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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1956.08.2040 BurlLneame . C a.l-lf ornla August 2 n r o(a:lr-iYY CALL TO ORDER A regular reeting of the Bu::1lngamo Clty Councll wes held on th€glven dete. The meetlng rras call-eal to eder by ![ayor. Pro Temporeat 8!OO p.rn. PTMGE OF ALLEGIANCE abov e Byrd At word from Mayor Pr and gave the Pledge o oTfA empore BJz'd., all ln the Councll Chambor anosellegiance to the F1ag. ROLL CALL Present - Councilmen: BFrd-Johnson-Md::gen-Thayer Absent - Councll-men! Rooth 0n motion of CouncLlman Morgan, seconded by Courtcllman Thayer and un- animously carrLed, Mayon Rooth was excused because of a prevlous cotu- mltment. MINUTES PREVIOUS Ii(EETING The ml-nutes of the previous nnetlng of August 6, 1956, as submitted to members of the Councl1, wero unanimously approved and adopted on motlonof Councllman Thayer and secondod by Councllman Johnson. HEARTNG CONTINUATfoN - BURLINGAI{E INDUSTRIAL ASSESSII{ENT DISTBICT NO. 1 The Chair annor-mcod that thls was the tlms and place s chedulod fora eontLnuatlon of the pub1lc hearing on the assossnents for. lmprorementsln the Burllngame Indus trlal Assessment Dlstrlct No. 1 and thereafter lntroduc ed, for the record the fol-Iowlng two comnunicetlons recelved lnprotest to proposed drainage ass6ssments withln thelr parti.cular parcels of land: 1. A letter dated August 16, 1956 fr:om Harvey Dore, 1614 Forest VlewAve., Bu:rl lngame; and 2. Lottors d.ated August 17, 1,956, fr"om Affred M. & Jennle Flsk and Davld J. & Mable Flnenze, 1520 Marsten Road, BurlLngame. fn reply to an lnquiry fi:o n the Chalr, the Clty Attornoy advisedthat the Statutos proved that protests, or appeals, mrst be submlttedprlor to the date scheduled for pub11c hoarLng, whlch, in thls lnstance, occurred on July 16, 1956. Upon no further. submlssl,on of appeal on thls date, CouncLlman Morgan Lntroduced for passage,RESoLIlllloN No. 70-56 irDirectl ng Changes and Correctlons ln Assessment and Dlagr"am, Burllngame Industrlal Assess- ment DLstrlctr, second.ed by Councllman Thay@ ald adopted tnanLmously on roll call- of members present. (Incorporating ton changos and correctlons. ) was introduced by Councllman Thayer, who movocl Lts atloptlon, second.ed by Cor:ncl1man ltrorgan and unanLmously^ carrled on roll- call of nembersprosent. (Appr ovi ng, Ratlfylng and uonflrming Assessment and Dlag:ram of sald Dlstrict. ) A- further RESOLUTION NO. 71-56 rrConfirmi ng Proceedlngs and Asses snent Burl inga nla Industnial Assossment Distrlct, Ctty of &rllngame, Callfornia Councilman Mongan moved that th6 hearlng on the Burllngame Industrlal Assessment Dlstrlct No. 1 be doclared concludod, seconded by Coirncilman Thayer and unanlmously carrled. r 4L COMMUNTCATTOI{S 1.ELIGTBI,E LIST FOR POSITTON OF JIJNIOR CTVIL E$GTNEER - A commrnlcatlon dated August 15, 1956 was recelvod fron the Clvil Sorvlce Commlsslon subnlttlng tho followlng ellglb]-e 11st for the posltlon of Junl on Civil Engineer Thomas J. Klrvan 923$ Fourth Street Sante MonLcar Callfornla The conmunlcatlon was acknowledgetl and placed on flIe. o APPOIMI\IENT OF THOMAS J. KTRWAN. JUN]OR CIVIL ENGINEER A communlcatlon dated August l-7, 1956r from G. J. ivlarn, Dinector of Publlc IVorks, nequesting the appoi.ntment of a Juni or Clvil Engtneer from the Civll Sorvlce eliglble neglster, was concured ttr and Thomas J. Kirwan, No. I on the o1lglbIe 1ist, was appolnt€d to the positlon, subJect to Clvl1 S6r.vlce Rules and Regulatlons, on motion of Councllman Thayerr' second.ed by Cowrcllman Johnson and unanlmously carriod. Tho appolntment was made effectlve upon the avallablllty of the appllcant. 