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Bu:r,Ilngane,
Ifovenber 6,
Ca1 ifornia
1950
A regular neetlng
above given d ate.
Lovo in the ChaLr.
of tlre BurlLngame Clty Councll was
L[eetLng ca1 led to o:rtler at B:00 p
held on the
I.layor
RoIl Ca11: ?resent Councllmen:' Absent Councl,1.,:ren:
A t|a t er -Byr d-Ilr',.nt -Lov e -S intonds
llone
The minutes of the previous meetin.l of October 16. I9SO. as sub-mitt,ed tc rnernbers of thecouncil and aspostcd on tire Bu.l j_ctin
Board- in the City Ha1I l'/ere approved and adopte<l or: notion ofCou:rcilnan Hunt, seconded by Councilman Byrd and unaninouslycarrie d.
A hearJ-ng on a request for a change of zone of propert-,r descrlbed
91 -Lots 2 and 3, Block 4, Burlingarne parl< #2 co*rorrly irno.,or,, os150o lloward_Avenue, was continued fron the previ-or-r.s bouncil meetlngof 0ctober 2, 1950. LIiss fsabel L,arsen, otrne r of the property ad_jacent to- the above, addressed the CounLil request1n13 thai, shouldthe Coi:ncl1 approve the change of zone, a stipulatton ne .oaAe thatproperty lines remain as the;r exist at the prLscni. Ilollorring a{\rther dlscusslon on the subject :e City bLerl: reacl a l_etterir91. lhe Planning Comnj.sslon reconimending the gpantinl of thepetitlon for a cirange of z one. Councilnin Sinonds thereut;on roovedthat the council concur in ttre recorrnendation and re city Attorneybe i-ns t:'ucted to prepare an ordinance affectin; tlre pr:opoiea chan516,seconded by Counci}ean IIu.nt and una.nl,mous 1y cairie ci.' Ctr.rnci1::ranslnonds f\.ir ther moved that a retter be dirlcted to ihe at1,er':tiono.i the Plannlnr: Coi:rnission advisLng tjte ;,1enbers of tne tine tal:enby the Council arld the pos ition taiien by the ob jector on thispa.rtic*1ar. issue, and
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re coiimending that ln thc iutur" rz:en plansare preser-rted to the Conrrission f\rl1 consideration be .;iven topoints ,aised by the objectors. The rnotion vras s econcle<l by council-nan Byrd arrd unanimousl;r carried.
Pursuant to the readin'1 of a corrru,lcation fros the plarurinq
Comr:iission recorn::iendLng ill a proposed resubdivis j.on of Lot"13,Bloclr 1, llur,lin, :eu..e Parl< 1|3 vral a1-rproved by tire dopt:.on oiPesol-utlon ltro. 49-5o, Lntroduced by counciirnari Atr-.iater vrho rioved.its passs.ge, seconded by c ounc i lmar1., i{uni o"a i """imo". ry'I"i""i" a.
A.request^for a proposed resubdivision of a triangular arceHilLside Drivc an<i Sk7-1ine Boulevard vras s ubmi tted .ry l;ro".i: Sons, fnc., and a Colrncil-. hearinr; \ras set for I{ovefrber 20,in the Council_ Cha.rlbers of tjre C j-t, Hall at B: O0 p.rn.
A letter dcted November 5, 195O, from li. S.
rybH9 lTorlls, r,;as read submitti.it; a revisedfications for the enlargenent of tire Sel.iageslrbject vras held in abeyance urrtil the next
C ounc i1.
A letter dated Nover:rber 3, 1950, frot-ri Ii. S. !-i tcir, Dl,r.ector ofPltbli" Iiorks, was rc;ad lequ-g:],ilr t!e- appointnent'of n Utifity-rr'in the Street nepartment. Iyil1ial Selt<ii.k, next eligibj_;;;""appointed to
- the position effective ],{overnber 1, 19so; o, liotior.r of
G ouncl lman_s Lmonrls, seconrled by councilnarr Byrl and irnanimous rycar.rl-ed. _ ?he appolntment. vas nade subject to the usu_al- require_raents and the s i.ininr! of the Loyalt;r Oith.
A Ie'oter dated i{ovembe r 5, 1g50, fror:r K. S. Fttch., Director offg!]i9 li'forlcs, r.ias :rcad -transndttin j a proposed. Leasc A:rrceirent
1vi th the Southern Paciflc Corrrpan;' ior tt-re- installation a.nd rrain_tonarce of a neon sii}: a t tJ:e Br,rlrngane Depot. Ttrc cor,um:nic a ti onlvas refer.ed to the Br-ri1din.3 conr:ittee of tire conircir for s tudvand r"e1:ort to the Council at tlte next rdgular rrreetlng.
