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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1958.08.18307 CALL TO CNDER A r:egular meetlng above glven date. Byrd ln the Chalr. Burllnganre, Ca11f ornLa August 18, 1958 of the Burllngana Clty Councll was held on the Meetlng called to order at 8:15 P.M. - Mayor PLDGE OF ALI,EGIANCE At word from Mayor Byrd all 1n the Councll Chanber arose a rri gavo the Pledge of Alleglance to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present - Councilmen: Byrd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer Absent - Councllmen: None hITNUTES PNEVIOUS ilIEETING The ndnutes of the prevlous rDetlng of August 4, 1958, as subrnltted to Councll prevlously w€re col:r3octed to record that May or BlE d voted. trnorr on the motlon adoptlng the budget and. amended to record that Councllman Thayer requested that her ttaye'r vote bo altered toa trno?r vote. The mlnute s wene theroafter approved on motlon of Councllman Thayer, soconded by Counc 1lman Johnson and unanlmously adopted . PRESE.ITATTON Rlchard McKlnnon, C ommander Bur:11nganB Post No. 163, Ananlcan Leglon, ln behalf of the Loglon and Auxiliary, prosented two Amorlcan Leglon Posters to be placed at the north and south en- trance to the City of BurlLngeme on El Camino ReaI, wel comlng the pubL1c to the City and cautionlng motorlsts to drive carefully. Mayor B)rrd accepted the pnesentatlon ndth appropriate acknowledBement. COLIiIUNICATI ONS I. ERECTTON TEMPORARY STGN PERMITTD (Dux, Incorporated ) A communicetl on dated August 15, 1958, was read from the Clty ManaBer, advlslng that the Assoclated Constructlon and Englnoerlng Company of South San trlrancl sco has requssted permlsslon to eroct a Lzt x 12r slgn on Adrlan Road durlng constr:uctLon of a new offlce and plant for Dux, fncc!.potrated, dlstrlbutors of Swedish modern furnl ture . Counci.lman Johnson moved that a permlt be granted durlng theperlod of construction, secorded by Councllman Rooth and unanl - mously carrLed. 2. PROPOSM ZONTNG ENF'ORCE}IIENT A communlcatlon was reed from the City l,tanager, dated August 15, 1958, reforrlng to a comrnrnlcatlon from the City Planning Commlsslon, unde:r date of August 12, 1958, ln whld: the Commlssion expressed1ts concern rvlth the contlnulng vlolatlons of the zonlng ordlnance and requested that tho Councll lnltlete a study to lmprove thecurrent rnethod of enforconrant. The Clty Manager, ln his corurunlcatlon stated that, ln hls opLnlon, the Bullding Inspector Ls the appnopriate offlclal toenforce the zonlng and bulldlng or.dinance s and it was hls recom- mendatlon that the Clty recrult an additionaL Bull-dlng Inspectorto asslst that departrrent Ln adherlng to a more striet enforcementof the codo. 308 The Chair lnvlted Council comments. Councl lnran Rooth, following hls recomnendation that an lmmedlate study be lnltiated by a commlttee composed of one or two members of the Council ard the Planning Comrnisslon, the Plannlng Consultant, the Build ing Inspoctor and. vanious lropro- sentatlves of departments, volunteered his servLces as a member of sald comnxlttee. Fo1)-owlng a brlef discusslon, Councllman Rooth was by the Chalr to serve as Chairman of a commlttee to be at the discretlon of Councilmcn Rooth. appo inte d sele cted 3. MILO J. & LORETTA M. XiAtSH CLAIM REJECTION A reco mmendati. on from the Clty Manager, under date of August 15, 1958, that the clalm presented by MiIo J. and LorettatValslr for alleged damages caused by defectlve street be reJected and referred to the Cltyts insurance carrler, was concurred in on moti.on of Councllrnan Morgan, seconded by Councilman Johnson and unanLmously carried. 