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Burllngame, Callfotala
August 20, 1951
A r€suler nsetLng of the Burllagaue Clty council ras held on the
auovE irven aatel Meetlng ca11aat to order at 8:00 p.m. - uayor
Atuater ln the Chalr.
flo1L Cal}: Pr6 sent - Councllnen: Atrater-Byrd-love-Slmondg
Absant - Councllnen: Eunt
On notlon of Councllnan SLnonds, seconded by Councllnan- Love, and
unaninoualy canried, Councllman Hunt ras oxcusod untll bls
appcaranc€ at the noetlng at 8:30 p.m.
The nlnutes of the prevlous Bo€tlng of August 6,. L951, ?-s sub-
,rttea io reubors o? the Clty Counill and as posted on the
zuttctfn Board ln the Ctty EiII, uere unanlnously approved and
aaoptea on notlon of Counlllnan slnonds and seconded by
Counct Inan Lovo.
Monday, August 20, 1951, at tbo hour-of 8 orclockl ponrl r-8 8
ih; iffi" ffxed by'Resolutlon I{o. 35-51., fon a.hea-rl'ag-on tbe
""iriforr for ann6xatl-on of oertaln terrltory to tho Clty of
bu"Ung.te, subrltted by the owners' Rlcbard J. Drl'gge and
Etleen-E. DrlSga, and Joaepb J. tr'ena arrd Frances Z' Fena '
the re being n6-one preoent- at tho neetlng to prote st. the -a?noxa-i-ioa, ooaiiance No. 516, nApprovtng a1-d Arurexlng to the.Clty of
e""iinEaro Cortaln Propirty-Ihoro is the rDrlggs Propertyr
"r-"-r"E"oa";;a i;" irait r{aarng by counellmaa Love. A s€cond
o"ii"i""i, n;. Bit,--Approvlng ind-Arurexllg to the clty-of
aurifngarn6 CertaLn Property frrq* 1? the tFena Propert5rr Yeg
lntrodicea by Councl'lrnna L6ve for fLrst readlng'
A letter dated August I?, 1951, Ias r€ad from Dlrector of, hrb].I. c
fro"ii-ii"", -aa"iiine ot i rtnai lnspectlon rado of the necently
"oupietia 5rpanslon-to the Clty of Burllngansrs sorage treat-
,."i-pi.nt.' ibe contract havlirg -beon satisfactorlly co,pl€ted,
Co"ncifran Slnonds lntroduced and moved tbe paasage of
Resolutlon No. 44-51, rAcceptlng Itiork Done under contract for
$;il; pijposar PLaaf, Extenllon,n seconded by councllnsn Love
ana-iaopie'a by the unanlnoua afflmatlvs vote of tbe Councll
m€Db6 rs present.
A letter datod August 1?, 1951, ras road fr"orr 0. J. l[arr,-itrector of Pub116 works, advlslng that ln accordancs vltb a
Co""iff requ€8t, lt rag estiruted that tbe total cost for a
filf;lr pfa;ttne along Callfortria Drlve frorn V11lego Park to
Itirfi-nv'"nue, r6uld eiount to $?6?.00. qu€stlon€d-by the. .Councff, Ctt! Englneer Marr advlsed tbat the area ln questlon
rro"fa fri"" t6 be-gradled beforo plantlng oan be ecconplish-€d,
thus lncreaslng the cost of the propos€d proJect. The subJect
*is dls"ussed ind tben refo:rred 1o tbe Park and Tree Comlttee
of the Corrncll for fu:rther study.
A lettor ctated August 1?, 1951, was read fron Dlnector. of Publl c-vrorfs !,l"rr, subdEtlng for Councll appnoval-, a copy of . the Plans
and Speclficatloas for the proPq!6q reconstnrctlon of tbe
"-t"""1" ln Burllngame [aaoC Subdivislon. !'or tbe bensflt of the
reoresontatlves piesont from Burllngane Uanor, l[ayor Atrater
aaiiaea that a n6ettng wlth tho group rould ba hel'tl at the
concluslon of tho Councll reetlng.
