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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1963.01.23An adJounned meetlng of the Burllngame Clty Counc11, from lt8meetlng of Januany ?L, 1963, was held on the above gi.ven date.caIled to ord.er: at B:1O p.m.r - Mayon Lorenz Ln the Chalr. CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF AI,LEGIANCE At rord from the Chalr, Pledge of Alleglance to ROLL CALL Pr6ssnt - Councllmen:Absent - Coturcilmen: Bunllngame, CallfonnLa Jaruary 23, L963 all 1n the CouncLl ttt6 Flag. Chamber. arose and gave the L77 regular Mee tlng Crosby-Johns on- Lor.e nz -Mart Ln- Morg en None ltrNUTES Tha nlnutes of meetlngs conducted on HearLngs wlth nespect to thc formatlon of the Burllngame Avenue Area Off-Street Parklng Distrlct, unden the dates of September 12, September 18, Septemben 25, October 2, October 91 0ctober 16, Novernbar 7, I'Ioverrber 15 and Decemben 5, L962, we?e approved and adopted on motlon of CouncLlman l{artln and sscondod by Councl lman Johnson. PURPOSE OF I,4EETING Th6 Chal! announced that on thls occaslon, members of the Councll would conslder the evldence presented at the Hearlngs on the proposed forma-tlon of the Burlingame Avenue Area Off-Street Parklng Dlst!:lct and thereafter would renden lts decislon on the proposed changes and modlflcatlons 1n the Proceedlngs end ln the Englneers I Report; Councllshall endeavor to rerden a falr declslon and although 1an-sults.may occutr, the Heanlngs have been conducted accordl-ng to 169a1 procedure. COUNCILI,4AN MARTIN TO CONDUCT I,IEEIING Mayor Lorenz r6ad an edltorlal prlntect Ln the Burllng ame Advance Star: under date of January 23, 1963, on the subJect of the Parklng Dlstt'1ct formatLon end thereafter lnvlted Councllnan lilartln, Chalnman, Councll Parklng Comnlttee and llalson nernber to the Off-Street Parklng Cornmlttee,to conaluct the meetlng. PROCEDURE EXPLAINED Irtr. Kenneth I. Jones, ropresentlng the Attonnoys for thc Dlstnict, explalned the proce&rr.e ulth respect to Councll actlon on the proposed changes and modlflcatLons, advLs lng that any changes outslde the areas doslgnatsd ln Resolution of Intentlon No. 7L-62, sha11 nequlro addltLonal hearings. Chalr'man Martln arcnounced that changes and modlflcatlons on (1) Bound.anlesof the Dlstrlct; (2) ecq:lsltlons to be made and (3) Proposed credltsagalnst assossments for exlsttng facllltles sha11 be consldered 1nthe or.der of theLr appoaranco as set forth Ln the Resolutlon and en lnf or.mal Councll po1l takon on each category pnlor to forrual- actionat the concluslon of Councll deflberatlon. (a)PRIMNOSE ROAD BETWEEN BELLEWE TO NORTHWEST LINE OF LOT 1. BLOCK II,.BURLINGAI,IE LAND CO. Dlscusslon wlthheld due to lupropor worclS.ng of thls porltlon of the Res olutlon. 1. CEANGES AND MOD]TTCATTONS OF BOUNDARTES OF' DISTRICT lzs (b) LOTS F'ROMTING ON CHAPIN AVENUE (Except tots wtth frontage Prlmrose Road) on Chal rman Martln summarlzed tha evldence submltted Ln opposltlonto the lncluslon of Chapln Avenue prcpertles wl thln th6 PanklngDlstrlct and h1s vLers nl- th ::espect to permlttlng the boundarlosto renaln as recommontted by the Dlstrict EegJ,neers. Councllman Martln requ€sted CouncLL vLEws concernlng the allegatlonthat ncollusLonn wlth Luclqr Stores resulted ln a substLtutlon-oflots. An lnformal. Councll po11 lndlcated unanlnity ln