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Burlirgame, Calif,ornia
Septerber 14, 1965
CALI NO ORDER
A regularly adjourned neeting of the Burlingame Crty Council fron its
neeting of Septenber 7, L965, waa held on the &ove given date.
Heeting called to order at 8:OO p.8., - ltayor Crosly in the Chalr.
PIJEDGE OT AI.'LEGIANCE
At rlord fron the Chair, a1l iB the Council Chanber arose and gave the
Pledge of Allegiance to the 8lag.
Present - Counciluen:
Abaent - Councilmen:
Croshlr-D iede ridrsen-Geottte-Johnson-ltart in.
Bone
cot${I ss IoN APPo u{I'uErirl s
llhe follwing appointnents to aeveral city comission poats, unani.nously
confiraed !y Council, were a[nounced ry the Chair:
I,IBNAE BOARD
Itr, Ben L. Eectringer, 1025 CabrilLo Avenue.
CIVIL SERVICE COrl,lIsSIOf,
ltr. David L. Rodgers, 442 Chathar Road
RECREAIIOT @M{ISSIOU
!tr. SpeDder W. Pora, 1516 Balboa Way
Nrs. Betty Ir. LaDe, l13O Clovelly Lane ( reappointment )
PI'BIJIC ITEARIEG . TROUSDALE DRIVE EARIE EAI'LItrG ROUTE
ltayor Cro8by announced that this was the tine and place sdreduled by
councll to conduct a public hearing on the application of the cuy F.
Atlinson conpany for a City Perrit to haul earth along TrouEdale Drive
in connection with the state's "arunipero Serra Freewayr project.
ltayor Crosby set forth ground rulea in the presentation of evidence bt7
botb proponenta and opponents to the propoaed earth bauliDg route to
be heard in the following sequelrce:
I cuy F. Atlingon congany proposal,
2. Opinion from the city Attorney with respect to legal aspectai
3. comeDtg fron tbe City Councila ad
4. Spokesoen fro the t{ills Eatate reaidenta and property ownera,
rith nareg and addreaees glven to identlfy the spealcers.
ltr. Luther Carr, Attorney, repreaenting the Guy F. Atkinaon Cmpany,
the applicant, apoke on the propoeal to haul dirt frou the Skyliue,
dorn Trousdale Drive, north on the E1 C,'nlno Real to ltillbrae Avenue
and eaaterly to tlre Bayslrore Eighuay, and advised that the City of
Ittillbrae hag authorized haul ing oa the southerly portion of lrtillbrae
Avenue between El CaDino Real and the Bayahore.
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tlr. Carr Btated tbat the State Division of Eigherays has routed the
Skyl ine Freerray and bas arrarded a contract to the AUcinson Conpanyto conatruct approxinately tuo niles of the eight-lane freoay; the
prine problen is tfiat the dirt must b€ renoved and located elseuhere;
it ie proposed to depoait eme of the fllI along tlre Bayahora Eighwayat the intersection of Uillbrae Avenue extendiag southerly into the
City of Burlingane and aone of the fill along the approadres to the
Saa llateo Bridge.
llr. carr explained the Conpany's interest in the cmunity and its
desire to 'perfom the job in the nost neighborly vray possible";
that inquirieg as to 'r*hy Dot haul through other cities" nay be
ansrrered \r referring to the location of the fill, in \rhicrb seventy
percent of the yardage shall be renoved through the City of San
Bruno anil thirty percent through the City of Burlingane; tbat the
two streots in l{illbrae upon wtrich dirt nay be hauled, are excea-
sively steep, narrow and rind ing to safely convey the trucks.
}{r. Robert F. Atkitrson, vice-President of the coEpany wae introduced
by Ur. Carr to explain ttre epecifics of the operation.
!tr. Atlinson advised that only the most rigidty controlled rulea
and conditiona are proposed for the operation of the projectl that
rulee of hauling and measures of safety shall confom with the
Callfornia state l.{otor vehicle Code provisions; in additioD, to
comply with tlre determination of the CoDpany that no accidents shall
occur, it was proposed that aclrool patrols be elininated and off-
duty crossing guards be placed at strategic locations and the cost
thereof borne \z the contractor.
