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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.06.19l- $t.ts per s {i, .60 Per s L77 Burllngame, Callfornia June 19, 1950 A negular meetlng of the Burlingarne Clty Council was held on the above given d.ate. I,'leeting calIed to o:rder at B:1O p.m' - i,'layor Love i.n the Chair. Roll Calll Present Councllmen: Atrcater-Byrd-Hunt-Love-$imonds Absent Councllmen: None The mlnutes of the prevlous meetlng of June 5, 1950, as submltted to members of ttre Cor;rrcll ans as posted on the Bulletln Board j.n ti:e Cibf i{a1l were unanimously appnoved and accepted on motlon of Council:nan i{unt and seconded by Councllman Sinonds, Illonday, June 19r'1950, B otclock p.fil', was the time set for the openln! of bid.s for the publlcatlon of city 1ega1s for the lityo? furlingarne for the fiscal year beglnnlng July 1, 1950 and ending June 30, 1951. The City Clenk opened and read the following and only bid submltted: The Ari.vance Burllngame, Californla quare for tho flrst lnsertion of any notlce quare fo:: subsequent insertlons of the same notlce On motLon of Cor:nclLroan Atwaten, seconded by Counellman Btn:d and unanimously carcled, the bid as submitted was accepted. Resolutlon No. 19-50 -nAcceptlng the Agreement and Authorizlng lhe Mayor to execute said Agreement for the fiscal year Jgly 3-, 1950 tb June 50, L951rfl sras lntroduced by CounclLman SLmonds vrilqo moved lts passage, seconded by Councll:nan Hunt and adopted by the unanimous afflrmative vote of the members thereof, Mr. Louls Chess, Reglonal Manager of tJro Cal-ifornia Safety Cor.rnell, addressed the Council and on behalf of the CaLlforreia $afety CounclJ., presented to Chlef of 3o11ce fheuen a certlfl- cate of morlt for" conspicuous achlevoment ln the reduction oftrafflc fatalLtle.s {urlng the year L949. Qhief Theuer thankedMr. Chess and stated that hLs depantment would eontinue its work 1n the interest of safety. Mayor Love on behalf of the Council also congratulatod Chlef Theue:: and hls department on the awa::d.. Pursuant to a request at the last regulan Beeting of the Cou:eci1, Chlef of ?elIce Thouen, ln a lotter dated June 16, 1950, advlsedthat upon lnvestlgatlon of RLchard. J. Hess, hls referenoes havo boen found. to be satLsfactory. CounclLuran Simonds theneupon movod, that the applLcatlon to oper:ate a used ear Lot at LO14 Perrinsula Avenue, Bu:rlingalne, be granted }fr. Rlchar"d Hoss, seconde-d by Qor:nciLnan Atwaten and rrnanimousLy eanrled. A Letter dated, June 15, 1950, was. read flom t'h.e Board of E[re Comm'issioners, recommendlng that tbe Amerlcan taFbance 75t Aerlal Ladd.er Truck and. the ladder plpe be acceptod. Questloned by theCouncil, Chief Lels repor.ted that all condltions of the contract have been met, and the equipment tested Ls ln a satlsfaetoryeondltlon. Counclkran Si-monds moved coneurrence ln the necommenda-tlon that the Iadder T::uck and ladder plpe be aceepted, provlded. a wrltten stalement ls submltted by the Chlef of the Flre Depart- mont and the Fine Comlssion,certlfYlng that the speclfleatlonsln the orlglnaJ. bld have been conformed to. The motlon w&s seconded by Counollman lft"rnt and urranlmous.J.y camled. A letter dated Jrrno 2, 1950, was read. .fuorn Dr. Clinton V. Ervln, .]po t 105 l{oward Avenue, toget}rer wlth a petltlon slgned by 56 nosLdents of the 1, 2, 5 and 4 hundred bLock of Howard. Avenue, reques tlng that bouLevard stops be installed on l{ovrard Ave*ra at Drd.ght Road and on Humbo1dt Avenue, to stop the trafflc on Howand. Avenue. Dr. Ervln, pnosent ln the audience, spoke 1n behalf of th.e nesLdents by statLng that the t:raffic on Howard Avemre as it exlsts now, constltutes a hazard and the resldents 1n that area are anxious that somethlng be done to neduce the Lry8 hazards to a urLnimum. Councilnran Slmonds moved that the Chief of Police be instructed to conduct a survey and. submlt hls recorraaenda-tion to the City Council at the next reguilA.r meeting, and those Lnterested be so notlfied to be p::esent at the next