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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1960.02.157L Burllngane, Callforrrl a f'ebruary 15, 1960 CALL TO ORDM A ne63.rlar meetlng of the Burllngame City Counell was he l-d above glven date. trleetlng cafled to ordsr at B:0o p.m., Pro Tompore Thayer ln the Chalr. on the - l'{ayor PLDGE OF ATLEGIAI'ICE At word fron the Chafu. all in the Councll Chsrnber arose and gavo the Plodge of Al-leglance to the FIaB. ROLL CALL Presont - Counc ilmen: Byrd-Morgan-Thayer: Absent - Councllment Johnson-Rooth l{ayor Jolrnson and Councllman Rooth, absent because of lllness, lvere oxcused on motlon of Councllaan Byrd and seconded by Counctlman l{org an. IIIINI'TES PRE\IIOUS },IEJTING ?he mlnutes of the regular raetlng of February 1, 1960, as submlttedto Council were unanlmously appr"oveil and adopted on notlon of CouncLlnan Byrd anal seconded by CounclJ-nan ldorgan. ' 1: ". GASOLIIiIE REQU1RE},!81'I?S FOR 0ITY - 1960 Gasollne blds, opened as scheduled,v:er:e declanod e s Regular follows: T]DE"II'ATER OIL COI,{PANY SIIELL OTL COI,{PANY UI'IION OTL COI{PANY IE(ACO COI{PAIfY CASTOR COMPA}TT SEASIDE OIL COMPAT{Y RICI{FIELD OIL COMPANY SIGNAL OlL CONIPANY STAIIDARD OIL CO}{PA}IT $.1e5 .?35 .?36 .207 .209 o.l .23L .23 .2325 Ethy1 .$ .21e2 .275 .276 .247 .234 .2650..272 .27 .2725 A necommerd at lon from the Clty Hlanager that the low bld, subnlttedby the Tldewater 011 Company bo accopted, was concurred Ln on motLon of Councilnan l,{or:gan, seconded by Councllman Byrd and unanlmously canrled. IidARINGS VARTANCE FOR EXCESSrVE BUILDING HETCHT . ARC II'AY & EL CAHII.IO REAL Mayor Pro To pore Thayor: announced. that thls was the tlre and theplace schedulod to conduct a hearlng on an appeal and an order ofdetermlnatlon, submltted by appllcants E. Eugone Umfand and litert on Yo1}es, requestlng a vattlance fnom tho Cltytg bulldlng hetghtli.mltation to const:ruct a ten story apartrnent house on propenty atArc T;ay a nd. EI Camlno Real. Followlng an arrrtouncennnt by the Chalr concornJ.ng the proced.une tobe conducted., the appS.icants were invlted to present evLdence atthls t inp. i,Ir. Umland, one of the apprlcants, spoko brlefly on past occasions wheroin tho matter of constructi.ng aII ap artment houso in excests oftho ::equired bulJ.dlng holght had been heard and thereafter contlnued and the doslre of the proponents that the lssue bo r:osolvod. BIDS ?2 !ilr. Umf and stated that the proposed stru3tu.ne *rouId bo an asset toths Clty of Burlingare, with emphasls on tho word |toltyrr and that Burllngamo ls no longer conslderod in terns of a trv1l1ago.r James A. i{Ltche}1, A.I.A., Archltect ongaged by tho appticBnts, was requested by lvlr. Undand to rel-ate clrcurnstances resultingln his subaLsslon of an altornate deslgn fol: a ten stony apantmntstructure . (At thls point, the presence of Dan B6rasrd, Certlfled StenotJp€Roporter, rvas noted and acknowledged as belng engaged by the opponents to take testlnrony presented. ) h{r. L{ltchelJ- announcod his qualiflcatlons and erperlarchltect, and. advlsed that h1s or lglnal plan proposelght unlt structure, at a helght not to exceed theflfty-flve feet and a lot coverage of 65fii however, was subsequontly changed, proposlng Lnstead, a a15y'" url th a lot covenege of 4a.85 rvhlch, ln the opinlon o concernod , r,ro u1<i provid.o a mone attractLve ad.dl tlon ence as an ed a fonty- pe rni. t tedthe plan s truct LE3ef tho