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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1962.12.03147 Burllngame, Ca1lfo:rnla December 3, I-962 CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE A regular meetlng of the Burllngame Clty Councll was held on the above date. Meetlng cal.Lsd to order: at 8:O5 p.m. - Mayor Lor.enz 1n the Chalr. Mayor Lorenz acknowledgetl the presence of Burlingame Glrl Troop No. 473. Scouts Clanlsse Walder and Maria l,lenglni Pledge of Alloglance to the F1ag. Thero belng no protests, the Clty Attorney was instructed. the requlned lega1 documents for Councll action at the nee be held on Wodnasday, Dec6mb6r 5t 1962. Sc outled the ROI,I CALL Present - Councllmen: Cnosby, Johnson, Lorenz, l,lorganAbsent - Councllman: Mantln Councllman I,tartln, away fnom the Clty on buslness, was excused. on motion of Counc ilman Morgan, soconded by Councilman Johnson. ],{INTITES PREVTOUS',IEETING The nlnutes of the neetlng of Novemben L9, 1962, as submLttect to Councl1, lrere approved and adopted on motlon of Councl lman Plorgan, seconded by Councllman Johnson. AWARD OF BIDS 1. Remodellng O1d Pollce Bullding A memo to Councll from the Clty Marager dated December 3, 1962, advised that bids for rtmodellng the old Pol1ce bulltllng, neceivod and oponed at 2:00 p.m., on thls dato, lndlcate a low bld Ln the amount of $18,393.00, submltted by The Wllner Constructlon Company of Pa]-o A1to. It was the r:ecorunend.atlon of the City l'tanager that a Resolutl on awardlng the contract be dlrecteC to be prepared. toti proparo ng to 1 COIAIUN]CATIONS Prellmlnary Report - Fonmati on Reclamatlon Dlstrlct A cormmrnicatlon from the Clty ],{anage r, dated Novemb er )O, L)62, r.eoorted that l-n accordance wlth Councllts lnstn-tctlons the Clty of Alameda was contacted c onc ernl-ng the Reclamatlon Distrlct formod there by the Utah Constructlon group. The communlcatlon related coments of i"Ir. H. D. I,Ie11er, Clty Managen,Clty of Alameda, concernlng that Cityt s experlences 1n the reclamatLon proc6s ses . The Clty Manager advLsed that g meetlng was held wlth Messrs. Davld and George Keyston at rCrtch tirE the Keystons agreed to donate certaln lands to the City for dralnage pur-Doses. An additlonal meotlng w111 be held on Dscenben '?, a962, wlth Mr. Kenneth Jones, attornoy repre- sentlng the Keyston lnterests. The subJect matter was held p endlng subsequent reports from theClty i{anager. 2. trenneth I. Jones, Attorney: ReclamatLon Dlstrlct, Keyston Property. Acknowled.gment was made of a communicatlon from Mr. Kenneth I. Jones,attorney, dated Novemb ar 27, 1952, submLttlng a detailed analysls ofthe Reclamatlon Dlstrlct Act, and 1n reply to Councll r"oquest, roportLngprocesses for dlssolving the Dlstrj.ct. _14s J. Report Re: State Dlvlsion of ]{lghway Excess Rlght-of-Way Lands. A comrnunication from the City Manager dated l,Iovemb et )Ot !)62, advised of meetlng with represontatlves of the State of Callfornla Hlghr"ray Departmont, ln c ompany wlth the City Englneer end theClty Planner., to apprlse State repr:esentatlves of the Clty of Burlingame I s interest ln acqulrlng exc6ss rlght-of-way land.s adJacent to tho Bayshore Freeway, 1n connectlon wlth futurswaterfront developments. The City l,lanager recormnondod that the City flIe a wrltten requestwlth the State Dlvlslon of Hlghways fon the excess land and submLt a copy of the map descrlblng the gon€ra1 plan for the area. There being no protests, Councll concurred In the recommendation and authorized the