Hr. carr further added tlrat the Atkinson Co.0pany ehall lease special
equipment j.n the dirt hauling operat ion with appro:<inately g9,OOO.00
to be reserved in a street Eaintenance fund to copeasate for
possible d.6age to city atreeta. In conclueion, llr. Carr gave
assurance tbat "everything posaible is being done to ineure Daxinru
eafeguards. "
The City Attorney, stating he had Do comenta at this tine, tlre
Chair invited coment8 from Council.
!rr. Atkinsoa, in reply to inquiries fr@ Council, advised (1) enpty
trucka shall return by the sane routei (2) hauling wiII occur betreen
the hours of 7:0O a.m.. and 3:30 p.n., (3) a five-day work rreek will
be observed; (4) trudcs will not haul during rainy weather; (5) a
distance of one nile betseen trucks shall. be maintained; (6) theproject of earth hauling shall be completed by sumer of 1966;(7) a maxioun speed li-mit of 25 ltPE shaLl be observed; and (8) the
capacity weight of trucks. when eryty is approxinately 25,0OO lbs.,
and when fiIIed, fro 75,0O0 to 78,00O lbs.
Itre City Engineer, in reply to Council inSuiry. concerning darage
to streets during the hauling operation, Etated that he anticipated
there would be sone danage; hor,rever, at this point, it woul.d bedifficult to eatimate the extent thereof.
}layo! cro8b!' referred to tle Chief of Police, r.ilro concurred wlth
the proposal of ltr. Atkinson that adult guards be posted, and
reconended the uae of trro off-duty officerg or two erosslng guards
be placed at the Frankl in School and on Sebastian fray.
(he Chief of Police advised that his rec@€ndations, rn addition
to the use of adult gnrards, included:
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A 25 llPE Ep€ed li.uitt
fhe sweeping of atreets at leaat trice a day with a Porrer broo;
The probibition of tnrcrk passiag eLther enroute or uPoD return i
and
A trro-Dinute tine interval egtablished between truck hauling
travel.
Dtr. Atki,n8on veroally expreased his willingnesa to corqrly witb tlre
above-gtated reco@endatioas.
Algo in reply to the City t{aDager, tlr. Atklnson stated that bi8 CoePany
haa been unable to attract people to tJre project to piclt up the on-site
fill.
The City lt{anager, in concluding his atatements, recomended that an
agreeDent witb the Contractor include stipulations that the Chief of
Poliee be emporered to requeat additional cro8sing guarda at his
digcretion and that the per:ait nay be revoked if conditlona are not
satLsfactorily net.
tlayor crosby thereafter invited a spokesmaa fr@ tbe ltills Estate
I[proveoent Aasociatlon to speak.
tltr. Dotr Teixeira, Preaident, Xills Estate Improveuent Aasociation,
stated that trro isgues are to be considered I (1) the 'grorrtlr of the
counlty' aDd (2) the preaervation of 'good buslneas and the atmoaphere
of living" in the City of Bur1ingaEe.
Pointing out ttrat a section of the Barth Eauling Ordiaance specifies
that a perilit nay be granted on1y.....that the hauli.ag "will not be
lnJurious or detrinental to the public health, safety or welfare, "!lr. Teixeira declared his intention to submit evidence to subatantiate
th€ clain of hie Aesociation tbat the proposed dirt hauling shall be
haraful.
Eaulitrg diataacea fro the project site to the proposed drnping areas
along possible alternate routea, were estiDated b,y l.tr. Telxeira ae
follqrs: (l) Cryetal Springs Road in san ltateo ... 14.3 miles;(2) Sneath Lane and north in san Bruno ... 14.3 niles; (3) Trougdale
Drl.ve in Burlingaue ... 13 uiles; (4) Sneath Lane, El Carino Real and
Ittillbrae Averue ... 12.5 nilee; and (5) Crystal Springa Road in San
Bruno ... 9.8 nilee.
Pactors of concern preaeated by tlr. Eeixeira included (1) the safoty
of children attending the several edroole and uaJ.ng the playgrounds;
(2) the Increaeed traffic hazarde on Trousdale Drive, with its critical
intersections and c-onvenient width conducive to an excellent travel routei(3) the continual dust hazards and (4) the sacrifices to be endured by
loaiag tlre coEplete use of the street durlng trucking operatione.
In sumarizing hia detailed presentation, !lr. Teixeira suggested the useof state roadways, particularly referring to crystal springs Road in
S:rn ltateo, and, accordiag to his esti-nated nileage distances, the eaoe
'llhe City trtatrager. in reply to council inqiry for c'oments, directed
inquiriee to !tr. Atkinson concerniDg the location and anount of fiU
to be relocated, rdtro advised that approxtnately 160,000 tonE would be
deposited at the foot of tlillbrae Avenue on City of Burlingame property.