A lettor dated August 2Or 1951, ras read fnoa Dlrootor of Publlo
yyorks lt.rr, reconiendlng- the abandonment of a portlon. of La
Mesa Drlve-and a portlon of targarLta Avenue. Tho letter er-
pfifnea that suob- abandonnent nas necegsary- becaus-e of tho. p!ro-
iosid r.co"strrrctlon of streets 1n the Burllngamo i[ano:r- subdl-
vlslon. In concurrenoe wlth tho roco@€ndatlon, CounclLnan
Slmonds lntroduced and moved tbe passage of Resolutlon No'
+S-St, "tacating a Portlon of La llesa Drlve and argarlta-
evo"u" tn Burltigano Manortt and s che tlullng the tlne and- p)'ace
for bearlng on the proposed vacatlon for September 17, 1951,
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ln tbe Councll Chambers of tho Clty Hal1 at 8:OO p.m. Ihemotlon rag gsconded by Councll,ran Love and adoptod unantlrouslJr
upon roll call of monbo:rs pnecent.
cttlng tbetbo prolllso s
e1u treo,
A lottor tlatett August 4, 195L, from C. A. Torello,
daageroua condltlon of tbe ccmoat walk 1n front ofat 4OI Prlnrose Road, due to tbc grorth of a larg6ras refe rreil to the Pank Superintendent.
A comrrnlcatlon, dated August 9, 1951, from ths State ofCaLlfonala Publl c Utl1ltles Coml asi-on, advlsLng of a publl c
heat'tag to bo heldl ln San Pranclgoo on Septombsr 6, 1951, onappll catlon of thc Paclflc Belopbone and ToJ.egraph Conpany fauthonlty to lacrease lntrastate natea, rag referred to theClty CounctJ. for further studyand dll.sposltlon.
A potltlon, dated August 6, 195L, ras eubnltted by a number of:resldeats on EIm Avonuo, dlrectlng Councll attentlon to the
appoarance of a ner bulldlng belng constructed adJacdnt to 128vonue, rh€r6r.n the bullder has €r€cted a service yard lnront of the houge. Mayor Atrater advlsed that the subJectbe dlscussed rlth tbo Bulldlrrg Inspector at a moetlnguled for ?rOO otclock, p.n. Tue sday €venlng, August 21.
A petitlon subntttsd by sixty-flvo resLdonts ln the vlclnlty ofillghland and Baysrator Ay€nuos, roquestlng the lngtallatlon ofStop Slgns on tbo above mentlon€d eornetrs, ras rsferr€d to theChlef of Poltce for lnvestlgatlon and recomondatlon.
A petltlon subnlttod by property ownors nesldlng rltbln tbe con-fines of a portlon of thc L5ron and Eoag Subdlvlslon, r6ouo stlngcertala chango s ln zonlng regulatlons, tas referred to tbe
PLannlng Colmtssloa.
A letter f ron tbo Burllngane Comunl ty C6nt6lr Comrittee, ras read,,
subnl ttlng a flnaL and corrpJ.ete report on the deposlts *rd ex-
pena! tures nade ln connectlon ritb tbe frmd ral alng canpalgn tofurnl sb th6 CoEmrnl ty Center Bull.dtng and turalng tltLe to-tbelteus purchased to th6 City of Bur.llngao e. Councl}nen L,ove
moved that the roport as presonted bo accepted aad that a lctterof comendatlon be dlrected to Alfrod R. Doerlng, L. EerbertEar:rls and Charles A. IUcJ.sb, tho co'nnrr ttee neabers who rrende redsuch velueble serirlce to tbc Clty of Burllngame and to thcstudents of Burllngemo tslgb SchooL rho alded l,n.,ihe earpalgn. .
Ebe n6tf.ontrag seconded by Councllnan Slnonds and uaaalnouilyearrled. Actlng upon a suggestlon nade by ltr. Doerlng, CounciI-nan Love movod that tbe Recroatlon Comlgglon b6 lngtnrcted toadvlse tbe Dopartnent of Eecr€atlon tbat the proJector, puirchasedfrom ths above nontloned firnds, ls not to be renivoa fion thebullding, seconded by Councllnan Byrd and unanlmoualy canrled.Bocreatlon Co'lttrti.esloner UcKeon, pnesent at the neetlng, edvlsedthat lnstructloas to tlrat effect had provlously been glvon to theSecneatlon Supc rlntendent.
A 1ctt6n dated August 16, 195I, ras roed from the Broedway
De velopmont Assoclatlon, advlsJ.ag that tbe subJoct of the- collectlonof rater b11IE ln llorth Burllngane had agaln boen dlscusged andtbat the two flrta havlng nsde wrltten appllcatlon to tho Clty
CounclL have been contacted wttb tho follortng rssult:t. That the authorlzatlon wl}I be settled ln a fair and equaLnarmer betresn tbe two flrtsi2. Thst tbo nocessary bond 1111 be posted by tbe flna s€l,€ctod.3. That no rerrure rat L on rvill b6 roqu6sted for such collectlon.