Clty Planagor to proceed accord.I-ng1y. [. Repor:t Re: Sanitary Sewer System. ?rinlty Luthe:ran Church. A consm-rnLcation f rom the Ctty l"lanag er d.ated I.lovemb er )O, l)62,submltted a r€port from the City Engineer Ln connectlon wlth thesanltary sewer system at the T::inlty Luthe r.an Church and proceduresto be followed to correct the situatl-on. !. Report Re: Water PoJ-lutlon Contrcl Board. A memo to the Clty Councll from the Ctty l,lanager d.ated November 30,1952, subnltted. coples of cor.rospondence betweon the offlce of theClty Manager and the Eeglonal 'dater. Pollution Control Board con-cerning the Cityr s progress in meeting antl-pollution requirementsas directed by Reglonal Board Resolution No. l+19; ana lndlcatlng executlon of a Cease and Desist Order agalnst the Clty. A letter. dated. Novemb er 26, !962, trom John B. Harrlson, ExecutiveDlrector, advlsed ttBt the subJect matter w111 be consLd€red atthe Boardrs regular mee tLng on Decenber 20, 1962. A suggestion by Counci lman Morgan that members of the Clty staffattend the meetlng was concurred 1n by Council. The City Englneer, 1n reply to Councl-l lnqulry, advlsed that has been some delay ln the work of constr.uctLng the berrn due equipment fallure, but lt ls hoped thet the proJect w111 be completed ln appnoxlmately slx weeks. the?e to RESOLITTIONS 1. '7)- RESOLI]Ir]ON NO.-62 NL RESOLUTION RESCIND]I\iG RESOLUTION NO. AND IJGHTING DI STRICT It was lntroducecl for passage by CounclJ-man Johnson and second.ed by Counc llrnan Morgan, who expressed regret that clrcumstances require thls pr6sent actlon,but, ln falrness to all property owners concerned, there ls noalternative. Resolution No. 75-52 was declared carrled on thefollowing roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMBI: NOES: COUNC ILI,IB$: ABSENT COI'NCIL}[EN: Crosby, Johnson, LoteIj.z, Iilorgan None Ma:rt1n Mayor Lorenz stat€d that lt ls the lntent of the Clty CouncLl to extend equal conslderatlon to al'l persons concerned rrlth the forzn-atlon of the Dls trlc t. I{ayor Lorenz recogaLzed Mlss Peggy L. }'lcE1llgott, attorney, repre- s6ntlng W11son, Harzfeld, Jones and Mot'ton, s.ttorneys fot' the proposed Broatlway Parklng and Lighting Dlstrict. Mlss lilcElllgott advised that through Lnadve:rtence, at the tlme ofthe publ!.c heanLng on Novemben 15, 1962, before the Ctty CounclJ- computatlons of protests f1led 1n the matter of the formatlon of the Dlstrlct were l-n err"or. 149 Mlss McElllgott advised that the Clty Council 1ega11y may reopsnthe protest hearlng slnce 1t was closed ln a rnistake of fact, onthe basis of mlscomputatlon. By motJ.on, the City Councll would order: c ont l-nuanc e of the hearLng to a flxed ilate, prefenably more thanthlnty days from the present d.ate, to permit all of the proper.ty owners to be put on notLce. Hearlngs may be contlnued. for a perlodof one hundred twenty days fron the dat6 of the openlng. Irnss McEulgott advlsed the alternatLve would be abandonment oftha project for. a period of one year. Mlss McEl1l.gott stated that there are many aspects of the project wtrlch the propononts bell.eve must be clarLfled, -whlch may hav6 theeffect of changlng some of the protests of record. They would appr€cLat6 an opportunl ty of contactlng protestants to obtaln, where posslble, wlthdrarals of protests. Taklng cognlzance of action prevlously taken by the Clty Council, based on lnformatlon reported at the tlme of the hearlng, Councilman Yorgan lntroducerl a motlon to re-open the protest hearlng on January 21, 1963, ln