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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1962.11.05izs Burlingarne, Novemben A negulan meetlng of the Bur'1ing.ame above glven date. Meeting ca11ed to Lorenz in the Chair.. PI,ED6E OF ALLEGIANCE At word from the Chair', allthe Pledge of Alleglance to Clty Council was held on the order at B:00 p.m., - Mayon Cal ifonnia5, ]-962 ln the Couneil Chamber arose andthe F1ag. Cn os by- Johns on-Lone nz -Mart ln-Mongan None gave ROLL CALL Present Abs ent - C ounc l1men: - Counc ilmen: I'{]NUTES The minutes of the prevlous meeting of Oetoben 1-5, )-962, as submltted to Council were approved and adopted on motlon of Councilman Johnson and seconded by Councilman Crosby. HEARINGS 1. WEED ABATE}.ENT PROGRAII L962-L963 Mayon Lorenz announeed that this was the time and p1ace, punsuantto pnovlslons set fonth ln RESOLUTfON N0. 61-62, to conduet apublic hea::ing on the Clty of Burlingame rs proposed weed abateclent pr:ogram for 1952-1953. Thene beLng no pr.otests recelved eithen in writing or verba11y, Councilman l"longan N0.58-52 rrOrderln duced and moved the passage tnuctlon of Noxlous and Dan ln the Clty of Burlingametr of REScLUTION gerous Weeds seconded by 11 call of introg Des and Rubblsh a Nuls ance Councilman Johnson and unanlmously adopted upon ro member.s . 2. ANNEXATTOII ARJ,ISBY PROPERTT The Clty Attorney advlsed that documents have been prepared for Council action with respect to the annexatlon of and de tachment theneof to penmlt an exchange of pontlons of the Anmsby propenty. (a) A commr:nlcation was acknowledged fnom Frank B. fnger.so1l, Jn.,Clty Attorney, Town of Hl11sbonough, advislng that two certlfied coples of a resolutlon adopted by the Clty Councll of the Town ofHillsbonough, consentlng to the detachment of,a portlon of the property of Armsby for annexatlon to the City of Burllngane, have been executed. (U) triene being no protes bs made to the proposed annexa-tion, Councilman Mar"tin intnoduced for first readlng,0qDTNANCE NO. 720 n r An Ordinance Aoorovinc the Annexation of Centain Uninhablted Ter- ltory, DesignatSa trAnils by Propenty[ to the ctty.of Burlingame.tt (c) A ?etltlon filed by the owners of sald property requestingthat a por.tion of the 'rArmsby Pnoperty't situated in the City of Burlingarne be detached therefrom for annexatlon to the Town of Hlllsborough was acknowledged. (d)RESOLUTION N0. 69-62 "Consentin g to the Detachment of Centain Annexation to on motion ofTenr"@of Bri:.1lngane To Permlt Its the Town of Hillsboroughtt was lntroduced for passage Councllman Fiorgan, seconded by Counc ilnran Johnson and unanLmously adopted upon r.o11 call- of membens. CALL TO CRDER 1:19 A communlcation was nead fr:om the City Managen, dated Novemben 2, 1962, togethen with a communlcation recelved from John B. Hanrlson,Executive Officer, Reglonal Water. Pollution Board, the latter" thr"eatenlng the Lssuance of a rl0ease and-Desist Ordertt against th6Clty, pr.ovlded the Clty has not made signlficant progress toward meetlng the Reglonal Board rs water pollution nequirements by December 20, J.962. Council members concr:::ned wlth the City llanagerrs statements thatthe request is "ar.bLtnary and unneascnable[ panticularly ln vlewof the fact that the City is cu:r::ently in the process of completely surr^ounding the dumplng'area wlth an trapervlous berm. In neply to a prevlous Council nequest, a commr:nlcation from the City Managen, dated November 2, l)62, reported on (a) a response to a firecall on October. 