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A regular meeting of the Burlingane City Council ras held on the above
given date. lteeting cal}ed to order at 8:05 p.n., - ldayor Crosf in
the Chair.
PLEDGE OF AI.TEGLANCE
At \rord fron the Chair, all in the Council Chamber arose and gave the
Pledge of Allegiance to the FIag.
Preaent - Councilmen:
Absent - Councilaea:
CroBblr-Diede richeen-George-ilohnson-llart in.
None
}tI}IT'TES
ilhe ninutee of the ueeting of August 16, 1965, suhitted previously to
Council, were approved and adopted.
"EAITITED EOUSE" CollltlrNltr PROrEet
The City llanager referred to a pre8entation Bade at the laat study
neeting of Counci.l wherein "Childrens' Eealth Eme" auxiliary menbers
requested permissiou to uae the ceorge Sandidge hone, 1439 Chapin
Avenue, as a "Eaunted Eouse" fund-raising project to financially aid
nentally retarded children of San ltateo county.
lIhe City lr{anager erplained that the city shall talce possession of the
prop€rty on septenb€r L5, 1965 aad directly after October 1, 1955 it
is anticipated that the drrelling ghal1 be deoolished and the property
inproved ae a parking facility to be included vithin the downto$a area
Parking Di8trict.
It was the reconendation of the city Iaaager that permission be
authorized.
Folloring a brief discuasion. Couacilman llartia moved that Council
approve the requeEt, subject to appropriate etipulations prepared by
the City lianag€r and the City Attorney to release the City froD any and
all liability in the proposed use. llhe aotion waa seconded by
Councilnan ilohnson and unaaimously carried.
EEARIIIG - BNON)I{AY PARXI NG REGI'I..ATIOI{S
I,iayor crosby annouaced that this \ras the tine and place scheduled by
Council to consider parking regulations in the Broadsay area, ag
recmended by the Parking C@ission.
Ir{ayor croaby, aanouncing ttre ground rules, wlrere in proponents and
opponents would be heard reepectively, recomendatlons of the ParkiDg
comiesion nere aubuitted as follows:
1.
"t
o hour parkiDg on the north side of cataelita Avenue froa Chula
Vista AveEue to E1 Canino ReaI, between the hours of 9:OO a.E., atrd
4:O0 p.u., suadays and holidays excepted;
2. &ro hour parking on the south gide of caE[e1ita Avenue fron Chula
ViEta Avenue to Bl Canino Real, between the hours of 9:OO a.m., and
6:O0 p.n., Sundays and horrdays excepted t
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4. Arrc hour parking on lJaguna Avenue fro LincoID Avenue to Calrelita
Aveaue between the hours of 9rOO a.n., ald 5tOO p.n., Sundaya and
holidaya excepted;
5. lrro hour parking on Capuchino Avenue fro Lincoln Avenue to Broadyay
between the hours of 9:00 a.n., and 6rO0 p.n., Sundaya and holidaye
exceptedt
6. Ho parking at any time on the eouth gide of Rhinette Avenue betreen
IJaguna Avenue and california Drive;
8. No parking at any tine on tbe aouth aide of Juanita Avenue betyeen
LaqruDa AveBue and California Drive.
A comunication was read frora xrs. I. E. AnderEen, LL24 Rhinette Avenue,
dated Septenber l, 1965, prote8ting the parking recotrendati.ons and
nore particularly to the reatrictions included within Paragraph tro. 6,restrietiag parking at all tines on either side of nbinette Avenue
thereby creating an inconvenience to tenaota occupying the geveral
nultiple drrellings in the area.
In reply to Council inquiry, fir. A1 Kaufnann, menber of the Parking
Conmniasion, in attendance, advised that the rec@.ndation wag proposed
becauae of the narrlow width of the Btreet.
Ihe Chief of Police, aleo in attendance, advised that his departrent
concurred vith the eight recomeadat ion s and referred to a rnodel
traffic ordinance " wherein "no parking on streets twenty feet in width "
and "parking restricted to one side of atreeta with a depth of thirtyfeet" is etipulated.
