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Bur"lin C a1i forni a
Auzust 18 1952
A^ regrla* meeti-ng of the Burlinganre city council was her-cl on theabove glyen date. L{eeting ca1led to orher at B:OO p.*. fy-Vf""-Mayo:: SLmonds .
Roll Call: Present - Counci}.:ren: Atwater-Lorre-I\ior.gan-SimonclsAbsent - Councilnen: Byrd
Mayor" Byrd was excused. because bf, illness upon motJ.on of councllroanLove, seconded by councilman Atwater and un-arrlmou" ry ca""ieJ.
The rainutes of the previo,s neeting of Augu.s t 4, agbz, as submittedto nembers of the co*ncl,l, we,e undnimousry approved and-a;r;pted uponmotion of councllman }Iorgan ancl seconcled ty coirnci lmer Atvraier.
Blds for the constmctLon of a Draft ?it and Reflector, s cheriu"led for.presentation to the council on thi.s date, rver.e opened. and read. as fo1-lows :
Ar"thur Bros . ,128 l,Iorth B S tre et
San l.ateor Califorriia.
R. l'[. 1,{cLean
91O Chula Vista Avenue
Br-rnlingame, California.
$r, sse. os
$sr+az,za
Peter Sorens en
927 Ar"gue11o S tree t
i'ieduo od city, californl-a. {1Sr964.46
Schedule I Schedule If
$+, s+2. es
$+,a9+.zz
$6,5?2. oo
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Bonds accompanied above bl.d.s.
The. foregoing bids rrere tatrren under consid.eration for ful1 c.iscussionuith the I?ire Com:lissLon and tire City Council.
A .lette:: CateC Au59s t-_l-Sr- 1952, v;as reacl f o*,_T. J. L,eis, Fire Chief,advlsing that Robert-Eardman, ftos.man in the lrir e
- Dep;;;rir"rri, t "" beenca1Ied Lnto war service and irrat it v,rir1 be necessar'y i o--iirr tnuvacency by rralrlng a $ar-tlne aplrointment. The comr,ruiication ftrrtheradvised that if approvecr- by the council, th. e a,xillary iir"r"" w111 becontacted to ascertain vrheiher a me[rber'r,vi11 accept "ir appointment ona war.-tlme besis. Questioned by the Council, CtrtLf Lets""iut"O tfr.ttwo reglstered letter.s were forirar-ded to the two *"" "iigiuie fo:: ap-pointment, uncler date of . Augr-,.s t
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16th, but that to date nE rlply h.as-been recclved. chief r-,eis i.Ias instru-cted to postpone-aciror: o" appoint-ments 'until- Augus t 21st.
A letter dated Au,;ust-15, _l_952, was read fb om G. J. IJarr, Director ofP,b1lc .iiJorlrs r- subrnit ting- tor c6,nci1 u"tion n ,".tru" i rr im tne crtyElectr-ician for permission to attend the trh1l ,.uii;; ;f-;;; fnternat-ionaL_lIuni c ipal signal Associatlon to bc.held in sen"Jose, Airgust zpndand 23rd. c ouncr- 1marr Morgan rroved ttra t the co,ncif ";;;; i.n the rec-ommend.ation and that an amount not to exceed 6zo.oo u"- appropriatea, -
seconded by Counc ilman Love. and unarrimously carrie,l. - -"- -
*^1:lI:"^1:i."* tliy:t ls, ts:az, was read from RLchard. I. t,linor, urslnguounclr consideratron in the establistunent of a ,rparking Autho;ltyH as"fl.T::"".:f^::lliis the parki.ns problems o.f the City of E*ii"g*". r{r..l\'rInor, r-n attendanco, ivas compllmented by vice-Illayor slnonds io:: his
i"!-:I"":! ln |fe ctty.ts.parklng problems ind str.eslea ,rrr"-i"p."tance ofa.pu-?rr--c meetln,g rrt th the merclrants, property oy/ners and ciiizens Jn-
|1l:l-:,l, _l? par-ticipate ln a discusslon cn the subject of a proposed'' raJ?king Authorlty. " Ibllowing ft*ther dis crrs si on_,
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I.londa-y, iiu;us t 25,3:oo p.m. in the city. Ha1r, wai scheduled for " pr.6ri" ,ulii"g. vlce-L{ayo:: slmonds r:rge d ihe coloperation of the locai p"u"" n"J-tr.e chamberof Cornrrence to publiclze the p:roposed meetlng.
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A letter dated August 15, 1952, was read from the Broadway Develop-'
ment Associatlon, r'equesting that the curb Ln Jlont of the B::oadway
Post 0fflce Building be appropriately painted to permlt the rapld
ingress and egress of t::affLc for patrons, sIrd ftrther recomnendlngthe installation of adequate ltghttng facilltLes. A letter dated
August 15, 1952, r,uas also read fY.om J. J. Broderlck, Postmaster, urg-lng Councll consLderation ln the above request. The subject r/as re-ferred to the Chief of Po1Lce and to the City Engineer vrlth ins truc-tions to provide for appropriate parking zones as requested. flrerequest for adequate ltglrting facllltles vras referred to Councllman
Irove, Chair?man of the Council Llghting Committee.
A lette:: d.ated Jul-y 10, 1952, received from the City of Inglewood,
submit tlng a resolution lntr.oduced. by that Cityrs Council opposlng
a proposal of the Counf,y Supervisors AssocLatLon to provl"de for a
4fu Sta\,e Salcs T€x, yras read and or"der.ed fLled for f\rrthe r. study end
cons Ldeiatlon.
Reports fln om the Recroatlon Department, tho !5_r, e Department, ard the'Department of PublLc Wo::ks for the month of JuIy, 1952, and the Ann-ual tr5re Department report we::e read. Vice-Mayor Simoncls complinent-ed both the clty forces on the manner 1n r0lalch the work on the Burlin-
garne Avenue pfoJect rvas conducted and the City Electrlcian and hlsAssLstant for their wor"k on the traffic signal installed at Broadway.
Letters dated Augus t 15, 1952 JYom the Burlingame RecreatLon ConunLs-sion addressed. to the C ounciI and to the Civtl Service Counissionwere read., ailvislng that both the .superlntendent of Recreation andthe RecneatLon Comrission recotrmrend that in the Lnterest of more ef-flclency ln ttre operatlon of the Recreation Department, that tho pos-itlon of Seeretary-Coordinator be abolished ard that a-new posI"tiLn,SupervLsor JI be c::eated. Councllman ,lllor:gan ther"eupon lntr-oduced f6rflrst-neading, Ordinance No. 55O, Aboli.shing the position of Sec::eta::y-Coordlnator in the Departrnent of Recr:eatlon.
A letter d.qted August 15, 1952, wqs re.ad IY orn Joseph A. .ZiemLnskL,
submltting hls reslgnatLon as Supervlsor in the RecreatLon Depart- ,
ment to b5come effectlve September 6, 1952. C ounctlnan I{o?gan moved
that the resS.gnatlon be accepted and that the Clty C1erk wrLte a let-
ter of conmrendatj.on to L{r. zlemlnski, seconded by councllnan Love and
unsnLmous Iy carried.
A Letter dated Aupgs t- 15, 1952, wag read flnom the San tr?arrcis co Bay.-
Area Rapld Transit Coinalssion, advising that the flrm of Deleuw, Cather
and C ompany has been eggagod to asslst the Corunl-s sion ln lts study ard
analysl"s oi the rapid transit problems of the Bay A!:ea and that repr6-
sontitivos of the flrm plan to vlslt agencles Ln the various countles
foa: the purpose of co]lecting avallable data and portinent lnfonmatlon.
The Clt3. Clirk and the Ctty Englneer were Lnstnucteti, to asslnlla$o data
and lnformatlon fo:: submlssion to members of the Councll prlo" to the
next regul-ar meetlng.
Resolutlon No. 51-52, deslgrlatlng E11lnor Lage, or person deslgnated
by the Clty Counc5.I, to trans cribe proceedings of both the City Coun-
cil and the Plannlng Cormlsslon at a speclfted compensation, vras intro-
duced by C ouncl Lrnah Lbve rrtro moved its passage, seconded. by counc llnart
Atwater and adoptetl urenimous 1y upon ro11 call of members.
The hea::Ing on ttre artrexatlon petitlon of l,tn. E:rnest L. Norberg, $as
postponed untl1 the next regular meeting of the Clty Cor:ncl1 and. the
Clty Engineer was,lnstructed to advise lfu. Norber:g that prlo? to the
aru:exation of the property to the Clty of Burllngame, the tree between
the cru.b and the sidewaLk w111 have to be removed and the sidewalk re-
pai:: ed.
A ::epor.t dated August 16, 1952, was read fbom the Bur'1ing arn e Police
Departnrent, relatLve to damago to prope:rty i:r the vlcinlty of Arrrndel-
Road, Anlta Road., Bayswater Avenue and Penl"nsula Avenue, caused bythe exl-stence of a heavy oily soot substance. Vice-l,hyor Simondsstated that members of the Councl-l- had conducted an lnvestlgatlon pur-
suant to del ch L[r. Louis Chess, General Passenger Agent o-f the.South-ern PacLfic C ourpany was requested to sur:vey the damage. ylr:. Chessstated that ln his oplnLon the soot substance was emitted f? om thetralns. l'{r. C. A. DoII, 812 Peninsula Avenue; Liins. Anral la Cu.::tis,
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8LO Peninsula Avenue; Ifus. CharLes Bum, 28 Anita Road., and. I'{r. H.
P' sagerdahl, Boo Peninsula Avenue, spoke on the exteni of d.amaget_o thelr prope::ty. Fr_$.owlng coasiderable discussion, Ctty AttdrneyKanmel suggested that the reitdents list thelr damages coliectlvelyand if the Southern Pao;i.flc Company aceepts the responslbility fon-da.rnage inflicted., a clalm may be riled against that- company, irrrcr,qllggestion was concr,lrred in by members of the council. ThA-city
^Clerk, with the assistance of the City Attorr:eyr $r&s instnucte<l-to'fiIe. a-vigonous protest wlth the Soutlrern Paciiie Conrpany and. to re-quest its consideration when claims are presented. fy the-residents.
Vj-ce-I{ayon Sjmoncls advlsed dhat beth he and LIayor Bl,rd had. attend.eda recent raeetLn6g in San litateo togethe:: with other Fbnlnsula citiesrepresentatives relatlve to discussing tvays and means of presentlngfacts to the Inteniro" Comnrlttee of the -State Fact-Ftnding -Commlttee]
on metropolltan higlrway problems at a meeting to be held in San Ffin-cisco, F?iday, August 22. f1re Dlre_ctor of p[nl:.c Worics was instruct-ed. to contact Io{::. Atkinson of Sa3 ir'ls1ss to pr"esent lnformation re-garding the problems of the City of Burlingame.
Resolution l'Io. 52-52, Accepting= the Street lrrortrr Under Contrac46, t7t 48 and 49r-cornpleted by L. c. srnith co.r as of July Zwas introduced by counci-}nan Love, v,,ho rnoved iti passage, secby councj.lnan }iorgan ancl ca::rled by unanirnous votL r_rpoi ro11menrbers. The city Engineer yJas lnstructed to see that a1]- deand. imperfections are conrected 1rr"1or" to ttre expiration of thtract date.
Cou-ncilman Love noved 'Lhat the firm of C. G, Uhlenberg, Certj_fiedir-rblic Accot:-ntants, "oe awarded" tire bid for the aud.itiig o:i.theCitytt aecorutts "and records for the fiscal year 1g51-15b2, i_n anamorlnt not to.e:cceecl {ilrOOO.O0. 'ihe rrotion was seeonded. Uy Cogncil-man l,ior.gan and unaninously car:"j-ed.
Resolution iio. 53-52, ttTransferring ;iftO.t+ frorn the General F\rnd toti:_e City of Burlin.3arne 1915 Inpr.ovenent ],'lr.ndtt vres introdu,cecl by Coun-cilman Lolre, u,ho tnoved its a.doption, secondecl by Councilrnan Atiraterancl unanlnrously camied by ::o1l call of membersl
Cle-iras l'{os. 24?2.throu#r 2582, vrith t}re e:cception of rroj-d.ed No.pS6B,duly au_-dited by the Pinance Conmittee, were Lpproved. and vrarr"antsordered drawn-on the City Treasury for their respective annonntsr up-on motion of Councilman Love, seconded by Counciiman Atwater andunanj.mous_ly ce.rried.
Councllman. Love moved that the Payr"oll for the monti: of Ju1y, in gre
amount of i;+6r3"66.43; be approved, secondecl by CounciL::ran filrganand unanimou-s\r carried.
Tl:er_e being no f.Lrrther- tra.nsaction of irttsiness, the meeting -!yas reg-rrlarly ad_journed at 10:15.p.m. to nreet Septembbr" 2, 1952, 5n notioiof Councilman Love, seconded by Councj.lman Llorgan ancl unaninrouslycarried.
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Respectflrlly submitted
K. TJ}IITECity Clerlc
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ANDREIJ1I C. ETRD
Mayor
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