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A regular Bo€tlng of the Clty CourcilI of Burllngam6 tas held at
8:00-P.M. on the &bov6 glvoa Aato. l[ayo! Buak ln the Chalr.
Counoilnen Bu.ok, Eunt, ntckard and $tone anoterc0a tho ro11 cs1l.
Counc llnan Eook reported. absgnt.
fhe rnlnutes of th€ prevlous meetlng were read and approved.
tretter read fron W. J. L,argc, Z4'l Ca]:lfor nla DrlYe, lequestlngpernlt to have occaslonal auctlon saLes to dlspose of surp1us
iurnlture, etc. fhe sa.ne ras granted oD motlon by Counci lnaB Eunt
and eecontled by Couno ilman Rlckartt, condltlonaL that the usual
llceDse of $50.00 ls pe.ld lnto the Clty freasury. - Carri€d.
A letter nas read fron 'ff. Ii. Mu1len, Attornoy at Law, 165 SaneomeStreet, San Frarcisco, roeklng demaai by Jene il H. Mccinn for $50,000
becaus6 the tteath of hls wlfe Edna L. Mcclnn oecurred ae a reeult
of lnJurles eustained on february aB, L924, at the intersectlon of
oak erove Avenu€ and the southern ?aclflc Rallroad tracks ln the
Ctty of Burllngame. lhls demand ls nad€ on the ground that said
lnJurles and tleath Irere approxlmately causeA by the oarelessnesa
and negllgence of the Clty of Burllngane by and through ite offlcere,
City Councll anci enploye€s, in allollng sald iatersectlon to be
coagestedl nlth materlal and equtpnent so as to obsoure eaid. lnter-
seciloB, resultlng 1n her death thr ough a traln accident. It wag
rnovett by Counc l1man Stone anil secorrdeal by CounclJ.man Eunt, that
1iabl1lty on the part of the City be denletl and. the conmunlcatlon
be turned over to the City Attorney. - Csrrletl.
h Sur1ingame Womaug Club through lts Chalrnan of clvlcs,
1,. Aubury, oomplalnedl of non 6nforc6ment of Clty ordlnance
coverlag dlstrlbutlon of circulara and asked that somethlngto enforce the ordlnance. Attentl.on also called to rubblsh
e paper on streete frequently tlone by aleltvery trucks. f'h e
wer€ &11 agre ed. that somethlng should be done arti lf
e 1{o. P00 ls lneffectlve. to resclnd lt and present an
e that w111 be enforolble. Clty Attorney Davla subnltted
an ordinance (No. 158) that bati proven effectlve ln south
cl,sco, which ras given flrst readlrlg und.er ordlnanc6 No. 274.
lnance aIEo resclnds No. 200. Ihe Clerk {as lnstructeil todraft of thts proposed ortlLnance to the Charnber of Comnorcothe attitude of that orgaJrtzatlon before second readlng. -y C ounc llman Stone.
A conmuateatloa from the Broadray Derelopmert Assoclatlon that
graas be cut and treckoa autoa be renoved from vacant IotB faclag
on Broadray, raa r€ad. fhis was ortlered referred to Superintentleatof Streete Ro11lns. fhere was also a communicat lon reaA from the
same orgaalzatlon relativo to the lnadequacy of the sewage plpe
whioh runA,tnto the Bay hea! Broadway and does not properly dlspoeeof lts refuse, a lLoirlng lt at tlmes to back up ori the shore. the
comnunicatlon was orAered referted to the Clty Xngineer to lnvegtlgate
and report.
fhe ]iort
Mre. E.
No. 200
be done
and wast
Counc tl
0 rdlr. aac
ordlnancdraft of
Sm lrm
Ehls orti
supply ato learn
Motlon b
Clty EngLneer Bhouas subnltted report on_plopo8€A tldenlng of
Burllngane _Aveuue glvlng total costs of $11,810.59. thls embraceg
s cosrt of S3.67 per front foot. fhla report rag ord.ered receivetl
a,nd placed on flIe lelth a o opy to be sant to the Chmber of Cornmerc e
vrho rnatto the orlgiaal request on the subject.
Clty Eaglneer fhomas subnltted report on cost of rltlenlag Cal. lfomla
Drlve from Rhlnette Ave[ue to LIllIs Creel, quotlng estlmate of
$fs.eOe.sz, rrhlch Inc ludes lnspectlon, or'eatlnatatl front footageit $Z.e+2.' Erglneer Ebomae quotett esilnate of $4796.66 on EastoD
Creek oulvert antt plpe.
Por€gplng reporte of the Englne er rr€ro oralered. referred to the
lnconlng C ounc il..
A neetlng of tbe Penlnsula league of Callfornla Munlclpalltles to bebeltt at los eahas on Saturtlay, Ma.y 12, 1.954, at Z ?.N: tag a].eo;referretl to the incomlng Counc11.
Burllngame, Caltf., Apr1l L6, L9&,
76
Clty Attornoy Davla reportod as to Oak Oro?e aerar,that the Eoun ofElllsborough roultl subuit report early Ln May and isked. tbat theCouncll awalt that time.
C ouac_llnan Eunt reportott he haat nothing to offer fet on uee ofsohool playgrountta,- tbe sane rlth Croeslng Gateg. as SuporlDteadentJortlau hae bee4 busl]y engage d and haa not haa an-opportunlty toneet wlth the dounclli
lhe cuttlng of curve at Burl.Lngatre Avenue and Bay Shoro Etghray irasreferred to the Engineer to presert a plan ritb estimate of coitso the sane nay be worked out rlth lnterested partles.
