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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1956.06.1818 CAtt TO oRDER A regular neetlng of the BurlLngame Clty Councl]. was held on tha aboveglv6n date. Meetlng called to order at 8:OO pomr - Mayon Rooth ln the Chal:r . PLEDGE TO FLAG At rord firom the ayorl Pledge of Alleglance to ROLL CALL all ln the Councll Chamber arose and gave tb€tbe F1ag. h€sent Absent UINUTES - CounclIren : Byrd- Jobnson-Uorgan-Rooth-fhayer - Councllnen: l{one PREVIOUS XEEf,ING The nlnutes of the prevlous metlng of June 4, 1956, as subnltted to nonrbens, rere unanLmously approved and adopted on motlon of Counc llnan Thayer and geconded. by Councllrmn Johns on $s (Confet Station - I9ashlngton Pank) Uay or Rooth announcod tbat this vas the tlme set, pursuant to publlsbednotlce, for openlng blds recelved to provlde a comfont statlon 1nf,ashlngton Park, Burl-lngame; whereupon, sald blds rer:e opered and declared as follors: Iuup Sua far sha1l Devel opment Corporatlon San Llateo, Callfornla $s, 991. oo Les Ke1ley Belmont, Callf ornla $?,693.oo f,oody J. Eenny *7,147.OOBurllngane, Callfornla Certlfied che cks and./ot bld bonds accomparrled tho for€golng. The blds rers referred to the Ctty Englneen, the Clty Attonney and tothe Perk Superlntendont fon r:evLer and reconmendetlon prlor to the terrirLnatl on of the metlng. COMMU}ITCATIONS 1. MEIIO OF AGREEMENT, GAS TAX ALTOCATION, FISCAL E:AR 1956-1957 A lett€r dated June 15, 1956, vas read. from c. J. l[arrr Dhectorof Pub1lc llonks, reconrendlng that the Me morandum of Agr:eerpnt for Expendlt ure s of Gas Tax AllocatLon for: lilaJon Clty Streets (nalntenance aII clty stroets, resurfacLng ard roconstructlon of curbs and gutters CallfornLa DrLve from Oak Grove to Broadway and resurfaclng Elllslde Drlve from El Camlno R6al to the resterly clty }lmlts) for the flscal year 1956-1957 be accepted. Councl lnan Byrd moved ttst the Councll concur end ther6nAdopt lng Budget and Approvlng Memorandun of Agreetrcnt f orp Expenditureof G&s Tex AJ.location for faJor CttJr Streotsr, secorr:lsd by Cor:ncllran Thayen and adopted. unanlmously on ro11 caJ.J. of menbers. upon tntroduced for passeg e RESOLUTION No. 57-56 Bur]-inAano. Callfornla Jule 18. 1956 19 2.RESIGNATION OF C HARI,ES B. BIIRR - Water Utlllty llan A conmunlcatlon alated June 15, 1956 ras recelved from G. Jo !trarr, DLrecton of hrbllc Ylorks, submlttlng the reslgnatlon of Charles B. Burr, Sater UtllLty tlan, effectlve June 16, 1956. There being no obJectlons, the roslgnatlon ras accepted. 3. DOUGIAS AITD BELI,EVUE AVENUES TO F'LORIBUNDA AVENUE .- TtrO.EOUR TIMIT A conmrnlcatlon dated June 14, 1956, ras receLved from R. C. Theuer, Ctrlef of Po1lce, rec ommerdlng that ln the lnterest of ellninatlng eJ-1-day parklng, the area botreen Douglas Avenue and Bellevue Avenus to Florlbunda Avenue be restrlcted to a two-hour parklng lllnlt. CouncLl membors con- curred and the Clty Attornoy ras authorl zed to prepare an appropriate or:dinance to be Lntroduced at ths next regular Eotlng of the Coulcll. 4. DAVIS DRI VE AND QUE SADA WAY DECIARSD A FOUR.WAY STOP A commrnlca tlon datsd June tr4, 1956 ras recelved froa R. C. Theuer:, Chlef of Po1lce, advlslng that ln rosponse to a cltlzels t p6f,ltlon that Davls Drlve and Quesada Way be created a four-ray stop, an lnvestlSatl.on had boen conductod on the cLrcurlstances pronrptlng the requost and, ln vLew of necorrils on tlle rltb the Pollce Department, lt ras hLs reconrsnda- tlon tbat the lntensectLon remain a two-way stop. Counollnan Byrd., ln lnltlatLng a brl-ef dl,scusslon on the subJect, stated that the