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A- re guJ.a:: meet5.ng of the Br:r1lngm e Clty Council was hetd on theabove 6iven date. lltleetlng cal-Ietl to ord.er at B:OO p.m. - MayorAtwater ln the Chalr.
RolL CalL: P::esent - Councilmen: Atwater-Btrrrd-Love-Mo:rgan-Slmond.s'' Absent - Councllmen: None
The mlnut es of the prevl.ous meetlng of April ?, as posted on theBulletln Board and as subrdtted to membe:rs of the c-ounclL were uran-LmousIy Bpproved -upon motlon of Coulcl,lman Lrove and seconded byCouncllman Simonds.
The nlnutes of the meetlng held Tuesdayr Aprl1 15, fo:: the purpos eof canvasslng the electlon :returns, potted on the-Bu11etin Boardand. as^ submltted to menbers of the Councll, were unenlmous ly approv-
ed_ ancl adopted upon motlon of c ounci l-man L6ve and seconded i,y -ciun-
cllman L{organ.
Blds-for the
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inp::ovement of recr:eatLon_ park areas wittrln the Clty ofBur 3.1ngame r- duly adve::tls ed and s oheduletl for. opening at thls tGe,were opened and road by the Clty Clerk as follows:
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Burllngaue - CaLlfornia
Apnl'L 2I, 1952.
Amount
L. C. Smlth
225 Nlneteenth Ayenue
San Mateo, Californla
Sperry & McCue Contractors
504 El. Camlno ReaLIr111lblae, Ca1lforn-1a.
J. Henry llar:rls
2357 Ntnth Street
Benkeloy, Cali.for"rrla.
$r, 06?. oo
60.00
L, L28. O0
70. o0
95.75
Lr 910. 00
?f,g.OO
68.00
589.50
690. oo
97.50
Lr 485. 20
56. OO
62.50
11 528. OO
284. OO
8L.60
524.OO
tr347.OO
150. OO
11 466.40
98. OO
137.50
1,575.75
461.50
108.80
589.50
T otal
*s,no.zb
$4,?48.80
$srosa. +s
Blds were accompanled by Bonds.
The above bld.s were neferred to the City Englnee! and to the CltyAtto:rney fo:: revlew and. :reconnendatLon Lefore the tenmlnatlon ofthe meetLng.
A publlc hea::ing nas scheduLed. at tJrls tLme on the petltion to re-zono Bu:rl5.ngalre Temace from nltlrstr to (second ReildentiaL. IheClty-C1erk r.ead a-letter from the PLaruring Conralsslon, ln vi: lch theComrlssLon advised that pursuant to three -pubJ.lc hearings helil Lnconnectlon wlur the above petltLon, 5.t v{as recomnended ihat thepetltLon be denled. Ilayor Atxater Lnvited those Lnterested, to
-speak on the subJect. I&. M. E. Johns on, ?1? Acacla DnLve, statedhe wes Ln favor of the proposed rozonlng. I\[r. Keruee th yrlest, ZI4
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Paloma. Avenue, stated he also was ln favon and expressed the opin-
lon that property owners should be given the opportunity to ln-
crease the ::evenue on their property. Gordon E. Pitske::, 723 r
Acacia Drive, aLso spoke in favor. E. A. Lieutard, 755 Fb.rningdon
tane, spoke at J.ength against the rezonLng, u::Bing the Councll to
take lnto conslderatlon that Burllngame 1s primarlly a city of flne
homes and to change to lrsecond resldentlaltr would be undeslrable.lfir. 0. E. Hempstead', 834 Acaci.a Drlve, A. B. Gordon, 1124 Palm Drlve,
S. lltl. ll[elch, ]-31-6 Paln Drive and ELtrer Keough, T2L lb.rrlngdon Lane,
each Ln turn, entered a protest, mai.nly because of the slze of Uxe1ots, the posslblllty of novonloadingtr of sewers and the remodeJ.S.ngof o1d homes would cr.eate a hazard. There being no fin the r dLs-
cussLon, Mayor Atwater stated that ln orde:r to a11ow the new Boardto nevlew the subJect, a firral declsion vould be rendered at the
next regula:: meetlng of the Cowrcll.
A letter tlated Aprll 18, 1952, was read. flom G. J. Marr, Di:roctorof PubLlc Wor.ks, requestlng that I[:r. YIaIter Plate be giyon per-nlsslon to at tend. the Callforni.a Sewage Works Assocl-atlon 1n Sant a
Cruz, during the period Aprl1 23 - 26 lncluslve. CouncLlman
Slmonds prefaced a motlon by statlng that necently $L4orOOO. had
been expended fo:: the enlarging of the Sewage Dlsposal P1ant,
$7Or000. of the amount allotted by the State and that the Clty hadplaced an ope::ator in f\rlL charge of its operatlon. In o::der tobenefit by the h:owledge to be obtalned at the forthcomlng Con-vention, C ouncilmarr Simonds moved that tr[:r. lValter Plate, SewageDlsposal Opelator, be grant ed perarission to attend the Ca11fo:'nia
serrage Works Assoclation Conventi on, wlth an amount allowed not to
exceed. $40.O0 for expenses. I)re motLon was second.ed by Counc ilmarrByrd and unanlmous Ly camied.
