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Bur15-ngame, CalLforniaAprtl 18, 1949
A regular meeting of tl.e Burllngeme Clty Couneil was heJ.d on the
above glvevr date. Ideeting called to order at B:oO p.m. - Idayor
S imonds Ln the Chalr.
L[ayo:: Sinronds we]comed Dlck Welsman, Dan Kaplan, Slinthr.op Grlfflth,
Dave Car? and Liarlene De Tata, Burllngame High School students who
w111 act as l:ayor3, \rlce-!trayor and Councllrren respectively on Student
GoverDment !ay, Aprl1 26, !949, and invlted the students to sit wl,th
the City Councll for the eveni.ngr s meetLng.
Ro1l CaJ.1: Present - Councilmen: Dahl-Harpe::-Love-SLnonds
Absent - CouneilEen: Hunt
0n motlon of Courcilman Dah1, seeonded by CouncLJman Earper and
unaninous 1y camied, Councilnan }Iunt was excused from the meetJ-ng.
Ttre minutes of the prevlous meetlng of April 4, 1949, as submlttedto members of the Council and as posted on the BulletLn Board Ln the
Clty Ha11, were approved as presonted, on motlon of Cou:rcl lman l{arper,
seconded by Cor:lcl1man Love and r:nanimous Iy car.ried.
A letter dated Ap::11 5, L949, was read llom t he Board of Flre C olrvnls -sioners, recon:':rending that the two AmerLcan tatrt ance Punpers be
accepted and advislng that both pumpens have satlsfactorlly passed
the test cooducted by the Board of I'ire Unde:rwrj.tors. Councllman
Dahl moved trat the Councll concur inthe rocommendati.on and that tbe
two purpers be accepted.as tested, seconded by Councilnan Harper and
unanlmous 1y caru1ed.
A letter dated April 11, 1949, rTas read fi:om t?re trtre Conrrisslon re-
. ques tlng perr.rlsslon t o ft11 a tenporary vacancy 1n the BurlingameEire Department by hiring a temporary employee. Chlef Leis was informed
. t'hat it was hls p::erogative to employ e ter,Forary enployee as provLded.fo:: in the budget.
etter deted April 6, 1949, was read flom the Paclfic Eloctrical
X{echanical Company, fne., requesting permlssion to install one
2r5OO gal-J.on tank and one new 2rOO0 ga11on tank in additl-on toexisti.ng IrOOO gal]on gasoline tank on that conpanyr s Standa?dtion !!571, Burli.ngame Avenue and El Canino Rea1. A letter wasalso r.ead from the FLre Cornalssion recommending that tfle above per-mlt be gfanted. Councilman Love movod that the Council concur Lnthe recorunendation nade by the Fi,re Conmisslon and ttra t a permLt begranted, seconded by Councilman Dal.l. and unanimous )-y carried.. I{ayor
Sinonds stated that in connectlon r./L th the installation of larger tanksthe Clty CLerk rvill stand instructed to w::lte to the trtre Chl-ef andthe Eull-dlng Inspector for the complete nuober of tanks v;lthin theClty and that the Bullding fnspector be lnstructed to issue a permltin the f\:tur.e otr such lnstalJ.atLons lrLth a copy to be l\rnished tothe City Assessor for hls records.
A letter dated Aprll L6, 1949, was read llom the Board of Flre CoB-
mJ.ssioners, recor[rending consideratLon in the er.ection of tho newfire station on the now avaLlab]-e Hil].slde Drive Reservolr site.
Co'.:rrcilman 3al1 r'rovod that the Courcl-1 concur in the recornnendation
and seconded b;r flsunsllman Harper. Irir. R.R. Zol1lck, 176 ValdefloresDrive, Burlingerae Hi11s, addressed the Coulcil at thls poi.nt, submit-ting a petition signed by 56 residents of Burlingame H111s ln vrhlchthey pr"otest the proposed locatlon on HillsLde DrLve. trayor Simondsstaled.that a resolutl,on was to be adopted later Lnthe meeting set-tlng a tine and. place for a hearing on the subject. TLre motlon wasthereupon voted upon and unanl-mous Iy earried.
A combined neport dated AprLl !2, L949, was read fr ora the .,iousingSanltarian of the County of San tlateo, the Bullding Inspector antlthe Fire Chief, recomnend.Lng that the prernises et 733 San !{ateo Ave.be conderured due to sub-s tandard conditlons. Councl] nan Da-h1 movedthat the Cou-nci1 concur Ln the recomrnendation and the bu11d5-ng be
condemned, seconded by Councilman Love and r:rralmousl.y carrled.
