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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1952.12.01436 Burlingame - California. December L, !952 A regular meeting of the Bu::lingame Clty Council was held on the above given date. l',Teeting called to order at B : 15 p. m. - D1ayor BJRdIn the Chalr. RoII Ca11: Present - Councilmen: -Atryater-Byrd-Love-&torgan-SimondsAbsent - Councilmen: None the previous meeting of Novembe:r l7, 1952, as submit-of the Council vrere unanimous 1y approved and adopted Councilman li{organ and second.ed. by Councllman Atwate::. tlre Speci-a1 Meetlng of November 24, 1952, as submlt-of the Council were unanimous ly approved and adopted Councilman tove and seconded by Councilma.n Atwate::. In answe:: to a public inqulry relative to the recent cont::oversy onfiro protection tn the vlcLnity of the 5O0O block on lIlllside DrLve, Mayor Byrd requested the -City Clerk to r"ead reports on the investl-gation. A letter d.ated Novemb er 26, 1952, was read flom the Boa::d of Fire Cornrissioners, advLs ing that .subsequont to an investlgatlon made by that Commission Lt vas detemined that there uas no nqgli- gence,5.n er-rswering or. controlling the fire by the Burllngame tr'1r eDepartment. trlrI the r repor"ts wero read flom the San l{ateo CountySherlffrs 0ffLce, the State Dppartment of l{atr:raI Resources, Dlrec-tor of Publtc llonks L{a::r. on flow tests conducted, ttre Chlef of Pol-ice, Flir. e Captain Har:r'y I.,[o:: ehead and Chief of the Fire Departmentr subm-ltting detalLed accoul-rts of the fire. l,ir. T. L. Rundlett, 3205Hlllside Drive, ovrrrer of the prope::ty dama';eci by the fire, statedthat ln ).ris opini-on and from the reports submitted, he belLeved thedelay in response to the call was due to the conf\rsion as to whe ther or. not his property was inside the ctty linits. He questioned the manne? ln which a test was made of the fire hydrant the no::nLngfollowlng the fine, and stated. he was concerned whether the teits and.condl-ti,ons exist as recorded. He f\rther stated that flom his obser-vation, he questioned vrhether in conducting the test the equLpment wasp:roperly used. Ibllowing a discusslon on this poLnt, Itire Chlef Lelsclariflod the questlon, confi.rmed by Ctf,y Englneer [Iarr, by statlngthat the flrst test made was a statLc test followed by a fiow test-later-that day. Councllman Iove repo::ted that upon iitvestlgation ofa cl-aim made that the Eii"e Department telephone lLne was buiy, it wasascertained that the party placlng the o::iginaL call did not state thelocation and the fl,reman on duty was atterapting to trace the caII.At the conclusLon of the discusslon, t{ayor By::d. stated that i.n hlsoplni.on, he disagreed. wtth the implicatlon that there was negligenceon the part of the Fire Department. The reports were the::errpoD po- celved Ln their entli:ety and placed on fi1e. A letter dated l ovenber 24, 1952, was read florn RLchard p. I{inor, :rec- omnendi.ng that- a portion of the Burlingame Post Office pnoperty tlont-l1g- on Lo::ton Avenue be conve::ted into a Clty parking tot.- trtr. mtnoradvLsed that Postrnaster J. J. Broderick has exp::essed app::ovaI rlththo following procedure recornrnended: 1. That the City Engineer prepare a plot plan showlng the useto which the land would be put. fhe rnlnutes ofted to members upon motl"on of The minutes ofted to members upon motion of 2. That the Council address a letter .bo tLreing that the Ctty be pemrltted to use the land. Postnaster reqrres t- - 5. Tlat copies of the letter" and plot pl.an be sent to the nevrlyelected callfornla representative a.ncl each o? the cal-ifo::nia senatori. DJayor Byrd on behalf of the 0ourrcL1, thanked I,,i::1n behalf of tl:e cltizens of Bur11n61ame. Cityauthorized to prepare a plot plan aJ requesteil.Clty A11o"rley Karmel were requestecl to submit aat the next re'lular meeting as to (1) how manywould acconodate, (2) cost of improvements and.proposed convcrsion. Questj-oned