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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.10.16I _1 C)OC) Bu::1lngarne, October 16, Cali fo::nLa 1950 A reErlar mee ti.ng of the Rrrllngari:e CIty Cormcll was held on ttro above given date. Lieeting ca1led to order at B:15 p.m. - Iiayo? Love in the Chair. Ro11 Ca1I: Present - Councilmen: Atwater-Byrd-.,'iunt-Love-SLmondsAbsent - Councilmen: llone The minutes of t?re provious neetlng of October 2, 1950, as sub- mitted to tJ.e nenbe::s of the Ci-ty Council and as posted on the Bulletin Board in the City IlaLl, were approved and adopted on nroti.on of Councilman 1lunt, seconded by Councilman Atvrater and unaninous 1y carlied. Bids to c ons t::uct; a reinforced concnete culvert for Ralston Creek across San ltlateo Avenue scheduled for opening at B:OO p.nL were r"ead as fo].lows: H. H. Anderson 15059 East 14th St::eet San Leandro, California. .. . . Lump Swn #4rzza.bE Robert n. i.lurcloch 5376 Belgr.avo Elace Oak1arrd, C alifornia.{}4,Ie6. oo L. C. Srnith CompanY Flrs t Arrermo San iJa teo, Callfo::nia.ii2r 610.0o J. C. Graf Sharp Park, California.i:s, o8s. oo Stevenson Paci fl c 1O79 Ches tnut Redvrood Clty, Californla. . . . .. {E3r 45o.OO J. R. riarris 10OB Alna Street Lienlo Park, Ca] ifornia.$r, ete.oo The above bLds were accompanied by btd bonds. The Clty Attorney and the City Englnoe were requested to examine the blds and submLt a report later Ln the evenLngt s meetJ.ng. Bids for the construction of a reLnforced concrete draft plt scheduled for openJ.ng we:re ::ead as follows: L. C. Smith Company San IIat oo , California.$4rB5o.oo Stevenson lacific Redlvood City, California..S4r94o. oo IIanls & Fjeldtreln, Inc. l,Ien1o park; califoi'nia. s5r474.O0 Bld bonds acconpanied bids. The above bids were also referred to the City Attorney and the Clty Englnoer for recounrnendatlon to be subnltted later 1n the meot5.ng. A hearinA on the reqr-rest to subtllvide Lot 14, Block 5, Glenwood Park on Earrol*iet Aveno.e was he1d. Itro one appea::ed to p::otest the subdLvlsion. A communlcatLon dated Augus t 5, L95O, f?om the Plannl-ng Comrlssion adv5.qed that the Corml,sslon had voted r:nanl- mously to reconrnend the above subdlvision at thelr regular meetLng of Juiy 27. Councilman Atwater moved that the CouncLl- accept the rocorcn6ndation of the Plann5.ng Commisslon, seconded by Counc l1man Simonds and ur:anLmous Iy camled. Resolutl"on No. 46-50 approvlng the proposed subdlvlslon \ras Lntroduced by Councilmerl Slmonds who moved Lts ad.optlon, seconded by C ounc llman Hr;nt and adopted by the unanlmous afflrmatlve vote of the CouncLf membors. ()q.) L. F. Cou:rtln, .ellglbJ.e.for the posltlon.of Groundsman, wasappolnted effectlve 0ctoben 16, subJect to the usual requLre-ments, on motLon lnt:roduced by Counc i]man slmonds, seconded by C orxrcllman Byrd and r:nanlmous Ly c a:rnied, pr::rsuant to a ::equesiby letter dated October 13, 195O, flom Dlnecton of publlc Works. A letter dated October 5, 1950, from the Bu::lingame Plannlng Commls sl or5 was road advislng that an appllcation had been rE-ceived llom LIoore & I,{as ters f e a permLt to construct a gener.alwoodworklng rnlII ln the Broadway In&rstrlal Area and ttral the.Commlssion had voted lts approval. Councilman S imonds movedconcunrence l-n the nocorunendation wLth the provision that a permitbe granted. onJ.y at such time as-a plan is submltted lndlcatlngan up-to-date shaving bu:rner wiLl be insta1Ied, seconded by C or:ncl,lman Atwate:: and