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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1961.01.03271 Bu.::11ngame, CaI lfornla Januar)r 3, 1961 CALL TO ORDER A contlnued meetlng of the Clty Councll, adJourned from Decenber ll ,196O, at r*rlch tlrc no tr€nben of the Councll appoared, was calledto onder by Mayor Mcr gan at 8:OO p.m. NOLL CAIL Pnesent - Councllnen: Bynd - Johnson-Lor enz -Mor" ganAbsent - Councllmens Booth Councl lnan Rooth, absont because of 111ness, was oxcused on motlonof Councllrmn Johns on and secondstt by Councllman Byral. There appea:rln8 to b6 no buslness to transact, CouncllEen Br?d moved that the e ont lnuod msetlng be adJ ourned, seconded by Councllnan Johnson and unanlmous ly carrieil. (8:05 p.n.) JanuarTr 5, 1961 CALL TO OBDIa A regular aeetlng of the Bunl lrga na Clty Councll was held on the above glven date. Meetlng calIed to order" at 8:O5 p.mo1 - llayor Mor:ganln the 6ha1:r. PTEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At word fron the Chalr, al P1edge of Alleglance to th n the Councll Chamber aroge and geve thelag. 11eF ROLL CALt Pre s€nt - Councllmen: Byrd-Johnson-L@onz -MorganAbsEnt - Councllmn! Rooth Councllmsn Rooth, absent because of 11Iness, wag excused on rnot 1on of Councllnan Jobnson and soconded by Councllman Byrd. I,IINUIES PREVf OUS IIIEETr]IG The mlnutes of the pr"evLous nretlng of Decenber 19, 1960, as subdttedto rembers rere unanlnously app:roved and adopted on motlon of Councll- man Johnson and seconded by Councllman Lonenz. COTIIII'NICA TIONS 1. BAY PARK COMTONT STATTON ACCEPTD A comrnrnlcatlon from the Ctty MElager, d.atod Deceniber 50, 196O, advisedthat the constnuctl.on of the new comfort statlon ln nay Park has been lnspectetl and f ound to meet tho regulromnts of ths plans snd speclfl-catlons. It was the rec onmend.atl on of the Clty Englneer and the Clty Manager ttut the prcJect be accepted. Councl lman Bynd moved ttrat ths Councll concur and lntnoducad for passage, RESOLUTION N0. 1-60 nAcceptlng Wcnk Confcnt Statlon - Ray Parkr Job 6o-1?tr soconded by Councllnan Lorenz and adopt ed. unanL mousl y on ro11 call of merbens presont. 2. WT AT DONNETLY AI{D I{RTON AVENTIES A report from th6 Clty liianager, dated Doc6&et' 30, 1960, concer.ntng the usage of the vacant lot at Donnelly Avenue and Lorton Avenue and. recom- mend lng that the Clty subnt t an ctrfer to the orner for: the contlnuedrental of the lot as art off-stroet parklng faclllty, was held fon studyat th6 r.6quest of Courtel1nAn BJrr.al. 5. REPORT ON DONNELLY AVENI'E (ONE.WAY OR TWO.WAY STREET ) A detallod analysls on tho lssue of determlnlng rhother to create 21?- Donnel]-y Avenue Lnto a two-way stroet on that lt ::emaln as a one- way street, was submltted by the Clty }ilanager, in a commrnlcatl on, dated December 3O, 1960. Some dlscussion arose whereln ttre Clty Manager advlsed tleat the Iloalth, Safety and I?affic Colomlssion has reconrnendod that Donne]-ly Avenue be created Lnto a treo -way streeti however, no reason to Justtfy the change acconpanled tho recommendatlon. Councll concu:rred wlth the recommendatlon of the Clty Managor that the subject be agaln referred to the Eealth, Safoty and Trafflc Comnlsslon wlth a request tht the recommendation subnrlt data to Justify the request for the ciunge. 4. REPORT ON REVTSED POL]CE RULES AND REGUIATIONS In a merb to Council from tho City Mana ger, d.ated Decenber' 50, 1960,the menbers wene advlsed that a confer€nce has beea held vith rspresentatLve membors of the PolLce Depa.r tment relatlve to the proposed revlsed ru].es and reg*latlons for tbe DepartrEnt and. aflnal report w111 be subnrltted to Councll at a futurs date. Thereport was the:reaftor accepted as a progress report. ORDINANCES Non6 UI{FINTSIIED BUSINESS 1. BROADWAY OI"F SIREET PARKTNG PROPOSAL In reply to the Chairts req:est concerning disposltlon of the Broadway Off Stneet Per.klng proposal, the City Manager advlsedthat upon receLpt of lnformatl on from the enginoering f[ r:m of Wl)-sey errd Eam, a report sha1l be submLtted to Councll at thenext regular roetlrg. 