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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1962.08.2060 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At wond fr.om the Chalr, allthe Pledge of AllegLance to Burllngame, Ca1 if onnla August 20, L962 in the Councll Chamben arose the F1ag. A regular meetlng of the Burllngame Ctty Councll was held on the above given date. Meeting ca11ed to onden at 8:00 p.m.r - Mayon Lorenz 1n the Chair. and gave ROLL CALL Present - Councllmen: Johnson-Lor"enz-MartLnAbsent - Councilmen: Crosby-Morgan Councilman Cnosby and Councllman Mongan, absent from the Clty and on vacatlon, were excused on motlon of Councllman Johns on and seconded by Councilman Martin. MTNUTES The mlnutes of the negular" meetlng of Augus t 6, 7962, submltted to Council prevlously, were unanimously approved and adopted on motlonof Councilman Johnson and seconded by Councilman Martln. the minutes of the adjounned meetlng of Augus t L0, 1-962, submlttedto Council, wene unanlmous 1y appnoved and adopted on motlon of Councilman Martln and seconded by Councilman Johnson. The mlnutes of the speclal meetlng of August 15, ).962, . prevlous ly submltted to Council, were unanlmously approved and adopted on motlon of Councifman Johnson and seconded by Councilman Mantln. SENATOR RTCHARD J. DOLWTG Mayon Lorenz introduced Senaton Rlchand J. Dolwig, 21st Dlstnlct, County of San Mateo, who spoke on the Senate ReapportLonmentfnltl-atlve Constltutlonal Amendment that will appear as Proposltlon No. 23 on the Novemben 6, 1962 Electton Ba11ot. Senator Dolwig spoke on the effect the inequitable 1 neapportlonment sha1l have on the County of San Mate every effor"t be expended to defeat a p::opositlon tha control of the State Gover.nment 1n the hands of poll atlons ln a few he avlly-populated countles.rr e gls lat ive o and urged thatt rrplaces thetlcal onganlz- A pr"epaned Resolutlon, rruncond ltL onally opposlng Pnoposltlon 2lrf was submLtted for Council endorsement. Councllman Martin, 1n malntaining his pollcy of wlthholdlng legls-latlon on measures of whlch Cor:nci1 had no prlor knowledge, suggestedthat actlon be deferred unt11 the next regular meetlng. Mayon Lorenz and Councllrnan Johnson Lndlcated theln approval to the proposed leglslation endonslng the defeat of Proposltl Councllman Johnson ther"eafter introduclng for passage, No. h9-62 rto ppos ing Pr"oposltlon No. 23,State Senate Re appor.t i.onmentte Ba11ot, Novemter 6, L962tl on No. 23r RESOLUTTON Inltlatlve Constltutional Amendment, Sta seconded by Councilman Mantln. A RolI CaII vote r.ecorded: Ayes: Councllmen:Noes: Councl-lmen: Absent Councllmen: Johns on-Lor:enz MantLn Cnos by-Morgan PETITION RE: ANNEXATTON PORTION ABMSBY ESTATE,IiILLSBOROUGII The Clty Cler.k announced necelpt of a Petltion fon [Annexatlon of Bunllngametr (Po:rtlon wi thln and Cecllia B. Spagnoll and Unlnhablted Tenri ton Town of Hl1ls borough to the Ctty offlled by PauJ-i Mlchael A. and Vlola M. Carel1a, r;nden date of Augus t 10,1962, 61 eriri tory Descnlbed Hereln and ng Notice of Tlme and Place fon duced by Councilman Martln, who moved 1ts adoptlon, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unaninouslycarrled on RoLl Ca11. The heanlng was scheduled for the proposed annexatlon on 0ctobe:r l, 1962. HEARING . VARIANCE: STEPi{EN SACCO.11 lr2 Capuchino Ave . The Chaln refenned to ectlon taken at the regular: meeting of Augus t 5,1962r whereln Councll, upon Lts own motlon, scheduled this occaJlon toreconsider a vanlance gr"anted by the Plannlng Connlssion to I{n. StephenSacco, to build a flve-unlt apentment on land zoned R-2 (1142 Capucfrlno Avenue . ) The.Chab recognlzed !