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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1950.12.18I 239 Bu.rlLngame, Callfornla December l-8, 1950 A- regular neetl"ng of the Br:rlingarne City Councll l.ras. held on theabove_gLven date. I'leeting ca1Ied to order at g:OO p.m. _ I,Iay orLove in the C6gi3. RolI Ca1l: Present - Councilrnen: Atwa ter-Byrd-Hunt-Love-SimondsAbsent - Councllmen: l{one. The mlnutes of the re gula^r, meeting of Decer:b e:r 4, 19bO, as sub-mltted to members of the Council and as posted o;1 the ilull_etinBoard in^the Clty i{a11 were unanimous 1y Lpproved and adopted onmotlon of CounclLrnan Hunt and secondsd-by C orrnc t l:ran Slm-onds. The r,rLnutes of the spec5.aI hearing on nent decontrol heldember 5, 195O, as subml,tted to nembe::s of the Council vrere on Dec- app::oved. l.tonday, Decembon 18, 1950, at B: OO p.m. was the tlne set for ttreoponlng of bLds for work included in the Eeed Abatenent sp€cLflca-tions for lprallng wfthln ti.e Clty of Burllngame fo:r ttre igSlseason. The Clty Clerk opened and read- the-followlng and onlybid recelved: ITU-Lavm Chomical Company 44? L{ap1e lTay Redrvood Clty, Callfonnla 1. Edging Unit......per 1Lnea1 foot.."..1i; O.OOO11. Area Spraying....per hundred sq. ft.. O.333. Other spraying (polson Oak, creeks, etc......fi The above bld vras referred to thre City Enqlneer andfor study and re c oxomen<la ti on to the City dounctl. l,ionday, December 18, 1950, vras also set as the time 1",,hen a Councildeclsion gould be render.ed as to whether o:. not to continue nentcontnoL within the Clty of Blrlingame. lJa;ro3 Love, on befralf ofthe Council, announced that pu::suant to a Louncil !.nvestiiaif on ll9 "_Iygy during the-pe.st _tlo montl:.s, it rzas the unanimou!' opin_lon trrat rent control be discontinued. ResolutLon l.lo. 56-50; r,Ter_rninating Rent contnol in the clty of Br-r-:: l ingarne -i""""irri -to - trr"Pnovi.sions of the IJous ing anct Rent Act of 1542, as A.ou"a"Ai ,r""lntroduced by Counclhiar Hunt vrho r,roved its paisar.le , se"onauO fycouncilman Atrvater and adopted by the unanimous ariirm". iive - voteof the members thereof. fn adopting the Res olutio". - i,fn:16"'f"""u"ged the landlords to be fai:: tn fixing trreir rutui'" "6"1"r rates. A letter <1ated December 11, 19SO, froro Flre Chlcf Leis, recommend_ing-tho pu.tchase of trvo 51aso1ine-;enenato::s, in view o? prosentvorld_conditions, was r.eie*ed to Directon of Civit D;i";;;;Councll:nan S irnonis. A letter dated Decenber 14, 19s0, was r.ead frora the civil serviceConnisslon subnltting the follovaing e1lgib1e lists: JU}ITOR :],IGI1{ER: Unit Prices: 1. Gorclon G. ?e terman2. Robel.t LI. Spoerlein 811 Laurel Avenue 2501 lial e Ilrive 0. 20 per qa1Ion. Cl ty At to:rney ltA-ljin SrilI,/fCE l..tAti - Ist Class: 1. lloner R. l,lcCool 1lOE Fal_m Drive Bur,linlane 0n ,otion of councllman Byrd, seconded. by councrJman Atrvater andunanirnously carried, the above lists were accepted as submitted. A 1etter dated Decembor^6, 1950, _ l.;a! rearl frou the planning Com_r,iission- ai'ising- that after a firII hearing, discussion *.d-.o.r_sideretion the plannlng corurr:ission votea Eo deny a ["iriion-r"::a varLance of zone affecting Lots 1 and E, efocir -sl iy""-""dHoag Slbdivislon, comnonly linorvn as 2O6 penlnsufa ,'vente. -e cou,,cil public hearing was sched*Ied for the evening. oi-i*"ii""y15, 