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September, 4, 1956
CALL TO ORDEN
A regular meetlng of the Bunllngame Clty CounclJ- ras held on the abovEglven date. l,tsotlng cailled to ordet: at 8!1O p.rlo - tlayor Rooth ln tha
ChaLr.
PLEDGE OF ALI,EGIANCE
At rord from l[ay or Rooth, a1I 1n the CouncLl Chanber arose and ggve the
Pledge of Alleglance to the F1ag.
ROLL CALL
Present
Ab s ent - CouncLlmen : Byrd- Johns on-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer
- Councllmen: Ilone
MTNiITES PREVIOUS MEET]NG
?he mLnutes of the pnevlous rretlng of August 20, 1956, as subnltted to
menabers of the Councl1, rere unanlmously appr.oved and adoptod on motionof Councllman Byrd and seconded by Councllnsn Johnson.
COMMUNICATIONS
1. DISPLAY BANNER APPROVM
A comnunlcation was r€c€1v6d from Mrs. Frances S. Bonner, 815 HlIIs-
borough Boulevard, requestlng penmlsslon to place a banner across
Burllngamo Avenue at Callfornta Drlve to advertLse a charitable evento
The c omrm.t:rL catl on was accompanled by conmrnLcatLons from the DLrectorof Pub11c l[orks and the Chlef of Po1ice, expresslng no obJoctlon pro-
vlded the lnstallatlon confonms to the Cltyt" safety nequlremontso
Councllman Thayer noved tbat the request be granted, seconded by Councll-
men BJn d and tmanlnously carr"led.
2. APPROVAL FINAL MAP MILLS ESTATE SUBDIVIS]ON NO. 9 RECOMITENDED
A conrnrnLcatlon dated August 28, 1956, was recelved fnom the Clty
Plannlng Commlsslon, reconmondlng that tbe Flnal Map of ltr11Ls Estat.
Subdlvisl on l{o. 9 be accepted.
Upon advlce of the Clty Attorney, actLon ras postponed r:ntll
October I, 1956, at rhlch tlme a publlc hearlng yas schedul ed to conslder
other relatod trattors.
5. COLDICELL, BANKER & CO. REQUEST TO ERECT Itx 12t SIGN
A letter d.ated August 22, )-956, was recelved fnom Coldwel1, Banker
& Company, resubn:lttLng a !:€quest for a speclal permlt to orect an 8rxl2t
s18n to advertlse 7.4 ecr.e s of lndustrlal pr.operty ln Mlllsda1e Indust:rla1Park. Permlsslon ras requested to orect a slgn of thls pa.rtlculatr slzo
1n order to rend.er lt vlslble fr.om the Bayshore Froerayo
A brlef dlscussLon fo11oted, wLth nenbers of the Councll expre sslng
opposltl-on to the erectlon of slgns ln confllct rrlth pnov!.slons of the
ordlnance and contrary to the genoral character of the comernity. A
motlon ras lntroduced by CouncLlman yhayer that a permlt be granted toerect a slgn not to exceedl thirty-two squar€ feet, seconded by Councllman
Byrd anit urranlmously car:rled.
4.INGRESS-EGRESS RTGHTS . HIGIIVJAY PROFERTY (Person and Wlk)
A commrnlcatlon dated August 22, L956 was recelved from Barrett,
Lucey & Earkleroad, Attorneys at tar, nepnesentlng Oscar: F. Person, E13l-e
E. Person, [11s E. Wlk and Astrl-d Wlk, reque stlng that lngre sa end e8ross
nlghts be nestored to tho abovo orne rs of property at the couthtest
corner of Broadway at the foot of the overpass approach to the Bayshore
Fneeway.
Brlefly outlln5,ng the hlstory prlor to the above lnstancer the Clty
Attorney advlsed that certaln Lngress antl egress rlghts, partlcu]-arly
along fiontage roads, acqulred by the State Illghway CommlssLon, have
slnce boen nelsasod and rellnqulshed to the Clty of Burl lngame. The
City Atto::ney further advlsed that upon I'dvlce of legal- repre s entatl,ves
of im Callfornla Paclflc Tltte. Company, lt was h1s recoBmendatlon that
the Clty Clerk be authonlzeit to advertlse f@ blds fon the sale of the
Cityts rlghts and tit16 to the property.
