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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.05.15L67 Burllngame, Califorr:la May 15, l-950 A regular moetlng of the Burllngarne Clty Council was held on the above "given date. Meetlng ealled to orden at 8:00 p.m. - Mayor Lvoe ln the Chair. RoI} CaI1: Present - Couneilmen: Atwater-Byrd-Hr-mt-Love-SlmondsAbsent - Councllmen: None ft:e mlnutes of the previous meeting of May 1, 1950, as submittedto members of the Councll and as posted on the Bulletln Board.in the Ctty HaIl, were approved on motlon of Councilman Slmonds, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanlmously carrled. I/iond.ay, Il'lay 15, 1950, in the Council Chambers of the City Ha11, was *uhe tfuae and place set fon a hearlng on a petltlon for a variance of zorl:e affecting property known as portion of Lot L, "l5t frontage on Oak Grove Avenue, Corbitt Subdlvlslon, designated.as 1O0O Oak Grove Avenue. The Clty Clerk read a letter dated. May 5, 1950, fnom the Planning Comrslsslon advlsing that after due conslderatlon, the Comrdssion recolnmended the gnantlng of a - variance from rsecond resldentialr' to limited retail use of the . Lang and l'lliI}ar properties occupylng tbe block on the northerly . side of Oak Grova Avenue extending from the rallroad right-of- vray -to J,lnden Avenue. A letter vras also nead from Frank S. Contl,Developer, stating that lf permission were granted, .the present - strnrcture would. be irmredLately removed at no expense to the eity^.Following conslderable dj-scussion as to the City t s positlonln the granting of the variance, the following limitations as tothe use of -the property were established: that the said property be used only for the se11lng of grocenies; drugs; bakery goodsl meats; operating of a fountain; dry cleanlng establishment; and. businesses of a slmilar natune. Counellman Slmond.s thereupon moved that the Council eoncur ln the reeommenda'uion oi' uhoPlanning Commi-ssi.on and introduced. and moved the passage of Resolution No. 15-50, rrGranting a Varlance in the Use of the Propenty Known as Lot 1, Corbitt Subdivlslon, from SecondResidentlal to llmlted ComrnercLal. The motion was seconded by Counellman Atwaten and following noilrl call; Resolution I{o. 15-50 was unanlmously adopted by affirrr.ative vote of the CouncLl. ^ A letter dated lfi,ay 4, 1950, was read. from the Burli-ngame City Planning Conmlssion advising that following a study of a report submitted by- the Dlrector of Public Works and the Park Supen- lntend.ent concernlng traffic hazards on EI Camlno Real r:esulting from tree and shrubbery obstructions, a three to two vote of the Comrission recommended the removal of the large tree at thesoutheasterly cornen of Chapin Avenue and El Camino Rea1. Councilman Atwater moved that the Councll concur ln the majorityvote of the Commlssion and that the Councll again re-state 1tspollcy that all trees--not considered. a t::affic hazard--sha1l be maintaj-ned along EI Camino Rea1, and that the renroval of the above treo ln question shall not constltute a precedent. The motion was seeonded by Councilqan Hunt. Before voting on themotlon, Mr. D. A. Stivers and ii[r.. A. E. Van Bolt, properfir' owners, both entered" their protests on the removal of the treesalong EI Camino Real, followlng vrhlch the motion vuas unanlmously caryied. A letter dated. April 28, 1950, was rea<1 from the Burlingame Advance advtsing of the contemplated publlshlng of the offielal San l{ateo County Fiesta Edition and requesting that the Counclladvise as to i$s plans fon the Edition. Councilman Simonds moved that the subJect- be referred to Ivlayor Love to confer lviththe Chamber of Commer?ce, the paid advertj-sing agent of the Clty, seeonded by Councilnan Hunt and unanlmously car"ri-ed. A letter dated May 12, 1950, was read from the Ray Park Improve- ment Club, requesting that repalrs be made at the lntersection of Mareo Polo Vfay and McDona1d'u/ay1 at the north sicle of Ray Drive. The conrnurricatlon was neferced to the Clty Engineer" for investl-gation and cornectlon. 