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Bld bonds accompanied theClty Englneen and to theto the Clty CounclL.
A letter dated Aprtllng the followlng ell
Comnlgg16t '
A regulan meeting of the Bunllngame Clt
above glven date. Meetlng called to or
Slmonds ln the Chain,
Burll.ngame - Callfornla.
Aprtl 19, 1954.
y Councll was held on theder at 8:00 P. M. - Mayor
$8, e5o. es
going. The blds u€re referred to theAttorney fon revlew and reeommendatlon
RoI1 Ca1l,: Present - Councilmen: Atwater.-Byrd-Love-Morgan(8:05PM)
and Slmonds.Absent - Councilmen: None
The mLnutes of the prevlous meetlng of Aprl1 5, L954, as submltted to
members of the Councll, were unanlmously approved and adopted on mo-tlon of Councl.l-man Atwaten and seconded by Councllnan tove.
Blds on the resurfaclng of seeondary stneete, 1.6. portlons of New-lands Avenue, C;rpress Avenue, Ceatral Avenue, Carol Avenue and EastCarol Avenue, duly adventlsed and scheduled fon submlssLon on thlsdate, were opened errd read as foLlows:
Item Quantlties 1-10 Inc1us.
Douglas & Woodhouse
Redwood Clty, Cal1f.$BrB?4. bo
Kunz PavLng Company
San Mateo, Callf.$9r a56. ?s
Bragato Pavlng Company
Belmont, Callfornia.$Br 9ag.Ib
L. C. Smtth.
San Mateo, CalLf.
fore
Clty
16, L954, was need from the Clty CLerk, announc-g1ble llsts as submltted by the Clvi1 SenvLee
G?oundsm&rr - Robent L. Russell, 2175 El Camlno Real, Sag Mateo
utlllW Man - Lee II. Terny, L4zL BenLto Avenue, Burli.ngame
A letten dated. Aprll 16, 1954, vras road f?om G. J. Manr, Dlrector ofPubllc $91k_s_, ^199ue9_tlng appolntments for the followlng- cLassifloa-tlons: (1).uttllty Man to fil1 an exlsting vacancy ln f,he street De-partment, (2) &?oundsman to fllL an exLsttng vacaftcy in the park De-partrnent, Coun-cL1*l^nf19 moved that Lee W. Terry, the next eliglbleon the establlshed ellgtble lLst, bo appolnted, efi'ectlve May 1r-Lg54,subJect to the_passlng of a satLsfactony medicil examl"natlonl seconde;lby Councl-Iman Iove and unanlmous}y carrl.ed.
Robert L. Russell, No. 1 on the eLtgtble List for tlre posltlon ofGroundsman, was unanlmously appolnted on rnotLon of CouircLlman Bynd,seeond.ed by Councllman Love, the appointment to become effectlvb Uay1, 1954 and subject to the passlng of a satlsfactory med.ical examln-atLon.
A letten dated Aprll 16, 1954, was read fir.om G J. Marr, Dlnector ofPubll9 gof{!r -adv_lsing-that the proposed abandonment of the southenlyend of Valdlvla Tf"{- wtl1 necessltate the readJustlng of exlsttng utli-ltles and necommendLng that the Ctty not be oUHgat6a for the edstthat wlIl be nequlred. Upon lnqulny ofithe Coun611, Dlnecton of pub-Ilc llforks Marn advlsed that the cost would approxlmit" $trooo.oo.-CounclL$an Lo19 uoved the passage of ordtnancL No. ssor "eirtttled rDe-
4?ol*g Intentlon to Vacate a Portlon of Valdtvla Wayr'A Pub1lc Street,Yhlch PontLon tles Genenally Between Lots 28 and 29r-nlock 1?, "nJf-ot65, Block 19, Ray Pank Subdivislolr Burllngarne-, CalifornLan ana iixfngMey 17, 1954, I otclock P. M. at the Councll Charibers of the cfty-Coui-cll in the Ctty of Bunllngame at the time and place for a heanln! on
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the proposed vacatlon of sald portlon of VaLdivla Vlay. the motlon
was seconded by CounclLman Bynd and unanlmously carrLed.
A letter dated Apr1l 15, 1954, was read fnom R. C. Thaner, Chlef of
Poli.ce, advlslng that a trafflc survey, as noquested by ttre BurlLn-
gene Gate Impnovement Club, ls pnesently beJ.ng conducted and & r€coxl-
mendatlon w1lL be submltted-at a laten date. The comrmrnLcatLon was
recelved, and placed. on f[Ie.
