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Burllngame, Cel ifornla
Jenuery 5, 1959
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meetlng of the Burl- lnqame Cltyglven date. Meetlng ca1led to or:den at
Chair.
Councll was held on the above
8: IO p. m. - Itlayor Byrd Ln the
PIEDGE OP ALIE GIANCE
At word from trle Chair al-l- ln the
Pledge of Allesiance to the Flag.
Cor:nc11 Chamber aros e and gave the
NOLL CALL
Present - Counci]-mon: Byrd - Johns on -Morgan-Rooth-Thayer
Absent - CouncLlmen: None
MTNUIES PREVIOUS IvIEETING
The mlnutes of t i'E prevlous meotlng of December 15, l-958, as submltted
to nrembers of the Council were unanlmous Iy approved anddoptod uponnotion of Counci l-rnan JoLrnson and seconded by Councllman Rcoth.
BTDS - DRAINAGE BONDS OF 1958 - SECOND DI1TSION -$gz, ooo
Mayor .Byrd announced that thls was the tlmo and place scheduled for
openlns blds on the bonds of the Second DlvisLon of Drai.nage Bonds ofl-958, ln the prlnclpal a mount of $52,000. The blds were publlcly
opened and declared as fol-lows:
BANK OF AIIIERICA Par Value Yep r Interest
San Frenclsco, CalLiornia
Not Inter6st Cost $8,914.50or 3.19651[
AIIIERICAN TRUST COMPANY
San Francls co, Callfornia
ll6t fntorest Cost $8, ?89. OOor 3.t5o17y'"
DEAN 1VITIER & CO.
Ss2,ooo.oo an/aq-eh,/zo s#
s 5,OOO.OO
25, OO0 . O0
2,O00. oo
4%
6*4
ZM
B/t/64B/t/6b-s/t/6e
a/L/7o
San Frarclsco, California $32, ooo.oo ]-964-r969
1970Not Inter.6 s t Cost
o? 3.26357/
$8 r 45 2.50
-.a-The bids ryere referred to the City Attorney, the Clty Engineer and toMr. Randolphr representlng the lsw firm of KlrkbrLde, $Jl1son, Hanzfeld
and ltlallace, Attorneys for the p,roJect, for examlnatlon and recommenda-tl on pr'l or to 6 d Journrnent .
IIF]ARTNGS
1. LAND USAGE OF PROPIIRTY FOR}IERLY iIOUSING COTTAGE IN 1YASHINGTON PARK
layor Byrd announced that thls
Councll at lts regular meetingpubIlc hearlng on the two uses
Recreatlon Cent€r and formerly
entrance to Washlngton Park.
was the time and place scheduled by theof Novomber 1?, 1958, to conduct aproposed for property adjacent to the
houslng a gardenerrs cottage at the
Reference was made to a report lrom the City I{anager advising that thecotta'{e had been removed and that several suggestions had been offe::odreletive to lts use: (1) to rotain the property for park and recreation
purposes and (2) to convert the property into an off-street parklng
fac111ty.
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A letter dated December 5, J-95E, w s read froxx the Executivo Board of
the BurI lngame Hlgh School Parent-Teaclrers Association, r ecommendlng
that the proporty be r etalned solel-y lor recreation and park faclllties.
The Chetr recognlzed lbs. A. F. Herrlck, represontln8 the Burl lngame
Hlgh School Par€nt-Teachers Associatlon as lts Recroation Chalrman,
who stated tho f o1f ovrlng reasons ln oppositlon to the converslon of bhe
prope rty lnto a parklng lot facillty: (1) that acceding to statistics,
the City of Burllngame ls deficient ln necreatlon Land by two hundred
acres; (2) the close pnoxlmlty to the small chlldrenrs pl-ayground would
create a hazard; (S) tne parklng sltuatlon would not be lmproved;
lnstead, an adJacent par:klng Iot ln exlstence should be lmprolred to
prorrlde a greater use; and (+) tire Clty would not beneflt flnanclally
by pnovlding an addltlonal parking faclllty ln that area.
Rlchard T. Perry, Presldent, Burl ingable s -Oak -Grove
C1ub, concurr:ed vrith the statbments of tbe prevlous
that the property should be preserved as a park to
ment s ,
I'itanor Impro v6 mgn t
speaker, addlng,trei6yd off enroach-
Ed Arrrold, member of the Recreatlon Comnlssion, speaklng 1n behalf of
sald Comnlsslon, obJocted to the use of the area other than that forpark and recreation purposes and stlpulatlng reasons as aforerentLoned.
The Chair invited comnEnts from members of the Councll.
