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Burllngeme, Callfornla
Jaauary l?, L949
A :ro gular raeetlng of the Burlingame Clty Councll ras held on the
above given date. ldeeting called to order at 8:15 p.mo, - ![ayo!
Slmonds Ln the Chalr.
RoI1 Ce1I: Present - Councllmen: Dahl-Earper-Eunt-Love-Slmonds
Absent - CormclLE6n3 Norm
The mi.nutes of the prevLous meetlng of Jalruary 3, L949, as sub-nltted to Council membels and as posted on the Bulletin Board
Ln the Clty EalL, rere accepted and approved on motlon of Coun-
clLman llunt, seconded by Councllnan Dahl and r:nanl-lrous Iy carried.
Monday, Jsnua"y 17, 1948, was the tlme set fo:r the op€tng of
GasolLne tsids for. tlre perLod lbbrua:ry 1, 1949 to January 31, 1950.Clty Clerk lIhlte opened anil read tho followlng blils:
Prenfu.@ RegulqqRlchfie1d Oi1 Co4:o::atloa $.191 per ga 1 $.176 Per gaI.
lank Slagon prlce at tine and place of de1lrrely Less Ly' per gaIlon
Slenal O11 Corpany $. 19I pe:r gaL. $.1?6 per ga1.
Iess lly' por gal.J.on Tarik Tnrck Dellvery
Unl.on O11 Company of CallfornLa $.211 per gal. $.3.40 pe:r gal.
Less Ly' por gaI1on tark wagon prlce as postod
SheLl o11 C onl])any $.2o1 per gaI. $.186 per gal.
$.185 per ga1. $.1? psr gaI.
$.191.0 per ga]. S.fz0o per gal.
Joseph t . Castor Company
Less dlscorurt ly' per gallon
Tl1e Texas Colq)any $.1s1 per gal. $.1?6 per ga1.
IJess dl.scount Ly' pet gaIlon
T14e Yyatqr Assqclated Ol1 Colcl)aray $.3-9I pen gal. $.1?6 per ga1.
Tank lYagon P:rlce Less 1y' ga1Ioa
CounclLman Love noved Urat tbe bitls be referred to the Clty Erg!.neen-
Pu.rchas lng Agent fon study and nocormendatlon to the Clty Councll,geccnded by Councllman Dahl and unanl.mous Iy carrlod.
Monday, Janua::y yl , L949, ln the Council ChaJnbers of the Clty EaIL
Burllngane, ras the tlme set fe the openlng blds on the Recraeatlon
Bulld1ng to be o:rected in Washlngton Park. The follorrlng blds re:re
oponed by Clty Clerk Ithi te and read as follows:
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San F !:anclsco, Ca1lf.
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SaJr Mateo, Call fornla
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San Eanclsco, Callforzr!.a
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CouncllDan Love moved t'trat the bLds be held. for E tudy and that a
meeting be ar:ranged rltJr the SuperLntendent of Eeereatl.on, the
Reoreation Cor,mission, the archLtect and the Clty CounclL fon
the purpose of considering the proposals. The mirtlon was second'edby C orlnel luoan Dahl ,nd unanlmous 1y carnled.
A letter dated Decemb er 29, 1948, was read f)poa Glerur f. l,{cCaffuey
1oca1 representative of the San ltrateo C ounty Chap te:r of the
Northera Callfonnla Seirrlce Statlon Openatoigr Assoclation, Inc.,urgtng Councll actlon ln prohlbltlng the establlshment of rself-
server gasollno statLohs wl thtn the Clty of Burllngame, There
belng no obJectlons by members of the Councll, ttre contents wero
noted and the corqnrrnlcatlon recelved and pLaced. on fiLe.
A letter dat€d Jaruar 7i ]-Z, L94O, was read flom the Bu:rlingameRlre Conr:aLsslon, sLgned by Eer.I F. Schmldt, Chalrrnan, and Chi6fof the F*ino Department, Edward J. Leis, recommending that an
ondi.nance be dravm prohlbltlng the e s tabllshnent of self-senvedgasollne statlons ln tb.e Clty o'f Burllngame. C ounclLman Earp€r
moved concr:rence in the ::ecirnriendatLon-and the Clty Attorneybe lnstrlcted to prepar.e an ordinance proirlblting the operatJ.onof self-served gasolino statloris wl ttlLn the confines of the Cltyof Bu:r1Lngame. The motj.on was second.ed by C ounc l.lsran llunt end
unanlmously carrled. .
