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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1960.07.18135 Burllngame, CaJ.lforn1a July 18, l-960 A regular meetlng of the Bur.Ilngame Clty Councll was held on the aboveglven date. I4eeting called to order at 8:00 p.m., - Idayor Pro Ter:pore Byrd ln tho Chair. CALI, TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At word fron the ChaJ.r, Pledge of Allegiance to all ln the Councll the F1ag. Chamber arose and gave the ROLL CALL Pr:esent - Councl,lmen: Byrd-Johnson-Iorenz-Rooth Absont - Councllmen: Morgan Mayor Morgan, absent because of lI1ness, was excused. on rnotLon of Councllman Rooth and seconded by Councllman Johns on. Councilman Rooth reported on hLs vlsltatlon wlth Mayor Morgal and the splendid progress he 1s maklng ln his convalesconce. MINUTES REV]OUS MEETING The nlnutes of the prev5,ous meeting of July 5t 1960 t as submltted to members, wer:e unanlmously approved and adopted on motl^,n of Counc l1man Johnson and seconded by Councllman Lor.enz. BIDS - FE\ICING OF DUMP AREA - CONTRACT TO HEALY-TIBBITTS The Clty l,lanager announc ed that only one bld had been recelved Ln response to the Cltyrs lnvitatlon for blds for the drd- vlng of plles and the fenclng of the dump area ( Healy-Tibbltt s , l+11 Brannan Street, San Francisco) anal it was the recomendation of hls offlce that the ar+ard be made for 2r37O or 2,!)) feol at $10.00 per footege. Councllman Rooth moved that the Council concur in the recorurpndatlon and.that the contract be awa:rded on the basLs of 2,)lO feet at $10.00 per3 foot and that the Clty Atto::ney be dlrected to prepare the approprlate ilocuments for Councll approval at the next regular meetlng, August 1,1950. The motlon was second.ed by Councllman Johns on and unanlrnously carrled. COI,,IMIINICAT] ONS 1. ADOPTION OF AMENDED BI]DGET,JULY 1. 1950 - JUNE 30.1951 A cont'm.rnLcatl on f or the City Manegss, d.ated July L5, L96O, advlsed that subsequent to the Councll- budget s tudy mootl r,g Ft'lday, July 8, 1960, foun revlslons have been incor,porated lnto the arended JuIy 1, J.t60- &rne 30, 1961 Buttget! l.e. (a) Deletlon of $250.00 ( conference expense) fron D-2r League ofCalifornla Citles; (b) Addltlon of $11067.00 (va1lalating machine ) to D-8, Clty Treasuren- Tax Collector; (c) Addltlon of $400.00 (ner,r floor ln lobby) to D-19r Clty EaI1; and (d) Addltlon of $3,600.oo Departxnent. (5 radlo replacements ) to D-20, Pollce It was the' recorrnendatlon of the Clty Managor that the budget, be adopted for the flscal year 1950-1951. as amended, Councllman Lorenz moved that the amended budget be adopted and lntroducedfor passage,RESoLiITIoN No. l+5-6q rrAdopti game for the F:fscdfEar E&ng June 10, 1 Johnson. ng Budget of the City of Burlin- 961rr seconded by CounclJ-man On the questlon, Councl lman Rooth expressed hls obJection to the smend- 136 ments, stating that 1n his opinion, the proposed ltens are notitles and their inclusloo reduces the $11,5O0.00 reserved for impro vement s . neCeSS-capltal C ouncl lman Johnson expressed her apstating that it is rrfalr and soundrrnot ln the category of rrluxurles.rr proval of the budget as amended, and ln her oplnion, the 5.tems are Counei lman Rooth, in repJ.y, observed that the aforement i one d. ltemsshalI cost the tgxpayer $!r00O.00 The Chalr, conclrldlrLg the dlscussion,ln both argumerlt s presented.; however,in approving the budget, as amended. stated that there were merits he would vote with the maJority A ro11 call vote was recorded thereafter as follows: Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd- Johns on-Lor enzNoes, Councilmen: Rooth Absent Councllmen; I{organ 2. HTREMEN STA.iD-BY COMPENSATION - TRIAL SCIIEDUI..E AUTIIORIZM A cornrmrnlc atl on for the City Manager', d.ated Jul-y l-5, a96O, advisedof a plan proposetl by the Chief of the flr e Department, i-n a letter dated JuIy 11, 1960, whereby (l) orf-auty men would not be roquiredto responii to an alarm until lt was datermLned they were needed an althat (2) the $21000.00 provlded ln the budget be divlded and pald. monthly to the personnel for stand-by ti.me. It was recommended by the City l'lanager that a system of reduced cal1s and eith-^r a compensation method (a) allocating th6 $2,000.00 or (b) an hourly basis of $2.00 for the flrst hour, $1.25 for eaeh hou:: ther.e-after for call--back cluty, be authorLzed. Mayor Pro Tempore Byrd initiated dlscussion on the 1ssue, stating that he was not in f avor of a {}2 , 0O0 . 00 !'blanketrr payment and was o f the opinion that fLremen should be compensated 1f, in responding to a ca11,they actually appear at a fire. Councllman Rooth reca11ed. previous dlscussion at a Councll noetingwith Flne Departnent repres entatires , wherein it was suggested th8tthe subJect be further expfored and a monthly as s ignment scheduledto pe rm5't ono group of noff-dutyrr men to be rrout-of-servLcerr complete-ly ari cl the other group to respond. to cal1, if needed. Counc ilxlan Rooth stated that he dld not favor the dlstrlbution of the $2,ooo.00 in the marlner suggo s ted. The Chair concurreal, stating that rrit was not proDer to distrLbute the $2rO00.0O' and that payment should be made on a unit basls to those appearing at a fj.re. The Clty Manager advised that the complalnt of the men j-s that all will be subJect to call rtat one time or anotherrr artd personnel 1s too limlt- ed to grant compensatory tlne-off. The Chaj-r observed that the subJect has been before the Councll for several years and the comnunieation received. from the Chief of the De- partment has been proposed. l-n order to rrtighten up his admLnistrative authority.tr The Chair stated. t hat a plan to provide compensation for "6a11-baak'r tlme would be a tremendous step forward ln the Flre Depart- ment; however, tro dld object to the distribution of the $2,OOO.OO. Councilman Rooth noted tl:at tJle comnunicaticn did not outline an ad.- mLnistrative procedure as suggested at a previous meeting and that in his opinlon, the subject was not ready for actj-on. Counc llman Rooth recommended that the Chief of the -r-Lre Depa]:tment be directed to sub- mLt a sample roster together with details on tlre plan proposed in order that the Council nay ts}e appropriate action. Councl J-man Lor enz suggested concurrence with the recommend.ation outlLned in the last paragraph of the Ctty l'lanagert s letter, that a "system of reduced caI1s is recommendeC and one of the above enumerated compen- sation methods suggested (elther the distribution of $2,oo0.0o or $2.00 f6r the f !-rst hour, iif .e5 for each of the hours thereafter. ) The Clty Manager stated that lf so desired, schedules rnay be furrrlshed,but ln hls optnion, nthat ls in the area of adml.nlstratlve and shouldnot be the concern of Councll; that it is a matter of oporatlng procedure.rl Ihe Clty Manager read a paragraph f:rom the Flre Chiefr s letter as fo1-lows: 'rThe off-duty men would not respond to an alarm until 1! was d.etermlne d. thet they were need.ed. Thls rnlght be at the tlne the callis recelved at the station, whlle ln route to the emergency, or uponarrlval at th€ scene. By foJ-lowlng thls proeedure the numben of tlmesthe men are calLed back would be reduced considerably. It is hopedthat by offerlng this rellef snd caIllng them only when needed, thepe:rsonnel wlll continue to answer these energencies as ln the past.rl l,layor Pro Tempore BJrrd advlsed that the Councll 5.s suggestlng a rotatlon schedule in order that some of the fLremen off-duty will not be obllgedto respond to cal.l and othens netalned. on a stand.