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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1949.09.06102 BurlLngame, Calif.e September 6, L949 A regulan meeting of the Burlingame Clty CoirnciL was held on the above gLuen date. I,[eeting ca11ed to o::der at 8:].5 p.ul. Mayor" Love 1n the Chalr. RolI CalI: Present - CouncLlmen:Absent Coirncilmen; Atvra t er-DahL-Hunt-f, ove -S Lmonds None The $linutes of -the regular meeting of August 15, L949r &s sub-mltted to members of the Councll and as posted on the Bu1letln Board in the Clty Hall were unanj.nously accepted and approved. onmotion of Councilman Dah1, and seconded by Councilman Simonds. The mLnutes of the ad.Journed meeting of Augus b !7,. tg4gr &ssubmltted to members of th.e Council and as posted on the Bulletln Board in tho Clty HaIl were accopted and approved on motlon of Cor.rrcilman Simonds, seconded by Councllman Dah]- and unanimously carried.. A letter dated. August 15, 1949, w€.s read from K. S. Fltch,Dlrector of Pub1lc lllorkse concorning 'ttre adoption of ttre 1g+gEdition of the UnLform Building Code and the suggested. changesto Ordlnance No. 41, ln order to make the ondlnanoe appllcableto the new editj.on of the Uniform Bullding Code. The subject was refenred to the Bullding Cornmtttee of the Council for studywLth the Chief of the Fj.re Department, the Ctty Engineer, theClty Attorney and the B3rlldlng Inspector. A letter dated. August 29, 1949 was read f?om the Burllngame Clty Plannlng CommLsslon recommendLng dlsapproval of the proposal touse the property at LLOO Dnake Avenue for business pllrposes. Alf?ed C. Musante, attonney representing Mrs. Robert Levy, Sr.petitLoner, of the appllcatlon, addnessed the Council and re-quested that actj,on be deferred fon at least two weeks. Council man SLmonds thereupon moved that the :request be granted and thatthe subject be tab1e0 for two weeks, seconded by Councllman Hr.mt and unanl,mously car"nied. A Letten dated September 2, 1949, was.read from K. S. Fltch,Dl:rector of Pub1lc lillorks, requesling that an ad.dltional thirtyday slck leave be extended to A. Pollak, wate:r serviceman. Councilman SLmonds moved that the sick leave as roquested be extended to and lncluding Octobe? 9t .I949, with pa;rr seconded.by Councilman liunt and unanlmously cannied. A letter dated'September 2, 1949, was r"ead from R. C. Theuer,Chtef of Po1i.ce, requesting that Offlcer Dorven T. Kreeger beglven a thfuoty day extenslon of sick leave. Councilman Dahl moved that the slck leave urith palr be granted as requested., second.ed by Councllma31 llunt and unanimous}y carried.. A letter dated September 2, 1949, was read. fnom R. C. Theuer, Ch5-ef of Pollce requesting that an ordinance bo draftedprohlbiting the operatlon and maklng lt a violatlon to operate moton scooters in WashLngton Park. The Ctty Attorney was ln-structed to prepare an ordinanceo A letter dated Septembep 1r 1949 was read from the Board of &.ne Corm'ilssioners reco4imendlng the Flre Chief Leis be allowed toattend the PacifLc Coast Inter-Mountain tr'lne Chiefs Assoctatlon Conference in Pasadena fo:: September l8th througlr Septeraber 22nd. 0n motlon of Councilman Simonds, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanlmously carrled, Chtef !,ets rras granted. perrrission toattend the above conference wj.th an expense account aIlow- ancie not to exceed. $1OO.OO. A letter dated September 1, 1949, v;as read fnom ttre Board of FLre Comrissloners, recommencilng that the Three Citles Agree- ment be cancel-led as soon as 1ega1 requlrements cen be met. The