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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1954.08.02I 176 Bunllngamo Californla August 2, l95l+ A regular meeting of the Burllngane City Councll was held on the above gLven d.ate. Moeting calIed to onder at 8:00 P. M. - Mayor Atwater. ln the Chain. Ro1L Cal1: Present Councllmen: Atwater-Love-Morgan-Rooth Absont Councilmen: Byrd CouncLlman Love moved ttrat Counellman Byrd., absent from the city onvacation, be excused. from attendance, seconded by Councllman Mongan and. unaalmously carnLed.. Ttre mLnutes of the ad.Jour-ned meeting of July 17, L954, as submlttedto members of the Councll wene unanimously appnovod. and ad.opted on motion of Councllman Mongan and second.ed by Councllman Rooth. The mlnutes of the regular meetlng of July 19r L95l+, as submLtted to membens of the Councll ltene approved. and adopted on motlon of Councll- man Rooth, seconded. by Councllman Mongan and unanlmously canried. On motlon of Cor:ncl1man Lover seconded. by Cotrncll-man Mofgan ana rinan- Lmously cannLed, the mLnutes of the speclal meetl.ng of July 25, 1954, were approved. and ad.opted. Councllman Love moved that the mlnutes of the speclal meeting of July27, L954, be approved. and adopted, second.ed. by Corrncl.lnan Rooth and, unanlmously cannled. A hearlng on an applleatlon for a vaniance in zonlng regulalilorrr topermlt the constnrctlon of a gasolJ.ne sbrvice statlon, as requested. by Oscar F. Penson, was echeduLed fon Councll dlsposltlon on thls date.The pnoperty for which ttre varianco ls reqluested., ls located at the southwest cornen of the northern terrnlnus of Broadway at the f oot ofthe ovenpass approach to the Bayshore Hlgfrway. DanLel- J. Creedon, attorney representlng the appllcant, advlsed thatpermlsslon for a vanlance rmrst flrst be obtailned fnom the Clty Councll and theneafter an appllcatlon be made to the State Dlvlslon of Elg[- ways fon permlsslon to use a pontLon of State }Ilg[way pnoperty to pro- vl-de an lngness and egress to the proposed gasoline servlce statlon. The Clty Cle:rk read two l-etters necelved 1n protest to the pnoposodconstructlon. In a letter d.ated July 11, L95l+, fr"om Antonlo and Mad.daLena Zaro, a protost was ente::ed. that entrance of funther gas- o1lne statlons ln the area may lead to severe and d.ostr:uctlve corlp-etltlon. In a letter dated JuIy 9, L95l+, a protest was recelved fromthe Burllngame Shore-,Lartd Co. advlslng that a buildlng permit has beengranted to the Unlon 011 Company to constnuet a gasolLne station onthe southeast cornen of IndustrlaL Way and the Bayshone Senvlce Road. and. If a varLance were granted to the fonegoirg property, lt wouId. be 1n conflict with the Cltyr s exlstlng ord,lnance prohLbltlng more t}.an one senvLce station r^ilthln a dlstrance of lfgO feet. Cyms McMl11an, attorney representlng the Burllngame Shore Land Co. p nequested the Courrcl1 to confonm to regulatlons pnovld.ed. ln the zayt-lng ordLnance by denylng the appllcation. Mt:. Creedon, upon belng questloned by the Councll, gave assurance that the gasollne statlon would be operated. and. malntalned by a neputableflrm and the stmctu::e and. the land.scape designed so as to bo an assetto ttre Clty of Burllngarne. Councllman Mongan thereafter moved that the Councll concur wlth the recommendatlon of the Plannlng Cormd.sslon and that .hhe varlance be granted., wlth the stipulatlon that the appJ.lcant obtain permlsslon from the State Dlvlslon of Hlghways to use a pontlon of state property for the pur3pose of prorrlding an lngress and egless