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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1952.03.17--1 Br:rlLngame, Cellfo::nla March 17, 1952. 359 1n regrllar sesslon on- Mayor Atwate:: l-n the 1. 2. a. L o. .7 a The Clty Councll of tho Clty of Br:rlLngeme metthe above g5-ven d.ate, at tJee hour of 8:0O p.n. Chalr. Ro1L Ca1l! P::esent - Councllmen: Atwater-Bylrd-Hwrt-Irove-SlmondsAbsent - Councllrten! None The mlnutes of the regula:: 'meetlng of Ma::ch 3, L952, as subnltted to members of the Councll'and as posted on the Bulletin Board Ln the CltyHa11, were unanimous Iy appnoved ard adopted on motlon of C ouncLLmanLove, and second.etl 'by 'Councllman Hunt. A letter dated Mrirch L3, 1952, wae ::ead fbom the Clvll Servlce Com-mLsslon, subnltting th6 followlng ellglble llsts: SENIOR CLERK.STENO GRAP}IER L Mls s Jean L[. Iilclaughlln Mlss Allce G. Hansen lvlrs. Ed.lth 1,. Br:rgess Letltia Bro$/n Mary fusk Allce S. Duff Cecelia lena M::s. Doris K. Dowsett I[::s. Mabe]- D. McConkey trfirs. Fhances Stange trLrs. Arrn Chr:rch 849 Paloma Avenue, Bur ltngame L74 lllarren Road, San Mateo 116 Bloomfield Road, Br:.r lingam e TY?IST.CLERK 1225.Dorme11y Ave. , Bu::l ingame 1O17f Capuchlno Ave. , Burlingame 11O4 Ed,geht11 Drlve, Br:::Ilngame 911 - sth Ave., San Bnuno 174 I{arnen Roatl, San Mateo 1524 Eloribunda Ave. , Burlingame 1472 lllgfrway Roadr Bu:rllngame 8LO C::ossway noad, Br::.llngame Ihe above I1sts we::e accepted as ::endered. upon motion of CouncilmanSlmonds, seconded by CounclJ.nan Ilunt and rrnanlmous 1y ca::ried. A letter. dated March 15-, 1952, llon the Civil Service Comnls slon, ad.-vlslng that several menbers of the Clvl]. Servlce ComlLsslon p!_an'toattend the Yfestern Reglonal Conference of Civil Service Assemtly lnSarr Jose, Aprl1 2, 3 antl 4; expenses for whlch a::e allowed tn tlecurent budget, was placod on flle. A letter dated March ].4, L952, was read fbom G. J. Ma::r, Dlrecto:: ofPubrLc - works, _ requestJ.ng that an appoLntment be made fron ttre ::ecentlyestabllshed ellgible llst fo:r Senlor Cle::k Stenographer. In a letter-addressed to I{r. tr{arr, Mlss Jean M. }'{c!aug!r1in, No.- L on the e}iglble1ist, requested that an appol4tment.,be waived it tfrls tlme but th'at hernane be retalnetl oll the e3-1glb1e Ilst. Corrncl lman Simonds moved thatthe request be gnanted and t,hat Mlss Jean Mclaughllnr s na&e be ::etaln-ed on the -e-Ilgtble _11st, secondod by Councllnan-Byncl and unanlmousLyca::nled. Ivfr.s. Mlldred Bentley, cur:rently holdlng- th.e positlon ofSenlor Clsrk-Stenoglapher in ttre offLce of the CIty Judge, was appolnt-ed under" the same classtfl"bation to the vacancy exis teni in ttre CityEnglnee:r t e offlce at suc?r tlme as a part-tlroe tempor:ary appolntment- lsmade Ln the offlie of ttre clty Judgo upon motl,on br councrinan slmonds,seconded by Councllman Hrrnt and unanimous Iy camled. A letter d.ated. March 11, 1952, waE read Ib om G. J. Ma::r, D!:ector of P-trbLl c llorks, subnlt tLng coples of an agreement coverl-ng pole con-tracts and cooles of a r.esolutlon emporrre::Lng the l,tayor. inil City Clerkto ente:' lnto aJId execute an agr"eer4ent wtth-the paciflc Gas anb Elec- !:lg_C:ry:.y to pBrEtt the Clty to.lasta11 s cioEsnal& slgn at Ca1lf-o?n1a Drlve and lrlorr.ell Avenue. rh.e agre ement eJ}d propose'd nesolutlonwas referred to the Clty Attonney for [is per:usal. *ra i, i"Ay. A Lette, dated March.14, J-9b2, _ was _::ead Ilom G. J. I!tra*, Dlrector ofI"b1l" IYo,ks, subnltti4! detailed. r.nfonnatr.on reritrve-i"-[rr" p::oposedca::olan Avenue Extension, end recommendlng that no addttlonar naJ'or - clty street-gas tax money--be dlverted to Cny use except that of ::e_su::facLog clty streets. 