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Bu:rllngame, Callfornla
July 16, 1962
CALL TO ORDER
A regular noetlng of the Burlingare Clty Council was held on the
above glven date. Meeti.ng called to onden at 8:00 p.m., by
Councllroan ldorgan, appolnted by nembors of the Councll to servo
as actlng ChaLrman.
PLEDGE OF ALI,EGIANCE
and gave
ROLL CALL
Prosent - Councl]men: Cro sby-llart ln-MorganAbsont -Councllmen: Johnson-Lorenz
Councllmea Johnson, absent bocause of a prLor cofinltmsnt was 6x -
cused. on motion of Council-nan Martln and seconded by Councllnan
Crosby.
Couacllman Lonenz, absent becauso of l1Iness, was excused. on motLonof Councllman Cnosby and seconded by Councllman MartLn.
]dIl.IUlES PREVIOUS I'IEL-TINGS
The mlnutes of the provlous meeting of July 2, L962, submltted toCouncll, amended to record that ln the rnatter of the hearLng on theproposed changes and modiflcatlons, Bu:n11ngame Avenue Parlrlng Dls-trict, r'J. Ed. Mc0lel1an, Chalr.man of the Dlstrlct ComrnLttee,advlsed that there was no collrrslon ln connection wlth the lncluslonof the Lucky Stores lnto the Dlstricti the Company slgned uncon-dltlonally and tho lots wore selocted by the proJect Englnee:rs
and the members of the Parklng Conr.mltteo wlth no conference wlth
Lucky Stores, Inc.?t were unanlmously approved and adoptecl on motLonof Councllman Martln ancl seconded by Councllman Crosby.
The rnlnutes of the edJou?ned meeting of July 7, L962, submitted to
Councll, were unanlnously aponoved and adopted on motlon of Councll-
man Crosby and seconded by C ounc ll-nan Martln.
BIDS
Bids for the wld.oning of CALfFORNIA DRIVE fron Oak Grov6 Avenue to
Bnoadway (Job 61-13 L{CS-95) oponeal at 2:00 p.m., In accordancowith legal notice publlshed, woro doclanod as follows:
At $'or:d fnom the Chalr, all
the Pledge of Alleglance to
Bragato Pavlng Co.Flsk, Ffuenze and McLainB. Fontana & Sons, Inc.Lowrle Pavlng Co.L. C. Smlth
ln tho Councll Charnbor anose
the F1ag.
$76,454.7o
841449.6A
82, 955 .56
8L,247.25
79,528.50
Englneenrs Estl$ate 89,497 .35
Counc 1lman ]t{art ln lntnoduced for pas sage,EESOLUTIOItr NO. 41-62rAward lng Contract for Cal1fornLa Drlve ng-Oa Groveen
Avenue to Broadway - Job No. 61-15 - I{CS-93 to the Bragato PavlngCo., tho lowest responsiblo bldder, seconded by Councllman Crosbyand unanlmously adopted upon Ro1I Call of memba?s present.
COhlI.[UNICATIONS
1. SEWER LINE ON ADELTNE DRIVE FEPT,ACET)
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A communlcatLon from the Clty Manager., dated July I3, 1962, ad-
vlsed that due to addltional subdlvl.sLon constructlon, lt ts
necossary that tho sewer 1lne on Adel-lne Drlvo be replaced. Thelnstallatlon proposed shall be located ln the Burllngarae HlJ.ls
Sewer }laintainonce Dlstrlct, wlth the County of San }Iateo
assuming one-thlrd of the cost and the nemaLnlng two-thlrds ofthe cost to be allocated from the Cltyts Sewer SLnklng Fund.
Councll concur.nlng, Councllman Crosby lntnotluced for passage,
RESOLIITION NO. 42-62 |tAuthorlzln g Executlon of Supplenentany Agree-
nent For Replacenent of a Portlon of the Burllngame H11Is Sewer
Malntenanco Dlstrlct Sewer Linet seconded by Councllman Martln
and adoptod unanlmously upon Ro1I CaII of membens present.
