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Burllngarae - Ca1lfornla
ruly J.B, L955
A negulan meetLng of the &rllnSame Ctty Councll was heLd. on the
above glven date. The meettag was calLed to orden at 8310 p. m.
Mayor Mongan ln the ChaLr.
SALI'TE TO FI,AG
At wonds fnom Mayon Morgan, elL arose and were led by 8111 0t0orureLL
and Herbert Jentock, Explonen Seouts, lnoop No. 228, ln the Salute
and the Pledge of Alleglarce to the Flag.
INVOCATION
Ihe Revenend. Paul Euchthausen, lr.tntty Lutheran Church gave the
lavoeatlon.
NOLL CALL:
Pnesent Councllmoir: Byrd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-fhayer
Absent CounclLmen: Ilone
},IINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEEfING
Ihe mlnutes of the r6piula:r meetlng of July l, as submltted to membens
were appnoved and adopted. on motlon of Counellman Rooth, seconded by
Counollman Johnson.
COMMIINICATIONS
I. DRAFTING PIT - DRITL YARD PAVING.
A letter dated. JuIy 1[, L955, wes nead. fr:om the Board of Flre Corumls-slonersl r€corfirendtng that new blds fon the constnrctLon of the Dnaft-lng Plt and DntlL Yard. pavlng, be advertLsed..
Counclluran Rooth ad.vLsod that sufficlent firnd.s ::emain ln the 19119 FIre
Bonds to flnance the pnoJect and an addlttonal $h00.00 hee been'budget-
ed to pnovLd.e fon the lnstaLLatloa of a hyd.nant ln the DrlII Yard.
Mayor Mongan suggested tbat the plans and speclfioatlons be modlfled
wheneln blds may be subnLtted on a more roasonable basls than submLt-ted several years pnevlous.
Councllman Booth the:reafter moved that the Ctty EbgJ-neer be dlrectedto adverttse fon blds fon the constructlon of the Dnaft Ptt foJ.S.owlnga eonfenence wlth the *[ne Chlef on the feaslblllty of modtfylng exlst-ing pI.ans. The motlon Has seeonded by Councllnan Byrd and. unanfuaouslycarnled.
2. IIUSE PERMIfII epp llcatlon to construct GEI{ERAL CO}ITRACT0RT S YARD.
A Letter: dated July 1!, L955, was read fnon the City Planntng Cormls-slon, notlfytng the CounclL that a heanlng had been conduoted. on anappllcatlon submLtted by Mn. Chanles F. Schuetz, Jr. fon a nuse per-
mltfr to oonstruct a GenenaL Contnactont s Yand. at L30O Bayshore BouLe-
vand and. thereafter the ComnLsslon had. reoommended app:eovaL, rlth eer-taln pnovlslons.
In response to lnqulrles by Couuctlman Byrd, Mr. Sehuetz, ln attend.-nyrco, stated, that the propenty shalL be malntalned. as a general coD-tnaotonts yard exolusLve3.y and the elght foot fence bonstruotlon was
so reconmend.ed by the Comlssion for. the raeason that the grad,lng atthat polnt ls at a lower leveL.
Speeklng on the quostJ.on of gradlng, Planning ConsuLtant lllann rocon-
nend,od. that the Ctty Brglneen d.etermlne a deflnlte grading wtth thelndustrLal Bre&r
In respoase to funthen Counoll laqulry, Mn. Schuetz assured. the Coun-ctI that aLL debnls would be clearede the aroa eovenedwlth clean ftlL
and cornectlve measures taken to eltmlnate the lndlscrlndnate dumpLng.
Councllmtn Byrct theneaftbr moved, that a pub'llc heanlng on the appli-
oatLon fon a rruse perraLttt submltted. by Mr. Sohuetz, be scheduled.,
Monday, August 1, L955r 8:00 orelock pr H. The motLon wes seoond.ed by
Councllnan Ttrayer and unanlmous}y carried..
