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~iONDAI ,0C'iOBER 8th,19~9 o
'±~he re~i;ular meeting of the city co~.ncil of the City' of South San ~:rancisco was held in the
City lzall,i',ionday evening, October bth,194q.
ROLL CALL.
Roll call found all members of the cot~ncil present, as follows,-
Councilmen,V.Boid0,George W.Holston,Reese Lloyd,~.~inucciani,D.W.Rattoo
The minutes of the two previous meetings were read. %here being no errors or omissions they
were approved as read.
Bank of America wanted to know if the city was ready to lift the stop-pay~'ent on Checks,
Sb008,~o07~6,#,,SV$1,andq6690,~:tating they dj6 not pay checks over one year old without authori¢
It was decided to keep the ban on ~-~a paymen~until further notice.
~arket Street Railway company replied to the city's letter stating it was their intentiom
to further raise the paCh from the end of L~rand ~..venue to their tracks before the winter rains
set in. ~he company called the attention of the city to try and secure a right of way ~rom the
owners of land adjoining, in orcler to broaden the roadway so that it could later be paved.
Communication a..cepted and filed°
~lerrill W.Hubbard, 18bl---qgth Avenue,San ~¥ancisco,applied for a business license to
operate a lunch and restaurant on butler Avenue and the S.P.Tracks. ~'ermit granted.
Judge L.O.Hardy asked permission to leave the State of California for a period of two weeks,
commencing: October 9,19&q. P¢~rmissio:: i.;ranted.
Notice was received from the Sate Compensation Insurance ~nnd that owing to the fact that
accident costs went upward this dividend period there would be none this year.Accepted and file
~olice Chief Louis ~elloni asked thatthe city council cancel the appointments Loule %~a~is,
i¥lilton Clarke,~enry l~i.Ertman,Kenneth A.Geig, Edward Heavy Jr.,Harold L.tioeber,Lee Lancaster,
William Lane, Clarence .... Leonard,William Lencioni, Frank L.Lelanad, Do:~ald Lowe, Jesse Luke,
Albert C.~orrow,Ralph Whitney Parker,Douglass L.Fetit Kenneth Sim,Louie ~. Stone ,Eddie Sylvan %he
~ames L.Carroll,Victor Z~ller and Edgar W.Wolford, as the~
Thomas Zucoarrello, Lester Leroy Luke, ,
are no longer in the employ of the various firms. Councilman ~iolston moved the appointments be
cancelled. %']e motion was seconded by councilman Boido and regularly carried.
The following appointments were submitted by the chief of police for endorsement by the
city c~:uncil; At tke Western Pice &: Steel Comnsn~;-James R.Davis , Thomas C.Leard, and Otis L.
Ratcltffc. Co~hci'Ima~rtLloyd moved~:the appointments be confirmed without menumeration from the
city. The motion was seconded by councilman Holston and regularly carried .
Fire Chief Welte submitted the name of Chris Alvarez for appointn:ent to the Call ~'oroes
of the fire department. Councilman holston moved the apr, ointment be confirmed.The motion was
seconded by council~:an Boido and regularly carried.
%he Division of ~ighways submitted a statement showing the amount expended 4~uring the
z~iennium and the amount of balance on hand June S0,194~. Communication accepted and placed on
file.
A communication was received from the WAR PRODUCTION BOARD,Washington, D.C.through l~iaury
i¥iaverick,Chief of Burea~_~ of Governmental Requirements, requesting information from the city's
purchasing officer of certain particul~:, expenditures for 1941 and the probable or estimated
fut~re~.exnenditures, keeping the ~ame down as far as possible to the absolute minimun require-'
ments neaessary for the essential governmental activities of the city. Referred to the city
clerk.
The monthly reports of the Chief of ~olice,City Judge, ~
Fire Chief,Building _~.nspector,Poundkeeper,and City Clerk,for
the month ending August,19~9, and the quarterly re~:~ort of the au~.itor to September b0,19~O,wer~
received and accepted.