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l[ns. W. W. Cal].ow, osnor of Our Came ra Sbop, one of tbe appllcantsand E. A. Schepplen, Vlce-presldent of the Bnoadray DevelopmentAssoclatlon, €qch, ln turrr, addressed th6 Councl l., ' urglng thatauthonl.zatlo:r be-given. After s dlgcusslon on the suUlect,Councllrnan Slmonda noved that the legal aspects be dlscuss6d rlthtbe _Clty Attortrey an4 that a cerrtaln pno ceauro be establlshed prlorto fllll aclion by_the Councll. lhe notlon vas seconded bycouncllnan llunt and unanlnously earrlod. Mayor Atrater sdvlsed thata flnal doclslon rould be rendered at tbe neit regular CounctlEootlng.
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Resolutlon No. 45-5I, - rrelxlng Tex Rate of the Ctty of Burl-
lngans For Tho Elscal Year 1951-1952" vas lntrcduced by ^-Corlncllnan Eunt who moved lte passag€, soconded by Councll-
nan L,ove and adopted unanlmously upon ro11 caLl of m€mbers.
Eeports rere read for the montb of July, 1951, fnon the- Pollce
Departnent I tho Flro Departnont e the Po1lce Judge, the Llbrary
and the Departnent of Publlc Works. Questloned by thc
Cowrcll, Clty naglneor Uarr r"epo:tted ttrat the contract for off
stroot parklig facllltles rae colqrleto an d neady for acceptance
folloulng a flnaL inspectlon to be made the followlng tlay.
for Councll approval,for the month of Ju1y,
APPROVED:
H. Kent A
Ma lro ir
[ayor Atrat€r armounood. that g eoetlng uag achedu]ed fon
lu6 sctay evonlng, August 2I, ln tbe Councll Chambers, at 8 or-
clockr-p.tr. trlth tronbors of the Councl1, the Clty Attortrcy,
th6 Clty &rglnoor, tho appnatser and the property orn-€ns _oochapln Avenue, to dlgcusa aggeasments 1n tbe proposod rldea-
lng of tbe str€et.
Mr. Ray schnolder, pr€sldsnt of the Burllngame VlLlego In-
pnovement Club, edahosssd tbe Coulcll requesting furtho:r-
lmproveaents to tho gubdlvl slon and presentlng g_pIan rhlch
proposod a nev entranc€ to the vl1lage. Ihe 1att€r ras ro-
feristt to the Clty Englneer and to the Clty Attorzrey.
Mr. B. N. yvbe61€r, 112 Eoward Avenuo 1 addressed the Courell,
dlrectlng attentlon to the fact that tbe premlses at 1I4
Eoralrd Avenue have not as yet boen demollsbed as had been
ordered by Cowrcll action i orne tlne ago. Counc ilrsa Slmonds
thoreupon- noyed thet a letter be forardotl to tho oraer, B. F.
Ztllner, lnforBlng h1n that tbo lot must be cleared bofore the
nert Councll meeting and that Lf notl the Clty would undertake
the uork and all crp€nse lnvolved sould have to be borne by
th6 ortxor. The notlon rae geconded by Courcllnan Lovo and
ulanlnously carrlcd.
A nap of a proposed anneratlon of certaln wrlncorponated. -terrt to r'5r ln Burllngano lll1ls, presented by Frank S. ContL,
Doveloper, rag refenred to the Clty Attotnoy, tbe Clt3r
Engtueer and to tho Clty Plannlng Conml gslon for study and
r6ao@endstlon to the Clty Council.
c}sln8, Nos. 8?? to 1031 Inc1usive, ln the anount of $55e726.1e.
1610 proa€ntod for payment and upon notlon of Councllnan Lovel
seconded by Councllnaa flr:nt and unanlmously carried, tarrantg
rere ordened drarn on tbe Clty Troasurlr for thsir rospeetlve
anountg.
Ihere belng no further busl.ncaal, the E€otlng ras regularly
adJou:med on notlon of Counclhan llunt, aad aecondcd by
Councllnan Love, at g!55 P.m.
Bespectfully synttteat,
ar/"1,.r^*<*-#-h'- tsEnBERT K. li,HtTE
Clty Clerk
A I€tter dated August I7, 1951, ras read from Senator Earr.Jr
L. ParlEran, in aclmowledgement of a conmunlcation from thc
Clty C1erk, dated JuIy 19, ln uhlch ho pledged hls coopora-
ttoir ln the securemont of addltlonal Stato ElShray patrol-
mon for San l[atoo CountY.
Tho Clty Clerk ras lnstructed to subnL t,at tbo next Councll Eoetlng, tbe payroll
195I.