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Burllngame, Callfornla
October l, )952
CALL i\) ORDEF.
P1
wor,1 frorn the Chalr, alI ln the Councll Chanber arose and gave the
edge of Alleglence to the Flag.
RoIl Ca1I
Present - Councllmen: Jolu,Is on-Lorenz- Iriartln };organ-CrosbyAbsent - Councllmen: llone
PiTi.'iUiES PRJVTOIIS },'IEETTNG
Iqlntues of the prevlous meetlng of Septembe]^ 17, 1962 , as submlttedto Councll , were approved and atiopted on notlon of Counellman Johnson
and seconded by Councllman Crosby.
iiEARIIVGS
1. VACATION KEl'{l,r\R lEFLp,ACf, EASIII]iIT
The Clty Attorney aalvlsed that d.ocunents to proceed wlth tile vacatlonof an ea sement on Kenmar Te rrace are st1I1 u:reva!-1av1e and upon hls
re comnenala tlon r- the subJect was contlnuetl to the regular meetlng,
October L5, 1962
2. WEED A3ATEI'E]{T PROGFAI{ A962-1963
fhe Clulr announced that thls tas tile tlne and place scheduled, pursur,nttc pucIlc notlce, to conCrrct a publlc hearlilg -on tfre orooosal of theClty of Burflngane to r'nove r+eeds and rubblsh and to hear obJectlon
1f any, on the 196? weed. abatenent program.
A regular meetlng of the Burllng2me Clty Councl1 was helft on the above
glven date. Iieellng called. to oraler at B:05 p.tr. - Iqayo" Lorenzln the Ctlalr.
PLEDGE OF ALIIGIA}ICE
acconmodate large t'ucks experlenclng dlfflcnlty 1n maneu.verlng 1n
and out of dr.l veMys .
There appe'rlng to be no protests, elther ln wrltlng or verbaIly,
Councll-nFn Morgan lntrodueed for passage PE SOLUTIOI.I NO. 61-62 rFlxlng
AssessEent for Weed anit Rubblsh Abatenent, 1!62, secondeil by Councllnan
Johnson and ad.opted ur.anousf y on P.ol1 CaI1.
). AI{I[3XAT]OI{ ARUSBY PROPERTTES
The Clty !.ttorney ad.vlsecl thst the Tcl:n of I{ll1sbrough ls eurrentlypreparlng proceedlng to rellnqu.lsh portlon of the .Armsby pr.ope.tlesto be ar:nexed. by the Clty of Burllngame arld 1t'*s suggested that the
he"y'lng on thls occaslon be ccntinued. Councll concurred.
1. PROPO S'D PROI]T]]TTTOX PARKT1IG E,I:]T S]DE ADFfA$ FCTD
A comnunlcatlon forir the Clty }Ianager, dat--d SeptDebel" 29, 1962, ad.vtrgeatthat flrns locateci on the r,est slde of Adrlan Road have requestedthat parklng be prohlblted on the east s14e of Adrl.n Foad to
The Clty Uaileger ad.vlsed that the Po11ce Dep rtment a.-rd hls Offlce
coneu!" wlth the reouest and- recomr.lend 1eg1s1at1on be enacted.
?heclty Attorrrey Wa! lnstructeai to prepere t?,: 2plroprlate legls]at1on.
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?-PTIRCIJI.SED OP PCLTCE
Bid. No. 1 (B cycllader)
A comrunleatlon f roi6 the Clty llarlager, dateo :eptenler 28, 19 62 La'
".sporr"" to a Cou,.cll request, reported h oonslderabfe dete11 the
"rrLtice of the Clty -f S-an II'ateo 1n pureha s 1ng slx-cyilnder stand'ard'
iransnlsslon pollce c:rs and. lhe nu16et'ous dlsaclvantages 1n thelr use
as pJ1lce c?r's as experlencetl by other uunlclpalltles.
