BMC Section 17.32.220 requires Planning Commission review of a grading permit when more than 50 cubic yards of material is to be removed from the site and/or when more than 250 of material are involved.
SITE DESCRIPTION: The site is approximately 3 acres in size and is located south of the Golden State Lumber storage yard, between the CalTrain rail lines and Tunnel Avenue, on the westernmost edge of the former municipal landfill. Most of the parking area will be set back from Tunnel Avenue by approximately 78 to 100 feet and set back from CalTrain by approximately 40 to 115 feet.
The subject area is vegetated with Coyote brush scrub and grasses that have grown on the soil cap over the landfill following cessation of the landfilling in this area in the mid-1900’s. The City’s biological consultant for the Baylands has previously identified seasonal wetlands in the areas east and west of this site, but the proposal site would not encroach into those areas.
The attached photo by staff taken in September 2019 shows the general state of the site.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed operations as described by the applicant are summarized as follows:
Site Preparation The site would run parallel to Tunnel Avenue with a one-way entrance from Tunnel Avenue at the north end and a one-way exit at the south end of the site.
Prior to occupying the site with the buses, the site would be prepared by grubbing the vegetation and laying base rock across the site. The total grading volume would be approximately 4,075 cubic yards. Approximately 400 cubic yards of the grubbed material would be exported from the site and approximately 3,675 cubic yards would be imported base rock to provide a parking surface.
A six foot high chain link fence would be placed around the perimeter of the site, with a manually operated, lockable gate at the driveway entrance and exit. Solar powered temporary light standards would be placed at eleven locations across the site for safety and security, as shown on the applicant’s site plan.
Per a draft condition of approval, prior to preparing the site for the proposed use, the nearby wetlands would be marked by the project biologist, to the satisfaction of the Community Development Director, to prevent inadvertent disruption of those areas during the site preparation work.
Proposed Use As indicated above, the site would be used for staging up to 90 Google buses for transporting Google employee commuters. The buses would be picked up and dropped off by contracted Google bus drivers Monday through Friday, between 3 and 7 am and 3 and 9 pm.
Drivers arriving by personal vehicle would park those vehicles on the site, in place of the Google buses. The total vehicle trips per day is estimated at 360, with the peak hours being between 4 and 6 am at a rate of 60 trips per hour and between 7 and 8 pm at a rate of 50 trips in that hour.
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Note that a trip is counted for each time either a personal vehicle or bus would enter or exit the yard.
Vehicle maintenance would not be conducted on the site.
No permanent employees would be located on the site, since the site would only serve as a staging location to store, pick up and drop off buses. The buses are equipped with lavatories and trash receptacles and so no restroom or trash collection facilities are planned for the site. All waste products would be handled off-site, outside of Brisbane.
As indicated above the yard would be fenced and gated for security. Additionally, security personnel would periodically patrol this site along with two other nearby Google sites 7 days a week. Portable solar-powered lighting standards with security cameras would be located on the site for security and safety during early morning and evening vehicle transfers. Lighting would be on in the mornings at 4:30 am and in the evenings to 11 pm. The Police Department reviewed the applicant’s proposal and had no objections.
ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS: The required findings under BMC Sections 17.41.060.A-F and project analysis are as follows:
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a) The interim use will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or injurious to nearby properties or improvements;
The proposal complies with this finding.
The site is within an industrial area of Brisbane and the proposal is not anticipated to have any detrimental or injurious effects. The area is largely surrounded by vacant lands, and the CalTrain rail line. CalTrain’s north-south rail lines run adjacent to the site immediately to the west. The Golden State Lumber storage yard is located approximately 200 feet to the north. To the east, across Tunnel Avenue, are the Brisbane Recycling Company and Brisbane Soil Processing operations. To the south are vacant lands of the Baylands. Note that CalTrain has indicated that their fiber line runs on the property and appears to be immediately to the west of the proposed yard. To ensure that there is no damage to the nearby fiber line, a condition of approval is included to coordinate locating it in the field prior to grading.
