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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1952.12.15a 440 Burl lngame - Callfonnla December :-.5, 1952. A reguJ-an meetlng of the Bunllngame Clty Ceunsll abovl glven date. Meetlng cal1ed to or:der at 8:1 S lnondi ln the Chair. Due to an emerSency, Mayor untlI 9:00 p.m. RolI Ca11: Present - Councllmen: Atwaten-Iovo-Morgan-Slmonds Absent - Councllmen: Byrd lAppeaned at 9:15 p.m.) The mLnutes of the p:revlous meetlng of December L, J-952 t ag subnltted to membens of the Councll, were unanlrtous 1y appnoved and adopted upon motlon of Councllman Love and soconded by t,eu1g1lman Atwaten. An appllcatlon submltted by the Penlnsul a,.. Jewlsh Communlty Center: for. permilston to occupy the premlses at 550 EI Camlno Real as a C ommun- lty Center, nas scheduled fon Councll pubIlc heenlng on thls date. Th; clty Cienk read a letter, dated December l, 1952 r from the Bur- llngame' Planning Commlssonr advlslng that the Plannlng Commlsslon heailng had been held at the concluslon of whlch the Cormisslon had irnanlm6us 1y recommended approval subJect to certaln llmltatlons. A letter dated December 9, 1952 t was read from Herbent f. Lauden, ex- pnesslng the oplnlon that the zonlng should not be--changed, but ne- talned unden 1ts c1asslflcatlon as napartrnent Eonet'. Letters were elso read fnom G. O. Smallcomb, Presldent of the San Mateo County Communlty Chest and fnom Rev. !'rancLs P. Foote, Recton of St. Paulrs Episcopal Church, nequestlng favorable conslderatlon and actlon fnom tLe Counctl. Councitman Mongan lntroduced fon adoptlon, Resolutlon No. 81-52, concunrlng tn the recommendatlon of the Plannlng Commlss- lon and approvLng the appllcatlon, subJect to the followlng stlp- ulatIons I was held on the 0 p.m. - Vlce-Mayo Byrd was excused Commls s lon, advls -r 28, 7952, it wasto certaln s tlp- back from the prop- on, Mn. Zite 11,Il set back of twel- I The varlance to contlnue untll the leese ls terminated. subJect to tho approval 4.There shaI1 Real. be no drLveway entrances on exLts on EI Camlno 2 Sultable screenlng to be provlded, of tho Clty Park Supenlntendent. 3. No signs shal1 be erected on EI Camlno Rea1. The motlon wag seconded by C6unsllman [ove. Speaklng on the motlon, Mn. W. S. Ams tnup, 1129 Oxford Road, questloned wh€ther the pnoposed Communlty Center. would be classlfled as a buslness. Mr. Sol, II. Mar- shaLl, Executlve DL"ecton of the Comnrunlty Center:, replled that lt would be strtctiy a non-pnoflt o::ganlzatlon and would be used pnlm- ar:l1y for varlous sma1l g:roup activltles and group boand meetLngs. Mr". James Chestnut, 600 El Camlno Rea1, questloned what provlslons had been made fon panktng factlltles ' to whlch Mr. Marshall stated that space had been pr.ovlded for thlnty cans at the reer of the bullding and fon ten cars on the Flonlbunda Avenue side. Ee added thet lf necessa!:y, annangements may be made fon dlagonal or paral1e1 par:kl-ng tn the dnlveway. Tbere belng no funther dlscusslon, the motlon was unanlmous 1y carr!,ed upon ro11 call of members present. An appllcatlon submltted by Thomas R. ZltelIl , requesting a varlanceln the zonlng of a parcel of land located at the corner of Bnoadway and Callfornla Drlver to permlt the constructlon of a modenn bulld- lc hearlng. Thelng, was gcheduled on thls date for a Councll publClty clerk read a communlcatlon from the Plannlng lng that followtng a Commlsslon hearlng on Novembe necommended that the var.lance be gnanted, subjectulatlons. In a dlscusslon on the twelve foot set-erty 1lne, aa reconmended by the Planning Commlssl agneed to confonm to the stlpulatlon of an oven-a1 ve feet on the Broadway slde. Quostloned by the Councll as to ob- talnlng a lease from the Clty of San Franclsco, owners of the parcel of land, Mr.. Zltel11 stated that the entlre matter