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BurlLngame CaIlfornia
Airnll 11, L955
A negulan meeting of the Bunllngame Ctty CounclL was held on the above
given date. Meetlng ca11ed. to onden at B:05 P. M. - Mayon Atwater in
the Chalr.
RolI CalL:Present - CounclLmen: Atwater-B5rrd.-Morgan-sheehan
Absent - Councllmen: -Rooth
Councllman Rooth was excused on motlon of Councllman Byrd., seconded.
by CounclLman Morgan and. unflnLmously carnled.
MINUTES:
The mlnutes of th€ regulan moetlng of Mareh 21, 1955, es submltted.to members of the Council, were unanlmously approved and adopted. on
motlon of Councllman Byrd. and. seconded by Councllman Morgan.
Ihe mlnutes of the special meetlng of March 26, 1955, as submitted. to
members of the Councll were approved and. ad.opted on motlon of Councl-L-
man Byrd., seconded by Councilman Morgan and unanlmousLy carnled.
MPROVEMENTS INDUSTRIAL ASSES DIS C
Addltional 1ega1 pnocedure ln the establLshment of the proposed. In-
dustnlal Assessment Dlstrlct was submltted by the atto:rneys repre-
sentlng the lndustnlal pnoperty or.rners, for Councll actlon.
nESOlttrIOtt NO. 21-((. rrAppnovlng P1ans, Proflles and Speclftcatlons,
uctlon of-Proposed Impnovements ln Br-rrllngarne
fndustnlal Assessment Dlstrictrr was lntnoduced by CounclLman Byrd.,
who moved lts passage, seconded by Councllman Morgan and unanlmously
adopted on no1l call of menjbers present.
RESoLUTTON NO. 22-55,rrAppnovlng Assessment Dlstrlct Map Fo:r Proposed
Improvenents ln Bu:r1lngame Ind.ustrlal Assessment DlstrLct
d.uced by CouncLlman Bynd, who moved its passage, seconded
men s afib
tr was intr.o-by Counctl-
man Morgan and. unanlmously adopted on ro11 call of members present.
RESOLUTION NO ilBesolutlon of Intention to Construct Impnove-tniaL Assessment Dlstrlct City of Br:rllngamert
was introduced by Councllman B;rrd., uLro moved lts passage, second.ed.
by Councllman Morgan, and oannied unanlmously on nolL ea1l of membens
present.
Robert W. Harrlson, attorney for the Industrlal Dlstrlct, advlsed.that in ad.ditlon to pubLlcatlon and- the.posting of notlces, the res-
olutl-on of lntention p::ovldes that a publlc hearing be conducted at
which t lme all pensons havlng obJectlons on pr"otests against the pro-
posed wonk and. impnovements may be heand..
CouncLlman Byrd theneupon moved. that a specla3- meetlng of the Council
be scheduled.-for a public heaiing, Satund.ay, ApnlJ.2J, L955, &t 10:00
olcloek a. n1.r seconded by CouncLl-man Morgan and unanl-mously eanrled.
COMMUNICATIONS:
1. A letten dated March JL, L955, was. nead. fnom the Bu:rlingame Clty
Plannlng Commlsslon, ad.vlsing that a publlc heanlng had been conducted
on the aopLlcation submltted by Elmer Sklnner, 22O FelI Stneet, San
Fnanclsco, for a reclasslfLcatlon of propenty l-ocated at 12Oh E1 Camlno
Raalr from an R-3 to a C-L zoner BS tt was zoned prlon to the ad.optlon6f the Cltyts new zoning o:rdlnance. Ihe connnunicatlon advlsed that lt
was the recommendation of the Plannlng Commlsslon that approval be grant-
ed ln ord.er to penmLt the continued. use of the pnoperty as an auto re-palr and. bnake and. wheeL speciallty shop.
