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CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF AI,LEG]ANCE
At word from the Chair, allthe Pledge of Allegiance to
ROLL CALL
C a1lf ornla
l-963
1n the Councll Chamber aros6the F1ag.
Burllngame,Aoril 1,
A negular neetlng of the Burlingane Clty Council vas held on the
above glven^date. Meetlng ca11ed to order by Mayor Pro Tempone
Johnson at 8:10 p.n.
and gav6
Prosent -
Absent
Councllmen: Cro sb y- Johns on- Mar tLn-Mor.gan
Councllmen: Lorenz
Mayor Lorenz, absent because of llIness, was excused. on motlon of
Councllmen Morgal and seconded by Councllman l.{artln.
I,!INUTES
The mlnutes of the prevlous meetlng of March 18, 1953, submlttedto Counc11, were approved and adopted.
The minutes of the adJourned meetlng of l[arch 27, 1963, submittedto Councl1, were approved and adopted. wlth a corection to i.ecordthet Mayor Lorenz, absent because of l11ness, was excused.
ITEARINGS
1. RECLAI,IATIO}.I DISTRICT NO. 2097
Mayor Pro Tempore Johnson announced that thts was the tlrne and placeflxed for hearing on the assessment for Reclamatlon Dlstrict
No. 2097 on fl1e with the Clty Clerk.
The Clty Clerk stated that notlce of the hearlng had been duly glven
by publlcaticn as requfu'ed by the Statute and that notlce had also
been malled to all interested persons as lndlcated by the affldavltof naLllng on f1le wlth the Clty C1er.k.
The hearlng nas declared open end the ChaLr asked lf there was anyons
pr.esent who was Ln favor of the proceedlng. Attcmey Kenneth I. Jones,
representLng the DlstrLct, stated that the matter befor.e the Councll
was the hearlng on the approval of the assessment proposod to be levledto fLnance the reclamatlon and fll11ng of all the property wlthln
the boundarLes of Reclarnatlon Dlstrict No. 2097, and that slnce the
reclamatlon plan showed that all of sald. property would be fl11ed, lt
wou1d. al-1 be benefl'bed and should be assessed.
No one appeared. 1n opposltlon to the proceedlngs and the heanlng
was declaned closed.
RESoLUTfqN NO. 29-18 rrA Resolutlon Approvlng Assessment Reclamatlon
DIsEni c t No: 2Ag7n was lntroducod for passage on motl,on of councilman
Mongan, seconalod by Councilman ]tlartLn and adopted unanlmously upon
Ro11 Ca1I of members present.
2. RECLASSIFTC,qTION POR. LOf 1 BLOCK
The Chalr announced that thls was the tLme and place to conduct a
hearlng on tho proposed reclasslficatl-on of a Portlon of Lot 1t
Block 1.,r, Burllngame Land Company, set forth ln Ordlnance No. 7U1,lntrodriced at the regular meetlng, Merch 18, 1953.
Council acknowledged recelpt f::om the PLannlng Commlsslon,
Resolutlon No. 1-63, rrReconmendlng the Amsndment of Section 19O[ of
the Burllngarne Orilinance Code and th6 Zoning Map Thereln Inco:rpo::ated
by ReferenCe by Reclasslfying a Portlon of Lot 1,.B1ock [, Bunllngame
Lind C o:npany Mip No. 2, Fi'om a Second Commerclal (Senvice Buslness)
r)c)<
(c-2) ot strlct to a Fourth Resldentla]. (l[Irf tf -f'amfly) (R-lr) DlstnLctrr
accompanled by Flndlngs as set fonth in a copy of the mlnutes ofthe Plannlng Commlsslon under date of February 25, \963.
There belng no obJectlons entereal either verbally or ln wrltlng,the hear"lng was declared closed by the Chafu.
