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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1940-10-21REGULAR MEETING OF TP~E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER MIST,1940. The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco was held in the City Hall Monday evening,October ~1,1940. The meeting was called ~o order at 8 o'clock p.m. by Mayor George W.Holston. ROLL CALL. Roll call fOund all members of the council present,as follows;- Councilmen, V.Boido,George W.Holston,Reese Lloyd, D.W.Ratto, Rod Tibbetts. The minutes of the two previous meetings were read. There being no errors or omissions thel were approve6 as read. A communication was received from the 0ranse ~ark Tennis Club stating that the nets are in a very bad condition and should be repaired or"twins nets the same a~ the high school uses, be installed. ~'oved by councilman Ratto seconded by councilman Tibbetts and regularly carried, that the nets be repaired. A communication was received from Mr. PYJ.Shaw, ueneral Manager of the South. San francisco Land & Improvement Companyasking the city if they wished to accept a deed to a portion of Industrial Way from the land co,and if not to return the sa~e for their records. Councilm~an Ratto moved that the deed be returned,unaccepted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Lloyd and regularly carried. A bid in the sum of $1~0 was submitted by Murphy Bros. of Oakland to make some repairs and doing certain plaster work in the library building. On recommendation of city engineer Marshall Building Inspector Welte will call for additional bids on the proposed work. A communication was received from Mr. P.J.Shaw,General Manager of the So.S.F.Land ~ Imp.co. calling attention to the city council of the use of the dumping grounds by outside individuals~ and requesting that if any other persons request the use of the grounds the request be submitt~ to his company. Councilman Ratto stated there is no record in the city that the use of the dumping grounds was requested from the city, and matterm of the character should be submitted 'to the full board for consideration. Engineer Marshall explained that the stump company offere( the sum of $1.00 a stump for the placing of 14V in the ground~and paid that sum for the privil ege to the city. \ Pete M.Petroff amended his request for a license to sell and haul away certain fertilizer from the land of the Rac. Gas & El. co., by stating he wished to use the license for the sale ( the present amount of manure of the P.G.& E land,after which he would cancel the license. Councilman Lloyd moved that the license be granted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ratt( and regularly carried. Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana "~oreles" applied for a permit to hold a Holloween Ball in Fraternal Hall on Saturday evening,October ~6th,next,from 8 p.~. to ~ a.m. Moved by Councilma~ Lloyd that the permit be granted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly ca~ ied. A claim in the sum of $51~2.85 against the City of South San Francisco and certain city officials of this city was made by Steve Mori on behalf of Aldo Mori,a minor, who,it was claim~ fell from a city building in Orange Avenue Park,injuring himself. On motion by Copncilman Tibbetts,seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, the claim was rejected~ and the City Clerk instructed to so notify the insurance comPany. ~awrence~Wallace, clerk in the office of the Chief of Police, presented his resignation to the'city council in writing. On motion by Councilman Ratto, seconded by councilman Lloyd and regularly the resignation was accepted, it was agreed by cit~ council on the advice of the Citl attorney t~at twenty days pay was due ~r. Wallace. Three applications were filed for the position left vacant in the police .chief's office by resignation of Mr. Wallace. They were;- Miss Louise Rostoni,Ernest J.Mirata, Arthur Rodondi~ ApDlications laid over and ordered filed. Chas Benton, Secretary of Local 389,Construction and General ~aborers of San ~ateo C ounty,U~ submitted a list of wages to be paid on all building construction projects in S~n ~ateo County~ effective on and s£ter November 1,1940,and requested the city council to adopt these new wage ~nd s~m~ b~e~.~.ame.whe~.Lealling for bids on any projects sponsored by the City of South S~n Francisco. Councilman Lloyd moved the adoption of the wage scale by the City ofSouth San~z Francisco. The motion was seconded by Councilman Tibbetts and regularly carried. Page ~ REB01 The certificate of appointment of Michael R Lamuth to thee police force of the city, commen~ lng duties Sunday, October ~0,1940, wa~ filed with the city clerk. Architect Gutterson on the new library addition submitted a list of proposed changes in th~ construction of the addition,and asked for the approval of the city council of the same. Counc~ man Ratto moved that the necessary changes be approved,and the Mayor and Clerk sign the same. The motion was seconded b~ Councilman Llo~.d and regularly-carried. The City Planning ConmLission of the City of South San Francisco submitted a copy of a resol adopted at their meeting of Thursday, October l~,l.