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Burllneame, Callfornla
Jenuary 16, 1956
CALL TO ORDER
A negular meetlng of the Burllngame Clty Councll was hel-d on the abovegiven date. Meetlng cal.led to or:der: at 8:OO p.m. - Mayon Morgan ln the
ChaLn.
s4LUrU TO FI{AG
At word fnom Mayon Mongan, all arose and wene 1ed by BtlI James andCralg MattlmoL, Cub Scouts, Troop No. L4, 1n the Salute and the Pledgeof Alleglance to the F1ag.
TNVOCATTO$
Councllman Charlotte I. Johnson gave the InvoeatLon.
r$TRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Mayor Morgan, on behalf of the Clty- Counc11, acknowledged the presonceof Boy Scout Leader. Robert Jpnes and rnembers of the Hl11sdale Methodlst
Church Boy Scout Troop No. 28, and extended a condlal wolcome to all.
ROLI CALL
Pnesent - CouncLlmen: Bynd-Johnson-Mqsgan-Rooth-Thayer
Absent - Councllmen: None
MTNUTES PNEV]OUS MEETI NG
(a)TNDUSTRTAL ASSES DISTRICT NO. 2
The mlnutes of the prevLous meetlng of January 3, 1956, es submLtted to
membens of the Councl1, wers r:nanlmously approved and adopted on motlonof Councllman Bynd and seconded by oouncllmsn Johnson.
IMARINGS
. The Chatn announced. the contlnuatlon of a hearing on the pnoposed
formation of the fndustrial ^Assessment Dlstnlct No. 2 fnom the pnevious
meetlng of January 5, 1956.
Dlneeton of &rbllc Works Marn advised that lf 1t ls the lntentlon ofthe Councll to proceed wlth tho proposed pnoJect, tt was.hLs necommenda-tLon that the bld of the E. T. Haas.Company fon Items I,to 19, ln the
amount of $0Sr142.5O, and the btd of the L6wnle Pavlng Company, Inc.,fon ScheduLe i3, ln the amor.rnt of $+r95o.oo, submltted-at tlre iist regularmeetlng, be accepted.
. In nesponse to Councll lnqulny, Mr. Marqr fr"rrther advlsed that a new
dJ.agram has boen pnepaned and the pnopenty owners notlfled that the
assessment has been lncneased flvo pen cent to aLlow for contlngencles.
Thene belng no protests necelved, eJ.ther wrltten or venbal, on theproposed lncrease ln the assessment, the hearlng was declared concLuded.
The foll"owing nesolutl.ons were thereafter presentod:
Il- l. ResolutJ.on I{o. 6-86 rr A ca s (1n pnoceedlngs
rrnder Resolution of Int Oo t AssesonDLst:rict No. 2r was ln
seconded by Councllman
members.
troduced by ,Counc
Thayer, and adop
o move ts passage,
ted unanlmously on ro11 call of
l
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2.Resolutlon No. 7-56 t'0v ests on ResI-55 ustrl sessment Distntct Nouncllman BJ.r , who moved lts passage, se conded
Thayen , and adopted unanlmously on r"o11 call of members.
rytJr tion No It 0n A ts R
s s t
fntentl
was lntroducod
cilman
Byrd, secondecall of members.
4.olution
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man
ouneilman
Byrd, secon?, and unanimou 1y adopted on ro11 call of membens.
was uced by oun
orr was ced by ouncr and adopted unanimously on ro11
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v ouncil-
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Councilman Byrd exprossed hts pleasune on the fonmation of the aboveAssossment District and eomplJ.mente.d the property ov'lllers for theLninterest ln the proposed lmprovement. Mayon-Idorfuan, on behalf of theentLro Councill concumed with the statement of CounciLman B5rrd.
EEARTNC"S
(b) PARKING DISTIiICT No. 1
The Chaln arm.ou-nced that e contLnuatlon of a hoaring on the pnoposodformatLon of tle Parking Dlstnlct No. l-, from the pnevtous meetlng oiJanuary 3p 1956, was scheduled on thts date.
At the request of the Chai-r, the Ctty Attonney related the pnevLous1egal pnocedure and actlon taken by the Cor:ncil and advtsed. that theCouncll cunnently has bofone lt for conslderatLon the following:
1. rhe contlnuatlon of s. heaning on the onlginal petltion;
2. A-hearllg on the pnoposed modlfLcatlons and changes in the acquisl-t5.ons, impnovements and boundarLes; and
3. The schedullng of a hearlng to glvo eonsldenatl-on to a more recentpetitlon submittod by propenty oTvnors on the southerly slde of
Howard Avenue to be lncluded within the Pa:rklng Dlstnlct No. 1.
