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Burlingar€,
May I9,
Califorx i a
1958
CAI,L TO ORDEB
A regular reeting of the Burlingame Clty Council was hel-d, on the
above given d.ate. Meeting called to order at 8:O5 p.m. - Mayors
hPo-Tompore Johnson in the Chair.
PLEDGE OF A LISGIANCE
At wond from Mayor Pro Tempore Johnson all ln the Councll anose
and gave the Pledge of A1-Iegiance to the Flag.
ROLL CALL
Fresent - Councllmen! Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer
Absent - Councilmen: Byrd
Mayor Bynd, absent because of illnoss, was excused upon motion of
Councllm8Jr Mcrgan, seconded by Councilman Thayer and unanlmously
carrlod.
NtrNUTES ItsEVlOUS IAETTNG
The minute s of the prevlous rneetlng of IIay 5, 1958, were approvetl
and thereafter adopted r:nanimously followlng a correctlon to ln-
clude ln the paragraph trNew Busl,nessrr entltled IRecomnendatl on Rer
Type of Police Chlef Examlnatlonrr that nCouncllman Rooth expressed
the opin!.on that the examinatLon should be confined to canilldates
wlthin the qrrrent rank of the Police Departrnsnt, 1.e., Deputy
Police Chlef, Lleutenants and Sengeants.
BIDS - Sf,ORM DRAINAGE fMlRoVEtvlEllTS, UNIT NO. 5' OAK GROVE AVENIIE
Mayor Pro Terporo Johnson announced that sealed proposals for Storm
DraLnage fmprovements, Unit No. 5, Oak Grove Avenue, scheduLed to
be neceived at 4:OO p.m. on this date and in accordance wlth Iega1
advertisement, were publlcly opened and declaned as foll-ows:
TOTAT BTD
E. T. Haas Co.
Belmont, Callfornla $69 z, zE1.so
Ft uln-CoLnon Contracting Co.
Burlingare, Califorl'rla 697, 3?5 . OO
Guho Corporation
8e11, Californla 747,764.69
]rlcGuLre & Hester
Oaklald, Call,fonnla 686,686. OO
ld & K Corporatlon
South San FrancLsco, Calif.7L6,362.50
Plombo Construction Co. ,
San Carlos, Calif.7 43 ,981 .60
Stockton Construction Co. , Inc.
Stockton, Caltf.6L2, 1O4.50
The Ctty }ilanage? noted that the 1ow bid of the Stockton Construction
Co., Inc. in the amount of $612,104.5O, exceeded that of the on-gineerts estimate of $560,OoO and therefore recommended that theblds be re.1'ected.
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The Clty Manager advlsed that a savlng may be reallzed by alterlng
the speclflcations to lnclude othen pipe 1n additlon to nelnforced
concroto and on that basls, 1t ras hls recomrendatlon that the
Cou.ncll authori ze the ne-adve!:tlsem6nt of blds, schodullng thelr
openlng, Monday June 2, 1958.
Cormcilman Morgan questloned the advisablllty of ordering the con-structl,on work comnenced prl or to the sale of the bonds.
irlr. Sherrod Davls, Attorney, repr€sentlng the lar fLrm of Klrkbrlde,
W1Ison, Harzfeld ard ll[al1ace, lega1 cor:nselors for the proposed
pnoJect, replLed to the lnquLry by advlslng that, 1n this particular
lnstance, lt ls not necessany to be ln possossLon of the fi.rnds frdnthe sale of bonds pr{. or to orderlng the constr:uctlon work; that the
bonds are rarke table upon advertlserrnt. ft was the recomnpndatlonof II{r. Davls t}rat the advertlsenEnt for the sale of bonds be wlth-held at thls tlme to avold the paynent of advance lnterost accrual .
The Ctty Attorney acquelnted the Councll vrith the 1egal steps pur-
sued lmnedlateLy folloyving the pessage of the D:ralnage Bonds at
the Munlclpal Electlon and prior to the openlng of the Storm
Drainage Blds end advlsed that the approprlate course of actLon
on thLs occaslon would be to elthor reject or accept the bids.
RESOLUTION NO. 25.58 rrA nesolution Rejectlon Constructlon Blds;
Re-approvlng Plans and Speclficatlons; Approving Modlficatlons
Thereof; And Ca111rg f cs. Nev/ Sealed hroposals;rr ttstorm Dralnage
Impr:overents - Unit 5, Oak Grovo Avenue Storm Dralnrrr ras lntro-
duced by Councl lman Rooth who moved lts adoptlon, seconded by
Councllman Thayer ard adopted unanLmousIy upon ro11 caII of rEmbers.
