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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1959.03.16381 CALL TO ONDER A regular" rneetlng of g1'.,en date. Meetlng Chal:.. Burllngane, Ca] lf ornia ltlarch 16, 1959 the Burl- ingame Clty Councll was heJ-d on th€ abol,e cal-1ed to order at B:OO p.m. - L{syor Byrd ln the PLMGE OF ALLEGIANCE At word fnon the Chalr all ln the Council Chamber arose and gave the Pledge of Alleqlance to the Flag. ROLL CALL Prosent - Councl]men: Byrd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer Absent - Councllmen: None IfiTI'TES PREVIOUS UEETTNG Ti:e mlnutes of the prevlous oeetlng of March 2, 1959, as submltted to rrembers of the Councll w6re unanln usly approved and adopted on rnotion of Councilnan Johns on and seconded by Councllman Rooth. COI$IIINICATIONS 1. ].959 SA}I MATEO COUNTY FIESTA DITION ADVERTTSEI'IENT A c orarnrnlcat l on from the City Manager, dated March 13, 1959, advisedoll a. comm.Elcation rocsirrod from the DLrector of the San lllateo County Flesta Edltlon, in..'l tlng the clty to pantielpato ln the publlshlng of sald edltlon through advertislns colunns. A recomnendatlon from tho Clty Maneqer that the request be referred to tho Chanrber of Comnrer"ce for actLon, was concurred in by the Councll on motlon of Councilnsn Morgan, seconded by Councllman Thayer and unanlmously carried. 2. TEGTSLATION DESIGNATING U.S. I{TGHTIIAY 1O1 NEL CAMINO REAL'I A comrunlcatlon dated l,/[ar ch 15, 1959, wss read from the Clty Manager, sd'.'is ing that a comtrrnlcatlon has been receivod from the ChaLrman of tho Committoe for El Camino R6a1 urgin.-t the support of th6 Councll in seeklng legLslative asslstance ln the adoptlon of Senate B11] 123 and Assembly Btl-l- 1769, deslgnatln4 U. S. Hlghway 1O1, from San Francisco to the Mexlcan Border, as 'rEl CamLno Real-f, and provldlng lor the erection of Mlsslon Bo11 markers along the way. CounclLman Thayer nov6d that the Clty Manager be lnstructed to soLLclt the asslstance of local rogllslatlvo representatlves ln Sacramento, seconded by Counci lman Morgan and unanlmously carrlod. 3. PROPOSED COUI.ITY FTOOD CONTROL DISTRICT A communlcatlon from the Clty Managor, dated March 13, 1959, referredto a communLcatlon recolved from the Clty of San BrLrno relatlvo tothe propo c ofimendatgestion opermlt clto lts in request t sed Clon of thotles tnoduo tha ounty Flood Control Dlstrlct formatlon. It was the re-f the Clty Manager that the Councll concur in the sug-City of San Bruno that leglslatlve representatlvesto revlew all legls)-atLon proposed on the subJect prlor ctlon. The Clty Llanager was authorlzed to submlt at effect. 382 4. REI,IOVAL OF TREE ON Et CAiIINO REAL AUTHORIZSD A communication from the City Manager, dated L{arch l-5, 1959, advised that a request for pormlsslon to renove two Eucalyptus troes on El Camino ReaI for purposes of constructing a drlveway lnto a new apart- ment bull-dlng on Lot 27, Bl-ock 1, Burl lngame Park No. 4, has been consialered by the Park Conmission, subsequent to whlch lt tras recon- menCed that permisslon be granted for the removal- of one Eucalyptustree (tho third from tho northerly 1ot line) at thls time. Following a brief discusslon whereby lt was ascertaLned that the prooosed plan was the only reaslble way to place a d.rl\reway, Councilman Rooth moved that permission be granted to Wiflard N. Drown, the appll- cant, for the renovaf of one tree, seconded by Courrcllman Thayer