Councl lman Thayer stated her preference that tlre land be reserved for
park and necreation and recalled to mlnd recommendatlons mado by the
Recroation Commlsslon and the Park Cotn-nission by reading oxcer"pts from
pr.ovious correspondence, whereln both Commlssions urged the retentlon
of the property as a park and recneatlon faclllty.
Councllman Johnson expressed her concurronce ydtir the statements of
the previous speakers and ln further comment, urged that the matter
of existlng parking lot faclLlty be lrvestigated as suggested.
Councllman Morgan recalled that the publlc hoarLng was motlvated bythe fact that resldonts ln that partlcular sectlon of tho Clty have
requested an additlonal- park lng lot f acll-ity and that ln hls opLnlon,
there was merlt in each of the use proposed.
Questloned by the Councll, th€ Clty Manager stated that lt was hls
opinion that the issue to be resolvod ls one of po11cy ard cognlzantthat either use would be ln the pub1lc lnterest, he had no recomnenda-tion to submit to Councl 1.
Following further dlscussLon, Councllman Johnson movod that the property
be reserved oxcluslvely as e park and recreatlon faclllty, seconded by
CounclLman Thayer.
0n the questlon, Councllman Rooth, through the Chalr, d irocted lnquirlesto Recreatlon SuperLntendont Lincoln viho advised that a picnlc and bar-
becue area has been lnlormally dlscussed as a possLble fac111ty; however,
any actLvLty would be sponsored by the Recreatlon Department wlth the
maintenance of the proporty assumod by the Park Depar.tnent.
Followlng a brlef discusslon on the questlon, tlre Chalr call-ed for a
vote on the motlon and announced as follows:
Ayes: Councl Imen: Byrd - Johnson -Morgan -ThayerNoes: CounclLmen: Rooth
The publlc hearlng was thereafter declared concluded.
2. PROPOSM TURN-OFF' ON BAYS}{ORE BL]IWEEN BROAD1TJAY AND POPLAR AVENUES
Mayor Byrd announced that thls was tne time and place prevlously
duled by the Counclf to conduct a hoarlng on a rer.:uest lnltiatedthe Chamber of Comrnrce for an additlonal turn-off lnto tho City
Burlingame from the Bayshore Htghway.
s che
by
of
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The Chalr r"ecognlzed John Cockroft, President of the Burlingame Chamber
of Commerce, wtr o stated the interest of the Chamber of Cornmerce ln the
creetion of an additlonal tul{l-off from the Bayshore Highway into the
City to correct traffic pnoblems partlcularly prevalant at the Broadway
turn-off.
Mr. Cockroft stated that the actlon requosted of the Citylts concurrence ln the request of the Chamber of Commerco
be nade to ttt State Divislon of Highways to lnclude in Iluture devel-opment of the Hlghway, an additl onal- turn-off
between Broadway, Burlingame and Poplar Avonuo, San Mateo
Ctts
f
ouncll *shat an appeal
plans foror t raffL c
Mr. Cockroft advl-sed that Howard Avenue had been referred to as anapproprlate turn-off because of the undoveJ-oped property et the foot ofthe street and lts 'mldway polntr of entry lnto the Clty.
Questloned by tho Chalr as to whether, ln hls oplnion, a pub1lc hearlng
was premature on this occasion, Mr. Cockroft replled affirmatr.vely,statlng that a survey should be r:equestod flrst by the State Ilighway
DepartnEnt.
The Clty Attorney, ln replying to Councllman Johnsonrs inoulry
whether tho Clty would be obllgated to conforil to the findinqsDlvlslon of Hlghways as the resul-t of lts survey, advlsed that
would be placed ln a pecullar posltLon lf lt falled to scceptDlvlsion of Hlghways re co nne ndatons.
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of
the
the
to
the
Clty
Rlchard T. Penry, President of the Burl lnqable s -Oak Grove Manor Improve-
ment CIub, ln addr.esslng the Councll on the subJect, presented a Petltlon,rrProposlng a Thorough Study of Burl lngame Trafflc ln Relatl-on to Bayshore
Freeway; Proposlng No addltLonaf Turn-offs between Broadway and Penlnsula
Avenues'r bearlng the slgnatures of approximately 55O residents andproperty owners of the city.
IIr. Porry advlsed that the petltloners strongly op-)ose additlonal turn-offs in the residential areas between Broadway and Penlnsula Avenues
because such turn-offs would create a serious traffic hazard to
scnool ctrlldr.en and create high speed traffic detrlrrental to a strlctlyresidentlal aroa and lts property values.
A comnunleatlon, dated January 5, 1959, from the Washlngton School
Parent Teachers Assoclatlon, opposlng an addltlonaf turn-off from Bay-
shore Hlghway between lrssdway and Penlnsula Avenues was receLved andpl"ced on f ll-e.
