HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1950.11.20230 Burlingame, California
Idovember 20, 1950
A regular meeting of the Burllngamo City Council was held on the
above gLven dato. Heeting called t o order at 8:00 p.m. - Mayor
Love in the Ctralr.
Rol-l CaLl: Present CouncLLmen: Atwater-Byrd-I{unt-Love-SimondsAbsent CounelLmen: None
The minutes of the p:revLous meeting of November 6, L950, as sub-
nitted to members of the Council and as posted on the BuLletin
Board in the City HaI1 were unarrirnously appr.oved and adopted. on
motLon of Councilman Atwaten and seeonded by Councilman Byrd..
l,tonday, November 20, 1950, at B:00 p.m., was the time set for a
Cor:"aeiL hearing on a proposed nesubdivlsion of a triangular area
at Hillslde DrIve anilSkyl-ine Boulevard contai.ning 0.56 acres.
A Lettor f?om the Plarining Cormisslon was r.ead advislng that the
members had unanlmously appr.oved the developurent of the area in
question and it was explalned that Thos. ScobLe & Sons, Inc.;
orrners, lntended to dlvLd.e the'land into throe paa,eels for resi-
dentlal bulldlng purposes. Mr. E. C. Anderson, Presldent of the
Bu:r1lngame l!{anor Improvement Associati.on, addressed the Councll
and stated that although the menrbership was of the opinLon that
very llttle yard space had been prov5.ded ln the 3.ot plans, nooffleLal protest nould be ontered. Followlng a further dls-
cussion, Councilman Atwater introduced and. moved the passage of
Resolutlon IIo. 52-50, acceptlng the map of the proposed subdl-vislon as submLtted, seconded by CounclLnran Blrd and upon ro11
caLl the members voted as foIlor.rs:
AYES : C0UI'trCILillEN: Atwater-Byrd-Eunt-Love
II0ES: COUI'TCI LL,EN: Slmonds
Before the regular order of business City Clerk White administerod
the State Loyalty Oath to all mombers of the Library Board.
l,.layor Love announced that a pubLic hearlng on the decontrol ofrents withln the City of Burlingame would be held on the evonLngof December 5, 1950, at 8:0O p.n., Ln ttre CounclL Chambers ofthe Clty Hal1. Couneilman Atwater" thereu-pon-,introduced and
moved tLre adoption of Rosolutlon }tro. 55-50, tf0AlLLng for a hrbl-lc
Meeting on the Decontrol of Rents within the City of BurLlngauefr,
seconded by CounciLman B;rrd and unanimously carrj-ed by the af-firmatlve vote of the members.
A comnrunication from L. A. Widen, AssLstant Clty Engineer, and
dated November Al, 1950, recouxmending that blds be called for the
spraylng of the parking strip on unimproved lots and pance1s lnthe 195L weed abatement program, was heLd for" discussion with tho
Pank Departurent Superinter:dent.
A letter dated November 16, 1950, fnom the Boa::d of Fire Cor::sis-sioners, was read advislng that the Board of Flre Underwriters ofthe PacifLc is conducting a survey wlthln the Clty and has recour-
mended that the suggested Fire Pnevention Code be adopted. It
wgs f\rrther r:ecorxnended that Fire Zone ffZ, on ttrro vresterl-y sldeof California Drlve flom Bellevue Avbnue to Carmellta Avenue, be
changed to Fire Zona //1. A meetlng was sehoduled to be held with
CounelL membersr the Fire Ch5-ef, and the Fire CorrmLssioners on
It{onday eveni.ng, November 27, L950, at B:0O p.n., to dlscuss the
proposed Flre Prevention Code and its adoptlon. 0n motion of
Councllman Simonds, the Ctty Attorney was Lnstructed to prepare
an ordlnance changing the westerly slde of Callfornla Dnive f?om
Bellevue Avenuo to Carmelita Avenue to Ftrti Zone lfl, seconded by
Councll-rrar. At$iater- arrd unanlmously carried..
Upon the advice and necorm.endatlon of Chtef of Police Theuer ina l-otter dated l{ovemben 15, 1950, the resignatlon of Offlcer
Wamen lY. KlsslLng vras acceptedr or motion of Councllman Bl':rd,
seconded by CounciLuan }Iunt and r:.r:ani.nously earz.led.
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A letter dated Novemben 1?, L950, fbom chief of Poli.ce Theuen,was lread requestlng that an appointment be made to ftLl a vacancyexLsting due to the resii.gnatlon of offlcer" Klssling. No. 2 onthe eliglble 1ist, Alft,ed J. Lena, was regularly appolnted, und.erthe pnevalltng nules and rogulatlons of th.e Civll Service Com-nlsslon, o! motion of Councilman Simonds, seconded by CouncllmanAtwater and rrnanLmously carrled.
chief of Poli-ce, R. c. Theuer, vras thanked for his detailed. ro-port on the Thirtieth Annual Confe::ence of Peace Officers t Asso.ciation of the State of Californla whlch vras held in Pasad.ena o]1October 25 througr 27.
