Capital projects (getting stuff done), Burlingame bayside

The Daily Journal/Austin Walsh/Staff, 7/5/17.  "Burlingame officials OK Topgolf deal. Council praises hiked rent offering; hold off on earmarking future funds."

Fore Burlingame? (Pacifica dog)

.... "Consent from councilmembers to move ahead with talks fortified a decision earlier this year to allow Topgolf to use the land ahead of competing proposals from ice skating and badminton enthusiasts who also expressed interest in the site.  ....  While negotiators will continue hammering out details of a deal expected to be finalized later, initially accepted terms guarantee Topgolf will pay $1.5 million annually for the first five years, with payments increasing in following years.

....  The center would be built on the existing Golf Center site and offer entertainment, food, music, golf lessons, summer camps, tournaments and leagues. The company has said it plans to cater to local families, as well as the swaths of travelers packing the city’s string of hotels along the Bayfront.
 ....  The larger annual rental fees will flow into the city’s general fund, to the chagrin of affordable housing advocates who wished the money would be set aside to help those struggling to cope with the rising cost of living in Burlingame.  ....  With the understanding work should continue to complete the contract and officials will have more discussions about ways to use the revenue, Ortiz expressed his admiration for the early terms."  Read article.

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Reference. Topgolf  Corporation, the ultimate in golf, games, food and fun. Replacing. Burlingame Golf Center.  Related.  Topgolf, Hillsboro, OR. 

Related petition. Change.org. 1/22/17, Bring Top Golf to Burlingame."Partner with a family friendly sports and recreation facility which generates $500,000 of annual rent for Burlingame plus tax revenue we can apply to financing some of Burlingame's much needed capital projects such as a new Recreation Center, City Hall and park maintenance."

Note photograph from Animal Rescue Foundation/Tony La Russa,"Fore ARF."

Posted by Kathy Meeh

Fourth of July activity planning, let the party begin

From City of Pacifica/Connect with Pacifica/Keith Breskin, Interim City Manager, 6/30/17 email.

"It’s time to have some fun and it’s time to be careful.  Everyone can have fun over the holiday being with family and friends, doing some grilling, enjoying the festivities at Frontierland Park on Tuesday (thank you Parks, Beaches and Recreation Department) and celebrating the birthday of our great nation.

At the same time, please be careful with any fireworks that you plan on using to commemorate the 4th of July.  Even the “safe and sane” fireworks need to be discharged wisely.  And keep in mind, if someone gets hurt or property is damaged as a result of the use of fireworks from your property, whether you are directly responsible or not, you can be held legally responsible.  So, please, be a great neighbor and keep Pacifica safe over the holiday."

Keith Breskin, Interim City Manager. 

City News, same Connect with Pacifica email.

Related, 4th of July Frontierland Park activities. "Join the Fun at the 43rd Annual

4th of July Celebration at Frontierland Park. The City of Pacifica Parks, Beaches & Recreation Department brings fun for the whole family to Frontierland Park on Tuesday, July 4th from 11:00am to 4:00pm at its annual 4th of July celebration. Enjoy live music, food, free games and more! 

A free mobile app called "Nail 'Em" available from Apple iTunes and Google Play allows residents to report possession, use or sale of illegal fireworks to the Pacifica Police, including photos and GPS location. Find out more here."

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Related, Bay Area 4th of July activities. The Mercury News/Bay Area News Group/Entertainment/6/30/17.  Related. Fun Cheap SF.  Hidden SF, "Best 4th of July Fireworks and Festivals in SF Bay Area." 

Reference, the Holiday.  History.com/Fourth of July holiday.  "The Fourth of July—also known as Independence Day or July 4th—has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. From 1776 to the present day, July 4th has been celebrated as the birth of American independence, with festivities ranging from fireworks, parades and concerts to more casual family gatherings and barbecues."

Posted by Kathy Meeh

Planning Commission meeting Monday July 3, 2017 cancelled

Yea sure, we're legal Officer

Cake decoration made easy.
Happy 4th 3rd!

Notice of cancellation from the Planning Commission, short holiday message reads: "meeting cancelled". 
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Note graphics: Cake image from Pinterest, "25+ best ideas about July 4th...."   Legal from Pinterest/Dreamtime. 

Posted by Kathy Meeh

School's out, perfect attendance: how'd he do that?

Pacifica Tribune/Jean Bartlett Features Correspondent, 6/23/17. "Nine years of perfect attendance."

Today okay, but how does one
student do that (K-8) 9 years? Wow!

"Among Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School’s recent eighth grade graduates, one student earned a Pacifica School District record. For his entire nine years in the District — kindergarten through fifth grade at Sunset Ridge Elementary and sixth through eighth grade at IBL — Sheikh Shim Hussain has never missed a day of school nor has he ever been tardy.

“Sheikh has been a remarkable student,” said IBL principal Dan Lyttle. 'I had the great fortune to know him while he was still at Sunset Ridge and he has continued to grow and mature into a tremendous young man.'

'I have been working in schools for 22 years and I have never known a student to achieve this goal,' the principal went on to say. 'To have been present every single day and to never have been late for nine years is extraordinary. This achievement equates to 1,620 school days Sheikh has been present for during his time in the Pacifica School District'.”

Sheikh Shim, 13, is the elder of Sheik and Naz Hussain’s two sons. His younger brother, Sheikh Hamshin, has also never missed a day of school. He will graduate from IBL next year.
'Really, all the credit goes to my mom,' Sheikh said.  ... .... Sheikh will be heading off to Oceana High School in the new school year. 'I’m going to try to keep my record going'."  Read more.

Related article, the tough 14 year competition.  Fox News U.S./Good News/Staff, 6/5/17, "High school senior to graduate with perfect attendance - since kindergarten."  "Mareiya Gonzales, 17, is making headlines with his unbeatable 2,336th consecutive day of school, coupled with 4.07 grade-point average at Pittsburg High School, northeast of Oakland."  The Virginian-Pilot/Education/Elisabeth Hulett, Hattie Brown Grrow, 6/16/13, "Perfect school attendance is still a rare feat."   Note graphic. Attendance today image from Gclipart.com.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

Market moves forward despite politics

From 6/23/17, Beacon Economics/Summer 2017, "U.S., California Economies Largely Unaffected by National Poitical Turmoil." 

Huge almost zero economic growth!

"The political theatre that continues to play out in Washington has had ‘very little’ effect on the economy, so far. While policy uncertainty remains one of the greatest potential hazards to current economic growth, to date, it has not disrupted the upward trajectory of either the U.S. or California economies.

The latest edition of Beaconomics has the U.S. economy lining up for another year of growth in the 2% to 2.3% range – a moderate level, but somewhat faster than last year and with little sign that the expansion will be ending any time soon. In California..."

Related articles. Continued moderate growth. The balance/US Economy/Kimberly Amadeo, 6/14/17, "US Economic Outlook: For 2017 and Beyond." "The U.S. economic outlook is healthy according to the key economic indicators. The most critical indicator is gross domestic product, which measures the nation's production output. The GDP growth rate is expected to remain between the 2 percent to 3 percent ideal range. Unemployment is forecast to continue at the natural rate. There isn't too much inflation or deflation. That's a Goldilocks economy. President Trump promised to increase economic growth to 4 percent. That's actually faster than is healthy. Growth at that pace leads to an overconfident irrational exuberance. That creates a boom that least to a damaging bust."   Related, political inflation. change.  Business Insider/Markets/Bob Bryan, 6/2/17, "Trump says the US economy is 'absolutely tremendous" - but it still looks like the 'mess' he says he inherited from Obama."...."On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May jobs report, one of the most important indicators of whether the economy is growing "very, very rapidly," and it was decidedly lackluster. .... Trump likes to say he "inherited a mess" when he took office, but four months into his presidency and despite his proclamations of rapid improvement, the economy still looks similar to the way it did before Trump won."

Note graphics. Flag by Alvaro Dominguez from New York Times/Lynn Vavreck, 4/2/16,"American Anger: It's Not the Economy. It's the Other Party." Fragmented Trump from VICE/Matt Phillips, 6/21/17, "Economy seem to be losing faith that the economy will see a 'Trump bump'."

Posted by Kathy Meeh

City Council meeting, Monday June 26, 2017

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or view on local television or live feed Pacific Coast TV. If you missed meetings, view on PCT26 YouTube!  The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City Council updates and archives are available on the City Council website.      Channel 26 television schedule, see Monday, 06/26/17. 

Interactive City Council Agenda, 6/26/17      City Council Agenda, 6/26/17, pdf pages  345

Items 7, 8.  Okay, the City Operating and
Capital Budgets are better than this.

Closed session, 6:00 p.m.
Government code 54956.8, property negotiations, price and terms of payment, 2212 Beach Boulevard: Friend Development Group LLC, a Delaware LLC. 
Open session, 7:00 p.m.

Call to order, roll call, salute to flag.  Closed Session report. Special presentations: Proclamation/Parks, Beaches and Recreation month. 
Consent Calendar 
1.     Approval of financial disbursements, report. a) 5/22/17 -5/25/17. 
2.     Approval of City Council meeting Minutes, report. a) 6/12/17.
3.     Resolution designating Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission the Local Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, report/resolution.
4.     Resolution accepting a Grant from the CA Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, report/resolution. a) ABC police enforcement grant, 7/1/17-6/30/18, $40,000, pdf pages 9.
5.    Crespi Sanitary Sewer Main Repair Project, approve agreements, report. a) Construction contract, JDB & Sons Constructon, Inc. (Contractor), $988,300, pdf pages 16).  b) Temporary easement agreement, Dorothy J. Wiechers Trust, 5200 Coast Highway, 6/12/17, pdf pages 12. c)  Utility easement, Dorothy J. Wiechers Trust, 6/12/17, pdf pages 13. d)  First engineering consultant agreement, Freyer & Laureta, Inc., $23,700, (total agreement cost $63,100), pdf pages 4.
6.    Growth Management Ordinance (amending Title 9, Chapter 5, municipal code TA-107-17) extended 5 years, report/ordinance, pdf pages 5..
7.     Independent Accountant's Report, 2016-17, (required CA Article XIIIB), report/resolution.
a)  Budget calculation limit (fiscal year 2017-18) explanation. b)  Gann calculation: general and special funds appropriation limits, fiscal year 2017-18. c)  Letter of Gann compliance limit, fiscal year 2017-18, Maze & Associates Accountancy. d) Memorandum on Internal Control (required), Maze & Associates Accountancy, pdf pages 20. 
Communications - Public (Oral); City Council; City Staff. 

Consideration, Budget.
8.     Annual Operating and Capital Budget, fiscal year 2017-18, report/resolution:
General Fund $31,129,000; All Funds, $83,580,000, pdf pages 5.  a) Proposed Budget, pdf pages 77.
Public Hearings
9.     Marijuana operations and related activities ordinance (draft), amending Municipal Code (MC) regulations (Title 4), modify zoning (Title 9), report, pdf pages 12. a)  Title 4, public safety licenses, pdf pages 11. b)  Zoning amendment regulation, pdf pages 45. c)  Map overlay zones, pdf pages 6. d)  Resolution, excise ballot tax, pdf pages 4. e)  Tax on operations, adding chapter 18 to MC Title 3, pdf pages 9. f) Planning Commission Resolution 6/5/17, pdf pages 3. g) Planning Commission text and zoning recommendation, 6/5/17, pdf pages 13. h)  Youth buffer zone map, pdf pages 1.
Consideration, Reports.
10.  Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission Annual Report, information report. a)  PBR annual report.
11.   Accept San Mateo County verification of required signatures against immediate and retroactive rent stabilization:  "... temporary moratorium on certain residences, just cause tenant evictions", ordinance 814. Alternative action, special election 11/7/17, cost $17,000 est., report. a)  San Mateo County verification letter.
Adjourn.    Note photograph from OIA News/Chase Cook, 6/21/17, "Annapolis City Council approves operating budget."

Posted by Kathy Meeh

City Council meeting, Monday, June 12, 2017

OOPS, in correcting a typo, I  hit the publish rather than the save button, which changed the article date to current. The date is out of order, but the comments were saved.  Sorry for any confusion caused. (Kathy) 

Attend in person, 2212 Beach Boulevard, 2nd floor. Or view on local television or live feed Pacific Coast TV. If you missed meetings, view on PCT26 YouTube!  The city council meeting begins at 7 p.m., or shortly there following. City Council updates and archives are available on the City Council website.      Channel 26 television schedule, see Monday, 06/12/17. 


Interactive City Council Agenda, 6/12/17        City Council Agenda, 6/12/17, pdf page 399

Open session, 7:00 p.m.

Call to order, roll call, salute to flag.  Closed Session, none. Closed Session Report if any. Special presentations:  1) Seton Medical Center/John Ferrelli, CEO; 2) San Mateo County Conservation District/Kelly Nelson.  Proclamation/Amateur Radio Week.

Consent Calendar 
1.     Approval of financial disbursements, report. a)  4/26/17 - 5/15/17.
2.     Approval of City Council meeting Minutes, report.  a)  5/8/17. b)  5/22/17.  c)  5/16/17.
3.     Proclamation confirming Pacifica coastline local emergency: Westline Drive to the end of Beach Boulevard, report.  Photographs: bluff failure/boulders on the beach,6/6/17.
4.     Code Enforcement Officer job description, revisions in contemplation of new hire, report/Resolution.  a) Revisions, 5/22/17.
5.     FY 2015-16, Child Care Reserve Account funds transfer to the General Fund, $72,457, report.
6.     FY 2017-18, prepare documents/contractual agreements/amendments with County of San Mateo Area Agency on Aging for Congregate Nutrition, Transportation, Home Delivered Meals and Supplemental Home Deliverd Meals programs, and any other 1x State or County funds, report.
7.     Notice of completion, Hazardous Materials Abatement and demolition, 310 Esplanade Avenue, report/Resolution.  a)  City Engineer notice, 6/12/17.
8.     Pier wall caps replacement project, R.E. Staite Engineering, Inc. construction agreement, $83,750.  (Project will combine with a pending 5/2013 National Fish and Wildlife Federation and California Wildlife Conservation Board grant, reimbursement $500,000.). report. a)  R.E. Staite Engineering, Inc. construction agreement, pdf pages 23. 
9.     400 block Esplanade Coastal Trail, Alta Planning & Design not to exceed $75,000, report.  a) Professional trail design agreement, pdf pages 20.

NIMBY Items, 12 and 15.

10.   Letter of opposition to CA Proposition 64 cannabis trailer bill currently being considered by the the CA legislature, (the trailer bill deletes various local control, public health and safety provisions), report.  a) Letter. 
Communications - Public (Oral); City Council; City Staff.   

Public Hearing
11.   Resolution adopting the City Capital Improvement Program (CIP), 2017-2022, report, Resolution.  a) CIP draft, pdf pages 172.  b) Planning Commission CIP Resolution. 
Consideration
12.   Eliminate future library location site, 2212 Beach Blvd, a request from Mayor Pro Tem John Keener, report.
13.   Open Space and Parkland Advisory Committee Preservation (OSPAC) Award, and Annual Report, report.  Annual report, 2016.
14.   City council Study Session (priorities and management guidance): short term rental regulations, report, pdf pages 8. a)  CoastalCommission/Coastal Zone.  b)  San Mateo County/21 Elements/short term vacation rentals, pdf pages 21.  c) Pacifica/CA Code of Ordinances/Bed and Breakfast.
15.    Abandonment of Highway 1 widening (a request from Councilmember Deirdre Martin), letter to San Mateo County Transportation Authority. Request repurpose funding for that purpose to re-study Highway 1 same area congestion alternatives, report. a) Draft letter to Caltrans. b) Letter from SMCTA 5/30/17.
16.   Amend and extend 5 years the City Growth Management Ordinance (Municipal Code TA-107-17, Title 9, Chapter 5). Report/Resolution,pdf pages 6. a) Planning Commission Resolution. b) Ordinance, pdf pages 5.
17.   Illegal Fireworks Task Force recommendations, report.
Adjourn.
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Note skunk graphics:  Bring flowers from Cartoons/skunk.. image #3; exposed to backside from Changing Winds/12/14/16, "Do you provide skunkadelic service to your customers?"
 
Posted by Kathy Meeh

City calendar, June 24 - July 7, 2017

From City of Pacifica/Keith Breskin, Interim City Manager public email list, 6/23/17.   See City of Pacifica/ Connect With Pacifica for prior editions.

....  "Save The Date

• June 24 - Palmetto Streetscape Project Groundbreaking 10:00am at the corner of Montecito Ave. and Palmetto Ave. See the invitation for more information.
• June 24 - Taste of Pacifica presented by Pacifica Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge showcases 25 Pacifica food vendors in one location from noon to 3:00pm. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
• June 26 - City Council Meeting 7:00pm at City Council Chambers, 2212 Beach Blvd. See the Full Agenda for more information.
• July 4 - 43rd Annual 4th of July Celebration & Rocket Run. See the City News section above for more information.
• July 4 - City Offices Closed in observance of Independence Day.
• July 7 - Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission application deadline. See City News section above for more information.
•  Upcoming City Meetings – For information about upcoming City meetings, visit the City of Pacifica website at www.cityofpacifica.org and check the Calendar for City Council Meetings and Other City Meetings at the bottom of the page."

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Note graphic image from Hugles Hall, University of Cambridge/MCR, UK.

Posted by Kathy Meeh

Library survey, again

 

Growing-up intelligent, ethical
and moral in the community.

Palmetto Avenue library concept.

City of Pacifica Listens, "Help imagine the future of Pacifica's Libraries."

"The City of Pacifica is planning the future of our libraries. By participating in this short survey, you will contribute to the priorities of Pacifica’s libraries. Your input counts!

For more information and updates on the planning work for Pacifica’s Libraries, check here.

The survey should take about three minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for your participation and feedback on this process!   Take the Survey.   (Deadline: 5:00 PM, 7/31/17.)"

Note photographs/graphics.  New library conceptual design from the City of Pacifica. Intelligent child from the from 2017 Vallemar Craft Fair...kid shop.

Posted by Kathy Meeh