A letter dat€d January 13, 1949, was read 1?om t he FLre e om-
misslcn recomrnendlng that the cbntract for the purchase of one
hlgh prossr::ro fog and 'squad truck be awarded to P. E. Van Pe1t,
Incor?oratod, on tilelr- bld of $12r2O5.35. CounclLnan Dahl
moved that the CouncLl concur lnflre roconrirend.atlon and that thebtd be awa::ded to P. ii. Van Pel:t, fncorporated, ln the amountstated, soconded. by Councllnar Ipve and unanlmous Iy cam5.ed.
M::. Van Pe1t, repre s entLng the flm, thanked the Council forthe actLon taken.
A letter datoal Jaluary 13, 1949, was read iloa R. C. Theuer,Chlef of Pollce, ::eporting favorably on an Lnvestlgatlon made
on the appllcatlon of Andrew J. Johnson, 145O Eoward Avenue, tooperete a used car Lot at that address. Councllman DahJ. movedthat Mr. Johnson be granted a tjusiness llcense to operate thoused cer Iot, seconded by Counitlaran Earpe:: and unanlmous ly car-rled.
A lette:r dated Jeluary 6, 1949, we,s read Ilm Bl1llanr E. Newshad,
roquestl-ng perulssion to establlsh and ope:rate a business ofbuylng and se11lng used automobiles at 125 Californla DrLve,fonnerly operated by the Lewis Automotlve Sorvl,ce as a Used CarLot. The comnrrnlcetloa ras referred to the Chlef of Po1Lce forlnvestigatlon on !'totLdn of Couricll&an Dah1, second.od by Cour-cll'nsn love and unanlrnous 1y cat'lLed.
A letter dated Jarruary 6, 1949j ras read ilcm K. S. Fitch, D1-rector of Publlc iiorksr subrolt ti.ng a petit5.on slgned by 35 per-
sone residing ln the Skyllno Lidnor Su'r.id1vlsl.on rho Lrsve requestedthat street ltglrts bo lnstalJ-ed on the exlsiing power poIes.
ltre subject tras refor:I3od to the Street Comnlttee of ttre Coun-cLl for s tudy and recomendatlon to the Councl]., on notlon of
CouncLlaan IJovs, s€conded by C o-unc ilnan Dahl end lrr^anlnous 1lr
A lette]r de.ted Janrarli Z , LS+e ,. was roed flon t he S afeway Stores,fnc. rpeguesting Councll considenatlon ln alJ.oring tbat Conpanyto pave a 1Ot Publtc Utilitles easement ln the rea:c of theLrproperty on Callfornla fnive aid. Sanchez Avenue. The subject
yras refernod to the Clty Enginder Ln order ttra t a satleifactory
agre emerxt nay be reached rLth tle S afevay Stores, Inc. rsgard-ing lis responslbllltf. fhe Cfty Attorney nas instructed topnepare s resolution to be presented at a lator Councll ueet5.ngaffecting such agre ement.
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A letter al,ated JanuaW L4, 1949, was read ilom James A. Ea11,
Chainoan Bu:rllngame Ltb:rary Board, advlsLng the Corrncll of theillness of [ILss Irene E. SnL th, LibrarLan, and requesting that
an addLtional thi:rty days n s5.ck-Ieavofl be gnanted. Counc:.Lnan
Earp er moved that the Corrncll concur in the recommendatlon andthat Miss Snd. th be granted the additional time reqrested, seeondeclby Cour:cilnian DahI and unanlmous ly carled. The Clty Clerk was
instr?ucted. to wr.ite a letter to Lfiss Snlth and to convey theltlshos of the Clty Councll'fo:: a speedy recovery.
