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Br:r11ngar,re, Call fornLa
September. 18, 1950
A :: ogula:: meeting of the Burllngame Ctty Council was held on theabove given date. I\leetlng caLled to orde:: at B: OO p.m. - l,layorLove in the d:air.
Roll Cal-l: Present - Cor:ncl1men: Atwater-Blmd-i{unt-LoveAbsent - Councllmen: Simonds
Counc i lman Slnonds excused while on vacatlon.
The irllnutes of the req:.Iar meeting of Septomber 5, 195O, as sub-nltted to nembe::s of the Councl-l and as posted on-the gullettn
Boa::d ln-the City HaI1 wer"e unanlmously i.pproved and adopted onmotlon of Councl,lman Hunt and seconded by Councilman Atwater.
Bld proposals for the construction of Sowage ltlorks Enla::gementsscheduled for opening at this tfuee were read as follows:
Barrett & HlLp Eggg--B-.ad
918 }larris on St::eet
san Fr'ancisco. ... ... $L52r78g.oo
F. S. Ro1andl, Jr.
617 IJont6lomery Stneet
San Fbanciscoo... .... $I1O, Ott. OO
Fled J. Ear'1y, Jr. Co.r fnc.369 Pine S tre et
San f,bancisco.. .. .... $13zrB?E.Oo
Bid Bonds were attached to each of the above.
Alte:rnate No. 1
De duct
$1r 6oo. oo
{!1, soo. oo
$r, soo. oo
rhe blds wero referrod to the clty Attorney and the clty tsn€lInoex.for :revlew and recommendation to the Clty 6ounci1.
Bld proposaLs for Portablo ALr Compressor scheduledwere read as follows:f o:: op enJ.ng
Lrtode1Coast Eolrlpment C ompany948 Bryant Street
San !::ancisco.... ..... Joy-Sul1lvan Series BO
The Rlx Company, fnc.582 Sixth Street
San Erancisco.. .. .'... Le X.oi liodel G2E
Bay Citlos Equlpment, fnc.
2792 Cypress S t::eetOakland. .. Ingersoll-Rand
Bay Equlpme nt C ompany
5254 East Shore Highway
Richmond, Calif. Chicago ?neumatLc
Edwa::d R. Bacon
trblsom at LTth
San Fl.anclsco.... ..... Jaeg;er Ltodel 125
Amount
$21 9Bz. oo
$2,698.49
$2r 682. ?B
#z,z6L.z4
iiz,620.63
Bld Checks accompanled the above blds - a1I prices F: O.B. Bu::lingame.
Il: "Io"g bid proposals we::e r.efe::red to the City Attorney and theuity Enrrlneer for review and recomnendation to tiie ctty cor:nci 1.
L{onday, September 18, }95O, was the scheduled time for a publichea::Lng on the application- of the IrilIs Es tate rncorpora tEa-r.,anacompany for a varlance_ of zone or peruit ,autlorlzrng- the const:'uction,maLntenance, and operation of a kive-rn l{otlon plcLr:re Theatre onthe real property located at the southeasterly corne:: of L{i11braeAvenue and the Southern pacific rldr.t-of-way 6f the Cltv ofBurlingame. A letter dated September 18, IbSO, fvor: tfr6 city
o4 c)
Councll of the Ctty of l.{l1.lbrae was read enter,lng a pnotest on the
construction of the proposed hLve-In Theatre by st::esslng the fact
that, in the opLnlon of the LIlllbrao City Council, lt would create
a serLous f,r:afflc problem on l,{iLlbrae Avenue. nlr. H. S. 1'1i1es,
representlng tho State DLvlslon of Higlrways ln behalf of CoI. Jno.
Skeggs, Chief Englneer, aild::essed the CounciL snd presented statis-
tLcs lndl catd-ng the flow of trafflc and recorunendLql that the C orlnciIin the interest of public safoty deny the applica ti on. IIr. T. F.
