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Burllngarre. Cal Aug 3rci. 19.36
A regular meetlng of the City Council of the City of Burlingame
was held on the above glven d.ate at 8.00 FNi. i\layor Buck in the
cha1fr.
Present - Councilmen Buck - Hlgh - Elves - I{unt &, Yfard".Absent - Councilmen - Idone
The mlnutes of the prevlous meeting og JuIy ZOth were approved. I
as submltted. to the councll. - ReaiLing being d.ispensed w1th. ,
A letter vras read from PauI rirmstrong II28 Cortez Averequestlng that the tree speaclllst exemlne a tree to the rearof hls.property whlch he alleged unsafe. The letter was ord,ered. turned
over to l,{r And.erson for report and. reconnendation.
Letters were read from the San ivtateo Timesand the Burllngame Advance - Star soliclting a page aAdtt ln a specialedition of their paper, &s a souvenlr of the San hlateo Co EloralFiesta to be he1d. at trli,y ir,Iead.ows Oot 8th to llth inst; The prlce
quoted. by the Tlmes betng $8O.OO and. the Advance - Star $150.L[i,fack South, representative of the Ad.vance- Star was questioned. by
ldayor Buck as to the dlfference in price, rwplled that the Tlmespubllcation would be in tabloid forrc comprlsing 80 inches wh1le his
papers publlcation would be 150 lnches comprising full page andpubllcity attend.ant. The councll was all agreed that the publicity
would. prove beneflcial to the City. A motion was offered. by
Councilman lIunt anil seconiled by Councilman T ivessacce.pt the proposition
as set forth by the respective papers. Qarrled., AtI votlng Am.
I"etter read. from the Burlingane Flre Commlssion wlth referenceto claim of L{abe1 Kotenberg 917 Honrard Ave for ilau.ages to her home
caused. by alleged neglec$ of the Ftre Department to properly proteot
her premlses. Investigatlon showed. that no negllgence was due on thepart of the Flre clepartment. .The Commlssion also recommend.ed. 1n favoof an increase of $5.00 per month for all "sleepers't tn the d.epartmen
0n motion by Counollma H1ves, lncre_ase as aforesald was approvecl,AIl members of the council voting AW. Relative to the report on the
Kotenberg fire, fhe sarne was accepted and was ord"ered. lnoorporated lnthe mlnutes of the meetlng.
A letter was read fronr Clty Englneer
Longson showlng that the Unlon Pavlng Company to be the lowest bld.derwlthln the Eagtneerts estlmate for the proposed. lmprovement ofEl Carnlno Beal from Broaclway to Edgehlll Drlve.as presented to the
counclL on July 20th. The Dtvlsion of Hlghways concurred ln the award. toto the low blclder ancl he as clty englneer recommended. that contraot be
awardod to Unlon Pavlng Conpany ln accorclance wlth thelr proposal of
$16,951,95. A resolutlon to that effect was offered. by CounclloanHunt. The same was d.uly seconcled. ancl carrled - A1l vottng AYE.
The report of PIay ground, proJeot covering
sunmer actlvltles as presented to the Works Progress Admlnlstartionby Lols Nelson was read and. the sarrie was orclered placed on flle.
LIrs Yan Bergen, secretary ofts the
Chamber of Gommerce subu,ltted. oral report coberlnfor parking purpos€r - J.Y.Gaffey, lot Park Boad
o't)
$r.
rental of 1o
0.00 month.
I,ot opposlte Bank on Capuchino Ave, Taxes plus approxtmate cost of
S50. to put in cond,ttlon. Farnan lot SE corner Donnelly and Prlmroserental $25.00 momth plus cost of maklng lot sqrylceable. 0n motlon
by Counctlman Hunt ancl seconclod. by Counollmanwqthe three proposltlonsset forth rrJere aocepted., the duratlon of the perlod to be at thepleasure of the eounclL.
A suggested. Trafflc Ordinance as prepared by the
league of Uallfornia htuniclpalltles was presented to the council and the
sane was referred, to Chlef Harper to look into.
Ordinance no 500 known as Electrlcal Ordinance of tae City of
Burllngame !ryas introduced by Corrncllman Ward. The read.ing was walved due
to all council members belng supplled copies in advance.
5? - 5Z - 53 and 65 of Ordlnance No ?14 governing plumbing was given
first reading. Introduction by Councilman Ward'.
ffi
I
2Ls
ordlnaoce Nllcense of
H1sh.
Park
Due to the
there shou1chlef llarPe
0n motlon b
was made theffect as s
notlce to r
Approve d
Mayor
o 5OZ amendlng sectlon no 74 of Ordlnance no 178 governlng
iiruut"""-ru" dfvun flrst roadlng. Introduction by Councllman
1ng
acqdbrt
eo
oon
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hours on the oltys maln thoroughfares was dlsoussed'
oi;in! oi lot", tle councll was of the op141on that
J-a--[ange ln tire tlne llnlt of-parklng' ?o11oe
noupUi tf,at one hour was suf,flclent antl so recommended'
;r.rrEilnr"n Hlves and seconded by councllman Hlgb-, such
r[ar. the hours belng 10 AM to 6 PM; Thls to take-iI-ioi"-u""-sucurJal Chlef Harper'traB ltrstructed to ma1I
d.euts of the ohange.
At t orneY
to damage to Buil-dlng Inspector Kxugrs car
settled between partles to the controversy'
1n thls lnstance.
Dath
vls advlsed with xeferenceat the matter must be
he clty not bei[g covered
MrcoleofAdellBeDrlvecal;Ledattentlontorec&'lessdrlvlng 1n the vfcfnitV-oi {de1!,,e-Drlve and vancouver Ave' Chtef
frupur"r"pfied that tre" had d.etalled an offloer in that sectlon for
ii-i5*-a.vi-uut coura ix not do so as a regular ihilg dl?-io.,a liinlted
force. - .,Yill however do the best he can to abate the trouDre'
Counc ilman Eunt was delegated to see LIr skeggs
as to what is slowlng up the lmprovement of oak Grove Ave'
-enteal the pol1ce 8nd flre
flre ln Cortez Ave.
The coutro11 adJ ournea
I PM on motion by c ounc 11maa II18h' all Yo
riepartment ro r tb" r,c SFii I lH3r*?iu"' :33:i?
tseet Mondat' Aug 10th at
ng AYE
toti
Re speot 1 ubmit t d
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