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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1955.06.06292 A neguLar meeglven d.ate.the Chaln. Bunltngarao - Callfornla Jr:ne 6, ]g55 ttng of the Burllngame Clty Councll was held on the above Meetir€ caLled to order at B:00 p.m. - Mayor Mongan la FI,AG SALUTE 81L1y Towle and Mlokey Coohn&nor membens of IIoy Seout Iroop lilo. 10, Burllngame, led all ln the Councll Chanrbens ln the PJ.ed.ge of Alleg- lance to the flag. . INVOCATION At the lnvltatlon of Mayor Monganr, the Reverend. Mynon Eenrell, Pastor,Flnst Methodlst Chur.eh, Bun3.lngame, gave the lnvocatlon. ROLL CALL CounoLLmen: Presentt Byrd-Jotrnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayen Absent: None MII\TUTES PNEVIOUq }METTNC The mlnutes of the prevl-ous meetlng of May 15, 1955, as submitted to members of the Councll, ware unanl-mously approved and adopted on motlon lntroduced by Councllman Bynd and. second.ed by Councilmen Thayer. BIDS Mayor Mongan announced that thLs was the time set, pursuant to publlsh- ed notlee, for tha opening of blds fon work and. improvements to Street Lightlng Dlstrlct No. 1. fho foLlowlng blds $Iere thereupon opened, and, declared to be as folLows3 IteqS 1 through 6 P r ogreg r__E1 e c !r I g_C s! R. FLatland San-EnanclsCo,CaLlfonnla Frarrk Electrlc Co. fnc. Eayr^rarile aIIf or.nfa Marshall ELectrlc Co. San -Can1os, OdIff oinla. Eal1 Sloat Electnlc Co. Inc. Oakland, Callfornla. Ets-fiokln & Galvan@1a. Abbet!_Eleclrlc !onp.San Fianclsco, Call?-onnla. Central Eloetnie Company, Inc. San Frenclsco, Callfornlae Jones E1ectrlc Co. Inc. Soott-Buttnen Electrlc Co. $30,8t6.39 2hr9Bo. oo 29 r561+.95 26 r37:..30 30, Bog. 76 331707.A5 36,2O3.96 28,g75.Ll+ 27 ,\31.L3 Inc. an sco,&r 3h,li&8.32 Mannlng & Whltaker San FnancLsco, CaLlf ornle.26 ,285.7t Bond.s aecompanled the foregoing bids. The Clty Englneer and the Clty Attorney wene requestad to revlew thebids and to submlt a reconmendatlon pnl.on to the tertulnatLon of the meetlng on thls dater Don6.dtJa ) iIEARING Ttr6 Olalr announc e aI that thls was the t 1me scheiluled. to conduct a pub- 1lc hearlng relatlve to the annexatlon to the Clty of Burllngams of unlnhablted ter.rltony deslgnated as nskyvlew Ternace.n Ttre Clty At- tor.ney advlsetl of the flllng of a comnnrnlcatl on from Frank B. Inger-soI1, Jr., Attonney, nepnesentLng the petltloners, Walter E. andSylvla Tlromp s on, 1n whlch ths saLd petltloners have consented to havethelr property taxed to pay p:rlo:r andl exlstlng lntlebtedness and 11a-blItty of the Clty of &r:rlLngame. No obJeotlons rats€d frorn thosepresent 1n the aud.lence, antl alL requ1rements havlng been 1ega1"J-y con-st neadlng OHDINANCE NO. o The Ci ty of BurJlngarne kyvlew TErrace. trl fonmed to, Councllman Byrd Lntroduced for fln fr' "An Ordlnance Approvlng tha Annexatlon I0f the Unlnhabltedt Ternltony DoslSnatedl as rS [,UST COI{TROL - UlUs Estete Mayor Morgan statecl that numerous compLalnts have been :receLved. :re1-atlve to thE large accumuLatLon of dust wlthln the northe:rn llmlts ofthe clty, creatEd by the development of the !811s Estate and thet uponhis lnvltatlon, L. E. Welsenberg, reprosentlng the subdlvlden, wasprelrent to rcp3.y to lnqulr:les from complaj.nants. Mr. J. 0. Pecy, 1lJ2 Be rnaL Av€nuo, volced hls dlaappnoval to thedust nulsance. Mr. Welsenberg aalvlsod that the nulsance was aggravated by the hlghveloclty of the wlnds but gavo essunance that waten wag ons would be contlnued to be used. oventime to keep the ar€a watergd. Mr. Welson-berg funther advlsed that lt ls contemplated to pJ.ant the barE areasfrom the foothllls to the boulevard and to construot homes aE qulckly as posslble. COMMI'NJCATIONS: 1. A letter dated May )1, :.