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Burllngame' Ca1lf.' May 15' 1955.
Me€tlng of the City Councll of the Clty of 3urIlngame.
RoI1 CslL: P?eeent - Councllmen: Buck-Hirnt-Bickartl-Stone.Absent - CounclLrnen: Eock
The mlnutes of the last meeting were read and appr ovetl .
Reouest recelved from Superintenclent Schuek for the grantlng
of'customary vacations t-o regular employees of uater' Stre€t
antl Park tleiartments. The sdme was granted subJect to the
coavenlenee- of the respectlve departmeuts.-Mot lon by Council-
man Stone.
Burlingane Post Amerioan treglon extend€a invltatlon to
CouaolL to lts anr:uaI Lienoiial gerelce Msy 29th at B:15 P.M.ln IooaI clubroon6.- lttre Counc 11 was asked to observo date
and to entleavor to a ttentl .
letter read announc lng regloaal meetlng of FeninsuLa treagueof Munlclpslitles at Santa Clara on l,[4, 15th at I P.M. antl
lnvttins eouncil to be present. The Counc if. was a sk etl to
observe-the tlate antl rnate an effort to attend.
llhe Womanrs CLub ln a communl,cation extolLed the Councll fortheir purchage of a strip'of lqnd North of Oak 6rove Avenuo
Ln ortl-er to rreserve the-row of trees. The letter'was
orderetl placad on fllo.
Slal-tllnsts SDort ShoD Ln a comnunication erpressetl sBpreoi-atlon td the- Councl1- for thelr lnterest anal cooperatlon in
naklng thc tennie t ouruament possible. The letter was
orderEtl placctl on fl1e.
The Broaatwav Development Assoclatlon callotl attentlon torats at the- City durtp at the end of Broadwayr and the exist-
Luc flood conditlonson Callfornia Drlvo at Oak Crovo Avonue.
fEE e6uncff-statea they were entieavorlng to lemetly the rat
sltuation and the flootl contlitions as complainetl of coultl be
tatea care of In the drainage suxYey under way.
The Music Etlltor of, the S. tr'. Examiner appealed for a tlonation
from the city to support the S. F. Symphony ooncertg. Th€
g&me ras oxdereal taken untler atlvisenent.
The Amerioan Association of UniYersity Women ln a oomrmrnica-tioa asked the cooperat ion of the Councll ln the establish-
nent of a recroation center and superrlsetl playgrountt ln the
Burllngame and San Uateo Elgh Schools dur lng the sanme r
vacation perloA. Couae if.rnea Euat, Rlckaral anal Stone n'ere
appointetl-a Conmlttee to lnvestlgate with powef to act.
fha request of the Aero Advertising Corporat ion of Aroerioa
to tllsfrlbute a llmlteal numbe r of nlnlature gLttlers from an
eeroplane as an advertlsing netl Lu.n, was re jectetl on vote
of th€ Counoll.
The Colmoll al,so re Joetcal the sugge otlou of the Aualuboa
Sootetlee that : tbo.. 0lty' inthe6 st : tbemsetrvtiileln an oralina m€that wou]-at Drovlde that owrxers rmrst lleense cats ln the saneforn antt roa-nner that they tlo tlogs.
I. R. Watts. 1429 Bellonue AveDue. asaln oalI€d the Counci].rsattentlon to a tlepregslou ln his itltlSwalk naklng it unsafefor oetlegtrlsns. --Watt e alleses that the City 18 responsiblein the event of-accident as-the fl1l was not properly tampedat tho tLne a coneret€ tluct wag placetl untler the street which
noacssltateit the relaying of his sltlewaLk. fho mattet was
referretl to Superlnteiraeit $cbuck to repair on the basls ofhls estlmate of cost untler S20.OO.
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A. H. II6yn again call€ti the Councilrs attention to a susse st ealcotrsol-itlation of the CitieE of Burlingane-San 1,{ate o and--Illllstorough2 with a vlew to ecoaory in government. Ee suggest-etl th6 City inltiate prooeedings in this respect. Lnayor Buckstatetl the recent attempt to ainex tsurlingaub Et11s shtt U:i11traeditl not moet with favor with the peo
be benefltetl and he felt somewhat refu"ther pr
support of OD1 ogitions unless he knew
ho so rea11Councll the C1e rk was 1
Ie who were actua1Ly. touctant about Dresentlnee had the whol-e heartetrt the suggestion of the
ddress a letter to
coacernetl .nstructed io
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al[r. Meyn asklns him to orsanlze a cltizeEs committee antl wh€n
the-y pi-eparetl the ir f indligs the same would be gtradly oouslaler-ed by the Councl].
