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Burllngame,
JanuarXr 21,
Call f orrrla
1949
A speclal meeting of the Burlingame Clty Counctl wasthe above gLven date. lleetlng calIed to order at 7:O
membens having been prevlously notlflod as requlred b
consentlng to the holdlng of the meetlng. Mayor Siao
Chai:r.
hgld on0 p.n. a1.ly law and
nds l-n t l-re
Ro11 Ca1I:Present - Councll-mon: Dai-r 1-Harpe r-ilunt -Love -Simond sAbsent - Counci lmen: I,trone
tlayor Simonds stated that the moetlng lad been cal1ed for the
pur?ose of awardlng the bid on tlie proposed Becreatlon Bulldlng,
whlch blds wo::e opened at the prevlous Cou.ncll meeting ]:eId on
JanuazXr I?. Follovuing a r€vLew of the bids subnltted, Councllnan
Dahl moved that the contrect be awarded to Yrim. C. Smitl:, 508EI Camlno Rea1, BurlLngame, the lolr bldder, ln the arnount asfollows:
Base tsLd
A 1to rzrateAltoIrIate
05r 426. OO
7,571 . OO
2,585 . OO
No. l-No. 4
Total . .....$U5r582.oo
The motlon was seconded by Courrcllmsn Love and unanfucously carrled.
Councilman Dahi lntroduced and moved the pa.ssage of a rosolutlonautirorizing t.:',e Mayor to enten lnto and execute an Agr"eement
between the Clty of Burllngame and Em. C. Snlth, seconded. by
Councl,lman Love and adopted by the unanimous affi rrna tive vote ofthe Council members. C ouncl- 1man Da;r1 moved tlrat the bid bonds be
returrre d to the unguccessful bidders, seconded. by Cor:ncllrlan iiunt
and r:nanLmously carrled.
Ifayo r Simonds stated tllat the City of Burl-lngame iad been giyen
prd-orlty to purc,ase the Amerlcan Red Cross property, ad.Jacent toClty owned profre rty on Prlrorose lioad and vr..lci property could, at
somo future date, be used for the futurc developrnent of a clvlccenter. C ouricl lman .iiar?@r reported that the Councll hsd rtet wlth
oard had
urclla so
l\{ayo:r
he Red
and
improvements at tire agreed prlce of $53r25O.OO.The motion nas
seconded by Councl lman liar?6r and manimously carrled.
A letter dated Janr:a W 2!, 1949, vras read from K. S. Fltch, Dlnecto:rof Pub1lc liorks, advlslng that it was his recorcmendatlon that thegasollne contract for the fl-sca1 yoan beginnlng Pebnrary 1, 1949,be awarded to the Tidewater Assoelated Oil Co. ln aceordanco wlththe terms of thelr bld. Counclkian Daill, noved ti:at the Councll
concur ln the recoumendatlon and that the avrard be nado to the
Tl,dewater Assocl.ated 011 Co. , seconded by Corlncl lman llunt a rrd
u'ranlmous ly carrLed.
A letter dated Janua rX 19, 1949, was read from K. S. !-itc , Dlrectorof Fubllc VJorksl r.equesting Councll approval to attend sesslons ofth€ PLrst Callfornla Instltute on Street and -'lgirway problems in
Berkeley on February 1 and 2. Councilman Dai:I moved that the
Dlrector of Publlc i{orks be authrolzed to attend the sosdlons as
requested, seconded by Couneilman Love and unanlmously c arrled.
Clty Englneer Eitch presented the Councl-l with plans prepared for
the e rection 6f a sna1I bulldJ.ng ln Burlingame V111age, provlded
for ln the Speclal Bond Election l:e1d in Apri1, 1948, subsequent
to presentation to the Recreatlon Commission.
members of t ]-re Red Cnoss Board of Dlrectors and that the B
offered t i-re Clty the advantage of a 5f co:-'rrnl sslon on the pof the property. Councllrnan ;;rut tl:ereupon moved that the
be authorLzed to d eposlt fSrOOO.OO wlth the offlclals of t
Cross to enter lnto an agreement to purci:ase the property
City Englneer Fitch reportod on the need for temporary quarters
to house tho drafting departnent, pending the r,cqulsition of tho
iled Cross property on Prirueose iioad. IIe advised the,.Councllthat 1t was possiblo to secure space on the second floor o! thebuildlng on ih. corner 61 Park E6ad and Burl lngame Avenue (above
tho Lucky store) on a 6-nonth leaso at S55'oo per month ' city
qnAI
Englneer tr'Ltch was lnstnrcted to lnvostLgate this riatter and contactthe Ba.nk of Amerlca ln an effort to obtaln an extenslon of time forthe usage of theln bulldlng for the cltyrs drafti.ng department.
The re belng no furthe r busLness to come before the Councll atthls neetlng, the Councll was adJourrred on motLon of Councllman
Dahl, socondetl by C ouncl lnan :iarper and unan j.mously carried.
Re spe c tfu1ly s ubml tte d
Ctty Cle:rk
U. S. Slraonds, Jr.
Mayor
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