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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1955.03.14A regu].arly adJourned" O.or.rncl.l meetlng of March 7, \955, was he1d, on the ibove gfven date. Meeting calIed to orden at B:15 orclock p. ll1.r by Mayor II. Kent Atwater. 248 Anchor Post Pr"oducts, Inc.of Callfornla South San Franclsco, Callf. CoLorad.o Fuel and trnon Corporatlon Oak1and, Califonnla. Cyclone Fence Department Oakland,e Callfornla San Jose Steel Co. ofCallfornla Btrnllngame - C_a1Uory1-q March Us, L955 Schedule No. 1 Canolan Avenue #3 ratT .22 $3, o8a. 89 $3,r39.!4 $l+,!46.98 Schedule No. 2 Cortez Avenue $e33.ho $eo8.te $212.80 ROLL CALL; Pnesent - CouncLlmen:Atwate n-Byrd-Mo rrgan- Ro oth- Sbe ehan NoneAbsent - CouncLlmen; MINU TES: The mlnutes of the reguLar meetlng of Februery 21,1955, as submtttedto members of the Clty Councll, were appnoved and adopted, on motlonof CounclLrnan Mongan and seoonded by CouncLlman Rooth. fhe ndnutes of the neguJ.ar ueetlng of Manch f, L955, as submlltted to membens of the City Counoll were appnoved. and ad.opted on motlon of CounclLman Morgan and second.ed by Councllman Sheehan. BIDS: Bids fon the pnoposed Fence Constructlon on 0arolan Avenue and, on Cortez Avenue, recelved punsuant to publlshed. notlces, were opened. and. decLanedto be as foLlows: Wulfert Companyr Inc. Sen Leandro, Ca1lfornla $3,9[3.0]+$3ao.oo Bld bonds aecorupanled alL blds submltted.. ttre foregolng blds were referred to the Clty Englneer and, to the Ctty Attonney fon nevLew and. necommend,atlon prlor to ad,Jounnment. Councllman Bynd moved that upon conflnmatlon by the Clty Englneer, thatthe award. be mad.e to the lon bldd,er, second,ed by Councllnan Morgan and. unanlmously canrled. CouneLlman Morgan moved. that the Clty Clenk be authonlzed, to dlneot approprLate commrnLoatlons to alL blddersr €xppesslng CounctL appreo-lation fon the blds submitted and extendlng an lnvltatlon to submlt pro- posals when adventlsed ln the futr.rre, second.ed by Corrncllman Bynd and. unanlmously oarrled. PROPOSED STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENT ResolutLon No. Lh-55, rtMaklng Certaln Determlnatlon and Flndlngs and Dlrecttng the Glvlng of Notloe Iheneof And Of Proposed. Actlon ReLatlve To Pnoposed Stneet Llghtlng Improvement Dlstnlct No. 1, Clty of Bunlln- game, Callfornlarr was introduced by Councllman Mongan, who moved. itspegsage. Councllman Byrd., ln gecondlng the motton, advlsed that thestneet Ughting assessment dlstrlot formatlon proposes to Lmprove stneet ltghtlng facllltles on busLness portl.ons of Eowand Avenue, Prlm- rose Road., Park Boad, Lorton Avenue and lilghland Avenue. The resoL- utLon was theneafter unanimously ad.opted on noll eaII of mernbers. $3r3.9e 249 Mayor Atwater advlsed that representatlves proposi.ng the for'rnatlon of ttre asseasm€rt dlstnlct wlthln the Easton Indus trlaL DLstrlctt have nequested the subJeet rlthdrawn from the Agenda. M::s. V. K. Parmalee, represontatlve of the Burl lngame ClvLc Improve- ment Club nequested, and uas granted pennlsslon to read fnon a pre- pared statement expresElng that organizatlonr s. obJactlgn! to the pro- posod flnanelng of the