0RpTNANCE [0. Zql trAn Ordlnance Amend.ing Sectl-on 19O[, Artlcle $O,Part.X ofJhE-O-idinanc e Code of tho Clty of Burllngame Dlvldlng theClty Into Distrlcts by Reclasslfylng a Portlon of Lot 1, Block [,Burllngame Land Conpany tlap No. 2 From a Socond Commerclal (Servlce
Buslness) (c-2) otstr:1ct to a Fourth Besidential (l4u1t1-Fantly) (n-l+)
Dl-strLctrt was glven lts second readlng and on motlon of Councilmanl,Iorgan, seconded by Councilman l,Iartln, said ordlnanco passed lts
second readLng and was adopted by the following vote:
A ye s : C ounc l1men : C ro sby- Johns on- I,lart 1n-l,lorgan
Noes: Councll,nen: None
Absent Councllmen: T-orenz
')BIJILDING CODE - 1961 EDITION
The Chalr' announced that thls was the time and place scheduled to
conduct a pub1lc hear:lng on the adoptlon of oRDINANCE NO. 780 rrAdoptlng
by Reference 1961 Edltlon of Unlform Bulldlng--ffi-iflE6Tin-6Elnents
and Fa::ments Bulletin No. 1518 of the Unlteil States Depantment ofAgnlculture srrd Amendlng Artlcle ll of tlae Clty of Burllngame Or.Cinance
Code Establlshlng Ru1es, Regulatlons and Standards for Bullding Con-structlon and the Movlng of Bulldings, ard Provldlng Pena1tl6s forthe Vlolatlon ftrereof .rr
Further conslderatlon of sectlons appertainLng thereto contlnued thepubllc hear'lng to Monday', Apr1L 1!, 1961.
ll.BURLINGA].TE SHORE LAND CO;,fPANY
QUSSr
l.layor Pro Tempor.e Johnson announc e d that thls was the tlme and place
scheduled to conduct a publLc hearlng on a request subnltted by the
Burllngame Shore Land Company, under the presld.ency of lbr. Oscar F.
Pe::son, for a rec lasslfl catl-on of property on the Bayshore Access
Road from a M-1 DLstrlct (Commerctal) to an R-l+ Distrlct (Apartm6nt)
to-penmlt the constnuctlon of htgh-rtse apartment bulldlngs.
l,lr. Mcl,Illlan lntroduced Mr. Edward DeWo1f , Archltect for the oroposed
proJect, wtro, by Lllustratlons, explalned the olan in relatlon to
exlstLng bul1dC-ng s and. ad.lacent pnoperties and the lnten-r.elatlon of
space, 11ght and ventllatIon. Satd illustratlons lncluded the
f o11o',rlng:
l,Ir. Cyrus J. McM111an, Attorney, representing the appllcant, was
recognlzed by the Chalr and referred Council to a scale model of the
proposed proJect, deplctlng a ten ttrelve-story apartment house develop-
m6nt, totalIlng 980 apar:tment unlts on property located between the
Bayshore Access Road, Industrlal Way and the extenslon of Carolan
Avenue and compnlsing 13.2 acros 1n total; the proposed plan anItlntegrated developmentrl wlth a large portlon reserved for: necr:eatLonal
areas and the entlre proJect pnovlding a land coverage of )8,4", lncludlng
a par.klng anea.
1. Dlagram of br:llding plot and par.klng strlcture rvlth portLon
latter abovo-ground level and a portlon below-gr:ound 1eve1;
anea wlth entrance on the north. ParkLng sDaces provl-ding
lrllllll cans on the two 1eve1s;
of
p oo1
fon
2. Dlagram amnllfylng the relatlonship of the street 1eve1 to lower
level of parklng and the upper 1eveI of parking; placement of a
screened wa11 to obscure cars; setbacks snd a wldenlng of the
frontage road end a decrease in the property on the frontage roadi
entrance on Carolan Avenue;
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l. Dlagnam of pro8pectlve; placement and. slze of bul1ding, 10r0O0
squere feet on the ground level;
[. Dlagr:am of vlew, Looking southerly from the nlnth floor of thebul1dln8;
!. Schematlc layout of trafflc patter.n produced by the hlghest numberof cans ( durlng evening hour.s); statistlcs furnlshed bt StateDlvlslon of Higlnoays, Wllsey and I{sm and Goorge S. No3.to Co.;
6. Dlagram of vlew of the central area or park wl th the bulldlngs
surround.lng lt; chlldrensI playground, a pooJ-, cabanas, pltch and
no11 golf courso and thr.ee pley areasi
7. Diagram of sketches of detalls of the proJect (a) entrance to a'! ow 1eveI parklng area; (b) vlew of. the entrance of the bu11di.ng;(c) vlew detalls on the park and (d) also of the parking area;
8. Dlag::am of the layout of sanitany sewer system and the exlstingsystem; all out-fa11 to termLnate at the existlng plant;
9. Diagr.am of wate:: supply as it exl-sts, 1n addltlon to the ll-nes to
augment the rate:r system from Bnoadway to ?oyon Drlve! totaleffect woutd provLde I+r500 gallons per m!-nute, and ln excess ofthat deterrnlned by the Flre Underwrlters Bureau; and,
