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Bunlingame, CalifornLa
June 16, 1958
CALL TO ORDER
At word fnom ldayor Byrd all ln th6 Council Chamber arose and
gave the Pleclge of Alleglance to the F1ag.
ROtt CALL
Pre sent - Counc l1men: Byr:d-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer
Absent - Councllren: None
FBESENTATION TROPEY AWAMS
Mayor3 Byrd announced that the regular o::der of busi.ness would
be tenponarlly dispensed with ln cnder to present awards to
wirurers who participated ln the re cont Cornmemorative Parade
celeb::atlng the Cltyrs Fiftieth Annl,vorsary of lncorporatlon.
Mayor BJrr:d, on bebalf of the nrembe!: s of the Clty CounclJ.,
co mne nded, R. C. Theue:r, Chlef of Pollce and Parade Chalrman,
l,trs. Suzanne Strauss, member of the Recreatlon Commlsslon and
Panade Secnetany arti Wl11lam lJenclonl, Parad.o ivlarshal, for thelr
servlces in pr.oJectlng the htghly successful panade and lauded
the many units that marched ln novier.
It!::s. Suzanne Strauss lntroduced ard Chlef R. C. Theuer presented
af,ard-rlnnLng trophles to representatlves of the followlng units:
Sweopstakes winnen: Capuchlno Hlgh School Band and MaJorettesof Sen Bruno;
Fltlst p1ace, Bard Dlvlslon: South San Fnancisco IIlgh School;
Second place, Band Dlvlslon: Burllnganb Htgh School;
Royalettes Drll1. Team of South San Pr.ancl sco;
iloose todge No. 26 D?un Corps and MaJorettes of San Franclscol
Twenty-slx cups yore pn€sonted to the f ollowlng pa.rticlpants:
Polly M11ler, Grand llarshal; Post offlce Unlt; Llonsr Club;
St. Gnegoryts Dri1l Team; Pollce Depart rent; San l,{ateo order
of EIks; Sixth Arrny Plpe Bard; San Funo Iv[ari ne Bard; Natlonal
Guard; Paclflc Reserve Honor Guar:d; San Mateo Donettes; AnBrican
Leglon, Post No. l-63 of Burllngane; Penlnsula Shr:rlne Clubi Bur-
lingame Flre Departnsnt; Burllngano Elementary School Dlstnlct;
Borel School Band arrd Majorettes of San llat6o; San Mateo UnlonHlgh School Band; Bur.llnganr -Advance Star Green Sheet! RlccltsSport Shop; San Francl sco Weten DepartrBnt; Bu:rllngame NewconErsr
Club; Charle s A. Buck; Otto Schmldtrs Gernan Band; Frlscllla
W1l1lamsr Q,larten-Hor se entryi San lilateo County Juni or Sherlff?s
D.r111 Toam and the Paclflc Telephone and Tolegraph Company.
The regular or.der of busLness was thereafter resumed,.
A regular neeting of tho Bu:rllnganr Clty CounclL was held on
the above given date. Meotlng called to order: at 8!OO P.M. -
Mayon Endrew C. Byrd ln the Chah.
PISGE OF ALTJEGIANCE
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I{INUTES InEVf oUS I'IEETTI,IG
The minute s of the previous rneeting of June 2, 1958, as sub-
mitted to members of the Council were unanl mousl y approved ard
acloptod upon motlon of Councilman Rooth and soconded by Cour-cilman Johnson, followlng a cerection that the first name ofrotiring Park Commlssioner Plath be changed from trHermanrr totrHerbert. It
BIDS - DRATNAGE BONDS OT' 1958 - FIRST DTV]SIOI,I - $695,000.
Mayor. BJrrd announced that this was the tlule and, place schoduledfor opening blds on the Bonds of the First Division of Drain-
age Bonds of 1958, in the prlnci.pal amount of S6951000. Thebids were publ1cIy openod and declared as follows:
ArErican Trust Company Par Valuo
462 Ca1ifornit StraeE
San Franc1 sco, Cal-if .
+
Net Interestor 2.7434/.
cost #22o,762.5O
First 1',16 s tern Bank
4O5 MontgomerT St.
San }?ancl sco, Callf.
Net Intenest Cost 2.7534%
Blyth & Co. Ine. ,
Russ eultaing
San Francisco, Ca1lf.
