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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1949.07.1887 Burllngame, Callf ornLa JuIy 18, 1949 A regular meeting of the Br.rllngame Clty Councll wes held on the abovo glven date. lleetlng ca1led to order at 8:00 p.n. - Mayor Love Ln the Chalr. RolI Call:Pre sent Ab s ent - Cguncilmen: - Councllmon: Atwate r-Dah1-IIu:rt-Love-Slmonds None The mlnuto s of the provlous meetlng of July 5, L949 t as sub- mltted. to member"s of the City Councll and as posted on the BuJ-letin Board ln the City Ha11, were unanlmously app:roved and accepted. on motlon of Councllman Slmondsr and seconded. by Cotmcll- man Hunt. A letter^ clated July 5, 1949, was read from K. S. Fltch, Dlrecto:r ofPubLlc Wo:rks, recoumendlng that the reslgnatlon tendered by Frank Ilupps, groundsraan ln the Pank pepartment, be acceptod.. 0n MqtLon of Councllman Dah1, seconded by Councllman Hunt and un- anlmously carrled the resLgnatlon rras accepted. A letter dated July 5, 1949r.was read from K. S. Fitchr Director of Publlc Works, requesting authortzation to employ a Senior Clenk-Stenographer temporarlly fon a pon{od of approxlmately two weel.s. QuestLoned by the Council, Mr. Fitch submitted the name of litns. Mlldred Caras for temporary appointment. Council:nan Slmonds the::eupon moved that autho::l zati on be given and that Mrs. Carns be appointed for a perlod of two woeks, seconded by Councilman Dah1, and unanimously carried. A lotter dated June 25, !949, was read from the Burlingame Publ-lc LlbrarT Boar.d, requesting tho appolntment of Geo:rge Paul Lechlch to the Llbrary staff as temporarXr SenLor Librarian for a ninety day perlod beglnnlng July 1, 1949. Councllman Simonds moved that Mr. Lechich be appolnted as requested, seconded by C6u1g11ms. Atwater and unanlmous }y carried. A letter dated July 7, !949, was read from the Burllngame Llbra4r Board requestlng that a civll servLce 11st be established for Junlor LibrarLan. CounclLmqn Hr.rnt Moved that the Civil ServLce Cormrlsslon be instructed to hold an exardndtlon to create an e1-iglble Ij.st for the posltlon of Junl or l,lbririan, seconded by Councilman Atwaten and unanlmousLy carried. A letter dated July 14, 1949, was read from R. C. Theuor, Chlef of PolLce notlfylng the Council that Uil1llam Petree has asked a waiver of appolntment to the Po1lce Depa:rtment, at this tlme and ::eque sting that another appolntee be named to fill a vacancy axi stlng in the departmont. Councilman Dahl moved that the next e11glblo on the J-Ist, Clarence Ferreira be appointed as patrol- man ln the Bunllngame Police Department, seconded by Councilrnan Hunt and unanlmous 1y carried. A letter dated. July ]4, !949 t was road from K. g. Fltche Director of Publlc Vrlorks requestlng that temporary appolntment be glven to Horace H. HensJ-ey and Edward Grgns as utl1lty men ln the Water Depertmentr for a perJ.od not to exceed nlnety days, beginnlng July 19, 1949. Councilman Sl,monds moved concurr€nce ln the re- quest pz,esented, seconded by Councl,'lman Hunt and rrnanLmously c arrl e d. A letter dated July 14, 1949, was read from K. S. Fltchr DLrector"of lublic Works requpstlng temporary appolntments for a po:rlod notto oxceed ninety days be glven to l/alter GrerISr Arthur Lee, Dan1s1 L. Su11ivan, and Ronald Durke e as utillty men In the Street Department. On motlon of Councllnan Dahlr seconded by Councllman Atwater, and unanlmously car::Ied, authorlzatlon v,/a s glven to employ tho above temporarT employees. A letter dated July 14, 1949, was read. from K. S. Fltch, Dlrecto:: of Pub1lc lionks nequestlng a temporary appointment of Groundsman 1n the psrk Department be glven to Douglas De Iata, for" a perlodof ninety days effectlve JuIy 19, 1949, and advlslng that IJIr. Wllford J. Glrouard, the only man on the current e1lglble 1lst fo:r 88 this posltion, is not available for appolntment at this tl-me. The letter further requested that a new eIlgible Ilst for the above elassiflcatlon be established. at an early date.,, .9ouncilman Slmonds moved. concurrence ln the request that Douglas pd-t"ata Ue temporarily employed, with the provislon that in the event IVir. Girouard ls corr- tacted. by letter and deslres the positlon that he be offered the posltlon-ln place of a temporary employee. Tbe motion was