10. Dlagram of layout of Storm Water Dralnage.
Mr. lltculllan advlsed that the proJect repr.esents an $18rOOOrO0O.O0development and. as proposed w111 be a t::emendous asset to the Cltyof Burllngane, the project car::l-es the endorsLment of the Broadwaf
Development Associatlon, the Burllngane Chamber. of Coffnerce and the
Brrrl inganre-Ml I lbrae fndustrlal AssocLatl-on.
Mr. McMl11an further advlsed that two appllcatlons were submlttedto the Planning Commlsslon; one, requestl.ng a rec 1as siflc atlon ofland and the other', nequestlng a varLance to pernlt the high-riseconstructlon; the vote was recordod as three to three and the rec].ass-lfLcatLon therefore was before the Clty Council r.rl t hout recommendatlonfrom the Plannlng Connals s5,on; actLon on the matten of variances
requested wLth nespect to he lght of bulldlngs, parkLng and setbackgwilt not be acted upon by the Plannlng Comnlsslon until tho bltyCouncll takes actlon upon the appllcatlon for a rec lasslficatlon.
Refenence was made at thls polnt by the Chalr to the followlng
communLcatlons ::eceLved relatlve to the subJect:
1. From the Planning Comn1sslon c oncernlng the hearings conducted. on
saLd appllcatlons, accompanled by l,llnute s of the Proceedlngs;
2. From the Suburban Protectlve Assocl-ation of Burlingame, opposlrrgthe grantlng of said neclasslfLcatLoni
3. From E. G. Sulllvan, I{enager, Ilyatt l{ouse, Bur1lr€anb, fevor.l,ngthe reclas siflcatl on; and
[. Fr.om the Easton Realty Company, 1151-1153 Ca]lforrda DrLvs, favor.Lng
the rec la s s ifl cat l on.
The Chalr lnvlted opponents to speak.
James E. Camo11, 8l+8 Walnut Avenue, Vlce-Presldent, Suburban
Protectlve Assoclatlon of Burlingame r€ad at some length from a
statement prepared by A. G. Westcott, Presldent of the organlzation,
opposLng the bullding height pnoposed, the potentlal lncrease intraffl-c and lts hezard to motonists, pedestrLans and. chlldnen and thellkelihood of having to employ addltlonal c:rosslng guards and further,
the failune of the appl!.cant to mset the four conditlons sEt fo?th
and necessary to tho gnantlng of a varlance. The statement concluded
wlth a plea that the s uburban atmosphere of Burllngame be malntaLned
by the re.Jectlon of the reclassLfl cation nequest.
Mrs. I,lary HeaneXr 9OB Park Avenue, spoke on prevlous unsuccossful
ettempts of home olmers in her neLghborhood to rezone the5.r propertles
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to duplex and questloned the Justlflcatlon of the appllcant Ln seeklngto construct epartment s Ln the area that wouId add to the traffic andfl-re hazards and tend to cneete crLnlnal actlvLtles ln the ove:r-poprrlated area.
l,Ir. nuss Brgle, 1117 Sanchez Avonue, also spoke on the water, flre
equlpment and trafflc hazar:ds and stated that Ln hls oplnlon the Clty
w111 expend more to provlde addl tlonal servlces than tho rovenue
necelverl.
Mr. Engle quoted from a riecent statement lssued by l,1r, leigh Fisher,
leadlng maJor alrport consultant ln the Unlted States, rdho, ln a
recent newspaper article, steted that certaln proportles rlthin areasof Burllngame, i.Il,ILbrae, San Bruno and South San Franclsco, east ofthe Southern Paclflc Rallroad should be razed and rebullt wlthlndus.trlal bulldings compatible wlth the Alrport.
are nc e Rusch, 13Bhl,b. R. G. Meyen, !49 Bloomflold Road and ]"Irs - C1Illllslde Clrcle, also c ormrented on the Lnc::eased
wlth l,lrs. Rusch further commentLng that the areato lndustrlal usage.
trafflcls more
Burl ingame Shore
be lmproved bys an exlstlngndustrlal us age
evelopment would
ln the area
contrlLlrtl-ve
tod perlod oft Board lndlcates
e hl-gh-nlsef adults; wlth
opmont 1s not
newly f o:rmed.