partles to thocomrunlty and to the nelghborhood and would perdt a mcre d.esi:-able system of parklng to rsl-love a tnafflc hazard wlthln that area. Ex}rlblts nere pr€sented in evldonce by Hr. I4ltche1l as follows! Appllcants t Exhlblt No. ].. Deplctlng Schoms rArr proposlng a lot cove:rage of 58.8%, eTEEt-f l- o on s and penthouse, flfty unlts, onefloor and b asorrsnt parking and a helght not over 115 foet and Scheme nBrr proposing a 1ot covolrage of 65%, four floors and base- ment, 48 unlts and a he ight not over 55 feot. Schens trAr lndlcated spaces for the parklng of s6vonty-s6von automobLles within the b ul-Id lng. !lr. Mltche].I advtsod that Schere rA' wouldof tho trees currently on the property; Appllcqnt sr Exhlbl t Io. 2. Shadow studles perrrdt tho ::etention propared by thearchLtect i.llustrated a compa.rlson of shsdows cast by the tonstor:y structure and the four story structur€ at 1O a.m. ln March, June, Saptericen and Dec6IIber; Applicantst Exhiblt No. 3 . Vlew Obstructlon studles propared 5y The arcEiEect TllusErated a s1lght dlfferonce ln the obstruc-tlon of the vlew oreated. by the ton story bullding (Schemo A) 1n cornparlson vrlth the four story buildlng (Scheme B). Jame s r,I. Ha1ly, Attor.n6y, representing the Suburgan ProtectlveAssoclatlon, and opponents to the proposecl vari.ance, rras penmlttedto dlrect lnquir!.es concernlng the appllcantst proposa] to wlden Arc Way and theLr lntention to dedleate a portion of the propertyfor street purposes to the Clty. Hls lnqulries Lnltlated conslde::- abl-e dlscussion ard at tho concluslon of whLch, idr. Uml and roforredthe lnqulrer to tho plan on fl}e, stating that 1t ls the appllcantslntentlon to conform to p]-an submltted.. A f\rther questlon and answor peniod foILowed. Letters from proponents r€re read fnom: Herbert H. Lauder, 915 Howard Avenro, l,bs. Gawn lr,{cCu]-1ough, 816 PaLona Av€nue, Duard 0. & Fldythe C. ideoken, 526 Franclsco Drivo, I,{rs. Harry D. Gettings, 616 Lexlngton Tray, Lsna & i{artln Beebee, 1125 Capuchl-no Avenue and }lerb€rt R. Kotell, 5OO4 Hl-Ilslde Drl,vo. Speakers 1n behalf of the proposed apartment house included: Herbert II. Lauden, 915 Howard Avenue, Emest Cravalho, 15OB Csr.o} Avenu6, L. D. RashaII, 14OB Chapln Avenue Eld !lrs. Paullne Umfand, 15O9 Arc Way. 73 I{r. Umland lntroduced lth.. Enil Lleutard, roal estato broker and a nordcer of the corporat lon lnterested ln the proJect, r'rho, in turn, introduced l&. Cour"t L. Scranton, a qual-lfled and experlencad real estate appralson. Iitr. Scranton spoke ln somo d.ete1I on tho ad.vantanes of a h16h-rlse, multlple ullt type apartnont house ln neletlon to the flnanclal and econonlc positlon in a noighborhood and a c omnrunity tn general. BECESS A rocess was decLared by the Chalr at 9:15 p.m. CALL TO OBDER The meetlng v.'as cal-lod. to order by the Chal:: at 9:25 p.m. A scale :rodel of the pnoposod ten story apar"t tre nt house on Arc Way and EI Ca$Ino ReeI was submitte& into evldence as Appllcantsr Exlrlblt No. 4. EmlI Lleutard, speaklng ln favon, urged that tho appllcatlon be gr.anted; statlng that rBunl lngame Is d.ue for a new look. ?r !rrr. Lleutard stated, that the project has been proposed by a local g::oup of property orrvners and ln additlon to lts nany ettractlve assets, the proposed apantrcnt house would cneate an lncentlve to construct bettor bulldlngs ln the future. In concluslon, It'lr. Lleutard stateal that nprogross for Burllngame requlres t htnklng slqr-wlse. r idr. Davld Vlllson, proposed pro Je ct, proponents. 