Councilman ~1inucciani introduced a resolution of the city council of the City of South San
Francisco resolving that the city purchase 6;0£.. acres solid land,more or less, and ~9.~0 acres
tidewater lots,more or less,from the South San z~'ranoisco Land and improver, tent company for beach
purposes for the sum of~!0,1q'b.8b, q~lb00 cash down and .~q000 "~er annum until paid,con~enclng
on Jsnt~ary o,, !94~, at ~ per c~nt interest.Charles $cLurk opposed the purchase,saying tbgt in w~
times sUoh.as these, the city should buy' war bonds, that the taxes should not have been ra~sed
for pleasures,that t~iayor z~atto had stated there would be no mone~' spent on beaches,sometime ag9
that he had been over to the beach several Sundays recently and saw no decent day there, that ti
~ayor had two rubber stamps on the cou~cil,that it was not so long ago that the city had a reca]
that there mi~:~ht be another one, tLat the action of t?e majority was not that of goo~
Am~ricans, that the city should be building shelters fo~ the children to ~o something useful
that t]..ere will be a day of reckoning, t,~ayor ~atto asked I~;r. ~c) urk if he inferred that he was 1
a good American., ?~Tr. i, churk replied, "I never had t eart tro~ble during the last war nor do I ha'
it this yea.r,~. ~ayor Ratto replied stating that "If I had heart trouble it was no fault of my o~
I~iayor Ratto stated that for a few cents raise in the tax rate people come up and squawked~
but when th~ school tax is raised ti.ey say nothing about it and ask no questions, that the ci~,y
needs some money for needed, improvements,,?~e~ they ¥.'ere on the board to do the ~'reatest good
for the greatest number of people, that the - oetition on file for the beact' contains wore tl
1860 names, that the English government, called off foot ball fames at the time of heavy bombing
and found it affected morale of t~e public. Councilntan Lloyd sts. ted he was no ruboer stamp,
charf.~ed some people with coming u~", to the council and makJ.n~: such a,:;cusations, wanted to know
wLo is the boss of the other side and invited them to ~o ahead with a recall~ and is not a
Rubber stamp.
Councilman ~,iinucciani stated he was going along..about his work whether he is called a rub
stamp or not,ti at if t~e gets alon~j with Dave he is called a ruboer stamp, that he .~annot kelp i
if he gets along with the ~,~ayor, that he hao talked to'~ s~:me ti_ousands of people during- his
campaign, if a recall comes tie people can have it as soon as tlc petition is presented, but he
will keep his promises to the people.
I~'ir. Schurk asked i,.,ayor .~,atto if Le owned an;: p.~.operty in this city.The i,.ayor said he owned
n'ore than Charlie could dream of. i,:r. Schurk then asked the r.'ayor if he paid any taxes, to whic
the mayor replied ti.at he would see fi,(iures that would startle him ';n a few days.
Councilman Boido stated he was joins to vote against the purchase the beacL ,stating warti
is not the time to buy beach land, ~-' .~t tests of tlc beach water s~ows pollution and uni'it to
swim in and that even if ~$100,000 was_: spent on th. property there are onl~, about 15 da~'s in th
year on which a person coula swim. On roll r'all on the resolution it was adopted by the follo
vote;- Ayes, Councilmen, Reese Lloyd, ~.~inucciani, D.W.Ratto,
......... ~~~'~ ~w° previous meetings were read. There being~ no errors or omissions ~
were approved as read.
Bank of America wanted to know if the city was ready to lift the stop-pay~ent on Checks,
~$~008,~'~07~8,#~8~l,and~OOg0,~tating they di~ not pay checks over one year old without aug
It was decided to keep the ban or ~-'e paymen~until further notice.
~'~arket Street Railwa~ company replied to the city's letter stating it was their inte
to further raise the path £rom the end of Grand ~_venue to their tracks before the winter
set in. ~he company called the attention of the city to try and secure a right of way ~ro~
owners of land adjoining, in or,let to broaden the roadway so that it could later be paved.
Communication a.~cepted and filed.
~errill W.Hubbard, 18~l---09th £~venue,San ~¥ancisco,applied for a business license
operate a lunch and restaurant on Eutler Avenue and the S.P.Tracks. ~'ermit granted.
Judge L.G.Hardy asked permission to leave the State of California for a period of two w
co~mencin~ October ~,l~. Permissio~ ~iranted.
Notice was received from the Sate Compensation Insurance ~und that owing to the fact tl
accident eosts went upward this dividend period there would be none this year.Accepted and
Police Chief Louis ~elloni asked thatthe city council cancel the appointments Loule ~a'
~ilton Clarke,Nenry ~.Ertman,Kenneth A.~eig, Edward Heavy Jr.,Harold ~.~oeber,Lee Lancaster
William Lane,Clarence ~.Leonard,William Lencioni,Frank L.Lelanad,Do~ald Lowe,Jesse Luke,
Albert C.~orrow,Ralph Whitney Parker,Douglass L.Petit Kenneth Sim,Louie ~.Stone,Eddie Sylva~
Thomas Zuccarrello, Lester Leroy Luke,~ames L.Carroll,Victor ~tller and Edgar W.V~olford, as
are no longer in the employ of the various firms. Councilman ~iolston moved the app~,.intments
cancelled. T) e motion was seconded by councilman Boido and regularly carried.