Uader unflnlshed buslBes6r Counc llnan Eu.nt ertolled the goott workperforned by retlrlng menber, Ernest Rlckard, and offered as anotion that a certlflcate of appraclation bo presented hlm forbls unttrlng clvic efforts a.nd the falthful rnanner in whlch heperformotl hls dutles as a Councihnan. lhe Baxne l,as secondea analcarrled by unanimous vote. C ounc 1Iman Rickerd erpresseti hls'apprectatlon for the action taken by the Counc11.
DenanAs agalnst the Ctty Nos. 6944 to 7OZZ, lno., wore rea.A andapproved and W&rrant s wero ordered tlrarn on the City ir€esury forihelr: respectlve amountg.
Mayor Buck calLed as the next order of busltrssg, for a oeuvass ofthe votee oast at the Geoeral Munlolpal Electioa h6ld or Apr11 9,1954. CIty Clerk Murphy ther€on opeaetl the envelopes-of tho
dlfferent'preclnots ln which lve16 enclosed the t8.11y sh€et8 antl
&Btrounced tho vote ae follore:
lreo lnot
IOIAE rrAr lrBr rcrl trDtt trEn n8tr t onCouncL lmen(l'uu term)C. A. Buck
W. M. Elgh
J.tr'.0rMa1}eyE. Rickartl
198
248
61
60
171
zo4
Db
105
L6B
L74
88
169
1L5?
L464
570
't66
196
2$2
159
69
110
151
50
5,1
L40
196
91.
L56
t?4
2,40
105
L'!5
( Shor t terrn )I[. W. Elvee ].L00F. V. Loe 216B. lennon 146Ifl.A.Rutheratal€ 297
Total BalLote Z2Og
Votetl
showtug a total of
16? 176 r02 158 166 154 197r51 28 t5 g9 28 1B 2825 11 t4 18 26 5L 2A66 50 ?8 46 65 92 81
680 509 1?6 273 3BO 546 996
2809 votes oast rlth the follorrlng resulte -
C. A. Buok
W. M. EtghJ. trr. OtMalleY -E. Btckard
W.IiI. Elve eF.V. Loe
Il . ,€nnoa
W.A.Rutherdale -
1157
L46*
570
766
1100
276
145
997
I Resolut lon rleclarlrg the result of the eleotloa ras tutroduged
by C ouncl lnaE Rlokard alr d, secoud,etl by C ounc 11n8,n StoBo. - Carl6d,all voting AYE.
Couacllmaa Rickarti expreseed his thanks to the people who supporteai hln
-and- etat ed he lrouId be behlnd the new Couneil.
Mrs. Roger Reynolds comtlnnded the valuable servlce of Mayor Buck
and urged the selectlon of Idayor be not done at this meetin$.
H. E. BoyLe advocated a Clt y Manager f orm of Gove rrrrnent and the
eLectlon of the ltayo" by the vote of the people. City Attorney
Davis outllned the procedure that ls neeessary to put such a fornof government in effe c t.
Counc ilman Stone c omme nd.ed. the work of the employees of the varloua
departments and the coopera.tion he had recelved at the ir hende. Eealso paid. a trlbute to hls felLow Councll Bember6.
77
Robert A. Etggtns cttLte[ of Broadray soetlon, aiialressed tho
CounclL 6xtoll1llS Counol Lma.a RickarA for the valuable servlce
ren&ered by hlm a* Counol l-matr, anil as a lErk of eateem on thepart of hls frlends and assoclatea, preeentoal Mr. Rickardlrith a. glft *rloh ra8 rospaaAeil to feeItn8Iy.
0a rnotlon by Counol lman Rlckaral anal Eocondod by Councilmaa
$tono, the Counctl adJourned Bine-dle.
GLty Clerk Murphy thereupon swore ln the incomlng Councllmen,
MessrB Buck, Elgh and Elves, aEaI roooBvoaed the Counoll oaII!.ngfor the seLectlon of a Mayor pro-tero. flaa moveA by Counclhoan
Elgh and ahrly Escondoat that C. A. Buck be electetl.- Carrted,all votlng AfE. ![r. BuoE thereupon oa1Ied for the electionof a Mayor to presltte over the Counc11. - waa noved by oounollman
Hivas snil seeonaleal by Counollmn E1gh, that A118,D r. Eunt be
electoai to that posltlou. - Carrleal, all votlng AYE.
Mayor elect Hunt thanked. the Councl1 elect for the honor shorn
hlrn and, prorolsed to be at the service of the citlzens ln all
natters that will be for the betterment of the Clty. Counc ilnan
Buck gave a resume of the flnanctal sltuatlon of the Clty end
commended those who had 6y theLr efforta brought such a satle-
faetory condition about. Ee deplored the leck of lnterest ln
government -by the sma11 vote oast, favored. a chartered gove rnrnentfor Burl lngame 'with a Clty Manager and a provlslon to be rpdefor the se].eotlon of the MByor by the electors of the City.
Councllmen Elgh and Ilives Ln a few words thanked the electorB
and announced their efforts would be for the good of the Cityln general.
l{ayor llunt annourftd he would submlt a ]-lst of hls Courmlttees at
a later meet ing.
fhe use of the City Perk for Mayday festival to be given by
the Anne lloffnan Studlo was granted.
fhe Counci 1 thereupon adJourned.
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