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j. PEnIESSION T0 PAINT HOUSE ADDBESSES
A Letten d.ated. July 1!, L955, Has reed, fnom Lanry CrevaLho, 1508 Canol
Avenuer & student at BurLlngame Intermedlate SchooL, roquestlag per-
mlssLon to palnt house addnessec on cunbs. Cor.urcllmaa Byrd moved. thatpermlsslon be gnanted and the senvies to be perforned in aecondance toplans detalled ln the corurmnLcatLon, seconded by Couacllnan Johnson
and unanlmously earrled.
l+.ELIGIBLE LIST - GBOI]NDSMAI{
A letter dated July 12, L955, was nead. fnom the Clty Clenk, submlttlagthe followlng ellglble Llst:
Groundsm&D - Park Depantnent
F?ed. J. Df 01l.va, 1930 Cemlno De Los Robles, Menlo Perk
The l1st was d.tnected to be fLl.ed ln the records of the offloe of theClty Clerk.
5. nqvrgro$ - BUILDTN6 PExMrr FEE5
A letter dated July 15, 1955, was read from G. J. !llanr", Dlreoton ofhrbLlc Works, reco&mendlng that the curnent clty ondlnanoe pertalnlngto bulldlng permlto and lnspoctLon fees be so revLsed to eonform to
charges Levled by netghboring cltlee. TLre C1.ty Attonney was authon-lzed to prepane the neoessary am.endrnents and/or revlslon as recorurend.-
ed..
6. Mcs 69 - coNSrRUcgtoN R0LLTNS no.$D
A letten dated July 11, 1955t was read. fnom G. J. Manre Dlnector of '
Publlc Wonks, submlttlng pJ.ans and. speclflcatlons fon the pnoposed,
constnuctlon of RoLllns Road. from Broadway to Easton Dralnage ChanneL.
Bq s olUt_lo4 Ne, _5_0j! ttA pprovlng Speclficatlons for the Pnoposed Con-sEnueFfoilofT6fIlns Road from Bnoad.way to Easton Dnalnage Channel
and. Autho:rizLng the Ctty htglneen to Invlte Blds Upon Approval by
Stete Dlvlston of Hlghuaystr was lntrodueed by Counollman Bynd, who
raoved, lts adoptlon, seoond,ed by Couaollnan Rooth and. adopted. unan-
lnrously on noIl call of memberg.
7 . PABK COM!.ltSSIO$ RECOMMENDATIONS
A letten d.ated July Ll, 1,955, wes read. from the Park Cowrlsslon lnreply to cormunLcatlons referned to that ComnlssLon by the Clty Coun-cll, recommendlng the follouJ.ngl
1. that the request fnom Louls C. 01sen, 1132 KlllarneX Lane, fonthe removal of a flr tnee at the crosslng of Rosedale end ldestmoor
Roads, alleged a tnafflc hazard, be further lnvestlgated to aseentaLn
und,er whose Jurlsdlctlon the tree shall be removed.
2. that the nequest of Edward Dban fo:: the nemoval of a blnch
tnee ad.Jacent to the sldewaLk of 1,110 Eastmoor Boad, to penmlt the
constnuotlon of a dri.veway, be d.enlede based on the oplnlon that suoh
drlveway may be oonstructed elsewhere.
Councilman Johnson moved. that (1) the CouncLl concur ln the reoommond-atlon of the Park Commlssloa, seoondod by Counollnan flrayer aad, unaa-
lmously carnled.
Councllnan Johnson noved that Q) the Councll eonour 1n the reoonnend,-atlon of the Penk Coumlsslon and that a letter" neponting the ftndLngsof th6 Par"k Commlssl6n be ellneeted to Mn. Dlnan, second.ed by Counell-
man Rooth and, unanimously oannled.
8. coNTRAcT - PERSoNNEL BOARD
A lotten dated July J.2, 1955, was read fnom the CivlL Senvlce Commls-slon, recommendlng that tbe contnact wlth the CaLlfornle State Penson-
ne1 Board to continue Exarnlnatlon Servlees, d.urlng 1955-L956, be ex-ecuted. CounciLman Rooth moved. eoncur.rence with the reoommend.atlon
and lntroduced for passager ReS_olutlon No. 61-55, t'Authonl-ztng theExecut1onofanAgnbemenf,wrtePerrsonrre1-Board',
L955-L956" seeonded by Cor:ncllman Byrd and. r:nanlmousLy cannlod. on roLl
calL.