3. PETfTI0N FOR ANNEXATION - Robert F . & Mlldred Bezecny A petltlon for annexatlon of property, cont!.guous to the Clty of Burllngame, and being the southerly portion of Lot 3, Block 4, BurllngameHll1s No. 2, San lilateo County, submltted by the petitlons, Robort F. and Mlldned Bezecny, unden date 6f' August 16, 1956, was referned to the City At tor"ney. 4. REQUEST FOR EXTENSION TO COMPIETE STREET WORK - VALDIVIA WAY A letter dated August 16, ]956 was recelved from Theo. G. Itleyen & Sons ::equastlng an extension of ten months to complete tho street wonk onValdlvla Way ln Ray Paik, Burllngame. At tho request of the Cor:ncll, the Clty Englneer advLsed that ln con- formance to an agrooment wlth the Clty the proJect should have been com-pletod by Decomber 1955 but that a short amount of street work, th6 ln-stalletlon of utlllty llnesr-togethe]" with the removal of an electrlcal po1e, as yet remains lncomplote. The City Englneer necommended thegrantlng of the extenslon as requested - or unt1l October 1956. The Clty Attorney advised that a corumrnLcatlon should be recelved fromthe bondlng company ilgnlfylng its approval to the eitenslon as requested. Councllman Thayor moved that the subJect be reforred to tho CltyAttor"ney for appropriate actlon, seconded by Councllman Morgan. Speal<lng on the questlon, Councllmsn Morgan urged that lmrtbdlateattentlon be glv6n to the subject ln order that the Councll nay be advLsedln sUfflclent tlmo to take actlon at the noxt r:egular nreetlng of the C oun c 11. The rnotlon tvas ttrereafter rmanLmously carried. 5. BOARD OF REALTORS RE: VARTANCE VIOTATTON . RAY PARtr A comrm:nlcation ilated August 3, 1956, recelved from the San Mateo- Burllngame Board of Realtors, requestlng the lnvestigatlon of a posSi.blevlolatlon 1n a varlance gr.anted to permit th6 establlshment of a realestate offLce 1n Ray Par.k, was referred to Mayor Rooth for lnvestLgatlonand report to the Councll at lts n€xt regul-&n meeting, September 4, 1956. EEPORTS OF OFFICERS Roports from the f'l?e Depertment for June and Ju1y, 1956, the Pollce Department, Ju1y, 1956, and the Depart rnent of Publlc Works, Ju1y, 1956, were necelved, a clarowledged and placed on file. RESOLUTIONS A resolution, flxing and establlshing the tax rato for the flscalyean, 1956-1957, was held for actlon at the next regular moetlng of the City Councll on motlon of Councilman Morgan, soconded by Councllman Thayer and unanlmously cannled. I 42 RESOLUTI0N N0. 72-56 rDec1arl ng Purpose and Intent of City Councllto Relieve Real Property Wlthln Any Parklng District from Obligationto Furnish Off-Street Parking Spacos.rt The Chalr, for purposes of c1a:rification, stated that Or'dinance No. 608 sets forth parking space requirements for comrnerclal buildlngswithin retall and. servlce business dlstricts and RESOTUTION NO. 72-56proposes to release proporty o\ryner s withln an assessment dlstrlct fromthat requirement. Councllnsn Morgan introduced and. movod tho passageof RESOIUtI0N NO. 72-56 , second.ed by Councl ]man Johnson. A RoIl CalIvote was recorded as fol]ows: Ayes: Councllmen: Byrd - Johlson-MorganNoes: Councilnen: Thayer Absent Counellmen: Rooth CONSDMAT]ON OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE NO.rrApprov ing Annexat l on to Uninhab ted Contlguous Territory Designated as therEI City of Burl lnga Quanito Acres r It ne of wasgiven 1ts second reading. C ouncllman Thayer mor ed the a.doption of said 0rdlnance, seconded !5rCouncilman Johnson. Spoaking on the question, Councifman Morgan quostioned tho FLre Chleffor an oplnlon relatlve to the thirty-foot street wldth proposep for one of the streets within the development. Fire Chief Moorby steted that he had no obJectlons to the thirty-foot street width in thls particular instance of the dovelopment of E1 Quanito Ac::es. A RoI1 CaIl vots was cal.f ed and said Ordinance passed lts se cond. readLng and was adopted by the followlng vote: Ayes: Councllmen: Byi:d-Johnson-Morgan-ThayerNoes: Councilmen: None Absent Councllmon: Rooth OnDINANCE NO. 636 rAn Ordlnance Amen $lng the Ordlnance Code of theClty of Burlingame By Ad.tilng Thereto a New Sectl.on 1,222.15 Limitlng Park ing of Vehicles on Palorna Avenue Betneen Broadway and tlncoln Avenuetr was held for further