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Home My WebLink AboutMin - CC - 1940.06.17a 37L Burj-lngane, Callfornla June 1?, 1940. A regular meeting of the City Councll of the Clty of Burllngame was rreid cn the above given date. The ;leetlng -r;as ca1led togetherat 8:00 P.M., Mayor McDonaid in the Chair. Ro11 ealf: Pre s ent -Councililen tsuck, Burrcws, Coleman, ir"cDonald.Absent -Couneilman Hunt. The minutes of June 3, 1940 (par:igraph #6) were corrected by Councilman Burrcws to further shovr that the sci'rool board plans to keep t open flatt e rof sch demand crew otc miike tlie nec cur in6 the ea:rioperation wlth he swlmmlng pools open lnclude: - The Buriingame pool to be ronr the flrst of the sulneer vacatlon on through tmt11 thepart of the summer, probably three weeks before recpenlagoo1; then warrantsf nen wlf tt b tI e vt o be closed for repalrs. Eowever if tire publlc he pool w111 be kept open longer and a speclale enployed durlng the last fen days of vacationary repalrs. The San Mateo pool ls to be repalredpart of vaeatlon and then put in simultaneous he Burllngane pool remalnlng open for tlie balance beer and the c Vrorks, Mr. Longson, reported ttuat t}e l/4 ne blennlun ending June 30, 1941 shows an 900.00 wlth everythlng provldbd for. Eee set aside to cooperate wlth San Mateo and lghways to defray the cost of a trafflc count of the vacation peri.od. --Yiith the :.bove correction, tlie rninute s stood ai:proved as presented. Tt 1 S heP heC acktatl aclfic Greyhound Llnes acknowledged recei.pt of letter from1ty Clerk releitlve to eomplalnt of Chas. Y,'est 1n regard toof curblng which permltteo parklng of buses on sldewalk, ng the complalnt woufd be looked into. A revocable pexnlt to dri1l a well for uater, garden use and not hunan consr:mptlon, rras granted Louls Lovottl ovr'ner of lot on which he resldes. Sald pernlt w1i1 expire with the tenure of hls onnershlp unless extended. Motlon by Councllnan Colenan. Notlflcation by the State Board of Equallzation of rroff sal-efl and wi.ne tra.nsf ers to J.C. Millett and L..A-. Podesta (Strerrys) John A. Lewis (Sclafanil s) was received, accepted a.nri assigned customary attentlon. i Flre Chlef Dessin cal-l-ed attention to lack of fire protectlon 1n Gunst Park and recomnended the installation of er fire liydrant onthe grounds. 0n motlon, sane was granted. Ivan t. Peterson submltted application for Hecreation Dlrector ca11lng attention to his quallflcatlons. Same rvas ordered placed on f 1l-e. Earold B. Ilanml11, Consultlng Clvi,l Englneer submitted appllcatlonto supervls6 proposed grade separatlon proJect for hlghnray and Southern Paclfic trafflc Located near the Burllngame Iligh School . Tlie same was ordered turned over to Mr. Longson The Callfornla Rallroad ConmLsslon advlsed of the near conpletlonof the rate structure of the Paclfic Gas and Electrlc survey and advlsed of a conference before Comnlssloner Vlakefield at San JoseAuditoriun on June 2L, 1940 at 9:50 A.M., at whlch clty representa-tlves are lnvlted and nay be heard. The Golden Gate International Exposltlon advlsed of rrI am an Anerlcan Weeklt on Treasure Island, June 23 - 29, and asked thatthe Mayor glve same pubficlty by the issuance of a proclamatLon. The same was endorsed on vote of the Counc1l. Mayor b.J. Leach of Sallnas advj.sed of the openlng of ttre Callfornla Rodeo on July 18, 1940; that day belng reserved for nayors andtheir fam1lles. FuI1 attendance ls deslred. Superlntendent ofcent gas tax fund unexpended balance suggests thls balathe State Dlvlslon Publ-1for tof$ nce bofH and sclentlflc study follonlng wlrlch a recomnendatlon will besubmltted for correctlons and control of trafflc w1th1n the Clty.It was so ordered. s72 Superlntendent of Publlc Works Longson submltted for considera- tlirn and'approval, budget for the expendlture of tlie l/4 cent gas tax for streets of uaJor lmportance, flscal year endj-ng June 30, 1941, as follows: Plane and resurfaee 0ccldental Avenue -$3000.00 Provlde dralnage facllltles and f111 opengutters on Dwight Road------- 1250.00 Provlde dralnage facllltles and f111 open gutters on Ralston Avenue----- 250.00 Survey, Plans and Hight-of-way, Carolan Avenue ---9135.8? Mlscell,aneous repalrs and general maintenanceof other maJor streets $1, 2000.00 5665.A',l A mot16n to recommend the above for fornal adoptlon nas of- fefed by Councllnan Buck and seconded by Councllman Burrows. T?re sane was duly seconded and carrled. Superlntendent J.J. Jordan of the Southern Paclflc Conpany costs, $1148.00, for Broadway wldening proJect and the sane referred to Superlntendent Longson for hls informatlon. Addltlonal street llghts requested ln Bur1lngables, June 3rd meetlng, were approved on reconmendatloo of Conmltteeman Buck and wele ordered lnstaIled. Motlon by Mr. Buck. Mr. H.tY. Schuck and l{r. F. Klnsnan were granted pernlsslon to attend water works and sewer conferences at Berkeley, July Zoth and Santa Clara, June Z?th. The natter of the appolntnent of a commlttee to go lnto the requestof the Charnber of Connerce for a survey ln connectlon vrlth the pro- posed a1leys and parklng 1ot progran ln the Broadway and Burllngane Avenue buslness distrlct was taken up under new buslness. Councllnan Burro$s and Commlttee tnenber Buck reported conference wlth E.R. Uartln who had worked on a prevlous proJect of thls sort and ascertalned that such a proJect would cost at least S2000.00. As thls was hlgher than antlclpated, Mr. Burrows sald the Clty should determlne before authorlzlng the appralsal n'hether or not to proceed. Councllnan Buck was of the oplnlon the survey sbould be borne by the property o$nels and not by the Clty; 1t belng custonary to be assumed- by promoters wlth beneflts and danages worked out 91 a falr and equltable a basls as posslbler the Ctty lendlng such aid In a general nay that w111 not become butdensone to dlslnterested property ovmers. As far as the labor sltuatlon 1s concerned, a F.w.e. lrant may be poss1b1e. Mayor MeDonald referred natters back to the Comnlttee for further study. Denands agalnst the Clty #431-4 to #44LL respectively were read and approved and warrants were ordered drarn on the Ctty Treasury for thelr respectlve aeounts. The Counc11, thereupon, adJ ourned. Bespec y submltted Clty Cler L subml tted was A pprov Mayor.