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Bunllngame, Callfonnle
Manch 1, l-g54
A negulan meetlng of the Bunllngame Clty Councll was bold on the
above gl.ven date. MeetLng called to onden at B:20 p.rnr - MayonSlnonds ln the Chab.
Roll Call: Pnesent Councllmen: Atr"raten-Byrd-Love-Mongan-SlmondsAbsent Coirncllmen: None
The mlnutes of the prevlous meetlng of Febnuany 1!, 1p$[, as sub-mltted to members of the Council were unani-mously appnoved.
ft was moved by Councllman Bn:d, seconded by Councllman Love and
unanlmously approved, that Br:r:ness Kar.mel be appointed Actlng CltyAttorney dunlng the lllness of hls fathen, City Attonney f. Kanmel.
Under communLcations, a letten was r"ead fnom the Clty Plannlng
Commlsslon, dated Febnuany 26, L95U, approvlng the zonlng ofthat ar"ea of the Clty of Bunllngame, compnlslrg 7t aeres more
or3 lessr &s shown on W11ss, p Company map #53r11h dated Decemben
16, 1953. ft was moved by Couneil-man Love and seconded by
Councllman Atwaten and unanlmously canrled that a hea:rlng on the
matten be set forn Manch 15th at B:00 p.rllo
Anothen letter was nead fr:om the Ctty Plannlng Commlsslon, dated
Feka:uany 26, 1954r pocommendlng that the City Cowrell apppovethat pant of the tentative map of the Atlantic Llfe fnsunance Co.ldentified as Mll1s Eatate #1, that pentalns to stneet pattenn
on1y. A motion was made by Councllman Byrd that thls matten beheld over untll the negulan meeting of the Counell of Manch 15th,
seconded by Councllman Mongan. Councllman Love questloned theadvlsablllty of delaylng appnoval of the tentqtlve map of M1l1sEstato Subdlvlslon #1. Plannlng Consultant GCo. A. Mann, addnessedthe Councll, advislng them that thls was an admlnistnatlve matten
and that a public hearlng was not nequ&ned but that they had therlght to hold a pub11c heanlng. Mr:. James Hlmme1 addnessed the
Councl1, pnotesttng that the subdivlden had not ful1y complledwtth the subdlvlslon ondlnance. PIp. Chanles Blalr, representingWilsey and 0o. englneers fon the Atlantlc Llfe Insurance Company,
angwened by saylng that they had complted wlth all the nequlne-
ments, and were deslnous of havlng a street pattenn appnoved ln
orden that they could pr"oceed wtth detalls and engl.neenlng data
negardlng utllfttles and dnalnage. He also stated that unles's they
had appnoval of the street pattenn immedlately lt would eause
undue loss of time in prepanlng the detalls fon the flnal ft&po
Mayon Slmonds expressed hls opinlon that the mlsundenstandlngs
could be betten handled by a eitizens group, with the Englneening
Depantment and the developens dlscusslng them fur"then at an agneedupo4. Councllman Bynd stated he felt that the lntenerted cltizens
should have a volce ln the development r^rhlch would affeet thetaxpayen. 0n noI1 eall- of membens the fol-lowlng vote nesulted forsettllng the heanlng on MsrsS fSth:
AYES: COUNCIT,MEN - Bynd-Mongan
NOES: 00UNCILMEN - Atwaten-Love-Simonds
Councllman Iove then moved that the Clty Councll concun wlth the
r.ecorunendatton of the Plannlng Commission 1n theln appnoval of thestneet pattenn only on the tentative map of Mills Estate #1, whlcb.conslsts of pnoperty of the Atlantlc Life Insunance Company lylng
nonth of Bunllng&me Vll1age, between the Southenn Paciflc r allroad
and El Camlno Real" seconded by Councilman Atwaten. 0n noll cal]of member.s the following was the result:
AYES: COUNCILIffiN - Atwater-Love-Simonds
NOES: COUNCILPIEN - Bynd-Morgan
A letter was nead by the Clty Clerk from Pol-ice Chlef R. C. Tu€u€p,dated febnuany 25, 795\, reganding the panklng of cars on BeltevueAvenue and Deugfs! Avenue, 6etween Caffionnla Dnlve and pnlmrose
Road dunlng the day. Thene being no objections, thls matter wasnefenned to Acting Clty Attonney Burneis Kanmel to draw up anOrdlnance.