1.2, 1-962, by the Pollce Department and (b) a re-survey conducted with r.espect to the Br"oadway and Rollins Road lntersection. CO}IMUNTCATIONS 1. WATER PoLLUTIoN BoAR! REQUTREIIINIqrS The City Managen advLsed that two officens sha1l be asslgned traffic duty at the lntensectlon untll funther. notlce; however, to correctthe deslgn of the Broadway Overpass to confonm with curr.ent-daytnaffLc, nemalns wlthln the Jurlsdlctlon of the State Divlsion of Highhrays . The neport was acknowledged for fl1lng. In reply to Councll inquir.y, the Ctty En5Elneer estlmated that theproject shall be completed within a period of three nonths, provided unforeseen lntennuptions do not occrlr. Following considerable discusslon, the City Manager was lnstructed by Council to communlcatd wlth the Reglonal Water Po1lutlon Control Board advlslng the latten that the City of Burlingame is pnoceedlng as :rapldly as possible with lts plan to renden the area impenvlous. 2. WIDENTNG CALIT'ORNIA DRIVE PROJECT APPROVED A communlcation fnom the Clty Manager, dated Novemb er 2, l)62, advisedthat the Bnagato Paving Company has conpleted lts obligatlon unden contnact for the wldenlng of Callfornia Drive, final inspection has been made, all requir€ments have confonred to plan and speciflcation and the project has been recommended for" acceptance. RI!-sOttTION NO. ?O-62 rfAcce ptlng Str.eet Work as Performeil by BragatoPa-in[ eornpanyr-A-nporat1on, fon the i./tdening of Califonnla Drlve Between Oak Grove Avenue to Broadway, Unden Contract l,lCS Job lltlwas lntnoduced fon passage on notlon of Councilman Morgan, secondedby Councllman Mantin and r:nanlmous 1y canrled upon ro11 call of members. Members of the Corlnc11 expr"essed concer.n that the Callfornl,a Dnlve widenlng, authorlzed pnlmanlly to expedlte tnafflc, may cr:eate arrspeed hazandrr and suggested that the Police Depantment be alerted. 2 REPORT ON ROLL]NS RO.{D-BROADWAY I]{TERSECTION l+.WTLSON-GEO. MEYER CO. REQUEST TO STORE LIQUIDS A communlcation fr" om the Clty }4ana5"er, dated November 2, 1952, necommending that the r"equest of i.Jl1son and Geo. Meyen & Co., fon penmlsslon to stor.e Class I, If, ffI llqulds on property lt proposes to purchase, be referred to the Flne Department, was concurr:ed 1n by Council, with a request that the Fli:e Department, at lts dl-scretlon, encourage the location of the new plant ln the l'{i1lsda1e Industr"lal Pa:.k anea. iso FIRE DEPART}'IEM CO}ffE}DED 6. GEO. N. KEYSTON RE: PROPOSED WATERFRONT II,IPROVEMENTS A communlcation was read from Congdon, De1 Secco & Ross fnvestmentCo., dated 0ctobe:: a5, 1962, commendlng the membens of the Ffue Depar.trnent f or. their assistance ln connectlon rnrith an energencyoccurlng at the Western Electr.lc Bullding as the result of therecent wlnd and naln stor:m. The communlcation was acknowledged for flI1ng and the City Clerk nequested to forwar.d a copy of the lette:r of commendation tothe Flre Depantnent A communlcatL dated 0c tobento a sugges t e serving not lcby a1low1ng dthe Keyston p on from George N. Keyston 17 , 1962, commended Cound Bayfront Master P1an, Ie, however, that unless t ralnage channels to cnos snoperties shal1 assume no , Jr.e 1290 Bayshore Hlghwaycl1 for its actlon with respectncluding proposals for d::ainage; he County of San Mateo cooperatesits respective properties, responsLbillty 1n dlspos lngof water divented on its properties by reason of the cons tuctlonof the Clty of Burlingame 1evee. Followlng a brief discussion, the City Plannen neported on hls bonferences with off icl,als from the City of San liateo, the San Mateo Chamber of Comneree and the County of San Mateo