-by basls and to be compensated for appearsJrce at a flre. The Chalr stated that if there were no obJectlons on the oar.t of the Council, tha Clty Manager would be authorlzed to instruct the Flne Chlefto anrange a schedule as suggested by the C:uncil. The Clty Planager expressed his obJectlon to ttr e proposal, statlng that per:sonnel will be requLred to respond to calJ. if needed. The Chalr advLsed that lt ls the prerogatlve of Council to establLsh apolicy to be fo1lowed. Mayor. Pro ?empore Byrd also stated that of the three groups within theFlre Depantment, one group, tron-dutyrr and t$ro, rtoff-dutyrr, it ls sug-gested that one sectl-on of the latter: gr:oup be pemltted to remain 1nor out of town wlthout bei.ng subject to call end the remainder, on stand-by tlme. Councllnan Johnson concluded further dlscussion with a suggestion that the Flre Chlef be permltted to place a plan lnto effect on a trlal baslsfor a llmlted tlme, lnconponatLng Councll suggestions. Ihe::e appearlngto be no obJectlon from Councll, the City Manager was dlrected to sonotify the Ghief of the Ftre Depantment. 3. A consrunlcatlon dated July 15, 1p60, was necelved from the Clty l{anager, advlslng that a Memorandum of Agreement for tho Lrpendlture of Gas TaxAllocatlon for. MaJor Clty St::eets for the Fiscal Year, 1960-1961, has been recelved from the State for executlon by the Clty of Burl lngame. CouncLlman Rooth lntroduced and moved the passage cf RESOLUTI0N XO. l+6-60ItAdoptlng Budget and Approving Memor.andum of A greement for E:rpendl tureof Gas Tax Allocation fbr MaJor Clty St:reetstr seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanfunously adopted on roll call. 4.NE/ I,ETBR SERVICE INSTALLATIoN CHARGES A c orm.rnlcation from the City Manager, dated July I-5, 1950, advlsedthat the Dlrecto:: of Prrhl lc Worlrs and hi-s office has r€corunend.ed a re-vision in the Water ServLce Installation Charges an d. an ordinance has been prepared for introductlon. oRDINAtrcE N0 . 719 rrAn ordlnanc e A:rendi r€ Section 1708 of the Ordlnance eoae- of- the Cftt of Burlingame by Revising Fees Charged for LJater Ser-vice Installatlonsrr was road ln its entlrety and introduced for firstreadlng by Counci lmarr Rootb. 5. WATER RATE ADJUSTT,IENT A memo to Councll from the Clty i,Ianager, dated July 11,that a survey conducted by the Dl nector of Publlc !.'Jorks an adjustment in water rates Is warrantod. 1P60, advlsedindlcates that RESOLTTI ON liO. L?-6! 'tFixihg and Establlshlng Water Rates for theCltt of Eutlingime, Effective August 1 , 196ott was intr..luced for passage on raotlon of Councilman Johnson, seconded by Councilnpn Loroiz and unan- imously adopted on ro11 call. L3rl ANNI'Atr GAS TAX BI]DGET 1960-1961. 138 6. REOJEST FOR DANCE PERI'4IT REFERRED To INSPE0TORS A corruntcation from the City I"Ianager, dated July l5, 1960, advlsedthat a request for a d.ane e permit has been flled by the owner and op-erator. of -ttTlre Gutte::[, a 1oea1 busirE ss house at iB1J E1 CamLno Re'a1, Burlingame. The City l{anager was instructed to authorize an inspectl-on of the prem-lses and to submlt a report to Counci] at the next regular meetlng. 