Iftutts chnltt, representlnq the Southern PacLtic Company, aLso
stated that the preBence of a DrLve-In Th.eatre would c::eate a
serious accl-dent potential across the rallroad t:racks due to con-gestion. Also opposLbg the constructlon and speaklng pensonally
lvere L{ayor: George T. Yfarman and Councllman Walter Hahn, Jr. of theClty of L1ll1brae. It[r. Drncan McCloud, attorney for the 1,'li11sEstate, spoke in favo:: of the proposed Elve-fn Theatre and also
prosented statlstics and staternents from other PeninsuLa Chlefs of
PolLce statlng that po11ce records indicate ml.nLraum traffic accl-
dents rlthin the a::ea of Dr'lve-In Theat:res Ln their IocaIes. Mr.
Rober"t L. Llppert, oper"ator of the p::oposed Drive-In Theatre, ad-
vlsed the Council of the p::ecautlonary measures the at tendants at
tho Theatres take ln the interest of publlc safety. There boing
no f\rther dLscussion fYom the fIoon, the Clty Clerk r6ad a com-
munlcatlon f?om the Planni.ng CormLssl-on advising that followlng
a f\rL1 hearlng on Augus t 31 the CommLsslon recorrnencled the g3an-
ting of the petltion, but that there should be roqui-red a proper
p::ovlslon for police x.egulatLon. 'Counbllmeh Etrnt thereupon movedthat the Cor:ncl1 concur. ln the rocommendatlon of the Planning.
CommLsslon and that a permit be Lssued to the ],lilLs Estate lncor:porated Iand Company for the erectl-on of a Drlve-In Theatre. Fb1-
lowlng the motlon, I,{ayor love stated that the Courlcll has made a
thorough study and after caref\.rl consideratlon lt was CoundLLr
opLnlon that a Dnive-In Iheatre vrould be prefemed rather than the
erection of homes ln that particular area of lowl-ands. Ihe motion
was seconded by Councllman Byrd and unanlnous 1y calried.
September 18, 1950, at the Councll chambers ln ttre Clty IIal1 of
the City of Bunllngame r,ras the time and place fJ.xed for a hearing
on a repont and assessment for vreed and rubblsh abatement. There
belng no one present to protest the assessuent, C orlnc i l.lran Hunt
lntnoduced and noved the passage of a resolution, No. 59-50,
accepting the report and cost of weed abatement in the Clty of
BurlS.ngame as p::esented by the Superlntendent of Stroets, for thefiscal year 1950-51. The motlon was seconded by Councllrnan
Atwater. and. unani.mous Iy adopted by ro11 cal-L of the members
pre s ent.
Irlonday, September 18, L95O, was set as -the tltid for'd hearLng onthe lntontlon of the Councll to abandon existLng utillty easement
on Lot 8, Block 9, as per nap of BurlLngamo Garilents'flled May 15,
194O, as detalled Ln Resolutlon No. 33-50. fhene belng no pro-
tests enterod, Councllrnan llunt thereupdrl -Idt/oddddd for. flrst
readLng, OrdLnance No. 496 approving the abandonment of the above
eas ement.
A comaunlcatlon dated S qr tembe:r 8, 1950, from'the Dlre'ctcin 'of
ftrb1lc lllonks, K. S. trttch, was read advlsing of the resi65natJ-onof Roy H. Price, Ctty D:np UtLlitlrnan, as of September 15, L95O,
and recomrending that an appointment bo made at an early .dato.
Counctrlman Atwater moved that ttre ?eslgnati-on be' aocepted andthat the Dlrec tor of Public Works be authorlzed to appoint a
tempo::ary man to the posltlon, seconded by C or:ncilnan Ii:nt and
unanlnous Iy carr.lod.
R5.Ml*s Yvorrne Silva , I ilJi.nches ter P].ace, No. 1on the ellglbLellst for Socretary-CoordLnator 1n the Recneatton Deparfurent, was
appoLnted to that posi.tion on motLon of Counc ihan Byrd, secondodby Councl).nan Atwater and unanLmous 1y carrlod, pu:rsuant to a ::e-quest for such an appolntment submltted by Superlntendent of
Recreatlon l,lncoln in a letter dated Septemben ?, 1950.
