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City Council Goal Setting Study Session
AGENDA
Saturday, January 28, 2006, 9:00 a.m.
Burlingame Recreation Center
850 Burlingame Ave.
I. Call to Order and Roll Call (9:00)Mayor Cathy Baylock
II. Review Recommended Approach for Goal's Discussion (9:02)
III. Review Suggested Goals Previously Submitted from Council and Public(9:10)
IV. Public Comment (9:30)
V. Additional Suggestions from the Council and Respond to Council Member
Clarification Questions re: suggested Goals (10:00)
VI. Consensus on Priorities and Ideas the Council would like more information on(10:15)
VII. Discuss Possible Downtown Charrette (11:00)Councilmember Nagel
VIII. Presentation on Police Efforts Re: Downtown Bar Activities (11:20) Chief
IX. Public Comment(11:45)
X. Adjournment(12:00)
Attachments
Mid Year Status of Council Goals for 2005-2006
Memo From Syed Murtuza Re: WiFi
Response to e-mail re: coordination of street construction
Correspondence received to date Re: Goals
Council Suggested Goals previously e-mailed and will be redistributed at the
Study Session
Attachment A
MID YEAR STATUS COUNCIL GOALS FOR FY 2005-06
January 26,2006
1. Balance the FY 05-06 budget with minimal impacts on existing employees
(Accomplished)
2. Complete the development and adoption of a"Tree View Ordinance/Policy"that would
protect the ability of property owners to maintain views that were associated with the
property when they purchased it. (P&R) (On Next Council Agenda)
3. Complete the development of the implementation ordinances associated with the recently
completed advanced planning for the North End and the Shoreline Specific Area Plans
(Planning) (In progress should be done by end of June, although Council redirection on
Rollins Road zoning may push this work beyond July 1)
4. Complete the assessment of the structural stability of the Eucalyptus trees on Easton
Drive. (Completed) Work with Beautification Commission to explore the advisability of
developing a Broader Plan for managing our urban forest of Eucalyptus trees.(P&R) (In
progress)
5. Finalize a decision by the City Council relative to review of financing options for funding
the public facilities Master Plan(consider including storm drainage needs). (Underway
delayed some what to allow new Council to award consultant contract) As a subset of
this goal decide about desirability of investing in new sound system in the Council
Chambers. (PW) (Preliminary presentation already made to Council decision will come
to the Council in March after budget study session)
6. Look at forming a Centennial Planning Committee and solicit volunteers through the
City's list-serve. (Clerk) (Committee formed and planning is in early stages)
7. Have Police and Fire Department evaluate new ways of communicating with citizens
during disasters and emergencies. (Fire)
8. Provide clear direction to Safeway on development(CM,Planning) (Met with Safeway
and Council subcommittee and information coming out of the Downtown Economic Study
should assist Council in providing more direction to Safeway)
9. Have City Clerk continue to implement creative ways to encourage citizens to register on
the City list-serve as a means to increase our outreach to the community. (Clerk) (We now
have over 4000 e-mail addresses)
10. Continue to explore and pursue shared services opportunities with other near by cities,
including Recreation and Police Dispatch. (Police) (Following up on Council direction
on Shared Recreation, have identified some potential shared services opportunities with
Hillsborough re: new sewer regulations coming from new State law. We made a proposal
to Millbrae for a contract to provide dispatch services. However both San Mateo and
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Attachment A
San Mateo County made better financial proposals because of existing excess capacity
that they were willing to make available at a lower cost. We are in conversation with
Hillsborough re:some public works functions and sharing equipment. San Mateo has
again asked us to reconsider a shared services police dispatch. I have indicated that we
need to a wait the new Council's decision on whether the "compelling case"for shared
services is something the new council can support.
11. Pursue redevelopment of current web site—(RFP issued and responded to contract
awarded and. With the help of some excellent community volunteers we prepared an
extensive RFP, and selected an excellent website vendor. We have finalized the contract
negotiations and redesign is underway expected to be completed by end of May.
12. Undertake economic analysis in preparation for future Downtown Burlingame Specific
Area Plan(Planning) (Underway expected to be completed by June)
13. Improve TV broadcast for Council meetings and the microphone system. (Improvement
implemented and project to fully upgrade the room to better meet need has been
discussed with the Council and will be back to the Council for action soon.)Have Public
Works report back on their efforts to implement WiFi in Burlingame business district.
(see attached memo)
MEMORANDUM
BURLINGAME PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SYED MURTUZA, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
DATE: JANUARY 25, 2006 I
SUBJECT: UPDATE REGARDING A WiFi NETWORK INSTALLATION IN
BURLINGAME
BACKGROUND: As part of the budget goals, Council requested staff to explore the
possibility of installing a WiFi network in the downtown districts through an
encroachment permit process. Staff performed research and contacted several
companies including Anchor-Free Network, Tropos Network and Metrofi Network to
determine their interest in setting up a WiFi network in Burlingame.
DISCUSSION: Staff was first approached by Anchor-Free Network, a company
based in Palo Alto which had installed a WiFi network in downtown Palo Alto and in
various downtown San Francisco locations. Staff met on several occasions for over
a year with Anchor-Free to negotiate an agreement as well as to identify locations
where the antennas would be set up. However, staff has not been able to reach
Anchor-Free for the past five months and it is unclear whether Anchor-Free is still
interested in setting up a network in Burlingame.
Staff is now working with a company called Metrofi Network based in Mountain View.
Metrofi is in the network business for over three years and has successfully installed
a WiFi network in Cupertino, Mountain View and Sunnyvale. The company has two
business models as follows:
Free Internet through WiFi Network: In this model, the customers are provided with
free internet service from Metrofi and, in return, agree to receive advertisements
from sponsors as they browse the internet. Metrofi would receive advertising
revenues from their sponsors which would help pay for the free internet service.
Regular Service based on Fee: In this model, the customers are expected to pay a
basic fee of$19.95 per month for their internet service and would not need to agree
to receive any advertisements.
At staffs request, Metrofi performed a preliminary assessment on installing a
network in Burlingame. At this point it does not appear that it is economically feasible
to install the network in just the downtown areas. Therefore the company is currently
evaluating other options including the feasibility of installing the network in the
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downtown areas and the residential areas thereby connecting the residents with the
merchants. The results of the feasibility study are expected this spring.
NEXT STEPS: Staff will continue work with Metrofi in exploring the feasibility of a
WiFi network as well as encourage other companies to install a system through the
encroachment process. In addition, staff is also looking into joining the San Mateo
County Telecommunication Authority (SAMCAT) and other Silicon Valley cities in a
WiFi network. A consortium of cities in the Silicon Valley along with SAMCAT are
developing a request for proposals to provide a WiFi network in the region. The
details of the proposals are still being worked out.
Another option is for Burlingame to install a Municipal WiFi Network similar to cities
such as Healdsburg in Northern California and Cerritos in Southern California. The
IT Department would issue an RFP to seek proposals from prospective contractors
to study the feasibility of setting up a WiFi network, including determining the
operation and maintenance costs as well as revenues from the service. Based on
the results of the study, Council would decide on whether to take further steps in the
process. As the City does not have the IT personnel resources or expertise to set
up and maintain such a system at this time, staff will initially focus on pursuing a
private company and joining a regional effort to provide this service to Burlingame.
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