The Clty Mana5er aavised that blds sunnltted by 1oca1 Burllngane de?lers
were recelved as follows:
C he.rrolet
Forai
ears and, e trade-ln of forr
Ford
Che vrole t
( guttrs )
( Doane -I'i1n'.o )
( Doane-l'ilnto )(Bu1us)
#9,??6.40
9,8?3.30
$9,o73.30
9,176.4.0
for flve
ts1al lio. 2
For f lvr c":'s a:r.d. atrade-ln of thrSe
Councll rgas rerolnd.ed. that the Pol1ce Dep?rtment has requestefl that one
car be retelnect for" use by the Deteetlve antl tre Juvenlle Offlcer.
The Clty lvlanager suggested that tre bld. be awa.:ded to Chevrolet lf
a used tar ls-not to-be retalnetl or to Ford 1f Councll authorlzes
the retentlon of a used cer.
Ccnslderable d1$cusslon arose on.the it,:s1rab1lIty of obtalnlng blds
from local- tlealers as well as from d.ealers outslde the 4ea for lovrerortcetl, slx-cyllnder, standard- transrtsslon ce-s, t'-e operatlonal
costs per car per year antl on lssues wlth respegt to the purehase of
niw cars. less tr€d.e-tnB.
Councllman Johns on moved. that Councl] pernlt. the retentlon of one car enda trad.e ln of three cars, second.ed. by.4ouncllnan Crosby.
0n the questlon, Courrcllman llorgan sutgeeteal that ln ca-e of one e.r
endl a trade-ln of three cars, secondeC by Counclfnan Crosby.
A P.ol] Ca1l vote was recordeC as f of 1or.:r.
Ayes: Councllnell: C rosby-Jolus on-I- orenzNoes: Councllmen: I"Iartln-I,,lorgan
A further rnotlon was lntrod.uced by Councl]man Johnson that a eontractfor the purchase of flve cars and a trad.e-ln of three cars be awarded to
Dosne-ltilnto Agency. The notlon was seconaleal by Councllman Morgan
and unamlously cerrled.
The Clty I'lanager was requested. to obtaln the operatlonel cost per pollce
ear per year for report to Councl1.
?I.DVfRT]SING D iSTRI3LTIO}I 1O 9E STITDIED
A comicunlca tlon from the Clty }lanager, dated Septrneber 28, f952, ad.v1s3althat a lir. G. Dale Snlth of the A. A. Advertlslng Comparly has requestedpernlsslon to contlnue the practlce of dlstrlbutlng adve:"tlslng natterfor merchants.
The Clty l{anager. ad.vlsed that sectlons of the Clty Ord.lnance Ccde prohlblts
th9 d.1strlbutlon of such ad.vertlslng w1th1n the Clty; sone c1tles permlt
such dlstrlbution on a perrolt basls and the questloJ lspreGenteal on
whether the Clty of Burlljgene deslres to add. a stlpul.tlon to the codethat a per.mlt mrst be obtalneti form lhe Pollce Departnent.
The subJect r,ras he1d. for Councll study.
4 Peport on Amerl can Leglol Parl(lns Lot
A commrnlcatlon froothe Clty itianager, alated September 28, 1952 referred.
Councl]- to 3 coorurlcatlon form the Clty of San l{ateo, whereln the Cltyof Bur1lng. tre was requested to partlclpate ln e teuporary fl-nanc1al
a rrangenent to contlnue the oper?tlon of the SaI! Irla te o-3rlr1 1ng- me Trarlslt
Bus Company, to be contrlbutlng as 1ts share for .&.e perlod. endlng .^.pr'11
l-5, 1963 the sum of $428.00
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?he Clty I'lanager reeonmended. th2t tte Clty of Burllngane accept
proposltlon to provlde bus servlce for school chlld.ren 1n thls
as a temporary expedlence.
Tt was. recommended by thethat the street may be wl
of whlch trrus t be borne by
accorilrnce wlth Clty code
!heelty
lty lianager th t the petltloner be advlsedned three feet on the westerly slde, the cost
he property o$rners wlthln the "rea and 1npeclfl ce tlons .