A bnlef dLscusslon arose on tho resolutlon provldLng for tho Lssuanceof $695,O0O Dralnage Bonds, Flrst Dlvlslon, wlth the Councll belng
advLsed that the proposed resolutlon rrerely establlshes the scheduleard nate of b ond and Lntenest paynent.
Questloned by members of the Councll for an opinion, the City Attorney,the Clty Englneer and the I.egal Counselor for the pr"oJect, each, 1nturn reconmended the passage of ths resolutlcn.
RESOLUTION N0. 26-58 rrPnovldln g f coe the fssuance of S693,000 Prln-clpal Anount of Burllngann DnaLnage Bonds for 1958, Ffust Dlvlslon,
Describing the Amount, Date and l{umber s of Bonds of Sal.d Authorlzod
Issue ard of the Coupons to be Attactled Thereto, and PrescrlbLngthe M&turlty Rat6 Theneof; Flxing the Maxl rnrn Rate of fnterest on
Seld Bonds arll Coupons; and Provlding for. the Levy of a Tax to Payth6 Prlnclpal and Interest of Sald Authorlzed Isguon was lntroduced
by Counc ilman Rooth, rho mcrr ed lts passage, secondod by Councllman
Thayer and unanLmously carrled upon roII call of membens.
COMMUNICATIONS
I. GRANT OF EASEMEM TO PACIFIC GAS & M,ECTRIC COIIIPANT
A commrnicatlon from the City Managen, dated May 15, 1958, advislng
that the Paclflc Gas & Elect!'lc Company ls oxtendlng lts servlcos
along the Bayshone Freoway, nenderlng lt necessarry to cross theCltyts dr.alnage chsrueel- at that locatLon. A recommendatl on fipomthe Clty Manager that an eaaement be grantod to that company, oas
concurred ln and the City Attorney lnstructed to prepa:re a resolutlonfor adoptLon at the next reguJ.at rreetlng of the Councl1, on motLonof Councl lrqn Rooth, seconded by Courrl lman Thayer and unanlnously
carnled..
2. ORDTNANCE INTRODTICM REGUI,ATTNG I/EHICIE PARKING
A coEnarnL catlon from the Clty lilanager, dated May 16, 1958, was road,advlslng that the Betton hr:rllngane Assocletlon and. the Chamber of
Commerce have requested the coopenatlon of the Clty Councll by
enactlng an ordlnanco slmllar to the one ln effect ln Sen Mateo
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provlding for the lssuance of citatlons to cars l11egal1y parked
on off-stroet 1ots. Partlcular reference was tnde to the efforts
of both assoclatLons to eLd the off-street parklng sltuatlon Ln
the Clty by leaslng and lmpr"oving vacant p'operty on Donnelly
Avenue. An ordinance, proposlng the regulatlon of vehlcle pa"klng
upon publ1c ard prlvate property was subml.tted fon Councll app,lroval.
Coulcllman I'ilor g an introduced ORDINANCE NO. 67?, tRegulat 1ng Vehl cle
Panl<lng Upon Publlc ard Prlvate Propertyrr for flrst nead lng.
Councllran Rooth objected to sectlons of the proposed crrdlnance,
wherein Lt appeared to lndlcate that owners of lots, both publlc
and prlvate rould have the rlght, undor stlpulatLons of sald
ondlnance, to nequost pollce patrol of the proporty. CouncL lnsn
Rooth added that 1f that were lntended, suctr patrol would requlre
the employnnnt of an additl onal patrolman and the purchase of an
addltlonal motoncycle. A polnt ras ftr:r ther ralsed by CouncLlnan
Rooth on the q.rostlon of under nhose author:lty a parklng vlolatloncltatlon would be sl gned.
Mayor Pro Tempore Johnson stated that lt nas hen r:nderstandLngthat such legislatLon was not proposed to provLde for a continualpatrol of the area but !:athor to permLt the owner or person Ln
control of the proporty to report tho l1IegaI parklng of a car or
cers on off-str€et lots to the Pol1ce DopertrEnt.
Councl].man Thayen ca1led atter*lon that tho proposed ordlnance ls
slmLlan to that ln effect ln the Clty of San Mateo ard hes proven
s at lsfac tory.
