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Burlingare, California
April 19, 1965
PLEDGE OF AI,LEGIANCE
At word from the Chair, all in the courcil Chanber arose and gave the
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
P re aent - Councilmen : Cro 8by-D iederi chsen-George-arohn son-tlart in .
lbaent - Councilnens rone.
I{INI'tES
Irhe minutea of the regrular neeting of April 5, 1955, previously sub-
nitted to Council, were aPproved and adoPted.
BIDS - III,IJS CREEK CI,I'VERT (RAY PARK)
Bide received for arob No. 64-37, ltills Creek Culvert coDstruction in
Ray Park, and opened at 2100 p.D., on this day, as Per publ ished notice,
were declared as follms:
R. w. stutz construction Co.
A. B. l{ul1irl
Oscar c. Eolnes
Dean c. Buehler
Lowrie Paving Co.
Power Conatruction Co.
P&SConstructionCo.
lll!. R. Cole
rairlay Conatruction Co.
o. C. Jonea
R. L. Chaidas
IrlcGuire & Eester
Engincer I E Estimate
25,664.O0
26,392.OO
26,4?4.OO
27,810.00
29,7 32.OO
32 , 490 .00
32,?A4.OO
,600.o0
,784.00
, 392 .00
,722.OO
,774.OO
ALTERI{ATE
BID UO. 1
$21, s86.40
35, 974 . O0
2I, O88.OO
ATTERNATE
Bid lfo. 2
$18,7s8.0o
L9,794.64
34,858.00
32,876.OO
37, 598.00
20,152.00
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28
26
27
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lrhe city Engineer stated that it was his rec@endation that 'Alternate
Bid tro. 2" be selected for ttre construction of 312 L. P. of 6' x 6l
Reinforced Concrete Box Culvert and that the low bid subnitted by
R. w. stutz Construction Conpany of Saratoga be awarded the contract.
RESOLmIOB !IO. 37-65 "Award iDg Contract for ltill8 Creek Culvert in
Ray Park - irob No. 64-37' (stutz Construction co., 918,758.00) was
introduced for passage on motion of councilDan cro8by, seconded by
Councilman ,ohnaon and unanimously adopted upon Roll CaIl.
A further recomendation frou the City Engineer that approxiDately
fifty feet be added to the project and funde therefor expended fron
the current budget allocatioD, for a total project c.ost of $21,458.OO,ra3 concurred in by the City ltanager and approved by Council.
Replyiag to an inquiry from the Chair, the City Engineer advised thatit is aDticipated that the project shall co@ence the first of t{ayfor c@pletioa witlrin a aixtyday period.
CAIiIJ BO ORDER
A regular meeting of tlre Burliagane city council was held on the above
given date. tieeting called to order at 8clo P.r., - Xayor t{art in in
the Chair.
ROL,L CALL
BIDDER
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CIOSING POR3ION O)GORD ROAD
ADETI}IE DRIVE Illf,ENSION
tlayor tttartin annoutrced that thia wae the tine and place s&eduled to
continue the formal hearing on a propoaal to cloee a portion of
Oxford Road and an informal hearing on the proposed extension ofAdeline Drive.
A comunication from the City llanager, dated April 16, 1965, referredto a report received fro t}e State DiviEion of Eighrrays, also datedApril 16, 1965, propos ing revisiona to the siqmals ia the area to
"reduce conflicts and confusion, J-mprove visibility and reeult in an
improved accident record" for an estinated cost of 94,7OO.O0, witb
the City of Burlingar€ assuning one-half of the expenditure. l(he
propoeed plan included the mounting of signals on nast arns over
the roadway and the eLimination of the current " flaehing yelIow" light.
llhe City llanager, in his cmunication, suggested tbat the proposal
be revioed \l the Traffic DepartmeDt, the Engineeriag Department andbis Office for recmendatioD to Council at the next neetiDg.
Ttre City llanager, in reply to an inqulry fro the Chair, adviaGd
tlrat "traffic count" statistics are not available at this tiae.
