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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1957.06.03L40 CALL TO ORDM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At Hord from Mayor Rooth all 1n the Bledgc of Alleglancc to ths Frlag. Councll Chamber trose and gevc the A regu).ar meetlng of the Burl lngame Clty Councl1 sas held on the abovc 8lven alat6. Dteetlng called to onden at 8:OO p.m. - Mayor Roothln the Chalr. ROLL CALL Prosgnt - Councllmen: Byrd-Jotrns on-ltlorgan- Rooth-Thaye n Abscnt - Councl}nen: llonr UIUUTES PRETIIOUS MEEI]NG (a)PROPOSED ANNEXAT]ON flLO},EARDI & BARNESII PROPERTY ON SUI"IMIT DRIVE lhanc belng no urlttcn protests recclvsd or verbal oppositlon 6red, Counc tlraan Bynd lntroduced fon flrst neadlng , onDIIIANCE lI0. p 6 Itlayon Rooth announced that thls was thc tlmc and place scheduled, pu!r- suant to lega1 notlce, to conduct a hearlag on the proposod annexatl onto the City of Bur llng arae of property deslgnated thc rl,ombardl enat Barncs Property. n {APPROVII{G ANI{EXATION TO THE CITY OF BURLINGAIG OP ED o UOUS TERRITOEI DESIGNATED AS TEE 'LOMBARDI AND BARNES' PROPERTY.II (b ) APPE,AL:RESIIBDIIISIO}i I.,OT 2lr, KENMAR TERRACE (Frank Ga1lo , Owner. ) Mr.. I'hompson f\rrther referred to concesslonE offered for the c onvcn- lcncc of thc adJaccnt property ownors, :regardlng sctbacks, helgbt 11m- i.tatlons and gen€ re1 architoctural features to conform to exlstlag pnopertles. Refcrrlng to that sectlon of the ondlnencc dcflnlng thc tena nst:pcetrt as 'rland dcd.lcatcd to....r us6 as a pub1lc thoroughfars, or. a publ1c or prlvate thonoughfanc whlch affords prlnclpal rneang of accasg to abut tlng propcrtyr Mr. lbornps on stated that the applleant proposas to convcy a ono-thlnd lnterest ln thc twcnty foot thoroughfarc to eachlot and, ln addltlon, sha1l lmposc a deed restrlctlon that lt bc madc a pernanent lngress anat egrcss to thc property, wlth no obllgatlon to bc assumed by th6 ctty. Cyr:us J. Mci'[l11an, Attorney, representlng prbperty owno rs on I(erurrall Way, resldlnS wtthln three hurdre d feet of the proposcd resubdLvlslon Mayor Rooth announce d that thls was the tln6 and place 1n whlch to con-duct e pub1lc hearing relatLve to appeal of declsion of the Plannlng Coruaission, denylng the appllcatlon of Frank GaI1o, oinle!, for thc nc- subdlvlslon of Lot 2[ of Kenmar Te:rrace, Blrr:llngamo. Robert thonpson, Attomsy, representlng the appllcant, advlsed thatthc appllcatlon proposes to resubdlvlde Lot 2\, a trro-acre parcel of land et thc northeaster'ly terznlnus of Kennar Way (lngress and egress by means of a twenty foot rlde roadway) and to corrform rrl th reconmand-atlons offered at the hearlngs before the Planning Cormrlselon, revlc- lone rer:e madc 1n the plan to include the uldenlng of thc paved anerof the proposed thoroughfa:r.o to a wldth of e lgfrtcen feet (wlth curbs and, guttcrs , twenty feet; ) a nlnllrurn tumlng rrcLrclert of twcnty-eerenfcet 1n the center of the cul-de-sace for flre apparatus; an addltlon-aI slx lnch water maLn to extcnd the length of tbe cul-da-sac and thcLnstallatlon of a flre hydrant wlthln the cuI-de-sac. BurlLng ame - Callfornla J.uul,a 3t L957 the mlnut cs of thc prevl,ous rneet!.ng of May 20, 1957, as aubmltted to menbcrg of thc CouncLlr were unanlmously appnov€d ald adopted onnotlon of CouncLlman Jobnson end seconded by Couac l laan Bynd. EEARI}IGS L41 and othorE wLthln the tenracc, opposed the granting of thc applLcatlon,statlng that accordlng to the ordlnancc of the city, a publlc street ls onc reqult:lng e mlnI.mrm footago of thlrty-four feet end