pnoxl nlty of the school nerLted favorable conslderatlon to the clreatlon of tho lntersectlon as e fou:r-way stop durlng the school term. Councr-ImaD Morgan €rpressed the oplnlon thet the hazard shal1 become Lncreaslngly aggravated and u:rge d that adequate protectLon be provlded by the lnstallatlon of a four-way stop. Joseph J. OrBr:len, 1625 ilonte Convlno l[ay, urged favorable support to the request on a Jrear-rormd basls and stated that notorlsts travelLng Davls Drlve tend to use the str.eot as a rspeodway.r Councllnan tr[organ noved that a four-Fay stop slgn lnte:rseotlon of Davls Drlve and Quesada Way, prlor to te.rm, wlth tho undorstandlng that the Councll may, atlts actlon 1f the lnstallatlon proves othor than effe lntrod.uced for passage RESOLUTf0X l{o 58-56 authorl zl The notlon las secord ed v ounc l1man ohnson and ado be placed, at tbethe next sctrool a later date, resclnd ctLve, and thereaftor ng the 1nstel1atl on.pted ulanlmously onro11 call of neders. 5. ROBERT L. RUS$LL GRANTED UIIITARY TRAINING LEAVE A comnnrnlcatlon dated June 13, 1956, receLved from JuJ.e s Francard, Par.k Superlntendent, necomruendlng that ltlr. Robert L. Russe1l, tree nal rrt enance msn, be grsnted pornlsslon to leave for ml1ltary tralnlng for tf,o reoka, conmencl rg JuJ.y 8, 1956, ras concurred ln by Councll menbers. a RESIGNATION - CAPTAIN HARRY IIOREHEAD - Flre Do part ment A .co zrnqral cat Lon dated June 14, 1956, was rsceLved from the Board. ofFlne Conmlgsloners, advLsing of the roslgnatlon of Captaln Earry llorehead, and requestlng that a vacancJr ln the posltLon of CaptaLn and a vacancyin the posltlon of Fi.neElan be fl,].fed. Thero belng no obJectlons, the resLgnatlon of Captaln forehead was accepted, offective June a5, 1956.(S€e fllJ.lng of posttlons under headlng rlew Businsss ) 7. RUSSELL REALTY CO. RESUBMISSION OF REOI]EST TO ESTABLISH PANK ING IOT A lettor deted June 12, 1956, fron the Rucsell Realty Companlr, resub-mltttng a nequost for a varlalco to 6steb11sh a parklng 1ot on E1 CamlnoRoal erd Burllngame Avenue, tas denled on notlon of CouncLlnran for:gan, soconded by Councl lman Theyer and unanlmously ca:rrled. 8. MANIIFACTTIRERSI ASSN.OF SAN IIIATEO COUNTY RE3 OPPOSITION TO SAI.ES TAX A Letter dated. June 12, 1956, recelved from the Manufacturers r AssocLatlon of San llsteo County, roquestlng the Clty Council to opposethe Bradley-Burns unlform 1oca1 sales and use tax larrr, was placed on f1le. Roports ftrom the Po1lce Department and tbe Departrent of Publlc Workse for REPGTS OF OFFICERS 2A ORDIIIANCE N0. 650 [AuthonLz lng an Amendment to the Contract Provlding fo::ErPa-rtlclpatlon of the clty of Burllngame ln the caJ-lfornla state Employeesr Retlnorent Systemrr ras glven 1ts second readlng ard oa motionof Councllman Byrd, seconded by Councilrmn !trorgan, said ordlnance passed.1ts second r:eadlng and was adoptecl by the folloring vote: Ayes: Councllm€n: Bynd-Johnson-Horgan-Rooth-ThayerNoos: Counellmon: None Absent Councllmen: [one UNFI$ISEED BUSINESS (1)Revl sed o osal ln o eretlon of Cit and (2) lellttqn to,alter parkLng metens to t relve mLnutesfurthen conslderation by a Clty Manager 1d, pendlng appoLntment of and 3. A[]rUAt C0NTRACT - CHAUBER oF COUI,IERCE Mayor Rooth advtsed the Councl1 that the Charober of Conmerce Lras submltted a proposal to perform oLty servlce for th6 perlod July 1956to and lncludlng June 3O, 195?, ln the emount of $3r 600.00, an lncreaseof $1r2oo.oo from the p:revlous year. Upon invitatlon of the Cbafu:, Lawrenee L. Plagnann, Presldent ofthe Burllngame Chanber of Comnerce, recLted the follorvlng neasons tosupports Lts requost f or. an