Followlng a brlef dlscusslon, the subJect mattor was referred to theCtty l[anager, tr,{ th instructions that a c ompleto study be made and h1s
findlngs reported to the Clty Councll, the Chamben of Commerce and to
Mr. Rlchard T. Perryr spokesman and representatlve of the petltloners.
The hearlng was thereafter doclared concluded.
RECESS
A recess was declaned by the Chalr at 9:25 p.m.
CALL TO ORDBR
The meetlng was celled to order at 9:5O p.m.
NEFERENCE 10 BIDS - $32,OOO DRAINAGE BO}{DS
The Clty Attorney advlsed that blds recei',ed on bonds of the SecondDlrrlslon of Drainage Bonds l"n the prlncipaf amount of $52,OOO.OO had
been examlned and it was recon:mended that theAmorican Trust Coinpany,
the Low bid.der, be awarded the bld.
1-59 Awardlng Sale of -Bonds, Second Dlvlslon, $IIEFI CAx TRUST CoMPANYi seconded by Counellrnen E
Counclfman Johnson introduced and moved tho passage of RESOiUTION NO.
52, ooo.Oo to the -ooth and adopted unanl -
mously upon roJ-f cafl.
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COI'I]JIUNICATIONS
I. BURLINGAME SHORE LAND COI'PAI'T REQUEST]NG CITY PURCHASE EASEiIENT
A comrn:.nLc r, tl on dated JanuprXr 2, L959 t w::s Pead from the CLty Manager,
advlslnq that a com.mnic.tlon had been necelved from the attorneys
for the Burl lngane Shore Land Company, requestlng that the Clty purchase
a strip of property owne d by the Shor"e Land Company' east of the Bayshore
Frseway neer the Broadway Ovenpass and usod by the Clty for sewage and
dralnage purposes wlthout ac.lulrln{ tltIe. thereln.
Tho City Manaqer advised that some years ago the Clty constmcted a
thlnty lnch sanltary sewer forco maln from lts purnplng plant to lts
treatment plan across tho property ln questlon and taklng possosslon
under an oral aqreement whereby the Clty was to feceive tltfe to the
southern portion of the tract ln exchange for fl 11lng the northernportlon of the tract.
ft w,.-s the recommendation of the Clty Ma;rager that tire Clty ascortaln
1f lt 1s posslble to blnd the Sirore Land Company to the orlglnal agree-
msnt or lf not, to (a) purchase the easement cr' (b) purchase such amount
of fard as w1 If rergo with the easement to stnalghten property Ilnes, or(c) to purchaso all the )-and adJolnlng the Cltyrs in order to control
and to devolop the property.
For purposes of information and further clarlfleation, a comm-mlcatlon
from the law flrm of Carr, Mc01o11an, Ingersoll and Thompson, dated
December 3, 1958, ras reed, lncl cating that the Burllngame Shore Land
Company ls of the oplnlon that the Clty of Burllngame has abandonedfurther consideratlon of the purchase of the dnolo piece of property.
Tire corununlcatlon, in lts closirg paragraph, stated:tho fact that some afflm&tlve actlon rrust b6 taken by the
Shore Land Company to prevent the Clty of Burl lngarne from arl$rt of usor undor lts rroperty, we must have a reply to t
not lator than Januery 15, 1959.'t
In 'rlew of
Burl lngarecculrlng thehls offer
that the
because
use of
In replylnq to Councll lnquirles, the Clty Attornoy adrriseddate January 15, 1959, had been selected 1n all- probablllty,
of the fifth year annlversary date of the City obtalnlng thethe 'rstrip of property' to InstaII lts sewer maln.
Councllman Morgen mo..ed that the subJect matter be refemed
Idanager and actl-on taken as outllned bythe CLty Attorney.
was seconded by Councilman Rooth and unanlmousJ.y carrled.
The Clty Attomey further advlsed that he was uncertain at this t lrfle
whether the Clty has a nsubscrlptlve rlqht'r to the prcperty. It washls r.ecommondation that the subject bo roferred to the Clty Manager
wlth the Clty Manager in turn advising the attorneys for the Burllngame
Sho re tend Company that the Clty of Burllngame ls cognlzant of a sltu-atlon t,hat should be corrected.