2. CAROI,AN AVENIIE The City Managon ad.vLsed ttr at a report from the Kalser Industr.Les,Inc., concorning the purchase of lts properties on Carolan Avonue,is antlcipated in the inredlate future and shall be submltted to Counc 11 . 3. TRAFF]C FLOW VJIT;IIN CITY The Clty l{anager advlsed that the subJect of a trafflc flow patternfor the Clty ls stl 11 undor study. 4. PLAI,INII'IG ADVISoR DUTIES (REsoLUTroN) Conslderable dlsqrssl,on ar.ose on a proposed resolution CnoatLngOfflce of Plannlng Consultalt snd kescrLblng fts DutLos and the Method of Fixlng Its Compensatl- onn the subJect of vrhich has bsgnhold for study over a perlod of tirm. The Council took cognizance of tho servLces currently belng perforrcd by the PlannLng Consultanti howover, lt was the genoral conaonsus thatths contractual servlces of tho Plannlng Consultant slrould be ponformed on a |tflexiblet and fo? t Lre tlne belng, on an tre4erLencetr basLs. A motlon was theroafter lntroduced by Councl.kul Loronz tbat thesubJect be tabled, seconded by Counellman Byrd. On the questlon and ln reply to lnqulries of CouncLlman Johnson,the Clty Attorney related lncLdents of the Councll pnion to theprepa::etlon of tho proposed resoLuticn and statod tbat whl1e theadoptlon of the ordLnance is desirabl€, a contract ls tra1l thatls 1ega1Iy neeessary. tr The Planning Consultant, also in r"ep ly to CouncLlman JohnsonraLnqul.rles, advisod of hls inteu1tt on to fulfl}]. the dutles speclfledln hls contract and tbat fallure to edopt the proposed. nesolutlon wo uId. not lnternupt hi.s servlce to tb€ Ctty. 213 A vote on th6 motlon to table the subJect was thereafter :rocorded as unanlmous. ].IEW BUSINESS 1. PREPARATION OF A CAPITAL BUDGET Reference wag nade by the Chalr to a c ommrnlcatl on from the Clty Manager, orlglnally dateal Febru ary 25t 1958, and resubmltted. to CounclL on thls date, c oncer.ning the prepa::atlon of a Capltal Buclgat. Tbe commurdsat lon advl,sett that rthe Capltal Budget ls concerned with the plannlr:9, schedullng and flnanclng of all physlcal lmprovernents such as streets, sowersr parks, bulldlngs ard other assets of a nore or: loss per manent natur€. It p::esents aprlorlty llstlng of the lrryrovemen ts noeded and a balan96d prosenta- tlon of'tlre revsnues to flnanco these various proJects.r varL oua forms to lnltlate the program accompanled tbe conmunlcat1on. At the request of the Cheir for CouncLl to commont, Councl lman Byrdlnltlated the digcugslon by stating that he bad no obJectl,on 1npninclple to the Fro gram but rlt wll1 requiro mo ro tban a casual motlon to effectuate a planr and lt rsas hls suggestJ.on that no actlon be taken prlor to tho next regular neetlng. Councllmsn Loronz oxpressed hls lnablllty to vote p ri.or to glvtng some study to the subJect and added that he nhoped that the antlcl- pated revenuo from the salos taxr was not a facton ln bnlnglng tho suble ct befone the Council. Councllrnan Johnson stated that ln her oplnlon the subJect npnlted conslderatlon but some study was necessary prlor to teklng formaL actl on. Mayor Morgan e:pressed c oncur"rence wlth the vj.ews expr:essed by the Councll, statlng that although he obJected to the sales tax rBe thodof obtelnlng aaldltlonal revenuo, he would prefer to seo the money -r€talnod on doposLt. Commentl ng that the Clty haa rrearmarked 5S ot ttre sales tax revBnue for the retluction of property taxes, Mayor Idorgan addod that ln his oplnlon, the new flre and pollco statlons should bo pur.chased by cash lnstead of by rbonded lndebtednessfl and fur.ther, that parklng meters should be elimfueted ln the City of Burl lngarao . CounclLman Jobnson requ6sted that the rocord acknowled,ge her obJec-tlon to the fallure of Councll to stipulate how ttre nesulting 5OSof the sales tax rovenue ls to be allocated, statlng that she wouldprefer that more tinen 5$ of the revenue be aLlocated to neduce theproperty tax. Councilman Byrd, replying to the statement of }{ay or Morgan, concerrrlngthe ellmlnatlon of parklng meters wl thln the Clty, stated that ln hls oplnLon, the establlshment of a parkS.ng moter system ls a f aLr m6 ans whereby revenue nay be adtlod to the funds of tb6 Clty; that a lot purchased by the Clty fon an off street park lng feclllty, deprlvesthe Clty of tax revenue and that nevery plece of g:ro und maale neutralcosts the ta:<payen.n CouncLlman BJrrd steted that pnoJects so::e1y needetl by the Clty have been dolayed because of ttre lack of fLnances and whlle he ls ln concurr€nc€ wlth Councll vlews on allocatlng salestax revenue to noduce the property tax, a pontlon of the revonuo should. be allocated for the expendl-hrre of capltal lmpr. ovement s. Followlng a brLef discusslon, the subJect of a trCapltal Budget n washeld for Councl} study. ADDITTON TO RECREATION CEI{TER Mayo:: Mo::gan questloned the Ctty Manager concorrrl.ng certain ccrrectlonsto the new addition to the Becreatlon Center and. was advised. that thearchLtect ls cognlzant of certaln ml.nor deflclencLes to be connected and that a portlon of th6 paynent 1s belng vdi thhelat pendlng sald. c orre ctl on. 214 SotrE dLscussion arose on the Ilabl Ilty of both the archltect and th€ contractor ln roLatl on to the plans that wene approrred. The Clty Engineon stated that tt was hLs personal oplnlon thet the archltect cennot be held 1lable lf the plans wer6 acceptedwlthout the faclllty lndl cat6d and the contrector therefor can-not be he ld llable. fhe Clty Attorney, speaklng brlefly on thelssuo, confLrmed the statenert, of the Clty &€lneer. LOUIS F. COTAGTOVANNI CHAMBER OF COMMT,'RCE PRESIDEI'IT Mayor. Morgan ackrowledged the presence of and lntnoduced norlyolected Chenben of Conmerce Presldent, Louls F. Colaglovennl,rtro responded with a few approprlate words. PURCHASTNG PROCEDURE TO BE INTESTIGAIM Councllman Lorenz lnltlated conslde:rab1e dlscusslon nlth a reguest that the Ctty Attomey and, the City Manager lnvostlgateth6 Cltyts current purchaslng procedure. Tbe Clty Attorney advlsed that the Statc l€glslatu:re, severa] year:s ago, added a sectLon to tho govonnment code spe c lfylng that dtlesshall adopt a rpollcy and proceduren or.dLnance fon t tre purchaseof supplles and mater la1s. The CLty Manegen stated that tbe provls,l on itakes away the rlghtof horne rulen and th at ln hts oplnlon, the questlon ls nshal1 theClty have such an ordLnance because the State says they gba1I e bocauae the City needs onc?n Ttro Ctty Managot stated that hc ulo uld not oppose tho onactment however, of an ordlnance Lf Councllso de sl red. For tho lnfonmation of Councllmsn Lorenz, ![ay or Morgan exp la lnedthe cunrent punchaslng pnocodu:ro of the Clty, addlng that theCtty of Bur.llngame 1s a home comrunity and rE thods employetl c annotbe coarpared wlth those of large cltles. I'ollowlng conslderable dlscusslon, a motlon ras lntroduced by Councllman Lot er,z, that the Clty }tanager and ths Clty Atto:rneylnvestlgate the Cltyts ptresent procodune of purchaslng and there-after r: econrnend to the Clty Councll whether or not lt rm ul.tl be appr.opnlate to c hange the Cltyts curront system of purchasi.ng to conform to the sectlon, or portlon thenoof, of tho Govorntred Codo rolatlve to the enaetment of en ondlnance establlshlng a purcbaslng pollcy and procodure. Tho roobl on ras s econded by Councllman Byrd and carrled. ADJOURNIIENT The neetlng was thereafter reguJ.arly adJourned at 9:15 p.m. Re spe ctfully s ubmlt te d IIENBEBT K. WHI1EClty Clertr AP L. B. MOBGAN,or /t \