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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1954.02.01118 Eurllnga$o - Callfornia February 1 1954, A regular meetlng of the Bur15-ngame Clty Councll was h.eld on the aboveglven date. Meetlng cal1ed to orden at 8:2O p. M., - Mayor Slmonds lnthe Chalr. RoI1 CalI: Present - Councilmen: Atwater-Byrd-Love-Morgan-Slmonds Absent Councllmen: None The mlnutes of the prevlous meetlng of January 18, 1954, as subult'.ted to members of the Councll we:re unanimously approved, rrlth a co?-rectlon that on the motlon regardlng the pnecedent of Department ileadsattendLng conferencese Councllman Byrd. was opposed lnsteld of lnfavon of. (Paragraph 4, page 115 Mtirute Book)- Ihe uaLnutes of the SpeclaL Meetlng of January 25, 1954, as submLttedto members of the councll were unanlmousry approved as read.. A letten dated Jan-uary 29, L954, was read from R. C. Theuer', Chlefof Po1lce, regarding the necesslty of maklng Suemlt Drlve a orlo-w&ystreet flom the Lntersection of Surrmlt Drlve and Canyon Eoad to flil-slde Clrcle and also Hlllstde Cl.rc1e I oxle-w&y streel flom tlre later-sectlon of Alvarado and Htllslde Drlve, for the safety of chlldnena.ttendlns lhe Hoover SchooL. Speaking on this, Mayor Slmond.s advlsed.that certaLn lega! procedure and nesearch &re neceisany before pro-ced!.ng yltt the-pIa?r_and ttrat the matter" be refenred Lo the Cliy At-torney Ka::mel who wlLI confer wlth Clty Englneer Marr, police ChiefTheuer and representatlves ftom the Councll A letter dated Jcnuary 29r_1954, was read firom the Plaanlng Commis-slol slgned by_,Ctrarles II., Rooth, Secretary, ackr:owledglng iecelptof Resolutlon No. 2-54, n0ouncll Recog,,nltion of the glfoits or inePlannlng commtssl"ont. The letter was--ordered pl.aced on f[re. A letter dated-Jalxuary ZOt 1954, flom Albent R. Gordon, Chalrman ofthe Board of Flre CommlssLonens, reguesttrng approval to pr.rrchase aproJector and screen on a Federal Hlnd basls i:tr use Uy -tfre Ftre Oe-partmentr- was l9a-d by the Clty Clenk. Mayor Slmonds slated that ftrr-!|:" study.would be_glven to Lhe need. ln Looperatlon wlth the othenclty Departments and that the matter wouLd UE fretA in abeyance untLLsueh tlme as a report can be made. A letter dated January 2?, L954, was read fleom W. E. patsel, ActlngFlre thl"f, requesting permisslon to continue the employrnent or nt".Edward_Kerrlgan for mone than _the nlnety day tenporary Lppointment.Mayor slmonds explalned that due to the-raci that lvtr.-ltei'i"rgr; il;employed on a war.-tj.me appointment, the extenslon of tLme rEgu""t-funot necessary at this tlme, A letten dated {*l"ty 27, 1954 was read. from Albert R. Gord,on, Chair-man of the Board of Fire Commlssloners, reguesting the appointment oftwo Captalns tuom the new1y. cneated eli.grufe tirCl ""a *tiyon simonasstated that "ug}.r apEolntn"irt" would ue-fierd rn "ueyance untl1 a f\rt*redate, and tlre Fine commlsslon should be so notlfle&, A letter of transnlttal d.ated Jenuary 29r 1gs4, from Clty Clerk Hen-bert K. i'Thlte, submltttng the Civ11 Service ffit fon the posltron tr!'lne Chlef, namel.y 1. Reglnald E. Moorby - IOAO Monrell Avenue 2. Tlllllam E. patsel - ?OS plyrnouth lyay Mayor Slmonds advLsed that both candldates would be lntenvtewed, bythe councll and set satu::dayr Febn:.ary 6, 1g54 at 1o:oo A.M, and Mon-d*y, Fbbnuary g, 1984 at Tlob t. M. *i the tlme. A letten deted^January 29, 1954, from teona Clank, Chalmran of theMerchants CommLttee of the Burlingame Chanber of Commerce, commendingthe Clty Counell and Pollce Chlef Theue:r on thelr consi.denatlon glven -t119 to the Eurllngame Shoppers ln not havlng the Pollce Departnent give panklng vlolations but lnstead pLaced coias ln the meten wlth a cardof explanatlon. The letter also expressed appreclatlon fon the co- operation of al1- Clty Departments and-C1ty employees in making the varlous proJects and events undertaken by the Chamber of Comne rce very successflrl 1n every walr A communleatlon dated January 29, L954, was read {Yom Cyrus J. McMl}-Ian, Pnesldent of the Bur3.tngame Chamber of Conme?ce, expresslng ap-preclatlon fon the flne cooperatlon and asslstanoe extended by the Councll durlng the year, together with the efforts of the varLous City departments and City employees. Mayor Slmonds sury5ested to Mr. Granville Brownlng, executLve