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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1955.06.2030t) Burllngams - June 2O, CaIlf o::nla r-955 A regulan meetlng of the Bur.llngame Clty CounclL was he1d. on the abovoglven date. Meetlng called to o::den at 8:00 p.m. - Mayor. Morgan lnthe Chalr. FLAG SALUTE Stanley Nlelsen and Keith Srnlth, Cu Chambers In the Salute and Pledge o couts, led all ln the Counclllleglance to the FIag. rrAcceptlng BtcI The Advance-Star and Authorlzing Sald Ag:reementrt was introduaod by Counc 11man to publlsh-of the Clty The fo11ow- bsfA INVOCATION Councllnen: Pre sent - Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-Thayen Absent - *eetU$1r\ Councllman Byrd, absent from the clty, was excused. on motLon of Coun- cl1man Rooth and seconded by Councllman ThayEr. MINI'TES PREVIOUS MEETINGS Ihe mlnutes of June 6, 1915, as submltted to members of the Counc11, were unanlmously approvsd and ad.opted. on motlon of Councllman Rooth arrd secondod. by Councllman Johnson. The mlnutes of the ailJ ourned meetlng of Juno LO, L955, as submlttealto mombe:rs of the Councll, were unanlmously app:roved and adopted on motlon of Councllman Rooth and seconded by Councllman Johnson. BIDS (A) I,,EGAI PUBI,ICATIONS The Chalr announc e tl that ttrls wes the time sched.uled, punsuant topubllshed notlce, for the openlng of bids for the publ.lshlng of Iega1 notlces for the year JuIy 1, 1955 to June 30, 1956. The fol-lorIng bld was the:reupon opened and declared to be as follows: The Ad.vance-Star lst lnse:rtl on 2nd lnsert. Bur'llngame, Callforn 1a $1 .!0 per squa:.o 90y' per sq. RESoLUBoN No. 53-55the Mayon to trbcecute Rooth, who moveil lts passage, secondod by Councllman Bhayen and ad.opted unanlmously upon no1l call of members present. BT DS (B) AIIDIT OF ACCOI,NTS ltre Chal:r announc ed that thls was the time set, pursuant ed notlce, to necolve blds for the audlt of the ac countsof Bunllngam€, for the flscal yean endlng Juno 30, 1955.lng blds were opened and declaned as followsi John G. Msddux 261 B stneet, San Mat6o, Callfornla.$1, ooo. oo Roblnson, , Nowel1 & Co. Crocken Bulldln g San Fnancl sco, Callfornla.$ gz5.oo C. J. Uhlenberg & Co. 11O Sut te:r Street, San FnancL sco, Callfornla.91, eoo. oo WllLeford & Wlltshire 1833 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, Ca.J- Lfonnla.$ sz5.oo Upon due conslderatlon of blds submlt ted, the ffum of Roblnson, Nowell & Co., was awarded the bld for the annual audlt of accounts, 1n the At the Lnvltatlon of Mayo:: Morgan, the Revenend ltlyron Herre11, Paston,Flnst Methodlst Church, Burllngame, gave the lnvocatlon. ROLL CALI,: 301 amount of $925.00, on motlon of CouncllmaD Rooth, seconded by Councll- man Thayer and unanl.mously carnled.. PNOPOSED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 1955.1955 At the nequest of Mayon Mo:rgan, Councl lmart Rooth, ChaLnman Councll Budget Commlttee, announced the completlon of a ten budget ln the amount of $111971903.00, and a t€ntatlve tax one hundred. do11ar assessed valuation as follows; ofttatlrate he ve per Gencral Fund Panks Rec reetl on Llbrary Flood Control Ratlnement Bonds and Interost $ .e5 .Lg .10 .16 .10 .19 .08 $ r.z3 Co,,rr," f f."r, Rooth moved that a pub1lc hearlng on the tontatlvg L955-56 budget be schedul.ed ?uesday, June 28, L955, at 