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SPECIAL MEETING - NOVEMBER 29, 2000
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1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
3. ROLL CALL
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS The mayor may limit speakers to three minutes each
a. Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional
Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for Emergency/Temporary
Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino Real, Zoned R-3
b. Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional
Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for Emergency/Temporary
Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St.
Catherine's Church, 1310 Bayswater Avenue, Zoned C-1
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NEXT MEETING — December 4, 2000
City of Burlingame
CITY HALL - 501 PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA 94010
(650) 558-7200
SUGGESTED ACTION
7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
Hearing, Action
Hearing, Action
CITY o� STAFF REPORT
gURLJ�IOAME
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
DATE: NOVEMBER 14, 2000
FROM: CITY PLANNER
AGENDA
ITEM #
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DATE 11.29. oo
SUBJECT: Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use
an Auditorium for Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with
Children at St. Paul's Episcopal Church 415 El Camino Real, Zoned R 3.
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council should hold a public hearing. Affirmative action should be by resolution and should
include findings. The reasons for any action should be clearly stated for the record. For
reference the possible action alternatives and criteria to be used for making the findings for a
conditional use permit are included at the end of the staff report. Council action should be taken
by resolution.
The conditions approved by the Planning Commission are as follows:
1. that the emergency/temporary overnight homeless shelter use for families with
children shall be limited to the existing church social hall, associated support
facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning
Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and
Social Hall Floor Plan;
2. that the temporary/emergency overnight housing for homeless families with children
shall operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use
shall be limited to a maximum of five homeless families with a maximum of 14
persons and staff/volunteers; the temporary shelter shall be limited to operate for a
maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive days per each
of the 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and
the Fire Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use
of this facility for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children;
the report shall include the number of people, ages, and any special medical
conditions;
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Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St. Paul's Episcopal Church 415 El
Camino Reat, Zoned R-3. November 29, 2000
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with
children and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all
requirements shall be met;
5. that as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider
shall be required to do a Megan :s Law check of each client before the client or any
family member is assigned to stay at St. Paul's Episcopal Church;
6 that at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Paul's Episcopal Church site,
including one of the persons staying over night with the clients, shall be trained how
to deal with the type of adversarial situations which may arise in such a program; and
that the training materials addressing eon ftontation .shall be reviewed regularly by a
representative selected by the by the Burlingame Police Department Operations
Commander;
7. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or
number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which
exceeds the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this
use permit;
8. that the use of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or
changes made to the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire
Codes, 1998 Edition, as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
9. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance
with the conditions of approval.
Planning Commission Action
At their meeting on October 23, 2000, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and voted
7-0 to approve a conditional use permit for St. Paul's Episcopal Church to use the social hall and
related facilities to house 5 homeless families with children (not to exceed 14 people) 6 weeks a
year. In their comments in favor the commissioners noted: that for the same reasons they
supported the application at St. Catherine's Church they would support the application for St.
Paul's, they also recommended the same two additional conditions requiring that each client be
reviewed under Megan's Law before being assigned to a church for overnight stay and that at
least one person on site with the clients have special training in dealing with confrontations.
BACKGROUND:
History of Application Review
The Planning Commission first reviewed St. Paul's application for a conditional use permit to
house five homeless families with children (not to exceed 14 people) at study on September 11,
2000. The item was set for public hearing on September 25, 2000 (Planning Commission
Minutes, September 25, 2000). Following the public hearing the Commission noted that there
were still some misunderstandings with the program and gaps in information. They felt that these
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Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium fur
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St Paul's Episcopal Church 415 El
Camino Rea4 Zoned R-3. November 29, 2000
could be best addressed by the applicant meeting with the affected neighbors and discussing
concerns. They also asked for additional information on the triple screening of the families
served. The commission then continued the action to their meeting on October 23, 2000.
In response II N held three community/neighborhood meetings. Each of the three meetings was
run by the Peninsula Conflict resolution Center. (Notes from the meeting at St. Paul's are in the
Planning Commission Staff Report) Prior to the public meeting at St. Paul's the church
community held a meeting with their neighbors. From this meeting they agreed to establish a
direct communication between the governing body of the church and a neighborhood spokesman.
A liaison for the church was identified and neighbors told how to reach her directly.
Following the three community/neighborhood meetings the Planning Commission reopened the
continued public hearing on October 23, 2000. The application was renoticed for the October 23,
2000, meeting.
The Project
The Reverend Stuart Coxhead, Rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, is requesting a conditional
use permit in order to provide a temporary/emergency overnight shelter for five homeless families
with children (maximum of 14 people) in the church's social hall at 415 El Camino Real, Zoned
R-3 (CS 25.32.030 - 6). These families will be housed one week at a time, six times a year. The
applicant submitted plans showing the portion of the site to be used for the program and how the
16 rollaway beds would be placed in the auditorium. While there will be a maximum of 14 people
in the program on site at one time, two representatives of the church community will also stay
over night with the families. Volunteers will prepare dinner, evening activity until lights out at
10:00 p.m., and breakfast; departing the site by 7:00 a.m. each day. Homeless families will stay at
St. Paul's no longer than one week (7 consecutive days) at a time. The facilities would be
available for this use 6 times a year. The temporary housing use will be on -site from 6:00 p.m. to
7:00 a.m. each of the seven days; families participating, once arrived, will not be allowed to
leave the premise unless there is an emergency and lights will be out, after 10:00 p.m.
The Interfaith Hospitality Network (I�NIN) agency is responsible for identifying and screening the
homeless families who participate in the program and church stays. The agency staff coordinates
the use of the participating churches, trains the volunteers and provides counseling , home
finding, and social services to the families during the day at the Day Center located at 1720 El
Camino Real in Burlingame.
The IBN provides transportation by van for all the families from the El Camino site to the church
each day, arriving at about 6:00 p.m. The van picks up the families each day at 7:00 a.m.,
returning the families to the Day Center where those who have cars have left them overnight.
Participants many only drive to the church site and park overnight there with special permission
of the IHN program coordinator. From the Day Center location the families take children to
school, look for housing, and go to work. The transportation van is stored at night at the Day
Center. The van which weekly delivers and picks up the rollaway beds is on the church site each
week only long enough to make the delivery, set up, take down, and remove the beds.
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Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St Paul's Episcopal Church 415 El
Camino Rea4 Zoned R-3. November 29, 2000
Code Requirements
Each zoning district includes permitted and conditional uses. The difference between these two
designations are that permitted uses can go in as a matter of right without any review.
Conditional uses are so identified because whether they are compatible with the intent of the
zoning depends upon specific factors of the use. The task of the City Council is to determine
whether the proposed project falls within the criteria of the conditional use.
The site is zoned R-3 and code section 25.32.030-6 identifies church uses as a conditional use in
the zone. CS 25.32.030-6 states: "In association with a church or other religious or nonprofit
institution, provision temporary shelter for homeless individuals or families, provided that the
facility is located within a transportation corridor and the use does not occur continuously at any
one location for more than six months of any twelve month period."
ATTACHMENTS:
Action Alternatives and Criteria for a Conditional Use Permit
Monroe letter to Deborah Cleveland and The Reverend Stuart Coxhead, St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, November 7, 2000. Setting the Appeal Hearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Metcalfe letter to Ann Musso, City Clerk, November 6, 2000, requesting
appeal with attached letter.
Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
The Reverend Stuart Coxhead, letter to Mayor O'Mahony, October 19, 2000 with petition
Irene Poimiroo letter to the Planning Commission, October 22, 2000
Planning Commission Staff Report, October 23, 2000, with attachments
Public Notice of Appeal Hearing, mailed November 17, 2000
Resolution
Plans date stamped August 14, 2000
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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
WHsoci h 11 for a tem or overnse i ht shelter for homeless f milies in n
c nditional WH s rmi to
existing church at 415 El Camino Real zoned R 3 APN: 028-281-050 St. Paul's Eniscoval Church.
nrobertv owner;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on said application on October 23_
2000 . at which time said application was APPROVED;
WHEREAS, this matter was APPEALED to City Council_ and a hearing and all neonotheheld on n
November 29, 20 00 , at which time it reviewed and considered the staff rep
ort materials and testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Council that:
1. On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and
e that commentsreceived
et
and addressed by this Council, it is hereby found that there is no substantial e project
forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption, per Article 19.
Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, hal exis existingnsists of the at the time of thelon of lead agency's
private facilities...involving no expansion of use beyond g
determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth
minutes and recording of said
hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the
meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records of the
County of San Mateo.
MAYOR
I, ANN MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 291h day of N v m ,
2 000, and adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
415 EL CAMINO REAL
effective NOVEMBER 29, 2000
1. that the emergency/temporary overnight homeless shelter use for families with children shall be
limited to the existing church social hall, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and
as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000,
Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Social Hall Floor ,
2. that the temporary/emergency overnight housing for homeless families with children shall
operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited
to a maximum of five homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and staff/volunteers; the
temporary shelter shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more
than seven (7) consecutive days per each of the 6 times;
I that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the Fire
Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report shall include the
number of people, ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with children
and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all
requirements shall be met;
5. that as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall be
required to do a Megan's Law check of each client before the client or any family member is
assigned to stay at St. Paul's Episcopal Church;
6. that at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Paul's Episcopal Church site, including one
of the persons staying over night with the clients, shall be trained how to deal with the type of
adversarial situations which may arise . such a program; and that the training materials addressing
confrontation shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the by the Burlingame
Police Department Operations Commander;
7. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of
homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as
stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit;
8. that the use of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to
the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition, as amended
by the City of Burlingame; and
9. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the
conditions of approval.