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A letter: nas nead from the Board of Flne Commlsslonens, dated Febnuany
26; L954 t necommend lng that a $65'000. Bond rssue be placed on the
Apntl 13 balliit fo:: the constructlon of an addltlonal flne statlon east
oi the tracks and the purchas e of necessany apparatus; fu1ly equlpped
for. thls statlon. ?hene belng no obJectlon this matten was put oven
to be taken up unden Resolutlons.
A letten dated Febr:u a?y 26, 1954, fnorn the Boar:d of F|"e Commlssloners
wag read by Clty Clerk Henbent K. l,rlhlte, nequertlng the expendltur"e
of the sum'of $l.Oo pen month fon the storage of the Chief rs automoblle.
There belng no obJectlon the matton was to be taken under s tudy for"
f ur: ther cons lder:rt Ion.
A letten was read from Clty Clenk Henbert K. Whlte, datod Febr"uary 25r
requestlng oxtenclon of s16k leevr of Mns. Elllnor Arms trorlg, Deputy
Cl€y Cler:[. ffayon S funondr advtsed that unden the present Clvll Senvlce
RuleE and ReguS"attons the appnoval of the City Councll ls not nequlned.
Mayon Slmonds advlsed the Clty clenk was authorlzed to employ addltlonal
help fon thlrty d ays.
A letter was read fnom G. J. &lann r Dlneeton of Publlc Wor:ks r da
Febnua:ry 2\, re: MaJor Ctty Streets - Mditlons. Resolutlon NoItAddlng Certaln Streets to the System qf MaJon Streets ln the C
Bunllngame r " was also nead by the Clty C1erk. It was moved by C
Bynd, seconded by Councllman love and unanlmous ly carrled that
Resolutlon llo. 9-54 be adopted.
Resolutlon No. 8-54, Settlng the Mr:nlclpal Electlon date as Apr11 11,
1954 and Deslgnatlng Electlon Offlcers and Votlng Places, was read byCtty Clerk Herbent K. Whlte. ft was moved by Councllman Byrd, seconded
by Councllman Love and unanlmous 1y approved on r.o11 call that
Resolutlon tto. 8-![ be adopted.
Under Unflnished Buslness, Councllman Byrd stated that consLder:abIe
study had been glven to the tnafflc pr.oblem on Broadway at peak hours,
and that Lt was the r"e conrnendat lon of Pollce Chlef Theuer" that thetraffLc slgnal at Sanchez Avenuo and E1 Camino Real be abandonod andthat a tnafflc slgnal be lnstalled at Carmetlta Avenue and EI Camino
Reah, thereby enabllng motorists to cnoss E1 Camlno Real on a tnafflcsignal and r.ellevtng the conJectlon on Broadway wtth lts sLgna1 cross-
lng. Chief Theuer requested that the matten be held over: untl1 he can
ted. e-54,lty of
ouncl lman
A letter was read from G. J. Mann, Dlnector of Publlc Worksr dated
Febnuary 23, L95l), re: Major Clty Stneets - Resu.rfaclng - r-953'195\.
Resolution- i'To. 10-51+ r*as ilso read, "Fon Experdltune of Gas Tax Al1oca-
tlon fon MaJor" Clty Stneets.n Introduced by Councllman Atuater,
seconded by- C6prrcllman Mor.San and unanlmous ly ca:rnled thet Resolutlon
No. 10-54 be adopted.
Resolutlon No. 11-5lr wes also nead, 'r Wlthdr:awing Appllcatlon for State
Asslstancerrr and Resclndlng Rss6lutlon No. 5-5l.+. ft w as rnoved by
Councllman Morganr seconded by Councllman Byrd, that Resolutlon No. 11-54
be adopted and u:eanlmous 1y car"nied on ro11 cal 1 of membens.
