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BurlLngarro, CalifornLa.
January 7, 4952.
A regu.J.ar. meetl-ng of the BurJ-lngame Clty Council was held onthe above glven date. Lleetl_ng call€d to onden at B:0O p.m. -llayor Atwater. ln the Cha!:.
RolL Ca11 : P::es ent - Councllmen: ltwator-Byrd-Ilunt-Love-SlmondsAbsent - CouncLlmen: None
The. mlnutes of the prevLous meeting of December L?, 1951, as postedon the Bulletln Boa::d. Ln the Clty HaII, and as submltted to memb ersof the Clty CouncI.l, flere unan'i 'aous Iy appr"oved and ad.opted on motlonof C ounciLlran love and seconded by C ounc i1-rlan Elrnt.
l\-{onday, _the ?th day of January, 1952r. was establlshed by ResolutlonNo. 65-51, as,the tlme to hear objectlons to t!: e proposed removal
!-f .nox-lous and d.ange::ous weeds wtthl,n re Clf,y ofl Bur l inganre.Ttre::e being no pnotests, el-ther oraIly or wr!.t ten, Resolitloni'tro. l-52 Ordering Destilrction of Noxious and Danierous Weeds andRubblsh a NuLsance in tlre-Clty of Burlingameu was-introduced byCouncLlman -Huntr- who noved iti passage, ieconded by C ounei.IoanLove and adopted unanlmous Iy upon ro11.- cal-l- of melrbers.
Because of the few gasoline bld.s receLved, whlch bids were scheduLedfor openJ.ng at thls.-blne, Councilman By?aI moved. that ttr e unopenedbLds be_::eJected- n{ttrgut preJudice, and returned to the Uiaairs;that subsequent blds be also - retu::ned to the bldde::s ana inat aiIbiddens be notlfled to resubmLt the i" blds for openlng at the nextmeeting o{ !1r9 Clty Councll on the 21st of Januaily. fhe motionwas seconded by C or.rnc I lman Slmonds and unan.tmously carr.led.
CouncLlman Simonds moved that lnsulance carnLe::s be notLfied tosubmtt thelr bids for the Cityrs lnsr::ranc e coverage for openi.ngat ttre next regular meetlng oi ttre councr"l on Janiany 2r.'slcondedby Councllman Hunt and unanJ mous 1y carrled
A letter dated. January.4, 1952, was ::ead flom G. J. Dlarr, Directo::
9_f hrblfg Tforks, reportlng on dn investlgation of the storm waterflow at the lnte::sectlon of Hlllslde Drlie *rcl alvarado Avenue asritadvi-s ing that data ls belng p:repa::ed for the propos ed. instauatlonof a catch basLn and approxtmatoly ?s feet ofl neis storm waten dralnat the abov€ locatlon. The cormuirlcatlon was ordered placed on fl1e.
A letter dated January.2, lg\2-, was ::ead f1n om_Ili. re Chlef E. J. LeIs,nequesting that a positton as b.os eman ln the F5r e Deparbnent beftlLed.. The councll we:re informed that No. L on trre'erigitre listhas submLtted a nrLtten notl. ce to the clvlr service conmfssi.on thathe Ls not avallabIe for ttre positLon. Counclfunan fove movea tiratthe next.eltglble ql t49 1Ist, Harvey Johnson, Ue appofnied'or, "p:_li-?T9"! basis, . effective Jairua:ry T, tgSZ, s6cond.eh' by Councflaans l.monds anct unanlmous 1y carrled.
A letton d.ated Janua ry 2, LglZ, was r.ead 1lom E. J. Lels. FllreCh5.efr. subrelttlng a copy of the revLsed. Itr e Deparimuni ftrrfes ana
[9Erratrons as app::oved by the Civll Servlce ConmlssLon ard theFi,e ^Oomnlssion, and requ6stlng final approval by r" criy council.chief Lets was requested by the counc - io submif "--"oly
-to-*embers
9f th-e councll for perusuai and that ho request the rt_i'i counlsstonto sublrlt a lettor of approval. 0n motlon of CouncLf*r' fo.,ru,seconded, by Councilna! Byrd and unanlmous Iy ca::rLea, tfre s"Ui6ctwas held fo, actlon at the next reg'Lar melttng o. irn"rry- zr.
A lette:: d.ated Decemb^er 2Or -19.8L, was nead flom W. l,{. Robertson,Direetora of clvil D.fenEe 6r the-state of^car-iio""r", uipr""urrreappreclatLon to members of the Clty Council, for tir;'ciEi-"iBu:: lingame t s crvrl Def-ense plannlng program and ""lrrr!-if "
- ionttn-uatLon durlng the forth conlng yeai.- Tfre clty cieif-f;as-rnitructedtto ac}nrowledge the 16tter. spea*1ng on the "it;""i, Mry oo-Itrr"tu,announced that a meeting was schedured for wed.n6s tlaf , -Jirnu"ry s,1952, at the cou::t House ln Redwood city, at wrrrcn timer--ii-wour.abe as cer"talned whether or not the state-wourd allocate irrnas toclties.
