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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1952.08.04403 Bu:r linname - Cali fo::nla. AuEust 4 'l ar(O A_ regular meetLng of the Burlingame Clty Coulcil rryas held on theabove given date. L{eeting called to order at B:OO p.m. - Vice-n'layor Simonds in the Chalr. RoII CaII: Present - Councilmenl Atwater-Love-I"lorgan-SinondsAbsent - CouncLlmen: By::d Upon motlon of CouncLLrran lJove, second.ed by CouIrcllnan Mo::gan errdrrnanlmous]-y ca::rled, L[ayor Byr:drs absence was excused. TLre mlnutes of the regular meeting of July Z]-, lgSZ, as submittedto members of the. CouncLlr_we::e afproved, " vd-t6. or" 6oor""fion noted,upon motlon of counclhan f,ove, seionded.-by councllnan Atwaier andunanlmous Iy ca::rled. [he mlnutes of tlre regulanly ad. jor.r::ne d meetLng osubmitted to members af the: Council wet:e approvenoted, upon motLon of CouncLlmsn tr{orean. secondeAtwate:r and uaanimous Iy car::ied f July 22, L952,d wlth one changed by Councilman A hearLns on the netltion submlt ted by Ernest I.,. No::berg, 4O7 Occi_dental_ArTern-re, Bui.lingane, for u.rrnexaiLo' of te::ritory to the Cltyof Bur lir,game adjacent to the afor ementr. onea propet'it; ;;" s ched.uledon thls date. No one appeared to ente:: a p::oiest orr" tfr" proposed an_nexatLon. Qu-estioned by the councr.r as to the conditlon ii bre pa:rt<-1ng. strlp. on the propenty proposed to be annexed, Clty Englneer Marnadvised that due to the 6xlstence of a 1ar.g-e tre6, coisia-lir.arre dama8ehas occurred to the sld.ewalk and to ure c,rlb. c ouncr.lrrran Lrove movedll.:j^Il"_l::Iiis. 91 the annexatlon be continued-untri-ur" r,esuraruounctJ_ neetin,r A"q,r: !- 1B-, L952, arrd that ttre Clty Erginee:: de in-st:mcted to c oife::"wlth t6. e orr.6ru - or'i,he p::operty reguesting thelrco-operatLon ln tJre conrection of the atove ninii6rrla '" orrditiorr. Theuotion was second.ed by councJ.lman Atwate" "na urr"rri*ouJ iy*-ca:::rr "a.fbe Clty _Clerk read,.?_p-"9!o:?d agreement, submLtted, by the BurltngameLl on-s c1ub, preparator!--tL tts piopo""i to asslst in thc ::ehabilitationof the .Gmst lfansion. - l\{r. lfu. i. 'nras"::, Iltn, John E. ?lfer and L!..!dwa1{ Irevev, repr"esentatives r}om tire rion"-ci;r;;;.'r;"'atterrdarr"".Mr. Edward Heuev. Chal::man of the Guns t Manslon netraUi fitai:. on com_mlttegr^ address66i tUe Cor:ncii, -""q"-Ji"g ttrat the Counctl sanctLonlhg g]ub's proposa.l in o::der iirat -irie-crft *"y p;;";;;';ilh fl*therdetalls on the contemplatea_pr.ojeci. - d,uestio;leh ;i-C;;;iirran tove,ctsr Atto-rney Karmel aavtsed.-thit prror to "ny-coiliiiileii-on u:epart of the councl1, _p:roposed plans anti specr.fLcations should be sub-- mltted. ffr. plfen iavrsla that corn;ti allr.ovaI is important prior tothe- crubrs continuatlol gf tL"_p"oJici-ana that a defrnite stand. flomthe Councl,l was r.eouested. fofiowing considerabLe dlscussion on thepoi.nts emmerated f; u1; ;s";;;;;; &.I thu co,rr,"il expresslns no op_posltlon to the oronosed, ::dconstructron, vrce-tn;i;; sil;#I, r' u"rr*trof ttre council. ;dvised trrai-lEe-c".i""ir was ln ag::eement vrith thederarls thus fi, outlirred ry ilre ii""":cr"r, .6iit-Fiili"iiJrlo., *."s-gbJect to the councrlrs approval oi trru pJ.ins, "p""iii""iions andfinanclal- prog"am to be esiir.bltshed Uy U:i ffois-'Ciuf. A let tor dated Aur4rst 1-, Lg5 Z, _ was read flom tJ. e Bu::lingame !y:: e Com_mission, r'""orolenring _?u upp6trrtr""ri - or two llosemen for the rft,e De-pa,bnent. councltman Morgai:- moved concrx,nenoe in the recomniendatlonand subnaitted the name of-Donafa O. Uup.:res for appointment as Hos eman1" 1l-," Ffu'e. Depa::tment, ^ sub5ect to- hii-reporting for" a medicel exam-.lnatlon not late:: than-Auguit zb, ].gbz.