POSY PARK SCULPTURE
STUDY SESSION
FEBRUARY 10, 2026
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Tim Wallace – Community Services Superintendent
Travis M Karlen – Community Services Director
AGENDA
I. Objective
II. Background
III. Selection Process
IV. Commission Deliberation
V. Staff Analysis
VI. Seek Council Direction
2 OBJECTIVE
Review Information Regarding the Process for the Selection of a Sculpture for Installation at Posy Park and Seek Feedback and Direction from the City Council on How to Proceed
3 BACKGROUND
• City Council Approved Posy Park Sculpture Funds at
October 8, 2024 Meeting
• Call to Artists – Released August 2025
40 Qualified Submissions
• Committee Members Scored Each Proposal Based on
Specific Criteria
• Review Committee Identified Top 10 Proposals
4 SCULPTURE REVIEW COMMITTEE
RESULTS
5 Artist Proposal Title Review
Committee
Points
Jack Howard-Potter The Ride 88.2
Maxwell Emcays Pulse of Connection 84.2
Alex Pentek Integrity 83
Anastasia Komar Jeewanu 78.4
Lorri Acott Arc of Peace 76.6
Solomon Bassoff Endangered Butterflies of San Bruno 76.2 Chad LaFever Taking Flight 72
Vito Di Bari Woven Horizons 70.6
Katharina Moerth Natural Grown 69.6
Rae BK Coexist 69.4
PUBLIC SURVEY
• Public Survey Released December 19, 2025 - Rate Top 10 Proposals
• Survey Promoted on Social Media, City Newsletters, Fliers and Sandwich Boards
• 542 Responses Total, 462 San Bruno Residents
6 RESULTS OF PUBLIC SURVEY
7 Artist Proposal Title Public Survey
Average Score
Public Survey
Points
Awarded
Solomon Bassoff Endangered Butterflies of San Bruno 3.36 10 Maxwell Emcays Pulse of Connection 3.30 7
Anastasia Komar Jeewanu 2.79 4
Lorri Acott Arc of Peace 2.57 -
Alex Pentek Integrity 2.52 -
Chad LaFever Taking Flight 2.42 -
Katharina Moerth Natural Grown 2.20 -
Jack Howard-Potter The Ride 2.11 -
Vito Di Bari Woven Horizons 1.96 -
Rae BK Coexist 1.96 -
COMBINED RESULTS OF REVIEW
COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC SURVEY
8 Artist Proposal Title Review
Committee
Points
Public
Survey
Points
Total
Points
Maxwell Emcays Pulse of Connection 84.2 7 91.2
Jack Howard-Potter The Ride 88.2 - 88.2
Solomon Bassoff Endangered Butterflies of San Bruno 76.2 10 86.2 Alex Pentek Integrity 83 - 83
Anastasia Komar Jeewanu 78.4 4 82.4
Lorri Acott Arc of Peace 76.6 - 76.6
Chad LaFever Taking Flight 72 - 72
Vito Di Bari Woven Horizons 70.6 - 70.6
Katharina Moerth Natural Grown 69.6 - 69.6
Rae BK Coexist 69.4 - 69.4
COMMISSION DELIBERATION
• Three Commissioners Available for Deliberation
• Focused on Artistic and Thematic Considerations
• Commissioner Preference
Maxwell Emcays - Pulse of Connection (Scored 1st Overall) Solomon Bassoff - Endangered Butterflies of San Bruno (Scored 3rd Overall)
Chad La Fever -Taking Flight (Scored 7th Overall)
9 COMMISSION DELIBERATION
• Discussed Only Briefly in Deliberations Jack Howard-Potter - The Ride (Scored 2nd Overall)
• Concerns Noted With Each Proposal
• Consensus Reached to Recommend Solomon Bassoff
Proposal
10 STAFF ANALYSIS
• Combined Review Committee and Public Survey Ranked
Maxwell Emcays’, Pulse of Connection, Highest
• Commission Recommended Solomon Bassoff’s, Endangered
Butterflies of San Bruno, Which Ranked Third in Combined Review Committee and Public Survey
• Divergence Between Quantitative Outcome and Commission Recommendation
11 MAXWELL EMCAYS PROPOSAL
PULSE OF CONNECTION
12 EXAMPLES OF MAXWELL EMCAYS
PREVIOUS WORK
13 JACK HOWARD-POTTER PROPOSAL
THE RIDE
14 EXAMPLES OF JACK HOWARD-
POTTER PREVIOUS WORK
15 SOLOMON BASSOFF PROPOSAL
ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES OF
SAN BRUNO
16 EXAMPLES OF SOLOMON BASSOFF
PREVIOUS WORK
17 CHAD LAFEVER PROPOSAL
TAKING FLIGHT
18 EXAMPLES OF CHAD LAFEVER
PREVIOUS WORK
19 CITY COUNCIL INPUT
• Staff Requesting City Council
To Weigh Results of Evaluation
Understand the Grounds for the Commission
Recommendation
Advise Staff on what Direction to Take
Staff is Prepared to Proceed With Direction Provided
20 QUESTIONS?
21 1
CLEAN
-
UP SAN BRUNO
INITIATIVE UPDATE
February 10, 2026
City Council Regular Meeting
Litter and Illegal Dumping Abatement Task Force
2 AGENDA
I.