A nap waa displayed by xr. Tei-xeira illustrating the nev freeway and
road routea fr6 Daly City to Belnolrt and crose atreets from the CryEtaL
Sprlngs Road ia the City of san I'tateo to sreath Lane in the City of
san Bruno and a copilation of facts as a reault of his peraonal tour,
was preaented to Council.
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as tlrat proposed for Trousdale Drive; that dirt be deposited in the
upper section of San Bruno erhere, it was his understandhg that itis needed; and finally, tf,tat Council deny the petait, based oa
evidence that the proposed use rrould be "injurious and detri-tDentalto tbe public health, Bafety and yrelfare.'
!tr. P. C. Christensen, 2500 tlartinez Drive, t{r. R. C. Gillespy,
2995 ?rousdale Drive, l'tr. c. iI. Gioana, 2835 frousdale Drive,!tt. J. A. Alich, 28Ol Trousdale Drive, tilr. R. fisse, 3035 frouEdale
Drive and l,tr. ilohn C. Bauer, 2 Rio Court, eadr expreseed their
objection to the earth hauling proposal.; in additioD, the following
points were ralaed: lf}rat trucl<s previoualy traveling Trousdale Drive
have experienced brake failures, creating damage to property; the
Btreet invitea exceegive speed and stop signs should b€ erected at
some of the intersectiona; ttre 'watering down' of streets ae proposed
!tr2 the contractor is not an effective Deaaure to overcome dust hazarde;
Trousdale Drlve, a trudc route on prior occasions ia cureatly iD a
dauaged state and further truc*iug o;rerations shall create an addltioaal
deteriorated condition.
Itr. ilohn Bernard, 482 San Bruno Avenue, San Bruno, spoke at length
on his personal experiences sith dirt haul.iag ogerations, citing
Eeveral instances regarding " run-avrayi trud.s and the 'uabelievablephysical danage' ilvolved during trudring operations.
Councilnan llart in questioned the City Attorney concerniog the City's
'coatrol of dirt hauls, " rrtro advised that at th€ preaent ti.ne thereis no linitation, and, referriDg to the passage of a "dirt haulingu
ordi-nance at the 1a8t regular neeting of Council, wtrerein hauling
shall be pemitted under certain conditions, advised that a period of
thi rty days is required b€fore the ordinance beeoes effective.
Pr@ further questioning of tbe City Attorney. Council wag advised
that a route Eust be provided to the State for this project and
'cannot be denied \z all the cities"; that it is generally the rule
'where there is a prohibition of a route' it is for the reason that
aE "alternate route" ia available, accounting for signs in s@e
cities desigmating "trudc router i the appl icant was not required toguboit an application to the City, the dirt hauling operations
proposed are regulated and controlled through stipulatioos of the
California state ltotor Vehicle Code aad that in his opinion, a
denial of the perait would not prohibit the applicant'e dirt bauling
OPeration.
Followiag considerable discugsion nherein both the City Attorney and
!tr. Atkinson replied to inquiries concerning the posLti.on of tlre
City on the issue, alternate routea and fill depositories, the
Chair recogmized xr. Lloyd Lynes, Pri-ncipal, Franlcl in Scjhool.
ttr. IJyneE, in replying to Council inquiries, gave a reEul[e of sdrool
bus sdbedules and advised of the traffic congestion at the school
locations.
In hi.E c@ents, !tr. tlmes offered tbe follorping sugge8tions for
Council consideration if dirt hauling ia permitted: (1) that
Trousdale Drive be "striped" to provide trrc "definite" Ianea i(2) that no parking be permitted on Trousdale Driver and (3) the
inEtallation of traffic lights in the congeated areas.
RECESS
The Cbalr declared a recess at 10:50 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
llhe meeting was called to order at 11:00 p.n.