Lncrease ln the eltyrs promotlonal con-tritrut ions : Bo Expanslon and growth of industrlal- aroa, riequLrlng addltlonel servlces of the Challber of Commeroe t b. PrepanatLon of an up-to-date broehure to contaln statLstLcs ofthe Clty of Burllngamoe publJ.clty and advortlslng, conbined rlththe l-atest map of the clty; and co Contlnuatlon of provldlng stonographlc and nfueographlng sor:vlces. RESOLUTfON No. 59-56 tEntorlng Contract fon Advortislng andPromffigame Cbaiben of Cornrprce ani Authonl zlrg the Ma yor to Exocute Satd Agneerentrr ras introduced tho.reafton by CounelJ-- nan Morgan, ntro moved Lts passage, second.ed by Councllman Jobns on and unanimousl-y carrle d. 4. KTNG COI;E HOI.IES. INC. - NEqUEST FOR USE OF RAY PARK TRACT OFFICE l{ayor Rooth advised that renbers of the Councll have confenred rlthXr. l{ornan Co1e, Pnesldent of the Klng Co].e Eomes, Inc., concerningthe use of the exlsting Tract 0ffLce for the sale of flfteen lots ln Ray Park, ard have b€en Lnf ered by r. Cole that he, exclusively, rlLL eonduet the sale of the property. A notlon vas tbe:reafter lntroducedby Councilman trforgan that th6 appllcatlon of King Cole Ilomesr Inc.rfor a penmit to use the exlstlng Tract Offlce located at the entranceto Ray Park for the sal-e of homes to be constructed on saLd 1ots, begrantod and the permit valid for the perlod of cne year, seconded by Counellman Johnson and unanlnously carrled. TEMATI\IE MAP IIEL QUANITO ACRESII - PETIT]ON FOR ANNEXATIOI,I A letter dated May 29, 1956, was road. fron the Plannlng Comnlsslon, advLsirg that subsequent to sever:a1 hearlngs on varlanc€s r€questod lnthe proposed development of nE1 Quanlto {cresrt Subdivlslone ].ylng be- tween C an]ron Road and Sulrrtrllt Drive, tlre uomEissLon had voted r:nanimous]-y,at lts regu-Lar meetLng ay 28e 1956, to approve the TontatLve l0ap as submltted, provldod tho property h,8. s beon a.nnexed to tho cLty wLthln 18O days from date . Reference ras further sade to a rrPetltlon fon Annexatlon to clty of Burltngane of Contlguous Unlnhablted Terultoryn (El QuanJ- to Acres ) submltted by Fred A. Quandtr Developor. the nonth of llay, 1956, rene recelved, acloiou]-edged and placed on f1le. RESOLUTIoNg - tr(onc OHDII{ANCES - Gonsideretlon of: 21 In response to CouncLl lnqulry, Clty Eeglneer Iarr related tbe follor- lng var.lances a.nd. reasons fe rhlch sald varlalces ,6ro requested: Bo A.ouI de sac, longer than 25O feet - requested due to the terrain of the lend. b. Ellnlnatl on of sldeyalka - because of the h111slde su:r ound 1ng s, slde-ralks do not appear to bo necessar:y. cr Paved stneet ridth of 50 feet. Xr. Marr advlsed tbat the Subdlvlslon OndLnance provldos f o:: a *ldth of 34 feet and, in hls oplnlonl should be suatalned. d. Utillty poles ln the stneet rlght-of-ray. Withln thls partlcular locatlon th€ l-nstd-Iation of utlltty poles other than ln the streotrlght-of-ray would be unslghtly and detract from nelghborlng subdlvlslorl AIso questloned by the Clty Councllr the Clty Attorney advlsed that the proper procodrre would be to flrst establlsh a time of hoarlng on the proposed annexatlon of ttre unlnhablted proper:ty. Councllnan organ thereupon lntroduced and. moved tho passage of RE9OLUTI9X lto. OO.E€ rFlxl ng Tlme and Place of He arlng on Proposod Annexa-tloD tttht CItj of Burllngano of Cont!.guous Unlnhablted Terrltory DeELgnated as tEl Quanlto Acses|I and Glvlng NotLce of Sald Eear:lngr (August 6, 1956), seconded by Councllnan Thayor and adopted unanlmouslJr on ro11 c.all of Eenbers. The dlscusslon on the varLance requostod ln the &velopmont of El Quanlto Acnes contlnued, wl,th lilayor