&:. Sacco, who advlsed that the varlance wasgranted wlthout the knowledge that the lot was belng consldered fonlnc1uslon 1n a proposed Broadway Panklng Dlstrlct and that he has goneto conslderable expense ln the preparatlon of plans to lmprove the proper ty. MLss Dorothy Orack, repres6nting the Easton Realty Company, advlsedthat Mn. Sacco has an optlon to pur"chase the property and ln henopinlon, a plan to formrlate a Broadr"ray Parking Dlstrlct was too vagueto delay the lmpr"ovement of the subJect property. Mr,. Robent Levy, advlstng that he was speaklng as a prLvate cltizenln behalf of the Presldent of the Br.oadway Developrnent Assoclation, expressed uncertainty that the lot was considered fon incluslon ln a Par"king Dlstrlct and stated that the objectlon to the variance was based upon the oplnlon that (1) tt ts spot zonlng; (2) trre street 1s extnemely narr.ow; (3) tne area was not included 1n an apartment zoneat the tlme adJacent arees were rezonea; (k) 1ts locatlon ls 1n a con-gested areai (5) the varlance will per.mlt the appllcant to increasethe density to the maxlmum and (6) there ls no rrpnoof of han<ishlprlthat must be evident to grant a varience. Evenett Kindig, Chafu:man, Plannlng CommLsslon, concurred that the stneet Ls nannow; statlng that the Commi.sslon, howeven, was of the opinlonthat the anea 1s not appr.opr.late fon slngle faml1y nesidentlal usage and by consldenlng appllcatlons on the basls of varlances, rather than by a r"ezoning procedure, the Commlssl-on can control on the lssue ofdenslty. ConmlssLonen Ktndrg advlsed that the Plannlng ConmlssLon has approved sever.al var"lences ln this partlcular" area. Mayon Lo:renz steted that thene 1s a posslblllty that the stneet may be wldened and necommended that plans to lmpnove the property beBithheld at thls tlme. to Clty oF Eur.lfngame of Unlnhablte Deslgnated rrArmsby Propentyrtr and GIlear.lng of Protests T'heretorr was in Councll,man Johnson, Ln ::eferrl-ng to the stipulatlons requLned to mer.lt the grantlng of a varlance, expnessed concern with the legallty ofthe Inensaclion and que s tloned^ whethen the nspottt zoning ias Jirstlflable and whethen lt would be mor:e advlsable to nezone the entire street. RESOLUTI0N NO. <0-62 rrResolutlon Givlng Notice of Pnoposed Annexatlon In neply to Councilman Johngonls inqufuy concennlng the rrhandshiprt clause and the basls on whlch the varlance was granted, Comnlssione:r Ktndlg stated that the Commlsslon has as sumed the positlon that a. handshlp exLsts fon those havlng a single family or" a duplex bulldlngln thLs panticular area and an apantment butldlng ls practlcal so long as the Commlsslon can malntaln cont:roI . Inqulnles fnom Counc l1man Martln to the City Englneer., advlsed Councll that Capuchino Avenue from Br.oadway to Cannellta Avenue ls a one-way s tr"eet, with a .f lf ty-f oot rlSht-of -way and a thfuty-f oot wldttr from curb to cu?b, slmllar to many of the str"eets in that area. In reply al.so to Cor.rncllman Martln, and for purposes of comparison, the City Englneer advlsed that Florlbunda Avenue and Almer Road, upon which many apar"tment houses are located, are only thlrty-four foot stneets. Commls s lcrpKlndlg, replylng to Councilman }4artlnrs lnqulny concernlng a resolutlon