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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1954.06.21158 Burllngame Callfonnia Jr:ne 21, L95l+. A regulan meetlng of the Burli.ngame Clty Council was held on the above given date. Meetlng ca11ed. to onder at B:00 P. M. - Mayor atwaterin the Chalr. RoLl Ca11: Present Councilmen: Atwater-Byrd-Love-Morgan-Rooth Absent Councilmen: None The mlnutes of the previ-ous meeting of June 71 7-951+, as submltted to members of the Cor:nci1, were unanimously approved. on motion of Coun- eilman Love and second.ed by CounciLman Hooth. A letter d.ated Jwre 18, 1954, was read frora R. C. Theuer, Chief of Po1lce, notifying the Councll that John J. Hartnett is retlring as Captaln of Pol-ice, effective July 1, 1954. A letter of commendation, beaning the slgnatures of each membor of the Burlingame City Councll, was directed to be addressed to Captain Hartnett, ln recognitlon ofhis thlrty years servlee to the Clty of Burlingame. A letter d.ated June 18, L99I+, was read. fnom G. J. Mann, Director of Pub11c Works, advlslng that Job 5l+-5, for the resurfaelng of portlons of Newland.s Avenue, Cypress Avenue, Central Avenue, Canol Avenue and East Carol- Avenue, was completed on June B, 195\, and. r'eeonrnendl-ngthat the contract be accepted. Councilman Byrd moved coneurrence wlththe recommendatlon and lntroduced for passager Resolution No. 3t-51+,trAccepting Job 5l+-5, Secondary Stneet Resurfaclngtt, seconded. by Coun- cilman Rooth and unanimously adopted. on ro11 call of members. A letter was read from City C1e::k, Herbert K. hlkrlte, dated. June 18, 1954, submlttlng the following Civil Servlce e1lglbIe list fon theposltlon of Clty Attorneyt 1. Cyrus J. McM111an, 1633 Lassen Way, Burllngame 2. Buruess Karmel, th[O Florlbunda Avenue, Bu::llrrgame 3. J. A. Branson, 1401 Coh:mbus Avenue, Bunlingarne The Clty Clenk was instructed to notlfy each e11gib1e appolntee to appear Saturd.ay morning, June 26, 1954, at a desi-gnated tlme for in- tervlew by membens of the City Counc11. A letter d.ated Jr:ne 18, 195\, was read from the Br.rlingame City Plan- nlng Commtssion, advising tha.t an a,ppllcation for a use permlt for the erectlon, eonstruetlon and. malntenance of a club bulldlng to be loeated on the northwest corner of EI Camino Real and Bellevue Avenue, submltted by the Bu::lingame Woments CIub, had been recommended for" ap- proval subsequent to a Commisslon hearlng. Mayor Atwater stated that representatlves of the Womenr s Club have L,equested that the buildlngplan, as approved by the Connnission be withdrawn in preference to the submlsslon of a new building p1an, and the subJect the::efone would again be referred to the Plannlng Commlsslon. A letter dated June th, 195\-, was read fnom the Burlingame Chamber of Comnerce, expressing confidence 1n the Clty Councllrs.abl11ty 1n thelnstitutlng of proper legislatlon pertainlng to the zoning of M111s- dale Subdlvision No. 1, as M-I and the passlng of appropriate legls-lation to permlt lndustrles to readily locate 1n Burlingame. Tkre communlcatlon pledged lts asslstance and senvlce to the Clty Council. fhe City Clerk was lnstructed to acknowled.ge the communlcation. A letter d.ated June A7, 1954, was read from ttre San Mateo-Burlingame Board of Bealtors, expresslng the Board.f s unanlmous endorsement, inprinciple, of the d"evelopment of Millsdale No. L and. the changing of ordl-nances that may permlt lts lndustrlal developnrent. The City Clerk was nequested to acirr:owledge ttre comimrnicabion. I l r 7 A letter dated June 9, 195\, was read. frorn the puUlic Safety Depart- ment of the Callfornia State Automobile Assocl-ation, advislng that the City of Burlirrgame has recej-ved a Commendation Citation for not having a slngle pedestrlan fatallty during the year 1953 ald extend- ing congratul-atlons for the splendld record achleved in pedestrian protection. In recognj-tton of the outstandlng servlce rerrd.ered to the public ln the preventlon of tnafflc fatalities by members of the Poli-ce Depart- ment, paroehlal and public school chlldren patr.ols and the Burllngame Llonst C1ub, Councilman Love moved that an appropriate letter, to- gether with a copy of a Resolution of Corrunendation be dlreeted to(t*.st',tr) each group, second.ed. by-Councllman Rooth and unanimously adopted. on ro11 eal1 of membens. Reports from the FLre Depa::trrent and the Police Department, for the month of May, 7951+, were read, acknowledged and placed on flle. Speclal pnalse was glven to membe::s of the Burllngame Auxillary Fine and Auxillary Pollce members. Ord.inance No . 