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A re.iu-lan nee tfu:g of the Burlinganre City Councll rvas ]reIcl on the
aborre ,.;iven clate. l'leetJng caIled to order at B:00 p.rn. - i,ia;ror
Atvrater in the 3hair.
?he minutes of the prevlous meetlng of }Tovember 19, 1951, as sub-
urltted to mercbe:rs of the Clty Councll and as posted on the Bul1etinsoard in the City HalL, were- unanLnous 1y approved and adopted onnotion of Councllman Hunt and seconded by Councilman love.
A letter <1ated Novemben 30, 1951, vras read from the BoerC of Fire
Cormri.s s ioners, recomoendlng ttla t vrater mains and hydrants be lnstaL-Ied for the protectlon of property on the o1d Bayshore Hi€hway and theindustrlal a::ea, east of the Southorn Paclflc tracks and north oftsroadway. In order to clarlfy the lnte::p::etatlon of the tr!.re
Cormlssionts reconmendatlon, ttre pub1lc was lnformed that there
a:re ttrre e hydrants and an elght lnch $ater pLpe presently exlstentln the vlclnlty. The subject was referred to the lYater Corutrisslonfor a reconurendation as to th€ installatlon of additlonaL facllitiesto senve the aneas ln questlon.
A lette:r dated i'Iovemb er 26, 1951, was read fron E. L. ILncolnrRecreatlon Supe::lntendent, requestlng an appolntnent to the positlonof Recr.eatLon Supe:rvi-sor. IIo. 1 on the eIlglb1e Ilst, Joseph A.Zlemlnski, was appolnted to the above posltion, effectlve December16, 1951, on motLon of Councilmsn Byrd, seconded by Councilman
Hunt and unanimous Iy ca?rled.
A letter dated Novemb er 26, 1951, was read fron City Clerk Herbert
i{. Whlte, reques tl"ng the appol,ntment fbom ttre current eltgibJ-ellst for the posLtLon of Senior C1er.k-Stenographer. The CtvilServlce Commisslon havlng ::ecelved a notlce of wal-ver of position
frorn the ffu"st eIlglbIe on the Iist, CouncLlman love noved that thenext e1igib1e, I'l:rs. ilelen J. Wade, be appointed to the positlon ofSenLor Cle::k-S tenographer Ln the Clerkts office, seconded byCouncilnan IIU-nt and unanlmous 1y earrLed.
A letter dated ltrovember 28, 1951, was read fYom Hor,rard fmus,
Chal,rman of the Servlce Clubst Connlttees, requesting Councll eonsi-deration and appr"oval to ti'e Comnltteest plans to consolidate servlce
c 1ub slgns into an attractlve dlsplay at the northern entrance oftb.e clty. The subJect was refered to ttre Bulldlng Commlttee of ttreCouncil and two members of the Plannlng Comnrls s l_on to meet l,rl th
Chairrnan ft,rus and hls conmittee.
A petl,tlon, dated ovember 2, Lg5l, was read. fbom home owners on
Arrl ta Road, requesting CouncLl consLder.ation in the erectLon ofstreet ltglrts on Anlta Road, between Baysuate:: and PenlnsularAvenues. l,Iayor Atrvater s tated that there are parallel cas es vrhichalso woul-d Justtfy eonslde::ation and that the subject would be re-ferred to Councllman Byrd, Chairman of the Councll Lightlng
C omnrl ttee.
A letter d.ated I'Iovember 19, 1951, vras read from Ja-mes A. Vincent,Chrlstlan Science Comral, tte e on Pu.l:lication, submittlng clipplnss inconnection n'lth the proposal to fluoridete pub1lc vrater' sy5lsms.
Tl':.e c on;rrr-ni ca tlon vas referred lo J-,h e I'ja.ter Corrurission enC the CltyClerlc tras ins tructed to acknovrledge i.Ir. Vincent t s letter.
A letter dated Decenber 1, 1951, from Y/. H. lYynnan, 1156 Caprr-chino
Arrenuer reo.ues ting Council action in tl-re renol'a.I oi large acacietrees in the parlfl'/ay area of hls nelrlrborhood, r,ras referred to the?arl: Superintend.ent for his recornroendation and report.
A letter. dated Uoverober 3O, 1951, was read lY.onr Russell A. l,lolr, 168Channini ]load., reqnesting a Council investL3ation on the sub-standardconclition of a buildlng acl joinlng the above property. The subjectl'ras r.eferred to the Buildin6q fnspector, the Flre Departnent anrl thehealth Department for inspection and report to the -CouncLl.