second.ed by Councllman Atvrater and r:nanLmously carrled. Councllman Hunt moved that the CivlL Service Commlsslon be lnstructed to create an ellgible 11st for the classlfication of Grotxtdsman, second.ed by Councllman Dahl and rmanlmously carrled. A letter dated. July 15, 1949, was read., from K. g. Fitch, Dlrector of Publlc Works, transmitting a Highway Malntenance Agreement fon the 1949-1950 flscal year, and. Lnforming tho CotrrciJ- that the Agreement 1s slmilar ln fonm to the one in effect duri-ng the flscal year l94B-49, wlth the prlncipal d.ifferenees noted as follows: i:f Canf no Real - an lncleased maximrmr rate per nlIe, of $0o0.00 from $$OO.OO; and an lncreased maxlmum rate per mile of S250.OO from $5O.OO on the Skyllne Boulevard. Councikaan Simonds Moved that the Cor"rrrcll accept the Agreement and introduced a Resolutlon, No 48-49,rfApprovi.ng Agreement for }/iaintenance of State Hlghway ln the Clty of Burlingamer, seconded by Councilma: Hr:nt and adopted by unanimous afflrrnattve vote of the'CounclJ memboPso A letter dated Jul.y 5, 1949, was read from the Standard 011 Company of Callfornla, requesting permisslsn to install one additional 2,OOO galIon r:ndergror.md stor"age tank for gasollne at lts serrrlce statlon, E} Camlno BeaI and Burllngame Avenue. A letter was also read from Flre Chlef Ed. J. Leis, recommending that permission for the above be granted. 0n motion of Councitrman Slmonds, seconded by Councllman Hunt and. unanlmously carried, the request vras granted. Questloned by the Councll Building Inspector Watson advised that although there 1s no provision in the Ordlnance authorizlng hls offlce to lssue permlts to lnstalI r":ndergror:nd Storage tanks, there ls an agreement l-n force whereby a building permit w111 be lssued in order that the Assessol3 may recelve a record of lt. A letter d.ated July 15, 1949, was read from the American-LaFrance Foamite Corporation, requosting an extensj-on of Agreement to provlde the City of Burllngame with the Aeria1 Ladder, from September 15, 1949 to December 15, 1,949. Questloned by the Council, Flr"e Commlsslon Chaj-:man, Earl Scfunldt, advised that the extenslon met with the approval-of the Commlssion. The Council thereupon requested that a letter expresslng this approval be submitted" to the Council. Councilman Simonds moved that the Coirncil approve the extenslon of time and that the C5.ty'Attorney be lnstnucted to write a letten in reply in ord.er to protect the eontract the City now las wlth the anbrican La-France Foam'ite Coqporation, seconded by Councilman llunt and unanimously carried. A letter dated. JulY 18, Commenee, advlsing the C meeting of the State ofCalifornia, July 25, atBuildlng. TLte letter ad matter of the applicatio reduee agency stations 1 the Chamber of Commerce 1949, was read from the Burlingame Chamber of ouncll of a Publtc Utllities Commi.sslon CalLfornia to be held in San Franciscot 1O:OO ln the Comnission Court Rooml State vlses that the above meeting pertains to the n of railnoads and express compar:-les to n Cal-lfornia, and tho Board of Dil"ectors of feel that this is a start of a movement to eliminate malIr pub1le service agencies, parti-cularly in towns suoh as Bur-llngame.trt-db.br fnrther advised that a representative from Burllngame be delSgated to attend the Pub1ic Utilitles Commission meeting on July 25th as Burlingamefs representative. A letter dated. July 16, 1949 was read from E. P. Vfilsey submittlng a tentative map of the Etienne Industrl-al Tract, ln whieh it j-s proposed to deirelop eight lots at this time. 0n ntotlon of Coirncil- man nafr:- seconded. by Councj-Iman Hunt and trnanimously camled, the communicatlon together with the map was neforred to the Planning Commission. A 1etter dated July 18, 1949r w&s read from City Clerk lfhite ad- vising that a certifiecl copy of Ordinance I.'io. _BQr together wittt a map pertaining to the annexation of certain urdnhabited territory hescribin[ t]re boundaries and cormronly known as the "Hl1}slde lieserrroir Si te rr 89 had been nalled to the ment has been rocelved.file. Socretar5r of State to whlch an acknowledg- The letten was necelved and placed on Roports of the Fi:re Depart4ent and the Pol-l-ce Judge for the l"lonthof June, 1949, wero read and placed on f11e. A Clalm in the amount of $5rOOo.OO for lnJurles sustalned 1n a fa11, was presented by Clernml 6 Swanton. 