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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.05.01if-165 Burllngame, Californla L{ay 1, 1950 A regular meetlng of the Burlinganre City Council was held on the above given date. It'ieeting called to order at 8:O0 p.m.; iiiayor-Love in the Chair. Ro1l call: ?resent councilmen: Atwater-Byrd-Ilunt-Love-Simonds Absent - Counci knen: ldone The mirnrtes of the previous meeting of Apnil 1?, 1950, as submitted. to members of the Council and as posted on the Bulletin Board were accepted unanimousS-y on motion of Councll- msn l{unt and seconded by CounciLuran Slmonds. 0n motj,on of CounclLu.an Hunt, seconded. by Councilman Simonds and unanlmously carrled., the minutes of Aprll 18, 1950, on the eanvass of electloir retunns lyere adopted as submltted to members of the CounciL and as posted on the tbltettn Board in the City 8a11. A letter dabed April 26, ^1950, was read from Edward S. Goetze, Pr:esident of the Reereatlon Cornnlssion, advlsing the Councj.l of the Comrlssionts approval of speciflcations submltted. for Ray Par.k playgrsound. equipment. Councllman Simonds moved that tlre Counci.l concur in the recommendation and that bids be caIled for accord.lng to the specLfications as prepar"ed by the Purchasing Agent, such bids to be opened at the regular meeting of the Councll on June 5, 1950, -seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanj:nously carried. A letter dated Apr13. :28, 1950, was read. f?om I\1r. R. Wernlck, Chairman of the Burllngane ^Committee, Helen Ga"hagan Douglas for Senatorr- requesting permission to use the baseball d.iamond.ln Trlashington Park in the interest of }{rs. Douglast campaign. Ucuncil:nan Slmonds moved that the reqrest be granted with the provLsion that a letter is fl1ed f?om the Corunittee stating that the City will not be hel-d LLable Ln ease of accld.ent or lnJury and fu::ther, that assurance be gi.ven that any replacement be made resulting from damage to Clty Park property. The .motlon was seconded by Councllman Atwater and unanLmousLy carrled. A letten d.ated Apni.l 28, 1950, was read fYom K. S. Fitch, Direetor of Rrblic Tlorks, togethen with a surmary of major contract construction'work proposed to be undertaken during thenext fiscal -year. fhe letter suggests that the office of Publl'e lftIo:rks be instructed. to prep&re a [iemorandu-ur of Agreement wit]r the Di.vision of Higf,rivays fo:: executlon. Council-uran Simonds moved that the Director of Pub].lc T{orks be instructed toprepare a momorandum with the State for executLon of the wonk so outlineii, seconded by Councilnran Byrd and unanimouslycarried. A letter dated AprlL 28, L950, lras read from It. S. F5-tch,Dinector of Rrb1lc Ylo::ksr- rocommend.ing the repS-acement of thepnesent street roIler and that gas tax J\rnds be used for the purchase of new equipment. L{ayon Love stated that the subject vrould be held 1n abeyance and the Clty Engi-neer instructed toinvestigate the possibility of repalrlng the pnesent roLler. A let;ter dated April 28, 1950, B,as read from K. S. Fltch, Dlnectorof h.rbllc lYonks reqlr.esting the appointment of two utllitymenin tho Tfaten Department. Action was delayed until the subjeet could be dlscussed with the Dlrector of Publlc Works at a laterdate. A neport dated Apnil 24, 1950, was r.ead fbom F5.:re Chief EdrvandJ. Leis on the Conference of the Callfor"nia I'5.re Chlefs t held.at L[erced on Apr1l 2J-, 22 artd 25rd. The comrmrnicatlon was orderedflled. A letter dated Apnil 28, 1950, Tras nead from the Bunlingamellluntclpal Enrployeest Assoclation, requesting a meetingwlth theCouncll and the CivlL Servl"ce Conrnission to dlscuss the adjust- ment in present salary schedules. Ltayor Love announced that the Councll rvou].d meet with the Clvll ServLce Commission on Ttrursday evening, [tay 4, 1950 at 7:OO otcloc]rr'i.m. and with the ClvlL Serviee Comr.,rission and representatives of the various departments of the clty empl-ovees at t,o.?r3!"t3"5a BaTi"}*"same evening. T[; city Cr"ertr" was instru 166 Reports f?om the hrbLlc Tilorks Dopartment for the months January, Fbbruary, 1950 and the Recreatlon Depantment for the months of Jamary tlrrough March, 1950 rsere road and ordened f5.led. Ordinance .No, 486, entitled. nAn Ordinacrre Amendlng the Ordlnance Cod.e of the Clty of BurLingarne, by Amending Section 1O53 fher"eof, Frovldlng for LLcensing Vehic3.es Driven and Operated, in the Pu.rsuit of Business or 0ccupation and. Fixlng the Rates Threneoftt was gf.ven seeond reading. CounclLutan Hunt movod the qdoption of Ordinance No. 486, second.ed by Councllman Slmonds and adopted by the folIow- ln vote: A]ES : C0UNCIU!IEI'{: Atwater"-B]n:d-Hunt-Love-Simonds" NOB : COUNC TLilI{El{: None ABSE}fT COUNCII${EN: None Councll Commlttoes for the year L95O-1951 were read as follows: F'INANCE POLICE i tIGIirIIlg I{. Kent Atwater, Chainman Andrew Byrd BUTLDTNG U. S. Slmonds, Jr. Chairtan Andrew F. BtmdAllan I'. Hunt BECREATION Andrew B)rd, ChairmanU. S. Simonds, Jr. I'fATER. STREETS , SEII'ERS ALlan F. Hunt,U. S. Simonds, And::ew Byrd Chairman &1. U. S. Slmonds, Jr.I{. Kent Atwater Chai-rman H. Kent Atwater"U. S. Simond.s, Andrew Byrd , CtrairrmanJr. FTRE H, Kent Atwater, Chai.rman AL1an F. HuntU. S. Simond,s', Jr. PAEKS,. TnqES Allan F. HuntII. Kent Atwater Andrew Byrd PARKING IOT Allan F. I{unt, ChairrranU. S. Si-monds, Jr.B. Kent Atwaten LTBBARY And::ewI{. Kent Byrd, Chairman Atwater I\[ay 15, 1950, ln the Councll Che.mbens of the Ulty IIa11, 8:OO p.rn. was set as the tlme and p3.ace for a CounciL haaring in connectlonwith the Lang propenty, 1OOO Oak Grove Avenue. J,,'Irs. Cha::lotte Johnson, chalnrnan of the Librany Board, and presentat the meeting was compllmented on tire spl-endid Libnary reportssubmi-tted to the memirers of the CounciL. There being no f\rrther busi-ness, the meeting tras adjourned on mo-tlon of Councilman Atrvater, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanl-mously carcled. Respectf\rIIy subrnitted, Ilerbe::t K. ItrhiteClty Clerk AP?ROYED: /"*fr J Jrrr,<- Dan R. Love, Jr. lrlayor