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Burllngame, Ca1lf ornia
Deceriber 17, 1962
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meetlng of the Burllngare Cltygl-ven dato. Meetlng called to or.d.er atthe Chalr.
Counci1 was hel-d on th6 above8:0! p.m., - Mayor Lorenz ln
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At word from the Chalr,
Pledge of Allegiance to
ROLL CALL
Present - Councllmen:Absent - Councilmen:
the Corrncl]. Chamber arose
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Cro sby-l,6p6nz-Mart Ln-Morgan
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Councllman Johnson, absent because of illness, was excused on motlonof Councllraan l,lorg an and seconded by Councilman :,Iartln.
l,TINUTES
the mlnutes of Decemben 3, L962, submltted to Councll prevlously, we::e
approved and ad.opted unanlmously on motLon of Councllman },lorgan and
seconded by Councl lman Crosby.
The nlnutes of the adJourned raeetlng of December 5, 1962, submltted toCouncll prevlously, rf,er:e approved and adopted unanLmously on motLon of
Councllmen i"Iorg an and. seconded by Councllman Martln.
HEARING
RECLA]4ATI ON DISTRIC T FOR],IATT ON
The Mayo:r announced tLE t thls was the tlme and place fixed for thepresentatlon to the Councll of a petltlon for the formatlon of a
reclamatlon d.lstrlct and for a heerlng thereoa.
A comrmrnlcatLon was read from the Ctty Uanager, clated December J,l+, L962,
advlslng that an addltlonal moetlng has been held wl th Mr.-Kenneth I.
Jones, Attorney, representlng the petltioners and referrlng to a
conrnunication from the latten clarlfylng some 1ega1 polnts ralsed by
C ounc 11 .
The Clty l,Ianager further advlsecl that upon revLew of the ReclamatlonDlstrlct proposal, lt was the opLnion of hls Offlco that the Dlstrlctls not obJectlonable lf the followlng conditlons are met: (1) fhat the
proponents accept the dralnage channel as set out by the Clty Englneento effectuate a mutual understanding wlth respect to handllng of
the dlverted watens: (2) fhat the engineerlng plans of the Dlstrlct
be frequently fl1ed fon revlew by the Cltyt " Engineerlng Depar.trent.
A c ortnunl-c at I on f:rom Mr. Kenneth I. Jones, d.atod Novemher 10, 1962, wasread, replying to lnqulries ralsed by the City staff, concernlng(1) Dlstrtct powers of emlnent domal-n outslde of lts boundarles:(2) Llmltatlon on the tax rate for malntenanco and operatlonal pur"posesl(3) ft. submlsslon of Distnlct reclamation plans to the Clty Englneerfor approval prlor to thelr lmplernentatlon; (h) Flnanclal 11ab111tyto the Clty and (5) Paynent to the Clty Treasurer for ser.vLce costs.
In reply to the Clty Erglneorr s lnqulry rdth respect to reimbur.sementfor englneerlng se::vlces that may be requlred, Mr. Jones advlsed that
aJ-l necessary englneerlng expendltures sha1l be pald from funds of
the DLs tnl c t.
I,trs. l{orton Benner, 116 Roblar Avenue, Hillsborough, representlng and
speakLng ln behalf of the San Fra clsco Bay Assocl-atlon, expnessed
concern wlth the development of San Franclsco Bay, statlng that 1t lsantlclpated that at least biro-thlrds of the Bay sha1l bo fllled lnwlthln the next decade and urged that partlal fi1l1ng of baylandproperties be defeued untl1 a fir11y developed plan rnay be submltted.
++ and to h,ithdraw their letter of Oetober l-7, 1962;
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The Clty CleC< reported that a notLce of hearing tosether wlth thepetitlon has been duly published as requlred by 1aw and an affidavLtof publlcation to that effect ls aval,lable and has been filed wlth
the petl ti on.
