HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1952.09.15A ::egular meetlng
above given date.'in U:e Chal::.
of ttre Bu.rlingarno CLty Colmcil was held.Meeting caLled to order at 8r0O p.m. -
415
on the
May or Byrd
Ro11 Ca11 : Present: Councllmen: Atwat er"-Byrd-Lov e-tr{organ-S imond.s
Abs ent : Councilnen: I'Ione
The minutes of the regular meeting of September Z, agSZ,ted to members of the Councl1, sere unanlmousIy app::oved
upon motion of Councilman Love and seconded by Councilman
as submit-
and adopted
Simonds.
The minutes of the Special neeting of September 6, 1952, were unan-lmously. approved and adopted as submitted to membi;rs of the Council,upon motion of Councj.lman l,Io.rgan and seconded by Courrcilltan Love.
Blds for the alte::ations to the Council Chamb"ers in the City I{a11,sctreduled for" pr.esentation at this time, were opened an<t reld as -
follovrs:
J. Robert Harris, Iirc. ,1008 Alma S treet,
I,,Ienlo Park, Cali fornia.
Thu11n, Br"ay and Lliller Builders fnc.55 Lafayette S bree t
San l,l.arrcis co, Ca1lfornia.
Rene E. Johnston
486 Chathan RoadBur'lingame, Calllbrnla
Dayid E. Sand ers on
1O60 Potrero Avenue
San Francisco, Californi.a.
l,{orri,s Daley
1350 llouard Avenue,Burlingalrer California.
# 7r232.OO 9O-day coropletion
$ erzsa.oz 9O-day completion
$lorost.oo 9o-day completj.on
$11r695.oo 9o-day completLon
$11,5].?.oO 6o-day completton
bld bonds and./ or ce::tlfLedeer, the Clty Attorney aIld
and recomnendation prlor to
byin
The foregoing btds were accourpanled
checks, and referred to the Clty &rgA::chitect Jas. H. Mltche11, for" revithe te::mlnatl-on of ttre meetlng.
A letter clated September 12, 1952, uas rer:d fr onr fl-rector of publlc!,/orks, G. J. I[am, submittlng copies of a dee cription fo:: a pacific
Gas anci Electric Conpany easernent th::or-rgh the rvesterly portion ofthe Cityts iliIls Reservoir property and recommending t;rat t-he l,eciuesti'or the r:asemcnt be 61ranted. Counc-i:Iman l.lorgan int::oduced for adopt-Lon, Resolution No. 56-52, -iranting the proposed. eascnent and auth-or-lalng the l,{ayor to execute the agreement, seconded. by Cor-rncilmanSimonds and adopted unenlmously upon ro11 call of members.
A -letter dated. September 12, 1952, was reacl from G. J. I.lar,r, Directorof Public lTorks, recommending t?rat }tr. J. B. Dav{son, draftinan inthe o,lfice of the Clty Enginee:r, be granted a salar.y increase fuom
$32O.OO a month to thb se6ond step uiaer the classilj.cation fo::clraftsman of (i545.oo a month. coirncllman A trrrater moved. concurrencein the recorrrendation, effectlve October. 1, 19S2, seconded by Coun-cilman Love and unenimous 1y carried.
{ letter dated September 12, 1952, f}om G. J. Liarr., Djrector oflubLic Y{orks, subnrltting a repor"t- prepared by City- trlect::icLan Hil1s,on hl"s recent attend.ance at the FaI1 TechnJ-cal Session of the Tnter-natiohal lttr:ni c_lpal Stenal Assoclatlon, .was :read ahd the context oftne report re.ferrcd- to the Strect Cor.nnittee of tlrc Council.
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Septerrber 15, 1952
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A letter dated September 1O, !.952, vras read flom R.C. Theuerr Chiefof Police, submi ttlng a report on a survey conducted relative totrafflc hazards on Bu::lingar1e Avenue at the intersection of Claren-
don Road and hviglrt Road, and on Horcar d Avenue and Dwigirt Roacl, and
recorrnending that a Stop slgn be erected at the intersections above-
menti-oned. Councilman Simonds moved concurrence Ln the request and
authorlzed the necessary procedu::e be prepared for the erectlon, of.the sig:s, seconded by Councilman Atwater and unanimous 1y carried. t
A letter dated September 4, 1952, was read flom E. J. Lels, Fire
Chief, adv5.sing that an inspection has been mad.e, 'as requested, ofthe exlstlng hazard in the basemont of the premLses at 821 Paloma
Avenue antl the condition v,,:i 11 be corrected. llayo:: Byrd ad.vls ed.that the Coturcil has been informetl that the violatlon no longer ex-lsts. fhe communicatLon was ordered flIed.
A letter dated September 9, 1952, v/as read fr. om the Peninsula Tennls
Club, requesting tlre Councilts conside::ation in sharing the expens einvolved in the erecti-on of a fence between the Clubts property andthe adjoining City property, ln the amount of (!5O0.OO. Councllman
Morgan moved that the roquest be accepted and that the Peninsulafennis Club, upon completlon of the erection of the fence, submit abLLl to the Clty ln the amount of $OOO.OO. The motlon was secondedby Counci lman love and unanimous 1y carried. lhe Clty Clerk vras Ln-
st::ucted to notlf)r l(r. Howard Dodge of the Tennls Club of the C ou-n-cLlts action.
A letter dated September 4, 1952, sj.gned. by I',lrs. Theo. Breslauer,I{erbert Plath and Elsie J. P1ath, yras read, ,fl1tng. a protest agalnstthe constr.uetlon of a garage on the premises at 1516 Ralston Avenue,
contend5.ng that the garage is so desi5gred as- to l-ndicate the construc-tlon of apartments. I{r. Herbert P1ath, Ln attendarrce, directed sev-eral Lnquiries pel'talning to building restrictLons end the nltur estatus j.n the event apartments a:: e constructed over the gara8e. lbl-
lowLng considerable discussion, in rielch the Council concurr"ed. thata legltlmate protest had been fl1ed, Counci'lman SLmonds moved thatthe Bullding Inspector be lnstructed to see that constructioh on theso-termed nstoragert a::ea be d i.s continued. until the CouncLl receivesa 1egaI opinlon llom the CLty Attornoy as to fi:e interpretatLon ofthe provLsi.on coverlng ttre subJect ln the Unl fo rm Building Code.tre motion was seconded. by Counci.lman Love and unanlmously carrLed.
A letter dated' September' 12, 1952, r'ras read Ibom l,{::s. Leona C1ark,
Chair:nan of the Burllngane Chaurber of Commerce Menchants t Corn'olttee,submlttlng three recommendations relative to improvements ln thebusiness d.ist::lct parklng system. Tlee conmrrnLcatlon tas referr"ed tottre Ctty EngLneer snai to the drlef of the Pollce Department for studyand report to the City Councll.
Resolutlons opposlng legislation proposed. by ttre County SupervlsorsAssocLatlon to provide for a 4fi sales ta:<, submlttcd by the CltyCounc iLs of the City of Oskland, the.Ctty- of San Fernaido, and f,heClty of Needles, were held. for f\rther stucly.
Referrlng, !o the bids opened previorrsly in the meetLng, .Archltect
Ja.nes H. Mitchell advised that upon reiriewing the bfddi it was rec-
omend.ed. that the 1ow btd, submltted by J. Robent lIarrls, 1n theamount of $?,232.OO be accepted
Councllman Slmonds moved. that'the recorunendafi. on be accepted wL ttrrttre pnovJ.sion that the ml11wo::k mr:s t conform to specLfi.citions asprepared by--Arclitect Llitche11, -and thereupon Lntr"oduced for passage,Resolutlqn-No. .57-52, awarding the bLd to J. Robert Harris ir the * -
emount of $,t,232.oo. . The raotfon *"s "u"orrd"d bt A;un;irminJtwaterand upon ::o11 call of members, rrnanimous 1y carried.
Reports IY om the Burllngeme line Deparbnent, the CLty Judge, theP^oLice Department, the. Librapy ald ihe Department of- Pub lfc -lyorks
rfor the month of August, 1952, were ::ead and o::dered flled.
! p-etition for the Armexatlon of r,Burllngvj.ew Ter::acefl to the Clty
. Iurlingane, presented !f tfre corporation-of the Burllngvlew Terraie,Jnc. and app:roved by the Califorrria PacifLc Title Insuiance Co.,was ::ead. RosolutLon No. 5s-82 ,Elxlng the Time and place trltrer6 anyPerson.I;lay Appear aJld Show Cause [ithy Sich Territory Should Not beArueexedn was lntroduced by councl lman &ove, secondLd by c ouncl lman
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Atvrater and" ruranimously carr"iecl, upon ro11 call of members.
Ordinarrce l'tro. -551, ttAdopting a I'Ielv Secti-on 122'/.8^, Limitinge Stop-ping and Parking of Automobj.les on Bajrswater Avenire, betvue6n prlm-
rose Road and Parl< Road For l,{ore fhan-Tvlo llourst'lvai given secondreading. Councilman Simonds rnoved the passage of the jioregoing
Ordi-nance, seconded by Gouncilman Atvratbr and unanimously darrfed.
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(1)Pn sed l?id of C}:.a ln Avenue.I\,Iayor Bfd invlted CityAttorneyoreAsonesuject. I'fr. Karmel reviewe dthe steps talcen to date on the proposed. v;i deni-ng and advlsed. that be-cause of the fact that sone of the property ovnsers hacl expr:essed. dis-approval of the proposed ninet y-eigfrt foot width the Couneil had, not,pnoceed.ed fr.r::ther vrith the widenS.ng pnogram. At torney Karmel contin-ued by aovisin5r ti:at lt r.ras now proposed to continue tlre matter toa .eonchrsion, the flrst p::ocedure bei ng the ad.opti.on of a resolutionbv
the
vshich the Councll may (1)establish an assessment dis trict forarea proposed to be wj-de ned (o ) acqulre property necess BP},eit]:er by gra nt or' the night of tr eminent domainrr and (3) pr ovlde fo::the installa tion of curbs, sidewa lks, guttens, nadadami.zed streets
t
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present width ts slxty feet, with
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Marr ad.vi-sed. that fl:efeet flor,r curb to cur:b
tel"ectr.ic str
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ting and the removal of existir, 1424 Chapin Avenue,rrpolx qu.estLouing tJae
ing trees and s;bruc-tures.
Council as to the da te the original petitio n r/as filed neguest lng the
v,"id.e ning , Yras info:'ned that the petition rv'as- iaeceived. and mankedIrfiled rr under date of February 22, 19b1. l,,lr. I,toir togethe:: withI,{r. Geo.Reed., 1456 Chapin Avenue, and. &lr. James C hiapelone, L427Chapln Av enue, confirmed theit understandi ng of the Councilts in-tention to lviden the Avenue to ninet y-elght feet. I{r, C. A. Torello1145 Drake Avenue, expressed his dis approval of" the proposed widen-,
speciflrlng lr.is reasons as (1 not designed. for public'interest,tlr.e report of the appraisei: d oes not reflect the true v alue of
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Primro se Road and Chai:ln Avenue, and. (5) the assessments ar e COII-fiscat or3y. There be ing no furthen dlscussi-on, Councj-lmaIr Simondslntrodueed and moved the passage of Resolution No.58-52, r'Deter-
mining to Undertake Proeeedings pursuant to the l\,iunicipal fmprove-nrent Act of 1915 and the Improvement Bond Act o f 1915, for ttre fm-provement of $treets T{it}rout Proceed lngs Under Dlvtsion 4 of theStreetsand Highways
econded by C
Code, Providing for the Chapln Avenue Impnove-mentr, s ouncilman Love,Speaklng onClty Engln
the question,
CounciLman Atwater requested that the eer speclff -the ex-isting and tjre proposed vridth, Ci ty Engineerthlrty-s ixand the pr"oposed vridth rvill be seventy-four feet, vrith tvrelve footsidevralks on either side of the street. l3:e nrotion l?as unanir,tously-car'::led upon roLl call of members. -. ilpon advice of the City Engineer,the vrords j.n tlr.e above resolut'i on Itvrater. bou-::c1 maeaclanr basb pavementttwere anrended to read acnrshed roclr rvith an asphaltic concrete sur-
facerf , by unanimous eonsent of the Council.
_ (-2) Ignireula liw:rane SocLetJ SrTrpqsq}. ir. Robent Dean, ii;anaqenof the ffiane". eIter r,vill orrilially openon October 1; tilat service will be available to the City on a tlventy-fonr hour a day basis and ttrat il:e Society is strictly interested inthe humane care of animals regardless of type. He continued by stat-ing that the Society l.riI} be prepared to contend wlth arry situationthat ma)r occur and that ttre Ctty riray be assured. tllat the- same servlceas exists now will be maj-ntai-ned. Questioned by the Council, I,ir.
Dean ad.vised thgt !h"y 1d11 issue such citations as necessary, end.dog licenses ri1I be issued only as a corrrtesy ntren clogs are-io1dover tneir" counten, and'bhe1 _o_nIy with the permission of tne CityLicense Collector. I'{r. Jack ilecht, addrc;ssed. tl:e Council, question-ing lvhether in the' acbeptance of -,,he proposal, tl:e City u111 relincl-ulsh enti::e control, to rvhicJ: ],.[r. ilecht lvas informecl tirat the CitylrilL continue to cont::ol under" the e:listing ord'ina11sss. fn anslvei,to other points raised by ttre Cor-rncil, I"{r. DeBn aclvised that (1) ifthe Society realizes a surplus in frrnds, it will reve::t back to U:epartici.patlng citj.es, (2) tne contract may be drawn on a yearly basls,with the provi.sion, as suggested by the Council, that a clause be in-cluded that if the service is not satisfaetory to ej-ther par.ty, thecontract may be termj-nated rvlthin a 30, 60 or 9O day period, (3) an-imals vtill not be strbjected to vivisection. Cou-ncilman Love, Chair-
man of tite Cor-rnei-L i'inance Committee, outlined the financial struct-ure of the exj-sting pound system in conrparj-son vrith the redu-ction in
cost to the City by the proposal offered by the llumane Soci-ety.
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-L{ayor Byrd introduced l,{rs. J, H. Brady, r,rhose efforts and contri-butions have rrlad"e the organizatj-on of i;he Humane Society possible
ancl reQu.ested lirs."Brady to ir"ave her attorney srrbr:rit a- contract tothe Council for its approval. Iirs. Brady, i-n turn, thanked. tho
Council for its co-operation.
A clai-m against the City of Burlingafiie for injuries incr:rced as aresult of a falI upon the cltylg siderualk, submitted by Mt's. BdssleKi lfulff, was denied and referred to the insr:rsnce carriere uponmotion of Councilman Love, seconded by Councilman Slmonds and unan-lmously carried.
Mayor Byrd introduced the subject of the Burlir:game FilI for dj.s-cussion. Itfr. Jack Hecht, President of the Burlingame fmprovementAssoci-atlon, and spokesman for a number of resj-dents in that areain attendance, asked. the co-opeps.tion of the entire Counci.l to pro-
coed r,'rith the Mayorts suggestion to eonsid.er the ncover and filLrtopenatlon of the FilI oz'such other improved methods, to eliminatethe existing hazard and nuis&nee. Ivlr. Heeht suggested that a com-mittee be formed to investigate the matter fLr1ly. Councllman
Simonds suggested that a cormrittee meet with the ilsmog{ committee ofthe County to diseuss the rubbish burning-on a county-wide basls.i\[r. Romeo Joly, operator of the Burlingame ]L11, reported on hisconduct of the Et11 and suggested that the dumping of materiaS, beconfined to r"esidents of Burlingame only, and that he vrould bu:rnbut forrr nights a week. Following f\rther oi.scusslon, i\{ayor Byrdstated that the Counci-l w11-1 continue to study ttv,rays and meansi' to
remed.y the situation.
Resolution. No. 59-52 t'Calling for Bids on Sa1Burllngame Idanor No. 1, Project ldo. 51-50rr 1,ra
man Atv,rater who raoved its passager seconded badopted unani-mously upon ro11 call of members
A
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v
a
of Inprovement Bonds,
introdu-ced by Council-
Cor.rncihran Love and.
Claims Nos. 25t-?- throu-gh 2704 inclusive, in the anount of $51r 439.56,duly audited, v/epe approved for payment and warrants ordered clrawnon the_City_Treasury for their respective amorrnts, u-pon rnotion ofCouncilrnan Love, seconded bJ' Councikaan Atlvater and unanirrrously c&I-ri.ed.
Ttre payroll for the month of Au,gust, lgsz, in ttre ar,rr-mt of
$i48r606.67 was approved Lrpon raotj.on of Councilnan Love, seconded byCcuncj.Lnan Atwater, ancl unanimously carried..
The City Engineer lvas instructed to submit a fUIl report on thecou-rse of action the Cor:-ncil-may talre in ttre renroval of the unsight-ly ttcenrent mj.:certt ovo:.ed by the kaiser Co. a-t the northern entranleto the City.
Police Chlef Tl:euer vras Lnstrr-rcted to j-nvestigate a conrplainbreceiv-ed. from L,[r. A. ry. I,{oycr , g\p Linden Avenue, rSlative to'a *q*rring-sigm to motonj-sts in that atea.
Questiol.ed_ by the Councll on the renroval of 'bhree eucal;4ptr:-s treesby the _Luciiy i,Tarliet on lil Car,lino Real, Park Super"j.ntenaent Anclersonadvised tlr.at ch.re to -'liii1:t'overrrerits beiir*- conrlucted by Facific Gas deElectric forees. on i;!c glts rnaj-ns in tha'r vicinityr" iire trees ytrer:e in-adventantly des'broys6, Botl: the Pe"r'Ii Sitper:Lnten&6nt and the Clt;, En-gineer advisecl tire Couircil that the Pacific Gas & Electric conpairyI'rould assurire ftr-]-I responsib:il,ity_and suitable planting rvould bL "6r-dt-rcted under supcr"vis-i cn of the-Departncnt of ir.rblic ,,Torlcs.
Ttre meeting v/as regular:ty adjou-rned at 1l:20 p. I,,.
Respectf\rIly submit ted
APPRO1ED:
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A}TDRE\IT C. B]MD.
City Clerlr