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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1952.03.03I3s6 Burlingarce, California t Irlarch 5, 1952. A regular meeting of the Burlingame City Council was held on the above given d.ate. i,;leeting was ca1Ied. to order at B:15 p. I]u I'layor Atwater in the Chair. Rol1 CaII: Present - Councilmen; Atwater-Byrd-Hunt-Lqve-Slmond.s' Absent ' - Cor:rrci}:ren: $one The mirri"ltes of the regular meeting of the CIW Councll, held on the 18th day of Fbbruary, J-95?^, as submi,tted. to members of the Councll and as posted on the Bulletin Board j.n the City I1a11, were unanimously approved. on rcotlon of Councilman Slmonds and seconded by CounciLnran lIunt. Questloneid by the Council as to the court decislon rendered re-cently, relative to the $an FbancLseo Tlater Departmentrs suLt against the Clties of Burlingame, I,lillbrae and Hlllsborougfr, pur- suant'to the above cities denylng the City and County of San ll:anclsco permi-sslon to eonstruct and operate a water pipe linewithin thelr corporate Limits, Ctty Attorney Karmel stated thatthe courts had rendered. a d,ecisLon in favor of th.e San Fbanciscolflater Department and that the pipe lino woul-d be construcfed asoriglnally propgsed. City Attorney Karriel ad.vised. that a recentartiele ln the loca1 press camled a head.line that was misleadlngto the citlzens and that althouglr no one appeared flom the Citiesof Millbrae or Ellfsborougfr, he, as representative of the Ctty of Burlingame had filed a protest and had appeared. in court in behalfof the Clty of Burlingame. Ctty Attorney Karmel flr:r-ther advisedthat the court upheld the provisions stipulated ln the pe;.mLt. Councllman Slmonds questloned Gity Attorney Karmel as to wtretheror not the City Attorney represents the City rrd:en a citation is issued. to an individual who may have violated a clty ord.lnance.I{r. Karmel replied. that the attorney would represent the cityonly when the eourt issues an ord.et for an arrest. CounciLman Simonds suggested that the Porrndnraster and. the Ctty Attonney meetto flrthe:: clarify the proeedure to be estabLished ln the issuaneeof eLtations. CounciLman Simonds f\r::ti:.e:: suggested that all De-partment Heads should follovr the same procedure. There being no bids reccived for the 1952 Weed. A.batement program, Couneilman Simonds moved that bLds be re-called for" the next Coun-cil meeting of l,'tareh J.7, second.ed, by Council-man Bl.rd and unan-imously canrled. A letter dated. Fbbruary 28, 1952, was read flom the Civil ServiceCommLsslon, submitting the following eligible lists as a r.esultof recent oral exami.nations: DBAFTSJ,IAIT: conrad J. I'hethei-m - 15765 vla colusa, san Lorel1zo, calif. ASSTSTA}IT DTSPO SAL PL,A,I'IT OPtffiATOR : 1 o o council-man ,Love moved that ttre above lists be aecepted. as sub-mitted, second.ed. by Councllman Hrrnt and unanlmously carried. A letter dated. ,Fbbruary 25, a952, was read flom G. J. I,{ar::,DLrector of Publlc lnlonks, reporting on a su-rvey made of stonmd.:ralnage conditlons at the intersectlon of Edgehill Drlve and Paloma Avenuer &s requested. ln a petitlon received at the pre-vious Coun0ll, ifeeting. T]re Directon of Publlc Titonks ad.visLd. thata study rvi1r be rnade at this locatior: i.n conjun0tlon a{ith ottrer.loeatiorrs ln an attempt to find. a remed.y for-each situation. TheClty Clerk was lnstructed to so infor:m the petiti.one::s. . Orren C. Barber - 205 Airport Villeg€r San Jose, Calif.. Roy L. fbeem&rl - 1117 Chula Vista AvenuerBurlingamer0alif.. George E. Ftrrey- 18 King Courtrsan $'iateor Calif. r1 -=t.lI) J A letter dated. February 28n L952, was