9. APPOISTI"fE'I? FRED J.DIOLIVA - PARK DEPARTMENT
A letter d.ated July 12, 1955, was read. from Park Supervlson Frarxcard.,
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roquestlng the appolntment of a Gnouadsrnan to fill an existlng vaeancy.
Cor:ncllman Johnson moved that effective August L, L955, Mr. Frod. J.DtOLlvar be appolnted. to the posltlon of Groundsmaa ln the Park Dopart-ment, subJect to the nequlred. Rules and Regulatlons of Clvll Ser.vicee
seconded by Counellman Byrd and unanlmously canrlod..
L0. 0FF-STREE! PARI(ING COMHITTEE noquest for QQUIICIL HEARING.
A letten dated. JuLy 15, L955, lras nead fnom CounoLlman Roothr CtraLrznanof the Counctl Off-Stnoet Parklng Commlttee, advlslng that no concLus-lon had been neached at a meetlng wlth the CLtLzensr Off-Stneet Pank-lng Conmltteel July 8, 1955, and that a further meetlng of the entlneCounclL was requested at an eanly date
Counelluan Byrd ad,vlsed. that whlLe l.n favor of an off-street parklng
program, the estabLlshnent of a centnaL parking pJ.aza and the clty as-
sunlng one-ha1f the eost of the proJecte he was opposed. to the estab-llshment of panklng lots throughout the olty and an lncnease to theCtty ln excess of one-half of the eost.
Hayon Morgan questloned the wlsdom of soheduJ.{.ng a neetlng untl1 fun-tJrer progness ls evld,eneed..
Councllman Rooth ad.vlsed. that a meetlng of the entlre Council was rec-
omrnended. for t'he reason that thene ls avalIable, wlthln the assessmentdlstrlct, clty orrned pnoperty and. a raatter of flnanclng to be conslden-
od.
FoU.orlng frrthen dlscusslon, Councllman Rooth r'ras authonlzed to sched,-
u-Ld a neetlng ln tho n6er firttrre.
RECESS.
The Chalr declaned. a recess at 9:00 p. rn.
CALL TO ORDER
The meetlng was agaln eeLled to order et 9315 pr Bo by Hayon llongan.
REPORTS OF OFfltCENS
Reports fron the Pollce Depantment, the Publle Llbnary, the Flre Depart-rnent, the Depantment of Publlc t{onks, the Pank Depantmont for the nonthof Juno r 1955, and the San Mateo County Departnent of Publlc Health and.Wclfane, for the raonth of May, L955, were acknowledged and p3.aoed onflLe. Mayon Mongan caLled attention to the repor"t of the Pank Depart-ment ln whloh 1t was noted that work had, been compLetod at the Ctty
Dump.
RESOLUTIONS
Reso utlon No ax Rate of the Clty of Burlingame Forthe FlscaL Ye lntroduced by Councllman Bynd, who moved1ts passage, seeonded by Councllman Rooth and unagrlmously carried onro11 call of raembers.
ORDINANCES
None.
IINFItrISHED BUSTHESS -COUNCIL COMI,IITTEE REPORTS
1. DRIVEWAY . FIRST PRESBY?ERIAN CEIIRCH
Cotrnollnan Rooth ad.vlsed. that a persolra} lnspoctlon had been made ofthe slte and It was recommended that the nequest fon a penmlt to con-stnuot a dnLveway on clty panlnray property be gnanted,. A motlon wastheneafter introdueed by CounolLman Rooth that the Couacll concur rlththe recomrnendatlon of the Plannlng Commlsslon and that the Flrst P::es-bytenlan Cirureh bo granted. perralssl-on to eonstnuct a d,rLveuey on olty
panlcway propenty, wlth the ad,d.ed. pnovlslons thet (1) no treei shall Le
removed and that (2) tbe Clty sha11 maLntaln control of the publlestneet. fhe motlon was seconded by Counellman Bynd. and unanlmously
eannled..