ls subJect to the grantlng of a lease. I'here belng no f urther. discussLon, Councllman Iove moved concurence ln the ::ecommendatlon of the Plannlng Conmlss-lon atd lntr:oduced for passage Resolutlon No. A2-12 t grantlng the varlance subJect to the followlng: I 441 1. That the appllcant obtaln a lease fnom the Clty of San Franc ls co; 2. lirat the per:mLt only continue for. the owneris lease-ho1d occupa.ncy of the premlses; 3. That the set-back 1lne shal1 be twelve feet, 1nc1ud- lng sldewalks, fron the pr.operty IIne on Broadway and a mlnlmum of foun feet from the property 1lne on Ca1- lfornia Drlve i l+. That flre zone requirements be confonmed with, and 5. That thero shaIl be no free standlng slgns and that the proposed slgns to be erected shall flrst be sub- mitted to the Councll for lts approval . The motlon was seconded by Councl lraan Mongan and adopted unanimous -ly upon noI1 call of membens pr:esent. A lett,er dated December 12, I)12, was nead fnom G. J. Manr, Dlrec- tor of Publlc Wonks, submlttlng a plot plan fo:: the pnoposed off-stneet parklng lot on lor:ton Avenuc on Post Offlce pnoper.ty. Mn. Manr advisod that the ai'ea would provlde for twenty-two panklng spaces, but that lt would requhe the ellnlnatlon of flve exist- 1ng spaces on Lonton Avenue and that lt would be neccssany to de- termlne fnom the fedenaL govennment as to the disposltlon of the extensl-ve water spn!.nk1er. system on the lawn area. Clty Englneer Manr was lnstnucted to nequest the Postmaster to obtaln the necesg-ary epprovel from the fedenal government prlor to funther actlon onthe part of the Counci1. A letter dated December: 12, 1952, was read from G. J. Manr, Dlrec- tor of Publ,lc Wonks, advislng that subsequent to a Councll request,1t was hls rocorunendatlon that one agency be deslgnated as the solelssulng sourrce of house numbens - the agency to be the Englneerlng Departrnent ln collabonatlon wlth an appnoval of such numbens by theFlre Depantment, the Water. Depar.tment and the Ctty Assessor. Coun- cllman Atwater moved concur:rence ln the recommendatlon, seconded by Councllman Love and unanLmous 1y carr:led. Councllman Atwaten advlsedthat at a recent meetlng wlth the Flre Commlsslon, 1t had been rec- ommended that the Flne Depantment conduct a sunvey to determine whether,thene should be revlslons Ln cer:taln numbens lssued to householder"s. The Flre Depar.tment was thenefore requested to sub-mlt a report of lts flndlngs to thc Councll fon flnal actlon. A letter dated December L2, )-952, ues read fnom G. J. Manr, Dlnec- ton of Publlc Wonks, advislng that thr.ough a necord seanch lt was dlscovened that an eesement had not been acqulncd for the locatLonof a sewer along the6, Easton Add i t lon. age, Resolutlon No. Easenent from Geonge and unanlmous ly adop A letter dated December 9, was read from the Bur'l lngame Clty Plan- nlng Commlsslon, advlslng that the appllcatlon recelved fnom M::. W. L. Bunkda1l, for: per:mlsslon to subdlvlde hls two lots on Walnut Avenue lnto three 1ots, had been nevlewed by the Commlsslon. It was the Commlsslonrs recommendatlon that the tentatlve map be ap- proved and lf concurr.ed ln by the members of the Councll, Mn. Burk- da11 bc notified that he may proceed wlth the ftling of a survey map and an lndicatlon that the stneot work wl11 qonform to theClty's speclflcatlons. Councllman Mongan moved that the Councll concur ln the recommendatlons and that the tentatlve map be appr.ov-ed, seconded by Councll-man Atwater and unanlmous 1y carrled. A letter dated December l, L952t was read from the Burl lngame Water Commlssion, recommendlng that clty pnoperty located on Be:rnal Avenue and on Vancouver Avenue, together. wlth tr"Io obsolete nedwood stave tenks on the pnoper.ty, be so1d. The subJect was taken r:nden considenatlon for funther: s tudy. openty owned by George T. Prestonr ln Block uncllman Iove ther.eupon lntnoduced fon pass- 52, rrAcceptlng Grant Deed Fon a Flvc FootPrestontt, seconded by Councl lman Atwaten upon ro11 call of nembers present. pI Co R?