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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1960.10.06Bu:rllngame, Callfornla October 6, 1960 CAI,L TO MDER A negulan meetlng of the Burllngame Clty Councl Counell consent to meet on the above gLve date,et 7:&0 p.m., - Mayon Mongan 1n the Chafu:. ROLL CAIJ 1, d Journed as penras ca11ed to orden Pnesent - Cotrncllmen: Johng on-Lonenz -Mongan Absent - Councllmen: B5rrd (7t55 p.n. )-Rooth Councllnran Roothr absent becawe of lIln€ss, ues excused on motionof Councllman l,onens and seconded by Counctlman Johnson. PURPOSE OF MEE"TINO - POLICE.FIRE STATTONS (Bond Issues ) Mayor Mo::gan annor.rnced that the meeting had been s cheduled for. the prlrpose of dlscusslng the namiflcatlons of the pollce and firefacllltles as voted upon at the last l,tunlclpal Electlon, Apr:i1, 1960. The Chafu" advlsed that the ar"chltects have been engaged and atentstlve site selectlon has been made, wlth tho Councll generally concurnlng wlth the neconanendat lons of the anchltects; howeven, lnthe lnterlmr..lt has been suggested that lt may be feaslble to construct a " Joi.,nt faclllty on the same parcel of pnoperty." Ar.chitects for: both the Pollce Statlon and the Fire Statlon, theChief of the Fl::e Depa::tmentr the Chlef of the Po].lce Depantment and other clty offlclals were ln attendance and ln response to the Chabrs lnvltatlon submltted thel.r respective necommendations : POLICE BUILDING ARCHITECT Vlcto:: Uandruayerr Ar:chLtect fon the c onstructLon of a new PoLlce Station, advlsed that subsequent to 8r lnspectlon by his offlce of suggested sltes, the clty-owned parcel on flolIlns Road appeared to be the most feasibl-o; th€ suggestlon of a "Jolnt facl1lty" was conslder:ed and rhile it Has deterrnlned thst both could be placed on the one slte, lt wag tlre oplnlon of hls offlce, that lt would betrwlgen to have two sepanati bullaiogs wlth separate walkways.rr Mn. Wandmaysr reconmended the followlnEi sltes ln the followlng order:(r) crty-oi.ned propenty on B ol1lns Road'; (e) Clty-owned prop"ity located wlthln the eree of the d,"rrF; (3) Pr:openty on Canolan Avenue, currently ownod by the Kalsen Corporatlon. CITY UANAEER REPORT RE! trAlSER FNOPERTY Councllman B5rrd, havlng appeared at 7i55 p.m., nequosted and rras gnanted pe aisslon to be excused at B:00 p., on motLon of Councllrnan Lor.enz and seconded by Councllman Johnson. Cor:ncllman Byrd, before netlrl,ng, announced thet he favored the Canolan Avenue slte fon the placement of a ffue and a police structu::e. 169 In reply to the ChaLrrs lnqulny concernlng the acquLsitlon by theCtty of Kalsen ouned property on Car.oLan Avenuer the Clty Managen advlsed that up to the pnesent occasion, he has been uneble to contact thp representatlve, but that he shalL contlnue to do so.fhe City l{anagern nefer:red to pnevious conrespondence wheneln the Kalsen Conponatlon has indlcated lts wllllngness to sell the p::ope::ty to the City. Tho Ctty Englneor, neplylng to Corlncl1 lnqulny, advlsed thet theKalser pnoperty on Canolan Avonue conslty of appr:oxlma tely two acr€s,ulth e f"actlon of an acne r€sorved by the Southern Paclfic Company as a rlght-of-way. COI,NCILI.{AN B}?D EXCI,S@ L70 FIRE STATION ANCEITECT James E. Il[ltche1} , Archltect selected for the constructlon of a flre statlon, advlsed that lt was his unders tandlng that the Bolllns Road p:toperty had been selected for the proposed flrestatlon; horever:, slnse the slte also has been proposed for the constructlon of a polLce statlon, ln hls oplnion, there wouLd be 1ltt1e adtvantage to havlng one faclIlty. lfr. l,Btchelt stated that the RollLns Road parcel is smaI1 antiLt was hls suggestlon that conslderatLon be glven to provlde an addltlonal flfty feet by coverlng the dnalnago canal. Mr'. l,Btchell advlsed that hls ffust chol-ce would be the Ro1l1ns Road property; that ln his oplnlon th6 proposed Carolan Avenue property may prove to be rrsomeuhet of a p::ob1em because of theposslble congest!.ontr and would r.equlre an rroverall, slght plan before any deflnJ.te c orunl tment were giventr. l,tayor Morgan advLsed that the rrldea of Carolan Avenue Lnt:rlguesthe nembors of the Councll - because it ls the only way to get the street opoorr. Ttre Chalr fu::then ad.vised that the format lonof an assegsment dlstrLct to extentl Carolan Avenus may delay the constrrrction of the p:roposed bulld1ngs. CII]EF OF POLICE DEPARII{ENT Chlef of Pollce Carl li. Lo1lln advised that he had no obJectionto the locatlon of the po11ce statLon on the Ro1l1ns Road propsrty, nalnJ.y to expedJ.te the constructlon; honever, ln hls oplnton, thefacl)-lty should. be kept sepanate fr"om that of the flre statLon,wlth the ontrance of one butltlLng on one street and ths oth6rfacing the opposLte street. CHIEF OF ITRE DEPARTMENT Fl::e Chlef Moonby stated that the p::lme aspect wlth respect tothe erectlon of a fL:re statLon l-s that of locetion. Ee advls edthat from hls personal sunvey, as well as that of the Board of FLne Undenrlters, the Rol11ns Road property appeared tobe thebest loeatlon; the slte hes good access to the Broa duay Overpass,to protect the large LndustrlaL area and access also, to the ServLce Road parallellng the Bayshore Illghway, render lng 1t ad- vantageous to rrswlng off et a tangent to protect the realdontlal a16at' . Questloned by the Councll, the FLre Chlef stated that Rol1lns Road meets the maxlmrm requinements to provlde for: a flre statlon 'rto be rlthtn running dlstances;rr that the Kalser ptroperty onCarolan Avenue could se:rve the purpose but not as re11; andfurther, he was not convLnced that a savl.gs would be real1zed1f the tro bulldlngs uere combLned. Ttre Flre ChLef obsenved a lnclude the punctrase of 1 that the Elre Bond Issu6 dLd not1s o, and Clty Manager Cha:rles F. Schwalm stated that 1n hls opinlon rrnone of the sltes appeaned too good.