by the CouncLl . iriinor for his effortsineer ilarr vrasCity &r1.;lneer l{arr andreport to the Councilcars the pnoposed J.ot(5) tfre 1ega1lty of ttr eas to utrether. the 1ot across lYom the Citv HaI1 was lncluded ln the over-alL parkl.ng p1an,l,{:"..I*Ilnor-::eplied ai"flr.mativeryl -rr." ciiy:tit""""y-ii"-i"qi""t"ato lnvestitiate the possirility of obtalnlng the ar6ve raeniioned 1oton a. leas e--pu:r'c!as e plan and to subrnlt a r6port at the neii -r,e61urar meetlng of the CounciL. A letter dated $ovembe:: 25I\Iosqulto Abatenent Districon the o1d Baysho:re Hlglrwa cr.o te retaLni.ng wal1s abovr"efor.red to the City E:r31n commendatLon. , v, v 'lo r' an th 431 52, was r"ead 1Y'om the Three Cltleseportlng on the damage to flood gatesd recommendin: the constructlon of con-e gate bases. The cotrrounication wasand to the City Attorney for thelr re- A letter dated. Noverab er.. Zl, _19SA, . was _read Ilom Joseph OrBrien,chainss., of the L[ercharits r - commiitee trbvoring oiagon-;i iari.ing, sun-mittlng petitlons bea::i.ng - approxima_te1y 18o0"signrtur:es- re[uestrn11 :.::Prl__!. ar-a,Uon11 par[ing, tosether-with a p;tttion sisnea uy " e11hty-two menchants nequestlng a net*rn to c11a60na1 parkinc. trrecommunlcatlon recorrrnended that-the councll_ adopl a "oinprin rlua pranof . parklng on a flat an-lIe- of _appnoxlmately tw'e nty a"#1";. - nletter dated Novemb er 26r_1982r-iv-as aI'so r6ad f::ofr ceEree-tlcqrieen,Publisher of the A,dvance-Star, - a1-s o u::glng ttre pnoposei''plan of anob1lque partring. LIr. orBrLen-and ILr. llce[ee; $;;ii;;e;"", u""r,ln turrr, requested h co,'cll d.ecision as soon as possible. Follow-lng conslderable dLscussion, Irlayor Byrd stated trrit t trre-situationwould be thoroughly anaJ.yz ed. and. a Councll decLsion "una"""A "t "later date. A letter dated. Novembet.z; rgs_a, was r"ead fbom Roy Archibald,Dl-recto:: san l,{ateo comm{t-tee foi schwaebiscrr-ctuuiro-ii"ii]*J"p""uu-lng apprec5.ation to the members of the council for the co-ope::ationshown du::lng the ::ecent vlslt of visitors fro* G""r;;v, - -ff.E lette::was or:dered flLecl. A l-ette:: dated November zo, 1952, was r-eacl f)"o, Ilerbert r. end JohnB. r,auder, conunending the Burltnilame rtre Departmeni i""-it" effic-iii:f :I:rf_3 regent fire at 1452 Florlbuna'a A""nu".--irrJ-L:.ty\'Jerk was lnstructed.to acknowledge the letter" ancl forvrarcr a copyof the Lauder comrmnication to the Fire Department. A letter dated liovember 25, 19s2, was reacl flom Lee rioack. IJlzilollins _Roadr_con'a"ren<ilng tie nem'6ers or irre-rurriil;;-;r;"'Depart-r4ent and, the lire ch-rgf for thelr splenclld "na "ouil"l;eous- vorl< incombatin:I a fire at his plant on th; 19th of lTovenbel. -irr"-cr""t was requested to acknowledge the letter and to submit , copY ori,{r. lif6ssk t s comro,rnication Io the Fire Ocpartmcni.'-'-- v - vv.-'/ A letter clated llovembe^r" 1Br- 1g52, rvas read flom El,rrltons licClung,Illanaqcr of - the. Clty of South San- ft"arici.sco, r"equestinn Councilconsider"ation in assr.qnlnc chapter 2o and ctr.p fer +f ?;""-rr* zurro"that ruay rot be used,by the Cily of l3urIingami, to the Ciiv of SouttrSan trY'ancis co. Tkre Clty Enf:ine6r r,vas instruct6a io i"f""r' the Cityof South San ItancLsco,-tlat the city ;i-ri";iiil"rr" ii,,""t u."present. tine, expanding r1s sanltary sewerage facilities and thatapplication for the frrnds allotea to ttre cliy of si,"ii"s;;-""a"rchapter 2o vriI1 soon be forwar.decl to the staie for trru li"*er 1:ro ject,The,city clerl< vuas instructed to aclvi.se tl:e city ir*,;1.;-;;i tire iiiy-of south san rll'ancr-s co tha_t an e:rplanatory conrfl-rnication lvilI bereeeived florr the City qI' Eur.lingame Depai.troent of public !:lorlrs. Ji-r-. _ Geo:::je lricQueen advised the Council t}:at in recogni.tion of theathletic achievenents in rnrr.,nin:5 the ?enin""r" rt]riSfic-i.aiue eoot-b411. confer'-ence, a dinner is planned in ironor of rhe menbers oi theBurlingame iligh school lrootb'alr squac., on