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Br:rlinge.me, C alifornla
March 21, 1949
A :regu1.ar meetl.ng of tbe BurlLngane CLby Conac!.l was held onthe above glvon dato. Mootlng caLled to orde:r at B:0O p.m. -Mayor Slnonds ln the Chalr.
!,Ionday, March 21r 1949 at I ot clock p.m., Ln the Council Chanbersof t he City HaII, ne.s the t ime and place set f o:: a hear!.ng onUnit No. 1 of the SidewaLk Repalr Program. fho City Clerk read the
::epo:rt of the Director: of FubJ.ic llllor:}rs, whlch entaLls tbat work
done on the stroets of Ermboldt, Vlctor:La, Bancroft, Channlng,Stanley, Dltght and Clarendon, betreen Penlnsula gnd. Bunllngatne
A?eBues. ilayor Slllonds asked. if there rere an]r p:roperty ownersin ttre audlence wtro wlshed to protest tlre 1r assessment. Hrs. C arollne
I{. L{ornbeng, 702 Eowaril Avenue, onne r of the property doscrlbed as
Lot 21, Elock 27, Tonn of Burllngame Subdlvlsion, sas present and
stated sho protosted the a ddltl. onal r.epalr of fifteen feet of
cunblng on the slde of her property on Arunde I Road- Iol1owlng a
d.Lscussion, C ouncllman Harp er moved that the matter be referred tothe surveyor, the Clty Englneor and the Street C caunlt tee of the
Councll for furthe? lnvestlgatlon and r.eport, seconded by Counci lnran
Eunt and unani.nously c arrled. }lr. J. C. I[trlpple, 9 VlctorLa Road
ovner of, Lo\ 42, Bock 43, Towrr of Burlingame, also protested.hls
€ls 866 iiheat by stating tba t the s ldewalk had. b6en d anriged by tneeroots ared in hls opinlon the clty should na}o the repaLrs necessary.
Councllnan Da.hl thereupon moved that the nattera b e referred as in
th,o above case, soconded, by CouncLlman Love and unanlmously c amied.
Ur. E. E1le::enkotter, 2X.6 Peni::sula Avenue, orlnen of Lot 17, Block 42,
Torn of Burllnggms, al.so protested. C ouncllnan Love rnoved that the
above ceses be r6ferrod to ttro Street CotrBlttee of tho Counci.L toagcertaia rtrat the status of the Council 1s and [1r. Elkeren]otterrEpnotest be lnvestlgated, secondod by Councllsan Oahl and unan lmous lyca:rrled. UF. Goorge Kaprellan, 8OO Eoward Avenue, ouner of Lot 15,
B1ock35, T orrn of BurJ-lngame statod tlnt ho was 1n receLpt of a notlcefo:: s ldewalk and cr::rblng repaLr tnrt was not agroeabLe to the levylngof an agsessment fcr :rcpairs to the curb. As thls vcrk ls not
included in Unlot No. 1, Mn. Kap:relLan as informed that a fru.ther
i.nvestlgatLon rouLd be made. Hrs. C. S. Howen, 211 Bu:rllngame Avenue,
orrns r of lot 5, Block trO, Town of Burlin3ame, calIed the attentLonof the Councll to tbe condl tLon of tho curblng at the cornen ofBancroft anil Bu::llngame Avenue. There belng no f\rrthe r protosts,
Cou:rcllman DalrL lntroduced and moved th.e passage of a resolutionacceptlng the roport of ths Dlrecto:r of Publlc VIo:rks and fl-rtnAthe cost of sldowalk nepairs as establlsherl ln Unlt 1, seconded. by
C ouncllnan Love and cr?Led by the una nimous affLrrnatlve vote ofthe CounciL members.