- T. ted r- 442 A letter tlated December 6, 1952, nss read f)r.om J. R. Brorn, 5O Chan- nlng Road, p::otesting the uns iglrtly appearance of the streets ln thevlclnlty east of the ral-Iroad. tracks an d. questLonlng whethe:: thestreets were being swept regula::J-y. A memorandum reportlng on the complalnt was read flom City Engineer Mar, ln whlch an account was glven of the dates of street sweeplng operations. The report f\::r- ther stated that under the pnesent operatlon of one man and one machine it is imposslble to cover the valj. ous sections of the clty more 1?equently. Oee Clty Clerk was instnucted to send a copy ofthe City Englneerrs report to [{:r. Browr. A letter dated December 1-2, l-952, was ::ead. f?om Joseph 0rBnlen, Chalrman of the Cormittee for Retum to Dlagonal Parki.ng, request-ing a CouncLl decl,slon on a request submLtted. by merchants at aprevious meeting relative to the present pa::klng plan being ::epIac- ed by a compromis e plarr suggested by the Burlingarne Advance-Star.Ilayor Byr.d arrd CourciLman love each e:qgnessod theLr indeclsLon at the present time. I,layor Byz,d stated that thene were a number. of poJ.nts to be taken lnto consideration. Councilman L{organ statedthat he was lmpressed by the fact that 1BOO peopJ-e, 82 me:rchants, as well as Geo. Mcqueen, Publishen of the Advance-Sta:., had p6t-ltloned tb.e change, and for that reason, tre would introduce a mbtLon that at ttre conclusl,on of the slx months t present trlaL per,-iod, the Coulci.l ente:: into a s1x months t trial perlod for the com- p::omlse plan suggested by the Advance-Star. Are motion was second- ed by Counci lmaxr Atwater. SpeeJ<lng on the motion, Counci. Inran Simondsstated he was opposed and ln hls opinlon no action should be takenthat may comhlt the Councll to a plan p:roposed fo:: the flrtur e. May-or Byrd concurred in the statement, and addetl that ln hls oplnJ.onthe sLx months t trLal period now in effect should be continued. toits fu11 counse. Counci Imerr Love also expressed hls opposltion tothe motlon. Folloring the dLscusslon, the motLon was voted on, theresu"lt of *rich was as follows: Ayes: Councllmen: MorganNoes: Councllmen: By::il-Lov e -S l-monds Not Votlng: Councllmen: Atwater Councllnan Love lntroduced. a motlon that at tl.e end of the sLx nonths I trlaL perlod, the Council nender its declslon, eithen toretaln the present plan or to lntroduce a substitute p1an, second- ed by CourcLlman SLmonds. A vote on the motion was as follows: Ayes: Councl"l.rn6n: Atwater-Byrd-Love-SimorrisNoes: Counci'lmen: Morgan A letter dated. December 3.., 3.952, was read f)pom L. T. Fife, 1SO4Arc Way, concu::ring in a recent su.ggestion offered by Counci J:naoAtwater, relative to Bu::lingame buslness streets being convertedinto one-way str.eets. The City Clerk was j.nstructed Eo aclorowledgethe conmunicatLon and. lnforu ]v1::. Flfe that evory conslderatlon w111be glven to reach a soLutlon to the parklng pr.obIem. A letter dated December 12, 1952, was read flom Donald J. Mi1le::,1n behal-f of hls cIlent, W1l1iam J. Crosby, owner of Lot JB, Bloak O,Town of Bu::J.llqame, r'equestlng an exterrsLon of tlme to begln constr:uc-tlon of a buildlng on the 1ot unt 11 Apr,l1 I, l_9S8. C ounci-lman Sln-onds lntorduced for passage, ?esolutLon No. B4-E2r granting the ex-tensLon of time to april 1, 1953, seconded ry councilnan AEwater anitunanimous 1y carrled upon ro11 call of members. A letter dated December 15, l_952, was read flom Dlrector of pub1Lc Wo::Es Marr", submltted a prirposal' fl'om n[::. Ha::ry Jenks, ConsultLngSarltary Englneer, to confer wtth the clty relatlve to storm wat6r +rail?g-e probL-ems. The Clt-y Clerk also read a Lette:: flom !,{r. Jenks,ln whLch he subndtted an ofier to r.ender servLees for an englnee::J.ng'feo of $50.00 per dlem and. advising ulat the work would be itmttea - to suctr conferences and consultatlorrs as the councll or cLty Ergln- 9-er q?y ::eqrri::e. A letter cialed December 12, J.9Ep, was real. tuonthe firm--of Wilsey and Co. reqpestlng an opp6r:tuntf,y to submlt a pro-p^osa r..