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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1959.08.03435 BurlLngame, Callforqnla Augwt 3, t959 A negular meetlng of the Bu::llngame Clty Councll was heldglven date. The rneetlng rras called to or.den at 8:O0 p.m. Johns on 1n the Chaln. on the above - Mayor as submltted to adopted on mot lon At P1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGTANCE rond fr:om the Chalr, all In the Councll Chamben €rrose and gave the edge of Allegiance to the Flag. ROLL CALL Pr.es ent Abs e nt Councllmen: Byrd- Jo hns on-Morgan-Roo th- Thayen Cormcllmen: Ncne MlNUTtsS PREVIOUS MEETING The mlnutes of the pr:evlous meetlng of July 20, 7959, membens of the Councll were unanLmous Iy approved andof Councllman Byrd and seconded by Councllman Rooth. }IEARINGS t. MILLS ESTTATE NO. 15 snd MITLS ESTATE N0. 17 Mayon Johnson announced that thls ras the tlme and place scheduled to conduct a hearlng on the proposed acqulsitlon and impnoveme nt s toestabllsh 'rMil1s Estate No. 15 and MlI1s Estate No. U.rt the Clty Clerk advlsed that no wn!.tten protests had been fi1ed. The Chaln questloned whether there uas anyone ln the audlence who deslnedto be heard. There belng no protests, oral or: wnitten, the he a::lng was declared concluded. 2. EAST I..[rII,SDAI,,E INDUSTRIAL PARK IJNIT NO. TI The Chalr. announced that a hearlng had been scheduled on thls date andplace on the proposed tcqulsltlon and lmpr"ovements to establlsh rrEast Mil1sda1e lndwtnlal Park Unit If .'r The Clty Clerk advlsed that nowrltten pr.otests had been fl1ed. Mayor Johnson questLoned whether anyone ln attendance deslred to €nter a protest. There appearlng to be no protests, oral or wrltten, _the hearing was declared concluded. RESoLUTToN NO. 70-59 rrA Resolutlon and Onder Adoptlng Englneenrs RESOLUTI ON Xq. 59-59 [A Resolutlon End Orden Adoptlng Englneerrs Report, @smentandonder1ngthe,r.onkin<ircqu1sttlonS'uitrs.Estate No. 15 and Ml1ls Estate No. 17" was lntnodueed for passage onmotlon of Councllman Byr.d, seconded by Councllman Rooth and unanimous 1y cannled on ro11 caII. Repor:t, e onflr.ra lng the Assessment and order.lng theAcqulsltions, East Millsdale fndustrlal Pank Unlt Wonk and N0. If rr was lntroQueed by Councllman Rooth, who moved its passage, seconded by Councllman Bynd and r:aanlmous 1y adopted thereafter dn ro11 ca11. If,TRODUCTION OF GUESTS Mayor Johnson acknowledged the priesence of a lange delegatlon fromGirls t State Alumni Assoclatlon, 25th Dlstrlct, Amenlcan Leglon Aurlllaryy, Connle Wl1son, Presldent, and Helen Bernyessa, Girls I State CommLttee Chafuman. A round of applauso gr.eeted the delegatlon. CALL TO ORDER 486 COMMUNICATIONS 1. GRAY VS. CITY OF BURLINGAME:SAFEWAY STORES VS. CITY OF BIIRLTNGAME A communicatlon fnom the City Attorney, dated July l1that on JuI-y 22, 1959, tine Super.ior Court of the Stat had made lts onder denylng the petttion of the City ofor a hearlng on the subject of the Cltyrs "Par.king D , 1959, ad vis ed e of Ca1lf or"ni a, f Burlingame istrlct No. 1.tt The City Attorney further. advlsed that the orden concludes thepr"oceedlngs and lts effect ls to sustain the judgment of the Supenlon Court and the declsj.on of the Distnict Court of Appeal that thepnoceedings leading to the fonmatlon of the par.klng dlstrlct weneinvalld and in consequence, the ordinance purportlng to form thePanking Distrlct is vold and of no effect. A letter was also read fnom Er.nest A. Wi.l-son, of the 1aw ffu"m ofKlrkbnlde, Wllson, Harzfeld & Wallace and the Attorney for. the nowdefunct Panking