permt ttlng tha boundarles to romaln as proposed. An lnformal pol1 of Council lndlcated app:roval to the retentLon ofLots B and B-1 on Chapln Avenue, and the allegatlon tha t [colluslonn exlsted 1n connectlon wj,th Lucky Stores be dlscnedltetl. (c)IOT I - BLOCK Ir - BUBLINGAIIE IAND COMPANY Chalrman Martln recomrcnded that the present bounderT line f:rom oneof the nesldences locatod at the westerly latensectlon of Bellevue Avenuo and Callfornla Drlve be re-located to that of the gas statlon and tbat consldsnatLon be glven to reclasslfylng the nesldentLalproperty to an R-[ usage. A poIl of Council lndlcated concurnenc. wl th the recomnendatton. (a)LOTS 6 THROUGE 11 . TOIIN OF BURLINGA},IE (Borden Co. ) Cha1lman Martln stated that he wag ln agneement nlth the strongpolnts made by ttre Englneer for the DLstrlct 1n retalnlng the Borden Company wlthln the Aasessmont DLstrlct. Councllmen rrer€ po1).ed and concurred wlth the recomrrendatlon. 2. CEANGE AlLq MOD:FY ACQUISITToT{S (a) Resolved und6r Item 1 (b). (b)TEN.FOOT PEDESTRIAN I,ANE ( DuBu Corponation) Chalrman Martln exprEssed h1s obJectlon to thepedestrlan 1ane, statlng that the area ulI1 be Chairnan Martln conceded. to the unanl rrcus poll Councll that th6 ualkway wou ld be advantagoousparklng faclllty at the rear of the prcporty. creatlon of a ten-footdlfflcult to pollce. of nembers of theto the patrons of the (c) TIIUITAT]oN PARCELS lII AND AI SOUTIiWES? OF ,n"rrr"oGT]il t. t* """"a-r"tlon of en apartr*nt housc on Parcels lE and 2H l{est of E1 Cemlno Real, end recourrended con- curronce wlth the Brglneers for the DLstrLct that Lots 5 antl 6 besubstituted. It ras poLnted out by the Chel. rrun tha t rtno coromenclal zonlng 1s attached. to parklng lots;r the creation of an ad.equate parklag facl).lty, proper'Iy designed and screened trould not be obJectlonable and would be deflnltely a necesslty to the area. CouncLlman Johnson and Mayor Lorenz obJected to parkl.ng lots on the west slde of BL Card.no Real , suggestlng that edditlonal sltos be located on the easterly slde of EI Camlno Rea1. In reply to Councll InguLry, !{r. Van Zandt, Asglneer' spoke on hls lnabluty to recoBrend property on the east slde of the Hlghuay that would suitsbly senve the area ln questlon. A dLscusslon on the lssuc later ln, aad pr{or to tho termlnatlon of the meetlng, was voted. on and reconded: Ayes : Councllmen: Crosby-Johns on-Martin-Morgart Noes: Councl lmen: Lorellz L79 The Attor.ney for the Dlstrlct advlsed that fallure of Councll to r.oach a unanLmous declslon on the above proposal world not affect ths adoptLon of an over-a1I Resolutlon wlth rospect to the Parking Dlstr1ct. (d) PRIMRoSE ROAD PAFTI}IG Lol 2.J CheLrman MartLn recommend€d th at the otlre Lot 2J on Prlm::ose Road, lnc1udlng the bulldlng ther.eon be lncluded wlthln the Dlstnlct. Councllman Monganr s lnqulry concertrJ.ng essurance that the p nopertywlLl be assessed upon a falr and equltable bas1s, was answered by the Attorncy for the Dlstrl-ct, who advLsed that the Proceedlngs. nri1l contlnue to :remaln Ln a nstate of fluxr and Councll sha1l have an opportunlty to novlcw each parcel es lt ls acqulred. The E:glneer fo:r the Dlstrlct, ln response to Councllman lorenzrg LnquLry, stated that he dld not recorEnend the proposed Lot 2J as apartial neplacerrcnt for parklng lots on the west slde of El, Camlno