De "enbur---rra,' 5""-l,i"t"oLodge of Efks-B.i1din6, and that tiie i,"uri" ana r,remueri oi--tle cit;.councll *ere invitecr to be present. rn n-r ttrer recor,;nltion "r trr"vLctory, I;ir. I\Iceueen sufrested the adopiion or "n-"fpr;;;;";" Itesolu_tlon. Resol-11tion No. zd-Ez, acrrnolvle dlr.nfl the outs t'.nainq-'*tt,.r" ti"accornplish,cnt achieved by ttre fr:otba11 squari, *;;-i;;;;;;"Ja rythe-enti,e .embershlp ot ihe council and unanino""ry ".topi'.d r.po,ro11 ca11. I438 A combined report was read Jlorl the li'ire Clr.iefr Br:,-ilding lnspector,the Engineerin6 Departnent and the Ilouslng Sanltarian, dated November !?Nh, 4952, submi.tting recorroendatlons as a result of a survey conducted of the p::emises al 320-322-324 Lorton Avenue. Illr. Chas. F. El}et, owner of the pr.operty in questi.on, ln attendanceat the meeting, submitteal plans and specifications for proposed lmprovenents to the structure. Fo11owinl; a rer'lew, the plans andspecifications were acceptecl and referred to the Building Inspecto::,the Fire Chief and to the Ilealth Dopartraent fo:: de termLnation as tothelr conforriance wlth State and City r.ogulations and City Ordinanees. A letter dated. December 1, 1952, was read I-ronr the Burllngame Clty-P1anr:lng Commission r"ecommendl,nli approval of an appllcal;Lon f1^orn the?enlnsula Jewlsh Conmrunity Ccnter for permlsslon to occupy the pre- mises at 560 E1 Camino Real as a C ormr.rnity Center, and a Courrci-Lpubllc hearing was scheduled for December 15, 1952. A lette:: dated December 1, 1952, was read llon the Bur'llngame City?lannlnq ConmLsslon, recorurending approval of a varlence regUest submitted by Idr. T. R. Zltelli to pernit the construction of a modern buildlng on a par"cel of 1and. at the norttreas t corner of Broadway .and Cal-l.fornLa DrLve. A Counci1 public heaning was s chedul- ed. for 8:3O p.n. December 15, 1952. A letter dated December 1, 195?, was :read. f?om G. J. Marr, Directo:: ofPubllc Works, advlsLng that the contrract for the reconstructl,on ofst::eets and sewe::s In a portl,on of BurlLngame liianor Subdivision had been completed and recoralendlnr; that the cont::act be accepted. Councilman Love noved concurrence in the re corrrendation, seconded by Counci'lman Atwater" and unanlmous 1y carri.ed. Resolution No. 7g-52,Accepting the Contract Completlon of Job 5L-50, was Lntroduced byCouncilman Simonds, seconded by Councllman Atwater and adopted unanLmous Iy upon::o11 call of members. A petition, si:jned i,y LIrs. Ilarlan B. Br"1sto1, Iirs.'Iewls B. Arnistcad -]and i,irs. Sophia van E.,:iiont, vras r.ead entering a pro test on the loca- ttlon of a two story shinr;1e structure on a 1ot vrest of EI Camlno I Real bety,reen Cypress and Nelylands Avenues, an<i reques ting that theCity Council lnitiate action to have the ornrners raove the house asrd make such repairs to conforrn vith the archLtec tr-r:e of other residencesj.n that nel,glborhooi. Colurci.lman Simonds moved that the Clty Clerkbe instructed to aclvise the petitioners that the oyrner has agreed toset -the buildinl back four feet l>eyond the orl3inal novlni3 p-int andto f!.rther advise that if the arcl:itectural cteslgn of the--home con-forns to ci ty blrildln5; orclinanc es, tire council has no ftrther contnol.The motion was seconded by councilnan Love :rnd ri.nanimous Iy carriecl. A letter dated December l-, 1952, vras read. flrorn Cit;' Clerk Vflrite,advisin,: that an investi ;ation has been naC-e on tjr6 various types ofaccountLng machLnes used by nunicipali,ties on the peninsula aib itwas his re cormrend.ati on that the Bur"rou;hs Sensimatic Accounting Iriachinebe purctras e d at a cos t_ of . l,;Z,ZO9.g7 , tax includeci. Counci.lman'-Love,chal::rnan of the councll Finance conmittee, i:rovecl that the Bu-rroui;hssensimatic _Eookkeeplni; Llachine be purchased, seconcled by councifunan.Atvrater end unanimous Iy carriecl. Ort-_inance No. 552, cntltled rAn Orclinance Annexin;: to the Cit;r ofIlurlingame