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Eurllngara, Californla
Octobor 21, 1957
CALL TO ORDER
A regular neetlng of the Bunllngamo City Councll was held on the above
girren date. lreetlng calLed to order at 8:1O p.m. - Itrayor. Rooth ln the
Chair.
PIiOGE OF' ALLEGIANCE
At word fnon Mayor. Rooth, aII in the Councll Chadber arose and gave
the Pledge of Alleglance to the F1ag.
ROLL CAIL
Present - Councllmen:
Absent - Councllmen:
MTNUTES PREVIOUS MEETING
Byrd - Johns on-Morqan-Root h-Thayer
None
The mlnutes of the prevlous meetLng of October 7, L95'7, as submlttedto nonbers of the Councl], were unanlmousl"y approved and adopted upon
motion of Councllman Byrd and seconded by Council-man Johnson.
COI,!I, UNTCATIO]iS
1. ITECOI\I}{ENDATION FINAL MAP OF ASSOC]ATM-AI.EXANDER INDUSTRIAL PARK
A letter dated October 1, 1957, w,,s receLvod from the Plannlng Com-misslon, recomnendlng the acceptance of the Flrtal lilap of 'Associated-Alexander Industrlel Park.r Upon being advlsed by the Clty Attorneythat the developer had roquested an addltlonal two reoks t tLme ln
which to prepare the nec€ssary docurrents, the mEtter sas contlnued tothe negular meotlng of l{ovenber. 4, L95'1 .
A letter dated October: 16, L957, was read fr:on the Clty Manager con-
cernLng the lnstall-ation of fonclng at the Howard-Vlctorla playground
area qnd advlsing that (1) the exlstLn,q north Ilne fence, ln poor con-dltlon, can be replaced wlth avallable City-orned fenclng for a costof approxlmately l[]1o.Oo; (2) the remalnlnq area of the 1ot can be
fenced ror approxLmat6ly $1rOat.0o - or, alternatively, a fence
lnstal-1ed to run 75 feet ln each dlrection from t3e corner, for ap-proxlmately $soo. oo.
ft was the recora'rend.a t l on of the Clty ilanager that (I) tfre north flne
fence be replaced and (2) as a safoty measurre, a sLx foot fence b6conatructed extendlng 75 feet in each dlrectlon from tho corner of the1ot - the total expendlture not to exceed $610.00.
The Chal:: recognlzed l,llrs. Mlldred Grens, rE mber of the Recreatlon Corn-misslon, who advLsed that a recent survey conducted by nembers of the
Recreatlon CommlssLon revealed that the nolghborhood need 1s for a play
aroa for young chlldren; funthermore, those intervlered nequested thelnstaL]atlon of the fenco rather than a basebalL back-stop, as orlginallypetLtloned.
irtr. Vlctor Manglnl, chafunran of the Recr€atlon Commlsslon, conflrmedlilrs. Grens t remAr.ks and urged that the Councll conslden the proJect asan amergency nEasure and approprlate the nocesgary funds for lts com-pletl on.
Counc l}man Morgan, speeklng as CouncLl Chairnan of the FLnence Comml.ttee,
obsut'vod that under ordlnary circumstances, the Councll hesltates toapprove oxpendltures not pno.,l.ded 1n the budget; however, ln vLew of
2. IMPROVEIEI,ITS TO HCT.'AND.VICTORTA PLAYGRCU}ID AREA AUTHORTZD
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the petltlon presented by the parents of the chlldren using the pLay-
ground and the evldent need for: the lmprovenrnts, the request ls ac-
knowledged as an emergency. Councllnan Morgan thereupon lntroduced a
motlon that the north lLne fence be repleced and, in addltltlon, the
remainden of the lot be encl-osed by a six foot fonce at a totaL cost
not to excBed $1rl-51.OO, saLd funds to be dlsbursed from the unbudgeted
reserve. Motlon seconded by Councllman Byrd.
fn reply to a quostlon raLsed by Councllnan ltlorgan, the Clty Manager
expressed agrserrnt witb the motlon, stating that hls recoulrendatl on
was raado meroly 1n the lnterests of economy.
The motlon ebove stated as thereefter carrled unanlmously.
5. REPOI1T ON zuTTING GREEN, WASHINGTON PARK
A letter from tne City Manager dated October L6, 1957, was read con-cerning the lnstal-}atLon of a puttlng green ln Washington Park and
reconunendlng that the xoatter be held ln abeyance pendlng lnvestlga-tlon of tho problems rolative to the locatlon and maintenance of an
elghteen-hole puttlng qreen.
