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BurlLngame Calif ornl.a
Novemben 6, lgSt+
A regular meetlng of the Burllngame Clty Councll was held on the above
glven dater BS per adJounnment of Novemben 1, L954. The meeting wasealled to ord.er at 10:lp0 &ol?rr Mayon Atwater 1n the Chal-r.
Ro11 Ca1I: Presont Councllmen: Atwater-Bynd.-Love-Mongan-Rooth
. Absent Councilmen: None
PARKING TRAFFIC BROA DWAY-BURLINGAI,E
The flrst order of buslness was introduced. by the reading of a letter
from the Bnoadway Development Assoelatlon, dated October 25, 195\,
recommending the following proposals to asslst ln alleviating par"king
and trafflc condltlons ln the Bnoadway-Burllngame buslness area!
(a) that Carmellta Avenue be made an arterlal boulevar"d with a
tnaffic slgnal 1nsta11ed at the corner of EI Camlno Real and Canmelita
Avenue, to relleve congested tnafflc on Broad.way du::ing mo::nlng and
evening nush hours.
(U) that the directlon of trafflc on Paloma and Capuchlno Avenues
be r"eversed.r or untll such tlmo as proceedlngs are lnltlated to wldenthe streets, that a pontion of Paloma Avenue from Bnoadway to theparklng 1ot whlch 1s contemplated on the H. R. Park property, be
ehanged from a one-way to a two-way stneet, wiih no parklng allowed
on the stneet up to the 11mlts of the panktng 1ot pnoperty;
(c) that addltlonal loadlng zones be provlded at the corners
on the stneet of Broadway to pnovlde panklng space for tnucks.
Mn. Albert I{. Randall, L2l+9 Paloma Avenue, expressed opposltlon to the
proposed wldenlng of Paloma and Capuchlno Avenues on the basis that
1t would menely beneflt few merchants. Mr. Randall and Mr. Henry A.
Luna, 12hl+ Paloma Avenue, ca11ed attentlon to the unsightly appear-
ance of property adjacent to the city-owned parking lot.
Councilman Byrd moved that an ondln&nce be prepared for Councll
lntroductj-on creating paral1e1 parking on the corners and. adjoJ-nlng
slde streets ln the Broadway busi.ness dlstrlct fon the pu.rpose ofproviding truek-loadlng zones on the narrow business streets. The
motion was seconded by Councllman Love and unanlmously cannied.
In onder to pnovlde a more aeeesslble lngress lnto the clty-orrned
parklng 1ot on Paloma Avenue, Councilman Mongan moved that the Clty
Attonney be lnstructed to prepare an ordinance reverslng the
dlrectlon of trafflc now exlstent on the streets of Capuchlno Avenue
and Paloma Avenue, between Broadway and Llncoln Avenue, seconded by
Councllman Love and unanlmously car:rled.
Councllman Love suggested that merchants give consldenatlon to
mod.ernlzlng theln stones and lmprovlng thel-n stock of merchandlse tostlmulate buslness.
DIAGONAL PARKING ON CHAPTN AVENUE
On motion of Councllman Love, secondod by Councllman Florgan and
unanlmously eanrled, the subJect on the pnoposed change from par:al-
1e1 to diagonal parklng on Chapln Avenue, was postponed for funther
consid.enatlon untll the next negulan meetlng, November :-1, 195[.
City Englneen i{am advlsed the Councll that at the present tlmeparalleJ- parklng on Chapl.n Avenue, between Primrose Road. and EI
Camino Rea1, pnovldes space for the parking of sixty vehlcles and lf
alter:ed to provlde fon a forty-five degree diagonal parklng, a total
of elghty-one spaces would be pnovlded.
PROPOSED OFF-STREET PARKING REPORT SUBI,IITTED BY COMI\trTTEE
A report of the Burllngame Off-Street Par"kLng Cormnlttee, submitted to
Counell members undor date of September 10, 195\, recommending the
acqrrlsltion of parklng lots and. a program to flnanee the pnoject, was
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reJected on motion of Councilman Mongan, seconded. by Councllman Love
and. unanimously carried.
Councllman Byrd and. membens of the Councll stated that the plan as
p::oposed was costly and would result ln a conslder:able increase ln
clty taxes.
Ernost A. Wl1son, attorney employed by the Clty to asslst the Off-Street Parklng CommLttee, spoke at length on the proceeds to be
derLved from parktng meten revenue Uased on a )O/ l-evy on $1.00.00of taxable property withln the dlstrlct rathen than on & ZOy' Tevy
as pnoposed ln the report. Mr. Wilson outllned a four-polnt pro-
gram ln whlch he stated would not ;ieopandlze the attractlve sale
of the bonds, and spoke on the ad.vantages of spread.lng paylr.ent over
a thinty-year period.
Mr. Sam D. Menk, Bunllngarne Pnoperty owner, opposed the plan as being
too costly and suggested that an lnvestlgatlon be nrade to wld.en the
sLde streets and to pnovLde for dlagonal parkLng on Lorton Avenue
and. Pnlmrose Road, from Baysrtrater Avenue to Bellevue Avenue.
Followlng further dlscusslon, it was regulanly moved that bhe Councll
recess at 1.2zl+5 polTrr to meet at 2:00 p.m.
The meetlng was ca1led to order at 2:00 prlTu 0n motlon of Councll-
man Love, seconded by Corrncilman Morgan and unanlmously canried,
Councilman Rooth was excused fnom the afternoon sesslon, due to a
pnevlous commltment.
fn nesumlng the dlscusslon on the off-stneet parkl-ng program,
CounelLman Love stated that the prograna as outLlned, obllgatod the
City.over too long a penLod at too great an expense and ln hls
oplnlon, the assessments were not equally proportloned to beneflt
the Clty. Councllman Love theneupon moved that the altened pro-
posal suggested by lvtr. Wilson to finance the proJect, be reJectod,
seconded by CounclLman Bynd, and unanlmously carrled.
The membens of the Off-Street Parklng Cornnlttee were authorlzed to
contlnue to serve the Ctty in an advlsony capaclty.
Councllman Byrd suggested that an appralsel be obtalnod of alL the
vacant lots lndlcated. ln the proposed parklng plan and consldena-tion be glven to a flpay-gs-you-gorr p1an, borrowlng from fund.s other
than fund.s derlved fnom parklng meten Povorllloo
The followlng motions were thereafter regulanly lntroduced:
Councllman Byrd moved that the l{ayon be authorized to request the
servlces of the Appnalsal Connnlttee of the Bunli-ngame-San Mateo
Real Estate Board ln obtalning appralsals of panklng lots avalleble
fon off-street panklng facl11tles, seconded, by Councllman Love and
unanlmously canrled.
Councllman Byrd moved that a trpay-ss-$ou-gorr plan be actlvated to
flnance the pnoJect, seconded by Councllman Morgan and unanlmously
eanried.
Councllman Byrd moved that the Clty Attorney lnvestigate the 1ega11ty
of a tnansfen of Clty funds on a loan basl-s to flnance punchase of
some of the propenties, seconded by Counellman Morgan and iinanlmous-
ly carrled.
Counellman Bynd moved that the Clty Attorney furthen lnvestigate the
1ega11ty of uslng City funds for stneet wl4enlng punposes to pnovlde
on-street parklng, seconded by Councilman Mongan and unanlmously
carnled.
Councllman Love moved. that the Clty Attorney, City Englneen, and
the Clty Clerk be lnstnucted to submlt a llst of a1l lots ol'rned by
the Clty for determlnatlon by the CounclL as to posslble sale to
atd. ln the flnanelng of the parking p::ograln. fhe motlon was
seconded by Councl-lman Morgan and unanlmously carr"led.
Councllman Byrd requestod that the Clty Englneer be lnstructed to
determine the feaslblllty of removing the present location of the
Corporatlon Yard. to property adjacent to the l{unicipal Fi1l and
r 20e
offenlng the slte of the corponat!.on Yand for: sale to obtaln fulcls
for the parklng lot P:rogram.
Attorney Er"nest A. Ullson and Members of the Off-Stneet Pa::klng
Cormltt6e were c orrmgncle tl by the Councll fon outstancllng senvlce to
the Clty of Burllngamc.
Ths Clty Clenk was lnstnuctod to place the subJe-ct of the-pnopo.sed
st::eet ifghtfng program on the Council agenda, -November 15, L95l+.
There belng no further busLness, the mcetlng was regqlar'Iy adJourned
at 3:50 p.n.
Respeetfully submitted
IIENBERT
ClTY
K. I,ITIITE
CLERK
APPROVED:
H. KTNT
MAYOR
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