Given the site’s location, the closest residential uses are approximately 1/3 mile away, to the southwest, at the Northeast Ridge, and slightly more distant to the west and north in Daly City and San Francisco, at approximately ½ mile. Given those distances, and the operational conditions of approval, including the number of vehicle trips per hour, the use is not anticipated to have any detrimental effects on the residential areas. Despite that, since the CalTrain Bayshore station is located approximately ¼ mile to the north on Tunnel Avenue, due to the anticipated increase in bus traffic, CalTrain has requested that UP-4-19/EX-3-19
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prior to the start of operations, outreach be made by Google to the nearby residential neighborhood. This would be to inform the nearby residents that the Google buses, to be housed on the subject site, will be operating near that station. b) the interim use will not create any significant environmental impacts; The proposal complies with this finding.
The use is temporary in nature with no permanent structures or utilities and the use would have negligible or no permanent effects on the environment. As such it is categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. As indicated above, there are wetlands in the vicinity of the site, but these are outside the area of proposed use. A condition of approval is included for a qualified project biologist to delineate the wetlands in the field and that they be marked with temporary orange fencing to prevent inadvertent damage during grading.
The use of buses for Googles employees will serve to remove single occupancy vehicles from the roadways and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the region, reducing environmental impacts that would otherwise result from single occupant vehicles. c) the interim use will not obstruct redevelopment;
The proposal complies with this finding.
In considering approval of the Interim Use Permit, the Planning Commission must find that the use “…will not obstruct, interfere with, or delay the intended redevelopment of the property…” (BMC Section 17.41.060.C). Given the short duration of the proposed use and that fact that it will not include any permanent structures, there would be no obstruction to redevelopment plans. A condition of approval is included to address vacation of the site should redevelopment be advanced during the permit period. d) all required public utilities and other infrastructure are or will be available; This proposal complies with this finding.
The infrastructure of the roadway is provided via Tunnel Avenue with nearby U.S. 101 freeway access via Beatty Avenue. No utilities are required for this use. e) the use will benefit the property and/or the public; The proposal complies with this finding.
The use would benefit the public in that the bus yard would support the use of commuter buses and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the region.
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f) encourage the employment of Brisbane residents to the extent it is reasonably possible to do so.
The proposal complies with this finding.
The applicant indicates that their employment recruitment program will include directed outreach to Brisbane residents, to the extent possible. Google utilizes vendor partners for bus driver services and has indicated that they will encourage those vendors to post job openings in the City’s Chamber of Commerce publication, the Luminary.
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In 2003, the Planning Commission adopted guidelines and findings for reviewing grading applications based on General Plan policies.
a. The proposed grading is minimized and designed to reflect or fit comfortably with the natural topography.
b. The proposed grading is designed to avoid large exposed retaining walls. c. The proposed grading is designed to conserve existing street trees. d. The proposed grading complies with the terms of the San Bruno Mountain Area Habitat Conservation Plan Agreement and Section 10(a) Permit, if and as applicable.
The proposal either complies or is not applicable to these findings. The only applicable finding is the first and the grading will not appreciably change the relatively flat topography of the site, except to even out the surface of this relatively flat site and provide a layer of base rock. There would be no retaining walls, no effected trees and the site is not within the HCP. It should be noted that technical issues such as soil stability, erosion control and site drainage are under the purview of the City Engineer, as a separate grading permit.
Finally, note that this application was routed to the City Engineer/Public Works Director, Fire Dept., Police Dept., San Mateo County Environmental Health, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Bayshore Sanitary District, San Francisco Water and CalTrain JPB for review and comment. There were no objections to the proposed use. Proposed conditions of approval are provided with the attached resolution.
