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Burlingame, California
lray 3, 1965
A regular meeting of tbe Burl ingame City Council r,as held on the above
given date. lteeting called to order at 8:00 p.n., - l,tayor crosblr
in the Chair.
PLEDGE OF AI.,I,EGIAIICE
At word from the Chair, aII in the Council Chamber arose and gave the
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Councilman George, absent because of a prior comituent, vae excused
on mot ion of Councilman alohnson, seconded \' Councilnan lfartin and
unani-mously carried.
lltre ltlinutes of the regular neeting of April 19, 1955, subnitted
previously to Council, were approved and adopted on notion of Council-
man ltartin and seconded by councilman Diederictrsen, follorring an addition
'that the Fire Chief will assune the reaponaibility of displaying the
Ci-ty EalI Anerican flag 'on all 1egal holidays' (aa well as at tlre
time flage are placed in the dowatown area)."
BIDS - CI'ERNAVACA PARK COI{FORT STATIOX
llayor Croaby announced that this wae the time and place scheduled to
declare the result of bide received and opened at 2:OO p.m., on this
day for the construction of a Comfort Station in Cuernavaca Park,
in conformance with bid advertiaenent.
A sumary of bidE received waa tabulated as follords:
BIDDER
Preaent - Councilmen:
Absent - Councilmen:
Croslry-Diederichsen-Johnson-llartin.
George.
$ 8,385.00
9,511.OO
9,342.OO
10,535.50
11,052.O0
11, 301. O0
Engineer's Estimate $9, OO0 . OO
A memo to Council frcm the City l,lanager, dated l{ay 3, 1965, adviaed
that it was the recomrendat ion of the City Engineer and his Office
that the contract be awarded to Odd Olsen, the low bidder, iu tlre
total aDount of $8, 385. O0 .
Council concurred with the recomnendaticrr and RESOLIIrION NO. 40-55
" Awarding Contract for Conatruction of CoEfort Station at Cueratavaca
Park - arob uo. 65-18" (odd Olsen, $8,385.00) was iDtroduced for
paagage on notion of Councilman l!{artin, seconded by Councilnan John son
and unanimously adopted upon Roll calI.
CAI.,L IO ORDER
ROI,L CAI,L
II{INUTES
LT'UP SIJtlt BID
Odd Olsen
P&SConstructionCo.
sorenseD & llarsh
l,ombardi construction co.
Conpas a Conatruction Co.
Kentreth K. Lind
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CO!,I!{T'NICATIONS
1. TRAFFIC AIIALYSIS tIJ CAIIINO RBAL-ADELINE DR.
A cmunication was read from the City ttanager, dated April 29, L965,
reporting, in detail, on a traffic analysis, resulting from a aurvey
conducted in tlre area of the El Camino Real, the Adeline Drive and
the Canbridge Road offset interconplex intersection.
A si$ral "time-phaae" for the intersection proposed blr the state Traffic
Engineer, togrether with a four point justification in support thereof,
eras aet forth in the comnunicat ion.
1rhe state Eighway Department's nev, proposal was referred for consideration
at the Council t{ay sth study meeting and formal action withheld until
the continued hearing on t}re proposed vacation of a portion of Oxford Road,
scheduled for the regular meeting of Council, l.tay 17.
2. OTF-STREET PARI(II{G I{ORK ACCEPTED
A comunication fro the City l.tanager, dated April 29, L965, advised that
the Lowrie Paving CoIraRy, Inc., has conpleted requirements of Plans artd
Specifications for the conEtructioa of seven parking lots in the Burlingane
Avenue District with the final cost of the project tabulated in the amount
of $LO2,822.3O as compared to the total bid price of $103,776.45.
Concurri-ng with the rec@endation of the City Engineer and the city
l{arager t}rat the contract be accepted by the city as c@plete, RESOIJIIIION
NO. 41-65 "Accepting Parking Lot Improvements - Burlingame Avenue Area
Off-street Parking District - Job No. 63-26 (Lowrie Paving cdrpany, Inc.,)
was introduced by counc ilman ilohnson, who moved ite paasage, seconded by
Councilman Diedericheen and unanimous 1y adopted upon RoIl CaIl.
1 REPORI ON T'P-DATING BUILDING CODE
A memo fron the City lrtanager, dated April 29, 1965, advised that as
requeEted b!, Council, tbe Building Iaspectors and the Fire InaPector are
reviewing proposed anendmentg to ttre 1964 Uniform Building Code with the
possibility of revising the City's Building code to include the most
current provisions and that a recomendatlon is anticipated sithin the
next four to six weeks.
lfhe City l{anager rra8 requested to submit a progress rePort in t}re interim.