Rooth and Councilman llor:gan ob Je ctlngto the clty belng pla ced ln the posltlon of comprooise by the Bnantlng ofsaid verLanceB. Councllnsn B]rrd stated that h€ rould consld6r votr,ng favorably pro- vlded the developen agre od to lnstall a sldewalk on one slde of the streot and the wldth of ths street conforned to tbe 34 feet provlded ln thoSubdlvlslon Nlnance. Counci.lman Thayer oxpressed the oplnlon that the developen shoulal havE conslderod the lnstallatLon of underground uttltty servlces. The Clty Attorney suggested that the subJeet matt6r3 be agaln referI:€dto the PlannLng Cormlssi.on and that the appllcant, togethon nith the englneor for the proposed proJect, submlt a revlsed plan lnco:rpol'atlng suggestlons offered by meuibers of the CouncLl. C ouncllnan l[organ noved Lnstead that the tentatlve map ln 1ts presentstatus be rsJected, soconded by Councllman B1nrd. Spe aklnS on. the questlon, ft:ed A. Quandt, the developer, descrJ.bed theproposed development of what he terred rfcountryslderr honos, stating thatthe contour of the Fpoperty descrlbed rould nendor 1t dlfflcult to coruplyrlth provlslons of the SubdLvlsLon Ordlnance and appeallng to the Councllto nake concessLons ln thls lnstance. Courcl lnan Jolrnson questLoned the CouncLL and ras assured that II:. Quandt i111 egal,n be given an opportunity to be heard t*ten a revlssd planls subnitted for Council approval. llbe CbaLr thereafter ce1led for a vote on tho motlon to rcJect theTentatltro llap. The result of the vot6, by ro11 caI1, ras as follors: Ayes: Councllnen3 Byrd-Jobnson-f,organ-Rootb-Thayerl{o€s! Councl.lnen: lfone A furthen dlscusslon vas held and 1n reply to Councll lnql&les, Itb. Quardt advlsed that lt 1s hls LntentLon to pr:ovLde and pey for a thnoughroed from La Canada Road to Sunmlt Drive and, that ln the matter of under-gfound utlltty lnstallatlons, the cost ras prohlbltlve. fn concludlng the dlscusslon, CouncLlman l[ongan advlsed that at suchtlme es a new tentatlvo _nap ls pr:esented for the proposed trect, he rou]-dvote.favorabl-y only lf (1) the str:eet ridth ls rldened to 54 feat; (e) sldewalks ar:e lnsta11ed on both sldes of the street; and (3) wll:6s aro ln- s tal1e d undengnor:nd. -1 6.S]GI.I ERECTED ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY ON ROLLINS ROAD APPROVM 1. MILI,WOOD DEVELOPIT(ENT COMPANY REQII!]STING AGREEMENT EMENSION A telegram deted June 18, 1956, recelved fron the HllJ.rood DeveJ-op- r0ont Company and the Atlantlc Llfo Insunanco Coapany, roquestlng arr oxtensLon of one y6ar, or untll Ju].y 1, 1957, on &n agreenent for oon-pletlon of contract, Ml1Is Estate Ho. 5r ras recelved and placed on fl1e. 2. BURLINGAIIIE VILI,AGE PLAYGROUI\D T]ENCING Uayor Rooth stated that solne agreement 1n the rBtter of fenclng ln the Bu::11ngam6 V111age Park area should be reached and rocommend.ed that residents rlthln the vlclnlty corf sr on the type fencLng tJeey prefen and. thor:eafter advLso th€ Councll. A br:lef dlscussLon 6nsusd., wlth Mr. John E. Fnledlarder, ItrOO Kl11arney Lane, speaklng ln behalf of a gnoup of- the resldents. E. A. Etnrlchs, Chalrman of tho Recreatlon Commlsslon, ln attendance, suggested that a Jolnt metlng be schedulod rlth Derbors of the Recr.eatlon CommlssL on, rembers of the Pank CormlssLon, and Lnterested resLdents to r:esol-ve the ltattor. Councll concurredo 3. TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT GRAMED TO PARK DEPARTUENT C ouncl lnan B5rrd nor ed. thet an expend.ltune of $5OO.OO be sl].ocated tothe Park DefE rtGnt to provlde temporary enploymeat ln the clearLngof reeds on clty-orned dlvldlng stnlps on La l{esa Drlvo and other: areas of the elty, seconded by Councl lnan ltorgan and unanlmouslJr carrledo 4.PURCEASE OF BICYCLE RACK Park Superlntendent fuancard ras authonLzed to pu:rchase a netalblcycle rack to be placed at the Bu::l lngame Publlo Idbrary Branch. 