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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1962.10.15120 See mLnutes for October 16, a962 on page 117. Bu:rllngame, Califonnia 0ctober a5, 1962 CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Burllngame City Council was held on the above given date. Meeting called to orden at B:0! p.m. MayorLorenz in the Chab. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At wor.d fnom the Chair, all ln the CouncLl Chamber arose and gavethe Pledge of Allegiance to the Fleg. ROLL CALL Pre s ent Abs ent - Couhcilmen: Cros by- Johns on-Lone nz -Martln- Councllmen: Morgan Councilman Mor"gan, absent due to a p:revlous commltment, was excused on motlon of Councllman Johnson and secondedby Councllman Mantl n. BIDS . FIRE DEPART],ETiIT DRAFTING PIT The mlnutes of the meeting of October l, L962, amended to record'that Mayon Lorenz proposed a $Z.OO annual llcense fee for each nentable rtfour unLtrl or" apantment house bul1ding, were approved on motlon of Councilman Johnson and seconded by Councilman Cnosby. Blds received2:00 p.m., on SCHEDI'I,E I: 1n accordance wlth 1ega1- advertlsement, opened atthls date, wer.e acknowledged as follows i CONCRETE TEST PIT Dean Buehlen $5,1+75.OODale Willlams 5,580.00Br.agato Pavlng Co. 61 100.00 Kunz Pavlng Co. 7 r 100.00 (3% atscount fon award of both schedules) SCHEDULE IT: PAVTNG YARD AREAS STATTONS I AND 2 Br"agato Paving Co. $h,3gO.ooDale Wt1l1ams 5,580.00Knnz Paving Co. 5,525.OO(36 atscount for award both schedules) trAwanding Contr.acts for Constructlng Test Plt and Pavlng Fir.e Statlons No. 1 and No. 2tt was lntroduced for passage on motlon of Councllman Martln, seconded by Councilman Johnson and adopted unanlmous 1y on ro11 call of members. A memo from the Clty llanagen, dated Octoben 15, L962, advl.sed thatlt was the recommendation of the Clty Englneen and hls Offlce that the work be awar.ded to the Iow bldders, the Dean Buehler. and Bnagato Paving Co. Council was advlsed that the constr:uction of the TestPtt will be pald from the Flne Bond funds and the paving fr.om the budget allocation. RESoLUTToN No. 6l+-62 I{EARINGS 1. VACATION KENMAR TERRACE EASEI{ENT The Ctty Attonney advised that documents for the proposed exchange of drainage easenents located within Kenmar Tennace propertles, have been properly executed. RESOLUTION NO. 66-62 rlOrden the Vacation and Abandoning of a Certain Drainage Easement over Lot 20, Kenmar Terrace, Burlingame, California" was lntnoduced for passage on motion of Councllman Martln, seconded by Councilman Crosby and unanlmously carrled upon ro11 call of membors. L21 RESOLUTION NO. 66-62 rrAcceptlng Deed of Dedlcatlon of Drainage Easementtf (John J. and Itlanlan L. Zucca) was lntr.oduced for. passage on motlon of CouncllmanMantln, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanimously canried uponro11 call of members . A letter dated Octoben 11, 1)62, ftom the City Manager, ln reply to a prevloun Councll r:equest, reporting on the maintenance and open- ational costs for Dod[e and Chevrolet Po1lce cars was read. 2. ANNEXATION PARCEL TOWN C}' HILLSBOROUGH The heaning wlth respect to the annexation of a portlon of the Anmsby properties was continued to the noxt regular meetlng pendlng nelinqulshment of said property by the Town of Hlllsbor.ough. COMMUNICATIONS 1. COI4MIINICATTONS SSRVTCE IMPROVEI\,IENTS A communlcation fr"om the Ctty Manager, dated October 10, 1952, r.ecommended that the budget appnopr.iation of $827.00 be expended for telephone lnsta11atlons to improve the communicatlon servlce in theCity of Burllngame. The Council was advLsed that the new dial servlce, co:nblning inten- communlc a tl on, dlrect outsLde dlaling, lnterceptlng and attendantrs asslstance, w111 lncreaso efficlency. Coulcllman Johnson moved that Council concur, seconded by Councllnan Cnosby