certain uninhabited and uni-ncorporated rerritor.y D6sirlnatedBn41in1;view Terracen was .1;iven seconcr reac11ng. councilman' sl-n:ondsntoved the passase of- orciinance ]io s32, encl sdcond.ed by corlncl]Joan Love.Pr j.or - to votin:] 9n tir.e ad.optlon o.f ord,lnance iIo s32, bouncilnan sinon<isquestioned the 0ity Attorney relative to the instaliation of sidews-Iks. -'lst::eets, sevrers, tr"ees ancl. erectrolicrs, to ivirich question the city ' IAtto:rney advised that if such ir:provencntg are reqries.Led by the orilor" ._lof the property Lt ,.:'ould necessl_tate formini an AJscssr,tent district.upon ro11 call of members, Ordlnance 1ro. sB2 vras unaninrous 1y adopted. councilman simonds advised that the penins,la )tvision, League ofcalLfornia clties at tle last rneetlng, iracr- requested air opi[ion f?on themembers of city co*nci.ls, relative to- tire legislation p"oirouua bt-ihu---=connty supervisors Associat:lon to 1;rovide toi a 4;tr scrtes tax in orderthat repres entatives . of the_lea.rue nay cliscuss the subject wlth theAs s emb llrrnen and scnators. The memberi of the council ivere requestedto s tudy inforriration on the proposal anci the crerli vras instructed toplace the subject on the Arleirda'ror councir-";ti;; it-trrii-nirit rJ,luiar t 439 Council::an SirL'ionds moved that the Fir vrith the City Iinginser submlt a reporrections to be made in the issuarree opoIlcy to be establlstred in t.Le f\rtur. l,iori;an and ulanimous 1y carried. A!PRO1ED: epaxtment in conjlincti.on o the Council as to cor- ouse numb ers BJld a secondod by Councilman eD I,U -! 1l vt Conncil-nan Sirnonds advlsed that the members Of the Plannlnl; Com-nission have r.eqlLested- corrected copies of city rrlap s at such tir,re rrli en changes in zoning, etc, occltr. A motion vras thereupon introdrr-ced by Councilrnan SinonCs that a letter. be rtritten tollaririn:: Consultant lilann advisLng tfia t the City Engineer will beauthorized to vork in conjunction rvi th him in the preparation of )r]ap s as nay be requirecl by the P1a:rnlng Conr:rission. The r,lotionwas seconded by Councikaan love and urranLmous 1;r ca33is6. Councilman Siuonds moved that a letter be sent to the merchantson the 11OO block on tsur.1ln5ame Avenue conplinenting them on theer.ectl,on of the bear-rtif\rI Chris tmas Tree at the loot of BurlinlameAvcnue an<l Lhe Southern Paclfi.c Depot, and fu::ther letters con-;ratulating the Broadway Developnent Assoclation and the Brr.rlinrrane Chamber of Commcrce for the outs tandl"ng ChrLstmas decorations onboth Broadwa), and Bu::Ilngame Avenue. The motion lvas seconded. byCouncilnran Atl.raten and unanlmous Iy carried. Councilnan Love suqgested. that tlre Council meet wLtir members of theFLr.e Commisslon to dlscuss ttre construction of a Fire Statlon onthe East side of the rallroad tr.acks. L{ayor Byrd requested.ChlefLels ^to.investigate th::e e possLble sLtes ind that th; Ctty Clerknotify the members of the Council at least two days in adiranc errhen a meetlng may be scheduled wlth the Fire Comrnlssion. 1'1r'. D. G. Burbank, 1529 La L{esa Drlve, addressed the Council, -expr.ess-ing appreciation on behalf of the resldents of Bur,lingameManor for the cooper"atlon necei.ved. flon the CounclJ. in the con-pletlon of imp:rovements to that subdivlsion. e ounc il:-:ian Simonds caIled attention to a publ5.cation rtYou and you:: Planning Connlsslonr publtshed by the Ctty of Oalrland and sug-iested that a sLnilar publication for the Lnformal:ion of thepubIlc be considered in the near {tltu.r e CounciL::ran Iiloritan advlsed that Joe Quadt, s treet Cepartnentemployee, had rendered a irlndness to a business associate; I,lr:.Alan Dean, 950 ),iagno1la Avenue, I,[il].brae. The City Enllneer wasinstructed to lrrite a letter of coumenclation to t{r. euad.t. There beln,.: no fbrther bus Lnes s , the mee tlnl; was re -;u1a::1y ad- Journed at 12:22 A.I,i. Re s5 cctfully srr.brri tted ]IENBERT I(. Y']IITEClty Clerk An Iriayor -l/"1'