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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1949.01.0318 Burlingane, Callfornia January 3, L949 A regular meeting of the Bui"]-ingane City Councl]- was held on the above qiven date. !.Ieeting cal.Ied. to order at 8:OO p.m., - i!{ayotp SLnonds in the Chair. Roll CalI: Present - Councilmen: Dahl-Ilaryer-Er:lt-tove-simondsAbsent - Councllmen: None The rnlnutes of tire previous meetin3 of Decenber 20, 1948, as sub-mltted to CouncLl members and as posted on the Bulletin Boardin the City HaIl, were accepted and approved on motion of CounciJ-- man Dah1, soconded by Councllman Love anC unanimous ly carried. A letter dated December 29, 1948, was read fbom the Burlingamef'lre Cormlssion recorunendLng that the contract for the materlalfor the extension of the flr.e alarm systen in Bay Park be ara:rdedto the Grayber EJ-ectrl-c Conpany, Inc., the low bldder. CounclJ.- nan Dahl Boved that the Council concun Ln the recormtendatlon andthat the contract be swarded to the Grayb ar Electric Company, Inc.ln the aBount of S2,2O5.58, with a cash dLseount of S52.66; net amount, S2r15O.92. The notion nas seconded by C ouncl lmen Harper and unanlmously carrl-ed. A letter. dated Decerab er 28, 1948, vas read lYon Ed Lel-s, FlreChlef, requestlno an additl,onal seven days extension of sick leave fo:: Captain J. 1T. Taylor of ttre Eurlingame ltlre Department. 0n motl-on of Councilnran Deh1, seconded b.r Councilman tove and unanimous 1y carrLed additional slck leave as requested by theFire Chlef rvas granted to Captaln Taylor. A letter dated December 21, 1948, rras read llom the Bur1ingameFlr€ Cornmj.ssion r equesting that the anchlteet for the drL11 toner be lnstnucted to consult wlth the Flre Co"n'niss l-on regardLnq plans end speclflcatl,ons for the str:ucture. Idayor Sirnond.s stated thatthe Clty Attorney has advised the CouneLl that regerdless of thefact that the first Fire Bond 31ectl,on was declared. invalid, there ls no chanAe ln the status of the a?chLtect selected to draw the plans and specifications for the new Ffu'e Statlon and tho rlr111 Tover, and that the a::chitects, sharps and Brorn, would. be lnstructed to consult with the Flre Chief and the Itlre C orrmls sion. A letter dated Doeember 28, 194t, was read i):'on the Burlin8ame Recreatlon Commlsslon, requestin6g that permisslon be granted to Edgar Llncoln, Recreatj.on SuperLntendent, to attend ttr.e Callf- orrria Recrcatlon Executl,ves AssocJ atlon conferenee, to be heldln Senta Barbara on Pebruary 9, 1O and 11. Councilman Dahl moved that perrolssi.on be rganted to Superintendent Llncoln, wlth an expense allovlance in tto anouht not to exceed 675.00, seconcled by Councllman Hunt and unanimous Iy carrled. A letter flom K. S. Fitch, Dlrector of Pub1lc Ylorks, relative to the appoLntrent of an Asslstant Engl-neer', was tenporarily tabled pendln.e word flon the e ligiblos on the lis t. A letter date al December 31, 1948, was read f?om K. S. Eltcht DLrector of Public lIorks, advlsLn{: that hLs offLee is ln receipt of a letter froro the Rmallcomb l,iotor C ompany ln whi ch they ad- vlse tl].a t ctu-e to a price lncrease by the Chevrol-et lfotor Company, l.t is necessary to emend tirel-r proposal of December 6 to a new net cost of the plck-up truck for the Park Department i.n the amount of (}1r595.57. Hr. Fitchr s letter thereupon recoromended that the bld- of the gn. A. Ylallace Co., ln the anount of $1,607.42 be accepted in lj.eu of the Smallcomb l'{o tor Company btd rtrt ch was not a fLrm bld. Councilman Love movod that the CoulcLl neJect the bid of the Smalloomb }Iotor CoEpany, and co1t9u:r 11 th6 reconsnendation to accept the bid of the IIn. A. Hallace C9: r.tor i S/E ton Studebairer pick-tip truck, ln the as.or:lt ot #1t6O7.42, seconded by C orrnc ilnan Ea?per and unanirlous Iy carrled. A letter d.ated. Deeenb er 22, 1948, was nead f::on S. K. Whlpple, Executor of the Estate of Eva I,{. }brnan, deceased, requesting an lncrease in the rental of a lot used by the clty at Prlrn- ::ose Road and Donnelly Avenue. The comnunicati-on was neferr:odto the Street Co..rlttl ttee of the Council and a letter was di-rected to be sent to I!r. Whipple requestinq an appointmentto moet r,,i th the coranltteo. A letter dated DeeeBbe? 