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Burllngame - Californl-a
July 11, 1952
A regrrlarJ.y ad.journed meet5.ng of July 7, 1952, was called to orderat 9:1O p.m. on the aboye given date - Mayof By:'d tn the ghair.
RoI1 Ca1I: P::esent - Councllmen: Atwater-By?d-Love-go::gan-slmondsAbsent - Councillrnen: None
5. hrrclrase of acr.eage for the proposed improvements adJacentto the Br:r lingame !t11,
4. U::gent need of lmp::ovLng the local tennls courts of the Clty.
Proposed budget appr.oprlatS-orur on repairs to the Clty 8a11, newp911ce c-ars, ttle arrnuaL audit, were also guestioned 6y Mn.. Seagraves,wlth members of the Cowrcll offerLng explanatlons, vrhlch in thafulopLnlon Justlfted the proposecl allocattons.
fbllowlng f\::r the r considerable discusslon, the Council thanked !{r.Seagraves for his inte:rest, and Ln order that a more thoroug!. exaa-inatlon of ttre proposed. budget may be made, a meeting with [,h.Seagraves was scheduled for fuesday, July 15, Ctty HtU, at g:OO p.m.
{ -fgltr: d.ated JufV 10, 1952, was read f)nom G. J. Marn, Dlrector ofPubllc l9orks and R. C. Theuer, Chlef of Police, subruit ting a reportas preriously reques-ted. by. the c^ouncJ.I, on- !h9 proposal tfia t a su]:veybe made to install the system of twin pa::a1lel pa:rLfng on Bwllrrgame-Avenue. [re letter advised that lf such a systLm werE adopted iiwouLd ellmlnate 42 parklng meters at an approxirnn!6 fsss lir revenueof $4r000.O0 pe:: year and the estlmated cost for tho removal end. ne-placing 9f p_*T'ElrrC meters for the proposed system would approxLmate
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anount of $51O.0O. A-petltlon presented. at thls time ty merchanrbsartd business men of Br:r1j.ngame indicated that upon a re-p::Ls entationof the orlglnal. petition, tlre merchants had rec6nsldered and had.voted 46 a-gaJ.nst the lntroductlon of twl_n pa:rklng on Burll ngameAvenue. The::e belng no obJecti.ons, no fhrther action was tdken.
Resolution No. 40-52 rr{dopting Budget and Approvlng Memorancium ofAgreement for Erp endi tr:r e of Gas Tax Allocation for MaJor Clty
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L[ayor Byrd announced that the reetlng had been ca11ed prlnari Iy for'the purpos e of holdlng a publlc hearing on the proposed 1952-1955budget and at this time l-ntr.oduced Councilman Love, Chairme.n of theCouncll I'inance Cor:rnittee. C orrncllman Love thanked each membor ofthe Council for the many hours of thelr tlme d.onat ed ln the prepar-glign 9f the budget, and stated that the p::oposed flgure of
S846r131.O0 was stLll tentatLve. He thereupon Lnvlted questlons onthe proposed. budget. ID:. Roy Seagraves, ?resldent of the Int erclubCounci.l of ttre Bur llngame Improvement C1ubs, :rep::esentLng app?oxLnate-ly flfteen- huntlre d taxpayers withln the City of Br:::Ilngame, Cddressedthe Council. i\[r. Seagraves questlorred the reasons as fo wLy the Cltyof Burlingene felt.lt was necessary to increase taxeg in an approx-imate &rount ot 15ft end suggested that a re-examLnatl,on of the pro-posed budget and tle curtailment of certain capltal expendltures mayreduce the p::oposed ts-x rat6 of $1.43 to at least $1.26. trtr. Sea- -
g?aves. continued by c ompari.ng the propos ed,-lncreas e in Bur'l Lngame t sproperty assessments wtth the Clty of San rvtateors lowering of-itstax rate in proportion to the lncrease in proper,ty assessments.
L[r. Seagravesr inquLries were answered by Mayor. Byrd, who stated.that the new assessments in the Clty of Burlingame have been p::epar-ed and are ln 1lne with the Countyts new assessed valuation necords.to further c1a::1f! the Councilrs posS.tLon in r"elatlon to the proposedbudget, tr[ayor By::d pointed to tho fol1orrd, ng mal e Lssues consldor.ed.by the Council:
L. The Ei:. e and PoLlce ::equests for ::educti on in hours, necess-ttating the emp loynent of two additional officers-in each
departmont,
2. A propos ed. Lncr.oase for alL miscellaneous d.epar"tments;
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streetsr fcr the flscaL year l-9s8, ras lntroduced by counc LlmansSmonds r - seconded. by councllman Aiwat er and adopted",nanrm-usryupon ro11 calL of memb-ers.
ordlnance No. 526 rAn ordLna.n c e Amendlng the 0rdlnance Code of the,City_of.pUff]ggar19 !V Refealllg ordinanEe No. S14 ard adopilng aNew sectlon 412 ELxlng the salary of the clty c re-ri<n was intrSducedby C ouncl )-man Morgal endl glven tirst readLng-.
Ondinance No. 522 ,An 0p61n*ce Amendlng tlre Ordi::ance Cod.e of t he!lty_of.P*r1rcuqg By Repeallne o;ar;";E" n;. sit;;-eiJiirne "New sectLon a1a Fixi!'g the sarary of the clty Treasur"rtt -iru lntro-duced by Councilnan Sinondis and llven ftnst i,eaAi"A.- -
Ordlnance No. 528 An Ondlnance Repeallng Sectlon g2b of the Ordin_ance code of the clty of Bur1lngsm! a''d idoptrng "-N"*-se"Eton az5of sald Ordl,nance cbde, lr.xlng dna Estab1lshlng-the- ciaisiircation
. of PosLtionf ald Enployment ana trre Compensatl6n and Salarles There-ro?" was htroduced by Councl l-man Love and gJ.ven fi.r"s t readlng.
I)re.clty c}e::k was lnstructed.. to- nottr! members of the Lrbra::y Boardthat-a meoting i,ras schedur.ed t6 be her& wtth trru-driy-councir onTuesday, July 15, yt00 p.m. in the Br::.Ilngane Clty H;li;----
the cl.ty clerk was instnucted to notlf) the clv11 service coronlsslonand the Recreation CormLssion that s. L. Llncola, i"pi"i"tu"aent ofRecreatlon and Yvonae Silva, Se cretary-goo::dlnat5r of tfru iecr.eationDepanbrent, had been suspended flonr city service unt:r iury-g1, l9sr.
c ouncl lman sfuoonds suggested the t the poLice and !h:e Departments bel:t1l+:9,!g :t"*y their ::espective depa:,tmentls rules ani regutattons1Yr r?e1at10n to the proposed changes ln hou:rs ln orde:: that confl_lc-tions may be rectlfled.
The:re belng no ftnrthe" busLness, the ureetlng was regularry adJor::,nedupon motlon of councilman Atwat or: arrd seconded by co*unc lriran ftorgar.
Respectf\rI1y subroit ted
ERT K. WIITTECity Clerk
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