1452 Rernal Avenus, speaklng ln favor of the c oncluded the presentatlon submitted by the PRESEIIIPhTTON BY oPPoI,IEMIS L€ttors ln opposltlon to the proposal inciuded those from ldur lel and Gertrudo L. Bell, 1220 Balboa Avenue and idrs. Ilonrnan Spath, 838 trlalnut Avenue . I{r. Ha1ly, Attorney, lepr:esenting the opponents, stated that the evLdence pr.esontod by th€ applicants was lnsufficlont and thereforejustiflod the denj-a1 of the variance. Following a brief recess at 9:55 p.m., ilr. Ha1 ment that the variance be denled fon the lackto coraply wlth the requlrements of Sectton 194of tho Clty. 1y of 4 repeated hls state- evldenco subtrd t t6dof the zoning J.aws Counc 1lman Llor garr ther€after raoved tbat the application be d.onled. Councllman Byrd second.ed the motlon, with a stetement r.e corrnnendl rlgthat conslderatlon be glven 1n the futuro to amendlng that sectlonof the code llmltlng b.tl1d1qg helghts. Councllman Byrd e:pressed his approval to the ereetlon of hLgh-rlse type structures; hov.ever, hls vote to deny th6 varLance requested by the appllcants was basod on the failure of the evldence pnesentedto conform to the provlslon of the code tthat the g::antlng of such vanlance yrlLl- not advorsely affect tho comprehonslve zoning planof t he c ity. tt Councilman Llorgan thereafter introduced. and. r,roved the pessege of RESOLUTION NO 7-60 trAdo ptlng Y/rltten Declslon of City Council ony ng APp cant s roquest for Varfunce) and Authorlring Itsor and City Clerkrf, seconded by Councilcran Byrd.E::eeutlon By th6 LIay On tho question, ilayor Pro Tenpore Thayer expressed erpp roval to theorectlon of the higir-rLse building; i1oy,'ever, ln hen oplnion, the evldence presentod dld not justlfy the grantlng of the varlance. ?4 A roll call vote 'r;as recorded as follows: Ayes: Counc llmen:lloes: Counc i1rren: Absent Councllmen: Abstalning ! Byrd-1,{orgen IIone Johns on-Rooth Thayor The hearing s;as thereaftor declared findl and conclutletl. CCJfi'II'NTCATTOI.IS 1. ADVERTISE},{E}iT B]DS FOR RJ]CR]IAT IOi{ IID) ITTO.,IIS AJTiiORIZED A conrnrnlcatlon dated Februa::y 1l-, 1960, $,as read from the Clty Ilsnager, advislng tllat the Building Department has oxanrinod and thoroaftor has f ound the Plans and Speclficutlons for the aalditlon to tlre Recreation Center to be satlsfactory. Tir€ City i{anag6r f urther advlsed that ir{r. Rex Rhodos, Prosldent of the Senlor Cltlzens, has examlned and expr€ssod approval to tho submltted plans and lt was therefore recommonded that tho Councllautirorize the advertlslng for blds to be opened on l{arch 21, f960. CouncLlman Byrd noved that the Councll concur, seconded by Councilman iJorgan and unanlmously carrled. 2. FUI{D AI,L0CATTON AUTII0RIZ},"D FOn GAS T/rX ST".IDY A letten dated Feb:rua ry 10, 1960, fron the Clty l[anager, advlsedthat the l{orth County Councll of Cltles 1s desir.ous of procoedlng wLth a progran outfined by Gerald G. Schurmchor, Paclflca 0oune11- raan and Chairman of the $orth County Counclf of Cltles Gas Tax Stud.y Commlttee, to obtaln gas tax road €xpendlture lnfonnatlon. The Clty ldanager advised that 1t vras suggested that each yrember city eontrlbute funds to ennploy assistance in obtalnlng saldlnf ornatL on. Councllman -qJE d th€roafter movod that $1OO.0O be allocated by th6Clty of Burlingame ln the lntorost of obtalnl,nq d.ata for improvlngthe road sltuation ln the northern portion of San ldateo County. The notlon ryas second.ed. by Councilman :JorEan and unanlmously carnied. 