The Clty Attorney questloned the vafldlty of a General Law Clty contrlbutln
1n thls nanner and the subJect was referred thereafter to hls Offlce for
Iega1 deterolnstl-on and to report to Councll . The Clty I'lana ger was
requested to so notlfy the Clty of San I"lateo.
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A commqnlc'-jtlon fron the Clty Manager, ata ted Septneber 29, .1962,
referred Councll to a report fror.r the Englneerug Offlce, Datetl Sept.26, :-962, wlth respect to ti-e request recelved from Condon, De1 Secco
and. Ross'Investment Company th:, t the 81 Camlno easterly frontage
road be:"'ldened.
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FoLl-owlng a brelf d.1scu8Slon, Councll coneurred wlth the recommendatlcnof the Clty Pianager.
A comr,unlc.t 1on form tl:e Cl'-;rAttorney, dateal Septenber 28, l-952 r advlsedthat pursuant to CouIrcll request, hls Offlce has obtalned a copy of
Part fff of the S.rn I+ranclsco ton irf capal Cod.e wlth respect to annuaf
llcense fees on every trperson nB1nta1n1ng, cond.uctlng or operatlng an
apartment house! and settlng forth a fee table.
The Clty Attorney ad.vlsed. that the San Franclsco code lncludes a
computatlon of the bx upon a room basls as dlstlnqulshecl from a sleeplng
rooD or a.l-lvlng unlt basls. -']
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Flayor Lorenz proposed a $2.00 fee for each rentable unlt of a trlplex 'or an. aprrtEent house bulIdlng, st,.tlng thet the fee wo1r1d be an
equltable means to ad.d b tre revenue of the Clty and lecomllendlng tllat
an ordlnence be prepared lmposlng an annual napartnent house buslness
Ilcense.n
In reply to Councl-lman l.lorganr s lnqulry wlth respect to the nerlts of
the proposal, the Clty Attorarey pdvlsetl that apparently rnany cltlesln C:"llfor11la lmpose a tax on the nbuslness of operatlng an ap8 rtment
house;r an ordlnance recltes that the tbe w111 provlde an annua l- flre
bul]-allng antl heal-th lnspectlon servlce, 1ndlc, tlng ttlat 1t 1s a lega1
procedu:"e 1f d.e slrable .
I{ember" of the Councll lndlc.teri obJectlon to Bub.rectlng apa rtr,rent
house owners, partlcularly the.aged and the retlreil , wlth an adallt1cnaltax burden.
The subJect was held 1n abeyance.
ORDII'IANCES
oR)ri'tAI.JcE TIO. ?63 nAn ord lnance Amend.lng Dtvlslons l-0 ,11, anal 12,
EFEIEG-jO;-F rtx of the Burllng3ne Orclnence Code Regulatlng Set B.ck
Llnes, Lot Coverage, Slde and Rea. Y.rds and Automoblle Parklng Spacen
was glven lts secontl reedlng and. on L4otlon rf C ouyrc llrlran ilartln, seconded
by Councllman Crosby, s::1d. ordlna4ce passeal lts second. reaailng and. was -1atlopted by the follo$lng vote:
ayei: CouncllEen: C rosby-ua rt ln*liorgan
l{oe s : Councllnen: NgneAbstalnhg: Johnson-Lorenz
RSSOIi'?IOI'IS \tO 62-62 nA pprovlng Procedu.ye for fssuance
Pe rmI-s Su'Dmi,tt ed -o Bul1a11ng Inspector Prlor. to I'lovemblntrodtced for passzge on :-:otlon of Councllnan PlorganiCouncllman Hartln and unamlotrsly carr.leal on Ro]1 ea11 .