Councllman Bynd lntnodueed. for first read.ing, Onafnance So. 5Bq. ItAn
Ord.lnance Amendlng sectlon 190111 Artlcle 5ol- ffiance
Cod.e of the CIty of Burllngamo Dlvldlng the Clty Into Dlstrlcts by Re-
classlfying Lot 2, Block lJ, Map of Burllngame Grove Subdlvlsion, Fnom
A TLrlnd Residential Dlstrict to a Flrst CorrunerclaL Distrlct.tt
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2. A letter d.ated. Manch Jl, 1955t was read fnom the Clty Plannlng
Commisslon, advlslng that a public hearlng had. been conducted on an
appLlcatlon subml-tted. by the Assoclated Paciflc Bulld.ens, 17Ol Davls
Dnive, fon a reclasslflcation of vacant pnoperty on the nonth slde of
Llncoln Avenue, fnom an R-l to an R-2 zone. The corumunication fun-
then advlsed that at sal-d. heanLng, the Corrnlsslon received a p::oposal
for the constnuctlon of a Tnlp1exl nather than a DupJ.ex buildlng,
tho formon nequlnlng a reclassifLcatlon of an R-3 zoae. It was the
reoommendatlon of the Plannlng Cormrl-ssion that the reclasslflcatlon
as or.Lglnally submlttod be d.enied..
Councllman Byrd concurred. ln the recommend.atlon of the Plannlng Com-
mlsslon 1n denlaL of the neclassi.flcatlon, seconded by Councllman
Morgan and unanlmously carcled..
3. A letten dated. Manch JL, 1955, was read from the Burllngame Clty
Plannlng ConmlssLon, advlsi.ng that at the request of the Cour':c1L, the
subJect of the unfinished. stnuctu.re located at L2l--3 Ml1ls Avenuee owrl-
ed. by Mr. ALfred Manlon, had been consld.ered. at several meotlngs and
hearlngs scheduled. by the Corn'alsslon. At the concluslon of satd, hear:-
lngs the Consnlssion advlsed that lt was assured that the owner has no
lntentlon of usi-ng the structune as an apartment, all obJectlonable
partltlons. havlng been removed and it was recommended. that Mr. Marion
be permitted to proceed..
A letter dated Ap::11 1, t955, was read from ttre Bu:rllngane Civlc Im-
pnovement Club, nequesting that a publlc hearlng be held on the above
subject, pnior to flnal dlsposition.
Councllman Byrd bniefly revlewed past hlstony on the subJect and.
thereaften moved that the Councll concur wlth the reeoiltmendatLon that
Mr. Marlon be permltted to complete the constnuctlon. Councllman Mon-
gahr ln secbndlng the motion, rocommendod that a stlpulation be includ-
ed that the work bo completed by a professlonal contractor withJ-n a
speclfled time. Clty Attorney Ka::mel further recoxtnendod that the
Bulldlng Inspector be authorlzod to lssue the pennlt wlth the unden-
standing that the st:rrcture shal1 be compLetod withln a perLod of slx-
ty to nlnety days by professLonal servlees. The motlon was thereaften
unanlmously ca:rrled.
l+. A letten dated Aprl1 1, 1955, was read. from G. J. hI", Dlnector
6f pubtic Works, requestlng approval of Plans 4rr4 Specificatlons fon
the Resunfaclng of BloomfieLd Road from Brrrllngame Avenuo to Penln-
sulan Avenue ln conformtty wlth the Memorandu:n of Agreement for Ex-
pendlture of Gas Tax AlLocation for MaJor City Streets ln the Clty of
Br:r1lngame.
Resolutlon No. 2l+-55, rrApprovlng Speclfl.catlons Resurfacing a Portion
of Bloomfleld Roia fnom Burllngame Avenue to Penlnsular Avenuerr was
lntnoduced by Councllman Morgan, who moved, its passage, seconded by
Councilman Byrd. and adopted. unanlmously upon ro11 call of nembers
present.
5, A lette:r d.ated. Aprl1 1, Lg55, was read. from G. J. Marrl Dlnectot:
of Publlc Wonks, recommendtng that E. H. IIills' Clty Electrlclan, be
penmitted to attend. the Califonnia Section of tho Interrrational lftml-
cfpa:. Slgnal Assoclatlon ln Santa Barbara, Apnll 15-1.6, J-955, wlth an
amount of $h0.00 authorlzed. for expetlsoso
Councllman Byrd. moved. that the Council concur wlth the neconrnend.atLon
authorlzlng the Clty Electnlclan to attond the Confonence with an'ex-
pend.lture illowed tir tfre amount of $h0.00, seconded by CounclLman
Sheehan and unanlmously canrled.
6. A petltlon, d.ated March 28, 1955, beanlng the slgnatures of two
hund.ned. flfty resj-dents of the Clty of Burllngamo, was read, request-
lng that a public hearing be scheduled on the subJect of fluonld.atlon
of the cltvts waten supply and that the nesid"ents of Burlingame be
given the opportunlty to vote on the lssue.