2. JoIIN PERRIN REQUESI Ilv!@T4Ti__Ipl_ PIEIEASE
A communlcatlon f::om the Clty Manager, d.ated July 15, 1962, sub-mlttlng a comranlcat lon from !t!:r'. John Perrln, 5OO lloward Avenue ,Burlingarne, advlsed that the latter has requested., for personal
busi.ness reasons, that hls lot located at L223 Donnelly Avenue,
proposed for Lncluslon wlthln the bormdanles of the Parktng Dis-trlct be conslderod for lmmedlate purchase and that a reply to his
reoJ.est be submltted pnlor to August 10, 1962.
The subJect mattor. was r6ferred to Councllman MartLn, Chalnman,
Gouncll Off-Street Parklng Commlttee and llalson nember to the
Park 1ng Dlstrlct Commlttee.
3. BIDS AUTAORIZD FOR DRAFT]NG PIT CONSTRUCTTON
A comm:nlcatlon fnom the Clty Manager, dated July I3, 1962, re-
que stlng authorlzatlon to pnoceed ln the obtalnment of blds forthe constructlon of a 6 Drafting Plt at Flne Statlon No. 1, rvas
concurred 1n by Councll. An analysls on the approprlate locatlonof the Draftlng Plt, propared by the Chlef of the Firo Dopartment,
accompanled the commmlcatlon and recomnendatlon of the Clty
Managen .
4. EXCHAIIGE OF DRAINAGE EASEUE}qP (Summlt Drlve )
A cora'nunlcatlon from the Clty }lanager:, dated July 13, 1962, sub-mlttlng a comlnrnl catlon f}om I,[rs. John J. Zucca, 2628 Sumnlt D::lve,
advised that a roquest from the latter for the r.elocatlon of acity drainage easerrcnt to pnoperly constr:uct a swl mmlng pool on
said. pnoperty, has been lnvestlgated. ft was recommended that
Councll grant the request by dlrectlng the oxchange of easementsat no expense to the Clty and ln confonmance wlth pnepared engln-
ee::lng drawlngs.
Councll concurred. wlth the necommendation.
5. REqUEST FoR FEr,rCE ADJACEIflT 10 IIqK.INI,]JY SClOoL
A communlcatLon ftom th6 Clty Managen, dated July 15, 1962, ac-
companled by a letter fnom lilr. lil. E. Burns, 628 Fafufield Road,
advlsed of the lnconvenlence exporlenced and the nequest by thelatter that an adequate fence be lnstal1od betr'r€en h1s property
and the ad.Jacent McKlnley Gnanmen School prop€rty.
Tho Clty Manager advlsed that the matter ls outslde the Jurlsdlctlonof the Clty and neconmended that the problem be refonned to the
School Dlstrlct. Councll conctr,nred.
6. REPE&tr RE: REGIONAL WATER POLI,UTIOI CONTROL BOAFD
A report frorn the Clty lrlanager', dated. July 13, 1962, on the
standards r.e qul:red bfor tho protection othat the fol1ow1ng r.
w111 monL tor seld rra
obtalned as to the c
y the Reglonal Water Pollutlon Control Boardf rbonoflclaL water rrsesr and his recommendatloneport to the Board be approved: (1) The Cttyters as requlred and (2) Aftor experj.ence lsond.ltlons of sald waters, a further r:eport
shall- be subnltted, was concur.l3ed ln by Counc1l.
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7 MEilIOS RE: USE OF OLD CARRTAGE HOUSE: SHOOTTNG RANGE:
LEGISLATTVE PROCEDTJRE RE SAI,ARY INCRF,ASES
Clty T{anager memos, dated July L3, L962, reportlng on the statusof tho Po11ce Shootlng Range and the use of the s econil floon of
the 01d Carrlage Eouse for Park Department enployees end the legls-
latLve procedure to be adopted r.elatlve to salany lncreasos, were
acknowledged and placod on fl1e.
