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Bu:rllngame - Callforroia
ilay 5, 1952.
I regula:r neetlng of the Bur llnBs$e Clty Councll was held on the
above glven date. Ileeting calIed to order at B:00 p.m. - llayo:?Byrd in the Chai::.
Rol-] CaII: Pies6nt - Councllmen! Atwater-By3d-Iove-Mor:gan-Simorrdslbsent - CouncLlmen: None
The -lnutes of the prdvlous meet!.ng of lpntl 2!, 1952, as submLttedto membe:rs of the City Council and as posted. on the Bul].etln BoardIn the Clty Ha1.1, wero approvod. and ad.opted as corrected upon Eotlonof C ou.nclfuran Simonds, seconaieCl by C ounclJran Atwater and unanl.uous -Iy camied.
Bltls for the resr:rfaclng of a portion of Burlingarre Avenue, Oak
@ove Avenue andl Bellevue Avenue, s cheduled for opening on'thlsdate, were read as foJ-lows !
J. Henry Hemis
2657 Nlnth Street,
Ber"keley, Ca1lf. Items 1 to Z LnclusLvo......$Z9rSg9.SO
Lr. C. Snlttr19th and Raiboad
San Mateor Ca1if. Items 1 to ? inc1usl.ve......$pgrg5o.Oo
trtsank W. SmithL9th and Bayshdre
San L{st's 6, Calif.fteras 1 to 7 lnclusive......$ZBrSg1.40
Inc.
ftems I to 7 lncIusive......$ggr584.OO
Jos. l,lcFbdden & Son,
Box 915
Palo A1to, Cal-j.f.
LonrL e Paving Co. ,1755 E'trans Avenue,
San F?anclsco, Ca1if. Itens 1 to Z LncIusLve......$29r9OS.?E
Bonds accompanled the above bl.ds.
The for.ego5.ng llds were refemed to the City Engineer and to the!!ty Attonney fo:: review and report prlo:r t6 th6 temlnation ofthe me eting.
A - Ietter" d-atetl April 24, ]-952, v,ras read from the clv11 service com-
Tlssion submitting the altglbie lrst fon Assistant riurarian, asfollows:
1. Mary Jane T$elbasky, 1021 E1 Camlno Real, Bur,Ifu€8.rne, Ca1lf.
councilman Morgan-moved that the 1lst as nendered be accepted,seconded by Counc lhnan Love and unanimous 1y car::led.
l^1:!!:I_dlJu|. Ij"I 1, 1esp, was read llon r. Ka::ner, Ciry Atto::ney,rendering an oplnlon as.requested Ln a petition preientel uy prop6:ityowners wlthln the vlclnlty. of lToward Avenue and harston lveiue, Le- "
tween Crescent and occideirtal Avenuee, as to ihe--cit!;. ;;;;rion orpollcy wlth rofenence to d.amage - to -p::6pe::ty caused t! ""isfon, au"to the excesslve flow of watei in aiaii:age- water couises rrn ring--Pr"g"4 their property. Iv!r. Karmel adviJed trrat ire rras-"oi"rr.a"athat there ls no llability on the clty for danrage--to-;"r"r-d" propertyg9g11i9nea by such actLon of ttre elem-ents, ana il:rtrreir-t;;; wh.eneverwater accumurates on the strcetsr. due to excesslve ralnfalI, the cttym€y- cause the discha::ge of the witer Lnto natural arains. -ito. ooaa -
.Yl MgR"9, 1561 Ralston Avenue, spokesman fo:: the orn"r,s i1 itre vtcin-lry 1n questlon, lrhlch inqullx was dLnected to ascertaLn the rt 6trt---of the.Clty to dlvert water fiom the owners p::operty. Mn. McRaer:quested_that a copy 9f the Atto:.neyrs lett-en ie fi,rwar,aed-to hlu.The city clerk was so Lnstructed. ei.estloned tv courr"i-r:aan slmonds
:il-9?Hrgi1*an Lrove, as to whethe:: or not acttoir ;" dh; p*-t of the
:gunc1* rs necessary at thrs t5.me, L[::. Karmel advr.sed that under thelresenl Lawr_ a damage suit rrrs t be fiIed, *rich to date has not beendone, therefore no actLon need. be takan.
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A Letter dated. May 2, L95? , rr&s read. ftom the Bur.lingame *lunle-,
lpaf Employees t AssociatLon, submlt ting the foI3-oruing proposalfor consLderatlon in a wage increase to become effectlve July 1,
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L. Fbn the ml.scellaneous employoes - a ten G&i pencent
lnerease - wlth a mlnfumm of S2S.O0 for tlre J,owen pay
brackets.