- - _ [Ia]ro? BJrrd requested the Clty C1erk to ac]imowLedse the lette::ftron rlLlsey and co. and. to explaln that ttre work contempiated at thlstLme- ls only an eme"-genclr measure a.nd at such tlme as a ma.jo:: projectpay be proposed by the_ Th:ree Cltles, the flrm of VJilsey an& Co. wi1lbe consldered. councl lman Morgan stated that ln vlew of the fact 443 that the flrn of W5.lsey and Co. engages Ln business rrithln the Cltyof Burling ame, he objected to ttr e hlring of an outside englneer. CounciLtran Simonds pointed to the fact thai at an informal meeting,the Couacil had ag:reed. to engage I,iE:. Jenks, partlgularly as he has been the Cityts Oonsulting Englneer slnce the f1,rst sewer plant was constnrcted in Burlin-qame. CounciLman Love concurred in the state- mont made by Councllmal Slmonds. Mayor Byrd and Councllman Atwater each stated that in thelr opinlon Mr. Jenls was mor e famLllan vri th Bw1lnganret s drainage problems, but the Wl1sey flrm may be consld- e:red. when an overall plan ls adopted. Followlng further dLscussion, Resolution No. 85-52 rrF'ixlng the compensatL on of Ha::::y N. Jenks asdesignated ln his proposaln, was lntrodriced by Councl lman ldorgan, who moved lts passage, seconded by Counci Jrnan Love and adopted unan- iuous ly upon ::o11 call of membe::s. Mr". Elbert Huntley, orvne r. of the Br:rlingane Glass and Mirror Co. on Callfornla D::lve, questLoned whether lrrnedlate relief may be assr:red until such tlme as proposed emelrgency measu:ros are adopted. I,{r. Huntley was advLsed that cityfo?ces would ::ender ald v,rl th facllltles aval1ab1e. A letter dated December 15, L952, was r.ead flom the Clvil Service Conmisslon, subrol tting the folLowlng eliglble 1lst for Utllity Man: 1. Charles John Kren - 1092 Jonevein Avenue, San Bruno. Councl,lman Love moved that the 1lst be accepted, seconded by C orrn- e1Iman Atwater and ularlmous 1y carrled. A letter dated December 15, 1952, was read flom G. J. IIa:r::, Dlrec-tor of Pub1lc [rlo::ks, ::equestlng that an appolntment be made I]om theellglble 1lst for Utl1lty Man, to f111 an openlng in the Street De-pa::tment. Councilman S imonds moved. that No. 1 on the llst, C. J.Kren, be appotnted, subject to Clvl1 Servlce Rules anti RegulatLons, seconded. by Counci Jaran ALwate:: and r:nanlmous 1y carrled. A letter dated December 4, Ag52, was road f?om GranviLle Brorvning,Exocutlve Secreta::y Burllngane Chamber of Coronerce, expressLng ap-preciatlon for the CounclLts complLmentary letter: on the ChrLstmasdecorations ln the down-torrn br:ssl,ness sectlons of Br::r llngame. flre l-et te:r was acknowledged and ordered. flIed. A. letter d.ated December 15, 1952, vras read. flom l{rs. [{arion Wa11ace, 1556 Edgehl11 Dnlve, requesting that llrmediate steps be taken toalleviate stornr drainage conditlons. l1"e Clty CLerk was i.ns tructedto notlfy lt[rs. Wal].ace of the course of actlon the Councl-I intendsto talre to contr"ol the sltuatlon. 4, Iette4 dated Decer.