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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1951-05-21PLACE: TIME: ROLL CALL: CALL TO ORDER: MINUTES: SEWAGE PLANT PROGRESS REPORT: RECREATION COMMISSION kqNSTON ~SANOR NO. 2: ROY GHILARDI ASST. BUILDLNG INSPECTOR: BRAUNS ILLNESS: BERRY VARIANCE PERMIT: PLANNING COMMISSION VARIANCE & USE PERMITS: BUSINESS ~{EN'S ASSN. PARKING ~TERS: ANCHOR POST BUILDING PERMIT: GALLEGOS BUSINESS LICENSE: SILVER DOLLAR DANCE PERMIT: SAN MATEO TIMES FIF~TA EDITION: REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO HELD MONDAY, MAY 21, 1951 Council Chambers, City Hall 8p.m. Present: Absent: Councilmen Victor Boido, Charles K. Elder, Adolph Sani, Joseph Bracco, Dnilio Cortesi Councilmen, None The meeting was called to order at 8:15 p. m. by Mayor Sani. City Clerk having forwarded copy of the minutes of the previous meeting of May 7, 1951 to all councilmen, ¥~yor Sani asked if there were any errors or omissions. There being none, the minutes were approved as submitted. Communication was received from the Works Engineer submitting April progress report covering the joint sewage treatment plant, and recommending that a payment be made to the M & K Corp. in the amount of $46,828.51. Motion was made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Elder and regularly carried, that the recommendation of the Works Engineer be accepted. Communication was received from the Recreation Commission requesting that a joint meeting be held to consider the matter of a playground area in the new Winston Manor subdivision. Mayor Sani stated the council would be meeting Wednesday night, May 23rd, with the school board and they would meet'with the Recreation Commission immediately after that meeting. Communication was received from City Manager Larwood recommending that Roy Ghilardi be appointed temporarily to the position of Assistant Building Inspector at a salary of $275.00 per month and that the Personnel Board be instructed to call for an examination to fill this position. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that the recommendation of the City Manager be accepted and that the Personnel Board be asked to call for examination for Assistant Building Inspector. Communication was received from Fire Chief Welte advising that Assistant Chief A. Brauns reported on the sick list starting May 7, 1951. This communication was ordered filed. Communication was received from the Planning Commission with reference to the matter of Luther Berry, which was referred back to the Planning Commission by the Council. The commission stated they could not alter their original decision denying the appli- cation of Luther Berry. Mr. Berry was present and stated he did not have time to present his case properly to the Planning Commission. Mr. Bortis, a resident of Avalon tract, was present and stated that Mr. Berry is now in violation of the zoning ordinance and asked that the council take the necessary action to rectify this mat- ter. Motion was made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Elder and regu- larly carried, that the recommendation of the Planning Commission be accepted and application of Luther Berry be denied. ~' Resolutions were received from the Planning Commission recommendinE granting variances and adjustments and use permits to the following: Cesare Barberis Mr. Raymond P. Stupi Mr. Ray Giannecchini Mr. Frank Colombo Mr. G. Giusto Mr. H. Bergamaschi Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Bracco, and regularly carried, that the recommendations of the Planning Commission be accepted. Communication was received from the Business Men's~Association asking that a plan be worked out whereby anyone receiving a citation for parking would be allowed to pay for the citation within the hour for 5¢. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that this matter be referred to the Chief of Police. ~ Communication was received from the Anchor Post Products Inc. asking permit to con- struct a building at 935 Linden Avenue. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, second- ed by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that permit be granted providing all building code requirements are met. An application was submitted by Paul E. Gallegos for a restaurant at 241 Grand Ave. Motion was made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Elder and regularly carried, that license be granted. An application was submitted by the Silver Dollar tavern requesting dance permit at 320 Grand Avenue. Motion wss made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Elder, that license be granted. This motion was regularly carried. Communication was received from the San Mateo Times asking that the city take an ad in the fiesta edition of the Times, to be published September' 19, 1951. The cost of a full page to be $210.00. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Oouncil- man Bracco and regularly carried, that this matter be referred to the City Manager for attention, with the provision that space taken be no larger than last years. BLOOD BANK: Communication was received from San R~teo County Blood Bank asking that the city subscribe $1000.00 toward their new building. The City Attorney was of the opinion the city could not subscribe to this fund. Mayor Sani laid the matter over to next meeting to allow time for checking with other cities of the county. TRANSFER OF STREET FUNDS: Motion was made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Elder and regularly carried, that the stun of $A090.36 be transferred from the Superintendent of Streets Special Improvement Fund to the General Fund. CLAIMS: Claims in the amount of $12741.O8 were approved by the Finance Committee. On motion duly made, seconded and regularly carried, claims as submitted were ordered paid. BUILDING CODE ORDINANCE: An ordinance adopting the 1949 edition of the building code was read by title. Motion was made by Councilman F~der, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that the reading of this ordinance be