!1c]jrrange lilo. 521, rrAn Ordinance AniendLnU the Ordj-ne.nce Code byAddin5 Tlrereto a I,trevr Sectl on !227 .1 , LirnitLnll, Stopp!.n;; and Pai'klng
of Autonobiles on Carolan Avenue for llore Than Tvro lioursrr
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schedlLled for second readin6;, r'ras amended, chary; ing the l'rords
B a.n1. to read. I 4.11. on r:rotion o! Council-r,ran Si-nonds, seconded
by Councilnan Love and unaninously carried. Councillan l{unt
tirereupon noved the passa:e of Ordinance 1'Io. 521r as anended,
secondld by Council-man Byrd and adopted by the following vote:
Ayes : C orr-nci lman : A trva ter-B;'rd-Il:-nt- Love -S inonCs
I,l6es: Councilmen: Itrone I
Absent Councikien: IIone
A not5-ce, dated llover,:b er 2O, 1951, vras read fr"on Assembl;'nan
Richard.J. Dohvig, announcing a schedlrle of neetings relative to
the creation of a Ra7 Area Pelional l\tt thori'by.
Unfinished Elrsiness
1. Final report on the Chas. El-let property on Lorton Avenue to
be nacle at the 3sl]slar Council neeting of Decenxber 17.
2. Councilman love ar:nounc e ci. that he and the City Attorney e;pect to
p:.esent a report on the acloption of the Fire Departmentrs mles and
re-;ulations at f,he next nreeting of the CouncLl.
Granville Erov,ming, Secre tary of the Durlinga-ne Cl-rarnb er of corcmerce,
armouncecl -uhat seiiitor Randolph 3o11ier of Yreka, r'ril-l l:e the gues t
speaker at a Chamber of Connerce lulcheon at the Chukker on
Dlcerlber 11, at lirich tine CouncLl nenbers l/ere Lnvitecl to be
pre s ent.
Lirs. Sophie ilari,lng, 2616 lij-11sicle Drlve, addressed the - Council
citin6i ihe continuiiiion of a c1o3 mrisance ln lionth Eurlllgame and
calliig attention to vlolations on the hei :ht o-f -hedi;es ^
and shmbs
at the -follorving locations: sou-theast corner of Cortez Avenue
anrl Easton DrivS; southv,'est corner of Vancouves Avenue and H111-
side Drive. Ltrs. Ilartun;1 also requested information as to the
cor"e"t pr.ocerlure to estiblish a Cl by i.ianager form of governnent.
The following action v;as tallen:
1. The question on ttre abatenent of the dog nuisanco vras refer-
red to the Poundrras ter.
2. The violations as outlinerl above rel-ative to hgl1ht of hedges,
,ri th thu adriition to the list - a violation noted at ttre corner of
ttilisfde Drlve and Colunbus Avenue - l,as refer.ed to the Pa:'k'sr,purr"t.naent ancl a report to be rendered to the Dl-rector of Pub -
lic ',iorlrs.
3. The City Attorney a-dvised that a City-iianager f orr'r. of iovern-
rrent could LitL"r be'established by an initlative petition and
"oi" Uy the people or by the acloption of an Ordinance, i'ntroduc-
ed by the Council.
Speakiq on the subiect of a City Ir:anager lor the Clty.of -ili,"ij.r.li i*", Iiayor Aivater, councilmen Bpd, Love and simonds,
each in turn, e,'ipressed tl.e opinion that if such a forn of
:o""""*n"t i! aesirea, the islue sl:ou1d be voted by the eJ.ectorate'
L{ayor Atwater reqrresterr that the Rr-rilciilg Inspector" uld.Ihu. Pound-
,r*!t", be instructed to atbencl t6e re;u1ar rneetings oi the Cor.r-nci1.
councllman love, in a staterrrent to the citizens ol Rurlin6ame, as
*"1-1 *" to the citlzens of san hlateo count)' and the entire^state,
vrarnecl the electorate to be alert in the selection of cendldates
ior puflic office and to exercise thelr rlxht and privileSe to vote'
S tuclents from ttre Roosevelt, i.lciiinle;', ir.jashington and College
it"k C""r,rntr Schools, present at the meetin3, lvere introrluced zJ1d
uelcomed. I'Ir. In1u.s,
- speaking in behalf of the group, e>"pressed'
"pp"."i"ii.n for corlncil "ordirlity in vrelcoming the stu,dents and
;ffi;;;i;"4 irtu iroportunce of coopeiation botween scirools and
governrnental bodles.
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s, the meeting rvas adjournedat 9 p.ro., on notion o;1 Counci1n,."r, io"u, seconded Uy--'- ----
Councilnan Hunt and unanimously "t";i;;:
Respectf\:I1y sqbmLt ted,
City Clerk
Approved:
ri.iiE}XI ATYIA -rlt1i.rayor'