~40, approving the ~ap of South wood,Map N( South San Francisco,California, presented to tDat body, 0c$ober 1~,1940. Communication accept and ordered filed. Librarian Edna Broner submitted the monthl~ report of the library's ~perations for the month ending September 30,1940/ Councilman~Ratto moved that the report be accepted as read. Th~ motion was seconded by Councilman Lloyd and regularly carried. A copy of a deed from the South San Francisco ~and & Improvement Company to the City of South San Francisco of ~0 acres of land for park purposes was filed with the ctt~ clerk. A RESOLUTION N0.~83~ CALLING FOR BIDS FOR AUTOMOBILE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CIT~ OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISC0~ was introduced by Councilman Lloyd, bids to be opened at 8 o'clock P.M., on Monday,the 4th day of Novemner, 1940, for a De Soto, six cylinder custom four door sedan,model 1941,painted Red and fully equipped. The resolution was adopted by the votes of all the members of the b~a~ as follows;- ~Ayes,councilman V.~oido,~eorge W.Holston, Reesem~ Lloyd, D.W.Ratto~, Rod Tibbetts. Noes, Councilman,None. Absent, Councilmen,None. Attest. Daniel McSweeney City Clerk. Recorded in Book of Resoluti~,ns, Vol.3,at page M~. · Under the head of unfinisted business Councilman ~atto reported investigating the propos. eight ooint insurance, on b6ilers,hot aa~- water tanks , air tanks, cast iron'and hot water suppl~ boilers and steam boilers. At.Russo, representing the Tavern Keepers of the city submitted a copy of a'proposed ordinance regulating the operation of pin-ball. City attorney Coleberd will draft an ordinance for the inspection of the city council and their Eindings. The parking problem in the vicinity of the Western Pipe & Steel Works and Ed~rds Wire Works was brought to the council's attention by Chief of Police Belloni, Fire Chief Welte~ and city engineer Earshall. They visited the Western Pipe'& Steel Company with reference to their order that machines must park outside. They reported the Livermore company unwilling to allow the use of their 9 acre field for parking purposes, but were willing to sell the land. They will confer with Mr. Dehli,president of the Western Pipe on his return from Los Angeles. An ordinance was suggested to prohibit parking east o~ the Bayshore Highway on Butler Avenue. Some councilEen favored one line of parallel parking on Butler Avenue,instead of the angle parking system, on one side of the Avenue, to prevent congestion . After much discussion it wa~ decided to instruct the city attorney to prepare a rough draft of an ordinance on the subject for the council's considera, o tion. Claims in the amount of $8500.60 were next presented to the council for payment;- Dudley Perkins De Berry's Service Fred J.Lautze, Union Oil Co. Standard Oil Co tt ti I1 t! Universal M'F'G.Co Royal Supply Co. ,t Roy's Service G.Penna Arndt's Dept. Store Superior Laundry E. J. Di. Sene F.Mandole E ,Bianchi M.Laufer J.Ap~e P.Lomba D. Daly H.Troxall T .Pretzer Enterprise Press Emil Person ttenry H. Gutt~rson J.P. Quinlan rebuilt battery-motor reps.to motor cycle wash grease Buick lubricate etc Lincoln'Zeypher battery Service etc ~~ing oil motor oil carton Asphalt fire glasses etc supplies, fire dept str.dept rep. to grader " threads fire hose 2 cans fly spray towels,fire dept wash fire Ho. labor parks 11 tl "streets add for ship launching i page in cit), directory 2nd payment on library cons. $ 5.15 $ 4.06 3.00 $ v5 $ ,.41 $165.1~ $ ;95 $ ~,1.63 $ 1. 9 $ 17 .~4 $ 4.74 $ 2.66 $ 59.93 $ 25.00 ~ 4.80 $ 56.50 $ 56.50 $ 56.5o $ 23.5o 56.50 $ 56.50 $ 56.50 $ 56.50 $ 61.00 oo $ oo.oo $6 ~059 .M5 amount due for sketches,etc libr$335.3V amt on'printing 1000 envelopes $ 9.V6 Burrough's Adding Machine Co Clerk's office chair clerking on tax bills rent of playground 1st payment painting city hall repairs basin ~. urinal blueprints relocate flag staff labor balcong pickets repair scraper i belt tightener belt Louise Rostoni Joe Hearne Deemer ~ Deemer So. City Plumbing Shop Tri-City ~lueprint Co., Kelly.',. s Welding. Sho~ tt It tt ~utual Engineering Co., $ 19.31 $ 9.oo $ 60.00 $467..00 $ 3.00 $ 1.v3 $ 3.5o $ s.ls $ 6.75 $ 1.29 Frank Rust Sheet Metal Works ~ sheet metal parts,sewers $- M.V5 Santini ~ Roccucci 9 pair boots Associated Equipment Co. ,steel broom wire County of San mateo equipp used Town Of Baden Pac.Tel ~ iel. city phones, Oct. H.¥.Carter Co sprinklers Industrial City Lumber Co., paint & Eucalyptrum " " 1-12" file South Cit~, Lumber & Supply Co., glass ~ putty " " park supplies . ,, w co 'crete mix " " " materials, Str. dept. " " " materials,str dept. Jack Riordan police whistles Total $ ~ 17.89 $ 47.00 $ 99.75 7.oo $ ~S. 13 $ .57 $ .s9 $ 42.50 $ 5. n $ ?~9.6(~ $ 46.~9 $11~. 16 $ 3.00 $85oo.6o The claims having been audited by the finance cozmaittee Councilman Lloyd moved they be paid. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ratto and regularly carried. There being no further business before the council,councilman Tibbetts moved to adjeurn until ~onda~, November 4,1940 at 8 o'clock P.~. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ratto and regularly carried. Time of adjournment, 9;35 o'clock P.~. ~ayor of South San Francisco. Respectfully submitted, City of South San Francisco.