There belng no further comxrcnts, Mr. YcMlllan replled to lnqulrles,
imanot proceed lns tantaneous 1y, four yeans 1s the
statl-ng that the entlro 11.2 acres 1s owned by
Land Company, the area ls golng to expand and wprovlding 1ts own recreatlonal areal whl1e thertrafflc prob16m, survoys conducted lndlcate tha
would create more trafflc durlng p€ak hours; th
constructlon; recelpt of lrord from the School DistrLcthat chlldren w111 be accommodated. ln the schools; th
ilevelopment will be more approprlate to the houslng o
respect to lndustrT in Burlln8arB, the proposod develwlthln the mldst of a large buildJ.ng complex and the
the
i11eitled
est
reclamatlon dlstrict will provlde I!0 more or l-ess addltL onal acres
sultable for f\rnther industrial expanslon ln the Ctty of Burllngame,
and flna11y, a tremendous lncrease ln the sales tax reveme w111 be
generat e d.
Refererrc e was made to a comnn:nlcation on fl1e, receLved by the Planning
Consultant fnom the BurlLngame Elementary School DLstrlct, advlsing
1n essence, that the potentlal Lncrease Ln the number of chlldren w111
be accepted as th6 responslblllty of the School Dlstrlct.
RECESS
A bnlef recoss was d.aclared by the Chair at 9:140 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
The meetlng was cal1ed to.orderi at 9:50 p.m.
W. Z. A. St5,cke1, 112O Oxford RoaC, expr.essed hls approval
d€velopment and stated that 1t trshows a tremendous loreslght
objectlon wlth respect to school facllLtles does not appear
problemi the FLre Departmont Is rle1l quallfLed and equippeda fLne sl,tuatlon and traffic pr oblems are resolved as cLrcum
demends.
of the
;tr thetobeato handle
stance
!Ir. Anthur J.his approval
Burllngame . rr
Preston, 1026 E1 Carnlno Rea1, Broadway merchant, volcedto the proposed pnoJect as an rtasset to the Clty of
Mayon Pro Tempore Johnsonl s inqulry c oncerrrlng the effect on the
p:roperty should the recfessl-ficatLon be approved and the varLancss
not appr:oved, lnltiated conslderable discussion.
l4r. l,lcMillan advLsed that the property 1s ln reality, one parcel of
land and under the provlslons of the zonlng ordinance, only one
bulldlng per parcel l-s permitted; tho appllcant can make no pnactlcal
use of the proporty un1ess the varlancos were granted; it would be
economlcally unfeasLble to construct one bulldlng.. Ifr. McMlllan
polnteil out that Councll ls empowened, b7 lts ourn motion, to rezons
the property to its orlglnal M-I Dlstrlct status.
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l,Ir. l,Ic PI111an stated that the appllcant Ls slncere ln hls deslre to
prsocess the development to compfetlon; Lf, howevan, the variances
wene ilenied s:ld the tlevelopment dld not p:'oceed as planned, Councll
would have sufflclent timo to nestore the zonlng to its orJ,glnalclassiflcation prio:r to the pr.esentation of a n6w set of p1ans.
I,[r. Person, the appllcant, advised of hls lnterest Ln ths development
and assured Councll that h€ woulal not be lnterested ln constructlngsmaller unlts or to subdlvide the property and a letter to .that effect
would be filed with the Clty.
The Clty Attor.ney advlsed that there ls no legeil obllgatlon on thepart of the developor to proceed with the plans; once rezoned, theappllcants do not have to appear beforo the Comnlssion or the Councl1,as ln the lnstanco of varlance requests.
Mr. Robent Thompson, an Attorney, sooke on the sub.ject of rrplanned
development zonLngrr advlslng that rtit ls not a panacearr for lssuesthat may be resolved satlsfactorlly under Clty ordJ-nances througha contract agreenent and ln hls oplnlon, the prob lems that eDpearto have ar:ison are not lnsurmountable.
Questloned conce::ning procedure under a contract nethod, the CltyAttorney advised that the subject rrould requlre exploratlon from a
1ega1 standpoLnt.
The City Attonney advlsed to the contrary and stated that the C1ty,not havlng a rrpl-anned development zonerr c annot lmpose condltlons
upon an appllcatlon for reclasslflcatlon.
