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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1944-05-01 OP 'i?iE CITY gAN FRA~,~Ci~CO, ~fELD IfAY 1ST,1944. The regular meeting of the city council of the Cit~ of South San Francisco was held in the City' Hall, }.]onday evening, )f-ay lst,1944. ~±he meeting was called to order at S o'clock r-.~...i, by i,,iayor George U.tfolston. ROLL CALL. Roll call found all members of the council present,as follows;- Councilmen,Victor .,~3oido,C] arles K.Elder,Ivan ~,.i.[ ays,George W,Holston,~..7.~inucciani. 1'he copies of the two previous meetings having been forwarded to the various councilmen for study and perusal, in lieu of having the minutes read at the meetings,in order to save time, ' [ ' ' ' ~ I '· the city cler]: asked if this method of handli~5 t~e board!'s records we satisfactor). ~ayor Holston asked if all members of the council were agreeable to the chan~ 1here appearing no objections i~,.~ayor Iolston declared th.e minutes adopted. -~ An application was r,~ade by Peter A.Dress for a permit to finish 81' rooms in his building in the rear ~f ~is restaurant,Gq4 Gran~ Avenue, referring' to interior finish, at an estimate cost of ,i~800,. As no sketch or plans or specificstions were submitted with the application, cit~/ clerk was instructed to request kr. Dress to furnish tie sa~e. ~. communication was received from tt_~e Division of Highways, the Aight of 7~ay~Ag. ent, req~ ins the cit? to cancel the taxes on vario~s lots i.~ouj['ht b~ the State of California on ma) highway for widenin[,_ purfoses. Referred to citF s. ttorne~ Coleberd~who advised that the comp] list of the pro~.erty boufj, ht should be complied and submitted to the council. So ordered. A calalog of available federal property for sale was su'omitted O? the %reasury Departmer. Ordered truned over to councilman _.~oido,city purchasing co~m~issioner. Pacific (las ~., _[lectric Compan~ notified the city that the light unit ordered installed the east side of t.'untington Avenue,510 feet from and }[orth of ~'anforan Avenue was installed 9th,1944. Accepted and filed. Notice was received from the State ~$oard of Equalization of the renewal application of Gus Earris, ~ay Cit? .Grill, of his' ON-Sale Beer license. 7bare were no objections b~- the coy Pacific sas & Electric Core, sm? s~ ~mitted a statement Showing the amount due the city und their franchise for'selling gas, ~ aG be ,'~4751.01. 1he check for the same was received by the city clerk. Accepted and filed. The State Compensation Insurance l?mnd notified tt-~e city of sn 8?J reduction in basic cOmpensation insurance rates. Accepted and filed. 'attenti¢ A communication was received from County Eealth Ol'ficer Charles C.Gans , calling the,att of citY"~authorities to the necessit~~ of cons-tructing a ~niform ordinance for better control of all premiSes for rent for human habitation,rooms,divisions of buildings,;~partments~etc. City att Coleberd stated he was a member of t~e Committee working on the su~ject and he expected, the ordinance to ~e submitted at an earlap' date. Chief of Police ~e!loni requested that tie ~ollowing appointments of guards at tLe Oethle Steel Corporation be cancelled;- Larry Walter Kelly,Clifford ~:ranktin ~egnal, Benedict Jame £endner,~,.~anueL Rabello,Joe ~oney Raabe,John A.Berry,Donald P.Nichael, Henry J.Lancendorfer, John ~rusa,Lee R.Wise,Ifillery Joseph ?orde,Roscoe Wooldridge,g~mes Francis Eolvey,Earr~ ~arz Councilman Minucciani moved the appointments be cancelled. 1he motio~.