Irhe City Engineer explained the proposed new signal 'cyclc' arr.rnge-
ment, increasing the curreDt fifty-three second delay to traffic
entering the EI Camino Real to a delay of oue hundred and twenty-
three aeconds.
fiie Citlz Engineer further exp].ained that the proposed signal syateu
would naintain the Division of Eighway'a policy of keeping traffic
moving along the EI Camino Real .
A discueaion en sued on the i.uprovement that would result in adopting
the Eighway Departnent's propoaal, with the najority of Council
indJ.cat ing its approval.
Iayor ltart i! Btated that in his opinion, Ure proposal froE the state
would not solve tbe traffic problern on Adel ine Drive and that it
should be reviewed by the City uanager, the city Engineer, th€ Sraffic
Departnent, as well as by the nembers of the Eealth, safety and
traffic Comission.
A motion was introduced thereafter by CouncilEan crosby, aeconded Dy
councilrBan ilohnson, tlrat the hearing on the proposed closing of a
portion of Oxford Road be continued for one nonth; that in the interiD,
a traffic count of the area be obtained, and the proPoaal be reviqred
by nenbers of the City's ataff aa recomended.
Speaking on the queEtion, ltr. Robert Gans, 1112 Carbridge Road,
suggested that the "foot" traffic be investigated aIso. A vote on
the Dotion was recorded as unanimoug.
RESOLUrION OF @MI{NTDATION
ASS ISTAITT FIRE CEIEF WII.I,IAII E. PATSET,
ltayor ttart in announced the forthcoming retirenent of Assi8tant lire
chief william E. Patsel, uay 1, 1965, and ad(nowledging his long
service ag a nember of the BurlingaDe Fire DePartnent, @!pg
NO. 38-65 'C@end in g Assistant Fire Chief willian E. Patsel, Upon
the occagion of his Retirement PDE th€ hPloy of ttre c ity of
Burlingane' ms introduced for Paasage on mot ion of CounciLuan irohnson,
eeconded by counciluaD Diederictrsen and unanimouEly adopted uPon Roll
call.
EIBM - (a)
(b)
lltre City tlanager vras requested to bring all material available on
the igsue to the forthconiag study neeting on ltay 5th.
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Pire Chief R. E. !{oorby, in behalf of Assistant Chief Patsel,
unable to appear in person, accePted a coPy of the resolution,
\z ea& nembe r of the council, with appropriate vords.
r*ho was
signed
@VERI}$G OP TAIiLO9I TRUCKS
A co@unication fro the City t{anage!, dated Alrril 15, 1965, advised
that the Eealth, Safety & Traffic @ission has regueated that an
Ordinance be added to the city's code requiring ta1lor trucr(s to be
enclosed or covered.
Councilnan ceorge guestioned the advantages of the City of Burlingame
in the enactnent of a law if other citiee serviced by tall*r trucks
do not have a si-milar ordinance. Pointing out that an acti.on of the
natur€ proposed nay result in a withdrawal of trud(s entirely frm
the City, Councilnan ceorge Etated lt would create a dis-service to
local meat coqranies.
During the brief discusaion, it sas the consensue of opinion that the
tallorc trucka renain uncovered for a brief period during the astual
pid< up of the local material.
fhe City tianager Euggested tbat tie possible i-upositioa of a hard8hip
merits furthe r investigation and no action yaB taken at this tine.
2. JOENSO}I COI{PANY TEASE WITEEEI,D
A crounicatioa from the City llErnager, dated April 15, 1965, advised
that a lease of a portion of the l{ills Creek, aE requeated by the
Reynold c. arohnaon C@pany and to be used in connection with the
operation of its business, has been prepared for execution and it wag
the recomendation of his Office that a rental of $1O0.OO per year for
said uae be authorized.
In a varbal report to @uncil, the City llanager advised that the ilohnson
Company is nor,r seeki-ng an area larger than tlrat originally rcquested and
it was tris recmendation that the subject be further revier,red by the
City Engineer, the City Attorney and tbe appraiser.
Councll concurred and the City Uanager rran requested to place the item
on the Council study neeting ageada, lfay 5, 1965.
