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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1950.03.06T 150 Gar dener-Equ ipme nt L,laLntenance operator: Bu::Iingene, California March 6, l-950 Bur lingame Buf"llngame A regulan meeting of the Burlingame Clty CounciL was held on tb'e abovd glven dato. Meeting calLed to order at 8:1o p.m. - Mayor love i.n the Chair. RoI1 CalI: Present - Councilrnen: Atvater-Dahl-Hunt-Love-Slmonds Absent - Counci-lmen: None Ttre minutes of the previous regular meeting of Febru&ry 2Or 1950, as subroltted to members of the Councll and as posted on the Bulletin Board lrere unanlmous 1y appnoved on motion of Councilman llunt and. seconded by Councllman Simonds. 0n motion also by Councilman llunt, setondod by CouncLlman Slmonds, the minutes of the adjourned meeting of trbbrtary 2'l ' l95}t as losted on the Bulletin Board in the Ctty Hafl- and as submLtted to membe::s of the Council were approved. A letter dated Fbbru ary 27 t 1950, was read from Wm. H. Penaat, re- ques tlng CounciL conslder"ation in tho matter of securing the M1lIs Estate prope::ty as a sl,te fon a community fo:: dlsabLed. vet€r'ans. Mr. Penlat, Ln attendance, was lntroduced by Mayor Love, who in turn introduced L{r. Otto E. Sangent, Presldent of the }ia tl onsl- Foundatton for the BehabiLitatlon of Dlsabled Veterans. Irlr. Sa::gent j.nformed the Councl-]- that the l'{111s Es tate property had beei consldered as a site for a memor:ial village for disabled veterans to be estabflshed by the trbundation Ln an attempt to pnovide homes, gainflrl employment and recreatlorral faclllties whtcn n:ndanentals comprise a normal c onmunity. l,{embors of t'tre Foundation p::esent were lntroiluced to tho councll and M:r. Charles l,{cconag1e, bus lness adv5.sen, spoke briefly on q9 aims - and -_purpos6s of the Foundatlon. FoJ.lowi-ng frl: thor discusslon, I{aygr Lovb ailvised the members that the subJect should be taken up rvi th the Mllfs Estate, then in the event of a sale of the property, the matter could then be prosonted to the City Planning CommJ-ssion. l, letter dated llarch 1, 1950, was read from the Plarnxlng Commlsslon advS.sing that following a public hearing of .the Petitlon to rezone al-1 of Elock No. 32 tz6m rlt::s t Residenilalr to 'second Resldentialt and ln view of a preponderance of p:rotest, the Conmlssion unanlmously voted that the petltlon bo denled. Upon motLon of C ounci lman Slmonds, seeonded by C ounc5-Iman Dahl and unanlmously carried, the actLon taken by the Planning Coromission \,:ras concurred 1n by the Councll and the petltlon to rezone the above property denLed. A letter dated February 28' 195O, was r"ead from the Civil Servlce Comroission, submltti.ng the following e1i[ib1e 1lsts: t_Carl L. Wertz Robert T. Howard Gar denor 817 Alpine Avenue, 821 Paloma Avenue, . Arthur Henr:y Worsfoldt 7-42p CalifornLa Drive, Burlingame . Joseph E. L{achado, 2'12 Linder: Avenuer Ssn Bruno . MlchaeL S. Blbl-noff ' !123 Lincoln Avenue, Burllngaroe . Pharoah Cook, 5 l,lo. De lawar e Street, San lt[ateo 1 o 4 1. trlancls SchnltzJ.us, 1259 Oak Grove Avenue, Bunlingame2. George A. Burnham, 1206 Carmollta Avenue, Bur'llngame 5. Albeit A. Bartho].eBy, 1L29 Drake Avenuer Bur].ingame4. Jacob T. K:rawitz, 1429 Sanchez Avenue, Burlingame CounclLman Dsfrl moved that the list as onumerated above be accepted, seconded by C ouncilman Atwater and unanlmously carried. A letto:r dated liarch 5, 1950, was read fnom CJ.ty Clerk White re- Groundsman: r 1s1 ques.tLng an appol-ntmont be made to the office of the City C1erk, to a"sist ln the prepanatlon of the tax ro11. A letter, alated Llarch 5, 1950, wag aLso ::ead fronr M::s. Josephlne Lyons, requestS.ng consideratLon in her trans fer from tho Treasurerrg Offlce to the City Clerkts offlce. Both cou:runlcatLons r/ere ordered held ln abeyance untLt Saturd.ay mornlng, Ilarch 11, at 11 orc].ock a.m., at whlch time the subject would be discussed vrlth the Council, City Clerk and the Treasurer. Thore belng no one present to protest the weod abatement progrem, scheduled ior heaning at the reguLa? meeti.ng l{arch 6, 195Ot Councllman Dahl- introdlced ald moved the adoptlon of ResolutLon 1[o. ?