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The report of the Burll-ngame Cha&b er of Corfirerc€ for the :aonth of
Mar.ch, 1949, was read, L{ayor Simonds stated for the beneflt oj l;
those in attenCance that the Ci.ty contrlbutes $1r 2O0.OO per year
toward the aetivitles of the Cb.anber of Comnlerce and the detalledroport read indicates the manner in which a pontLon of the sr:m isused. Reports vrere also read from the Clty Judge, the Po1lce De-partnent, the Eire Department aIrd the Department of Pub1lc YJorksfor the nonth of lJarch, 1949. Ttre r:eports were neceived and placed
on fl1e.
A c orsru:r.ication dated Ap:,,i 1 3.2, 1949, was read Ilom Tlillefond andWlltshire, Accountants and Aud.itors, subnltting a proposal to auditthe city boolrs fo:: the fLscal year ending June 5O, 1949, ln the
axoount of $650. O0
A cor,mruricati on, dated Aprll 8e 1949, vras read. f)eom C. G. nhlen-
berg & Co., Certified Public Accountants, subnitti.ng a bld of
$7oo.oo to cover the audi ting of the City books and a.c counts forthe fiscal year. ending June 3O, L949. Both blds were roceLved.
and held for consideration by the Finance Cornmittee of the City
Couneil.
Resolutlon lio. 23-49, entitled trProposing the Alteratlon of the
Bounda:rLes of the City of Burllngame by AnnexLryl Thereto, so asto lnclude Ln the Ineorporated Arear Certain UnirArabited Terri-tory ContiEuous Thereto, Coromonl-y Knonn and Desipgrated as rrHLllside
Resern/oir Sitertr was introduced by Councilr,ran Lovo who moved its
passage, seccnded by Councilrnan Harper anC adopted by the unanl mous
affi::matLve vote of Council membors present. Mayor Simonds statedfor the benefj.t of those in attendance that the d.escri.ptLon read
was that prorerty beginning at a point on the all-ey on Alvarado
Avenue to I{illside D31ve extendlng around the reservoir and backto Alvar.ado Avenue, and that a hearing would be set fo:: l'Iay 1611949,at B or clock p.m., in the Councll Chambers of the city Hal-1, Bur-
lLngane, at virich time citj.zens vrlsh5.ng to enter protests may do so.
Resolution lio. 24-49 t entitled "Flxing Tfune for Hearing on ReDortof Premises dl 733 San }:lateo Avenr',.e r Bu:.1Lngame, was Lntrodueed
by Cor.:ncl1nan F;arper who move.d its adoption, seconded by Council-
man Dahl and carried by the unanimous affirmatlve vote of Couneil
nembers present.
Resolution }io. 25-49, accepting option to purctras e property ofL. Josephlne Lang as part of the Carolan Avenue extension project,
was introduced by Coulcilnan tove, who moved Lts pessage, seconded
by C ou:rc L lrnan Deh l srld caffied by the unanLmous affLrmative vote
of Council menbers present.
Besolution No. 26-49, entitled Accepting a Conveyance to the Clty
of Burlingame of the property of Hllllanr H. trIudenberg and IleneV. tr?udenbergn was introduced by Councilman ,ahL who moved lts
adoption, seconded by C or:nc i J.nan llarpe r and r:nanlmous 1y carried .by
Council menbers present.
At this tirre, Iliayor SLrronds introduced four more students of
Bu-rLl,nEane HigJr School who wll1 particlpate in the Student Govern-
ment Day activj.tles on Aprll 26t 1949 - I(ay Musselman, City Clerki
Peggy Ir{i11er, }5.r e Prevention; Coley Bresoe, Clty At+-orney and
Don Cr:my, Lleutene.nt of Police.
