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Burllngane, CaIif., Deceuibor 18, 1953.
Meetlng of the Clty Council of the City of Burlingane.
Rol.I CalI: Present - CounclLmen: Suck-floak-Eult-Riokard-Stonc.Absent - Councllmen: [on6.
The nlnutes of the lasi noetlng were read enil after sligbtoorrection were aprproveil.
lottor read flom Burllngame-San IIBteo Gardea Club tbanklng tle
Counoll for uso,of-qhaBb-erE for holding m€etings durlng thepast y-ar - arstitfiElcfrXfiSer of conrner6e ana lJ6rohants-of
Burllnganc tlanklng the Councll and Clty enployecs for thelrpart ln the Chrlstrnas progran. Soth lettero wer6 oralereal flled.
letter reatl from Isabel Blsectt statlng that stroet llghts are
out at 6:46 every mornlng antl request lng better scrvloa fromthe Paoiflc Gag & Eleotrlc Co. ltlayor Suck gtateil that streetltg[ts aro gove]med by the length of the dsy - additloDaL
aorvloo woultl oaLl for en adAttloral cha rge whloh Cou:roll ale-ollueil to enterteln.
EelL lee trelIy, direotor of Pub11o iriorks, wrote Counoll that
the quota allottstl thls dltstrlct w111 be flLLed from the eLlgtbleIlst flleil by the City, 1n the oraler of preferenos ltrtllcstotl
antl the renalnlng applloatlona wt1I b€ hel.al ln regervs forfirturo appolntment. The letter was ordered f il.ed.
A petltlon for transfer of pormlt from Carl I{/. SahnlAt was
reatl, wherelu he asks that pernlt he now holils at Sorthoaot
colaor of lorton antl Eoward Avenuo s be transferr€al to tho
Northwoet oorner of same streets. A sketch of proposeil fio-
provements accornpanletl the petltlon. Tbs Cou:rc11 on motion
revoketl the perntt 8t tho NorthEast ooraer of lorton antl
f,owartl AvemreB end graateil tbe pernit as set forth la Eppllcatlon,condltional that eLeotroLl€r take[ out ie replaood anal any tax
ass€sgmeats tlue egaiast pr€seat Losation are taken o"are ,o!.
letter readl from Thoe. larke Jr., Seoretary of the flrc
Comrlselon, stat 1ng thst aftor an exanlrat iou for the appolnt-
ment of th6 two fir1l palal posttloue oroateil ln the flre ilepart-
ment, Commlselonera tloAley antl Larke reeommentleal the appolnt-
metlt of neil Patso]. end J. ly. TayLor antl as sI€epors, B.E.Bead
antl M. T. ConweLl wlth P6rey Yal i.ea to tako rra canoy occagioneil
by Patse1rs promotlon. Comnlssioner J. W. Casoy ireco'nyreudoAln favor of &11 Patsel and D. B. tr\ilrke wtUr J. l'{. llaylor'
11. !. Coaw611 aad Peroy Vallen ag sloepors. The Flrt Comral8Elon
asked that letterE of approclatlon be !0a11€{l varloua tnAlvlaluale
and organlzatloas for thelr egsistanoo 1n the preparatlon of
the enanlnatlon progran. Counc 11@a Eook reconmentletl the
acoeptanoc of the naJorlty reBort - w&s seoontl€d by counollEanStonc. lJayor Buck questloneil the appolrtneut of, Val.len' etateil
he was a formt mombot of tbe flre tlepartrncat and had be 6tr
romoveA aocount of laitulglng ln Ilquor. Xrlre Chlef Dessln anal
Commtesloners u€dLey antl Irarke extolled Yallenrs work as a flre-
nan, statlng he ha{t gotten a 1ttt1e eatray antl urgeil that he b€glven aaother chanos. 0n ro11 oalL th€ motlon was adopteil .-
!,[ayor Suck was recortletl votlng ]'I0.
Ru1es antl rogulatlong applleable to the Surllngarne 31re Depart-
ment were prescnteal antl after an amontlment that Bge llmtt
applies to alI appllaants who are not a.lready cLasslfled es
regular flrenea, the Bamo were adopteti on motlou by Counclunan
Eook and secontied by Councilman Blskaral .
trxcgineor ?homas preseated €stlmat€ of cost to f1tri8h tbo
lL-Camino ReaL antl }l1l1s Ave nue culvert snd plpe llne, together
wlth the Ut1ls Cr6ok plpe 1lne antl the cansl llue antt Dyts€ ln
Easion Inttustrlal. Tie-foLlowing flg;1rles wero quotsal - L[8tsr1a1
$Iu r953.61 and trabor $15r960.85, r,vitlr oovernrnent allowance of
-n.)a
?5fi oa rnaterlal, Leavlng cost to the Clty of Burllngane of
$8210.01. The report wag tllsoussetl' Clty Attorney }arls ad-
vislng that G. A. lyone prolerty ownet in Easton Intlustrial,
woulal not grant the City an easeront ovcr hLs property antl thls
1s necessary b€foro the work can procbctl.-Reoonnends the oon-
dermatlon of certaln l-and s belonglng to lfr. tryon for thatpurposo. A Besolutlon to that effect was reatl antl s.doptetl -
motlon by Couno l1ren hiokardl enal seaord o{l by Councilnan Eock.