-50, nOrderlng the Destructlon of Dangerous and Noxlous Yy'eodsr, seconded by C ouncllman SLmonds and carried by the unanl-mous afflnmative vote of the Council membe::s. FollorvLng a reconmendatlon submittecl by K. S. tritchr Director of Publlc Y,/orks, I{arch 2, 1950, Councllman Dahl noved that the contract for lot dlsklng in the weed abatement program be awarded to C. J. S fuuns Co., the 1ow blddo:r, at $4.50 double <iisking per Iot, or So.oo per hour for larg6 areas, second.ed by Counciluan Atwater and unanimous 1y carr5.ed. A Ietter dated ltlarch 3, l-95O, was read from K. S. Fitch, Directorof Publlc v{orks, subnl tting a r e cormendatlon that formal bids be advertlsed for relativo to Pz"im::o se Parking Lot Improvements. Councilman Slmonds moved that the Counci-l- concur ln the recon'mend- atlonr. s oconded by Councllman Hunt and unan5-mously carrled. A letter dated L1arch 3, 1950, r/as read from K. S. Fl-tch, Diroctorof Publlc Works, requestlng authorlzation to tr"ans fer approxL-nately f450.00 from aval1abIe capltal funds of the Park Depa?tmentfon the intended purchase of motor: vehLcle equipment, to thepurchase of one new s6l"f-dr'1ven power: mower. Councllman Simonds movod ttrat authorizatlon be g::an te d., as long as f\rnds are p:rovldod for ln the current budgot, seconded by Council$an Hunt and urranimous Ly carried. A Letter dated March 1, 1950, was read from C. H. Bessett Bullding Company noquestlng lmmed:iate attentlon and action on the clea::lngof debrLs and si].t 1n ttre culvert under Callfornia Drive. The communLcatLon was neferr.ed to the Clty Engineor and tlre Ciby .A.ttorney f o:: lnves tLgatlon and report to ttre CJ.ty Council at thenext regular meetlng of tJre Clty Council. Ih.e City Enginee:: wasinstructed to cor@unicate wlth the Bessett Builcling Company. A letter dated Februay E, 1950, vras read f::om Jarrres Kazan, 1156 BaLboa Avernre, offenlng suggestlons for the be tter"ment of theCtty. Tho lette:: was referred to the City Englneen for study,wlth ins truc tlons to so advLse Mr. Kazan the result of such study. A Letter. dated L1arch 2, !95O, was read fbom EarL F. Schmid.t, Chal rman, Board of !!.re Corrnlssloners, r.equesting the appoinhnentof a hos eman to f111 an exlsting vacancy as the result of arecent resignation and firther tha t four additlonal men beappoLnted effectLve March 16, 1950, or Aprll 1, 1950. ChtefLeLs advised the Counctl that No. 5 on the eltglble }lst, Al_firedSl1va, has temporarltry waived an appolntment to the Eh"epepa:rtnent. Councilman Simonds moved. that i{o. 1 on the el1glbIe1ist, John Stradford, be appoj.nteai, subjoct to the passlng-ofa satisfactor.y medLcal examLnstlon, to f111 the existl-ng vacancy, seconded by CouncLlman Dahl and unanlmousIy carried. On motlon' o 1 o 1 E1 b 1 f f v ff sf d The the sub L1nri l- w t apci o c c o 1 e c e at e ]. C 0 j r r1 1 l- 2 S 1 i tn e ei t_ Lln c v [a 1 1 v o ub + a e e ndskan ounani o.ri nlri l- d n d I,I Ap cal- una Ap gr. s A a o o , l_ , o |J c m }. In ltaI r.'. o vI th o< ti I I an ll- OI m a 5 o Itr d s p e o o p o n o n lmanur-]ct J-man I,i |J b 1 l- t-n t e o 111 o I o i t o b Jt o t e b + d 1 ud R , n yp tme ol3 l_n p sa d I o ej o o e b s b d n C s t vI l_ H o C l_ d v s , f o th e o ^1 e ng P dr,ra 1 t a n , l_ at1 h1) n s ],i s 1 ds me -t1l- 1v I Eunt and unanimous -arsh, was appointed, atls facto::y passlng. 