meetlng. The motlon was -seoonded by Councllman llunt and ur:anircously canrled. A Lettor. dated June 5, 1950, was::ead f?om the Burllngame City Plannlng Corrnissi-on, advlsing that a delegatlon f?om St. PauLts E!1scopa1 Chr:reh had appeared before that Gommlssion wtth plans for a nursery school playgror-rrd on property owned by the Churchat OccldentaL and ChapLn Avenues, to be used for two ol: th.roe hours ln the mornlng five days a wook. The Letter f\.rther advisedthat the Commlssion had voted to ::ecommend. approval of the proposed use of the premlses. The recomnendation was unaninously coneumed in on motlon of Councilman Byrd., and second.ed by Council- man Atvlater. A letter flom the City Cleri<, dated June 16, 1950, was read, advislng that hls offlee was 5.n recelpt of a Letter flom the Boa:rdof AdmLnLstration of the State Eraployees t RetLrement System deslringto know lf the City wishes to have tho consulting actuarle.s pr6pare valuations for the amenduoents to ttre law th:rough 1947 and/or througlr 1949, in pneparatj-on to the penlodlc valuation schedule as of June 5O, 1950. The subject raatter as contalned ln the Board of AdrnLnls- tnationt s conatrunlcation was r"eferred to the Flnance Conmrlttee ofthe Councll. A lette:: dated Jr:ne 16, 1950, was read f?om K. S, Fltch, Dlrectorof Publtc V{orks requestlng the appolntrnent of two utllity men asfollows: one, assLstant to the sewage d.lsposal plant openator" and tho second,, drunp attendant. On motlon of CounclLman Simonds, No. 5 on the eIlglb1e 1ist, Robert T. Howard, nas appointed asutilitynan ln the Sewage Dl-sposal Plant, effective July 1, 1950, and subJect to the usual ::equlrements for appointees, seconded by Councllman Hunt and unanimously carri.ed,, Itoy H. Price, No. 5 onthe 1lst and noxt e3-ig1b3.e for appointment was appointed as dunp attend.ant, subJect to tt:.e usuaL requlrementsr orl notlon of Couneil- man Simonds, seconded by Councllman Hunt and unaninrously canr"l.ed.. A Letter dated June 16, 1950, was read flom K. S. Fiteh, D:Lrectorof PubLic Works reeonamend.lng that the bld submltted for LampContract for the fLscaL year L950-5L be neJocted and that a flrrther.ltwltation to bldders be made. CouneiiLman Simonds stated that lnhls oplnlon the btd submilted by the Richmond Electnic Gompany had been legal].;r vaLi,d and thenefo::e moved that the contract be awanded to that Company for" the ensulng year,. The motlon was seconded by Councikaan Atwater and unanimousS.y cam*,ed. A report on the status of sewage disposaL faclLLttes ln $an Mateo Counf,y as prepared by the Bureau of Sanltary Englneering State Department of PubLtc Health was submltted by Dlrector of PublLc Tilorke }ttch Ln a letter to the CounciL dated. June 16, 1950. TheCity CLerk read that portton of the ::oport concernlng the Ctty of Burllngamo t s treatment of sewage. The comunLcatLon was ordered, pl.aced on file. A letter dated. June 11, L95O, was read fr.om l{iss Doris Aylworth, 1O2O EL Camino Rea1, calJ-ing attention to certain condltlons whlshexlst on an adjacent lot and nequesting that lrcredi.ate actlon be taken to ellmlnate the unelghtly appearance as wel1. as the hazard.s Eow pr6sent. FolJ.ow:ifig a dlseusslon of the problem, Clty Engllreerl'ltehr Flre Chlef LeLs and Street Foreman WLLson Trere lnstnuctodto eonfer on tho ma.tter and to subreit a roport to the Councll atlts next ::egul,ar meetlng. Tho Clty Clerk was lnstructed, to advice Mlss Aylworth of the aetion taken. A letten dated June 15, 1950, was nead from Leo 0. Fagan, 6Lz Penlnsula Avenue, requesting approval of a subdlvLslon lnto threeI-ots of property on Bloomfieil,d Road and Peninsula Averrue, as shown on an accompanylng map. The communication was referred to the City Planning Cormrlsslon. -r r L7e A Lotter dated June 2, 1950, was nead from the Presldent of the G1r"1 Scout Councl3., &{rs. Ethel }ri. Langsd.orf, requesting thataction be deferced on the condemnation of the Gunst Home inlllashlngton Par"k rintll lt ls possible for" a committee of that grganlzatLon to inspect the