HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - BC - 2011.10.06AGENDA
BURLINGAME BEAUTJFICATION COMMISSION
OCTOBER 6t , 2011 @ 6:30 PM
CITY HALL
501 PRIMROSE ROAD — Conference Room A
Burlingame, CA
I. ROLL CALL
H. MINUTES
III. CORRESPONDENCE
IV. FROM THE FLOOR (At this time, persons in the audience may speak on any item on the
agenda or any other matter. The Ralph M. Brown Act prohibits the Commission from acting on a
matter which is not on the agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes)
V. OLD BUSINESS
1) Update on Removal of a City -Owned Eucalyptus Tree on El Camino Real Behind
1534-A Albemarle Way (located behind 1536 Albemarle Way)
VI. NEW BUSINESS — Public Hearing
�- 1) 33`d Annual Arbor Day Celebration — Wednesday, March 7, 2012 @ 10:00 am
a) Location/Program
2) Revision of the Number of Beautification Commissioners from Seven to Five —
Newly Adopted Ordinance # 1866-2011
3) Acknowledging Outgoing Commissioners, Carney and Lahey
VH. REPORTS
1. Staff
2. Chairperson
3. Commissioners
VIH. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
Next Regular Meeting: November 3, 2011
NOTICE: Any attendees wishing accommodations for disabilities should contact the Parks & Recreation
Dept. at (650) 558-7323 at least 24 hours before the meeting. A copy of the agenda packet is available for
review at the Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Avenue, during normal office hours. The agendas and
`-' minutes are also available on the City's website: www.burlingame.org.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Beautification Commission regarding any item on
this agenda will be made available for public inspection at 850 Burlingame Ave during normal business
hours.
City of Burlingame CA: City News
Page 1 of 1
City News
Beautification Commission at the Pet Parade
Posted Date: 10/11/2011 2:38:08 PM
Members from the Burlingame Beautification Commission represented
the "City of Trees" during the annual Broadway "Pet Parade." Their float
consisted of two Red Maple trees (on loan from the City's Parks Division),
and signified the important role trees play for wildlife animals and the
domesticated animals in our community. Commissioners McQuaide,
Dittman, and Hinkle wore regalia depicting trees and carried the 25 year
"Tree City USA" flag, presented to the City of Burlingame seven years
ago by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The City of Burlingame will be
celebrating 33 years of this prestigious honor on Arbor Day, Wednesday,
March 7, 2012.
For more information about Arbor Day or the City's Tree Program please
contact the Parks Division at 650.558.7330.
https://www.burlingwne.org/index.aspx?recordid=3094&page=8 10/25/2011
ORDINANCE NO._' 1866-2011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING SECTION 3.28.010 OF THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE
TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE BEAUTIFICATION
COMMISSION FROM SEVEN COMMISSIONERS TO FIVE COMMISSIONERS
Section 1: Findings
WHEREAS, the City established the Beautification Commission in 1968 to
provide recommendations to the City Council regarding all matters related to City trees
and heritage trees within the City with the goal of enhancing the City's urban forest; and
WHEREAS, with the exception of the Planning Commission, all City Boards
and Commissions, such as the Library Board and the Traffic Safety Parking Commission,
are composed of five members; and
WHEREAS, the Beautification Commission has seven members which has
occasionally made achieving a quorum difficult because four members would have to be
present at a meeting for business to be conducted; and
WHEREAS, in the recent past, the City has been unable to secure a sufficient
number of applicants for the Beautification Commission and last year, the City extended
the application deadline twice to no avail; and
WHEREAS, reducing the number of board members of the Beautification
Commission will make the process of recruitment easier.
Section 2: Amendment to Municipal Code section 3.28.010
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURLINGAME DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 3.28.010 of the Burlingame Municipal Code, "Organization, Terms of Members,
Compensation", is hereby amended to delete the first sentence of the section and to
replace it with the following sentence:
"There shall be a beautification commission in the city consisting of
five (5) members, appointed by the council; their terms of office shall
be for a period of three (3) years and until their successors are appointed
and qualified."
The balance of section 3.28.010 shall remain unchanged.
Section 3: Publication
M
The City Clerk is directed to publish this ordinance according to the provisions of state
law.
Section 4: Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance
and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact
that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
Terry gel, M yor
T, Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the bth� day of September, 2011, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the
City Council held on the 19th day of September, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:BAYLocK, DEAL, BROWNRIGG,KEIGHRAN, NAGEL
NOES: Councihnembers:NONE
ABSENT: Councihnembers:NONE
d, &""o T,�. -IL- - cw4c.-
t,'4- Mary Ellen Kearney, City Clerk