FECRE.ATION SURVET @ST
A comunication from the City lttanager, dated April 15, 1965, advised
that I'ir. Arthur E. fodd, Director of fi€Id Service for the Fational
Recreatidt Association, perEonally visited his office to discuss eati.matesof clogt for a Recreation survey and referred to a panphlet indicating the
various types of surveya and the coat therefor.
llhe subJect matter was referred to the Palk C@iEsion and the Recreati.onCmisgion for report and recomendation to Council.
4. OPEIT SPACB I,AND ACQUISITIONS
A comunication from the City ltanager, dated Aplil 15, 1965, advised that
the Eouaing and Eone Finance Agency ie favor.l^le to the Council, s progranfor Open Space Land Acquisition thereby placing the City in a position to
acquire open-space parcels.
Iayor [artin recmended that t]te City Ir{anager confer with the State ofCalifornia concerning tlre acguJ.sition of its city bayfront propertiea at
the price quoted originally and, if the teras are appropriate, that the
Council congider ttre imediate purchase of the property.
COT{I{UTICATIONS
1.
3.
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tttayor xartin arao recmended that the city llanager further ascertainthe availability of an additional five acres of bayfront propertiea,previously under discussion and that the inforaation hie officereceives be subnitted to Council at the Dext regular meeting, tlay 3.the Chair stated that if necessary, the ltay 3 regular meeting ray be
ad journed to the study meeting of lttay 5 for foraal couacil. action.
s. (a) DIlrtP oPEnAT ION
A neEo from tte city ltanager, dated Apri1 15, 1965, recmeDd€d that
independent meetings be held with rcpresentatives of the Anza pacific
company and the san llateo county scavenger coDpany to confer on ways
and means to resolve the City,s drmp operat ion problen.
Council concurred with the rec@endation of the City tta.Dager to
schedul.e one neeti.ng wlth one of tbe repreaentatives at Z:3O p.n.,
and anottrer at 9:15 p.n., with repreaentatives of the other coipany,
1lhursday evening, ilpril 22, 1965.
s. (b)CT'ER}IAVACA PARK BIDS
Council concurred and the City ltanager was authorized to advcrtiee for
bide for Council acti.on oD Xay 3, 1965.
5. (c) CITT-@IJETT LI,NCEEOB }TEBITIIKiS
A meEo frd the City l.tanager, dated April 15, 1965, advised that a
crounication frd the County of San t'lateo @nceraing a serieg of
city-county meetings proposed in the intereat of conferring oD Eutual
problens, has indicated dates in Augu st available to &uncil.
llhe notification vras ad<norledged and filed for consideratiotr at a
later date.
(d) SE@ND srAGE corstRgqrolr @SPqRATrSx YARD
A meDo from the City tianager, dated April 1.6, 1965, advised that a
preliminary Layout and floor plan has been prepared by l{r. E. L.
Uorberg, Arctritect, along wittr a preliminary cogt estimate for the
second 6tage construction proposed for the Co4roration Yard f,acilities.
Council concurred with the suggestion of the City Lanager ttrat Council
revi* ttre proposed plans at the study noeting of ttay 5, vith the
architect invited to be present.
6. BOY S@UT TROOP *IO PROi'ECT APPBOVED
A cmunlcation fron t{!. Ed ltontgoEery, 1545 Floribunda Avenue, dated
April 15, 1965, vritten as the in8titutional representative, Troop #10,
Burlingane, Boy Scouta of America, requeated petmission to speak before
council f,or the purpose of obtaining authorization for a Troop #I0
Anerican BIag display project within the Broadway businese digtrict
and certain crosa streets along BurlingaDe Avenue.
llayor tlartin recognized tir. }{ontgollery who stated that Boy Scout
Troop #1O is the oldest troop in san Irtateo county, having rcceived
its original drarter in San Franciaco.
A neno fr@ the City ltanager, dated April 16. 1965, advised that plans
and specifications for tle construction of reat roons for Cuerravaca
Park have been copleted and recmnended tlrat bids be advertieed for
Council conEideratiou at the next regular reeting.
5.