Real. A pol1 of the Councll thereafter lndlcated. n<i obJectlon to the lncluslonof the €ntlr€ Lot 2l lnto the Parklng Dlstrlct. ( e)HOWARD BUICK BUILDING Chal!:man Martln reconanondsd the acqulsltl,on of the Howard Bulck Bulldlng and tho elLmLnatlon thereof of lots fnontLng on Bellevue Avenue from Prlmrose Road to Lorton Aveauo. A poI1 of the Councll lnd.lcated concurnence. Counc llman Johnson and Mayo:r Lorenz add6d their r ec omaendatlon that Lots !f andl 6F on Penk Road bc ellmLnatcd as a p arklng facl1lty (to remaln, however, rd. thtnthe Assessnent Dlstnlct). Councll lndLcatsd lts approval. (f) LOT 1lr. BLOCK 10, TOWN OF BURLINGAME (Sweet proporty ) In reply to the Chalrr s lnqulr,5r with resp€ct to the substLtutlon ofLot 1[ and the ellmlnatlon of Lot 1!, Block 1O, Torn of Burllngame(Sweet prope:r.ty) thc Englneer advl, sed that the substltuted Lot-1snot as ldea1Iy situated, as tha t orlglnally proposed; horeven, lt w1,11 provlde an adequate conpnomlse. Chal rnan Mertln statod that he prefenred the onlglnal locatlon, conceded followlng an Lnfo rmal poll lndlc atlng Councll appnovalthe substltutLon. but to Chal rnran Martln related hl.s vl ers wlth respect to the elfuulnatlon fnomthe DLstr.lct of those lots frontlng on Bellevue Avenue, edvlsing thattro rrhardshipn condl tlons exlst out of the three properties proposedfor acqu!.sl.tlon; ln ad.dltl-on to whlch, the ellnlnatlon of l_ots trwlthin a concontrated parklng anean would pnovlde the revenue to acquJ.r.e the Eoward Bulck Bulldlng. (e)NWEIFPI,EN LoT - DoNNELLY AND PRI}mOSE RoAD Councllrun Martl-nr s ,:6coruEtl datl on that the Whlpple 1ot on the connerof Doruelly Avenue and Pr.lsrose Boad bo eJ.lmlnated frora the DLstrLctas reconmentled by the Englnears fon the Dlstrlctl was concurred 1n byan 1nf ormal pol1 of Councll. (h) PARIGNG IOT IIAII . FRoNTING ON BELI,E TE A\IBIUE A Councll po11 lncllcated no obJeetlon to the ellnlnatlon of Bellavus Avcnue lots. A rec oramendetl on from the ErgLneens for the Dlstrict that ths rearportlon of Clty-owned pnope:'ty on Bellcvue Avenue be retalned as aIconnectLng Ilnkrr to par.klng facllltles on Dormelly Avenue wag c oncurred ln by Counc11. (r) LOT 6E,PAIK ROAD Chafuman Martln lndlcated hls approval to the retentlon of comrnercLalproperty Lot 5-F, Park Road, as a pa:rking 1ot. An 1nf or.raal poll ofCouncll lndlcated contrarJr oplnlon and Clral rman Martln wtthdrew hlsobJection. The lot ras ellminated as a parklng facl1ity, but retaLnedwlthLn the agsessment dL strlct. 180 RECESS A reccss was declaretl by tha Chalr et 1O:1O p.m. CAI,L TO ORDER The meetlng was caLled to ordel: at 10:25 p.m. GU?HRIE PROPERTT ON HIGHLAND AVEN UE Councllnrea Johnson ::ec ommended that Councll consider the lnclusionof the Mabel Guthrle Ptropentles on Illghland Avenue (Lot N) on arI,lfe Estaten bas ls. OLDEST HOME IN BURLINGA},IE Councllman Johnsonr g ne c onznend. atl on that the oldest home ln Burllngamobe preserved as exr hlstorlcal monunent wag refenred to the Clty Manager fon research. 