Councilman l,lantin expressed hLs reluctaneo to act, based on tr olssues: (1) the grantlng of a slmple reclassiflcatLcn and (2) thefact that the variancos are to be considered following actlon on the
rec 1as sl f1c at 1on.
Councl-lman Martln ques tioned w hethen the lssue may bo resubnlttod onthe basl,s of a rrplanned devolopmont zonsrf to whlch lnqulny IvIr'. McMll1anstated that consLdenable tlme wcul-d be lost ln prepar.lng an appr.oprlate
ordlnance and subsequentl-y, a detelled plan.
The Ctty Attorney concurrod, advislng that the owner can sel1 theproperty, however, 1n the lnterlm.
Councllman irlorgan observed that Councll has been requested merelyto rezons the property and questloned whethe? some assuranco can
be given that the c onstmctlon wlll proceed as pr:oposed.
Councilman l,Iartln suggested that the subJect be refemed to the
Planning Commlsslon to conslder speciflc tletails of the proposed
proJect and 1ts rec ornmendations bo submltted to Councll fo:r consld-eratlon wlth the reclas slflcati on requast.
The Clty Attorney advlsed that ln hls oplnion, ther.e would be no.
1ega1 obJect to proceeding wlth the vs:rlances and theneafter the
nec orrvnendations of the Planning ConmLsslon be submitted to CouncLlfor further conslderatlon with the neiclas sl flc atlon request.
Councllman i,lantln recommended:
(1) fhat the City Attonney and the SubdlvLder confer on the subjectof preparlng an approprlate contract that w111 be satlsfactorlyto the City and to the developer.;
(2) fhat the Plannlng Commlsslon pnoceed wlth hearlngs on the
varlance requests i
(3)That the rami.fl-catlons of the variances
Plannlng Coranl-sslon; and
be explored by the
([)Thet rec orunendatlonsto C ounc iI.of the Plannlng Commlsslon be submltted
Councilman Morgan, addlng further to the statenonts of CouncLlmanl{artin, reconnended that the followlng lssues a}so bo expl-ored by
the Planning CommLssion:
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(1)
(2)
(3)
The adequacy of flre protectlon;
The adequacy of the ltflne-f1ow;rl
The effect of the planned development on the
of the Ctty;
overall water pre s sure
(lr) Safeguarils nocessarXr to protect chlldren ( nothlng that the Clty
exponds $100.00 per month per man for cnosslng-guard. duty;
(!) The futuno plans to redesLgn the access road from Broadway
s outherly;
(6) ttrat sewego w111 cneate no funther und.ue burden upon the Clty;
(7) ftre plans fo:: the futr::re expanslon of the Sewage Plant; and
(8) Wfretfrer addltlona1 flne equlpmont sha1l be regulred.
Councl,lman Crosbyts lnqulry concernlng the flnancing of the proJect
was anslrored by l,Ir. Person who advlsed that there ls no questionthat the proJect w111 be other than successfully flnanced. U:.. Person
advls ed at this blme that he would be wl11lng to 6nter lnto a contractwlth the Clty of Burlingare to assure the completlon of the proJect
and to have the docrx?rent recorded. In reply to further lnquiries,
I{r:. Perscn advised that the open dltch ln the area wjLl be covered
and the servlce road lrld€ned.
Councllman Martln nequested that the Clty Clerk submlt
lncome on any gLven two areas c omprlslng thlrteon acres
property in the City of Burllngame.
the taxableof lnCustr'laI
Councl].man Martin further reconunended ttrat the
Lnvestlgate:
Planning Conrnissl-on
(1) The proposed flve-foot setbacks on Ca:rolan Avenuo (proposed)
and the Bayshore Boulevard (lnstead of the nequired 15 feet)ln relatlon to
(2)
(j)
(L)
the location of the proposed parklng structures.
The an6a proposed for necreatlonal usage;
A recommendatlon from the Corrnrlsslon wlth respect to whether the
balanco of the adJacent property should be reclasslfled. to usgs
othen than cormerclal; and
(5) ttre potentlal numb er. of chlltlnen, based on Stanford surveystatlstics.
Councll thereafter concurred that all speclflc detalls aforementioned
be referr:ed to the Plannlng Commlsslon fon report to Council at lts
ear'l1e st convenLencs.