It was confi.med by the foregoi,ng speakers Utat logic aa appl ied in
Paragraph No. 6, was ttre basia for the recomnended parking reetrictions
on afuaDita Avenue, between Laguna Avenue and Cal.iforDia Driv€, setforth in Paragraphs uo. 7 and Ho. 8.
lltrere beiag no one preaent to spealc furtber in favor of Paragraphs
f,os. 6, 7, and 8, the Chair invited opponenta to c@ent.
Hr. ilules Francard, 1129 Juanita Avenue, protested the protrcaed
reetrictions, stating that iluanita AveDue is residential and with
very little traffic congestion experienced, no c@plaints have been
registered in the past. l,tr. Francard suggested that "courteay sigrns"
be erected to alert motorists that thc atreet is not a through atreet
for a direct route to the E1 Camino lteal.
A comunication fro t{r. Robert E. Barnea. 1128 Chula viata Avenue,
dated septenber 3, 1965, referred to Paragraph Bo. 3 and the recoended
'two bour parking on Chula vista Avenue fro a point 3O0 feet goutl of
Broadway to CarEelita Avenue " and suggested, because of the continual
congestloa of traffic in the area, that a " fifteen-nioute' Iinitation
r*ou1d be raore appropriate.
A brief discuseion was iritiated b!, CouncilDan UartiD on th€ traffic
congestion crGatd at the intersection of Chula Vista Aveaue .rnd Broadway,particularly during tlre noon hourg on Saturreay at the location of a
drive-in and pick-up dry cleaning establishrent and the subject rae
referred thereafter to the Police Departsent.
3. faro hour parking on Chula Vista Avenue from a point 300 feet southof Broadway to CarneLita Avenue, betueen the hours of 9:00 a.m., and
6:00 p.n., Sundaye aad holidays excepted;
7. Trro hour parking on the north Eide of .fuanita Avenue betreetr Lraguna
Avenue and CaliforDia Drive betrreen the hours of 9:OO a.D., and 6rOO p.n.,
Sundaya and hol idays excepted; and
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with reference to Paragraphs xo. 1, No. 2, no. 4 aDd Ho. 5, }{t. Kaufmann,
replyJ.ag to Councll lnquiries, stated that recmerdations pertainlng
to parking linitations oa Calrrelita AveDue, Iagura Avenue and Capudrino
AveBue, were advanced for purpoees of establishing 'unified' trD-hour
parking restrictions.
Ihe Chlef of Police, in substantiating tie foregoing comeute. added
that the current regtrlctions are i.nposed on a 'piece-meal' basis
and the propoaed parxing regulatione for carmelita Avenue should
relieve trafflc pre8aure on Broadt ay.
A letter read frm lloffie Daley, Inc., 1145 California Drive, under
date of Augrust 23, L965, stating that the proposed neo parking regu-
Iatioas on Broadray, in geaeral, provide a 'taro-bour" LinLtatlon,
requested that the parking rpace in froat of hia building be changed
frou one-hour to two-hour parling.
Couocil, concurring that th€ requeat ia not relev'nt to the issue on
this occaaion, referred the aubject to the City fhrager for referral
to the Parking Cmiesion.
Councilnan litartin queationed the congistency in proposing parking
regrulatioas on aluanlta Avenue and on Rhinette Avenue and excluding
parking regulations on the egually-narrorred Etreets betseen Lincoln
Avenue and Grove Avenue.
Ihc Chief of Police adviaed that consideration was given to the volune
of traf,fic on nhinett€ Avenue and on .ruarita Avenue in cograrlaon rith
that on the other streetar in addltion, if parking liritatiola rnEre
not established, iluanita and Rlrinette Avenuea uould be 'over-cranded'uith all day vehicular parking.