to tho p:roposod. gasollne statlon. The motlon was seconded by uouncllman Love and unan- lmously carnled. I l 777 A letten d,ated July 16, L954, tras read from Norman K. Swope, l+82 Manin Dnlve, Burll-ngame, nequestlng permlsslon to palnt house numbens on curbs ln front of prlvate homes wlthln the Clty of BunlLngame. Councll- man Morgan moved that Nqnman K. Swope be granted the oppontunlty tooffen hls senvlces, wlth the undenstandLng that penmlsslon to palnt house numbers on cunbs be flnst oblalned from the resldents, seeondedby Councllman Rooth and unanlmously carrled. A letter dated July 18, J-95l+, was read fnom Mrs. B. F. Hlnrael, 1l+12MlI1s Avenue, obJectlng to all nlglrt par.klng of automobLles and trucks l-n front of the above property. Ihe eonrnunlcatlon requested that oo- forcement of the clty ordlnance prohlbltlng overnlgfrt parklng of vehLc-les on clty streets. The communlcatlon and subject matter wer:e referredto the Chlef of Pollce. Mayor Atraaten suggested that the Pollce Depant- ment place courtesy wanrlng notlces on offending cars prlon to enforce- ment of the ordinance. A letter dated July 30, L954, tas read. from the Burllngane Clty Plan- ntng Commlsslon, advlsing that the Cotmlsslon has necorilnend,ed approvalof an appS.icatlon for the constntretlon of a new bulldlng on propenty located. at 10BB North Lane, submLtted by Mr. Les11e D. SaLgn. The corn-rnrnlcatlon funthen ad.vlsed that the appllcant :roquests that an area adjacent to the buildlng, conslstlng of a Z$-toot stnl,p owned. by the Southern Paclftc Company and leased by the Clty of Burlingame, be ob-talned as space for a dnlve-up servlce. Questloned by the Cor:ncilrClty Brglneer Mann stated that he had no obJection to the plen and. the space requested would not inte:rfene with the Cltyt s exlstlng parklngfacl1lties. Councllman Mongan, Chatnman of the Council Panking LotsComtlttee, ad.vlsed that he has vlewed the property and ln hls oplnlona re&sonable nequest has baen presented. Councllman Mongan thereupon moved that the Councll concur wlth the recoilrrnendation of the Plannlng Commlsslon and that the petltlon be nefemed to the Clty Attorney fora r"ead.Justment of the CLtyts lease hrlth the Southerrr PaeLflc Company. The motlon was seconded. by Cor:ncllman Love and. unani.mously carrled. A letter dated July 2p, 1951+, was read fnom the Atlantlc Llfe Insu:r'- ence Company, consentlng and agneelng to the classlficatlon and ne-classiflcatlon of lts pnoponty as provlded ln 0nd.lnance No. 556, ln-tnoduoed.'for adoptlon on July 19, L95,+. The letten was placed onf11e. A letten dated July 30, L954, r.ras read fnom the Burllngame Clty Plan-nlng CommlssLon, advlslng that at the concluslon of a pub11e hearlng conducted by the Cornnlssl-on, July 2t, 1954, on the flnal map of unit1of the pnoposed }-Il1Lsdale Industnlal Pa:rk, lt was recommended thatthe flnal map, as submltted by Wl1sey and. Ham, Engkeers, be approvedand accepted. Councllman Lovel speal<Lng on the subJect, stated that Councll actlonon tJre adoptlon of the flnal map would be deferued,, perdlng lts re-celpt wtth accompanying documents, presently belng processed fon ex-ocutl-on by ttre o'lirrrers and. d,evelopens of the pnoperty. Mr. L. E. I{elsenberg, englneen, representlng ttre d.eveloper, lssued astatenent that subsequent- to several meetlngs held wlth representatlvesof ttre Burllngane Clvlc Improvement Club, the Burllngano Vll1age Im-provement Cl.ub ard the Br:rllngarne Gato fmprovment CIub, ln an attemptto neach a solutlon to oontnovensles relatLve to the deveJ.opment of theMll1s Estater severaL polats had been conceded by both tkre lntenestedpnoperty owners and. the d.eveloper. Mr. Weisenbeng conflrmed. the follow-lng polnts acceptable to the d.eveLopert 1. Between Duffenln Avenue and tho conunerclaL property lylng be-tween EL CanrLno ReaL arrd. Callforsrla Drlve, a 1lnk chaln fence-wtp Ueenected on top of the nelnfonced concnete::etalnlng wa11, wlth !.vy ontnees planted. for screoalng purpposes, pnovlded 1t d.oes not lnterfererrlttr. the Cltyt" engl-neerlng p3.ans fon dnaLnage. 