A letter. deted Februany 17r 195h, fnom E. R. 8ta111ngs, Courty Manager,
was ::ead by the Clty Clerk, regardlng the s tudy of an economlcal method
of dlsposing of garbage and refuse wlth the county to ::elleve the alr
por lutlon pnoblem. Thene belng no obJectlons the matter was referned
1o the ctty Engtneer and to Mn. Homeo Jo1yr ln cha:rge of the ctty F111,
uith the n6quest that he comply as nearly as Poss lb1e wlth the letterrs
suggestton. Mn. Geo. J. Marn, Clty-Englneer, reported that he had aI-
neady contacted iutr. Ilowell of the tiealth Depa::tment.
Detalled neports fnom the tlbrary and Police Departnent and the nealth
Departmentr for the month of JanuarXr were read. Corlnc l1man Atwater
pnalsod t(re Po11ce Department fon the excel,Lent Job they dld tn handllng
the trafflc and panklng at the dedlcatlon of the Peninsula Hospltal,
on Sundayr February 28, ulth partlcular mentlon of the outstaldlng work
of the AAxtftany Pollcemen. PoLlce Chlef 'Iheuer. stated that he had
wrltten a letter: to the Mlllbnae Police Depa:rtment thanking them for
thelr. asslstance and cooperetlon ln handllng the cnowed at the
dedlcatlon exerclses.
Newly appolnted Flre Chlef Moonby made a shont venbal r'eport for hls
d'epartment.
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confer ulth Clty Engineer Manr and the State Dlvlslon of Hlghways.
the questlon on the use of the tsayshore Plumbing C,.mpany propenty now
hetng used as a Rental Buslness was dlscussed. ThE Police Depar:tment
had mado an lnvesttgatlon and a nepont. Clty Attor"ney Kanmel had ad-
vlsed Mrs. Coe, City Tneasurenr to issue a business llcense. Irlayon
Simonds nequested the Actlng Clty Attonney to funther" look lnto the
matter and to have a neport fon those intenested.
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The following Resolutlons, /presented and authonlzing the lssuance of
bonds in vanious amounts to be voted upon at a Special Electlon held
on Apnl1 13, l-95br
Resolutlon No. l2-5\t fon Bgnds ln the amount of $2351000. fon the
constnuetlon of a Swirmtng Pool at Washlngton PaIrk"! was lntnoduced by
Councllman Bynd, s econded byC or:ncllman Mongan and unanlmously cannl"ed.
Cor:ncllman Bynd pnefaced hls motlon wlth a few nemanks on the subJeet.
Ee thanked lvlr.s. R. G. Costa, Mr. Ed Llncoln, Recneatlon Supervlson
and the Recr.eatlon Conrnlsslon fon theln untlnlng wonk ln complling
data and ngeessary materlal fon such a proJect. Mayon Simonds lntno-
duced Mro. 0"can fhayen, ar:ehltect and Local nesldeirt who had offeredhls senvlces to the gnoup to dnaw up eost estlm.etes neganding the poo1.
Sevenal questlons were asked and thene was some discussion on the sub-ject fnom the f1oon. Mn, Ed Llncoln and Mp. Oscar Thayen and membensof the Councll answer"ed questlons pentainlng to the swlmmlng pool.
Resolutlon No. 13-5l.+, proposlng the lssuance of bonds in the amount of
#551000. fon the constnuctlon of a bnanch Flne Statlon east of the
Soulhenn Paclflc nailnoad tnacks $35r000.00 and the punchase of
nec6ss(tt3y equlpment fon the same in the amount of $30r000r wBS lntno-
duced by Cor:ncllman Love, seconded by Councllnan Atwater and unanl-
mously carr'led on noll call. Councllman Iove told of hls endeavor,for the past flve years, to have sueh a statlon east of the tnacks to
pnoteet that area in case of erosslngs belng blocked by the tnalns.
Resolutlon No. 1l+-54, proposing the lssuanco of bonds 1n the amount
of $l+1r000 fon the addltton to the Pollce Statlon, was intnodueed by
Ccunellman Atwaten, seconded by CouneLlmah Bynd and unanlmously
carnled on no11 ca1l.
Resolutlon No. a5-5r+, proposlng the lssuanco of bonds ln the amount of
$eeOr000. for the modennlzatlon and enlanglng of the pnesent City Hal1r
wes lntrodueed by Mayon Slmonds, who tur"ned the Chain oven to Councilman
Love, seeonded by Councllman Waten and unanlmously earrled on ro11 ca1l.
