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Burllngame - Calj.fornl.a
Ju.Iy 21, 1952.
A negula:r meeting of the Burlingame Clty Counci 1 was heId. on the
above given date. Meotlng calIed to o:rder at 8:OO p.m. - Mayor
Byrd. ln the Chair:.
RolI CalL: Present - Councll"nen: Atwater"-Byrd.-Love-lto::gan-SimondsAbsent - Corrncllmen: None
The mlnutes of the previous meetLng of July 7, 1952, as submlttedto members of the Clty Council, were unanimous Iy app::oved and. adopt-
ed upon motLon of Councj.l:uan Love ard seconded by Councilman Simonds.
The mLnutes of the adjou::ned. meeting of JuIy 11, 1952, as subittedto membens of the Clty Councll were unanLmously approved and adopted.
upon motlon of Councilnan Atwates' errd. seconded by Councllman llorgan.
A petltlon havlng been filed in the office of the Clty C1erk, request-tng a zoning variance for IJots 1OB apd lOC, Block 1, Tolrn of Burlln-
game, togethe:: with a parcel of a po::tion of BurlLngame Cre€Ii and the
Planning CorunLssLon havirrg advised that pursuant to a CommLssion hear-lng lt rras recomnended that the application be approveil, A CouncllpubIlc hea::ing was held on this date. I/lr. Luther Carr, attorney r6p-resentlng the Safeway Storeo, one of ttr.e petitioners, addressed the
CouncJ.I, advislng that improvements have been mad.e Ln the proposedplans of the Safeway Stores since th.e orlglnal presentation;(1) that ttre Safeway Stores rtlI maintain a flve foot strlp along
E1 Camlno Real, deedlng three feet to the City, and that the remaLn-ing two foot st::ip wilL remaln flee of all encroachments; (2) tnsteadof the orlglnaL plan of two driveways, tlrere wlll be but one, approx-imately thirty feet in wldth and placed as near to the present build-lng as pr.acticable; (3) and ln conformity vrlth a suggestion made byboth the Clty Englneer and the Planning Consultant, an inxprovementln the panklng program has been outllned to p::ovlde for a fleer. t::af-flc f1ow. ltr. Ca::r continued by statlng that tt Ls proposed to:(1) lntegr.ate the proposed Safeway parking 1ot urith the exl"stLng clty
orvned. Iot, wlth the understasrdlng that no barr:ler sha11 be erected
between the two parking lots; (2) deed a b:iangular portion of thearea to the ctty in order that the a11ey will not be bLocked off and(5) nequest a rezoning of a po::ti-on of Lot LOB to permit the construc-tion of a portlon of the pnoposed buildlng on a portion of Lot 1OB Lnorder to contlnue a pollcy established by the Safeway Stores, thatbulldings be constructed on corrrercial proporty. C ouncL lman Simondsstated that the Councll is of the opinion that if granted the varianceshould contain a ::evokable clause, and in that event, the str"lp alongthe EL Camino Real- should be decllcated r.ather than deeded to the Clty.
ifr. Carr esked that lf the appllcatlon were granted on the basis ofa permissLve variance, would hls request for a rezonLng to p e::mltthe construction of a portion of the bullding be lnclud ed.. Fb1low-ing discussLon on thls polnt, and upon betng determj.ned that lnasmuchas the petltion d.id not speclflcally request a rezonLng of property
1\8r.. Car:r u:ithd:rew his request. n4r. AyLett 6otton, co-olyner. of prop-e:rty located ln the vlcinity of the proposed Safeway Store, add:resiedthe-CounciL and u'ged that the Councll. confLrm the Planning Comnlss-ionts recommendatlon and that approval be granted. After conslderabledlscussion, Councllman Simonds noved. that the Councll c oncur in the
recommendation of the Planning Commis sion, and Lnt:roduced ResoJ.utlonNo. 41-52 - granting app:rovaI to the applicatlon vrlth the followlng
s tlpulations to be j.ncluded:
1. That a flve foot strip be dedLcated for screening purposes
and to be maintalned by the petitioners;
2. That ln confor"mLty wlth the plans illustrated on the plotplan dated. JuJ.y 17, 1952, and as ag:reed upon, an lngress andegress of approxLmately thlr ty foot r,C. d.th on fiorva:"d Avenue bepnovlded ard const::ueted so as to be located as near the bulld-lng as p::actlcahle.
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3. That the dlmenslons of the ner cong tructlon as submltted. !othe ?Ian::ing Corlnls sion and. the City CounclJ., and as indlcated,.on the above mentioned plot pLerrs, be adhered. to with reasonableaccuracei
+. trat the trlangulax, sect5.on, p:roj ectlng lnto ttre clty-ownedtwenty foot a11ey, be deeded. to the clby.