A letter dated September B, 195O, from U1e Board of Fire Commls-
sioners, r'r'as read recormendinq that the followlng equlpment be
purchased:
Blake 4-[Iay
Short ll/ave Be ceivens
Salvage Covers
1
I
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21_3
.A.uthorlzatlon was given to purchase the above e qnlpment as pro-
vl,ded for ln the cur:rent budget.
A letter dated Soptenber B, 1950, f:rom tho }5.re CorunlssLon was
read recorrnending that an e3.l55lb1e list for llosema,n b-e estabJ,ishedas soon as posslblo. 0n motion of Counclluan Hunt, seconded by
C ouncllnan Atwater and unanlmous 1y carrled, the Clvll ServLce
Corurission was lns8ucted to cr:eate such a Ilst as reconunended.
Authorizati on to purchase Venetlan B1J.nds, Corrrlces, Drapes and
Doo:: Curtain for Flre Statlon No. 2, as proviQed for tn the
1950-5L Buqget, vras glven as recomlended ln a letter submlttedby the Fire 0oxnmLsslon and dated. Septembor 8, 195O.
ftrrsuant to a Letter dated Sep tembe:r 8, L95O, flom the trtre Com-mlsslon, the City Englneor was lnstructed to prepare plans andspeclfLcatlons and blds for ttre replacing of the floor ln theapparatus ::oon of the Central Ffue Statlon, as provlded for'lnthe 1950-51 Budget, on motion lntroduced by CounclJman Byrd,seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanLmously car::ied.
A letter lb om ttre Board of Elro Colmrlssloners dated September 8,1950, transntttin5l a l-etter from Tho Roberts C ompany of BurHngime,was read ln vhlch ttre Chlef of the Fire Department and h1s staifwere comp).lmented on the prorpt response to a flre at IO49 Broadway,Burllngame. Ilayor Lorre .also expressed hls approciatlon to thememberg of the Flre Department, and the Cttyele::krvas instructedto reply to The Roberts C ompany.
A Let'ter- dated September 1L, L95O, f':nom [Ir, T. F. IvlcGulgarrr Chair-
man of the Safety Comrlttee of the ghambers o.f Cornmerce of thoienlnsula, was :read roportJ.ng on a meeting calIed by the public
Uttllties CommlssLon for the purpose of dlecugslng a fdrnmla todete::mLne raj.1 separations prlorLtles and at vtrl ch meetlns he re-presented ttre City Councl]. of Burllngame. The City Clerk-was in-stnucted to dl::ect a letter to 1{::. L,laculgsn exp::osilng Cor:neL1appreciate for, hls rep:rosontatLon and hls corrprehensive report.
A ^Letter dated Septenrber_ 14, -L95O, from L{:r. D. A. Stlvers, Secl?etary
9-f the Bu::llngame Ctty Planntng eormrission, was read edvlslng ttrat -
the ::equest of }{rs; A. Blume-r ioi permlsslon to use Lot J-A., Elock 2,Towr of- Bru:Ilngame, as a.n off-sb:eet parklng 1ot has boen iearpo-rarl1y held for f\:rther" s tudy. The. c oprrnrniiatlon was ordered- fi1ed.
A comrirnica tl on dated Septembor l-4, 19F0, llom the plannlng C orir-mlssLorf was read advislng that foLlovdng a hearlng on ttre fetitlonfor. a_- chaqge of zone affectlng_ Lots 2 a,nd 3, Bloc[ 4, Bu::1-in64am e
Ig:rB No. 2, comrnonly loeown as-lSOO Howard Aienue at ihe c orne:r oflll uarrlno Real, ttre commls s lon voted to rocommend the e?antinp ofthe petltlon 1n orde:r to Lnclude Lot B r,rtth Lot 2 in t[e *Ap ai'trnent nzoae. A. councll_ p-ubIlc heanlng was set fo" the next regulai. counclLmeeting to be held Ln the Councll chambers on 0ctpben 2; I9SO.