Net Intorost Cost 2.6%L%
Bank of Arpnlca
San Franci s co,
Ca l-i f onnia
lEo;ooo.oo
25, OOO. OO
65, OOO. OO
128,OOO.OO
58, OOO. OO
355, OOO. OO
Year7/tFd=i/t/64
Maturing 1965
1966 - 1967
1968 - 1969
Jul-y 1, 1970
1971 - 19?6
Intere st
3-t/
2-1/
o. t /
4%
4%
4%
2%
zi/4 y'.
zi/4 flz-t/z y'"
2-3/4 /"
4%
2%z-t/z %24/4 %
7/
7/.
$Bo
40
2l_8
355
1/t/se-7/t/64 4%7/t/6s-7h/66 z f,,t/t/6s-7h/68 2-L/4 %7/r/6e-7/t/1L z-t/z %
t /t/zz-t/t/ta zi/4 /"
1959
1965
r966
1971_
- t964
- 1970
- 1976
, ooo. oo
, ooo, o0
, ooo. oo
, ooo. oo
$120, ooo. oo
55, OOO. OO
70, ooo. oo
155, OOO. OO
295 , OOO. OO
L/s9
1:/63
t/95
t/7L
- 1962
- 1964
- 1970
- L976
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Net fnterestcost $214,9II.oo or
2.6743y',
Certlfied Checks accompanied the above
At the request of the Councll, the bids were referred to theCity Attorney, the City Englneer and to Mr. Ernest liri1son,
Attorney lor the project, for examlnatlon and recommendatlonprior to the meetlngts adjournment.
COM]WNICATIONS
EASEI,/IENT GRANTM TO CROSS SOUTHENN PACIFIC COI,{PANY PROPMTY
A communication dated Jure l-3, 1958, from the City i,lanager re-
commending tirat an agreement between the Southern Pacific Com-pany and the City of Burlingame be executed to perrnit the Cityto cr:oss the Southern Paclfic Companyrs property in the vicinityof California Drive and oak Grove Avenue for the purpos e ofinstalllng storm drainage facilitles was concurued 1n and
RESOLUIiON NO. 35-58 [Authorizi ng and Directing Executlon of
Agr€erEnt with Southern Paciflc Company Fo:r ConstructLon and
Malntonance of Conduits for Conveying Storm Water Across theProperties of the Southern Pecific Companytr was introduced by
Councilman Rooth, who moved its passage, seconded by Council-
man Johnson and adopted unanimously on ro11 cal-l.
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2. ONDINANCE AUTHORIED TO PROHIBIT PAVING OF PARKING STRIPS
A request fpom the Perk Commlsslon that an ordlnance be enacted
to prohlblt ttre pavlng of panklng strlps tn the Clty' wlth
speclal roqrests to be reviewed for varlance by the Park Commlssion,the Plannlng ComrllssLon and the Clty Engineor and recommerded by
the City Manager, ln a c omrornlcatlon to the Councll, dated
Jurre 11, 1958, was concumed 1n and the City Attorney authorl,zedto prepare an ordlnanco for flrst read.ing at tho next regulan
meetlng of the Councll upon motlon of CouncLlman Thayer' seconded
by Councllman Johnson and unanlmously car::led.
3. EXTEI'ISTON PARKING FACItlTIES ON CALIFORNIA DRIVE REQUESTED
A communlcatlon dated JurE 15, 1958, f}om the Clty Manager", ad-
vised that a petitlon has been r:ocelved from seventeen proprletons
along CallfornLa Drlve requesting tho extenslon of parklng facl-lltles south of Ca::mellta Avenue on the ploperty of the Ssn F?an-clsco ll/ater: Depantmont .
Councllnan Rooth lnltlated a dlscussion on the subJect of a newpollcy dlsclosed to havo been lnstltuted by the San Francis co
Water Department, to share ln the revenuo derlved fnom the ln-stallatLon of parklng meters on pnoperty owned by the San Fran-
cLsco Water Depar.tment ard ilrproved for off-street parklng pulr -poses.
Mayon Bynd advlsed that the new po11cy has been placed lntooffect ln the Clty of San Bruno rvhereln both the Sarl Flancl,sco
Water Department and the Clty of San Bruno share ln proflts
denlved from parking fees and the matter ls curently undernegotlatlon with the Clty of l,ll11bnae and the Clty of San trban-
cls co.