unanLmous 1y caried. A letter dated October-O, Lg50r- flom the _ Burlingame planning Conmlsslon, was read advlsing that a ::epresentaEive of Thos]ScobLe & Dons, fnc.r- appeared. at a regular meetlng of tho Com-m:.s-s:.on^ and proposed a subdlvLsL on of a trlanguJ.an a::ea at }ii11-side DrLve and. Skyltne Boulevard for the pu::pose of divldlngtlr.e a:pea lnto throe pa::cels for residentlal- pr:::pos es, and t eCommlssion unanlmousiy " approved the p::ofosa1. The sub..iect wasreferred to the chairriran-bt tne Bui[un[ cormrtttee ;i ir.; counclrand rnecomnended that the sl,te be viewed"with other ot"*r"""-or tir"CouncL l. A Letten dated October S, Lgbo, flon the plarrnlng Commlsslon,ya:-Teld-advLslng Uxat a-propoied resubdtvlsion 6f f,ot iO,-nioct f,subdLvlslon lio. 5 of Burllngame Fark, had reen approvua ui tireCornrLss lon. A council hearing vras s6t tor lvoverriL"-0. -fg6o. ""athe CLerk was Lnstructed to nottfy the Lnterest"a p"rii"".-' A lette:: dated October 18, 1950, fY'om the clvtl service collralsd. onwas read submlttLng the f6llowiirg eJ.iglble J.Lsts: Water Se:rvL ce Foreman 1. IJr.ne s t Hoy C1a::k - 19 Dv,right Road, Burlingame City Librarl-AJI 1. j'L::s. I',a therlne IiI. Dombauglr - 1416 F!.oribunda, Bunlingame 2. George P. Lechich - le4g Lii11s Street, L-en1o par.k Senior Cle rk-S tenoaa apher 1. I,.irs. Anna Ii. Ileyers - 424 1l/il1lams 2. 1,[r3s. ]iis-r j orie B. Johnson - 1216 Edgehill councillman simonds moved teat the eltglble list fo:: r'or.eman beac c epted, s e c onded by C ounci 1me, Hunt-an d r.""rri*""" f y-;;;;i; 11. P1ace, San Mateo Drive, Burlingalre Tlre 1lst_for _Ctty ilb:rarl.an was accepted a"nd referned tol,LorarT Board on motion of C orrnci }aan Simonds, seconded C ou.ncllman Atvater and unanimous.Ly ca::::iea. the bv 0n notlon of C or,ncL l:nan SLmonds, the list for SenLor. Clorlc-stenographer yras acceptecl, seconde<l by c ounci }narr Atlvaie:r-.anounaninous ly ca::rLed. A letter dated october. 13, 1-9bo, fr.om the civir servi,ce comrnissl on1'fas read recorurlendinS that the cr.r.r.::ent salary s cr.ua"iu -*ra"n Ordlnance I[o. 492 for. -the position of Senlor- Lib;ari; fr" -"*"rrauA to read: :i2S5.OO - {)265.0b - g2ZS.OO. Counci lman Byrd l_ntroducedI9I_Ii_t"t readi-ng a nerv ordiTance r;o. 4et,-l'Aii-frnr'6'niviiT6r, c -LIBRARY - sEItroR LrBnARrAri i:zss.oo - $zo6i.oo : .;iis.iio,i:'-" Pursuant to a rcques t fuorr tlre civir ser"vice conrinissi.on in aIet tor. date d oc tober -rs, f est, irr" 1-rriiri" - ri Jf ?;;-iypi" tlcruor.lvhich lvas establisl:re<l^i.n. Octo6er, 1949; was extendea f6i one yea::on motion of c ou,c ir-man Atlva ter, - s e coDire d uy c ounci 1m"n- ar:a anaunanii-:ous1y carried. C)OA A letter dated 0ctobe:: 2, 1950, from E. L. Llncoln, Recreation Superlntendent, suggostlng certaLn correctlons in Dlvislon F of thi Recreation Department as contained i.n 0:rdinance No. 492, $'as referred to the RecreatLon Conrdssion. A letter dated October 12, 1950, from E. I.,. Llncoln, Recreatlon Superlntendcnt, reque stin! authori&atton.to. purchase - a new Royal tyierriter, wai also referred to the Recreation Oorrrrisqion. Mrs. Anna K. Meyers, 1{o. 1 on the e1igIbIe llst for Senlor Clerk- Stenoerapter, wis alpointed to that posltion ln the offlce of the Cf ty Ef "i'r., iub ject- -to the usual reqtLremen'ts, -on rnotLon. of Couircllnan'Atrwaien, seconded by C or:rrcl1man Byrd srrd unanlmously carrled, and pursuant to a request from the Clty Clerk ln a' l-ettor d.ated October 161 195O. A lette:r dated october 