Dis tric t. Mn. Wilson advlsed that Mr. Harold Klrkbrlde has been authorized tobrlng to date, the assessed valuatlon of the several pancels ofpropenty nemaining within the proposed dlstrlct, subsequent to which, a report sha1l be made to the Chamber of C or,rmerce and to the Parklng Conmittee. Mr. Wllson further advised that rrinterest rates have splnalled dr:rlngthe pendency of the 1ltlgatlon, with the result that a new l-ook wl11 have to be iaken at required bond service coverage" and at the conclusLon of whlch, a conference sha1l be arnanged with members ofthe Chambe!: of Coramence, the Parking Conrlittee and Clty 0fficlals. Councllman Byrd lnitiated Councll discusslon by stating that he lras opposed to expendlng funther time on a proJect that has been declaned lnvaIld; that the Mayor should appolnt, ulth the concur- rence of the Cor:ncil, a nel, committee and embank upon a new program. Councllnran BJrrd thereupon moved that all persons pnevlously associated rith the project be discharged wlth sincene thanks and advised that the Councll shal-1 a ssume the leadershlp of a new compnehens ive program. Councllman Thayer concur.r:ed wlth the statements of Councllman Bynd, ne-stating hen pr:evious ob.jection to the formatlon of the or.iglnal Parklng Distr.ict but expressing the deslre that a new dlstrlet be for.med on a more logical basis. Councilman Byrdrs motlon ras seconded by Councllman Thayer". On the question, Councllman Rooth stated that a cltlzens I commlttee' unden the chalrmanship of Mr. Rlchard Mlnere has been dissolved; however, Mr. Wilson is st1l1 belng retained by the Clty. Councilman Rooth called attentlon to a matter of record wher:eln Mr. l,{llson uas to neeelve a fee of *11000.00 lf the proJect were suceessful and on a fee basls, should the project fal1. Councllman Rooth recontaended that Mn. Wllson be relmbursed in the futl amount of $1,000.00 for hls services. Councllman Morgan prot€sted the proposed action, declaring that the dlsmlssal of Mn. ltlllson rras unnecessaryr confusing and unfair. Councilman Bynd clanlfied hls positlon, stating that in hls optnlon, the only alternative uas a complete seversnce rlth the past program and the instltutlon of an entlnely new program rrith the appointmentof a new commLt tee. Mayor Johnson expressed hen desire that a new comnlttee be appointed and delegated Councilman Rooth to assume chalrrnanshlp, wLth sueh details is cltizens pantlcipatlon to be determLned 1n time. The Chalr erpressed her reluctancer however, to reJeet the se::vlces of Mn. Wllson. 437 Ayes: CorincLlmon: Bynd-ThaNoes: Councllmen: Johnson-Abstalnlng CouncLlmen: Rooth M er orSan fn the dlsc';sslon followlng the result of the vote, Councllman Rooth declaned hls wllllngness to accept the ehalrmanship of a oanklngdlstnlct conunlttee Eut nequested'a fnee-handt' ln selecttne lnt6nestedcltlzens to pantlcipate ln the asslgnment. Councllman Rooth statedthat the Councll sha11 be kept lnformed of the pr.ogress nade bythe commlttee at all tlmes. Councllman Morgan questloned the status of the commlttee under the chalrrnanshlp of Councllman Rooth ln relatlon to that of the Chamberof Commencers under: the chalr.nanshlp of John J. &roderlck, Postmasten. Johnson J. Cockroft, hesldent of the Bu:r1lngane Chamber of Commerce, expnessed appnoval to the creatlon of a new cltlzens r commLtte.: to wor:k closely rith the Chambe:: of Commer:ce. Mr". Cockroft r:ecommendedthet the Council, accept the commrnlcatlon necelved fnom Mn. Wl1son and that hLs senvlces be contlnued. Referrlng to the lnqulrles of Councllman BJE"d, the