[ end that he was unable on thls occaslon to state hls preference for those mentloned. CITY MANAGER RECESS A recess was cal1ed by the Chafu at B:25 P.Ir{. L7L CALL TO ORDER Ihe Chalrl called the raeeting to order at, 8!35 P.M. COUNCIL COMI"IENTS COI'NCIL},TAN IORENZ Councllman Lorenz stated that the Carolan Avenue slte, If acquLred, would rropen up the stneetrr ther.eby pr.ovldlng the added advaniageof protectlng the lndustrlal area and rellevlng the trafflc c onlnglnto the lnilustrial anea. CouncLlman Lorenz observsd further thatthe Clty may receive $601000 per acre for th6 RollLns Road property. COUNCIL!,IAN JOHNSON C ounc 1lraan Johnson expr.essed her lnterest ln the statertbnts favon-lng Rolllns Road, statlng that she was treold on the slte of RolLlns Road untIl an lnspectlon llas made last Saturday at whlch time the Canolan Avenue property was brought outrr. Councllman Johnson questlonEd whether the Councll was Justlfled.1n belng 'radamantrr because of 1ts reallzatlon that thls may bo the means of openlng Carolan Avenue and stated that her cholce uould be elther the RollLns Road slte or the Canolan Avenue slte. James H. ll1tchel1, Archltect, stated. that wh1le he favored the Ro111ns Road slte, he would not 1lke to see the trKalser pnoposl- tlon" dropped; that the Ctty ls growing and every effort should be expended to obtaln the pnoperty for wldening purposes. CITY ENGINEER Clty Englnesr csorgo J. lllart: stated that he personelly agreed wlth the Fire Chlef regarding the locatlon of the Fi:r'e Statlon; that 1n hls oplnlon, the Ro11lns Road propenty would be the rrldealn slte tc protect the hlgh value of the industrlal area and toprotect the resldentlal anea of the Clty. In regard. to the Carolan Avenue property, the Clty &eglneer statedthat he would llke to see the property acquhed. by the Clty and1f lt were to be consLdenod as s ftrtu.re clvlc center as we1l. as a slte for a pollce statlon, th€ $601000 allocated ln the Po1lce Statlon Bonds for slte acqulsl-tlon, could be applled towand the pur:chase prlce of the p:roperty. PLANNING ADVISOR Planntng Advlsor George A. Mann, speaklng from the viewpolnt of aplanner, stated that ln hls oplnlon, the Rollins Road slte was not large enough for two bultdlngs, that lt would be rrcnamplng't facllLtles, unrlse and short-stghted. Cont!.nuLng, the Plannlng AdvLsor stated that 1t xould not be wiseto sell RoLllns Road propenty, or any clty-owned pnoperty; thatItno matter what pr.openty 1s sold today, lt w111 cost more to purchase at a later datart. Ihe Plannl.ng Advisor stated that he would like to s€e the Carolan Avenue pr.operty punchased. and rlto develop the values l-n the area w111 be r.epald over the amount of the ex;lendLtures of the Clty'r. The Chalr questloned the Chlef of PolLce rel-atLve to hLs opin!.on on the proposal that the Police Statlon be erectcd. on a portlon of the Carolan Avenue p?operty, who, in rep1y, stated that he had. no obJect5.on to saLtt erectlon or to the suggestlon that funds allocated for the slte acqulsitlon be expended for that portlon of the property to be used by the Poll-ce Departnent. 77?- On the subJect of finencing the acquisitlon of the Carolan Avenueproperty, the Clty F:rtglneor advlsed, throu@ inqulrles of the ChaLrp,that approxlmately S601000 has been budgeted from gas tax fundsfor the Cltyt " portLon of the Carolan Avenue street impnovement;the estLmated assessment on the Kalser Corponatlon property amounts to $261000 and approxlmately $71000 w111 be requfu'edto fllL the proper.ty to approprlate grade. Conslderable dlscusslon araose among the mamber.s of the Councll on the subJect of negotlating for the purchase of the Carolan Avenue property for the purpose of locatlng a poJ.lce statlon and whatever other purpose the Clty may d.eem approprlate and the deslgnati.on of the Bolllns Road property f or the construction ofa neu fine statl on. Counc Llnan Lorenz stated that he would consent only to the con-structlon of both the fLre statlon and the pollce statlon onthe Carolan Avenue propelrty, lf the property lrore eva11ab1e forpurchase. The dlscusslon was concluded wlth no action taken by the Councll and the Clty Manager Lnstnrcted to negotlate wlth the nepresenta-tlve of the Kalser Corporatlon fon the acqulsltlon of lts property on Carolan Avenuo and to submlt a report to CouncLl thereafter. ADJOURN},IEN? The meetlng was regulanly adJourned at 9:[! P.M. Res ectfully su te d, lrrH rEClty Clenk L B. MOR R APPROVED: fl ,'\