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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
415 El Camino Real
Burlingame, Ca. 94010
November 16, 2000
City Council
City of Burlingame,
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, Ca. 94010
Dear Council Members;
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ICATION RECEIVED
R PREPARATION
TAFF REPORT
RECEIVED
NOV 1 6 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
I am writing you to encourage your support of the City Planning Commission's
7-0 vote to grant St. Paul's a Conditional Use Permit to participate in the San Mateo
County Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) program of temporarily housing homeless
families.
We think it is an excellent program that has been well received and well tested
in eighty communities around the country with no statistically significant problems in
screening clients or neighborhood safety. Opponents to this program assert there
are such problems but they have not shown us such data up to this point. Such
data -gathering is not only the responsibility of IHN proponents. Opponents should
present us in writing with statistically significant evidence to the contrary. Perhaps it
does not exist. The case of Richard Allan Davis is not relevant here because as a
single adult male he would automatically be excluded from the program, whether or
not he had a criminal record. We are not interested in or qualified to deal with such
individuals with multiple dysfunctions. Other agencies exist to do that.
St. Paul's participation in IHN is based on three precedents -- historical, legal
and experiential. Providing hospitality (IHN) for the poor and disadvantaged has been
part of the Church's core mission down through the ages from medieval hospices for
(homeless?) travellers to urban hospitals for the indigent. In recent years St. Paul's
has sent many parishioners to help build houses for low-income people in East Palo
Alto and Redwood City through Habitat for Humanity and to volunteer at Samaritan
House in San Mateo. We have been good supporters of Shelter Network. Involvement
with IHN is a logical next step. Legally, the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution
protects religious communities rights to provide sanctuary on their premises, even in
an R-1 neighborhood -- St. Paul's is classified R-3 -- and such programs have been
encouraged by the California State Legislature. (Please see our six -page legal
summary to the Council dated October 22, 2000: "Balancing First Amendment Rights
with Property Rights: the legal Framework for Providing Sanctuary to Homeless
Families in California's Residential Neighborhoods."
Experientially, staff and parishioners at St. Paul's have for decades successfully
hosted many outside groups including in the past year over ten "twelve -step" groups
such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous,
Overeaters Anonymous, Emotions Anonymous, and the like. I have told our neighbors
on several occasions that I have not hesitated to throw out groups that were not
respecting our facilities and community. Several years ago we ousted an NA group;
last year we asked a community drama group and a GA group to leave. This year I
had a serious conversation with three leaders of an AA group that our neighbors
complained were noisy and disrespectful. I would not hesitate to do so with IHN if,
after a warning, the program began to slide into irresponsibility. The potentially most
"scary" group we hosted a number of years -ago was a community extension of
Peninsula Hospital's day center for paranoid schizophrenics. That program was well
supervised and concluded without incident. We do believe we have the demonstrated
experience to host and supervise IHN. Though we are idealistic, we are not naive or
inexperienced in these things. Neither have we ever claimed "that because they are
doing God's work, they will be protected" (Metcalfe letter of appeal, November 6).
IHN opponents claim that somehow they will be put at risk as neighbors. Any
risk is really for St. Paul's. The program will not be in their backyards but in St. Paul's
living room. None of our parishioners want to see our facilities, our guests or
ourselves harmed in any way. All our staff are in favor of this -- including a resident
custodian who lives with his family fifty feet from the proposed housing space and
provides extra security for our facilities. Our lay governing board (the Vestry), our
congregation, our Nursery School board, and a "silent majority" of our neighbors
either favor it or are willing to see how it develops.
After our initial meeting with the Planning Commission, St. Paul's hosted two
community forums, on October 8 and October 11, to discuss IHN with our neighbors.
You already have a report about the October 11 forurn mediated by the Mid -Peninsula
Conflict Resolution Center. At the more intimate meeting on October 8 we discovered
that much of our neighbors' concerns had to do with other issues surrounding St.
Paul's such as parking problems, noise and litter. We promised to look into these
other problems and I appointed Gloria Barton, three -time mayor of Burlingame and
thirteen -year member of the Council, to be our liaison with our immediate neighbors,
and the neighbors in turn appointed one of their own to be spokesperson for prob-
lems they see. I also promised the neighbors we would have a six-month, not just
annual, evaluation of IHN and would solicit their feedback as part of that evaluation.
As I read the Metcalfe's letter of appeal there is no specific objection to St.
Paul's as a site -- outside of increased traffic and noise, which we have demonstrated
will actually be less during the weeks we host IHN, due to the cancellation of other
groups for those nights. The objection is to the program as a whole. Why then did
the opponents not also appeal the First Presbyterian Church and Day Center sites? If
the appeal has nothing to do with the specifics of St. Paul's operation why should we
be specifically singled out for denial?
We have all taken part in a full and rich process of study, discussion and
refinement of the IHN logistics and program. This process has opened up lines of
communication that we all had allowed to lie fallow for too long. Taking part in the
IHN program will not only benefit the homeless families of this county, but enrich the
lives of all concerned and model a new and creative partnership of resources and
agencies, strengthening the community of Burlingame.
We trust the Council will vote favorably in support of the Conditional Use Permit
for St. Paul's Church. Thank you!
Sincerely,
The Rev. Stuart P. Coxhead, Jr.
Rector
415 El Camino Real
St. Paul's Episcopal
ACTION ALTERNATIVES
1. City council may vote in favor of an applicant's request. If the action is a variance,
use permit, hillside area construction permit, fence exception, sign exception or
exception to the antenna ordinance, the Council must make findings as required by the
code. Findings must be particular to the given properties and request. Actions on use
permits should be by resolution. A majority of the Council members seated during the
public hearing must agree in order to pass an affirmative motion.
2. City Council may deny an applicant's request. The reasons for denial should be clearly
stated for the record.
3. City Council may deny a request without prejudice. This action should be used when
the application made to the City Council is not the same as that heard by the Planning
Commission; when a Planning Commission action has been justifiably, with clear
direction, denied without prejudice; or when the proposed project raises questions or
issues on which the Council would like additional information or additional design
work before acting on the project. Direction about additional information required to
be given to staff, applicant and Planning Commission/City Council for the further
consideration should be made very clear. Council should also direct whether any
subsequent hearing should be held before the City Council or the Planning
Commission.
REQMM FINDINGS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT:
In order to grant the following must be found to exist on the property:
(a) the proposed use, at the proposed location, will not be detrimental or injurious to
property or improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public
health, safety, general welfare, or convenience;
(b) the proposed use will be located and conducted in a manner in accord with the
Burlingame general plan and the purposes of this title;
(c) the Planning Commission may impose such reasonable conditions or restrictions as it
deems necessary to secure the purposes of this title and to assure operation of the use in
a manner compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of existing and
potential uses on adjoining properties in the general vicinity.
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Planning Deparunent
November 7, 2000
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City Hall - 501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, California 94010-3997
Deborah Cleveland, St. Paul's IHN Coordinator
and
Stuart Coxhead
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
415 El Camino Real
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Ms. Cleveland and Mr. Coxhead,
Tel. (650) 558-7200
At the City Council meeting of November 6, 2000, the Council scheduled an appeal hearing on your
project to provide a shelter for a maximum of 5 homeless families with children six weeks a year at 415
El Camino Real, zoned R-3. A public hearing on this appeal will be held on Wednesday, November 29,
2000 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA.
We look forward to seeing you there to present your project. Please call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
Margaret Monroe
City Planner
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415ELCAM.acc
c: Mr. & Mrs. Mark Metcalfe
401 Occidental Avenue
Burlingame CA 94010
City Clerk
To: The City Council of Burlingame
From: The Neighbors Surrounding St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Date: November 6, 2000
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL:
AN APPEAL HEARING FOR 415 EL
CAMINO REAL SHOULD BE SET FOR
NOVEMBER 20TH.
ANN MUSSO, CITY CLERK
This letter will serve as a formal request to appeal the decision of The City Planning Commission on
October 23s' , granting the request for conditional use permits for St. Paul's Episcopal Church
located at 415 El Camino Real in Burlingame.
RECEIVED
NU V U 6 2000
CI PLANNING DEPT.
Z
November 6, 2000
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Metcalfe
401 Occidental Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
City of Burlingame
City Council
Burlingame City Hall
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Council Members,
We are writing to voice our extreme disappointment with the Planning Commission's inadequate
evaluation of, and decision to approve the conditional use permits to support the Interfaith
Hospitality Network.
There is no evidence that IHN's screening process is sufficient. Richard Allen Davis made it through
this process, and while Shelter Network claims he should have never been in their system, he still
was. And while they claim to have changed the process to prevent this from happening again, they
have neglected to inform us of specifically how. They are not authorized to do nationwide criminal
background checks, and were not even planning to take advantage of Megan's Law. It appears that
they will do country- wide checks only at the discretion of the Director. IHN provided 6 contacts to
Commander Van Etten out of 80 locations around the country. Some of these locations did in fact
have record of police calls. One of these calls was due to the boyfriend of a guest family wondering
onto church premises. Was the boyfriend screened? He would have been across the street from our
home. Upon request, IHN provided a "couple of dozen" more location names, which had not been
checked into by the Commander at the time the Planning Commission made their decision on
October 23td. This is woefully little information on which to base a decision that so significantly
affects the safety of so many neighbors of these churches.
