l,tineheu Asaociation Bay Area covernnents Delelgate .. Hr. llaurice X. Ealj.lton JOI}IT COT|i}{ITTEE BAY AREA REGIOUAL O RGAITIZATION A cmunication raa aclooyledged from !lr. Daniel I{. Luevana, Director Joint connl'ttee on Bay Area Regional Organization, dat€d Noveober 3, 1967, announclng a Beoting to be held on Friday, DeceDber l, 1.967, Board of Supervisors Chanberg ln Redwood City at 9:OO a.n., pri[arily for the purpose of ;rcrmitting each of the ni.ne Bay Area counties to exdrange viss concerning the 'acope and desirability of regional organization. " SEWER BOND COI'I}TITTEE COU}IENDAUON At the requeat of Council, the City llanager vas requested to dlrect a letter of appreciatlon to eaclr of the memberg of the Seuer Bond Citizens' Comittee, to volunteera and to each sponsoring organization, to bear the signature of tlre ltayor, acknflledging tlre5.r outstanding aaaiatance in pronoting the recent sewer Bond election to a succeesful concluaion. SISTER CIry FUN TIONS councilman Johnson, Council liaison, Sister city Comnittee, reported on her attendance at a "Sister City" session at the rec€nt League of I.lunicipalitiee conference in San franciaco, wherein it was emphaaized that "government " should play a proinent part in the "People-to-People " Program. In comenting on the first annual national conference to be held in ttre Clty of Log Angeles, Novenber 3O - Decenber 2, Councl].man Johnaon recmended ttrat !rr. Ben L. Eectringer, sister City Chairnr.n, be authorizd to attend to represent the City of Burlingame. Councilman Cro8by thereafter moved that Council concur and that the sum of $15O.OO be advanced to ur. Itedringer to attend tlre fortlrcoring national conference in Ios Angeles. Ihe motion waa seconded by Councilman Geotge and unanirmusly carried. Council concurred with the rec@eDdation and an action yithheld pending receipt of a report frcrn the City ltanager at the next regular neeting of Council. 214 AUNTORIZATION TO ATTEND STATEWIDE CONFERENCE Itre City Planner, th€ City Engineer and Councilnan ltartin rrere auth- orized to attend a staterride t nderground Utilitieg Conference at Ure Biltmore Ilotel in Los Angeles, uovenb€r 29 - Decernbe r L, L967, on motion of Councilnan Crosby, sec-onded by councilDan ilotlnson and unaniDoualy adopted. ACI(NOWLEDGMENTS lrayor Diederichaen adknorledged cosuunications from Bd Arnold, 213 Anita Road, dated Novcnber l, 1967, oppoeing the new shopping area propo8ed by the Burlingame Shore Land C@lpany, fron Dr. and l{rs. Rohrt Price, 1637 lr{cDona1d Way, dat€d Septenbe r 28, L967, opposing further earth filling on the San [ateo coaat of San Francisco Bay and from l!{rs. williau C. Kenney, 78 Lona vista Drive. dated October 18, 1967, questioning ntrether a request can be nade to the appropriate agency to prohibit trud( travel on the ner irunipero Serra Preeway. On the latter point. Councilnan ltartin obaerved that the Ninitz Preeeay in the East Bay limits truck travel thereon. The Chair further acknowledged minuteg from the Parking Comisaion, the Bealtlr, Safety & Traffic Comisaion, the Planning Cmirsion and the L,ibrary Eoard and a nonthly aetivity report frdr the Burlingame Fir€ Depattnent. COT.U,TET{DATION TO BEATITIFICATION CIT{I|{ITTEE A communication was aclrnowledged from Paul r7. Constantino, Preai.dent, Burl ingane Chanber of comerce, dated october 10, 1967, reporting on the favorable reaponae received aince a beautification progran to re juvenatc tlre Burlingame Avenuc dorrntown btrainesc digtrict war unveiled at a gen€rd nenberahip ueeting on Septenber 29. t|he cmurication reque8ted that copie8 of the 'Archit€cts' Report' ltudy, submitted to Council, bc analyzed by the varioua appropriate CLty departtlents and that tlre feaaibility of the plan be conslderd by nenbcra of ttre City's staff, a Chanber of Comerc€ Planning Eoard and a raeober of the Arclritects' Adviaory C@ittee. Councilnan l,{artin suggested Urat a seriea of public hearings be held on tlre plan propoaed for dovntowr Burlingane Avenue. !rr. willia l. Eau3er, Preaident, Burlingane ChaDber of c@erce, recognized by the Chair, statGd that eince hig cmunicatioa, ltr. constantino has invit€d several property otrora aad citizenr to aerve on a "planning" cmittee; the plan propored is nerely foraulative and the Chadber of c@erce ia hopeful that a mernber of the City council and a neuber of the Arclritects' Adviaory c@ittee will neet witlr tlre plannlng comittee to sti.Eulate a coordinated plan. A brief dissuesion on the nerits of the proposed plan, wherein a majority of the Counci.l indicated ita approval, in principle, waa concluded with no fornal action talcen. Irhe city Attorney recomended that a cmunication be directed to the Chanber of Cowtrerce comending the work done thus far and to encourage the continuation of tlre beautification plan. ADirorrRxltB[r Itrere being no further traoaaction of business, the meeting was regularly adjourned at 11:30 p.n. RESPE TPULLY SI'BI,IITIIED, APPROVED: WERNER E. DIEDERICESEN, T,IAYOR HERBERT K. VIEITE, CIIII qLERK