A letten dated }troverrber 16, l-950, fYorn Ed Ray, Fresid.ent of theBroadway Development Association, was read reipesting a nunrberof lmprovements in the Broadway buslness area, as follows:
1. F.epa-'ir of parklng lots at Lagrrna and Bnoadway; and paloma,
north of Broadway.
2. Removal of constru-ction lron protruding fr"on founrlation ln
er':rpty l-ot ne:ct to "Our Camera SI:op. tt
3. Sr:rvey and costs per {?ont foot for wldenlng of slde streetson Broadway.
counciLrnan Hunt, chalnman of the Parklng commlttee, stated, thatthe Lots " i.n question wouLd be repalrea wtthln a sh6rt time.
Courr.olL:ne.n Hunt f\rnther stated that negotiations were lmd.er wayat px'esent"wlth the },{arket $t:reet Rairway for the extension ofthe par{ing lot north of Broad.way to the next stneet, and. it wasgxpected that the parkLng J.ot at the Burllngame Southern Paciftc
lep-ot at lrlorth Lane wouLd be extended through to oak Grove Avenue.$tembers of the Devel.opment Assoclati-on were advlsed. that theowner of the property has been notlfLed of the protnudlng fuonhazand but so far has refused to conrect the situation ana:.n
ce.se of accldent would be heLd responslbLo. Irlayor Love stated.that when a new clty Englneer Ls appoLnted he witt be recluested,to conduct a survey and present costs for the wLdenlng of sldest:reets on Broadwayr Mr. Ray congratulated the council for ltseffonts Ln so3.v1ng parking pnoblems and suggested. tJ:.at proper
s3-gns be,eneoted on the lots. 1Ur3. Walter Neubauon, L521 Bnoadway,addressed. the councll and suggested that or€-w&Y streets LntoBroadway be abandoned. Chlef Theuer. was requested to conduct asurvey on the latter suggestion.
A letter" dated November 6, 1950, firom the BurLLngame Vlt-lage fm-provement C1ub, was r ead expresslng 5.ts appr"eclation for tho reeent
Lmprovements made in the ViLlage. The Clty Clork was Lnstructedto aeknowledge the coumrunlcatLon.
A roquest fnom Thos. Scoble & Sons, fnc., for penmission to removeone tree on tot 1-2, BLock 2r Br:rllnga"ne ?ark 1t'4, was ::efei,red tothe Park Superlntendent for reeorsnendatl.on to ttrre CounciL.
Eeponts ftom tho Elre Department, the PoLice Depantment, theLlbraryrand the clty Judge for the month of Octoben 1g5o, wereread, and ordered ftLed.
A letter dated November J.4, 1950r. from Tf. C. Schafen, ExecutlveVLce-Presidont of Bordent s Dafu'y Delivery company, and rtrlch wasaddressed to the Chlef of Po1lce, was nead expnesslng thanks a3dappreciatlon fon the sp1endld wor:k of lnvestlgatlon and conclusLonof the case lnvoLvLng a theft of a tanker and tr.actor f::om theBurlingame Plant. Special appneclatlon was extended to 0fflcerRLchard Gnunig wtro was asslnged to the case. Iliayo:r Lover orr be-half of the Coune1L, also cornpllmented Chlef Theuen and hlsofflcers who worked on the case.
Resolutlon No. 50-50, nDeclarlng J!'oxlous and Dangerous Tfeeds andRubbish a Nulsanc€', and settlng I','ionday ttre 4th -lay of December,1950, at 8:00 p.m., ln the Counctl Chambers of ttre Clty HaLI asthe tlme and pLace fon a hearlng, rras lntroduced by councilmanHunt vrho moved its adoption, seconded by Councilman BSrd and
adopted by the unanfunous affirmati-ve vote of the members.
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Resolutlon }tro. 5L-50, rP:rovldlng fon Detentj.on and Care of Pnlso-
ners sent to the Couirty Jailn and authorlzing tlre iiiayor to execute
an agreeprent with the County of San Mateo, waq introduced !YCouneitnbn i{unt who moved 1ts adoptioSr, seconded by CounciLuan
Bf.d and^ earrted by the unanimous affirmatlve vote of tlre CormclL
memberg.