lmprovements to the Rol'1lns Road Industnlal blstrlot eld lllustratlng by comparlson, the maarrer and ne ans by vhlch the Tnoustlale Conporatlon his, througLr cooperatlon rlth the Clty Coun- c11, tbe Improvement Clubs and the school' euthorltles, developed the model MlllsdaLe Indus tnlaf Park. Mr. James H!.mre1, rspr€sontative of thp abovo mentloned Club I request- ed Councll consl'derat.lon ln dlscusslng polnts lncorporated. wlthln the pr.epared report and suggestod that all action on the proposed Lndus -trla] alstrlct lnprovements be wlthhel.d untlL a developmont as pro- posed 1n the Mll1sda1e Indw tr'laL Pa:rk area ls assureil. Cor.mc llrnan Bytd suggestett that ln fal,rn€as to all, firr tlrer dlscusslon should be postponed untll lnterested persons may be notlfled and. glven an opportunlty to volce theln oplnlons. Counc Llman Morgan concumed and necorrnendod thet furth€ r debate bo contlrrued at ttre next meetlng of the Clty Counell. fhe subJect rres thelteaften authorlzed placed on the Councli Agenda, Manch 21r-1955, under the headlng of rrUnflnlshedl Buslnesa.n PROPOSED INDI'STRI AL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT COMMUNICATI ONS:, 1. A letter dated Febnrany 21, L955t was read from E. L. Llnco1n, necreatlon Superlntend6nt, rcguestlng that an appolntment be made fnom the Clvll Servlce E11glb1e Llst for the posltlon of Ut11lty Man'ln the Recreatlon D€Pantment. Counc l lman Byr.d, Chaii?maa of the Counc 11 Recreatlon Comnlttee, advLsed that Mn. Ull1ian J. Moo:rlng has been employed fon some timc -on a tem- porary basl-s and ls rol e1lglUlg f or perrnanent employment. CouncL lman eyra thorefor€ moved that Mr. Moonlng bs appolntsd. to the- posltion of Uttltty Man 1n the Rec:reatlon Depantment alxd tJrat he ba placed ln the salary cLasslflcatlon cradltlng his orlglnal emploJrmeDt dato. Tho motloir uas secondett by CounclJ-nan Morgan and r:nanlmously ca:rrled. 2. A latter dateal llanah la, 1955 t was read from G. J. Marr, Dlrecton of Publlc Works, suhntttlng two lndependont property appralsal reports, as requested by the Counc11, for the acqulsltlon of proporty owne it by the Clty and. C ounty of San Fnanclsco; from Llncoln Avenue to Garove Avsnue. lhe letter rec ornnendg that legal proceedlngs for the acqulsi 1tlon of the prope:rty be lnltlated lruaedlately, for the contemplated eonstructlon wlth the aforementloned anea, of storn draLnage faclllt- 1eg. C ouncl}nan B3rrd. movod. that the Clty Attorney be authorlzed to proeeed wlth condernaatLon proceetllngs for the aoqtrlsltlon of the sub- Jact property, seconded. by Counc lIman Morgaa and unanlmous ly ca:rrled. l. A letten dated March l, L955t was r:ead from the Callfornla Hlghway Conrunls slon, tnansmlttlng a copy of a nesolutlon ad.opted by the Cormls- slon nestating and cla:rlfytng lts procedu:re ln the detenminatlon of f:reeway routlngs. The subJect was refer:red to the Clty Attorney fot' eonsultatlon with the Clty Englnee" and the Chlef of Pollce on phases of partlcula:r lntenest to theb respectlve d6pertrents. lr. A letter dated March 2, 1955, was read from the Ma::l-ne Drchange, Inc. San Franclsco, urglng the support of the House of Representatlves 8111 No. 2O16; providlng for: the equal dlvtslon bstween prlvate and naval shlpyarAs for the coastructlon of wanshLps, of vltal tnportance to ttre Calliorrala and West Coast ma:rlt5.mo lnalustry. Councllmpn By::d' moved that a c ormnrnl c atl oa be directed to Congreasmaa J. Arthur Youngerr urglng hlE suppor:t of E.R.BIII 2OJ6, ort behalf of the Ctty of Burlln- garne, seconded by Councl Lman Rooth and unanlmous Iy canried. 