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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.04.03t57 Burlingame, Californla Aprl1 5, 1950 A regular. roeeting of the Burllngame City Council was held on the above glven date- I,teetlng calIed to ord.er at 8:0O p.m. - L,layor Love in the Chalr. RolL Call: Present Councll:nen: Atwatex.-Hunt-Love-Simonds Absent Counci'lmen: None 0n motion of Councllman Hunt, seconded. by Councllrran Simonds and unanLmous1y carried., the r,rlnutes of the prevLous .neeting of l,{arch20, 1950, were apptroved as submj.tted to CounclJ- .menbers and asposted on the Bulletin Board Ln the City HaI1. A letter dated l,{arch 30, 1950, rras read f}onx the Board. of ftne Conunlssloners recoru[endlng that a permanent appointnent be gLvento one raan &s hoseman in the Rlre Department. Councllman SLmonds moved' that the next eliglble on t].e 1ist, Eobert Bezecny, bogiven the appointrnent as requested, effectlve April 4th, subJectto lhe s.atlsfactory passlng of a nedlcal examinatj.on, secondedby C ouncilman Atwater and unanLmous 1y car:ried. Fursuant to a recomnendation Bade by ttre Board of Fire CormlssLonersin a Letter deted March 28, 1950, Councllman Atuater" moved thatthe offe:: flr on the Clty lt{anager of },Ionterey to purchase an o1dalarm repeate:: a4d b.attery rack stored at the Fire Statlon for.the sum of $4OO.QO, f.o.b. Burllngame, be accepted, seconded by C ouncilman Hunt and unanlmously carried. A com";runicatlon lYom the Fl:re Comnlssion, dated L{arch 50, 1950, was read r.equesting that permlssLon be granted li'Ir.. Walter Blumer, f5.re "A1arm Electrlclan, to attend the lnternational llrr-niclpal .. Slgnal Assoclatl,on Conference on Aprl1 21 and 22, at the Hote1 Alameda. L1ayor Lqve stated that as slmilar requests recelved flom departments ln the past have boen denied, the CounciL wer.eof the opinion that the ebove request should al.so be denLed. A letter dated. March 28, 1950, was read fb om the Burllngame Bec::eatlon Comrilsslon ::eferring the Councll to a letter recelved f?om the Burlinganre V111age Improvement Club in vhich the Improve- ment Club requests that tan bark.be placed anound the play apparatus ln the park area and that consideration be given to thefenclng along the creek. IblJ.owing Council discusslon on thematter, lt was regularly moved by Counci lman Atwater, that theClty Engineer prodeed wlth the work of fencing the cr.eek vri thLn .the next two weeks, end further that the Clty Englneer be.Lnstructed to contact the Superintendent of Recreatlon r.ogarding the placing of tan b ar:k around the play apparatus. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanLmous 1y carrLed. A letter dated. I{arch 28, 1950, was read f::onr the Burllngame Recreation Commlsslon advlslng the Councll of a resolutlon adopted advocating the consqlldatlon of the park and Recreation C ommies lorrslnto one ComolssLon. Mayor Love stated that consideratlon would be gLven the sugges tion at .a rneeti-ng s cheduled for Satur.day, Apnil 8, 1950, at 2 otclock, p.n., Clty Hal1, wi tJr. the City Councl1, P1aru:rlng Comnission, Recreation Cornoission, City Attorney Karmel and Park Superlntendent Andorson. A letter dated Mareh 17, L95O, tlras read I?om the Burlingame Wator Commlssion submittlng the suggestLon and recommenclatlonthat thB two wood water tanks at the Bernal Avenue property be conside::ed surplus property and j.nasmuch as the Conmisslon has recorunended. that the entlre Berrral Avenue property should bo. abaadoned, the tanks should be dlsposed of to the Boy Scouts of AmerLca, whLch orgarrlzatlon has requested the u.se of then fortheir camp site, Camp Porqronl,o, 1n a letter" to the Clty CounclJ- da1;ed lliarch 15, L95O. l,{ayor Love stated that, the Councll desLres to study the matter bofo:re releasing th.e rirater tanks because of the possiblllty of thetr f\rture use or ln their use in case of an emorgency. Th6 subject was therefore held in abeyance for a discusslon wtth the City Englneer. 