City Attorney advlsed that the decisLon of the Supr:eme Count has rendened thedlstr:lct defunct and Mr". W1lson, followlng a pattenn henetofor"e obsenved, whereln a conmlttee fornulated a panklng dlstrlct lndependentof the Councllrnow proposed to complle data on the fonmatlon of a new dlstrlct. It was the neconunendetlon of the Clty Attonney that areport and a c ommrnlcat lon settlng fonth a basls of compensatLon be submltted to the Councll by Mr:. Wllsonts office. Councllman Rooth nepeated hls deslnehls dls cretlon. to be permltted to proce€d at f'urther dlscussion and actlon uas held ln abeyance pendlng a meetlngto be scheduled by Cormcllman Rooth, Chafu:man of the Councl l. Commlttee. ?. BOARDING HOUSE APPLICATION APPROVED ( 1438. Fl,or.f runda Ave. ) A communbatlon, dated July 11, 1959, was read fi:om the Plannlng Com- mlssLon, advlslng that subsequenl to a pub1lc hearing, the nequestfor a Spectal Per.mlt to oper.ate a BoandLng House, 1lr38 Flor.tbunda Avenue, submltted by Dn. Halg A1bar.lan, had been denled by a vote offour to two, wlth one member abstalnlng. The Councll nas fur.ther advlsed that the maJor"lty of the Commlsslon wer:e of the opinlon that pollclng of the premlses and the aggnavatedperklng problem on r-1or:lbunda Avenue consitutad sufflclent r€aIsonto deny the appllcatlon. A communl,catlon, dated JuIy 10, 19!9; ras read from Eelg S. A1bar:lan, D.D.S., appeal"ing the deelsion of the Planning Commlssion relatLveto tbe varlance applicatlon. Mayor Johnson recog:lized Cyrus J. McMIl1qn, Attorney, repnesenttngthe appllcant, who opened the dlscusslon on the appeal. Mr:. McMll1an advlsed that the eppllcant has slgnlfied hls lntentlonto eroct a fLi.e escape Ln accordance to Fire Depantrnent standands,to provlde fon a total of flve off-stneet par"king sta1ls and to maLntaln control of the pnemlses by houslng a member: of his lmmedlete fanlly on the prop€rty. The Councll was Bdvised that the property has been used foli the past sever:a1 yea"s ln the s ame capaclty as, cunrently neques ted; - -hotteve!'t1t was a- pensona1 use g:ranted to the pnevious owners. I{r:.. HcMLllan also dvlsed that the maJorlty of the pnotestands have ulthdr:awn thek o:rlglnaI obJectlons. Mc. McMlllanrs replles to Councll lnqulrles lndlcated that objectlons ralsed by the Plannlng Commisslon heve been met satlsfactorlly. A no11 call vote ras taken md the result was announced as follows: 488 Councllman Bynd neconmendod thet ln view of the r:evLslons 1n theorlglnal app1lcatlon, the subJect should be referned agaln to thePlannlng Cornniss 1on. Mn. McMll1an advlsed that the boardlng house w111 house collegestudents prlnanlly from othen countnLes and a delay tn the gr.antlngof tbe applleation would er:sate a hardshlp to all concer:ned. W. E. Chambllss, !18 Almer Roadr ownen of vacant property acr.oss thestreot fnom the property ln questlon, appealed to the Councll tosusteln the actlon taken by the Plennlng' Conunis s lon, stetlng that aboa::dlng house ls ll1-sulted 1n a stnlctly apartrnent house anea,par:klng ls a contlnual pr.oblem and the proposed use roul-d create an edvense affect on the nelghborlng property. Mn. Leslle F. Carpenten, a nesident of the Clty, spoke ln favor ofthe contlnued use of the property as petltioned. The Chalr lnvlted Councll corfinents. Councllman Thayer volced hen appnoval to the grantlng of sald appllce-tlon, statl,ng that the we eppears propetr and a conmendable effont on the part of Dr. Albanlan, the appllcant, to provlde houslng for.forelgn students. Councllman Thayen Lntroduced a motlon that thepermlt