Councllnan irohl8on'a inquiry concern ing the creation of aruanita Avenue
and Rhl.nette Avenue aa one-way streets was briefly discussed, sith the
Chair euggesting that the iasue nay be reaolved ly the Parking C@is-
sion through a traffic survey.
Following further diacuaaion, in wtrich council observed that few
objections rere entered wlth respect to the proposd Broadway parking
regulat i.ona, Council concurred with a recmendation nade \z councilnan
rhrtin that the clty Attoraey be auurorized to prepare legislatlon
iacorporating tJre recmended crhanges as specified irl Paragraph! tros.
I through 7, and tiat Paragraph Eo. I pertaining to 'no parking at
any tire on the south side of iruanita Avenue betrreeo Laguna Avenue
and Callfornia Drive' together rith Paragraph tro. 6. parking pro-
hibitions on Rhlnettc Avenue be referred to the Parling c@isslon for
conrideratlon as 'one-way atreeta. "
COlll,tITNICATIONS
1. JEIIKS AXD ADAI{SOI{ PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE
A counicatlon rae read fro aIeDks and AdaDaon, Consulting Sanitary
and civil Engineera. dated August 23, 1955, auhitting a for:nal propoa.l
including engineerirg fees, to effactuate inprovenents in the area of
the Dis[rosal Plant, aa aet forth by the Regional water Pollution control
Board Resolution tro. &.0.
I'he City Ianager adviaed that subsequent to a conference between bis
office and that of the City Engineer and ur. irenka, it was recomended
that council initiate affirmative action.
Councihan t{artia movtd that the City l{anager be aut}rorized to ad(now-
ledge acceptance or rne propoaal through cmunication to the
consultiDg Engineers, seconded by Councilnan Joluson and unaninously
carried.
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2. REPORT OX MBER POLITUIIOB CONTROL BOARD REOITIREI,IENIS
A Eeuo fron the City lranager, dated Septeuber 2, 1965, reportd ontro iaaues concerning the City of Burlingame and iteus on the ageDdaof the Regional Water Pollution Control Board: (1) Seepage on the
north and south sides of the dunp, and (2) e ti-ue echeduled for Sewer
Plant and by-pass i.nprovements.
llhe City llanager proposed that the City hgineer be di.reeted to prepare
a plan and cost estitDates to el ininate the eeepage at the locatione
desigmated and that the tiDe gchedule be referred to the Consulting
Engineers for suboissi.on to the ltater Pollution CoBtroI Board withiD
a period of six montha.
CouncLluan l.tart in sugge8ted that concrete, deposited on occasion at
ttre City Dump, be stock-piled and uEed as "rip-rap" rdren the seepage
on the south (freercay) side of the duEI, area is sealed.
3. ORDITN{CE AIi{ESDIIENTS t{-1 IJIGm IUDUSTRIAL DIST.
A Planning Coaniesion Resolution, No. 4-65, recomendiag tlre adoption
of an ordinance regrulating the uae of real property in X-l (Ligbt
Industrial) Districta to prohibit water-recreatLon in8tallations, was
acknowledged and on rrctioa of Councilnan Uartin, eeconded by Councllnan
irohnson, a public hearing on the proposed am€ndnenta was scheduled
before Council on Septenber 2O, 1955.
4. BROAI)I,Atr PARKItrG IOT ACQUISITIONS REQI'EST
A c@unication eaa read from lll!. Don Stanarray. Presid€nt, Broadway
tierchanta' Association, dated septenb€r 2, L965, requerting Councilto consider rec@endations to acquire additional parking lots in the
Broadsay area.
In the abgence of [tr. Stanarray, t]re Chair referred to Nr. Al Kaufuann,
Broadvay mer(tant, who di splayed a plot plan iadlcating tbe proposed
location of additional parking eites iD the area of Broadnay.
iIhe City Planner referred Council to his comunication uDder date of
August 4, L965, recomending the purclraae of the forenentioned lots
and his concurrence with the Derchants that spaceg ahould be provided
'rrhere the need is greatest.'