A letten dated Aprl L L2, 1954, was nead from the &rllngane Clty Plan-nlng ComnrLssLon, advlsLng that subsequent to a meetlng held Apntl gth,
1951, Lt was necommend,ed that the Clty Councll aocept the fLnal mapof nflllls Estate No. 1, conditlona3. upon the exeoution by the subdlv-ld.er of an agneement fo:r the detalled design, locatlon end construc-tlon of euch dnalnage stnuctureg as may be recommend,ed by the CttyEnglneer and dlnected. by the Clty Councl1.
A letter dated Aprl1 16, 1954, was al-go read from the Citlzen Engln-eerlng Advlsory Cornmlttee, reeommendlng the acceptance of the ru&prsubJect also to tho above condltlon.
A Letter dated Aprll 15, 1954, was read f?om w1lsey & Eam, Englneers,for the development of irltts Estate, advLslng that the develofiershave Ihl1y complled wlth pnovlslons ln the Clty of Bunlklgamers OndLn-anoe No. 541, and requestLng that the Counell approve the Etnal Sub-dlvlslon Map of M1119 Estate trIap No. I.
Qges!toned by members of the Councl1, Actlng Clty Attorney Kanmel ad-vlsed that a sLgned agree&ent has not as yei Ueen returneE by the sub-dlvlden end due to lts absence he would not recommsnd acceptance ofthe map at thls tlme.
Questlons raised by lt[n. James ]Ilmmel, relative to proposed, deeds,stneet pattens and the constructlon of hlghway slgnall at the appro-prlate lntersec!1onlr were answened. satlsiactbrlly uy the Actln!'CftyAttorney, the Clty Englneen and Mn. Hsm.
Counollman Byrd moved that action be wlttrheld untll the document ofA-greement ls recelved and. a_special meetl.ng may be scheduled. to ftrn-then conslden the matten. The motlon was SecoLded by Councilman Loverand unanlmously camled.
A Letter dated Aprl1 5r - 1954, was read from [tns. F. R. Shutes , 1444E1 Canlno Real, requeslftg the removal of a frugh "ton" pl11ar'ri-ifr"entnance to the_property 4"_t- l1rely precautl.oi. Counei.lman Byrd -
moved that the DL::ector of publ.tc Wirrks be Lnstnucted. to removla tfrestoae plllars on both sldes of EI CamLno Real ln that vtclnliy, ,""-onded by councllman Atwaten and utrentmousLy carnled.
A letten dated' Aprll 8, 1954, receLved, from ttre Garden Study Club ofthe Penlnsula, requesting conslderatlon in the retalnlng "d tfr"-ireesln the development of tha Ml11s Estate, wes referred to the Clty &gln_AAh
A letten dated Apr"tl 8r-.19?4r wes read from the Board. of SupervLsonoof sari Mateo county, a&tr*ln! th.at th; englneenrng firm of Allen En-glneenlng Assoclates, r19., has been empldyed to Eonauct a su"v"y orthe ga-r"bage ry-d-I?ryse-dlsposaJ..pnognami withtn the county to aef,en-mine the feaslbtllty or, lnitttuting*a moaern-str#; or aripo."i-*r,icr,will be of beneflt to aLl of the eitles as weli as to th;-;;i;"oopor-ated' area of the county. The communlcatton requestea tfr" Citt-c;;;-cl1 to nefen the above- _englneers to the proper offlclaLs of tire ailyto facllLtate thelr wonk ind trg! gpon suunisslon or-tn" prellmlnaryreport, copies w111'be'made avaLlabie fon revlew to each. clty prton!o -1 !otn-t-meetlng.ol!h repnesentatlveg of each city. sr,p""vlsor E.R. McDonald, ln attendance, yas reguested by M;y;i binona! to "orr"ycounell apprecLatlon to th6 Bgard of suprrvisori for the actlon taken.The communlcatlon was neferned to the city nnsine.r.
A letter dated lpnll lgr^ 1954, . w&s read. from the San Mateo CountyJunlor Museum, rn-co, ofierlng'to rerd"o ""slstance to the developmentof the Ml11s cneek lroJect "d3ac"ni-to- tr." Ray pank subd.lvls1on. ?hecrry cle:r'k uas requlst6d to r6nwaro a-cJpy or tho conmunlcatlon toeach memben of the Recneatlon CommissLon.
Reports for the monttr of Manch, 1954, rocelved from the Pollce Depant-
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mentr the Flrg Department, the HeeLth Department and the Depantmentof Publlc wonksr were read and ord,er.ed placed on flIe.