A lotter &tod March 17, 1949, was read fuom ttre Fire Coimisslon
adv1s5.ng the Council that ltrr. John L{asko, appolnted r€oontLy tothe posltion of hoseman ln the FLre Depanbnent Ls unavailabLe atthe p:resent tl.me and :requestlng ttrat anotlrer appointment be mpdefi.m tho eJ.lglble Ilst. CounclLaan Lov6 moved that the rext
e1Agtb1e, No. 5 on tlro 1lst, Cha:rJ-e s F. Koch, be eppolnted,
soconded by C ouncl. J:nan Datrl and unanlnous ly carnied.
A lottor dated. Mar.ch 18, 1949 rras read 1?orr tho Clvll S ervl,ee
Cormlssl,on subnlttlng thE ,followLng e1lglb1e list for Junlon
Engineen:
Jos oph Il. F ortunato
Courtcilnnaa Ilunt moved that the llst bo accepted., seconded by Couacll-on
Earpo !r end. urranlmous Iy c arr{.ed.
RoI1 Ca11 - Present - Councl Laen; Datrl-Ea:p6r-Eunt-Love-SlnondsAbsent - Counct Lmen' None
The mlnutes of the prevlous lleotlng of l[arch 7, 1948, as subnlttedto mernb ens of the Councll and as posted on the BulletLn Boand lntho City Ha11, v€re approvod on motlon of CouncL lman Ha3por,
secorded by C ouncLlnan Eunt and una nimous Iy carLed.
The mlnutes of the spe clal- mootlng held on llarch 14, 1949, assublltted to Council membens and as posted on the Bulletin Boardln the Ctty Ha1I, were approved as presented on motLon of C ounclLrran
Datrl, s econded. by C ormcllnan Earpe:r and unanlmous 1y c arr.led.
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A letter d.atoal !tsbrusy &r 1949, nas read, Ilcm MLss f:r€rr€
E. Snlth, Llbrarian, requestlng that the CouncLl accept her
roslgnatlon, effectLvs at the end of hen slck Ieavo, D1arcb.
27, 1949. c ouDci lman Love moved tbat th€ nesi-gnatlon be
accepted vi ttr regret and that the City Clerk be 1ns truc ted to
wlLte a:c appnopriate letter to lllss Snlth e:cprcssing appreclatloato her on trer Bany yesrs of s ervlco to the Ctty of Bur'li.ngame,
soconded by Cor:.ncl1man Dahl and unanLnous ly carled. C ouncLJ.nan
Eunt :aoved that the Ctty Civll Service Comlsslon be lns tructed
to hoLii an exsmlrra ti on to c::eate an ellglble llst for the
posltLon of Llbrarlan, seconded by Counclhran Dah.1 and unanlmous Iy
carrle d.
A 16ttsr dated. l'Iar ch I, L949, rva-e read from E . E].nan Starl< and
Benton vJ. PhL11ips, :r eque s tLng app:roval of an applLcatlon for a
license to ope::ate a Used Car Busirpss a t 145O Eouard Avonuo.
A Lotter dated. }ianch 18, 1949, ras a]-so :read f:ron Chlef of PoJ-1cet
R. C. Theuer,, reporting that a favorable S.nvestLgation had been
nade of the applicants. CouncLlman Dahl moved. that pernisslon
be Br.anted to the applica-nts to operate a Used Ca:: buslnossat tJre above addross, seconded by C ounclloan Hunt and unanlmouslr
cazrie d.
A letten dated. I{a-rch 18, }949, ras r€ad llron R. C. Theuen, Chiefof Po1lce, repor t5.ng that followLng a ca:re firl sltrvey reado by
ComLsslonor Dahl and hLs depantment, lt was r ecormended that 1t
vas not practLoable to lnstal3. stop s igns at Califonnla Drlve and
Rosedale and ,ufferln Avenues. The letter ftrrthe r recomruendodthat California DrLve be wldonod fo:r the entire blockb etween
Rosedale and Dufferln Avenues and the LntersectLons marke d and
palDted. f,Slovn to controL oporatorB of vell.tcles. C orrncilman gahL
mov6d that the C ounelI c oncur in the submLt ted r ecormrencatLons
and that the City rjnglneer b lnstructed to ascortal:e tho costof paving Californla Drlve betwoen Rosedale and Duff€rln Avenue s,geconded by Councl'Iman Harper anrl unenimously caried.. T heCity Clerk v,rss instruc ted. to conmlrnlcate the abov e actlon 6f ths
Councll to the BurlLngame Vl11age lrry::ovement Club.
