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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1933.09.1540 Burllngame, Callf., Sept. 151 L955. Meeting of the Clty CounclL of the City of Burllngaue. RoIl call: Present - councllmea: Buck-Hock-Eunt-Rlokard-stone.Abseat - CounaLlmen: $one. The minlrtes of the Last neetlng were read and ai:provecl. Lretter read from the Caupalgu Comnlttee oa Reaovlzlng thanktngthe Council for thetr eontrlbutlon of $840.00 to their fbnd. -llhe s&me wag ordereil f lLedl. A report of storm sater ttralnage reIlqf as submltteil by lotelantliDtgineers, was read. The flgures of $151905.00 for the purohase of -naterlal antt SI8,720.00 for 1abor, 'wair aiseusseal at liagth asto how the proposltlon can be finaneerl. WhlLe money uay be avalL-eble fron the 1V.R.A. for that purpose there vnulct have to be thereturn of the same at a Later date. - trf,ayor Buck being of theoplnlon that lt was of too great a magaltude to ftnance fron the OeneraL funil. - CouaelLuan Eook seemed somewhat skeptlaal offtgures as subnlttetl, doubtetl the amount as shown to be I Bermi.anent solutlon of the troubLe. Ilngineer Thomas was strongJ.y ofthe oplnlon that a good Job oould be done on the basls sf estlnato submlttetl by lovelantl Engineers. .0,ttorney hvis advlsetl Counollthey woulcl be withln their legaL rlght to flnanee matter out ofthe 0eneraL fund but dld not belleye lt was the practlcal thlngto do - suggested a dlstrlet assessme*t to be borne by tho ergabenefltetl. No dofinite aotlon was taken, the Counoll eleotlng toanalyze report submitteil and rnake further study as to the flnaaa-tng of the srame. .0, permlt;rto se11 beer wlth meal.s was grantedl the Patlo Reetauranton the 0K of ?oIlae Chlef Earper after ellmination of $eotlon 8of Ordlnanoe No. 867 was suspenclerl. - Motion by Counellman Rlokaril ancl seoonaled by Counoilnan Euat. was readlA questlonaLrre/fiom J. E. tlkeggs, Dlstriot Engineer of Elghways,deslrlng to know of it wag the wlsh of the City authorltd.es thataLI work of malntenano€ of tlesignated hlgh$rays entlreLy withinthe Ctty Ilnlts after August 82, :..959, be mintalnetl by the Stateorganlzatlon or the Clty orgaaLzation, aLeo a request for a Llet-lng of the organlzatlon personnel. In angrer to ![r. Skoggsl eommrlrieatlon, City Attorney Davts aclvlsed the Counoll that the amount of moneyg reeeived from the State gesoLlne tax wouLd beLasufflolent to meintain State higbways through Burltngaho - wouJ.dl recommend the City turn back the gas reoeipts anct 1et the Stateualntaln hlghwayo. After a Lengthy dltsousston as to whloh was theproper way to prooeecl under the eLrcr:rastanaeg the Counoll decldert on the oa11lng of a highway engineer wlth the vlew of cletermtntng what was the most practtcal thlng to ilo. CounclLnan Stone presented a resoLution commendlng the veryefflclent servlaes of Captaln tr. 6, MoAloney ln the handllng ofthe Corrmrnity SheLter - was seoond,ed by CouncLlman Hunt. - Carrledl,all votlng AE. Councllman Bickartl was appolnted oormoltteeman to lnvestlgate a shedbuilt on Roosevelt SchooL grouads, said to be clone wlthout a bulId- Lng permit. Money boxes Ln tennls courts were a3.leged to be darnaged by theplaelng thereln of sIugs. Complaint a1.so matle of tennls oourts belng ln use after 2 A.M. ancl annoylng the sleepers nearby. The Counall authorlzod the alostng of tennls courts from 18 mldntgbtto 6 A.M. datly and orclered that a slgn be plaoed at money boxesnotlfying pLayers that the pLacing of bogus colas in the boxes woufulcall for a vlolation of the ponal eode enil subJeot offenelers toarrest or the pa3ment of a f1ne. 4L A Reeolutlon flxlng the tax rate for the flscal yeat 1953-34at an amount of $1.45 on eaoh $10O.OO valuatlou, was lntro- duceil by Councllnan Rickartl antl seoonded by Counc 11nan Stono.-Carried, alL voti"ag AYE. [he lightlng of the baseball fleltt ln Washington Park was takea up - Clty eleotrlclan B. J. Dessing submittlnt plans antl speclfloatloas and oalllng for tro wooden trlolos and twolron poles wlth slx ligbtg, coia box, equipnent antl aLl trecossafy wixinga. lfino egtiroates dd cost were presentetl, one of S640.00 ooverlng all lron poles - the other two lron and two rootl poles at cost of $604.00r both btdg exolusiveof Iabor. A nottoa to accept the bid of tbe General Electrlo Company at e price of $50+.OO to complete the Job, r,vaB offerealby Counc lImaa Hook antl seoonded by Councl}nan Eunt - Carrled,all vottag AYE. llhe Councll thersupon atl Journed . Iy submitted, v e l3?ROlrED: n[ayol