Counellman Mongan observed that conslderable study has been glven
to the subJoct of off-street parklng and ways and. means dlscussed
whereby the all day panklng problem may be allevlated. It vas
the recornmendat lon of Courxcllnan Mor:gan thst tho Council supportthe proposed p1an.
Councilman Rooth, ln brlnglng the dl.scussLon to 1ts tormlnatlon,
stated that he had no obJectlon to the introductLon of the
ordl nance for flrst neadlng on thls occasJ.on, but lt was hLs
recomre ndatLon that prl on to final adoptl,on, addltlonal study
be glven to the approprlate phraseology.
Mayor Pro Terryore Jobnson authonized Councllman Roottr to confenwlth Lnterested pensons on the subJect pr{or to the second r€adlng
and adoptlon of Ordl nance No. 677.
3. CI,ARIFICATION CONCEANING EAST MTLISDALE PROPERTY IMf,D FOR STUDY
A coomunlcatlon dated May J.5, 1958, nas necei.ved f}on the Ctty
Manager, advislng that the Trousdale Construction Company hassignlfled lts lntentlon to proceed wlth the development of the
l"O7 acres lylng betweon th€ Bayshore Fleeway and the o1d Baysho:re
Highway, prlor to whlch tlne of developnent, lt ras roquestedthat the Clty declare lts pollcy ln the establlshment of the roadwidth on th6 OId Bayshore Highray norttr of Mills Oreek. The
subJect matter was held for Councll study.
4. REPIACEMENT DUIiIP TRUCI{ IN PUBLIC TJORKS DEPARTI,,ENT AUTHORTZD
A reqrest from the Clty Manager, ln a co mra.rnl catl on dated May 14,
1958, rocommendlng the lrutadlato replaconcnt of a dump truck inthe Publtc illorks Departrmnt, sas announced as havlng tho endorse-
ment of the Councll at its last study rreetlng. The comrunlcatlon
was ordered f 1}ed.
5. F]RST ?RESBYTERIAI C]{IJRCJI REIIUEST IOR PBOPERTI TRANSFEB iTEIJ)
A recomrlDndatLon from the Clty Manege r, in a co nmunl catl on datod
}lay 16, 1958, that the matter of a request recelved from the Flrst
Presbyterlan Church for a transfer of clty property to the Churchbe referred to the Offlce of the Clty Managg r, for consultatLon
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with the Clty Engineen and the Clty Attorney, was
members of the Council-.
concurred 1n by
6. ELIGTBIJ LISTS: GROUNDSMAN,GARDENER, TREE LIAINTENANCE l'lAN
The followlng ellglble Ilsts, as a nesult of recent examlnatlons,
veere submLtted by the Clvl1 Sor:vl ce Commlssion, under date of
lday 15, 1958!
GROUNDSMAN
1.
o
3.
4.
5.
6.
8.
9,
GARDENER
1. Bryan C. Sandlln2. Robert G. Bannorot
TRM MAINTENANCE MAN
Luc 1e
R ober
John
tr{ark
.IotrnGllbert M. HalsteadAlfred R. Romei
Wannon J. McC].el]-andCllfford G. DeraLmo:r
James E. Gelger
Wayne D. Nl chols
Robert D. Nelsen
256 N. Bllsworth Ave., San Mateo
112I - 56th Ave., San l{ateo
1618 Van Buren St., San Mateo1I lI. Quebec St., San Mateo
74O Lexlngton Way, Brl3l lngame
2752 Harrlson St., San F?anclsco
944 M1lIs Avenue, San Funo
53O Poplan Ave., San Brlno
5Ol Baysraten Ave., Bur1lngdre
P. O. Box 533, HaIf Moon Bay5I2 H. rmose Rd., BrrllnganE
925 Iaguna Ave., Burllngarn
314 E. Poplar Ave., San Mat€o
1035 Chula Vlsta Ave., Burllrganr
n J. Courtlnt J. lxllkinson
H. Loebl{. Sm:lth, Jr.
R. Ross
1.
o
RESOLUTIONS
Preparatory to the c onstr.uctr. on of the proposed. St ol:m DraLnego
Improvements, the fo1lowlng Resolutlons wero submitted for Councll
act 1on !