Courcl Lman Byrd noved that the
of the Clty Manager, seconded
mousl y.
Councll c oncur 1n th€ recom!rcndat1on
by Councllnmn Thayer and carrLed unanl -
4 RELOCATION PTAYGROUND EQUIPIIIE NT WASHINGTON PARK, AUTiIORTZM
A letter filom the Clty Manager, dated October 16, L957, was read con-
cernlng the purchase and rolocatlon of new equlpmerrt for the chlldrentsplay area ln ltUashlngton Park and advlslnq the estlmated cost to be
appr.oximately $2r4OO.OO. A cost sheet of proposed equipment was pre-
sented for CounclL revl-6w.
WhLle acknowledglng the advantages of the proposed relocatLon, theClty Managerrs lettor polnted to the abssnce of budgeted funds, neces-sltatlng recour.se to the Cltytg reserve for flnanclng the pnoJect.
As an al-ternatlve, he suggested that clvlc groups be lnvlted to par-tlclpate on a natching-fund basls.
lilr. Vlctor Manglnl, 1n repl-y to Cou-ncl1 ln_oulnyr voiced the unanlmous
endorserEnt of the Recreation Commlssion of the relocation of the play
area ard the purchs.so of new equlpment.
The Cbalr recognlzed lilr. RusseII Enge1, 1215 Lincoln Avenue, memberof the Burllngemo Recreatlon AssoclatLon, who stated that the play-
ground ln 1ts pr6s€nt locatlon, adJolnlng tho baseball dlamond Lsunsafe, the equlpment hazardous, and tho secl"uded area, closed topublJ.c 'rlow, 1s not conducl.ve to the well belng of young ch11dren.
In roply to an lnculry from the Chair, lilr. Ed*ar Llncoln, Super-lntendent of Recreatlon, advi.sed thet the Recreatlon DepartrEnt rasln favon of the pnoposed move.
Questloned by tire Chalr on the posslblllty of financlng the proJect
from the unbudgeted reserve fund, the Clty lrtanager reported thet anexpendlture of $2r4OO.OO would not serlously deplete thls balance.
A rnotlon was thereupon introduced by Councllman Morgan that tho Councllauthorlze the removaL of the play ar:ea ln Washlngton Park to e slteloccted botweon the Recreatlon Bullding and the Clty owned cottegefnontlng Burllngame Avenue, al-so the purci.rase of equiprrent and constnuc-tion of concrote curbing for sald play area ln an amount approximatlng
$Zr4OO.OO, to bo dlsbursed from the unbudgeted reserve funci, seconded-by Councllman Byrd, and carrlod unanlmously.
Thefor Clty Manager was tfEreupon roquested to secure colrpetitlve blds
CouncL]- actlon.
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POSIT ION RECREATION-LEADER RECOMI.{T]NDED
A Letter fron the Clty Manager, dated October 18, 1957, was nead con-
cernlng the classlflcatlon of an ernployee 1n the Rocreatlon Dopartment
and recommendlng that the posltlon of Recreatlon Leader-Clerk be es-
tabllshed. The communlcatlon further stated that the posltLon requlres
experlence and abllitLes correlated to recr:eatlon work In a greater
degree than clenlcel- aptitudes end, ln the event of a vacency, a
r.eplacement from a general type classlflcatlon would be lnapproprlate.A scopo sheet ror posl,tlon of Re creatl on-Loader Clerk accompanled the
com4r:nlcatlon.
Counci]man Morgan obJected to addltlonal Job classlflcatl-ons cltlngrestrictlons 1n posslble lnter'-departee ntal transfers created by
spoclalLzed t1tles. 0n thls basis, CouncLlman Morgan recorutendedthat the posltlon Ln th6 Recreation Department be fl11ed uner thequallflcatlons of the typlst-elerk classlflcatlon.
In reply to the Ctralrts lnvltatlon to comment on tho subJect, Mr.
Llncoln advlsed that wh1]e a certaln amount of clerlcaL dutles are
involved, tralning and bqckground ln recreation work are necessaryqualiflcatlons and requosted a classlflcation of Recreation Leader,
combLnl-n4 clerlcal as well as 16creatlonal sklIl-s.
Councilman Morgan expr€ssed a desir6 to slmpllfy the job classlflca-
tlon to meet the quallflcatlons of ti16 Recreatlon Departrrent and
thereupon lntr.oduced a motlon to reject the classiflcation Recn6atLon-
Leader-Clerk, motion soconded by Councllman Byrd and unanlmously car-
rled. Councllman Morgan thereafter suggested through the Chalr, thatthe Ctty Attorrey prepane an arrBndment to the Salary and Job Classifl-cation Ordlnance to provlde for the posl.tlon of RecreatLon Leader.