4. TRAPFIC SIGNALS--BURLITGAITE-I6RTON AVEET'ES
A EeEo fron the City uauager, dated April 29, 1965, adviEed that plans
and epecifications for the installation of traffic aignale at Burlingane
Avenue and Lorton Avenue are in the process of being comPleted and bide may
be advertiaedi horrever, ttre Eealth, Safety & Traffic Comission has indicatd
its interest in a "one-way' atreet plan and has conferred with a traffic
engineer from the Office of the County Engineer.
It was recmended by the comission that actioD on the installation of
traffic eignals be deferred until an overall plan is available and the
incorporation of traffic signals at this location ie deter ined.
Ithe City llanager advised, in rePly to CouncilDan ltartirt'E
the delay in the suhission thereof, that a conprehensive
way to copile tlre necessary amerdmenta.
In reply to councilnan llartin' s inquiry. the City ltanager advised
servicee of a coneulting county ?raffic Engineer are available to
on a per diem basie and that it may be advisable to obtain exPert
engineering advice in view of a proposal to conduct major changes
City's traffic system.
iaquiry eoncerning
study is under
that the
cit ies
traffic
in the
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Following a brief discussion, the city l{anager rras requeated to
ascertai.n the extent of the service offered and the cost thereof
for Council inforoation at the l(ay 5th study meet ing.
STREET I,IGETING PROiIECT - BURLI}IGAI{E AVENT'E
!lr. Kenneth I. alonea, Attorney, of the law firm of wilson, Earzfeld,
Jonea and llorton, and representing petitioners requesting the
formation of a Burlingame Avenue Street Lighting District, vras
recognized by the Chair and invited to cooEent on the appropriate
procedure to undertake a street l ighting program on Burlingame AveDue.
lilr. \rones advised that a petition has been circulated among the oh,ners
of property of a deai.gmated area included within a atreet lightingdistrict proposed for Burlingane Avenue, between EI Canino R€al and
California Drive and portions of Primrose Road, Lorton Avenue and
Park Road t that forty-two percent of the area oymers have signified
their consent by written approval, t\renty percent of the area owners
have indicated approval, but have not signed the petition. because
of the position of their tenants and thirty-eight percent of the area
owners have not replied either \l verbal or hy written notice; ttre
proposed improvement shall proeeed under provisions of the ltunicipal
IDprovement Act of I9I3, with the City Engineer to prepare a written
report, to include: (a) Plans and specifications. (b) Estinated
costs and expenditures. (c) piagran of the a8seaauent dietrict and(d) Assessnent levy costa. That under the Proceedings, the City
Bngineer, upon conpletion of tris estiuates of cost, shall distribute
the inforoation to the property ownersi a publie hearing shall be
sdreduled thereafter and the reaction of the property ormers shall
determine the result of the street lighting project.
In replying to i.nquiries frql the Chair, Xr. Jones atated that a
substantial amount of the preliminary work has been accoupl ished and
the property ohrners have been made aware of the project through a
brochure distributed by the Chanber of Comerce. Ee estimated that
the report from the engineer rould be available within thirty daya
and a public hearing scheduled within a th irty day period folloringthe eubniseion of the report from the engineer.
Councilman lt{artin's inqui.ries concerning the excluaion of portions
of Park Road and Primrose ltoad propertieg from the propoaed ligbtingdi.strict boundaries, srere referred to l,tr. Granville Browning, General
llanager, Burlingame Chamber of Comerce, who explained that properties
eouth of Burlingame Avenue were inter-connected wit}t the Eouatd Av€nue
Lighting District and the northerly portions are included in the
proposed Burlingame Avenue project to complete the circuity of the
system.
!lr. Brorrning further explained that the Lorton Avenue electricalcircuit is connected with the California Drive and the upper Bellevue
Avenue electrical Eystem and that it is anticipated that an i.uproved
l ighting syatem prograD for tbe Lorton Avenue area ehall be initiatedin the future.
Seeolutions pertaining to the Burlingame Avenue street Lighting Project
were presented and action talcen as follows:
1. RESOLImION NO. 42-65 "A Reeolution of Intention to Construct
Improvements Burlingane Avenue Street Lighting Project" was
introduced for pasaage on Eotion of Councilman Diederichaen,
seconded by Councilman ifohnson and unaniroously adopted upon RoII Call .
2. RESOLUTION \IO. 43-65 "A Resolution of Prel iminary Determination
Under Divisioa 4 of the Streets and Eighways Code - Burlingane Avenuestreet tighting Project" was i-ntroduced for paasage on Dotion of
Councilman .rohnson, seconded by Councilnan Diederictrsen and unan-
imously adopted upon Roll call .