A lette:: dated sep tember L5, 19s0, flon tiie Burlingame clty planr:-ing
Comrlssionr. lF! r9a9 recormendLng approval_o! lhe :roquest 6f ltr. noyNelson, 77.4_ l4la1nut Avonue, to resubdlvlde Lrot 1? and -IB, Block 1,Bu:rllngene Park No. 4. A Councll publlc hearLng was s6heduled io:roctober 2, l95O, ln the CounclL chambers of the etty UaIl at g:OO
P.m.
A Lett-e_r-dated September 11, 1950, fron the 1aw offLces of Cosgplff,Carn, ItlcCLeLlgn & Inger.so1l, was ::ead requostlng garrcellatlon oftaxes olr Lot 10, Block 13, Ray park, Bu:rlingane, property of theP-enlllula Tlospltal Dlstrlct. Ihe communtcatlon'r,c-as i.efei.red totho Clty Atto::ney for recormtondatlon and appr.oval.
A courunlcatlon dated" septombe:r 1s, l-95o, from the san IlTateo coru-rtyfndus triel DeveJ-opment ComlLssLon, was ::6ad requestLng Council ne-"presentatlon on the corrnLsslon ln an effor.t to develop nore lndus-trlaL expansLon wi thin ttre c ounty. Mayor love appolnled councLr-man Atwater and councllnan Hr.rnt to serve as repnesentatLves of ttreClty_ Councll on the newty- f6p66 d San Mateo Co-unty Indust::i.al.Development Cormlssion. The City Clelk was inst:ricted to advtsethe above Corndsslon of the appolntnont.
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A Letter dated Augus t 3o, 1950, lbom l'Irs. Wini Fb::d, Secretary of
the Burlingame Vlllage Imp::ovement C1ub, was read dlrectlng C oun-
clI attention to certaln conditions that should bo corrected Ln
that area and ::equestlng that tan bark be placed ln the pfayground
area. Mr. H. J. RrLedlander, President of the above Club and p::e-
sent at the meeting, also advLsed of the condltlons mentloned ln
the letter s:rd particularly the ove::gowth of weeds 1n the area
between the stroet prope? and the Ertter. Questioned by the
Councl1, Cltv Engineer Fitch stated that worlr on p:rojects vri thin
the Village area would conrnlenco-soon and tan bari( would be placed
as soon as posslble. The Clty C1"rtr was lnstructed to so lnfortr
the members of the Br:rlingame Vlllage fmprovement C1ub.
A letter dated September 15, L95O, fYom f. I(armel, City Atto::neyt
was read adv5.slng that pursuant to a conference wlth San Flancisco
authorltles wlth reference to establlEhing a stand-by water ser-
vlce, the Gene"al Ma.riager and Chlef Englnee:: of the San trbaneisco
water Department have approved the reguest of the Clty of BurLin-
game to establLsh a s tarrd-by water sorvLce in the event of the
fal- Iuro and lrrablllty of the lletch Hetchy System to st49p1y water.
The communicatLon was referred to the Ci.ty Attorney, the City
Enginoer, and the Y$ater Comnlsslon ln o::der that negot5.atlons nay
be made to place we11s 1n pl?oper condltion in the event of a
dLsas ter.
A letto:r dated Sep tembor 15, 195O, fron R. C. Theuer, Ghlef ofPolice, nBs ?oad advls5.ng that Officer B. Dessln, a reglrlar Eember
of the Police Department, has been inducted lnto the armed ser:-
vices and is to ::eport fo:r actlve duty on Septernber 29, 1950.
The Chlef was notLfLod.thet he has the authorlty to appoint an
offlcer ln hls pIace.
trb11onln5q a comrmrnlcatlon llom Chlef of Pollce Eheuor, dated
Septembei 14, 1950, advising that he has lnvestigated the appJ-l-
catLon of Mr. Alfred Car13 for an automobiLe dealerrs license at
1014 Peninsula Avenue, Councl lman Hunt movod that the appllcatlon
be .denled, seconded by Counc ilnarr Atrater and unanlmous I-y carrled.