5. That ln the event that the px"operty can not be used. for off-st::eet parklng, lt sha1l r:evert to the o::lglna1 purpos e for whi.chit was intended.-
6. That no barrier shal1 exlst between the Safevray parklng Lotand the clty-ormed panking 1ot.
The motlon was seconded by CouncLlman Lrov eupon ro11 calL of membens.
and adopted unanLmous 1y
A petltlon p::esentod from the owners of the Callfornia Drive .0,uto
F"p3l"r- requestlng the- rez-onlng of L,ot B, Bl_ock 4, Br.r.::llngarne Grove,havlng been wL t'trd.rarr,n by the onmers, the hearlng. ichedul-ed on thls -
date was cancell-ed. upon Eotlon of'counciLman iove the aprllcationwas denled- without pr eJudlce, seconded by councllman nbgaa ina unan-lmous Iy carrled.
An appllcatlon of Ray 0. DrlskeLl for a pemlt to subdivlde an acr:e1ot on 5016 Hlllside Drive, having been previous].y approved. by thePJ.annlng CornmlssLon at iis r egula::. neeting of l,Iay ZS-,' rcSZ was schod-uled for counciL hea-nLng on t[.is date. euestionLtt ry tne councll, -
Clty Engineer L[ar:: advised t]rat he has investigatecl ihe p::operty inguestion and has determlned that the appLlcatlon is ln oi,dei", butthat a subd.lvLslon map must be dralrn arrd. p::epaned for necording prlo:r _to consurmatlon of the -
propos ed- p::o Je ct. -The clty clerk was iiisiruct-ed to so advlse L[r. D:rlskell and to-pLace the subject unA er trunffnistr-
ed businessn at the next regula:: meeting of the C6wrci1.
{ Ugqf1g on the petltlon subrnltted by Ernest L. Norbe::g, 4O7 Occi-dentaL +v?nug, for annexation of ternitory to the City 51. Brrllngame,adJacent to the afor"ementionod p::operty, ivas.continuel untl1 the nextregula:r neetlng of ttre Council_ on August +.
A.letter d-at ed JuIy- 9-, l-952, was read. flom Roy W. Seagraves, pres-ldent of the Int erclub CounclL of Burllngame improvem,::nt Clubs, sub-rnlttlng a petltlon bearlng the signatrreJ of onl hund:,ed and fou:rresLdents of the lmnediate vlcinlty of Paloma elld CarmeLlta Avenueg,and requesting tha t action be takeir to ereet arterlar.stop slgns on'the fou:r coranens of the above intersectlon. The chlef ot- potfce w"sLnstructed. to conduct a survey and to notify the councll the resultof the. survey at lts next ::egu1a:r meeting.
.* lgltu_t rrated July !7, 1952, was:read Ilom G. J. Mam, Dlrector of
-f-ubll c llorks r_ reportlng_on the lnjur:y l[ayne 1{orrow, Stieet Utilltyl,tan, rocelved whl1e on dufir, and.recolznerdlng that'l,tr. Mo:rrow be -
glven.I\r1-I p_ay dr:rlng the perlod. he vrt 1I be requlred to be off duty.Couacilman Morgan rnoved concr:mence in the ::econmendati on, secondehby Councllman Atwater and unanimously ca::::led.
A letter dat9d. July 16, 1952, r/as read llon B. C. Tlreuer, Chief ofPo1lce, subqlttLng amencled Rules and Regulati.ons of the i,olice Depart-nantr.compll."a.Ul both the Chlef of Po1lce and the City Attorneyr-and::equestlng that the rules and ::egulations be adopted s6 as to b66oneeffectlvo Algus t 1, 1952, counci lman simonds lnlroduced. and moved. thepassage of fiesoIutlo+ Io. 42-52, accepting the amended rules and reg-ulatlons as submitted by the chlef of Police, seconded by counctlmeiAtwate:r and adopted unanLmousJ.y upon ro11 call_ of memberi.
A letten dated. {u1y !7, 3.952, was read lbom R. C. Theuer, Chlof ofPolice, requesting the certlfLcatlon of two appo!-ntments'to the police
Departraent, Ln preparation for the fo::th c onrlng for ty hour vreek sched-u1e soon to become effectlve. _Upon ryrotlon of-Counci Jman Si.monds,
seconded.- by,corurcilman Love and unanlmous J.y carrled, ttle necommendationof the chief of Police was concurred in. hobert J. -eulnn, next e1Ig-1ble_ for the position of patrolman, was appolnted, subJect to theusuaL. r.equireme4ts, upon uotlon of C ounci lman Simonds, -seconded by
C ouncLlman Atwater and ulan Lmous fy ca::ried. The next eltgible foi.
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,appoLntment, Bobble E. Now1ln, was appolnted to the positlon of
pltrolnan, also subject to the usual requLrements, upon motlon of
C ouncllman Simonds, seconded. by Councl lnan Mor gan end unanimously
ca::::ied.
Pursuant to a recommerdatlon submitted by the Civll Servl ce Com-
mlssion, in a lette:: .dated July 18, C ouncl luan Love introduced and
moved the passage of a resolutlon No. 43-52 t Authorlzlng the Mayor.
to execut e an afueement wl th the S tat e Iers orrre 1 Board for C.ont::act
Servj.ces for the year 1952-L955, secorded by Corrncl l&an Atrater and
unanimous 1y carried upon ro11 call of menbers..
Reports for ttre I'{onth of June, 1952, were ::ead f}om the Polipe De-
partment, the Departnent of Publlc Wo::ks, and the Fl:re Deparfuent,
aciceowled.ged, and ordered fl1eii.
tr[ayor: Byrd aru:ounced that actLon on Ordinances Nos. 526, 527 end'
526, s cheduled for second readlng and adoptlon, ard Ordlnance No.
529, scheduled for flrst reading on th5.s date, would be delayeil
until an adJourned meeting was cal-led by the Councll at 8!90 p.m.
on July 15, 1952. fhe Ctty Clerk was instructed to notify the
Bur llngame lftrnlclpal Enployees I Assocl"ation thgt the Councll would
meet ni th nepresentatives of ttre AssocLatlon at 6:00 p.m. Ln the
CounciL Chambers on July 22, 1952.
C1alms, Nos. 2558 lo 2471 incIus 5.ve, except voided No. 2442, were
approved fo:: payment and autho:rlzetl drawn upon the Clty Tr€asury
upon motlon of Counclfunan Love, seconded by Councllnan Atwater qndl
unani.rnous 1y carrled.
UNII N]S}IED BUSTImSS:
Twin Parktng - Burlingame.6.venue. The City Clerk read a Letter
flom the flrrn of Sndth & Eel)-er, 121o Burllngane Avenue, enterlng
thelr opposltlon to paralLel parklng on Burllnga.rne Avenue. Mayol
Bynd advls ed that members of the City Councll- had vislted the CltSt
oi Eayward to inveotlgate that cltytg system of twin-parking antl
reported at length on their flndings. l[r. D. Y{. Simpson, Br:r1ln-
game Avenue merchant, requested info::mation on the numb er of slp-
ers of the original pelition, to wirlch the Clty Clerk advLsed that
the orlginal patitlon lndlcated 65 Ln favor of twin parklng as
./, . ageinst 12 opposed, but ttrat a second petlt5.on subnitted to ttre|- mdrchants lndlcated that 46 had reconsLdered and were opposed to
twln parklng. I[.n. Simps on s tated. that he was of the opinion that
lt would sti1I be rvorthwhlle to consLder para11e3. parking on a
trlal basi.s. I[r. T. F. McGrlgan, former President of the loca1
Chambor of Comme::ce, addressed the Councll and suggested that trln
parklng be lntroduced rathen tlran paral1e1 parking and 1\r ther rec-
ommended that lnteresteQ persons vlsLt the City of Hayward. IlIr3.
B. F. HarrLson, Br:rlLngane Avenue merchant, also urged consLderatlonln the matter of. experlmenting with twin parking on. a tr'laL basLs.
tr[f. Ilarrison also recomrnended that the meters in the city pa:rklng
Iot be conve-rted so that pennies, lnstead of nickels may be inserted.
Chlef Theuer advLsed that as soon as the necessary materlals sre re-' oolved the parking metens in questlon world be so converted..
In ?ep1y to an Lnqulry flom L{r's. Sophie fiertung, 2616 Hillslde Drive,
Clty Engineer MaTr stated that his depa::tment ls now 1n tJee proceas
of repaint5.ng the parking 1ot at the Broadway Postofflce so as to
prov5.de fo:: diagonal parklng. lblloning f\rther discusslon,,Coun-
cilman Slmonds suggested that at the next meeting of the CounclL on
August 4, i"ho Cor;rrcll should be in a posltion !o take a definLte ac-tion as to whether twln parkj.ng or dlagonaI parklng would be most
deslned on Blnllngame Avenue.
MLss Heien St. John, 2714 Hi11side Dr.lve, addressed the Council,
requesting tJlat LnvestLgatlon be nsde in regard to her excessi.vely
hlglr water blLIs and ttre abnormal increase Ln water consumptlon.
tr:e subJect was refe:rred to the l,{ayor snd to the City Elglneer to
pursue the lnvestigatlon to the compl,ete satisfactLon of all con-
ce::ned.
trfayor Byrd pJ.aied the name of Robe::t L,evy before the Council for
re-appolntmsrt as a member of the Ftre Cormisslon. Councl lman Lpv e
moved that the appo jrtnent be confinmed, seconded by Councilman
Atwater and unanLmous ly ea:::rLed.
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na::t Sclrmid.t was named by },{ayor Byrd. for re-aFpolntment as a memberof th.e fire Commj.ssion, Upon motion of Councl}man },,'lorgan, secondedby Councilman Love, the appolntment was unartimously confirmed.
Upon motion of Councitman tover seconded by Councilman Atwater and
unanlmously canried, Mayor Byrd was .-ganted a leave of absence forthe period f?om July 18 to Au5pst 16.
There being no further business, the meeting vras'adjourned to meetat eight olclockr p.rr. T\resday, JuLy 22, upon motlon of Councllman
Si-rnonds and seconded by Councilman Love.
Resp ect f\r}ly submitt ed
lir,IlfTECity Clerk
APFROlffiD:
ANDREW C. B]MD
I{ayor"
HERBEBT