HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1933.05.012A
IXay L , J-955.
Meetlng of the City Council of the City of 3ur1lngame.
BolL CalL : Present - Councilmen: Buck-Hock-Eunt-Rlckarcl-Stone,Absent Councilmen: None.
The mlnutes of the last meetlng were read and approved.
tretter raatl from Ann Eoffnan, Commlttee on May }ay ee3.ebratlon,requesting contrtbution of $50.00 to heLp finaaoe muslcaLportlon of program. 0n motion by CounolLman Hunt, seeontled by
Councilman Stone, the request was granted
Request of J. B. Adams, I{anager of Sara Jose Divisioa }aolfle
6as & Eleotrie Company, that the City ancl merehants geaeral.Ly
volce ln a telegram to !?, 0. MoAiloo, lYashlngton, their elLg--
approva,l of HouEe Bt1l 5040 on whicL the federai tax af SS
on saleg of electricaL eaergy ls to be prolongetl. The mt ter was
Laid on the table lnasmuch as the Chamber of eommeroe has
aLreatly acted.
Thomas larke Jr.1 $ecretary of the Flre Commission, in a oornrnrn-lcatlon submitted reporb of the activtties of that organlzatlon,
together wlth oertain recommenclatioas he would llke the Counoil-rs
approvaL of. The Counc 11 agreed to meet wlth the Flre Commlss-'
loa on the evening of LIay 5th to go over matters suggestecl ln
recomroentlat ion.
Nydia Adamsl 915 El Camino Real, 1n a Letter ealletl the CounelLrsattentlon to dangerous trees and limb$n the highway near her
resldence anci the same was ordered turned orrer to Superlntend-ent Schuck for j.nvestigation.
fhe PLanning Cornmission submitted draft of resolutton comnendl-iug the aetion of the Council to secure the preseryatton oftrees extenctlng from Oak 0rove Avenue to Horiell Avenue. fhg
same was orciered placed on f i1e.
flhe Intlustrial Acclctent Cornmisslon announced a conferenoe atthe EoteL St. Francis, to be held on Iday 24-25 anct extencleetan inyltation to the Couneil to attend. The Council was
asked to observe the date and to attend tf possible.
The ltlational Mortgage,ReLief treague in a communication, aekedlthe City to sponsor a locaL league to co-orclinate with State
and NationaL organizations ln the eonservatioa of equttles
as weLl as the preseryation of mortgaged homes. fhe communi-
catiou was referrect to G. !Y. Wi11iams, aivie leacler of Burllngamo,with the view of organizing suoh a league.
The Broailway Yel1ow Cab Company in a communicatlon, rcquestetl
eonsent to dtscontinue the pick up bus for the 659 A.I{. anilthe 8128 A.M. tralns, acoount blg dlrop off in buslneds anal the
service not paying. They stated the present bus servlce 1s to
cortinue wlth bus or other pessenger conveJranoe suffiolent to
meet aLL rnaximum demand for regular trains atnpresent, prs-
vtded a minlmum of three passengers per trip apply. A cheok
np of pick up bus for 6:59 train for 7 days showed an ayerageof three passengers, and fdr the 8:88 A.M. train for 6 elays,
4 passengers. Councllman Hoek said he believecl there wasmerlt in the request as the business of the bus eompaay was
belng hampered by tlrtvers of prlvate autos pioktng up pass-
engers and bringlng them to thelr destination. Yftrether a fee
w&s aoceptod he eould not state, believed lf eommuters desirecl
the bus servtce they should co-operate 1n lts support. A
motion torr,atranelon serviee for these two trains as per terms ofletter, was orferecl by Councilman Hock and seconded by CounciJ.man
Eunt. - Carriecl.
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City Attorney Davi.s reportecl as followa:
Conference wlth L[1].1s Estate as to relief of stozn watersget for next week.
GarbaAe -suggested an executlve sos si on.
DOGS - - tloso not approve an oraiitrance as the 1aw hoLals
6ft-er s r6sponsibL6 toi any tl amage done.
An agroement was reatl wlth Chasr N. Kirkbrltle, Be1lerl, andCity of Burllngane; purchasetl as to strlp of land 25rx1816.54 I'
oxtending from Oak Grove Avenue to the S.lT. €xtension of
MorreLl ivenuc - the purchase price of sao€ to be $2500.00.Plvo options w€re subnltted ln the agreement coY€rlng Yarloua
phases of settlement, lntereat' 118bi11ty' etc. fhe purpoee
on the I,aBtir of the Clty for this purobase belng to sErvo a
staatl of euoelJrptus tr€tB ext entling through thls strlp.J. D. Barr anal J. W. Alpon' resialerts of Alplne Avenu€,
opposetl the purchase of the tr€es alleglng that they were
a tletrineat to thelr sectloD anil the City was assuming altabiltty ln taklng them oYer. Councilnan Eock suggestetl to
Mr. Sarr that he present such a petltton to the Counell bear-
lng the slgnature of affettctl property owners and the Couacll
would eccortl them a hearlng, which he tlecllndto tlo. The
Counc i1 by resoLutlon, aatl ou motlon by Councilman Stone,
seco led by Counc ilman Euat, ratlfleal the agreement as read
and euporeered the Mayor anal the City Clerk to execute the sam6.