RESOLUTION N0. 2?-58 [Acce ptlng Permlt of the San F'rancl sco WatenDepartrBnt to Use Certaln Proporty !\tlthln Clty of Burllngann fcnthe Purposo of Laytng a Nlnety Inch Storm lryater: Linerr was lntroducedby Councllman Morgan who moved lts passage, seconded by Councllman
Rooth and unanlnously adopted upon ro11 call of rembers.
RESOLUTION NO. 28-58 lAuthonlzl ng Executlon of Agreenent R6lat1ve to
Abandonment and VacatLon of Dralnage EaserEnt By and Betweon the Cltyof Br:rllngano and Ar: thur iI. Bollong and Graco G. Bollongtr was lntro-
duced by Councl lman Rooth, who moved 1ts passage, seconded by Coun-cllman Thayer and unanimously adopted upon rolL call of Cor:ncll
members.
RES OLUTION N0. 29-58 nAcce ptlng Deed of Dodlcatlon of Easement llom
Anfhur lI. Bollong and Grace G. Bollong, Hls Wlfe, dated }ilay 16, I958tl
was lntroduced for passage upon motlon of Counci lnan Morgan, seconded
by Councllrmn Rooth and unanLnousIy carrled.
ORDINANCES
Conslderatl on of:
OBDINANCE NO. 676 oAn Ondlnance Amendlng SectLon 506 of the Ondinance
Code of the Ctty of Burllngare By Provldlng that Appolntmonts lnthe Classlfled Senvlce Shal1 be Made by the Clty lrlanagerrr was glven
lts second readlng and on motl.on of Councllman Morgan, seconded by
Councllman Rooth, sald. ordlnance passed lts seconii roadlng and was
adopted by the follonrlng vote:
Ayes: Councllmen:Noes: Councilmen:
Absent Cor:ncllmen:
Johns on -Morgan -R oo th -Thayer
None
Bfrd
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CITY MANAGER REPOMS
1. InstalLatlon New Type Meters on TrLal- Basis
In a comrornlcatlon from the Clty Manager, dated May 16,
CouncLl was requested to autho:rlze the placernnt of tenparklng rEtons on the wost slde of Carolan Avenue on an
ta1 basis and at no cost to the Clty. The Clty lvlanage r
au thor lzsd.
1958, the
new type
experlmen-
was so
2. Proposod Schedule Fees for Use of Clty Dump
A coramunl catl on dated May 14, 1958, was read from tho Clty Manager,
submlttlng infosagti on on tbe proposal recelved from the Hoalth,
Safety and Trafflc Commisslon, nocommendlng a schedule of fees to
be lmposed fon tho use of the Clty dump. It was the rec ommendetl onof the City Manager, because the proposal shall croato a majorpol1cy chango, that the subJ6ct metter bo dlscussed t hor oughly at
the ne rt Councll study neetlng.
Councllman Rooth expressed hls obJectlon to changes imposed forrnrnlclpal services, statlng that the Clty presently does not
expend 1ts funds to rtalntal.n the dump and, ln hls oplnlon, it was.unfalr to place an addltlonal ser:vlce tax burden upon the rosldentsof the Clty.
Councllman Mo::gan suggested Lnasmuch as both the Health, Safety andTrafflc CommLsslon and the Publlc Utlllties Commisslon c1aJ.m JurLs-dlctlon oven the clty dump, that the Clty wlthho1.d actlon pendlng
the outcooe of a JoLnt @otlng of the above-mentl oned ConnLsslonsto r:oso].ve the lssue.
E. E. Huntley, Chalrman of the ilealth, Safety and Traffic Commlsslon,
u:rged ea:rly conslderatlon of the recomrondatl. on submltted by that
Comnlsslon and expressed the oplnlon that the mrnl c1pal dump ls the
concern of tho Healttr Commlsston.
Mayor Pro Terrpore Johnson concluded the dLscussion by adv l sLng that
the subJect would be glven ever.5r consLdenatlon at an especially
arueounced Councll study meeting.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
l_Junlpero Serra Proposed Route
Councllman Thayer repcE ted brlefly on
tatLv€ of the CLty of Br:::1lngare at a
tho State Dlvlslon of Hlgbways on the
Junlpero Serra route end advlsod that
stand on tho is sue.
her pnesence as the llepresen-publlc hearlng conducted by
subJect of the proposod
sho had subnltted the Cltyts
2. Conference on City Plannlng
Councllman Thayer I\rrther reported on her attendance at the recont
conference on Clty P1annlng, held tn the Clty of Richmond ald spon-
sored by Universl ty Extenslon of the UnLver:s1 ty of Callfornla.