bulldlng wlt& the vlew of renovatinglt, and uslng 1t as Glr:L Scout Councllts headquartens. TheClty CLerk was lnstructed to conrnunlcate rrlth I'drs. Langsdorfrequesting that a meeting date be sch.eduLed at v,hi-ch time theBulLdlng and Ground Corrmittee of the Cor.rncl1 rrrould. discuss thesubJect vrlth the cormittee replresentlng ttre Glrl" Scout Coujrcll. A conmu-nLcatlon {?om the San F}'anclsco lflater Department, datedJune B, 1950, together wlth a rerrocable permlt, vras nead,granting use of the property de:;cribed ln sald perr:rlt to the _91ty of Bu::llngame fon the purpose of parklng area pur3poses.I:t-"yol-tover-Ioo the benefLt of thoso in attend.ancer- stLtoa thatthe city w111 pay a rental to the san r'!"ancisco water Depart-qent olly fo:: the taxos on the propenty and, it Ls anticlpatedthat the area so descnlbed at the Broadway Railway Statibn and.the Burllngame RalLway Station wiLL provld.e parking fonapproxlmately 60O ears. Councllman }Iunt thereupon introdusedand moved the passage of ResolutLon I{o. zo-so, Lceeptlng theRevoeable Permit and authorizing the &ts$rsr to- execute t6eagreement. The motion was seeonded by cor.r.nciL::nan simonds and,adopted by tne unanimous afflnmatlve vote of the Councll membe::s. A Letter from the Burllngamo city Plannlng conmj.ssj.on d,atedJune 5, 1950, was read advislng that follovrlng a hearlnq on thepetltlon for variance f?om tapantmentn to t,coftnenclalr, 'ione (specifi9alIy for use as a Medieal and Dental O1inlc) affectingnesidentiaL bulldlng deslgnated as 15oo Bnoadway and 1po5 EI Cgryino Rea1, and lsrosin as Lots 1L and 12, Block PO, Easton Ad.dlt&on I{o. 2, -\he CommLsslon voted that the reguest a.ssubmittod be denled. A Councll pub]-lc hearl_ng was sched.uled. fonJuly 17, 1950, ln the CourrclL Chambers in the-Clty HalI, B:OOp.m., &t tryhLch time alL persons interested rryere invited to attend.. Reports f?om the Recreation neparturent, AprtJ. sn6 }'igy 1gE0; lhu Burl5.ngame FLre Depertment, PolLce Department, nurlingameLibnany, Ci.ty Judge for tb.e month of May, 19EO; aiso a repontof tho L?th Annual ivleeting, T{estern", Chapter, t{atlonal Shahe TreeConfenence, Loag Beaeh, Callfornla - May 24 to 22, I9EO, weresubmltted to members of the Corincll and ordered fiIed. Unden the heading of Unflnlshed Buslness, a letter d.ated June 19,1950, w&s read flom the Burlingame Plannlng Connnlssion advlsing t'h.at at a speelaS- study meetlng of the Commlsslon, consldenation loas glven to the proposed panking plan at Oak Gnove-CaroLan Aveaue shopping center, Tt was the concensus of all of the coumLssioners that the proposed. nevr plan ls preferable to parktniSat the re&r or in the street ln front, of the buiS.ding and it wasthenefore rocolrcnended that approvaJ- be glven as outli-ned on thep1an. City Attorney Karatel advLsed that should 'r,he Couneilaccept the proposal, a map shov*ing the detailsr &s trelL as thedate of CounclL acceptance should be on fl1e 1n the offlce of theCity Clenk. Follouring a dlscueslon es to the responslbility ofmalntalnlng a portion of the clty street ln the parklng plan, the Councll" were advlsed. that slgns shouLd be ereeted lndicating thatthe City vrl1l not be responslble to either person or p::opertyvrhile tkre premlses are being used by the publle and tlre bu::denof nesponslbilty rests vrlth the otrners to malntain the area 1n a manner lnsuring publlc safety. Councllman $imontls moved that aletter be forwa::ded to t}.e subdivlden aI-ong with the map as submltted., reo..u.est1ng that he subuLt a rmltten statement to theClty Clerk to tho effect that he coneurs ln the suggestlons as outllned. above, and that ttre Clty would be absolved f?om all1iab1L1ty. The motlon was seoonded by Councllman Hr:nt and unanlmously earcled. 0n motlon of Counellman Hunt, second.ed by Cor-rncll-man Atwater,flrst reading of 0ndinance 1{o. 489, pentai-nlng to Artiele 51 -BicycJ-es, was postponed at this tLme and the subjeet refemedto the Pollce Comrlttee on the CounslL fon further study. l-' 180 A letter clated Ju.ne 19, 1950, '!'