8:00 orclock,p.m., Councll Chambors, Clty EaI).. the motlon was seconded by Coun- c1Iman Joh:rs on and unanlmousJ.y carled. I,layor Mongan commended Councl lrnan Rooth and members of the Councll" Budget Comnlttee r' on' the hourg of personal tlne donat€tl, and ln the pnompt preparatlon and submlsslon of the tantatlve budget. The Chab requested that the Comrnlt tee contlnue to f\rnctLon for the nemahderof the year and that a-study b6 made of those butlget ltems requested by ilepartment haad.s that w6r6 necsssary to delete ln the prepanationof the cur.rent bufuet. ?o substantlate the proposed tentatLve lncrease ln the 19 55-L956 b.ud-get and ln the tax r.ate, Mayor Mongan r.oporteal on several maJor 1t€ms lnclude tl: a. Purchase of a portlon of the abandoneal Sarr Franclsco Munlclpal Ral lway rlght-of-way;b. Impr"ovements to the comfort statlons wlthln the Washlngton Park arealc. Creatlon of the str.eet of Carmellta Avenuo aB an artenlal andthe lnstallatlond. Pu::chase of addltwlthln the Clty p e. M:nlclpal electlof. Sal.ary Lncreasesot 5%i and,g. Ttre ellmlnatlon of all br:rnlng by the establlshment of a flI1 Bnd cover method at the !funlclpaI Dump. COT,IMUNICAT] ONS 1. A letter dated Jun6 ].6, 1955t was reed f:rom G. J. Manr, Dlrectonof Pub1lc Works, subrdttlng fon Cotrncll approval, a copy of F1ans and Speclflcatlong for th6 constructLon of a storm dralnage channel alongthe Southenn Paclftc r.lght-of-way from Llncoln Avenue to Gnove Avenuo. The 6?ralr advLsed that the above constructlon 1s a portion of an ov6?-all plan for. lmpr.ovements to the Cltyls storm dratnage system andthe ten c€nts levy proposed ln the tentatlve tax rate sha1l be appllectto a portLon of the lrnpnovemant. of a traffic a lgna1 ilonal electrLcal pouer for resld.entlal areas nesent].y wlthout adequate street ltghtlng;n to be held 1n lprtl, 1956;to clty ernployees In the approxlmate amount In response to the Chalrls request, DLnecton of hrbllc Wonks Marr,refe::r:ed to, and lllustrated on a rrElood. Cont:ro1 Dnalnage Maptr pre- pared. by the f lr'rn of Adamson and Jenksr Santta:ry Consultlng Englneens, Apn11, 1954, the pnoposed lmprovements to the slx maln d.rainage ehan-nels wlthln the Clty of Burllngame. Mr. I{ann advlsed that the estlm- ated. cost of completion of the proJect, appnoxlmated. $L,l+00r000.00,lncludlng englneenLng fees and that lt ls desl:red to accumulato funds each year: toward the complotlon of pnoposeil dnalnage lmprovement. The Chaln advLsed that actLon on the plans and spoclflcatlons, for.the constr:uetl-on of a stom dralnage channel- along the Southerrr Pac-tflc rlght-of-waX as submltted by Dl::ector of Publlc Wor.ks Marn, would be deferred unt1l the concLuslon of a publlc hea:rLng, June 28, 1-955. fhe Ctty C1erk rras lnstructod to notlfy and advLse those pet- 302 ltloners who flLed a wnltten pnotest May 21, 1955, on the proposed re- Loeatlon of the Easton Cneek, of the schedullng of a publlc hearing, June 28, L955. 2. A letter dated June 16, 1955, was nead from R. C. Theuen, Ctrlef of Pollce, advlslng that 0fflcer Raymond. E. Nelson, has served notlee of n'e.tlnement, effectLve July 10, 1-955, folLowlng twenty-slx years senvleeto the Clty. A cornmunlcatlon of commendatlon, to be signed by oach mem- ber of the ColmolJ., was dlnected to be fonrard,ed to OEflcer NeLson. 