14r.. Davld H. Keyston, one of the petltloners reafflrmed h1s verLficetl-onof the petltlon and stated that all the facts stated thereln were true
and corr6ct. He advlsed that ln his opinion all of the pnopentles
pnoposed to be lncluded w11l- be benefltted by the Dlstrlct; that no
land has been lmproperly lncluded and that no lands susceptlble ofthe s arne mode of reclamation have been lmproperly onLtted f::om the
Dls tnlct.
Mr. Keystonrs testlmony was conflrmeil by tha t of Mr. George N. Keyston,Jr., another of the pet5.tlonens.
A dLscusslon arose on the issuance of and the compllance wlth Clty
regulatlons relatlve to the filllng of the 1and.
the Ctty Englneer advised that a permLt sha11 be l-ssued according topancels and Lf Lt ls detemlned that the fl11ing operatS.ons are
i.mpropen, it ls wj.thin the prerogatlve of hls Office to wlthhoLd
lssuance of further pennlts pendlng satlsfactory compllance wlth
negul atl,on ::equlrements.
In reply to Council lnqulny concernlng a mutual agreement relocatlngthe dralnage dltch, 14r.. Keyston advlsed that an agreement has been
reached whereby the alrainage dltch will be renoved further to the east;a plan 1s Ln the forrnatlon for subml,sslon to the Clty Elglneer endshall be fl1ed with the Clty prlor to se11lng of bonds.
The Clty Englneer confLrmed that a nutual agreement has been reachedwlth partles concerned, relocatlng the dralnage dltch approxlmatelyelght hundred feet easterly from that of the orlglnally planned locatlon.
A map was disolayed and. the Clty Planner expfained the proposed p1an,
advlsLng that the relocatlon was the re srrlt of considsr.able dlscussl,on.
CouncLlman Morgan questioned whether 0ounc11 has 4proved. a p::evlousplan for shoreline propertles, necossitating a reverrsed counse ofactlon. fhe Clty Planner advlsed that no formal actlon has been takenby Councl1.
lttn. Georgo Keyston, Jr., reforrlng to the [Adamson Dralnage Reportrt
advlsed that the exact locatlon of tJ:e dralnage dltch had not be6ndeflnltely flxed and 1ts posltlon was rrflexlble.rt
Counci lman llartl-nr s Lnqulry with respect to utrether the Citlzens
Committee, appo!.nted by the Councll to study the shorellne of theCity, had rovlelred the p1an, lnltlated conslalerable dlscussLon.
l,Iayor Lorenz pointed out that the Corunlttee wes prlmarlly concornedwlth the c?eatlon of a lagoon and Counc ilman Crosby advlsed. that asa fonmer memben of the Cormnlttee, 1t was his lmpresslon that the
members wer?e more lnterested 1n provldlng a recreationaL faclllty.
Mr.. Gllbert Rod1l, Jr., member of the Jolnt Bay Lantls Corrnlttee,
stated that In hls opLnlon, the members, none of whom are englneers,
u6re not concerned. wlth the englneer'lng detalls 1n connectlon rdLththe development of the shorellne.
Councilman Martin stated that ln vlew of the new raap and the relocatlcn
.afl-tlp^.dlt tch f rom the orlg!.nal p1an, members of the ?arr+carrd-ltrr SBore I ine--iHtlltttEE;Eon-€oamisr{oa and i,!:. Jick Edwards, of the Plannlng Cormnission,
should be glven the opportunity to expross their vlews.
A motlon was lntroduced thereafter by Counc ilmen :{organ
subJect be continued untll the regular meeting, Januarythat durlng the interlm, the members of the aforementl on
be polled wlth respect to their views. The motlon was s
Councilman Crosby and unanlmously carried.
that the|, 1Q62, and
ed C omnltt€es:
econded by
The City Engineer was requested by the Chalr to assLst Ln the po11lng
of members of the Coniitt€es. .