158 A letter was read Ilom the Civil Service CommLssion, dated LIarch 18, 1950, calling Councll at'bention to the regulation of the Civil Servlce Commission which requiies employees of the City to take the oath of loyalty and wherein the Commlssionrs records lndicate there are instances of newer employees fa$llng to do sor The City CLerk $ras lnstructed to secure the Oaths of Loyalty from those employees who have falled to taire ttre 0ath. Pursuant to a recotlrnendation submitted by K. S. Fitch, Director of Public Works, d.ated lr{anch 30, 1950, Councilman Hunt introdueed and. moved the ad6ptlon of a Resolution, No. 1L-50, accepti.ng the option of Lr. H. and H. F. L{i13-er, to purchase Lots 5 and 4, Block 5t Easton Additlon No. 1, in the amount of $21r850.O0 for offstreet parking, seconded by.Councilman Atwater and adopted unani-urously by ro11 calI. A letter dated I,{arch 31, 1950, was nead f}om K. S. Fltch, Dlrector of hrblic llllorks, di.recting Counci-l attention to a t::afflc hazard at the intensecf,ion of ChIpln Avenue and EL Canrino ReaL and recom- mendlng the removal of a llrge eucalyptus tree, suctr nemoval tb be ineluded ln the Tree Trlmnlng Project on E1 Camlno Real. The conmunicatLon was reforred to Park Superlntend,ent Anderson, Dlrec- tor of hrbIlc Works Fitch and the Plaruring Commlssion to ascertain lf there are other t::ees on the El Cam,lno which miglrt be considerod a trafflc hazand and to make a report to the Council. A Letter daled March 51, 1950, was read firom K. S. Fitctr, trans- mittlng a letter of restgnation effectlve Aprtil ,1, ,1950, f?om I'{rr Arthi:r $Iynstra, utilit)rmanr after twenty-fotl:? yoars of servlce with the City. Councj.}nran Slmonds moved that the resj.gnation be accepted. as recomnended by lvir. Fitch, with a letter of commendation dlnected to Mr. Wynstra for his years of loyalty and service to the Clty, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanimously carried. A letter dated Mardn 27, 1950, was read f?om }+Irs, KarL I'{. Bausche secretary of the Henbert Hoover P.f.A.r requestlng that an inves- tlgation be made of the serious menace of poisor-oak ln the viclnity of the }loover School and acti-on be taken for its romedy. The communication was referred to the City Engineer with instructions to confer wlth the Superlntendent of Schools and to take whatever actlon is neeessary to comect the condition. The Clerk v;as instructed. to reply to tho letter. A letter dated Mayc]n 22t 1950, was read f?om Eugene B. Bizze1l, 1617 lrrlonte Corvlno YIay, Bu::lingame, l"equestlng immed.iate consi'ileration in the installatlon of streot lights in the western sector of Ray Park. City EngLneer Fiteh reported that sj-nce the rec&ipt of the Letter", llghts have been i-nstaIIed on L{onte cortrino wa;' 6v16 of the twenty- three liglrts to be placed on the new circuit, twelve have novr been lnstalledr,and lt is expected that the entine area will be lllumi- nated rvithin the next two or three weeks. The Clty Clerk was instructed to reply 1s I"{r. Bizzellts communicatlon. A letter d.ated L{arch 25, 1950, was nead from R' G. Roberts La Mesa Drlve, requesting permisslon to use fif,ty feet of easement at the rear of Lot 2, Block 19, Easton Additlon N driveway