168 A petition, signed by six resldents of the 1600 block of ForestView Avenue, dated April 20, 1950, was read requesting that imne-dtate aetion be taken to re&ove certain lar"ge tr"ees located onForest Viery which have beeome a menace to Ilfe and property. Thepetltj.on was referced. to the Park $uperintendent and the Clty Engl-neer for investigatlon and the City C1erk was instructed to eommuuni-cate wlth the petitLoners advising that an investigation rq/iII be made and that they wlII be notlfied later as to the result of suchinvestlgation. A letter dated lilay 3t 1950, was read from the Burlingame Recreatlon Com:mission, requesting conslderation on the subject of the remova].of the Gunst Eouse in I'lasl:ington Park as soon as practicable. The comraunlcatlon was refemed to the Bullding Comrlttee of the Counellfor further report to the Clty Council. A lotter dated May 12, 1950, was rsad fnom the Burlingame Civll Servlce Commlsslon submi.ttlng the followlng eligibJ.e list for Uti-1lty Man in the Pub1lc lfilorks Department: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. o(Ji O,,ata 10 Douglas G. Ragsdale Marvln Taylor Robert T. Howand,* Francls H. Pero RoSr H. PrleelWilllam I!1. Hennessoy Anthony J. Bred.a Claude 0. Goldrnan [ili11iam.J. Selkirk . Paul E. Lee 1. Anrr E. Adams2. Jacquelyn LaFleur3. Harriet Beckenhaver4. Alda Ii. Jett5. Joy L. Oaks6. Hildor BJorgan 109 Dnright Rd. Burllngane 13OB Edgehill Dr. rr BZL Paloma Ave. t' 97L 7tL1 Ave., San }llateo 52O ilillside B1vd. So. S. F. 897 So. Idaho St.r .San Mateo 9 Bancrof t Rd.., Burlingame 8O4 l{ap1e Ave. t' 5 Dalys Court, l,{lll-brae 2?L QalLfornla Dr. Burlingame 1.236 Cortez Ava. Burlingamo 152 No. Quebec, San [lateo 1910 Ray Drive, Burlingame 811 EI Camino Real, rr ?LO Clanendon Rd. rr 149 Occidental- Ave. tt 0n motion of Councilnsn Slmond.s, seconded. by Councllman Hr:nt, and unanlmously car*dd the Ilst was accepted and placed on fl1e forfuture reference. A letter dated. Iltay 12, 1950, was read from the Burli-ngame Clv1lService Comm$$31on subrnitting the following eligiblo list forLibrary Ass j-stant: 0n motlon of Councllman Simonds, seconded by Couneilnan Hunt and r:nanlmousl$ carried. the list as subnritted was aecepted and orderedplace on file f or futu:re ref erence. A letter dated. Ltay 5, 1950, was road from the Burlinganre Y'Jater Com- mlssion recommending that the Coimcll conslder the proposed. real estate exchange on Rollins Road and in lleu oJ' buildlng a new water shop on RollLns lioad that cpnsid"eration be givon to locatlng thebuilding on city onrned. reulaimpd. land at the foot. of. Broadway, singly,or in conJunction wlth a new Corporati-on Yard. Ttre communication was referred. to the Clty Engineer and. the,Buildlng Corrmlttee of the Council. troI1owlng a recourmendation submitted by Director of Pub1lc lYorksFltch, j.n a letter dated lvlay 12, 1950, I,tr.. Anderson, lark Supen- intend.ent was granted portdssion to attend the Ytlestern Shade Tree Conference, Long Beach, Californla, May 24 to 27, 1950, 5-ncluslve,with an expense allowance not to exceed $75.OOr oil motlon of Corincil-rran Atwater, seeond.ed. by Councllman Bynd and r.manimously carrled. A letter dated lvIay 12, 1950, rras read from Dlrector of Pub1lc TvorksFitch, recorulendlng that consideration of a Joint treatment plant for serrage disposal vrith the City of },{l11brae be abandoned and thatthe Clty of Burlingame proceed with expansion plans for its owndisposal pIant. Councilman Simond.s moved that the Council concurln the recortrnendation and that the Director of Pub1ic VJorks bej-nstructed. to immedlately proceed with the expansion of the City 16e Dlsposal P1ant, seconded by Cor:ncllman llunt and unanimously car::ied. A letter d.ated May 12, 1950, was read. f,rom K. S. Fltch, Directorof Publlc Yllorks togethen with a Letter from the Pub1lc UtilitlesComnission requesting that the City be represented. at a eonferencos'ehdduled. for Mgy 22, 1950, in the state aultdi.ng at san Fran-cisco on ttre subJect of Grad.e Soparation. Gity .