2. A twenty-flve"foot plantlng stnlp along Callfonnla Dnlve bond.-erlrrg MlLLsdale, w13.1 be ded.lcated to the Clty. Ad.dltlonal eucalyptus trees w111 be planted ln sparse anea ofthe euealyptus grove. i IL78 3. ProspeotJ.ve pr:rchasers of all pnoperty sold in the lndusbnlal areas wl1L be nequlred to erect an elglrt foot 1lnk chaln fence. [1. An anehltectural commlttee representlng the d.evelopens shaII be apiiolnted. and one ropresentatLve from the Improvement Clubs Coun- cl1r-sfratf fe invlted to serve ln an advisony capaclty.. 5. Lot coverage shall be llmited to J0 percent of the Iand., through d,eed. restnLctton arid a flfteon foot set back strall be requlr- ed on alL lots facLng any of the roads ln the lndustnlal &ro&r Mr. Walter Amstrup, Pnesldent of tlfe Burlingame Gate Improvement C1ub, conflnmed. the staiirrent issuod. by M*. Welseiberg. Mr'. James Hlmmel, Presld.ent of the Burllnganre Civlc Impnovement Club, conflrmed an agreement pertalning to the folLoslng polnts conceded by the representatlves of the improvement clubs: 1. In aceord wlth the zonlng proposed east of the Southenn Pac-tfic tracks. 2. In accond wlth the zoning proposed. west of the tnacks, wLthpartlcular reference to the recent compnomlsed settllement. 3. In agreement wlth the map deslgnatlng tho proposed. pLan for the developrnent of the lndustrlal area. In eonelud.ing hls statement, t'[r. Hlmno]. advlsed, that all plans fon anlnlttatlve petltlon to plaee the lssue on the ballot had been abandon- ed. I4r. Fred Lehman, Presid ent of the Improvementthat the vanlous Lmp:rovement clubs in general recent developments. Clubs Councll statedare in accond with t he Mn. 'James lllmmel, Mr. Fred. Lehman, MF. E. A. Rltchlo, Presldent of Ray Park Improvement CLub, Mr. Osear Per^s-on, Presid.ent of the Broad,- way Industrlal Development Assoclatlon, l{r. Bobert Gans, delegate from the BunlJ.ngame Oate Improvement C1ub, FIr. James Fltzgenald, Pnes- ldent of the San Mateo County Developrnent Assoclatlon and Mrs. Leona Clank, Pnesldent of tho Br:r1lngame Chamber of CommeIrc€e commended the officlals of ttre City and the d.eve}opens of the Ml1ls Estate on the progresslve planning fon the pnoposed development of the Mi11e Estate. A tetten d.ated August 2, L95l+, addressed to the Trousdale Construction Company, was nead fnom the Ponlnsula General Contractors and Bulldors Assoclation, Inc. commendLng and. endorsing the devel.opers plan ln ne- gard to the proposed. development of tho M1lIs Estate. Thene belng no obJectlons, action on the adoptJ-on of the final map of UnLt No. 1, Mi1lsd.a1e Industrlal Pank, was withheld untl1 an adJounned. meetlng of the City Council to be held on Satur.d.ay mornlng, August 7, t95l+, at L0;J0 A. M. A petltlon dated. July 19r 195\, slgned by elghteen nesldents, resldlng on Sursnen Avenuee w &s read., ln which it was requested that an prclr ltght be lnstaIled ln tho conter of the bIock. Councllman Love moved that the Clty Elrgtnee:: be lnstnucted to request the Paclflc Gas and. ELectrlc Company to Lnstall- the arch light