1951, B:0O p.n. i; the Co"ncif'Ctr"rnLers of tfie-6fty il"ii. Bur11n3 ane Bur lingam e 240 A comrmrnlcatton submitted by asg1. trr{-,;lneer Y{Lden on weed abato- mont assessment complalnts, was not r"ead, but :reforred to the City Englneer. A conmunLcatlon dated December 14, 1950, was rea.d fron T. F. I'{c Gulgan, ChaLrman of th€ safety Comrittee of the Peninsula Chambers of donmerce advlsing that pursuant to a study made of rail separa- tlons ln thls area, it was, recolmended by tho Chambers of Connerce comnrl.t tee that one'rai1 separation be const::ucted on PenLnsula Ave- nue, and one ln the Broadway Averme area. Mayo:: tove-stated. that the Councll Ls in fav o:: of itt grade separations wi thln the City and thereupon named a coxmlttee composed of CouncLlmen Byrd, At- watere Slntnds to discusg the subJect wtth lilr. Mctrrigan. - Clty En- gineer I',{aI'l' was also invited to attend the p::oposed nreeting. A letter dated December 14, 1950, received and read flom the San Ilateo Burllngame Real Estate Board, offering the members support ln the Clvtlian Defense ProSl3sn was referred to Dlroctor of Civll Defense, Councihoan Slmonds. A letter dated December ?, 1950, was read from the San IUat eo-Bur- lLngame Real Estate Boandr complimentins the C5-ty on Lts enforce- meni of the slgn ordinance. The comnlrnicatL on was ordered fLIed. A lette:: dated Decemb er 12, 1950, vras read from t'Lre Ray Perk In- provement e1ub, recomnending the - appointment of a corrrittee Ln ac- iordance with ihe provlsloni of ArticLe fV of the Doclaration Es- tabllshing ProtectLve and Restrictive Covenants, Agreements and Easements ln the Ray Park SubillvLsion. 'rhe communication was re- ferred to ttro City AttorngY.. A letter, togother w.ith a topy of a resolution, dated Docember ^1'5, -1950, vrai reid from the Board of Supervlsors, relative to-the fo::ma1 onga;lzatlon of a Joint Cities and County- Civll Defens e Plannilg BoErd and u::ging lho adoption of the resolutlon at the oarllest possible date. -The CoununLcation and resolution vras referued to ifru Ctty Attorney fo:: dLscussion w:i th ttro DSector -of Clv1l Defense, on a moiion lnb:oducod by c ouncllrnan Eunt' secon'led by councilman Byrd and unaaLmous 1y carrled. A lette:r dated Decombe:r 15, 1950, was read from the Burllngame Elem- entary School.s on behalf of the Board of Trrrsteese req[es ting,that- fu11 iervlce of the flre department be gnantod to the Hoover School which ls sltuated outsLde the city limlts of Burlingame. trlayor Love appolnted a commlttee conlposed of Councllman Byrd, ChaLrman, Council- mair ttunt and C ounci lman Atwater to irnr,rediately contact the Bu::1ln61ane Elementary Schools ln o"der to discuss tho preparation and- execution of a conti'act between the Elementary School Dlstrict and the Clty of Burlingane, l*rich contract woulal enable the Eir e Departr:tent to 6rant tne zuIl s6rvice reguested. Acting on a sugSostion as contaLned in a letter ::eceived and ::ead flom Richand Carpente::, lega1 counseL for the League of Callfornla Clties, that citles provide protectlon fo:: out- si.J6 clties responding to emergoncy cases, Mayor Love requested that the entl_re situatLon 6e dlscussed with members of the abovo commlttee and meub ers of the Board of supervisors and to ascertaln whe ther or not contracts nay be entered lnto r|lth othe? cLtles. The City