2, EED ZONE - BROADWAY AITD EL CAMINO REAL
Oouncllman Bynd, Chalnman of the Counoll Pollce CommLttee and R. C.Theuer, Chtef of Po1lce, reoommorld.ed. that the nned zonen on the southsld.e of Bnoad.w&Tr west of El Carnlno Rea1, be extend.ed a dlstance ofone hundned and twenty feet. A motlon was theneafter l-ntroduced by
Councllman Byrrl that the Chlef of Po11ce be authorlzed to paint the
. 62-55 rrFlxlng far L95i-I956fr was
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curblng es recoruuended, second.ed. by CouncLlnan Th.ayen and unanlmously
earrled.
3 . EAUTING OF DEBRIS
CouncLlman Byrd ad.vlsed that he has been lnfonned by the Clty Atton-
ney that lt ls unneoessany to amend the proeont, on to adopt & rro!{ or-
dlnanee regulatLng the haullag of and dlsposlng of dobrls, the subJectof rtrlch 1s pnovl.d.ed ln Sectlon f00 of the State Motor VehLele Cod.o
and. Sectlon l-612 of the Ordlnance Code of the Clty of Burllngame.
l+. N0RTE CoUNry C0IlNCIts DIIINE4 I\PETJ:N9
Councllman Byrd reponted on hLs reaent attend.anee at a North CouatyCounclls Dlnnen Meet!.ng, at whlch tlme he pantlclpated ln a general
paneL dlsousslon on subJects of latenest snd of valuo to the comrmrn-lty. Mayon Morgan ad.vlsed that CounclLman Byrd., on behal,f of theClty Couacll, had. nend.ened, a flne report at the dlnner meetlng.
5,PARKING FMTER TIME Lf}ltIT.
CouncLlman Byrd proposed that ln nesponse to shoppens to extend thepresent panklng meten tlme Ilnlt, the Councll consLdon changtng thoparklng metens to pnovt de fon a fonty, an elghty and a one hund.ned.
twenty mlnutes tfuee Llmlt.
6. vANDAL SM RECOMMENDA T IOI{ A OF' JIIVENITE OFFICER.
Councllman Bynd cLted the need for a JuvenlLe Offleen to esslst ln
combatlng vaad.sllsn rltHa the clty, end proposed that the CounolL cor-slden authonlzlng the Chtef of Polloe to study and. to recommend a mem-ber of the PoLice Department for appoi,ntmont as a Juvenlle 0fflcen, tobe tr.alned, at the expense of the elty and to wonk wlth the youth of
Burllngame.
Councllman Booth expressed the opinlon that vand,alLsn rtthla the Cltyof BurLtngame ls not so prev&leat as to requLre an offlcor to devoteful1 tlme and recomraended. that the offtcer be seleeted. on the samebasls and at the same nate of compensatlon as recent admlnlstratlveappolntees ln the Po1l-ce Depanbraent.
7 . Qqgnc 1lman_Jo.h4s_o_4 re ponted. oa hen attond.ance at the speclal Off-
Stree-E-Parklnf C-ommfEtee meetLng, Satund.ay monnlng, July 16, L955.
8. !gU!cl!ag4_!goth ln coramentlng that the panklng lot on Paloraaeveffitocapae1ty,adv1sedthatne[ot1at1onsare1n
progress to acqulne a 1ot on Laguna Avenue, wlth frontage on Bnoad-
waXr to provld.e a more ad,equate lngross and egness on Pal-oma Avenue.
9. Qouncl.lmafi nooUh ad.vlsed that a letten f:rom l{ns. J. C
request-lng-a recfasslfleatlon Ln posltLon, and. a Lettercard, nequestlng the appol.ntment of a Park Foreman, hadto the Clvll Servlce ConmLssl.on.
ountnyman
from J. Fnan-
been refenned.