the natter of the formatlon of the Broadway Parking and Llghtlng Dlstrict. Motion soconded by Councllman Johnson and carrLed. on the fo11owl-ng ro11 call vot6: AY4S: COUNCILMBN: Crosby, Johnson, Lonenz, Morgan NoEs: CoUNCIIItrN: None ABSENT COUNCILMAN: Martln The Chal:: r.6cognLzed Robert Levy, buslnessman and pnoperty ohlner on Broaahray, who adviseal that he with others in the Broedway area wlsh to meet wlth Clty nepresentatlves 1n an attempt to resolve metters of panklng cnedlts and the extent of the Cltyt " particlpatlon. Ur'. Levy statod that lt Ls S.mportant that these questlons bo resolved so that property olrners may be informed of actual assessment costs. !'oIloulng a per'lod of dLscussLon during whlch CouncLl members agreeil to the aalvantages of such a meetLng, Irtayor Lorenz proposed thst pertl-nent detalls be explored and a neport rnade to Councll at the next regular meetlng. CouncLl members concurrlng, the Clty l'lana8er was nequested to arrange wtth the Clty Englneer and the Clty Planner to meet wlth repnesentatlves fnom the Broadway erea and repont to Council at the meetlng of Decernber l-7, L962. ORDTNANCES 1. ORDINAIICE ]iq. ?171 'rAN ORDTNANCE AME|NDTNG SECTToN 1l+r5.210 0F Tr{E ORD-NANCE CODE BY IIiCREASING T}TE ..{AXIMU]'{ ALLOWABLE CAPACITIES OF UNDERGROIIND FLAIO,IABLE LIQIITD STORAGE TANKSn was glven 1ts second. readlng and on motlon of Councllnan lvlorgan, second.ed by Councilman Johnson, saLd ordinance passed Lts second readlng and was unanlmously adopted on ro11 call vote, as follows: AYES: COUNCILMm''I: Crosby, Johnson, Lorenz, I,lorgan NOES: COUNCILMm{: None ABSENT COUNCILMAN: },IaTt1n z 0 . ORDINANCE NO.I RD Referonce was made t and Ross Investment a portion of the cos betwoen Trousdale an I'AN ORDTNANCE AMENDING SECTION I222.I OF TiIE ITING PARKING OF VEHICLES ON THE EL CA}'TINO REAL AND REGULATING PARKING ON THE WESTERIY SIDE OF CALIFORNIA DRIVE BETWESi BROADWAY AND BELLEWE AVENIIEII was introduced by Counc lIman l,torgan forfLrst ::eading. UNFINTSqED BUS]NESS 1. Request To Wlden Eastenly Fnontage Road., E1 CamLno R€aI. Congdon, DeI Secco and Boss Investment Company. o a nequest from the flrm of Congdon, DeI Seeco Company, 1Bl+O EI Caml.no Rea1, that the City sharet of wldenlng the easterly El Carnlno frontage roatl d Murchlson Dnlves. :[5U Mayor Lorenz expressed. the opinlon that a precedent would be established, leadlng to other slmilar requests, lf Ctty funds were to be expended,. Councilnan l,longan Lntroduced. the followLng motlon: Congdon, De1 Secco, and Ross Investnont Company to be granted perrulsslon to wlden the street at thelr own expens€, ln acconCance wl th theClty Engineerrs speclflcatlons and stand.ard.s; the Cltyrs Engln- eerlng Desupervlslng; lf posslble in otder to reduce costs, 200 faet at the north end of the street and 150 to 200 feat at the southerly end of the streat to be ellmlnated from the proJect; all exceptlons subJect to approval by the City Englneo:r. Motlon seccnded by Counci lman Cnosby. Councllman Johnson reported. that in an Lnspectlon of the a:rea thene was noticed what appeaned to be an excsssive amount of redtrefflc zones at the southerly end of the stneet and questloned whether a portlon of these mlght be el-lrnlnated. The Ctty Elglnesr and the Clty I,tanager agreed that para1J.e1 parkingin the locatlon deslgnated would not Lnterfe:re wlth abuttlng connnerclal operatLons. Clayton DeI Secco, representi.ng the applicants, ad.vised that th€rrNo Parklngrr zones have been a sou?ce of controversy ln the neighborhood for some time. The motlon abo ve stated was thereafter carried on thero11 call vote: followlng partment to cooperate Ln englneering, surveylng and AYES: COUNCILI,ISN: NOES: COUNCILI,TEN: ABSENT COUNCILMAN: Crosby, Lorerz, Johnson, Morgan NonePlartln The Clty Marager was dirocted to Lnvestlgate and undertakeappnoprlate actLon to ellmlnate apparently excesslve rrNo Par:klngrr zones. 