[t8orrrey Karaelwas lnstructed. to represent the efty andlf uniU1e to attend theproposed con-ferenee Mr. Fitch was so instructed to attend.. Following the submlssLon of a cost of ropair esti.aate on thepresont 5 Ton Ro1ler for the Stneet Department in the amount9{ $s9O.o0 the Clty Engineer_yas instrircted to prepare slecr-fieations for blds on a new Street Deaprtment R6ttbr. Councllman Byrd moved that an extension of sick leave begranted Ut:: Agrg!.Berringer with pay for the perlod. Eci Yly ?2r_1950, fo11oIl-ng- a -recommendatlon submlltea by K. s.Fltch, Dj.nector of Publlc lilorks, in a letter dated l{tiy l-Z, lgb0.The motlon was seconded by Corrncllaan }lunt and unanlm6uslycaryLed. R-eports from the Llbraryr_ Po1lee Department, City Judge and.the Fire Department for the month oi April were read and ordered.f 1led.. Actlng Ypon the ad.vlce of City Attorney llamrel, the Councj-I ]reJected a map_plesented by_Mr: Bunton Iekes 6n the proposed Iresubdlvlsion^of !ot! 3r_-!, !, 6 and ?, Block 56, Eas-ton- lAddltlon No. 2^and_ tle gity Engileer v,ras instrucied to advlse fW11sey *- Co., Civil Englneers, of the Cityrs inability to l An_0rd.in1B?e, ^N9-. a?7 r_ entitJ.od, ttAn ordLnance Amending sectlons601 and 6o2 of the Ordinanoe code of the clty ; rncneaJine the INumber of l{embers of the Civil Service conmlirsion to Fivei Flxlng lthe Tercm of office and Prescribing Dutlesf was introd.uced'by --e ICouncllann Hunt and givon first readlng. I {l_o"9llancer_ryo. 488, entltled, t'An ord.inance Amendlng sections I 908, 609 and 61O of tire O::d.lnanie Code of the Clty of Eurllngamet IIncneas1!8.!heMembe:lsoftheF1reConrnissiontoI.1ve;Presci:.u- llg rts Dutlesrrt ,ffas intr.oduced by couricilman Hr-:nt and given I flist readlng. ---- - - -'t 54 vv* 'i A Letter dated. May 7, 1950, rras read from the callfornia StateAutomoblle Assoclatlon, advislng that the cilty of Burllngame hastied. for second Plaee with Mankato, Mlrrnesota, among elties of10r000 to 25r0oo populatlon in the 1949 Natlonwlde FedestnianProtectlon Contest sponsored by the Amerl.can Automobile Assocla-tlon and further that a presentatlon would. soon be nrade of asculptured plaque as evldence of the Awand. rn connectionwith the above, Mayor Lover on behalf of the Counc11, compllmontedChlef of Pollce Theuer, Sergeant Prlce, and members 6f tfri poltceStaff on the recent Arurual Follce Revl6w and also the StudantPatrols of the various sohoors within the city of gurringame, Chlef Theuer achm.owledged the congratulations- of the Couieil- andin turn thanked the city council for the beautiful tfAward. ofAchlevem"Sttt pnesented. to the Burlingame Police Department. TheClty 0Lerk vras j.nstructed to cornmunicate vrith the irarious serviceelubs- and expness Coi:ncil appreci.atlon for their time and ener.gyin making the Annual Revlew a success. m1V9I Lgver on behalf of the Cor:nci1 also thanked Captaln l,{oorbyof the Fire Department, Hovrard rnus, president of th; chamber oicommerce and Joseph 0tB::5.en, menchants representative of thechamber of commerce on their splendid efforts in the presenttrclean-up t/eektt Dnive. chief Leis, for the benefit oh theconncil and those in attendance at the meeting, explained howthe d.&i've was belng conducted throughout the Ji:t:oois in the City.Ivlr. Granville Bnorrmlng, SeeretarT of the Chamber of Comrnercealso thanked those members of the Flre Depantment lvho ane help-ing 1n the current drlve for thelr cooperatlon. 1?0 Clalms Nosi 8592 to 8755 rffere read and on motlon of Counci.lman Simondsr s€conded by Councilman lIunt, and unanimously camied, theClty Treasurer was authorlzed to issue warrants in their respective amou.nts. There being no furthen buslness, the meeting lvas adjourned on rno-tlon of Councilman Huret, seconded by Councilman Atv.rater and r-rnanimously carrie d. Re spectJully submittod, Herbert K. Whlte "Clty Clenk ( Ao.-,?h AFPROVED: Dan R. Love, J &iayor a