In nesponse to Councll lnquLry, Asslstant Cthat at a p!:Ior date a bld bad been recelved I
the :romoval of the structure.
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lty Englneer wlden ad.vlsed
n tho amount of $90 for
C or.rnci lman Morgan moved that tho Ctty Clerk be dLrected to advertlse
for blds fo!: the salo of rlghts to the property, wlth the Clty reservlng
the rd. ght to reject any 8nd all blds, secondod by Councllman Bynd and
unanlmously carried.
REQgEST TO MAINTAIN PARKT$G IdT DENTED
Th.o ChaLr: advlsed that lnforrBtlon tras been r:oceLved that tho owners
would prefer! that the sxlstlng stnucture be demolLshed and that the 1ot
b6 malntalned so1eIy for parklng purposes.
CouncLlman Byrd moved that a bld 1n an amount not to exceed $tOO Ue
accepted fon the razlng of the structure and that the space tbereafter be
converted lnto parklng spaces. Tho motlon was seconded by Councllman
Thayer and. unanlmously caml,ed,
Councllraan Blrrd nov6d furthor that the appllcatlon be denLed, and the
appll-eants advlsed of the ectlon taken by the Councll, seconded by
Councl]-nan Thayer and unanl mousl- y canrled.
6. APPEAL VAR IANCE DECISION (Prtne1e Constructlon Company)
A 1ott6r. dated August 5O, 1956, r:ecelved firon tho Pringle Constructlon
Corpany, appeallng the d.eclslon of the Plannlng Commlsslon ln denylng a
varlance to permlt less than the requlred number of carports or garagesln the proposed constructlon of an dpar tment bulIdlng, was held untlJ. thenext regular roe etlng of the Counc11.
7. ql\rl:C IMPROVEimII.T CLUE! INq., BE: VARIANCES Prlngle - MoskovLtz
A lotter was recelved from the Burltngane Clvlc Improvement CIub,fnc., commendlng the actlon of the Plannlng Commlsslon ln denylng theappllcatlon of the Prlngle Constructlon Company and appeal'lng thedeclslon of the PJ-annlng Cormlsslon ln approvlng the appllcatlon ofA).fred and Leonard Uoskovltz to pemlt the C-1 use of an R-l- structure.
A pubIlc hearing vas schedul-ed on the above matter on September 1?,
1956.
8. RECOMMENDATTON TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO EXIERNAL STAIRWAYS
A comonrnLcatlon dated August 20, 1956, receLved fron the Burl lnganreFederation of Clvic Improvonont Clubs, Inc., requestlng that a study be
co.nducted on the feaslblJ-lty of :roqulrlng aI1 external stalrways 1n theClty to be adequatel-y protected,r was referred to the Publlc Health andSafety Comml s sl on.
9. FENCING BURLINGAME VILLAGE PARK APPROVD
A comrm:nlcatlon dated August 31, 1956, ras nocolved from Dinector ofPub]-lc Works Marn, subnlttlng a cost estLmte 1n the amount of $1,ZOO.OOfor ttro proposed fenclng of Burllnganre Vl11age Pa::k.
Councllman B;rrd moved thai fornal soalod blds, on a per unit basls and1n a total- amount not to exceed. $1,7OO.OO, be advertls6d and schedule d foropenlng at the next negular rmetlng of tho Councll_, Septembor IZ, 19b6.
The motlon was secord.ed by Councl lnan lhayer and unanlmously carrled.
A l-etter dated. August 24, 1956, rag recel,ved fl:om lihlrrlay Blakey and
Boland Corley, 7 North Humboldt Street, San Mateo, offering to malntaln
orderly parklng on the 1ot acnoss fnorn the Clty Ha11 rithout compensatlon
ln exchange for the prlvlloge of sollcltLng car rashlng.
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RECESS
A recess was decLared by the Chalr et 9:00 p.n.
CALL TO ORDER
The meetlng ras cal.)-ed to order et g:1O p.m.
COMMUNfCATfOIS (cont tat )
10. PERMTTS APPROVM TO CONSTRUCT HOMES ON VAI,DTVTA WAY. RAY PARK
A comrarnloatlon dated August 30, 1956, ras received fi:on W. 0.Nlcolaldes & Son, Inc., C ontr:ac tors -Bul1d ers, r.equost{ng the Lssuance ofbulIdlng permits to construct slx homes on Va).dLvla Way ln Ray Pa.rk.