7. PARTTCIPATION BAY AXEA GOVERNPTENTS HELD FOR STUDY A comrmrnic ati on from the City ]4anager, dated July 15, 1960, ad.visedthat I,layor. Clyde !.Jest of the Clty of San i,lateo, in a c cmmrnleation, has urged the partlclpatlon of the City of Burllngame in the newly orgalized Associatlon of Bay Anea Gove::nments. The Ctral:: requested. a period cf time in which to study the proposal arid there being no obJectlon, the City Clerk was requested to place the subject cn the CounclJ. agenCa., -+ugust t.5, a96O, and to notify !lr. West of the acti.on taken by the Council. B. ROTLINS ROAD-N0RTH CARoIAi'i AVEI{UE BOAD Ii{PROVEI.,IENT A memo to Council from the City Hanager, dated. J rly 1!, 1!60, advised.that a c omrm;nic ation has been received from Harry Lee Plunbing and Heating, U27 North Carolan Avenue, urging the Couneil to insist thatl,Ir. E. P. Etienne, omer of a parcel of property borderlng North Ca::- o1an Avenue and RolJ-lns Roa.1, fu1fiIl hls conrnitment to improve the road from the end of North Carolan Avenue to conaect wi th Rollins Road. ft lras recalled that the wl dening of noIIins Road frontlng the afor€- mentloned parcel of 1and. and the construction of an improved, paved road, was postponed pend.ing improvoment of the unsubdivlded propenty. There being no objeetion, the Councll concurred. with the reconnendatlonof the Clty l{anager to refer the subject to the Plannlng Comnlssionwith a request that consid.eration be glven to the alleged commltmentat such tLme as !Ir. Etienne presents a plat plan for the resubdlvlsionof the property. 9. FIRE AND POIICE STATICN BOND 1S31'ES A comrnunlcation from the City l{anager, dated July l-5, L960, advised that i.n reply to a Council request, a meeting had been held with the Ci-tyr s Bond Counsel relative to the sale of a portion of the fi-re bonds for the purpose of purchasing fire pumpers and equipment. It was the reconmendation of the City l{anager that the Bond Counsel be directed to prepare the necessary leglslation to proceed on both the sale of Fire Bonds in the amount of $611500. for the purchase of two pumpers, hose and oguip:nent and on the sale of Pollce Bonds to reserve $5o,000.00 for a site acquisltion. Councl lman Rooth moved that the Councll eoncur wlth the recommendation, seconded by Councl lmaJ} Johnson and unanlmousl-y carried. 10. ARCHI TECT CONTRACT FOR NEW POLICE STATION A c onnrnrnl cati on from the Clty Planager, dated July 15, L960, ad.vised that a contract 1.rl th Architects Rlchard Zahn and Vlctor Wandmayer for sork on the proposed new police statlon has been prepared and lt was recorutendod that a resolutLon be adopted authorizing the execution of sald contract. A br.ief recoss I^Ias c+l1ed by the Chair at 9:30 p.m., to ascertaln fr:om the records, whether Richard Zahm, doing business in the {Jlty of Bur- lingame as an architect, had purchased a license for hls practice. CALL TO CRDB The meeting was called to order at 9: man Lorenz announced that a li.cense h June 17, 196O. .m., at which time Councll- een obtalned by Mr. Zatun on l+o p adb 139 Counc lIman Rooth rnoved that the Co.:.nci1 concur wlth the reconsnendation REIOLUTIoN No. l+8-60of the City Manager and introduced for Dassage,rrAuthorizlng Executlon of Contract lilth ArchiteVlctor 'hlandmaye r ) for the Construction of a NewSlte Wtthin the Clty of Burllngamerr seconded by unanlmously adopted on ro11 caIl. ROLL CALL OF CO],T'{ISSIOI{S cts ( Richard Zffinl ancl Police Station on a C ounc Llmar Lonenz and 11. ARCIIITECT COI.ITRACT FOR Ntr"C F]HE STAT]ON A communication from the Clty },lanager, dated Juty 'L5, 1960, advlsed thatthe contr.act fon the retentLon of James },litchell as ar.chitect for the new Fl-re Station has tre6n prepared anC it was reconmended that a res- clrrtl-on be adopted. authorizlng execution of conty'act. RESOLUTION N0. l+9-60 rrAuthorj-z ing Execution of Contract With Architectfor tiie eonsErucflon of a New Flre Station on a Slte to ba SelectedViithin the City of Burlingame It was int::oduced on motlon of Councllman Johnson idho moved its passage, second.ed by Councilman Rooth and unan-lmously carrled cn ro11 ca11. RESOLUT]ONS RESOLfTTION N0. 