10. qqu11clfme4&g_th suggested that the Mayor" scheduLe a Councll raeet-1ngmervr6eCorm1ss1on,to6onferonpersonrre]-subJects
and the possible nevlslons ln CLvtL Servlee Rrrles and Regulations.
The Clty Clenk was theneafter: di:reeted to nottfy membens of the CivllSenvleo CottouLssLons of a rneetlng wlth the Ctty CounolL, Tuesday, July26, 1955, Clty HaII, 8:00 orclock, pe Br
11. CouncLlman Rootb. r:eootqraended. and the Cl ty Englneer was thereaften
lnstrtrcEell fo-r-@Iace the au:rb at the pubL1c easement ad.Jaeent to the
pnopenty at L3?7 Bnoadway and to pLaoe a panklng meter to provld.e anaddltlonal parklng space on Broaduay.
12. Qqqnol_1raq4__IhgXer advlsed that the requests for sevoral readJust-ment@sented to the Budget -Commlttee at a meeting"wtthropresentatives of the Bu::llngame Clvll ServLee Bqlloyeest Assoclatlon
on July IJ, L955t rrere r:nd.er: conslderatlon by the entlne Clty CouneLLfon nepont ln two weeks. Counclluaan Thayen aLso nepor.ted. on her at-
tend.anoe at the }Ionth County Counclls Dlnner I,Ieet5.ng.
13. Patrolman John Druny of the Bunllngame. .Pollee Departrnent, request-
ed th ed on July 1J, L955, at a nceting wlth Coun-cll- membens and ctty employees, aL1eged, to havo oxpressed the vlews ofa mlnority of membens of tho Po1lce CLub be wlthdrawtl.
r 3l.q_
Chlef of Pollco Tlreuen cLted the exoellent record of Offleer Drury
and stated that the appanent mlsundenstand.lng of Patrolman Drury ln
presentlng the letten wouLd ln no r+ay.refleet on hls necond.
1l+. Mayor Mongan requested. reponts on the folLowltrg matters of unfla-
lshed buslness:L. Sldewalk requested. on both sl,des of HA?0H LANE. The Clty &gln-
eer reponted. progress on the CouncLl request to obtaln an engLnoenlng
estLnate of tho aost.
2. Bnoadway TnrckLlc EeaLth end Safety.
_ 3. VLolatlon 1n bulldlng constructlon, L543 Howard Avenue. Iheulty Attonney ad.vlsed that the plurablag has been nenoved. and that he
sha1l contlnue to observe -the situatlon.
4. Superlor Bus and Aunbulenee Sa1ee Co. pnopenty acqulsitlon for
cr:eating a neu }funlclpa1 Dump. Clty hgineer Marn advlsed that a con-
fenenco ls pendlng wLth the owner of the property, F[r. OrHana. fhe
Clty Attor:ney suggested that an egreanent be pnepared. fon acceptance.
5, Stneet tlghtlng Prognan. The Clty Hrglneen advlsed that the
pnoJect ls expected, to be eor4lLeted -w1th1n a perLod of two to th:ree
ueeks c '
6. RemovaL of weeds on Bayshoro Senvloe Boad.. fhe Clty Elrglneer
advlsed. that the weed.s bave been removed. as requested by the Clty Coun-
e1,1.
7. DlspositLon ctty-owned. unlnhablted property on CabrllLo Avenue.Clty Englneer Marr advIsed, that drawLngs have been prepared lndlcating
ing pnoblem. Refemed, to the Conral sslon on htb-(I{lnutes June 28, 1955.t
bound.any Llmlts and Lt was reeommendod that the sub
the Pank Conmrlsslon snd. CouneLlmaa Byrd, Ctralnman o
and Tnees ComnrLttee fon conference.
ect be referned tothe Councll Panks
Jf
8. Fees fon eLectnlcel 1nsta11atlon. Ctty ELeetnlctan II111 re-
ponted, that he 1s ln tho preoecss of pnepanLng a schedule to conforrtto fese collectod. ln nelghbonlng elties.