A letter dated Mech 1L, 1949, ras :road fipom tbe Burllngan€ Llbrary
Bosrd, requeetlng the qpolntnents of bro SenLon Llbrar.lans to
tbe Ltbrary staff, Mqy on S inonds stated that as th€ Councll
deslred a c larlficat Lon on the nequest of the Boal:d, the subJeot
rcuId be heLtt tn abeyanco untl1 furtho r cornnunlcat lon ri th tbe
Llbrary Board.
A 1o tter rta tod March 18, 1949, f,as road I?on K. S. F!.toh, Dl:reoteof Publlc llor:ks, c onc ernLng ttrc Plrst SupplenentaL llalorandum
of Ag:reement of 1949 of the 5/8y' @s Tax Allocation as follors:
8o Add.s ProJect 55 f;r the emount of $2r5o8.oo fon the
lris talla tl.on of a flxed, ttne trafflc s lgnal at
Callfornia Drive and Eorard Avenue.b. Adds addltlonal funds ln the anonnt of $6,5oo.ootothe project 50 -- Penlnsula .Avenue nesu::faclng.Ihls atlatitlonal sum Ls regui:red to c onfo::m with a
revised estinate of costs as prepered by the Cityof Saa Mateo. Speclflcatlons and extent of work
have been changed sLnc6 the orS.glnal aI loeatLon
was made.
fuestloned as to the extont of cnango;' ln the ellocatJ.one DLrecto"of Publlc Works Fltch steted that the Ctty of Buelingamo ls
budgeting \eS ot lts shar€ ln tb€ PenLnsuian Avenue r esurfacl.ngproject or air ostlnated cost of $5,8o0.0o. There belng no f\rthor
d.tsiusslon, C ouncl laan Dahl lntroduoed snd mov6d the passa6;e of'
a resolutlon approv 1ng the Flrst Suppleroental Memorandrmr of
Agreement for Exp endLture of Gas Tax AllocatLon for Ma jor CltyStreets, seconded by Councl lnan Ipv€ and adopted by the una nlnor:s
afflnnatLve vote of the Councll members.
A letter dated *larch 14, 1949, was read fnom Ii. S. Fltch, Dlrectcspof Publlc YJorks, recorssendtng that the new edLtLon of the J.94Q
UnLforu BuLld lng Code, provldLng for prlvate g are€e setbacks, e tc.,
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be adopted. Tho subJect tvas referr3ed to the Clty Attorney, the
Ctty E:ginoer, ttre Bulldlng fnspecton and the Bu5.J.dlng Cormitteeof the Corrncil for further study and perusal..
A letter dat ed I'Iar.ch 11, 1949, was read frorrl the Burlir€ame cate
Imp::ovement C1ub, r.equesting Csuncll support in c ounteractlng
any contemplated deve lopment of llght lndustry on prope?ty eastof C a1lfo:'nia Drlve and no::th of HilLs Avenue. lJayor S5:nonds
stated that the conrnrnlcatlon rcu1d be refenred to the Plannlng
CoEmis si on for lts fl1es wlth 1ns tructlons that the Comisslonnotlfy lnterested persons! !f such deve S.opments should result inthis area.
?ho CttSt Clerk read a petitlon, d.ated Ma:'ch a2, 1949, as submltted
by IBX, orners and lesseos of l-mproved real property adJacent to
and ln the fusnedlate area s r:roundS.ng the p::oposed locaH.on ofthe ney, fLre s tstlon on clty owred p::operty on Bennal Avenue.