A letter dated Janu.ary 13, 1949, Tas read lbom the St. Eraneis
Investnent Conq)any, rtro are currently constructing the Lucky
Store on the corner" of Geapin Aveme and Ef Camino Rea1. Theletter roquests thgt ttre Council serLously consLder conaencing
the vrid.ening of Cbap Ln Avenue as soon as possl.ble, or gnantthat company permlsslon to widen 358 feet of thelr slde of
Chapln Avenue. Uayor SlEonds stated that as the e oruruni c a tl on
had been received late, the CouncLl were of the opi-n5.on that
mo::e s turly should be gl.von to the subject. There being no ob-jectlons lt was referred to the City :sngine e:r, the City Attor-
ney, 'the Chlef of PoJ-5.ce, the Planning Cornmiss5.on and to ttreStleet Conmitteo of the CounciL to meet as a group to dLscuss
ttre nratte::. Uayor S lBondE a].so suggested that prop€rty ovnens
wi thLn that aroa be notifled of such a meeting l-n o:'der ttrat
they may be given atr opportuntty to express themselves as to
uhether they favor w5.d ening the length of the street or that
the y do not.
A letter dated Janua::y 1.5, 1949, was read fnon t he CivLl Servlce
ComnissLon r eqeesting that the bliglble Ilst fon Cp tain ln the
FLre Department be renosed. for one year o? u]]til Januar
As sone questlon was ralsed as to extend.lng the 1lst fo
geants ln the PolLce Department, whlch 11st also expire
saue date, and a letter has not been ::ecelved. from the
Service Cormlsslon, requesting the extension of-thls 11actlon rras taken by the Courrcil. The letter was recelvplaced. on flIe.
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A letter dated .Ianuar;r 13, 1949, sas read llom the f'Ire C om-nisslon, together rrlth a letter Ilon Ralph Read, requesting a
demotlon fir.om Captaln to Eosenan ln the Fire Deparmtnet, andwhlch r,6guest lras concurre d. ln by the Ffue CorrrlssLon, to beeffective Jenuary ]fu^1949. CounclLmal Da\.1 moved tlra t therequest of Ra1p[r/bts"EEcepted, seconded by Cogncllnan Hunt and
unardmously carrled., Cou:reil:lran Harper moved that the C ouncLlconcur Ln the re c or,rnend.a tl on of the F!.re ConmlssLon and that
Ra1ph Read be d.emoted from Captaln to Hoseman, effeetlve Jan-
ua:r,y 15, 1949, secontled by C ouncll.lran Eurt and r:nanlmously
carnLed.
A letter. d.ated, Janua::y 15, 1949, ras read from the Flre C om-
ml-ssl.on, requestS.ng that the vacancy exlsting ln the positionof Captain be fl].lecl. C ounci lman Datrl moved tirat No. 1on the
e3.igib1.e 1ist, Harry l{oretread, be appointed to the position of
Ceptaln i,n the Flre Departuent, effectLve February L, L949,
seconded. by Counc I]JIan tove ald unan'i mous 1y carr:led.
A letter dated. January 13, L949, wag read fiora }be ti T. CcJ-by,socrota?y of the Bunllngame f,lbnary Board, requestlag t]:.at hlsreslgnation as a memben of the Board. be accepted. The request
was ].ald on tlre table fo:r -fiu.ttrer eonsideratlon.
Reports were read from the Bur]-Lngame Etre Department and th,eBurlLngarne Po1lco Depaptment fo:r the montJr of December, Lg4B,and placed. on flle.
Under the heading of llnflnished Buslness, a potition firom theBurllngane Elementany School Dlstrlct vai reLd requestlng een-cellatLon of taxes on lire real estato d.escrLbed "J lot AI elock25-, Torn-I of Burlingare Subdivis5.on, recently pr::rctrased f6rschool purposes. courcl krarr Eunt introduceil and moved U1epassage of a resolutlon caacell.ing ttre 1949-1949 arrd subsequenttaxes on thereal estate against tJee seid ploperty re fer:r.ed. -to,
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Bocorld€d by corrnci3man Dahl and adopted by th€ unanimous affi::m-
ative vote of the Councll- meribers.
Clty Cle::k Ttlblte advlsect that a letter lYom the second eliglble
applintee on the list for Assl-stant Engine er has been recetted
lii which he has stated tlrat he w111 be uaevallab 1e for appolnt-
ment. counc iLnan Daidl moved thet ttrle Cormcl]. c oncu:t ia tlle re-
quest prevtously mc66 by the Clty Englnee! for' the appolnfuent
oi en issistant-Englnee:r and that No; 3 on the llstr- Leonard A'
wlaenr- be appointeE, s econded by C ounc l3rnan Love and unanhous Iy
caried.