There is no evidence that this program is safe. Our consistent requests for national safety statistics
have been time and time again ignored. They don't keep track of that information? We are stunned.
We are even more stunned that the Planning Commission of our own city would let us assume such
risk without first demanding such information. Instead they were content to simply take ERN's word
that everything is fine. Just because we want to believe that no mistakes will happen, does not mean
that will be the case — especially in today's world where horrors beyond our imagination happen
everyday. Of course we can't control everything that happens in our lives. However, we moved to
Burlingame and paid more than we could afford for our house to buy a certain amount of peace of
mind. We have been robbed of our peace of mind in our own neighborhoods. Each Commissioner
admitted that some amount of risk is involved in this program, and they are all perfectly willing to let
assume it. Have they even imagined living directly across the street from a participating church?
We must admit that if we lived more than two blocks away, this feeling of urgency about the
screening process would diminish significantly. It seems to us there is nobody more selfish than the
person who drives from several blocks or even miles away to attend these meetings and has the
luxury of sounding righteous without directly incurring any of the risk. They have the option of
participating as a.volunteer or not We have no option about our involvement with the program.
There are many ways our community could be helping homeless families. Just because this program
was proposed doesn't mean it is necessarily the right one for Burlingame.
The analogy of Mars and Joseph has been invoked at nearly every meeting concerning this project.
T1nis promotes an unrealistic religious idealism that has absolutely nothing to do with today's reality.
Many people in favor of the program believe that because they are doing God's work, they will be
protected. Wliile we. admire their faith, use do not believe it should be imposed upon us as neighbors
of the church. We have the right to feel protected and safe because of information based in reali
in writing, on gager. We have requested the information in good faith and with open minds on
many occasions. It does not exist.
T11e Planning Commission's willingness to accept this program and the risk that accompanies it
without complete information is irresponsible. IHN in no way improves our neighborhood. In fact,
at the very least we will have increased traffic and noise — problems which already plague the close
neighbors of St. Paul's. We counted on our Planning Commission to make a decision in the best
interest of our neighborhoods to preserve a quality of life we have all worked very, very hard to
achieve. They let us down. It is our hope that the City Council will examine the matter in detail,
demand complete answers to the many questions that are yet unanswered, and give careful
consideration to all parties affected by IHN's program.
Sincerel ,
and Mark Me fe
City of Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
The maker of the motion and the second agreed to the amendment to the conditions, and the conditions are as follows:
1) that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the existing church
auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning
Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan; 2) that the
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five -homeless families with a maximum of 14
persons and staff/volunteers; the emergency housing for homeless families shall be limited to operate when the Parish
School at St. Catherine's is not in session for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive
days per each of the 6 times; 3) that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and
the Fire Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report shall include the number of people,
ages, and any special medical conditions; 4) that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for
families with children, and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall
be met; 5) that, as a part of the screening process; the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall do a Megan's
Law check of each client before the client or arty family member is assigned to stay at St.. -Catherine's Church; 6) that
at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Catherine's site, including at leis"
tone of the assigned persons
staying over night with the clients, shall be "trained on how to deal with the type uradversarial situations which may
arise in such a program, and that the training materials shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by
the Burlingame Police Department Operations Commander; 7) that any,.changes in operation, including hours and
frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which
exceed the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an- amendment to this use permit; 8) that the use of
the church auditorium and itssociated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the building or within
the building for this use shallmeet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of
Burlingame; and 9) that s conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the
conditions of approval./The motion was seconded by, C. Osterling.
Chairman Luzuriag /called for a voice vote on thy, emotion to approve the conditional use permit to allow a homeless
shelter for famili�at St. Catherine's Church kr no more than 6 times a year for no more than 7 consecutive days
during the time When the school is not in ses ' n. The motion passed on a 6 - 1 (C. Luzuriaga dissenting) voice vote.
Appeal proce�res were advised. This it concluded at 11:05 p.m.
Chairman uzuriaga called for a brief recess so that the room could be cleared. He then noted that because of the
overlapp' g testimony already heard, it would be appropriate to take items 8 and 9 together in one hearing and item
10, the ay Center as a separate hearing.
-8: 415 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED R-3 - APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A
TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY SHELTER IN AN EXISTING CHURCH TO SERVE HOMELESS
FAMILIES (RECTOR WARDENS, VESTRY, ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, APPLICANT AND
PROPPIRTY OWNER)
9. 1500 EASTON DRIVE - ZONED R-1/R-3 - APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR
A TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY SHELTER IN AN EXISTING CHURCH TO SERVE HOMELESS
FAMILIES (FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BURLINGAME, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY
9
City of Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
Reference staff reports, 10.23.00, with attachments. CP Monroe presented both staff reports noting the differences
between the facilities for each site and the fact that the conditions of approval were the same. It was also noted that
in the case of these two sites the 6 weeks for the program could occur at any time during the year. C. Dreiling noted`
that he had had a business relationship with the applicant at 1500 Easton Drive, so he would recuse himself from
discussion and action on that item. CA Anderson noted that C. Dreiling could remain and participate only on 415
El Camino Real and his comments should be considered accordingly. Commission had no questions for staff.
Chairman Luzuriaga opened the public hearing. Rector Stuart Coxhead of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Paul
Watermulder, Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, represented their projects. They noted a legal paper
regarding issues raised by the Planning Commission had been submitted this evening, at St. Paul's two additional
meetings had been held with the neighbors, resulting in addressing some other problems caused by impacts from the
church; have agreed to a 6 month evaluation of the program by the church and neighborhood; agree with the
conditions in the staff report; have church staff living on the premise within 50 feet of where people will be housed,
they are in support; funding for this program will not go to any of the churches participating; have a petition signed
by 100 parishioners supporting the program at St. Paul's. First Presbyterian held a meeting at the church, parking
on Balboa is an issue not really related to this program, will require that guests and volunteers for this program will
park on church site and will encourage church members not to park on Balboa; there are 8 churches on El Camino,
all have one or two homeless people approach them each week asking for shelter, they always refer them to other
sites; no one will enter the area housing the homeless families when in operation unless they are supposed to be there;
First Presbyterian supports the limitation on the St. Catherine permit to have the program when school is out of
session and will adjust, but don't feel they need that exception; there is a nursery school on the site but it is in a
separate building.
Chairman Luzuriaga then asked for those who are in favor of these permits to speak: Gloria Barton, 734 Winchester
Drive; Tony Dostino, 1320 Castillo Ave.; Charles Mink, Los Montes; Patty Georges; John Chimino, 735 El Camino
Real; Pat Jorney, Balboa; Keith McWilliams, 320 Chapin Ave. The speakers noted: that the safe guard for the
program are the nearby residents and parishioners who will know of any problem and will be the first to ask for the
permit to be revoked; the Church council supports program and will review the shelter constantly; the Planning
Commissions action is a technical one, the conditions included amply protect the community; work for the State
Department of Social Services, regulations for the state homeless assistance program are limited to one time
assistance for an amount of money that is not enough to be too helpful in this county with housing prices as they are,
where the state cannot help, the private sector needs to with programs like this; family supports this program and
am excited to see it initiated; if these churches are not approved along with the Day Center the last three hours have
been wasted; thank St. Paul's for their increased concern about their neighbors and advise more diligence than with
other programs.
Chairman Luzuriaga then called for those who would like to speak in opposition: John Kelly, 1520 Bellevue, spoke
noting that this is a property value issue and he estimated that the impact of the program on the adjacent houses would
be equivalent to $1 million, he felt that there would be a risk to the neighborhood even when school was out, he asked
if introducing risk into a neighborhood was in the Planning Commission's pervue. There were no further comments
from the floor and the public hearing was closed.
C. Boju6s noted based on the information in the staff report and public hearings he would move approval of the
conditional use permit for a temporary/emergency homeless shelter for families with children at 415 El Camino Real
(St. Paul's Episcopal Church) by resolution with the conditions as amended by staff. The motion was seconded by
C. Dreiling.
City of Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
Comment on the motion: would the maker include the two conditions regarding Megan's Law review and extra
training for adversarial confrontations of at least one volunteer and that one such trained volunteer would be on site
at St. Paul's and First Presbyterian church with clients at all times. The maker of the motion and the second agreed
and the conditions of approval are as follows: 1) that the temporary/emergency overnight homeless shelter for
homeless families with children shall be limited to the existing church social hall and associated support facilities and
as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First
Floor Plan, and Social Hall Floor Plan; 2) that the temporary/emergency housing for homeless families with children
shall operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum
of five homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and staff/volunteers; the temporary shelter shall be limited
to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive days per each of 6 times; 3)
that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the Fire Department's Fire
Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for emergency/temporary housing for
homeless families with children; the report shall include the number of people, ages, and any special medical
conditions; 4) that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with children and that
the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met; 5) that that the
Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall be required to do a Megan's Law check of each client before the
client or any family member is assigned to stay at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; 6) that at least one of the supervising
persons on the St. Paul's's Episcopal Church site, including one of the persons staying over night with the clients
shall be trained on how to deal with the type of adversarial situations which may arise in such a program; and that
the training materials addressing confrontation shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the
Burlingame Police Department's Operations Commander; 7) that any changes in operation, including hours and
frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which
exceeds the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; 8) that the use
of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the building for this use shall
meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition, as amended by the City of Burlingame; and 9) that this
conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the conditions of approval.