55t, entltled rlAn Ord.lnance Amendlng Section 1904,Artlele 50, Part X, of the Ord.j-nance Code of 'the City of BurLk€lame,Dlvlding the City lnto Districts by Provldirrg for the Temporary fn-terim Zoning of Certain Aneas of Land With.in the City and Recitlngthe Energency Requiring the Ordinance to be Effective Upon Its Pass- agett, lntnoduced. by Councllman Love at the last regular meetlng, was glven second reading. Acting City Attonrrey Karmel advised that the pnoposed ordj-nance is an emergency ord.inance to zorLe Mills Estate No, 1 and No. l, west of the Southenn Pacific Right of Way, and con- forms, r^rlth modlflcations, to pnovlsions embod.led ln the orlginal Annexation Agreement between the Clty of Bunlingalre, the City ofMillbrae and the Atlantlc Life Insurance Company, dated November, 30,Agfi. The proposed ordlnance provi-des that eertail dlstricts pres- ently unclassifled., be temporarily zoned (].) R-1; {2) R-3; (3) C-I and (l+) .c-3. At the request of the Acting Clty Attorney, the City Clerk read. a telegnam necei-ved from the Atlantie Life fnsurance Company, dated June 2A, 195\, in wh.tch the company agrees to the zoning of M11Is Estate No. 1and. No. J, as approved by the Planning Conmlsslon and. as presented to the City Couneil for the adoptlon of an interim zon-ing ordlnance. The telegnam expressed the further approval to the proposed modification of the origlnal zoning map attached to the November 30, Agfi Agneement, as approved by the Plannlng Commlssion. John Hafsted, Chairmran of the Burlirrgame Cltizenst Commlttee, upon belng granted permission by the Councll, read a letter, written Lnbehalf of the Committee, dated. Monday, June 2L, :-,95l.+, requestingthat aeti"on be withheld on the proposed temporary zonlng, unless lt conforms strictly with provisions in the November 30, 1953 Agreement between the City of Burl-ingarne and the Atlantlc Llfe fnsuranee Company. Mr. Hafsted-expressed. opposltlon to the modiflcations ln that the proposed. emend:nent alters the eityr s zonlng policy with nespect to land. u.s€. I{e obJected to the amend.ment providing for R-l (apant- ments) zone and. stated. that as a matter of prlnclple, propenty o!,]nersaffected should be glven fonmal nottce and an oppor"tunlty to be heand. Mrs. Elinon Rusch, Mr. George Osborne, Mr. J. F. Smith and i{r. Rlchand Bnobaek, ln tunn, expressed. their opposltion. fn response to Councll lnquinles, Acting Clty Attonney Karmel advlsedthat the proced.ure the Council- now proposes ls ln conformance wlthlatest governmental cod.e proeed.unes and would ln no way effect sub- sequent trearlngs on perrnanent zoning. Mr. L. E. Welsenberg, representlng the subdivld.er, stated that the proposed modifications had been j.ntr.odueed and approved by the Plan-ning Commlssion and had been concurred in by the d.eveloper. He urgedthe Councll to adopt the interlm zonlng ordtnance to pertnit the sub-dlvlder to d.evelop the property in an ord.erly proced.ure. 160 Following funther conslderation, Councilman Love j-ntroduced and moved the passage of Ordinance No. 551, seconded by Counci-lman Rooth and ad- opted by the fol-lowing vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Atwater-Byrd.-Lovs-Morgan-Rooth Noes: Councilmen: None Absent Counci.lmen: None An ordinance proposlng to zorle Mi11sda1e No. 1 M-L introduced by Councilman Morgan at the regular Couneil,meeting of May 1/,1954, was withdrawr,r at his request, ln view of recent new proposals for indus- trial development in Mll1sda1e Subdivislon No' 1. IINFTNISHED BUSINESS: At the nequest of Mr. Robert Thompson, attorney representing the ten- ants of 901 Burlingarae Avenue, disposltlon on tho alleged vloLatlon ln zonlng negulations was r.rtthtreld until the Counci-l meetlng of July 25, A95l+. The Building Inspector, Flre and. Health Departnents, were ln- structed to lnvestigate the alleped violatlon and submlt a report for Councll lnformatlon at the next regulan meeting. fhe City Clerk was instructed to employ the San Mateo-Burlingarne Real Estate Board. to appraise Cityr s trlangular portion of property ad.Jacentto the proposed Safeway Stones on EI Camino Real and Howard. Avenue. Claims, Nos, 5431+ to 55BB inelusive, ln the amount of $78,659.79, duly aud.ited, were authonized. pald and warrants drame on the City Treasury fon their respective amountsr oh motion of Councilman Byrd, seconded by Councllman Love and unanlmously carried. Payroll warnants, Nos. 7826 !o BfB[ lnclusive, for the month of May, A95l+, in the amount of $50r685.1+7, were approved on moti-on of Couneil- man Byrd, second.ed by Cor:nellman Love and unanimously canried. There being no further business, the meeting was regularly adjourned at tAt25 P;M. to meet July 6th, 195]+, Respe c tfu11y submitted HERBRRT K. WHITE C]TY CLERK APPROVED: //-t* I[. KENTT ATWATE MAYOR