5, on the eIlglb1en of hos eman,ory passing of a Simonds and seconded Ls t, Edward Ruegg, , seconded byffectlve Aprll 1,dLcal examination.ggins, .rio. 6, one AprtJ- 1, 1950, exar.ringtl-on, on S 5 if e v () c mou11 p l o o l-man th 1 s |- n el-n o I l_ 1 o p + c r oIf e NI L t _t f Hun tvualmanoun t lman f ont to t_p b unc a l- r t o as a n 1 o d a c c l_m 1e t f p x st e 1 1.UA +a , + L j e p a pI f v o!1 I c pf oun ouunani.m o o ng r.1 dl. L52 motion of Councll-man Slnonds, and seconded by Councilnran Hunt. Reports f rom the Llb::aty, month of Febmary, 195O, and ttre Department of Publtc lYorks, for November, December, lg49,and ordored ft1ed.vle::e read Resolution No. 5-5O, "Deslgnating the lntersection of Ca::olan Avenuo and North La.rre as an Arter.ial Stop for all South BoundTrafflc Turning lnto North Lanert was introduced by Counci-1man Dahl who moved 5.ts adoption, secondod by Councilman Hunt and adoptedby the unaniraous afflr.ruative vote of the members thereof. Res olution Designated seconded by afflrma tLve No. 6-5O, 'settlng for"th Votlng Places and Pe:rsonsas Election Offlcersn was introduced by Councllman Dah1, C our:,cilman Hunt and adopted by the unanlmousvote of the members ther.eof. 0rdinance No. 486, entitled EAn Ordlnance Amending the OrdLnance Cod.e of the CLty of Burllngame by Amending Sectlon 14?S, the::eof,Cancelllng all Blcycle Registratlons Had Prior to Decembe:: 81,1948; Providing for Blennial Reglstrations for Each Bicycle Oirned.in t-he CLtyE was Lntnoduced by Councllman Iiunt and glven flnstreadLng. A motlon introducod by Councllman Slmonds that an ordlnance bepr.epared adoptlng the proposed Fire Preventi.on Code, was wi thd::awnand the subject matter. r'efe::red to tJ:e Fino Ch5.ef, ind the FLreCommLssion to::evier the entire Code with the Clty Attorney. A letter dated. Irlarch 6, 1950, was read from Clarence Cravalho,P::esldent S tudent Rec::eational Council, reques ting City Councilcooperatlon ln preventlng further vandallsm wl thin the. area of theRecreatlon Center. Building and f\r::ther that a rewa::d be offenedfor Lnformatlon J.eading to ttre arrest srd convictlon of anyono dama glng p?operty of the Recreation Centen rvhlJ.e actlvlties anebe5.ng sponsored by the students. Mayor Love stated that theCouncil is highly appnecl"ative of the studontst efforts and lu:i 11cooperate, but it has not been the practice to offe:: reuardg suchas has been requested. Questioned by the Councl1, Chief ofPolLce lheuer stated that precautLonary measures wltl be taken atfuture activitles sponsored by ttre students. 4. {gy_PurIrs, candLdate for Clty Councilman Ln the forthcomJ.ngAprtl 11 election, and presont at U:e meeting, was introducedlIrtr. Burns expressed his appreciatlon to the Council and offered.a suggestlon ttrat IUr. George V. llhlte, prlncipa1. of theBunlingane Elementary Schools, be approached Ln connection wLthschooL and CouncLl cooperatlon in the matter of construction offences along culverts Ln Ray Park. I{ayor Love stated that folJ-ovring a su::vey made of condltlons l_nconnection wLth culverts in ltay Park, it was plroposed thst chaln1lnl< fenclng be pu::chased and const:ructed fo:: the protectlon ofMl1Is Creek CuLverts at Balboa Avenue, Bernal Avenue, and DavisDri.ve. CouncL]rnan Atwate:r thereupon noved that in c6ncur::encevrl.th a letten f::om the Clty Englneer, the sum of $6ZE.OO be allowedfor the purchase of chain llnk fencing, seconded by Councilman Dahl.and unanlmously carri ed. Dllayor Love, for the benefit of the publie, stated that the Councilhas revievred the possibllity of levying a tax to provid.e for.maJntenance, etc., of parks, quite extensively, but are of theoplnlon that no aetion shouLd be taken at this time. Councilman Dahl questloned Chief Theuer as to vrhether offlcer Gr"unl g and Officer S chrvahn ryere still receiving additionalcompensatLon in performing police motor-cycle duties, tvhile atp-r""el!.19t s9 engaged and whether Ofiicer Dessin was receLvingthe additional conpensation for perforrrring motor-cyc1e duties.Chief Thouer replled by stating that es ie present assignmentsare merely temporary, there has been no c):ange in conpensationalLoviances. The subject r,.ras referred. to the-pollce Connrittee ofthe Council for. inves tigation. 153 There being no further business, l:he meeting was adjour"ned in respect to the riemory of [{r. Xr. :i. },iedley, for rtany years a rnember of the Burringame Fire Cor,imission, oir notion of Couneii- nan Dahi, seeonded by Councilman Atr,vater and unanimously carried. Respe ctfully subnri tte 0., }MRBERT I{. }VHITEClty Clerk APTROVED: ,{o,r-f /* Dan R. Love, l\,1ayor