2. fnsu ranc e Program For Safety Members Councllman Johnson :'efemed to a letter dated August ), 1J62, fr"omthe State Baployeesr Retlrement System c onc ernJ,ng beneflts for s ervlce-c onnec tetl death among safety members and requested ::eactlv-atlon of the subJect to permit conclusive actLon by the Ci,ty Council. The Clty l{anager reported that the Retlrement System offers satls-factory coverage at a lesser cost than aval1abIe thn ough prlvate insurance cerrLgrs. A motLon was lntroduced by Councilman I,[organ, and seeonded. by Councllman Johnson, authorlzlng proparatton of documents providingfor the lnsunance. I'lotlon canrLed unanimously. l. Group Insurance - Auxillary Firemen. Councllman l,lorgan referred to an actlon taken by the Clty Councllat the last regular meetlng providlng a group health lnsurance plan for Po11ce Reserve Offlcens and questioned whether a llke j.nsurance has been Lnvestigated for eux1l1,ary n embers of the Flre Departnent. Thene belng no pnotests heand, t\e Clty Manager was lnstructed to pul:sue the subject with the Chief of the FLre Depantmen t. NEW BUSINESS 1. Monilay, Deceml:er 211, City Employeost HoflCay Proposed. A suggestion by Mayor Lorenz that Clty departnents close on Monday, December 214, or ooerate wlth less than fu11 crews, on a compen- satorT tlme-off arrangement was referred to the City l'lanager for report to Councl] at the meeting of Decetnber 17, 1962. 151 2. Bunllnga:ne Glr1 Scout Troop No. l+73 In Attendance. Councilman Cnosby, through the Chair, greeted mernbers of BurllngameGlrl Scout Troop, No. l+73, and Scout Leaders, I,Irs. Flora P. Carbonl- and i'Irs. Vlctor l,langlnl. At th6 lnvltatlon of Council members, the visltors dLnected questlonsto Councll concernLng matters of Ctty buslness and expressed pantlcu-lar lnterest in a proJect to place ldentlfylng 1abe1s on trees ln Washington Park. The Scouts and thelr Leaders were Lnvlted to attend the neetLng of the Park CommLssLon on Thursday, Deeembor: 6, to dlscusstheir proposal. ACKI.IOWLEDGI.,[ENTS 1. Mayor Lorenz acknowl edged the presence of former Councilman and l4ayor of Burlingame, Andrew C. Byrd, who spoko br.lefly on hls con-tlnulng lnterest ln the affalrs of the c ornounity and the actlvltlesof the Clty C ounc 11. 2. A comrnunlcation dated December 3, a962, f::cm the recently organlzed North Bunllngare Improvenent Assoclatlon advlsed of the membonshlprs deslre to pantlctpate ln City affairs and work wLth clvlc offlclals 1n the l-nterests of the c ommunl ty. i,Iayor Lorenz rocognlzed Ben L. Heckinger, Secretary,to Counc11 the following membens of the Assoclatlon, Mr. Eerbert S. Tanner; !lr. Rlchard Broback; Mr. A. J l4r. Rogo:r L. WiUia-'ns; and I{r. Charlds K. Bo1t. wtro presentedIn attendance: Leyva, J:r.; I4embers of the Clty Councll indlvidually addressed the group, the splrlt of enthusl,asm and lnterest evldenced by the Cltyts raent club s . ADJCURNI,IENT ( I{ERBERT K. r/',lIITE, Clty Clerk APPROVED: PRO TLIUPORE c ommendlng lmprove - Ihe meetlng was regulanly adjourned at 9:15 p.m., to Wednesday, Deceriber 5, L962, at 8:00 p.m. Bespectfully submltted, ,-Yn