subject was nefenred to the Ffu"e Corumlttee of the Councilfor further s tudy and, recornmendatlon. A letter dated August 3t, 1949, lvas read. from the Board of Fllre ConmrLssloners togethen wlth a 3.etten from the CivlL Service Commission dated Septerrber 15, 1949, advlsing that lf the pos- ition of secretary for tb.e Board. of F!:e Conmissioners lnctudes work, penformod. outslde regular business hoursr. ad.ditional 103 coE)ensatlon strould be pnovldedfor. Mayor tove stated that the 9f W CouncLL pJ.ans to rueet in a speclal- gossion wlth the CtviLServico ComnLssi-on the followlng week and ttre subject w111 bedlscussed at that time. A letter: dated september 11 1949, vas read, from the Board. of Firecoml.ssloners, necommending that the extna charge or $Lss.z6on ttrre drlLL towen be pald. CounctLruan Slmondslmoved thatttre Councll eoneur tt the recommendatlon and that the paynrentof $15S. ?6 be a11owed, seeonded by Coun"ffr*r }Iunt and un-animousLy carrled. A letter dated septembex 1, 1949, was read. from ttre Boa.::d ofFtre Corrmissi.oners, requestlng authorlzatlon for Ftre ChlefLels to make a.mangements fo:: the storlng of the seagnaveTruck and othen-oquipmont 11l San Mateo oii South San Franclscoas the_newequipment arrives. Queqtioned fbrther by theCouncil, Chainman Schmid.t of the Ftre Corumlssion ah.vised. thatupon f\rrther investigation the above named. citles vil-11 beunabLe to store the equipment, and as the seagrave company !?"-glven notice that delivery would be mad.e dn l{sy665ip iS,lt is requested that the cor:nclI eonslder extending thed.e1lvery date. Acti.on was d.eferred. untl1 the fi.rsf meetingln October. A Letter dated August 11, 1949, was read from chlef EdwardJ. Leis, attaching a eopy of a letter recelved from Tidewater Associated 011 corapany givlng assurance that nogasoline delLveries r,rmuld be mad.e f?om the street. Theletter was ond.ered recelved and. pl.aced on file. A letter dated August 29, l94g {?om the Doparbnrent ofcomnre::ce, clvlI Aeronautics Admlnlstratloa, relatlve to low{lrlns ai::eraft ln the viclnity or furttngime in ryhich thecity was advlsed that due to wlnd cond.itlons certaln run-ways are used, causlng aircraft taklng off south or Landlng lorth to f1y ln the Lmmedlate viclnLty of Bunltngame. !he-lette:: was recelved and placod on flr6 and the crty crerklnstructed to forwand a copy to lvirs. llll. B. waryen, wlro had.requested cor:ncil aetlon reLatlve to the low flylirg ofalrcraft over the City. Bbp otss' fu onl trhp', Bust t ri€aad Ei orr e d tL on .' D6pa,D Me nt,., fiii j ; fJrefrbn:b,?rs: ifun&i:afid, .Jtjlgrtll9*95'rand &hocPp1to6 Cou:r.t fot themontb. of August 1949, wore read. and. ond,ened flLed. Rosolution No. 66-49,ItAccBpting Bid of Fharrk w. smlth f onrmpr"ovements ln Ray Parktrr- was lntrod.uced by DahL who moved.lts passage, seconded !x councll-man slmonds-and adopted bythe unarrimous afflrn.atlve vote of the counciL. Foliowlng"tho recommendatlon of CiW Engineer. Fitehr the motion was sade to include the word rrestimaton preceiring the sum of $t?r 3z7.oo. Resolution No. -67-49, nAccepting Bld and Awardlng contractto Conway and. Culligan DeveJ.opment Co., a Corlrorati.on, fonconstruction of Lmprovements Ln Burllngame vl1kge Rel:reationAreart, was introduLed by Councllman SLilonds lho iloved Itspassage, second.ed. by CounclLman Hr:nt and. adopted by theunanlmous afflmratlve yote of the Council. ResoLution No. 68-49rrAcceptLng Btd of Anchor post FenceDivLslon, Anchor Post Pnoducts rnc.r of ca1 iforreia, acorporation, for" rmprovements ln Ray }arkt', was