Secretaryof the Chamber of Commerce, that slnce we have an outstandlng baseballplayer ln our communlty, &1r. Eddle Joost, the idea of an nEddte Joost Dayo mlght be glven some conslder"atlon. A semt-annual report fbom the Flre Depantment and the Llbrary reportfor the month of December, L955, v{ere read, acknovrledged and ordenedfl Ied. A report from Albent R. Gordon, Chalr-man of tlre Board of Fire Comnls-sloners, dated February 1, 1954, wes read, recommendlng an Ordinanceprovidlng that the subdlvLder be required to furnish and install ad-dltlonal flre alarm boxes due to the annexatlon of various subdlvis-lons. Thls matter was neferred to the City Attorney for study and.prepanation of an Or"dlnance, 1f advisable, A report dated_Jqnuary 25, L954, was read flom Geonge C. Currler, Dep-uty Dl3sctor of ClvlL Defense for BurlLngame, negar:Elng acommunlcatlonscontrol center and suggested that the Clty make application for allot-ment of Federal Fbnds. The report f\rnther states that should the Coun-c1I declde to abandon the plan after lts study and lnvesttgation, thatthe qpplicatlon was not blndlng on the part of the Clty. It was movedby Councilman tove and seconded by Councllman Byrd and-unanimously car-nled that Captaln Cur::ier be advlsed that the Cor:ncl1 would be haipyto meet wlth hlm and dlseuss the vanlous phases of hls recommendatlon. A comprehensive report from F. Ma1colm Crowe, Asslstant Chlef T$arden,dated January 28, 1954, was read on hls attendance at the San MateoCcunty Ci.vll_Defense lt{eeting held on the same date in Belmont, whlchshowed that Burllngame 1s one of the cltLes of the County taking amore-aetlve pant ln the Clvll Defense program. Councllmin Love--pro-posed, seconded by Counctlmag llorgan ana unanlmously earnied, tfrat aletter of thanks be sent to itr. Cnowe for repnesenting Burliirgame attlrP. meetlng and also for the splendld reporl be prepdred on ihe statusof the-progress that ls belng made ln the different lfrases of Civll De-fense 1n the County, CouncLlman Love spoke on behalf of the Auxl1lary Ftre Departmentr sug-gesting that the vanious fmprovement Club presldents cooperate ln bnfng-lng to theln members the need fon auxllLary flremen ln case of dlsasterand encouraglng voLunteers. Mayo:' $imonds reponted that !e Ls expectlng to reeeive a complete re-port fnom the Ioca1 Clvl1 ?ufense gngup, oitltntng actlvlty on theinprogram up to *"t:- and pnoJected actlvlty ln the f\.lture, to presentto the public ln the near future. A second readlng- of ondlnsrlgg No._544, nAmending the Ordlnance Cod.e of!h" CllV of Bulllngame -by Addlng-Thereto a New Seciion IZZZ,.B, Requfr"_ln$ 311 Vehiculan Trafflc Trave-Ifrrg Nonth and. Soutb. on Cononaao wayand North and South on Quesada Wayl to Stop at Davis Drive Before pro-ceedlng rnto the rntersectionil, wls glven Ly the city-cr"ri.l--do"""rr-man Morgan morrgd- aeceptance, secondeA by Coirncllman .fi,twater and unan_imously carrted by noI} cali of membersl under New Business, councllryl By:rd brought up the lack of ltght onLaguns Avenue, between Carmellta-and SanEhe, i,.r".r.rus, ana was infonmedp,r-Citr Engln6er Marr that the matter ]ras alneady under" conslderatlon.Mr. Marn wss tnstructed by the Counclf io instali the Ilght aften thenesldents 1n lumedlate proxlmlty had glven thelr aplroval. 120 a4 U. S. SI},,IONDS, MA]rcN Mayor SLmonds gave a r""umd of the steps the Ctty of Burlingalne andthe Clty of &Illlbrae had taken to end the lltlgatlon and to establlsha boundary line and agree on zones, whiclr was a demand on the part ofthe Atlantic Llfe fnsu.rance Co., (Tnousdale ConstructLon Co.) ownersof the pnoperty, before annexatLon would be consldered. He aLso polnt-ed out that all thls_took place at eithen publl.c meetlngs on meetlngsof the Burlingame and Mlllbrae Counclls, at whlch the press were pres-ent. QuestLons fnom ttre floon were answened by members of the Council. Mayor Slmonds announced that the Councll w111 meet with the Off-StreetPar"klng Commlttee, Saturday morning at 10:OO A. M.i and wlth the Rec-reatj-on Cornmlsslon on Islonday nlght at BIOO f. M., to go over the mat-erlal complled by Mns. Costa and Councllman Bynd- ln c-onpection wtththe proposed swfumLng pool. flul! belng no flrrthen buslness, the meetlng was regularly adJournedat 1O:10 P. M. Respe ctf\rlly submitted HTRBERT WHTTE CIIY CIEBK APPRO1ED: , - E