A letter dated Jorq,ary J.4, 1949, ras nead flom the Stareet Com-
mlttee of the Cor:neil, repo::tlng that an lnvestlgatlon has beea
maile on t he request oi S. 6. r/hl.ppIe, oxecutor ln the estate of
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Mrs. Eva I,f . Fa.rnsnr deceased, to raLse tl.e rental of th.e prop-
erty used by the Clty for parking Iot_purposes and located-at the
c o:rner of Pi'lm:rose Rbad and Donne I1y Avernte, and recomaendlng
that the Councll eoncu, 1n the reqtrest. Councllnan DahI moved
that the reconnendatlon be aceepted end tbat the Clty pay a
rental of S?o.oo per monttr startlng as of Jarnl.ary 1, 1949r to
the Estate of Eva U. FsltDan, deoeased, for the prlvllege of
using the above lot for panldng lot pr:rposes, seconded by C oun-
cLLrnan Ipve and unallmous Iy carrled'
Clty Attorney Karme J. advised the Councll tbat [Irr Josepb J. -Pbtiltps, negotiating for and inbehalf of the Clty-of BurlLn-
game, hai secured the optlon to purchase throe parcels of 1.anil
on Cerolan Alrenue from ?€ter ard i'iarguerite venerdLr the Blr-
llngalre Shore Land Co. r a corporatlon, and th.e ffenry J. KaLse:r
Company for the prapose of extending Carols:r Avernre as proposed.
Councllman Dahl lntro&rced and moved ttre passage of a resolutlon
acceptl-ng the optlons as presented, seconded by Counc 1lran
Ea.rper and adopted by the unanimous affl.raatlve voto of the
Cou]fcil Eembers.
Idayor SImondB stated that ChLef Edward J. LeLs and Clty Eugtne enK. S. Fltch hsve been 1n conference wi th rssldentg of Burlln-
garae Ell1s ln aD effort to obtaln thelr oplnion as to the ad-visabill.ty of comlng lnto tlre Clf,y of Bu:rlingane, but so far
have been unsuccess fi:.l. Mayo:r SLuonds stated that as the resl-
dents of Burllngane IILLIs aro not paylng for flre hytlrant
sorvLce nslntaLned by the Clty of Bugllngae, the Cor)llcLl ar6of the opinlon that lt rvlLI be necesEary to e Lther lncrease tbe
rrate:: :rates in tbat area to pay for tlee serglce on tha t s ome
means siL1 have to be provlded for tho payr.ent of the flre
hydrant service. fn order that a solutlon may be found. to tbeproblem presented, tile CIW Clerk lras lnstructed to rreet wi ththe Clti Attorney.ard the Dfuector of Rrblic ltorks fon the
purppos e of draftlng a letten to the residents of Br:rlinga.meIIlIIs inforrning tham of the positLon the CounelL ntst assuneln order to carry on the e nesponslblllty.
Butldlng Inspector Watson, questloned by the Cormcll as to hl,s
opinion rogardlng the chaqglng of fees fon nro1l-a-reytr typeof homes, answered. that {foecent meet5.ng of Bulldlng fnspectors,all were of 'the oplnlon that the matter be handled exactly as 1n
th.e ease of the erectlon of nevr bulldlngs and that the ::e gular
license and inspectlon fees be irposed. LIr. Ilatson was lnstruc t6dto meet rlth the City Attorney in order to prepare an orciLnanceprotectlng the City in such lnstanceg.
Council$an Dalr L called attentlon to t}ro fact that Burllngane ras
placeC number seven out of 556 citles of ec,mparable slze Ln a
rocent natLonal safety contest and couplimenled Chlef of Po].lce
Theuer and hls staff. l'latr'o, "*orrds Ln behaif of t'he Councll
al.so ccmpllr:rented Chl-ef Theuen fo:r hls entrance lnto ttre conrtest and establlshing such a fLne record.
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C 1al-Es Nos. 6393 to 65O8 rere re&d and warrants order:ed dravm orx
the City Treasury for theLr nespeetlve amourrts, on motlon of
Corrncilr,ran DahI, secondetl by Counci.lman llarper and unanS.nous 1y
carrL ed.
There being no furthen business, Councllman Dahl moved that the
Cor:lcl1 adjourrr, seconded. by Councilman Ear?er and r:ne.nlmous Iy
carr.led.
APPROVED:
Respectf\r11y sublritted,
City C1e::k
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