A letter dated Decenrbe:: 15, 1951, from Moody J. Eenry, requestLng
lhe establlsl:ment of a name and street nuabe:r for a rre w road. to be
constructed north of ltarsten Roadr was ref€rred to the Clty En-
gLneer.
A letter dated December 29, 1951, was read fYom ]l[m. A. Wa1]-ace Co. ,advlslng of the sale of his Studebaker Agency to Mr. Robert
IllacBride and that the trans fer would be completed by the 5th of
January, l-952. The co:rarunlcatlon was ordered flIed.
A letter" dated January 2, 1952, was read {Yom the lHacBrlde Motor3
C ompany ::equestlng Council approval. Ln the trans fer of new and
used car dealer. business permlts f"om the ll{m. A. TJall-ace Stude-baker Co. The comrmrnicatLon was referred. to the Chlef of Policefor Lnvestlgation a:rd. roport.
A 1et tor d.ated. December 27 , L951, was read from T. F. McGtigan,P:resident of the Bur llngame Chamber of Comme::ce, expressin6gappreclatlon to the member:s of the Council for. their sp!-enditlco-openatlol dunlng the past yea:r. The Clty Clerk was lnsttructedt-o acknowledge the letter and to congratulate lu{r. Mc Grlgan andthe Board o.f Dl::ectons for ttreir untlring efforts in beh.alf ofthe Clty of Burllngame.
A letter dated December 10, 1951, was r.ead flom the BurllngameGate Ilrprovement Club, expl.esE lng appreclation for Council-co-operatlon in the tree plantlng proJect estabJ.lshod aLong Callf-o"nla Drlve. The City Clerk was Lnstructed to achrowledgerecelpt of the comrnrnicatL on.
Resolutlon No. 2-52 rrO::de:ring the Continuation of Ag::eement ni thRomeo Joly to Manago, Ilatch arrd. Contr"ol the Dwnp Area Near Broad-wayrr was introduced by C ouncilnan LJove, who movld its passage,
se_cond_ed by Councj.hen Byrcl and adopted unaniuous 1y upon ::o11- cal1of members.
Unflnishect Businesg :
1. Mayor Atwater advised that a meetLng of repnesentatives ofService C 1ub organlzatlons had met with members of the CLtyCouncil and that the subJect of Service Club signs, proposed tobe erected at the entrance to the CJ.ty, was stllL under conslder-at lon.
2. Condennatlon proceedings on the El1et property on Lorton Avenre,rere contlnued. to &b::uary 18, 1952.
I repgl!- fbom R. II. Gardi.ne:r, .Poundmastor, fo:: ttre month of Decem-ber, 1951, was r:ead ard ord.e::od flJ.etl.
fn reply to a Councll 5-nqu1::y as to U:e status of the sub-standardgarage on Charming Road and Eowa::d Avenue, Bui1dln61 fnspectorWatson_reported that_ the bullding had been erected-prloi. to presentday o::d.inancos establlshtng set-back l1nes and although it li useatso1e1y for storage purposes, it does not constLtute a hoalth or flrehazard. The subject was referred to the Building connrittee of thecouncil fo:: f\uthe r study and dlscussion wlflr thd' Building rnspecto:r.
Mayor Atwater questlonecl Clty Engineer Marr as to the progress belngmade on the street repaLr. progfam. City Englneer L{arr adiils ed thatldue to weather conditlons, it was imprai:tlcil to repair st:reots atthis-timo, but work would be nesurxed. on the project-as soon ag
pos s lb Le.
{ayo:: Atwate:r advised that the Council has s choduled a meetlng forJanua:ry 28, !952, wlth members of the Councll, members of the-?Ian-ning Conmlsslon and L[r.. Geo:rge Ma.nn, CLty plannlng .A,dvLso::, tor:eview present City o:rdLnances regulatlng clty plCrrning and. zon5.ngLn an effo:rt to alil in the flrture developnent- oi the city of Burlfn-game.
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,The folIo_wlng nernes were submltted by Mayor Atwater to serve )as an ind.epend.ent cor:tn'rlttee to eonduct an lnvestlgatlon on thbappLlcation of the Lorrri.e Paving company for a permlt to erectan asphalt plant ln t)re Clty of Burnlingar e, and to submit per-tinent facts to the Clty CounctL:
@orge J. ftIanr, Clty Englneer - Chairman
Joseptr G. Hunter:, llglneer - Ptrbllc Utllities Comm,.