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ATTACHMENTS:
A. Vicinity Map
B. Site Photograph
C. Applicant’s Project Description
D. Applicant’s Vehicle Trip Estimates
E. Applicant’s Proposed Plans
F. Draft Resolution UP-4-19/EX-3-19
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October 24, 2019
1. PUBLIC HEARING: Interim Use Permit UP-7-19 (Continuation of UP-4-18); Baylands, East of Bayshore Boulevard, between Icehouse Hill and the Caltrain rail lines; C-1 Commercial Mixed Use District; Interim Use Permit to allow the previously approved interim use to continue through December 2020, to allow outdoor staging of construction materials and equipment and assembly of work trains and rail track segments on an approximately 3.5-acre vacant site with an existing rail spur, to support improvements along the Caltrain rail-line corridor; Zach Mayes, applicant; Universal Paragon Corp., owner.
Senior Planner Johnson gave the staff presentation and answered Commissioner questions regarding metering of the temporary water connection and the lack of noise complaints.
Chairperson Sayasane opened the public hearing.
Zach Mayes, applicant, addressed the Commission in support of the application.
Seeing no others wishing to speak, Commissioner Mackin moved and Commissioner Gomez seconded to close the public hearing. The motion was approved 5-0.
Commissioner Mackin moved to adopt resolution UP-7-19. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Patel and approved 5-0.
2. PUBLIC HEARING: Interim Use Permit UP-4-19/Grading Review EX-3-19; 600 Tunnel Avenue, in the Baylands subarea, a vacant site south of the Golden State Lumber storage yard, between Tunnel Avenue and the Caltrain rail lines; C-1 Commercial Mixed Use District; Interim Use Permit to allow staging of up to 90 Google commuter buses to serve Peninsula Google employees on an approximately 3-acre vacant site for up to 5 years, including preparatory site grubbing and approximately 4,500 cubic yards of grading with base rock; Eric Aronsohn, applicant; Oyster Point Properties Inc. (Universal Paragon Corp.), owner.
Senior Planner Johnson gave the staff presentation and answered Commissioner questions regarding proposed on and off-site circulation, potential impacts to the capped landfill and adjacent wetland habitat, truck travel patterns of other businesses in the area, lighting, dust control, and stormwater management.
Chairperson Sayasane opened the public hearing.
Eric Aronsohn, representing owner Universal Paragon Corp, and Ross Benson, representing proposed tenant Google, addressed the Commission in support of the application.
Mary Rogers, Brisbane resident, addressed the Commission in opposition to the application.
Tamara, employee of Golden Gate Lumber, addressed the Commission regarding the timing of lumber yard operations within the vicinity of the proposed parking lot.
Seeing no others wishing to speak, Commissioner Patel moved and Commissioner Gooding seconded to close the public hearing. The motion was approved 5-0.
After deliberation, Commissioner Gooding moved to adopt resolution UP-4-19/EX-3-19, modified to reduce the term of the interim use permit to two years and to require that routing of vehicles be to the north to connect to U.S. 101. It was also advised that any application to extend the use permit beyond 2 years should include traffic circulation and trip count data. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Gomez and approved 4-1 (Mackin).
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ACTION TAKEN: Conditionally approved Interim Use Permit UP-4-19 and Grading Review EX-3-19 per the staff memorandum with attachments, via adoption of Resolution UP-4-19/EX-3-
19. (Note: Modifications imposed by the Planning Commission on October 24, 2019 are shown in redline/strikeout.)
FINDINGS:
1. The proposed interim use and the conditions under which it would be operated will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, or injurious to properties or improvements in the vicinity, as described in the staff memorandum;
2. The proposed interim use is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15304(e) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts;
3. The proposed interim use will not obstruct, interfere with, or delay the intended redevelopment of the property in accordance with the uses anticipated in the General Plan or any adopted specific plan applicable to the site, inasmuch as there are no permanent site improvements proposed.
4. There are no required public utilities since the use is for bus staging only. The infrastructure of Tunnel Avenue will provide for roadway access and lavatories and recycling is contained on the buses, so that the interim use will operate in a safe, sanitary, and lawful manner.
5. The use will benefit the property and/or the public in that it would be used to facilitate bus ridership for Google employees thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions that will benefit the public throughout the region.