5. e letter dated tr'ebruary Zle 1955, wae read frora the Pub1lc Utl1-ltles Cornnlsslon of the State of Callfornla, advlsln8 of the Echedul-lng of a prehearing confenence Manch aO, L955, on Appllcatlon No.36532of the Paclflc Greyhound LLnes to Lncreage fares applLcable to Lts Pen- 25{:} lnsula senvlee.the Clty Attorneof Bunl lngarne. lmously camled. CounclLman Byrd moved. that the subJect be refenned. toy to ascertaln lf proposed rates shaLl affoct the CttyThe motlon was second,ed by Cor.mcllnran Morgan and unan- 6, A letten dated. Ma:rch 11, L955, was read. from DLon R. HoIm, Clty At-torney, Clty of San Franclsco, advlslng that a blLL has been lntr.bdueed.1n the House of Representatlvese designed to take array fnom San Fnan-cisco centaLn polrer sLtes gtranted. unden the authonity of the Ralcen Act and lf ad.opted successflrlly, such power sltes may be dlvented to the fuol,umne Waten Dlstrlct. The eommrnlcatlon ungently nequests that rep-resentatLves ln Washlngton be notlflod, to oppose the pnoposed. blLI. QounclJ.ma! Bynd. recorrmended that lnasmrch as the pnoposed. b111 rnay ef-fect the City of Burllnganre ln lts relatlon to the San Fnancisoo ifaterDepartment, a nesolutlon b.e_ adopted urglng the defeat of the pnoposed.b111. ResolutLon No. L5-55 was thoneupon introdueed by Councllman Byrd, who moved lts_passage, second.ed by_CouncLlman Morgan and. unanlmouslyadopted on nol1 oall of memberg. The Clty CLenk was lnstnuoted, to ior-wand copLes to Congnessna,n J. Arthur Younger, I{r. Jas. H. Tunnen, Marr-ager hrbLic Utl1lttes Commlsslon and aLso to Congnessman Clalr Engleeorlginator of the pnoposed blLl. 7. A petltlon, slgned by twentf-one resld.ents of the 200 block onAnrndel Road, was read, nequestlng the lnstalLatlon of llglrts on thatstreet, to eLlmlnate a potentlal hazard. Cor:nclLman Sheehanl Chalrmanof the CouncLl. Lightlng Commlttee, neported. on a personal sunvey oor- ducted, wlthln the area and. recormrend.ed the lnmed.late lnstallatlon ofltghts on Anrnd.eL Road and appnoxlmatel-y twenty addltlonal stneets wlth-ln that vlclnlty. A motlon was thoneafter introduced. by CounclLman Sheehan that the Ctty Brglneer bo authonlzed to confer wlth the Paqlflc Gas and Electrle Company, requesting that a 1lght be plaaed ln the corr-ter of the 200 bloch on Anundel Road. md eaoh stneet wlthln the area d6-flclent ln tIIumlnatlon. The motlon was seconded by Councllman Morgan and unanlmously carrted. 