A letter dated Aprll 17, L952, was read llrom R. C. Theuer, Chiefof Pollce, requestlng that an addltlonal thlrty day extens5.on ofsLck leave be granted to Lt. L. F\r:rlo. CounclLman Slmonds moved.that the request be 6panted and that an addltl onal. thlrty days beextended to Lt. f,\rio, seconded. by Councilnan Byrd. and. unanlirous 1yca::rled.
A letter ctatotl Aprl1 l7, L952, was read flolr Chief of PoLlce Theuer,
:reques tl ng e,n extenslon of timo ln submlttlng a report on the appllc-atLon of John P. D111lng to operate a Marltgl- Grldance Cente:r. fbereque!! was granted upon motion of C ouncl l:oen Morgan, seconded by
C ouncl.lsan Slmonds alxd ulf,anLmous Iy carled.
4- Letter dateal Aprll 11,- L952, was read. flom E. t. LlncoLn, Recrea-tlon SuperS.ntendent, request5.ng that the Council take the matter ofthe lmprovement of the T{ashlngton Park Tennls Cou::ts unde:r cons ider-atLon. lre subJect was refer::ed. to the RecreatLon Conurl"ttee of tbeCouncil for consideratlon at ttre tlme the budget J.s prepared.
A letter dated Apnl1 L4, 1952, was ::ead floro AssLstant DLnector ofCivLl Defense, Capt. George C. Cr:rnier, submlt tlng a neport of thestatements made by li{a J or eeneral l[alter I'[. RobertJon, Dlrector ofClvll Dofense fot, the State of Callforni.a, advJ.slng ifrat rtno cJ.ty o:rtown shaI1 recelve lhnds 9n the part of the U. S. dover"rurent for- anyegulpment ordered before November, 2, Lg5lrt, and that xa1L pa::tlc- -
lpatlon or.-dlvi$ion of firnds wlII aiply oniy to actlon takin afterthis date.tr- I'{alor Atwater stated ttrit" over-$1orooo. rrad teln erpena-ed. for clvLl defense to date arrd that Br::rlingam;) is fa:r advanced- to-day ln 1ts defense preparati.on.
A letter dated Aprll ].4, 1952, was read flom the publtc uttlltiesconmis s Lon, calllng attentl-on to the potentlal hazard of accid.ent tosouthern Paclflc trains and passengers cneated. by the presence of alarg_e grove of eucalI4ptug t::ees rocated adJacent- to thL s. p. tracks
1" !!. vlclnlty-of the raLl:oad statlon in-BurlLngame. Ttre comnun-Lcation rocaLlecl the prevJ"ous meeti.ngs held ln coinectl-on wrth tliesubJect and partlcuJ.arly the latest donference heLd on April J.O,L952, at vrhlch tLme lt was _agregd by aII p::esent that any exlstingd-angg{ should be elimlnated to the degree- ths.t the pneseit goveshould be reaoved. ent!-::eIy. fhe couminL catl on requ;sted tfr,it tfreCouncll.-give t-he lratter its earnest attention. C ouncl 1:oan Byrdstated that officlals and. deparbnent head.s 1n attendance at iheAprtl 10 confe:.ence, had not agreod to remove the tnees enti:reIy -merely to elLmLnat e any poss5.b1e d.anger. Ilayor Atwater stated -ttrat
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the CounclL doos not favo:r the ::emovaL of the trees and althougtrthe Park Superlntendent Lras recomend.ed that the treos be trlmned,Southerrr Paclflc officlals would not agree to that proposal. Ih6subJect vas r6fer?ed to the Clty Englneer snd. to the Park Superl.n-tendent fo:: ft:rthen s tudy.
Repo:rts nead fYom the Ctty Judge, the ELre Depa::tment, the poLlce
Pepa::finent and the Department of Publlc llo::ks, fo:: th6 month of
l\iar ch, 1952, were ach:owledged and ord.erecl fiied.
I\rrsuant to hls revlew of the bLds neceLved. on lmprovement to therecreatlon pa::k areas, City Englneer Marf,, roconrnend.ed. that the bLdbe awa:rded to the Iow bld.der - the Sperry and. McCue Cont::actors -1I} ltrg speci.fled anolnt of $4r748.8O. Councl.Llran Morgan movedthat .the :recoro^oendatLon bE accepted ard. the bld awand.eit ln the
?moqt stated, and lnt::od.uced BesolutLon No, !g-EZ, autho:rizlngthe Mayotr to-executo the agreement. The motLon wai seconded b!