nelatlve to a planfor the development of bayfront propertles and recommended that Councll wlthold action pendlng a complete report. RESOLUTTONS No further resolutl-ons. ORDfNAIICES - Cons ideraticn thereof: ORDIN.qNCE N0. ?59 nAn Ordinance Amendi Clty of Burlingame By Adding Thereto athe Panklng of Vehicles on the Eastenl glven lts second reading and on motlon of Councllman Johnson, seconded by Cor:ncilman Crosby, said ordlnance passed its second reading and was adopted by the followlng vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Cro sby- Johns on-torenz -Martin-MonganNoes: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: None UNFINTSHED BUS]NESS 1. MAIMENANCE CITY TREES Colrncllman Morgan referred to excerpts from the minutes of the Park Commlsslon, noting that l-n the matten of a petltlon recelved fr"om Moody J. Henry wlth respect to the condltlon of trees on Pnlmoso Road, the Park Superintendent had advlsed th:t his depantment cannot malntai.n an adequate tnee trlmmlng progr'am Cue to a shortage of man- power. The City I'[anager, 1962-1963 budget personnel in the r"ecommended that employ pers onne1. Councllman I'lartin expressed his objection untll lt ls proven that the need ls Justlf ng the Ondinance Code of the New Section ].222.28 PnohlbitlnEy Side of Adrlan Roadtr was in reply to Cor:nc11 lnquf ies, advlsed that the included a sum for the employrnent of additlonal Pank Depantment, subJect to Councll approval , and Council, on thls occasion, gr'ant authorlzation to Councllman Mongan expressed obJection to the trunfair" positlon in whlch Council has been placedrt and suggested that personnel be Lncreased as mey be deened necessary. to increasing perrs onnel led. 131 Councllman Johnson observed th:t the lnclusion of the ltem ln thebudget lndlcated thqt the request was anticlpated and necommendedthat the Clty Managen be author"lzed to engage additlonal personnelat hls d 1s cre tion. Followlng a bnlef discusslon, a motlon was introduced by Councilman Morgan that Council concur with the necomrneniatlon of the Clty Manager and that hls offlce be authorlzed to appoint per.sonnel at hls dlscnetion. The raotlon was seconded by Councilman Johnson and a vote on the notlon reconded as follows: Ayes : Counc ilmen: Noes: Councllmen: Cro sby- Johns on-Mo rgan Lorenz -Mar tln 2. SALARY ADJUST}IENTS Councllman Johnsonts :leference to pnoposed salaiy adjustments and hen recommendatlon that all city employees be advanced one nange lnsalany and placed 1n the appropnlate classiflcatlon column, inltlated considerable discusslon. Councllman Johnson stated that the salarles re commended ln the State Personnel Survey r.eport were based on last year"rs salaries and not compatlble with curnent-day wages. The lncr.eased costs to the City fon a one-step lncnease over a periodof twe 1ve months, the funds aval1able in the Contlngency Fund and a compar.ison between salaries pald to city employees ln othen San i.lateo County communltLes were revLewed. Suggestions from Councllman l4organ that monLes ln the Contingency Fund be allocated to incnease f fuemen, police officers and rnal,ntenance men salar.les and the merlts of salar.y Lncneases for other posltlons be considered thereafter; fr"om Mayor Lorenz that a one-ha1f step incnease be granted to all clty employeesi and from Councllman I{artin that every positlon be evaluated and a schedule obtalned from other cltiesfor comp:rlson purposes, failed to meet with Councll unanlnlty. The Clty Manager: rs suggestlon that the salary survey experts be requested to re-evaluate the posltlons and