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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - CC - 1940.05.20368 A regular meeting cf was held on the abovetogether at 8:00 P.M. Burlingane, Ca-i f crrnia ia.y 20, L)1O, City ,Joun:ir of trre City -.f Burlingame ven date. Tlre n.eetiog vra.s call-eo ayor McDonald in the Chair. tne ;3i- ,M Ro1I Cal-1: Present- Buck, Burrows, Absent - None. Coleman, Eunt and McDonald The minutes of the previous meeting of i\'iay 6, 1940 r..'€Te agprov€das submittect to the Councll; the readtng being dispensed, v;itlr. The Ci.vil Service Conmisslon reporte<i tire conducting cf exa"mi.- nati-on for the !u1"pose of creatlng l-aborerSt eI1gib1e listspecifylng jobs of short ciuration. The follorring passeci :111 examlnations with the exception o the meciical examlnati.on: Ti. B. McGregor H.D. i,adsworth E.G. G runigB. BuonaventuraD.It. liriondi H.H. Kromer ced on f11e.The list was ordered recelv d. Farrell Re11ly Cooper Lavi s (u) iL .F. Lopez ed and p1a Mrs. D.tl. Saeger addressed a LetLer to th the new Gunst Park be made an art center grounds belng too bez.uti,ful to be destroynot appreciate them. The letter n'e. s orde I 4 5 Jack F.L. R.A. D.0 . f 6) 7) B) e) 10) The Flre Commlsslon recommended that Asslstant Chlef 11.L. Janssen be granted a leave of absence v,1th pay 1n order to attend the American Red Cross Flrst Aid Tralnlng Camp at Upper Lake, dates June 15th to 28th; all expenses to be borne by the Red Cross. The request y,'a s approv€d on motlon by Councllnan Coleman. or eo IE Council suggestingadult center; theby children v;ho do <i received a.nci f i1ed. lannlng Con-ote of ther. Coleman Roy C1:-.xton submitted letter a^sl(lng a,;ploval to conduct ;, park concessi.on in the way of a food building at Gunst Park for saleof candy, i.ce cream, hot dogs etc. The same was denled as being1n violi'tion of clty zoning Ialvs. Percy i'i. Jackson, Attorney, submitte<i applicaticn of llarr Granger eLnd James C. Martln to operate a blI1iard ernd pooparlcr ln the rear of 221 California Drive. The same was ordered referred to Pol1ce Chlef Harirer for re;:ort and recomtrendatlon. The San Mateo-Burlingame ReaI Lstate Board Inc. expressed adeslre to cooperate nith the CounclL i.n the seleetlon of nembersto f111 the vacancles on the Planni,ng Commlssion. The Councll expressed appreclatlon of their good offlces and asked that they be notlfled that selectlons had alrelidy been arrlved at. llce Chlef llarper repcrted relative to complaint of Charles Westprevlous meetlng re: parking autos on sldell'alk at Callfornla y G. 1 Po Dr 1t ive and forme r1bulldlng i reported n permitted. llouard Avenue, that trrere rre no curbs at thi,s yroint asy served as a <iri-ve,aay for tl:e bus company. Thes now occupied by the Don Lee Agency, The occupantso p;,rking e s far as they lrere s.ware and none v;111 bett the suggestion of Couacilman Euck, the Clerk vrasinstructed to vnrite Don Lee Compa.ny to restore curb to its former grade tc avoi.d future comlolaints. Cooperaticn v,,ith the Sirn Mateo Corrnty Fiesta ln the maintenaneeof a booth from whi.ch Iiterature u,ii1 be distrlbuted was referredto Councilman Buck e,s a committeema.n to so arrarnge. The resignatlon of G. i,. Colenan as a rernber of the Pmission r,ia s read ano the siine rras duly i,.ccepted on vCouncil. Mayor McDonald extcl.Led tire good lrorl< of Mfor hls valued service vrhile a member of the Commiss 10n . 369 Superintendent of Public !';orks Longson presented for the Cor:ncil_ | sconsideration .rnd i,...proval, a. map outllning rroposed aoditions tothe syst(r) (z) (a) em of majo Burllnsam r streets e Avenue in the city as fo11ov,'s: from its intersection r,,1th from its lntersectlon wlth 1,1 Camino Reail to lts lntersecti,on viitit .re Bayshore Ilighrray. Penlnsul-ar AvenuePark Road to 1ts lnterseetion ''r,,1th tsurbo:l-ot StreetCarolan Avenue from its intersection nitlr BurJ-irrgame /lvenue to i.ts intersection uitkr OakGrove i.verrue a.nd a. proi-roscd continuatlon of si,id.Cirrolan l-venue frcn Oak Grove Lvenue to itslntersection r,,r i th tsroadv,'ay. Py inclucilng the above streets in tirI/4 cenl ZLs t.x funci nill be ni,cle iifor necessary maintenance, sv;eep,ing,rignt-cf -wz.y i-:,* other expensee iue The foreg,oing utas embodied in a Fiesoby Councllnen lluck and was secondeciCarried---a11 voting AYl,. A copy ofbe forv;arded to Divlsion of illghv;ays jor street systern tire abl-e for expenditur.esnting, traffic line s,ehicular use. on 'i.itich Ll'a s int-r'ccuccti ouncilman ]rurrows.olution r',ith ma.p is to approval. Re spe 1y s.bmi tte ema va i1 lutibvc Eesfor A Resolution endorslng [iora1 Re-Arrnament ileek for na.ticnalunity, June Ist to ?th, na-s introciuced by Cour-rcilmz,n Euck.The sare ,ae's ouly seconded ariu carried on the vote of theCouncll . Under ner,l business, George !.. Erown vra.s appolrlted i meroberof the City Pla.nning Comurlsslon to succeed the late Janet p. Rodgers a.ad llarrlson L. Coles to succeeci George Vy. Coleman vuhose resignaiLlon v,'a s read ee.rlier in tne evening . Bothairiiointnents viere duly ratifieri by the Council. The Councllrellef call Europe . Ipp ro subscrlbed the sun of S50.00 to the energencyfor Red Cross rel-ief occasloned by the !'lar ln Demands against the City, li4ZZ6 to ll4Tlz j-nc:.uslve r,,ere rea,dand a.pproved anci warratrts uere ordered drayrn on tire CityTreasury for thelr respective amounts. The Ccuncil, tirereupon, a clj ourned . ( City er a- Mayor.