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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1956.07.166)Cl Burllnsame. Cal- lf ornl a Ju1 16 1956 CALL TO ORDER A regulap reetlng of the Burllngane Cl-ty Councll'ras held glrren dete. The meetlng ras ce11ed to order at 8:O5 p.m. ln the Cha1r. on the ebov6 - Mayor Rooth PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At ror.d fron ltayon Booth, all ln the Cbuncll Chanber arose and gave the Pledge of Alleglance to the F1ag. ROLL CAI,L Pr.6s6nt - Councl]-men: Johnsoir-t{brgan-Rooth-Thayer Absent - Councllmen: Byrd Cormcllnsn Bynd, on vacati.on, tas excused on notion of Councllman or:gan, seconded by Councllman Johnson and unanlmously carried. IIENUTES PREVIOUS IIGETTNG The mlnutes unani mously seconied by of July 2, 1956, as submltted to menbers of the Councl1, apprwed and adopted on motlon o? Cowrcllman Thayen, and Councllman [organ. BlDS ayor Rooth announced that thls ras thci tlme scheduled for th6 oponLng ofblds necolved for the Annual Audlt of Accounts for the fiscal yoar 1955-1956, whereupon sald blds rere opened and declar€d as follors! Roblnson, I{owe11 & Coo $ 925.Oo Creken Bulldlng San hanclsco, Ca11f. Pearson & De1 Prete 2194 Broadway Butldlng Redwood Clty, CaJ.lf. $ eso.o0 Denattels and Kelly 717 Wlnslow Sttteet Reilwood Clty, Ca11f. $t, eoo. oo John G. Maddux 63 East Fourth Avenue San Mateo, Cal 1f. $1, o5o. oo 0n motlon of Councllman Morgan, the accountlng flrm of Roblnsone llowe 11 & Co. e success'ful bldd.ers the provlous Jre er:, was awar:dod the contract toaudit the accounts of tho Ctty of BunJ.lngarae, fory the fiscal penlod, July 1, 1955 to June 5O, 1956, ln tho amount of $925.OO. TLro motlon ras seconded by Councllman Ihayer and unanlmousJ-y carrled. }IEARING ldayor Rooth announced that thls was the tlme schedulo d, pursuant topubllshed notlco, for a publlc hearlng on the assessments fon lmproveraoatsln tho Burllngane IndustrLal Assessmont Dlstrlct No. 1. The Chalr advisedthat pnotests havo bsen rocelved 1n addltlon to requ6sts from both opponent s ancl pnoponont s that the matter be postpohed pendlng further study. Thore belng no obJectlons, the hear"lng on the assessments for the abovemontloned lmprovemonts ras therefore postponod, ultll the noxt r:egu1ar. rreotlng ofthe C6ung11, August 6, 1956. Mr.. ltllllam Feirley, representlng the E. T. Esas Company, the Contnactorfor the proposod Improvement, appeared and. was heard protesttng the post- pon6 ment and advLsed. that ther6 ls a conslclerirblo amount ln excess of the $4OOTOOO.OO currontly outstandlng. Itlr. Fairl-ey advlsed. also that ther.6 1sqn i4tengst rqte of $7OrOO per day and the t}ree week lntsrlta would lmposefurther ha::dshlp upoir the S. f. ULas Company. 80 In r6p1y to Councll inquiry on whether the E. T. Haas Company may bepartlally nelmbursed by the Clty, tho City Attorney neplled negatlvely and advised that tho assessments must be flxed by the Councll prlor tothe paymont of costs. b. Robert W. HarrLsonr Attorney for the Dlstrict, advlsed that thestatutes render lt mard.atory that all protosts be :recelved pri or to the scheduled date of hearlng and protests roceLved subsequently sha11 be considered out of order. 