be gnanted. Councl.lman Morgan secondod by motlon, conmentlng on the rlgld restnlc-tlons to be lmposed on the propesed use of the property and statlngthat any lnfnactlons that may occur, may be ca11ed to the attentlonof th6 Pollee Department. Councllman Bnrd and Councilman Rooth each declared thelr lntentlonto vote tlnott-on the motlon, solely fon the reason that ln th61r.oplnlon, the matter should be referned once more to the Plannlng Commlss lon. Upon the advlse of the Clty Attorrey, the motion was re-statod to incLude that the permit be granted (l) on a trpersonal userr basls;(2) effectlve as long as the appllcent or a member of his lrrredlatefamlIy resldes on the property and (3) the us€ to conform to aLlof the provislons of Sectlon 1928d the 0ndlnence Code. A noIl call vote nas recorded as follors: qulnlng PennLts for A11 Pool fnstallatlons, Requlr" Reglstratlon of A11 Poolsr Pr:escnlblng Regulatlons Locatlon Upon froperty and Sefety Featunes and Pno of Ehfoncement" was lntroduced by Courcllman Rooth re ad1ng. Ayes: Councilmen: Johnson-Mongan-ThayerNoes: Councllmen: Bynd-Rooth The hearJ.ng was declared concluded theneafter.. 2 SWTMMING POOL ORDINANCE A eorraunlcatlon, dated July 28e 1959r was read fr:om the Clty itanager, advlslng thet a sr,llming pool ordlnance has been prepared from models assembled by the Plannlng Consultant and the Clty A1661rr., and embodylng requirements recomnended by the Natlonal Srlmrnlng Pool AssoltaElon.' ft Has ttre necornmendaf,ton of the Clty Msnsgst' that the or:dlnance be enacted lnto lau. ORDINANCE N9. 699 rtAn Ordlnance Deflnlng Swimming Pools and Re- lng Per:manent For Cons tnuctLon,vidlng I{e thodsfor first l+.DI SPoSITTON VACANT LOT D^lrGHT ROAD AND BAYSIiORE SERVfCE ROAD A communlcetlon uas fead fnom the clty Meha8er r dated Jury 10, advlsing that Mr. Paul C. Smlth, the appllcant trtlo submltted e to the State Dlvlsion of Hl ghways for the purchas e of a vacant 1959, bld 1ot at Drlght Road and the Bayshone Ser.vlce Roadr pnlon to the knowledget[at the State had inaCvertently nellnqulshed the pr:operty to theClty of Bur.1lngame, has pnosented a bulldlng layout fon the 1and. The Clty Manager: advised that the plans lndicate that the bulldlng cenbe placed to penmlt adequate slght dlstance; houever, tltle restrlct-tlons ane necossar.y to assure the Clty that no obstructlon shall be placed on the corner of the Iot. The Clty Managen funther advlsed that ln returnlng the 1ot th theState, the Clty shal1 *comp1lsh the followlng: (1) Place the lot intoproductlve use and on the tax rolls of the Clty: (2) Permlt theState to recover the prlce of the 1ot, mlstakenly rellnqulshed tothe Clty; (3) Improve the appearance of the 1ot and (h) Assu:re thesafety of the property and the lnter"sectlon by controlllng the useof the 1ot. It was the recommendatlon of the Clty Menager: that the dlsposltlonof the property Ln the above-descnLbed manner b,e approved. Councllman Morgan mov6d that the Counctl coneur and that the 1ega1detaLls and documents be pnepared fon f orrnal presentatlon, secondedby Councllman Rooth and unanlnously carrled. (SIGN FOR BURLINGAME SOUTIIERN BAPTIST CHUNCH APPROVED A contmr.rnlcation from the City Managerr dated July 31,that the Burllngame Southern Baptlst Church has app1le er:ectlon of a temporary I+r x 8t constr"uctlon slgn on Iat the southeast corner of the intersectlon of tnousda Sebastlan Drlves, M111s Estate. 1959, advlsedfon the p::oper ty and d ts 1e Councllman Thayer: moved that the Councll concur ln the recorrrendatlonof the City Mgnsger that perrnlsslon be granted fon a penlod not to exceed one yeer, seconded by Cotmcllnan Morgan and unanimous 1y carnled. 