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June 1, 1.955.
A ncgular re€tLng of the BunLlngame Clty Counell uag held oa thcrbovc_glvcn datc. ilcctlng eaLlcd to orden at Bl$0 p.m. - ffayonSluonds ln the Chatn.
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The minutcs of the previous meetlng of May 18, L955, tero unanlmouslylpproved on motl.on of Counellman Lovo, scoondcd by Couacilman BXnd,wlth the foLlowlng amendments noted: (1) that her"eafter la acceptingellgtble llsts submltted by the Clvll- Servlce Commlsslon, they ehalLbe.accepted as the restabllshed.' ClvlL Servlce e1lgtble Llstsl(2') prion to ttre adoptlon of Besolutl.oa So. 32-53r-the nlnutes lndl-eate that ilthe CounclJ. agneod venbally with the ownens of the lndus-trlal area that the owners and membens of the Broadway IndustrlaLAssocLatlon would obtaLn written permlssLon to constrict and maiatalnan open dltch f?om Bol-Ilns Road to Gnove Avenue Creek.n
Jule 1, 1955' nas soheduled for publle hearlng on a petltlon subrult-
led by eubdlvldens Pratt & Mltehe1l, reguestlng a change of 1otllnes to estabHsh three lote wlth the folLowlng Ilontiges on PepperAvenue - one with 55t Ilontage, one wlth 84t llontage and one 66-t by149.1t on the southerly conner of Peppen Avernre and-Ra1ston Avenue.A letter dated May 14, L955, was nead from the Plannl.ng Coronlsslonrecoruneldlng that the subdlvLglon be granted and that a fomal uapbe submltted to the Clty Englneer. Mp. Frank Dwyen, ownor of the- ad-
llcent property appeared ln penson to nequest a vLew of the map ln-dtcatlng the pnoposed change. ilo oppositlon belng entered, Counoll-
man Atwater moved that the CounclL concur 1n the recommendatlon ofthe Plannlng Commlsslon and lntroduce fo:r pass&gor Besolutl.on No.55-55 - Authonlzlng the change ln 1ot llnes and provldlng for the:recordlng of the desonlptlon, seoonded by Councllmaa tove and adopt-ed unanlrnously on ro11 caLl.
A letter dated May 28, 1955, wes read Ilom G. J. Marr, Dlnector ofPub1tc wonke, advlslng that the K. T. K. sreeklng CompaDyr z6s ALe-
bama Street, San F?ancLsco, oompleted its contract fon the denollt-lon of the Gunst Manslon in Washlngton Parkr orr May 22, 1953. Queg-tloned by the CouncllrDl:rector of Publlc Wonks Harr advlsed that anotlce of completLon was fLLed on lflay 28, ].955. [he Dlrector ofhrbLlc Wonks was lnstructed to lssue payment for the balance of thecontraot thlnty-flve days the:reeften provldlng no Llens have beenftled durlng the Lnterlm.
A letter dated May 28, 1955, w&s nead Ilom G. J. Mam, Dlneoton ofRrb1tc Wonks, requesting personnel appolntments fron the ellglblenoster for the posltlon of Utlllt;rman ln the Waten Department and aUtllltyman in the Street Department. Questloned by nembens of theCouncll, Clty Engi.neer Marr. advl.sed that IIo. l on the 1lst resldesoutslde of the Clty, and that No. 2 on the llst has not replled toa request as to whethen he d.esires appolntment aad the eJ.lglb1esNos. 3 and 4 are cumently wonklng for the Clty ta the Saten Depart-Bent, Councllman Morgan thereupon moved th,at I{o. 3 on the eJ.lglblelist, Ilesley D. Coke, avaLlabre for appolntment, be appolnted to theposltLon of Ut11lt;man ln the Water Dopartment, subJeet to the pass-lng_of a satlsfactory medlcal examlnatlon, seconded-by CounctlmanBynd artd unanlmously carnled. Councllman Byrd moved tb.at No. 4 onthe e1lglble J.l.st, Edward L. Kennlgan, availab}e fon appoi.ntment,be appolnted to the posLtlon of Utlltt;rman ln th.e Street Departrent,subJect to passlng a medLoal exmLnatloa, seconded by Counallmantove and unanlmously carrled. The above appolntments yere made to
become effectlve June 8, 1955.
A letter dated May 29, L955, was nead from R. c. Theuen, chlef ofPolLce, recoumendlng that the Cr:rfew Ondlnanoe be emended by strlk-lng out the work rremalnr ln sectlon I (c), line g, and subitltut-lng the word nloitentr to confonm wlth otber city ordlaances ln SauMateo County. The eommunlcation was recelved and referred to theCtty Atteney for funther actlon.