Councllmsrt Mongan stated that ln hls oplnlon, lf the San Fran-
cLsco Water: Department desir:os to utlllze lts propertles for
monetar:y galns 1t should aJ. so assume one half the cost to Lmpr:ovethe facllltles.
It was the genoral consensus of the Council that the subject
rnerl ted furtter expLoratLon and that the CouncLl, through con-ferenc6, determlne the policy of the San FrancLsco Water Depart-
ment ln regard to 1ts land usages.
Councllman Rooth was requestrd by the ChaLr to consult wlthoffLclals of the San Francisco Water Departrnnt on behalf ofthe Clty Councll.
The Clty Manager was roquest€d to acknowledge and to relay the
fonegolng Lnformatl on regarcllng Councll actlon on the subJectto the petltLoners.
4. I{ILI,S GARDEN COIMT NO. 2 APPRC|\IM AND ACCEF]ED
A comrmrnLcation dated June
Manager, re commendlng t hat
Court No. 2 be accepted..
15, 1958, was read fr.om the Cltythe subdivlsion of Mllls Garden
The recomnendatlon vcas concumed ln and RESOLUfIoN N0. 36-58
"Appnovlng Flnal Map Ent lt}.ed tl,lllls Garden Court No. 2,Burllngar,€, San Mat6o County, Callfcnnla Belng a Rssubdlvislonof Lots 8 and 9, M1lIs Garden Courtt and DhectLng Exeeutlonof Agreoment to Constnuct Publlc Inprovernontsrr was introd.ueedby Councllman Johnson, who moved lts passage, soconded by
Councllman Rooth and unanLmously carrled upon noll ca1l.
5 BROADTJAY AND ROLLINS ROAD INTERSECTION PR0PoSED TIIIPROVEL{ENII
A conmunlcatlon dated June J"3, 1958, firom th6 Clty Manag6r3, re-
commendlng the reconstnuctlon of the trafflc ls1and at the lnter-sectlon of koadsay and Rolllns Road, was held for diseussion
undor the heading of runflnished Buslness.rr
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6. ACCEPIANCB OF CONTRACTUAL WORK O.C.HOLI(ES COMPANY (Sewer P1ant )
A c ommuni cat ion dated June 15, 1958, from the City l,{anager
recomrnending that the contractual- work porforrrcd by the O. C.
Holmes Conrpany fon Sewage Disposal Plant Additions, satlsfac-
tor.ily conpleted in aecord.ance with the Cityts plans and
specifications, was concurred in on motion of Counc l1man Rooth,
seconded by Councilman Johnson and carnied.
C Oi''0,IEI,IDATT Olf FR0i','l BURLINGAI,,{E ART SOC IETY
A comm&ication, dated June 11, 1958, was read from the Bur-
llngame Art Society, expressing appreciatlon for the outstand-
lng cooperatlon and encouragement extended by the Council to
the Society during the recent display of artistic talent to thecltlzens of Burl-lngame and to the surroundl,ng commrnitios.
The Chair acknowledgod. the comrmrnication, stating that the d.is-play was one of the highlights of the Fiftieth Year colnmemora-
ti on.
At this time, L{ayor Byrd further acknowledgod congnatulatory
corun:nications received from the Southern Paclfic Compa.ny,
Emmett Firzpatrick, James $Jood, Publlsher of the Burlingame
Advance-Star Green Sheet, Ivlr. Percy Vlodehouse and tho several
departments withi.n the City of Burlingamo.
RESOLUT]ONS
RESOLUTION N0. 37-58 rlAuthori zi ng the Execution of a Grant of
Easerrent to the Paclfic Gas and Electric Comparry, a California
Corporation, To Erect and ldaintain a LLne of Poles Across
Property 0wned by the City of Burllngame rr was introduced by
Councilman Rooth, who noved its passage, second.ed by Council-
man Johnson and adopted unanlmously on ro11 cal1.
RESOI,UTfON PROPOSED BY CHAIIBER OF C OlUhtsRCE (Annua] Contract)
Mayor Byrd announced reeeipt of a commi.rni cation fron the
Chamber of Commerce, datod Jurle 11, 1958, accompanied by a
resolution and a contract for renewal with the City for the
forthcomlng fiscal year. ft was cafled to the attention of
the Council that the contract proposes an lncrease from
$5,600.oo to $6,ooo.oo annual1y.