conslderation. An O:rdlnance - i-- trAn Ordinance Amendln g the Ordlnalce Cotie of theCity of Burllngame by Deleting and Vacating the Job Cl-assification ofrFire Inspectorrrtwas hold pending a rep1y, from the Board of Fir6 Under-writer.s of the Pacific, on srhe ther tho Clty would recelve additlonaldeficioncy points lf tho posltion of Fire lnspector were abolished.. At the request of the CounclJ-, both the Clty Clerk aad tho Flre Chlef were requested to conrmrnl cate with the Board of Fire Underwrlterg re-lating detaifs lncidental to the proposed abolishment of the posltlon. Couneilman Johnson'expressod opposition to the eliminatlon of theFlre Inspector classification from the Ordlnance Code of the City. The Chair advised that no official action would be taken on this date. QR!II{AUCE_NQ.63lL rDeclaring Intontion to Vacate Portions of Certal.-n EEfiE-Etree Es lrllthln theof Toledo Avenuo and a Portlon of P1an on FlIe in the Offlce of the Proposed Vacation; and Fixtng theIntorested fn or 0bjecting to tho City of Burlingme, To-Wlt: A Portion Galvez Court; Referring To a Map orCity Clerk for Particulars as to the Tlme and Pface fcr Hearlns al]. Persons Proposed Vacationri. Clty Englneer Marr advised that the proposed Ordinance dlrectlyfollows the actlon tak6n by the Counclf at the last regular meeting in acceptlng the revj.sod TentatLve Map of Mills Estate No. 5, so revlsed. because of the constructlon difficultles encountered. INTRODUCTION OF ORD]NANCES The Ctty Attornoy adrrlsed that tho Ordlnanco sctredulos as the tllrc for pubflc hearLng on the proposod vacatlon of and at vrhlch tlme other relateal mattors may be consldered. Payroll warrants, Nos. 6970-7351, for the month of Ju1y, S631 2?O.21, were approved on motlon of Councilman Thayer, Cogncllman Johnson and unanlmously carried. Councll-mer Johnson lntroduced oRD INANCE No. 63lr lor flrst read.l n8. OHDINANCE N0. 5t( rfAdo pting a New Section 825 of SaId Ordinance Code, 43 October 1, 1956 sald s tre et, ln the a.mount of seconded by Flxing-AnA-st-AElIsElng the classlflcatlon of Posltlons and Employment and the Compensatlon and Salarles Therefo::n was held for f tre t'her c ons ld er at1 on. Tho Clty Clerk ras requested to place the above on the next Council agend.a as the fLrst matter of buslnesso COUNC]L COMMTTTI]E REPORTS l{one UNFIN]SHD ]]USINESS None CLAIMS Clalrns for the month of August, 1956, Nos. 9O29-9172t ln the amount of $92r504.18, duly audtrt6de wer6 approved and warrants ordored dra$n on the Clty Treasury in thelr respectlve amounts on motlon o f Councllman Jolurson, seconded by Councllman Thayer and r:nanlnou s1y carrLed. PAYROLL - JuIy, 1956 NEW BUS]NESS 1. Ernest H. Hl11sr -Glty Electrlclan, announced his lntention to resign from City service, offectlve Sepb ember 17, I956. 2. A Councll-ClvLl Servlce Commlsslon n€etlng was schedule d fon Monday, August 27, !956, 8:OO p,m., to dlscuss alleged employeo salary lnequities. 3. Burllngame Vlllage Fenclng. Clty Englne er: Marr advised that anestlrEte of cost would be submitted at the'next regu].an Councll meeting. 4. Councllman Thayer rec ornmend.ed that th6 Town of IIillsborough bo approach-ed bn the subJect of provldlng bnush catchers at the 6ntr.an ce to al). creeks l eedlng lnto the Clty of Burllngame to eliminate the dralnage problem durlng the wlnter months. The Clty Englneen volunteered to confenrlth the Clty Manager of Hll1sborough, and a motlon was thoreafter intro- duced by Councl lmsn Thayer that the Clty Englneer be so authorized, seconded by C ouncl lman Morgen and unanlrnously carrled. 5. Councllman Morgan moved that the Clvll Servl-ce Commlsslon be author-ized to establish an e1lglb1e l-1st fo:r the posltlon of Clty Electrician, seconded by C ounci lman Jolrns on and unanlmously car"rled. ADJOTMNMENT There bel ng no fr:rther buslness, the reeting was rogu1arly adJ ourned at 9315 p'm' Respectfur-r-y submltted, APPROVED:Herbert K. IYhite Clty Clerk ES W. ROOTHCHAR May or.