read f?om Director of Publlc l4/orks ${arr, reporting on the status of lmprovements scheduled. for Reereatlon Departraent- improvements prior to the terminatlon of thequrrent fiscal yoar. The cornmunication was ordered filed arrd a copyof the report to be submLtted to the Recreatlon^ Conrirission. A letten dated Fbbruary 28, L952, was read flom G. J. Ilarr, Dtrectonof h.rbLtc Tforks, requesting an appoi.ntment from the Civl1 Servlceeligible register fon the elassiflcati.on of AssLstant Disposal Plant0perator. Councilman love moved. that No. 2 on the eLiglble 1ist, Hoy L.-^ Fbeeman, Stneet Departdaent L{alntenance Mar:, f,'irst Class, be appoi-nt-ed to the positlon as requested., effectlve I'Iai"eh 4, 1952; iecond-eA UyCouneilman Simond.s and unanlmously carrLed. A letter dated. Fbbruary 29, ]-:952, was read f?om R. C. Theuer, Chiefof Folice, submlttlng the'neslgnation-of PoLice 0fflcer I[l1kie J.Dessln, effectlve lrlarch.4, 1952. .The reslgnatlon was aecepted onmgtion of Councilman Slmonds and. the City Clerk was instnucted toacknowledge Offlcer Desslnts senvice to the City of Bu.r"llngame. Themotion tras.seconded. by Councllman Hunt and unanimousLy canrled. A letter d-ated }bbruary 21, 1952, was reao. from t}:e Broadrvay Deveiop-nent Associ-ation, requesti.ng that the pariclng 1ot at Lagprna-and.Broadway be conrpleted, and tha'c the Exit and Entrance slgns be re-versed.. The conrntrnication vras referred to the Cit-v En8iieer vrithinstructions to investigate ti:e condition in qr-restion, a.nd- that thesig;ns be ::ever:sed as requested, A letter dated Fbbr"u-ary 26, !952, was read. f,rom t]:e fnterclub Councilof Burliri.i,iarle Improvembnt 0fuUs, aclvising the raenrbe::s of the Cou-nci1,of the fntcrcLtrb Cor-rncilts vrilIin,1;ness to co-operate in fi$rting anygui!-filed by the Lovrrie Paving Coiirpany. Accoiirl:anying the "o**r[n-ication rryas a-{9!olution, adopted i:y the fnterclub-CoinciI, recor,r- Ieinding the ad.ditiot: of iocilum floui'ide to the public water supply ofB_nrlinga-me. I,tayon Atv.rater stated that the sub jLct of the plaeing" offlouride.in the water sr-ippIy has been under Coi-ncil considLratloi ror"p.ome,.time, but no statement vrould be fortheoming rr-ntil such tlme astire pan lI'lncisco fiater Departncnt decl-ar.es its intention. Ttre CityClerk v;ras instructed. to tharrl< the fnterclu.l: Courrcil for its interestin both subjects. A lette:: dated Fbbruary z?, Igsp, Jlom the Dave pike packard" co.requestlng a permit to operate a used. car. 1ot at the eorner ofRhinette Avenue and Calj-fornia Drive, and. submitting letters ofreference, .was referr"ed. to the Chief' of Police -for fnvestigatlon and.report to the Couneil. A letter" d"ated Fbb::uary 27, l-952, was read f):om E. L. I,Iorberg, to theCity of Burlin8ane, requ.estirg Council consj-d.eration j.n the innexatj-onof a parcel of land., presently or..rned. by bhe Tovrn of Hillsborougfr, and.ad.joinlng L9!. No. Three Bu::lingar:re ?ark sr.rbdivision l{o. z, in"the9iW of pg11ing&Ine. Cou.ncllman Slmonds moved" that L{r. ilorn"rg *rra tfruTown of Hillsborou-gfr._,be_notifiecl of Council appnoval of the ainexatlon,should the Town of }Iillsborough release the |i"operUy in cluestion.The motion was second.ed. by Councllman ilunt anil u,nanimou-s1y carriejl., A letter dated Febru.ary 25, Lg52? reeeived fz.orn the City of BrtrbarrJr,sribmlttirg_a.resolutjon adoptecl by that city, in opposiiion to theproposal of the County Supervisors Assoeiation for L +fr State SaiesTax to be participated in by the cou.nties, was he]d, on motlon ofCouncilman Love for flrrther study a-nd soconded. by C6uncilman Simonds.The City C1enk vias instructed to so noti{y the City-of el,rfar:k. A letten dated Febrtrary zB, Lgsz, w&s read. fbom tire law firm oflii::kbri-d.e, '!'