C ouncl lman Slmonds and adopted unanlmous 3.y upon ro1L ca11 of
members.
EesoLutLon No. 2O-52
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nAnendlng the tflnutes of ttre Meeting of theC_f-tf Councll of the Ctty of B[nttngame held on the l8th Eay- oftrbbruar"y, L952, was ::ead as follows:
. @RF4q, Et a-r.egu1ar meetlng-of ttre Clty Councll ofthe Clty of Bu:r llngarne, heJ.d on the l_Bth day of Fet::uary, 1,gSZ,a reconmendation of the Plannlng Coamisslon- of sald. City-of
Br:::3.lngame ttr,at Lounrl e Pavlng C ompany be granted pernls; ion toconstnuct and oper.ato -an- asphalt pl_ant Ln the Clty of Burlingamewas consldelgd bI sald Clty _C-ouncl1, and, upon motlon nade by
C ounc lLuran SLmonds, seconded_by Couircli-n6n Love, and unanLmoi.s IycarrLed -by ::gguIan vote, satd Clty Councll reJei:ted the reconnond.-at5.on of sald Plaming ConnrS.ssion! and
III{EREAS the reasons upon which this Clty CounciL actedln-::eJectlng saiil necomrendatlon of the pJ.annlng Lomrisslon ofsaid clty were not fully lnco:rporated lnto tho nlnuted of saldmeeting, and this Clty CotmclL desLres to cause sald mlnut es tocontaLn a record of sald reasonsi
NOW, TIIEEEI'ORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the rntnutes of saldmeetlng of thls Clty Councll be amended as foLlows:
That tbls Clty CounclL b.ag recel.ved Lnforuatlon ilom thestatemeul of Lownl e Pavlng Cmpary that, in the event of theconstr.uctlon of the asphalt plarrt- conterirplated ln its applLcatLon,lt !1111- produco one hundlied twenty (1ZO) torx of asphal.t- pe:r hour,
andl -that, ln-the. colM.of the operatLon of such asphalt pLant,
one hundred twenty (12O) tons of matenlal will be transpoi,ted intosald pLant each hour and one hr.rnd::ed twenty ( 120 ) tons -of tneflnlshed asphalt pavlng product nrll1 be t::insported. out of said
?!phal-t plant each hour, causing the movement of two hundred fo::ty(2eO) tons of materlal- pen hour j
At least nlnety-flve pereent (55y'") ot the materLal usedln the aanufacture of asphalt pavi:ng m.terlal eonslsts of mineraLaggr:ogate of varyilng slzes and a lange part of such mineralaggregate ls d.ust;
The transportatl on of such m.t ne::a1 aggregate into suchasphalt plant vrill necessa:riIy cau.se large quanatties of dust toarLse flom trucks transportlng such mlneral aggregate, and l-n tb.e
hand I_tng o_f lgctr mLneraL aggregate, an lntrod[cfn! tfr6 same lntoand through the asphalt pLant, sueli dust will be darrled into Ul.shomes of persons resldLng in the City of Bu:: lingame and such dustwl11; duning- ttre cor:rse of the oporation of s uctr asphalt pIant,
ac cr:m_ u1ate, Lnconvenlence, and. anrtoy occupants of sald hoines; =
furthen, such dust wlLl also gatlre:: upon the exter'lors of reild-ences ard other buLldlngs, beg:rirrlng the same ard caus5.ng mrctrha::d.shlp and. expense to the cltlzen:ry of the City of Br:rf ingaur e;and such dust w111 settle upon and lnJure plants- and slr::ubs-ln ihepub].lc_ parks and ln prlvat€ ya:rdd of persons nesldlng in the Cltyof Burllngame;
The members of thls CLty counciL have observed asphalt
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plants located wl thln the San FrancLsco Bay Area and the operat5.onof such plants, and larow that great quantities of dust ard soot-
laden smoke are emitted flom saLd pLants and carrLed into the al:r i
and can enter places drere persons ::esLde.
Iarge numbers, of trucks i necessarlly required ln thetransportati on of uLneral aggr?egate and. solid o:: 1lquld asphaltLnto such plent antl ln the transportatl on of asphal.t pavlng
matenlal out of such pLant wlLl burden t:raffic on the Bayshore
Illg[way an0 ofher publlc',sti6bts Ld the Clti of Btrbllngarn'e anil
1111 seriously lnterfere wlth traffic normaLly pass5.ng throughsald clty and caus e trafflc hazards.