6. DIRT HAULING WTTH]N CITT OF BURLTNGAME A corrmunlcatlon was read ft om the Ctty Managenr dated July 3l-t 7959,reportln8 on the matten of dlnt haullng on Tnuusdale Avenue and other areas of the City, as rsquested by the Clty C6ungl1. Ibe :report advlsed that a substantlal, anount of dlr-t is currently belng hauled over Trousdale Avenue but there is no slmllar openatlon elsewhene ln the Clty. It ras the necommendatlon of the Clty tvlsn.*.. that the ordlnance be pnepaned to obtain better control end regulatlon of thls actlvlty. Councllman Mor"gan moved that the Councll concur, seconded by Councllman Thayen and unanlmous ly carnled. 7. PROPOSED RETEXT]ON ARCHTTECT FOR RECREATTON BUTLDING ADDITION A communlcatlon fnom the City Manager:, dated Julthet hls offlce ls evaluatlng the matter of the e rrctalned ln connectlon wLth the v3 se1 pro l, 1959 t advlsed ectl-on of an posed addltlon toer.chitectthe Re cnea subml t ted on flIe. tobtlonto C Butlding and a report and necommendation shal1 be ounclI. The commrnlcatlon was acknonledged and placed B. RENE1IAL OF PERMIT TO C OMPLETE SWI}4}.TING POOL DENIED rllnEamG) A cornmunlcatlon dated July l1e 1959r ras reed from the Clty l"lana ger, repontlng on the cument status concerning the matter of Mrs. tray El1lsr who, at the last negular meetlng of the Clty Counclr, appealedfo:i a r.eneual of a per:ml t to constnuct a swfusning pool on her: premlses at 12[ Occidental A venue. 439 440 The report edvlsed that the appllcant has falled to cor.nect bulldlngcode vlolations upon belng advlsed to do so on num€rous occaglons.The City r'lanager stated fallure of the appllcant to corr:ect saldviolatlons "ls connected wlth the whole plan of lmpr.ovements on theproper"ty and the City ln such cases, cannot ovenlook this outr:ightvlolatlon; " that trthls was the posltlon of the Clty on&cember i1,1958, and nothlng has been done to change this position." The Ctty Managen recommended that the applleant be advlsed that asulmnlng pool pernlt wLl1 be lssued at such tlme as the buLldlngcode vlolatlons a::e c or:r:e c ted. Councllman Thayen moved that the Counctl concur wlth the recommenda-tlon, seconded by Counc llnan Morgan. 0n the question, the Chalr. necognized Wlltlam S cammon, Attonney, representlng Mrs. E111s, who u::ged that the per.rnlt be granted andasgerted that the swlmnlng pool bore no reletLon to the constructlonof the batbhouse. Mr. Scarunon clalned that the buildlng departnent uas negllgent ln epparently approvlng the oniglnal plans andpenmittlng the constnuctlon to contlnue rithout notiflcatlon thatvlolatlons rere occurrlng. Mr. S eanmron contlnued by lntlmatlng that the Councll wes edamant because of racLal pre Judl ce . Councilman Mongan vigor.ously denled allegatlons that the Councll had been discnlmlnato on thls, or on pagt occasion, because of racial pre Judlce . Tho Ctty Manage:r stqted that the per"mLts had been obtelned under false pnetenses and the appllcant haa contlnued to lgnone repeated requests to ellminate the exLsting vlolatlons. The Clty Attorney, in sona detall, related prlor: hlstory on the Lssue, from the lnltlal penmlt appllcatlon, issued 1n Ju1y, 1955,to the present date. Elabonatlng funther., the Clty Attorney advlsed of the illege1 useat one tLme, of the bathhouse aslLvlng quarterls and the repeated wannings Lssued to the appllcant, both ona11y end Ln w?ltlng, to correct the infnactions both ln the use thereof and the constnuctlonof the s tructur"e. Refernlng