The following appointments were submitted by t~e chief of police for endorsement by t!
cit~ c~uncfl; At t~e ~estern Pice ~-Steel Comosn~;-James R.Davis , Thomas C.Lesrd, and Otis
Ratcliffe. Cohhci'lma~aD[oyd movedttha appointments be confirmed without ~enumeration from t~
city. The motion was seconded by councilman Eolston and regularly carried .
Fire Chief Welte submitted the name of Chris Alvarez for appoint~:ent to the Call Forc~
of the fire department. Councilman Holston moved the apoointment be confirmed.The motion was
seconded by council~:an Boido and regularly carried.
~he Division of Highways submitted a statement s~owing the amount expended ~'!uring the
i~iennium and the amount of balance on hand June 30,194~. Communication accepted and placed
file.
A communication was received from the WAR PRODUCTION BOARD,Washington, 'D.C.through ~a~
~[averick,Chief of Burea~ of Governmental Requirements, requesting information from the city'
purchasing officer of certain particul~' expenditures for 1941 and the probable or estimated
futdre~:'exoenditures, keeping the same down as far as possible to the absolute minimun requir
~:ents necessary for the essential governmental activities of the cit~. Eeferred to the city
clerk. ·
The monthly reports of the Chie~ of Police,City Judge, · ~
Fire Chief,Building .~_nspector,Poundkeeper,and City Clerk,.
the month ending August,194M, and the quarterly re~oort of the au~.itor to September 30,1~4o,~
received and accepted.
Councilman Minucciani introduced a resolution of the city council of the City of South S~
Francisco resolving that the city purchase 5;06 acres solid land,more or less, and 49.70 ac~
tidewater lots,more or less,from the South San ~'rancisco Land and. improvement company for be~
purposes for the sum of~10,1V3.83, ~1500 cash down and ,;~000 ~er annum until paid,commencing
on January ~, 1944, at 3 per cent interest.Charles bct';urk opposed the purchase,saying tbst i~
times ~uch as these, the cit~ should buy war bonds, that the taxes should not have been rais~
for pleasures,that Mayor ~'atto had stated there would be no money spent on beaches,sometime ~
that he had been over to the beach several Sundays recently and saw no decent day there, that
Mayo~ had two rubber stamps on the co~ucil,that it was not so long ago that the city had a re
that there mi.f:ht be another one, that the action of t)~e majority was not that of goo~
Am~ricans, that the city should be building shelters fo~ the children to ~o something use~
that ti, ere will be a day of reckoning, i,[ayor ~atto asked ~,'ir. £c~urk if he inferred that he ws
a good American, ~:r ~churk revlied, never had teart trouble durins' the last war nor do I
it this yeaM", i¢~ayor Ratto replied stating that "If I had heart trouble it was no fault of my
Eayor Ratto stated that for a few cents z, sise in the tax rate people come up and squawke
~ut when th~ school tax is raised ti'.ey say nothing about it and ask no questions, that the ci
needs some money for needed, improvements,~t~ ,~. t~ey were on the boar~] to do the f'reatest goo
for the greatest number of people, that the ...~ petition on file f~or the beacl~ contains ~ore
1560 names, that th~ En~lish government, called off foot ball games at the time of heavy bombi
and found it affected morale of tl.e public. Counciln:an Lloyd stated he was no ruboer stamp,
char~ed some people with coming u? to the council and makf~n~-j such a,:cusations, wanted to know
who ~s the boss of the other side and invited them to ~o ahead with a recall, and is not a
Rubber stamp.
Councilman Einucciani stated he was going along about his work whet~er he is called a r~
stamp or not,ti, at if he gets alon~- with Dave he is called a ruboer stamp, that he ~annot ?elp
if he gets along with the ~ayor, that he ha~ talked to s:~me tLousands of people durin~-i his
campaign, if a recall comes tle people can have it as soon as the petition is presented, but ~
will keep his promises to the people.
Mr. Schurk asked ~ayor ~,atto if he owned an?~ p~.opertN in this cit~.~he ~a~or said he own~
n~ore than Charlie could dream of. i,:r. Schurk then asked the ~:ayor if he paid any taxes, ~o whf
the mayor replied ti.at he would see figures that would startle him 'n a few days.