RESOLUTIONS
None
ORD]NANCES - Consideratlon thoreof :
oFD fNANcE No. 761- rrAn ordinance Amendl ng the Ordlnance Code of th6
Clty of Bu.rllngame By Addlng Theroto a New Section L222.27 Pro-hibttlng the Parklng of Vehlcles on the Eastorly Slde of E1 Canlno
Real East ServLce Road between Trousdale Drl-ve and Murchlslon
Drive end Authorizlng Dlagonal Parklng on the YJesterly SJ.de
Thereofn was glven Lts second readlng and on motLon of CouncLlrnan
Crosby, seconded. by Councllman Ifartln, sald ordlmnce passage lts
second. readlng and. was adopted by the following vote:
Ay€s: Councllmen: Crosby-Martln-Mor.ganlloes: Councllman: None
Absent Councllman: Johnson-Lorenz
OFD INANCES - fntroductlon theroof:
OEDINAi{CE NO. 764 Re peallng Sectlon 825 (C1as s l flcatlons, Posltlons
introdrrcod for firstand Compensatlon for Clty Employees ) was
readlng by Councllman Mar.tln.
Cormcllnsn i{artln advlsed that salary acljustments for 1962-1965
wLll- be processed by resolution at the tlme Sectlon 825 becormslneffectlve.
ONDI}IANCE NO. 765
was hls lntentlon to lntroduce OHD IN I{CE lLO.__? !E_, r6poa}1 ng pre -vlous Ieglslation, reservlng the rlght, however, to make hLsflnal determlnatlon on the occaslon of the second readlng of the
pnoposed Ordlnance .
Actlng Chalrman Mor:gan questloned the Iegal1ty of absent Councll
members votlng on the lssua at the next reguJ-an meetlng.
The Clty Attornoy advlsed that only on matters upon which a publlc
hearlng ls mandatony ls a member of tho Councll lnel1glb1e to vote
on tho flnal lssuelf absent at th6 tlns of tho pnesentatLon of
evLdence.
Councllman Ma::tln thereup on Lntroduced Om INANCE N0. 765 lrAn
theOrdLnance Repealing Sectlon 1171.8 (0rdinirnce Xo. f26T ot
Burlingane Ordinance Code, r for fLrst nead.ing.
UI{FIilTSEED BUSINESS
1. PROPOSED F'TVE HOI]R PARKI]'IG },IETERS ON CI{APIN AVE
The City Manager advised that th6 subJect of placlng fLvo-hou:'parklng noters on ChapLn Avenue ls cur.!.ently under conslderatlon
Councllrnan l'rtart in advlsed that Councll Ls currently ln the posltlon
of reachlng a tax rate whereby Sectlon 1171.8 of Ordlnance No. 726
(Sa1es Tax) lnterferes wl.th normal leglslation and from the nunborof communlcatlons recelved, he was uncertgin whethor actlon to
resclnd the section (providlng for tho application ot 5O"l of Salos
and Use Tax revenue to roduco property taxes) ls edvl,sable.
Councilman lilart ln stated that slnce the tax nate ls requlred to
bo set by September 1 and the curront budgot iras been adopted, 1t
4L
by the lleal-th, Safety and frafflc Conmlssion.
NEW BUS]NESS
Nono
CIAIMS
Clains, Month
$9s,40?.42, du
Councilman Cro
carnled.
of
1v
sb
Ju1y, J.962, Nos. 789I-8O47, 1n tho total- sum ofaudited, were approved for paynont on motLon ofy, secondod by Coulcllman lt[ant ln and unanlrnously
PAYROLL
Payroll warrants, irlonthtotal amount of $95,372.
man Cnosby, seconded by
of
55
Co
June, 1962, Nos. 8O25-8550, ln the
, rver6 appnoved on rnot L on of Councll-
uncllman Mantln and unanLmously canr'led.
rAn
ixofthe
PUBI]C HEARTNG
PROPOSED A},,IEI{DMENTS TO DIVISTONS 5 4 7 and to
o x ORD NA CODE
Actlng Chal::man Morgan announced that e publlc hearing had been
schoduted on thls occdslon to cons ider: amond.ments to tho Zonlng
Ordlnance proposed by the Plannlng Corunlssi.on.