J. C. I{owe1l, Ctty Llanag€r of Hlllsborougba bad dralnage oontlitlotr to Sratlloy proper
BarrolLhet Avenue. The same was referred
Thomas for lnvestlgat ion.
Request of A. M. BLumer to zoae lot 1A, Block ?, Town of
Surlingame Sub. for 01I Station purpose, was denled aeco unt ofbeing in confllct with recent decisioa ln Xloile raL Court wh ichupheltl Zoning ortiinance as to propertles on El- Canino Re&L.
Thos. Iarkc Jr., Secretary Sire Commisslon, submitted thefollowlng recommendations of the Comoisslon. -
Robsrt trerry and ltarvtn Conwell for ca.I1 men.Ustral two rccks vecation for flr1I timo mea, with pay.
Yaoations for part tlm€ mcn. lf deslreat - no !$r allorance.S5.15 cxpenrll turc for cover in board.Slren foi Chlefrs car at approximate cost of $80.00.Equipptng of Iortl Car wlth-i pump for emergeu6y sorvloo.
All were aBprovoal oa vote of Councll with the exceptlon of thepurq, for Ford eatrwhich rasroLald over to investlgate as to theaeccsslty for the same.
Tha Fire department was asked to assist the Amerlcan Ireglon Post
1n the preparatlons for their L[emor1a1 Servlas. As to allsastor
p"el,aroalness, Mayor Buok announcetl he $oultl uamo oonmlttee later.
Eugineer ThoEes reportetl costs and submittetl plaa on I[111s Avenue
atorm sewsr' as foLLows :l,raterlals
Ira borthe mtter before the Couaty Oomml
o thers,
o ff eretl
Carr ie d r
$eoee.so (comp1s16 1$6000.00 - In ortler to eetttee on unemploJrm€nt as f,o the
calletl attentlon toat E1m Aveme antlCity Engin€€r
e abotement ofy Councilman
tyto
a ssuming of labor coste, tle plan as pxoposetl was accepterl oamotioa by Councllnan Stone and secondetl by Councllman Eickard.
City AttorDetlralnage, th
Thorr8,s.-8tatthe l,Ii11s Es
course of Cr
be presented
Councllman Stone offeretl Resolution ordorlng th
reecls in the City of Burlingamo, -nas secontletl b
Hunt,-Carried, aL1 votlag AYE.
Davis reported with referenee to LItlIs Avenushe favored plan as prepa:red by Ctty Englneer
he might have to file a decLaratory suLt withte to establish who was rlght as to change 1nk - would tietermine later as to facts that mayn c oaference .
per terms of agreement. A motlon to. that effect was
Councihen Ricksril antl seooudBd by Cou:ncf,.l,man Stone.-lL votiag AE.
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CounclLman Eunt offeretl motlon that in conslderation of a tieetlto property known as nEowartl Parkr at CaLifornia Drlve, ffowaril
and flighland Avenues, that City of Surl ingaue ro fi:atl baek taxes.that have been paid. Iiotion sesonded by Councilman Stoue -Carried, all votlng AYE.
An agreement reLati.ng to the handJ.lng of garbage wlthln th6 Ctty
as preparoal by City Attorney Davls, was reati ty the C1ork.Mr. Datis recommeaaled that awartl be maile to Messrs Arata antl
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Councllman Eunt offoretl Besolution of appreclation with refer-
enc6 to the openlng of nlght tennis courts - samo secontletlby CounciuaargltctCrih-Carrletl , a11 votlug AY.E.
Councllmaa Eunt offered Resolutlon €xt€ntldlg the time of Ladvertlsing the dellnquent tax list untilf#f6r June 2O.-J-955.J {h
Motlon sec6nded by Corinclhnan&l,ofEald0artaa' all votlng AYE.
Orti lnance I{o. 867 with xeference'111$ waa glven sffi rea.tling and was
a Iittle more tleflnite study.
trfr. Klefer a representatlve of the Paclfio Coast Electrical
Bureau, adtlressed the Counoll in the lnterest of e Standartl
oxtllnance regulating tho sale of electrlcal naterlal . The
CounelL slg:xified they would look into the natter.
Demantls agalast the City' Nos. 6155 to 62O5r lnc1us1ve' were
re&al and approv€tl, antl iVarrants rer€ ortier€al drawn on the
City Trea sur'5r for theix respectlve amounts.
to the sale of beer ad wlnelald on the table awalting
Be sp ect 1y sulmittetl,
The Cou::c i1 thereupon ad journoti.
AI}RO}ED:
I,(AYOR