compensatlon therefor, was briefly dlscussed with Councll concurr"ing. The City i'{anager was author.lzed to comrnunicate with the State Personnel Board rs salary exper.ts requestlng that a meetlng be scheduled with nembers of theCity Courcll at the earllest convenlence. NEW BU-ETNESS 1. COM}iIENDAT]ON CTVIL DEFENSE O-RGA].:]ZATTON A communlcation fnom James V. Fltzgenald, Area 0oordlnator, San l'{ateo County Unifled Dlsaster and Civ1l Defense Area, dated October' 2, a962, cbmmending the Clty Cor:ncl1 on 1ts Civll Defense organlzatlon ln the Ctty of Burllngame and the valuable assis tance rendened durping an em€rgency in the City of Paeiflca on octoben 13, th and 15. Mayor Lor.enz added hls verbal pralse to the Clvil Defense servlces nendered the communlty, lnltiated by Jack Wrlght, Bur.llngame Civl1 Defense officlal. 2. RECREATION COMI{ISSTON RE: PURCHASE OP HIGHWAY PROPERTY A communicatlon fncm the Bur'1lnname Recreation Commisslon, dated 0ctober' 23, 1962, recommendlng the purchase of several acres of land owned by the Callfonnla Hlghway Depa:: tment along the City of Bur1ln€Jame t s watenfront, was acknowledged. The City Pl-anner advlsed that the pancel refenred to ls included ln plans curr.ently ln p?ogress with nespect to baylront lmprovements. 7a:2 ,)TRAFFIC }iAZARD O. L. A. SCHOOL Refenence rras made to complaints recelved with nespect to hazandoustnafflc conditions in the vlcinity of Our Lady of Angels School onHlllside Drlve. The Ctty Managen stated that it may be advisableto place warnlng signs to control the area. 4 . RAY PARK BUS SIIELTERS Councllman l,lorgan suggested that the ccndition Bus Shelters be investlgated by rnembers of the ANNUAL COMMISSION-COUNCTL DTNNER The Clty Manager was requested Councll and the Arxillany Fire nean futur.e. of the Rav ParkCltyrs staff. to schedule the annual Commlssion- and Po1lce-Couacil Dinners, ln the 6. ARMSBY SUBDIVTSION I'{n. Wl11lam l,luray, representlng the H. Kent Atwater Real Estate Company, conmended Councif for its actlon in the annexatlon ofthe Ar.ms by proper.ty and ln neply to lnquiny, advlsed that seven homes have been proposed f or. the area at an estimated cost of $hoo , ooo. oo COUNCTL REPORTS Councilman Johnson reported on her attendance, ln company wlth theClty l,lanager, at a recent meeting of the l{orth County Councll ofCitles, the adoptlon of a new set of by-laws establishlng regular meetings and the appolntnent of a new wage stabllizatLon comnlttee. Wlth reference to the above, Councilman l'{organ spoke on a prevlous reconmendation he had submitted, wheneln an organlzatlon compnlslngCl.ty Councils of all munlclpalltles ln the County of San Mateo would supersede the North County of Cities. Councilman }lartin advlsed that a neport in connection with functlonsof the Associatlon of Bay Area Govennments has been malIed to eactr member of the Cour cil. Mayor: Lonenz repor.ted on a sessLon he attended at the necentleague of i.{unlclpali-tles Confer.ence, whe::eln twelve ttways and means" were proposed to increase City revenues. COI,NCTL INQTIRIES AND REPO-RTS BY CTTY STAFF MEMBEES fhe City Englneer" advised that withln the next flve years, CalifonniaDrlve may be widened ln lts entlrety and indlcated that the r.emovalof the lslands from Baysrater Avenue nay be commenced next yea::. The City Managen advised that anrangements are being made to removethe art material fnom Bekins and wl11 be displayed in the vacatedPollce Depar trnent building. ADJOURNII(E]\}T The meeting was r"egular:1y adJounned at 11:!0 p.m. Respectfully submlt ted, APPROVED: R T fTE, Clty Clenk ,//