2. Fo:r the Pollce and Ffure snployees - EJry adJustaent r.n -sala::y to be left to the dlscretlon of the-Cor:ncl1.
rt was requested. that an audienee be 55ranted. to a corm,rLttee ofemployee repnesentatives at the convenience of the counclL.
S*fg, BITd. lnstructed the 9fW CLerk to notl{y the EmpJ.oyeest Assoc-latLon that a meetlng wouLd, be caLled in the ,"ry neatr f{ltr:re todisiuss the foregoin[ proposal ln detail.
A letter" d.ated. May 2, Lg5.1r.waa read f)r.om the Br:rlingame Munlelpal.Emp}oyees t Ass-oclatlon, requesttng that the Councll agatn neson-sider.tle.slbJ-ec! o_f the satr.rrday e]-osJ,ng of the city HaLL.* Mayor Brndstated. that the CounqiL Jras been conslderlng tLe above malter" i"onso&o weeks ard, nequested the 91ty CLerk to nottf) the Enrployees t
AssocLatlon that Lt would be d.lscussed when a me6ting is scleduLedfon the pnoposed, wage Lnc:rease study.
A letter datod April 50, L952, wes read flom the BurlLngame Clvlcp_eLfgre_Leaguer_lnforurlpg the Councll that at a reguian"meeting ofthe Burl|ngane Improve}rent Associatlon, a pLan fon-the financlig ofthe CaroLan Avemre lmpnovement had been submitted by the Clvlc freL-f"T-t teague and ^unanimous3.y ap-proved.-by the fUproverirent Association,- the outline of the plan as foLlows:
- 1. tlee totaL cost acco:rdlng to the City pgineerrs reportto the counciL d.ated ftlarch 14r ]-gl2, $r5orooo. tLesourco of fimds to cover tho cost as foLLows:
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.....!....Fbom State of California Xmas lhnd
. o .. . .....tfnexpended. bud.geted. J\rrrd.s
,;... r.... Floom future gas tax f\rnds - lgSB 196?Total lnclusive @ $1O,OOO. pe:r year for J.0 yeans.
The Letter proposes that property ouners within the area form anassessment distnlct to pay lntenest d.uring a Clfteen year perLod.fn comnentlng on the contents of the letter, trtayor gyi.A stirted thatln tle $79too0. alLocatlon of the t'xmas Tree nriratt the cltyrs flnstconsLderation would be the placlng of the sewora pipes and, ilnes lna safe qnd healthfirL condltion; secondly, the nepai:: of streets of
EaJor" importanee; and thind, the lmprov6ient to -Car-olan Avenue.
Ytygo Btrd f\:rther stated. that the -Cor.rrcil is authori.zing the CftyEngLnee:: to engage an outsld.e consultlng engJ.neer to sur.iey theCltyts^sewerage system. Questloned. by Ltn. fack Hecht, Preildent ofthe-Bu:r1ing-an,e Civlc Welfare League, *Iryor By:nd-^expLained. the desig-nation of the term tfstreets of najoi" lnportairGoft. fn a ftrrtherclarlfieation with neference to the sewb:r tmprovements, CouncilmanSimonds stated that the newly expanded sewen- pLant meets the 3equlne-ments of the present and posslbLe incnease irthe cltyrs populadion,but many of tire ptpe Lines and. conneetlng plpes, particuflriy in-theolder section of the cl-tyr.-must be replaced.- Aisb, answerin[ Mr,E".I.!rs Lnquiry as to tlre-ttxmas Tnee Ftrndn the Couicl]. inroriled Str.Hecht.that the fbnd^may be extended. flom year to yea:r by the State.
!|e-city- Clerk was instrueted. to aeknowlehge the Loranunication, out-lining the detalls expressed above on the IubJeet.
A letter dated AprLl 3O, L952, was nead. llom the Br:rlinganre Imp:rove-ment Assoclatlon, confirmj.ng the above letter received inom thlCivlc TJeIfa::e League and su6mlttlng_a resolutlon approving thJ pJ.a3sfo:r ttre Ca.roLan Avenue extension. -The Cfry Clerk wls insEructeb toaclorowledge the letter outl.lnir,rg the commeirts as exprossed ln theforegolng communlcatlon. The City Cl-erk was fi.r:rthei instructed tosend copies of the repS.Les to botL Assoclations to Cormcllman Love.
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,A Letter d.ated Apri3. 24, L952, was :read f?om Burlingame Post I{o. }65
Amerlcan Leg5.on, submltting a nesolution acclalming the BurlingameClty Councll for the neostabLishrt6ntr of Koresn ltlar veteran JohnFriche to civilian oecupation. T:e Clerk was instructed to acl<now}.-
edge the Letter.