?,3Al.- Elllslde DrJ.ve,
E\rgene M. HoweJ.l, hrblie Health Englneer,
5916 Edison Stneet, San MateoWil-Iiam Hoand, Sales Mmager, ISE? Ralston AvenueRobert A. Flsher, Englneer, ZSZL Ray Drlve,
ResoLution No. 3-52t rAuthori-?ine tho Executr.o:r of Ageementfon Speclal PLanning Servicesrr whlch resolutlon authori.zes theempLoyrnen! of Geo:rge A. Mann, as Ctty plarlnlng g,dvlsor, waslntroduced by Councilman Slnond.s who moved lts passage, seconded.by councllman Ilunt, ard adopted unanimously upon ro11 taH- ofmembers. councilman simond.s moved. that ttl6 clty clenk be Ln-stn:.cted. to address a Letter to $fr. Mann, Lnfonmlng hin of ttreCouncllts aceeptance of the A_goement, its venlflcitlon by theCity Attorney, and that L{n. I{ann be ttrther ad.vised. that ire meetyltn t!9 Clty Council, -and the PJ.annlng Commission on January ZB.The motlon was seconded by Council:nan love and. unaalmously clrrled.Ehe publLc was lnfonmed. that },1r. Mann had been employed til assist
!f: councll, the planning qgqryissi.on, the city Attorney and theClty Englneer, in the recodificatlon- of ttre pi'esent cify ord.in-ances.
Mayon Atwater stated. he had. neeeived nrrmerous calls ln refenenceto the status of the proposed wld,enlng of Chapln Avenue and. thatlegal- pfoceed.lngs were_ presently underw&fo eu-estloned by theI'{ayon, CfW Englneer Marr advisba tfrat since the submission of anestimate of cost, his office has not proceeded furthen with plans.
A letter dated.- Januany 7r_1952, was read flom Roy TrI. seaggaves,President of the Interclub Councll of BurLlngarne fmprovementsClubs, requesting the names of the members oi tfre pi.oposed corl-mittee to lnvestigate the applicatLon of the Lowrlb paving com-pany to- orect_ an asphalt p3-ant in the City of Br.rrlingame. A copyof the Interelub CounclL rolnutes were enclosed subnltttng a foui'lpgilt,programr_ recolmirending ordinance changes and. proposdd re-strLctions affect^inS_lldustrlal- or unrestricted. zoires- 1n the Cltyof Bur1lllgarle. The City Clerk was instructed to fonward a l1st "of
narnes of the commlttee to the Tnterclub CouneLl, which Couneil lsrepresentatlve of all the Burllngame Improvement Clubs, gnd offerthe-sugeostion that d.olegates eonsult vrith the Investifuation Com-mittee. councllman slmond.s movod that the four"-point progrsm, asoutlined, ln the fnterclub Councllts mlrlrtes, be iaken int6 consld-eration by lhe Counell, seconded !y Councilman Love and. unanlmouslycarrled. Clty Engineer ltanr, Chalnrran of the above Comreltte€ Fo- (
quested. the Lowrle P-avi1g Company to submit plans as soon as plansar:e avaLlable, for inmediate i-nvestigation uy trre Committee.
f{"_-TggSnt publleity {n lhe loca1.n_eyqpapers, relatlve to the Cityof Millbraets proqosed.-plan to establlih-a l,tunicipal EilI near xh;no::thern bonder of Burllnplamers city llmits, was La]led to theattention of the,Counci3., and-the City Attoi'ney, and. the Cltt EngLn-eor were instrueted to investlgate and. aseertain facts.
l'{r. R31ph Button, 1615 co::onad.o Ti*y, ad.d.nessed the counci}, re-questlng that the con:raittee appolnted earlier i.n ttre evenli.g, takeinto conrdldenatlon the fact that the cltizens of Bunlingame-E.o notwish heavy lndustry within the conflnes of the clty.
I.{r's. E. N. Klahnt- ].5O7 Callfornia_Dr.1ve, addressed the Council,nequestllg conslderation ln the^pJ-antllg of ad.ditional trees *iorrgCallfonnla Dni-ve, p_artlcula:rIy tn ttre lmmedlate vLcinity of th;---"13oo block. Mrs. Klahn was ailvlsed by park super"intend.entAndenson that trees wlIl be planted at such time as f\rnds areavailable in the clty Budget.
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Thene_belng 1o ftrrther buslness before the Councl1, the meeting
,-was ad.Journed at g:50 p. mo on motLon of Councllman Eunt, seconded.by Councllman Love and unanlmously caruled.
Respe ct fhlly submitted,
City Clenk
Approved.:
H. IGNT ATHATER
}iayor
Ak
HERBERT I(. IIIII{ITE