In reply to Councll lnqulry, the Clty Attonnoy reeomruended. that toconform to 1egal requlnements, the latter petitLon be scheduled for
Publlc hearing on the z?tln day of Februany, L956r at whlch time theCouncll may continue lts hearlngs on the orLglnal petltlon and Lts pro-posed modlflsatLons. Kenneth Jones, Attorney, representing Ennest A.Wl1son, Attorney for the ParkLng Dlstnict wo.-1, iubmitted orlginalpetitlons from the Howard Avenue property owners to the Clty Clenk fonfl1tng and advised that an unofficlal eompllatlon lndlcated the assessedvaluation of the entire Howard Avenue arCIa proposed to bo lncluded approx-
Lmated $g+gr1?O.oo, and" the pnoperty of ownbrs- stgnlfytng Lntentlon topanticipate approxS.mated S1SA, 725.00.
Mr. Jones recommended that the Gouncil egaln netaLn the senvlces ofHahn, Wlse and Assocl.ates ln the pneparatlon of addltional brochures. fnreply to Councll Lnqulny, Mrr Jones advlsed that a proposal from theabovomentloned ftrnr wouLd be subraltted for CounclL actlon at lts negularmeetlng on Febnuary 61 1956.
CouncLlman Byrd questloned the Clty Attormey as to whether pnoperty
owners wlthln the pnoposed Panktng Dlstrlct sha11 be reclutred to conformto pnovlsions of Ondinartce lilo. 608, to whlch the Clty Attomey advisedthat Ordinance No. 608 provides that pnoperty wlthln an assessmentdistrlct for"med fon parklng purposes sha1l be exempt fr"om being nequlnedto pr"ovlde parklng spaces.
Reference was made to communLcatlons neceLved 5.n pr.otest folLowlngthe Councll hearLng on January 5, 1956. The Clty Attorney advlsed thatpnotests must be ftled in wrlting prlor to a scheduled heanlng andpnopenty ourners pnotestlng their inclusion wlth.ln the proposed newadditlon to the Parklng Dlstrict must file unrltten p::otests pn5.or to
Febnuany 2A, 1956.
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l- The meetlng was caI1ed to orden by Mayor Morgan at 9:0O perll.
HEARINGS (Cont. )
PABKING DISTRICT NO. 1
The heanlng on Pa:rklng Dlstrict No. L declaned eoneluded an.d to be
conti.nued, on February n, L956, Councilman Rooth lntroduced and moved the
passage of Res N o-56 ttlatentlon !,o Make -and sche&rIing Febnuary n, 1956 as a
pu c ,ear , sec e ouncl-Iman Byrd and adopted. r:nanimously onnoIl call of members.
Councllman Rooth moved that all heanings on the proposed forrnation
and ereation of the Parklng Distnlct No. I be contlnued until the Councll
meetlng of Februany 20, L956, seconded by CouncLlman Thayen and unanlmously
catlrlode
HEARINCnS
Commr:nlcatlons of protest reeel-ved from Mrs. Wllkle Dessln on
January 6, 1956; Clare Kemp, dated January 51 1956; and Anton Henrich,
dated January 5, 1956, were p€sd.e aeknowledged and placed on fiLe.
RECESS
The Chalr necessed the meetlng at 8:50 ponlr
CALL TO ORDER
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(c) RECLASSIFICATIoN toTS as requested" by Ruth A. Heneert
A pubIlc hearLng was scheduled on this date to give considenatlon tothe nequest of Ruth A. Hengert for a neclassLficatlon of Lots ln Block
Nos. 2 and 5, Easton Addltlon No. 1. fhere belng no pnotest received,elthen wr'ltten on verbal, tho r.eeommend.atlon of tne Plannlng Commlsston
that the nequest be approvede w&s concurred ln by membens of the CltyCouncl}. (Ordlnance No. 614)
(d) RECTASSIFICATIoN LofS aslqqueslqE_by,,Devld A. Nlcolaldes
A publtc heaning was scheduled on thls date to glve conslde::atlon tothe request of Davtd. A. NLcol-aLdes fon a neclasslfleation of Lots L7throug[ 28, plock 9, Ml1Is Estate No. 3. There belng no protest neceived,elther ln wnltlng, or verbal, membens of the Ctty Council concurred ln the
recomEendatlon of the Plannlng ConamlssLon and the request tras appnoved.
ORDIIIANCE NO. 6L4 nAn Ord.lnapce AmendLng Section L904, Artlcle 50, Part Xof the Ordinance Code of the City of Burllngpme Dlvldlng the Clty IntoDlstnlcts by Reclassifylng Lots 17, 18, 19, 20, n-, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
and. 28, Block 9, Map of Ml11s Estate No. 5, From a Second ResLd.entlalDlstrlct to a Elrst ResidentlaL Dlstnlct; Lots 8, 9, 1o, 11, a2, 15, L4,15, 16, 17, 18r 19, 2Or Zl,22r 23r 24, Block 2 and tots 3,41 5, 6,7,8, 9, 1O, 11, ].2, 15, Block 5 Map of Easton Addltlon No. 1 from a
Second Rosldenttal Dtstr"lct to a Thlrd Rosidentlal Dlstnlctr lvas lntroducedby Councllman Btrd fon flnst readlng.