OEDINANCE NO. 762
In outllnlng the p::ocedure to be observed, the Chafu stated thatDlvlsions 5, 4 and ? of the Zonlng Or:dlnancos would be flrst
c ons lclered .
The Ctty C1erk, ln rosponso to the Chalrrs inqulry, advlsed. thathls Offlce has necelvod no wrLtton protests on amend ments pro-
posed in Ordinance No. 762.
The Plannl,ng Consultant stat€d that procedural sectlons of theZorlng 0ndlnance - Dlvlslons 3, 4 and 7 have been ame nded. forpurposos of clarlflcatlon of wonds and lntent and thoreafter
read, Plannlng Commisslon Resolutlon No. I-62, nRecomnendlng theRevlsion of Dl,vlslons 3, 4 and 7; 10, 11 and, L2, Ar.tlcle 5O,Part X of the Bu:elLngarn O::dLnance Code and settlng forth thaflndtngs of the ConrnlssLon subsequent to lts publlc hoarlng.
Th€re belng no oral or wnltten protests and no oral- or wnltten
appnovals recelved, the publlc hea::ing was declared concluded.
Cotrncllman l,{art ln thereup on lntnoduced ORDfNANCE N0. 762
Ordlnance Amending Dtvlslons 3, 4 and. 7, ArtIale SO,
Burllngame Ordlnance Code and Pnovlding Procedures foclassiflcation of Land and fo:r the Grant of Varlances
readlng.
OFDI}IANCE NO. 769
Proposed anend.ments to Dlvlslons 1O, 11 and 12, Article 5O, PartX of the Zonlng Ordlnance were p:esented noxt for pub1lc hearing.
It was noted. that the Flndlngs of the Plannlng Comm:isslon as setforth ln lts Resolutl,on No. I related also to amend.rnent s above
ref e:rred to.
Parrtnf Re-
f i,rst
he
or
The City C1erk, ln reply to tho Chalr, advLsed thet a coruntrnlcationhas boen recelVed ft'om the Chief of the FLre Dopartment, d.atodJuIy I0, 1962, onterlng an obJection to certaln aspects of sub-sectlon iarr of Section i-97L.Z Antlcle 5O, on tho basis thatparklng spaces for automoblles rsLtuated on the sido yard areasof apartments or hotelsr would affect the ablllty of ihe Flre
Doparttment to move hose through tho area and would create a hard-shlp in ralslng ladders ln lnstances of rescue nork.
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There belng no further vrltten nor oral protests and no wrlttennor oral approvals recolveal, the Ctra fu' lnvlted Councll connents.
Councllrnan Mar:tin, throrrgh the Chaln, di::ected sevoral lnquirlesto the Planning Consultant:
I. SECTIoN 1958.1r Under ground. garages
(Sub-section "2') Questlon ralsed on the
At the concluslon ofnCommorcLal and lndus
Lng cl osed.
ln sotback ar€as.
malntenance of sultably
land.scapedrr areas.
The Plarmlng Consultant ad.vlsod that it was the obJectlve of th6
Plannlng Con-mlsslon to lnsure that a landscapod area to be plo-
vided and. established ln the record; whl1e there ls no provlslon
concernlng malntenance, lt ls reasonablo to assume that thero would
be an incentlve to naintain a landscaped area.
0n the question of whothor a brlck wa1l and. planter-tJpe land-
scaplng would be per dtted, ttre Planning Consultant advlsed
aff fumatlvely, ad.d.lng that there ls an unlimlted type of land-
scaping other than the plantlng of deep-rootecl trees.
2. SECTfON 1961 Exce ptlons to Lot Coverage Tabl6
A polnt on the clarity of Para[raph rt0't - Covered Vralk - was
dlscrrssed and. a questlon ralsed on whother a coverod walk connectlng
two buildlngs or along on6 slde of a bullding would be lncluded
ln the 1ot coverage, was reply to afflrnatlvely by the Plannlng
Consultant.
