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Burlingame, Ca1if., Llarch 19r L954.
A regular meetlng of the Clty Counoll of the Clty of Burllngsue
was held on the above givon date. IIhe meet8ng was oal-l,ed to
order at 8:00 I.M. - Mrayor Buok ln tbe Ghair.
Councllnen Buek, Eoek, Hunt, Rickard and Stone enswer€d the
HoLL CalL.
fhe mlnutes of the prevlous meeting of l{arch 5th were reaci and
approvecl.
the regular order of buslness wa,s waivecl to take up tle subJeotof a park and pLaygrouncl in North Burllngame as rattfled at the
sesslon of I;iarch sth. Counollman Hock of that Committee took
the floor. Ee statetl that opposition to the pLan having deveLop-
erl 1n the Corrnall and that lnasnuch as the whoLe proJeot wasgainlng oonsiderable pubIle!.ty, he wlshed at thls tlue to read
a Letter recelved frou I'{r. 0"a D.OEuLltvan, Presiclent of }6i1Le
Estate IDo. tn which was stated, "slnoe marked tltfferences of
oplnlon nour appear to exlst, The L[1].1s Estato Ine. hereby with-
clraw oonsent to the Leeser. nfir. Hock then went lnto the subJeotof the park situatlon stating tbat Lfiayor Suok appointecl a
couuolttee to negotlate a purchase, or a lease of a portton of
the }.fi11s Estaterfor park purpose and lf necessary to_go as
high as $SOOO.00 a year lfa lease wa,s neoessar;r. H€ (Mr. Hock)
was a member of that oommlttee. A propositlon was brought baok
tnvolvlag $tre00.00 which was l-ess than the uaximum set by the
Council and thls after revLew of tbe geveraL members of that
body, was ratifled by them. Ifr. Hock then stated that ln
prevlous public utterances LIayor Buck had stated that the
authorization to spenrl up to S5600.00 was precllcatecl on two
condltlons, one that the City be glven the prlvllege of drlLI-
lng for water and, the seoontl that the rental be applled to the
purchase prloe ten years hence. Mx. Hock s g.ted neither of
these condltions were rnade part of the authorlzation gtven hls
Commlttee; further, that on rOlL eaLL of meeting of i,{arch sth,
when Commlttee.Is report was ratified, the l5ayor voted, AIE without
reservation, accord.ing to the minutes of that meeting. Lflayor
Buck ln answer to lir. flogkrstateti that he would stancl by his
statement as appeared 1n the press explaining his obJection to
the leasing p1an. II. f,. Brown and H. H. Boyle eensured the
CoulciL for entering lnto the l-ease. C. fi. Douglas defended the
Councll for the action taken by them. All letters, petitions,
etc. hearlng on the park situation were ordered filed without
reading and the regular orcler of ]:usiness was resumed on motionof CouneiLman Stone.
A letter from C. Grlffith app3.ying for a position as pol.ioeoffloer was referred to PoLioe Chief Harper for attention.
A Letter was reacl from Jefferson E. Feyser, Attorney-at-law,
reLative to City Attorney Davisr opinion in a sertaln electricaL
eontract performed by oo€e i{r, linvllIe, t'Ias referred to
Attorney Davls for his attention.
A letter was read from }:/alter Sequelra, 1458 laguna Avenue,stating that
from transmit
pt ropo
woulcl be very
1ng
unfa
head of ordina,nc€sr
Ietter read from 0. H. Ruclnick, proprletor of Pa'tlo Restaurant,
1465 Surlingame Avenue, offering obJectton to the llcensing of
a new restaurant at L429 Surlingame Avenue, and alleging that
this businegs is overclone and to the interest of those now
engagecl in it, the CouncLL should not grant the License applied
for. City Attorney Davls advised the CouncLl that they coultl
not legalIy l1mit business of a leglttmate nature and aforesaicl
request was out of order. The request was thereon denletl.
secl ordinanae prohibttlng Radio amateurs
between the hours of 5:50 A.Li. and 11:5O P.M.tr. ?he same was ordered referred to under
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letter read from K. E. PauJ. Co. subnlttlng Mc0abe ard Y?cklntoshrsrorertles oa Eagton Drlve as avallable Park eiteg at $12,500.00
ina^ SSSOO.O0, respectively. 1he sane wasl: orderetl roferretl to
the Park Commlsslon.