:Ihe City Plarner stated the opinion that loff-street parking invites
businesa" and that the " Broadway merchante theurselves should assist"
in a program to establish parking facilitles.
Councilman l.tartin recomerrded that 'hinent Donain Proceedings' beilitiated imediately in preparation of the posaibility that tlre lots
Ery be acquired for parking facilitieg.
A brief discussion concluded with Council concurring in the rec@en-
dation of Councilman Uart in that the Offices of the City }tanager and
the City Engineer confer on the most effective means to eliEinate the
seepage condition alrd that a definite plan be suhitted to Council at
the next regular Deeting, Septenber 20, 1965.
tar. Kaufnann adviaed that the Derdranta' comitte€, after considerable
deliberation, rec@rended the acquisition of trrc fifty-foot lote between
Capudlino Avenue and Palona Avenue, north of Broadvray, that as proposed
the facilities would eetablish a "coati-nual flow of traffic without
disturbiog Broadway t and relieve the coDgestion of traffic in thevicinity whereio trd,o baDk s and the poet office are located.
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A motion was intrduced thereafter b!7 Counciltran irohnson, aeconded by
Council"man l{art in and unaninouely carried, that a publ ic hearing be
aclreduled on the issue of parking lot acquisitiona in the Eroad\ray
area, Septeober 2O, 1965.
RESOLT'TIONS
A RoIl call vote sas recorded ttrereafter as unanimous.
RESOLUfIof NO. 92-65 "Authoriz ing Ececution of Agreement with County
of San tt{ateo for Traffic Engineering and PlanniDg Services" wae intro-
duced for passage on uotion of Councilman Johnaon, seconded by Councilaan
Uartln and unaniruously adopted upon Roll Call vote.
RESOLUIIOX lIO. 93-65 "A Reaolution Dete ruining I'hat the Public Interest
and treceaalty Require the Acquisition and Ialsing of Certain Lands and
Directing the Filiag of Einent Don in Proeeedings' (Burlingane Shore
Lard co., Oacar Peraon, 6.23 acreg nol) was introduced for paasage on
Eotion of Councilnan ltartin, seconded b!' Counciban ceorge and
unaninoualy adopted upon RolI Call vote.
ORDIrAICES - cons ideration ttrereof:
ORDDgalICE tto. 827 'Pe rtainlng to the regulation of 'Earth Eauling'
aDd setting forth Erousdale Avenue aB the establisbed route, cale on
regularly before council for second reading and adoption.
A comunlcation raa acknowledged fron the cuy P. Atkinson Copaay,
dated Septenber 3, 1965, subnitting an applicatlon for a permit to haul
earth along lrousdale Drive in c!,oDnect ion with the construction of the
Skyline Freeway project.
A comunicat ion wae also received \r Council from lt{r. Irving AmEtrup,
27O8 frouadale Drive, dated Septenber 3, 1955, directing attention to
a petition, bearing the 8ignatures of thirty-Urree ta:.payer6 and
residenta on and Dear Irouadale Drive, protesting the propoeed bauling;
requestlng, if no legal learrs are availaJrle to refuae the peloit, that
a fee charge be stipulated to i.ngure each orrner for structural repair
danagea tlrat shall undoubtedly occur aDd suggesting an alternate route
through private or atate property on the Baval land8 bet\ een irunipero
Serra and AI Canino Real in san Bruno.
ilhe Chair recognized xr. lostrup, ia attendaace, ntro oqrreased his
approval to the inteat of the propos€d 'earth hauling" ordinance;
urging, honever, that legislation be euacted to lLrit the dirt loads
to be carried try the trucka.
tiir. lEstruprs co@enta on the nrDber of edrools prevaleat in a partlcular
area of Trouadale Drive aad the inniaent danger to clrildren and to the
school traffic patrola, wag concurred in \z Ur. Don feixiera, Preai.dent,
Irtills Estate Lnprovemcnt Asaociation.