3. RECOGfirTfOli To PARTICTPAIITS FIRti TRJiIIiING PR0GRAiI PR0POS@ A communlcation d.atod. Februany l-0, 1960, from tho Clty ldanager, edvlsed that Hillsborou8h Flnei Chlef Eancls lreyer and Chalrfian, San BIat€o County Fire Servlco TraioLn8 Advlsory Conmlttoe, Collegeof San Llatoo, ba.s rocomnended, ttrough hls corl.alttee, that conslder-atlon b€ given to accordlng recognitlon to Flre DepartnBnt personnsl- who partlclpate in the Plr€ Servlce Tralning Proi3ra:n at the Collegeof San Mateo. It vras further. reconmonded that since tho coursesare avallabl-e to all personnel of Flz.e Depart.rcnts ln the County,lt would. be appr.oprlate to lnclude materlal from them Ln futu:pe$,ritton, pronotlonaL examlnatlons. A recorursndation from tbo Clty ldanager ttrat tho request be referredto the Clvl1 Servlce Commlsslon for lts analys 1s and roport, was concurrod ln on motlon of Councllnran Byrd, socond€d by Counc llman l,{o:rgan and unanlmously ca:rrled. 4. ACTION OII OFF-STBEET PAR(TNG D]STRIC? E]IGTi.IEMT}IG TIITHHEI.D Action on the recorunerdetlon from the Clty llanag February 1I, 1960, that t i1e flrm of T.tl1ssyr Eam enl3aged to assLst the Ctty ln the establlshment Parklng Cornmittee, on motlon of Councilman Byrd, Cou.ncilnrsn ldorgan and unanlmously carried.. er cc of s , datedBlalr be an off-Street econdod by 5. SURPLI}S FfiE iiOSE DRIGR PURCi]ASE BY CITY OF PACIFICA A cornmunl catlon lrom the ad,vLsed that the Clty of Clty i{anager, dated February 11, 1960, Paclflca has submltted a bld l'rl the aoount l.J of $15O.0O for the purchaso of a surplus flro hose dryer from theClvll Defense Su:rp1us Proportles Depot and lt was rocomnendedthat tho pnoperty bo dlsposed of for the sun stlpulated. CorrrcLl-man tslrrd moved that ths Councll concur, seconded by Councllman }dorgan and unanlr:rously carried. 6. ADOPTION RESOInTf0N RE: I'fASTER AGREEITIEiJT FOn EIIGIIIIIERfNG A c omnarnicat I on dated Febmary 1I, 1960, was road fro:n the Clty T'{ana.qen, advislng that the State Dlvlslon of trlg!:srays has requested the executlon of a new type [{aster Agreement fon budgetlng englneer- lng allocatlons for clty streots and that lt was re c onnondecl by theofflce of the Clty Engtneen and the Offlee of tho Clty l,lanager thata resolutlon be adopted to effect the pnoposed. change. RESOLIITIOII NO- 12-60 trAutho::lzl ng Executlon of l{aster Enginoorlng Agree.xent r.'i th State Divl s lon of illghways n was lntroduced, by Counc LLrnan Byrd who movod lts passage, seconded by Councllman lilorgsn and unenimously carnled. 7. CIAIlil 0F CLAIRE B. H0PPER REJdCI@ A comrnrnlcation from the Clty hlenager dated Pebruary 10, J.960, advlsed that a clalra has been presented by Clalre B. i{opper for lnJunlos caused by an alJ.egod Ioose and d.efective storra draln cover and tl]at lt was hls recommendatlon that the cla1m bo rejected and refonred to the Cltyts lnsurance carnlor. Councllnsn Bjrrd movedthat the Counc11 concur, soconded by Councllnran ,!,lorgan and unan- lmously carr.1ed. B. OF"FICER J.iIIES CASE COMME}IDD A rne mo to Councll llom ttro Clty I',lanager, dated Pebruary lO, 1960, recomr:rended the adoptlon of e resolutlon commendlng Po]lce offlcer James Case for hls heroLc actlon 1n saving the llfo of a three-year-old chlld afte:r a serious eccld.ont on the I?e er..,ay adJacent to the Br" oedway