0n Motlon of Councll- man Dah1, secondeal by Councllman Slmonds and uoanlmously car::ledthe clal-m sas reJected and referred to the Cltyt* lnsurance carrLer. An Agreement between the Clty of Burlingame and the Ctty and County of San Francisco, ::egandlng the dispositlon of the tracks of ttp rallway Ii.ne upon the streets wlthln the Clty of Burllngarne, wasread. Councllman Hunt lntroduced ancl moved the passage of aresolution authorL zlng the Mayor to execute the Agreement, second.ed by Councilman Slnonds and adopted by the unanlmous afflrmatlve vote of the Councll members. A Letter dated JuIy !4, 1949, was read from the league ofCalifornia Citles, advislng that a meetlng was scheduled f o:: Thursday, July 28, at 1l-:OO a.m., 1n the Benkele League for the purposo of developing a program f meetJ.ngs at tbe Arrnual Conference of the LeagueCitles to be held in San F::anclsco on October 23 a representative be prosent at that tlme. Counc delegated to attend. Mayor Love submltted the na$e of Mrs. Charlotte Johnston for ne- appolnfuient to the Llbrary Boand. 0n motlon of CoulciLmsn Slmonds seconded by Counclfuan Dahl the appolntrnent was unanl-mously conflrmed. Councllman Simonds lntroduceil and moved the adoptlon of Resoluti,on 49-49 approvlng the speclficatlons drawn by the Clty Engineer and the plans as subml-tted for the lmprovement s of Ray Pa::k and Burllngame Vl11age, and that the Clty Clerk be authorized to give notlce and invlte sealed p::oposals for the completlon of the work, seconded by Councllman Hunt and adopted by the txranlmous afflr- native vote of the Councll. Actlon wss delayed temporarlly in authorizlng the Architect to presont plans and specificatlons for the p::opoged flne house to Le erected on property annexed by the Clty of Burllngarre on thesite Isrown as the ttHllLslde Roservoir Siterr. Earl Schmldt chalr- nan of the Flre CorunlssLon lnformed the Cor:ncll that a meeting had boen tentatlvely scheduled for Thunsday evenlng, July 21, 1949, in order that he ml ght meet wlth the resldents of Bur:llngame HlIIs to present a proposecl sketch of the building. City Attorney Karmel also advlsed that he had been ln comnrmi - catlon wltb the residents of that area in whl ch he had been in- fomed that they had secu::ed legal counsel. Following furthe:: dlscussion, Cowrcllman Simonds moved that the architect be ln attendance at the ptioposed meetlng of the Flre ConmLsslon and the residents of Burllngame Hl1Is and p5.ctures be shown of the future fire house, the tentative elevation, etc., secondod by Councilman Dah]- aird unanimously carrled. K. S. Fitch Cltyllnglneer, advlsed that a set-back of twenty-flve feet would confonn to the San Mateo County Planling Cormlsslon restrlctlons. The Cl ty Clork and the Flre Chief rl,ere lnstructed to contact the anchltect advlslng hlm of the abovo actlon taken. Mayor Love stated that he was in recelpt of complaints of flres bfrinl ng at the Munlclpal Fi1] over the week-end and requested Director of Pub1lc Vrlo nk s Fltch to lnvestlgate. C or:nclIman Hr:nt appointed prevlously to report on the posslblJ-lty of establishing an Ambulance Se:rvl,co wlthln the City of Burlingame ln conJunctlon wlth the Corrnty ::eported that foll-owlng a meetlng wlth Cowrty Executlve Fred. Petersen, Iilr. Petersen had promised to contact County Health DLrector Chop6 regardlng the establlshment of such a se:'vlce and a more detailed report would be made at a y offlce of theor the Depantmentof Callfornia -26, and requesting i lman Simonds was J 9CI later date. Claims, Nos. 71BO to 72BO were read and on motlon of Councll- man Dah1, second.ed by Cor:ncilman Slmonds, wamants wlth the . exceptlon of No. 7266 were ordered drawn on the Clty TreasurXr for thelr respective amounts. Mr. Earl Schmldtr Chalrnran of the Fire Commission, requested that the press publtsh an invitatJon to tho publie to vlsit the Flre Statlon in onder to inspect the new aIaru. system recehtt$ thstalle&1i B,s part of the equipment provided for ln the Flre Bond Issue, There being no further buslness, on motion of Councllman Dah1, seconded by Councilman Hunt and unanlmously canrled the meetlng was adjourned. Re spectfully submitted, T TEClty Clerk ,l r*" fr J Jo1tu Approved: DAN R. LOVE, Mayor