and unanLmous 1y carr'led. 2. PROPOSED ONE-CENT GAS TAX ]NCREASE A communlcatlon fnom the City Manager:, dated October ll, 1962, advlsed that the League of Callfor"nla Cltles has requested an opinion fr.om Councll on the proposal to seek a one-cent lncreaseln gas ta: allocatlon fon the pur"pose of ellmlnatI-ng 1oca1 stneetdefleiencles. The City Engineen, ln neply to Council lnquiry advlsed that the proposal would provlde addltlonal funds fon constnuctlon of maJo::clty str.eets and not for secondary city streets. The City of Bunlingame, ln addltlon to other cltles, ls experienclng difflculty In lmpnovlngtheir secondary and mlnor clty stneets wtth the ltmited funds available. Refer"nlng to a street deflclency report filed wlth the State Department of Publlc Worksr containlng a complete compLlatlon of 1ocaI streetdeflclencles, the City Engineer stated that the proposal wl11 not asslst the City of Bur"llngame ln alJ-evlatlng minon street deflcLencies. In reply to Councll reference to a proposed San Mateo County Bond Issue wlth respect .to county-wi.de street lmprovement proJects, the Clty Engineer advlsed that plans will be available prlor to the sub- mLssion of the lssue to the electorate and hls office, on a prl,on occaslon, hes ?econmended revislons to lmprove Broadway. The Ctty Managen stated that the County proiect Lndicates a right- of-way overpass at the Bnoadway lntensectlon; however, the report has not been flnallzed. Followlng furrthen discussLon on the effect the lncreased allocatlon would haie on the lmpr:ovement to both Br.oadway and Carolan Avenue, and the r]leaIlzatlon tnat aaatttonal funds 3f,le neceEsar.y to improve secondary street deficlencies, Couneilman Ma::tln suggested, with Council Loncurr.ing, that the pr"oposal of the Loague of Californla clties be modlfled to allocate one-half of the gas tax allocation to lmprove major cLty streets and one-half of the gas -t_ax allocation to alievlate'iecondai.y street deflcLencles. The City Managen was nequested to so notlfy l,tr". ntcrrard carpenter, Executive Dlrecton and Gener al Counsel. 3.REPORT RE: O PERATIONAL COSTS, POLICE CARS i12:u Mayon Lorenz referred to a panagraph of the communicatlon whereinths Clty Manager stated that a centraf garage in con.iunction wlththe Corporation Yard, to service all Clty equlpment, r.rould reduceropalr and nalntenance cos ts The Ctty Managen recommended that the proJect be placed high on aprlorlty 1lst, stating that the rrneed f or" this basic plant facillty can be so cleanly denonstr"ated and the savlngs, increased efflclency and faclllties fon the worlqren shown, that there should be 1ltt1edifflculty ln secur.lng support fon such an undertaking. It was the necommendatlon of the Clty l,lanager that prellmlnarry steps be undertaken. Mayor Lorenz suggested that no action be taken until the lssuewith nespect to the formation of the Off-street Panklng Dlstnlct has been nes olved. The r.eport has been placed on fl1e. 4 . DTSPOSTTIO}I I{ATERTAL STORED AT BEKTNS A communicatlon from the City Manage:r, deted Octoben 10, 1t52, r"ecommended that the materlal stored at Beklnrs be removed, withthe sa1vabl6 portion placed in use by Clty Depantments and the un- salvable por.tion disposed of. Followlng some discusslon, the City Engineer suggested that the mater"lal be removed to the old Po1lce Station with the possibllltythat some of the matenial may be used at the Corporation Yand onby the Department of Publle Wonks ln its renodellng program. Councll concur.red, addlng that the materlal not used by the Cttybe offered to the Art Societles at a nominal fee. RESOLUTIONS RESoLUTIONS NO. 67-52 ItDeterminlng General Pnevalllng Rate of Per Diem Wages 1n the City of Burlingamett was intr"oduced fon passage upon motlon of Councll- man Martln, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanLrnous ly car::led