HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 096-2009RESOLUTION NO. 96-2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BURLINGA.ME ESTABLISHING THE
CITY'S STORM DRAIN FEE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, in May of this year the voters of Burlingame approved a storm drain fee
measure to provide fiords for the infrastructure replacement, improvement and repair of the City's
aging and deteriorating storm drainage system; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 4.30.100 of the Burlingame Municipal Code, the City
Council is required to appoint a citizens oversight committee to assure that the fees collected under
the City's storm drain program are used for storm drain purposes, to review the annual storm drain
capital improvement program and to receive information on program expenditures and progress of
the program; and,
WHEREAS, the procedure for the appointment of committee members would be similar to
that process employed for appointment of other City Boards and Commissions; and,
WHEREAS, the Storm Drain fee Oversight Committee would be comprised of three
members, two members would four years and one member would serve two years, and the
members would serve at the pleasure of the Council and be subject to removal at any time without
cause;and,
WHEREAS, the Oversight Committee would meet with Public Works staff in a public,
notice meeting, two times each calendar year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Burlingame hereby Resolves as
follows:
1) The City Council establishes the City of Burlingame Storm Drain Fee Oversight
Committee.
2) The Council charges the Committee to review the fees collected to assure that they are
used for storm drain purposes and to provide advisory input to the Director of Public
Works regarding storm drain capital improvement expenditures.
3) The Committee shall be comprised of three members, serving four year terns,
staggered, with two members initially appointed to four year terns and one member
appointed to a two year term. The members shall serve at the please of the Council
subject to removal at any time without cause. The members must be residents of the
City and should have a general understanding of the City's storm drain system, a general
understanding of public financing, municipal engineering, or knowledge of local
government operations.
4) The Committee shall meet, in noticed meetings open to the public, with the Department
of Public Works staff two times each calendar year, once in the Spring and once in the
Fall; the meetings shall be subject to the Brown Act.
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Ann Kcigbra6, Mayor
I, Mary Ellen Kearney, Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Burlingame
City Council held on the 2nd day of November, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers BAYLOCK, DEAL, KEIGHRAN, NAGEL, O'NABONY
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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Mary Ellen Kearney, City Cler