9. BevlsLon Ln buslness LLcense fees. Bef,enned for neport at
the next Counetl meetlng.
L0. A oornmrnleatlon dated. July 11, L955, fnon the Burllngane Clvle
Impnovement CLube Ino.e elarifylng the positlon of that onganlzatLonln requesttng repLlos to pentlnent questlons pentaldng to the L955-
L956 Budget, was read. and ordered. fLled.
1L. A nemonandtm deted JuLy 11, 1955, was res.d fnom Dl.recton of
Pub1lc Wonks Mann, surmarlzlng the Cltyt s contributlon to the Indus-tr:lal Aseessment Dlstnlct Uo. L (Rolllns Road &168r) nre cormuunlca-tlon was acknowledged and ordened flLed ln the necords of the offlceof the City C1erk.
NElf BI'SINESS
1, Mrg. v. K. Parmalee, LLL6 Sunnner Avenue, Burllngarne, publlc
thanked meruberg of tho Ctty Councll fon theln countesy ln exp3.
the posltlon of the Councll on matters of procedure and poIlcy,
whlch 1n the past, through her: assocLatl"on wtth the Burllnga^me
Improvement Cluh, Inc., she has been crltlcaL.
1y
alnlng
to
Clvic
2. NESIGNATIO-NS AND APPOII{TI"ETTS TO LIBBARY BOARD.
A Letter w&s read fnono, ![ns. Clare DaJ@, tendenLng hen neslgr:atton as
a momber of tho ttUr"ar Byrd noved that tho reslg-
netLon be accepted ultb regnet and. a letten be dlreoted, to Mrs. Danrn
aeknowLedgtng hen senvlcer seeoaded by CouneiLnan Johnson and unan-
lmousLy carrled.
Mayon Mgrgan submltted the neme of }firs. Edl.th Cohendet, 1557 BaLboaW"i, to'ftfl the above vecnney. l'Ir fkmed on
motion of Councllman Bynd arrd seconded. by CounclLnaa Johnson.
A letter wes nead from E. C. Flchtnen, submlttlng hls nesignation
fnom membershlp on the Llbrarlr Board. Councllman Bynd moved that theneelgnation be accepted. wlth regret and. an appropnlete communleatton
og_a
be dLnected to Mr. Flchtnen, second.ed by CounelLman Johnson aad. unan:
lmously cannled..
Mayor Morgan subml-tted the nenre of Ull}lam J. Crosby, 10 Perk Road.,to fllL the vacancy oa the Board. On motlon of Councllnan Bynd and
seconded by Councllman Johnson the appolntment was confLnmed.
3 . APPOTNTMENTS TO TEE CI\[L SER\TICE COM}trSSION.
Hayor Mongan sublultted the name of Cynrs J. McMlIIan, 1633 Lassen
W"ir, and Joseph M. Petenson, 1113 K@ membens of theclvil Sen@ conforwr to pnovisLons la Ond.lnance so.
59t, lnereaslng the numben of ClvlL Sorvlce Commlsslonors. Councll-
man Bynd. noved that the "appolntments be conflrmed,, second.ed by Coun-
cilman Thayer and cenrled.
h.APPOINT!,IET{TS TO PABK COMMI SION.
Mayor Mongen submltted the namss of Robert E. Mc0ann, 1532 Ralston
Avenue and Angelo Taverna, 1016 taguna Avenue, to serve as members
on tho Park CoramlssLon aad ln conformanoe wlth pnovlslons ln 0ndln-
ance $o. 59l-, lncreaslng the nrernber of Pank CommlssLottelrs. Orl motlonof Councllman Byrd.p seoonded by Counellma^n Johnson, the appolntments
wore conflrmed.
5. {PPOIN
The names of WllLlana J. McKeon, 9011 Larkspur D:rlve, and Wll1tam Len-
cLonLr l*7 Marln Drive, r*ere submitted by Mayor Mongan, fon appotnt-
ment as Fl.re Conrnlssloners, and Ln conformanee with provLslons o.f
0rd.Lnanee No,- 59L, lncreaslng the numben of R[re Conooissloaers. 0n
motlon of Councllman Byrd end. seeond.ed, by CouncLlnan Johnson, the
appoLntments Here conffumed,.