A cor:uiunicatLon dated I{ovembor 5, 1050, irom Ii. s. !rtc}r, Directorof Public lTorks, 1'/as read transr,iittin6 an offcr to serl ir.",,,_rr--ini'roved corn.r:r"ciaI Lot ilo. 27, Block 15, Burlj.n|1ar:te Grove Sub_division, for off-street parkiirg: purposes. The comr.,nication l.rasreferred to tite Parkin-; Com:,iltt6e- of- tlre Council.
at
Scoble
1950,
jri tch, Director of
cos t of pla.ns a.n c1 speci-
Di.sp os a.1 llant. The
re g,r:la r ineetinl; of the
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On rnotion of Councllman Byrd, seconded by Counci&rnan Atwater and
unanl.mously carried, the r"esignation of Robert T. IIorvar.d, Uttllty-
man at the Sevage Disposal uas accepted pu::suant to a letter dated
October 21 , 1950, from the DLrector of Publlc Vrlonks.
A cortiunication irom Ii. S. iritch, dated 0ctober-26, 1950, vas read
recomendi.43 that consider.ation be givcn to a proposal received
from i{r. 1"ti 111.€rx-l Ta11ey to operate the Ctty Dunrp on a fee basl,s.
Action vias tri thheld pendin,; a dlscussion to be held u,ri th l,ir. Ta11ey.
The City Cle rk vas j.nstru,cted to arrange for a rncetLng to consLderthe proposal.
Proposed changes in Ctty Ordinance 7:to, 492t pertaLnlng to the
Recreation Department and submltted by the Recr.eation Cormrission
Ln a letter dated 0ctober 27, 195O, vrere witlireld for discusslonwith the Clvil Service ConmlssLon. The City Clerk was ins tructedto arrango for aneeting to dLscuss the recommended ctranges.
0n motion of CouncLlmar Aty{ater, seconded by Counci h,ran llunt and
unanLmous Iy car.rled, the request for the pu.r, chds e of ono nevr type-rf]:lter. for the Rec::eation Center office was denied for U1e reasonthat the nevr item r-ras not pLaced in the current budget.
A letter daterl Octob ar 27 , 1950, fror.r the lru.rlinganc .iiecreation
ComraissJ.on, lv.1s road requestin3 that action be talcen to hzrve the
dens e undergroy/th in Vf eshington Park r emoveci. The s r-rb ject wasreferred to the Recreation Conurl,ttee ol tiic City Cormcil for in-vestigation and report.
A letter dr:ted Octob.y 27, 1950, frori the Burlini;arre Recreation
Comr,rission, lias read requesti.r; that lettcrs o,C a.pprecie.tion be
fon'rarde d to those responslblo for thc success of thc recently
produced p1a1,, T1.e l.likaclo. " The conr:r:lica i;ion vas referrerl backto the Recreation Corr:rission and the Superintendelt of Recrcati-onwith a recolnendation that the CorLrnisslon and bhe Superintendcntdirect l-etters of appreciation to tiroso concer"ned.
Permission, a s requested in a letter frorr City Attorne;,' liarmeI, r,ras
deni.ed to !,ttend the lTatlonaf Conferenco of tire l,Tational Institute
of L1uni cipal Law OfJicers to be held in l,levr Or1eans, Louis:'-ane, on
I'Iovember 27, 2B and 29.
The request for ljerrd-ssl-on to dlspJ.a;' tou;,in; e:ihibits at differentperiods of time dlr.rin.; ti:e ensuLn:-; ;,rcar subrilitte d ir a lettor from
the llilitary Order o.f tl'ie Purple Heart, r,,'as gra.nted on motion of
Council-nan Sinonds, seconded by Councilnan I{unt and r:"nan irnously
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A le tter dated lloverabcr 3, 195O, fr.om the Burlinr-;aJL1e Gate fmprove-
ms3f Club, r.ras read recluestin I asain t]:a t tf,re unsightly condition
of thc former railyrajl right-of-r'ray a1on3 Cali-fornia hive be
corrected. l1r. A. F. Puckmel, 1125 O:iford J1oad, spokesnan for a
gr ou-p representin'l the Improvcment C1ub, addressed tire Couircll
and personally urged tl:e inrrediate boautificatLon of tire area inquestion. I,layo:: Love advised that a noetin-] rvorr-Id be arranged
vrithln the nert teir d a),s uilh Council merrrbcrs and a corrnr.ittee of
the fmprovenrent Club to discuss l,'ays and neans to iraprove the
situation. the City C1erli r,';a s lns tructerl to notify all concerned.
A letter dated Novenrber 1, 1950, frora Andrelr J. Comray, vras read
eompllmenting l,[st/ or Love - on his intention to take actLon to termt-
nate the 1ori, flying airplane hazand. The City Clerk was instructe{lto forvrard a letter to the Civil Aenonautics Admlnistration again
requestLng action to allevlate the rruLsance and haza::d.