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A letten dated May 29, L955, was read f?om the Clty Plannlng Conmis-
sLon, advlslng that the request from 3Yi111am J. Bounne fon perml.sslon
to extend a driveway at 85 Callfornla Drlve, requlres a varlance and.
was thenefor"e nefenred to the Councll for l\rther dlsposltlon. TheClty C1erk was lnstructed to notlflr Mn. Bour,rre that present ondlnance
negulatlons require tleat 25/ of tlne pnopenty ftontage sha1l be pro-
vlded for lngress and egress and therefore no action may be taken bythe Counc!.I, hrt that tbe Street Commlttee of tho Counctl w111 nevlewthe subJect matter wlth the posslblllty of amendlng the existlng ord-
l.nance to conforu wlth present-day requlnements.
A letter dated May 29, 1955, was read fnom the Ctty PLannlng Connrlss-lon, reconmendlng that the nequest submitted by !{rs. CarL Schlouse,
907 Iankspur Drlve, fon a resubd.Lvislon of tots 5 and 6, Block 8,
Burllngame Gardens, be appnoved. Hayon Slmonde edvlsed that the ::e-
subdivLslon proposed ls not a complete nesubdlvislon, but a clrange lnlot llnes to pnovlde an equal dLstance along the arc of each Iot.
Councllman Iove moved concunrence ln the reoommendatlon of the Plan-nlng Covnaisslon and lntroduoed. for pessage, Resolutlon No. 56-55r
approv!.ng the resubdLvlslon and authonlzlng the Clty EngLneer. tooertlfy the descnlption of tbe lot and map for recondlng, secondedby Councllman Atwater. and unenlmously adopted on ro11 caLL of membens.
A letter dated M.ay 22, L959, was read fnom the Burllngame E[re Depant-
ment and the Bureau of FLre Preventlon and PubLlc Safety, recommead-lng that approval be granted" to a request subnltted by the Unlon 011
Company to lnstalL gasoline storage tanks at the corner of Er:rnboldt
and Bayshone B1vd. CounclLman Morgan moved that the Councll eoncurln the reoomendatlon and pernlsslon be gnanted to the Unlon 0i1
Conpany to lnstall the stonage tanks, seconded by Counollman B;md.Speaklng on the questlon, Councllman Btmd agaln urged that eonilder-atlon be glven to a rovlslon ln the exlstlng provlslons ln the ondLn-ance code of the Clty, to ehange tb storage capaclty throughout theClty. The motlon waa unanlmously car.nted and the Clty C1erk instnuc-ted. to wrlte e Letten to the memrbers of the Flre Connisston to re-quest that a otudy be made of the subJect as outllned by Councl};anByrd.
A Letten d,ated Hay 28, 1955, was nead fnom Oeorge V. Whlte, DlstnlctSuperlntendent of tho Burllngane Elementany Schools, reguestlng aeoatnact for flre protectlon of the Burllngame IntermedLete Schoolfor th9 perlod of tlne prlor to fonmal action on tlrel.r petltlon forannexatlon of tJre propenty to tlre Clty. IIre comnunLcatlon ras r.efer-ned to the Clty Attorney for an eppnoprlate repJ.y relatlve to theCltyts status Ln provldlug flre protettlon to uninconporated areas.
Ehe Clty Clerk adviEed that a repont has been received llnom the De-pantment of hrbllc Health and lfelfane relatlve to an lnspectlon mad,eof the dwelllng Located at lzsL CapuchLno Avenue, but th-at in theintenlm, the owrer, lifrs. C. L. pezel} has not!.ft6a tUe Clenkrs Offt""that she has wlthdrawn hen_app1lcatlon to operate a nursery school.The repont was reoeLved and placed on flle.-
A report on the activltles of the BurlLngame Recreatlon Depertmentfor. the month of Aprll, 1955, was read aia f:.Led.