The Clf,y Clenk 1s he::eby dL::ected to cause thLs
Resolutlon to be entered upon the mLnutes of ttris Clty Councll.
Cou-ncl1man Simonds, prJ.or to the adoptS.on
utl on, moved that the panag::aph ::eading ra
Council weresald Clty offornatlon Ln
ered by sald
present at a meeting of the P
Br:rLirgane on the Sth day of
of the foregoing resoL-
11 members of saitl Cltylanning Comnlsslop of
Januarlr, 1952, when ln-support of sald appllcatlon uas recelved and consld-
Plannlng Coranlssion, srd rtren informatlon 1n oppos-Itlon to sald appLicatlon was ::eceived ard consldered by said
Plannlng Coronission;rr be stricken fYom the resolutlon, sec<inded by
Councllman Love and carrled. Besolutlon No. 20-52 was the::eupon
introduced by Councllnan Slrnonds who moved lts adoptlon, secondedby Councl3.nan love and adopted by the followlng ro11 calL of
membens:
Ayes: Councllmen: Atwate::-B;n:d-Love-SlmondsNo€s: Councilmen: None
Not Votlng: C ouncl ltae^rr Mo:rgan
Clty Attorney I(anme 1 advlsed that the foregolng ::esoLutlon wes
neeomnended for adoptJ.on to alrpLlf|r the mlnutes of Februa:'y 18r
L952, ard which pertaln to CouncJ.lrs roceLpt of Lnformatlon &ou
statements of the Lowrle Pavlng Company reLative to the p::oduction
an il operation of a proposed asphalt pIant.
Clalns, Nos. 1944 to 2090, in the aarount of $56184?.18, duly aud-tted by the Councll ltlnence Comnlttee, were euthorlzed pald fYomthe Clty I?easury, upon motlon of CouncL Lma:a Love, seconded by
C ouncllaan Morgan and. unenlmous ly car.rled.
Students flom the Burllngane Illgh Sehool were welcomed by Mayorl,trate:r, rdro announcecl that the fol.lowinC day had been declaredrstudent Government Daytr. Martlyn Paul, -Burllngeme HtgU Sctrool
Student and prognam chaJ.::ruan, lnvlted the pub3.lc to attend theConncil meeting Tuesday evenlng, AprLL 22, at 7:3O p.m.
Ilayor Atwaten turned the gavel over to Councllman Love antl thereupoap1ac6d the name of C orrnc ilnran Andrev C. gpa ln nomLnatlon for Chalr-
man of the Boarcl for the comlng yeqr, seconded by Councllsan fto:rganand unanlmous J.y camled.. C ouncl}nan Slmonds mov6d that the noml.n-atlons -be closed, seconded by Councl lnan Morgan arrd. unanl.mous Iycarried. Councllmal Byrd accepted tbe Chal1tanshlp ard assueeal the
Cha5.:rr_ as-tho 24th Iilayor of the Clty of BUrIL ngame. Mayor Byldlntroduced Edward Treadnell, firqt }layor of the City of- Burlingane,
rdeo addressed the Council and audlence wlth an app::opriate spe6ch. -
Mayor B3rrd outlLned a few of the futur e proJects to be consLderedby the C ouncll- - (1) street Repairs. (2) Sewers. (5) poltce and
EL:re requests for work week reductton in hourg. (4) Conti:ruatlonof the Per:klng si.tuatlon; followlng lir lde he lnt::oduced. members ofhls famlly, City ana County offLclals ard D ep a:: buerrt Representa-tlves. Letters of congratulatlons rere read from Supervi. s o:r
Edward. R. McDonald and Pollce Chlef R. C. Tbeuer.
Newly elected. C ounc! lmax lforgan spoko brlefl.y and lntroduced mEubersof hls famlly.
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Betl-ring Mayor Atwate:r, ro-G1ected. CouncLlman for another term,'a1so spoke, expnessing his pleasure as havLng been granted theprlvlJ-ege of servlng as Mayor the past year.
Students fbom the McKl,nley G:rammar School clvlcs class, and.
stud.ents fYom the San lEateo Junior College wer6 welcoued exld,
Lntnoduced,.
CouncLLman Morgan pLaced. the name of Councllman U. g. Slmonds, Jr.,
Ln nomLnatlon as Vlc@-&,layor, seconded. by Councl}nan Atwater" and
unanimously car::led,. Vj.ce-Mayon Slmonds 5.n aecepttng the offlce,
pled,ged his ono-hundred. percent co-op@T&tlon.
Thene belng no Ilr:rther buslnessr the meeting ad,jor:rned at LO:O0prne upon moti.on of CounctLman tove, second,ed. by Councilman
Sl-uaonds and. lmanlmously canrled.
Respectftrlly submit ted
HERBERT TfIIITECtty Clerk
APPROVED:
I,{ayor
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