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fte dhair invited @ments to gumarize tlre argnrneata for and againEt
the subject.
t{r. Teixeira, in behaLf of tbe }tills Estate Improvenent Associatlon,
stated t}rat his organization ie of the opinion that its oppositionis justified and Council nas urged to prevent the proposed use of
frouadale Drive aa an eart! hauling truck route.
llr. Carr, in behalf of the applicant, stated that s@e of the routea
suggested as alternates are not feasible, Crystal Sprirgs Road in
San [ateo would be inappropriate, necessitating a round trip distance
or approxxrately forty-five miles and that souae "reasonable and
feagible say u muat be det€rrni.aed to dispore of the fill.
llr. Carr recsmended that each city salong the route of tJre skyline
freeway" appoint a cmittee to consider a "regional plan" *trerein
each city shall "share the burdeD. "
Concluding a srmarization, ltr. clarence Xnight, 1740 Eunt Drive,
Ii{rs. IJ. E. FleeEan, 17Ol Toledo Avenue and ll{r. .f. A. Ali&, 2801
Trouadale Drive, spoke briefly on the granting of a pe rmit in thie
iagtance as an "abuse of discretion' hy Council and urging that the
I,till8 E8tate regidente be exempted fro further dirt hauling operations.
Hayor crosb!' invited council c@ents thereafter.
Councilnan ilohnaon expressed the opinion that there are "nerits to
both sides of tbe argunentr i ttrat prinarily, her concern was that
of the " safety of lives" and that she favored the suggestion that
"stop aigns" be installed and extra lanea created on Trousdale Drive.
Councilnan ceorgte, in coenting on the decision required of Council
oa this occasion, guestioned wtretber trdo routea nay be established
on a 'split entry" baaia, utrereby the city of tlillbrae wou]'d alternate
rrith the city of Burlingame in tbe hauling operation.
Councilran Diederidsen, spoke oD the prior inconveniences i.n developing
the Cr.ty's iDdustrial area and the pride experienced upon its conpletion;
8u99estir9 that in thig iastance the contractora (Atkin6on co.) be given
an opportuaity to oprove thenselves. "
Councilnan ltartln directed a number of inguirles to City staff nenbera,
concerning tbe "load eapacity" on Trousdale Drive, police patrolling
of tlre area and dirt 'apillage" violations and to Ur. AucinEon on
igeueg affecting trucik hauling.
Conditions to an agreerent to pemj.t earth hauling operations. there-
after rec@mended by Councilnan ltartin and replied to by ttr. Atkinson,
were recorded as follorrs:
1 Povrer Eireeper to maintain streets as recournended by the Cbief of
Police, coacurred in by applicant;
2. 1\,ro crossing guards, atationed at Sebastian Way and sctrool area
or at location stipulated by council, concurred in by applicant;
3. "Striping' of trousdale Drive to create four lanes witb cost borne
\r applicant, concurred in by applicantl
Delivery of fill only to the taro areas designatedi i.e., Bayrhore
area of Burlingane interaectiag with ltillbrae Avenue and San Iateo
Bridge approaclr, concurrd in \l applicant;
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5. Passing of trucks to be prohibited, concurred in bry applicant;
6. Atr adequate trud( headnay control to be naintained, concurred
i-n tryr aPPlicant;
7. Eauling linited to daylight hours only; in winter nonths bauling
limitedt to thirty minutes before sunrise.
Ittre applicant, l{r. At}inaon, advised that this partlcular condition
requires consultation with the Union;
8. Safety featureE in striet compJ. iance with Xotor Vehicle Code
requirementa, concurred in \l applicant;
9. A tuo-ninute tiEe interval betreen truck hauling travel, con-
curred in by applicant;
1O. :[he placenent of a flagrnan at the upp€r portion of Irouadale
Drive, concurred in \r applicant.
In reply to Councilnan llartin's inquiry concerning the re-routing
of empty trud(s outside the City of Burlingane, thereby reducing
255 trips on Trousdale Drive, l{r. Atkinson adviged that this igsue
would require inveatigation.
Following further discussion on reducing the speed limit on Irousdale
Drive to 25 I,IPH and ttre erection of stop signs on certaln streeta
intersectilg with rrousdale Drive, Council concurred r*ith the
recomendation of councilman Iartin that Council wittrhold decision
until tlre regular neeting of Council, September 20, L965, or until
such time as replies are received with respect to (a) haul ing
restricted to daylight hours and (b) re-routing of enpty trudrs.
Itre Chief of Police was requested to sulmit a rec@endatioD to
councll on the DoEt appropriate locations to erect stop signs on
Trougdale Drive.
tlhe hearing was declared concluded thereafter by ltayor cro6by.
ANOURN}TENT
'lltre neeting regularly adjoumed at 12:15 p.n.
neapectfully euhitted,
EERBERT K. TIEITE, CI CT,ERK
APPROVED:
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