The condunlcatlon advised that certaln publlc lmprovements havo not boen
completed al-though contracts have been 16t ard. a cotpletlon bond. has beenposted wtth the Clty.
I:n commentlng on the r:equest, tho CounclJ- ras advlsed thatCoIe, owner of the rengLnder of ssld pnoponty rnder developnent,plaeed ln a sLmlla:r posltlonl
!tr. }{ orman
has been
A rotlon was lntroduced by Councllman Byrd that the Departnent of
Publlc ltlorks be lnstructed to Lssue the necessary per.mits to llh.
Nlcolaldes and to I[r. Cole rvlth the provlslons that no occupancy be pen-
mltted untl1 all utllltl€s and stroet lmprovemont s are comploted, seconded
by Councllman Morgan and unanlmously carr:led.
11.RTGI{T OF WAY GRANT TO UTILTTIES TO SERVICE IISKYVIEIIT' TERRACEI
A letter dated August 50, 1956, was recelved from Dlrector of Pub11c
Works Marr, recomrngndlng that favorable actlon be taken on the requestof the Paclflc Gas & ElectrLc Company and to the Paclflc Telephone
Company for a rlght of way to perm1t the lnstallatlon of an ovorhead. Jolntpole llne to sorvo power and telephono facll-ltles to th6 new subdLvlslonnskyvlew Terrace rr prese::tJ-y tmder constructl,on.
RESOLUT ION No. 74-56 rtAuthorlzi ng the May or to Execute
Easenont to Paclfic Gas and Electris Company and to PacLflc
Telegraph Companyn was lntroduced by Councliman Barrd ,rvho mov
seconded by Councl lmarr Johrnson and unanlmously car.rled on r:o
membors.
Grant of
Telephone and
ed 1ts adoptlon,l-I cal I of
12. FORI{AL RESIGNATION CITY ELECTRICIAN IIILLS
A comrnrllcatLon dated August 51, 1956, was recelved fnom Dlnocton of
Pub11c Wor.ks Manr, submlttlng a resLgnatLon from E. H. H1L1s, CLty
Englnoer, ln whl ch IIr. Hll1s statod that lt ls his lntentlon to termlnateactlve duty on tr'rlday, Septemben 14, L956 and. that he be compensated fo:r
accumulated overtLme.
An lnformal rroting wlth the Councll was nequested by Dinector of
Pub1lc Works Marn to confen on the request of li[r. Hl1ls for compensetlon
basod on s.n accrual of four nonths t overtlme.
Consldorable discussion erose on the many hours of overtlme a}logodto have been accrued.
Councllman Morgan expressed the oplnJ.on thet lt ls an erployeo-depart-
ment head rather than a Councll matter to be d6tonl1ned, and moved. that
the nesignatlon be accepted wLthout preJudlco and that a cornmrnLcatlon
be dlrected to the City Electriclan c ornme ndlng his senvices to the Clty.
The motion was soconded by C6u11s11man Byrd..
The motLon was later wLthdrarn followlng a discusslon on the d.ete on
whlch to effectuato the r:eslgnatlon and to ftrther dete::nlne the ap-
proprlate eourse of actLon to pursue.
. A Botion to postpone actlon untll the next nogu1ar neeting of the
Cormcll, S6ptombor 17r. 1956, was introduced by Councllnran Byrd, so corrl ed.
by Councllnaa Mor.gan ald unanlmously cannled.
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RECESS
A rocess was declared at 9!55 p.n.
CALI TO ORDEN
Tho Chalr calIed the rmetlng to order 8t 1O:1O p.n.
COTIMUNICATIONS (cont rd )
13. TROUSDAI,E CONSTRUCTION CO.GRANTED STGN PERM]T - M]LIS ESTATE NO. 1
Councllman Byrd thereafter Lnt
A commmlcatlon dated August 50, 1956, nas roeelved fnom the
Trousdale Constructlon Company, roquestlng permlssLon to erect a Real
Estate Salos Slgn, l2t x ZOt, easterly of the EJ. Card.no Servlce Road
between Tnousdale Drive and ltfu::chlson Dr'lve. Tho Councll was advlsed that
the slgn proposes to serve as e dLrectory slgn fo:: the pu:rpose of
asslsting the sale of the remalnlng conmerclal property and shaII be re-
moved upon completlon of the sales pnogram.