NEVI BUSI]'iESS
At the request of }layor Pro Tempore Johnson, the City lvlanager,
reponted on the followlng ltems under conslderation at the Gouncll
Study Meetlng, May 17, 1958:
(1)Key ElIis property, 124 Occldental- Avenue, Bun]-Lngarr
metter ls currently being pursued by the City Attorney, andClty Manager and no Council actlon 1s requhed at thl-s tLro;The
the
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The City ldanager was Lnstructed to investlgate the zonlng and bulld-
ing code regulations of the City to determLne wlrether it may be
necessary to revLse the provlslons therein to lnsure strLcter
enforc e men t.
(2)Zorring,ani Building Codos of the City.
The C5.ty Manager: was requested to lnvestlgate the functions
CoramLssions of the City and to thereafter determlne lLrethen
be advlsable to rrmeet on calltt or to dissolve completely.
(3)ldayors and C ouncLlman SemLnar in San Diego.
June 6, 1958, City shaIl commemorate Soth Anniversar:y of incorporation
at whlch tlme the League of Call-fo::nia Clties i.s sponsoring a ilayors
and Councllman SemLnar in Sarr Dlego. A declsion on whi ch function
to attend was left to the discretlon of lndlvldual Courlcil menbers.
I L\Clty Con'unission Status.
ofit the
may
(5) Dedl-catLon Naturo Study Pelik.
The Tnousdale Constructlon C ornparSr advlsed that tt ls offerlng a
s ite wlthln the Mills Estat€ pmperty to t he Ctty of Erllngamefor a proposed nature study park.
(6) Food ordlnsnce.
The City Manager was instructed to det ernl,ne whethon the Cltyts
orallnance rogul-ating the handl lng of food requlros an anEnd.mentto contnol the sale of food in exposed places.
(7)Allotmont for Golden Anniversary activitLes.
Members of the Council directed that $2OO.OO of the $5,OoO pre-
vlously authorlzed ln connection with the commemoratlon of theCityts Fi.ftteth Annlversary, be allocated to the Art Society for
the dlsplay of plctures durlng the Annivonsary commemoration.
(8) Purchase of DUmp Tnuck autlror;lzq{.
Tho Glty ldanager was authori zed, to proceed wlth the purchasirg ofa dump truck to replece an obsoleto truck ln the Public Wonks
Departirent.
ConflrmLng the action taken by the Councll at 1ts Study Meetlng,
Councllman Rooth movod thst $25O.OO be allocatod to each memberof the Clty Councll who lntonds to attond the League of CallfenlaCltles SenrLnan ln San Dlego, June 6, 7, 1958. The motlon was
seconded by Councll-man Thayor and carrled..
ACKNOVJI.EDGE}[ENTS
Ijlayor Pro Terpore Johnson commended Mayor Byrd on hls actlvepa:rtlcipation Ln clvic affalrs c ommemoratlng the Gol-den Anniver-sary of the Clty of Burlinganp and acknowledged the varlous reports
recelved by the Councll from the Department Heads.
CTAIMS
A claim against the Ctty of Burllngare, presented by Joseph C.Dees, 1556 Alturas Drive, Ehrl'llngarre, ln the amount of $11017.61,fon alleged. storn dralnago ilamage, was rejocted and referred tothe Cltyts insurance carnien, on motlon of Councilman i{organ,
second.ed. by Councllman Rooth and unanirnously carrled.
$JARRANTS
Warrants, Nos. 12072 - 12242, in the amoun t of .$52,244.4L, for the
Month of May, 1958, d.u1y audited, were approved and ordered drawn
on the City Treasury ln thelr respective amounts, on motion of
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Councilnan Rooth, seconded by Councllman Thayer and unanimously
carrled .
PAYROLL
Payroll war.rants, for the Month of Apn11, 1958, Nos. 4736 - Sl-Lg,ln the amount of $68,517.61, wero approved on motion of Councl"lman
Rooth, seconded by Councllnan Thayer and unanimously camied.
ADJOURI'II'IENT
The neetlng was regularly adj ourned at 1O:OO p.m.
Respectfully subnitted
T
City Clerk
APPROVM:
Andrew C. Byr:at,
L{ayor
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