8. A letten dated Feb::uary 1/, L955r was read from the State of Callf-onnla, Dlvlsion of Hlghwaysr submltting copLes of a proposed agreement between the State and the Clty of Burlingame for the coru,tnuctl.on and malntenance of a proposed nater way ln the vlclntty of the Bayshone Fneeway, deslgnated as the r?Ml1ls Creek Channel.rr Mx. James Hlmmel reoommend,ed. that no action be taken to enter'into an agneement wtth the State to Jolntly construet a d,ralnage culvert undenthe Bayshcr e Freeway ln order to glve representatlves of tfte BurllnganreClvlc lrapnovement Club an opportunity to present an altenaate pLan de-slgned to prove less costly t o the Clty. In neply to Counell lnqulry, 01ty &.glneen Manr ad,vlsed that the Statels d.eslrous of pnognanunlng tho pnoJect ln the lmmed.late futrrre but hlsoffiee would have no obJectton to delaylng actlon untll the next rr€g-ulan meetlng of the CouncLL. Foll-onlng funthen dlseusslon, actlon onauthonlzlng the executlon of the egreernent wlth the State was postponed,untl] Monday, Maroh 21, L95r. J'/9. A letten dated March 10, L955, was x,ead. from the Burllngame Clty PLan-nlng Co:tmlssl.on, ad,vislng that at an adJour.ned, publ.lc hearlng on March 7 t ]-955t the Plannlng Comnlssion had stuateA thl tentatlve mip of lvlll,lsEstate No. 5 atd had. thereaften rocommendod. that the map be alcepted, subJeot to (1) a gnant by the d.evelopen to the Clty of ipproxlmately thneeto foun acres for a park and. necneatlonal slto, contingent upon a revers-lonary clause requlring the Ctty to develop the slte wlthtn three yoars subsequent to completlon of seventy-five poneent of the homes and (21 agrant of a flrehouse slte. A letter dated Manch J,1-, 1955, was read from the Park CommlssLon, sug-gestlng that appnova} of the tentatlve map of Mll1s Estate No. 5 tn-elude a stlpulation that the aetual- slte of the pank be postponed lirond.er to afford the Pank Cormisslon add.ltlonal opportuntty to revLewand submlt a recommendatLon on th6 park slto.r a,s well as street tneesand othen featunes wl.thln the realm of the Pg.nk Comnrlssion dutles. CouncLlman Byrd, ln pnefaclng a motlon relatlve to the tentatLve map,advlsed that it was hls recom"nendatlon that the map be accepted, baied.upon the followlng cond,ltl-ons agreed, upon by nepresentatives of theTt'ousdale Constnuctlon Company and members of the PLannlng Conunlsslonat the ad.Journed nootlng of the Plannlng Corsnlsslonl (1) that the Tnous-dal-e ConstructLon Company pnovide a pank slte conslsting of approxlmately I 251 three and one-ha1f acres, the sLte of whlch to be glven conslden- atlon by the Pank Comnlsslon for recornmendatlon to the CounolL and.(2) that the Tnousdale Constluctlon Company elthor d.onate a flre- house sLte or pnovlde en emerlgenoy road. to an existlng flre statlon, the latter proposals of whlch to be :referred to 1ip Flne CommlssLon fon study and recomnendatlon. A motlon was thereafter" lntrod.uced by Coulc ilman Byrd, that the tentatlvo map of MlI1s Estate No. ! bo accept6d, subJect to the abovementloned pl:ovlslons. The motlon was seeonded by Counc llman Morgar. Speaklng on the guestlon, Dr.. A. C. olshen, 2800 Hlllslde Drive, an lnsu:rance actuar.y, stated that a slt€ as offered by the ?rousd.ale Constructlon C ompany wou1d. bo of value to the Clty antl a contrlbut- lng facton 1n pnovldlng bett6" servlce to the anea. Dr. OLshen of- fered the suggestlon that a nequest be made to the Natlo4al Boa::d of Fire Underrriltens to coniluct a surrey. In repLy to Dr.. Olshen, Counclluan