1. APPOINTIIEM I{BLV]N A. ALLEN - Ut1}lt yman (Water D epartnent ) A lotter d.ated JuJ-y 10, 1956, was read from G. J. Marr, Diroctor of Publ-lc Works, requestLng that an appolntment be rnde from the exlstlngCivil- Service eliglble rogister" fon Utilttyman Ln the llater DepartrEnt,to fill an exlsting vacaDClo MeJ-vin A. A1l-en, nunber one on the eJ-lgtble llst for the posltJ-on, was appolnted on motl,on of CouncLlman Morgan, seconded. by Councllrnan Johnson and unanlmously carried, subJoct to tho requlred fiBdlcal oxamLn-atlon and effectlve July 16, 1956. 2. COI,ITRACT RENEWAL - STATE PERSONNET BOARD A l-etter datod July 11, 1956, receLvod from the Civll Servlce Com-mission, r.ecommending that the General- Servlce Examining Contra;t riththe Californla State Personnel Board be renewed for the current flscalyear, was concurraed 1n on motlon of Counci lman Uorgen, who lntroducedfor pa s sag e REEOT,UTION l,lo. 66-56 |tstato Personnel- Board Contnactrt (1956-1957 ), secord.ed by Corrnellmel Thayer and unanlmously carried.. 5. ACQUISITION OF F'IRE SITE IN M]LLS ESTATE RECOI{MENDM A letter dated July 12,' miss1 oners, recommendlng tha acquLsitlon of a flre site tfurther study. 6, recelved from the Board. of Flre Com-egotlatlons be commenced for the he upper MlJ-l-s Estato, was held for 195tnnt 4. AUTHORIZAT]ON TO PERM]T FTRE CHIEF ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE A letter dated July J-2, 1956, recelved from the Board. of Flre Com-ntissioners, recommond.lng the attond.ance of Fire Chlef R. E. Moorby atthe Paclfic Coast Inter-Mountaln AssocLatlon of Flre Chlefs Annual Conference at Sacramento, Ca]-lfornla, Augustr 21 - August 24, 1956, ras concurred in on motlon of Counellman Thayor, seconded by Councilman Jolrnson and unanlmous Iy carrLed. 5. CITY OF SAN CARLOS RE: JUN]PERO SERRA HIGIMAY A letter dated June 28, 1956, l'ecelved from the Clty ofsolJ.clting the support of tho Clty of Burllngamo relative toof Jtrnipero Serra Hlghway to allevlate traffic congestion onReaI, was he 1d. for fLlrther study. Santh E1 Carlos, e noutlng CaItLlno 6. REQI]EST TO DETAY CAROLAN AVENI'E EXTENSION PROJECT A letter dated July 10, 1956, received frbm the Burllngamo Federatlonof Clvic Impr:ovennnt CIubs, Incorporated, requestlng a de1ay, pendlr€ a surrvey, ln the proposed extenslon of the Ca:rolan Avonuo proJect, was recoLved and pJ-aceil on flJ-e. The foll-owlng nane s wore thereupon enter€d upon the records to constltutes val-ld l,1st of protostants: Paul- Chrlstman, 1385 Rolllns Road, Bu:rllngame; BekLns Van & Sto::age Co., IO?O Bnoatlway, Burllngame i Bu61 G. Proffttt, 831 TlIaJ- nut Avenue, Burllngame;Myrtle J. Bossett, 826 ll/alnut Avenue, Burllngane; Harry L,ee PJ.umblng &Eeatlng, 1527 No. Carolan Avenue, Burlltrgane; 01af Sl,rreden, 512 Eoward. Avenuo, Burllngame ! R. P. EtLenne, 3OB E1 Carc.lno Real, Burllngeme; arldthe Burl lngame Industr.lal Assoclatlon, representlng and 1n behalf of the fol1.owlng: Paul Chrlstman, John Doree R. P. Etlenne, Kenneth Luador, llar.r'y toe, Morrls Piera, Buel Froffltt and Ol-af Slceden. COMMUNTCATTONS ts1 0BDINANCE No. 65! rrAn ordlnance Amending the ordlnance Cod.e of the Clty of eurHngano By Addlng Thereto a New Sectlon 1222.L5 Llmtttng Parking of Vehlclos on Prirrose Road Betneen Douglas Avenue and Floribunda Avenue and Betweon Bellovue Avenre and Flor.lbunda Avenuo, was given lts second reading, and on motl-on of Councllman Morgan, seconded by Councllman Johnson, sald ordlnance passed lts second readlng and. was adopted by the fol1owlng v ote .' Ayes: Cor:rrc11men ! Jobn son-Morgan-Rooth-Thaye rNoes: CouncLlmen! l{one Absent Cor:nc11men ! Byrd ORDINANCE