$er 12, 1952, x,as read lbom Mrs. Helen Negrin, L52 Huron Avenue, San Uateo, requesting permission to present herproposal to control fJ-ood conditions. The c omrnunl c atl on xrs.s refer-red to the City Engineer and the Clerk was lnstructed to aclceowledgethe letter. Reports for the month of November, 1952, were read from ttre Burlln- gane Public llb::ary, the loLice Department, the !5.:r e Dopartment, andthe Deparhrent of ?ubllc Y{orks. Councilman Morgan moved that tn ad-dltlon to ttre Street Departnentts report of st:reet cleaning oper-atlons, that the report include the dlstrlcts swept and the numberof hours of the day the stroet sweeper is out of conmlssion. Theaotlon was seconded. by Councllman SLmonds end unanLmous 1y car"rled. EosolutLon No. 80-52 f,Decla::lng Noxlous and Dange::ous Y{eeds and Rubbtsh A Nulsancen was lntrodrced by Councilman Slmonds rnrho movedlts passage, seconded by Councilnran Mo::gan and r:nanlmous 1y adoptod upon ro11 cal.l of members. Claims, Nos. 2988 lo 3!!4, in ttre amorrnt of $451925.56 duly audl_ted., were autb.onlzed draun on ttre Clty Treasut3y for" thei:r' ::espective amounts, upon motlon of Councilman Iove, seconded by Councllnan At-water and ulanimous Iy carried. Counci] man Love, Chairman of theCouncil Illnerrce Comm5.ttee, ins tr.ucted the Ctty Clenk to furnish thetotal expendltures and budget alances fo:r the slx months t pe::lod attho next r eg3r1a:r meeti.ng of ttre City Counc11. Resolution No. 86-52, [Acceptlng the Street Work ln Bu:rfingame luaror,PnoJect No. 5l-3O[ was lnt::oduced by Councllman Love who moved its 444 adoption, seconded by Councl hran Atwate:: and unanlmous 1y ca:rried upon ro11 call of menbers. ! City Attorney Karmel was congratulated by L1ayor Byrd aril menbersof the Counci1 on the successful eonclusLon to the lltigation for Jurisdlction over ttre M1I1s Estate and for the d.lgnity ln rdeich hepresented the case in court. Councll-man .Slmonds suggested. that theterm rf Chlnese Wal1r associated ul th the st::lp surnouna:.ng tJr e es-tate, pnevlousl.y annered by the Clty of Br:rlLngame, be tLroppect tnorder that proper dtgnlty may be given to the development that nlt1beneflt tl:e entl::e c onrnunJ. ty. , CounclLuan Atwaler lnta.oduced and. moved the passage of a Resoiutlon, comnending C1try Attorney Karme1 and 4is associates, seconded by Counciluan Slmondg and unanimous 1ycarrled. Respectf\r11y submitted .lL^*tu,"/.4 HERBERT K. IIIITE.City C1e:rk Marcel Blscay, P::esldent of the Burlingame Lionst C1ub, addressed t_he Councll and. expressed the appreclation of the Lloni I C1ub, forMayor By:rdrs klndnes s durlng the recent visit of A. Saltm Kha:r, Con-suL General of Pakls tan. Councilman Slmonds stated that a Nlaster plan for the benefit of com-munltles of the Peninsula is now being drafted errd he suggested. thatthe Councll and members of the Planning Comnl-ssj.on meet io discussthe subject. Ttre Ctty Cle::k was instrricted to nottffy the members ofthe Councll of the schedule of Study l,{eetings of t}re plann5.ng Com-mission, for the next sLx months. CouncLlmen Sl-mords sugges teil that Mayor By::d, l.n behal f of the Coun-ciI, forward lettens to the San lvlateo Butldtng Trades Council ald tothe Carpente:rs Local 162, requesting tJr ei:: r:e!r"es e ntatLves to meetvdth.the cLty council to discuss the possioility of renovatlng theGuns t Manslon. 9gyl"1+q-I{ove suggested that-Mayor By:rd, on behalf of the CouncLl,EBnct a r-etter to former supervlsor Tom ELckey, to the Testlmonial ftrurel being glven Ln hls Lono:r at the San ttiieo-Countv-ff.""t" Build-lng, Tuesday, Decmbez. 16, ln aclorowledgement of fi.-Hi"k;y;a twen-ty-seven yeers of service to the citlzens of San M;;e; C;ufrty. councllman Mo::qan -su gges t-ed that one of t].e chaif,s prev5.ously usedby the.clty-!o!nc!r fi gr"en to-ro"rrui-uayor-counclr.man A11an p.H*nt r- ins cri betl rlth a iultabre plaque. c ouncr Gan IuorEln-wag aa-vlsed that ttre City Councl:. -can not -i"e"riy ai"d; ;-Eity"p"op_erty wlthout conductlng a pub1lo sale. $ry9l Bry9l on behalf of.ttre Co,ncl1, extended S"."o.r," Or.'"arrr*"to the citlzonry of BwHngame. Thene beLng no l\:rther buslnoss, the nee tlng was reg:larIy ad.Jou::n_ecl at 12:00 Mldnight. ---'* I APPROVED: oLv44<-''tr' ANDREIT C. BYRD !,[aycr I 6 E'/^'1