The Consultant furthor aalvised that the section provldes for a
serLes of excluslons, aII fa}llng lnto a category of trgarden us6s.r
3. SECTToN 1967:Sub-sectj.on rbrr Projection of flreplace chlnnoys.
Tho questlon was nalsed as to whether the Flre Department hadsufflcient space to operate wlthln the mlni rmrm 21 6n area proposed
between the chlrurey and tho sld6 lot 11ne.
The Plannlng Consultant advlsed that one of the major concerns 1sthe narrowness of nany of the l-ots ln the older soctlons of the0ity and while firemen could operate vrl thln the pr.oposed. area, somedifflculty may be experlonced ln th6 use of lts flre Iad.ders.
4. SECTIoN 7971.22 Re quLrements for Par.ticular TJses.
(Sub-sectlon rrarr ) Councllman Mantln exprless€d hLs concunence wlth
the obJectton ralsetl by tho tr'lro Chief pormlttlng parklng spaces lnside yard areas of apartm€,nts or hotels.
(sub-sectlon "cn) Motels (ono parking space per unlt)
In reply to the suggostion of Councilnan Martln that the sectLon bedeloted, the Consultant advised ttrat only sub-sectlon nhn - trswLn-
ming Poolsfl has been added to this sectLon slnc6 the adoptlon oftbe Zonlng Ordlnance ln 1954.
fn reply to Councilman Martj.nrs inqulry concernlng the addLtl-on of
a restaurant, ban, etc. on property hous lng a moteJ-, the Plannlng
Consultant read fnom portlons of a rrtable of requlrementstr sot
for.th in Sectlon L9'1L.2, Sub-Section itf n lndl catlng that rrall uses
m-rs t bo cornputed. It
ab
tnl
rlef questlon and ans[er period ona} Uses' tho Chalr declared the publlc b.ear-
Councllman Hartln thereupon lnt:roduced for flrst reading,ORDINANCE
No. 763 nAn Ondlnance Arnend.lng Dlvlsions IO, 11 and l-2, Artlcao 5O,PanEE of the Burllngame Ordlnance Code Regulating Set Back Llnes,Lot Coverage, Sl,de and Rear Yands and Automoblle ParkLng Spaces."
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The Chlef of the Fine Department was ad.vised thet his objoctions to
Sub-sectlon rrarr of Sectlon L977-.2, Article 5O, would be sustained
by the preparation and Lntroduotlon of an anentlment to the zonlng
ord lnance .
C]TT6NS OBJECTIONS RE: PROPOSFJD TAX RATE.
Considerablo dlscussion was initiated by )ilr. John l{ackesy, 1535
Columbr::s Avenue, F\'ed l,il/. Lehmann, Presiclent, Burlingame Pank
Improvement Club and several
zati-ort, expresslng ob jecti onrate by resclndlng a sectionulating the appllcation of 5
the members of the latter organi -tho proposaL to increase the taxthe Sales Tax Ord.inanco stlp-of the saLes tax revenue on tha
of
to
of
o"ireduction of property taxes for the purpose of asslstlng in the
flnancLng of the Off Street Parklng proJect. Ir. Lohmann also
spoke on tire objection of members to the inclusion within the
Parking Dlstrict of lots located on the west siale of EI Camino
R6aI.
ActIng Ch.alrman Morgan, ln eonsider.able detal1, explatned. thetax structure undsr: which the clty operat€s end wl-th referencoto the proposed inclusion of the E1 Camlno lots lnto the Distrlct,advlsed that an opportunity sha11 be granted. to all lnterestedpartles at the tlne the pub1lc he anlng on the Dlst::lct as a wlrolo
1s s ehed.uled.
ADJOURN},IE}.III
The meetlng was decl-arod. adjourned at 11:45 p.m.
Rospectfully subnltted,
HERBERTClt;' Cler:k
APPROVED:
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