3.CHANGE AND MODIFT PROPOSED CREDITS AGAINST ASSESSI\MNTS 1. BORDEN COI"IPANT APPI,ICATTON Tlre reconmendatlon that the orlg!.nal 6.7fi cr.edlt,wlth respect to the Borden Company pnoperty wastof the Councll through an lnformal poII. remaln ln effeot sustalned by vot6 2. WURLITZER APPLICATION INDIEDUAL ASSESS}IM'IT MODIF'ICATT ONS Councll, by an 5.nformal po1l, lndlcated app:roval to the :rec onrnendatLonof the Englneers for the Dlst:rlct thqt an addltlonal four arrd one-halffeet of wilkway, or: an incr-'ase of 2** Ae credlted to the RayWurlLtzer pnoperty asscssm6nts. The Attorney for ths Dlstrlct reconnended that the J.and a8s6as6d valuatlon of the PecLflc Telephone Company be lncreased floE *36r25O.OO to $l+2r909.00 and acknowledged by the latter, was concutned ln by Counc11. HESOLUTIONS RE: FOR]JIATION OF OFF.S?REE? ?ARIgNG DISTRICT The followlng Besolutlons, r. ec onrro ntle d by the Attorneys for theDistrtct, approprlate to the fonmat Lon of the Burllngaro Avenuo Area Off-Str€et Parklng DLstr.lct, were submltted fon CouncLl actlon: BESqLpTIqN lI0. 8-6-3 'A Resolution Orderlng Changes and ModLflcatlong @ea off-street Parklng Dlstrlctn ras lntroduccdfor passege upon rnotS.on of Counc llmen Crosby, seconded by Councllnan Lorenz and unanlmous Iy carnled upon Ro11 CaLI of members. RESOLUTIqN N0. 9-63 rrA Resolutlon OverrulLng Protests on ResolutlonofTntr-Tfon-T 62 rBurHnaame Avenue Aiea Off-Street Par:king Dtstrlctr r was lntroduced upon motlou of Councllman Mongan, nho moved tts passage, seconded by Counc llman Crosby and unanlmously carrlod upon Ro11 Ca1l of medbers. ElOI,tlIIpN _UQ_._f9:6-1 rrA Resolutlon and Orden Adoptlng Englneerts @ Assessment an d Orderlag tho lfonk and AcqulsitLons, Burllngame Avenue Area Off-street Parklng Dist:rLcttr was iatroduced fon passage upon motl-on of C ounc llman Johnson, secondcd by Councilmaa Lorenz and unanLmous 1y carrled upon RolI CaII vote of members. RESOLUTION NO. 11.6 nA Resolution Deslgnatlng Collectlo Bur ngaflre venue e Off-street Parklng Dlstrlcttr was a Offlcen Lntroducedy Councllman s.for passage upon motlon of Councllnan torsnz, secondEd b Johnson and unanlmous Iy carr'led upon RoIl Ca11 of nember &EqOf,U!Il]U_-I9s_1?:-63. nA Resolutlon D€termlnlng thet the Publlc Interest ana-Tccessity Requlre the Acqulsltlon of Pnop€rty for o ff-Stroot Moton Vehlcle Parklng hr?poses and Authonizlng Emlnent Doma1n Pnoceedlngs, Parklng Distrlct No. 1n wes lnttroduced fon passage on motLon of Councllman Morgan, seconded by Counc llman Crosby ancl unanlnously carrLed upon Ro11 Ca1I of members. 181 RESoLUTIoN No. 13-63 rrA ResolutLon A pprovlng Certaln Cnedits, Modlflcatlons Thereto and Assessment Change, Parklng Distr:lct No. 1rrras lntroduced fo:r passag€ on motion of Councllman Johnson, secondedby Councl lman Crosby and unanimously canrled upon RoIl CaII voteof mernbens. TUOTION TO RECIASSIFY BEI.,LEVUE AVMIUE PROPERTT Counc llman Morgan moved thet the Clty Councll dlrect the Plannlng ConmlssLon to ln1tlate a hearing for the purposo of reclasslf;ring a pontlon of Lot 1, Block [, Bunllngame Land Company, seconded by Cor.rncllman Johnson and unanlnously car.rled. ACIOIIOWLEDGMHIITS !tr. Robert McDonald, Pnosldent, Bu::'11n9 ara6 Chamber of Comnerco, and Mr. Jerry Bh:mberg, menber of the Down-Torrn Area Parking Dlstnlct Conmlttee, expressod appreclatlon to the membe::s of the CouncLl fonthef actlon ln fornulatlng the Parking Dlstrict. ADJOI'H}IMENT Thc meetlng was ::egu1arly adJounned at 11 l\! Jarruary )O, 1963, to ccnfer on proposod rage matters that may nequLre Counc 11 actlon. p.m., to meet Wednesday, adjustment s and o thetr Respectfully submltted, City Clerk APPROVED: PR0 TEIt'!PORE a1