COMMUNICATlONS
1.IGIBLE L]ST FOR FIRE PlJCTOR d
The fo1.lowLng eltgible 1lst, dated January 11r 1956r"was submlttedby the Ctvl1 Senvlce CommLsslon for the posltlon of Flne Inspecton:
1.
2.
3.
O. Fred Fnlcke
Howard J. Pearson
Rlchand A, Scaflre
125 Arund.el Road
132 Arundel Road
51 Loma Vtsta D::lve
Bu:rlingame
Burllnga.me
Bur.lingame
. Councllman Rooth moved that No. I on the eIlglble ltstr 0. Fred FrLcko,be appolnted to the posltlon, effectlve Febr:uary 1, 1956, seconded by
CouncLlman Johnson and unanlmously carnled.
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.)FTRE COMMISSTON RE:
FIRE COMMISSION RE:
FIRE PROTI]CT]ON BURLINGAME IIILIS
FIRE ZONE CHANGE
Corrnunlcatl ons fr.om the Flre Commlsslon, dated January 11, 1956, ::e-
que s t5.ng addltlonal tlme to glve conslderati.on to the subJect of f1Iro
protectlon 1n the Burllngame H111s area end on the subJect of a p::oposed
f1::e zono change, were aclsrowledged and fl1ed.
4.RECOMMEI{DAT ION TO APPROVE CLEAN TNG ESTABLISHMEIIT (Jack Gardner. )
A letter f,r.om the Plannlng Comrnl"sslon, dated Jaauary 10, 1956,
::ecornmendlng that approvel to the request of Jack Gardner to ostabllsh
a cleanlng business ln e C-l Zone (Callfornla Drlve and IVlu.rchl s on
Avenue) be glven, was concurl3ed Ln on motlon of Councllmsn Byrdl second-
ed. by Councllman Thayer and una:rimously ca:rrled. Mayo:r Morgan advlsed
that the laws a:re ::lgld Ln an establlshment as proposed and under tho
contr?oI, of the State Flre MarshaJ. ts Offlce.
5.SAFETY COMM]SSION RECOMMENDING FXNCE E}IECTION UASTON CREEI{ CHANNEI
A letter dated January 13, 1956 was nead, f
Safety Conmlsslon, in reply to a cornmunlcatlon
Improvement C1ub, neconmending that an adequate
ellmlnate hazerds at the Easton Creek Channel.
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fn
m the Pub11c Health and
om the Burllngame Clvl c
onclng be lnstalled to
ouncilman Rooth reeom-
mended that the Clty Englneer ascertaLn the cost of installlng a fenco
as recommended and submlt a repolrt at the next meetlng of the Clty
Councll. Councll members concumed and the Clty Englneer was so' dlrected.
6.8 ECOMMENDATION LOT OPPOSITE CITY HAL L CONVERTED OFF-STREEI PURPOSES
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A letter dated January 15, 1956, fnon the Chamben of Commenco, ne-
commendLng that the Clty Councll negotlate for the use of the pa::klng
lot opposlte the Clty EaLl as an off-st::eet parklng 1ot, was refe::ned to
Councllman Roothr Chalrman of the Councll Parklng uommlttee.
. A communlcatlon dated January 11, 1956, fr"om tho Burllngvlow Ganden
CLub, r€questlng. an lnvestlgatLon on the flre pnotecttonrteds of hom6
orrvners of the &rllngvl ew and Kenmar Tenrace area in hrllngame, was
::ef erred to tho Flre uommlsslon.
A 16tt6r. dated Januany 8r 1956, was r:ead fnom Rlchand R. Eoag,
Bu:rl-lngame pr.opellty owner, concernlng recent flood condltions and :roquest-
lng lniormatlo_n as to Corxrcll plans to provlde adequate protectLon. A
letter dated January 16, 1956, from DLrector of Pub1lc Works Marn, ln
neplye was ?ead. The oommmlcatlon f::om Mn. Eoag was referred to the
PubU c Uttlltles Commlss ion.
o BURLTNGVIEW GARDM{ CLUB RE! FINE CALL SERVTCE
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
RESOTUTION NO 4-56rrDesL at t 6 lntorsectLon of Easton.lve and
C abn111o venue e Sto ter.sectl,on and Re lrln all e hlc es to Sto
A11 t?ances T ret was lntr:oduced by ounc lman yrd, s econde
Ey TourrcIlman EooEli and adopted unanlmously on roll call of members.