adopted by the Planni.ng Conmlssion 1n connection wlth the reclasslflcation of pnoperties between Broadway and Carmellta Avenues, from EI Camlno Real to Callfonnla Dnlve, advised that a po1lcy was establLshed by rezoning the area fr"om R-2 to R-3; and concenned with the posstblllty of -substandard convensLon of property, dTlvltro 62 the one block of Capuchlno Avenue was retalned an R-2 classlflcatlon,with the Commission lndlcatlng that serious conslderatlon would beglven to apartment house usages by var:iance pr.ocedure. Councllman Martin stated that the Plannlng Conml-sslon ls thereforfollowlng a conslstent pattenn and sha11 malntaln control wlth r.espect to denslty. Councilman Mantln advlsed that nealtors andbullders are favorable to the conversion of pr"opertles to apar.tment house usage by means of a variance procedure without worklng a handshlp upon those who rLsh thefu. pr.opertles to remain flrstresldentlal. Councllman Ma::tln stated that the posslbility ofestabllshing a Broadway Parklng Distnlct was the motLve in protesting the variance. Purther discusslon concluded with Councllman Mantin movlng that theCouncll sustar.n and afflnm the actlon of the Plannlng Corrrlssion Ln appr"ovLng the appllcatlon for a vanLance nequested by l,lr. Sacco. The motlon was geconded by Councllman Johnson. A RolI Ca11 vote re corded: Ayes Counc i lmen : Counc ilmen: Coun c i lmen: Johns on-Martin Lorenz Cro s by-i{organ Noes: Abs e nt COM"IUNICATIONS: 1. PURCHASE OF POLICE CARS . BIDS REJSCTED A cornmunlcatlon fnom the City Manage:r, dated Augus t :.-5, L962, clani-fytng the blds submltted at the last regular: meeting for the flve new po11ce cars, lnltlated conslderable discussion, with membens ofthe Cor:ncll expnessing obJection to the ttprice adJustment clause[stipulated ln the bld of the lowest bldder.. A motlon was intr.oduced by Councilman Martln that the City Manager be instructed to declane the bids not acceptable and that new bidsbe invlted, seconded by CouncLlman Johnson and unanlmously carried. 2. PETITION AGAINST PARK - TERMTN,ITTON ROOSEVELT AVE. A communlcstion from the Clty Managen, dated Augr:s t 16, 1962, advlsedthat a petltion has been ftled by residents of Roosevelt Avenue opposing the locatlon of a park at the terml-natlon of Roosevelt Avenue as requested by a group of cltlzens at the last regular meeting of Counc i1 . Iilr. Edward D. Georger 2116 Roosevelt Avenue, spoke brlefly on the opposltlon of the residents, stating that a park Ln the area proposed would lnconvenlence home owners in the use of. theLr access dr.Lves and would deprive the resldents of the beneflt of the additional waten servlce to be installed by the subdlvlder; ln addltlon to which, there would be the pnoblem of policing the darkened area. Councilman Martln necommended, with Councll concunring, that the subject be held in abeyance, pending a report to be submitted bypetitloners favorlng the peservation of a park anea. 3. (a)MEMO RE! TEN-HOUR P,IRKING I,IETERS ON CHAPIN AYENUE A memo fr.om the Clty Manager, datsd Augus t \7, :--962, advised that sufflclent spaces fon ten, t.en-hour" parklng meters are avallable on the nor"thwes t sectlon of Chapln Avenue. Some question arose on whether the expendlture of approxima tely $650.00 for panklng meters Justifled tho converslon. Councllman Martln moved that the City Manager confen wlth Palrklng Meter agencles ln an effort to obtain a favor:able prlce, includlng lnstallatlon of meter:s. Th6 motlon wast seconded by Mayor Lonenz and unanlmous Iy canried. 