6 PURCIIASE OF SI'RPLIIS PROPERTY TRUCK AUTIIORIZD
A letter dated October 16, 1957, was read from the City Manager
concernlng purclrase of surplus proper:ty tnuck through Clvl1 Dofenseat a cost of $17s.OO and recormEndlng adoptlon of a resolutlonauthonlzlng sald purchase.
RESOLUTION N0. 69-5? 'rDeclarlng Noxlous And Dangerous tAeed.s And
HISE[sE-I--TEIJan-c-Er(Hearlng Novembsr 4, lg57) ias lntroduced by
RESOLUTION N0. 70-57 trAuthorlzln{ and Dlrectin g the Clty Manager To
Executo A War.ohouse fssue Sheet Between Clty of Burlingame And TheState of Ca1-l'ornla, State Educatl.onal Agency For Surplus Pnoperty,For the Acqulsitlon Of An fnternational 2[ ton Truckr was lntroduced
on motlon of CouncLlman Ttrayer, soconded by Councllman Byrd and
unanlmously adopted upon ro11 cal.1 .
RESOLUTTONS:
Councllman Byrd, who moved 1ts adoptlon, secondod by Councllman
Johnson and unanlmously carried on roLl cal-l of members.
ORD INANC!]S:
Conslderatlon of:
ORDfNANCE NO. 663 'rAn Ordlnance Adoptlng Sectlon 1952.1 Of The Ordl-nance Code Of The Clty of Burlingame Regulatlng Uses I[lthln publlc
Ilospltal Dlstrlcts' was lntr:oduced fon second neadlng upon motton of
Counellman Bynd, seconied by Councllman Morgan.
A rolL call vote on said ordlnance was recordsd as follows:
Aye s : COUNC ILI{EI : Johns onNoes: COUNCfLIIEN: Byrd-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer
The ordlnence ras th€r€eftar declared reJected.
ORDTNA}{CES:
fntnod.uctl on of :
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ORDINANCE N0.664 prepared by the Clty Attorrrey at Councilt s request
to ostabllsh a speed li:nlt of 25 llPH on Callfornla Drlve between
Burllngarne Avenue and Dufferln Avenue was submltted for flrst readlng.
Councllman Byr:d, referring to Councll decislon at the October 7th
m€etlng when the Clty Attornoy ras requested to prepsre the above Or-
dlnance, observed thet sild ordlnance may not be ln the bsst lnterestsof traff 1c saf ety and reconmnded 'rno actl on" .
Councllman Byrd requested that study be devotedof reduclng the spoed llnlt on Callfornla Dnlve
LlncoLn Avenue .
to the pos slbllltl es
from Broadlvay to
Dlayor Rooth reported that the pollce offlcers asslgned to patrol
Callfornla Dnlve advlsed that spoeding vlolations yere not excesslve
and that tho recently lnstalled trafflc control slgnals at Oak Grove
Avenue w111 slow the traffLc sufflclently.
fn reply to questlons from CounclLman JoLrnson to deterElne the basls
for his recomrEndation, the Clty llanagen advlsod that the Chlef of
Po}lce and the Trafflc DLrector concurred Ln the lesser speed ll.mlt;
Ln addltlon, 25 ldPH was consldered to be a rnore approprlate prlma
facle llmlt for a cLty streot.
The City Manager r:eported that complalnts had been roceLved ln hlsofflce frorn cltizens protostlng the excesslvely fast drlvlng onCallfornla Drlve. However, if ln the oplnlon of the Councll, theofflcors on patrol could malntaln a proper flow of trafflc at 55 MPH,
thls llmlt should be retalned.
Councllman Mongan expressed hls oplnlon that a lowered speod 11nlt
would be lmpractlcal and an unn6cessary restrlctlon upon the pub1lc.
Councllman Morgan mai-ntalned that the enforcement of the pnesent law
could be entr:usted to the patrol offlcers.
The Chalr rocognLzed ll{r. Russol} Engel who stated that ln hls oplnlon
a neductlon 1n the speed llmlt would not result ln sJ.owlng trafflc;
however, posted slgns bearlnq the legal speed ltmit might be of help.