Comment on the motion: have struggled with the issue of the homeless shelter in the same place as the school and
with the vocal opposition to that situation, do not have the same problem with these two applications so will support
them.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to approve the conditional use permit for a
temporary/emergency homeless shelter for families with children at 415 El Camino Real and St. Paul's Episcopal.
The motion passed on a 7-0 voice vote.
C. Boju6s then moved to approve a conditional use permit for a temporary homeless shelter for families with children
at 1500 Easton Drive (First Presbyterian Church) by resolution with the same amended conditions as those for St.
Paul's Episcopal Church as follows: 1) that the temporary overnight homeless shelter use for families with children
shall be limited to the existing church social hall and associated support facilities and as shown on the plans submitted
to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Social Hall Floor
Plan; 2) that the temporary overnight/emergency housing for homeless families with children shall operate within
the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five homeless
families with a maximum of 14 persons and staff/volunteers; the temporary shelter shall be limited to operate for a
maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive days per each of the 6 times; 3) that the City
of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the Fire Department's Fire Marshal shall be
notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with
City of Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
children; the report shall include the number of people, ages, and any special medical conditions; 4) that the use shall
be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with children and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met; 5) that as a part of the screening process, the
Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall be required to do a Megan's Law check of each client before the
client or any family member is assigned to stay at First Presbyterian Church; 6) that at least one of the supervising
persons on the First Presbyterian Church site, including one of the persons staying over night with the clients shall
be trained on how to deal with the type of adversarial situations which may arise in such a program; and that the
training materials addressing confrontation shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the by the
Burlingame Police Department Operations Commander; 7) that any changes in operation, including hours and
frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which
exceeds the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; 8) that the use
of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the building for this use shall
meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition, as amended by the City of Burlingame; and 9) that this
conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the conditions of approval.
The motion was seconded by C. Keighran.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to approve the conditional use permit for a
temporary/emergency homeless shelter for families with children for a maximum of five families at 1500 Easton
Drive. The motion passed on a 6-0-1 (C. Dreiling abstaining) voice vote. Appeal procedures were advised. This
item concluded at 11:40 p.m.
10. 1720 EL CASINO REAL - ZONED C-1-
DAY CENTER`FACILITY TO SERVE HOMELESS F
FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A
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Reference staff report, 10.23. , with attachments. City Planner �r sented the report, reviewed criteria and staff
comments. Seven conditions w e suggested for consideration. Comma ' n had no questions of staff.
Chairman Luzuriaga opened the p blic hearing. The Reverend Chad Smith epresented the Interfaith Hospitality
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ay Centerwhich will prove the professional case management fo the families in the program: he noted
n- ite parking required for the Da Center would be minimal just fo staff and volunteers, the van pick up
and drop o would be off peak; program ill have a strong social impact r the community, but the number of
families is mall; there are already two simil programs on this site so the use i compatible with and similar to those
facilities.
Chairman Luzuriaga ked for testimony from people in pport first. Diana Linn, IHN rector, 1720 El Camino
Real; Larry Jensen, 3 - 41st Avenue; Emily Scheinman 1221 Floribunda; John C ' o, 735 El Camino Real.
Comments were have eard concerns about noise, smell caused agency by vans, share this issue with focus
programs, got permissi for all vans to load inside parking of and to have the vehicle turn off completly while
people load; on week e s volunteers at Day Center will ecommend free and low cost a ivities off -site for
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ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
415 El Camino Real
Burlingame, Ca. 94010
October 19, 2000
The Honorable Rosalie O'Mahony, Mayor
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, Ca. 94010
Dear Mayor O'Mahony:
I am enclosing a photocopy of a petition to you signed randomly by St.
Paul's parishioners supporting our involvement in the Interfaith Hospitality
Network of San Mateo County. I will copy the City Planning Commission and
send you the original after a few more people have had a chance to sign it.
Besides two neighborhood meetings moderated last week by the
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center at the behest of the IHN Board, on Sunday,
October 8, I convened a small gathering of St. Paul's parishioners and our
immediate (within two blocks) neighbors. I presumed that some of the
opposition came from neighbors concerned about other problems such as
parking, increased traffic, noise, litter and even our chimes. We spent more
time talking about these issues than the IHN project and, more importantly, we
set up a liaison channel between the church and the neighborhood to give us
immediate feedback about any problems. Gloria Barton, three -time Mayor of
Burlingame who spent 13 years on Burlingame City Council, has agreed to be
St. Paul's representative to this communications channel. Further, we
promised the neighbors that we would have a six month evaluation of the IHN
program that would include their feedback on community impact.
I believe St. Paul's has shown great responsibility: in carefully studying
this national program over the past year before adopting it; in meeting the
legal, safety and health concerns of local governments and agencies; and in
meeting the rational concerns of our neighbors. One concern that came up
after the series of meetings was whether the churches were in this to make
money. No church or church employee receives money from IHN; rather we
spend money and hundreds of volunteer hours to serve these needy families
with meals and many other services.
RECEIVED
OCT 2 0 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
We hope the Planning Commission and City Council will quickly approve
the Conditional Use Permits before more families have to suffer in the
approaching winter.
Sincerely,
T Rev. Stuart f.Coxhead, Jr.
Rector
Copy: City Planning Commissions/
San Mateo IHN Board
ST. PAUL"S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
415 EL CANQNo REAL
BURLINGAME, CA 94010
Rosalie O'Mahony
Mayor
City Hall
501 Primrose
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Mayor O'Mahony:
October 8, 2000
We the parishioners of St. Paul's support our church's participation in the
Interfaith Hospitality Network of San Mateo County which plans to provide temporary
shelter on a rotating basis for three to five prescreened homeless families whose last place
of permanent residence was San Mateo County. We believe the structure and rules of
this organization and the positive experience of the seventy-five other 11-IN programs
currently operating around the country (involving approximately 6000 congregations)
will allow our 48 volunteers to operate this program on our church property with little or
no impact on our neighbors.
There is a critical need for more emergency housing programs in San Mateo County
for families. Presently, this service is randomly provided by two day motel vouchers,
supplied by police departments to families who cannot find room at Shelter Network's First
Step for Families. Recently, First Step for Families has had as many as forty pre-screened
families on their waiting list. Many of these families have very small children — even
newborns, living in cars with their parents. We at St. Paul's are especially concerned about
the impact that being without adequate shelter has on them. The opportunity for our
congregation to help resolve this crisis by providing a warm place to stay in the caring
environment of our church home is most important. We appreciate your support as we
move forward in this outreach ministry for families.
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To the Burlingame City Planning Commission Board Members,
1 am a home owner on Kammerer Court in Hillsborough where I have lived for 40 years,
which is across from St. Paul's Episcopal Church. I do not have voting privileges in
Burlingame, but as a neighbor I do have a voice in what occurs in our neighborhood.
My neighbors and 1 attended the Planning Commission meeting in September. We
were amongst the first to arrive and found half the hall occupied. We later realized that
the IHN had come early and were sitting in those seats where residents who were really
affected were out in the hall listening to the loud speakers. My daughter who is a
resident of Burlingame was one of those out in the hall.
We, residents of Hillsborough, realize the need of this type of housing. The
responsibility should be with the County, and the County should see to it that housing is
provided with care given by the by qualified, trained personnel. The families
participating in such a program should be from within the county.
My primary concern is the fact that the people giving the care to the homeless in this
program are given only 3 hours of training. This certainly cannot cover many situations
that the may face. A simple CPR class takes more than 3 hours. What subjects does
the three hour class cover?
We have been told that all participants will be screened via a triple screening
processes. What exactly is a triple screening process? Is it 3 types of screening or
three people that do the screening? How is this screening collected? What does it
entail? Is it only through interviewing? Does it contain a collection of verified
information? Is any portion of the screening executed by law enforcement officials?
We need to know so much more about this, especially since one of the proposed sites
is a adjacent to a school.
I, for one, feel that greater information needs to be gathered before this effort is
approved. General information is given us about other communities that have had this
program. Have there been communities that have backed away after having it in their
in their environs and why?
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Conditional Use Permit
Address: 415 El Camino Real
Item # 8
Action
Meeting Date: 10/23/00
Request: Conditional use permit to use asocial hall for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families
with children in an existing church at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3 (C.S. 25.32.030, 6).
Applicant: Deborah Cleveland, St. Paul's Episcopal Church IHN Coordinator APN: 028-281-050
Property Owner: St. Paul's Episcopal Church Lot Area: 1.46 acres
General Plan: Medium High Density Residential Zoning: R-3
CEQA Status: Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists
of the operation of existing private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time
of the lead agency's determination.
Existing Use: St. Paul's Episcopal Church and St. Paul's Coop Nursery School located on site in a separate
building.
Proposed Use: Emergency/temporary housing for three to five homeless families (maximum of 14 people)
in an existing church facility for one week at a time, a maximum of six times a year.
Allowable Use: This use is allowed as a conditional use per Code Section 25.32.030 which states that the
following is allowed: "In association with a church or other religious or nonprofit institution, provision of
temporary shelter for homeless individuals or families, provided that the facility is located within a
transportation corridor and the use does not occur continuously at any one location for more than six months
of any twelve month period."
The Planning Commission must determine that this use will operate within the parameters of the use as
described; within the criteria for a conditional use; and determine that the proposed use will be compatible
with the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and with existing and potential uses in the neighborhood.