Reporting on an l-nvestlgation made of a sidewalk repair protest
entered by Hr. iIil+.on Eikerenkottet, 2L6 Penlnsula Av€no.e, K. S.f,ttch, Dlrector of Public lYorks and Mr. Flank Anderson, Park
Superintendent, both inforned the Corrncll that the sLdevalk da.magepossibly could have been caused by enlarged tnee roots. Folloringf\rrtledi.scussion, Cor:lcj.l-man D*rl noved that !dr. Eikerenkotter be
allowed an adjustment in his assessment on sLdewalk repairs, inthe amor.rnt of $59.9O, seconded by Councl}aan tove and rrnanimous IycarrLed. The protest entered by Lirs. Caroline l{omberg on sidewalk
and curb repairs was reviewed and the assessment was feLt to bejustifled. Cor:ncilman Earper moved that the protest be denied,
seconded by C ounci lman Datr1 and unanlmous 1y carried. The protest
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of !t[r. J. lvhipple, vas also denled on motion of Councl}nan DeJ:l
and unanimous 1y ca:rrled. Cor.mc iLnan llarper moved t}.at the CounclL
concur ln the report subnltted by the Dinector of Publlc Works rK. S. 3Ltch, on repalrs to sldewaLk on the property of C. o. Howen,
and that the protest entered previously be denled, seconded by Coun-
clLnan Datr.1 and unanLrnous Iy carried. lilr. Fitch was lns tructed to
corsru-nlcate wl ttr the above property orrnors lnforning then of the
actLon taken by the Councl1. l'[a yor Slmonds suggested when {'uture
repaL::s arle necessary, the City Englnee:l contact the ownens on whoseproperty the repalrs are to be made, and f\Ir ther infora the Street
CormLttee oi the Cou-ncil of sork that 1s scheduled. Irtr'. Rltch
lnformed the Coulcll that arrangenents a:re bel-n65 me.de to haveplctur.es taken of the crltlcal cases. A'ResolutLon No. 27-49,rAdoptlng Report as }4odified, Conflruing the Cost for Sldevralk Be-palrs Assessed Agalnst the Propo:rty Contalned 1n the Report of tl.e
Superlntendent of Streets I'11ed Februa:ry L8, 1949rr yras lntroduced
by Councilrnan Dah1, seconded by Councllman Love and carried by the
rtnanlmous affinaatlve vote of the Councll merrbeng present.
Clalms No.s. 6785 through 6900 were read and on motion of Counc LlnanDa]ll, secondetl by C ounclLman Earper, wamants were o:ldered d]lavrn onth6 Clty Treasury for their respective anorrnts.
Mr. J. -). Barr', 828 Alpine Avenue, addr.essed the Council ::eqresting
lnforrnatlon on the Carolan Avenue assessments and infornins the Coun-cl1 that a petition is being clrculated .mong resLdent of tb.at sectlonln protest to the extensl.on of Carolan Avenue. I{ayor SLmonds statetlthat as yet the present Council has not detennrlned whe ther fl-mds will
be ralsed by an assessment, but at a later date a hearlng will be
scheduled vrhen alJ. interested persons may be h€ard.
grs. Jotm Da Dalt, 59 Banenoft Road, Burllngamo, representlng property
orTners 1n that viclnlty, requested Council eonslderatton ln the Ln-staLLation of a street Ilght on Bancroft Road, between Peninsula Avenue
and Bayswater Avenue, The matter nas r:eferred to tho Clty Englneenfor h{s i,nvestigation.
Dlck lTeLsnan, prosident of the AssocLated Students of the Butllngame
Elgh School anil who wLlL serse as l,'layor on Student Government Day,lnvited the public to vlslt ttre schools during publ-ic scirool week,
coi:.nencin6 Iixday, April 25, L949. He f\rrther invLted th.e pub1lc
to attend the CounclL meeting on S tudent Gove:rnment Day, Ap'il 26,at L1:30 A. Il., and the Students CounclL meeting to be held at the
Br:rllngame Elgh School Sednesday evenlng, the 27th of Aprl1.
Iiinth:nop crifflth, Dave Carr, Dan Kaplan and l\iarlene De Tata, H1g!
School students who w111 assume the positLons of Cotrncllmen on
Student Gove::nment Day, expressed their appreclatlon for Councll
coopenatlon 1n plannlng to turn the day ove:: to the sttdents.
GranvllLe Br.ownlng, Secretary of ttre BurlS.ngane Chanber of Conmerce,
called attentlon to the Br:rlLngame Eigh Schoo1 Relay races to bo
held Saturday afternoon at the Burlingame Eigh School and extendod
an Lnvitation to the pub1lc to be present.
In reply to Councllman Lovers inqulry as to the progress made onelininatlng the abandoned tr{unLclpal Rallvrayts Tracks, K. S. EltchrCity Engineer, reported t.hat a meetlng was dcheduled for the endof the week wlth the offlcla]-s of that Company to de tenml.ne the dls-positlon of the tracks.
Pollce uhief Theuer and hts dopartment were congratulated on the
splendid Eranner in whlch the recent Anrrual Follce fnspection was
conducted and ldayor Slnonds on beh61f of the citlzens of Burllngame
eryressed. apprecLatlon to al.l the school trafflc patrols particl-pating Ln the revletr. The City C1erk was lnstructed to vri,te aletter to the LLons Club thanklng thet C 1ub for 1ts splendid servLceto the conrr nity by sponsoring Ure junlor pat::oIs.
There be5.ng no f\f,r ther business, the meeting was adjourned on motlonof CounclLr:an ]Iarper, seconded by Councllman Daj11 and unanimous 1y
carrL e d.
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