Councllman Thayer expressed epprorral to the grantlng of the proposed
slgn, based on favorable assocl.atlons 1n the past wlth tho TnousdaLo
Constructlon Company and. thenefor:e moved that perrnlssLon be Srent'ed fol:
a perlod of six nonths. Tho notlon ras secorried by Councll-man l{orgsn.
Speaklng on the qwstd-on, Councl,l-man Bynd obJected. to the favorable
passage of the motLon and dlrected th6 attentlon of the CounclL to lts
prevlous actlon ln denylng slmllar appllcatlons. A ro11 call vote was
r:ocorded as follows:
Ayes: Councllmen: Johnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayor
l{oes : Councllmen! Byr:d
]I4O SIGN PEflIIIT GRANIM TO M. VI'OLPER
A nequest from }[. lVolper, 1OOO Arllngton Road, Redwood Clty, ln aletter dated August 50, 1956, to erect a slgn on llLll- sdele Indus trlalPark pnoperty not to exceed thlrty-two square feet, for a perlod of oneyear, ras concured. Ln on notLon of Cor:ncllman Byrd, secordeal by
Councllman Johnson and unanlmously ca::r.Led.
15. COUNCTL-RBCREATION CO}IMISSTON MEETING SCHMULED
At the roquest of the Burllngame Rocreatlon Conmisslon, ln a letterto the Councll dated August 28, 1956, a meetlng ras schedu.Le d for
September 17, 1956, at 6:5O p.m.
16. DRAINAGE FACILiTIES TO BE FBOVIDED BY TOWN OF IIILLSBOROUGH
A commurlcatlon dat6d AugUst 51, 1956, was recslvod fron Dlrectorof Publlc Works Marr, ad.vl slng of a conference hold with the Clty Manage::of the Town of Elllsborough, 1n whi ch that clty has lndlcated Ltsw11llngness to cooperato rlth the Clty of Bur:l-1nga.me Ln.allevlatlng storndralaage problens by lnstalllng brush catchors ln various storm draLnage
channe l s .
17. EXPIRATION SfCK LEAVE - offlcerCa:r1 Schwahn
A letta!: d.ated. Augus t 29, 1956, from R. C. Theuer, Chlof of Po1lce,advislng of the explratlon on October 3, 1956 of the slck leave ofOfflcer. Carl Schwahn ard r.€commendlng an extenslon of t1me, was held fonfu::ther conslder&t1on.
RESOLUTlONS
RESOLUTION No. 75-56 rFlxlng Tax Rato - l-956-1957rr
Conslderablo dLscusslon arose prl o!: to the ad.optlon of a resolutlonestabllshlng the new tax ret6 during whlch tLne the subJect of grantlngclty employees a TtS ntokenrr nalser-necessltatlng a 3y' incr.ease ln th6prsoposed tax reto of $1.79, or, reservlng unbudge tod funds, not nequlrlnga tax rate lncrease, to provido othen ctty services, yras debated.
RESOLUTION l{o . 75-56 rrFlxl ngT
roduced and moved tho passage of
a:r Rate at $1.32 for. tho Ctty of, second.ed by Councllman Johnson.
Burl lngane
A rollfo:r ttre Flscal Year 1956-1957
call vote was recordod. as follows:
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Ayes:
Noes :
Councllmen:
C ouncl,lmen :
Byrd- Johns on-Rooth
Morgan-Thayer
oRDINANCE NO. 634 ttDeo larlng Intontion to Vacate Por.tlons of CertaLnPubllc Streets ll/lthln tho Clty of Burllngame, To-wlt:rA Portlon of
Toledo Avenue antl a Pontlon of Gelvez Courti Befernlng to a Uap o0: Plan
on FLle ln the Offlce of the Clty Clerk fon Partl culers as to the Pro-
pnosed VacatLon; and Fixlng the Tlme and PIac6 for Eearing e1l- Pensons.Interested ln or ObJectlng to the Proposed, YacatLontr ras glven Lts secondreadlng and on motlon of Courcllman BJE d, seconded by Councllman Jobnson,sald ord,lnence passed Lts second roadlng and was adopted by the follorlng
vote :Ayos: Courcllmen: Byrd.-Johnson- organ-nooth-Thayer
!{oes ! CouncLlnen: lfone
Absent Councllmenl None
OMTNANCE NO.655 rAn OrdLnance Repeal-lng Seetlon 8% of the Ordinance
Cod6 of the Clty of Bun1Lngame and Ad.optlng a l[ew SectLon 825 of Said
Ondl.nance Code, Flxlng and EstablLshing the C1asslf,lcatlon of Posltlons
and Employment and the Corrpensatlon antl Salarles Therofonerr was lntroducedby Councllman B5':r.d fon flrst readlng.