Councilman Martin noved that the publlc hearlng on the r.equest for
rec las siflc ation of property subrnLtted by the Bur}lngarne Shore Land
Company be contlnued to the regular meetlng on I4ay 6, 1963.
The motion was seconded by Counci lman l4organ and unanlmously carr.led.
C O]'O{UNl CA T1 ONS
1. COMPLETION OF RECODIFICATION
A corrnunlcatlon from the Clty l,{anag er, datsd }larch 29, 1963, advlsed.that the Book Pub1l shlng Corrlp &ny has completed the rocodlfLcation ofthe Cltyrs Ordlnances and legislatlon ls nequlred to enact sald Codelnto law.
The Clty Attorney was nequested to prepare appropr'late leglslati.onfor Council actlon at the next regrrlar meetlng.
2UO
A cormunlcatLon from the Clty Manager, dated March 29, 1963, advlsedthat the Eplscopal Church of the AscensLon, 1801 tlonteclto Way i.nthe l{111s Estate has requested permlssion to place a directional
sLgn on the west slde of EI Camlno Real. north of Trousdale Dniveand his Offlce rec orunends that the request be granted under provLslonsof OrdL nance No. 690.
Councll concurued wlth the rec orrnenCa tl, on and, penmLsslon was granted.
2. DIRECTIONAL SIGN FOR EPISCOPAL CiIURCH APPROVED
3.STREET BESURFACING PROGRAM
A corumrnication from the Dlnector of Publlc lrlorks, dated l,Iarch 2t,
1961, requesting authorlzatlon to advertlse for blds for a st:.eetresurfaclng p r\cgram was held for further study.
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A comrmrnlcatlon fr.om Cyn:s J. McM111an, Attorney, nepr.esentLng
Eugene C. Slgnarowltz, appeallng to the Clty Councll from action
taken by the Plannlng Commlsslon with r€spect to a vanlang6 applLca-tlon submLtted by his Offlcs on behalf of Eugene C. Slgna:rowitz.
Monday, April 1!, 1963, was scheduled to hear the appeal 1n a
pub11c hearLng.
APPEAL EUGE}IE C. S]GNARO}ETZ VARTANCE APPIICATION
. CASH PAYMBIT PERIOD PARK]NG DISTRICT E;{TEIID@
A comrmrnLcation from Kenneth I. Jones, Attonney, lleconmendlng thatthe cash payment per.lod on Parklng District No. 1 be extended from
ltlarch 25, 1963 to lqay 7 , 1!61, was concumed ln- by motlon of
Councllman llartin, secondod by Councilman l,4organ and unanimous 1y
c arrL 6d.
ttAp
6. APPO]NT},Iil.TT OF NEGOTIATOR WI TTII{ELD
Actlon on the recornnendatl on of I,1r. Kenneth I. Jones, Attorrrey,
under date of l,lar. ch 28, 1963, that Council act on the appointmentof a negotlator to approach property owners wlthln the Parklng
Dlstr:lct No. 1, was withheld until the regular meetlng, Aprl1 15, 1963.
.,ALTERAUONS OLD POIJCE STATIOI{ COMPI,EIED
Councll havLng been advised at the last regular neetlng that thealteratlons and remodellng of the OlC Po11ce Statlon hava been
comoleted satisfactorily, Councllman Crosby lntroduced and moved. the
pas s ag e of RESoLUTIoN No. l0-5J rrAcceptl ng Work snd Authorizing CltyManagerto@t1onA1terat1ons01dPo11ceDopartment
Bulldlngtr seconded by Councllman i,lorgan and unanlmously adopted. upon
Ro1I Ca1I of rnembens present.
RESOLUTIONS
RESNLUTION NO.1-6rnanc e o. 7 A tlop ti polntlng Time and Place of Hsarlng of
ng by Reference Wostern Plumblng Officials
961 sattton and Appendices Theretorr sal,d.
been read first by tlt1e, was lntroduced
Counc l1maa },lartin, seconded by Counc ilman
dopted on Ro11 Ca1I of membors present.
ttRequestlng the Greater Highways Corueittee ancl
ereof of San Mateo Cor:nty to Make Certain Chang€s
Unif orrn Plumbing Code, 1
ordlnanc e t'to . 782 havlngfor passage on motlon of
Morgan and unani.rnously a
A publlc hearlng was scheduled Monday, ].,Iay 6, 1963.