Summary: The applicant, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, is requesting a conditional use permit in order to
operate a temporary overnight shelter, a maximum of six times a year, for three to five homeless families
(maximum of 14 people) in an existing church facility at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3. St. Paul's will
rotate providing this service with other churches in Burlingame and San Mateo County.
St. Paul's would like to participate in the San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) program
which provides emergency housing for three to five homeless families. St. Paul's is one of three churches in
Burlingame and one of nine churches in San Mateo County participating in the IHN program. Within St.
Paul's, the social hall (Foote Hall), restrooms, and the kitchen will be used to accommodate the families
staying at the church. Plans date stamped August 14, 2000, indicate that 16 rollaway beds would be provided
in the hall (14 guests and two overnight staff members for supervision). St. Paul's congregation would
provide participating families with a meal, an evening program to prepare participants for the next day, and
an overnight stay one week at a time. There are no interior or exterior tenant improvements required at the
church to provide this service.
Conditional Use Permit
415 El Camino Real
The San Mateo County IHN provides homeless families with shelter, meals, job search and training
assistance. The program consists of two parts: churches which provide overnight accommodations and a day
center facility staffed by a professional case worker. The families arrive at the host church at 6:00 p.m. and
are greeted with a dinner prepared by dinner hosts and brought to the church, or the dinners will be prepared
at the church kitchen. The families would have breakfast at the church in the morning and would leave the
church by 7:00 a.m. From the church, the families would be transported by a private van to the day center
facility proposed to be located at 1720 El Camino Real (see concurrent conditional use permit application for
day center facility).
Homeless families participating in the IHN program will be triple screened in conjunction with C.A.L.L.
Primrose and Shelter Network's Families in Transition Program and no one with issues relating to drug or
alcohol abuse, mental illness or domestic violence will be enrolled. The IHN guidelines require families to
be in and "lights out" by 10 p.m., do not allow the families to leave the church premise (other than for
supervised activities on church property) and do not allow families to receive visitors at the church site. In
addition, the IHN does not permit mail to be delivered to the families and no use of public phones inside or
outside the church is allowed.
During the week before the host week, 2-3 church members will make one trip each to the church to drop off
food staples for bag lunches and cold breakfasts and to return clean linens washed at home. During the week
after the host week, one member will pick up used linens to take home and wash. These activities will occur
at the parishioners' convenience.
IHN will operate two vans at the church during the host week. One small commercial van will be used to
deliver and pick up the roll -away beds on the first and last day of the host week and should not take more than
one-half hour. The second van, a 14-passenger vehicle, will make one drop-off of participants and one pick-
up visit to the church each day during the host week and should not be at the church for more than 15 minutes.
The two vans will be parked overnight at the day center facility (1720 El Camino Real). Families with
personal vehicles will park at the day center facility and be transported by a van to the church. The program
administrator has to approve guests with cars who must drive directly to the church because their job hours
are incompatible with the shuttle van times. These guests will park in the church parking lot. The applicant
notes that the maximum number of vehicles that could be parked by IHN guests is three. However, most
guests are expected, to arrive by shuttle van only. The site plan indicates that there are 35 parking spaces
available for church functions at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
St. Paul's notes that the number of employees at the church will not increase as a result of this program.
Church staff are not assigned regular on -site evening hours, but do occasionally attend evening meetings or
other programs at the church. Other large groups which regularly or occasionally use the social hall will be
rescheduled to other weeks during the host week. The number of people at the church at one time in the
evening is not expected to exceed 70 with the program. The church currently has six full-time and five part-
time employees on weekdays and four full-time and eight part-time employees on weekends before 5 p.m.
This number is not expected to change in the future. All of the church clergy have volunteered to take shifts
as hosts of the program. After 5 p.m., St. Paul's expects to have a maximum of 21 people on site specifically
involved with the IHN program, including homeless families and parishioners, on weekdays and weekends
during the host week. Before 5 p.m., the maximum number of people on site will be 4-5 on weekdays and
weekends.
Conditional Use Permit
415 El Camino Real
Staff Comments: See attached. Planning would note that several letters of support and objection to the
project were submitted. These letters have been compiled and are included with this report.
Study Meeting (September 11, 2000): At the September 11, 2000, Planning Commission study meeting, the
Commissioners had no questions and directed this item to be placed on the September 25, 2000, consent
calendar (September 11, 2000, P.C. Minutes).
Action Meeting (September 25, 2000): At the September 25, 2000, Planning Commission action meeting,
the Commission directed this item to be continued to the meeting of October 23, 2000, as an action item
(September 25, 2000, P.C. Minutes). The Planning Commission noted that there are still some
misunderstandings with the program, that there are gaps in the information, and that the concerns could be
mitigated if the public's questions were answered and if the applicants and neighborhood residents met to
discuss their concerns regarding the program. The Commission also asked for additional information on the
success of this program in other places, information on the three -step screening process, qualifications of staff
hired by the program, and additional information on police calls relating to this program in other communities.
A community meeting was held at each of the three church's applying for a conditional use permit. Each
meeting was facilitated by the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) and was attended by the
applicant and neighborhood residents. The meeting was conducted in a question -and -answer format. The
meeting minutes, dated October 11, 2000, were prepared by PCRC and are provided in the staff report for your
review. The applicant notes that he would respond to the Planning Commission's questions at the October
23, 2000 action meeting.
City of Burlingame Police Commander Jack Van Etten contacted the Police Dept. in several communities
where the IHN program has been working. He prepared a memo (dated October 18, 2000) summarizing the
police experience in those communities. Commander Van Etten notes that he would like the Police and Fire
Departments to be involved in training of program volunteers to make them aware of the range of Police and
Fire services and how best to access those services where needed.
Criteria for a Conditional Use Permit: In order to grant a Conditional Use Permit the Planning
Commission must find that the following conditions exist on the property (Code Section 25.52.020 a-c):
(a) the proposed use, at the proposed location, will not be detrimental or injurious to property or
improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, general welfare, or
convenience;
(b) the proposed use will be located and conducted in a manner in accord with the Burlingame general plan
and the purposes of this title;
(c) the Planning Commission may impose such reasonable conditions or restrictions as it deems necessary
to secure the purposes of this title and to assure operation of the use in a manner compatible with the
aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of existing and potential uses on adjoining properties in the general
vicinity.
Conditional Use Permit
415 El Camino Real
Planning Commission Action: The Planning Commission should hold a public hearing. Affirmative action
should be taken by resolution and should include findings for the conditional use permit. The reasons for any
action should be stated for the record. At the public hearing the following conditions should be considered:
Conditions:
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the existing
church social hall, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the plans submitted
to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Social Hall
Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the hours
of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five homeless
families with a maximum of 14 persons and five staff members; the emergency housing for homeless
families shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7)
consecutive days per each of 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Operations Division Commander of the Police Department and the Fire
Marshal of the Fire Department shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families; the report shall include the number of people, ages,
and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met;
5. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless
families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as stated in these
conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; and
6. that the use of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the
building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes,1998 Edition
as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
7. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually in January for compliance with the conditions
of approval.
Ruben G. Hurin
Planner
c: Deborah Cleveland, St. Paul's Episcopal Church IHN Coordinator, applicant
Stuart Coxhead, Rector
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There w7�iscussion on the otion.
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Ch;7al
an Luzuriaga calle or a voice vote on the otion to approve. The mo 'on passed on a 7-0 v, ice vote.
Approcedures wer ` dvised. This item con5Wded at 7:37 p.m. /
1C. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY
SHELTERS IN THREE EXISTING CHURCHES TO SERVE HOMELESS FAMILIES:
1. 1500 EASTON DRIVE - ZONED R-1/R-3 (REV. DR. PAUL WATERMULDER, FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BURLINGAME, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER)
2. 415 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED R-3 (RECTOR WARDENS, VESTRY, ST. PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER)
3. 1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE - ZONED C-1 (REV. ALBERT VUCINOVICH, ST.
CATHERINE CHURCH, APPLICANT; MOST REV. WILLIAMS LEVADA, PROPERTY
OWNER)
5. 1720 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED C-1- APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR
A DAY CENTER FACILITY TO SERVE HOMELESS FAMILIES (REV. CHANNING SMITH, SAN
MATEO COUNTY INTERFAITH, APPLICANT; MILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL, PROPERTY
OWNER)
Reference staff report, 9.25.00, with attachments. City Planner presented the staff reports, reviewed criteria and
Planning Department comments. Five conditions were suggested for consideration for each of the church site
applications. Commission had no questions of staff.
Chairman Luzuriaga opened the public hearing. Chad Smith of the Transfiguration Episcopal Church and
spokesman for the Interfaith Hospitality Network, project applicant, noted that a year ago, the religious community
decided to respond to the issue of homelessness in San Mateo County and looked at the model used in other
communities by the Interfaith Hospitality Network, the program uses existing space, is smart, low cost, dependent
on community support; the program in San Mateo County would include 9 host sites, each site would host 3-4
families for one week every two and one-half months, families in need of housing are triple -screened, program will
not take families with substance abuse or domestic violence issues; the proposed day center would provide case
management, laundry and shower facilities, there are now two other day service or care facilities in this building,
Senior Focus and an Alzheimer's care facility; housing for young working families is also a health care issue, they
need help to address their circumstances; there are 30 families now on the waiting list, children do not adjust well
to the homeless experience, found overwhelming support in the community, those wearing IHN stickers in the
audience are in support of program, also received support from Mills Peninsula Hospital, and are working in
partnership with Shelter Networks.
