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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1937.03.15a- ?40 Burllngaule , Cal. ttarch 15, L957. A regular rneeting of the City Council of the City of Burlingome- was held on tire above given date. ?he meeting was called. to-gether at 8:00 F. M., lviayor Buok in the Chair. Councllmen tsuck, llives, Iiunt and Ward answered. to ro11 calI. S.bsent: Councilman Hlgh. The minutes of tire nrevious meeting of h{arch lst were approved. as submitted to the Council; tlre reading being dispensed with. A letter was read from the Peninsula Tennis C1ub, requestlng the use of two of the tennis courts in rYashington Park for the Alnual Easter Tournaoent for Sunday, March 28th, and al1 fsur courtg forthe five foilowing nights, this belng the usual ennual custon. A motion to grant this requost was offered by Councllman Eunt and weis seconded. by Councllu,an Hlves; eontrol to be vested with Park Superlntend.ent and.erson and extra lightlng to'be assumeA by the City. --Carr1ed,. A request from George W. Coleman, 2801 Eillside Drive that theClty clean up and landscape tiie sma1l perk nearby was referreil. to Superintend.ent Andersol for estimate of eost, on su:;gestion of Councilman ward.. The Council alpro',,ed ti:e app)-ication of 'f{illiam Palmer to provide music, progrens and incld,entals to re-enact tiie iriay Day 1rete 1n tsashington Park at a cost to the City not to exceed..*50. iviotlon by CLruncilman lIunt. A letter from the l,eague of Ca. if ornla i,,iunicipalities, advisingthat tiie National tsank Aet no longer per*r-Lts the payment of inter-est on pubiic deposits, iyas read. ?he League proposes the sup-port of H. R. iio. 42L5, or such i.rtirer legislation tiiat r&air coine bei'ore Congress that will teno to mod.ify the situation. freas- urer Blosm ad.vised that he bad. written our representatives in ,?asi:ington to su1-:port suci: legislation r.s acvocr.,ted by the Leaguein relation to int crest cn iLelosits, 01ty Attorney Davis ad,vised, that Assemblyaen H. W. CaIL will sponsor the bilt in the legislature whereby clties may own and lease parklng sltes for autoraobile perking should. they so elect. The Council endorsed such a measure and asked Mr. Davis to have Mr. CalI lend hls efforts in that respect. A petition was read. from a rosid.ent or: Chathan and l,ieirin Drives. requesting street ligiits. The CIerk was instrueted to advisepetitioners that tiris ma'tter is taiien cilre of in a survey coIB- pleted by the Liehting Cora;,rittee and lig::ts wi 11 be placed. es soon as possible. The Council was arlvised. of the bl-m;nti:Iy meeting of tire Feninsula League of lduilicipalitlos at LTncIe Tomrs Cabin, Iian Brunor otr fhuisday, Ivlar'ch 18, at 6:00 P. lvi. Legislation aifecting citles wilL be ,Jlscussed. The Council and. d.epartinent heads Frere aslied. to obst:rY€ the date and. ende.-,vof to be present. A claim azainst the Clty of Burlingame for 920r000.1 plus med.ieal, hospltal anr{ X-Ray bills and tire loss of wrges wi:s presented by Pearl iricColiister for alleged in ruries sustained by a fall on sid.e- i ualk on Laguna Avenue near Broadway on Octo-her 5, 1936. A motion to deny r;-'scronribility "'ras offered by Councilman i;unt and was secondeo by C3uncilman F,tves.--Carrieor All vcting aYE. Llke action was talcen in clalm against the Ctty iiled by Albert Crichton, Jr., who alle6ed tire pound,-lteeperts truck ciamaged. his car. I{ominal cherg::,s !?ere eskid.. I,nlice Chlef lia;'per recor::,nended. in iavor of' tivo-hr..ur perklng on Iihinette Avenue, also thet a He solution be ad.optecl amend,ing Ordin- anee ldo. ?Lg to this effect. Tire toune1l a:,,proved aforesaici. re- corrunendetion, also the purchasing of four 2-Eour perking. siS,ns as weL1. C+uncilinan l{unt offered the j"'oregoing in the way oi'a resoliition. The same Isas d.ul;r seconded and caried.. 24L Police Chief Iiarper re:rorted,relative to one-hour perklng on Burlingame Avenue and tsroadwey on Sundeys and. hol1d.ays, between the h:urs cf 1:00 and 6:00 P. }i., tire.t he believed th= plan ap- proved. by the merehants in the reservation of two parking spaces- in i'ront of their respective places of business will ae unworkable and in his opinion against l-rublic policy--therefor F,,as recostmending agaiast the nlan.. The Council rr.tifiea Chlef Harperts recQmaen- d.ation on notion by Cowrciiman Hunt, t,.nd instructed. tiie Olerk to communicate such action to lu1r, Ii[errell, representetive oi the slgners of the petition. f{i111am "T. i.,ocke, ettorney repre senting San Mateo fransit, sub- mitted agreeaent signea bY RqYnon d lfithers and Andrew C. Byrd., ollners and. oporators of a bus line in san Mateo, and. Willlam Yander','ort, owner and operator of e bus llne 1n Burllngame in which routes, tra.nsfers bus i'ares, €:nd schedule f ormed ths princiPal pi;rt. A long rliscussion followed. on the p*rt of tire Coune iI, led by AIIen J, flard, who strcngiy cisaPP roved. of a flfteen-cent fare irom certr'in parts 1n North Burll ngaae to Burllngame Avenue, alleging that lf rates are too high the bus line will be of no value. The, 11other raembers of the Counc j .As the heerring of thr: Permit i s to be presented beiore the liailroad Conmtssion 0n the 18th of March,the Council suggested. a Post- poneruent of that meeting untll th ere ls a qrore thorough understand.- ing of the situation wiiieh was agr eed. on by the interested. pertles. grclinance i{o. 3C9, emencling Section 1 of Orrlinerce No. ?50, reguleting gasoline anci oil sbations wl,s given 1ts second readlng and wes ad.optea on notion by Col-incilmen }lives snd seconded by Councilman I{ard. grdinance No. 510, Ein Ordinaiice amenrling Section I of Ordinance No. 249 on ges piping ruas glven its seci:ttd reariing enc was adopte<l on motion by Coimcllman Eunt and s.lcotd:c b;,' CDuncllman I{i ves. .n/ Orainance lio. 911, neming a certain tl:r.:','ri:ijtfare City HaIl Lane, Y'*' ira" [irr"t its secind reaoing ani: was JN:l'|Yon motion by ilunt and. seconded. by l{lves. t)tL fhe final reeding of i:he trailer ord.inance 1'/i;s cei.erred. on request of the Cham.ber of Cor,ti:reree for further study by its rnemberso The report of the i''o}lce Department and. the Fire Departmen for February were read and ordered fiIed.. Demands against the city 71185 to L2+2 insruslve l4Iere read and approved,, ild wamants rrere ord.ei'ed d.rawn on the City Treasury for their resoeetive amounts. The Council, thereupon, acljouaned.. Iiespect Iy submittecl, er a Ar:proved.: yor. oined with Mr. lYard. in the d.lsousslon. ----t