Ordinarrce No. 5492_ entitLed-nAn Ordinance Amerd,lng Sectlon 1gO4,eftiqle 50, Part x, of the 0rdlnance code of the drty of Bunrlo6*"Dlvtdlr:g the Clty Into Dlstrlcts By Provldlne for The Eilasslflcdtlonof Certaln Aneas of Land, Wttkrln the Clty" wal glven second. readlng.Councllman tove moved the passage of Ordinance-No. E4g, seconded 6yCouncilman Atwater and unanimously ad,opted by the fol,lowlng vote:
allEs ; councllmen - Atwatep-lypd-Love-Morgan-slmond.s
NOES: Councllmen - None
A letter dated *,pnll 16, Lg54, was nead f?om E. L. tincoln, Recne_ltlon Superlnt_endent, nequesting authorlzatlon to purchase a safefor the use of the Recreatlon Deparhasp!. The cornilunicatlon was r€-fenned to theFlnanee commlttee oi trre councl1.
Cfby^Engl-neen- ryar! reported that subsequent to a revlew of the blds::eceived on thls d,ate, fon the nesurfacing of a_portlon of the Cityrs
:::o|d"Iy stneets, it was rocornmended tnaf, the lbw btd submlitea-Uythe J,. C. Smith Comparty, be accepted. Councllman Atwater introduc6dand moved the passage 6i Resolution No. _zg:sa;--autiiorf zfng-the-ntryo"to execute an. agneement wlth the t. c. $mlth 6omt""t for the resur-faclng.of portions of Newland,s Avenue, Q-lrpresg aventep Central Avenue,carol, Avenue and East carol_Avenue, rn ilr'e totaL roro"it-ii;-$e]eig]es.?he motlon was seconded by councirfirn nyna ,rra "a"Jtia ,-;"h;""ii. o"ro11 call of members.
cLaims, Nos, o16g - ESog lncruslve, ln the aslount or $+trrL51.?r,du1yaudlted, were approved and warnanti ondened d.nawn o; ih;'Ci6'iiJiu""Vfon th6i.r respectlve amounts on motlon of Cor.mcllman Love, seeonded byCor:ncllman Bynd and unanlmousl.y cannled.
Paynol1 warrants for the mglth of Manch, Lg54, I{os. 7Lo4 - ?465 Lnc}us-Lver-1n the amount or $sJ.rL24.2] , *"1r"-lppnoved on motlon of Councll-man Iove, seconded by Councilman Byrd ""b"*"rir""rry carnled.
Students from the Student Councll of Burllngame High Sehool were ln-troduced and weleomed by Mayon slaonds on b6ha1t of trre couac11.
Reg Moorby, past Pnesldent of the Burlingame Clvi1 Senvlce ElnployeesAs_soclatlon, addressed- Mayon $imonds, "rrE "orru;y;e ;h" appneclatlonof ]|u employees for the toopenatlon'recelvea'ifr.*o"jiio"t the pastelght yeers he has served trrb crty of Buril"s.**
supervlsor MoDonald complimelled Mayor _simonds on hLs outstand.lng sop-vlce to the cLtlzenry 9i Bur1lngan"""rra-pantlcui;"6-expressed hleappreciatlon for CounclL acti.vtiles ln connectLon witrr Clvl1 Defmse.
councllman Love announced tI*! contrary to a newspaper artlcle that heintends to r"esl.gn f:rom the cltv aolxr;li, lt was rri,s-aesrne to contlnueto serve in the-best interests-of trre-city. -vErrv vv 'v,*t'J
Mayor slmonds also stated that whlle netLnlng offlclally, it was hislntentlon to perform sueh servlce-;a ili uen5rlt irr" crty of Burlln-gamels progresg.
w. H. Diederlchsen, memben of the Planning ConmLsslon; Ilflrs. CharlotteJohnson, memben of the Llbnary Board.; Idr. James Himmel, pnesldent ofthe tsu:rllngame-ctvtc_rmproveml'lt club; rormer-!-"1i""";. Heruert llapls;Mr. Cynus McMlLlan, past Fresld.ent nurttng*,t Cni*ien or Commerce;
Lxo:'-Key Burt, Burllngame Merctrelt; superirsor E. R.-McDorrald and tri[]is.Patnlcla Argor . each -cdnveye{ -thein'p""io"*i "ugaia-'io' netln1ng Mayorslmonds and extended best-wlehes to'tie new3.y Ei"Jt"a gouncllmen:
rP"Tg beLng no f\rttrer busLnessr the meetlng was regulanly ad.Jourrred,at 10:20 P.M. to meet Ttresday, Apnil zo, ts5+, "t-zigb p.M. to canvassthe Munlclpal ELectlon neturns.
OVED:
. SIMONDS,
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Respe ctf\rlly submlt ted
HERBffiT WHITEa
I\4AYOR
.t CITY CTERI(