4 MEMO: WASHINGTON PARK IIOUSE A report lYom the City Manager, d.ated August 15, 1958, ad- visod that cost estimates are belng obtained to determine fund.s necessary to rehabllitate th6 vacant house on ci ty-owned proper- ty in Washington Park and infonnation shal-l be submltted to Council. Councilmari Rooth suggested lf rehabilitation costs were ex- cessive that the Clty Manager conslder the possiblltty of havLng the structure razed ard the prcperty converted Lnto an off-stneetparking facillty. Courcilman Rooth offered the funther posslbl- lity that a portlon of the material may be salvaged and utllizodfor the sonstruction of an office for the Park Superlntendont at anothen sl te. RESOLUT]ONS RESOLUTION NO. 49-58 rrFixi ng Tax Rate for the C or e Fi sca ear 958-1959rt was introd.uced f tty of Burlingarnoor adoption on motion of Councilman Morgan, seconded by Council-rnan Johnson and unanlrnously carrl ed. RESOLUTION NO. 5]-58 [&rterLng Into Contract for Advertislng and P::omot ion wlth Chamber of Commerce, Fiscaf Year 1358-1959,rl was introducod for passage on motion of Councllman Morgan, secondod by Councilnan Rooth and adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Counci].men: Jolrnson-lrlorgan-Rooth Noe s: Councllmen: None Absent Councilmen: None oRDINANCE - Introducti on of: ORDINANCE NO. 680 'rRepeali r€ Sectlon 825 of the Ordlnance Code of tne Cfty of BurlLngane ard Adopting a New Section 825 of Sald Ordlnance Code, Fixing and Establlshing the Cfassificatlon of Posltions and Employment ard the CompensatLon and. Salaries There- for For the Month of October, 1958r was intnoduced for first reading by Councl lman Morgarl. ORDINANCE NO. 681 iRe peal-lng SectLon 825 of the Ordinanco Code of the City of BBlingarn and Adoptlng a New Sectl-on 825 of Said Ordl-nanee Code, Fixlng ald Establishlng the CfassiflcatLon of Posltions ard Ernploymsnt and the Compensatlon ard Salarles Therefortr was introduced by Councllman Morgan for first reading. 309 0RDINANCE No. 682 trAmend ing Section 412.4 of the Ordlnance Code of the Clty of Burlingane F ixing the Compensation of the Clty C1e::k for His Servlces as Asslstant Secretary of the Planning Commlssionrt rvas introduced for f irst readlng by Councllman Morgan. UNT']NISHED BUSINESS ]-. ABANDON},{ENT OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC FREIGHT HOUSE The Chair referred to a communicati on dated August 15, 1958, f:rom the Burlingame Chanber of Commerce, advLslng that subsequent to a meetlng held rri th repesentatives of the Soutbern Paclfic Compacy on the matter of the Southern Paclflc Companyrs request to the Pub1ic Utllittes Commlssion that they be permltted to aband.on the frelght house in Burflngame, a motion was passed by the Chamber of Commerce Committee that a recommend.atl on be sub- mitted to the Clty Councll that no protost be rmde to the proposed. abandonnent. The Clty Cl-e Commission that aband onment of tln Burlingame. rk no he was lnstructeil to notlfy the PubLic Utllities objectlon shaIl be entered to the proposed operat5.on of the Southern Paclfle tr'reight House 2. SIATUS OF CAROLAN AVEI'IUE In response to Councilman filorgan t s inqulries c oncenni.ng the status of the Car"olan Avenue proposed 6xtensl.on and the possibi- Iity of assessrEnt dlstrlct pnoceedlngs belng lnltiated, the City Manager ro co mrnended that the property oyJners be approached foLlowing the completion of the oak Grove fnt€rceptor Drainage Pro je ct. Followlng a brief dLscusslon, the City Manager was requested by the Chsir to explor:e ths subJect thoroughly and to submLt adetalled report to the Council. The Clty Clerk was lnstructed to continue to retaln the sub- Ject of iCarolan Avenuer under: iuaflnlshed buslnessti on the Cour}cll Agenda. 