A Resolutlon was algo r6ad cmbraoing corporatlong andi lntllvitl-
uals from whom easem€nts lnuet be secured 1n oraler to put draln-
ag€ proj€ct through - lntrottucetl by Councllman nickard anal
seconded by Counc llman Hock. - Carrletl .
Councllman Rlckartl Brotosteal against further delay ln thc cleaa
up of the dralnago projoot in llorth Burltngame ' urge d thls asths flrst ortler of businoss offerlng tb€ same 1n tho forn of
a motlon, work to be tlouo untl er the terms of the Clvll Workg
Aalmlnlstrat Ion, thts work to be suppLementary to appLlcatloufitedl at regul-ar meetlag of th6 Counotl Deoember 4' 1953' antl
whloh rrapa, plans antl speelfloatlons are on fl1e. - ResoLutlon
rluly secontlotl and carrleal, sIl votlng AYE.
City Attorney Dayis reported wlth refereneo to change of graileln front of 813 EI Camlno Real, Etated it ttoultl result ln
the removal of closo to twenty trecs and he knew the CounciLrspollcy ln this respeot. Engineer llho@s reportetl that s1xlots wouLd be involvert ln an esgossunt that woul ti cost approx-
tmetoly $2500.00' Idr. soawelL atlvigetl Councll that the en'lre
Job ehould not cost over $?50.00. Couneilman Stone was of the
oplnlon that other property osine rs lvho nould be partles to tbe
aE6essr0ent should be heard before auy deftnlte actlon 1s takeu.
The matter was oralsretl 1a.id over for the preeent.
Counoilman Riekard tntrotluoetl a Resolutlon authorlzlng thc
l,,Iayor to prooeed ln the flllng of -an applloatioa to the N.R.A.for a loan wlth dlrect gift of 5S for lnterceptlng senet m81trs
antl sewage dtsposal paaut. Resolutlon seconil6d by Councilman
Stone - Carrletl, all Yotlng AYI.
The Broatlway Development Assoclatlon submittetl dreft of a
rosolutlon adopteal by that organlzstlon endorslng the purahase
of tea Lots on El11slde ClrcLe for reereational purposes.
Je rome Draper atldrossed the Council submlttlng slx lots otl
Drake Ave nuc at prlo6 $151600.00rto be ueed ae a recreatlonaloentor. Both ms,tters were laltl over for future consitloration.
At the suggestion of Council-man Eock, en lnsursnoe replesentatlve
was glvea permit to oanvass the varloue City empLoyees unal er tbe
age of 65 yearsrln the lnterest of group lnsuranee.
Appllcation of YI. D. Eandlos, LL16 PaLorna Aveaue' to top tleesln front of hls hous, was referred to Counc ilman Eook for
approvaL. Superintendeut Sohuck stated these trees were toppotl
uatler his eupervision a few years ago but he dld not haYe tho
men to tto the work now. Ee rather dlsapprovetl of the toppingof troos intliscrlmlnately anal approvetl onLy where absol,utely
nocessary, tlte to oxpeas€ occaelonetl and to precealents lnvoIved.
couno llmaIl Eook reportetl as to tl lnming J.lghts b€tweon Sroatlway
and Bufllagamo Atonuc on the ilnrket Street Ra ilway o8!s' tbat
the offlola1s of the Ra lJ.nay company rere much opposetl to the
sare tlu6 to the risk lnvolvoal . lfr. Eock sugg€sted tbe nattorlay ln abe3ranoo for the preeeut as he bollevoal the"o lva e certalnnorlt to the argument of the Ratlway peoplo.
The Clerk wag lnstructod to wrlte a letter to the Itra rket Street
Rel Lway Conpary oxt€aal lng tbe Counollrs appreciatlon for the
f€Do6 pLaaotl oa Callforrta lrlve to the South of Broaalway.
Ortl lnanoe No. ??5 rogulatlng setlaok rsqulremeats as applletl tolots cxtenttlag from street to street, was SiYen second reatllg
o,rl(t t'aa adopted on motlon by counoilmsn Euttg secontled by
Counollnan Rlokartl, -Ca :r led, aI1 votlng AYE.
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Ihe reporte of the Water Department, Iol1ca Department, ?ounil
aait Clty Jutlgc, for Novmber, were r6eal antl the gane were
oralersil plaoetl on fl1e
Dems.ads against the City, troe. 6655 to 6715r incluslve,
reatl and spprovod antl Ylarraats wer6 oralereal drawn ou thtreesury for their respectlve amoults.
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Chs Council thereupon atl journ€dl .
Resp sutrmittod,
AlrRovES:
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BuxLlugame Jan 2nd. 1954
Moetlng of the City Councll of the Clty of BurJ-lngame.
Bo11 call: ?resent Llayor 3uck.Absent Councilmen Eock - Euyrt - Rlcksrd - Stone -
No quorum belng present atl journment was taken to
tdonttey Jaa Bth ]-934 at B Pl.[ on motlon of ],iayor Buok.
Re speot tt6d
Clty Clerk
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