and ulanimousIy c arrl ed. 5. ADVTSORY PLANNING COI]NCIL MEETING ON RE'LAIUATION A comrnunication fron the San ldateo County Advisory Planning Councllt dated March 10, 1959, exten-ring an invitation to the Councl,I to attond a meeting on "recl-amationn at the HalI of Justlce and Records, Redwood Clty, Wednesday, i,{e1rch 18, at 8:OO o I cl-ock, p. m. , was acknowledged and placed on fi }e. 6. PENINSULA IiIGHOAY POLICY COI{I'{ITTEri FOR JUNfPERO SERRA FREII{AY A commurricatlon, <latod February 2'l , 1959, was received from the Boardof Supervlsors, announcLng tho fornation of a Peni.nsul-a Hlghway PoLlcy Committee of Supervlsors ard. City Councllmen, to work with the State I{lghway officials on the deslgn and beautificatlon of the firnLpero Serra Freeway project and inviting a representatlve of the Clty of Burl inqame to serve as a member of said Committee. C ounc l1rnan Thayer, previously appointed by the Councll as its rep-resentative on matters pertalnlng to the Junipero Serra Freeway, advLsed that the new commlttee supersedes a forrFr comnittee and prcposes to include repr6sentatives from three cormties; namely, San Francisco, Sen Mateo ard Santa CLara. Councll-man Thayer was authorized, to contlnue to represent the Clty of Burl-lngame. RESOTU?]ONS RESOLUTION NO. 18-59 'Res cind in g RESOLUTTON NO. to -tEe-Annexation By the Tovrn of Hll1sborough Of Terrltory lVlthin the Clty of BurI ingame Pursusnt Sectlon 553O4 of the Governrpnt Code. The Ctty Attorney advised that the proposed resolutlon correctly rel-atos the boundary description of uninhablted propsrty detached from the City ol Burll-ngane and annexed to the Town of Hll]-sborough. Councilman Joynson introducod ar.d moved the passage of RESOLUT]ON N0. 18-59 seconded by Councllman Rooth and adopted unanimously on rol-1 call-. ORDINANCES Introductl on of: ORDINANCE NO. 68? f,An Ordinance Repealing Section 1565 of the Ordl-nance 61-58 and Consenting Certaln Unlnhabltedto the Provlsions of City of Burl lngame RegulatS"ng the Hours of Sale of Uncured Meatsn was introduced b.i C ounci lroan Mor,lan for lirst iAn Ordinance Repealing Section 608, 609 and 610 of inance Code Establlshlng the Fire Corrmisslon; Codo of theor Uncookod read I-ng. OTD]NANCE NO. 688 the Burl lngame of Part ff of the Burl ingame Ordl-nanc e Code Establishing Com::tissLon, Repeallng Division No. 7 of Article 6 oi Part Divislon I, Artlcl-e 6, Part ff of the Ordlnance Code Establlshlng the Comrrisslon of Pub1le Heal-th and Salety and Sectlons 62O, 62)-, 622 arLd 623 Establlshing t L:e Publlc Utl1lties Commlssioni was lntroduced for first roadlng by Councilman Rooth. ORDTNANCE NO. 68 9 'rAn Ordlnance Repeallng Divlslon No. 6 of ArtLcle 6 the RecreationII of the r 383 Ordinance Code Establishlng tho Park Commlssion; and Creatlng a CombLned Park ald Recreatlon CommlssLon and ?rovidlng for Lts Orgenlzatlon, Terrns of lts Menbers, OffLcers, Powers and Dutles't was introduced by Councll-msn Rooth for flrst reading. A general dLscusslon arose on the advlsabllity of conferring wlth members of the vari-ous commLssion and department heads prlor" to second readlng of Or:dlnanee No. 688 and Ordlnance No. 689, wlth a serles of meetlngs scheduled thereafter as folfows: Monday, ltrarch 3O, 1959, with members of the Public Utlfltles Corntlsslon, the Flre Conni.sslon and the Health and Safety Com-rnlsslon, at the hours of 7:3O p.m., 8:50 p.m., and 9:3O p.m., r:espectlvely; and Tuesday, March 