6. The use would encourage the employment of Brisbane residents to the extent it is reasonably possible to do so.
7. The proposed grading is minimized and designed to reflect or fit comfortably with the natural topography.
8. The proposed grading would not include retaining walls.
9. The proposed grading would not impact trees.
10. The proposed grading is not within the San Bruno Mountain Area Habitat Conservation Plan area.
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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL:
Site Preparation
A. The applicant shall obtain a grading permit from the City Engineer prior to start of grading and shall complete grading to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
B. Grading shall comply with stormwater NPDES requirements, including Best Management Practices, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
C. Prior to grading, the applicant shall coordinate with CalTrain to locate and mark the location of the CalTrain fiber line that runs near the proposed site.
D. Prior to grading, the project biologist shall clearly mark out the extents of the wetlands area in the field and temporary orange safety fencing shall be placed at least 20 feet from the wetlands perimeter, to prevent damage to these areas during grading.
E. Applicant shall notify the County and Water Board at least 72 hours prior to grading operations and shall comply with any conditions imposed by these agencies.
F. Portable security lighting shall be placed and maintained downwards onto the site and not up or outwards, such that it would present a hazard or significant glare to off-site properties.
Any modification to the lighting plan shall be subject to Planning Director approval.
G. Security fencing shall be placed to the satisfaction of the Planning Director. Entry gates shall be set back from Tunnel Avenue, such that buses will not back up onto Tunnel Avenue while gates are being opened or closed.
H. Per the Fire Department:
a. Minimum 4 inch tall address numbers shall be posted at each entrance gate. b. All flammable vegetation must be cut and removed from the interior of the lot. c. Flammable vegetation must be cut and removed a minimum of 30 feet away from the property line, around the exterior of the lot being used, to provide a fuel break from the Baylands vegetation, except that vegetation within the wetlands areas shall not be removed without approval by the project biologist.
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I. The prospective operator shall maintain a business license through the City’s Finance Dept.
J. Prior to start of operations, Google shall coordinate with CalTrain to provide residential outreach to inform them of the Google buses to be operating in the area.
K. Per the County Environmental Health Services, the operator shall provide to the County a maintenance and monitoring program to maintain the base rock surface and to minimize surface ponding of the storm water. A copy shall also be provided to the City Planning Director.
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L. No storage is permitted, other than the Google bus parking and parking of the drivers’ vehicles used to retrieve buses.
M. The site shall be maintained free of trash and debris. Trash and recycling shall be contained on the buses for disposal at an authorized off site location.
N. The project shall comply with stormwater NPDES requirements on an ongoing basis to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
O. Per the City Engineer, all vehicles utilizing the yard shall be in compliance with vehicle weight requirements specified in California Vehicle Code Sections 35550-35558. Storage of any vehicles over these weight requirements shall be subject to approval by the City Engineer, who may impose additional conditions.
P. Routing of vehicles shall be to the north along Beatty Avenue to connect to U.S. 101 to and from the site.
Q. The site and surrounding area shall be maintained for the duration of the use in compliance with North County Fire Authority requirements, per condition H.
R. Maintenance of vehicles is not permitted on the site.
S. The gravel site surface shall be maintained to prevent water from ponding on the site and to provide for dust control to the satisfaction of the City Engineer.
T. This site shall not be paved with an impervious surface. Any such proposal would be subject to further review and approval by the Planning Director and City Engineer and review under the Water Board C.3 provisions.
U. Per the Bayshore Sanitary District requirements:
No onsite wastewater facilities, other than those on the buses are permitted. No SFPUC water connection is permitted without a permit amendment. No wastes from the buses into the District’s wastewater collection system shall be permitted.
V. Minor modifications to this use permit may be approved by the Planning Director upon written request.
W. If the City determines that the interim use would interfere or obstruct planned public improvements, within a 90-day written notice by the City the permittee shall abandon the interim use and remove improvements at its own expense.