Couacilnan Eock lntrotluooal rosolutlou relatlng to the tlestruotoa
of Itoetls anal Eoveal the atloptlon of sane - Beoontloal by Counc IL-
man Stone. - carrled, aJ.I voting AYE.
W. E. Uedley called attentlon to electrical equipment belag
soltl 1n olties la San l{ateo County that does not bear the approv-
alf of the trational Board of X'iro Underrrltersr belieYes the City
ehoultl loglelate by ordinanoe against- suoh equipm€nt - wag
referred to the bullding lnspectot, tr[r. f,rug' to prepare a
copy of an orallnanoc to cover the eltuatlon.
Btrildiug Inspector f,rug reported that he tlecllnetl to issue a
rernolt for an electrlcal slprx to be placetl on the resitlonce6t m. lachroan at 405 EI ca;lao Real. fhe Councll sustaineallIr. f::ug 1a hls a otion.
ldayor Buots announced Cornmuntty Shelter would contlnue in oper-
ation unt lil June 1st.
The Clerk was instructeal to wrlte
to beautl$ the park opposlte the
neglectetl contl it iod.
the Southern Paoific
Depot as the same is Comp anyina
The Tax Collector was inatructetl to m.ke a tentler of tax moneys
pald by the llowartt Estate on Howaral lark at 0aLifornla Drlve,
and Howartl antl Elghland AYenue s, in exehange for a quit-claim
to thls property.
Parklag conditloas on ltYtllow AY€nue aear EI Can lno Heal was
referretl to Chief Earper for a solutloa' and an arrow wag
ortleroti palnt€d la Surl lngame Square near Safety Station as
a gulde to motorists.
Parking on Cal ifornla Dr
gBred as a flre menace b
antl the same r8g referre
invo s t iga ti on.
at Broatlway ar ound 6 ?.M. was re-. 3. McMl11aa, 1109 Juanita AYenue,
o Chlef Dessln antl Chief Earper for
iveyEdt
The car6 of sto:m wat€rs from Hillside Drlve aLong E1 Caroino
R6aL, thence to MlJ.lisAtaaal, which proJeot woultl require the
removal of flve trees along the hlghway and the cuttLng downof the slalewalk to a cutb gratle, was tliscussett by City Engin€or
Thomas. J. 8. i.Iitch611, Cha irrnen of the Planning Commission'
reported that botty haat the mtter preseated to them as to the
trees antl had oKd remonal ln the event the project w111 go
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througD. The mtter was laitl over to awalt a mor€ aleflnlto
choek up of dost.
The Councll ad J ournetl to executlve sesslon, on motlorx by
Counclhnan Stone, where the question of garbage wag taken
up vrlth Y. Arata, who offered to pay the City $750.00 per yeat
provltled he wag supplled with a flve year coatract. Arata
agreetl to put Ln roore roodern equlpnent anil furnlsh rateB that
woultl be orta par with citles in tbe Bay area. Attorney Davls
advlsed Corincll that they can award a contract of thls klnal
wlthout competltive bitttlltrg' also awartl a contract for flve
.years or Long€r lf th6y ghoultl so tiesire, quotlng Citles of
Oaklantl, San tr'rancisco anal Saa Joser where contracts weromils for a much longer perlod. Tho Council decldeti to con-tlnue the rnatter for thlrty tlays before taklng d€ftnlte aetlon.
Chrls IJarsen ras alenietl applicatioD to er€ct bull.dtng on lrls
1ot on Rhluette Ayenue as the same would be contrary to the
Zoning ordiDance.
Water tlralnage reas further d lscussed but for wantrleflnite as to costs anti the rlght to go und er thetracks, the matter wag laid over.
of somethlugrailroatl
lhe Council then returaed to open sesglon where 0rallnaae6
IrIo, 267 r€guLating the sale of beer and wlae of not more thaa
5.2 per c€nt content, was given its first r€ading - tntlo-
ductlon by Councilnan Rickartl.
The Council theroupon ad j ourned .
Re sp fu11y submltted,
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APPROITED:
Mayor