3. (b)MEMO RE: SHOOTTNG FAC]LITIES A memo fnom the Clty Managen, dated August l6t 1962 ' advised that the members of the PolLce Department may use the new Coyote Polnt Shootlng Range facllltles at a cost of $3.00 pgr lear peli man._ It was noted thaE an expendlture of approxlmately S3r500.0o would be nequined to 63 re nden the shooting range at the City Dump usable. MEMO RE: REPORT JOrNT BAYLANDS DEVELOPI"IENT C0MMITTEE3. (c) A memo fnom the City Manager dated August L6, 1962, submltting a repont from the Joint Baylands Development Commlttee, advLsed that the latter has lndicated appnoval of ilan trAtr of the Paul L. Adamson Bay F:ront Extenslon of Stonm Drainage Facilltles Report, provlded the bay fnont channel ls conver:ted to a lagoon encompassing all the Cityrs propentles under the powen 1lnes. Albert S. Hor"wltz, Chalnman, Jolnt Baylands Development Corrnittee, nefer:ned to the Cormitteers comnunicatlon wher.e in 1t wes suggestedthat certaln polnts be furthen explored: (1) Dlscusslon wlth the County Recneation Department ln the handling of the dnalnage p:rovidedfor ln the rrFor:ce Malntr through the Countyrs lagoon: (2) Pnovlsionsfon ttdegates to malntain a controlled water leve1 in the trBay Fnont Channelrr between Sanchez Cneek and iranclsco Drlve and (3) tqegotiationswlth adjoinlng pnoper.ty owners to exchange acreage owned by the Cityfon acneage adjacent !o the Cityts dump propentles. A brief dlscusslon concluded with Mayor" Lorenz volunteenLng to confer:wlth Mr:. George Keyston, bayslde property owner. 3. (d)MEMO RE : CONSOLTDATION PARK-RECREATION COMTIISSTONS A memo fron the Clty Managen, dated Augus t 17, 1962, advised that onthe subject of comblning the Park and the Recreatlon Departments, rrlt would appear. that so long as the two departments wonk together ther"e Ls no great disadvantage ln having sepanate departments.rr The Council was advlsed that an ordi.nance proposed on Apnl1 6, 7959tabollshlng the Park and Recreatlon Commlsslons and establlshing one Parnk-Re cne at lon Commlssion was rejected by a four to one vote. TheClty Manager stated that Ituntll we are ln a positlon to comblne Pank and Recr.eatlon under one Depay'tment Head, not much can be galned by neconsider.lng the adoptlon of a new ordlnance.tr Ed Annold, memben of the Recneation Con"nlsslon in attendance, advisedthat at the time the subJect was bnoached to the Recr.eation Commlsslon approxlmately one yearr ago, the membens lndlcated favorable lnterestln a c ons olldatlon. AI l{onwltz, member of the be a few aneas wheneln athat a pollcy be adopted purpos es . Recreatlon Commlsslon, advlsed tlut there maydifference of opinion may occur and suggested concernlng the use of a park for necreati.onal Followlng further dlsucsslon, the Clty Manager was nequested to r.equesta statement fr.om the membens relatlve to thel-n posltlon on the proposalto consclldate the two Commlsslons. RESOLUTION NO. 51-62 pr"opos 1 ng the rrVacatlon and Abandonment of a , Oven and Along Lot 26, Block 1t, Ray PankCertaln Dnal nage Easement On nas Strown on the Centain Map Entltled rRay Park, Burllngame, Call"fornlarlnltlated some dis cus si- on. The Clty Attonney, replylng to Councilman Mar.tlnts inqulrLes, advisedthat failur:e to onden the vacatlon and abandonment of sald draLnage easement wl11 not affect the proposed subdivlslon. The Clty EngLneen, questl.oned by the Chalr, stated that the_ easement serves no purspose to the Ctty and by roference to a map, advised Councllthat the dnalnage easement on Lot 25 ls located some dls tance fr.om the cneek bed . ltn. Davld E. Bur"ke, 2105 Davls hLve and L. D. DeMantlni, 2J2O Valdlvia Way, advised that the erection of two homes on the subdlvlded 1ot wouldnot be compatible wtth the nelghborhood and the value of eI1 the pnopentles 1n the arsa would decrease ln vatuafton. RESCLUTICI\5 64 Councilman Martin, concunrln!