of Bul1d1ng
eY 7-, ]-962,
secondeal by
81
UNFTNTSi{ED BUSI\IESS
L. COM}ITSSIOI'I APPOT}'I?I\E}'ITS
The Followlng reappoLntments to Cl
were narne d by the Chatrr oonflrned
HEALll{. SAFETY. & !RAT!'IC
Conomlsslons for three year terms
the Courrcll :
ty
by
J.A. Allarus; R.w. Dlppel; and R.e. fheur
LIBRARY BOI.RD
Edlth Cohendet and F.alph O. Mooaty
Reappolntnents to the Park ancl Recreatlon Connlsalon vrere wlthheld,
pendlng the r:esult of a report forthcomlng fron the Park and Recreetlon
eonmlsslons on the proposgd lntegr-tlcn of the t-\o Conmlsslons.
2 SALARY ,!DJUSTI'IENTS
Reference rvas rna de to a comnunlc"tlon tlated Septmeber 28, 1962 submltted.to Councll by the Clty Manage! t lth reEpect to a revlew of salary
lncreaseB as requested prevlousLy by Councll. The report a18o
lncluded. three forrulas to serve as a barls upon whlch Councll may resolve
the subJect. of salary ad.JustEents.
The subJect was refemecl to Councllman Johnson, Councll-Enployee llslson
for r.evlew and. re comElenfL'tl on to Councl] .
Councllman Johnson rtgquested nember': of the councll havlng obJectlons
or adilltlonal ilata pertaltg to the subJect to so notlfy her prlor
to the week-entl and a conference wlth the Clty tlanager next week.
eounclLman Johnson apprlsed Cou-ncl1 of her meetln; wlth representatlvesof the :l.a:ih County Councll of Cliles, whereln the Clty of Burllngamewas teEpor€itl-y excused fron lts obllgatlon to confoma to a wage
stablllzat1on prograB lnltlated last year.
f€Jror Loretlz arurounced. the appolntment of Co1. E.
Unlted Netlons Day Chalrman. ?he =
ppolntment was
Council.
L. Norberg as
eonflrmed. by
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Councll-man Morgen atlvl6ed that October 13-20, 1952, w111 be observeal
as ncLean A1r Weekn anal a resofutlon, deslgnatlng the perlod wlIl be
forwar,led to Councll wlth a request that an approprlate proclamatlon
be lssued by the Mayor.
E.- !t; E:r\I^Er TO STORAGE OF ART IYiATERIAL
I"tayor Lorenz comEer0aled. members of the Bu-r11ngame Art Soclety for theart dlsplayed downtowTr Eerchants show cases.
fn referrlng to the art ioater1a1 owned by the Clty of tsurllngane
antt storeat Ior a conslderable perlod of t1rp, Iqayor Lorenz requested
iire Cfty Manager to subrqlt an lnvento!'y and to place a valuatlon
on tir.e naterlal 1n storage 1n Beklns.
Councllman llartln referreti to a petiertraln hazard, partlcularly now
thrt tralns are requlred to stop beyond the Broadway Depot rntersectlon
,ra -t r,'.ti er' ha zand alue to a m-1s-"lng slategralk area froro caflfornla
Drlve edross the rallroad tracks on Broadway.
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Councilrnan l{orge-n observed th t the ha zards referred. to, t-ogether wlth
other trafflc probletrs ln the Broadway and. Ro1flns Road area, suggeststhat a Bpeclal trafflc dlrector shoulal be detalled durlng partlgular
perloais of trafflc congestlon.
The subJect of placlng a sld.e'i ra] k 1n the d.ellneated area was referredto the Cliy Engineer.
Ad.journment
The meetln8 vras regula r1y atiJourrred at 10:00p.[., ln respect to the
rDemory of Oscar Thayer, husband of li!"s. Josephlne Thayer, forner
Councllwooa]l, who recently passed. ln death, on raotlon of CounollmanJohrson, second.ed. by Councllman I'lartln. arld. unanlmously carrled.
The Clty Clerk iras lnstructed to forward a copy of the ninutes toMrs. Thayer.
p S ctful-}y s ed,u I
Herbe rt Whl teClty Clerk
APPROVED:
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