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An acljourned neeting of October 3, L949, was ]re1d on the above
given date. Lieeting call-ed to order at 7:3O Ir.m. - l,rlalror Love
ln the Chair.
'ro11 Call: Preient -
Absent
Burllngame, Calif ornia
0ctober 10, 1949
ounciknen! A trrva te r-Dahl -Love -Sileo nds
ouncilmen: Hunt
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The adjournecl meeting uas callied for the purpose of reaching a
deci sion lrhether the ilri 11 Tol're rra s acceptable by t]'Ie City or
not. i(. S. Fitch, Superlntendent of Public !'jorks, adviserd the
council that final acceptanco of the ljrill Tovier on cEi- iforrlia
Drive sl:ould be delayed r:ntll- the contractor had complied t,''i th
certain requirements and specifications of his contract wj.th the
Ci ty.
The City Council r'evielred a ]-etter from Dave Br-irr Insurance
Agency in i,;hi ch ire asked if the City of Bilrl inl:ane vrou].d author-
iZe its Fi.re Department to respond to alarns fron the iioover
School ln orcler that the Burlin5ane !,J1ementary School lji strlct
ralght receive the benefits of a reduced insurance rate. The
Council lvas of tire opinion that this service could be rendered
the school provided it dld not interfere r-rlth proper servlce
and protection to property ortne rs within the city limlts at al-1
times. TI:e nratter vras referred to Chief Ii. J. Leis and the
Fire Cor:,r:lission { or tl:eir c c;ns idei'ri tl on and re c onr.tendati on.
The Clty Clerk read a letter dated October 6, 1949, by ii. s.
Fitch Badressed to the Ca1 ifornia Constrrretors, advlslng that
the City Council would agreo to accept the street improvoment s
when completed lf the Callforrrls Constructors would accept the
proposal that two outside consulting civil engineors named
Messrs. Ives and Wu1f, sald speclallsts be employed by thom to
prepare speclficatlons and supervlse the work, thls erpense to
te borne Ly the Ca1 ifornla Constructors. City Attorney Karrnel
lnformed the Cor:rrcil that he had met wlth Mr. F'rm k B. Ingensoll,
representLng the Califomia Constructors and Clty Englneer l-ltch
concernlng thls proposal. Mn. Ingersoll agneed to accept the
servLces of consulting englneers name d qbove for this work and
offered to plrrce on deposit lvi th the City $12rO0O.OO as a Suar-antee that thls, reconstrrrctlon trlll be conpleted to the Cltytgsatlsfaction. rhe menbers of the Clty C6ung11 questloned Lhe
posltLon of the City ln case the prlce exce€detl thls amount.
Aften conslderable discussion, Counci irnan Atvrater moved that
Clty Attorney Kamel be authorl-; ed to make a condltlonal accopt-
anc-e of thl s' proposal vrhereby the Clty !'iouId accept f or deposlt
the S12roilo.O0 and that the plans and speciflcatlons of the
consulting engi-neers should be subrnitted for blds to determine
the aetual cost before any flnal acceptance 1s consurmatedi then
if the proJect exceeded that of the deposit, the mattor would
be reconsldered by the Clty Councll to determlne necessa4r stepsto be taken by the Callfornla Constructors or the Pnrdentlal
Insuranco Company to seeure sufflclent fuads. The motion lva s
seconded by Councllman Dahl and unanLmously carnled.
A lette:' dated September 50, 1949, lvas reaal f rorx E::rnet B. Iiayes
tondoring his reslgnation as a memben of the 01v11 Service
Cos'nission because of his removal to oan i{ateo. Councl lman
DabL moved that the reslgnation be accepted and that a letter
be directed to I'ir. Hayes thanklng him for hls servlce to t}:eCity, seconded by Councilman Simonds arrd unanlrnouirly carrled.
There bel-ng no further business befone the Councl1, the meeting
was adjourned on motlon of Councilman Dah1, seconded by CounclL-
man A tl',iate r and rrnanimously carried.
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Dan lt. Love,
I'iayor