A letter d.ated Apr'll 23, A952, was read. f?om the BurLingame Vl1lage
lrrprgvement CIub, requ.esting that the Cot:rrclL be notLfied of that
Club's objection to the removal of trees along the Souther.a PacifLctnacks. The Clerk was lnstructed to aclm.owledge the letter and to
infonm the Burlingame Vll1age Improvement Club that the Councll ls
unanlmously opposed. to the removaL of any trees not considered. to be
dangerous.
A letter dated Aprl1 21, 195?, was read I?om Howard G. Dodge, of the
ESLTA Junlor Hard Court Tennis Champlonship, urging the repalrlng ofthe fences and the resurfaclng of the cour:ts at Washlagton Park.
Mayon Byrd announced that a meeting would be schoduled. for Saturday
monning, May L0th at 11:OO A. M. and lnstructed the Clerk to so notlf}rthe Superlntend.ent of Recreation and. L[r. Dodge to neet with the
CouncLl at thet time.
A letter d.ated &Iay 5, 1952, was nead f?ou G. J. Marr, Direetor ofPublic Wor"ks, ]aecolmnerrdlng that Mr. Fl"ank And.erson, Park Supenln-tend.ent, be granted permlssion to attend the lllestern Ghaptor of the
l'tratlonaL Shade Tnee Conference ,to be heLd ln Pasad.ena sn May L4througlr 16, 1952. Counctlsan At'wate:r moved that the Cor:nciL concurwith the reconrnrend.ation &nd that I{:r. And,erson be authorlzed to attend,with an exponse allowance not to exceed $tOO. lhe motlon was second-ed by Councilman Love and unanimously earried.
0rdinance No. 523, entitled rtAn Ord.inance Amendlng the Ondinance Cod,e
9f the Clty of Burling&le by Amendlng SectLon 928 As Amended August21, 1950, Ftxing the Dle Date of the Payment of Saxes as of DecemberTenth$ was introd.uced. by Councllman Love and gLven flrst readtng.
A notice, dated. May 2, 1952, was r:ead f?om Howar:d. Gardnen, AsslstantDLrectoir League of Callfonnj.a Clties, notifying the Counci.l that theblennlal Mayorsr and Councllments Institute td.11 be heLd at the HotelCali.fornlan in !'besno, June L2-A3t and an invltatlon to be present
was extended to all 1.egislatlvo of flcers, partieular:Iy to ttr.os eofficials who have recently become menbers of the Ctty Cor::rciL. t
Councilman Simonds moved that newLy elected. Councilmarl lltorgan beauthorlzed. to attend the rnstltute meetLng, wtth experrses pald. Themotlon was seconded by Councilman Love and. r:nanimously canrLed..
UnflnLsbed Business
Councllaan Morgan, chair.man of tlre Councll Fire Commlttee, s&s re-quested, to meet Tvtth Ctty Attorrrey KanmoJ., to study the pi'oposed RLnonuLes and regulatlons.
Mr. lomeo__JoQr waq requested. to meet wtth the Clty Cor:ncl1 Saturdaymo:rnLng, May J.0, 1952 at g:50 A.M. ln the clty 8a11, to furthen dli-cuss the pnoposed. charges to be irnposed. at the &hrn:icipal F111.
n. _C. Theuer, Chlef of Folice, ln reportlng on an investigatl-on ofreferences submitted. by J. P. Di1ltng in connectlon wlth fils appS-l-g-atfon for permLssion to conduct a Marital &l,idance Center, stlted.that the replles to hls vanious lnqulries have not been recelved. and.an extenslon of time yilas requested.. The nratter was heLd in abeyancefor an ad,ditional two weeks.
CounclLman Simonds, Chairraan of the CounciL Buildlng Conmrittee, ad.-vLsed that he had made a survey of ttre Burllngame T6mace Subdivision,pursuant to a number of hearlngs held on a peiition to rezone the arrea,flom finst resldential to second resldential, and while opponents andproponents tsad. presented, facts favorable to both sldes of the lssue,it was his oplnlon that beeause of the nrmber of sma1l Lots l-n thatarea it would not be conduclve to tlre best interest of the Clty fo
ryan!_permLssion to convert homes into dupJ.exes. Iile also statld. thatthe Plannlng Contirission had. gone into the matter tbonougfrly arrd there-fore moved that the Councll concur xrlth the recomnend.atlon- of thePlanning Comrisslon and that the petition to rezone the property inquestion be denled. The motlon was second,ed. by CounciGan- tov6 and
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unanlmous ly carrted. At the suggestlon of CounciLman SLmonds -and
nrt th the consent of the council, -vlolations noted Ln the conductof the survey, we::e authorlzed io bo submltted to the Bulldlng In-spector, for ::eport to the City Cor:.ncl1.