to allegatlons of race dLacr:lmlnst 1on, the City Attorney advised that the appllcant had asser"tedly advertlsed ln the 1qca1 newspapers, the rental of her nesldence io t'mlnorlty g"oup.s.t' The attentlon of the Council was also dfu:ected to the report& fl1ed on varLous occaslons, by the Plannlng Consultant, theBullding Inspecton, the Police Depantment, the Flre Inspector and the County Health Depantment, enumeratlng lnfractlons of the 1ar'r. In a sr:nmarlzation, the Ctty Attorney advlsed that the structure (bathhouse) ras not plac€d on the 1ot as indlcated on the slte p1an, the vlolations of the code stl1l exlst, a fine hazard continued because of the lmproper manner ln nhlch the proper"ty is belng malntalned and to hls knowledge there has--been "no other case ln whlch the City has be6n so opinty defied.'t In reply to the Chalrrs lnqulry, the Ctty Englneet' confirmed ard concur:red wlth the statements of the CLty Alt6rnsy. Followlng a bnlef dlscusslon, the Chaln caIled for: a vote on the motLon of Councllman Thayer: that the Council concur wlth the t?econmondat lon to deny the grantlng of a penmit untll bulldlng code vlolatLons ane cor:rected. The motlon wes unanlmously carr:1ed. 44L 9. IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM A conmunlcatton dated July 31., 1959, ras nead from the City Manager, advlslng thet in aecordance rrlth the request of the Boqrd of Fir.e Under"snL ters to brlng the Cityrs nater dlstr.ibution sys tem up to standand, the lnstallatlon of elght lnch cast fu:on waten mal-ns 1npontlons of Park Roadr Primrose Road, Donnelly Avenue and Callfornla Dnlve, Ls contemplated and lf thene are no objectlons fnor Cor:ncL}, blds wlL1 be advertlsed for: openlng on Uodday, Augus t 17, 7959. Thene belng no obJectlons, the City Mansgs:r was authorlzed to proceed. 10. TEST]VAL COMMITTEE EXPEND]TIIRE OF MON]ES A communlcation dated July J1, 1959, uas nead fnom Charles W. Rooth, T:le asurer, Bur"lingame Annual Festlval Associatlon, advislng that an approprlation ln the amount of .$21850.00 has been alfocated inthe 1959-1950 budget for use in corueectlon xlth the 1959 AnnualFestlval And requesting that the Councll auth6rl-ze the expenditu:reof monies ltemized. Counc l,lman Rooth stated that to confonn to lega1 requlrements, an itemizatlon of the outstanding claims hss been furnlshed the CityC1erk. A motion that the allocation be hono:red and a warrant issued on the Cityrs Treasury was lnt?oduced by Cou:rc11man Rooth, seconded by Councilman Thayer and unanimous 1y carried. 11. SALES TAX PROTEST A conran:nic atl on, dated JuLy 2f , )-9r9, f?om Mns. Annette ZLnghelmr 1561 Newlands Avenue, expresslng opposit5.on to the establishmentof a sales tax and offe:ring suggestions to incr:ease the revenue fon the City of Burllngame was acknowledged and placed on fl1e. 12. ARCHTTECTURAL SERVICES OFFERE BY E. ERTC HOLM Mayor Johns on referred to a communication neceived from E. Eric Ho1m, A.I.A., l!0 Lorton Avenue, Burlingame, requesting an opportunlty to bid on projects requiring the senvices of a quallfied architect. The commrnication was acknowl-edged and placed on fi1e. 13.BETIER BURf,TNGAME ASSOCIAT]ON RE: SALES TAX A comrmrnLcation, dated July 28, 1959, was r.ead from the Betten Bu:r1i ng ame Associatlon, over the signature of Edwar:d B. Martin, Pr.esident, nrtifying the Council of a meeting of lts Board of Dir.ectons on Augus t 5, 1959, to discuss the Sales Tax issue. The Council was requested to rlthhol-d positlve action pending a report from that Assoclatlon regar.ding a sales tax progr:am for the City