CouncLlman Johnson expressBd concurrence ln the recomrrendatlon of theClty Manager, tho Chlef of PolLco and the Trefflc Dl,rector. and there-after lntroduced for flrst readlng
0RDINANqE Na- !.64 rrAn Ordlnance Ropoallnq Section 7221-A Of The Ordl-
nance Code OT TFe Clty Of Burllngaro Llmltlng The Speed of Vehlcular
Trafflc on Callforrtla Drive Between Burl lngame Avenue And Dufferln
Avenue . i
STUDENTS FROM OUR I,ADY OF ANG}]LS SCHOOL INTRODUCJ'D
Mayor Rooth lnterrupted the rogular order of busi-ness to present anattonding group of students from Our Lady of Ango1s Schoo].
UNFINTSHED BUSTNI'SS:
In reply to a serLes of questlons dlrected by Councllman Horgan ne-Letlng to vanlous ma.tters of unflnlshed buslness, the Clty l,lanager
reported as follows:
1. Rocreatlon Oeparttrcnt Personnel . Relatlve to thepetltlon-sub eation Dopartrcnt forcorrectlon of alleged grlevances, (a) Councll actLon authorlplng es-
tabllshrnent of .job classlflcatlon of Recn6atlon tead€r clarlfled thestatus of Mrs. Lols Gast; (b) Request of 1,/llllam Mooring for roclas-slficatlon from Utlllty man to Malntenance man was not warranted asduties perfor:med dld not Justlfy the hlsher rating; (c) Ther.e wes nobasls for an Lncnease at the pres€nt tlme, ln the salary rate of ldrs.
Evolyn Bledsoe; (d) fne status of Mr. Raymond I\riggs, Utlllty nan,
requlred further. study--a report to be submltted at next Councl.l
nee t Ln8 .
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prosent;
Y.'11I have
5.
Chamber of
Mayor Rooth commentod that he had attended several of the
meetings sponsored by the groups endorslng tne parklng dlstrict andat the prosent tlme the program app ars tstalenated'tr
Off-Street Parklng.Nothln5l definlte to report at the
parklng dls tnct.
Novomber 4 nee tlng.meetlng regularly wlth proponents o f the
a ptan for Counell consideratlon at the
Moratorlum parkiryI qes!{q!!p4@. The
Connerce has wl thdra wn thls proposaL.
Transfer of Shorell,ne Properly --Atlantic LLfe Insurance4.
Company to Clty of Burllngqrnq. The deed o f transfei Eas been piepared
and wl1L be forwardod to the Atlantlc Life fnsurance Company fon
executlon; under lts provlslons, the Clty of Burl lngame receLves 135feet of land lylng betweon O1d Bayshore Hlehway and the .Bay.
Protests 1n re Bus Traffic on T on Drive .5.
Pac 1f
The
of
to
lc C rte r ne us genvice have been lnforrne
The operators of thed of the complelnts
concennlng bus trafflc on Toyon Drlve and hevo been roquestod to
cooperete ln allevlatlng the slhratlon.
6. Unauthorl zed Dumplnq - $chuetz Property, 01{ Bnyshore HlelULe
owner has posted J.arge slgts on t he property @a1l-ltter, however, the sltuatlon has not lmproved. It may be necessary
asslgn poJ,lce offlcers to patrof the aroa and cite vlolators.
Mayor Rooth roquested that
concernlng the situatl on.
the Pollce Departrrcnt bo lnforned
7. Further Improvements to CalLfornla Drlve Parklng Area. The
Publ1c Woriis Departnent wtfl complote
the work schodule permits.the lmprovements as pronptly as
8. Long-tirBe Parkers.The Clty l,lanage r" reforred to an ordinanceprevlously su6mit-r.ea, on wElch Councll actlon was withhel-d, authonlzlngtho Clty to spot-check parklnq lots and lssue cltations where parked
cars wer€ ln vlolatlon of posted tl rre llnitatlons, and recomnondedadoptlon of saLd ordlnence .
UNPII,ITSHED BUSTNESS (cont. )
2. Flnanclng of Waterfront RecreatLonal Ar.eas.
Councllman Byrd reported that at a recent meetlnq ln San FrancLsco ofthe Senet€ Interim Comnittee on Smal1 Roat Harbors, a plan was presented
for flnanclng waterfront recr:eatlonal areas on a matchlnq-fund basls
between the State of Callfomla and thoso cltleg or countlos lnterestedln the program; the rovonue to be derlved fnom funds wtrlch the Stat6
Motor Vehlcle Departrmnt presently collects from prLvato orners ofpleasure boats.
Councllman Byrd stated that ln hls oplnlon the plan was a good one and
requested that members of the Councll endorse toe proposal whereby (1)
the State of Call or;rLa wouLd allocato to a special- fund the revenuedorlved fron taxes on fuel fon pleasur"e boats; and (2) said monles bedlsbursed on a matching fund basls for waterfront r:ecreatlonal areas.