!lr. Arthur Broifii, attorngy, repreaenting the Atkinson C6lrany, addressed
Council and in reply to inquiries introduced by tbe opponenta, Etated
that the C@paDy is endeavoring to apread the haul ing auong the croaa-
Penineula routes in order to nini.nize inconvenience to Burl ingaDe
residente; tlat there ia no route available in ltillbrae aDd that of the
esti-Bated yardage to be raoved, only thirty percent shall directly
RBSOLI'TIOtr !tO. 91-65 iRescinding Resolution llo. 18-47 Establishing
Donnelly Avenue as a One-l{ay Street" and Betting forth the 21st day
of October, 1955, as the effective date of eaLd rescission, was
introduced for pasaage on Dotion of Councilnan ceolge and seconded byz
Councilnan Dlederi&sen.
OD the questioB and in reply to Councilnan ilohnson'e ioquiriea, council
confirred that the propoBd legialatlon Eay be revoked at a later dat€
if conditions ao varrant.
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affect the City of Burlingan€, with seventy percent affecting the
City of San BrrDo.
During the ensuing discussion, council indicated tiat a denial of tlre
application would constitute an arbitrary action.
CouncilEan ltartin stated that the iasue at hand is not a local, but a
regional problem and one tn wtlch consultations betr€en eacb of the
cities affected shall be required.
A recluureql..aLr.urr rry e(,riurcr-{r..rr ir-rtin that the pfOpOsed earth hauli.ng
operation nay be more effectively resolved through negotiationE, vaa
concurred in by Council and folloring further diacuseion, and to
expedite the processing of the application, a meetang witb repreeenta-
tlves of the Atkinaon c@pany, the tlills Estate lEproven€nt Association
and the city council. was scheduled for Tuesday, septenber 14. 1965,
at 8sO0 p.n.
A recess was declared by the Chair at 10:30 p.n.
CAI,I, TO ORDER
Ihe neeting rraa reconvened ry the Chair at 10140 p.n.
OnDINAtrcES - coDsideration thereof :
Ayes: Councilmen:
Uoess councilDen:
tbsent Councilnea:
crosblr-Iriede rich een-Georgedohnson-llartin.
Eone
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o RDIIIAICES - Introduction thereof:
ORDINANCE HO. 824 "Prohibiti ng Parking on the Eortherly Side of
Donnelly Avenue! was introduced for first reading by councilma[ Jobnson.
oRDrlrAlrcE no. 829 "Adopting by Reference 1964 Edition of Uniforn
Buildi-ng Code Ylith Anendrents and Farmer's Bulletin Eo. 1638 of the
United statea Departnent of Agriculture Bstablishing nules, n€gulations
and staDdards for Building Construction, t}e lttoving of Buildings and
ErcavatioD and Grading, Anend ing sectiona 18.O8.O1O, 18.08.11O,
18.08.r85, 18.O8.19O, 18.08.210, 18.O8.25O, 18.08310, 18.O832O and
18.08.420 of ttre Burlingane tiunicipal Code; Addiug Section 18.08.2O9,
18.08.425, 18.o8,54o and 18.08.545 to Said ltuDicipal code, atld 8e-
pealing section 18.08.o2o of said uunicipal Code' sas Eubmitted for
Council conEideration.
Councilman l,tartin's observation that an " anbigruity of intent" is
evidenced in sections pertaining to "emergency exj.t opening" waa
referred to tlre City Planner and to the Bullding Inspector for clarifi-
cation and re-phrasing.
Upon tJre resuhittal to council,ORDINANCE XO. 829 amended on ita face
to include proper phraseology and E&edullng October 4, L965, as the
date of, public hearing, was introduced for firgt reading by CouDcifunan
Diedericheen.