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Irlr. llontgomery, in a resume' of the activities of the Troop, stated
that a siBilar project, inittated in the Clty of Fullerton, has won
national recognition; the rcrk requires the drilling of holes and
the euplacenent of capped metal sleeve flagstaff holders along the
curbs wherein American Flags will be placed b,:f the Scouts of Troop *1O
on eight f,ational and State holidays each year at aD annual cost to
the subscri.bing nerchants of $7.50; all work shall be done by a licensed
contractor and all costs strall be as suned by the Boy Scout Troop.
Ur. Uontgdrery assured Council that the contractor will confer with the
Offiee of the City Engineer prior to the proposed ingtallatj.on.
Folloring a brief discusaion, r"itrerein the City Attorney and the City
Engineer indicated no objection, Counciluan Johnson cmended Iroop #10
and thereafter moved that petaiss ion be granted to proceed with theproject as outlined, eeconded hE7 Councj.lnan Diedericheen and unani-uously
carried.
REFEREIICE TO ELAG DISPLAY
t{ayor HartiD initiated a brief discussion on t}re display of Anerican
Flags in the dorrmtorm buginess district of the City on appropriate
occasions and tJre mieaion of tJle l[ericaD FIag at the City EaU.
ilhe Pire Chief stated that his departEent places the flags on instruc-tion frm the Chamber of C@€rce. In reply to the Chair's inquiry,
the fire Chief advieed that his departrent sould aaa\rn€ the respona ibility
of displaying the City EaLl Anerican PIag at the tiae flags are placed
in the dorfirtorrrt area.
7. CUERIIAVACA STATI'E PRESENTATION
A conuunication from the PreEident of the City of Cueraravaca, concerningits gift of a statue of tlr. Isidro Fabela, llexican internationalist,
to the City of Burlingame with a suggestion that it be placed in tbe
City's 'Cuelaavaca Park" waa acknowledged and the subject referredto the Sister City Comittee.
Itle City lianager was requeated to invite a nenber of the Sister City
Cormittee to be in attendance at the next @uncil study Eeeting to
confer oa the offer of the cit!, of cuernavaca.
I'NITED STATES-UEI(I@ @NFERENCE
A cmunication was adcnowledged from the City of Santa l{onica, announcing
its hosting of a joint lrnited States-llcnico Conference in that City,
August 6 - 8, 1965, and requesting the City to suboit the names of theofficials of its Sister City, Cuernavaca.
ltayor Iartin auggested that tie budget for 1965-1966 incl.ude an allocationto possiSly send a delegate fro the City of Burlingane to the Santa
I.{onica Conference .
RESOIJTXP IONS - PARKIITG DISTRICT
RESOIJIIIIOtr UO. 39-65 "A Resolution Authoriz it}g SettleDent of Parcel 7-C(Wurlitzer easement) Parkilg District No. 1" was introduced for passage
on motioB of Councilman Croaby, seconded by CouncilEan Johnson aad
unanimously adopted upon Roll CaJ.l.
ORDINAT{CES
llone .
I.tayor ltartir invited l!tr. I'iontgdery to c!,onfer with Councilman Diedericlrsen
and Dr. AIan !t. Eedden, President, Burl ingame Chanber of Courerce, for
suctr aEsistance a8 they may give to the project.
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llhe Chair further acknowledged receipt of a comunication fro
i;H 7tHiffi $f, EHfl IEnSE;riiEr# s.fi g"El rEigeEg?rf;isgfl *8*:$$tffi oor,is,
C@penaation P1an"; a proposed proclrnation declaring llay 8-15,
:ArDed Porces Week" (referred to next reqular- meetinq for action;)iE 8?+ef;68&"B"tgFFE:8$HatBr9"fltRf;&t?Ba$"he tE88Bt8*, "S"g+Bf5';;
ACKNOWLEDGI{ENTS
ltayor ltartin ad<nowledged receipt of a nonttrly report from tbe pire
Department, a report, "llunicipal Coata! Apartment8 Verau8 Dwellinge.fro t]:e City Planner and a letter fron ABAG requeating ci.ties to
adopt the Dost recent 'Unifora Building Codeg. " lltre latter wa8
referred to the attention of the Public Worka Department, the planning
Comisgion and the Fire Department for possible "updatingn of tiebuilding code ordinance currently in effect.
to the Burlingane American Legion Post.