A memo from the City T{anager, d
ber"s of the Corlncil advi sed. tha
Councll with the Agenda, June I
incnease as reque s ted r
ed June 13, 1958, to the mem-
the budget, presented to the
1958, did not provide for an
at
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3,
Idrs. Edith Cohendet and l{rs. Dorothea Harrison, members of the
Llbrany Board, noted that the proposed budget does not include
an additional- tax levy of ten cents for one year to provide
for a LLbrary Sinking Fund to finance additional library con-
struction and r.equested that an audlenco be granted to repre-
sentatives of the Library Board to further confer on the sub-ject.
l'{r. Vlctor ldanginl, Chalrman of the Recreatlon ComnrissLon,
urged that the Council reconsider the placenent of the pro-
posed lmprovements at the Ray Park ard Burlingane Vi.11age
Playgrounds within the budget, stating that both improvements
are necessary for publlc safety. i'{r. l,{anglnl also requested.
that representatives of the Recroation CommissLon be gnanted
the privilege of further confe?ence.
Colncl lman Hooth expressed hls approval to the proposed trhold
the liner? on taxes budget, as submitted by the City }lanager
and stated that in his opinion the questions raLsed by theprevlous speakers should be referred to the Clty ldanager for
reconsideration prlor to Council action.
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CouncLl-rian illorgan concurred, add.ing that he was opposed to
being subjected to u.n just criticLsm by altering the budget
subsequent to lts submlssion to Council by the City }lanager.
A brief di.scussion followed, at the concl-usion of which the
Clty Ithnager was request€d to confer with departments concerned
and to submit a revlsed budget at the regular: Council moeting,
July 21, 1958,
ORDINAJICE
ORDINANCE NO. 6?7 I'R6 gulat lng Vehlcle Parking Upon Pub1lc andprlvate ProperfyT schedule d for second reading, was continued
until the next regular treeting JuIy 7, 1958.
A$,ARD - SAr,E CF DRATNAGE BOI'rDS 0F 1959 - FIRST DIVISION - $695,000
Bids for the Sale of Bonds for the First Divlslon of Dralnage
Bonds of 1958, ln the prlncipal amount of $693,000, referred to
the City Attorney, tho City Englneer and the Attorney for the
Improvement, were examlned and a recommendation thereafter sub-mltted that the sale of the bonds be awarded to the Bank of
Ame?ica -
Counclfman Rooth introduced and moved the passag e of RESOLII'|ION
N0. 38-58 fiAwardLng Sa]e.. of Bonds - $
1E5E - eilrst Division - $695,000rr sec
725,OOO DRAINAGE BONDS 0F
ond.ed by Cotrrcilman Johns on
and. adopted. unanimously on ro11 call of members.
CITY MA}IAGM REPORTS
Purchase of Duflp Truck
The City Manager advlsed that the bid. of the Doane-Llinto Ford
Sal-es Company, Burlingame, in the amount of {}3,468.00 has beenselected as the most approprlate to supply tho requirements ofthe Clty for a Public Vlorks DepartnEnt d.ump truck.
CouncLlman Thayer r6quested the priviJ-ege of introducing amotion that the City contribute the sum of $1OO toward theexpendlture, seconded. by Councilman Johnson and unanimouslycarried.
CITY COilIIdTSSION STATUS
L[ayor B)rrd expx.essed hls displeasure at the recent unfavorab]-epublicity directed at the Council by the Publlc Health and
Safety Commission and stated that the criticlsrn was not Justifled.
At the request of the Chair', the City L{anager read. a report sub-nltted. previously to the Councl1, under date of October 2, l-957,
and his recommendatlon as to those commlssions not essential togovernmental functlons of the City.
Followlng a brief d,i scussi.on, the members of the City Coi:ncil
were urged to give serious consid.eration to the question ofcontinuing or abol-ishl-ng three of the Cityts commisslons durlngthe interim prlor to the next Cor.mcll meeting.
AMERICAN FI,AG PRESE{TATIOI{ TO LIBRARY
Coulcilman Johnson reported that ttre Burlingame American tegion,
Post No. 163, presented a new American Fl-ag to the Burlirtgame
Publ-l c tibrary on FlaB Day, June l-4, 1958.
DONATTON TOWABD F]NANCING BIIELINGAI{E HIGH SCHOOL ORCIIESTRA
The Chair refe::red, to an lnvitatlon extended to tho BurllngameHlgh School O?chestra to perform at the Worldts Fair in Brussel_snext year and the proposal to finance the trip.