Commissioners asked: families will be at any of the locations for one week, will it be the same group of families
at the different facilities each week; is Burlingame the first place they have applied for use permits; since the center
is a day center, not day care center, what happens with the kids during the day, what do families do at day center
if not working; is there a track record of how long it takes to initiate a life plan, if family returns over and over is
there another method used to help; what is the logic for moving families week to week.
Applicant response: families would stay in the program until there is room in First Step for Families or in
permanent housing; churches in program will only provide place to sleep and meals, showers will be at day center;
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• there will be 3-5 families at any facility at one time; have applied and received approval for use permits in San
Mateo, Redwood City did not require use permits; parents are responsible for their own children, some are in day
care or go to school, some parents take care of children at center; working parents will be driving to work during
the day, use center as time to rest, put together life plan, create structure to move in a particular direction tends to
take about 30 days, may take longer because of housing issue in this area; Call Primrose and First Step for Families
provide other programs, families are moved week to week to reduce the impact on the community, other programs
at the churches only need to take a week off.
Reverend Dr. Paul Watermulder, 325 Barriohlet, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Reverend Daniel Nascimento,
1310 Bayswater Avenue, Associate Pastor at St. Catherine's Church, and Reverend Stuart Coxhead, Rector for St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, spoke about the program as it would be at each of their churches; searched for most
responsible way to address issue of housing on Peninsula, minister to families in transition, sent letters to people
within walking distance of the church, after meeting held at First Presbyterian Church with 35 neighbors, everyone
was supportive; do not intend to expand program; done research on legal background of IHN, checked out okay,
other programs at churches have had concerns with parking and noise, if neighbors alert church to problem will
respond immediately; homeless carries stigma, there is concern for fears from congregation, once understand it is
functional families, concerns are alleviated, although there are risks, we will accept risks because see value of
bringing hope and stability, children given the attention they need, love and affirmation to get family back on their
feet.
Public Comment: Janet Uliana, 25 East Carol Avenue, Yvonne Lembi-Detert, 1465 Burlingame Avenue, George
Zannis, 1515 Carol Avenue, Lynn Linardon, 143 Dwight Road, Louise Natoli, 117 Bancroft Road, Bob Johnston,
1133 Killarney Lane, Doreen Campanilo, 1620 Howard Avenue, and Mario Palani spoke in opposition to the
proposal at St. Catherine's Church; it looks like this will occur more often than every 2 %z months, men's restroom
is located outside the main building to be used for the homeless program, there will be conflict with ongoing evening
activities, concern with health and safety of children at St. Catherine's, how will triple screening work, how do we
know they are not HIV positive, will not leave needles strewn in playground, when program is at St. Catherine's,
children in school will not have hot lunches, students should have right to use all facilities at school, there could
be other ideas such as job fairs, having children donate food and clothing, or put facility at senior center; taking
people in that cannot afford to live here, bringing people in to try to find housing is impossible, will have to stay
on list for a long time; how can we be guaranteed that people won't be coming to the facilities and knocking on the
doors to be let in, how will volunteer people be trained to deal with this; would gladly help anywhere that wasn't
used by kids, what does medical screening consist of, thought medical records were confidential, concerned that
there is only one bathroom in facility, no hot water; can there be settlement if all parties brought together, try to
resolve to everyone's satisfaction.
Terri Malaspina, 1512 Chapin Avenue, Mark Metcalf, 401 Occidental Avenue, Steve Shive, 1525 Chapin Avenue,
Scott Mason, 344 Occidental Avenue, 405 Occidental Avenue, and Richard Jones,' 407 Occidental Avenue,
expressed opposition to the proposal at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; there is no guarantee that there will not be
problems, there are no controls, idea will snowball; statistics show that at least half of the homeless have
drug/alcohol problems, there is risk that mistakes will be made in screening, monitoring of program will fall on
homeowners, request that all screening information be given to neighbors, needs to be recourse if program doesn't
go smoothly, people need to live where they can afford to live, not one person that lives directly across from
facilities is in favor, if something goes wrong, people next door will be affected.
Tony Dicenzo, 1320 Castillo Avenue, Virginia Pegley 1344 Vancouver Avenue, and Sally Ross, 1248 Drake
Avenue, spoke regarding the facility at the First Presbyterian Church; at first there were concerns, church has been
responsive, will work with neighbors to resolve issues; want to know if any other locations were explored, why does
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it need to be in a residential neighborhood; support program, looking forward to opportunity of sharing the volunteer
experience with my children, they will see that not everyone has benefits they do; can see them playing with these
kids, see that these families are not that different from the rest of us; presented a petition signed by 60 neighbors
in opposition.
Cheryl Johnstone, 1148 Dufferin Avenue, Mario Knapic, 1108 Dufferin Avenue, Jonathan Gemora, 1104 Dufferin
Avenue, Michael Lennon,1128 Hamilton Lane, Grace Wu, 1132 Dufferin Avenue, Jim Hansen, 1116 Dufferin, and
Edward Chen, 1113 Dufferin Avenue, spoke in opposition to the day center at 1720 El Camino Real; the proposed
day center will be bad for the neighborhood, add more problems to the ones we already have, there are already buses
for the two senior centers at that location, say program will include a few families, soon will have homeless all over
area; like to see credentials of people running the program, concern with safety of children.
Mary Watt, Call Primrose, 139 Primrose Road, Ellen Judd, 500 El Camino Real, Wendy Verba, 1548 Ralston
Avenue, John Anderson, 702 Newhall Road, Ariana Spiegler, 1445 Bellevue Avenue, Diane Linn, 1720 El Camino
Real, Director of IHN Network, Marsha Jensen, IHP Coordinator for Saint Catherine's, Beth Southorn, 325 Villa
Terrace, San Mateo, First Step for Families, Tim Fox, 1020 Paloma Avenue, Theresa Webb, Charlene Schmitz,
1237 Bellevue Avenue, Jonas Harschel, 8 Mariposa Court, Howard Page, 111 Central Avenue, Tom Roberts, 474
Cumberland Avenue, Homeless Coordinator for San Mateo County, John Carson, 500 El Camino Real, Carolyn
Parker, 733 Lexington Way, Clarence Cravalho, 1265 Vancouver Avenue, Brian Moriarty, 340 Occidental Avenue,
commented in support of the program; there are families in crisis waiting to get in to Shelter Network, have no
option but to live in cars on the streets; this program will give place to sleep to 14 people; support program, should
be concerned with health and safety of all children; hope can live in community that can do this, is minimally
intrusive, live in time where teachers, police officers cannot afford to live here; concerns seem to be fear of
unknown, we come into contact with homeless everyday; children in program are in school/day care during the day,
there is a model for this program nationwide, any family that is not in compliance will be exited, goal is to get
people into permanent housing; there will be 6 to 8 volunteers on site between 6:00 and 9:30 p.m., after that there
are still volunteers there; will occur six times a year at each facility; in First Step for Families program, 85% of
families served found permanent housing, this population is willing to overcome the situation, want to go to school,
average child in program is seven year old girl, talking about children that need nurturing, support, education; 75
other cities have had this program, felt that all concerns have been addressed; should be tried for a year and
reviewed; would be happy that if my children were in trouble, the church would help in this way; we have so much
would like to share it with people with problems; participants are people that have resided in San Mateo County;
can there be security personnel on site.
Mary Watt, of Call Primrose, Beth Southom of First Step for Families, and Diane Lynn, Director of II3N Network,
offered comments on the concerns raised; regarding length of stay, whether they are the same 14 people or different,
should be no concern; people cannot walk in for services, have to be referred by First Step for Families; first step
is to go to Call Primrose, they identify the appropriate program for the family, start the screening process; all people
doing the screening are trained in this field, look for patterns, consistency.
Commissioners asked: how are criminal and health records accessed, is a complete background check done, how
long does it take; criminal and medical records are confidential how do you obtain records; how do you deal with
people who walk up on the street; are only San Mateo County residents eligible, how far back do you check.
Applicant response: complete background check is done, doesn't take weeks, matter of one or two days, people sign
releases for medical and criminal records, if they don't sign, would not be accepted in program, only San Mateo
County residents are eligible, look at entire life history, do thorough check, in existing programs, people don't walk
up to facilities.
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Further comments: majority who come to program are first-time homeless, families give permission to check with
physicians, landlords and employers; similar program in Los Altos, City Council supports and participates in
program and property values are not an issue; all volunteers receive at least 3 hours training and have coordinators
with much more training, families will not be performing functions different from parishioners, will be using health
precautions normally used; homeless sometimes come up to churches now, when they do they are referred to
agencies such as Call Primrose.
Further commission questions: at day center, when people look for housing, do they look only in this area or outside
as well, have there been any adverse affects in other areas with this program; concern with children attending
schools associated with churches, would there be opportunity for interaction, what is the age range of children in
program; what happens at 1720 El Camino Real between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; what would prevent homeless
people who are not in program from coming to facility; do they anticipate placing people in affordable housing in
this area; will families be socializing with their friends at the day facility.
Applicant responses: people are encouraged to look for housing both inside and outside this area; in 5 years, there
were no complaints with the program in Cincinnati, the impact on the community has been positive with
participation; there is no overlap with school in the use of facilities, they would be on the same site but in different
rooms, there is no criteria on age of children, but average is a 7 year old female; San Mateo program has not yet
started, need all facilities in place before program can start; most family members will be at jobs or in school during
the day, use day center for showers/laundry, some parents will spend a portion of the day at center, will be doing
job hunting, apartment hunting, case management, making plans to get back on their feet; will not allow walk-in
traffic, must have a referral, people at facilities will be sleeping in tents and on roll -away beds, people will not be
beating doors down to get in, are just providing basics of safety, shelter and food; people in this circumstance
generally are not interested in socializing at center, more pressing issues to think about.