Ad<nowledging a copy of a City of Redding resolution, soliciting the
support of California Cities in the enactment of AB 1218, pertai.aing
to the purctrase of revenue producing facillties \r local agencies,
tle Chair referred the subject for Council consideration at the
Uay 5 study neeting.
COI{I{ISS ION APPO IITITI{ENTS
llo na[cs having been subitted to fill an exiating vacaDcy on tJe
Civil Service Cmission, action wae deferred until ure regular
neeting of Council, l,tay 3, 1965 .
2. PASKING COUUISSION
ltayor lrtartjn submitted the name of ltlr. Charleg E. cfroerer, Burlingame
merchant, as a neDber of the Parking Comiasion for a four-year tenr
and his appoinlrent unani-moualy confimed by Council.
3. PI,ADITVIUG @I&iISSION
An inEufficient nuriber of namea having been suboitted for considera-
tion as appointees to the Planning Comission, according to procedure,
the Chair requested the pleasure of council.
councilBan Diederichsen moved that the appointment of trro Planniag
cmissioaers be extended for an additional ta,o weeks, seconded by
Councilnanr crosby. I ro11 call vote was recotded as follqrs s
Ayes s councilmen : Diederichsen-Irlartin.
Noes s Councilmen : Crosby-George-\Tohnson.
Itayor ltartin stated that the motion, having failed to carty, auto-
matically confiros the reappoiDtlentg of R. aI. Edwards and Edwia L,.
Pierce, as menbere of the Planning cmiseion for four-year terDa.
RESOIJ trIIION RE: WATER POL,LIITION BOARD REQITIREMEI{TS
Council sas advised by the City !{anager that tlrrough inadvertence,
a resolution incorporating the City's proposed schedule to neet the
requireneate of tlre Regional t{ater Pollution Control Board (by xay I}
has not been prepared.
T*te city trtanager was reque8ted to Botify the Control Board that a
formal action shall be taken by Council at its regular meeting of
ay 3.
I. CIVIIJ SEMTICE
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NEVI BUSINESS
warrants, llonth of April, 1965, Uo6. 38444054 in the total amount of
$191,438.89, duly audited, were approved for payment on Dotion of
Councihan Crosby, seconded \z Councilman George and unaninously carried.
Payroll warrantE, Uonth of llardr, 1965, Nos. 253?-3029, in the total
amount of $LL4,246.40, were approved on rrction of counci.lDan crosby,
eeconded brlr CounciLman Geolge and unaniDously carried.
COI'NCIL ROTATION
F.LRCTIOI CEAI RII{AN-UAYO R
rminationE were declared open by t}re Chair for the poeition of Chaiman
of the Council and llayor of the City of Burlingane.
CouncilBan JohnsoD placed the nane of Councilnan willian aI. crosblr
in noninatlon and there beiug no further noninations, a unanimous
ballot was caat for Councilman Crosby aa Chairoan of the Council
aDd ltayor of the city of Burlingane for the ensui,ng ycar.
ELECTION }IAYOR PRO TEITTPORE
Itminations were declared open by the Chair for t}re poaitio! of Cbair-
man-Ii{ayor Pro Tempore.
councilman Diederidrsen placed the name of councllman ceorge in monina-
tion and there being no furtlrer noninations, a unani.rcus ballot was
cast for Councilnan ceorge aE llayor Pro Tenpore.
UAYOR CROSBY ASSI'UES CEAIRMAITSHIP
Retiring Chaiman-Iilayor ltart in preaented the gavel to inconing ltayor
Crosby wtro assumed his poaition as Chaiman of the Council and llayor
of the City of Burlingae.
PELICITATIONS - IITTRODUETIONS
Felicitous remarks were exchanged and outgoing ltayor ltart in was presented
with a gavel, appropriately enecribed, as a gift fr@ Council. Panily
neubers aad friends of council, in attendance, were introduced \z
ltayor Crosby.
Respectfully subnitted,
APPROVED:
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K. IIIBITE, CInf CLERI(
None
CIAII,IS
PAYROI.,L
ADJOT'RNUEIIT
'llhere beilg no further business, the neeting waa reg'ularly ad journed
at 1O:0O p.n.
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