A report frore tlLe llre Depertrnent for therironth of Septernber, 1950,
v;as read ar}d ordered file d.
Resolution I[o. ,18-5O entiilcd, ttchanE;in3; Authorized Arlentrt vas
Lntroduced by Councilnan llu.nt r",'ho noveil its pas sage, s econcled by
Councilnan Atlyater ar.rd foll-orvin; ro11 call ,,;as ananimously adopted.
f r)r)q
ordinance X{o. 497 entitled, 'rAlt OrtDI}IAilC: Ai!:EliDIi{G DIl.iISIOii G OF
SECTIOT. 825 0F THE oRDIl[A]rCII CODE 0F TiE 0ITy 0F BURLIi]GAL,ETI-Tas
1;iven second reading. Upon motion of Counellnran Byr<l, seconded by
C-ou-nc i lman Hunt, Ordlnance Iio. 49'/ as amended, vas adopted by the-followin3 vote:
A]trS: COUIiCIIJI EN: A tnater-By::d-Hunt- Love -S imonds].trOlis: COI].NCIU\[EN: ITone
ABSEIIT COUNCfUTiIN: ]'ToneI
The nane of Albert Gordon was submitted by Llayor Love for reappoint-ment a s a nenber of the irlre .comi;isslon. on notiori of counciJrrnanSimonds, seconded by Councl}nan Hunt, the appointnent rvas unani-
Lrouq Iy c onfLlne d.
Tne Department of Pub1lc liJorks was ins tructecl to prepare srdadver{ise for blds for t}re destnuction of the Gu.rri t iiorno intr'iashin3ton Park. The Publlc l?orks Deparfuient was a]-so requestedto rneet r..d tl: the BulJ-dlng Corunlttee of the Council beforethe home is des troyed.
I,Iayor. Love appolnted Coulcj.lman Si:nonds to head the CivilProqran for the Ctty of BurlLng4nre. He lvas r.equested tothe pnogram 1ylth the Cities of San liateo and llillsborourlhto detemdne the course of a ction Br:rlingarae shoulcl_. ta]r5vital ma.tter.
Respe ctfully s ubrdtted
The CIW Cle rlr vias instructed to consult witlr the Bwlinga_me lierrorImprovcnent C]-ub concerniry,; street and server problems in that areaand-possible 1'/ays ar-r d rneans to improve existlng conditions inBur'lingane l,lanor.
A lettt,r d:.,ted October 25, 195O, from 1iirs. Charlotte Johnson ,chai rnan of the Library Board, r"ras read advisin: of the appointmentof l.lr..'George Paul- reclich as city Liurarian.- l i". - t," "ii "lri
- vriro waspresent at tire CounclL roeetin5, lyas introduced.
A petition dated l[overrber 1, 195e, .for a sarlance in zo r:.e ofproperty at ?OG PeninsuLa Avenue, s ubmittod by i,lr. Leo Ja,lan,
or,,yre r oI the property, was referred to the planiti.n,^; CoroeissLon.
A lettcr d:rted October 2B_, 19SO, frorn Ylaltcr T. Burgcss, 116Bloomfield Road, r,ras rearl roo.uesting that action be"tak6n ioellnrinate a hazard resllltin3 fr.orrL a'hu1e er-m tree uprootin.;-tnesidevralk and street in front of jrLs prerrises. eucsiioned b:r theCounci1, ?ar]; Superintendent Anderson advLs ed tliat ti:cre r.;eienumcrous cases of simila r- nature throu, lrout the city. ro110rd" n3a lengthy discussion of the ;_,rob]em, Street lorerrran" liilson voLun_teered to conduct a city-vi,de survq)r in an attempt to ascertal-nthe cost of repal,r to correct the sitriation. n:L city Cleri; reada -Jetter fron C. A. Tp16l16, 1145 Dnal;e Avenue, ca1lii; atientfonto the condition of the s ider"ialk in front of his prop"ity at, z4l-b4slfimros e Road. The comrnunication r',.as referred to'thb pai,tr
Department.
Clty- Cler.k lj/hite advised the Council tha_ t a petltior: had beensubnd-tted froin ovners of st:reet frontage op. bl:apin Avenue betr,,'een-Dri-mrose lload and E1 canrino Real a:-r d tiat the signatures represented65,.i of the oi",rners. .1{o action r,r*." tu.L"rr-'u.t this tjme.
rollowing the readfng and s i3nin:,; of the state Loyalty oath by eachneurber of the council, the roeetin3 rvas regLrlar:-y ia;oirne.r on notionof councilman slnonds, s econded. by corinclI'rar.r tltnt incl unanimous 1ycarr.i e d.
Defense
di s cussln ordenin this
APPROVED:
a4.'t
Da.n R.
I'iqtr or3
IIERBART Ii. YTHTTECity Clerk
Love,
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