Tbe followlng suggested sltes ve:re submltted by ttre petltlone:rs
as aLternates to the proposod Locatlon:
1. The southeast corner of 'rtre p laygrounil on Balboa Way andMills Creek.
2. Property on AdelLne llrLve and El Carnlno Real across frm
exls tlng buslness bulldLngs and gas station.
3. koperty on the northeast corner of Ray DrLve and A1b ernsr Ie TIay.
4. The property on the nor th eas t corner of Hlllslde DILve ard
Cabrl1lo Avenue.
Ear]- S chm1d.t, chaLrma]x of tbe Ftr e Corarls si on stated that followt-ng
neeti.r:gs wlth the resLdents of Bernal Ay6nu€1 the Cormission ryl shodto r econnend that an ad.ditiorraL two woeks t ime ire given to frrther3
s tudy Ule alternate sltes propoged a n:1 at that t ir4e a deflnltereport rould be submltted to c onforrr to the beet interests of theCity of Burllngame. I1r. Eo$ard Watkinson, L544 Bernal Avenue,
addressed the Councll and suggested. a f ur the:: slte on the properff
on Alvarado and El1lslde Drlve, IOO feet llon Hil].slde Drive,
adJacent to Bu::ltngame. Ee fi:rther s tsted. th,at the resLlents Eereof tlre opinLon that the Ber.rral Avenuo slte was not an ldeaI locationnalnly because of the na.Frornes s of tbe stroet and that the fLre
equlpment enrouto to a fl.Es call rcuId enf,anger the Lives of the
many chl.ldren Ln U:at vicln5.ty. ld:r. Earl f'owler also addressed
the C ouncll ente:r5.r1g a protest on the proposed BernalA yenue slte
and suggesting that the Fire Department make test runs f)rom thealtornato s5.tes proposed in orde" to ascertaln rdelch lrouLd b e the nostpractical. F ollowing a further discusslon, Idayo:: S fu'ronds statedthat the aLternate sltes suggested rrould be lnvestlgated. by theFire Cormris si on, the Couacll and the Boa:rd of Fire Unde"wrl,tersdurlng the next two woeks and at the regular Councll meeting ofApnil 5, a recormendatl.on woulC be submi tted. at whlch tine actl.on
world b e taken by the CouncLl.
Reports were reatl fron ttre ?olLee Department, ttre Fi:re Depa:rtment,
the Departnent .o f Publl c Wor:ks and the C ity Judge fo:: the nonttrof Febrxery, 1949.
Resolutlon No. 15-49, Autho:rlzing the L1ayo:l to execute the r:rodLficatL onof an agreement dated. illarch 21, 1949, amendlng the agroenent of' trbbruary 3, L949, for the corrs truction of the Recreation Buildlngln !Y ashin;ton Per!, ras lntroduced by C ouncl lr.ran Eutt^ wbo movedits passage, lzith ttre aCded s tlpulatlon that the ag:re-enent lncludethat the shlngS.es be applied accordLng to Ure narufacturer t sspeeLfications, seconded by C ouacL kcan DahJ. anC ulanLgous 1y'adopted by the afflrnratLve vote of the Coulrcl]. BeEbers. Forthe beneflt of thoso l-n attendanco, It{ayot: Sinond.s s tated t}rat
certaLn revisions lrore necesssry 1n order to confotm to fLrer.eg.ilatlons and also to |<oep uithLn the amor:-nt as provlded forln the Recreatlon B ond Issue.
- Resolution 1Io. ].7-49 acceptJ.ng an option to purehase a parcel of
land portainLng to t}.e C a::olan Avenue project, was introduced by
1 Councllman Hsrper wl.o moved lts passago, seconded by Counc lLman Hunt
ead adopted by the unanimous a ffLrmat Lve vote of Ule C ourcl-1.
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Resolutlon No. 18-49 accepting an optlon to purcluse a portlon ofland ad.jacont to the Flre S tatlon, nas introduced by Cormclllran
Love who moved lts passage, seconded by Councllman Dahf. and
unan:. i:irous 1y c arrlsd by the a fflrrrat Lve vote of the Councll.