Introduction to Clean
-
Up San Bruno
II.
Meet the Team
III.
Guiding Policy
IV.
Industry Best Practices
V.
6 -
Month Update
VI.
What’s Next?
VII.
Questions
2 3
PATTERN
REPEAT BEHAVIOR
PREDICTABILITY
3 ILLEGAL DUMPING
BY THE NUMBERS
4 • The City receives approx. 750 service requests
related to litter and illegal dumping each year
• Up to 2 million vehicles travel through San Bruno
streets each month
FY2024-25 Heat Map
INTRODUCTION
TO
CLEAN-UP
SAN BRUNO
5 •
Litter and Illegal Dumping
Abatement Task Force
(LID
-
ATF) introduced as a
Fiscal Year 2025
-
26 City
Council Priority
•
Goal:
Address the impacts
of litter and illegal dumping
on Public Right
-
of
-
Way,
medians and hotspots on
non
-
City
-
owned lands.
6 MEET OUR TEAM
- Police Chief
- Public Works
Director
TASK FORCE
LEADERSHIP
Police
ENCAMPMENT
ENGAGEMENT
Police
ENFORCEMENT &
INVESTIGATIONS
- Public Works
- Community Svcs
CLEANUP &
ABATEMENT
Recology
EXTERNAL
PARTNERSHIP
City Attorney’s
Office
LEGAL AFFAIRS &
LEGISLATION
Apex Strategies
PUBLIC EDUCATION
& OUTREACH
- Public Works
- Community Svcs
- Police
- Smart Talent AI
CONTRACTING, DATA
& REPORTING
Community
BEAUTIFICATION
TASK FORCE
6 GUIDING POLICY
Mission
Purpose Strategy
Program
Structure
7 GUIDING POLICY
The Clean-Up San Bruno Initiative is essential to
confronting the pervasive challenges of litter and
illegal dumping, particularly in areas impacted by
unhoused populations, cross-jurisdictional
responsibilities, and limited enforcement capacity.
Drawing from best practices from industry,
successful abatement programs require clear
governance, interagency cooperation, and
sustained public engagement. San Bruno's
program responds to a growing need for cleaner
public spaces, equitable service delivery, and
accountability.
Purpose
8 GUIDING POLICY
Mission
The Clean-Up San Bruno Initiative is dedicated
to fostering a cleaner, safer, and more
connected City by coordinating
interdepartmental action, engaging
community stakeholders, and implementing
proactive solutions to reduce litter and illegal
dumping through education, enforcement,
abatement, and strategic collaboration.
9 GUIDING POLICY
• Integrated Approach
• Community Engagement
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Regular Meetings and Transparency
• Flexible Structure
Strategy
10 GUIDING POLICY
• Leadership and Governance
• Enforcement and Legal Affairs
• Community Engagement and Education
• Cleanup and Abatement Operations
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Inter-Jurisdictional Coordination
• Hotspot Management Response
Program
Structure
11 12
13 INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES
13 CAUSES OF ILLEGAL
DUMPING
IN SAN BRUNO
Avoiding Disposal Fees
Inconvenient Disposal Options
Inadequate Education
14 Enforcement Limitations
15 EXPERIENCE LEVEL
BEAUTIFICATION &
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS
RESOURCE
CONSTRAINTS
STAFF TURNOVER
16 17
DURABLE
COLLABORATIONS
ENFORCEMENT
LIMITATIONS
ADEQUATE
RESOURCES
BEAUTIFICATION &
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS
6 -
Month Update
Hotspot Management and
Code Enforcement Coordination
Municipal Code Updates
Abatement, Operations, and
Median Maintenance
Public Education
Homeless Encampments
18 19
• Designate and Prioritize
• Tier by severity and impact to
focus resources
• Respond
• Apply abatement, education,
engineering, evidence
collection strategies
• Regularly manage, monitor,
adjust and adapt responses
HOTSPOT
MANAGEMENT
19 CODE
ENFORCEMENT
SUPERVISOR
• Position Established and
Filled
• Direct Supervision &
Operational Oversight
• Liaison to Beautification
Task Force
• Cross-Departmental & PD
Coordination
• Policy Development &
Equipment Planning
20 What We Observed
• Illegal dumping patterns
• Vacant property blight
• Public trash misuse
Where Code Is Limiting
• Reactive thresholds
• Unclear authority
• Limited deterrence
What This Led To
• Need for targeted code modernization
• Consistent standards across
departments
• Proposed amendments brought
forward
MUNICIPAL
CODE
UPDATES
21 22
ABATEMENT
23 RIGHT
-
OF
-
ENTRY MOU
23 MEDIAN MAINTENANCE
24 PUBLIC EDUCATION
Outreach
Education
Engagement
25 PUBLIC EDUCATION
26 Saturday, May 2, 2026
27 ILLEGAL DUMPING DASHBOARD
Total Abatements
28 • Dedicated Outreach Officer
• Partnership with
• Balanced Approach: Compassionate
Accountability
• Encampments on City Property
• Non-City Property
• Ongoing Monitoring & Successes
HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS
28 29
RESULTS SO FAR
FY2024-25 (July 1 – June 30) FY2025-26 (July 1 – Dec 31)
ILLEGAL DUMPING
TRENDS ARE CHANGING
WHAT’S
NEXT?