Janes S. Vlatson, -Bu5,1dtrng Inspootor, was authori zed to attend the
Paclfllc Coast BulldLng Offlclalg Conference 1n San DLegor October
5 t6 6 lncluslve, on motLon of Councl lm.an Atwater, seconded by
C ouncLlman Bynti and unanlmous 1y carried, and ptrsuant to a re-
commendatlon submitted by K. s. Eltoh, Dlreetor of Fubllc lillorks,
ln a letter dated Septemirer 15, 1950. An aLlowance of $125.00for expenses was autlro::Lzed.
A letten dated Soptember 7, 1950, ft'om the Board of SupervLso:'s
vras read requestl.ng Councll vlows on tho posslbllity o:: feas i-blIlty of erectLng a county animsL shelter or shelters. I{ayor
Love stated that the Councll expects to confer wtth offtclals of
San L{ateo and }Illlsborou6dr 1n c orr:rectlon vrlth the subJect ln the
verlr near future. The Ctty Clerk was instructed to so inform
the Board of Supervisors.
A .comrnunlcatlon dated September 8, 1950, f}'onr Mrs. l,{. Schroeder,
J.21? taguna Aver e and Petor l,Ia?row, 122O Palons Avenue, was
read dfi.ectlng Councll attentlon to the con&ition of the parkinq
lot on Paloma Avenue, north of Bnoadway' and requestlng act5.on
to ellmlnate the ntLsance causod by the dust. The comrunLcatlon
was referred to the members of the Parking Conrol ttee of the
CounclL. A meeting with Street Foreraan Wilson and Clty Englneer
trttch fo:: 10 a.n. Tuesday mornLng, Septembe:: 19, to S.nvestigate
the conditlon, lvas ca11ed by Chairman of the conrnlttoor Councl1-
Blan Hunt.
A letter: dated Septemben 15, 1950, f::orn K. S. Fltch, Directo:: of
hrbltc l{orks, llas read advisLn6l that follornrLng a study made on
the pr:oper ].ocatlon of installLng an a5.:: ?ald sLron' lt tras ::e-
eornmended that the Bekln Storage buiJ.dlng on Carolan Aveflre
wouLd bo the most dosLrable locatlon. Councllman ihrnt movod that
the Councll concur3 in the ::ecormendation and that the sl-ren bo
Lnstalled on the BekLn Storage bul1dlng, seconded by Cor:nc l }aan
Byrd and unanlmous 1y car::ied. n1ayor Love advlsed that a t€st
would be made soon and that the cLtLzens rvould be notifLod.
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Reports flrom the Clty Judgo, the PubLlc Lrlbra:ry, and the Police
Depar futrent for the month of August, 1950, and the Recreatlon
Department fo:: the month of Ju1y, J.950, were read and ordered flled.
ResolutLon No. 4O-5O arnendi ng ResolutLon No. 55-49 app 1ylryI forState ald in the constructlon of the enla::gement of the Sewage
l/llorks Plant, was lntrodrced by Councllman I{unt who moved lts adoptlon
secondod by Councllman Byr d and. unanlmous 1y adopted by the afflrma-tlve vote of the members present.
0ndLnance t{o. 495 entitred, rAN ORDTNANCE aMENDTNG sEcrroN 146g oF
T}IE ORDTNA]trCE CODE OF THE CITY OI' BURLTI GA]iIE PROVIDING FOR A
LII'{ITATION 0F trM ]EARS Ir0R EAC}I IICENSED BfCYCIJT!, uras tntroducedby Counc l1man Hunt and glven flrst ::eading.
o::dlnance No. 494 entltled, rAN oRDII'IANCE AIYIENUING SECTIOII 1469 0F
THE ORDINANCE CONE OF THE CITY OF BURIJ]NGAI,.{E PROVTD]NG TOR THE
DESTELTCTIO}tr OF AIJIJ BICYCI.,E RECORB KEPT FoR I\{ORE TIIAN trTVE YII,ARSII,was lntnoduced by CounclLnan Byrd aJId given flrst reading.
ordlnance No. 495 entLtJ_ed, nAtT ORDI]IANCE AMEIIDTNG sEcIIolt 14?5 opTl]E ORDTI{ANCE CODE OF T}IE CITY OF EUNIJIIIGA},'IE BY CIIANGIITG TIIE REGIS-
TRATfOII LICEIISE EEE FROII FII,TY CEIITS T0 ONE IOLLART, v,ras Lntroducedby Councllman Atwater and qiven flrst neadlng.