/i1son, Ilarzfelil anc. vrlallace, submitting for cogncil _-adoption, _ resolutlons pertainilg to pn6ceedings f5r" Bi.rrLingarneI',{anor ltro. 1 improvenrents. Resol[tion ltro. B-52; entitfea-ilnEq;;"tingConsent of tlr.e_Boa1d of Supervlsors of San I,[ateo County to tfre fou"-cise of Extra Teri.ltorial Jurisdicti.on, Burlingame IIanLr ilo. 1,lnojeet IIo. 52-1lr Trras introduced by Councllnan Love v,,ho rooveA itspassa:ie, seconded !r Councilrnan Hunt and adopted. unanirnour.sly Lr-pon ro11call of mer,rbers. Resolution No. g-SZ, entitled ilDetermi.ninft tb Under_take Prodeeclings Pursuant to Appropriite special Assessment and Assess-ment Bond Acts for the .A.cquisition and. Construction of Street tmprove-ments, Yfithout Proceedings Under Dj-vision 4 of the Str"eets and gigrways 358 Code, Burlingam" ,,{"rrop No. 1, Project 1To, 52-1ft, was intr.oduced by Councilman Love who moved its ad.opti.on, seconded. by Councilman Slmonds and upon ro11 call of Council l\{embens, unanimously adopted. Resolutl.on No. 7-52t trCaneelling Deposlts ln the lFjater Consumerrs Tr"ust trtrndtr was intr-oduced by Councj-lman B;rrd., vrho moved its passage seconded, by Councj-lman Hunt and adopted unanimously upon ro11 caLl o mertbers. A petition, dated. Febru-ary 17, 1952, subnritted by 142 resj.dents orproperty orfilers on Carolan Avenu-e, lflas read, ::equesting Counellaction on the completlon of the propos ed Carolan Averl:.e Extonsion. A meeting tdth the nenbe::s of the Finance Conmrittee of the Counciland_the City Engineer was seheduled for Saturday monning, City IIa1I,at 10:00 &.ilIry at v;hlch tir;ie the subject of the extensj-on of darolan Avenue rrould be discussed. A letter dated lbbruary 18, A952, ylas read flom the Burlingame Civicfie]fa:r9 League, advising the Couneil of the forr*ation of t6e-League,dedicated to civi.c welfare. A petition for hearing of applicatidnof the Lorrrrie Paving Co. e fnc. for permisslon to construct and" oper- _ate an..aspl:aIt plant in the city of Burlir€arue, presented by civicWelfare League members, was aclcnovrled.,3ed. ana oi.aered fiIed.- A report f?om the city Judgg for the mon-,,h of January, rgsz, and. areport fnom E. L. Lincoln, Eecreation Su'perintendent, on the recentRecreati.on Conference in Ft'esno, vras read, acknowledg;etl and fiIed,. A claim for damages j-n the arnount or $20r 000. for injuries sustained it * falI upon the public sidewalk, presented. by }ia*orr6 J. Selig,700 Laurel Avenr.re, Bur.l-inga:oer rras rejected. and.-r"efLryed. to tjre _Cityts insuranee carcier, on motion of Counci}:ran Simonds, second.edby Councilman }Iunt and unanimously carried, Mr. Jaci< Ilecht, 523- Corbitt Drive, questionecl Corr.:rcilrrran Byrd. as !o_th9 progress made in reference to proposed inproverrients"in theindustrial ar:ea_ of the City of Br-rrLingame, to whieh Councilnan Byrdreplied that a 12 point plan irad been submitted to the planning Corirritission for study. There being no further business, the meeti-ng v,ras acljourned at g:BOp.ft!. on mot-ion .of Courncilman Love, second.ed.-b;r Cor-rniikaan Huni; and.unanimou-s Iy carried.. Respectfblly submitted t }IERBERT K.VIIHITECity Clerk APPROI/ED: /,f-t^U iI. KE]'.I'I ATV,},TER tf ResolutLon No. 10-52, rrDesignating Election Officers and EstablishlngElection Pneclncts for the },,lunlcipal Eleetlon to be held April 8, 1952tr was introduced by CounciLn'ran Hrxrt, who moved its ad.optlonr- seconded by Councilman Bp:d and. urranimously canried upon ro11 callof nrembers. L{ayor t