RE soLUTroN N0. i2-63
A memo to Council from the Clty l{anager, dated l"larch 29r 1953,
reporting on devolopments of the Clty-Countir Bond Issue Highway
Prognanr was acknowl-edged and hls re c ommendeti on that a formal
r.esolutlon be adopted. stlpulatlng the Cltyrs lnterest in the ne-
allocatlon of irighway fund.s was concurred in by Councll.
RESOIUITON NO.2-6teuttee
and SubstltutLons 1n the Clty-County Hlghway Plantr was lntroduced by
Councllman Crosby, who moved 1ts pessage, seconded by Councllman
I,lorgan and unanlmously carrled on Rol1 Ca1I of nembers present.
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RESLLIITIoIL 1L0. 33-63 rrA Resolutlon Ca11i ng for Bld.s on Sa].e ofFlrst sale - $J00.000.rtInrpiovernent Bon-ids Earklng Dist::lct No. 1-(Aprt1 L5, 1963) wes lntroduead for passago on motlon of Counc llman',Iorgan, seconded by Councllman l,l.artln and unanlnously carrled on
Ro11 CaIl of membens present.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. ACQU]SITION LAGUNA AVENI]E LOT
For purposes of clariflcation on the current status of the acquisltlon
.of Lot No. L on Laguna Avenue proposed as an off-street parklng faclIlty,
owned by Dr'. Nells Neustrup, a co u?tunLcatlon from Wl1sey, Ham and B1air.,
dated Febru ary Ll, 1963, urged the pu:rchase of the property as a deslr-
ab3.e off-street parking Iot wlthtn the Broadway Dlstrlct.
Comrrrunlcatl ons from the City l"lanager. under dates of February 28, 1963
and l,tarch 28, i-963, were also read. The latter communi cati 6n advisedof a necent conference wlth ],1r. Joseph Ga11igan, Attorney, nepresentlngDr. lloustrup and the Clty Attorney, the rBsult of whl. ch indlcated
three courses of actlon that may be taken: (1) Continuation ulth the
condemnatton proceedings (a cost to tlr e Clty of approxlmately
excluslve of 1ltlgatlon costsi (2) Exchange of Lot 26, owne d bfor Dr. Neustrupts Lot No. f; (3) Concentr.atlon on the purchasIot No. 27 from I4r. Abbott Ln ord.er to obtal-n the appurtenant
over Lot No. 1.
$35, ooo. oo,y the Cityeof
e as ement
-A drawlng was dlsplayed ll,lustratlng the clty-owned lot (No. 26) theAbbott lot (No. 27) ot Paloma Avenue arrd pnoperty owned by D:r. Net1s
Neustmp (lncludlng Lot No. 1) on Laguna Avenue, and a twelve-foot
easement owned by l,tr. Abbott to servlce the ares.
Conslderable dlscusslon arose on the $35r000.00 estimat6d to acqufu.eLot No. 1, hrl th the general consonsus of Council lnd.lcatlng obJectlonto the excesslve oxperidlture. The n€cesslty of purchasLng Lot No. 27on Paloma Avenue as a parklng facillty in the future was b::lefly
dl s cus se d.
M:r. Ga1J,lgan, Attorney, advlsed Councll of the wlllingness of hlsc11ent to dedlcate hLs lnterest 1n the easement to the Clty ln exchangefor the wi thdrarral of the condemnatLon sult filed by the Clty againstLot No. 1.
A motlon was introduced thereafter by Councllman i{artln that the
subJect be referred to the Clty Att orney to negotiate vrith th6 ownersfor the acqulsitlon of the easement and that J.n exchange therefor, theCity Attorney be authorlzed. to wlthdraw the condemnatl-on procsedingsftled by the Ctty agaLnst Lot No. 1. The motion lras seconded by
Councllman I4organ and th6 vote reconded as follows:
Ayes: Councllmen: Johnson-Mar.tln-Morgan
Noes: Councllmen: Crosby
Absent Councllmen: Lorenz
2. c0!,,1'EssI0N APPoINIii,IEIITS PoSTPoI'IED
The Chab announced that reappolntments to the Plannlng Commlsslonwould be made at the next regular meetlng.
2 PROCLAI,lATION
The Chalr proclalmed Apr:l1 1[, 1953, PAN AMERICAN DAY and the weekfollowlng PAN AI.IERICAN WEffi.