50-50 rrAuthorizlng City Manager to Make Appllcatlon tothe SaI l.-rancisco irla;er" Department for Water Sunply for Rosale Purposesard to Execute Agreement ProvS,ding for Locations for, and quanity of, Water Servlce and Terms and Conditlons of Sale[ was introduced for pass- age on motion of Cotmcl lman Rooth, seconded by Counc ilrnan Johnson and unanlmcusly carried..of Counc 11. ) (Twenty year period as approved. at last rneeting ORDlNA\-iCES Consideration of: ORDINANCE IO. fl,6 rrAn Ordinance Repealing Section BZI of the Ordin*r ee Code of the City of Burlingame and Adopting a Now Section 825 of Satd Ordinance Code, Flxing and Establishing the Classificatlon of Positions and Bnployment at the Compensatlon and Salaries Thereforrr (Months ofJuly and August) was glven lts second reading and on motion of Council- man Rcoth, seconded by Counc i.lmerr Johnson, sald ordinsrc e passed 1ts second reatli-ng and was adopted by the fo11or^d.ng vote: Ayes: CounclLnen: Byrd- Johns on-Lorenz-Roo ttrNoes: Councilmen: None Absent CouncLlmen: l4orgal QRIIN4|TCE N0._ 211 rrAn ordinance Repealing Sectlon 825 ot the Ordlnance Cod.e of the City of Burllngame and Adopting a New Sectio n 825 cf Sald Ordlnance Code, Ftxlng and Establishing the Classlflcatl-ons of Positions and Employment and the Com-oensati on and Salaries Theref orrr ( From Septem-ber on) was glven Lts second readlng and on motlon of Corlnc ilraan Rooth, seconded by Councl lman Johnson, sald ordlnance passed Lts second reading and was adopted by the fo].lowing vote: Ayes: Councllmen: Byrd-Johnson-Lorenz-RoothNoes: Councilmen: None Absent CounciL@n: organ ORDINANCE NO. 718 rrAn Ordinance Amending Sectlon [12.11 of the Ord.lnetce eod-A-fEEe -@of BurtLngame Fixing the Compensation of the CJ-ty Clerkfor trls Services as Asslstant Secretary of the Plannlng CommLsslonrr wasgiven l-ts second reading ald on motion of Councl-Lman Johnson, seconded by Counc ilman Lon et:.z, said ordinance passed lts second reading and was adopted by the followilg vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd- Johns on- Lorenz- RootlrNoes: CouncLlmen: None Absent Councllmen: Morgan 0mINANCES - lntroduction of: OFDINAN CE N0. 720 trAn Ordirance AdCi ng Secticn 122i-.11 Provlding for SEoF-Sfgns- on-Anfta Road at the Intersection of Bayswater Avenue to the B'.rlingame Ordinance Coderr was read in i ts entirety ald lntroduced by Councilman Rooth for first reading. yrs. Edith Cohendet, Cheirman Llbrary tsoard and Mrs. pauline Herricmember of the Recreation Comnission 6.nswered a roll_ ca1l of Cort.riss +taons. 144 UNFINISHED BUSINESS None NE'rr, BUSINESS None CLAI}.,1S PAYROLL Claims, Nos. 3867-4011, month of July, 1950, au].y aud.ited ln the arnountof $238r12h.1J, were approved and wairants orderecl drawn on ttre Clty Treasury in thelr respectlve amount s on motion of Counc ilman Rooth and. seconded ty Counc ilman Lorenz. Payroll l.+Iarrants r fionth of June, 196O, Nos . 6999 arnount of $81,0J1.07, were approved on motion of seconded by CounciLman Johnscn. 4 -71$6, in the total Counci lman Rooth and ADJOURNI,ENT The regular crder of business havl-ng been concluded, the meeting was regularly adjourned at 10:0! p.m. Respectfully s ubmit ted HERBEBT K. I,{HITE City Clerk APPRCVM: Mayor ro emDore