0rdinance No. 498 entitlsd., nAN OitOrtUaNCE AIiffil{DrI{G SUBDIVISIoNttr 0F SECTION L902 0F THE ORDINANCE CODE OI'Tim CITY 0F BIIRITIN-
GAME BY ADDING T}IEREtrO tOT 5 IN BIIRLTNGA1IIE PARK NO. 4 AS Pffi,
I{IAP OF BURLfNGAI{E PARK NO. 2o, was lntnoduced by Councj.lman
Simonds and given flrst readirqg.
ondinance $o. 499 entitled, "AN 0RDINANCE AI,,IENDrNG SECTTON 4O2
OF' TTIE ORDII{ANCE CODE OF TIIE CTTY OF BURLII.IGA}IE AS AI\IENDED BY
0RDII{ANCE N0. 398 By REPEALT}IG SUBDTVIS]oN rEr THEREoF, REVoIilNG
POWER OF THE CfTY ENGINffiR T0 ACT A$ flIRCEASfIdG AGEN'I!', was ln-
troduced by Councllman Atwater and glven first readlng. ,
ordinance No. 500 entltled, osN oRDINANCE AIffiIIDTNG THE oHDTNANoE
CODE OF THE CTTY OF' BIIRLINGAME BY ADDING THH1ETO A }IET{ SECTTON
40l.L ADDING TI{E OIE'ICE OF,}URCiiASII\ic AG8NT T0 THAT 0F CfTY CLERKi|,
was i.ntroduced by CounciLnan Byrd and given fi::st reading.
ordlnance No. 501 entltled, nAN oRDINA$CE A&,lElIDrNG SECTIOII 4O5 br
THE ORDII{ANCE C0DE Ol- THE CITY 0F BURLINGAITIE SUBSTITUTING TIIE
oFFrcE oF 0ITY CLERK FOR CITY ENGTNETTR AS TURCIIASTNG AGENTI" InaS
intnoduced by Councl-l-man Atwater and given fi::st readlng.
A meeti-ng was amanged for Sund.ay morning at 11:O0 a..tn. in the
Cor.mciL Chambers wlth the Cor:ncll, ttre Ftne ChLef, tho City
Attorney, the Asslstant City Englneer, and the Chalrman and VLce-
Chairr:an of the ?Iann5-ng Cormlssion for ttre purpose of dlseussingthe adoption of the L949 Unlfonm Bulldlng Code.
A letter dated November 17, 1950, from the Califonnia Aeronautlcs
Commisslon, was read rqlatlve to the recent pu.blicity on Burlirgar:rerspr"otest of lol-flying alrp}snes. The Coramission advlsed that it wasa case of enforcement by 1oca1 pollce th::ough regular aetion before
Ioca1 courts and if tho Council r?as interested, a fleld representatlve
would be s ent to dlscuss the riatter with the Chief of Poli-ce. A
copy of the Callfornia Air Safety and Enforcement L{anuaL accompaniedthe letter. Both were referred to tl:e Chlef of Poliee.
Claims Nos. 9512 to 9?O1 lnclusive in the amolint of $O1rO2O.8Owere read and warrants ord.er"ed drarvn on the City Treasury fonthelr respectlve ar.puntsr or1 motion of Counci.lman I{unt, second.edby Counclkaan Byrd and unanimousLy cannied.
&.rsuant to a request from 1,1r. E- E. Huntley, 92l- Cal ifornla Drive,that sorire ef-iort be raade to aileviete the flood problenr on Ce1 iforniaDrive, the Council '".'as advised by Asslstant Eugineer lrttriden that theStreet Departr:ient vrill soon undertaice an experi-ment p.t a reasonablecost to the City and a report woul<l i:e made of the rer:uIt.
Chanles Vfilson, Cor:t"irander of the Burli-*1a:re Fost i,lo. 165, American
Legion, Addressed ti:e Cor-incj-l and 1n behalf of the Aneni.can Legion,
offered services in the lnte::est of Civil Defense, Tl:.e Clerk wasinstructed to forrrra::d a letter tiranlcin;3 tire nenbe::s for theirinterest and offor of assista-nce. Coutrcilman Simonds neportedthat the three cities ere presently uaitir:i; rvord from the Oount;r
on plans that the State may propose and at the proper tir,re, volun-
teBrs will be accepted.
&layor Love advised tirat tho City of San ihancisco has servednotlce of its i-ntention to increase rqater rates and a hea::inq on
the applieation vril-l be held before the Public Utilitles Com-nissioir on }Iovenber 2?, 1950. The City Attorney and representativesof ttre 'l,Yater Conurlssion vrere instructecl to appear before theUtilitles Coiiuaission on that day.
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l{ayor Love also advlsed that the CorlnclL ls to lnterview successf\:I
appllcants for the position of City Englneer and an appointment
would be made idonday evenlng, November 27.
There bein3 no fu:rthe r buslness, the Council regularly adjournedto r,re et l,{onday evenlng, November 27, l95O, at B:O0 p.m.
Respe ctfully s ubmi t te d,
HERBERT K. IIIIITEClty clerk
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L{ayor