6.APPOINTMENTS TO RECREATIO$ COMMISSION.
Mayon Morgan subrdtted the names of Mns. Suzanne B. Stnauss, 90O
Ltirden Avenue, and. Vlotor A. Manglnt, 3L6 Bunllngame Avenue, to servo
as membens of the Reeneatlon Comnlssl-on and ln conformanee wlth pro-
vlsions of Ordlnaace No. 59:--, lncneaslng th6 nuraber: of Recreatlon Com-
mtssloners. Councllman Byrd moved conflnrnation of the appolntments,
seconded by Councl-Iman Ihayer and unanlmously oannled..
7. ApporNtI,IEIrI r0 EEALTI{ AND SAFETT COMMIS,STON.
Mayon Mongan submltted the follonlng narmos to ser"ve o4 lhe newly
cneated Health and, Safety Commlsslon (0rdlnanco Ho. 589)t
CaLvln 0. Heltz, 623 PJ.ynouth Way; Dr. Jos. I{. Lonenz, 118 Oe,-
eldentaL Avenue; Robert L. GarLbald.L, 11L3 Eastmoon Roadi Elbent E.
HuntJ.ey, L10h Contez Avenue and WtLllam D. Fl1lppi, U Valdlvle
Court. 0n motlon of Councllman Byrd and, seconded, by Councl"Lman John-
son, the appolntments were oonfhnmed..
8. APPOINM{ET{TS TO PUBLIC UIILITIES COMMISSIOU (FOT"MEN WAtEr COrMiS.slo smes to serve on the
Publlc UtlLltles Conmlsslon (Ondlnanoe No. 590.1i
ffowand ftmrs, 20 Valdlvta Count; Wnlsten M. Cookl 809 Ul.nohesten
DnLve; A. II. Dlttmaa, th33 Dnake Avengei Joseph G. Eu:rter, 23OLElllslde Dnlve; John F. SuLLlvan, 151+8 Headow Lenei P. R. Taylor,
JlO Bunlingame Avenue and EdwLtt C. Flchtner, 1331+ Benlto Aveauo.
CounclLman Byrd moved that the appolntments be confLrmod, secondedby Councll-man Johnson and.. carnied..
9 . POLICE RIFLE RANGE PROJECT PROPOSAL
Pollcc Offlcer Edward Sheehan, Chalmran of the Po1lce RlfLe Range
Commltteo, requested. permlssion to engage thb Kraft Ca:rnLvaL Shows,
the week of August L5-21, L955r or! a cormnlsslon basls, to pnovlde
funds toward. the eompletlon of the Pollee Range. Pollee Ghlef Theuer
spoke on the pr:oposed. plans and a notlon was ttreneafter intnoduced, by
Councilman Bynd, that permlsslon be gnantedr wLth a quaS.lfLcatlon that
the detalls flrst meet wlth the approva3. of the Clty Attonney. The
motlon wes seconded by Cor:ncllnaa Booth and unenJ.mousLy carnled.. f'lre
Chlef of Pollce and the Clty Attormey wsre lnstnucted to suponvlse
the detalls of the proposal.
L0. ffitY PROPERIY OFFERED FOR BID. (RoHlns Road)
A. CounclLaan Byrd moved that Clty-orraed property oa Ro11lns Road,
opposLte the pr6sent Corponatlon Yand, be placed on the market for
r ge7
salo and bids scheduled, for openlng August 1, L955, wlth the stlp-ulatlon that the Clty Counoll sheLl reserve the nlght to reJe0t eny
and. elL btds. fhe notion was seconded by Councllmaa Thayen and unaa-
lmousl-y canrl.ed.