23, 1948, was read froEl the Burllngane Elementary School Dlstrict requestlng tbat tar,e s be cancelled oncertain school acqulred property. The City Clerk and the Clty Attq::ney were lnstructed to w"lte a letter to the Roand of Trusteesof the Elementary School Dlstrict advising then of the proper procedulre to fo11oe and the on]-y 1egal way the city nay proceed. A l-etten dated Decemb er 21, 1948, was read fr om the Bu::Ilngame Recreatlon Cor:rnis sion, advlsing the Councll that flrl1 consideratlon has been glven to the p lans for the proposed Coi'sunity CenterbUlldlng Ln Washl,ngton Park, as submitted by Oscar Thayer, arch-ltect, and recoruaendin,-: their adoptlon by the City Cot'tncil. C oun- cilman Dahl thereupon introduced and noved the passage of Reso-lutlon lio. 2-49, Approving and Adtopting Plans and Specificationsfor the ltrcw Rec::eation Buildlng in Weshln.qton Park, seconded by C orrnc l,l::ran Love and adopted by the unanimous afflrraative vote ofthe CouJ}cil. A.Letter de.te d. DeceBber 28, 1948, was read J':rom the Amerlcan- LaPrance lbamLte Corporation, acceptlng the Clty of Brr}llnfialnetscontract for two American-IJaIlance "Elirplre rt 1OOO C. P.lI. Pumps and Hose Cars and one American-LaF?ance l,Iodef nservlce Aerialtr Truck,ln the smourrt,of $671569.15, and subnltting two coples of contractto be si5ned.. Councilman Dahl introduced a resolution authon5-zingthe Mayo:: to execute the cont:ract for and in behalf of the City of Burlingane, and moved lts passage, seconded by Counclbaan Love and adopted by the unaninous affLrmatlve vote of the Councll. A report rvas read fron the Po1lce Judge for the month of Decenber, 1948, e nd placed on fl1-e. ResolutLon No. 1-49, entitled, "Flndin_qs and Detemination of 'heClty CounclJ- on the Applicatlon of Paul R. A. I{esse1 for a Ve-rlanceln Use of i,ot 15, Block 1O, as Per lilap of Bur].in3ane Land Companyrt, nqs introduced by.Councllman Hunt r'*ro moved lts passage, seconded by Councllman Har?er and ad.opted. by the rtnanlnous affirmative voteof the Council. C ounc tLnlan Hu.nt advlsed that the Flnance Conrdttee had studled the lnsurance blds subnltted at a prevlous Councll meetin:, and novodthat the bld be awarded to the Farmers Insurance Group for the Cor,rprehensLve ceneral Publtc Lrlablltty Pollcy and Autonotive Pub11cLlablJ-lff property danage as follovrs I Llrrlts: Bodl].y or ottrer InJury qiSO/2OOTOOO and 6].0rOOO Property Dtuage 5 year Te1"m Payab Ie Annually ligrogz.2o f'lrs t Yean Second Ye.rr Thlrd Year aa?.40 602.40 602.40 6, I The motlon ras secondad by Counci]:nan Harper and unanl-mous 1y car:ried.." Ifayor S inords stated t]rat a recourmcnCatlon subnitted by R. 17. Gantlinen Porrrrdmaster, concerning a proposod dog ordLnance, rvould be referredto the C 1- t;'r Attorney and discussed at a later date. l1ayor Slmonds :cequestqd that C}1l-ef Leis aqd the Fire Cornnlsslon Lnvestlgate and subml! a recon4endatlon to ttre Councll pertalnlng tothe operation of selflserved gqsollne stations, pu.rsuant to the adoptlon of an Ordlra4ce. I Ther6 being no f\rthe4 business,, the Council adjourned on motion of CouncLl$an Dah1, seco4ded by Cquncilnan i{unt and unani.mous 1y carrled. 19