99lT"t1*an.Bynd questLoned the posslblllty of havlng a speclal censustaken In vlew of the sevenal new subdlvlsions reeenf,ly favlng beonannexed to the Clty of Burlingame. Clty fiaglneer Mani advlsld tfratthe taklng of a speeLal oengui ai thls Llme-would not Juetffy th;-expense that would be lnor.rnredl bY! suggested that an Estlmaie may Uemade by obtalnlng the new epplieatlons-Ion water senvlce. -
CounclQ"t BId advtsed that-he, ln compa?y wtth Clty Attorney Karme1,had confenred wLth Dr. Geo. W. Kernen, irrliclpal stolHrolder in tnlBurllngaae Shoreland Conrpeny, 1n an altbnpt to negoilate fon the pun-c?ase of a portlon of aereage adJaoent to the Munfclpal E[11. Coun-g-lf*.? Px:.d contlnueA Py. etitlng-that Dr. Kerpnen had- suggested tfratthe eight ecres-Illte between t[e Fneew&x, the Sewage pf&ii, irr"-or"o-pess end the exlstlos Eerer llne be fllL;a by lhe city or nurriogr*uand !!?t upon .completlon he pul{ gnant app:r6xlmate1y" four """".1
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provldlng a Rlw or easenont. ls s-11Jn by 9ir; clty_for"Lngness or "g"""r.4?yoo slnondg stated that ttre siuSect-iratten *oira-u" referned to the91!y.Attor-ney and that a reco',oendatlon wourd be heldrli" fi; -;;Jlct -is -ii"Jp."ii presented to the Glty cooolhSbevance un-
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Mayor Slmonds advleed tbat the Councll has agaln dLsoussed the cnoud,-
ed, condltlons exlstent at the Clty EalI, the Department of Publtc
Wonks Butldtng and the Pollee Departmentr and a deelslon has been ,
neached to have the entlre subJect matter refenred to the Plannlng
Commlsslon wLth a request that the Counlsslon sork ln conJuootlonwlth the Cttlzens Advlsory Group. The Ctty CLerk was lnstnreted. to
communLcate wlth the Plannlng Commlsslon requesttng that the Conmle-slon asslst the CouncLl by determlng whethen lt would be mone ad.vLs-able to - (1) remodel the pnesent City Hall,, (21 to remove to theIlaehlngton Park ar€a or oreate a new Civic Center, or (3) by acqulr-tng other pnoperty approprlate to clty governnont flrnctloalng.
Mayor SLuonds ftrnther advlsed that the Counall has again consldeneda request submltted by the Chamber of Cowrenee Street Commlttee fonthe lnstallatlon of eLectrollens on Howard Avenue. Glty Attorney
Karmel advlsedr upon lnquky of the Councll, that the flrst procedurels the passage of a ResoLutlon of IntentLon, uvhlch resoLutlon shouldlncrude the type eLectroLten proposed to bo ereoted. and. the Wpe ofmatenLal to be used. The Clty Englneer was lnstructed to complle theLnformatlon nequlned and to meet with the Ctty Councll prlon to thenext regular meetlng, ln orden that the CounciL nay be Ln a posltlonto lntroduae and pass a nesolutlon of lntentlon at that meetlng.
Mayon Sinonds advlsed that the Chlef of PolLce has conducted astneet survey nel-atlve to parklng and hLs neport has been neferredto the members of the PoLlce Conmtttee of the Councll for study anda recommendatLon nrLll be nado at the next negula:r meeting of tireCouncll.
?lannlng Consultant Mann was lntroduced and complLmented on hls manyhours lPeat ln the prepanatLon of the necodlflcLtlon of the pnoposei,revised zonlng ondinance. Mayor Simonds stated ttrat CounclL-publtcheanlngs wlII soon be soheduled.
Reoreatlon Comisgloners MeKeon alrd Hlr:rlchs, ln attendanoe at th.e
P99!1ne, _were rgQuested by Mayon Slmonds to lnvestlgate the feasl-b+lfty o_f establlshlng a recreatLonal area southwes[ of the present
91ty Pa{k 11 Ray Park. Councllman Love suggeoted thet the Ctnmiss-1or. study hls previous slsggstLon that eonc6sslons, such as ponyrldeg, etc., for yguns-ohildren, be provided 1n th6 Hashlngtbn FarkpLaygnound are&. Corryalssioner Etnrllhs stated, that the laften sub-Jeqt has been dlscussed by tho Becreatlon ConnlssLon, but the questlonhad arisen whethen the operatlon of concesslons wouLil be und,er ttreJurlsdlctlon of the Park or the Recneatlon Department. FoJ.lowlng adiscussl.on on thts point, the Becreatlon Conrnisslon was requested torevlew the entlre-subJect-matten and to submlt a report to the CltyCounoLl to deter.nlne a tlLne of demancatlon.n -
The followlng announcernents vere made by !fiayon simonds:
Auxl1lary Pollae Dance, Leglon Halr, satunday, June 13, Lgs5.
Annual Auxlllary Flremen Blcycle Baseba1l gamee tr?lday, June srlg5g.
f|"I9_!"!n_q no f\rther buslnese, the meetlng nes rpegulanly ad.Journed,at 9350 P.!d.
Respe ctf.tr1ly submltted
HERBEBT K. WffITEcrrY cIjEnK
APPROVED:
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