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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1939.11.27349 Burllngame, C aliforni a November ?? , 1939 . i regular meeting of the City Councll of the City of Burlingame wss held on the above given date. The meeting lvas calleAtogether at B:00 !.M., Mayor Hunt ln the Chalr. RoI1 CaII: Present- Councilmen Buck, Hunt, Hives and ivlcDonald.. Absent - Counc ilnan llaral. The mlnutes of the prevlous session of lriovember 20, 1959 were approved. as submltteal to the CounclI, the readlng belng dlspensedreith. A lettor was read from A.J. i{artl tendering hls reslgnatlon as aoember of the City Council aad exprosslng felicitations to its members wlth whom it was his pleasure to serve. A motlon to accept was offeretl by C ouno ilnan McDona1d. and was seconded by CounclLBan H1yeB.----CARBIED, alt votlng aYE. fhe Burllngano Hlgh School Fathersr Forum presented letter to theCouncil with reference to the fornation of a commlttee of represen-tatives fron the varlous school ancl patriotic organlzations for thepurpose of studyihg condition-s and to find a solution to the trafflcproblems at the Oak Grove Avenue and the Burllngane Avcnue xall-road crosslngs. A oomnlttes from the Counoll was asked to berepresented on tbls oonrnlttee. Mayor Hunt appoi.nted CouncilmanElvos and Chief of Pollos liarper guggostlng they look into theaost of any plan that the Forum may have 1n mind, also the methodof finane lng. Chas. C. Sull-lvan, Attorney for the Slsters of iviercy on AdeLlneDrive petitioned. for a nSTOP.r slgn at the S.E. cornar of AdellneDrive and Alvarado Avenue. Po1lce Chlef Harper reported that theIocatlon was'funpractlcal and suggested 1t should be on theS.I[. corner as a matter of safety. The natter was left in thehands of Chief Harper and I!1r. Sulllvarr for solution. Ihe Clvl1 Service Conmlsslon reported the holdlng of an oralexamlnatlotr on NoveEber pand for the purpose of creating anellglble list for the posltlon of Clty Altorney. I,,ir. Iiaac Karnpassed the examlnatlon, he belng the only appllcant and wasreconnended ellgtble for the posltlon. 'n rcotion ratifyln8 theactlon of the Clv1l Servlce Commlssi.on and appolnting nli. (armel was offered. by Counc ilman i(cDonald and was seconded. 6y Counc ilman Hlves. ----CARRIED, alI votlng AyT. The C1vi1 Service ooflmission at the same meeting considered theappllcatlons for Clty Hecord.er or police Judge. As a resul-t ofthe exarirination aIIa in accordance with Section 1, hule 6 of theCivil Service rules and regulations, an eligible'list consistedof thc following in th- order nanecl.(1) -lr.J. lfard (5) Thoroas l. ,Bullivent(2) -i?m. Louis i{eitz (4) C.B. rrcolaln ( 5 ) ftn. i.. Flngera motlon ratifying the action of the civll Service commission andappointlng !lr. ;{ard as City Judge was offered by oouncilman Hivesand seconcled by Councilman Buck. ---CARRIED, all voting AyE. Under unflnished. buslness, Councllman Buck offered as a motionthat the bid of Sundquist'Bros. of #11, A64.00 for the rebuildingof grandstand in '/fashllgtot- park, -read-at meeting on November 6]M9 be accept.d and all other bids be rejected.. ----CARRIIID, a1I voting AYll. 0n motion by Councilman Hives the Civil Service Commissiol] ri'asinstructed to cal-t exs..ainations for two policemen, one flreman,a library clerk and an essistant librarlan. For the position 6fassistant librarian, residential restrictions are witirdrawn asthere ls a coubt as to whether a qualified person can be foundlocally; requj.rements calling fox a graduat6 of a college ofrecognlzed stancllng and. at reast oEe yearrs work in an iccreditedIibrary school. Iiiotion seconded by Councllnan tsuck. --C.AX.RIED. Tg[ IiSnof ao[fgSSed the Council with reference to trls appricatiorr' e1 350 for ,ton sale'r 11quor license stating that there shoulci be no referenoo to hls applicatlon tn the protest of the beer license asked for by John Burke whlch had been filed by the Clty Attorney; asserting that the saJne rnay have a tend.ency to injure his case before the Board. of .llquallzation. Attorney liarmel replied that the CounciltB letter to the Statp Board merely stated that objection was on the same ground.s as ln the flsher GBS€o Iie stated there was no intention to connect the two applications or to jeopardlzs lvir. tr'lsherts application. The CounclL thereupon adJourned. \ iiespec Iy ubmitted, Approved.:q v er yor. Burllngame, Callfornia. Dec. 4, 1933. A regular neeting of the City Council of the Clty of Burl-ingame was hel,d on the above given date. The meeting lvas called to- gether at 8:00 P.M., Mayor HUnt in the Chair. Ro1l call: Present-- Councllmen, Buek, Eives Hunt a.nd MeDonald. Absent=-- Councllmen, none The minutes of the previous meeting of November 27, 1359 were approved eis submitted to the Council; the readlng being dlspensed with. Letters were read from Stanley Ke11y anci R.L. Stone extol1lng the Council in the ai:poi-ntments of I. Karmel- as City Attorney eind A.J. iluard as City Judge at rueeting of Novermber Z?tn, LgZ?. The sane v"ere ordered placed on file. A letter was read from the Pacific Greyhound Lines acquiescing to the Couneilts request to make future bus stops at the N.W. corner of Burlingame Avenue and Californi-a Drive. The same v;as ordered f11ed. Poli-ce Chief Hariter brought up the matter of taxi control at the nevr Greyhound Depot in the way of parklng. He stated tliat Super- intendent KrUg was lnclined to fa,vor rChecker Cabrf in the v;ay of a stand on a.ccount of a ntle-1nttvrith the Bus Compa.ny. City Attorney Karmel reported that the seme would be discrinnatory. Ttre matter was referred to a committee consistlng of Messrs. Harper, Karmel and Krug to tr irontr out. Poliee Chief Harper subnitted report covering compiaint of T,I1. Kllbourne, 1460 Cortez Avenue wlth refererice to speed of buses and lack of signalllng oevices; Chief Harper reportlng that bus companies operate under a francirise from the State Railroad Commission vrhieh body s6ts the schedule for all trips which the buses must naintain.- The Clerk v,ras lnstructeq to meiil Mr. Kilbourne a copy of Mr. Harperfs report. The San Mateo County Trafflc Safety Comnrisslon advised of a pub1le meetlng to be held in the Supervisorsl Room at the County Court House Friciay evenlng, December 8, 1939 at 8:00 P.M. Mayor Hunt requested as m&ny to attend as een spare tire tlme. The Sar1 Mateo County Tubercular a.nd Health rrssociation submltted requesffer Slb.00 donatlon ln behalf of Christmeis sea.Is. The s.ime lvas appboved on motion by Councilma.n Hlves and seconded by Couneilman McDonaLd. It was moved by Councilman Buck ano seconded by Councilman IvlcDonald that the bond of Sundquist Bros. for ttre ereetlon of grandstand 1n Yiashlngton Park be acce.oted.---CAFEIITD. The Counc adjourned. ,ATtprowed thereurpon, r Bespec submi t ty Clerk.