Menbers concurred ln Counsllman Byrd rs recomnondatlon and a motlon wasther:eafter lntnoduced by Councl Loan Johnson, seconded by CouncLlnanThayer and unanimously canr:led that the concernod bodLes be so notlfied.
3. Roport of Waterfront Develo prrent C omml tt eo . A report dated october21, 1957,was subnltted by Councllman Byrd, Chairman, Watsnfront D6-velopment Commlttee, recomrnondlng (1) that tho doed be obtalnod fronthe Atlantlc Llfe Insurenco Cornpany fon property along the O1d BavshoreHlghway to pernlt the relocatlon of the present Clty dump slte; (p)that lmmedlato st6ps bo teken to acqulre tho 16 .""6 tratt between theBayshore Freoway and the Clty durnp f or! ?ecr6atlonal developmonti (O)that a curirent appralsal b6 obtelned of the 16 acres; (4) that shouldbudgeted monleg prove insufflclent for thls acqulsltlon, addltLonalfunds be borrowed from the Clty surplus water fund.
Lez
NETf BUSINESS:
1. APPOINTI,IENT HERB.ERT PLATIi - PARK COI'1i{ISSION.
The Chalr offer.ed for Council approval the name of Mr. Herbort P1ath,
152O Ralston ArJenue, Burllngame, as a tre mber of the Park CommLsslon,
to fiLl an exlstlng vacancy. The sppolntnBnt yras unanlmously conflrmod
by rnembers of the Councll.
2. COUNCIL-COilII{TSSION DINNER
The Mayor extended an Lnvltatlon to members of the Press to attend the
forthcomlng Council -ConnLs slon ngot togethenrr dinne r.
3. METHCDS FOII CONTROL POLI,UTION BAY WATERS URGED
Councllmgn lilorgan urged that lrurcdlate steps be takon to control thepollutlon of the bay watens caused by the Cltyts dlsposal plant and
suggested hat surpLus f\rnd s fnom tho llater Depertrmnt be utl11zed to
lnstaLl- ttte necesaary faclfltle s.
The City i,ilanagen was reouested to report at the next Council meetlng
r.egardlng the status of th€ surplus f,at€r fund; aLso on the rov€nuofrom tho Cltytg ser€r tax and the cost of maLntainlng the sower sernLce.
4. UNTTM NATIONS DAY CEIEBRATTON
Councllraan Johnson announced that Thursday, october 24' L957, wlL} be
celebrated as trUnlted Natlons Daytr and extended an lnvltatlon tospecial ceremonles to be hold at the maln }lbrary.
5. REALIGNIIT,NT OF PARKING SPACES CALIFORNIA DRIVE LOT URGED
Councl-Iman Byrd requested that the Clty ilanager lnvestlgate the pos-
slblIlty of roallgning the bumper strlps at the Lot on California
Drlve betreon Oak Grovo Avenu€ and Burfln;1arne Avenuo to provlde ad-
dltlonal parklng spacos.
CLAII{S
On motion of Councllman Morgan, seconded by Councl lman Byrd and un-
nalmously carrled, clalms for the month of October, 1957, Nos. IO99O
- l'l:-42, ln the amount of $1O2r3I9.50, were approved and lyarrants
ordered drarn on the Clty Troasury.
PAYROLL
Payroll rarrants, llonth of Septemb€r, 1957, Nos. 2085 - 245'l ,7^ ttts
amount of $6213O9.89, wero approved upon motr.on of Councilman Morgan,
seconded by Councllman Byrd and unanlurously carr!.ed.
RECREATION DI]PARTI'IENT IAI'DED
Councllnan Mongan coraplLnented Mr. tincoln, Rocreatlon Super.lnt endent,
on the cooperatlon recently extended by the Recreatlon Depertment to a
group of Cub Scouts ln a matter of confllctlng schedules.
BURLTNGAIM RECREATIO$ ASSOCIATTON APPRECIATION
I{r. Spencer Pons, chal:rmsn of the Burllngame Recreatlon AssoclatLon,
corunended the npmbers of the Clty Councll and exprossod the apireclatlon
of the Recneatlon Associatlon for the cooperatLon extendod Ln matters
of rocneatlon actlvltles.
ADJOUR].{I,,I}f,{T
There beLng no further buslness,10:IO p. m.
the meeting ras regularly ad J ourned at
Resp€ ctf u11y submltted
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OVED:
les W.
Mayor
P
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City Clerk