30 Operation
Clean Sweep
(Sat May 2, 2026)
Program
Operationalization
Ongoing Outreach
and Education
Together…
we can make San Bruno
BEAUTIFUL.
31 QUESTIONS?
32 Fiscal Year 2026-27 City Council
Priorities and Budget Principles
February 10, 2026Brian Adam, Assistant to the City Manager AGENDA
I. Objective
II. Background
III. Budget Principles
IV. Proposed FY2026-27 (“FY27”) initiatives
V. Recommendation
VI. Questions
2 OBJECTIVE
• Provide City
Council an overview
of FY27 proposed
initiatives
3 BACKGROUND
Nov. 2025,
council
receives
update on
FY2025-26
initiatives
Jan. 30,
2026, council
holds
strategic
planning
retreat
Feb. 10,
2026, staff
return with
estimates
and
proposals
4 BUDGET PRINCIPLES FOR FY27
5 • These were provided
to Council with no
recommended
changes.
Building Better in San Bruno - Long
Range Economic Development
• Background: Strengthening our fiscal health
• Description: Update regulations, policies and
processes to encourage real estate investment
and establish funding districts for public
improvements and future public safety costs
• Cost/Budget: $2.8 million (funded)
• Timeline: Multiyear – 2028
• Staffing: Staffing in place, consultant support
• Affected Departments: CD, CMO, CAO, PW,
FD, CS, AS, PD
6 Street Sweeping Program Review
• Description: Perform a comprehensive operational
analysis and evaluation on the effectiveness of the
Street Sweeping program from four distinct
aspects: regulatory compliance, enforcement/
parking, community feedback (including Council)
and street sweeping operational efficiency.
Cost/Budget:
Up to $0.5 million initially
• Timeline: Multiyear – 2028
• Staffing: Consultant support
• Affected Departments: PW, PD, CMO
7 Downtown Beautification
• Description: Use the existing 2019
Streetscape Plan (“Plan”) to identify potential
ways to enhance the beauty of San Mateo
Avenue, e.g. monuments, paseo activation,
additional art, stormwater management, etc.
• Cost/Budget: Up to $20 million
• Timeline: Varies
• Staffing: Staff time and consultant support
• Affected Departments: PW, CD, CS
8 Safe San Bruno + Crime Prevention Pilot
• Description: Conduct traffic safety
improvements and outreach; use technology
and lighting where possible to improve traffic
safety. Review crime data to identify hotspots;
consider installing lighting in those areas; follow
up to see effect on crime rate
• Cost/Budget: $0.6 million
• Timeline: 2028
• Staffing: Staff time and potential 2.25 new FTE
• Affected Departments: PW, PD
9 Reaffirming Our Legacy - Senior Center
Remodel
• Background: Constructed in 1987
• Description: Facility renovations and
ADA compliance
• Cost/Budget: Up to $5 million
• Timeline: Fall 2027
• Staffing: Project manager
• Affected Departments: CS, CMO, PW,
AS
10 Catalyzing Innovation - Software Overhaul
• Background: Current Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) software at end of life
• Description: Deploy new software to replace
legacy ERP, procure and implement new asset
management software, leverage automation
• Cost/Budget: $2.0 million
• Timeline: Multiyear
• Staffing: Will require time-limited positions and
backfilling current staff
• Affected Departments: CMO, CD, CAO, PW,
FD, CS, AS, PD
11 NEXT STEPS
• City Council provides additional guidance on
items like the Street Sweeping Program
Review and Downtown Beautification
Planning
• Staff provide additional updates as the
budget development process continues
12 RECOMMENDATION
• Adopt the Budget
Principles and City
Council Priorities for
FY27
13 14
QUESTIONS?