Uayor Buok rgoltott past offorts in tb€ Cou'noil rs entleavor to
soAuro proPer acr€age for City parko but nothltrg hatl-beeu
aceorplish6d, w&s n6t entlreLy favorable to the sna1l pLsygrountt
ln ooirgested- dllstrlcte where mny complalnts cone from nearby
re si deut s .
Nell C. WLlson, 8eA Ylalnllt Avenue, adtlrcssed Letter to the
counoff urging'the pLaclng of a reg:uIar olty police offl-cer at
Ucfinley s;ho61 oroislng tlurlng eertaltr sohool hourg. The seme
wac ref;rr6d to Chief Earpel, as weLL as a petitlon from-resl-
aents 1n the vlclnity of Sa,yswater Avenue snd DwiSht Road' who
,askeal for Detter traffto control at that point.
fhe B].ac lng of a 2Ltr sewer plpe undgr the Southern Paclflo Co'
traoli at 6ak Grovs Aveme was askeal to bo subeorlbotl to ln the
form of an agteement which was refexrod to City Attornoy laYis
for his re commentla t 1on.
A pernlt recommenilatlon for the Clty o f-Bur 1- lngaroe to looate a
seiarate sludge tilgestlou plant ln. San Srancisco Bay' ?Pprox-iiit"iy fOOg ieet 6ff shori opposlte Sanchez Avenue extentled aiil
io dfsioee of effluent into San tr'ranclgco 3ay-opposlte t!e-plant'
sane s^poasored by Bureau of Saaltaly EnglneerlnSr-9: 0. Glllespie'
Chlef,-antl beartirg tlate of appJ.loatlon Lfiaroh 5' L954' wag
order€d roceLved antl pLaced on fl1o.
A Regolutlon was aaloBt€tl autho!1ziag Chas. U. fho@s anil trrralt
A. BLooro to aot as agents ln all mattere pertalnlng to Clvll
Works proJecte oarrl6tl on wltbin the iuristtlctlon of the Clty'
ilating-ba;k slnce flovember 2l , L955. - ]'(otlod by Counclllnen
gt otx€ -and seconded by Councllnon Eulrt. Carrled, aLl votlng AE.
The execution of a contract rlth the 1own of Elllsborough for
5o1ut use of gewer as presentett-to- the Counc t1 on X'ebruary 19th'
iaa agaln presented ln a revlseit forro and after readlng was
referiect t-o City Sngineer Ihou:s to cheok, also a- clause to-
be lneerted tUai avdttable funtl e uust come from the CY'IA as lt
Ls cont lngent that an approprlatlon oone fron that sou:rce.
Coutralluan Eunt asked for two sgeks more for report on Crosslng
Gatee to awalt costs. Tho Balne wag Srsnted.
Clty Attorney Davis reported wlth referenoo to Lorton Avenue
wltl6nlng, th;t the sltuation wag rather intlefinlte as to
recelvli! funds untlor tbe present set up of the gw{.-.tlggd
further delay when he woultl have something more tlefinite to
report.
Irr. Davls reportett as to the inolnerator. at Roosevolt School,
taat Ae hatl ieaelvett a lettee from Mr. Eeutlerson, Superlntondentt
aalyislng him that ineinerator haa beaa pattLocketl anti.1ts.use
tllseontlnucal. WlLI oonfer with Ur. tr:nlg lator relatlve to
a new ].ooa t ion.
Chlef Earper reported relatlve to compLa14f of Mrs. -Dutton,lIIe Rhinatte Atenue, operatlng a business from her honet
that the sano was not truo. Statett Lfrs. thrtton nado salail
at her resldenee for the Antlr€Y, Wtlllams Co., 1'300 BurLinggne
Avezue, whioh is permlaelblo unaler City ortlinanoe.
Arx ordinance prohlbitlng eLectrieaL lnterforence wlth radlo
reeeptloa, regulating looatioa auil ampUftoatloar ileclaring
game- to bo a nulsance an{I provltllng punlshment for the
vlolatlon thereof, vas glveu ftrst reatllng - lntroductlon
by Couno ilnan Eunt. fhis orcli,nanoe substltutes one that was
glven first roaaling on Lfiarch 5th.
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DgDanals agalnst the Gity, Ilos. 6868 ao 6949, incluslve, wororoad aad approved and Y/arrants were ordered drawn on the CityTreasury for their respective a,mounts.
The Council thereupon ad journed.
Respeet submitted,
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