-955t was read fnom Ronnle Roberts, request-lng Councll pgr,rrlsslon to palnt street numbors ln the vtclnliy fnonPenl.nsula Avenue, north to Oak Gnove Avenuo and. east of the rellroadt::acks. Counc l1man By"d moved that the Councll consent to the request, seconded. by Councl lnen Rooth and unenlmously carr'le d. 2. A latte:r dated June 3, L955, r.raa read fnom the law flrm of Klrk- b:rlde I Wilson, Ilarzfeld & Wa1laee, submlt tlng a petltlon for the un-dertaklng of agsessment proceedlngs fon the constnuctlon of sanltany ser erage and. wat6r facl1ltles to senve the Lndustnial aree as des-crlbed ln thc petltlon and suggestlng that the Councll dfu:ect theClty, Brglneen to pnoceed wlth ths Erglneerr s Report. C orrnc lIrnan Byrd moved that the Clty Hlglneer be lnstructed to per.fonn the requlred englneerlng detalls, seoondeal by C ouncllman Thayer and unanlnouslyc8rrled. Clty Eeglneer Marr recommended that the Councll sollclt the servLcesof an outslde englneerlng flnn, to :r.elLeve tha eu:::rent heavy wonk sehedulc of the offLce of the Clty Brglneer". The Clty hgl.neor wae requcated to submLt a pnellnlnany report andthe Counell thereaften to determlne the advlsabl3.lty of engaglng out-slda eng5.neering servloos. 3. A letter. detod Junc l, L955t was read fnom the Burllngame CltyPlannlng Commlssion, necomnendlng the foJ"lowlng:- that the namE ofWhttethorne Way be extEnded to the northern extnemlty of the p:resentRolllns Road; the present Ro11lns Road rendmed Marsten Road from thelntensectlon of the new Whltethorne Way to the lnt6rsectLon of the new Bolllns Road, At the request of the Couaollr P1annlng Consultent Mann adlvlsed that lt was not the lntentLon of the Plannlng CormissLonto lntrod.uce new names but mere}y to ellnlnate the presence of twoRolllns Roads. Followlng a short tllscussl,on, the subJect was nefen-red to C ounc Llmslr Byr:d for s tud.y and fu:rther report. [. A lette:: dated June 2t L955 t uas road from the Burllngame FLre C om-mlsslon, rec ommendlng that i.n the lntanost of neducing the nulsance ofburtrlng and to conforqr to pol!.cLcs wlthln sunroundLng comrmmitlos,that all fLres be extlngulshed by 1I:00 AoM. and. that the sectlon wlth-ln the Fllre Pr:eventlon Cotle be amende d as necessary. 294 Questloned by the Councll, trlre Chlof Moonby advised that approxlmate- Iy seventy flve percent of the complalnts recelved are due to resld- ents burnlng papers and boxes ln Lnolnerators dunlng the afternoon hours and a survoy rlthln the Penlnsula anea revealod a naJortty of the cltles prohlbltlng bunnlng afte:r 12 orclock noon. The Clty Attorney was nequest6d to praparo an approprlate ordlnancoln c onf ornrsnce with the rec ommendatl on of ths FLne ColrmLaslon. !. n letter dated May 27, 1955, was read fnom Park Supervlsor F::rncardr subnl, tt lng ths resLgnatlon of Mr. George Il. House, Grourxdsman ln the Pa:nk Deparfuient. llhe reslgnatlon was accepted wlth negnet. 