4 . EI,IPLOYEE REQIIEST FROI,I LOCAL NO.73
A memo to Council from the Clty lrlanager, deted March 29, 1963, advis€dthat a corrlnunicatLon recelved from i"Ir. E. W. Kenney, Buslness Maneger,
lfun1.clpal. Employees Unlon f,oca1 $73, representlng street and water
employees, requested CounclJ- audlence to negotiate employee fringebenefit requests.
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The Commrnlcatlon from Mr'. Kenney was read 1n I\r11 and set forth thefollowlng polnts for negotlatlon wlth the Clty Councll: (1) Eealthand Fospltallzatlon to be fu1ly pald by the Clty; (2) Overtlmecompensat5.on; and (3) Stand-By Tlme.
The communlcation was acknowledged and flled for futune neference.
5. FIRE DEPARTMENT APPRoPRIATI0N
A memo from the Clty l,lanager, deted l[ardn 29, 1!61, necormended thatthe Flre Departmont be permltted to use an unencumbe:red balance Lntts Capltal Expend!.ture Budget to purchase thnee breatlng apparatus.
The recomnendation wasto advertise for b 1ds.
concurred 1n and the Clty l{enager requested
5. RETIREI,ENT ADJUSTMENT SuRvEy
A memo fnom the City Manager:, dated Nlarc}: 29t 1961, advlsed that a
r1ep1y from the State Bnployees I Retlrement System Lndlcated that
adJustrents in retlrement benefits must be applLcable to all retlred
employees ln the sams category and an actuar.lal revaluatlon ls required.to deternlne the cost of granting beneflts to employees who retl:.edprLor to February I, l95l+.
Councllman l,lorgan moved that the actuarlal l:evaluatlon arld the
necessary oxpenditure thenefor be authorlzed and approved, second.ed
by Councllman Martln and unanl-mcusly carrled.
7 DU,I,IP OPERATOR STA?EI,IF]NT OF FINANCES
A statement from the Accountant of Rorneo Jo1y,
the latterts ?evenues and expendituresfor thefor cllscussion at e. future alate.
8. BUS TRANSPORTATION ooMM]TTEE
The Chalr acknowledged a progress report
representatlve on a Transportatlon Study
Dump Operator, indlcatlngyea,", 1962, was held
Eunter, Cl-tyt "
9. UNITED NAT]ON PABTTCIPATION
The Chalr arulounc e d. that Mr. S. W. Grundy, lnstrumental ln formlng a
North San Mateo County Chapter of the Unlted Natlons, has requestedthat a cornnlttee of sLx be appoLnted 1a the near futr:re.
10. CITY TREAJTIRER COMPENSATION
The Clty Attorney was requested by the Chair. to prepare an approprlate
r.esolutlon to Lncrease the compensation of the Clty Treasurer for
adoptlon at the n6xt regular meetlng.
ACKI.JOWLEDGI,iII{TS
The Chalr aclcrowledged the presence of a numbor of the Clty
Commlssloners ln attendance.
NEI,J BIISINESS
1. RETIRING C;IAIR],IAN OF COUNCTL
Mayor Pro Tempore Johnson sxpressed the regret of the Council ln
the prolonged 1I1ness of t4ayor Joseoh H. Lo::enz and announced that
a placque would be presented to him in acknowledgment of his Chal nman-
shlp of the City Councll durlng the past year.
2. ELECTION OF'MAYOR
from 1{r. J.
Corrrlttee.
Councllman l,lorgan placed the name of Charlotte Johnso
for the posltlon of Chalrman of the Board and l'layor o
Burllngame for the forthcoming year.
nlft n nominetlon
he City of
There being no furthe:' nomlnatlons the nomLnatLons were declared
closed and Courtc 1lman Charlotte Johnson was duly 6lected Chalrman
of the Boaral and Mayor of tho Clty of Burlin€amo.
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?MAYOR PRO TE]4PORE ELECTION
CouncLlnnn Morgan placed the name of R. Davl d Martln 1n nominatlon
for the posltlon of Mayor Pro Ternpore for the forthcoming year.
There belng no further nominations, the nominatLons wer"e decla:red
closed and Councllman R. David MartLn was duly elected Mayor Pro Tempore.
ADJOURIN.IENT
The meeting was regrrlarly adJourned at 11:11! p.m.
Respec tfu11y submitted,
RBERT K. 1iIHITECity Clerk
APPROVED:
0 ORE
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