X. This Use Permit is subject to the revocation procedures established in Brisbane Municipal Code Chapter 17.48.
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Mandatory Conditions, per BMC Section 17.41.070:
Y. Since the use is being operated by a person other than the owner of the property, the owner and the operator are furnish the city with an agreement (or a copy of a lease containing such agreement) that: (i) the operator's right to possession of the premises for the purpose of conducting the interim use is dependent upon the interim use permit having been granted and maintained in full force and effect; and (ii) the operator's right to possession of the premises for the purpose of conducting the interim use will terminate upon any expiration or revocation of the interim use permit; and (iii) it shall be the responsibility of the owner to terminate the operator's possession of the premises upon any expiration or revocation of the interim use permit if the operator continues to utilize the premises for the conduct of such interim use.
Z. The permittee shall be jointly and severally liable for all costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, the city may incur to enforce the conditions of the interim use permit upon any breach thereof by the permittee, or to abate and remove the interim use upon any failure by the permittee to discontinue such use, or to evict the operator of such use, upon the expiration or revocation of the interim use permit.
Project Close Out:
AA. Vehicles, fencing and lighting shall be removed from the site by the close of the interim use permit period or upon other vacation of the use.
BB. This Interim Use Permit shall expire five years two years from the effective date of the interim use permit.
CC. Reapplication for use permit renewal should include actual traffic routing and trip count data.
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Interim Use Permit 2021-UP-3
Date: 9/13/22
Attn: Ken Johnson – Brisbane Sr. Planner
Ken,
Google has elected to withdraw their request for appeal and extension of the above-mentioned use permit. The request I was asked by Google to bring before City Council is to allow for a 90-day wind down period so that the bus operation can transition smoothly into its next best option. We will continue to maintain the lot for dust and lighting through that period as well as provide the trip reporting like we do currently on a regular basis.
Thank you for your support along with that provided by other members of City Staff. Please let me know if there is anything further I can do to help in this transition especially pertaining to the 90-day period we are requesting.
Thank you kindly,
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CITY OF BRISBANE - CITY COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS
The following is a list of Commissions, Subcommittees, Boards, Councils and Associations for which the Council selects a representative(s).
County/Other JPA Assignments Representative/Alternate Mtg Sched.
1. Association of Bay Area Governments Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem Annually/April http://www.abag.ca.gov/
2. League of California Cities Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem Conferences http://www.cacities.org
3. Airport Land Use Committee Terry O’Connell, Rep. 4
th Thurs/mo
http://ccag.ca.gov/committees/ Madison Davis, Alt 4-6 pm
4. San Mateo County Emergency Terry O’Connell 3
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Services Council 5:30 pm
http://hsd.smcsheriff.com/
5. City/County Association of Governments Karen Cunningham, Rep 2 nd Thurs/mo
http://ccag.ca.gov/committees/board-of-directors/ Cliff Lentz, Alt. 6:30-9:30pm
6. Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance Cliff Lentz 3 rd Thurs/bi-month
http://commute.org/ Karen Cunningham, Alt 8 – 9:30 am
7. County Library JPA Karen Cunningham 2
nd Mon/bi-month
Liaison with Friends of Brisbane Library Cliff Lentz, Alt 8:15 am http://www.smcl.org/en/node/11
8. SMC Pre-Hospital EMS Group Karen Cunningham 3
rd Wed Jan/May/Sept
Board of Directors (JPA-ALS Paramedic) Terry O’Connell, Alt 6 pm
9. Airport Community Roundtable Terry O’Connell 1
st Wed/mo
http://sforoundtable.org Madison Davis, Alt 7 pm
10. North County Fire Authority Board Madison Davis Once a year of Directors/Fire Services (JPA Board) Terry O’Connell in June/July
11. Brisbane Baylands Madison Davis As Needed
Community Advisory Group (BBCAG) Terry O’Connell 7-9 pm
12. Peninsula Clean Energy JPA Coleen Mackin 4
th Thurs/mo
(SM County) Clay Holstine, Alt 7-9 pm
www.peninsulacleanenergy.com
13. Brisbane Emergency Services Council Coleen Mackin, Rep (Mayor & SMC Emergency Services Council Rep) Terry O’Connell
14. Bay Area Water Supply Conservation Agency Sepi Richardson 3 rd Thurs/mo
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15. Caltrain Modernization Local Policy Maker Group Terry O’Connell 4 th Thursday at
www.caltrain.com/calmod Cliff Lentz, Alt 6pm
(Assigned at Council Mtg of 9/7/17)
16. HEART of SMC’s Membership Agency Cliff Lentz Annually (May) Committee (MAC) Coleen Mackin (alt)
City Council Subcommittees Representative/Alternate
17. Infrastructure, Utilities, & Franchise Coleen Mackin (Water & Sewer, rates & plans, Franchise agreements, Cliff Lentz Other Infrastructure plans, Storm drains, streets,
City Facilities - buildings, marina, etc.)
18. School/City Subcommittee 2x2 Madison Davis
Karen Cunningham
19. Education Ad hoc Subcommittee Meeting Madison Davis (Created 1/17/19) Karen Cunningham
20. Fiscal & Administrative Policies Terry O’Connell
(Review of Fiscal policies, such as OPEB, Karen Cunningham Fund Balances Policies, unfunded liabilities.)
21. Affordable Housing Cliff Lentz
Madison Davis
22. Public Information/Technology Coleen Mackin
(Website, Newsletter, Broadcasting, security) Karen Cunningham
23. Economic Development Karen Cunningham
Cliff Lentz + Mitch
24. Baylands Terry O’Connell
(All things Baylands, BSP - UPC application and is Karen Cunningham various studies, i.e., financial, survey, sustainability, + 1 PC (Sayasane), + 1 CSSC (Cabrera) HSR, Soil Processing, Recology) + 1 OSEC (?) + 1 Art (Davis/Salmon) Possible Youth and/or At-Large position/s
25. Sierra Point Parkway Design Guidelines Terry O’Connell Cliff Lentz + Mitch
26. Sierra Point Parkway Park & Open Space Terry O’Connell (For parks and open space projects at SPP) Cliff Lentz
(Created 1/7/21) + 1 P&R, + 1 OSEC Member,
+ 1 Complete Streets
27. History Subcommittee Coleen Mackin
Madison Davis
28. Airport Noise Subcommittee Terry O’Connell
Madison Davis
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29. Crocker Park Noise Ad hoc Cliff Lentz
(created 10/26/17) Coleen Mackin
30. Planning Issues Coleen Mackin
Karen Cunningham
31. Cannabis Issues Madison Davis
(created 1/17/19) Terry O’Connell
32. Public Art Advisory Committee & Madison Davis
Public Art Selection Committee Karen Cunningham
+ 2 P&R, + 1 Business owner
+ 1 Artist, + 1 Community member
33. Beautification Subcommittee Karen Cunningham
(created 9/5/19) Coleen Mackin
+ 1 P&R , + 1 OSEC Member,
+ 1 Complete Streets
34. Transportation Demand Management Policy Cliff Lentz (created Sept 2021) Karen Cunningham
35. Community Garden Madison Davis
(created Nov 2021) Karen Cunningham
36. City Manager Employment Issues Ad hoc Karen Cunningham (created Feb 2022) Cliff Lentz
37. LUNAFEST Co-Sponsorship with Lions Club Madison Davis & Terry O’Connell (dissolved 4/21/22; now Lions Club event) Lions: Sharon Boggs & Deb Horen + 3 P&R (Greenlee, Kern & Seawell)
Council Liaisons Representative/Alternate
** Meet with two representatives from each Commission for Liaison meetings: involves discussion around the Commission’s achievements, goals and their upcoming workplan.
38. Liaison to Parks & Recreation Commission Madison Davis Karen Cunningham
39. Liaison to Open Space & Ecology Committee Coleen Mackin Terry O’Connell
40. Liaison to Planning Commission Cliff Lentz
Coleen Mackin
41. Liaison to Complete Streets Safety Committee Karen Cunningham Coleen Mackin
42. Liaison to Equity Plus Inclusion Committee (EPIC) and Madison Davis Inclusion, Diversity Equity & Accountability (IDEA) Cliff Lentz (created 1/7/21)
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Attn: Ken Johnson – Brisbane Sr. Planner
Ken,
Google has elected to withdraw their request for appeal and extension of the above-mentioned use permit. The request I was asked by Google to bring before City Council is to allow for a 90-day wind down period so that the bus operation can transition smoothly into its next best option. We will continue to maintain the lot for dust and lighting through that period as well as provide the trip reporting like we do currently on a regular basis.