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CO)O,!I'NICArlCNS
1. TRANSFER SURPLUS DA],IAGFD POLES
A cornnunicatl,on from the City I,Ianag6ti, dated December 1l+, 1p62, advisedthat the San l{ateo Clty School Dlstrlct has made a request for the useof some damaged poles ln storage at the Department of Publlc Works,
aleclarod unusable by the City.
The Clty Englneer advLsed, in reply to Councll Lnqulry, that the materlal
requested 1s surplus, damaged electrollen poles and that the School
Department has requested the use of the poles in connectlon wlth sphyslcal fitness plrogram.
EEqoLUTI:0I ]t9. 1l:62 rrAuthorl,zln I and Directlng the Tr.ansfer of Certaln
Personal Prooer-y -Eo the San i,lateo Clty School Distrlct It was Lntroduced
fo:r passage on motlon of Councllman Morgan, seccnded by Counc ilman
Crosby and adopted unanlmous Iy upon ro11 call of members prosent.
2. PNOPOSED AGREM,IENT RELATIVE TO TRANSII
A corurn-rnLcation r.ras acknowled.ged fr.om the Clty l,lanagen, dated Decernber
Ll+, 1962, wlth neferenco to a communlcatlon receLvod from the City of
San l,{ateo und6r date of Decomber 7, 1962, requestlng the cooperatlonof the Ctty of Burl lngarre 1n executlng a Jolnt Exerclse of ?owers
agreement lrith respect to solvlng the anticlpated mass trenslt problem
ln thls area.
Councll concurred wlth the recorunendatl on that the Clty i4anager and
the Clty Attorney confer wlth the Clty t{ana6er of the Clty of San idateoto deterrnine an approprlate agneement under ths rrJolnt Powe r. Act.tl
UNION DIIES PAYROLL DEDUCTICN RS UEST
A cornrmnLeatlon from the Clty lrlanag€r, dated. December 1.L, 1962, advisealthat a request has been made by i{r. Antone J. Firpo, Secre tary-Treasurerlof the Rrrlingame lfunlclpal Employees Unlon Local No. 73, f or authc::-lzatlon to perrnl t the Clty Trea.surer to deduct monthly unlon dues fr.om
wages of Clty employees who are me:nberg of the unlon.
TLre subJect was held. for referral to Councllman Johnson.
4.gtTLE CLARIFICATION FOLO DEVELCPI,ISNT COI"IPA}T
A communlcatlon from the City '4anager', dated December 1l{, 1$62, ad.visedthat a request has been fi1ed. seekLng the cooperatlDn of the City lnclarlfylng a descrlption of a parcel of land purchased. by the Folo
Development Company.
The Clty Attorney advised that the prcpenty i.n questlon 1s described
as Lot 10, Block 1, Bu:'1inga:ne Terrace Subdlvlslon, and. explalned the
vagueness of the Iega1 descrlptlon conveylng a portlon of the property
to the City of Burllngame 7n 1922i the Folo Development Company,
experiencj-ng dlfflculty in obtalning a clean title to lts property
adJacent thereto, has requested that the Clty convey a portion to the
Corrpeny and that the Company in turn, sha1l re-convey the portlon wlth
a nore speclflc descrlptl on.
RESOLUTI OI{ NO. AB15? nAuthorizing and Dlrecting Executlon of Quitclalm
teed -to FoIo Development Co., Inc., A Corporatl-on lr was lntroduced for
passag6 on motion of Councllman l,lorgan, seconded by Councllman Crosby
and unanimously adopted on Ro1I Ca11 of members present.
RESoLUTIOII NO. 79-62 .rfAcce ptlng Gran t Deed from Fol-o Development Co.,
Inil;--E-Eorporet-fonr was Lntroduced fon passage on motlon of CouncllmanMartln, seccnded.by Councllman Crosby and unanlmously adopted on Rol1Call of members present.
5. CoMtrY SAN MATEO RE:SERVICE COLLECTION CIIARGES
A con(runLcation was acknowledged from the County of San i,lateo, dated
December 6, 1962, togethor wlth & copy of a oroposed agreoment provlding
for a reductlon 1n costs to assume the assessnEnt and tax collectionservice for the Clty of Burllngame.