6. A l-etter datod Juno 2, 1955 t uas read. from Dlrector of Publlo Works Iulrrr, advlslng that subsequent to the openlng of blds for tJr e r6sun- faclng of Lorton Avenuel at the last regular neetlng of the Councll, and. upon due conslderation thereafter, lt ls tho rocomnendatlon that the lowest responslble bldder, tlre lowrle Pavlrrg ComPeny, be awa:rdcd. th6 contract and that lten Noo J, ln the amor:nt of $600.00 be d.eleted,to conform to the budgeted anount of $I0r0o0.00. Counc 1lman Byrd moveil concurrence wlth the recomnendatlon and that ttre l.layor be authon- lzed to execute an agreement wlth the Lowrle Pavlng Company, seconded by Counc lInan Rooth and unanlmous Iy carrled. 7. A letter dated June 3, 1955t was read from G. J. Manr, Dlnector of Pub1lc Works, r?eo onmendlng tho acceptancE of tho bld of E. T. Eaas Company, for proposeil lmpnovemrents to the Industrlal Assessment Dls-trtctr-iubmitte&at the last regulan neet!,ng of the Clty Csun l)., wlth the follonlng nevislons: rrThe proJects to be flnancecl by gas tax money 1n the amount of $331391.00 to be deleted from the general contraet and. readvertlsed at a later dete.n The corrlnunlcatlon further ad.vlged that th6 E. T. Eaas C ompany has concur:ned and by such deletlon thetotal bld was thereby reducedl to a total sum of fi335r225.39. A com- rmrntcatlon ttatett May 2L, J-955t fnom the Bunll-ngarne Indas tlrlal Agsoc- latLon, atldressed to the Clty CounclI, recommencled that the bld sub- rnlttod. by E. T. Ilaas, Contr:actor, as revlsed, be accepted. In profaclng a motlon, CounclLman Byrd r.evlewed CouncLl proceedJ.ngs of the past few years ln lts ondeavors to lmpnove the lnclustrlal anea and expressed gratltudd that the p::oJect had pr.ogressed thus far. Counc 1Iman Byrd thereupon moved concurr€nco wlth the r:ecornnendatl on of the D!.rector of PubLlc Works and lnt::oduced and moved the passage ofResolull Nq!-_ r[? --jl u Auard, of Contract for Work ln Brrrllngarae ludus- f,Fla1 Assossment Dlstr lct, Clty of Burllngane, Callforrrlarr seconded by Counc l1man Rooth and adopted unonLmously upon ro11 call of membens. RECESS A five-mlnuto recssg was d.eclarecl by l{ayor Morgaa at 9:00 orcloirk p.m. CAI,L TO ONDEN Ibe neettng ras ca11cd to order by l{ayor Mor:gan at 9s05 p.n' BID AIIARD The Chalr. announc€d that the Clty Engine er and. the Clty Attornsy had r.evLewed and were proparod to subnlt a nec onrnend,atLon on the grantlng of blds for the stneot Llghttng Improvements, Dlstnlct No. 1. Clty Englneer Ma:rr reoornrnended that the contr"act lowest responslble bldden, R. Fl.atLanct, San Franc amount of $2h,980.00. rrAwardlng Contract, R. Flatlantl, Street Llehtlng No. lrr was lntroduced by Councllman Byrd xho b6 1so awarded to theo, Ln the total RESOLUTION NO. mprovemen strlct moved 1ts ed.optlon, seconded by Counc llman Rooth and adopted unanlmous- 1y on ro11 call of members. COMMUNICATIONS ( contlnued ) 8. A letter dated May L6, 1959, lias read f::om Aubrey GIenB, Clrairrnan Pank Commlsslon, r€connendlng that e survey and en appralsal be mad.e of undeveloped ci-ty propenty on Gabnillo Avenuo, rlthln tho Ray Park Sub-dlvlslon, to facllltate a sale, the pnoceeds of whloh may be used 1n the ftnanclng of the development of the }.funlclpel Durp. Councllman Johnson 295 moved that the Clty Englneer be authorlzed to complete a survey artd to obtaln an appralsal of the above mentloned property, seconded by Councllman Rooth and u.nanlaous ly carnled. At the :?equost of the Clty Engtneer, a perlod of slxty days was granted. 1n whlch to subnlt flnddngs anil to report to the Clty Councll. 