City News
Baylands Specific Plan
Printer-friendly versionIn May 2010, the applicant (UPC) presented an overview of a proposed update to their Baylands Specific Plan submittal. UPC submitted today an updated Baylands Specific Plan Executive Summary and Appendix. It is anticipated the applicant will be submitting the remainder of the updated specific plan document in the next 30 - 60days.
The City will be publishing an updated environmental impact report Notice of Preparation (NOP) within the next few weeks. The NOP identifies topics to be studied in the forthcoming Environmental Impact Report. The NOP will be posted on the City’s website when available and e-mail notification of the NOP publication will be provided. If you would like to be notified when the NOP is ready, please send an e-mail to planning@ci.brisbane.ca.us and request to be added to the Baylands e-mail distribution list.
Harbormaster of the Year
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Ted Warburton, Brisbane's Harbormaster, is all smiles. And he has every reason to be. Two weeks ago, he was down in Dana Point for the 62nd Annual Conference and Awards Dinner of the California Association of Harbormasters and Port Captains. Every year, an individual is chosen by the Association to be recognized for their efforts...and everyone there knew who this year's award recipient was...everyone besides Ted. He was shocked when they announced his name, but really, we know he shouldn't be. He is well-deserving of this prestigious award, and we are proud to have the 2010 State Harbormaster of the Year here in Brisbane! We'll end this post with a close-up of Ted's newest achievement:
Fire Station Update
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With the modulars having been delivered last week, this week and the early part of next week is all about getting them readied for the firefighters to move in. Because the utilities were identified by City engineers as being located to the left of the Fire Station (looking from Bayshore Blvd.), it was decided that the best spot for the modulars would be on that left side (instead of the right side where the staging trailer was set up).
The Brisbane Fire Station got its start as a volunteer station back in 1932, so it is only fitting that the labor and materials used for the modular be local to Brisbane. For instance, the men below are from Stellar Plumbing, Inc. who recently moved their offices to 23 San Bruno Ave. Abner, Daryl, and owner Lon Carter all live in town. So it's no wonder that if there are items such as recycled wood from a recently remodeled house in Brisbane, they know about it and are using it. In the left-hand picture below, Lon is drilling in a ledger board (the recycled wood mentioned earlier) which the shower will mount on and be screwed into from above. In the right-hand picture, Daryl and Abner help Lon place the shower.
And, a plus is that Stellar Plumbing has made a lot of purchases for this Fire Station project at none other than at Brisbane Hardware. Thank you for your hard work in helping give our firefighters a place to call "home" for now.
2010 State of the City
Printer-friendly versionOn Tuesday, October 26th, the State of the City Address was given by Mayor W. Clarke Conway at the Radisson Hotel in Brisbane. The event was sponsored by Seton Medical Center in conjunction with the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, and Larry Purcell, Vice President of Purcell Murray Company and Chairman of the Chamber, served as Master of Ceremonies. Seven packed tables came to hear what was in store for Brisbane's future, and to hear about some of the projects completed in the last year. If you weren't able to be there, and don't subscribe to Comcast to catch a replay on Ch. 27, then scroll on below and watch it here.
2010 State of the City - W. Clarke Conway from City of Brisbane CA on Vimeo.
Lipman Students Lend a Hand
Printer-friendly versionThis past Wednesday, 13 Lipman students volunteered an hour of their time to help with weeding at the Community Park. They were supervised by Growing Green Hand's Tamberly Mott, volunteers Paul Bouscal and Marge Buschman, and of course, Public Works staff Linda Baston Conway and Joe Friars who were on-hand helping to lay down tarps and hand out gloves and tools.
Thank you to Brisbane Hardware for donating gloves to the kids! And, last but not least, THANK YOU to the students who pulled, heaved, and carried tarp-fuls of weeds to the PW truck for disposal. You all get an A for effort!
To see more pictures from the afternoon, click here to be taken to the City's photo set on Flickr.