{8.s read from C. A. Tore1lo, L145 Drake Avenue, requesting lnforrnation on the su-bject of the vridening of Chapin Avenue and advj-sI-ng that the delay on the action of the proposed vrldening has deprived him of the l-egltiniate use of hi-s Frimrose Hoad property. Qrrestioned by the Corrnci-l, City Engineer Fitch advlsed that nothing has been done since & memo vras sent to the CouneLl several weetrrs ago at w?rlch time plans rrore presented on the basis of widenin5; the street 98 foet instead of the original 60 feet, an<L requesting that lf the plans are approved. i;r the CounclL, he be author:lzed to proceed on the 98 fee! basls. Following f\pther dLscrrssion on tfre subject, I'{ayor Love appointed Couneilman Atwater,, chairrnan of a commtttee, together u{th Cou"ncllman Hunt and Corr-ncil:tian Simonds, to meet in the near future v.rith a comnittee composcd of Chapin Avenue resiclents to fuithe:: dlscuss the proposed. vridenlng of Chapin Averrue. Iiliayor Love submLtted the rrane of !trs. Jack E. Harrison, for re- appointment as a member of the Libnary Board and on a motlon lntrocluced by Cor-rncilman Simondsn and seconded by CounelLi:ran Atwater tlr.e appolntmont was unanj-mously confirmed. The name of Steb Teal vuas submitted by l,layor tovu for reappolntmeat as a member of the Lib::ary Board. 0n motion of Cotrncilman Slnonds, seconded by Councilman l{unt the appolntment was unanlmously conflrmed.. Cou.ncilman Atwater moved that George A. BroviTr, be reappointed to the Planning4 Cormlssi.on, following the submisslon of his raame by I'iayor Love. The motion was seconded by Councilman Sj-monds and u-nanj.mous 1y confirned. i;iayor Love submitted the na&e of D. A. St;ivopsr &s a member of the Planni-ng Commj.ssion for another terrn and on motion by Councilman Hu::t, seconded by CouncLlman Sinror:ds the app6intment viias unaninously confirmed. Claims }tros. 8?59 to 8tr15 ln tha amount of {i9tr647.21 1.,'ere read and vrarrants orde::ed dravrn on the Clty Treasury for their respectlve amounts on motion of Councllnnan Simonds, seconded by Courcilman Atrrrater and unanimousllr ca:.ried. Questloned by I,.Lr. L. B. I{aseltlne, 851 iraj-rfield Haod, as to thei-IIegaI use o:il t}:e prenilses next to hls homre, [{r. Haseltine rias advlsed that the Building Inspector has eontacted the otr',rlers Off theproperty in question and that the l1lega1 use r,;i11 be discontlnued lrnmediately. Councilnan }Iunt, chairrian of the Off-Street ?arklng Cor:mrlttee ofthe Councll, reqlrested that Ctty Engineer Fitch meet s'ith the Cormrittee ln the near f\rture ancl ttrat he proceed as soon as possible on the work of provldlng parkfug areas at the Broadrvay and Burllngane Rai-1vray Depots. Jrir. Fitch r*as f'urther' ::equested to prepare plans for submisslon to the irtills Estate in connection vrj-th the possibillty of wld.enin,g California Drive fnom Dr:fferin Avenue to }llllbrae Avenue, i,ilLLbrae. Questloned by the Council, Ctty Engineer Fttch stated that bids onthe street repalr progran would be submitted to the Councll at Lts:regular meeting on the 17th of July. City Engineen Fitch advlsed that city o'rvned property on Capuchino Avenue v,rould be vacated this raonth and 1t was hoped that the sal-eof the house and othen appertenances vuould be adventised by the5rd of Ju1y. Ansvrorlng Council inqulny as to dLscussing probLems with the CityEnglneer of San I'[ateo concerning ttre removal of the stneet cartracks along California Dnive and San I'lateo Drive, Clty EngineenFttch advlsed that he had not contacted the Englneer of San $iateobut had diseussed the sj-tuation with State Hi.5{rwa5r authorLfles. He further advi-sed that the City of Burlingamets pIans cllffered.fon the remoVaf of trgcks fnom those of the C5.ty of San $Iateo. 181 There being no f\rther business before the Council at thistlme, the meeting lvas adjourned o n motion of Councilman Atvrater, seiorided by Couincilman Byrd and unanimousl;r carried. Respe ctfirlly submitted., ffiRBEHT J{. i*ITTECity Clerk APPROVED:O ,/Jo-*f,, &.n R. Love