5, 195O, from the Lincoln Parent-Teacber Assoclatlon together witl a letter from Uirs. Warren Callow of I1is ratrrton Iane, was read citlng the dan8ors encountered-by sohool chlldren in-crossing El Camlno Real at the lntersectlon of Rosedale Avenue and Ray D:rive on their way to school, . "19 o"- q"e"ting th.t a t::aff 1c gi:ar:d be statlonsd lmmedlately at tbls i"t""""itfon for the.childrents protectlon. Concurrlng 1n the .torr" ouq.r"st, CounciLuan Slnondl moved that a trafflc guard be eo.pfoy"a'on tfie same basls on whlch other offlcers are euployed tn-sl;tfar circumstances and that compensatlon be expendod from iho Parklng Meter htnd, seconded by Councilman Byld an{ yynf- *or"fy car;led. The point was raised- as.to tho lirnl ted tlme .fi""6a p"a"strlans lir c::osslng rri th hl ghway slqna1s, the ^ColncilafrcctJa'tte Clty Enginee:r to consult with the lltghway Offlclals relatLve to this subject. A petitlon submltted by property owner! on Chapln Avenuo re: Cfripfn Ao"tt " 1np::ovemen-t was sirunttted .and read and :r ef enred i;--tna city crerir for verlflcation' and to the chaltman of the Council Coimlttee, C ouncl lmerr II. Kent Atrflater. R^solutlon No. 44-50 cancelling taxes for the yoar 195O-51 on piopenty owne d by the Penlnsu1a Hospltal. Dlstrlct, was Lntro- h""ia ti Corrncilman S imonds ndro moved its passage, secondoal by Councfilran lllnt and adopted by the unanlmous affitastlve vote of the Council Resolutlon IIo. 45-50 entltled, trRIsoLUTloI{ AUTHoRIZII{G AI'ID DI- BECTTNC T}IE EXPEI{DITUNE OF FUNDS TO DEFRAY EXPENSES OF TITE T,MITSBRS OF T}M CITY COUI{CIL AND OTTIER CITY OTFICIALS ATTEI{D]I{G rffi COIESNS}.ICE OF T}M LEAGIIE OF CALIFORNIA C]TIES AT LOS AI{GELES, Cel,ff'Onflfe, OCTOBER 23 to 25 INCLUSMil, was lntroduced by a;*r;ii16gn'Simonds who aov€d its passage, seconded by C ounclLnan Ilunt and unanLmous 1Y carrled. Councilman S inionds rnoved tlra t a nerrber of the llanning Commlssion te authonized to atten6 15s f,alifornia League of Citiesr Con- .ru.riiot in Los Angeles on october 23 to 25 inclusive with an ;ii;;;;"; of {i;125;oo for expenses, secondod by councilman Atwater and rrnanj-mouslY carried. Leonard Tiidenr Assistant Engineerr was authorlzed to attend the Caiiio"rri. Leaglue of Citiesi Convention irith an e xpense accor.nt ;i-$iI,S.OO aI16vrea, seconded by Colncilnan Byrd and unanimously carried. Under the heading of Unf irri she d Business, Cor'rrcilman Simonds moved that the present vacant position of vv'ater Foreman be filfed Lv aooointinfi .l;. 1 on the eliSlbLe 1ist, 'Errtest Roy Clark, -ef-fLctive Octo5er 16, 1950, seconded by Counci lman Atviater and rrnanirnously c a rrie d. The ne,rl ' ater Foreman, Jrnest, iloy C1ark, v'Iho YIas present at the meeting, vas introduced. councilman simonds stated that the council has roceived a nlx11be r ;i;;;ti;i"ts on trre l11ega1 in-staflation of p5as appliances.wlthln ifr"-Cf1V and moved that t[e Building Inspector be lnstructod to issue a'vrarrant for the arrest of those r-,,ho flagrantly violate the Bui lding Code Ordinances by the illega] instal]ation of suchappliances, seconded by Couacilman Byrd and unanimously samied. Oo- llayor. Love advlsed that the San ldateo County Rent A dvl sorX. Boardin cohJunction. wtth the 0.P.A. Ls conduetin!1 a surwey on irouslngcondltions rui thin the County and the Counc 11 wll1 be advised oftbe result at a later d.ate. The followlng fact-flnding committeewas appointed to assl,st on the subject of decontrol study: 1 2 .) 