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3. RESoLmION BO. 44-65 "A Resolution Direct ing Preparation of Inves-
tigation Report Under Division 4 of the Streets ard Eighvays Code--
Burlingare Avenue street Lighting Project" was introduced for Paasage
on motion of Councilnan lrartin, seconded b,y Councilman arohnson and
unanimously adopted upon Roll CalI.
RESOLUIIONS RE:GUITTARD CHOCOLATE @}TPAI{Y DEEDS
RESOLUTION l{O. 45-55 "Acc epting Deed of Dedication to E(ten8ion of a
Public street to be Known as Guittard Road from Guittard Chocolate
conpany, a Corporation" was introduced { Councilman llartin, rdto moved
ita pasaage, seconded by CouncilBan ifohnson and unanimously adopted
upon RoIl Call.
RESOLITTION EO. 45-55 "Acce pting crant of EaseEent frm cuittard Chocolate
Company, a Corporation" wag introduced for passage on etion of Councilman
alohnson, aeconded bryz Councilnan Di.ederidrsen and unanimoualy caried upon
Roll Call.
RESOLUTION RE: WATER POLLUTIOI{ BOAaD REt{ElmS
RESOLmION No. 47-65 "Establish ing Proposed Schedule for CoBpliance with
Requirements of Regional t{ate r Pollution Control Board, San Francisco Bay
Region" was introduced by Council:aan Jolrnson, who moved its passage,
aeconded I councilman Diederidrsen and unani-mously adopted upon RolI Call.
Requested b!/ the Chair to coEBent on the current position of the City in
relationehip to the ilater Pollution control Board's requirements affecting
the City Dump, the City Attorney advised that the water Pollution coBtrol
Board has requested the Office of the District Attorney to issue an
injunction order against tlre City because of an alleged dump pollution
"nuiEance"; that as a reault of a conference with City officials and the
District Attorney, it was recomrended that the City (f) employ an expert
to report on \^rtether a "nuigance " does exist; that (2) erays and means be
deterained to abate the 'nuisance' and that (3) costs be Eubnitted
estirnating the expenditures necessary to eliminate said "nuisaace. "
ltre City Attorney continued by advising that the Office of the DiBtrict
Attorney is to be inforted thereafter of the findings and to take into
consideration whether an action against the City is, or is not, justified;
that the services of !tr. IYiIl iaro O'Coanell, an expert in this particular
fie1d, has been retained to conduct a survey of the dump area and a
cmunication to that effect is being forvarded to the office of the
District Attorney.
lrhe City l{anager explained that the City ie to obtain coat esti.Eatea
on dredging or on sealing the dump area entirely.
Concurri.ng with a recomendation frqn the City l{anager that the services
of the consulting expert'be confirmed by Council, Councilnan ltartin
moved that !tr. William O'connell be retained to agaist the City in eo-piling a report to deternine the total coEt of cmpletely sealing the
drmp and to further agsist the City in resisting the legal action
requested \z the Regional water Pollution Control Board. Ihe motion
was seconded by Councilman Diederichsen and unaninously adopted.
For the further infotration of council, the City llanager advised that
ltr. o'connell, in a prelininary investigation, has indicated that no
"nuisance" existg; that leakage frou the dump is of an iasignJ.ficant
type and that the City should be "allotred a little rdilution' zone. "
llhe City llanager further advised that a compilation of information ahall
be conpleted within a period of ten days for transittal to the Di8trict
Attorney.
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RESOLUTION RE! ELE:qTRICAL SAFEIY OBSBRVATiICE
councilaan Diederichsen spoke briefly on a county-wide caupaigm noru
underway to educate the public on rraya and means to reduce electrically-
caused fires.
RESOLUTION NO. 48-55 "Declarin g the Uonth of l{ay, ]965, as rElectrical
Safety Observance llonth' " was introduced for passage on motioD of
Councilman Diederichsen, seconded I Councilnan JohnEon and uDan-
imous Iy adopted upon RoIl CaIl .
None.
PITBLICIIY RE: REII{OVAL S. P. DEPOT
Comunications lrere read f rom Hrs . ttlidrael Kires, 1121 Oxf ord Road,
dated ApriL 23, L965, and frm ltr. and !lrE. David !lcc@an, IIl5 Oxford
Road, dated April 28, 1965, referring to recent newspaper publicity
indicating the possiJcle re-location of the Soutbern Pacific Depot at
the Broadway intersectioD north and opposite ttre Oxford Road and
California Drive interesection. Both communicatioas expreesed vigorous
oppoaition to the proposal.