9. Recelpt of a c ornratni c atl on, dated May L3t 1955 t togethen wlth a Contract between the Clty of Bur'Ilngame and the Charib 6lr of Commerce, for: an adverti.slng appnopniatlon for the year July 1, 1955 - Juire 10,L956, In the anount of $2rl+00.00, was acknowlefued.. RESOLUTION NO.Authorlzlng the Mayor to &reeute an Ag:reement e nga1n6 Byrd, who movedl lts passager seconated by Counc Llman Rooth and unan- lrnously adoptedl on :ro11 celI of members. Jog. OtBr{.en, President of the Chamber of Connorco, thanked the rnenr- bens of the CounclL for thelr cooperatlon anal expressed the w1111ng- ness of the menberE of the Charnber of Cormerce to continue lts pro- gnam of advertislng the Clty of Burllngane. 1O. A letter. dated June L, 1955, was road from the San Mateo C ounty Anee Counc11, Boy Scouts of Am6rlca, expresslng appneciatlon for the cooperatLon rscelvod by ths City of Burllngane, through lts CttyElcctrlclen and the Executl.ve Dt:recton of the Chariber of Connerce durlng the necent Scout-O-Bama festlvltles. Ihe Clty Cle rk was ln- str:ucted to acknowledge the letter of comrnendatlon. 11. A letter deted June 31 1955r was !:ead fnom the Burl lngame Chambenof Commerce, presentlng a copy of a brochure cu:rr.entIy belng nalletlto 21000 terurls onthusiasts throughout the Unlted Statos, Mexlco andHawall. Mayor Morgan on behalf of the Council, expressed appreclatlonto the Chamber of Comme:ree for the lmportant part that organlzatlon ls taklng ln bringing the Paclflc Coast Juni or Hard. Court Tennls Champ- lonshlps to Burll.ngame. REPORTS OF OFFICERS July 1, 1955 and Erd Chamben of Conrre nce fon the Flscal Yea:: Beginnlnglrg Jnne 30, L956, was l"ntroduced by Counc l1man Reponts from the Department of Fubllc llealth and Welfare, and. the Recreatlon Departnrnt for the Month of AprL1, L955, wera' aclmowledged and p}aced on flIe. A raport dated June 6, 1955 r was read from G. J. Ma:rr, Dlrector. ofRrbllc Wonks, on an lnvestlgatlon made Ln respons€ to a protest en-tered by Vlctor L. and Itla Tlbbetts on an assessment for the repaLr3of the sldewalk along th6 ln propenty at Rhinette Av6nu6 and Callfor-nla Dnlve. The report :related that a revlslon was made from the on-lglnaI assossment of $11+8.42 to $fe8.9tf. councllman Byrd moved. thatthe report be accepted, soconded by Councllman Rooth and unanlmousLy cannl ed. NESOLUTIONS None ORDINANCES - Adoptlon Ondlnancg No. 5Q9- rrAmendl ng the Ord.lnance Cod.e of the City of Bur-h eld Safety; And Pno-llngarne; CraatIfu a Commlsslon of ?ubI1c Eealt vldlng for Organizatlon, Terrrs of lts Meribers, Offlcers, Powere andDrtlesr was glven seoond roadlng. CouncLlman Byrd moved the passageof Ordlnance I{o. 589, seoondod by Counc ll.nan Rooth and adopted by - the follorlng vot6: Ayea: Councllmen: Byrd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayer Noes: Councllmen: None Abs ent Councllmen: None Ondlnanco No. 59q rrAn Ordlnance Re peallng SectLons 620, 62L,62IanC64-ofTEe ordLnance Code of the City of Burllngame Ad.optlng New Sectlons 620,62L,622,623 anal 621+, CreatlnS aUtl1ltles Corurhlsslon, Provldlng For Its Organlzatlon, Terms Membeng r OffLcers, Power.s and DutLes and Repeallng A11 Pants Sald Cod.e ln Confllct Therewithrr was glven second readlng. 