~ wa~ seconded by counci Boido and reg..ularl~ carried. Chief of i~olice Belloni submitted the name of Joseph t~hillip ~..'iaguire for appointment as g~ard at P.,.ammo~d Afrcraft Company. Councilman Elder moved the appointment be confirmed,witZ remuneration from the city.fhe motion was seconded by councilman Bays and regularly carrLed. The C~t~ ~'ecreation Co~miSsion recommended that Dolores Ferrari be em~lo~,ed as a recreat leader by the city on a part-time basis for 1V hours per week at .85 cents an hour, commencin ~[ay 1,1944,until the scLool vacation period begins about Oune 15,1944. Councilman l~iinucciar. the recommendation be accepted and the lad), appointed.The motion was seconded by councilman t!ays and regularly carried. In another communication from t~.e ~ecreation Commissior~. it was recommended that the te in tDe Recreation Center =uildin~d~ be enclosed in a locked box,that, two sawlorses and a shelf ~onstructed in the craft r~om,the tables covered, with ~...asonite and broken windows Ge repaired -'eferred to commissioner Elder. The United States dovernment requested a disclaimer be given by tke Cit?. of SoutL San ~; cisco in a strip of land adjacent to the new propo.'.~ed sewer location, z. eferred to City attorney Coleberd. A statement was received from the Department of Comm~rce,oureau of Census,'Jashington,D. showing the ~.ooulation of South San Francisco,by race and sex, as returned at the Special Ce~ taksn as of ~arch 1,1944. ~'he numl~er of dwelling units reported in the Census was 3,107,o~.' wh 3~08~ were occupied and 45 vacant. The Census Certificate shows the population of Sou~h San Francisco to be 11,406, distri as follows;- ~h sexes I, ale Female ~±'ot al' population 11, .~06 5,910 5,496 V5O 5,3~4 ;~?hit e 11,076 5, ~ Negro 318 148 1VO Other races 1~ 10 ~ Si__~.~ned; - PHILIP M. HAUSER, ~ E T . ACTIN¥ D~:R C OR The ~epertment of Public Works submitted a ts_bulation showing the apportionment of the April,1944,quarterly payment of the -~ cent gas tax allocation under Section 194 of the Stree and Highways Code for expenditure o.~. streets of ms jot i.~:portance for the cities of the distz ~he tabulation showed the amoif,t allotted South San ?rancisco for the fiscal year 1944, be,~$1058.8V. As this was on a 66?9 population basis ~'~ayor Holston instructed, t.,h~e City Clerl~ Forward a certified copy of the new population, from the Census ~' taken in karct:/,~to the Depart .of l~[otor Vehicles and Joard'of Public Works, Lacrament9,California,with a return receipt req~ oy re~istered letter. ..... ~ ............... ~ ..... ~o ~.~m,,~s reaving oeen forwarded to the various council~ for study and perusal, in lieu of having the minutes read at the meetings,in order to sat tine, ~- ' ' '~ the city clerk.: aske~:~ if this ~:ethod of ?anc~li~< ~e boar~:'s record~ ~ ~ ~ sked ~f al! members of t~e council were a~reeable to th.e c] satisfacto~,~, ka~o~ Holston a ~ ~here appearinC no objections ~..~ayor I olston r]eclsred the minutes adopted. ~ An ajiplicat!on was r~:ade by Peter A.Dress for a permit to finish 8 rooms in his build! in the rear ~f l-~is restaurant,c94 Gran~ Avenue, referrin(j to interior finish~ at an estir cost of ,~800, As no sketch or plans or specifications were submitted with the applicati~ cit~/ clerk was instructed to request l~.r. Dress to furnish ~t e sa~e. A communication was receive~ from tt~e Division of highways, tLe hif::ht of Way.Agent, ~ in[~. fibe city to cancel the taxes on varioL~s lots bou[:['ht b~ the State of California on t~ighway for wideninf~ p~rfoses. Referred to cit? attorney Coleberd~who a~vised t)~at the c~ list of the proi?erty bouf~[ht should be corn?lied and submitted to the council. So ordered. A calalog of available federal property for sale was suomitted b? the ~reasury bepar~ Ordered truned over to councilman ..oido,city purchasing commissioner. 'aczfic ~as ~ _[lectric Company notified the city that the light unit ordered instal] the east side of ~t-'untington Avenue,b10 feet fro~ and North of E'anforan Avenue was instal] 9th,1944. Accepted and filed. Notice was received from the State ~oard of Equalization of the renewal application o Gus Earris, =ay Cit,! Grill, of his ON-Sale Beer license. ~?ere were no objections by the Pacific aas& Electric Co-many' s~ ~mitted a statement showing' the amount due the city their franchise for'selling .gas, , ac be ~4951.01. ~he check for the same was recei by the city clerk. Accepted and filed. ~'he State Compensation Insurance ?~nd notified tt-~e city of s.n 87J reduction in basic compensation insurance rates. ~.ccepted and filed. 'atten A communication was rece!ve~] from County Eealth OI'ficer Charles C.~ans" , calling, the.~ of ctt~'")authorities to the necessity of conr-tructing a unifo~ ordinance for better control of al premises for rent for human habitation,rooms,~ivisions of buildings,apartments~etc. City Coleberd stated he was a member of the Committee working on the su~.ject and he expected ordinance to ~ce submitted at an earl~, date. Chief of Police ~elloni requested that tie [ollowing appointments of guards at the ~et Steel Corporation be cancelled;- ~iar~y ~alter Kelly,Clifford ~:ranklin ~egnal, Benedict J ~.endner,~,!anue[ Rabello,Joe ~oney Raabe,John A.Berry,Donald P.~ichael, Iienry J.Lancendorfe John ~rusa,Le.e R.Wise,Yillery Joseph ?orde,Roscoe Wooldridge.,Jt~mes i~rancis Eolvey,Harry ~ Councilman l~[inUcciani moved the appointn:ents be cancelled. ~'he motiou wa~. seconded by cou: Boido and reiularlF carried. Chief of i:olice Beltoni submitted the name of Joseph Fhillip ~.;aguire for appointment ~ g~,~ard at ~.am~o~d Aircraft Company. Councilman Elder moved the appointment be confi~ed,w: remuneration from the city.lhe motion was seconded by councilman Bays snd regularly carr[~ The City ~'ecreation Co~mission recommenoed that Dolores Ferrari be emplo],ed as a recr~ leader by the city on a part-time basis for 1V hours per week at .85 cents an hour, commen~ i~lay 1,1944,un~il the scLool vacation period begins about June 15,1944. Councilman kinucc: ~he recommendation be accepted and the lad~ appointed. The motion was seconded by councilm~ ~!ays and regularly' carried. In another communication from ti.e ~ecreation Co~nnissior... it was reco~ended t~:at the f.n tt':e Recroation Center a~uildin[, be enclosed in a locke6 box,tha~, two sawlorses and a she[ constructed in t~e craft r~om,the tables covered with ? asonite and broken windows ce repsi~ -'eferred to commissioner Elder. The Dnited States d-overnment requested a disclaimer be given by the Cit], of South Sar cisco in a strin of lan~ a6jacent to the new propo~:ed sewer location. ~,e.ferred to City attorney Coleberd. A statement was received fro~ the Devsrtment of Co~m~rce,~ureau of Census,~'ashington, showing the :oo~ulation of South ~an Francisco,~? race and sex, as returned at the Special taksn s.s of ~arch 1,1944. ~'he number of dwelling units re~orted in the Census was 3~08~ were occupied and 45 vacant. The Census Certificate shows the vomulation of South San Francisco to be 11,406, dist as follows;- ~th sexes I/ale i%male 'iotal' population 11, ~06 5,910 5,496 White 11,076 5, V5~ 5,3~4 Negro 318 148 1VO Other races. 1~ 10 ~ Si__gn__ed;- ~ILIP M,HAUSER, ACTIN¥ DLRECTOR. The ~epartment of Public Works submitted a tabulation showing tLe apportionment of April,1944, quarterly payment of the ~ cent gas tax allocation under Section 1~4 of the Str~ and Highways Code for expenditure o~ streets of ms jot i~portance for the cities of the dis1 ~he tabulation showed the amo~.t allotted South Sa~ ,"rancisco for the fiscal year 1944~ be,~lO58.SV. As t?~is was on a ~6~9 population basis ~iayor Holston instructed the City C!er~ forward a certified copy of the new population~ from the Census taken in i~arch',~to the Depal of ~[otor Vehicles and _.card of Public Works, hacramentg,California,with a return receipt re~ oy registered letter. The ~onti-ly re orts of the Suildina~ Inspector, Sanitary inspector, Fire Chie~f, Police Chief, City JUdge and City Clerk for the month ending ~.pril b0t?,l!~44 were submitted a~:~d accepted. Under the head o~ t~nfini,~'hed business the South San Francisco ~iransit Company's bus ser~.'ice was taken up. Lrs. ~ernan of $outhwood stated some drivers do not stop on signal~ leave their base before schedule and some after achedu!e, and generally- indifferent toward the pUblis. I'.".r Ryan of the company spoke to the city council on behalf of the company. He stated he had warned Lis drivers to be courteous and polite to t~e public, that if some had not heeded his advice he was not aware of it,and t?~at he was sorry to l~now of ~.t ~.~? would ~et busy remidying any defect in t?e service. ?rso ?~ernan also reported ti~e busses do not always stop at the railroad crossings,pnd that t~.e street cars do nor always stop at Orange Avenue. Layor E~-,~-.kon t[ave stern warning t'hat aiL busses must stop at railroad crossings, and failure to do so may be followed by arrest and conviction. The clerk was~ ~nstructed to~fmnd ~he amount of otreet asse,£s~.ent & taxes on certamn~lots mn B Under the head of new ousiness councilman ~oido called the council s attention to amount of/~' bid on b fees received ~?rom t?'e city' by Works Engineer Robert Kl.,a, ssen, as compared with the amount paid \l¥]r.i~cKnt to a fu!ltime engineer, and moved that the position of }?orks Engineer be vacated. So;'_e d~scussio~ ..~ arose between 1,~r. :~lassen and Councilman Boido as to thc fees received by., ~he en.~ inee. r in the later months of his empioyment.EngineerKlassen claimed i~ was not even a fair sal$!?for hit services, while co~ncilr~'.an Boido claimed it was more than double tl e amount paid the previous engineer for full time work. The councilmen at first were inclina, d to lay the matter over for a month, but councilman Boido~ contended now was the right time to take action,at their first business meeting. .~hen ~;rs.aernon of 5outhwood remarked the people expected action on t?e subject L:ayor Roiston called for a vote, and all councilmen voted Yes except councilman I'~iinucciani, who voted No. ~y the same vote ~.r. Dino ?allesf. ri~ ~,~as retie~ed of his ~9,0 per month position as Supervisor of ~'arks,created b~' the city council in Febr. of this year. Councilman Boido nominated ~!orman Eynding as Superintendent of Streets, part ti~e, beginning l',.[ay ~,1944 at a salary of ,i.~19,5.00 Per i'.,ionth. The motion was secor,ded by councilma~ Elder and regularly carried/ Engineer ?,lessen offered bis services to a new enaineer wl~.en one is appointed.Councilman Boido stated he didnt offer his services w) en i~r. l~larshall was in, but helped to get him out. Lavid J.Ratto called the council's attention to the ..~550 ti e }artford Insurance Company had written the city on account of the city's loss by storm on Lece~ber 8,1~43,though the city was r. ot protected by t~'e ~,~ ~ooint insurance coverage. Councilman ~oido stated it was no gi~t, but a discount rendered '~y all companies to good clients. Cotmcilman Hays reported fire house ~;o. a was ~n need of roof repairing,having leaked from the last rain,and moved bids be called for a roofing_ job. 'ihe motion was seconded by councilman Elder and regularly carried. Im tlc matter of the proposed new Freeway on ~!~yshore i~ig~,way the city council voted to accept the recommendation of the '!ighway Commission to construct an overpass instead of an underpass between L, utler ;,venue and ~rand Avenue. In t]~e ~atter of t~e ~blic pound it was reported tLat seepsae from tie Ln!ted ~'acking Company's yards into the 'ound lot creates slush and mud and. smell and is a general nuisance~ and unsanitary. Ail co~,.~ncii~men agreed t]~at ti_e situation is bad there, ihat the dogs-~'ust be separated bY sexes,~y sizes and the sick ones se-,oarated ~ ~ . ~r~_~ the healthy dogs. it was decided that tL,~ po~nd should be put in first class order. Accordini21y ?.o~or P_olston appointed a coPs~ittee consisting of Councilmen,?,iin~cciani,~!ays and Elder to s~,~pervise t~e work of having' the po~nd cleanect v~p and make repairs and improvements as necessary. Claims in the amount of $5,$96.00 'were next presented. Mrs. Pless May Spindler Louis Belloni R. Murphy Silvi o Stagnaro ~11- McMi~ls V. Ciarro c~ni T. M~doli Joe Ferrar io Jo~ Tocc~i Joe Gallt M. A. Gaietti J~ Souza A. Soldani F. ~asagra~e J. Pagamelli J. Patest~imi Joe Q~inl~ ~dley Perkins C~s. Bollazzi Joe Lombardi ~c~o~ D~ Cc. DeBerry' s Louis Belloni ~ Bi~c~ni Fred ~illis Allied Glass Co. F.~ & ~.~. Hirsc~ M. Greenbe~gs' Hercules Equi~ent R. Colombo B. A. Je~son H. ~edeking C. Rime~t A. ~egcsi R. Bpinelli J~ Masat R. Cag~.acci D. E. Kozl~wski A. Galli Rec. Work E~tra duty Cie tlc a~ Work St. Labor Prk. Prk. Labor St. " Pmk. Park Janitor St. Cleaning St. Labor Labor Parks Supervisor finished 1000 Post Lards repairs repair motorcycle supplies fire dept. 1 Ball chalk line supplies supplies city hall wash, grease Buick supplies, police dept. supplies, police dept. Misc. expense Matron service paint fire house #2 Install glass Part s 4 fire hydrants fire pumps and nozzles Attend fires Attend fires u ni t de ,os: ti repairs & ribbon- materials Bk. of So.S.F. Add~essograph Sales Co. So. City Lumber Co. Enterprise Eng. & Foum~rymanhole and cover W.L. Hickey Gladding McBean Calif. State Auto Assn. Chamber :of Co~e rca Royal Supply Royal Supply May Spindler Emt ex'prise Press H.~. Haaker P.G. . &.E, Standa~ Oil Co. TideWater Assoc. ~ac. Tele & Tele. Co. materials Swwer pipe replace signs ad. April 3 hanks cord 1 pus~ broom supplies Notice Bal. Equalization Pram. various policies P~em. spa cial liability various accts. Street lights Gas & Oil Motor Oil Gas & Oil 0il fire dept. Gasoline Service $ 34.43 87.13 31.50 22.00 27.50 29.00 80.08 · 8V.36 69,16 72.80 54.14 51,96/!~ 50,32 3E.O0 V.28 61.42 10.96 lO.O0 38.70 $.30 3.54 1,28 3.82 30.31 5.50 1.40 31.51 21.31 25°00: VO0.O0 5.18 11.54 280.23 60.89 1.00 3.00 3.00 3°00 3.~0 4,00 4.00 4.00 5.50 6.50 V.O0 8.00 10.00 7.0~ 15.78 5.79 85.VV 7.51 25°00 1.08 3.59 2.S4 32.00 59.54 1295.51 183.9/t 820.21 15.35 26.01 28.27 22.58 29~.00 141.25 '~*+sl ~5,30o .00 The claims havini~ been audited b~ the finance com~ittee,councilman Doido moved they be paid. The s -~ .. : motion was seconded by councilman inucciani ~ne regularly carried. There being'; no furth' ~-:r business before the board councilman Elder moved to adjourn unti :~;onday, ~,(ay 15ti ,1944, .at 1¢{ o'Clock P.[. 'ihe motion v~.as seconded bw- councilman Eays and regula ,~arried. '~ Time of.~djournm~qt, 10 o'clock ayov of SOuth San F~ancisco