Council-man Uorgan urged that the Councll glve furthor conslderqtlon to
those employees seeking speclaL &dJustments.
OnD fNANCE NO. 656 rrAmend lng the OrdLnanco Code of the City of Bu:rllngam
By AiIdLng Theneto a New SoctlorL L222.LS Llrdtlng Parklng of Vehlclos on
Palona Avenue Betre€n B:roadway and Lincoln Avonuo uas introduced by
CounclLmn Byrd. for finst readlng.
An OrdLnance proposS.ng the abollshment of the position of trFLre Inspectorn
was held for fir:rt her s tud.y.
UNFINISEM BUSINESS
1. Theo. G. Meyer & Sons re! request for extension of tLme to conrpletestreet work on Va]-dlvla Way.
RESOLUTION NO. 75-56 (Authonlzi ng Extensl,on of Time to Complete
Imprwement ln Resubdlvlslon of tot 65, Block 19 and tots 22 to N,
Block 17, Ray Park, Br.r::1lngarne, CalLfornlarr (to 0ctober 6, 1956 ) ras
lntrotluced by Councl lman Byrd who moved lts passage, s ecorrded by Councll-
rnan Jobnson and unanlmously cazrled on ro11 call of menbers.
2. ConfLrrmtlon of appolntment of City Msnager.
BAppolnt lng Charle s F. Schvalm to the Offlce of
1-lnganor was lntroduced for passago on motlon of
ded by Councllman Thayen and unanlmously carnied.
Clty
C or:n
RESOLUTION NO. 76-56agor, City o
cl1man Johnson, se con
5. Componsatlon for. posltLon of Clty Manager.
RESOLUTION NO. ??-56 nftlt.rg Coryensatlon of Clty Hanager' ($14rOOO)
ras lntroducecl on notlon of uouncllnart Byrd, rho movod lts passag6,
seconded by Councl lman Johnson and unanLmously car:rled on ro11 call of
me mbers .
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4. Alleged vlolatlon 1n varlanco granted Ray Park Roaf Estate Offlce.
Tho Chalr advl"sed that the abovementloned subJect roulti be he].d pendlng
further lnvestLgatlonr
COUNC]L COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councllmen Byrd celled the attentlon of th6 Councll- to an lnqulrv ncolv6d. from the Depertmont of Flsh and Gamo, concernlng tho compl-etl5n
Introductlon of:
ORDINANCES
Conslderatr. on of:
None
NEW BUSINESS
1. PolLce Rlfle Range
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the Po1lce Rlfle Range and lntroduc ed llb. R. W. (ltlke ) Carro11, a local
member of the Nati. onal- Rlf].e AssocLatlon,
Ma yor Rooth renLndod tho cltlzens of Br:.nllnga@ that Governor GoodwlnJ. Knlght has proclalrcd the reok of Septeeber 6-15, 1956 as rReglstnatlon
Iteek of Callfornlan.
tttn. Carnoll advlsod that a rocent statuto requlres that all huntens,
und.er the age of slxteen years, take a course ln the safe hand.1-1ng of
f Lr:earms, before a huntlng llcense can be lssued to thom. Mr.. Carnoll
reconnended that the rlfle range proJect be completed and placed underthe ."nagomont of the RecreatLon Departmont. Other menbers of theNatlonal Rlflo Assoclatlon, lntroduced by IIr. Canro11, also spoke on tlrsmerlts of pnovldLng such a recr.eatlonal feature.
Followlng further dlscussl,on, the group ln attendance ,sre advlsod to
confen wlth the RecreatLon Commlsslon.
2. Callfornla Registnatlon tfleok
ADJOURNI{EM
Ther6 belng no fu::ther buslrB ss, the
11355 p. m.
ncetlng ras regu1arly ad Jounred at
Respe ctfully sub&1tt6d,
Ilerbert K. Whtt6City C1er.k
APPROVED:
1es IU. Rooth
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