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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1952.09.024L0 BurlinEaore - Call-fornia S eptember !) '1 Cr(D A regular meeting of the Burllnganr e Clty Councll rvas held on the above given date. l,ieeting calIed to order at B:0O p.m. - Mayor3 Byrd ln the Chair. RoI1 CaI1: Present - Cou.ncilmen: Atwat er-B;z'd.-Le1' s-liorgan-S ierorrds Abs ent - Cor;-nci lmen: None tre minutes of the prevJ.ous meetlng of August 18, 1952, as submittedto members of the Council, were unanimous 1y app,::oved and adopted upon motion of Coulcilman Love and seconiled by Counci lman Atwater. A cormnrnicati.on, dated.August 29, !g52, was read flom G. J. Idarr,Directo:: of Publlc lVorksr subnit tlng--a detailed report, prepared byConsulting Sanitary Engineer, Hamy. N. Jenksr on the p:roposed. Sewage System Lmprovements for the City. of, Burlingame. Mr. Jenks, ln. at-. tend.ance at the lreeting, presented. a map of the gerenage Srgt€m Anal-ysis of the City of BurlLngame, and in collaboration with Clty Drgln- ee:: trIarr, lllustrated step by step the proposed improvenents as foI-loWs; (1) the installation of an 18, 24 and 50 lnch lntercepter sewernsln to replace the existlng 12 inch mai.n vtrich novr crosses -the fleeway and approximately para11e1s the fleeway; (2) the construction of twolar.ger prunps to replace th.e existlng prmps and tho Lnstallation ofapproximately ?00 feet of 3O lnch s ewer main to the exist5.ng plileingstations. City Engineer L{arr stated that proposal No. 1 Ls necessaryto correct the Lnadequacies of the presen'b system end proposal No. 2l-s :recommended. for the arrtlcipated,growth of the ind.ustrial ar:ea ofthe City, the L{i1l-s Estate and the City of llillsborough. Ctty Engin-eor Marr continued. by statlng that the City of Burllngame has fundsremaining under Chapter 47 and Chapten 20 and lt was estimated thatthe total cost woulal be $?5roo0.00, rdxL ch the Clty would be ::equj.redto I\.rr.nigh 1Tfi ot the.cost irf a pr"ir3ect constructed under the Chapter.f\rnds. Fol1owl ng a seri.es of questions and. answers, Councilman SLmonds moved that the survey and report as prepared by [b. Jen]rs be accepted,, s econd.ed, by Councilmar Love end rmanlmously car.ried. A flrther motion was introaluced by Councilman Slmonds that the subject be ::efer:"ed tothe Street and Sevuer Cour:rlttee of the Councll and that the City Clerkbe lnstructed to issue notices for a special Couneil meet5.ng, Satr:rdaymorning, S epternber 15th, 10:00 aon. r roguesting the City lngineer, theCity Attorney and members of the Council Committee to meet vrlth Ltr. Jenks to di.s ctess the financing of the proposed. proJect. flre motion was s econd.ed. by Councilman Lor e and unanimous \r cairied. I 29, A952, was read llom R. C. Theuer, Chief oft a sur.vey had been 4rqde of a tr.affl c hazaral at Ba1boa T{ay and Ray Drive, and at Albemarle Wayt was hls re conr,rendati on that arterial stop signsi lman Morgan moved concurrence in ttre :: e c ommend.-for adoptlon, Resolutlon No. 54-52, autho::l2 ingarterLal stop si69:s at the above mentioned inter-y C ounc5.lmen Simonds and. ad.opted urranimously upon A letter -dated ^Au6rrst 29, L952, was read lyon ChLef of police fheuer,::ecomnendi,r€, _ follordng a survey, tha t the sJea on Bayswater Avenuer'between Park Road end Primrose Boad, be restr.icted to a two hour pai,k-tng Itmlt. councL lman simonds moved concurrence Ln the ::ecormendlti onand introduced fo:: first reading Ordinance No. SSLr affecting the change- in parklng llmitation on Bayswater Avenue, between. pa::k Roadand PrLn:'os e Road. A _lette:: dated Aug;usPo1lce, advising thathe inte::section of and Ray D3Lve, and ibe installed. Councation end introducedthe installatlon ofsections, seconded bro11 call of membo:s A letter dated Ausus ttion Superlntendent,visor to replace llr. Lon on September 6. A r-eport, *"!g{ August 29, 1952, subnitted by Chlef of police Theuer,on hls activlties at the Thlr ty-second Annuai Convention of tire Stat6Peace offlcers Association held recently in Long Beach, w as ::ead. and.ordered filetl. 25, 1952, vas r.ead. llom E. L. Lincoln, Recrea-requesting the appointment of a Recr.eatl-on Super- Jos eph Zj-eminski who rvi11 resign f?om that posit- C ouncLl&an llorgarr r.roved that t6.e Courrcll concur 41L -ln the reqr-.-est ar-Id thst L'irs. Evelyn Bledsoe, eligible for appoint- ment, be appointed Recreatj-on Supervl,sor, subject to -r,ire Civil Ser-vice rules and r.eg.llations, and the appolntment to become effective September 7, 4952. Ttte motion r'ras s e.cond.ed b;r Councilnan SLmonds and unaninou.F ly .cart led. A. letter dated .A.ug3rst 23, L952, w.as read flon the Assistance Gulldof San ]i{ateo Countyr. requesting approvaL for a l-Lconse to operatea craft-exchange shop at 261 Pr.lmros e Road. The con'mrmication ad-vlsed that the Gulld ls a non-profit. cha::itabl"e organl- zatLon and assuch, 1t was requested that the usual fee to operate a busLness bewaived. trb11owing a dLscussion on tho above request, the Clty Clerkwss Lnstructed to corrnunicate wlth the applicants requestlng theLr appe ansnce beforg nrembers of the CouncLl arrd the Clty Attorney tooutllne their proposal ln more detail. A letter dated Au61ust 16, L952, vlas read f?om I\1::. and i,Irs. H. C.Alexander, 831 Peloma Avenue, calling Councll qttention to thei1IegaI method of purrping water into the city streets flon thebasement of the premises at 821 Paloru Avenuei City Errgineer L,Iarr -advlsed that he had previously investigated thc conitition and sub-mitted his flndings to l,{rs. ALexander. The Ctty Dirgineer vras in-structed to conduct a thor ou€*1 investigation anil UrJreafter reportto the Council. A letter dated Au$x t 20, !952, vras read lYom a C or'::l:it t ee fo1. the -Arurua1 Coyote Point Sharl. Derby, lnviting the iJayor or a ret:resent- . atlve ftom the Burllngame City Cor-rncll to act as one of tl:e jucigesin the Slxth Annual Shark Derby fishing competitLon to be treid itCoyote Point, $undar', geptember 14. Councllman Love moved thatIrlayor B)'rd be solected as the city of Bur.linganr e t s representatlveand ti-'a t t]'Le shark Derby cor:mlttee be notifi5cL of eacir mernb er of theCoun6llr s rvholeh.earted Lnterest anrl support in ,L;he civ:.c event, sec-oncled. by Councilman Simonds and unarr itaous 1y car.r,iecl. Repor.ts {om the Librar.y and J}om ttr e Folice D ep alrtrrl enl, fo:: urerLonth of Ju1y, 1952, were :.ead s]lC ordered fiIed.. 0rdinance No. 550, rrAmendJ ng sectLon g25 of the 0rdinalce code asEstabli shed _ Liay 21, 1951, by Or.dinance l o. 510 By Deleting Jobclqssificction of secreta.ry-coorcinator as nstabiished in"Divislontr !'r of said. ordlnance, was"1]i-ven second r"ead.J-ng. councilman Atwatermoved the adoption of the Or.dinanc e No. 53Or s6conded. by C ounci lmanIov e .arrd carr.Led by the fo1l_owing vote : Ayes : Counci Lnen: .A,tlrat er-tsyrd-Lorre-lrlor gan-S inon.Csi{oes: Counci'lren: IToneAbsent Councilmen: llone 1. Drafting Ptt ana Deflector Plate A letter clated Augrrs t 29, 1952, vras read lY on the BoarC of Firecomllssioners, r.'econmencing tlat the contract for. the <lraft pit ancldefleetor plate be avard.ed -e.nd that they be constructed on the siteof the d::i11 towe:: on Californ_r:.a Drive. - L[ayor" Byrcl star;cc1 .bLra t- thecouncil is of the opinion that no action sh6u1c1 ie taken on tire bidsreceived and that it r,ray be possible to e,Iter trre speciiicution" :.norde:: to recelve lower prlced bids. Conslderable .liscusJion aroseamong the couJlct1 menb e:"s as to (1) the posslbility of usinn a sub-stitute rcateriel instead of the proposed. conclete,- (z) rare tiie:: 1twot,ld be practical to construct a ttiloping waI1tt pitr'ana (S) erec-tion of tle plt at Elre Stetion No. p,- in-vietv of tne fact'that pav-ing work is to be done at that sL6e tn U:e {\rture. C or;nci Imerr Atvraternovecl that thc blds as submltted be returned to the contractors vri ththe statenent that the. Councll is tar{ing under aclvis erlent a chan8e in !he. -o,iglnaI speciflcationsr,secondecl b! g.unsirfan IJ;;;;. Speitlng 9," tng, question, C-or*cilr,an Simonds stated that ,it rroufd appear tt aEthe Uity Engi_ireer iras looked into the practical ap roach to- iJ:e pitthat he has designed.rt and that in hls opinlon tre i-ett ncthing .lvo-uId !e gained by__re jecting the bicls. Fol].oiring f.r:rth e? consicleration anddiscuss 1on, L'Iayor. Byr.d ca11ed for a vote oi t}:.e motion. The motionwas carried., C orr::c i J-r:ran Simonds votingrrnor. Quegtioned b), the Coulcil, Chlef Theuer aclvised. that because of the 412 condltl-on of the truck used by the ?oundmaster, J.t would be necess-ary to consider the purchase of another paneled t::uck to replace thepresent one, and that a 195L dhevro1et Truck was available for pur- chase in the amount of $1r35O. lnclu.dlng tax. He f\rrther advlsod ''that the price of a new Chevrolet Truck would be $1r?00. The CityEngineer was authorizetl to request l-nformal bids flon other auto-mobile de6.1ers. Saturday mornlng, at tl: e SpecLal Cor:nci1 meetlng, ,was the time s cheduled for the openlng of blds. Upon motlon of CounciLlran tover seconded by Cor:ncl 1man Morgan and.unanimously carried, CouncLlman Slmonds was granted a week-o:: .ten dayr s leave of abs ence frora the Clty. he hearlng on the proposed annexation of the E. Lr was contlntred until offlcial rord ls neceived. thatdition has been remedied. . I{o::b er"g property the sidewalk con- Maybr byril -called upon Rlchard F. Minorr CLairman of the newly ap.-.polnted Parklng Cormrittee, who advised that some progress has-been made on pLans for off.-s tneet parking and outllne d- the foIlod. ngs.teps to be taken and submltted to the City CounciL: (1) a map -sh.ow- t4g the Lands to be acquired;. (2) Ittap indlcating the assessment Ats-trLcts to be establlshed., a d.Lstributlon of the entlre cost, appor-tionraent each pr.operty ovune::.1'r111 be requLred to pay. for the p-orttonof property to be assessed; (5) re corrrrendatlons ai to prograrn- fLnanc-ing; (4) recon:mendati ons whether there sha]_L be one or- seio 'a1 assess-ment d.istricts; (5 ) recoronend.ations as to ihe enactfient of an Ord.Ln-ance to protect the parking dlstricts pu::suant to its establistunent.I'{r. Minor al.so advised that GrecutLve Secretany Granville Browningof the Ctretober of Conme::ce, and LIr. Edward R. Llartln, Burlingame i'v enueproperty owner, had been ad.ded to the conmlttee I s J.i.s t, and ahat thenext meetLng was_ s,cheduled fo:r the following lltednesday evenlng. May- _ or Byrd, on behalf of Uee Coubci.1, appr"oved.-the appolntments *rapledged contLnugd support to L{n. Minor and the Cohtttee. {r. Lloyd He cio:ran, },lanager of Horsetrader Edrs Br.r:: lingane Us ed. Cer,Lot, addressed the.Council and submltted the application of }b:.Henry W. Tlbbs, nev, orvrrer, to operate the used ca:: lot. In con-fozmity u:i th- the -Ordinance Code of t he Clty, C or:nci Iman lr{organ mov-ed that,a public hearing an the trans fer oi- the busl,ness license,be scheduled fo:r October 6, 1952, B:OO p.m., seconded by Councll-man Iov e and unanimous 1y can:ried.. C ounc Ll-na', Slmonds moved thai planning Consultant, George Illann, boautho::ized to attend the forthcoming dctober conf6::ence-of the'Leagueof Californla CltLes l"n.San Dlego -in an al ourt allowed othe:: offlcfiaIs. ltre motLon was seconded by Counci lman Atwater and unanimous 1ycarrl. ed. councilman slmonds statecl t*:at the subject on the wid.ening of chaplnAvenue should be placed on the Agenda and ttr.a t a definLte-decis loi-rbe made on the pr.onosed. wJ.dening, as rapldly as possible. Fol1ow-.ing ftrthor dis-cussion, c ounci liin Love-movea that the city cr-erk beinstructed !-o place the subject on the Agenda for. the next"::eguJ-ar - meetlng of-the co,ncil and that the city-Attor"ney be lns truct6d toprepare and submit a report on the courie of action the council maytake, seconde-tI,by Councilman l,{o::gan ancl unanlrnous Iy earr5.ed.. At thesuggestion of councl Lnan simonds, the city c1er"k vri.s instructed tosend a lette:: to the partles whose statem6nts have ::ecently appearedin the- loca1 - newspaper relatlve to the subJect, and that tf,e entiregroup be notifled thet the council vdII proceed at the next reguLarm?gli"e on the basis of the proposed plan of a ninety-eigtrt foStwidth. councllman Love adlris ed that he had been the reclp5.ent of numerouscomplalnts relative to the fires at the MunLcipat Frtt and suggest- S1 !h?.t ttrl citl rnr.sineer conduct a thorou€h iirvest:.gati"n.- fiXyorbJrt3cl therefor e inst::ucted the city n:glneor to ascerf,ain the roilor-1ng: (I) approxjjnate cost of purcklasing and operatins an LncLner_ator;. (2) approximate cost fon a trfLll dnd covLrrr opeiation, and(i5) the possibilitv of pqrchaslng land extendLng fui.ther inio thebay. Chlef Theuer. wasproperty adJacent ins trrr.cted to i"nvestigate a complaint r.egarding theto the Paloma Avenue park5.n"q 1ot. is -E r Clty Englneer Marr. was instrueted to see that the water ls Iy turneti off at the Gu-ns t Mans l'on ln f,ashlngton Park, and fence be repaired. at the perklng 1ot on Broadway. Itrere belng no further business, upon aotlon of Councilman SLmondsat 10:40 p. m. 4L3 compl-et5-that ttro the meoting was reglrla::1y adjourned e$d seconded by Councllman Atwater, Respectfully submitted ,-/r* E}iERB]IRT V,HIICity Cfs31 AI]DNET/ C. 3YT:D l,:layor t ,/;Ll,nL/ft/n