Councilman £oido stated he was join~, to vote against the purchase the beacL ,stating wart
is not the time to buy beach land, f' ~t tests of the beach water shows pollution and unfit to
awim in and that even if ~100,000 was_~ spent on th property there are ~nly about 15 da~s in t
year on which a person coulo swim. On roll oall on the resolution it was adopted by the fell
vote;- Ayes, Councilmen, Reese Lloyd, ~.~inuCciani, D.W.Ratto,
Noes, Councilmen,V.Boido. George W.holston4
Absent,Councilmen,None. Attest Daniel EcSweene~.
City Clerk.
iiecorded in Book of Resolutions,Vol 3, at page 361 RESOLUTION NO 8V5.
~rs. R.kanbeck applied for permission to convert a dining room into two bedrooms at her place
of business, a restaurant, on the ~ruigeiri property on bayshore Lighway,parcel 5,zone ~, to cost
~15~.50. E~uildin~ Inspector Welte recommended the permit be granted. So ordered.
Councilman iiinucciani requested the clerk to witldraw ~lq50 from tie Fark Fund when the taxes
come in,and return it to the general fund, from Which it was borrowed.
~3~03.03 were next presented to the council for payment
Claims in the Amount of
~irs. ~arl ,eller,
R. ~i ~ agno,
~. ~',~a irani
W .Cameron
A .Conziani
A. S chmidt
C. Rinet-art
E .Kozlowski
H. Schweining
L.Papazoni
C .Heard
J .Kritz
WI~(. Bryant ~
f~m. ~¥~inuc ciani '
V.Ullery
E .Rossi
A. Spinelli
P. Smi th
C. Be gnal
. .01mstad
H .Wedeking
A.Galli
A. Rodont
N. Bonnano
R. Quinlan~
L. ~v~ende z
L.David
A. Johnson
A .Troxall
I~; .~cCarn
~ ,DiBene ~
J .Tacch~
E .L. Iv~oom
~ .Nandoli -
A.Ferrario ~
$ .Laufer -
J.Gallt~
F.Parenti-
A ?~li lani -
So.City Lbr a Supply Co.
Fred J.Lsutze
~nterprise Press
Scampini ~. Zanetti
Kelly's ,elding Shop
L. C. Smi t h
Royal Supply Co.
Universal ~ ~,lfg.Co.
Wm. ~inuc c i ani
Pac.'~el d Tel Co.
T. L. Farnswort[
Pacheco Electric Co
Ricl field 0il
Addressograph Sales Ardency
Linde Air Products Co
Burroughs Addimg ~.iachine Co.,
Eutual En~[ineerin~ Co.
Pac. intermountain Express
J. ).Walker
Louie Delloni
Sprouse Reitz Co
~[ .Wertheim ~./.. D.
expenses to Civ.~ef.conference
extra fire duty
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a~tending fires September
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street labor
Approved ·
Eayor of South San FranciscO/
cleaning ditches
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m~terials fire dept
" street"
,,
tires etc
rep pol car
brid~:'e add
Junk Rally ad(~,etc.
tires,etc
,,
we ld~_n~ 6~ain
"jail locks etc,
compressor rental
power shovel "
1 saddler punch
paper towels
Break lasses
service street dept
phone 6~6
salary recreation a mileage
service, etc
gasoline
materials
oxygen
c~-anging tape
repairs
hauling
sal.secretary Plan Com Sept
extra traffic duty
~ .00
6. O0
5.84
5.84
5.84
1~.34
.50
oo
~ .50
4.00
6.5o
1.5o
3 .oo
9.00
10.50
.oo
11.00
4. O0
6.50
~ .50
5.50
10'50
a.5o
~ .50
s.5o
.50
.oo
3.50
Vq. O0
36.00
7~. O0
v~.O0
7 .oo
56.oo
s .oo
4s.oo
V8. O0
e. os
q8.~4
ql.40
68.03
16.00
31.50
70.84
38.V3
.50
V. O0
~4.50
31.50
~ .50
99 '. 90
~190 .~6
~44.41
5.75
10.64
o.oo
a~t F.S.i.Conv.food of prisoners 9.45
material ~ .98
so_oriety tests i~ 10.00
Total ~3o03.03.
The claims having been audited by the finance coumittee councilman 2olston moved they be
paid.The motion was seconded _by councilman Einucciani and regularly carried.
'±here bein)jj no further business before the council council~an Lloyd moved to adjourn until
~onday,October 19,194~,at 8 o'clock P.~. ~
~espectfully submitted,