RECESS
oRDIIIAI{CE NO. 827 "An Ordinance of t}re City of Burlingane Adding
Chapter L3.60 to Title 13 of the l,runicipal Ordinance Code; Regulating
the Eauling of Earth on certain Public streetss and Providing for
tbe IBsuance of Permits and the Palment of Fees Tlrerefor' waa given
its second r€ading and upon notiou of Councilnan Nartin, eeconded \l
Counci.Lman George, said ordinance pasaed its gecond readiDg and was
adopted t'y the foJ.lowing vote:
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I'NFIUSEED EUSINESS
1. REPORf, ON OPERATIOE OF CITT DSUP
the City t{aaager reported verbally on a De€ting his Office atrd that of
the City Eagineer attended witl the San ttateo oiaposal CoDpany's
representativee and attorney, wtere,ln iseues vitlrin the proposed
agrreeEent to operate the City Dump have been resolved with the exception
of the eonetruction of a transfer station and the Diapoeal Copany'a
reqEest that the contract include an "option" rather tlran a definite
comnitDent with respect to the tran8fer station.
councilman !{artin, referrlng to the City Uanager, suggested that his
ioquirles be anet,ered concerning (I) whether the san ttateo Disposal
conpanl, would forego the option and (2) the resultant effects should
the City operate the DuDp.
Acting upon advice fro ttre City ltanager, r,to Btreaaed the i.Eportance
of an i.mediate concluaion, Council scheduled Tueaday, septenber 14,
1965, 7:OO p.m., rtereia a final determination tnay be reached.
CORO FOT'I{DATION STT'DENTS
l,tayor Crosby introduced a group of college graduatea frou the llniversity
of California, Stanford llniversity alrd Yale llniversity, who have been
accorded echolarahips to the coro FoundatioD and are curlently studying
local governmental Procedures.
ACKTOWIJED@iEXTS
ltayor Croaby ackaowledged receipt of the folloring:
An invitation to an 'International studeots' Program' reoeption at the
san lr{ateo ilunl0r college,
A Board of Superviaor's comunication caDcelling a sch€duled luncheon
Eeetlng with Council, Septeuber 14, 1955;
An activities report fra the San t{ateo County ltlosquito Abatement
District, dated Augoat 12, 1965a
A counLcation fr6 tr'tr8. s. c. Yasinitzky, 1534 Loa Altos Drive,
dated Augrust 13, 1965, protesting current bayfroDt developnents
(referred to tlre City Planner) ,
'!tre uinutes from tle Burl iBgae Public Library and the city Planning
Cmisaioa; and
A comunicat ion frcm Dr. E. D. Chope, Director County Public Eealth
ard welfare DepartDeDt, eoliciting council endorseEent of t-he
SepteDber 2L, L965, Special Eospital Bond E1ection.
Councilnan lfartia reported that at a recent laeetiBg of the SatI tlateo
County Council of Uayora' the boad iesue vras indivldually and
collectively approved b1z those in attendance.
:fhe City llanager rras requested thereafter to cmunicate with Dr. Chope
adviring of Council's uaaoLrous endorsenent of the hospital bond iesue.
PRBSBXTATIOE NAZTEC CAIJETDAR"
ttlayor crosby reported on the recent 1ocal vleitation of the President
of the Chanber of Cmerce of the City of Cuerrravaca, Burlingane's
Sigter Clty, and presentation of colorful mosaic iAztec CalendarB' to
tbe City and to tbe Cbarober of comerce.
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PROPOSED CA$TOTS AREA PROPERIY EXCEANGE
Itlhe city llanager advised of his receipt of a c@unication fron
U!. fralme F. Bhodes, accompanied by a prelininary acheEe, propoaing
a land exdrange of hia property and City park property in the canyon
area aajacent to the Burl ingane llanor area. The subject wag referred
to the Planning co,truliseion.
ADafoITREITiENT
Ihe neeting was regularly adj ourned at 11:40 p.n., to neet lluesday,
Septerber 14, 1965, at 7sO0 p.t!.
Reapectfully Euhitted,
3M
EERBERT K. I{EITE, CIEY CLERX
APPROVED:
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