as requested, seconded by Cor.rrcLlman Rooth and unanimously cannled. Reports for the month of Jrrne, A95l+, were read. from the Burllngame Flre Department and tho Depantment of. Publ.lc Health and. Wolfane a:d placed. on flLe. 0rdinanc6 No. 556, entltled tfAn Ond.lnance Amendlng Section 19011e Art- lcle 50, Part X, of the Ord.lnance Cod.e of the Clty of Bunllngame, Dl- vldlng the Ctty lnto Dislnicts By P:rovldlng for the Classlficatlon of Certain Aneas 69 Land Wlthin the Cltyrr ( anea borrnded. by Penlnsula Hos- pltal and Bu:rllngame Intenmedlate School) was glven.second read.Lng. bouncllman Love ioved tb.e passage of Ordlnance No.556, second.ed by Councilman Rooth and. ad.opted by the followlng vote: AYES: Counellmen: Atwater-Love-Morgan-Rooth NOES: Councllmen: None ABSENT Councllmen: Bynd t79 Ordlnance No. 557, tfFixlng and, EstabLlshing Classifleatlon of Poslt- fons and Employment and the Compensatl-on and Salarles Thenefonfr was held for Councit actlon at the adJour"ned meetlng of Saturd.ay, August 7, t95b, on motlon of Counellman tove, second.ed'by Councllman Mongan and r:nanlmousLy earnled. Ondlnance No. 558, nAn Ondlnance Amendlng the Ond,lnance Codo of the Clty of Br:rllnga:ne by Repeallng Ordlnance No. 535 md Ad.opting a New Secilon 412 F'lxlng the Silary of the City Clerkrr was glven s.e.colld read- 1ng. Councllman Rooth moved the ad.optlon of Ord.lnance No. 558, second- ed-by Councllman Hongan and. Adoptod by the folLowlng vote: AYES: Councilmen: Atwater-tove-Morgan-Roottr NOES: Cor:ncl1men: None .ABSENT CounelLmen: Byrd ordlnanoe Ho . 559, ItAn Ordlnance Anrend.lng the Ord.lnance Cod.e of the Clty of Burllngarre By Repealtng Ord.lnaace No. 536 and. Adoptlng a Ner Seeiion 4Ll Ffilng the SaJ.any of the'Clty freasurerlt w&s glven secoad, read.lng. 0n motlon of CounclLnan Horgan, second.ed. by Councllman Love, Ondlnance No. 559 was adopted by the followlng vote: AYES: CounclLmen: Atwaten-Love-Morgan-Hooth NOES: Councllmen: None ABSHIT Counellmen: Byrd Resolutlon No. la8-5h, ttO::d.erlng Sale to Safeway Stonos, lncorporated., A Corponatlon, 0f The Real Propenty Partlcular'Iy DescrLbed In Thls Resolutlon, Flxlng the Terms and. Condltlons of Sa1o, Authonlzlng the Exesutlon and Dellvery of a Deed SubJect to sald Teroms and Condltlons, and Authoniz!.ng the EicecutLon of a Wrltten Agreement Wlth the Anprican Trnrst Company, A Corporatlonfr was lnt:rodueed tiy Cor-rncl1man Love who moved lts passa.ge. Ihe motlon was seoonded by Councllrnan Morgan and unanlmousl-y ad.opted on noIl ca"ll of ueiabers present. UNIryNISHED BUSIMSS: 1. Annual- Audlt Award: Councllman Love moved that John G. Maddux,t, be awarded the contnact to audlt the ac- Lnganre, for-the fLscal year, L953 - A95\, onded by Counellman Morgan and unanlmously canrLed. 2, C o ope nat l_ye_-pe rq ofr4e!_sexvlgegr C or.rnc 1 lman Lo ve move d th at the sub,Ject be he1d pendlng a confe rence th membens of the Clvl1 Service CornmLsslon, seconded by Councllmari Morgan and r:nanLmously canrled. 3. Pqopqsed _Irnp11pvenerllrlo Ro1llns n_o!