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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1941-06-1622O REGULAR I'LEETiNG OF THE CIndY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOU~t] SAN FRANCISCO,HELD t,':ONDA~/,JUNE 16,1941. The regular meeting of the city council of the City of South San Francisco was held in the City Eall I~:onday evening, June 16th,1941. The meeting was called to order st ~ o'clock p.m. by I;'iayor ~eorge W.I(olston, ROLL CALL. Roll call found the following members of the council present;- Councilmen, V.Boido,George W.Eolston.D.~.hatto. Absent, Reese Lloyd, Rod Tibbetts. The minutes of the two previous meetings were read. ~here being no errors or omissions they were approved as read. A communication was received from Robert Liggins,insurance broker for the firm insuring E.A.Ryan, enclosing an endorsement, No.2, and asked that t~e cit~ attact~, the endorsement to the original policy. ~he city'clerk was instructed to return the endorsement and policy to the company requesting them to make the physical attachment. James o.Howell Jr.,nade application for a bowling all~y for tle location 340 drand Aven~e. Councilman ~atto moved the permit be granted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried. Ja~es S.Daker applie~ for a blasting permit to blast rock east of Sethleham Steel Corp.' Councilman ~atto moved the pe~it be granted. ~he motion was seconded by Councilman Boido a~d regularly carried, kr.~aker was notified to supply the regular bond. City .~ngineer ~uarshall suomitted a bid of 30 een~s form J.S . Baker to remove surplus,~rt~ east Grand Avenue and one of Guerin Bros. of ,i~.5~ for the same work, not to exceed Councilman Doido moved the '30 cent bid of J.h.saker be accepted. The motion was seconded by Ccun~ cilman Ratto and regularly carried. Eartford Fire Insurance Company inquired as to how many of the recommendations for the prptection of the public they had submitted to the council had been carried ou~. Referred to Councilman Tibbetts Prank ~.Wurt~, who recently paid a ,i~lO license fee for- the operation of a Bowling Alley asked for the return of the amount. On the advice of the city attorney the request was denied. Earshall S.Eanrahan asked for a blasting permit to operate east of t~e Bethleham Steel Corporation on lanes of So.S.F.Land & Imp.Co., Councilman ~atto moved the permission be granted contingent upon the submission of the company's bond in the oroper amount. Seconded by C.~oido carried. Chief of Police oelloni appointed the following named men to be police-watchmen at t?e Western Pipe and Steel Co., Fre~ hess~Jilmore W.~unney,Peter ~Mstini,and Jrank A.Pryor .Councilman ~atto moved the appointments be cinfirmend by tt~e council. ~he motion was seconded by Council- man ~oido s~8 regularly carried. A communication from the Peninsula League of Oalifornia Cities requested the city to stat~~ , the num~ber of officials who would attend the meeting on ~hursdab evening at Villa ~ateo. ,~.a~or Lolston figured about seven in all would be in attendance~ and th~ clerk was instructed to communicate to the ~al~ City Council to that ef~'ect. City Treasurer Kauffmann and Librarian oroner submitted the reports of their respective offices for tl~e month of ~,ay,1941. Councilman katto moved that the reports 'be accepted. The motion was seconded b~ Councilman boido and regularly carried. John Ruggiero, owner of acreage and some buildings thereon, requested permission to make certain additions to tie same~ on zone F, in parcel 5.Building Inspector Welte submitted the plans on tLe structures and the desSred permit was granted, on motion bF Councilman. Ratto and seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried. ORDII.;ANCE N0.213. An ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE n~ ~ , ~{EAi~ A LOCAL DEi~NSE COUNCIL AND DESCRIBi~:!G ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES", had its second reading and was adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco,by the following vote;- Ayes, Councilmen, V.boido, George W.