{ that the subdlvlsion is an undeshabl.eone, stated that lt dld conf or:m, however, to street fr.ontage and1ot atrea nequirements and on that basls, the subdivlslon was appnovedby the Planning Commisslon. Councilman Martin polnted out that the easement cannot be constnuctedupon and lf the easement is not abandoned, the owner:s may cr:owd a dwe11lng Ln a rnannet dlsadvantageous to all concenned. RESOLUTI0N NO. <1-62 ras thereupon lntroduced fon passage on motlonffi,secondedLyCounc11rnanJohnsonandunan1mous1ycarrled upon Rol1 Ca11 of members pnesent. RESCLUTION NO. 62-62 lrFlxlng and Establlshing Classiflcatlons, ofSalarles and Rates-E Pay of Employees ln the Classlfled Servlcethe Clty of Bur:llngametr was lntnoduced for. passage on notlon of Councllman Johnson, seconded by Councllman Martin and unanlmous 1y adopted on Roll Ca1I of members pr:esent. RESoLUTT0N N0. 53-52 trRepeallng Resolution No. 33-52 and Adoptlng a New Resolution Requfu"lng the Clty Tr"easu::er" to Perform the Dutles ofPaynoll C1erk, Prescriblng Hls Dutles as Such Paynoll Clerk andFlxing the Compensatlon fon Such Dutlestt was introduced by Councllman Johnson, who moved 1ts passage, seconded by Councllman Mar:tln and unanimously adopted on Ro11 CaII of members present RESOLUTI0N N0. 5l+-62 rrfncreaslng Compensatlon of City Managenrr was upon motlon of Councllman Johnson, secondedintroduced for pas s age by Councllman Martln and unanlmous 1y adopted on Rol1 CalI of members p::e s ent . ORDTNANCES Cons lderation thereof : ORDINANCE NO. 756 rAn Ordinance Amend!.n g Section Regulating the Es tabll en 1ts second readlng Councllman Johnson, seconded by Councllmen Martl was adopted by the followlng vote: Ayes: Cor:ncl1men: Johns on-Lor.enz -Mar t ln Noes: Councilmen: None Absent Council-men: Cnosby-Morgan ORDfNANCES - Introduction thereof: Bunllngame Ordlnance Code on Publlc Stneetsn was glv 1205.1 (b) of the shment of Cr.os swalks and upon motlon ofn, said ordlnance ORDINANCE N0. ?68 rrAmending Sectlon l+12.4 of the Ordinance Code of mt-eftv-;f-AunTlngame Flxlng Compensatlon of the Ctty Clerk fon His Ser"vlces as Clty Audlton and AssLstant Secnetary of the Plannlng Commlsslon, was lntr"oduced by Councllnran Mar"tln for flrst readlng. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1.REI,IODELING OLD POLICE STATION BUILDING Some dlscussion arose Bulldlng to hor:se the Consultant. Councllman Johns on, house the Department pr:opos ed remodellng. on the remodel,lng of the o1d Po1lce Statlon Public Works Department and the Plannlng The Chab necommended that the remodeling be postponed pendlng a survey to lnclude the entLre Clty Ha11 area. The Ctty Manager", 1n reply to Councllman Martlnrs lnqufu'les, recom- mended ihat the project be commenced and advised that a total of $65rOOO.OO has been reserved ln the Capltal Improvement Budget fo:: pu6irc wonk l-mprovementg; $3orOOo.oo of which has been allocated ior the remodellng and $35rooo.0O allocated to place a benm at the Clty Dump. r.eca111ng