7. WASHINGTON SCHOOL P.T.A. CITING TRAFFTC ITAZARD ON BAYSWATM A\E}fiIE
A letter dated January 10, 1956, fnom the Waghlngton SchooL P.T.A.
dlrectlng attentlon to the tnafflc hazard created-by shrubbeny on tho
lslands on Baysvraten Avonue, was referred to the Park Conrmlsslon.
8. RICiIARD R. HOAG RE: CITY FLOOD CONDITIONS
Repo:rts from the. Depar.tment of Publlc Works, the Park Departnent and the
Pollce Department fon tho month of Decembe:n 1955 wene aclnnowle d86d slxd
placecl on flleo
RESOTUTlONS
RESOLUTTON NO
1
5-56 tr c
7,
D catlon of
dustr a1 ced by
th and
U a
By Edd'lng thenebo a New Artlcle To Be Knounr as
the Clty Manager Form of Government for the Ci
Powens ana 9rtles of tho City Manager, and Rep
Confllct TherewLthrr was glven second neadlng.
Rooth, seconded by Councllman Johnson, said 0::
second neadLng nd. was thereaften adopted by t
was ro
of tho Ctty of BurllngameArticle 4-B Establlshlngty; Defining the AuthorLty,
eallng All 0rdLnances ln
On motlon of Councllman
dinance No. 615 passed its
he followlng vote:
oc
mo
,s
ouncllman Byrd, who ved lts passage, seconded by Councllman Roo
r.menlmously adopted on ro11 call of members.
CONS ]DMATI ON OF ORDINANCES
Ondinance No. 6L5 rtAnrendl ng the Ondlnance Cod.e
Ayes : Councllmon: Byrd-Johnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayer
IToes: Councllmen: Nono
Absent CounclLmen: None
INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES
Ordlnance No. 6L6 ftAmendl ng the Ondlnance Code of the Ctty of Burllngamo
qy Repeallng Section 1-225 of S*Id
and By Adding a New Sectlon L225
intr"oduced by Counciltnan Byrd for
Cod.e and Ordlnanees Amendatony Thereof
Pnovldlng Fon Through Highwaystr was
flnst r.eadlng.
REPORT OF PtA NNING COMM]SS]ON
A repont of the actlvitl.es and actlon taken by the membens of the Plannlng
Commlsslon for the Year L955 was read, aclolowledged and placed on flle.
NEW BUSINESS
&r Mareh_of Dlmes_&rqleq_U
Mayon Mongan announced pl-ans for a proposed Llonst Club pnoJect to
naise funds fon a Mar ch of DLrues campatgn.
b.Appointment Kenneth Eower, Pub1lc Uttllttes Comml"ssioner
Kennoth Hower, 726 Paloma Avenue, Bunllngame, was eppolnted as a memborof the Public Utt1ltles Commlsslon upon recommendatlon of Mayor Morgan and
oonfLrrned by membor"s of the Clty Councll.
Ce Contract - Romeo JoLy - Operation Ctty Dump
Councllman Byrd moved that the contnact wlth Romeo Joly for the oper-atlon of the Ctty Drmp be extended for an addltlonal ninetSr days and that
upon erplnatlon of the oontract, that the City Englneen obtaln blds fon1ts operatlon on a yeanly basls. The motion was seconded by Counellman
Rooth and unanimously cannLed. ResolutLon No. 11-56.
CLAIMS AGATNST THE CITY
A cornmrnLcatlon dated January 12, 1956, fnom lJllm. S. Jackson, 1115 Burlingame
Avenue, encloslng an Lnvolee receLved &s a result of stonm damagee w&splaeed on flIe.
WANRANT APPROVAL
Warnants, fon the month of January, 1956r Nos. 8045 to 8182, in the amountof $54r 263.92t duly audltod, were approved for paynent on motlon of
Councllman Byrd, seconded by Councllman Rooth and unanlmously carried..
PA]NOLL APPROVAI
December, 1955, Payroll Warrants, Nos. 4474 to 4810, ln the amount of
$5610?8.16, vrere appnoved on motl,on of CouncLlman Byrd, secorded by
Councllman Johnson and unanlmously eannled.
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AIITHORIZATION TO ATTEI{D IN-TRAIIVING PROGRA}'
CouncLlman Byrd recorrmended that Mng. O1Lve Rlnge Po1lce Matnon, bep_er"mltted to attend an In-Inalning Servlco Progiim, Fnesno, Califor.nla,Jarruany 27-2Bt 1956, as requested.-by the Chlef-of Police. -CounciL
membens cioncurned.
ADJOUR$MENT
Th?I" belng no f\.rthen businoss, the meeting was negulanly adJourzred at9:45 pr!trr
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Respe ctfully submit ted,
Herbert K. WhiteCity CLerk
APPRO
L. B.
MAYOR