Claims Nos. 9208 to 9358 lncluslve, wlth the exeeptLon of voj.ded9259, in the amor:nt of $52,38I.82, - were read and iarrants ordereddr"avn on- the City ft easuny for thelr respectLve amounts, on motLoaof CounciLman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Byr:d and unaillmous Iycarrl e d.
lflayor: Love submitted the n"ame of 1[1111am J. ],{cKeon for reappolnt-ment to Ure Recreatlon Colsnls sl on. On motion of Cor:lclkrai Hunt,secondod_by Councllnan Atwate", the appol.ntment was unani,mously '
confirric d.
L{ayor IJove subrnlttod the namo of Mrs. GenevLeve Phe 1an for re-appointment to the Recreatlon Conr4iss 1on. On motlon of C ouncllmanIlunt, s econded by Counclhan By::d, ttre appolntnent rzas unanLmouslyconf irmed.
I,{ayor Love submlttod the name of Arthun W. Crruop for reappointroentto the Civll Servlce Cormrission. 0n motlon of Councilnan Errnt,seconded -by Councl hnan Atwater, the appolntment was unanlmousl-y
confinme d.
Ques t5.oned by the Councl1,following:
Clty Englneer trttch reported on the
1. The parkinq 1ot on Broadway r.rould be complete as soon as themarkings aro laLd out.
2. The Bur.linilame Avenue parking lot vrould be read.y as soon assome of the constrllction oorupanyt s equipment is"r'emoved..
3. W9"I it expected to begin ultht! a few dsyg on the nesu::facLngof California hlve fb ora ililIs C::eek to Broadway.
City Englneer ltt
and lnstallatlonIn the curr.ent bu
as authorLzod to procoed wlth the pu::chaselghts a1on4 EI Canr ino Real as p::ov-ided for
4ayor Love, on behal-f of the CLty Councl1, cornpJ.lmented theDh:ecto:rs of tl.e Chanber of Commence 6r' tirefu parti.cipatlon Lnttre :recent San li{ateo County Flesta and^fon thefu" effort ln maklngnBur Ungame Dayn a success], The Ctty Cler]r was instructed tothank LIr. Norman Co::Lett artd other dl,::ectors of tJee Chamber ofCowrence.
Chlef Theuer vras consatulated l:r the trainLng of auxiJ.lary polLceln prepa:redness of CLvilLan Defense. Ii{:r. Albert Gordon, FtneCommlsslon, pnesent at the meetLng, vas requested to thanL ChiefLeis and the membens of hls department l-n the t::alnlng of auxLlLery
f5-romen.
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C or.rnc l-l-man Atwater, Chafuman of the Chapln Avenue lllli dening C on-
m5.ttee, r.eported briefly on the ptrogross nade and advisod that
Chap ln Avenue property owners favored a 98r wldth.
Fbllowine Mr. Allan Rosst nequest for Council actton on tlle de-
cont:roI of :rents, citi Attorney Karmel was lnstructrid to obtaln
LnfonnatLon snd subnit a rocommendatlon to the Clty Councll at
the next regular meeting, at whlch time the Council would coa-
side! scheduLlng a publlc hea::Lng date.
There being no fi:rther business, the meetlne adJourned on motion
of Councllman Atwater, seconded by o ourrc ilman Byrd antl unanimous 1y
carr ie d.
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APPROVED:
Respectfully submitted,
Herbert K. WhlteCity C1e:rlr
dr^"'il
Dan R. Love,
llay orl
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