{. Mr . Robent W. Harulson, attonney, fepresentlng the Bnoadway Industnl a1 Propenty Oume rs, ad-vlsed that aetion taken by the Clty Councll at ttre last regular meet-lng of July 19, l95l+, ln the ad.option of an Ordlnance of Intentlon to Orden Improvements to Ro11lns Road, and taken at the request of the representatlve attorrreys, had. been 1n error and. contrary to govern- mental code pnoeedure. It was therefor reconrmended that prevlous actlon taken at the regulan meetlng of the Couhell on that date berescinded. Councllman Love lntnoduced ar:d moved the passage of aresolutlon No. l+9-51+, ttWithdrawing Pnoposed. Ondinance of Intentlon Intnoduced July 19r L95Ll, Resclndlng AlJ. Actlon Tlreneunden and Aban- donlng A11 F\rther Proceedlngs Ihereundertr second.ed by Councllman Roobh and. adopted unanlmously on ro11 call of members present. Resolutlon No. 50-51+ nApprovlng Revlsed Map Indlcatlng Lands to Be Ta-ken and Acquined for Pnoposed Improvemert s l\rnsuant to Resolutlon No. l+3-5lr+, And fndlcatlng By A Bor.md.ary Llne the Tenritory Pnoposed To Be Included 1n the Assess&ent DLstrlct fon Sald Impnovementsrr was l-ntroduced by Councllman Morgan l&ro moved lts passage, second.ed by Councilman Rooth and unarrlmously adopted on ro11 call of members. Ondlnanee No . 560 ttAn Ond,lnance Declanlng Intenti on of ttre Clty Coun-cl1 to O:rd.er the Wldening of Pontion of Rollins Road., fhe Opening And,/ On Extendlng of Other Road.s, the Acqulsltlon of Lands and. Easements certlfleil. publlc accountan corints of the Clty of Burlln the sum of S850.00, sec r-------1 180 Necessany therefon +nd For A Dralnage Fumplng Statlon and ErlanglngA Dralnage Easenentrf was lntroduced-by Cotncllman Love and, glven ffrstread.iag. A publlc hearlng on the proposed Lmprovernents was schedul-edfor: Septeriber 7, 1954. NEhI BUSINESS: In concurrence wlth a recorunend.atlon subrdtted. by the Bunllngame Ctty Plarrnlng Coronisslon ln a'communlcatlon, d,ated, Juty J0, 1954, Counoll- man Love moved that the Clty Attorney wlth the asslstanee of the Clty Englneer be'instnreted, to prepare en ondlnsnce fon the negulatlon and.control of the lnstalLatlon and constrtrctlon of a stonm dralnage stnuctu::os withln the Clty. fhe motLon was seconded by Councll-man Morgan and rrnanimously carnled. Mayor Atwater submitted. the name of E. C. Flchtner for reappolntmentto the Llbrarly Board and upon motlon of Councllman Love and seconded.by Councllman Morgan the neappolntment was lrnanlmously confinmed. the name of Raymond. A. Bunns was submltted by Mayon Atwaten for re- appol-ntment to the Llbrar,y Boar"d. Councllman Mongan movod. that the neappolntment be accopted, seconded. by Councllman Rooth and unanimous-Iy confirmed. Granvll1e Brou"ning, E:cecutlve Secret&xy, Bu::1lngame Chamben of Com-mercol extended an lnvltatlon to officla1s and resld.ents of the Cfryof Burli-nganre to attond the San l{ateo Cor.rnty Fiesta on the evenlng bfAugust 5, L954, offlclal1y designated as rtBurlingann Nightfr. Mrs. Leona Cla::k, Presid.ent Burllngame Chamber of Cormrcree, announcedplans fon Burlingamet s pantlclpatlon ln the dedtcatory cenemonles ofthe now additlon to the San Francisco Alrport, August 27;28-29, l95l+. Councilman Love was excused fnom Councll duties for the ensulng flve daysr orl motlon of Councllman Morga:n, seconded by Councllman Rooth and unanlmously earnled,. Councllman Mongan suggested that owners of property'aIong Callfonnla Drive to Bnoadway, adopt the policy now establlshed by the d.eveLopersof Ml1lsda1e, by planting tnees fon screenlng and beautlfication pun- pOSOS r Councllman Rooth moved that the Councll- ad.Journ to meet Saturday morn-lng, August 7r 1954, at 10:J0 A. M. at r*hlch tfune subJects shalL be confined. to the foLlowlng - (1) adoptLon of the new si.Iany classlf-lcatlon and compensatlon ord.lnance, and. e) the adoptlon of ttre flnal map of Unit No. l-, Ml1lsda1e No. 1. The motlon uras second.ed by Councll- man Morgan and unanimously cannied.. The meetlng adJounned at 101L0 P. M. Respectfully subml t ed IIERBERT K. WHITE CITY CLERK APPROVED: H. KM\IT ATWA