B. (Anlta Road)
Corrncll.man Byrd moved that clty-omed pnop enty oa Anlta Roadr usedpnesently as a lfetet Depantnent Yan, be al,so plaeed. on the l[anket fon
seLe, bids to bc opened August 1, L955, and subJeot to Cor:nclL r.eser-vatlon to reJeet any and aLl blde, seconded by Gotmellnan Thayen and
unanlmousl-y carrled..
11. INSTALIAH0N TRAFFIC SIGI{ALS - Carmeltta Avenue.-Chaptn Avenue.
Counellman Bynd moved that the Clty Clerk be instruoted. to comrmrnicatewlth the State of Californta Dlvlslon of Hlghwayo authorlzlng the in-
stallatLon of traffte slgnaLs at the lntensectlon of CarmeLlfa Avenue
and. El Camlno ReaLrand. Ghapln Avenue and El Canlno Realr srrd that theappnoprlate agreemont be forwended, fon executlon by the Mayonl ln be-haLf of the Ctty of Burllngene. The motlou was seconded by Counellman
Rooth and unanlmously canrLed,.
].,2.-DI SPO SI T I 0N ndo c ITY-OWNED tOTS NORITI OF VILI,AGE PANK.
Iho subJect of posslble saLe of two eity-owned lots at the nonthenly
boundary of BunLingano Vtllage Pank was neferred to members of the
Pank CoramLeslon and the Reoreatlon Commlsslon for study and necomnrend-atlon to the Clty Councll.
13. gERVICES 0_R MEE_qfiAr{pIlE_EY_cpWLSgI0X lt@{Emis-._
Tbe Clty Attonney was requested to ascentaln the Iegallty of membensof the Cotmlgslons of the Clty solliag servlces aad/ot merchand.lse tothe Ctty and. thereaften to subnlt a memorandum of ftndlngs to the
Chalrrtan of each Comalsslon.
L4.OVERT{IGHT PARITTNG.
Cor:nclLrnap Byrd subnLtted. for stud.y, an ond.lnanco Ln effect ln theClty of Palo ALto, pnovldlag for the mannenr ln whloh vehlclos pankedwithout beneflt of ganage or panklng space, may be ldontlfied.
L5 . RECM{T BURNING AT MUNICIPAI DUMP.
Mayon Mongan quostloned, Bomeo Joly on the necent flre started at theMunlclpal Qiump to whloh Mr". Joly denl.ed par"tlclpatlon. Conslderabled.lscuislon arose on rdays and. means to ellmlnate the reoceurence ofburtlng end the ad,v1sablLtty of adventlslng for bLds on a yearly basis.Plannlng Consultant Mann reeommended that appnoprlate speclflcatlons
be pnepaned Ln advance. At the concLuslon of the d,lscussion, Councll-
man Rooth rnoved. that the contnact r.rlth !1n. Joly be nenewed for one
moath and dunlng the lnterln the entLne rnatter be r"evlewod.. The motion
was seconded by Councllnran Bynd en'd unanlmousLy carnled.
CLAIMSi
duLy audl-ted., were authonLzed drawn oa the Clty Ineasuny Ln thelr re-spectlve amounts on raotlon of CouncLfuqan Rooth and. seconded. by CorrncLl-
raan ThalBPo
PAYROLL APPROVAL
June Paynol]..war:naats, I{os. 2287 fo 266) lnc. and No. 2665, ln theamornt of S56 r994.92t wene appnovedr orr motloa of Councllman Roothand seeond.ed by CounctLnan Thayen.
NOTICE OF RETIRM{EIT
Maygn Morgaa e,nnouneed the inteutlon of Mrs. Esther: Pattenson, LlbnanyAsslstant, to retke from city senvlce. Councllmen Johnson moved thata Letten of comnend.atloa be cormmrnLcated to l{rs. Pattenson, second.ed,by Councllman Thayer and unanLmously eannied.
ADIOURNMEI{T:E;fa=EEffino f\rnthen buslnes s,at 12:35 a. Err
the meetiag was negularly adJourned
Respec tfuI3.y submlt te
EffiBERT K. WEITE
CI?Y CLEru(.
L.B a FIORGAI{,