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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1940.01.15353 Burllngame, California January 15, 1940. A regijlar meeting of the Ci.ty Councll of the City of Burlinga.me was held on the above given date. The meetlng v,.a s calledtogetber at 8:C0 P.M., Mayor Hunt in the Cnair. RolI Ca11:- Pre s ent-- -Counc ilmen Buck, Colenen, Hives, Hunt and dtcDonald .Absent-- Councilman, none. ?he minutes of the previ-ous meetlng of Juinua.ryapproved as submitted to the Councll; the readiwith. Albert 8. Magu.Eson, 6wner of Lot 26, Block 5,presented appllcatlon for the rezonlng of thlsnercial usage. The sane was ordered referred Commlsslon. The Burllngane-S.in Mateo Garden and Flower CIub oresented letterto the Councll for the landscaplng of strlp of land pe.ra1le1lngCalifornla Drive between Broadilay and Burllngame Avenue; they ioplant and furnlsh geranlums provlded the Clty will spade and f1l_1the ho1low spaces and malntaln the same thereafter through somefqrro of P.-[i.A. grant. The same was refered to a connltteeconsistlng of Counci,lmen Buck and McDonald. A letter was read fronElmer A. Roberts comp1lmenting the Councllfor the purchase of the Gunst property also his deslre to bringservlce of ant control free to the City llal1 as he has done 1ntbe past years. The Clerk was lnstructed to acknowledgeMr. Robertt s communlcatlon $ith the thanks of the Council . Emerson Knlght, Landscape Englneer, presented his appllcatlon toserve tbe Clty Council as archltect throught consultation andpreparatlon of plans for the new clty park area, formerly theGunst Esterte. The Corurunication was ordered received and fi1ed. 1940 were belng di s pensed Easton #1,propertl, to con-to the Planning Park. Iie deslred new J-lquor 1aw whlchr Eunt stated the , ng Applleatlons of J. Flron saleff to l21 Par Dunne for transfer oservlng the salne pre the Clty .littorney oftransfers in line wi er for a transfer of liquor license, oad and Mlchael Riordan and Robert V.iquor llcense of the Broadltay Creameryes, were reaci. The sane v;as referreci tolng the Councilts objectlon to thesepast action. ish KRf1 misfer th A fetter rra.s read from lrene !1. Srulth, Llbrarian, notifyingCounciL of tlre approval of the Llbrary Boaird 1n the selection ofMiss Margaret Trlckey as Junior Llbrarlan and Miss Genevieve Handlos as Junior Clerk in recent civI1 servlce examination.Selections a.s :,foresaid v,,ere ratified on motlcn by CouncilmanIllves and seconded by Councilman Buck. Letters were read fron George McQueen, Past Presldent, RurllngameChanber of Cornmerce thanklng the Councll for cooperation duringthe past yeerr and from Dan 0tConne11, Presldent, conpllnentingthe Councll ln the purchase of the Gunst Estate and offeringcooperatlon of the Chamber during the year, 1940. Both communl-catlons were ordereci recelveci and fi1ed. A Resolution i,ccepting deed from Elorgan A. Gunst, Trustee of theGunst Iistate, conveylng that certa.ln trust agreeneot datedFebruary 25, 1935 and recorded e., s of date January 11, 1940, sameto the Clty of BurJ-i.ngaue, was lntroduced by CounclLnan Euck and seconded by Councl]man l]lves. ---CARRMD, all voting AYE. The lndiscrlmlnate use of BB guns by chlldren and lnJuriessuffered therefrom, was preserited by Mrs. Styskel an<.rT.C. Douglas of North Eurl-ingan,e a.nd v;as referreci to trre CltyAttorney to prepare an orciinance curblng such devices. 0.F. Dormeyer, 860 }-cacia Drive, conplimented the Councj.l ontv a yo the has sam purchase of the Gunst Estate for a Ci Councilt s cooperz,tlon for a change in been presented to Governor Ofson. Mae v/ould be glven cons irr era,tion. 354 Demands agalnst the Clty, #fgOS to #3989 lncluslve, were read and approved and warrants were ordered drawn on the City Treasuryfor thelr respective amounts. The Council, thereupon, ad J ourned. Respect VS mitte<i, APPNOVED: Clty C1erk.or. Burllngame, Callfornla February 5, L94O A regular neetlng of the Ci.ty Councll of the Clty of Burlingame was held on the above glven date. The meeting was ca11edtogether at 8:00 P.M., Mayor flunt 1n the Chalr. Ro1l Cal-I: Present, Counellmen Buck, Coleroan, Hlves, Hunt, McDonald.Absent, Councilnan, none. The minutes of the previous treetlng of January 15, 1940 were approvedas subnltted to the Counel1, the reading belng dlspensed wlth. The Planning Commisslon submltted 1ts recommendatlon and approvalon the fol1ow1ng appllcatlons to rezone properties to-wit: C.H. Bessett---from first to second resldentlal , Block ff4, Oak Grove Manor, Lots 1 to 1C lnclusive andtots 21 and 22. Lang Realtv'"'Bi3l;-;r5:'fi"1iffi,li"::";3t"'i'13"i3'il;1uslve. Followlng the recornmendatlons as set forth, Clty Clerk Murphy read two petltions embodylng 50? names protestlng the change tnclasslflcatlon as set forth by the Plannlng Comml,ssion.Mr. A.1,. Van Bo1t, Conmlttee Chalrnan, addressed the Counell lntro- duclng Mr. George A. Brown as spokesman for the petltloners. Mr. Brovm presented arguBent that petltioners had bought thelr homes wlth the unders tandlng that the classlflcation would remalnthe same and desired 1t shoulo so continue. Messrs. Lang and Bessett presented nhat they had proposed to dostatlng no property would be lnlJured thereby.Clty Councilnan and Plannlng Conmlsslon menber Coleman presented tothe petltloners the Cityts slde of the plcture ealling attenti.on tothelr reslstance to the openlng of the Bayshore Hlghway to business;also to the establlshrnent of a 15 foot setback for future wldenlng;that the Clty believed no hazards should be lmpgsed that rvould havean effect of destroylng values, cltlng the Clty's handling of propernotels agalnst lmproper use of cheap aparttsents along State hlghways.0n the order of Mayor Hunt as to foregolng 'dea11ng wlth rezoning, sane was referred to the Plannlng ComnlsslcD for resubmisslon on Thursday, February 29, 1940 at 7z3O P.M.r----Carrled. The Plannlng Comnlssion submltted their approval to the rezoning ofthe followlng property fron flrst resldentlal to second residentlal--Blocks 6-7-8-9-12-15-14-15-16, Easton #1.There belng no protests, same was concurred ln on notlon by Councllnan Hlves and seconded by Councllnan Buck. Tbe State Compensatlon Insurance Fund advlsed that they have obtalnedpermlsslon fron the Callfornla Inspection Ratlng Bureau to reduce ratesln Clty po\lcy, 19fr. The sane was ordered received and flled. The renoval of several trees ln front of St. Paults Church, alleged dangerous, was ref,erred to Camnltteenen Buck and McDonald for report. rOff Salen pernlts for sale of wlne and beer for Mr. McDonald, 1298 Burllngame Avenue and Rose Landl, 1405 Broadway, submltted by the State Board of Equallzatlon, were dlsapproved and were ordered referred to the Clty Attorney to flle protest.