'lilr. Marr suggested that " ,"Ltf"c be heldrrl th the pnopenty oleners or rnrprovem6it cruus "i irr"-citvofJr discues- --'l 360 Lon as to methods of financlng the Carolan Avenue p::oject. Ur. AaJ*Hecht, President of the Bur3.ingame Civlc l[elfare Club and a member ofthe Bu::1lngeme fmprovement Associatlon, r,equested that a copy of the::eport be submltted for r"evlew by the Improvement C1ub. A letter dated. Ittarch 14, 1952 was read flom Dlrector of Publlc Ilo::ks Marr", submltting for Council consLderation, a request fbom the CltyElectrielan that authorization be g::anted to hLn to attend the'Inter-natlonal Municipal Slgnal Assoclatlon session ln San Diego, Ap::il 4 and 5. Upon motlon of Councllman B;rrd, Clty Elect::ician HL11s wasgranted penmLssJ.on to attend the forthcomJ-ng session, with an expens eallowance in an amount not to exceed $1OO.00. The notlon was selond- ed. by Councllman tove and unanimous 1y ca::rled. A letter dated March 13,polLce, requesting that t Department be fi1led fb on Slmonds moved that No. 1be appointed to the posltthe classifled servl.ce, seconded by Councl}oan Eunt and rmanlmous Iycarrled. 1952, was read f:rom R. C. Theuer, ChLef ofhe posltlon of typlst cLerk Ln the Pollce . the current eltgible 1ist. C ouncl] man on the eligible 1lst, I\{rs. LetitLa Bt:o$n,i-on, subJect to the usual requirements In A lette:r dated March 13, L952, flom R. C. Theuer, Chlef of pollce,reportlng on an Lnvestlgatlon mado relatLve to a danger.ous trafftoconditlon at the lnte::section of Alvarado Avenue and Hi1lslde Drlve, w&s re femed to the Dlrector of ftrb11c Ylorks r,rl th ins tructlons that-a proper locatLon be deterlrLned. fon the placlng of an arterlal stop s ign. permLssion to operate a used. car 1ot at Broadrra Upon motLon of Councl.lman Slmonds, seconded. by rrnanimous Iy carr,led., authorlzatlon was granteilthe used car 1ot, subJect to compliance yrl th or A letter d,ated Mer ch !4, !952, r'ras read f?om Chlef of police Theuer,reportLng favorably upon an app11cat5.on receLved flom Dave pike fo::y ard Califonnia DrLve. Cor:ncll:nan llunt andto lfr. Plke to operatedinance regulations. A lette:r dated hlar ch _!4, !952, f rom I. Karmel, Clty Attorney, ::eport-ing on ^a me_etlng held -for_ the punpgse of _ consi.d.errirg end atscussingplans for the f\r ture development of the lndustr'laI irea, was placedon flIe for f\rtur e referonce and the clty cle:rk instrucied to fo::war.d.a copy of the cornmunicatLon to ttre plannlng Commis sion. A letter dated lr1a:rch 1l:, 19s2, Ilom E, L. Llncoln, RecreatLon Super_lntendent, ::equesting ttrat authorlzatlon be grant6d to ma}e certalnrepalrs to ttre C orlnrnlty Center BuLldlng, wai nefe::::ed to the CttyEnglneer. A letter dated Ma:rch 3, !g52, was read fnom the Board of Elr.e c onm-Lsslone::s, advlslng that Johir trblcke, former hoseman in the BurLln-game RLr e Department, ls e1lglb].e foi, ::etir.ement flom- the Arrne dForces- f9r an inJury sustalned l_n Ko::ea. Bre lettor f\::: t]rcr advLsedthat whi.]e Mr. r't'l,cke w111 not be able to perfor.m the duties of aflreman for several months, lt was recomne;1ded that he be-appolntedas a fulI-tLme }r.r e rnspector untll suctr tlme as he is abre io takeon. fire-flghting_ dutles ln addltlon to belng a E[re inspecior: uponmotlon of councilman Love, secondedty c ounElfuran Byrd-ani .unanlnbus rycar:rled, the recommendation of the Fli. e Chlef and tfie Boa:rd of Ek, eConunissioners was concurred ln by-the CouncLl and trhr. Bt;ke was ap-polnted fuLl-tlnre fLr"eman detatIad to the Ftre preventlon eureau. A letter dated tr'ebru ary 29, 1982, was nead fbom the ]dllLs Estate rD-corporated Lend Compeny, g::anting permisslon to the Ctty oi Bur:lin-geme to erect a blllboa::d. or sign on I{111s Estate prope;-ty at thenonthe rrx entrance to Br:rllngame, ron the J.lsting or sLrvt[e groupsg1--g1"1: of the Clty of Burlingame. Resolution-No. 14_E-, authon_lz1',g the -JvIey.oT t9 enter Lnto and execute an agreement wiih the MLus:::1"? and subiect to provislons enumerated Ln the agreement, washtroduced by Councilman SLmonds who movod its parso[e, seconded. bycouncllman Eunt and adopted unanj.mous 1y upon ::oi1 cail'or-nemue:rs. - A.petltlon, s,ubmit ted by eight property or,n€rs, located wlthtn thevlcinity of .Ilowand Avenue ard nltston iverue, between C::escent and.occldental Avenues, -was read, requestLng the ?epalr ard- maintenanc eor-a watercourse the ciby ts using for. a dr.ainage canal fo:: street 361 and. fLood. waters, trich ls eauslng d.arr.age and enosion of pr.opertyin that area. The petltlon requests that a rvritten answer relatLveto the Cltyts posltlon be glven to the property owners. Ittr. Dodd M. McBae, 1561 RaLston Avenue, one of the slgners of the petltlon , and present at the meeting, addressed. the Council u:rglng the membensto take lmnediate actlon to remedy the d.angerous condltion and. re-questlng the Clty Attorney to submit a wnltteri ansrrer to the petlt- lonens lnqulrlos. Mr. McRae was assuned. by [iayor Atwater that Lreply would be rend.ened..soon. A letter dated. March 5, 1"952, was read flom Romeo $. Jo1y, operatorat the Munlclpal Fll}I, reeorlmendlng fon Councll approvaL, certain eharges to be mad.e to persons uslng the 8111. In support of tllerequest, MF. Jo1y, present at the n:eetl-ng, stated that outsid.ersuslng the F5-11 have been taklng ad.vantage of the servlce arrd' the above recoillmendatlon was submitted as a correctlvo measure. Follow-lng a discussloll on the subJect, Mayor Atwater stated that the sub-ject wouLd" be carefully consldered by the City Councll. A Letter d.ated March 14, 1-952, vras read Jlom the Burli-nga:le Clr.amberof Conrurerce recommend,lng that a survey be made of the tnuck toading and. unloadlng problem on Burllngarne Avenue and its adJacent streets.A f\:rther letter was read lbom ttre Broad.vray Development Associatlon,rtoquestlng that a sLmllar survey be mad,e ln the Br"oad.way dLstrlct. Mayor Atwater advised. Executtve Secretary Brownlng, prosent at ttremeetlng, that it was the opinS.on of the Council that both t} e Chamberof Commerce alod the Bnoadway Development Association conduct the sr.u:-voys and a recommendation be submltted to the Council the::eafter. A lette:r, dated }vlarch 17, L952, was read flora the Burlingame CivicIfelfare League, advlslng that several attorneys have been authorlzedby that League to work xrlth 61ty Attorney Kermel in the preparatlon and projeetlon of the defense of the suit agalnst the City of Br,r::1ln- game by the Lowrie Paving Company. Mayor Atwaten, in behalf of theCouncl1, thanked M::. Jack Hecht, Preeld.ent of the League, for the Leaguets lnterest and co-operatLon. Repor"ts firom the BurLi-ngarne Flre Department, the Po1iee Department,the Poundmaster, the Clty Judge ard. the Department of Publlc Trlorksfor the month. of Februeryt 1952, was read, acknowledged. and placed. on fiIo. Resolutlon No. 1"?,-5? nApprovlng Supplemental Sewer Agreementn be- tween the Town of HllLsbonough and. the City of Burlingaule $ras intro- d.ueed. by Councllman Byrd who noved Lts passage, seconded by Cor:ncll- man Slmonds and adopted unani.mously uporl ro11 call of members. ResolutLon No. Jl3-52 nfntentlon to Make Acqulsttlons and Improvo- ments to Burllngame Manor No. 1 - Project $o. 52-1tt was introduced.by Councll-man Love who moved. lts