There boLng no flrrther buslness the reetLng adj ourned on motlon of
Counc l-Iman Dah1, seconded by Councl J-man llerper snd unardmously carLed.
Undor the head.ing of Unflnl-she d Buslness, a lettor dated iierch 5,1949, ras read ilon K. S. Pltch, Dlrector of Publlc Ylorks, sub-nittlng a Pire Insurarce Progra:u for ttre onsulng year for theClty of Burlingane. C ounc lLrnan lJove introduced and moved the
passage of a resolutlon aocepting the Ftre lnsuranc e program aspresented, second.ed by C ouncilman Dabl and adopted by the unanlmousaffiruat ive vote of the CouncLl members.
An easenent granted to the Ctty of Bu::1lngane f::on Co1. Carl S.
Donoy, ?a]1ana nealw Co., and the Callfornla Constructo?s, Inc.,for the purposes of ac qul::lng, constructing, complotlng, ro-con-
I tructlng, repaLring and naLntalnlng and operatlng sanj.tary sowe?s
was presented. As af.l lega1 requhements pertalning thereto have
been observed, Councllman Ilarper lntroduced and moved the passageof a resolution aecepting the easement end map as submitted,
seconded by C ouncilman DahL and adopted by the unanlmous gfflrnet lvevote of the Councll menbers.
A letter d.ated. }larch 15, 1949, was read, fboEr Mrs. Sa11y Salomon,
15Ol Bernal Avenue requesting that an amendnent feblddlng tbe
saLe of dogs for research Inrlposes be added to the Clty of
Burlinggme t s now d.og ordlnanc e. The connurdea,tlon was referred to
tJee City Attorney and to ttle Pound Master.
C orrnc L lnian Dahl, moved that FLne Chlef, E. J. Lels, be authorlzed.to a ttend a d.emons tratLon on fi:re-fightlng tobe held Ln the Cttyof Bakersfield on Harch 21, Apr5.1 3., 2 and 3 and that an alLowaneoof $?5.OO be authorlzed, secondod. by Counelrnan Jlarper and
unanimous Iy c ar::ied.
Councilnan Iove noved that K. S. I'itch, Ctty Englneer, be autho:rL zed
the paynont of S20.OO to cover luncheon expenses when B urllng eB€
1s host to Penlnsu3.a Clty Eagl,neens, seconded by C ouncllnan Da,hl
and unanlmous Iy csmied.
May.or S imonds stated. that the Councll ls in rocelpt of a teLegram
fuom the San l'Iateo C ounty Plannlng Conmlssion urglng lts suppo:rtln the soutJrenn crosslng for San Pranclsco Bay and becar:se the
Cou.ncl1 ls dlvlded 1n lts opln5.on, no actloD would b6 taken at thls
tinre.
Claim-q Nos. 6653 to 6782 lnc., ro:ro read and on motlon of councl Lnarl
Dehr1, seconded by C ouncLlman ilrnt and unani.mous ly camLed, [a?rant a
!!I€re orderod d.ra.wn on those clalms app::oved by th6 Finance Comtrl,ttee.
Mrs. Irna Ta;r1or, 2?A. Bancz.ofi Road and }irs. E llltam CapelLe, 1528
C oh:mbus Avenue, both s pealclng on the subject of t}re dog nulsanc e
rvi thin the clty urged the CouncLl to enforce tho rEff dog ordlnance.
Uayor Slmonds stated that the ordlnarxce would be Ln effeet on }larch 25.
The Cify Clerk vas Lns t:ruc ted to write s letter of comnendation to
tJre S tudents Recneatlon C ormi.ttee nho are aldlng Supe:rlntendent of
Reereation Llncoln Ln conductlng the cltyts teen age dane6s.
Mayor S lmonds Lnstructeil the Clty C1erk to f,rite a letter expresslng
the Couacllrs s orrov to Hrs. Coclo:oft on the loss of her husband, ..
John B Cockroft and to convey appreclatlon for narry servicea to tbls
comuln-Ity.
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