4 7 o E. Sherldan Bl,cke:rs, Renters Associatlon, 1J-5 A::unde 1 Road W. R. Grunewald, Real Estat6, 55O E1 CamLno Real Andrew Ewlng, Building Trades, 22 lIighland Avenueldrs. A. V. Ross, Real Estate, L405 EI Can:lno Real Edv/ln llilckelsenr. Labo:r, 2123 AdeLine Dnlvo Ed Ray, Merchant, 1136 Broadway George llrlilIlams, Apantment House 0wner, 10 Callforrria DrLve Claronce }lonroe, Home Onner, 1625 Albenanle Y/ay Chas. llrlhl tn6y, Veteran, 1159 Bennal AsenueMrs. Arure Wl1son, Apantnent l{ouse owner, EI Camlno Real10. Cou.ncilman Slmonds recomrended that a conmurllcation be forryardedto the San F::anclsco RalJ-way officials calllng attontion to theunsi ghtly appearance of the rlght-of-r,ray along the street cartr"acks and. requestlng their coope::atlon in na[ing the nocossarlrimp::ovements. The City Clerk vras r€quested to conrunlcate wititthe above officials. Addltlonal tirae to furthor study traffic problems adJacent to theBroadway ald Bu"llngame Avenue busLness clist::icts wai roquestodand granted to members of the Corrncll who are studylng the subJect. The Cowrcll was lnformed by Councllman Slmonds that no definltoroport is ava11ab1e at this time on the extenslon of Callfo::nlaDrive to ilillbrae Avenue g]-though the Ctty Attorney and the CltyEngineer have corrf erred wlth ir1r. Leslie ir{oo::e of tire M1I1s Estaie. Clty Engineer Fltch and City Attorrrey Ka rrreJ- recommended that thebld fon the construetlon of a relnfoi'ced concrete culve:rt forRalston Creek be awardsd to the 1ow bldd.e::, the L. C. Sntth Co.ln the Lunp Sum anount of $21610.0O, and tie contract to be sowoided to establlsh a tirre- Iintt. of approxlmately thtrty days tocomplete the work. Council_man Atwatei intnoduced. and m6ved- thoadoptlon of Resolutlon No. 47-5O acceptlng the bld of L. C. $0i thC9, ln tho Ltrnp Stm of $21610.00, secondod by Councllman Hunt and.adopted by the rrnanimous afflrmatlve vote of'the members. Blds submitted fon the constructlon of a reinforced conc:rete draftplt were reJected on motlon of C6q1s11aan Bynd. seconded bvCouncL'lman Atwater and unanLmous Iy carr'led.- Chalmran of tho Waten CommLsslon, Mr. J. F. Sullivan, and. LIrs.J. E. Hax.rL son of the LibrarT Board, who were preseni at themeeting, were Lntroduced. The City Clenk lva s lnst::uctod to so advise the con:nittee member.s. Mayor Love decla::ed the lntentlon of the enti::etake the State Loyalty Oath. City Council to 91!I E"91"?en Fitchr-vrtro_1s leaving -the ernployment of the City,addressed the cour.cil and- expressed hls app::eclation to the pi'6sentcouncLl, past corrncl l s r- the plannlng corunl s slon mombens, the vrlate:rCorunlsslon. membersr- and.the clty enployoe s for thel:: coope:rationin the past and wl_shed the Clty of Burllngame suceess i.n ttref utu:re. _ [Iayor-Lor,e, on behalf of the Counctl, also expressed hl-sappreclation of Mr. Fltcht s r,any accomplishments and vi. shed. hirn -e_very success in his new positl0n. lrlr. suIlivan, chaL rman of theWater Commlssion, a3.so c olanond.e d L{r. Fitch. Mayo:r Love announced that the Councll is prog:ressing with ttsplans fon a Clvl1 Ddfinse prognam and stated.-that tip Cowrcllmembers are ln ::eceJ.pt of a trunited. States Clvil Defense Bookrrlssued by Governo:r Ytlarren. ''t 226 fol-lowlng other reports and there being no funther buslness meetlng was adJou::ned on motlon of Counc ilman Hunt, seconde C ouncl Iman Atwater and unanLmously carried. Respectfully submitted, Herbert K. llhiteCity Clerk APPROVED: , thedbv t^,*/i* Dan R. Love, Jr. !:a yor3