upon Ro1l CaI1 of members. The Clty Attonney advlsed that the wage scale for" cnafts, class-iflcations and/or types of workman set forth ln the resolutions was based upcn lnfonmatlon funnished by the Centr.al Bulldtng Trades Council and effectl-ve as of Augus t A5, 1962. ItAn Ordlnance Amending the Ordinance Code of the City of Burllngame by Adding Theneto a New Section L222.2B Pnohibit-ing the Parklng of Vehlcles on the Easterly Side of Adnian Road," was lntnoduced by Councilrnan Johnson and given 1ts first reading. EESoLUTT0N NO. 53-52 tlDeclaning Noxlous and Danger.ous l,/eeds and Rubbish A Nuisancert was intnoduced for passage on motion of Counc l lman Martin seconded by Councilman Cnosby and r:ranlmously carried upon Ro1I Cal1 of member"s. ORDINANCES fntroductlon thereof: oRDTNANCE N0. 769 U}IFINTSIIED BUSINESS 1.PROPOSED ANNEXATION STRIP MILLBRAE PROPERTY In repl-y to the Chalrrs lnquir"y, the City Attorney advlsed that he would revlew the pr.oposal to annex a str"lp of property located ln the. Clty of M111brae at the norther"n boundary of the Clty of Bunl lngame . 2. LITIGAT]ON PROPERTIES OLD BAYS:{CRE I{IGHWAY The Clty Attonney, ln reply to the Chalnrs inquiny, advlsed that progr:ess ls belng made on a settlement wi.th respect to pr"openties the o1d Bayshore Highway owned by the helns of the Easton estate. 123 s ome on ?SALARY ADJUSTIIENTS Councllman Johnson, Counc iI-employe e llalson r.eported on her confe?- ences !{ith the City Manager and thelr nesultant recortrnendation wlth respect to salany adJustments fon City employees. Councllman Johnson advised f or" Council cons lderatlon: 1. that four" pr.oposals have been prepared necorrnendatlons, plus ful1alf step for other. employees and traffic director ofost approximately $27, oOO. oO . Ao shl ne-step increase ot 5.1y'" additlonal cost to the Clty of ,600, fnom Novemben I to end of flscal year. 2. A one-ha1f step lncr"ease; addltlonal cost, $20,800.00. 3. A flat lncnease to 155 permanent employees of S33.OO per month;or, one-half on $17.00 pen month per employee. 11. To concu:: ln the prevlous ltemlzed step for servlce offlcers, and a h and an adjustment to the detectlve S25.00 per month. The latten to c Tn refeprlng to the salar.y survey, Councllman Johnson stated thatln conferrlng with some of the Clty employees, it was polnted outthat flgur.es submltted may have been consldered the prevalllng wage at that.tlme (Octoben, 1951, Manch, 1962) and on that basls current lncrease appeans warranted; employees who have ser.ved theClty over. f ou:: yeans, should be placed in the top salary range. In explalnlng her posltion with nespect to the Nonth County Council of Cltles, Councllman Johnson advlsed that the withdrawal from activepartlclpatlon ln the Assoclatlon was a temporary measure In that thesalarles we::e posslble s11ght1y lower when the wage stablllzation pr.ogram was establlshed and the Board of Revlew of the Councll ofClties failed to functlon ln March of thls yean. Councllman Johnson advlsed that at the last meeting of the North County Council , the Clty Mana6Sens were requested to obtaln comprrlsonsof posltions between pr.ivete lndustr.y and municlpal employees andthe members ar.e waitlng the outcome of the report. Conslderable dlscussion arose on pnlor conrnitments made by the Clty and the advlsabillty of appnop:riatlng funds fnom the contlngent andcapltal Lrnprovement allocations to provide addltlonal salany lncneaseswlth some membens of the Council expnessing reluctance to action being taken until- the City commltment lssue ls resolved and a fu11 Councll 1s in attendance. 