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It was noted that the compensation for s''rch servlce Is based upon a
charge of two cents per parcel, representlng a c onsidorable reductlon
Ln costs from the cur.rent charge of one pe:: cent of the flrst
S251000.00 plus one quanten of one per cent for the 6xc6ss amount.
Following some dl-scusslon, action was ui thheld and the Clty Attorney
was requested by the Chalr to ascertein f::om the County l{anager the
proposed paJrment procedure of reirnbunsing the tax monl,es collected
and due the City of Burlingame.
0RDINANCES - Conslderatlon thereof :
oRDINANCE NO. 772 ItAn ordi,nance Amendi ng Section J-222.1 of the
Ordlnance Code Prohlbltlng Parking of Vehicles on the E1 CamLno ReaL
and Regulating Parklng on the Wosterly Slde of Californla Dr'1v6
Between Bnoadway and Bellevue Avenuon was given lts second readlng
and on motlon of Councilman l,lorgan, seconded by Councllman Mar.tln,
sald ordLna.nce passed lts second r.oading and was adopted by thefollowlng vote:
Ayes: CouncLlmen:Noes: Councilrnan:
Absent Councilman:
Crosby, Lorenz, Martin, Morgan
None
Johnson
RESOLUTIONS
(-See prlor)
T'NFINISHED BUSINESS
1. BROADWAY PARKING AND I,IG}NING DISTRICT
F\rrther dLsposltion on the pr.oposed formatlon of a Broadway Parking
and Lightlng Dlstrlct was wi ttrhold until the regular meetlng of
Council, January 2J- , 3-962.
2. HOLIDAY CLOSING
Counc l-Iman l{organ noved that l,londay, December 31, J-962, be d.eclared.a Legal llo1lday for Burllngame City Employees, as decreed by Governon
Brown, 1n recognltlon of the State of Callfornlats leading othor:States ln the Unlon wlth the highest populatlon count. The rnotion
was second.ed by Councllnan i.tartin and unanlmously carrled.
AIR POLLUTION NAT]ONAL CONFERENCE
Councllman l,lorgan rspor.ted brlefly on hls attendance as a delegate tothe Natlonal Conference on Air Pollutlon, Washlngton, D. C., and.
announced that coples of the Bay Area Board of Dlrectorrs rrPosltlon
on ltems contalned ln national conferencerr on the subJect were aval1-able for pub1l-c lnfornatlon.
Counci lman llorgan obsenvod that the result of the Conference Lndicatedto the delegates that the effoctlveness of aLr pollutlon control worrld.
be a matter to be resolved on a 1oca1 level.
1{ARRANTS
Clalms, Nos. 8755-895I, uonth of Docember', 1962, in the total amountof $97,850.11, duly audlted, wero atr4lr oved for payment on motlon of
Councilman Crosby and seconded by Councllman Martln.
PAYROIL
Paynoll wamants, iilonth of November, 1962, Nos. 5:l+O-51+88; IOU+Z-toi69, in the total amount of $98,586.0[, were approved on rnotlon of
Counci lman Crosby and seconded by Counc l1man l'Iantln.
OF'F-STREET OVERNIGHT PARKING
At the request of Corrncilman l,Iorgan, the Clty Manager was instructedto subml t a roport to Councll on the numben of cars that have be6n
removed, the number of pernlts that have besn lssued and tho dlsposltlon
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nade of chronlc vlolators since the adoptlon of Ordl-nance No. J![,Prohlblting parklng upon Clty streets between 2:00 a.m., and 6:00 a.m.,
wlthout a permlt therefon.
.{DJOlIRNMENT
Ihere belng'no furthe r buslness, the meetlng was regularly ad.J ourned.at 9:25 p.m.
Respectfully submltted,
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I{ERBERT K. WHITE, Clty Clerk
APPROVED:
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