Tte city l{anager was requested to notify the parties that cognizanco
shall be taken of their opposition and that the City Council of
Burlingame has not been approactred on a proposal to re-locate the
SoutheGi Pacific Company Depot.
COI'NCIL LIAISONS 1965-1966
ltayor Crosby announced his selection of council to serve as liaisone
to tlre following comissions and/or committeeB:
COI'NCILUAN DIEDERICESEN:Planning, creater Eighways, Regrional
county P1anni.ng.
Sister City, Chanber of Cormerce,
Uunicipal Enployees.
COT'NCIIJIIAN GEORGE:civil Defense-Disaster Preparedneaa,
Budget.
@I,NCIIJ.IAN ITIARTIN :Parking District, Finance Chairman,
ABAG delegate.
North county Youth, Bay Front.
UNPIIrISEED BUSINESS
clvrt sERvrcE coMt{rss roN
ifhere being no names submitted to fill a vacancl, on the Civil Service
Comission, action was withheld for an additional tto rreeks.
ACKIIOWI,EDGI}TEISTS
[ayor Crosby acknor*ledged receipt of ]tinutea frm the Park Connission,
the Parking comission, the Planning Comission, the Eealth, safety
& rraffic Cmmission and the Library Board.
llemos fron the City l.lanager were adcnowledged as follows:
1. settlement of Fire Daeage
cunst Cottage fire damage settlement
accepted t
$11,444.38, was unaniuously
ORDINA}ICES
MAYOR CROSBY:
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2. Purchaae State land near Dump
:fhe City's offer to purdrase State land along the Bayshore Freeway
to !tr. Ihomas ltcDonald, Right-of-way Agent, Division of Eight ays, for
re-negotiation, was referred to council study meeting, t{ay 5, 1955.
3. san lilateo County Scavenger Dump Proposal
A San l{ateo County Scavenger Conpany's proposal to operate the Clty
Dump, to be explained more fully, was referred for discuesion at the
Itlay 5th Council study meeting.
fhe pigeon menace prevalent in ttre area of 138O Burl ingame Avenue,
nay be abated with tlre placeEent of a ne,t roof on the property.
It{!. cranville Brorrning, Chamber of comerce lanager, offered the
gervices of tbe Chamber of comerce in rerooving tbe pigeon nui.sance.
5. Fire Departnent comendation
A comtunication from }lr. N. Zirelli. 2I2 lI^right Road, comend ing the
members of the Burlingame Pile Departnent on the occasion of a recent
fire on his property, $ras referred to the City litanager with a request
that a copy be transitted to the Fire Department.
NEW BUSTNESS
1. COUPLAINTS RE: IOCATION llAlL BOX
Councilman John8on stated that many couplaints have been received
concerning the awkward location of the nailbo:( at the entrance of the
parking Iot across fro the City 8a11.
I'he City ltanager advised that a "bumper bar" on the lot will be re-
located to permit an easier acceEs and if the change does not prove
satisfactory, it nay be necessary to reEove the nailbo:< entirely.
2. E,N,RT,Y DATE CIIY CORRESPOI{DENCE
councilman Johnson presented two pieces of early city of Burlingame
correspondence, one dated alanuary 19, 1910, bearing the signature of
Ira E. Chapnan, city Clerk and anothe r dated iIuly 16, 1918, bearing
the signature of J. R. Uurphy, City clerk, and relating to Library
Board appointrentE.
llhe docunents hrere acknowledged and referred to the City Librarian
for Library Eistory preservation.
STA1rUE P LACEIIiEIIT CI'ERIIAVACA PARX
PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMSITS
Uayor Crosby aciknowledged the presence of !1r8. Polly serrick, a member
of the Recreation Cmission and her husband, who, in turn, congratulated
Chaiman crosby on his election as t{ayor of Burlingamer l'1r. Everett Kindig,
newly appointed Chairman of the Planning Comission and lrlr. G. PauI Lechiclr,
city Librarian.
4. Pioeon Control Problem
Trhe city uanager rraE requeated to invite a menber of ttre Sister City
Cormittee to be present at the Uay sth study meeting to discuss with
Council the placement of a statue in Cuernavaca Park, offered as a
gift to the City fro its sister city, Cuernavaca.
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N).'OUR}iIIITENT
APPROVED:
WIIIJIAIT{ .r.
:Ihe neeting was regularly adj ourned at 9335 p.m.
Respectfully sutmitted,
K.
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CLERK
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