Morgan advlsed. that such a survey would be conducted by the Boand of Flre Undonwrltens of the Paclflc antl nates thoreafter d.eterryn5.ned by the tr'lne Rattng Bureau. Mrs. Robent Earrmatt, l{rs. Clarence Rusch, orners of property wlthln the proposed flre slte vlclnlty, and Mns. A. C. oLshen, ?resldent ofthe Hoovsr SchooL P. T. A. oach ln turn exptossed thel:r interest inthe proposed flre slte and requested notlflcatlon of rbetlng at suchtlme as tho pnoposal ls scheduled for fu::the r c cnsld.e:ratl on. CounclLman Morgan advlsed that It ls the lntentlon of the Councll to nefer the subJect to tha Flre Corwnlssion and to the Flne Chlef for thonough r.eview and s tualy and appropr.late notlce would be glven tolntenestetl pers ons. A letter d.atod }Iancb l\,t 1955, was read. from the TrousdaLe Construc- t5.on Company, c onf hmlng a verbal agreoment made at the ad.Jourrretl meetlng of the Plannlng Corrnls.sl,on, Mer"ch 7r statlng ln part thatItthe Trousdale Congtructlon C ompany w111 provlde, at lts owio cost,a flre road startlng at a point approxlmately ten feet south of the boundary llne betreen the Slster.s of Mency propenty and the Mllls Estate and connectlng to one of the str.eets nlthln M11Js Estate No.5.the road to be 2Ol wtcle qulth 15r of pavenent, 2*t shouldersr-wlth an approxlmate B?ad,e of l6bfi. Fol1ow1ng f\rrther general dlscusslon nelatlvs to the subJect, Mayor Atwaten called for a voto on the motLon. The motlon was lntroducedby Councllman Byrd, secontted by Cou.nc l1maa Morgan and trr- ereafter unan Lmous 1y carnied. RESOLUTIONS Resol.utLon No. 13-55 ?rAccaptlng Conveyanco of Real P:roperty Fr.om Jarnos Chestnut and Agaes Chestnut, hls lt/lfe and J. B. Dore and KathLeen M. Dore, hls Wlferr ras lntroduced by Counc 11nan lulcngan who moved Lts passage, seconded by C ounc llrran Rooth and unanlnous 1y carrLed on ro11 calL of menbsrs. CONSIDERATf 0N 0F ORDINAI'ICES Ordinance No. 578 TTAMENDING TIIE ORDINANCE CODE 0F TIIE CITY OF BUR- LIT{EAUE BY ADDING TEERETO A NEW SECTTON L229.2 (A) ONSTCTMT]TG CAP..; UCHINO AVM{UE FROM BROADWAY SOUTE TO CAR},IELITA AVM{UE AS A t ONE.WAY' STREET FOR VEHICULAB TRAFFICT' was glven lts second neaitlng and. on motLon of Counc llman Morgan, seoond€d by uounc llman Hoothr sald or- dlnance passed its seoond. readlng and was adopted by the follorrlngvot6: AYES : COUNCI tMEl'I : Atwater-Byrd-Mongan-Rooth-Sheehan NOES: COI]NCII,]'IdN: None ABSENT COUNCILUE{: Nono OndlinAncg No. 579 NAMB\IDING TIIE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF BUR. LINGAME BY ADDING TEERETO A NEW SECTION L229.2 (U) ONSTETETING.PALOMA AVENUE F'ROM CARMELITA AVB{UE NORTH fO BROADWAY AS A 'ONE-WAY STREETT FOR VEIICUI,AR TRAFFIC?i was glven lts second reading and on motlon of C or:nc l1man Mongan, secondled by C ounc llman Byrd, said Ordlnance passodits second readlng and, was adoptecl by the fol1owLng vots: -1252 AYES: C0UNCILil{m.i: Atwater-Byrd-Morgan-Rooth-Sheohan NOES: COUNCII,MM{: None ABSUVT COUNCILMB{: ]ilone Ondlnance No. 580 "AME'I{DfNG SECTION L90l+, ARTICLE 50, PART X, 0F THE ORDINANCE CODE OF TIM CITT OF BUNLINGAME DIVIDING THE CITY INTO DTS- TRICTS BY PROVIDING F'OR TEE CLASSIFTCATION OF CERTAIN AREAS