Report_of ttle City qudeg {9I the month of Ap::11, I9b2, was read,aclcnowledged. and or.dered. fl1ed.
The foregolng Councll- Comritteesllayor Byr.d:
fo:: L952-1953 wene submitted bv
TTNANCE
Dan R. Iove, J:rH. Kent AtwaterU. S. Simonds,Jr.
I,IGIIIING
Dan R. lorre, Jr., - ChairmanL. B. MorganU. S. Slmonds, Jr.
Chairman
RECREATTON
U. S. S lmonds,II. Kent Atwater
Jr., - Chalrman
BI]1L])rNG
TfNE
L. B. Mor'8an - Chair,marr
Dan R. Love, Jn,
U. S. SLmonds, ,h.
IJ.TBR,.A,RY
L. B. Mongan - Chalrman
Dan R. Love, Jr.U. S. Slmonds, Jr.
PI{ANNING
U. S. Slmondls, Jn., - Chair.man
L. B. l\Iongan, - ChainmanE. Kent Atwater
Dan R. Love, Jr.
ITATER. STREETS. SEWERS
Dan R. tove, J3. - ChalrrranL. B. ilo::ganU. S. Simonds, Jr.
PARICS. TRIES
II. Kent Atwate:: - Chalrman
Dan R. Love, Jr.L. B. Morgan
PE.RKTNG LOT
H. Kent Atwate:: - Chairman
Dan R. love, J3.U. S. SLmond.s, J::.
CTVII DEFENSE
E. Kent Atwate:r, - Chalrman
Dan n. Love, Jr.
U. S. Slnonds, Jr.
ry3yg" qlTg caLled attention to the c::eatlon of two new connittees _that of PlarurLng conmlttee, for the purrposo of establlsr.irE- r ,oo"co-ordlna_ted planring prgg"an for the city, ana a cr;il ;;?ense com-ml.ttee, whl ch program wrrr be malnlalnea iritir-trr"-pr""""i-ienalon
eag es .
I\[::. Jack Hecht questLoned the councrr as to tJee status of the planrd th reference to the industrlar area. mayor. ayra "i"i"a-trr"t trrtls one of the sub iects bellg s tud-t_ed bj thi rr.ainrng corunrssion ana[h. {gnn, the Plainlng advLsor'. }rr. Eecht was informed that nopermlts are belng granted ln the lnd.ustrlal area.
clty Englneer lvrarr advLs ed tha t tho blds on the resurfaclne ofstreets submltted ea::Ir.er r.n the meeting, had beon ruvie*eE anaLt was recomroended that the contract be-iwarded to the tow -uiaaer,,
Il:-!:-9:.s$tlr. company,_in rhe totaL aro.rni "i $is,ii5o.o6.-q,uestloned by the councll, I[:r. l'{s,ff advls ed that'a [rne- ttnrtt anapenalty for fallure to corlqlete wcs'k rd-thtn th;-"t";iiieE-Tine uaabeen included in the. speci-flcatlons. ResoLutlon ho.-ii:SZ-_ award-lng the contract to the L. c. smlth- company in the auove stateaamount, and autho::r- z 5-ng the
- [Iayor to .xlcuie *re ag'eemenl -ior
anaLn behalf of the Ctty,-was inti.oduced. tt councr:.md-il;;;-riro moved.lts pas s age, _ s econdeil- by c ouncl lman srmi,na s "ra;dop;;d
-i,nai::mors ryupon ro11 call of membe:rs.
c ouncllrnan slmonds complimented xlayor Byr.d. on the manner in wtri chhe conducted the evenr.ngrs meetlng-and 6n teiraii oi-irr.-ciitzens orBu::Li:4gamer--!nq 9fW Counctl ana Ehe cornrunity, p"u"""i"a-li="yo, ny:.awith his offlcrar- badge of offlce. [tayor eyr.it' "ccuptLa
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POLIgE
U. S. Slmonds, Jr., - Chal::manE. Kent Atrater
Dan R. Love, Jr.
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City Attor"ney Karmel eu3.ogLzed former C ouncl Jma.n, I[a1ter Eigfr, rrho
passed in death S atr:rday evening, May 3, l-952, ln the Clty of tr?esno.
There belng no I\rrthe:: businessr the meetlng was adJou:rned out of
respect to the memory of T/a1ter Hlgfr, upon the motion of C ouncl lman
Slmonds, seconded by Counci lmal Love and unanlmous ly carried..
Respectf\r11y submitted.
HERBEBT K. WH]TEClty Clerk'
AP?RO\{ED:
AlrDRElr c. BIBD
Mayon
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