M3s. Ann C, Hornung, menilcer of the Nonthern Callfornla Commltteer
Pure Water Assoclatlon of Amer"lca, ln attendancer was gnanted permls-
slon to present pertLnent informatlon nelatlng to the subJect. - Coun-
cilman Morgan recommend.ed that Mrs. Hornung presont all availabLe ln-
formation to th.e membens of the Waten Commlsslon for furthen d.iscus-
sion and. consld.eratlon.
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7. A letter dated March 30, A955' was read fnom Richa::d P. Minor,
Chalrman of the Citlzenst Conmtttee for 0ff-Stneet P arkf:g ' recom-
meDdlng the employment of I{r. Llnval H. Castle as the appraiser for
the proposetl Bu::1ingane off-street pa::klng project.
CouncLlman Mongan moved that the Council concur wlth the re e ommend-atlon of the Off-St:.eet P a:rkLng Comnlttee Chalrman and that the Coun-c1l engage the servlces of Mr. L1nva1 H. Castle 1n the appralsal ofproperty proposed fon a cent::a1 plaza a:rea. Ihe motl on lras seconded
by Councllman Byr.d. and unanlJously car.nl,ed.
8. A letter dated March 30' 1955, was r:ead from the Chlef of Po1lce
recoranonding the lntr:oductlon and ad.optlon of appropnlate ordlnances
affecting the control of t:rafflc ln i{t[s Estate No. 1.
Ttre followlng ordS.nances wer3e theroafter lntroduced. for flrst read-
ing by Counc ilman Byrd:
ORDINANCE N0. 581+, ItAn Ondlnance Asrendllng the Ordinance Code of the
efiy=fEi:rIEgame By Adaling fhereto a New Sectlon 7-22L.6 Provldingfor lntersectlon Stops for Vehlcles At the Intersectlon of El C amtno
ReaL and Tr.ous dale Drlve, CalLforinla Dnlve and Trousd.ale Dnive, Caltf-
ornLa Drl,ve anal Mulchls on Dnlve, Servl.c o Road and Trousdale DrLve and
Servlce Road and Murchls on D:rl.ve .
0RDINANCE Nq. 585, rrAn OrAinance Amendi
eiflo f Burl lngane By Add.ing Thereto a
4g the Ordlnance Code of the
I'lew Sectlon Nunrberod. 1221--8
Llmlt lng the Speod of Vehlcular frafflc on Califorrria Dnlvo Between
Duffer.ln Avenue and l{urchl s on Drlve So As Not To Exceed J! I{1tes
Per Hour. rl
ORDINANCE N0. 596, rrAn Ordinance Amend.ing the Ordinanc e Code of theefir of EFiAngexle By Bepea 1lng Sectlon 1222.J ProhlbltLng ParkLng
of Vohlcles on the Easterly Slde of Callforrla DnLve Between North
Lane anil Dufforln Avenue an cI Atldlng a New Sectlon 1222.3 Prohlblttng
Parklng of Vehlcles on the Easter'Iy Slde of Callfornia Drlve Between
Nor.th Lane and MurchLson Drlve.rt
0RDINANCE No. 587, rrAn Ordll,nance Arnendl ng the OndLnance Code of the
clty of Burltnga:lre By Atlillng fhereto a New Sectioa 1229.2 (c_) Deslg-
natlng Servlce Road f?om Dufferln Avenue North t9 Mu::chison Jlrlve AsA t One-Way Stneett Fo:r vehlcular Traffic.rr
9. A letter dated March 25, L955, was raad from the Superl o:: Bus ancl
Ambulance Sales Co., requesting consld.eratlon to the fonmatlon of an
assessment dlstnlct of that property bound.ed. by Broadway, Super.io:: Bus
& Ambulanco C ompany pnoperty and lying east of the Bayshor"e Ft6euay,for the purpose of p::ovldlng fire pr.otectlon and adsquate wator atxd.
sewen facilltles.
CouncLlmsn Byrd mov6d that the subject be refered to the City Atto::-
ney wlth a request that a report of hls flndlngs be suhnltted to the
CounclL wlthln a perlod of one'month, seconded by Counc llman Morgan
and. unanlmous J-y carrled.
10. A letter. dated. Mare$ 7r l955t was :read from the San Mat eo-Bu.rlln-
gsf,ne Board of Realtons, caLling ttre attentlon of the CounclL to tho
operatlon wlthout a license of a buslness offlce ln the subdlvlsionof Ray Pa:rk under the flr.tn nane of Fllippe and Osborne.