No 632 tl An Ordlnance Amend.ing the 0rdlnanc6 Code of the Bur n€!a me ding Thereto a New Sectlon 1222.L4 Deslgnatlng t.Le eeetlon of Davls Drive and Quesada Wey a Stop fntersectLon and Requirlng A11 Vehlcles to Stop at A11 Ent::ance s Theretorr was glvon 1ts secord readlng, and on motion of Councllman Thayer, seconded by Councllman Morgan, sald ortlinsnce passed lts second readlng and was atlopted by the follorlng vote: Clty offnter- Ayes: Councllmen: Johnson-Morgan -R oo th-TheyerNoes: Councilmen: None Absent Councilmen: Byrd PETTT]ON - REQUEST FOR TWO I{OUR PARKING ZONE LI}IIT 12OO Paloma Avenue A potitlon, slgned by and received from thLrteen residents on the l2OO bl-ock of Paloma Avenue, requesting that that bl-ock be declared a t 'rso hourparking zoner -was referred. to the Chiof of Po1lce for investigation and report to the Clty Counoll. IJNFfNTSHED BUSTNESS APPROVAL . FINAL MAP ENTITIED ''tr,IfLLS ESTATE MAP NO. 7lr Refer€nco ras made to a letter dated June 26, 1956, from the PlannLng Commlsslon, advislng that the Commlsslon had voted unanlmously to reconmend.the approval of the Final Map of Ml11s Estate No. 7. Questioned by theCouncil, the City Attorney advl,sed that al-l pertlnent documents &re ncn avalIab]-e and apprwed as to fo::m. fn reply to further Councll lnqulry,the City Englnoer advised that thestandards. RESOLUT]ON No. 64-56 ItA Final Map conformed to engineerlngpprovlng Flnal Map Entltled rMll-J.s Estate Map Noo 7, Burllngame, Callfornlar and Dlroctlng Execution of Agreement ?o Construct Pub1lc Tmprovonentsrt was theroupon lntroduced by CouncLlman Morgan, who moved 1ts passage, secorded by Councllman Johnson and unenlmously carrled on ro11 cal-1 of menbers present. COUNCIL COMMTTTEE REPORTS Charles W. Rooth - Budget Committee Chairman Uayor Rooth read from a prepared report, dated July 16, l-956, recomrnend- Lng the ad.optlon of the clty budget of $111591948 for the fiscal year 1956-1957. The repcnt included the statements that 'the ceneral Tax Fr:ldls now at lts legal Iimit of $]..OO per hundred assessed valuatlonn and th.at tla request of the - Burllngame Clty Employoes for an lncnease 1nsalaries has been roJocted .... sole1y for the reason tlrat the clty has no funds to grent that request. ! PolLce Lleutenant Jotrn G. Prlce, Chalrman, Board of Dlrector:s, BurlingareClvll Servlce Employees Assoclatlon, Inc., speaking ln behalf of and atthe dlrectlon of the clty enployees, coruBented on the roport that therequest for wage lncreases has been re jected and urged that there be somedelay and postponement to tJlre passage of the budget as lt stgrds at thepresent tlme. ChaLrraan Prlco stated that the request for a salary increasels both Justtfled and necessary and suggested that a Jolnt study meetlngoay roveal other avenuos wheroby 1t may be determl_ned how to accommodate r6qu6 sts fon lncreases. .. Mayor Rooth advlsed that the 1ncr6s.se requested would appro)d mate $45,OOO additlonal cost to the clty and inasmrch a s the ceneral Tax Fundhas reached tho $1.O0 llmLtatlon, the only alternatlve to obtain more fund.s rould bo to place the issue befor"e the voters. Mayor Rooth questloned whether the Ernployees t Assoclation had glven conslderatlon to -how addlttona]funds may be obtalned. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES In rep)-y, ChaLrrnan Prlce advLsed that, although not fardllan wlth tlcofinanclal struc ture of tho city, the suggestLon was advanced. that e commLttee of employeos. confBr wlth a Councll committoe to study rays and means to lncroase tho financlal status of the clty. Chairmpn PrLce added tbat 1t ls not tho i.ntent of the employees to icut dorvnrr servlceg end as far as golng to the electorate, lt would not be feasLb].e at thlstlne. Chalrnan Prlce further added that more study nay rovoel addltlon- a1 funds to at least place tho employees of thls clty on a par rLth nelghborlng cL tLes. C ouncllrnan Morgan, ln commontlng on the cu:rnent fLnanclal status of the clty, observed that the suggestlon to place the lssue befone the votens may be a sound one. Councllman Theyer, ngnber of the Counclf Budget Commlttee, also commonted on the shortage of funds and exprsssed regret at the lnabllltyof the Councll to gnant enpJ-oyee wage lncreases. Councilnen Thayer con- curred wlth the prevlous statements tbat the matter be pb ced before the voters. In concludLng the city erployeest appeal to the CLty Ceunsll fon a delay ln tho passage of the budget as proposed, Chalrman Pr:lce edvlsedthat the presence of the large gnoup of clty eqgloyees l-n sttendance was merely an lndicatlon of their lnterest and not to be lnterpreted as arrpressune gr:oup. tt To clarlfy an lnference r:egardlng a City Maneger, Chalrman Prlce added that th6 Ernployees I Assoclatlon 1s unbiased ln 1ts oplnlon on the electlon of and subsequent enployment of a Ctty t[anagerlIn concluding hls sbatenent, Chairnan Prlce, on behalf of the Associatlon, exp::essod appreciation to tho CouncLl. for lts consLderation. Questloned by Councll-nan Morgan on the proceduro ::equlred to ralse the $1.O0 Goneral Tax flmltatlon, the Clty Attorney advised that 1t washls oplnlon that the subJect b€ further lnvestLgated. The dlscusslon concluded, Councl1nan ![or:gan lntroduced and moved the passage of BESOLUTION }{o. 65-56 nAdoptlng &:.dge t of the Ctty of nurlingam6 for ffing June 56, 1957tr, seconded ty Councllman Tbaye r and unanLmously cannled on ro11 cqII of member s present. Xayor Rooth edvlsed ttet th6 1956-1957 budget Ls nom a metter pubJ.lc record and coples aval-1ab1e ln the offlce of the Clty Clerk reference at any tl me. CLAIMS - Eugene Camo11.GoorAe A. Cordano. A clalm against t[s Ctty of Bu:rllngane for demages ln the anount of $5r0O0, pnesented by Eugene Carr.ol1, 1525 Meadow Lane, BurlLngamg, ras reJected and neforred to the cLtyl5 lngu:: anc e carulero A clalm agalnst the Clty of Burllngame for damages ln tl.e amormt of $10r0OO, presented by George A. Condano, was r:eJecteal and referred tothe cltyrs lnsurance carrien. of for EIIEAIIIS - Month of Ju1y, 1956 warnants, Ilos. 8905-9o28, ln ttre amount of $951466.??, duly audlted, approved for payment on motion of oouncllng{r. Uorgan, seconded by Councllman Thayer and unanlmously carrled.. were PAYROLL - Month of June, 1956 arrants, month of June, 1956, Nos. 6592-6969, incluslve, Ln the $60r4O8.22, were approved on motlon of Councllman Morgan, by Councl]nen Thayer and unanlmousty carnLed. Payroll amount sec mde CIIAR S Ifl. ROOTH w of d CTOSING CouncLlman Johnson, Lntroduced under tLro headlng of Unflnished EhrsLness,the subJect of tho appolntment of a Flre Captaln ard was advLsed by theChalr that severel departm€ntal personnel matt€rs are stt]-l under con- s ldenatl ono Thero belng no further buslnoss,at 8:55 p. mo the meetlng was regularly adJourned Re ctfu11 su oma t E er r tK. Mavor Ctty Clerk v te ? -1 ts2