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Burlltrgan€' CaLlf., Janu&ry 16' 1955.
Heetlng of the City Council of the Clty of Burllngane'
Rol1 CaII : lresent - Councllmen: Suek - Eock - Eunt - Stone'
Absent - councllmen: None.
The rninutes of the lest meeting were xead and approved'
Counc tLman Blckartl was a
f,gmrnl tt66g 3- SlnaUse - tr'
llhe resular ortler of buslness was suspentled r Liayo r Suok
innoun6ing to the Counctl that he would entertaln the nom-
tnatlon of a counclLrnaa to aucoeetl J. c. nuosell whose reslg'
natlon took effect as of January Lr 1955. CounclLmau Hock
plaoed ln nouinatlon Ernest Rlck-ard ano -13 doing so-he
iuloelzed the Dast services of I'ir. Russell as an intlependent
tbln[er and a ian of progresslve lttea}s. Ee referretl to
Mr. Eickarti &s one who htd shown hls wl1Ilngnese to glve hls
tlne aart energy to furthet the lnterests of Burllngane a1d
[as aeve! founil wanttng in thet respect. Councllman Eunt
s€contteal trfr. Btckartlts nomlnatlou. RolL ca1l found a1L
votlng AYE. ].[r. Rlckaral was aworn 1n as Cou$cllma!-by Ctt-y
C1erk-Murpby. In a few words he thanked the Councll for the
honor shofun'hlm and statod he would endalaYor to do his faII
duty to tho posltlon he batl been appolnteti to.
ppoldted to sorve on the followlngi.re - Itate r end Str€et.
Ae a natter of recorcl la the offlclal proceetilngs of the
Councll, a resolutlon sponsoretl by C-ounc lfunan Eock was aalopt-
ea. exoiesslns re*ret at the loss- of L{r. 8ussellrs services
ani exlressh[ aplreciatloa of hLs wor*, a-coPy of sala1
resolutlon to-be--sent trfr. Russol-l by the CLerk.
A letter was read fron E. E. Eewltt suof $2.50 Dor tholgtBal to be coLLeototl
outilde tae clty for dls.trlbutlng hand
anti a lioense f6e of 25y' per one thous
lndlvtduals. the moneys thus receivedrelief of unemployment. Th€ Couneil s
woultl be taken up later and some solut
ggost ing a 11c6ns€ feo
from persons or firmsbiLls anti clrculars,altl for looaL flrms orto be applleti to theignlfled the matter
lon arrivetl at.
The Progress CIub asked for a SToP
Penlnsular AYonuo and the gana wag
Chief Earpet as to th€ f€asibi1lty
A 1€tter was read from Walter E. Medi.6y aad E. Il. Seager
askine that thev be reLeas€al from thelr bontl wlth the Cltyto thE amount of $500.00 as goarantor for ldrs. tr'. Xosteriag of
?00 Eowartl A'\re nue that sho rouLd not rent cottage ln the loar
of he! hon€ which would be ln violatlon of the Zo,nlng ortllDanqo.
llh6 Couac 11 agroed to r€lleve the petitloners as roquosted adl
lnstructetl the City Attorney to see Mrs. Kostortng with the
vler of havlag hex abstaln frorn rentlng this cottage else the
City wtII be iequtrett to brlng en action to abate.
An epplloatlon to oreot a gaEollno servlce station 220 fect
North- of Broadwey on tho Easterly slde of Sayshor€ Ei8hway'
ras p!€seateat by Thcoatore Eanalnan and wag referretl to the
Plannlag Conrnlsslon for report antl re@ommentlat loa.
fhe Clty llsnniag Commlsslon rciocted the appJ-ica-tlon. of
P. C. tithur to ereot serlriloe statlon on the Southwest corner
of Adellne Drlyg and 31 Canlno Rca1, ag the same wou"l.d be invlolation of tr'etleral Court decielou rhleh precludetl property
oa EI Caaino Real belng usetl for Co'nnerotal purpose. 0n
motlon by Councllnan gookr tho Plannlng Commiseioars aotlonras approved.
l,n appllcatloa for the construction antl operatlon of stores
and i-eas and oil station oa the Sorthwest oorn€! of Easton
Drlve Euat !1 Ca,mlno Real, was presented by the ownerr J.!.
lilcoarthy of Wooalsitlo, Ca1lf. Tbe same wes denieal on motlon
slgn
o rtieoft
at Drlght Roatl andlred referred to ?olloe
he same.
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by counclLnaa Rlckard and seeoncted by counoiLuan Eoek, as the
same would be ln violatlon of reeent Fetleral Court dectsionaffeottng property on EL camlno ReaL whieh oan not be used forConmeroLal purlrose.
rydfa Aclans of 9L5 E1 camlno Rea1, eubnltted letter allegingthat at nttlnlght on Decembet 25, Lggz, a heavy ltmb fron-a IrecfeLl o? Bel prop_erty,endlangerlng the ltves of-thoee ln her hone;requestecl that the City_ take sone defiui.te actlon on thie requeitas wcl.L as_ prr.or o!_es, looklng toward the romoval of dangeroistrees anal Llnbs. The uatter was referred to supt. sohao[ touake an clamlnatlou as to the safety of trees aid rlubs alongEL Ca,miro RoaL.
rhe &rrllngame Flre Departueat thnoggD chlef Dessln, subnlttedthelr annuaL report of flre loss for year Lggz, together witha detalled report of thelr varLoue aatlvltles. chlcf Desslnwas awarded a vote of tharks for the very fine showlng ae ia-tllcated 1n the report.
91ty _!!!orgey Davls reported that he hail reeolved a permlt fronthe MlLls Estate for tbe use of a strtp of Lanil paralLeLlng theI{arket street Rail,road near MlLLs Avenue, which *ourd provlderellef to tbe clralnage problem ln that vtcinlty - A etilp lntle vletnlty of Yau.oouver Avenue was a,oo provldod as a rueangof correotlng stomc water tllffteuLttes theie. Mr. Davls advlse{lhe was worklag on oth,er easemente which woulcl be necessary toagquire before aetuaL operatlons can begln. Ee was glvca moretlne to pureuc hls qucst.
0rtllnanee lto. 861 reEolndlng 0rdlnanee so. BE5 as to the ln-staLlatlon of 0as appLlanoes, was read for the seoonrl ttne and
was adoptecl on motlon by Couno Iluan Eunt and eecontlet[ b] CIounctl'
man Stone.
Counoilman $tone offered obJeetlon to outslAe agenates soLialttngoJ.othlngr nowgpapersr eto.,'from Burllagane homesr 89 the ReLlef-
SbeLter 1s ln need of sueb suppott. chlef Earper advl.sed he hadtakea the matter up with outslde agenoles ancl they agrecrt not tosollolt except 1n sueh plaoss as they were askeal to eal.I. Thsmatter wag referrecl to .&ttorney Davts to further contact $an Fran'eisoo agenoLes with a vlew of havlng then Aesist l.nsofar as ltls poselbLe.
E. E. Eowitt suggested the advlsatlLlty of more horse shoe courtsln trYashtngton Park. the same wag referred to CounolLuan Eunt totavestlgate lf there ts a real neecl for the sarnor
Deuansls agalast the Clty, Nos. 588L to 6945, tnoluslve
anel approverl, aacl Warrants were ordered drawa on the efor thelr respeotlve auounts.
the CouncLL thereupoa arilJouraerl.
Eesp 1y submltted,
.EPPROVED
were reailty treasury)i
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