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UNFINISHED BUSTNESS
BROADVJAY AI'ID R OLLTNS ROAD TNTERSECTI ON T},{PROVEITENT
A corunmicatlon datod June 13, 1958, was read from the City
Manager, advlslng that the State DlvLsLon of Highways has
announced 1ts lntention to asslst the Ctty 1n lmpnovlng trafflc
condltlons at the intersectlon of B::oadway and Rollins Road.
The commrni cation f r.rthor advlsed that the Divisi.on of lltgh-
ways has submitted a deslgn to imp::ove the intersectlon
1s1and and lt was rec onmonded that the clty roconstruct tholsland as proposed.
?he subj€ct was referred to the PubLlc Heal-th ard Safety
CommL s s 1on.
REPORTS OF COUNCIL
l_Councilman Johnson
Councllman JoLrnson rondered a brlef report on the necont meet-lng of the North County Councils, at whlch tirp the subJectof establ-ishing a urified salar:y scafe was dlscussed.
Councllman Thayer, offlclel representatlve of the Clty Councllto the Nonth County Counclls study on the subject, was r.equestedby the Chair to attend the next meetlng of the Counc11, Fnld.ay,
June 20, 1958, 8:OO P.M. at the San Bruno Clty H411.
2. ldavor Byrd
Mayor Byrd announced. recelpt of communlcations lauding Lt. Lorln
Todd ard mombers of the Pollce Departnrnt and G. Paul Lechlch,Llbrarlan and. mombers of the Llbnary Staff.
ayor BJrrd. also annouaced that the Councif has recei.ved a
communlcetlon from Albert J. Hall-, 1429 Bellevue Avenue,
offerlng Lrl s servlces as a membon of the Park Commisslon.
COIO'E SSION APPOINTI'{ENTS
1. Plannlng Commi.ssion
Mayor Byrd submltted the nanre s of R. D. Martln and L. R. Hen-
derson for reappol,ntment as mombens of the Planning Commlsslon.
The roappointments were unanl.mously conflrned.
2. Park C omml s si on
Mayor Byrd submitt€d the nanp of Earl Broim,
Avenuo, as a member of the Park Commisslon.
was unanlmously confl:rnnd.
1650 Barrlolhet
The appolntmont
TABUI,ATION OF E](PEIISES RETF;TFIFTIETH YEAR ANNWERSARY
Mayor Byrdplete tabu
aut honl zed
br.ation of
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equested the Charnber of Comrnence to rondor a com-
tion of the expenditures included in the amount
y the City Council in conlection with the cele-
he Cltyt s 50th Annlvensary.
Ivtr. Louls Colagiovanni, Chalrman of th6 Flnance Commlttee,
Flfty Year Golden Annlvensarlr, advS.sed that a detalLed report
on both the rocelpts and the expenditures for the entlre cele-
bretion would be subrdtted for Cotrncif lnforrnatlon.
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NEIIS BUSINESS
POLICE DEPARTI{ENT RE! EXAI{INATION FOR POTICE CHIEF.
A commturl catl on was read from Ealward L. Kerrlgan, Chahrnan ofthe Pollce Club, dated June 13, 1958, appeal lng to the Councllto lnfluence the Clv1l Servlce Commlsslon to neverse its
declsLon to conduct an open competltlve examinatlon for thepositlon of Pollce Chlef.
The Clty Manager was requested
ber:s of the Pollce DepartrEntlegalIy lntercede.
the Councll to advlse the mem-
b that the Council cannot
by
CIu
Payroll warrants, f on the iv{onth of I\{ay, 1958, Nos. 512O - 5OO5,inc., 1n the amount of $68,256.A2, wers a.pproved on motlon of
Counc llman Rooth, soconded by Councl lman Thayer and unanlmouslycarnled.
CI,AIIv[S
Warrants, for the Month of June, 1958, Nos. 12243-124L4, 7tc.,in the amount of .1L29 1743.21 , duly audltod, wer"e authorlzed
dl'awn on the Clty Tneasury 1n their" respectlve amounts, on
motlon of Councllman Rooth, soconded by Councllman Johnson and
unanlmously car.r.led..
PAYROLL
ADJOIIRN},IENT
Thero belng no funthen busLness, the
ad Journed. at IO:50 P.M.
nEetlng was regular"ly
Respectfu]-ly submltted
IIERBEHT K. V,'HIIEClty C1e::k
APPROVED
U
AI{DREW C. B]MD
I{ayor
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