prlor efforts expended to adequatqly of Public Works r expressed her approval to the 6.5 A motlon was introduced by Councllman Martln thet the Clty Manager be dlnected to nequest the Architect to complete plans for the r.emodellng of the o1d Po1lce Statlon f or. the use of the Depantme ntof Publlc Wor:ks and the Offlce of the Plannlng Consultant and thatblds ther.eaften be adrier:tlsed to complete the proJect. The motion was seconded by Councllman Johnson'and a RoI1 Ca11 vote necor:ded: Ayes: Councllmen: Johnson-Mant ln Noes i Councllrnen: Lonenz Absent Councllmen: Crosby-Mor.gan 2. SAI,E OF DISPATCHING CONSOLE TO'HILTSBOROUGH Councllman Johnson recommended that the City dlspose of the surplutPo1lce Dispatchlng Console by sale, to the Town of Hll1sborough. RESQLUTfoN N0. 55-62 ttAuthorlzlng Sale of Sur.plus Personal Pr.opentyrr @cllman Johnson, seconded by Mayor: Lorenz and adopted by the followlng Ro1I Ca11 vote: Ayes: Councllmen: Johns on-LorenzNoes: Councllmen: Martln Absent Councllmen: Cnosby-Mongan 2 IOMMISSf 0N APP0INTI/IENTS $I1 THllEtD The maJonlty of the appolntments should Councl1, actlon was Councll being of the oplnlon that CormissLon be wlthheld cendlng the attendance of a fu1l postponed untl1 the next regular. meetlng. l+.rDEAL CE!,[ENI CO. EASEME}IT PROPOSAL WTTHDRAWN Councll lnqulr'les to the Clty Manager concernLng posslble modlflcatlonsln the agr.oement proposed between the City of Burllngame and the fdeal Cement Company fon an easement grant to the Clty for. dlke and roadway pllnpos€s, lndl-cated that the fdeal Cement Company ls r:nwl11lng to amend any portlon of the stlpulatlons set f or"th ln the proposed agree- ment. Conslderable dlscusslon arose on the lssue, wlth the City Engineer advlslng that the pnoposed agreement was one of compromise followlnga conference with repnesentatlves; that he was not ln complete accordwith the tenms outllned and that he would have no obJection to theproposal belng wlthdnawn. The Clty Attonney bnlefly outllned pnlor actlon ln connection wlth the pnepanatlon of the agreement and advlsed Councll to exenclse cautlon ln a procedure of thls nature. Further dlscusslon concluded wlth a motLon lntroduced by Councilman Mantln, seconded by Councllman Johnson that the plan to provlde an easement be abandoned and that the berm to be installed on the p:rop-erty of the Ideal Cement Company be placed lnstead on pr.operty owned by the Ctty. A RoII Ca1l vote recorded: Ayes ! Noes: Abs ent Counc lImen: Counc llmen : Counc l lmen : Johns on-Mar.tln Lorenz Cr. c sby-Morgan ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Communlcatlons commendlng the Councll on the adoptlon of the [Overnlgfrt Panklng Ondinancerr and lts cooperation ln supportlng the 1952 San Mateo County Fafu and F1ona1 Flesta were acknowledged fnom the Par:k Commlssion, the Gar.rat t-Ca1lahan Company of Ml11brae and the County Fair Assoclatlon Manager, W111lam M. Wlls on. 6t6 CLAIMS Wannants fo:: the month 9f August, 1962, Nos. 801+8-8233, dulyaudlted, ln the sum of $79,120.46, were authonlzed pald upon motlon of Councilman Johnson and seconded by Councllman Mantln. PAYROLL Payroll Wannants for the Month of July, 1952, Nos. 8531-90U,ln the total amount of $99,602.86, wene appnoved on motlon of Councllman Johnson and seconded by Councllman Mar:tln. ADJOURNMENI The meetlng was regularly ad jounned at U:45 P.M. Respectf u11y submltted, HERBERT K. WIITTECity Clenk APPROVED: _ift%t +<-*/*tru.r< w4,//