~olston,D.W.Ratto. Noes, Councilmen, None. Absent, Councilmen,Reese Lloyd, Rod ~ibb~tts. ~tecorded in book of ordinances, Vol.~, at pages 301, 30~. A reply was received from the South San Francisco Chamber of Con~erce to the. city's letter requesting them to contact the property owners on Grand Avenue from the S.i:.Depot to Spruce Avenue, asking them if they were willing to stand the expense of installing the wires in their own premises if the poles are removed from Grand Ave hue to the alleys. 5~he letter stated questionaires were sent oat and but 15 were returned. Of the fifteen Taturned ll said yes, and four said NO.. Councilman Boido believed a committee should be sent out to ~nterview the owr~ers and further ezplain the necessity of removing the poles, he volunteered to be one of the committee Lo£~an Franklin, Presiaent of the Chamber stated he would organize a strong committee of citizens, to~accompany him and Cguncilman Boido and contact all property owmers personally on the subject. uhe South San ?rancisco Sign Company submitted a notice of intention to exercise an option for an additional ten year term for the sign prilileges covered by tie company's lease, wkich was granted April 18,193~. Referred to City Attorney Coleberd. Pacific Oas ~ Electric Company applied for permission to extend their ~" gas main Knoll Circle ~e'st of Fairway Drive, Southwood. aeferred to Councilman Tibbetts. Before the beginning of the city's regular business ~ayor Eolston asked cit~ attorney Coleberd if he had looked up the billboard erdinance situation. Er. Coleberd stated had made ~is conclusion long sincethat the ordinance is prohibitive and unworkable and still thinks so.. The application of the Corcoran Sign Company was again discussed. Councilman Boido believed that the city could grant them a permit to add to the size of their sign, regardless whether they paid a license or not as no others were paying anyhow. Asked if he would make a motion to that effect he said he would and did. ~he ~notion was seconded by Councilman Ratto and regularly carried. City Treasurer Ed.P.Kauffmann appeared before the council and stated the "S" fund was depleted and asked for the transfer of ~$1588.65 from the General f~nd to the S fund. Councilmaa Boido moved that the clerk deduct the amount from the ~eneral P~nd and credit the S fund with the same. The motion was seconded by councilman Ratto and regularly carried. City Clerk Ec Sweeney asked for a leave of a~,~ence to leave the State.. Councilman Ratto moved the desired permission be granted. The motion was seconded by Co_~lman Boido and regularly carried. The minutes of the two preViOUs meetings were read. There being no errors or omissions they were approved as read. A co~m~unication was received from Robert Liggins,insurance broker for the firm insuring E.A.Ryan, enclosing an endorsement, Ho.S, and asked that t~e cit~ attac~.~ the endorsement to the original policy. '±he city'clerk was instructed to return tL~ endorsement and polic~ to t~e company requesting them to make the physical attachment. James o.P~owell Jr.,~ade application for a bowling all~y for t~e location ~0 ~rand Aven~e. Councilman ~atto moved the permit be granted. The motion was seconded by Councilman ~oido and regularly carried. Ja~es S.Daker applied for a blasting permit to blast rock east of ~ethleham Steel Corp.' Councilman ~atto moved the pe~it be granted. ~he motion was seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried, t.,!r.~aker was notified to supply the regular bond. City ~ngineer ~'.~arst-:all suomitted a bid of 30 een~ts form J.S . Baker to remove surplus~rt~ east Grand Avenue and one of Guerin Bros. of .i~.5~ for the same work, not to exceed ,i~500. Councilman Doido moved the '30 cent bid of J.h.saker be accepted. The motion was seconded by Cc~n~ cilman Ratto and resularly carried. Eartford Fire Insurance Company inquired as to how many o~~ the recommendations for the prptection of the public they had submitted to the council had been carried out. Referred to Councilman Tibbetts . Frank ~.~f~'urtz, who recently paid a ,~10 lica:nse fee fo~~ the operation of a Bowling Alley asked for the return of the amount. On the advice of the city attorney the request was denied. ~[arshall S.Hanrahan asked for a blasting permit to operate east of t~e Bethlehem Steel Corporation on lands of So.S.F.Land & Imp.Co., Councilman Ratto moved the permission be granted contingent upon the submission of the company's bond in the oroper amount. Seconded by C.~oi~o a carried. Chief of Police oelloni appointed the following named men to be ?olice-watchmen at t~e Western Pipe and Steel Co., Pre~ lless'~ilmore W.i~iunney,Peter ~Mstini,and ~,rank A.Pryor .Councilman Ratto moved the appointments be cinfirmend by the council. 'ihe motion was seconded by Council- man Boido s~ re~ularl~ carried. A communication from the Peninsula League of 0alifornia Cities requested the city to stat~~ the number of officials who would attend the meeting on ~ihursda~ evening at Villa ~ateo. ~a~or Dolston figured about seven in all would be in attendance~ and th, clerk was instructed to communicate to the ~al~ City Council to that ef~'ect. City Treasurer Kauffmann and Librarian ~roner submitted the reports of their respective offices for tie month of ~,~ay,19~l. Councilman Ratto moved that the reports be accepted.-The motion was seconded b~. Councilman Boido and regularly carried. John Ruggiero, owner of acreage and some buildings thereon, requested permission to make certain additions to t~e same~ on zone F, in parcel 8.~uilding Inspector Welte submitted the plans on tLe structures and the desSred permit was granted, on motion b~ Councilman .Ratto and seconded by Councilman Boido and regularly carried. ORDINANCE N0.~13. An ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE CREA~ING A LOCAL DEi~NSE COUNCIL AND DESCRIBii!G ITS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES", had its second reading and was adopted as an ordinance of the City of South San Francisco,by the following vote;- Ayes, Councilmen, V.Boido, George W.Polston,D.W.Ratto. Noes, Councilmen,None. Absent, Councilmen,Reese Lloyd, Rod Tibb~tts. Reoorded in book of ordinances, Vel.O,, s.t pages 301, 30o~. . A reply was received from the South San Francisco Chamber of Conunerce to the city's letter requesting them to contact the property owners on Grand Avenue from the S.l~.Depot to Spruce Avenue, asking them if they were willing to stand the expense of installing the wires in their own premises if the poles are removed from Grand Ave hue to the alleys. ~he letter stated questionaires were sent edt and but 15 were returned. Of the fifteen returned ll said yes, and four said NO.. Councilman Boido believed a committee should be sent out to ~nterview the owr~ers and further ezplain the necessity of removing the poles, he volunteered to be one of the committee LeBen Franklin, Presiaent of the Chamber stated he would organize a strong committee of citizens, tos~accompanN him and C~uncilman Boido and contact all property owmers personally on the subject. ~he South San ~'rancisco Sign Company submitted a notice of intention to exercise an Option for an additional ten year term for the sign prilileges covered by tie company's lease, wLich was gra~ted April 18,193~'. Referred to City Attorney Coleberd. Pacific Oas ~ Electric Company applied for permission to extend their ~" gas main Knoll Circle ~e'st of Fairway Drive, Southwood. aeferred to Councilman Tibbetts. Before the beginning of the city's regular business ~ayor Eolston asked city attorney Coleberd if he had looked up the billboard erdinance situation. Er. Coleberd stated had made ]is conclasion long sincethat the ordinance is prohibitive and unworkable and still thinks so.. The application of the Corcoran Sign CompanN was again discussed. Councilman Boido believed that the city could grant them a permit to add to the size of their sign, regardless whether they paid a license or not as no others were paying anyhow. Asked if he would make a motion to t~at effect he said he would and did. ~he motion was seconded by Councilman Ratto and regularly carried. City Treasurer Ed.P.Kauffmann appeared before the council and stated the "S" fund was depleted and asked for the transfer of ~$1888.6~ from the General ~nd to the S fund. Councilma~ Boido moved that the clerk deduct the amount from the ~eneral ~nd and credit the S fund with the same. The motion was seconded by councilman Ratto and regularly carried. City Clerk Ec Sweeney asked for a leave of a~ence to leave the State. Councilman Ratto moved the desired permission be granted. The motion was Seconded by Co~~lman Boido and regularly carried. Claims in tine amount of 42469.12 were next presented to the council for payment;- Federal Laboratories So.San Francisco Hospital Belli Motor Shell 0il Company South City Auto Service United .Aut~~ Service Union 0il Company Union ~il Company Superior Laundry Superior Laundry Dmdl~y Perkiad National Fire Protection Assn. E. J. J. Mfg. Company M. Greenberg's_& Sons Linde Air Products Co. W. Minucciani W. P. Fuller & Company Angelo Sebastiano Tom Williams Wm. auture z Machinery & Drill Steel Company Machinery .& Drill Ste~ Oompany Enterprise Press D~ntel McSweeney Kelleys Welding Shop F. Giffra & Sons Edward-R. Bacon Company Edward R. Bacon Company Po~ta's Garage Bank of SO. San Francisco H. V. Carter Company San Mateo County Tile Company Robbinson Druggist Robbinson Druggist California Water Service Calit~a Water Service California v'~ater Service Pacific Coast Bldg. Off. Conf. Pacific Gas & Electric Company Pacific Gas & Electric Company C. Heard G. Carey ~E. Kozlowski H. S chweining S. Barney R. Spinelli ' C. Begnal L. Papazoni C. Schurk M. Castro C. Rinehart. A. Johnson A. Monettint R. Mas chiove c~fhio A. Primrose J. Gioffre ~ A. Milani ..... MI Laufer J. DiBene J. Appel A. Soldani A. ?e rrario T.Pret zer M. Castro 0. Biss~tt L. Pappozoni L. Pappozoni A. Buehler So. Ci.ty Lumber Company 200 rds. cartr.tdg.e.s ~eh~lic exammna~mons Repairs on Buick 400 gallons gas Repairs Lincoln Zephyr Repairs Lincoln Zyphy~ 13 gallons gas for roller V quarts of oil police dept. wash #2 house May washing jail blankets repairs motorcycle sub. 20 copies Volunteer Fireman i yr. i infant face cushion L~test bag 3 hydrants oxygen fire department l0 feet pipe W.P.A. Job i gallo~p aimt asphalt raker ~.P.A. Job asphalt raker W.P.A. job Juhe 13 16 hours asphalt raker W.P.A. job 4 asphalt cutters W.~.A. job 8 43.6( 35.9~. 2.4; 2.0! 4.2¢ ~.3,' 1.VI 10. OI 6.6! 182.~1 2.81 2.VI 5.0t 18.4~ 14.4: rental compressor & pavement breaker & hose 150.0~ Total legal notice hidson crusher stamps and P.O. rent to 6/30/~1 ll.01 make r~ailings city hall 64.0~ 5 sacks coal W.P.A. job 9.8~ bolts, nuts bushing for pavement breaker 5.5~ labor and materials repair pavement breaker 9.0' welding street sweeper 2.0< box rent treasurer 3.81 supplies 20.~ reports May 1.51 supplies'engineer 4.3: supplies tax-collector 3.8~ various play-grounds 33.2, miscellaneous s~rvice May 1~.3' hydrant rental May 1V1.0~ dues to 6/30/4~ 30.01 Miscellaneous service May 119.11 street lights May ,804.6! attend fires May 1.0~ attend fires 1.01 attend fires May 1.O~ attend fires 1.0~ attend fires 1.5~ attend fires May 1.5~ attend fires May 3.0~ attend fires May 3.5~ attend fires May 3.5. attend fires May 4.0~ attend fires May ~.01 attend fires ~.5~ X day labor Linden Avenue sewer 5.0~ & days labor Linden Avenue sewer 20.01  days labor Linden Avenue sewer 22.5. days labor Linden Avenue sewer 2~.5~ 10 days labor Pine Terrace sewer 50.0~ 5 days park labor 25.0~ 12 days park labor 60.0~ 12.~ days park labor 62.5~ 12,~ days park labor 62.5~ 6 days building wall back library ~0.0~ ql~ days street labor 62.5~ 5 days burning grass 25.0~ 5 days burning grass 25.0~ 5 days burnin~ grass 25.0~ 2~ days survey helper Colma Creek 12.5~ 2 days pminting zones 12.0~ 1 sack cement sewer job recreational materials 3.7~ The claims having been audited by tl e finance committee ~Councilman Ratto moved they be p~ The motion was seconded by Councilman ~oido and regularly carried. There being no further business before the board Councilman Ratto moved to adjourn until Monday evening, July 7,1941,at 8 o'clock P.}~. ][pprovod ~ l',;ayor of South San Franc:.sco. ae spectfailly submit t e~, ' Ci~ Clerk