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Sovember 1.8, 1958.
a regular meeting of the clty counair of the clty of Burlingamewas heltl on tle above given itate. fh6 meeting wis eaLled t6-gether at 8:00 P,M., ?"{ayor Buck in the ohair.-
Councilmen Buck, Eandlos, Hlves, Hlgh and Hunt answered the ro11 oa1L.Absent-- Councilmen, None.
The mlnutes of the previous meeting of November 4, lggs woreread and approvecl.
a letter was read from Blanohe cagney, g1r El camtno Real re-questing a permlt to remove two trees in front of her resldence.
same was ordered referrecl to IIr. sohuck for attention.
a Letter ras read from J.R. Johnson, asslstant frust Offleer,Benk of America, obJeotlng to any resubdlvlslon of lots 1S a:ha 14,Blook 7, Burliugune Park 8, untlL the bankts cl1ent, owner oflot 11, BLock 7' has aa opportuntty to be heard. rie nstter wasorclered referrecl to BulLdtng rnspeetor Krug to have proposedbuilding placed on the rear of lotg 12 and-14 with customary set-baok where lt w111 be most invlting to owner of rot L1. cliyAttorney rulecl re the resubdlvlslon of lots 12 and 14 that ii a1Ilots bore a 5of frontage anrl ihe requlred depth, the counolLwould be in thetr rlghts to grant a resubdlvlsloa. ?he $lerk waelnstrueted to convey thls informatlon to Mr. Johnson.
fhe request of trester D. Eenclerson, District Superlntendent ofSohools for use of east tennls aourt ln lYashington 3ark, Montlaysto Fridays of each week, 5260 to 5 p.M., for use of sehooLohildren, wEIs orderetl referred to the Sark Comlsslon for their 0.K.
A Letter from $ydia Adams, 9L5 EI Camlno ReaL, relatlve to damagefrgm faL11ng trees aad limbe and voiclng a vlgorous protest aboutb91ng dlsaLl,owed to remetly the cause was orcleieal referretl to 0ityAttorney Davls to rep3.y to.
a petttlon fron property owners for a servioe a1ley, u0t 1n widthto the rear of Burllngame Avenue frontages tn BLock 5, was referredlto City Attorney Davis to oontact own€rs of property and explalnthe procedure to aarry oa the work wltt an esttmate of eost.
a letter to John F. Davis, ctty attorngy, from J.H. skeggs, DlstrictEngineer' clate Sovember 5th, wlth referenee to estlmated-cost ofroad maintenanae wlthin utrnlolpal limlts during J.955-57 bteunlu-m,quoted prloe of $2r5e4.00. This is an esttmat6 only ancl the l/4'eent {or hlghways allocated for expencllture 1n Burllngame wilL onlybe debltetl with the aotual cost of malntenance, a report of whtehwill be filed with the Clty at the cloee of the flsoal year endlng
June 50th; the Clty, too, to file a like report.annually showlngexpendltures fpr malntenance wlth Clty foroes regarclless of whethereity or gas tax funds are used for that purpose. The reactlng ofthls report brought up the question of the resurfacing of Oak OroyeAvenue, by CounelLnan Eunt; Clty Attorney Davls aclvlslng that the
san€ hacl been approvecl but exaat ftgures were not available.Engineer longson was asked to go lnto thls matter end submit anestlmate of cost so the Couneil would have something to work from.
0n motion by Councilman El-ves, Mr. Nelson of the Hlghway Commtsglsnwas lnvttecl to come before the CounclL to go otrer some of thephases outllned in Mr. Skeggs letter. Motion duly secondecl ancloarrleel.
A memorandum of agreement for expencliture of LlL eent ges taxfirnd in the Clty of BurLlngame as subnltted by the State Departmentof 3ubIio tflorks wag read. A motton to aclopt was offeretl by Council-uan Eives and, secondetl by Counelluan Eigh. Carrled--aL1 votlng AYE.
Ortlinanoe No. 281 prohlbltlng the clisplay ancl adverttslng of contra-ceptive devloes eto. s/as gtven flrst reading, introduetlon by
Councll,man H1ves.
Ordlnanoe 1{o. 285 amending Ordinanoe i{o. ?19 governing the width ofparking frontage was reaal and lald over for a subsequent neetingfor adoptlon. Introtluotion by Councllmsn Elgh.
brdinanee lilo. u86 creating a speoial gas tax fund wes given a secondreacllng ancl was passetl on motion by Counctlroan Hunt antl seconrted byOouncllnan Elgh.
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A r evigeil form of easement grant at the BurLi
grounds oovering clrainage was referred to the
tnvestigation and report.
ngame Etgh SohoolClty Englneer for
llhe resubttivlslon of two lots ln Burllngables to meet the
requtrements of more yard areB la houses oontemplatecl was granteil
the J.B. Oswa1d Butldlng ComPanY.
fhe Corrncll reJected the offer of $SO0 for a portton of a lot
ln EllLslde Circle ae submltted by KarL tr[ooney' looal realtor.
fhe Clerk was lnstrueted to notlfy property owners on Donaelly
.ll,venue to meet wlth the Counoll and the PLannlng Commlsslon oa
Monday, Sovember 85, 1955 at 7:5O P.M. to tlisouss the proPgseg
zoning of }onnelly.tvenue to oommerclal usage, also the wideuing
of thdt street anil the plaolng of a servlce a1ley to the rear of
Surllngame Avenug frontages.
.&n approprlatlon of $18.50 was voted for slgns tg b9 plaoe-d in
Wauhlngton Park. fhe CounclL approved the organlzatton of an
ailvlsoiy boercl of 5 meubers as requested ty WaEhlngton Park
Itennlg Club as a mesns of regulatlng the use of courts thereby
preventing thelr monopoly by out of town resldents. Membershtp^
6ards wllL be useA. fUlb use w111 be confined to aourts l anel 2
ancl conflnetl to Saturdlays' $unclays antl holtdays.
fhe proposetl organlzation of a oltizens I publie safety eomnlttee
was presented by Mayor Buek. fhe Couneil expressed thelr favor
of lt. Councllmen EandLos and Elvea, however, were of the
oplaion that the plan of prooeclure should emanate from the CounciL
lnstead of the lfiayor andl garre such views expresslon. I&ayor Buck
lnvlted alL members of the Council ancl Chief Earper to a meetlng
to bs held at the Otty EaIl on Sovember 26th when the matter w111
be more thoroughly gone tnto.
A motlon embodylng tbe aboye ancl gtvlng the same a 5 month's trlal
was offered by Cotnatsnan Eunt and s6c6hiled by Counolluan Elgh.
Carrled -- all votlng AYE.
fhe purchase of a eheak writer, the same oarrylng an insurance
poltby of $10,000, for tlc prlce of $60.00, yas tllsapprovetl on vote
of the CounolL.
Denanrls agalnst the City, #g+glt to #854? lnaluslve, were readl and
approvedl and warrants were orclerecl drawn on the Clty lPreasury for
their respectlve arnounts.
The Councl1, thereupon, adJourned.
Respect IIy subnittecl,
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