OF IAND W115IIN fHE CIIYtt was glven lts seoond. readlng and on rnotlon of Coun- clIman Bynd, seconded by Counellman Mongan, sald ond.lnanoe passed. Lts socond reading and was adopted. by the fol.lowlng vote: AYES: COIINCILMEN: Atwater-Bynd-Morgs,r-Rooth-Sheehan NOES: COI]NCILMEN: NONE ABSENE COUNCILMBI: None Ondluance No. 581 '|CIIANGING Ti{E NAI{E 0F CONRAD R0AD T0 GUITTARD ROADtr was glven lts gecond. read.l.ng, and on motion of CounclLaan Bynd., seo- onded by Councllman lvlongan, sald. ordinance passed lts seeoad, roedlng and was ad.opted by the folJ.owlng votet AmS: COUNCILMEN: Atwaten-Byrd-Morgan-Rooth-Sheehan NoES: CoUNCILMEN: Iilone ABSENT COIINCIIMEN: I{one RELoRTS oF oqm qERS Eeports of tho &rllngame r'ine Department and. the Polloe Department for the month of Fobrnr&{X,r L955, were recelved and p}aced on fl1e. UNFINISHM BUS]-NESS. 1. Repont from B. P. EtLervre on Industnlal Plantlng Stnlp. The Clty Cl,erk was lnstrueted to direct a comru.nlcatlon to ittr. Etlenne and. lntenested property owners wlthln the lnd,ustrlal d.lstrlet, to bepresent at the next negular meetlng of the Corrncll, March 21, L955,at whlch tlms a conference ls seheduled on the proposed. lmprovementsto the Ro1llns Road. Industnlal Dlstnlct. A eopy of the pnepared state- ment, submltted by the Burllngame CtvLc Improvement C1ub, dated, ManehIlf, l)$$, wes also requested to be dlrected to the attentlon of ln- dustnial pnoperty owners. NEW EISINESS: .. . Ctty Erglneen Mann advl.sed. that ln analyzi.ng the blds reeolved fon the fencing of Canolan Avenue and. Contez Avenuer lt was recommended that the low bld of the Colorado ftrel and Inon Conponation be accepted.. Rosolutlon No, L6-55 rrAcceptlng the bld of the Col,onad.o F\rel and Inon Corponatlon ln the amount of $3r29L.01 for the Constructlon of a Fenee on Canolan Avenue and on Contez Avenue and. Authonizlng the Mayon to Ex- ecute the Agneementrf was thereupon lntroduced by Councl.lman Byrd. who moved lts passage, seconded by Councllman Mongan and. adopted unanlmous-Iy on noLL caLl of mombers. Mayor Atwaten, In eormenting on a nowspapen antLole coneennlng the Coun- cl1ts posltlon on the proposed nemoval of euealyptus trees along the E1 Camlno Real for State Elghray wldenlng purposes, ad.vlsed that the Coun- c1I ls deslrous that the tneeg be retalned.lf possiblb.' CounclLman Byrd concurred. CorrnciLman Mongan suggested. that the subJect be lnc1uded, as a functlon of the Park Cotmlsslon. Councllman Mongan, CtraLnman of the Councll Panktng Commltteorneponted on plans to improve the panklng J.ot on Laguna Avenue and. Broadway byalterlng the lngness and, egnoss and by utlllzlng clty forces ln the pav- 1ng of the area. At the nequest of Councllman Morgan, Clty Elglnoer Manr outllned the proposed plans ln detall and ad.vlsed, that the totaL cost would appnoxlmata $300.00. CounclLman Mongan moved that the Councll authorlze the expendlture to proceed wlth the proposed lmprovement, soc- onded by Councllman Byrd and, rrnanlmousLy carr:led. ADJOURNMET{T There belng no furthen buslness, the meetlng was regular ad.Jou:rned at 10:20 P. M. RespectfulJ,y submltted APPROVED:/*d--^ H. KENT A MAYOR I{EH-BERT K. WHITE ffiTY CLERK