that the roadrayproposca is merely an elgfrteen foot strlp end es such, fal1s to mcctnEdcquate standards. rr I{r. Mc!,1111an contr.nued by stetlng that thc orlglnal lnt6nt1on was to dcvelop the propcrty es e slngle lot and lf the appllcatlon ererc appr3ov- ed, 1t would pertl.t the developmont of onc falr 1ot and tlro stoep 1ot8. Mr. HcMl1lan noted that an amcndmrnt ( O::dlnance No. 610) to the etglnal zonlng ordl nance erprcssly states tha! Ital! lots sheJ.J. heve a fnontage on a publlc street.ir In concluslon, in[p.Msl{111an ur:ged thet ln falnnessto propcrty oflnors, that tho subdlvlslon map be permltted to remeln asorlglnally recordcd. Qrrestloncd by the Councl}, Clty Snglneer Marr advLsed that wlth refen- ence to the Fine Departa€nt, that dcpartmentr g :eeguLrenente ha ve beencorpllod rlth and cortaLn englnccrlng rccornoendatl ons have al-so been lncorporated lnto the proposal.. Mn. !{arr advLsed that the clty cannotaccept the proposed elglrteen foot roaduay es a dedlcated street becausoof lts fal-Iu:re to c ornply rrlth thc thlrty-fou:r foot requlremonts 1n the or:dlnance. Followlng further dlscusslon, 1n whlch lt vas determlned from evldcncesubnltted, that the princlpaI obJcctlon was that the proposal falLs to meet requLromcnts of the. ordlnance, 1n thet the lots would not front a dedlcated publlc street, a motlon was lntro&rccd by Cor.rnc llman Byrdthat thc Councll sustaln the motLon of the Plannlng Commlssion ln tteny- 1ng the appllcatlon. The lrotlon wes seconded by Cormcl lman l.lorgan and unanlmously cannl,cd. The pub1Lc hearlag was thereafter declarcd concluded. COUMI'NICA[IO}IS 1 }TILLS ESTATE NO. 1.A ACCEPTED AS CO!{PLETE A comrnrnlcatlon deted Hay 11, 1957, was read from the Clty Hanager, recomrnsndr.ng that l(l1s Estatc No. 1-A be eccepted' as havlng becn satl sfectorlly corpletcd. FESOLUTION N0. 31-57 rAccc ptlng PubJ-lc Irryrovements Wlttrln MlI1s Estatc }{o. l-Atr was lntroducod on notlon of Corncl lnen ]lorgan, rtro movcd lts paasage, seconded by Councllnen Johnson and unanlnously canrled upon ro11 call of nenbe:rs. 2. EXCESS PORTIONS OF OLD BAYSHORE HIGEWAY DESCRIBM A commrnlcatl on dated May Jt, L95?, utaa reed from thc Ctty Manager, rocltlng pnovlslons of Besolutlon No. 8-57, Ln nhlch descrlptlons ofthe exccsg portlons of the 01d Bayshore IIl g[way proposed to be vacated ero to be prescnted to the Counc 11 for acceptance Thc comnunlcatlon advlsed thet proporty south of !t111s Channel ls dGv- eloplng to a stage r*rereby a dcclslon ls necessary to notlfy property olrnc r:s wheneon to p1ac6 eurbs, guttet s , paveruents ed othe r lmpnovements . It wae the nec orurendatl. on of the Clty Manager that descrlptlons of thatportlcn fron tho Keyston erxd Boarlnt property north to thc Ml.l1s Creek Dralnage Ctrannel, prepared and subnltted for Councll lnf orrmtl on andaction, bc accepted and legtslatlon of lntentlon to vacato sald portlons bc pnepared for enactment. Upon Councll lnqulry, ttre Clty Attornoy advlsod thet flnal dlsposltlonof seld portlons ls vestcd soIely 1n thc Clty Councl1. C ounc 1lman Byrd the reupon moved that the Councll cotlcur ln thc rccom- mcndatl on to accept the ilescrlptlons, soconded by Councllnan Thayer and unanlraously carled. 3.TWO.EOUR PARIGNG ON FIfRIBI'NDA AVENIIE AUTEORTZED A comnarnlcatlon dated. Mey 31, 1957, from th6 ctty lj[an8gs], recommend-lng that parklng on Florlbunda Avenue between Prlmroso Road arld Callfor- nLa Drlve be restrlcted to tuo hours, was concurred in and the Clty 142 Attorncy dlnected to preparo an ordlnancc affectlng the changc, on motlonof Councllmsn Thayer., secondsd by Councilman Byrd end uDartlmously carnled. l+.ffiPIRATION OF PENINSiI,A EUUANE SOCIETT CONTRACI (.runo 30, 1957) A c omnnrnl, c a tl on d.ated May J1, 1957, uas r6ad fnom the Clty Manager vLslng that the contract with the Pcnlnsula Eumanc Soclety orplrc! June 30, 1957. ad- on Thc conrmrnicatlon furthen notlflad the Councll Matco provldes an ldentLcal servtce through the the collectlon of dog lLcensc fees. that the County of Sansoclety that lncludes It ras the recomnendatioE of the Clty Manager that ln the lnterest of econotuy, that thc Couaty of San Mateo bc sollclted to pr"ovidc sd:td ssrvlcc to the Clty of fur1lngame. Councilnan Byrd moved that actlon bc sl thheld; pending a uouncll Budgct Comnlttce meating, schedul ed Wadnesday, June 6e 1957, sccond- ed by coungllman Trayer and unrnimously car:rte d. 5.RES]GNATION OF R. II,I. HARDMAN FARE DEPARTI,IENT HOSEMAN A letter itated May 3L, a95? t r'ras read from the Clty Manager, advlsing that Flr sman R. M. IIa rdman has submltted hls :reslgnatlon to becomccffectlve July 1, 1957, and it wag recorrnended that an appolntrnent toft1l thc vacancy bc made effectLve July 1, 1957. A letter dated. May 31, L957, was read. fnom the Clty Manager, re c omrrend.-lng that Mr. George G. Frechettel San Jose State Collegcl e1lglb1efor aopolntmsnt as a Junlor Epglneer, be offered the posttlon, sub- Ject to Clvll Servlce regufu'enont s. The Councl l was advlsed that Mr. Joseph . Anoroso, ILO Edlson Str6et, South San Fr:anclsco, tha next eIlglblc, has Lndicated h1.s wll1lagncssto acccpt the posLtlon. Counc lIman Mongan moved that actlon be wlthheld, pendl,ng the afo:rcmcn- ttoned Courcll- Budget Coualttee meetlh8r secondcd by Councllnan Thaycr and unanl npusly carnLed. 6.APPOINT},IENT TO ETLL VACANCY IN POSITION JI'NIOR ENGINEER REQUESTED Action was wlthheldl, pend.lng the scheduled Councl1 Budget Corunlttec meetl ng. 7. I{EON SIGN AUIIEORIZED FOR FRANK EDWARDS BI]-ILDING It was the unanlmous vote of the membe:rs of tbethat the appllcatlon be granted. C ounci lman thayer moved. that the Councll concur, Mor. gm and unanlmously carrle d.. Plannlng Comnlssion seconded by Councl lman 8. APPI,IcAmoN To coNSTRUcT APAnTI'IENT-EoTEL DENIED A commrnlcat lon dated l,lay 29r 1957 , was r6ad f! om the Flannlng Cormls-slon, advls lng that an appllcation froe the Coast Neon Sip. Corqp any topennlt the locatlon of a neon slgn on ttre Frenk Edwaras buf faf ng fitMlllsdale lndustrlel Park, had been glven a pub1lc head.ng. The coruaunLcation advlsed that the proposed slgn conforms to the ord-lnancc provlsions, the exceptlon belng thet bccausc of lts welght, lt1s proposed that the slgn bc supported by steel polee embeddcd 1n con-crotc and attached to the sl,ds wall of the bulldlng, e:tcndlng abovcthe offlce pontton of the bulldlng. A commun.l.catlon dated IIay 29s L957, was r.6ed from the plannlng Coranls -slon, advlslng that at the neguest of the Counc11, the subJect of theproposod constructlon of an apartnont-hote1 on E1 Cqm{no Real andBelLevue Avenue hed been resubmltted to the members of the Corurls sloa. The Prannlng corunlsslon adv!.sed that the Ldentlflcation slgn proposedfor the structure does not c onf otpm to zoning rogulatlons p6r.tirlning toslgns wlthln e nesldenttal dlstrlct and. subiequent to a slaternent from 143 the appllcant that ln the €v6nt p€rnlsslon to erect the sign werc denled, the constnuctlon-of seld aperptmont-hote1 rould not proceed, the Com- mlsslon unanLmously votcd to reconrrrend that the appllcatlon for the varlanco be denled. Councl lman Ttrayen movsd that thc appllcatlon for a varlance, submlttedby thc AnrrLcan Standerd Motels, Inc., be denied, seconded by Councl]-- man Morgan. Councllnan Johns on, p!:1or to a vote on th6 motlon, erpressed hcr rcgretthat a declslon ln the metter had been so long delayed. Tttc gh al.! statod that the sltuat ion had been croated becausc of thcLntroductlon of revLslons Ln the orlglnal p1ar. thc motlon that thc appllcatloa bc denle d was thereafter dcclaned r:nanlnously. 9. BEPORT flINIPSRO SERRA EXTM{SION A neport fnom the Plannlng Conrnls slon, dated May 27, L957, relatlvc tothe propoeed routos of the Junlpero Senns heeway and e r€commondationfor actlon to be taken at a later datc by the Councll, was necelved end placed on flIc uatll the ncxt regular roetLng of the CounclL 10. COUITTY HIGHWAY PLA}'I ENDORSB"{tr{T RECOMMIX{DED A conrnrnlcatl:n datcd llsv 28, orraendl- ng that the Clty Counc I proposcd outlLna plan of futurplaced on flle untll the ncxt UNFIITISIED BUSINESS 1 DRAFT TEST PIT . STATION NO. 1 1957, froa tha Plannlng Coruals s lon, :rec-l take an affirmetLve pos!.tlon on the e county hlghways, was received and.regular reetlng of the Councl]. A report dated {ey 31, L957, was read from the Clty Manage r relatlve to one tIT thc usc amm the poft es of ascs :roposed constructlon of a draft test pit and recommendlng thathree cour.ses of actlon ba takcn; (1) call for blds fot: bothlnstallatlon (corrugated plpc esphalt coated and crncrcte):rtaln lf ttrere ar6 other constructlvc flre purposes for whlchy (19h9 FLre Bond rUnds ) should bc used and (3) 1f possj.blc, remainlng bond. funds to call ln the bonds lssued so that theatlon of the lssue she1l be reduccd by that amount. mon6 the orblz C ouncl lnan Byrd profaccd a motlon statln8 that the pnoposed proJeetls an luportant facll1ty antl ag the mattcr has baen pendlng fon a conslderablc per.lod of tlme, he movcd that blds be advertlsed foraccordlng to specif !.catlons on f[le and that thc lowest responslbleblddcr be awardcd. tho contnact. the motlon was acconded by C6uns11- man Johnson. Speaklng on tbs questiorx, Mayor Rooth stated that there was e ques- tLon 1n hls mlnd as to whether such a factllty was a necessLty. In reply to the Chalrrs statomcntr Edwarcl J. Lcls, retlred Bur.llngancFlre Chlefl ad.vLsed of the sevenal fr.rnc tlons porformed by the faclL-1ty. 2. TRAFEI,C DIRECTOR AND POTICE INSPECTOR In a 16ttcr frcm the City l,tanager, datcd May JI, L957, r]o;o CouncLl wes edvlsed that subsequent to an lnvestlgatlon and reseanch on rhether thc posltlon of IneffLc DLreetor and Pollce Inspecton should should be appoS.nted th:rougb Cl-vl1 Servlcc, lt llas reconnnondcd that Coqncilesn Mongan stated that 1t lay bc determlued that fi:nds ro-quked to lnstall a Dnaft Test 'Plt may be better appllett ard recon- mcnd.c d thet no action be taken untll the subJect 1s dlscussed at thc fon thc omlng Councll Budgct Comalttee meotlng. A rolL caIl vote on Councllman BJardt a motLon, waa rccorded as follows: Aycl: Councllnen: BSrnd-Johnson }{oes: Councl]-ncn: Morgan-Rooth-Thayer Absent Councllmen: l{on raent fo ttse ea-tafnlroperty Wlthin the Clty of Burllngame Fon Tur:n- Around Area for E[re Department VohLclosrr rras lntroduced upon motlonof Corncilman ftrnd, who- moved lts passage, seconded by Counc ll-nan Morgan arrd edoptod unanlmously upon ro11 cal1. 744 thc salectlon of members of the department to f111 the abovementloned posl.tLons remaln tha perogatlve of the ehlef of Po11ce. CouncLlman Morgan bniefJ.y reviewed the past hlstory relatlve to tho appolntmonts of the two posltlorur snd stated that the recomrnendatl on as submLtted by the City Manage:r, conflnmed the pnevlous pos!"tlonthat ha malntalned. Thc recommendatlon wae r.ecelved and placed on flle. RESOLUTTO}{S RESotrrrTIoN NO.L?-57 ttA pprovtng Certlflcate of Completed Work forIayment" ll{l1Is Egtate I{o. 11) was lntroduccd for passago on motlonof CouncLlman Horgan, seconded by Couacllnan Byral srd adopted unanLmous-Iy upon roll c a}L. RESoLUTToN {0, _33-57 rrAcceptlng Permlt of San Frenclsco Wator Depant- 0 RDINANCES - Conslde:ratlon of: ONDINANoE No 65I+ I'APPRoVING ANNEXATION TO TEE CITY oF BUHI,INGAME oF UNINEABilED CONTTGUOUS TERRITORY DESIGNATED AS TIIE BEZECIIY PROPERSY'I was glven lts second read,ing end upon motlon of Councllmen Byrd, sec- ondcd by Counc i1man Johnson, saLd ordlnancc passed lts second roadlng and was adopted. by th6 follorJ.ng votc: Ayes i Councl'l'nen : Bynd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-fhayc:rNoeg: Councllmen: None Abscnt Councllmen: I{one ORDINANCE NO. 655 IIAMDIDING TIIE ORDINA},ICE CODE OF TITE CITT OF BURLIN. GAME BY AIiGI{DING SECrION L222.I2 LII'{ITIUG PARENG OF VEEICf,ES O}I CAR. oLAN AVEISUETT was glven tts second readlng and upon notlon of Councll- man Byrd, secondcd by Councllman Johason, saLd. ordlnance passed 1ts second readlng and uas adopted by the follorlng vote: Ayes: Councllngn: Byrd -Johnson-Mo:rgan-Rooth-Ttrayer: Noes : Cor:nci lmen: None Absent Councllmen: $one REFM TO I'NFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Rcc].as s lficatl on lands of the PenLnsula Hospltal In nesponse to the request of Counc llman Johnson that the Councll actln the matter of the reclas slflcatl on of the lsnds of the F enlnsula Hospltal , the Chal r advlsed that Frank B. Ingersoll, Attorneyr has nequested a c onfersnce on the subJect wlth the CqrncLl ln th6 near fir trrre . NEW BUSINESS I. REtr,PPOINTI4ENT W. E. MTSSION DIEDERIC}ISEN & WILLIAM ETNGER PLANNING COM. Mayor Rooth subrltted the nanes of IJ. E. Dledc:plchsen and tllllam E. Flnger for neappolntment as Plannlng Corunlssloners. The appolntments wero unanlmously conf l"med. 2, APPIJCATICN TRANSFER ATCOHOLIC BEVERAGE L]CBSSE Councl lman Mongan referued to a copy of an appllcatlon recclved by thcClty Clerk fnom the Depantr@nt of Alcohollc Bovenage Controlr Sacra- mento, concernlng an eIcoho1lc beverage llccnse nequest for transfcr fnom the Ctty of San Mateo to the Burl lngane Plaza, Clty of hlrIlngame. Councl lmgn Morgan obJected to the lssuance of sald J-Lcense, bas€d onhls oplnlon that th6r6 1s a sufflclent nrrmber of such establlshruentsrlthln the Clty. Mayor Rooth concurred ln the statement of Councllman Morgan, eddlngthat lt ls not wlthln the provlnce of the ClQr Councll to act on an appllcatlon of thls nature. 745 Councl lman Byrd oxpressed. the oplnlon that lnasnrch as lt ls a matterto be determined by tbe Departnent of Alcohollc Beveragc Control, hc had no obJectlon to the estabLLstrment of sald businoss tslthln the Clty. In response to Councllmsn Morganr s lnqulry, the Clty Attorney advlsedthat a petltlon bearlng the slgnatures of those obJectlng to the lss- uancc of a llcense may bc forwardod to the llcenslng agent. 3.PROTEST B]GISTERED CONCESSON SALE PRICES Councl lnan Morgan reg!-stened an obJectlon to the sale prlces Lmposod by the varlous food concesslons at the necent Scout-O-Rema actlvltLes and urged clt_Izens and pa:rent-teach groups to dlnect a letter of pno-test to the uounty Board of Supervlsons. ADIOIIRNI{MiT There beLng no further: buslness, the meeting regularly ad.J ounned at 9!50 P.!t. Rcspectfully subnltted T CITY CLERK APPROI'IED: CTARLES }J. ROOIH MAYOR