5. ACTION ON APPOINTilIEM OF FTRE CAPTATN WITMIEI.D Reference ras mad.e to a conmrnleatl.on dated Jrme 14, 1956, from the Fine Commlsslon, ne comre ndl ng the appolntment of a Flre Captaln to ft1l a vacanc1r ereated by the resLgnatl,on of Captaln Ionehead. At the request of the Chalr, the Clty Clerk nead the e1lglblo llstt on whlch the nane of Oo Fred Frlcke appeared as flrst on a 1lst of six canilidates for the posltlon of Flre Captal,n. llayor Rooth, Councllman Morgan and Councllman Byrtl each expr:essed concern on whether the Councll- rray be assuned that tr{n. Fnlcke rl11 accept and contlnue hls enployment wlth tho clty lnasmrch as he had pnevlously accepted and subsequently reslgned the posltlon of Flro Inspector and, the fact, a1so, that he 1g on an e1lglb1e llst for a pos!.tlon vlth the Stete Flre Xarshaflrs Oflelce. ConsLderable dlscus slon arose thereafters du.r:lng rhlch penlod Fltre Ctrlef foor:by hlghly recommendod lb. Fnlcke for tho posltJ-on and Flre C6rnmf ggl6lsr Wm. J. IcKe on gxpr.essed tbe oplnLon that fallure to appolnt tbe hlgb nan on th6 o].lgibIe llst nay lead to dLgsontlon 1n the Flre Department. Both Xayon Rooth and Councilnsn Iorgan expressed tbo oplnLon that Lt ras I mttor of prlnclple rather than a questlon of conp6tsncy. There belng no obJectlons from the mernbors of the CouncLL, Xayor Rooth deferred actlon untll the next regular 6et1ng of the CouncLle JuIy 2, 1956. '- ic A :request from A].ex Smlth, Realtor, for penrdsslon to erect a 4 x 8 s!.gn for saLe purposes on lndustnlaL property on Rol11ns Road Ln Jt{ll1sda]-o Industrlal Park f,o. 5, on a terporary basls of 12O days, ras apparoved on motLon of Councllnan or:gan, seconded by Councl.lnaa lbayer and unanlmously carrl,ed. COUI{CIL COIUITTEE REPORTS - llonE NEW BUSINESS ')rrL!t) 6. NEV EI.IGIBI,E LIST FOR FIREUAN REQUESTD Upon lnqulry of tha Councllr the Clty Clerk advLsed that only one nane remal ns on the current e11glbIe Ilst fon Ffu:onan; CouncLlnan ongan ther"eupon nov6d that the cur:!:ent ellglbIe for the posltlon of Fbeman be reJected and the Clvll Servlce Conndsslon be lnstructed to establlsh a ner 1lst for th6 posltlon of Fi.t:ensn. Tho notlon ras se conaled by Councllnal Thayer and rmanlmously carrleal. CLAIMS IVarrant s, }{os. 8774 to 8904, lncluslve, for the north af June, 1956, d.u1y audlted ln the amor.rnt of $47e679.O5, rene autho?lzed d::arn on tho CltyIreasury ln thelr respectlve amounts or motlon of Councllnan Morgan, seconded by Councllman Byral and unanl roously canrLed. PAYROLL APPROVAL Payroll rarranus, l{os. 6235-6591, ln the anount of $581309.95,month of Uay, 1956, rere approved on motlon of Councllman Bynd,by Councllnan Johnson .hd. unanLmously carrled. for th6 s e c onded CONTRACT AWARD TO LES KELI.EY . COMFCNT STATION. WASHINGTON PARK Dfi:ector of Pub1lc l[orks Harn and Clty Attorney Karmol recomnended thatthe lor bldder., Les Eel}ey, Bolnont, be arer:ded the eontract to pnovlde aconfort stetlon 1n Washlngton Pank, ln the amount of S71695.00. Coturcll- nan lf,ongan movad. ooncu:erence ard Les Kelley ras f or:raa1ly anarded the contrac t carnled. AD JOURNIMNT Thene being no fu::then business, th6 roetlng ras r:ogularly adJourned at 1O:55 p.n. 13 -tfp-_ _s_u4 stlpulated, seconded by Councllman Byrat and unanlmously nESoLUTI0N N0. 51-56. Herbertclty IIhlte erk K. c1 APPROVM: CEARLES W. BOOTE l,leJron Respe ctfully subnltted,