of Burlingame. The comrm:lication was recelved and placed on file. RESOLUTICNS RESOLUTTONNO. ?1-59 rrRe pealing Resolutlon tlo. 5l+-58 6nd Adopttng a New-E*duTfon-Eequir.lng the City Tr:easurer to Perform the llut ie s of Paynoll C)-erk, Prescrlblng Hls Duties as Such Pav:ro11 Clerk and F*tn! the Compensation for Such Dutles" was introduced for passage on motlon of Councllman Bynd, seconded by C ouncLlman Rooth and carried, Councilman Thayer abs talning. RESOLUTION NO.2-rrContract f or. Advertising and Pronrotlon Between the Citv of 1950tt wis i nt url lngame noduced by and the Burlingame Chambe:: of Commet ce, 1959- Councllman Morgan, who moved its passage, seconded by Councilman Bynd and cannLed, Councilman Thayer abstalning. ORDINANCES None I 44P- A. c-ommrnLcation, dated Augus t 3, 1959, from Miss Frances Finnigan, 7l+5 Elm Stneet, San Carlos, appeallng'from the declsion of thePlanning, Corrnission 1n denylng the rezoning of her property at 2001Easton Diriver Burllngame, was acknowledged and the negular Councllmeeting, &.rgust 17, 1959, was s cheriuled as the tlme to conducta publlb hearing. PLANN]N& COMMISSION DECISION APPEAL UNFTNTSHED BUSINESS CAROLAN AVENUE EXTENSION At the nequest of Councllman Morgan, the Ctty Manager and EngLneen each neported that the p?oposed extenslon of tLreAvenue project is still- under considenation. the Clty C arol an SALES TAX Councllman Byrd u:r.ged that a complete study be made on the subJectof a sales tax and recommended that 1f adopted, the revenue bereserved exclusively in the general fr;nd of the Clty to reduce the pr operty tax. The City Manager was requested to submit a report at the nextregular meettng of the Council, August L7, 19t9. NEW BUSINE.SS ]. ERECTION OF OUTSTDE STAIRWAY PROTESTED Councllman Morgan annouaced receipt of a complaint fron Wlltram Edwands ,25O5 HaIe Dr.Lve, Bu:rlingame concerning the unsightly appearance of an outslde wodden stafu.ray erected on property adjacent to the c omplainant . Ihe Clty Managen was requested to investigate and to submit a report to CouncLl at the nex$ regular meeting. 2. BU]LDING PERMIT APPLICATION FOR}4S Councllman Byrd suggested that a study be made on the advisabllityof revis ing the current bulldtng acpllcation forms, setting forthspeclflc ttground rulestt to be obsenved when applying for a permit. Mayo:: Johnson acknor*ledged recelpt of minutes fl:orl Conrnissions and announced hen attendance at recent meetlngs of the Bay Anea Rapld Tr.anslt Committee and the Gneater I{ighways Comrlttee. The City Manager. uas requested to forward a telegram to the San Mateo Cor.rnty F1onal and Flesta Committee, acknowledging the 2!th Anniversary of its formation, Augus t B, 195q. ADJOURNI{ENT 2 STRUCTIIRAL INCONVENIENCES Councllman Rooth, in nefez.r.ing to structures enected in conformance to bulldlng code but erected ln a manner so as to lnconvenLence neLghbon- ing propertles, suggested that the Building Depa:rtment exencise 1ts influence to discor.rrage non-conf ormlng nelghboring architectunal deslgns. ll .SWI}O{TNG POOL - CABANA Cor.rncll-man Byr"d r ecommended an amendment to the swlmmlng pool ordinance to pr.ovide for the control of the erection of and use of a cabana or. bathhouse. CLOSING There being no fr:rther: business, the meeting was negularly adjourned at 10:55 p.n., in reepect to the memory of Charles A. Buckr forner Councilman and Mayor of the Ci.ty of Burllng ame and a civic leader in 443 the community, who recently passed ln death. Respectfully s ubmlt ted, HERBERT K. WHITEClty Cler.k APPROVED: Charlo t Johns on Mayor