1,1n. Daniel Scanlon, Reglonal Dfu:ector, Amerlcan Federation State, County and Iriunlclpal Employees, representing a gnoup of Clty employees recently afflllated wlth Local No. 73 appealed in theln behelf fon q wage lncrease, based on sur?veys conducted, ln the amount ot 5#. - Following fu:rther discusslon, the subJect of salary ad justments was continued untl1 the negular meeting of Council, Novemben 5, 1962. h.TNSTALLATTON CONCRETE BERM Mayon Lonenz suggested that the concr.ete ben,rt currently betng constnucted to encfu"ele the Cltyrs dumping pr:oper.tles be extended southenly lnstead to include pnoperties that may be acqul,r'ed by the Clty thnough negotlatlons with the ownen in an exclrange of pr:operties para11e1Lng the Bayshore Hlghway. 1-24 The Clty Engineer. spoke of the addltlonal expense that would result,and ln descrlblng the ar.ea whenein the berm shal1 be placed and thenecessity to comply wlth the Water Po1Iutlon Control Board require-ments, recommended that the benm be contlnued inslde the Cltytsproperty. Claims, Month of octoben, 1p62, Nos. B3gz - 8561 , in the total amount of Suo,56l+.11 , d,rtly audited, were approved for payment on motlon of Councilman Cnosby, seconded by Councilman Martln and unaninously c arr ied . Members of the CouncLl expnessed concurrence with the recommendatlonof tle City Engineer and to conform wlth standards establlshed bythe Water Pollutlon Control Boand. Councilman Crosby, r.eferrlng to a recent conference wlth members ofthe Planning Conr-nlssion, Clty Council, Ctty Aldes and the JolntBaylands Committee, whereln general agreement was reached with respectto the development of the water fnont p4oper.tles, moved that theCounciJ. concur with the recommendation of the comnlttee, seconded byCouncllman Mantln. A Roll Ca1I vote was recorded as follows: Ayes: Councilmen: Cr"osby-Johnson-Martln. Noes: Councilmen: \o?@trz (BEARTNT TNDUSTRIAL P.{RK TMPROVEI"IENTS Councilman Martln questloned the status of the lltlgatton wlth nespectto the Bearint Industrlal Pank SubdlvLsLon. The Clty Attor"ney advlsed that ln his nevlew of the court flles ln Redwood Clty, he was unable to explaln the effect the pendinglitlgation has on the Bearintts oblLgation to the City. Followlng some dlscusslon on the issue, the Clty Attonney was ln-structed to pnepane documents to flle appnoprlate action agalnstthe ownens of the Bearint Industr"ial Pmk pr.opertles. 5.. RoLLTNS ROAD TNTERSECTION Councilman Martln reported an incldent concernLng a recent fl,ne atthe Broadway-Ro1l ins Road intensectlon and the absence of a Pollce Off lcer" to dlrect tnaffLc du::lng the ensulng congestion. Councllman Martl-n questloned the fallure to statlon a Pollce Offlcerat the lntei:sectlon each day dunlng the peak hou::s of trafflc. In nep]-y to the latten, the City iilanager advlsed that a survey conducted on a pnlor. occaslon by the Pollce Department lrdlcatedthat a Police detal1 at the locatlon was not warranted. Councilman Crosby suggested that the lssue of placing a Po1lce Officerat the Broadway intersection be re-evaluated. Following a brlef discussion, the Ciby Manager was requested to obtain a r"eport on the absence of a Po11ce Offlcer on the occasionof the recent f l-re and on the placement of an offlcer dru"ing peak hours of traffic conges tion. NEW BUSINESS Councilman Johnson r.epor ted on recent functions she attended as the Cltyts representatlve: (a) Junior Flre Patnol Posten Awards,(b) Bnoadway Development Assoclation DLnner Dance and (c) Auxtllary Po1lce bar:beque, ard compllmented the nespective groups. Councllman Johnson conmended the Offlce of CivlI Defense, the Pol-lce and Fine Depar"tments, the Street, Park and Water" Departments for their response du::lng recent storm emergencl,es. C I,A II,1S 725 PAYROLL Payr"o11 lrarrants, Nos. 95l-3 - 9975, in the total amount of $106rl+33.93 Month of September, 1952, wer.e approved on motlon of Courrcllman Cnosby, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanlmously carnLed. ADJCTIRNMENT The meeting was negular'1y adjourned at 10:55 p.m. Respectfully subnitted. E C lty C1er.k APPBOVED: