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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1952.04.07363 Burllngame, Apr11 7, Cali-fornia 1952. A regular meeting of the Burllngame City Council vras held on the above given date. Meotlng ealIed to o::der at 8:OO p.m. - MayorAtwater ln tlre Chalr. RolI CaIl: P::esent - Couneilmen: Atwater-By:r'd-Hunt-Love-Simond.sAbsent Counellmen: None ?rior to the negular: order: of buslness and referrlng to a petition requesti.ng Council eonslderatlon and action Ln the repaJr and maln-tenanco of a wate::cor:rse in the viclnity of cr:eseent, Oceidental, Howard and Ralston Avenues, Clty Attorney Karmel ad.vised the Cor:nciIthat he is ln the process of prepar:lng an oplnion. as to tl e cityrsnesponslbility and Iegallty ln tUe pnoposed maintenance and sug[ested. lhat the subject be heLd ln abeyance fo:: another thlrty days. -There b-eing no objections, tlme was extended until the reguLar mLeti-ng ofthe council on the Sth day of L[ay. IvI?. Dodd McRae, one of the pet-j.tioners ln attendanee, addressed the Councll entering a protest ontlu delay on the grounds that a monthts time had already e3-apsed.sinee the presentation of t}.e petltlon. Counell-man B:nnd ca11ed at-tentlon to the fact that the Council had first become acquainted,t'rith the subject when lt was pneserrbed at the last regular meetlng,Ha::ch 17. A letter" dated. Apr11 1, L952, was nead from ttre Dfu:ecto:r of hrb1lcIforks {arr, reguesting thet an ad.dLtlonal twelve days slck leave beppranted. to Joeeph Quad.t, Street Depar"tment utllityraan, to cover ape::iod wtrlle off duty due to ar: oecupatJ-onal lnjr:ry. council:nanLove moved. that the Councll concur urith the-recommend.ation and th.atthe slck leave be granted wlth pay. [he motLon was second.ed. byCouncilman Slmonds and rmanimousJ-y eanrled. A letter dated- Aprll 2, l-952r- from ELneetor of Fubllc Works l\{arr,recommendln_g that perml-ssion Ee granted. to T[ater Foreman Roy Clai'kto attend The American Water Tllor[s Associatlon Convention iir yosem-ite VaJ-L;ey, Aprll 16 - 18, was coneurred in upon motion of Cor;ncil-man Simonds, wlth an approprLation alI.owed in an amou,nt not to ex-ceed $40.00, The motion wa.s seconded by Councilman Ilunt and. unan-imously carrled.. A ^1et!e1 dated Ma:rch 51" ]-:g52, was read flom G. J. Marr, Directonof ftrbLic Yforks, submittlng for council approval, plans and spec-lficatLons coverlng su::faelng of streets within ifrb Cfty of B|3.11n- Eeme fo:r the flscal yoar 1951 - L952. The letter f\:rther advlsed.that the projects are ln^accordanee wlth a l{emorandum of Agreementapproved by the City Councll by the enaetment of Resolutlon No,28-51.. Resolutlon No. 15-52, approvlng Ptans and Specificatlonsfo::-Su::fa_cing of City Streets, Projects 46, 4?o 48 and 4g, was in-tnoduced by counellman Byrd r*:.o moved 1ts passage, socond.ed. byCouncllman tove and adopted, unanlmously upon ro11 call of mem6ers.The Dlrecton of Publlc Works was authorizea to ad.veratise for bldspursuant to the receipt of app::oval granted by the state HighwayDepartment. A letter d.ated.- Aprl1 a, -Ag5!.r- f)r"om Dlrector of Public Works Marc,recornnendtng the extension of the temponary -employurent of J. B,Dawsonr -d.raftsman in the Public T{orks Engineering-office, was co1-glrfed_in upon motion of Counellman Slmonds for the period Mar"ch2O to June 2O, inclusJ.ve, seconded. by Councllman Hunt and unan-imousLy eamied. A lotter dated. {nrf: 13r.1952r wa! read. J}om I. Karmel, CttyAttorney, adv1"-1og that the Superlon Court has rendene8 a judgmentgr-aTtlng E. J. Roussey and. Jean Rolrssey, platntiffs, permlisiJn tosubdivide r.rots 4 and 5, B7.aek 2?-, Easton Addltlon Ni,.- z and it wasrecormended that a motlon be made grantlng appnoval. CouneilmapIlunt lntroduced and. moved. the passage of nesblulion No. L6-Ep.Acceptlng Final Judgmelt in the actlon of Roussey vs. City of-Bur-lingame and granting plaintlffs penmission to sui:aivide f,6ts 4 and.Sr ln Block 22, Easton Addltion No. 2, Torrn of Burlingame, seconded. 364 by C ourrcllman By?at and. adopted unanimous 1y upon ro11 call of r memb er.s . A ::e cornmendatl,on, submitted by J. A. Branson, CLty Judge, 1n a letter dated !,{arch 5!, ]-952, for a nLnety-day temporary appolnt- ment for l[rs. Shella lars on, part-tlme Senlor Clerir Stenographerin the Gity Court, was concurred Ln on motion of C ouncl lman Love, seconded by Councilman Byrd and unanlnously carrled. A lotter dated .0.pn11 3t !952, was read fYom R. W. Gard.inere Pound- master, requestlng the lnstallatLon of a telephone at ttre City Pound. Councilman Love moved that a Councilman be appolnted to investigate th.e feaslbility of a telephone Lnstallatlon as request- ed., seconded by Councllnan Byrd and unanimously carrled. C ouncLlman Love was appointed by L{ayor Atwater to subnit a report at the next regular meetlng of the Counc5.I. A letter dated. Ir{ar ch 27, L952, was read fl'om the Bu::Iingame Clty ?lanning CommissLon, advising that pursuant to that CommLssionts hoLding th:re e public hearlngs on a petltlon to rezone BurS-Lngame Te::race finom rPlrsttr to trSecond. ResidentlaL Zonen, lt wag :rec- ommended that the petition be denled. A pub11c Corrncl]. hearJ.ng was scheduled for 8:OO p.n. Clty HaII, Aprll 21, J.952. A lettez, d.ated March 24, Ag52, wag nead. flom the Burll"ngeme Rec-reation CommLsslon adv5.s5.ng that the C ommlss Lon has app:roved theplans and speclfLcatlons for the constructLon of recreatlon park lmprovements and suggestlng that the Clty Englneer arrango for. the advertls ing and ca111ng fo:: blds. Councllman Simonds lntrocluced and moved the ad.optlon of ResolutLon I{o. 17-52, approvlng the plans and speciflcatLons for the p::opos ecl coristructLon and authorLzlng the City Engl4eer to adventise for bids to be openeit publtcly April 27-, !952r.at 8:0O p.m. A fetter d.ated Aprll 3, Lg52, was read flom John P. Dl11ing, :request-ing the grantlng of a lLcense to conduct a lr{a::lta1 G;idance Center. There belng no obJections, the conmmnlcatlon was referred to the va::ious clty departnents for i-nvestigatlon. l' letter dated l{arch 23, 1952, vras read l}om the Peninsula T ermts Club requestlng Councll consideration ln sharing the cost of erect-lng a fence on a portlon of the Clubrs p::ope::ty adJolnlag lliashlng-ton Park. Tbe subject matter vras held in abeyance untiL the budget Ls considered for the forthcoming flscal year. The Clerk was dir'- ected to so advise ttre members of the Peninsula T ennls C1ub. A letter dated March 18, 1952, was read fuom the Allteil Prlnting T::ades CoulcLl urging the City CoulcLl to encounage buyers ofprlntlng to have thelr work done Ioca11y. The Clerk was Lnstructedto notlf}r the Printlng Trades Council that aL1 work, wi th the ex-ception of ce:rtaLn forms ln whlch certaLn ffums speciallze, isglven to local print lng establishments. Ilnder the provlsLons of the Cityrs newly adopted Ordlnance No. 522 -Establlshlng a Plaruring ColrmissLon - Mayor3 Atwate:" submltted the nameg of the fo11owln65: James H. Mltche11, 816 Falrfie 1d Road, for a four3 year terts,- unanimously conflrmed upon motLon of C ouncllman S lmonds and second- ed by C ounctlnilan Btrrd. George A. Brown, 716 Concord ltfay, fo:: a two yea:: term - r:lan- lmous Iy conflrmed upon motS.on of CouncLlnan Byrd and seconded by C ounci-lnan Simonds. r ,.,1 r.. L. llerbert Harri.s, 625 Burllngarae Avenue, fo:: a th::ee year term - confirmed unanl-mous Iy upon motlon of Councilman Love and seconded by C ounc ilman Simonds. L. R. Eenderson, 717 Ooncord Waye for a two yea:r teTB - con- fLrmed rrnanS.mous 1y upon motJ.on of C ounclLrnan S lmonds and socordedby Counc l-J.nan Love. D. A. Stivers, 153.6 Co::tez Avenue, f@ a tlree year term -conffumed trnanlmous 1y upon motion of Councllman Love and seconded. 365 by Counci.lnran B;rrd. A. F. Irlattock, 211 Chapln Lane, for a one year term - corr- firmed unanimously upon motlon of Council-man Simonds ard seconded.by Councilman Byrd. l:; ** f4ranl< B. Perki.nsr 1812 Easton Drlve, for a one year term -confirmed unanj.mously upon motlon of Councllman Simonds and seeond- ed by Corrncj-lman Hwrt. Councilman Slmonds, Clty Engineen },tarn, City Attorney KarmeL anclBuilding Inspector Yfatson, were each in tr.rrn appointed by l,{ayorAtwater to serve as ex-offlclo member arrd advlsory members. IEI.T Nr SHEp_BUS rI,rES s : Upon motion of Councilman Love, seconded by Councllman Hunt arll unanLmously carnied, action on tlle adoption of the proposed Ftre Department P.ules and l?e6pllations vras postponed. Councilrnan Byrd aclvised. that a report or1 the proposed. revisi-onsln the operation of the I\{uniclpal Ftl1 vri1l be forthcoming at t}renext negular meeting of the Council. pg naVroll for the month of lt{a:rch, L952, ln ttre amount of $42rBl4.J.'7t was approved. unanlmously upon motl.on of counclLmenLove and second.ed. by Councllnan lIunt. Mayor Atvrater urged all- to exencise the rlght ard. prlvllege tovote at the Municlpal E3-ect1on, Apnll Bth. An announcement_wa! na{e by -01ty Attorney Karmel that Aprl1 1o, 195?t was the eloslng d.ate for tho Juno Primary electlolr neglsltratlons There being_no further busLness before the Council, the meetlngwas regularly adJou::ned, at 9:05 p.[1. upon motion oi Councl]-r,ran-Love and second.ed by CounclLman Hunt. Resp ectf\r11y submit ted HERBEI'IT K. IfiIHITE City Glerk APFROVED: E. I{ENT ATWA &{ayor