Councllrnan Morgan reported. that upon lnvestlgatS-on, he has been ad-
vlsed that the offlce ls presently closeil a::d a business llcense r.r111
be obtaLned at such tLme as the t::act offlce may be :re-opened. TheClty C).erk was lnstructed to so notlfy the Board of Realtors.
11. A letter dated March 19, 1955, wes r?ead. from the Assoclateil Stud-
ents of Bunllngame Eigh School, nequestlng that addltj.onal waste con-tainers be placed on the sor-rth sld.e of Bur'1!.ngame Averue.
There being no obJectlons, the subJect was rsfer:red to the Clty E?rgtn-e6r:. The Chlef of Pollce was requosted to submLt a report on theallegeil uso of the waste contalners fon ganbage purposes.
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L2. A letter dated March L8, 1955, was nead from Robert A. DeCou,
1617 McDoudald Way, BunlLngame, ur"ging the CounciL to glve every cor-
sldoratlon in the presenvatlon of tr"ees along the EI Carnlno ReaL.
fhe communlcatlon was refenred. to the Park Commlsslon on motion of
Councilman Mongan, seconded by Councllman Byrd and unanimously c&I3-nied. The Clty Cl-enk was lnstructed to ackreowledge the eomrmrnlcatlon.
1.3. A letter dated l{arch 21r 1955, was read fnom the Board of Euper-
vlsorse Corrnty of San Mateoe submittlng a copy of County Ord.inance No.
1099, provld.lng fon the negulatlon of food. establLshmonts ln the un-
lnconporated areas of the County and. nocommendlng that a slmLl-an ord.-
inance be adopted. by the Clty of Burllngame in order to standard.Lze
neg.rlrements thr.oughbut the County.
There belng no obJoctlons, the subjeet matter was roferred. to theClty Attonney for furthen study.
th. A letter. dated. April 1, L955, was read from the Btrrllngame Cham-
ber of Commerce, commendLng the Councll and the clty empl-oyees fon the
beautlful deeonatlons dispS.aylng the Easten theme.
GnanvlLle Bnor.neing, DcecutLve Secretary of the Crhanrber of CommePooe
conveyed. the personal appreciation of the menchants to the employeesof the Street and Park Departments who d.onated. thelr servlces.
ORDINANCES:
ORDINANCE NO. 582, rrAn 0nd.inance Amendlng Sectlon 1997 of the 0rdLn-
ance Tode oT the C ty of Br:rllngame By Addlng Subsectlon I-a TIIERETO
Pnovldlng fon the Installatlon of Fire Alar.rn Systems and. Connections
and Recltlng the Bnergency Requinlng_the Ordlnanee To Be Effective
Upon lts Paseage, was intnoduced by oounclLman Mongan, fon fia:st r€ad-
Lng.
UNFINISHED BUSIMSS:
Ivfips. Fneld,a Fbeund, owner of property on Donnelly Avenue, expnessed
concern on the status of her propenty ln vLew of the contempl,ated
cneatlon of the araea as a Parklng Plaza and. requested a declslon from
the Counc11.
Mrs. Fneund was advlsed that the Councll ls obllgated. to proceed ln
accond.ance wlth legal requLrements and. no d.eflnlte declslons may be
rendered. at thls tlme.
NEI'I BUSfNESS:
CounclLman Sheehan suggested that a small portlon of the southwest
corner ln the Ml11s Estate aIong the Skyltne Boulevard. be rezoned. to
pertnlt the openatlon of smaLL buslnesses for tho convenlence of res-
ldents withln that &p€&r Ihe subJect was neforred to the Pl,anning
Consultant and members of the Planning CornmlssLon.
Ift. teldlng, reprosentlng the Hersey Motor Company, expressed objeot-
lon to the mannel? ln whlch lnformaL proposals on meten requlrements
fon the City were necontly lnvlted.. It{r. Leldlng was nequested. to sub-
m1t hts obJectlons to the members of the Waten Comnlsslon ln wnltlng.
ADI OURNMB,.IT:
There belng no frurther busLness, the meetlng was regulanly adJounned.
at 9:h0 P. M.
Re spec tfu11y submltted
APPROVED:
EERBERT K. WITITE
ffi IY CLERK
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c s w. nooTH
VICE-i.{AYOR
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