introduced.by counciLnan Dahl who moved its paisage, ieconded by counciJ.man Atwater- and r:nanlmousJ.y ea::rled. Resolutlon No. 65-49, rtFlxing Ta:( Rates of the Clty ofBu::l.lngame for the Flscal Yea:: 1g4g - lgsotf was lnlnoducedby-councLlman Hunt who moved lts passage, seconded by DahLsnd adopted by the unanlmous affirmative'vote of the-councLI.For the beneflt of those 1n attendance and to the cltizensof Burll"ngame, Mayor tove, expLalned the reason for the taxLncrease this flscal pe::5.od and :requested that ttre rocalnewspaper infonm the publlc of the tax bneak-dovn fo:r theensulng year. x-04 Ordir:ance No. 41lt trAn 0rdinance Repealing Dtvision H. and Dl-v- ision I of Section 825 of the 0rdinance Code of the Ctty of Burllngame, and. Adoptlng a New Divlslon H and DivisLon I of said Section of Said. Cod.e Fixing arrd Establishlng PosltLons of Emplo;mrent and Compensation in the Police and Fire Depart- ments of the Cltyrrr ,a,as j-ntroduced by Oouncil-nran }firnt and gLven first read.l-ng. OrdLnance No. 482, t'An Ord.i.nance Amending the Ord.inance Code of the Clty of Blrrlingame by ad.ding Thereto a New Sectlon 8O5e Providing ior d.ays of-Employment of City ltlnrpl-oyeestt was lntr"o- duced by CounclLuran Ih:nt and given first read.lng. A letter dated September 6t Ag4g, was read from K. S. Fitch, Dir.ector of Public lTorks, requesting authorlzati.on for the represen.tatlon of Burlingame by members of the lllater Com- mission, the ililater Department Foremarr and Superintendent at tho Penlnsula Water: Works Associationrs Anrrual d.lnnerMeoting. Councilmar'l Simonds moved that the request begranted and that the Commission, the foreman and superinten- dent be authorized to attend, as well as Councll member"s vtro desire to attend seeonded by Councilman Dahl and unanimously canrled.. A letter dated. August 23, 1949, was read flom O. R. Thayer,Anchitect for the Recreation Buildlng ln Yfashington Park, recor&lendlng th+t the butLd.ing be accepted. rf Councilr,aan Slmonds moved the adoption_of Resolution irlo. 69-49. rrAccepting the Constructed Recreation Bullding Ln T{ashington Parkftrseeondedby Councilman Atwater and carr.ied by the unanlmous afflrmatlvovote of the Council. City Englneen Fitch reponted that the sprinkler system has been compl-etely installed, that about 7O/o of the sidewalks havebeen installed and work was to begin soon on the landscaplngof the lalun dnd shrubbeny. Mayor Love stated. that the ded.ication ceremonies fon the Conmr:nity Center Butldlng would be heLd on Septemben 25, 1949,at 2 p.m. and invlted the public to attond. TIre ctty clerk nead a letter from George McQueen publisher ofthe Bunlingame Advance requesting an approprlatlon of S10o.oofor the purchase of a dtsplay adventisement to be used. Ln thofortheomlng Conmuni,ty Center dedlcation cerevqoni€so . Council- man slmonds there upon lntroduced and mo.ved the adoptlon of aresolutlon authorlzing the clty to enter..into a contract withthe Burlln:ame Advance in the imount of $1OO.OO fo:: displayPlrPoses, outLined above, second.ed by counclluan Dahl aira - 2^adopted. by the unanlmous affj.rmative vote of the Council . " Mayor Love urged all citizens to cooperate by contrlbuting tocommlttee members maklng a house to house canvass in an aEtemptto raise f\rnds for the furnlshing of the Couuunity CenterBuilding. There being no f\rrthen busLness, Councilman DahL moved. that theCourlcil adjor:rn, seconded by Councllman SLrnonds and unanLmouslycanried.. Respeetf\rI1y s ubmj. tted HMBERT K. WI{TTECtty Clerk APPRO\ED: ,lo*f, L Dan R. Love, Jr Mayor