- -u:u noTron wrs'-Jeiora.a rycouncilman Atwater and.undnlmou{iy ".""r"a. niarii;a e. iiiiivan, trrenext ellglbLe on the clvir ser.vla; ii;i; vras appointea'to tr:e posltlon :i"ff #?*"'r" r, i. ffi "*:i3#*; :tli,#Jft ;;Siti$:; i. ildH i*ffi r Morgan, seconded. by 4{\4 A letter d.ated August 1, 1952, was r€ad flom the Board of F5.r e Com- mLssione::s, requesting the es tablishment of an eligible llst for Captain and IIosemen. Councilman -Morgan moved that the Civil Serivlce Comalssion bo iristructed to create an e1.lglble lLst for Hose- men in the Fir e Depar.tment, seconded by C orrnci lman Atwater and unanimous 1y canrled. A letter. d.ated Augr:,s t 1, 1952, was read from G. J. Marr, Director ,of Publlc IJYorks, r ecommendi.ng that the CourrcLl approve a :request submlt ted by the lacLfic Gas and Electrlc Company.and the Paclfic TeJ.ephone Company for a rlgfrt of way throug[ the s outherly bor:nd-ary of ttre Brewer Res e::voi:: property situated ln the Town of Bur- llngame and d.eeded to the Clty of Burllngane for t?r. e purp os e of ex- tending senvice to the adJoinlng property west of the Brewer Reser- voLr sLte. CouncLl:lan Atwate:: lntroduced for passage, ResolutLon 1{o. 46-52 - granting approval to the proposed request for the :r tglrtof way, seconded by C ounc iJ.man Irove and. ad.opted by rmanimous voteof the CouncLL present. A l6tter dated August l, 1952, was read Il'om G. J. Max.r, Directorof Public llorks, requestlng that an additional week leave of ab- sence be granted to L(rs. L{tlttned Bentley, Senlor Clerk-Stenographerin the Englneerls office. Councllman Lovo moved concurrence in therequest, and l{rs. Bentley was granted a leave of absence for the per'5.od Augus t 11 to Aup5us t L5 inclusive, vri thout pay, secorded by Councilman L'Iorgan and unanlmous Iy ca:.r.led. A letter d.ated July 30, 1952, was r6ad fbom G. J. Ma::r, Di.:lector ofPublic lltlor.ks, advising that the L. C. Smith Company has completedthe cont::act for thb resr:rfaclng of po::tions of Br:r1lngame Avenue, Oak Grove Avenne, I{oward Avenue and Bellevue Avenue, and it was recommended that the contract be accepted. as of July 2r, 1952. Vice-I,{ayor Simonds questioned Clty Engineer Mar:n as to his. prlr3posein recomroendlng the acceptance of the contract Lnasmuch as ttre C oun-clI had noted corrections to be performed in the street work priorto final acceptance. [1r. I{an:: advLsed that such a recor,mendation was subnltted in o::der'that the contractor may avo5.d the pa;rnent ofa penalty for fall:r e to complete the contract on schedule. Vlce- L{Eyo:: Simonds statod that it was the consensus of the Council thata survey be made of the streets ln question prlor to the acceptanceof the CouncLl. Followlng fi:rther discussion, Councilman Love intro- duced and moved the passage of ResolutLon No. 47-52, grant ing thecontractor, L. C. Snith, err extensLon of time to the l8th of August,1952, second.etl by Counci lman Morgan and adopted unanimous 1y upon ro11call of members. Sunday morning, {ugqst 10, 1q52, 9:OO a.m., City 8a11, was scheduled fo:: members of the Council and the City lhglneerto survey the streets preparatory to final acceptance. tr lette:: dated Augus t 1, 1952, was read flom R. C. frieue::, Chlef ofPolice, submlttLng a report on a sur3vey conducted ln the vlcinltyof Paloma and Carmelita Avenuesr- pu::sualt to Council Lnstructlon.The corarouni cation reconnrended that signs be lnstalled to readrCautLon - Dange::ous IntersectLonr and ttrat the word trsL0ftr b,e palnt- ed on the pavement on both Carmellta Avenue ard on palona Avenue.Councllman Atwater moved. concurrence in the rocormendatlon and theChlef was lnstructed to proceed, seconded by Couricllnan Love and unanLmous 1y carrLed. A lette:: dated Augus t 1, 1952, was read llom R. C. Theuer, Chief ofPollce, _requestLng authorizatlon for hls attendance at the Th1rty- Second Annual Confe::ence of the State Peace Officers of California,at riong Beacb., August LSth to 16th inclusive. The ::equest was grant- ed. for tLme speclfied. in the comrurricati on and tn an amount estab-llshed_ l-n ttre budget, upon motLon of CouncLlman Love, seconded by Councilman Morgan and unanlmous 1y camied. Fepollg for the month of- Ju1y, 1952, f)rom tl.e CLty Judge, and flomthe Llbrary for the month of- iune, igsz, were rea& and"orde::ed ftled. A recommendatLon submlt ted by Dl.I.ecto:: of pubILc works liram. in ameuo to^th-e Clty Council, dated July Zg, 1982, relatfve io'an fn-cro&se 1n hou::1y rates for par.t tlde- and.- tenrpo:rary he1p, was con_cured ln arrd councL lr'ran Love lntroduced for- adoptlonr' fiosoiutionNo.- 48-52, establlshlng a new s chedule of hourly "rtei ior-part timeand t emp o":ar:y_ hefp, to -become effectrve Augus t i, robz,. the notronwas_ seconded by councJ-Iman Atwater ard adopted uirarrimous ly upon ro11call of merxbers . Resolution No. 44-52r flAdopting Budget of ti- e Clty of Bur Il ngam e forthe Flseal Ye ar Ending June 50, 1955rr l{as fntroduced. by CounctlmanLove who moved lts adoptlon, secondecl by Councilman Atwate:: and urran--imously carrled upon ro11 call of members. ResolutLon No. 45-52 fiFlxlng Tax Bate of the Clty of Burlingame Sor .the I5.sca1 Year L952-53fr was -introduced. by Councilman Love lvho moved5.ts passage, seconded by CounclJman l{organ and adopted r:nanimously upon ro11 call of nembers. 405 Ibr the benefit of a:-1 conce::rred, Vlce-Mayor Slmonds and ex-offl,cio memb er of 'the Plennlng Corrrlsslon, an:rorenc ed that new ::u1es and ::eg-uLations of the Plarurlng'Conrrrlssion stlpulate that all applJ-cationsfor CommLsslon attentlon and actLon mus t be flled'wlth the City Clerkat least fifteen days prlor to presentatlon to ttre PlannLng Coruoiss-Ion. Vlce-Mayor Slmonds reported that r:nd e:: the dlreetlon of Plan-nlng Consultant I'{ann, excelLent stride has been mede in the prepar-atlon of the recodlfll-ng of tho Cityts ord.Lnances and public hearlngopouId. soon be scheduLed.. Or'dinance No.' 529 [An Ordlnance Amending ttre 0::dLnance Code of theClty of Burlir€srle By Addlng Itre::eto a New Sectlon 8O5.1; Flxing Hou:rs of :EaploJmrent of Per"s onnel in the poIlce and. Fire Depar tment s rr was' glven second r.eadlng. CorlncLlman Love moved the passage of thef_oregoing Ordinance, seconded by Councl hran Atwaten and aclopted. bythe folIowlng vote:, Ar"", Councllmen: A twat er-Love-l\forgan-S imondsNoes: CouncLlaen: NoneAbsent Councilmen: Byrd - UNtrTNISIIED BUSIilESS: - Twln Pa::kin g on BurLlngame Avenue. G. D. fa11insur- oune lL- Ylce-fayon Slmonds acquerl nted those ln attendance wlth facts to dateon the cont::overslal lssue relatlve to establishtng twin or para1lelpa:rklng on Bi:rlLngame Avenue and ad.vlseil that the Council was notrrnanLuous in 1ts opinlon. C ouncl luan Love state.d that althouglr lnhle oplnlon the exp erlment would not ald the buslness cond.ltlon oft! e- Clty, and that lt was more a questlon of the landlords levyinghi.glr rentals on business prope::ty, he world howeven, lntroduce- foipassage, ResolutLon No. 49-52 - autho::lzlng the chorrge ln ttre ex-istent parking. system on Burl5.ngame Avenue to that oi a twln-parki.ngsystem and that the Chlef of PolLce and the Dl,rector of Public Worksbe autJrorlzod to lnltiate such measrrr€s to effectuate the change bySeptember ]st until revoked, secondod by Councl lman L{o::gan. Speakingon the questi. on C ounci lman Atwator stated tba t in hLs opinion, and. inview of ttre opposition that has appeared agalns t the proposal, anil thel-oss in revenue to the City, he dld. not feel justiffea to vote afflrn-atLvely. C ounciLlran Morgan stated he was favorably influenced par-ticula::Iy u&r en mer"chants of Ia::ge buslness were in favo:: of the pro-posal. Vlce-L{ayor Slmonds polnted to ttr e fact that i:he revenue re-ceived each year fl.om the parking meter collections is a part of thetax structure of tlre Clty and by tts loss othe:: means may have to bedcvlsed to maintaln an antlcipated anornt of revenuo. Ii6 contlnuedby statlng that he was however, I-n favor of flre proposal on a slxmonths trlal basis. Ihere belng no fu:: ther discussion the motion wasvoted upon and car:.led by the following vote on ro11 call of members: Ayes : Counci J-men: f,qyci-liiongan-SimondsNoes: CounciLmen3 AtrvaterAbsent Councilmen: Byrd A clalm in the anorurt of $B5.OO, presented. by W. p. Iord, B2O EICamino Rea1, for. damages to hls res j.dence as'a result of- the spray-ing of ye11ow 6um fi: om the eucalyptus trees, vras rejected. upon- molionof CouI}ci]-nran Love, seconded by C ouJlc i l_maJr l{or gaJI and unanimous Iyca::r.led. A. clalm for damages ln the qtrount of $50.25 presented by l,[rs.Stearns, 1n behal-f of he:: mlnor son, DanLel, as a ::esult of aon a br.oken sldewalk, tvas r"eJected antl referr"ed to the CJ.tyt sanoe carrler upon motion of Counci lnran Atwaten, seconded. by Cman Norgan and unanlmous Iy carrled. Y tfi- c e -ltlayor sLmonds reported on hLs r"ecent attendance at the specLalsession of t*r e state LegLslatlve Fbct-FL,:'ding cormlt tee o" -nigir*"y" - held ln Long Beach, und e:r the ch&i rmanshtp oi senator nanao-ipfi coiller, 41[!6 srril amounced that the next State hearlngs on met:ropolLtan highrray - t'roblens would be held in San lbancis co, Augw t 28 and 29. He urged. the C or-rrrty Council of Chambers of Connnerce, the Peninsula League of Cal lfortria Cities, County Plarrnlng ConmLs sion and ttr e Beglnee::ing Deparhaent of the County to assimllate facts ancl fLgu.res Ln order to be ln a pos5.t5.on to present concrete evid.ence at ti.e forthcoming San trben c is co SessLon. Plans and specLfS.catLons presented by Archltect James H. L[itchel].for the remodeling of the Clty Ha1I we:"o approved upon motl on of Counci lman Love, seconded by Councilman ldorgan and una.ninous 1y car-rled. Resolutlon No. 5O-52 - r0alllng for Blds for t?ie RemodeLlng of the Clty Ha1lr was lntroduced by Councilman Love, seconded by Councllman Morgan and adopted unanJ.nous 1y upon ro11 calL of membe::s. Ctty Attorney Karmel advised. that a sult has been filed agalnst theCity of Burllngame by a prope::ty oumer, *rich wlll entail litigation and ::equested authority to incur such erpenses as may be nocessa:ryto defend the action. Coulcikoan Love moved that the Clty Attorneybe irs tlucted to proceed. and. to incur such expense as necessary, seconded by Councikoan Atwate:r Br:d unanJ mous Iy ca::rled. Counci l-utan Love, Chairman o f the Council Finance C om,rit tee, thanked each member of the Council for th6Lr par.ticipation in ttre prepar-ation of the current budget. trere being no ltr.ther business, the neet5.ng was acLj ourned at IOi1Sp.lo. upon motion of oolrncilman Atwater, seconded by-Councilnan Loveand unanimous ly carrled. Respectfrrlly subnrit ted IIERBEBI'K. 1i'HTTECity Clerk I 0. C. BMD IUayor