waived. REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 254: An ordinance repealing ordinance No. 254 was presented. Motion was made by Council- man Elder, seconded by Councilman Bracco and regularly carried, that this ordinance be read by title only. City Clerk then read title of ordinance: "AN ORDINANCE RE- PEALING ORDIN~qCE NO. 254 OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO ADOPTING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE ~NTITLED: "PLUMB- ING ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, AS THE PLLU~ING ORDINA}~CE OF SAID CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO", ADOPTED OCTOBER 14, 1946". PLUMBING CODE ORDINANCE: An ordinance adopting the plumbinE code was presented. Motion was made by Council- man Elder, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that this ordinance be read by title only. City Clerk then read title of ordinance: "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, REVISED MARCH l, 1950, AS THE PLUMBING CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRanCISCO". RESOLUTION NO. 1658 FIRE AND POLICE R~ID~NCE: Councilman Boido introduced s resolution dispensing with requirement of residence in the city of South San Francisco for eligibility to apply for membership in the police or fire departments. This resolution wss adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the council. RESOLUTION NO. 1659 AUTHORIZED AGENT: Councilman Elder introduced a resolution changing the authorized agent for the city, as set forth in Resolution No. 1416, from Leo Ferko to Adolph Sani. This resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the council. RF~OLUTION NO. 1660 TAXES LOTS 5 & 6 BLOCK 126: Councilman Bracco introduced a resolution requesting the cancellation of San Mateo County taxes on lots 5 & 6 Blk. 126. This resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of all members, of the council. RESOLUTION NO. 1661 TAXES LOTS 1 & 2 BLK. 1 BURI BURI: CounciLman Elder introduced a resolution requesting cancellation of San Mateo County taxes on lots i & 2 Blk. I Buri Burl. This resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the council. RFSOLUTION NO. 1662 DEED HILLSIDE MANOR: Councilman Cortesi introduced a resolution accepting deed from Hillside Manor Corp. ko the city of SOuth San Francisco. This resolution was adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the council. PATTERSON LICENSE: Application of George C. Patterson for a license to conduct a business at 978 Linden Avenue came up for consideration. Mr. Hansen, from the Burlingame office of the Electrolux Corporation, was present and stated that to establish a place of business here would be too expensive and that Mr. Patterson would be able to handle the service from 978 Linden Avenue. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that license be denied. AIELLO REZONING: Communication from the Planning Commission, with reference to application of Louis Aiello which was laid over from last meeting, was brought up. As Mr. Aiello had secured a new attorney, motion was made by Councilman Bracco, seconded by Councilman Boido and re~ularly carried, that this matter be held over to next meeting. STREETS AND ROAD CO}~ITTEE: Report from the Streets & Road Committee of the Planning Commission was brought up for consideration. Motion was made by Councilman Boido, seconded by Councilman Elder and regularly carried, that the recommendations as set forth in the Planning Commission letter of April 27th be accepted with the exception that Third Lane be made a one-way street going west, and Fourth~Lane a one-way street going east. The City Attorney was instructed to draw up ordinance on same. COLOMBO BURGLAR ALARM: Request of Angelo Colombo for the installation of a burglar alarm at bis store on Linden Avenue was brought up. The Chief of Police advised this matter had been taken care of. PTA CURF~ LAW: Communication from the Coordinating Committee of P. T. A. 's, with reference to the curfew law, was taken up. Chief of Police advised this matter had been taken care of. INSURANCE AGENTS ASSN: The request of the South San Frsncisco Insurance Agents Association to place a let- ter with reference to bond insurance with all plans and specifications submitted to contractors for their bids was taken up. Motion was made by Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, that the suggestion of the In- surance Agents Association, as set forth in their letter of ~%y 2, 1951, be accepted. CITY MANAGER COMMITTEE: Mayor Sani stated as there was some discussion with reference to the city manager form of government, he would like to have each councilman select two citizens from the community and present their names at the next meeting so that a committee could be appointed to go into the matter of the city manager form of government and also consider the charter form of government. Councilman Cortesi stated there would probably be some expense connected with this matter and asked what would be done. The Mayor stated he felt that the city would be willin~ to meet any reasonable expense. THIRD LANE IMPROVEMF2~T: SERVICE ROSTER: HOLE ON TAMARACK LANE: ADJOURNMENT: Councilman Cortesi stated a petition had been presented about a year ago for the im- provement of Third Lane but that nothing had been done on same. Works Engineer Rand- lett stated a survey had been made and partial plans had been drawn up but there were some matters that had to be cleared. He stated he would go into this matter at once. Motion was made by Councilman Cortesi, seconded by Councilman Bracco and regularly carried, that a roster be prepared and placed in the City Hall to cover the boys in the Korean conflict. M. Bregante stated there was a hole in the road on Tamarack Lane between Elm Court and Magnolia and same should be taken care of. City Manager was instructed to check into this matter. On motion of Councilman Elder, seconded by Councilman Bracco and regular]y carried, the meeting was adjourned to June 4, 1951 at 8 p. m. Time of Adjournment - 9:25 p. m. Respectfully submitted, APPROVED: City Clerk