3. A letter dated Juno 16, 1955, was read fnom R. C. Theuer, Ghlef of Policee requestlng tha't Offlcer Henry A. RodnLgues be glven the statusof a permanent employee, to f111 the vacancy created by the necent re- tlrement of Offlcer Dorven Kreegen. Councllman Rooth moved that Eenry A. tsodrlguos be appoLnted. as reconmended, effectlve July 1, L955, sec- onded by Councllman Ihayer and, rrnanlmously cannled. RECESS A ten-mlnute recess was ea11ed by the Chaln at 9;00 orclock p. rlr CALL TO ORDER The meetlng was called to orden &t 9:J.0 pr liu by Mayor Mongan' COMMUNICAITONS (Cont. ) l+. A letten d.ated June 16, L955, was read from R. C. Theuen, Chlef ofPolice, requesting that an appointment be mad.e to the positlon of patrolman, to fill the vacancy created. by the retirement of Offlcen RaJrmond. E. Nelson. Councllman Rooth moved. that the next e11gib3.e fon the position, Genald A. Nordstnom, be appolnted, effectlve July 1, L955, subJect to ClvlL Servlce ruLes and negulatlons. The motlon was second.ed. by Councllman Johnson and. unanlmously camled. 5. A Letten from the Boand of FLne CommlssLoners, dated Jrrne L5, 1955, recortrending that the City Or"dlnance affecting the sale of flreworks, be amend.ed. to conforrn to tfre State and othe:r locaL conurunltles, was taken unden ad.visement by membens of the CounciL. . 6. A letter dated June t.5, 1955, was read fnom the Bur'llngame Clvlc Im- provement Club, Ineorponated, pnotestlng the awa:rd. of a eontnact and. the passage of Resolutlon No.l+7-55, ln which improvements to the Eas- ton Industrlal ares, were authonlzed.. The communicatlon was recelved and placed on fl1e. '? . A letten d.ated June J5, L955, was r"ead. f r.om the Bunllngame Clvic Impnovement CLub, Inc., nequestlng coples of the 191)a-195t budget and the proposed tentatlve bud.get for study purposes by the CIub. The Chalr requested an oplhion fnom the Clty Attorney. The City At- torney ad.vlsed. that lnasmuch as the L95l+-195t budget has been prrev- lous1y adopted by the Councll lt ls a matter of pubIlc ::eco:rd. and dur- 1ng the perlod ln which the tentatlve bud.get 1s unden consldenatlon, the Clty Clerk o&Xr but he is not oblLgated to funnish coples to lndlv- ld.uaLs. The City Clenk was lnstructed to acknowled.ge the cormn:nlcatlon from the Burllngame Clvic Improvement Club, Inc. B. A letten dated June L3-, 1955, was read from the Bun,llngame Clvlc Im- provement Club, comnendlng the CounclL on lts reeent actlon 1n denylng an appllcatlon fon a pnoposed. drlve-in type restaurant on the cornon of Chapln Avenue and EL Camlno Real. ILre Clty Clerk was requested to aek- nowledge the co-rmnrnlcatlon. 9. A letter dated June L3, L955, from the State of Ca1lforn1a, Dlvls-lon of Hlglrways, requestlng Councll coopenatlon 1n planning d.evelop- ments along and. ad.Jaeent to hlghway route No. 236 (Junlpeno Senra Boule- vard.) was neferned to the PLannlng Commlsslon. - 10. A letten d.ated Jr:ne 13, L955, was read fnom Edwand Dlnan, l-110 Eastmoon Road, nequesting that a bLneh tree gnowing ad.Jacent to the sld.ewaIk of the above property be nemoved and neplaced. to provlde fon a d.niveway. -'.] 305 ADJOURNMENT The meet June 28, Lng was regulan}y adJourned, at 10:20 porro to meet T\resd.ay, L955, at B:00 orclock p. rtu Respectfully submltted T WHITE l I a CITY CI,ERK AP L..MO MAYOR I