Followlng further dlscusslon, tne Chalr recomnended that the Clty
itlanager conduct an lntenslvo study of the ertlre srbJect and that hlsflndings be reported to the Counc11.
to
The
the CLty
Ilotlon
2. COUNCILMAN THAYER APPOINTED REPRESENTATTVE FIIEEWAY DESIGN COI{IIITTEE
A communlcatlon dated January 2, 1959, was read from the Clty L{anager,
advlslng that the San Met€o County Advlsory Plannin.q Councll has re-quested an appolntrEnt of a membor of the Burllnqane Clty Councll toserve as a representatlve on the Junlpero Serra Freeway Deslgn Committee
and has oxtended an lnvltatlon to the representetive to attend a
meetlng of sald Corrr-eittee on January 20, 1959, Court House, RedwoodClty, at I p. m.
CouncLlman l{organ morred t}rat Councll-nran Thayer be selected as the Cltyrsrepresentatlve, seconded by Councllman Rooth ald unanimously carrled.
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3. FINAL MAP I,{ILLSDALE INDUSTRIAT PARK TEf.,IPOfi,ARILY IiJITTIHELD
Actlon on
No. f was
the acceptance of the Flnaf Map of East Mlllsdale .Psrk, UnltheId, pending r.ecelpt of related docurrcnts.
4. REQUEST FOR STATE AID IN CREATI0N SI{ALL BOAT HARBOR
A com:nunlcation dated January 2, 1959, was read from the Clty ldanager,
subrdtting a request from A. A. Liggett, proprletor of e Sporting Goods
store on Broadway, as to rrrhat actlon, if any, the City of Burllngame has
taken to avall itself of State funds to assist cltles 1n the creationof a small boat harbor.
The City l,{anager advised that State funds are available on a loan basis
for pfanninq and constructlonl howe.rer r considerable lnformation must
be submltted to the State prior to the granting of a loan.
The Chair recognized li{r. A. A. Liggett, nho advLsed that the instalfa-
tion of a smal-1 boat faclllty ln Burl- lnaame wou1d not only lncrease hls
personal business, add mor e purchaslng in this area, but vould provlde
a speclal recreation service ard f acil-ity to tho City aIso.
Mayor Byrd observed that a loca1 boat concern has experlenced a decline
in business alleged to the fact, prlmarily, that the Clty of Burl ingameoffers no facllity for boating.
Follorving a brief discusslon, the City Manager was roquested bo obtal-n
more information by communlcating with the City of Hayward, the Clty
of South San Franclsco a'1d the Smafl Boat iiarbor Cornmission of the State
of California Departlrent of Natural Resources.
A comnunlcation dated Janua ry 2, L959, from the City Manager, advlsed
that the tentatlve map of the nBearint fndustri a1 Parkr has been
recorunended for acceptance by the Planning Commlsslon, the Clty Englneer
and ttr e Offiee of the City Malager.
Councll-man Morgan moved that tho Councll
map as presented be accepted, seconded by
unanLmously camied.
concur and that the tentative
Co',:ncllrnan Johnson and
6. STOP SIGNS ATNHORIZED AT INTERSECTION LAI}IINA AND L]NCOLN AVENUE
A recommendation from the Clty l,lanager, dated Januany 2, 1959,
STOP slgns be erected at the lntersection of Lincol-n Avenue and
Avenue, was concurred in by nembers of the Councll.
tha t
Laguna
NESOLUTIOI{S AND ORDI}IANCES
None
CI,A]M jJlari on A. Brown,185 Pepper Avenue
A memo fro rn the City lvlanager, dated January 2, 1959, adrrised that a
cfalm has been filed for an undeternxined amount for damages alleged by
IIARION A. BROWN, 185 Pepper Avenue, to tlave been caused from erosionof a ditch ln the yard of the cl-almant and lt was recordmend.ed that thoclaim be re jecteo and referred to the Cltyt" insurance carrler. Councll-
man Morgan moved that the cla1m be re jected and referred to the Cttyts
insurance carrier, seconded b;r Councllman Eooth ard wranimously carried.
I SAI'I FRANCISCo fIATER DEPARTMIiNT RE: PURCHASE OF lqAfER
A roport from the City Manager, dated January 2, L959, ad'rlsed that the
San Franclsco Water DepartrEnt is currently conducting a series of
meetlngs to confer on problems concernlng the present and fu ture water
supply. The Council was advised that an Association of Ball Area rrrator
users is being formed for the protection of consuners and a furtherreport shal1 be submitted notlfying the Councll- of the actual formation
and the advantage of the Clty partlcipatlng ln the Assoclatlon.
5. TE]NTATIVT] MAP .IBEARING INDUSTRIAL PARKT ACCEPTED
C]TY MANAGER RiiPORTS
3s3
UNPINISHED BUS]]{ESS
None
NI]W BUSTNESS
None
ADJOURNI{ENT
There being no further buslness, tLr e meetlng was requl-ar]y ad. journod
at 10:25 p. m.
Respe ctfully s ubml tted,
Herbert K. lljhl teCity Clerk
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