31 , 1959, wlth membors of the Pank and Rocreatlon CommlssLon. The Ctty li[anager uas dfuected to conmunlcate with and so advlse the menbers of the Commisslons and department heads concernsd. CITY MANAGER REPORTS 1. TRAFFIC MATTE1IS The City irlanage r reportod (1) That a meetlng with repre sentati.'e s of the State DlvisLon of iilghrays wlII be held soon to dlscuss ways and rreans to improve trafflc condltlons at the lntersection of El Camlno ReaI, Pr lmr"os e Road, Bayswater Avenue, Cypness Avenue and Carol Avonuel(2) that a recomsendatlon shal1 be submltted at the next meetlng onthe suggested placenent of a crosswalk on Park Road across from the Post Offlce; and (3) that traffic surveys are b€ing mado of the followlnglntersoctions: Howard Avenue and Penk Road and Iloward Avenue grrd Frlrmose Road. UNFINTSHE) BUSINBSS 1. APP0INTMENT SFECIAT CITIZENS COI,{I.{ITTEE RE: TIDELAND PR0PERTfES Mayor Byrd announced that at a recant study meetlnn, the Councll had concurred in a recomnrgndatlon from the Bur'}lngame Recreation Associa- tlon that a sp€clal Cltlzenst Conr-'nlttee be appolnted to ascertaln facts concerrrlng the developnont of the v,'aterfront and marglnal land frontlng the easterLy boundarles of the City of Rurllngame. Mayor Byrd advlsed that the fo1lowln.1 nanes had been recom;nended as mambers of a speclal conmlttee on a temporary slxty-day basls to study the development of the tldeland property, lncludlng cost estl-mates: G. C. Cook, tlJlLllam 0rConnell , Charles Gfroerer, Dr. B. f.Boarint, Albert Horwltz, Wllllan Cnosby, Jr., Eanl Brown and Jack Edwards. The Chalr al-so advlsed that the comnittee may select other Lnterested cltlzens to a.sslst end that a speclal organlzatl onal meotLng shal1 be schedulod ln the noar future. NEI'I BUSINESS COUNCIL-COI{:,{TSSION POLTCY A}D PROCIDURE Counclfman Mo:rgan referr.ed to a recont newspapor article whenein the Park Commlsslon al1eged1y dlrected an admLnLstratlve order to a d6partment head contrary to a Councll dlrective. A brlef dlscusslon followed on the proper functlons of a Commlsslon ln lts adl'lsorycapaclty to the City Councll. 2. COTIMERS PROPOSM F'OR POLTCE DEPARTME}.IT C ouncl Lrian Mor:ganr s inqulry concerning whether new cormters were belngconsldered for th€ Pollce Department, was referred to the Clty l{anagerfor lnvestlgation and posslble incl-uslon in the I959-1960 budget. CTAIMS Warr"ants, Nos. l-214 - l-3'72, Month of M"rch, 1959, in the amount of S49r625.51, duly audlted, wore ordered drawn on the City Treasury inthelr respectlrre amotrnts, on motion of CouncLlnan Thayer, seconded I 384 Andrew C. Meyor Byrd by Councllman Johnson and unanimously carnied. PAYROLT Payroll warrants, Nos. 829-1235, in the amount of $721295.33rfor the L{onth of February, }959, nere ap pnoved on motlon of Councilman Thayer, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanimously carrled. ADJOURNI{ENT Coulcllman Thayer mo.red that the Cor.rncil adjourn in honor of and in respect to the memory of Martin A. Poss, former Chairman and member of the San lrtateo County Board of Supervlsors, former I{ay or of the City of San Mateo and one of tho organizers of the San Msteo County Floral Flesta, who passed in death, Sunday, lvlarch 15, 1959, seconded by Councilman iiooth and unanimously carr.ied. A copy of the minutes were dlrected to be forwarded to Mrs. Martln A. Poss. Time of adjournrnent, 9:1o p.n. Respectfully submitted, Her ert te City Clerk APMOVM: