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Bur 1l-ngame - California
- Ilovember J-7, 4952
A regular reeeting of the Burllngarrie City Counci.l vras held onthe above given date. l,feetlng calIed to o::<1er. at B:15 p.m - Mayor
Byrd in the Cha j.r.
RoII Ca11: Present - Councilmen: Atwater-Brrd-love-lforgan-SLmondsAbsent - Councilmen: Ifone
Mayor Byrd intnoduced, and on behalf of the Council and the cltLzensof Burlingaizre, welcomed Mayor Hermann Ka.br and Councilman August
l'[5.chael ft om the City of S chwaebls ch-fuuend. in Germany, presently
touning American citles to study American democracy and conrn-:.nLty1ife.
Ttre mlnutes of the regular" meeting of Nover,rben 3, L952, as submit-ted to members of the Council, were unanl-mous 1y approved and adopt-
ed upon motion of Councilsan l\Iorgan and seconded by Counci}nan At-
water.
A letter clated l{ovember 10, 1952, was read. f}om liIr. Charles E11et,
ovrner of pr.operty at No. 520 Iorton Avenue, in r.epIy to a CouncLlinquiry as to his intentions :relative to lroprovJ.ng the above prem-ises. I\ir. E11et, in attendance, submittod a dravring of new p::oposed
plans to remodel the buildlng ard stated that it was his intentlon
td1 co&mence the p::oject next sprS-ng. I[r. E11et was info::me d by mem-
beps of the Council that the premises in questLon have been :repor"tedtd be a fire, bulldJ.ng and health menace, and as such the situation
mr.s t be cor:rected yrlthin a r.eas onable length of tirre. Fbllonlng fur-ther dlscussion, Councilman Simonds moved that the plarrs and speclf-Lcati.ons for the new plan be prepar"ed and submltted to the Clty C oun-cil at the regular meetj.ng of December 1, 1952, seconded by Council-
man Atwater and unanimous Iy camie d. 1{r. El1et was ::equested to bepresent on that date.
A letter dated llovemb er L7, 1952, was read flom the Burllngame City
PJ.anning Conanisslon, advising that the subd.ivision map of -the.new
proposed subdivl-sion of Kenrnar Terrace, adjacent to the Burlingvie\,[Terrace Subdivlsion, had been caref\r11y reviewed and th at the menr-bers had approved the tentatlve map r..ri th the stipulation that thedrainage problems be settled to the satlsfactlon of the Ctty Engln-eer. Questloned by tlre Cotrncil, City Engineer llarr stated that he
wouId. submit hLs reconurend.atlons subs equent to the presentation ofthe drainage stnucture deslgn and the final subdiviiion nrap by thesubd.ivlder. Counci'lrran Slmonds moved that the cormunlcation be r.e-celved and placed on flIe, seconded. by cor.rncl lrran love and unaninrous-1y carri.ed.
A letter dated l,Iovemb er A4, 1952, was r,ead. l? om the commLttee prev-lousIy appo^lnted by the CoulciL to examLne the rubblsh bu::ni.ng orcover and f111 method of operatj.on at ttr e Burlingame Fi1}, subnrlt tlngseve::aI proposals in the ope::at5, on of disposal oi rubbish. Severalmembers of the C onrnit te-e- - in, attendance, Chairman 0scar B. Thayer,Herman E. llinrichs and Wllliam Roese, were Lntroduced end thsnkea forthelr time and effo::t. Irlayor Byrd advised thet the report is not thof5.na1 report and that o ther. cltles are to be 4 proache-d on the sub-
A letter" dated. November 14, 1952, was read fyom the Iaw flrm of Ki::k-
!-"id9l .Wilson, Harzfeld and lyaI1ice, submit ting an offe:: to r.epresentthe Clty Council- in the contemplated. progfan fdr the financing ofthe _wldening of Chapln Avenue by spe cial-as s essment and agsessmentbond. proc_ee$i18s. QuestLoned. tf tfie Council, Clty Attorney farmefadvl-sed that the communLcation mot rrzt th h1s ipproirai and i! ln con-formarr c e with the usual pr:ocedure. councl l.nan- Atwater moved that theproposal as submi tted, be accepted by tle Councilr B€gonded by Coun-cilnan SLn,onds and. unanlmous 1y carrled. Resolution So. ?6-Eg; rEn-
Floylng B^rgineors and At torneys in Accord.ance ltrh.th tli e proposil forthe rmprovement of chapln Avenueti was Lntroduced by counci-lmarr rovewho moved its passase,
^seconded. by councilman simoirds and una,tnouslycanried by ro11 catl 5f menb e::s. "
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Resolutlon No. .77-52, nrntention to constmct rmprovemonts on chapklAvenue, was introduced by Councllman Morgan who moved lts adoptlon,
seconded by Councilman S Lmonds errd upon ro11 call of members unan-
Lmous 1y adopted.
UI{IANTS}IED BUSINESS
Request lYom the Chlef of thethe Flr e Department.Flj:e Depar"tment for appointments
A letter dated November 1?, 1952, was read f?om lrrr. Herry Rlccl, re-questlng that the mer.chants of the 11,00 btock on Burlinname Avenuebe granted permis si.on to erect a twenty-flve foot Chris{mas t::ee in
r? ont of the southern Paclflc Depot at ttr e foot of Burllngane Avenue.A questlon arose as to whother the tree roulit be erected on southernPaolflc- or city property. counc L]lnan simonds moved that ttr e subjectlxe-tter be refe:rred to the ctty Engineer and to the park supe:rlntentt-e1tr. Ylth ay.thorlty'to proceeh. in-a mangien !n which t&rey dLened ad-vlsable. The clty clerk was instructed to noti{y the p;titione::s ofactlon taken by Uee Councll.
Reports for the month. of Octobe::, 1952, were read fyom the Flre Do-partment, the Pollce Depa::tment and th6 Department of public Tfor.ks,and ordered flIed.
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*:: 1,on the eliglble-Ils't, Horvand J.. pea::sonr.6E-A Cook Street, San
lI"?ncls:o, not being lnnedratoly avarlabre for appolntment ,ntri the
.rst. or pecembe?, CounclrTil L,tgTSe'. moved that the next e1lgib1e, Car.1v'Iertz, No. 5 on the e1lgible I1Jt, be appolnt.ed, subject iE-the usual
:*:i.|:IFro9-leqireuents, effeciive Ntvernr"r i7, Ldsz, s;conded byL;ouncilman .Love and unanlmous Iy carrled.
he e1lglb1e 1ist, was appointed to thee December 1, subject to Civl1 Serviceouncl1'nan f,organ, seconded by Counoil-a:rrled.
Howa::d J. Pea::s onr No. 1posit j-on of Hoseman, efferequl,rements upon motlon
man l,twatef and unariimous
ontctlvofCIyc
C ouncil-mar Atst:ructed to c
Equlpment Ope
ment, seconde
Davld. E. Kuenzli, 445 Dwi glrt Road., Burllngame, cumently employedon a t-emporary wa::-tlme appolntmeirt rn urE Fri e Departmlnt-'ana- No.
7__:"^!1: ,91igib1e Iist, was appointed on a wa!-ti*i f""f", errect_Ive December 1st, subject to Clvl1 S.erylce ::ulos and regLriations,upon mbtlon of Councj.lman L{organ, second.ed by Councilmaii iove anAunanlmous 1y carried.
rTater moved that the Civl1 Service Comnlssi,on be in_reate an eligible Ilst for the posLtlon of Gardener -1ator. to fill an existlng vacaicy in the far"f< plpart_d by Councilman Love and inanimou!1y carried.
Ltayo:: Byrd announced. that Robert lltggtns had submrtted. his reslgna-tion as a member of the Recr"eatlon d6nmis slon. Counctfman love movedthat the ::e_signatl on be accepted. vri th negret and that J ietiur be for-warded^t9 lE: Higglns expresitng appreciitlon for fris ,"""i"u to thecity. of Burlingarne, seconded by-couicir.nan simonds arra r:nanimous 1y.-
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c arried.
L{ayor Byrd submitted the nar,re of l.Lr. Herman Hinric}rs, 260 East Lane,to fill the unexpi-red.^ t erm of Rober.t Higgins, as a memte, oi tn" nu"-reation conanission. 0n motion of c ouncir-man'Sinonds, "e"onaea uvcou+rcilnan Lover. the appointment rvas unagrimous ly coni'iro"J. --r,r=.'ri"-
rr-cns, r-n attend.ance, r/as introcluced and expressed his pl,easu::e for.the oppo::tunity to serve :e Clty of But lingam;;
council,an Love movcd.that warra.nts ITos. 2g54 to,2oBZ i,cruslve, dulyauthorlzed for pavment, be iraid in their respectivc *r;;;;; secondebby Courrcilmarr Atwater and unaniruous1y carrreo.
IIayor -tsyr! - thanke d last Corrnander Char.les A. rUilson, of BurlingamePost_No. 165, Amer.ican Legion, rbr the r.rs e of the American i:_*g o'display at_ the neeting. coun6ttnan r.,ove moved that a letter be sentto t he officers and membe::s of the Amer.ican Legion rarrfiine the pos tfor the co*rtesy, seconded by co*nc;Inran srr.ronEs "na
-rr,,o.rifious ryca:.r.1ed.
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Mayor Byrd thanked the Department lleads for the lr co-openation ln
relcomlng the visLtors flom Gernany.
],{ayor H e::mann Ka}rr of S chwaebis ch-Gnuend, Germany, was lnvited to
sp6ai< Uy Mayor Byrd. l,Iayor Kahr expressed pleasr:re for the opportuh-
ity of vlsitlng Anerica and referred. particularly to the fact that ln
Germany democracy Ls spoken of, r,trLle in America, democracy is livetl.
Geor€le I[cQueen, publishe:: of the Bur lingame Advance-Star, ad.dress ed
the Council and presented a file on the results of a recent po11
conducted by that pape:: to ascertain the publicts reactlon to Dl-
agonal or Parallel Pa::king_on Burlingarrte Avenue. The file vras ac-
eepted and acknowLedged. llir. IrlcQueen suggeste<1 a more oblique park-
ing plan be adopted.
}{r. Edward },{ontgomery, 15O Loma Vlsta Drive, BurlJ.ngame, addressed
lhe Councll, ::equestlng Council answer to four questlons in connec-tlon with a recent flre i.n 1{or th Burlinga-ne, in which a claim has
been made that the FL:: e Department was slow to r espond to an emer-
gency call on a structural firel (1) lthy only one truck was dispat-
ched; ( 2) Tlhy adtlltional ecluipment rvas--dispatcheal flom the . CalLfor-nis DrLve Station irrs tead of from the Hiuside Station; (5) vfhy
water had to be used flom a prLvate nesldence lnstead of from a flre
hydrant; (e) Xhgt property owners ln that eroa may do to ::eceive ad-
equate fire protectlon? l,{r. and lilrs . C . J. Ke11y, 3208 Hi[sido
DrLve End llr:. and -l'(rs. Robert G. Flsher, 3205 Hillstde Drive, each
5.n turn, gave thelr version of the incident. fb11ow:ing ftrrthbr dls-
cussLon, Ltayor Dyrd advised that a "eport would be gLven at tle e next
meetlng of the CouIrcil. The Ctty C1erlr was instructed to record thefact that a settlement wouLd be made to Robert C. Fisher for the
amount of rvater consumed flora his private residence during fire
figfrti.ng operations.
City Electrlclan Ht1ls vras instructed to comrnu.nLcate with the Pac-iflc Gas & Blectric Company requestir€ that a 6OO candleporex' streetliglrt be installed on the pr es errt ltg[ting system facillties at the
Broadl,say Bnanch Pos t O ffice.
Qqestioned by the Council as to the status of a request to remove
ttre unsi gfrtJ.y H. J. I(alser cement &lx,e:r at the northern entrance tothe City] Aui,ftfary trtreman II.J.McKeon reported that to date nothing
has been done to cor::ect the appearerrce. Clty Englneer reported tha t
he expects to meet nittr representatives of the KaLser Company $IlthLna few weeks to dlscuss the problem.
C ounc i. Lnrer Slmonds rroved that a letter of appreclatlon be fo::wanded.to Roy .[rchibaId, Director of the Sen X{ateo Cornroittee for the S chvae-
bls ch- Guuend. Visit, second.ed by Councllmarr iove and unanimous 1y car-
r.Lod.
Councl,lman Iove noved that the Bullding fnspector be ir:s tructed to
cornply in all respects -w:ith the provisions established by 0rdlnance
No. 578, s econd.ed by Councllmsrr Morgan snd unanj-mous Iy carnled. Iltay-
or Byrd, acting on instv'uc tlons of the Clty CouncLl, requested Build-ing lnspector l[atson to subnlt one of the Cltyts most conf].Letlng 0r-
dLnerces to both the Planning Commisslon and to 11s Cttf Attorney andthereafter to the City Couricil o4 tl.e fi::st of each month, effective
January 1, 1955.
LIr. lBi1ds Chambllss t previ.ous request to coirver"t his vacant 1ot on
Almer Road for off-street pa::king pu-rposes was again dLscussed andthe subject referred to Counciknan dtwater, Chair.man of the Coi:rrci10ff-Street Parkinfi C o::..r.ri tt e e.
There belng no f\rther transaction of business, tl.e meeting was
reg;u1ar1y adjourned at 1I-:15 p.m.
Respectful-1y submlt tetl
APPRO\TED:
EERBERT K. TIHITEClty Clerk
Andrew C. Byrd
I,{ayor
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