622, And Publ1oof Itsof the Counc l1man 296 Byrd moved the adop tlon of Or"dlnance No.secondod by Councllman Thaye r: and ailopted by the f oTlowlng--vote : Ayes: Councllmen: Byrd-Johnson-Mongan-Rooth-Thayer Noes: Councllmen: None Absent Councilmen: Nons ORDINANCE NO.91 rrAn 0 rdlnarne Anendlng Sectlons 501, 608, 635 anale of the Clty of Burllngane By Increaslng theo+e rd Seo, nance Cod. llumb er of M€mbers of the Clvl1 Senvlce ComnlssLon, The F!.r, e Comrnission,the Recreatlon Commlsslon and the Pank CornnlsgLon From trtve l.femberg to Seven Membe:lg Eachrr was glven seoond read.ing. CounolLman Byrd movedthe atloptlon of Ordlnanc o No. 591, seconded by Councl}nan TLayel andatloptsd by the followlng vote: Ayes: Councllmen: Byrd.-tohnson-Mor"gan-Rooth-ftrayer l{oes; CouncLlmen: Nons Abs€nt Councllmen: Sone COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councl lman Johns on.(a) ReconmendatLon that the contract betreen the R€creatlon Departmentand tho San Mateo Unlon lllgh SchooL Dlstrlct to extend the us6 of fac-llltles wlthout a transfer of firnds between the tuo tax supported agen-cles, be accepted. Councllman Jof ResoLutlon No. !0, rrAutho::lzl b y Counc {1man Byrd and unanS.mous Iy ad.opted on rol-l- caJ.l of membeng. (b) Recornnendatlon that th6 cot a'mlcatton recelved. from the Rso::eation Comrnisslon advls lng of the durtallment of necneatlonal actLvitles forlthe remalnden of the current flscal y€al?, bs referred. to the CorrnclL Budget Comnlttee. olueson lntnodueed and moved the passage ng the Exeeut lon of Ag::eementrr seconded the request frorn the Burllngsme Impnovement eo plantlng progren be malntalnecl by the Clty, Comcrlsslon, and the Impnovemant Clubs Councll (c) Reeonnrendatlon th Club s Councll that a be neferred to the Pa be so notlfled. attr ::k Councllman Rooth. (a) Progress nepontflscal year.. on the study of the budget for: ths forthcornlng (b) An .0.ff-St:reet Perklng Commlttee meetlng soheduleal for Frlday, JuneLO, 1955t at whlch tlrne a survoy neport r1LI Ue necetved from Ei.6n,Wlss and AssocLates. Councl lnan Thayen (a) Report on a recent Jolnt Cltlog Clvll Defense meetlng and a t6stalarm contempLatod ln the near. futu:re. (U) Chanrb er of Comne rcs cooperatlon ln sponsorlng a candldlate to par-tlclpate ln the San Mateo County Flesta ttDneam Glrltt contest. UNF]NISIIED BUSItrESS 1. Councllman Byrd moved. c oncurrenco wlth a recommendatlon, pr"ovi.ously submlt ted. by the Chlef of Po11c6, that-a two-houn parklng 1lrnlt bE estab-llsheil wl thln the J00 block on Occldental Avenue, anal that the CLty At-torney be lnstructed to pnepare an approprlate ondlnencE. the motlon was seconded. by Councllman Johnson and. unanlmously ca:rrled. 2. Mayor. Morgan announced that Thunsday, June 9th, the Don Sherrood Show, T. V. Statlon KGO, would p:revlew the Annual Calvacads Parado tobe sponsor:ed by the Br.oadway DeveJ.opment AssoclatLon, Jun6 L2, L955. 3. In the matter of the Pollce Departrent Shootlng Range, Mayon Mor gan ed.vlsed that under the sponsonshl"p of the Bur llngame Llonrs C1ub, a p:'oflt of $750.00 was reallzatt fnom the pr.oceedJ of a Rurunagesa1e, to be used ln furtherlng the Shootlng Range ProJect. 297 Iqrs. Jos. Doughonty, 1701 Broadway, reported an alleged dralnago condttlon on pnoperty ouned by her on tos Moatee and Hlllsltls Dnlve. Followlng a short dLscusslon, I{ns. Doherty Has requested to confer wlth C ouncllman Byrd. ADJOUNNMENT TLre meetLng was negularlY 8dJ Fr'lday, Jun6 10th, 1)$$, at 8 NEW BUS INESS A,PPROVED: L.. MORG MAYOR ourne d at 9:l+O p.m. to be contlnued :00 orclock p. m. Respectfully submltted HENtsERT K. WTIITE CITS CIERK