Thank you for your support along with that provided by other members of City Staff. Please let me know if there is anything further I can do to help in this transition especially pertaining to the 90-day period we are requesting.
Thank you kindly,
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TO: Brisbane City Council, Staff
FROM: Dana Dillworth
RE: “K” Mayor Council Matters review of/creation of Ordinance 528, R&D Uses at Sierra Point September 15, 2022
While I appreciate the work our council does, I have concerns that decisions that come from ad hoc Mayor/Council committees may be imbalanced. It is not clearly stated whether this is for all types of uses or to upgrade the sentient animal-experimentation list as may be being requested by Bristol Myers Squibb DBA Myokardia, Brisbane, California.
Only two current council members were involved back when the ordinance in question was publicly noticed. There was a multitude of people who spoke to the issue of animal experimentation including Ken White, San Mateo County’s Animal Welfare Director at the time.
Many questioned the necessity, when such experimentations have already been conducted (burn research) and many outcomes can be accurately predicted by computer modeling. The issues remain the same and I incorporate the public and governmental comments and sentiment from that passage.
As such, you should include an animal welfare official and someone representing a non-profit for the protection of animals in your ad hoc committee. Consider folks that commented during the Planning Commission hearing.
Since the council entertains discussions of potential housing out at Sierra Point, one would think that seismic specialists, a Bay environmental specialist, and health/safety experts should be among the folks you confide with to bring this ordinance to the level of protection that our citizenry and other life-forms need.
Are you aware of the hazardous wastes they create and the risks we are already exposed to? Are you familiar with the emergency permit required to chemically stabilize and transport one liter of Diethyl Ether (SCH# 2022050632) a product/byproduct of this research? One mistake and we’re all sausage.
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From: Susan Kirsch <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 2, 2022 11:59 AM
Subject: Catalysts Town Hall re: Housing Solutions on Zoom (Wed. 9/7, 5:00-6:30pm) Dear City Clerk:
Please forward this email to your City Council and staff.
You're invited to join the 3rd Catalysts' Town Hall in a series called "Stop State Takeover: Preserve Local Control."
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 5:00-6:30 pm. REGISTER here to receive the Zoom link for the series.
Topic: Housing Solutions and California's Failed Housing Policies Presenter: Bob Silvestri, president of Community Venture Partners, has offered housing solutions for the past 15 years. His articles in The Marin Post, which he founded and serves as editor-in-chief, show the depth and scope of his thinking. For example, Mr. Silvestri has published, "The state's RHNA housing quota days are numbered," "Small is better--Missed opportunities," and "The CA legislator is beating a dead horse."
Recordings of the first two Town Hall presentations are available here.
Aug 10 - Attorney Pam Lee, Aleshire & Wynder, talks about litigation as a means of protecting communities against SB-9 and HCD/RHNA excesses.
Aug 24 - Michael Barnes, an eight-year Albany City Council member, talks about how California's sixth cycle RHNA was rigged, setting cities up to fail. 186
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Litigation resources from the Town Hall series are available here.
Final Session
• Wed. Sept 21 - Mike Griffiths, Torrance City Council member (Charter City) and founder of CA Cities for Local Control, and John Cruikshank, Rancho Palos Verdes City Council member (General Law City) on "Why our City Turned to Litigation."
We hope your City Council and staff can join us.
BTW, if you're attending the League of CA Cities conference, talk to the organizers of the Our Neighborhood Voices Ballot Initiative. The Initiative restores local authority over land use planning & zoning in support of local democracy.
Susan Kirsch
Catalysts, Director
www.catalystsca.org
415-686-4375
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