Mayon Slmonds pnefaced hls lntnoductlon of the R6s61ut1on wlth a few
r.emanks on the-neeesslty fon enlanglng and modennlzing the Clty Hall
to be able to lnclude the Englneerlng Dspsntment and th-e_ Butlding
fnspecton, now housed ln a fine trap-on Pnlmnose Road. IIe also il€rr-
tioned the necesslty of betten r:oqt noom facllities fon the women
employees in the Clty Ha1l and lnvited lnspectlon of the pnemlses to
conflnm hls nemanks.
Resolutlon No. t6:54, pnoposlng the lncnease of Councilmen eompensatlonto *25.00 pen Councll meetl.ng, but not to exceed ff100.00 fon any
calendan month, was intnoduced by Councllman Mongan, seconded by
Councilman Love and unanlmously canrled on ro11 ca11. Thene i,qas some
d:-scusslon on the subject from tb.e f1oon, whlch bnought up the questlon
of havlng a Clty Manager or Clty Adminlstnator type of govennment.
Remaks and questions fnom the floon on the subjecb were made by r'lns.
C. E. Ilusch, Mn. R. Bnoback, I"ir. John Hafstadt, Iorr, Jameg Hlmmel,
fonmer Mayon and Clty Councllman Henbent Hannls, fln. John Koolstfa
and Mn. W. J. OtConnell, who gave lnfonmatlon as to the dutles of
the Clty Managen and Clty Admlnlstnator and the dlfference between
the two positlon.s
Resolutlon No. 17-54, ttDirectlng the placlng on the ba11ot at the
speclal eleetlon thafi the City Councll of the Clty of Burllngame appolnt
"-city Adminlstnatortt lras *oold by Councllman Iovee seconded by
Councllman Bynd and unanlmously carnied on rofl ca1l.
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Unden New Buslness, nctlng City Attonney Binness Kanmel was requestedto amend Ondlnance No. 5'l+, to ellmlnate a STOP slgn at Bennal Avenue
and Hl11slde Dnlve fon westbound tnafflc, upon a motlon of Councllman
Bynd, seconded by Councllman Mongan, and unanlmously aecupted on no11
eall of member:s.
Hanvey E. Johnson, 112 Vlctonla Road, Bunllngame, No. 1o.p the e1lglbIe
1lst fon the positlon of Flne Captalnr BS of Manch 1, 1954r was pnoposed
by Councilman Love, seconded by Councllman Atuater and unanlmously
carnled on no11 ca1I.
Ifendell W. ivlason, ll22 Cabnlllo Avenue, Bunllngame, No. 2 on the eliglble
lls't fon the posltlon of Flne Captaln, as of Mar"ch 1, l-95l+, was pnoposed
by Councllman Love, seconded by Councilman Bynd and unanlmously
carrled on noll eaLl.
Mrs. Leona Clark, Pnesldent of the Burllngame Chamben of Commer"ce and
Mr. J. OtBrien, d.irecton, were intnoduced and also Mn. Paul Lechleh,
Llbnarlan.
Mayon Slmonds nead an snnouncement statlng that he would not be a
candldate fon ne-electlon at the comi.ng electlon on April 13. He ox-
pnessed hls appreetatlon fon the pnlvllege of servlng as Mayon and
Councllman of the City of Bunllngane fon the past elght years and also
fon the eoopenatlon of the othen membens of the Counc11, He concludedhls statement wlth hls decislon to devote hls tlme as Tnustee on the
Junlon College Boand. Councllman Atraten, Love, Bynd and Morgan, eachln tunn spoke of theln negnet at hls leavlng and pnalsed his untlnlngeffor"tl and enthuslasm fon Bur"llngamets pnograessr Mayon Slmonds lntno-
duced hls wife, Mns. ManJonie Slmonds, ai hls partnen 1n al-1 the
pnoJects he had been glven cnedlt fon,
There belng no funther buslness, the meetlng was negalanly edJour"nedat 1'l :15 P.M.
Respectf rl1Iy s ubmltted,
HERBERT K. WHITECity Clenk
APPROVED:
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U. S. Slmonds, Jn. Ma
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