3. TMPROVEMENT AT MUNICIPAL DUMP FACILTTY Councilman Morgan srggested that recommend.at ions f::om the Publ-ic UtiJ.lties CommS-sslon, Park Commlssloner Earl Brorn arrithe Clty Manager, concennlng the rnost appropriate manner. in whlchto flll- and lmprove the Munlclpal Dump slte be cornpiled and sub-mltted to Councll i.n report form by the Ctty Manager. The Chair exp:.essed hls conce::n that the larrd be fi1led as soon as possibl-6, provided it may be done on an eeonomleal basls.It was suggested by the Chair that the Clty Manager proceed wlth a report and that he collabonate with the Ctty Engineer. Mayor Byrd spoke fur.ther on his interest in the creatlon ofa smal1 boat harbor and advlsed. that a Sp€cial Legislature Sub-tudy the procedur:es adopted by Harbor.s relatlve to petltions ublic heanlng had been scheduled. hambers of the Clty of South e ct. Councllman Morgan wass the Cityrs representative at 4. BUDGETARY TTEMS Councll-man Morgan recommended: (1) that lnfornra]. blds beobtained and submittod to Councll on items budgeted undor FLpeDepartnent Capltal Expendltures; (2) that prior to the purchaseof polLce cars, the p:raetice ln effect ln other clties ln leaslng commlttee had been appointed to sthe State Divlslon of Small- Craftfor 1oca1 assistance and that a p Augus t 27, L958, 1n the Council C San f'ranci s co concennlng the subJ appolnted. by the Chair to serve athat neetlng. 31t) equlpment be considered! arxl (3) that the monies retained unden D-22, M28B be released for publlc experxlltur.e. The latter issue was debated brlefly wlth the maJorlty ofthe Councll favoring the retentlon of the fund. NEVJ BUSTNESS 1. THNEE.WAY RADIO TRANSI{ISSION At the request of Councl"lrnan Morgan, the Clty lvlanager was nequested to ascortaln whether 1t woufd be more advantsgeouscity servlce to install tlrree-way radLos 1n clty equlprrent ornetaln the current two-way radLos. to to 2. DTRT HAULING HAZAHD Rlchard McKinnon, Stroet Department employee, advlsed thathe had been approached by resldents In the vlclnlty of RlvLeraand Sebastlan Way protestlng the truck and dlrt debrls hazard and requestlng that the area be pollce patrollod more frequently. Councllman Roottr stated that the subject has boen broughtto the attentlon of the Clty Manager who has advlsed that the Police Department has been alerted. Tho subJect was furtho r dlscussed, with Councllman Johnsonneportlng that at a recent meetlng of the North County CouncLls,clty offlclal. repr:erentatlve s took cognlzance of the hazardexisting 1n theln respectlve clties and as a result, Councllman lltebb L. lfltuen of Ml1lbrao has boen nared Chalnman of a commLtteeto probo the matter. Mayor Byrd advlsed that the County },{ayors I Conference ls al-so concerned with the problom of dlrt haullng to the oxtentthat a unlform clty ordlnance is conterplated to regulate the proc odu.r.o . CLAIMS Clalms, for th6 Month of August, 1958, Nos. 76-20A lncluslvein the amount of $1721558.28, duly audlted, wore approved forpaynent and warrants order:ed dram on the Clty Treasury ln thelrrespectlve amount s on motlon of Counc llman Rooth, seconded by Councllrsn Johnson and unanLmously carrled. PAYROLL Payroll warrants, Month of JuIy, 1958, Nos. 5915-6352, lnthe amount of *73,778.13, we::e approved f or payrnent on motlonof Councllman Rooth, seconded by Councllman Thayer and unanl -mously carrl od. ACKNOI3'LEDGEMfiVTS Jules Fnancard, Park Superlntondent and rBmbers of the Department, were compllmented on th6 numellous awards won atrecent San Mateo County Falr and F1ora1 Fieste. Councllman Morgan was comrnonded for hls ant dlsplay andrrilonorabls Montion' recelved at the above actlvlty. Par.k the the The presence of f orrEr CouncLLman and Mayon, Dan R. Lovo, Jr. was acknowLedged, who Ln turn, compllmented the Council on theirinterest and partlcipatLon in clvic activl-tles. lfr. Love, a spocLal representatlve of the Southern Paclfic Company, advlsedthat the proposed abandonment of the Southern Pacific Pr.o lghtOffice wi].l not curtall fi:eight servtce to the Clty of Bucrl lnganE 311 but shall r.emove the accountl-ng work to the San Mateo Office. ADJOURNME}IT The rEetlng was ttrereafter re gul-arly ad Jouraed at 9:15 P.M. Respectfully submltted, HERtsMT K. HHITEClty Clerk APMOVM: /-/r- ANDREIW C. BI:BD M&yor