purposes. The.Cormtunication rruas referred to the Englneer for report to be submitted to the Clty Council. for A letter clated. Liarch 16, 1950, r/as read i'rom liiontie E. Crooirs , 252 Arunclel Road., Burli.ngame, commending Council action in providlng for the establishment of a speed 1ar,v f?om 25 mj-]es to 15 mi-les per hour on Eurlingame, Avenue, thereb)- redueing traffic hazards to a rgininarm. The Clerk rvas j-nstrr-:.eted to aclinowledge recelpt of the letter. A lettcr dated. i'Jarekr 29, 1950, v,'as read from Kerrneth Smith, l32O Balboa Avenue, Burli-ngame, exprcssing appreclati-on to tlre Council and to the Chief of the Pire Department on recent courtesj-es extended to Brolvni-e Troop IIo. L'6Y of Burlingalneo The Clerk vras instructed to tlr.ank lutr. Smith for ]r.is letter of conitrendatlon. lity, 146 a trti U. a City I 159 Under the heading of Unfinished. Ilusiness, actlon on 0rd1nanc6I{o. 486, per"taining to the regLilation of bicycle licenses wasdeIayed following a further study to be made by the Chief of Po]"i.ce and the Treasu::er-Tax Co]-Iectol'. Action was .a1.so delayed on the adoption of the lli.r"e prevention Code, until reviewed by the City Attorney. I.layor. Love thanked the Parki.ng Conrnj.ttee of the CounciL forthe splendid- prog?ess made 1n provlding acleqr:ate parlring needsfor the merchants and citizens of Burlingame. Irlayor l-,ove alsostated that the Council .ls endeavoring to obtain biglrt or nineblock on the o1d railroad ri1;ht-of-way for par.king iacillties. DtrectLng attentlon to the fact that Tuesday, Apr.j-l l_1, 1950, vas _ Burlingame I s li{unLcipal election, I{ayor Love ur.ged. allqralified electors to vote on that day, Questioned by tho Councl-I as to ptso8l.as s msde on -r,tre st::eetrepalr work, Dalrector of PubLlc Tlorks Fltch reported thatconslderabLe work ls belng done at present and that he lrouldsubnd.t a conerete report at the next meeting of the Council. Also_ ques tioned b-y the Councll as to the J.lghting Lmp::ovementson Fl Camlno, follow4irg his author:ization t6 prodeed wlth thenork, Di]"€cton of Publtc, Illorks Eltclr neported that the orderlas been placed with the Paclflc Gas and EtectrLc C ompany andlnstallation should be ulider way rvlthln the next thirly itays.trbr Councll lnformatlon, L{::. Illtch furthen advlsed tfrat tfr6ar.ea between Broadway and Hl11side DrLve TFuld possibly be thetyplcal area to j.Ilumlnate according to the proposed slheme.. A rop-ort_on ttre p::ogress to date on the proposed expansion planrfon the Dil8posal. Plant was a].so made. by City Engi.neer Eltch- whoadvLsed the Councll that the spoclflcations for the plans would b-e completed by the flrst of June and c ons.tructlon begun by thefLr.st of Augus t. llayor Love requested that all Departrrtent Heads submit theirbudgets as soon as possible to the Finance Coria",rittee of the C ounc11. llayor Love announcod ttrat rArmed Forces Dayrr rrould be held onlltay 20, 1950, and that the Chamber of Corane::ce srrd the cityofflclals of BurlLngame a::e working wlth offlclals of other Penlaeul-a citles wlth the posslbility of conducting a paradeIn conjunctlon wi th the United States Governnent. Gnanville Brown1ng, Secretany of the BurJ-ingane Chamber ofCotrnelce, together wlttr ftIrs. IJeona Calrk and Joseph 0rBr'lenwere congratulated on the success of tho recent Easter Fes-tival ln Burlingame. There being no fUrthor transaction of buslness, the meeting was regulanly ad;jour.ned on motion of-Councilnan Hunt, secondedby Councilman Atvrater and unanlmous 1y carried. Respectl\r11y submilted, K.ITEClty Clerk APPRO\ED:/*"ilL Dan R; Love, llayor