Overpas s. Councllman Byrd lntroduced and roved th6 passaAe of RESOLUTTON I'lo. 8-60 |tComnendlng Offlcen James Case of the Bunllngane ljblace D@:r-ffint i soconded by Councllman i',Iorgan and canr"Led-unanlmously on no1I ca1l. ?NEGO?IATIOI.IS i,E],iD ING RE : PU;IC!jASi, SriONEl,ir].JD PROPIJRTY A rE mo to Coulcll from the Clty lianager, dated February l-O, l-960, advlsod that the acreage adjacent to tho Clty d ump property has been sol-d to I{r. Oscar Person and otners, and a conference on theposslble salo of a portion of the propenty to the Clty ls antLclpatedwlthln the near futur€. The roport was aclstowledgod end placed. onfils. NESOLUTl O}iS RESOLUTICiI I,IO. 9-60 trOf Intentl on to ]'leke Chan ges and !{odlflcatlons Easf }itllsdale fndustrial Park Unit No. fI i (Hearlng lilarch ?, 196O )was lntroduced by Councllman ldorgan rvh o moved 1ts passage, seconded by Councilman Byrd and unanlmously carrled on roII ca11. OfiD INA]]CES Actlon on oRDIIIAI{CE }.IO. 7Og noa}li ng a Special Election ln the Cltyof Burlinga:ne Foi tho Pnrpose of Subnlttlng to the Electors of saLd City Certaln Proposltlons for Incurrlng a Bond.ed Indebtedness of Sald Clty fon the Acqr-r.lsltlon, Constructlon and ComDletlon of Certaln l{uniclpal- Improvellents in Separate Groups, Each Group Includlng Only one obJect; Consolidatlng SaLd lrunlcipal- El-ection with the G€neral Munlclpal Electl-on to be Held ln Sald Clty on Apr11 12, 1960; Flxlng the Date of Sald SpecLal Election; Frovidingfor tLre Idanner of Holdlng tho Sanre; and Providlng for Notlce Thereofrt scheduled fcr. second readi.ng and. adoptj.on on this d.ate, was wlthheLd for conslderatlon at an adjourned neetlng of th€ Couneil, Thursday, Fobruany 25, 1960, at 5:OO p.rn. 76 UI'IF II.{I Si{ED BUS INESS ].. End 2. CAIIYOU Tr]RRACE . BT]LVDERE HETG}ITS The matter of the acceptance of the Flnal idap of Be]-vedone Helghtsald Canyon Ternace was c ontlnued untll the rogular rneetLng, Idarch 7, 1960 . 5. EL qlrAlirTo ACRES FINAL l,[Ap ACCEPTD RESOLUTION NO. 10-60 IIA pproving Final iilap Entttleal rEl QuanltoAcr6s No. 2 Burllngame San ilateo County, Californla tr and Dlroctlng Execution of Agreement to Construct ?ub1ic fmprovelnents wag lntro- duced for passage on motlon of Councllman gorgan, seconded by Councilman BJrrd and unanimously canrled on ro11 caII. The Clty Attornoy advlsed that one of the lots doos not havo frontago on a publl.c street and to conform to code requirements,the city becomes the oxner of an easorEnt to provide lngress antl ogross to a pubi-lc street ln Ileu thereof of street f::ontage. CounclLman ldorgan introduced and moved the passag o of RESOLUII0Nifo. 11-6O rrAcca pting Grant of Easement r seconded by Councllrnan Blrrd and urranlmous Iy carrled on roll ca1l. }IAry BUSINBSS None CLAIIiIS Clalms, for the Month of Febnrary, 196O, Nos. 5O19-3175, dulyaudited ln the total amount of $581576.O9, were approved and. warnants ordered d.rawn on the Clty Tr€asury 1n the}: rospoctlve amounts, on notlon of Counc llman Byrd and seconded by CouncllflBn ldorgan. Payroll warrents, i{onth of January, 1960, Ifos. 297-507, 51OL-531O, Ln tLre total amount of $7811?1.55 were apprwed. on motlon of Counc ilman Byrd and secondedl by Councilman :forgan. PAYROLL The rreetlng vras nep;uIar} Thursday, February 25, L APFROVED: d jourrred at LO:35 p.n., to meet , 5:OO p. m. iespectf u11;r sub:dtted, va 960 IN,RBERT K.Clty Clerk VJ]iITE Char Iot te idayor ohnson 4L/.b