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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1940.05.063t'6 Burllng aroe, May 6, C al lfornla 1940. A regular meeting of the City CounciL of the Clty of Burllngane was held on the above given date. The meeting was ca11ed to-gether at B;00 P.M., Mayor MeDonald ln the Chalr. Roll Ca1l: Present- Councilmen Buck, Burrovrs, Coleman, Bunt, and McDonald.Absent- Co'.:nci1men, None. Counc ilman-eleet Coleman took the oath of offlce adnlnlstered by City Clerk Murphy before the openlng of the meeting. The minutes of the prevlous meetlng of Aprl1 15, 1940 were a.o-proved as submltted to the Councll; the reading being dlspensed w1th. The State Board of Equallzatlon advlsed the grantlng of ttoff salert llcense for beer and wlne to Joseph r(roluc r 1319 Burllngane Avenue whlch was protested by the Councll at a previous meetlng. The letter was ordered recelved and f11ed. Appllcatlon of Mary Bowrlng, 1125 Paln Drlve to do halr dresslng 1n her hone was denled on account of belng a vlol.ation of Zonlng ordlnance No. 22?. Appllcation of H.I Lauder to remove tree 1n front of apartnents under constructlon at 751 E1 Camlno Real was approved on motlonby Councllman Buck and seconded by Councilman Hunt; the re-moval to be pald by Mr. Lauder. The Chamber of Commerce subnltted reconnendatlon that Counciltake the necessary steps to have Burlingaure Avenue declared a maJor streetrthereby, maklng 1t eligible for gas tax funds;Also that sufflclent funds be set aslde for the next two yearsto asslst 1n the cost of wldenlng and resurfaclng of street;also that Council adopt a11ey way and parklng Iot problems nowbefore Superlntendent tongson. The matter was referred to the PLannlng Commlsslon for attentlon, the appolntoent of comnlttees and a statement of costs. The swirmlng pool at the BurllngameHigh Schoo1 was suggested tovacatlon under a plan tlrat wnot at a fair proflt shouldnatter was referred to the P A Resoluti-on o Mlss Janet P.sion; the sam Councllman Hun ept open durlng the s,nnerperate at a nlnlmun of 1oss, 1fproperly publlclzed. The ounci Connittee for consideratlon. ondolence occasioned by the passlng ofgers was presented by the Clty Plarurlng Commls-elng duly seconded and carrled on motlon by nd ordered spread on the mlnutes of the meeting. bek 111 oit be laygr The parklng of automobiles on sldewalk at Cal-lfornla Drlve and Howard Avenue as conplalned of by Charles West was ordered turnedover to the Pollce Department. Notlce of meetlng of Penlnsula Dlvlslon of League of Uallfornla Municipalltles at Community Center, Palo A1to, May 16, at6:30 P.M. was read and clty representatlves were Urged to attendlf possible. Appllcatlon of Glenn B. Woodruff, Consulting Englneer of SanFrancisco, for work on proposed grade separatlon near the ElghSchool, was ordered filed. Permlsslon of Paclflc Gas and Electric Company to replace plpe and gas servlces 1n Broadway seetlon as per sketch submltted was ordered referred to Board of Publ1c Vtorks under Superlntendent Longson for a eheck up. A Besolutlon ordering the destructlon of weeds as provlded forln Resolutlon of Intentlon, Aprl1 1, 1940, was lntroduced by Councllnan Buck and seconded by Councllman Hunt. CARnIED ----all votlng AYE. Rod eb I L 367 A prcposed map of Burllngame Gardens was presented to theCouncll for acceptance, There being a 1ltt1e furtherlnvestlgation necessary, the map lvas ordered 1ai.d on the tabl-e. The Burli,ngabi.es- -Oak Grove Manor Improvement Club submltted request for sidewaLk at Plymouth llv ay and Chatham Road. Same was referred to the Stleet Commlttee to work out withMr. Lange, Tract Promoter. ljayor McDonald announced new commi.sslons as follows: VICE MAYOR -----Councilman Buck. EINANCE Councllnen Coleman and Councllman llunt. POLICE Councilman Buck and Councllman Hunt FIRE Councllman Eunt and Counellman Burrows. VIATEB, STREETS, AND SEU/ERS Councilman Burrows and Councllman Buck LIGHTING I Councilman Col-eman and Councilnan Buck PARKS AND PLAYoROUNDS Councllman llunt and Councll-nan Burrov,,s TREES Co0ncllman Buck and Councilnan Colenan BUILD]NGS Councllman Burrows and Councilman Buck. BASEBAtttli.B. Ilandlos , ChairnanArthur Stokes, Secretary-Treasurer. Pollce Chief Harper subnitted several ehanges 1n trafflc which he embodied in a Resolution and asked that the samebe adopted. A11 the aforesald changes being gone overcarefully and checked, Councllnan Buek moved adoption ofthe Resolutlon, the same belng seconded by Councilman Burrows.Carrled---a11 votlng AYE. The Councll, thereupon, adJ ourned. Respect I Clty C1erk. Appro d Ma yor. P.S. B:55 P.M. The Counc11, all members being present, reconvened after a few moments to a,aln to lnto the accept:,nce of map of trBurlingame Gardenslr; it appea.ring tuat Council r as holoing up tvork. Aseverything lvas now satlsfactory, a resolutlon vras offered by Councllman Buck tttat the map be approved and aciopted but that Toyon Drive, Li.nden Avenue, Azetfea Avenue, Carofan Avenue, RoseCourt and Larkspur Dr1ve, streets appearlng on sald malr be not accepted as public streets nor dedlcated by the City Councll topubl appe the use. ft was further resolved that the elght foot easements 1ng on sald nap be accepted for the purposes mentloned 1ndlcatlon. Witir the adoptlon of Eforesald Resolution, the ic at de c1Coun 1 adJourned.ft su