passage, secondod. by CouncilmanHunt and. ad.opted. r:nanlmously upon noI} call of members. City At-to:rney Karmel advised that the for.egoing resolution, together. wtth:resolutions ad.opted at,the previous meetlng, were all preli.nlnary proceedings prepa:ratory to establlshing an assessment distrlct inthe Burli-ngame },Ianon No. L Subdlvi.sion. ResoLutlon No. 11-52r frAuthorlzing the Mayor arrd Clty Clerk to enterlnto and execute an aEtreement wlth ttre Pactflc Gas and E1ectnicH topermlt the Ctty to install a cr"osswalk slgrl at CaltfornLa Drlve and.Morrell Avenue, was lntroduced by Councils.an B;nrd, seconded by Councll-man Slmonds and adopted unanlmously upon noI1 call of members. UNFINISI{ED BUSTNESS f.. Ttre CounelL was info:rmed. that the Clty Attorney tras not cofit- Pleted hls survey of the pr"oposod. Fl.re Department rules and. negu-latlons. 2. Councl-}nan Byzd l-nfonmed the Cor:ncil that upon an lnvestlgatlon made ln regand. to a protest recelved on the rlslng cost of mtlk, hewas in recelpt of lnforuatlon that such Lncrease was due prl,rrarl3.yto ttree pnlce of feed.. 3G2 Upon motlon of Councj.l-man tove, seconded. by Councllman lIunt and r.rranlmously carrled, claims Nos. 1828 througfr 1943 lnclusLve,with the exceptlon of voided No. L874, audlted by the FLnance Cormrittee, were approved. and warnants were ord.ered. drawn on th,eCity Tr:easury fo:: thek respective a:riounts. E:e payroll for tho month of Febru&ryr L952, in the amount of S45r184,39, was approved, upon motlon of Councj.Lnan Love, seconded.' by Councl}nan Eunt and unanlmously carried. Mayor Atwater submltted the name of Captaln George C. CurnLer, as the new Assj.stant Clvll Defense Dlrector, for Council approval. Upon motj.on of Councilman Simonds, seeoncled by Council-uan Byrd, the ap- poLntment was u:eanlmously confinmed,. Mayor Atwater announced that a Civll Defense Wardens meetl-ng was schedul"ed fon March 21, at the Comrarnity Center, 8:OO prrrr r aft which tlme an outstandLng speaker would ad.dress those present. Ray Schnelde::, Presldent of the Burlir:game Vll1age Improvement C1ub, ad.dressed the Coru:ci1, requesting Council co-operatlon in (a)-cour- mr.micating w:ith the I{ealth lJeparbnent relative to exlstence of natsalong Mills Creek, (b)-pr"ovtding safety measures at the site wherethe Clty has erected a foot brldgei (e)-provld5.ng a sLdevialk 3.eadlngto the clubhouse; (d)-plantlng of a shade tree in the park area. Upon motlon of CounciLuxan Love, second.ed by Councllman Byrd. and, unanimously ca::ried, the City Clerk was instrueted to notiflr the Health Department. The requests relatlve to safety measures at thesite of the foot bnidge and. to the installation of a eidewalk, werereferued to the Ctty Engineen. Park SuperLntend.ent Ander"son and. RecreatLon Superintendent tincoln wore instructed. to d.etermlne theproper location for ttre tree pJ-anting. Mayor Atwater announced that all communlcatlons and. letter?s, exeept those of an emergerlcy nature, to be consLdered by the City Cour.cilat a regular meetlng, must be presented, to the City CLerk on or be-fore the Fbiday the agend.a is prepared, pnlon to a regularly sched.-uled meetlng. lhe City Clerk was instnucted. to notlf) the Socretary of the PLan-ning Cormlsslon to prepare and submit the agenda for lts meeting,the Tuesday prior to the regular meetlng alglrt of the Plaruring Com-mi.ssion. There belng no firther business to come before the Cor:nol1, tlre meetlng was adjourned at 1O:00 porrl. upon motlon of Councllnran Love, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanimously camied. Respectfu3-ly submltted., }IERBERT K. VfHIfECity Clerk AFPROVED: J44LJ H. KENT ATV{ATEN Mayon