Clerk was Lnstrrrcted t6 address a lettor to the Board of SupervLsors request- ing that a meetlng be arnanged as promptly as posslble. councllman Sj.monds, Director of civll Defensel reported on the progress of the preparatLon of plans for the Clvll Defense }::og:ram. Actlng on Councllman Simonds t ::equost for perml,ssl-on to employ l,{rs. Irroa Ea3 pel3 on a temporary basls, and a request to purchase Br00O cards, Lt was negularly ruov6d by Cogncllman llunt, seconded by CouncLlman Atrvd e:: and unanimous ly carrLed that tho request bo granted. Authorlzation was also gJ.ven Dl:recton Sl-monds and one membe:l of the Councll to at- tond an e ergency conference caIIed by the League of californla cltles Board of Dlrectors to convene at 1O:O0 a.m. Jer uary 4the contlnulng througtr Jaruary sth, 1951. A letter dated December 4, 195Or received and read from I{iss Lrulu A. Lewis, 1255 Capuchlno Avenue, Burllngame requosting lhat ? dralnage probl6m on her property be S.nvest1gated, was referr:ed to the Clty Engineer. - 24L A letter f:: orn the Br:r lingame Lions Club I'ras read complimentLngthe Chamb er of Commerce on the splendid Chrls fuiras display inthe business areas of Burf,irvjsrne. lilalror Love, on behalf ofthe Council, also commended the Chember of Conmerce arrd the cit;r entployoes wlro helped on the project. Under the i:ea.ding of UnfinLshed business, City Attorney Karmoladvised that he vrould submit a vrritten report as to the clty,Bobligation Ln the st:reet irrprovement vork conpleted in the Ray Pe.rk Subdlvis 1on. A notLce of hearln5.dated December 14, 1950, from the Csl-ifornLaLe6islature of the I'ssembly Alr and l',later Pollution Commlttee tobe held on December 19 and 20 in San lbsJlcisco, r'ras read andordered filed. Reports fr orn t -e City Judge and the Pollce Department for themonth of ltlover*ber.r 1950, were read and ordered fl1ed. A petition for Arurexatlon of UninLrabite d Terr.i.tory to the Cltyof Bunlln3ame, submS.tted by officers of the Peninsr-rla l{ospitaiDlstnlct, was read and Resolution No. 57-50 ItFlxing Time andIlfu.ectlng Notlce of Hearing of the Petltion of the Peninsulailospital Dlstrict a locaL llospital Dlstrict ln the C ou:rty of.jan L{ateo, State of Cali,fornia, Requesting Annexation to theClty of B'..:r 1lnqa.rae of Ce:.tain New Unirltrabi te d Terultory Terr-ltory[ vas introduced by Councilman Att/ater, follorving- unani- rrlous consent of the Councll to tvaLve the readinpi of the lengthydescniption, seconded by Councllman Hunt and unanLmous Iy carrledby the afflrmative note of the members thereof. Clalms Nos. 9505 to 9B5B in the amount of {r'S5r 419.5g r.rere readand on motion of Counciirnan lh:rrt, seconded .,y-;ouu:cllrnan Atvrater:,rvarrants ordered drawn on the City Treasr_rry for their respective- amounts. I.{ayor Love announced that the proposed tr5.re Code would be refer-red to the Clty Attorney for his study and report to the Councilin the near fhture. 0n behalf of tho Council, I{ayor lJove extended the Seasonrs Greet-ings to those Ln attendance and to the CltLzens of Dur11r\:atie. llhere being no f\rther business, the meeting r/as rerju-Iar1y adjor"rrn-ed to meet January 2, 1951, on motion of Councilman Tluntr-secondedby Councllmsn Byrd and unanireous 1y ca.rried. Respectfully subml tted, Ile::bert K. IlhlteCity C1e::k ,{r*h /,* Approve d: Dan R. IIa yor3 I.,ove,