Chairman Luzuriaga closed the public hearing.
Commission comment: when read packet and listened to comments, found program is well-intentioned, not 100%
convinced that there are not still concerns; may be best to postpone action to get questions answered, support the
program in Burlingame, there are still some misunderstandings, gaps in information; good program, but understand
apprehension, if some questions answered and if groups could get together, maybe concerns could be mitigated,
would like to get information on success of programs in other areas, more information on the three -step screening
process, qualifications of staff; provide records from other communities, have there been any police calls, what
happens if someone not in the program arrives at church; consider reviewing project after a year and see what can
be improved; this is an opportunity to show our children, future citizens how well off they are; these are families
that have lived in county; understand parents concerns, issues at St. Catherine's need to be addressed.
C. Osterling made a motion to continue the hearing on these applications to the Commission's October 23, 2000
meeting, provided the information requested is gathered and the applicant communicates with others in community
to try and address concerns. The motion was seconded by C. Bojues. There was no discussion on the motion.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to continue. The motion passed on a 7-0 voice vote. This
item concluded at 10:07 p.m. The commission took a break until 10;20 p.m.
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501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA
September 25, 2000
7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER Chairman Luzuriaga called the September 11, 2000, regular meeting of the
Planning Commission to order at 7:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Bojues, Deal, Dreiling, Keighran, Osterling, Vistica and
Luzuriaga
Absent: None
Staff Present: City Planner, Margaret .Monroe; Senior Planner, Maureen Brooks; City
Attorney, Larry Anderson; City Engineer, Syed Murtuza; Fire Marshal, Keith
Marshall
MINUTES The minutes of the August 28 and September 11, 2000 regular meetings of
the Planning Commission were approved as mailed.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The order of the agenda was approved.
FROM THE FLOOR
Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1C(1), 1500 Easton Avenue, 1C(2), 415 El Camino Real, and 1C(3), 1310 Bayswater
Avenue, were removed from off the consent calendar and placed on the regular action calendar before Item No. 5,
1720 El Camino Real. Jennifer Pfaff, 615 Bayswater Avenue, commented regarding the proposed office project
at 999 Howard Avenue. She noted that she is pleased that the applicant chose the office project instead of the self -
storage facility, but is still unhappy that a 3-story proposal was submitted rather than two-story, and noted she is
curious to see the shadow studies for the proposal; would also like to see information on how many people will be
working in the building, would like to see how to make the railroad tracks safer; noted that this is an entrance to our
neighborhood and the project could be truly beautiful if it were two story with a hip roof with terra cotta tile.
STUDY ITEMS There were no study items.
ACTION ITEMS
Consent Calendar -Items on the consent calendar are considered to be routine. They are acted on simultaneously unless separate
discussion and/or action is requested by the applicant, a member of the public or a commissioner prior to the time the Commission votes
on the motion to adopt.
I.A. 2616 HALE DRIVE - ZONED R-1 - APPLICATION FOR DESIGN REVIEW AND SPECIAL
PERMIT FOR DECLINING HEIGHT ENVELOPE FOR A SECOND STORY ADDITION (DONNA
WILLS AND ERIC COLSON, APPLICANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS; WINGES
ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECT)
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STUDY ITEMS
1. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY
SHELTERS IN THREE EXISTING CHURCHES AND FOR A DAY CENTER FACILITY TO SERVE
HOMELESS FAMILIES:
d. 1720 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED C-1 - DAY CENTER FACILITY (REV. CHANNING
SMITH, SAN MATEO COUNTY INTERFAITH, APPLICANT; MILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL,
PR QPFR TV OWNMR )
CP Monroe presented the staff report. Commissioners asked: can the parking variance be conditioned in such a way
that it would not allow a future office use of this area; how many of the clients and project vehicles will be parked
overnight on this site, is it more or less than 7; when updating the Housing Element a multiple family overlay zoning
was placed on this area, would staff provide a history of this decision and review its entitlement. Chairman Luzuriaga
set this item for the action calendar, if the information required is submitted in time, at the September 25, 2000,
meeting. This item concluded at 7:22 p.m.
b. 415 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED R-3 - HOMELESS SHELTER (RECTOR WARDENS,
VFSTRYrRT PATTT.'R RPTSC OPAT. CHURCH, APPTIC'ANT AND PROPRPTV OWNRR)
C. 1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE - ZONED C-1 - HOMELESS SHELTER (REV. ALBERT
VUCINOVICH, ST. CATHERINE CHURCH, APPLICANT; MOST REV. WILLIAMS LEVADA,
PR QPRR TV QWNRR )
CP Monroe presented the staff reports for these three items together since the program would operate within the same
parameters at each of the participating churches. She noted the differences in parking available on each church site.
C. Dreiling noted that he had had a business relationship with the First Presbyterian Church which he believed was
within the last year so would abstain from discussing that item tonight and from voting on that use permit at the action
meeting.
Commissioners asked: a couple of neighbors had discussed this project with one commissioner and were welcoming
it with keen interest, in that light would suggest that these three church permits be placed on the next consent calendar
for action; perhaps this should be a regular action item because of the magnitude of the program and number of sites
involved; consent items are noticed in the same fashion as regular action items and any item can be called off by any
member of the public.
Chairman Luzuriaga moved that these items be placed on the regular action calendar for September 25,2000, provided
all the information required is submitted in time. There was no second to the motion. C. Bojues then moved to put
items la through lc, the conditional use permits for the churches on the consent calendar, and retain the Day Center
project on El Camino on the regular action calendar. C. Osterling seconded the motion.
Discussion on the motion: it is not appropriate to put a variance on the consent calendar, so the Day Center should be
on the regular action calendar.
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Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to place the three church applications on the consent
calendar. The motion passed on a 6-0-1 (C. Keighran absent) voice vote. i
2. 1010 CAD LAC WAY - ZO C-2 - MITIGATEDgTIVE DECLARATION AND VARIANCE
FOR N ENCLOSING TH SALES LOT FOR A FLOOR EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING
A DEALERSHIP (KE TH RODRIGUES & PRS, APPLICANT AND ARC ITECT; E.RTJ
CP Mo oe presented the staff art. Commissioners asked help will the traffic signal be inst ed at Cadillac and
Roll's; do other auto sales lots eet the fencing/hedge re irement; this is a gateway site, this
hi improvement is good
fo a applicant, would like 'm to address which compo ents of the project favor the city the passerby at this City
trance, refer to the prop ed commercial design rev' w guidelines especially gateway ites and provide a serious
discussion; parking area ' right-of-way is leased fr m the city, if this area were no 1 ger available, how would it
affect site use; lot of dis ussion in the staff report an negative declaration about how t e addition to the building would
affect sight lines f r traffic but no illustrat' ns were provided, please pr vide sight line graphics, what
corrections/change ould need to be made if s were built, and how would si t lines affect the use of the site; this
site is one of the st things one sees when co ing off the Broadway off ramp hich increases the expectation of what
this building s ould be, would like to se the lighting plan for the inte • r and the exterior and more landscape
information, a rendering shows nice Ian scaping but it is not reflected o the plan; what kind of landscaping do they
intend top along the Broadway edge; ghting is critical this industry rids to overlight; this building will be the first
thing one ees and it is a very futuristi , metal clad structure, it raises oncern since it is not representative of the city;
this bu' ding is designed as a billb and and lighting will be key, t night it will look like a picture, w/pr
ew
light' g; building is so horizont needs vertical landscaping, lot of trees that get big would stronhe
su tance of Burlingame; agr this is a request for a v ' ce for fence or hedge, trees would bate
lacement; would the appli t submit samples of the co r scheme. There were no additional queshe
commissioners.
Chairman Luzuriaga se is item for the regular actiZ-
all calendar at the meeting of September 25, 000, providing that
the inforiOPT
uested is submitted to the nning Department in time for packet eparation. This item
concluded at
VII. ACTEMS ACTION IT S
ALE D - IT S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONS EKED TO BE ROUTINE. THEYARE
MULTANEOUSLY LESSSEPARATEDISCUSSIONANDIORACTI IS REQUESTEDBYTHEAPPLICANT,
A MF THE PUBLIC O A COMMISSIONER PRIOR TO THE TIME TH COMMISSION VOTES ON THE MOTION
TO ,
Ch'finan Luzuriaga noted that applicant for item 3c, 1337 Paloma Av nue, had requested that it be reproved from
tlx consent calendar. He set 1 U7 Paloma Avenue, item 3c, as the first ' em on the regular action cale ar. He asked
anyone in the audience or y commissioner wished to take any er items off the consent cal dar. There were
no further requests.
3a. 4 KARENXOURT- ZONED R-1 - APPLICYION FOR A HILLSIDE OEA CONSTRUCTION
PERMIT OR A FIRST FLOOR ADDITION (D VID GUO AND MYLA PUYAT, APPLICANTS; NORI
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Interfaith Hospitality Network
Community Meeting
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Burlingame
10/11/00
11:14 No.003 P.02
RECEIVEQ
OCT 1 6 2000
CITY OF BURLING-AME
PLANNING DEPT.
Facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
These notes capture major areas of concerns and responses discussed at the meeting;
they do not rapture every comment made during the meeting.
MEETING NOTES
1) How would neighbors benefit from increase in police calls; would like Mr. Coxhead:to
answer.
Adds diversity, pride.
Some programs have virtually no police problems.
Reduces social problems.
Developed liaisons for all programs.
Homeless families do not cause problems (stay in cars or with friends). Generally
single males are the. problem. Burlingame has had one male adult arrest f6t
accosting a woman near railroad tracks. PTA arrests if there is a
problem —usually drugs.
2) Is there a national statistic for numbers served/police calls?
(unavailable at meeting)
3) Caii-they use their own cars? Traffic concerns.
Policy is transportation by van. Exceptions for emergencies/hardship.
4) How many people?
No more than 5 families/14 people.
5)How was 14 arrived at?
This is the interfaith Hospitality Network model.
6) is the $100,000 renovation on the day center well spent?
Cost of construction at the day center will be about $110,000.
7) Would Rev. Smith go back for approval for more people?
Never more than 14 in one place.
Would try to get more congregations involved.
8) Will police department provide (criminal) records of individuals? How to prevent
criminal background persons?
These are not criminals. Therefore police department can't run check
Programs calls county and asks regarding background
They will also do a full background check, including evictions, for every person.
9) Claims about below market housing, would like landlord to come to meeting.
There are low cost landlords, but not in Burlingame
10) Any successor group? (After 2 week stay)
Allowed an extension of 30 days max if following rules_
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11) Who will regulate?
People are asked to leave/terminated by program if problem
City would let involved only if there are complaints.
County controls to some degree through its funding.
Church will monitor parking and other problems as will the program itself
12) Where are the people coming from? Is Burlingame carrying too high a percentage,
67%? (Day center, 50%, 9 churches —Burlingame 1 /3 of the activities)
Other services for the homeless are throughout county.
13) Who is liable if there is a problem?
Agency and sites have generous insurance
14) Training of staff if disputes among participants?
Minimum of 3 hours plus extensive training of the coordinators.
Burlingame police: department is back up
15) Have non-residential locations been considered?
No, not other than the Day Center
16) Why not team up with South San Francisco? (Group solutions)
This is a different type of program as it is for families.
South San Francisco only single persons.
A family = parent or relative with one or more children.
Good for people to see who homeless are.
17) What about visitors to the guests? (Training of staff)
No guests allowed. Don't serve domestic violence situations/victitris:
18) Was there an attempt to hide the ball?
Rev. Smith was not aware of ordinance. When they found out a permit requft�ed
they notified neighbors.
20) How will notification of schedule be handled? ;
Police will be notified.
Noticing I-; still up for discussion/input.
The nei hbons could call the host site or contact person.
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21) Can we see grant?
Suggests a budget be shared; Diana is only employee currently. Information
• will be available.
22) Who lives close by who are in favor?
(no survey has been done of community)
23) Do paid staff/screeners live in Burlingame?
Diana is only staff member; she does not live in Burlingame.
24) Total number of people helped in a year?
Number of families in Network: 50.60 families will be helped
Notes compiled by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
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Facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
These notes capture major areas of concerns and responses discussed at the meeting,
they do not capture every comment made during the meeting.
MEETING NOTES
The group comes to stay at the church for one week and then is gone for eight.i elks
1) Please explain how the residents will benefit from this permit.
Volunteers will help find housing and jobs for the people in the program.
There is a mindset change about homeless families in the community. .
The community needs to keep the homeless healthy and educated.
The families can stay in the community. "
Church members can interact with homeless families, the youth can do,.
community service.
2) Describe the selection process for the program at 1720 El Camino Real.
Laura Peterhans and someone else went to Mills -Peninsula and asked-if,they-
would house the program. They agreed.
It is a good landlord and the rent is good.
3) Are there other options?
We would have to find a space for a day program.
Churches chose to participate and are cooperating with each other.
$100,000 is being spent to fix up the space at 1720.
4) What are the criteria for application to the program? How far back does,the criminal r.
screening go? What arc the qualifications of the screeners?
'There are three rounds of screening through the agencies.
The participants sign a 16 point list of ground rules.
The applications are routed from several service agencies.
Shelter Network meets with the families to find if a match is possible.
No one with mental health problems, substance abuse, or family abuse rec&ds .
for the last 90 days is taken into program.
The families are case managed on a weekly basis to find housing.
Background checks going back 10 years in the county are done.
The safest, highest functioning families are taken.
Credit checks and employment checks are done.
5) What other cities have this program?
The program is in 25 states.
There are 80 shelter networks in the 25 states.
They have been in place from 14 years to 3 months.
Almost all are in suburban area churches.
6) ions of the shelters in the cities?
Wk►at are the locat
Churches.
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7) What is the process for visitors?
They must show their license and have permission to be there.
If they are suspected to need a breathalyzer test, or toxicity screening, they are
asked to leave.
The primary screening is the Shelter Network screening.
8) What is the % of success of operating the programs.
Over 80% of the families find and remain in permanent housing.
Pollow-up is done in 2 months =
Families stay in touch with the director of the program
9) What are the infant facilities like?
There are cribs at the host sites and the day sites. : One parent must be with the child.
There is a case plan if there is a need for child care.
Paid staff is always at the day center
Parents are responsible for finding child care- help get in touch with 4C's
Children supervised or parents responsible for child care-TANF
Belongings are stored elsewhere
10) How are records out of the county accessed?
If social services knows that someone has lived or worked in another -county.
those records arc checked, and go back 10 years.
11) What is the track record or incidents from the police? What is the response of other.
communities around the country? :
There have been no problems with any families. If they come in at night; they
are given a pass to a motel.
98% of the problems comes from single males who live by the railroad tracks and
have chosen a life style that includes alcohol and drugs- the police try to refer the
men to social service agencies
Contacted three similarly sized communities, with similar programs
A noise complaint, the resident was evicted
A boyfriend came to the site and had sold drugs, was evicted
A single man stole money, $25, from various people at center.
A concern because the program was located across the street from a
school
Two police departments said that it was a good program to help people
get back on their feet :..
12) What is the process for revoking a conditional use permit, or the conditions for the
permit? What are community options once a permit is granted?
There would be complaints made at a public hearing
A staff report about the conditions, number of people, or the location,.
If the program doesn't stay in the parameters of the permit
The permit has a review time that goes with the property
13) Could you clarify the subject of tents?
Tents are used on the inside of the host site so that families can have some
privacy.
14) What -are the. projections for the users to get housing in the local area?: "'•
There is an 80% success rate at IHN.
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15) How does IHN complement the Shelter Network? What is the role of Shelter
Network?
There are intake coordinators from 33 agencies
People who fit the program are referred by the agencies.
There were 38 families on the waiting list yesterday, and there are 42 today.
16) How do users find out about this program?
They are referred from the Shelter Network or another agency.
17) Are there time limits on the length of stay?
30 days. There is an extension only if they are doing what they should.
18) Are these families or single people?
These are only families. '
19) Why did IHN keep this secret for two years with no community input until the last
minute?
This started last June. At first the churches needed to get organized. It doesn't
feel last minute to us, we have been working hard and have not meant to leave > = =r
community out. Each host site is responsible for telling the neighbors about the
-program.
20) What is the definition of a family member?
Adults with children
Long term relationship with children
Majority are women with children
21) Are there personal vehicles and where do they keep them? Y
The families are transported from the night site to the day site by van.'-.
Cars can be usaed from the day site to get to work for example.
Permission is needed to use a car to get to the night site.
There'will be evening traffic from the volunteers coming to the night -site.
22) What are the plans for the weekends for the families?
They can stay at the center, but are encouraged to visit out in the community... .
Activities are planned for the children.
23) Who educates the children, and who pays for it? Who takes care of their needs?
The McKinney Act ensures the right of education for all children.
Families can choose between staying in the same school, or going to the school
on the schedule where they are staying.
Parents are responsible for transporting their children to the school where they
were going to school.
24) What is the policy about pets?
No pets are allowed.
Volunteers can make arrangements with families.
25) How are drop -ins handled?
We don't have drop -ins. They would be referred to another agency.
26) -What is the impact on the neighborhood of the day center? (Reverend' Smith)
There is a high impact on the local area.
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There are specific questions and answers in the interviews the families go
through. There is a requirement that everyone is tested for TB.
28) Who will evaluate the program?
There will be a report from the Shelter Network to the county and the funders.
There will be inspections of the program.
The county evaluates and monitors, the program.
29) Are they building at 1720?
No. The program is not building at 1720. There is an application for
Improvements.
30.) Why can't the Peninsula Hospital unused wing be used now?
We don't know. They made the decision about which space to lease.
3>i) Have the police ever been called to a housing project, and if so, what kind of 'a'"
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problem was it?
This has already been answered.
32) Is this a permanent program?
31) Why was there no town hall meeting for neighbors around using 1720?
This has already been answered.
34) if the families don't find housing, do they recycle through the program?
Rollover is possible, but usually they can fund something.
35) Why aren't other cities responsible for their own homeless?
Other cities have shelters of various types. The homeless of this city have been
sheltered by other cities for 10 to 15 years.
Notes compiled by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
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BURI.INGAME POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE MEMO
TO: Meg Monroe, City Planner
FROM: Commander Van Etten, Acting Chief of Poll RVG
DATE: October 18, 2000
RE: Law Enforcement Concerns - Interfaith Hospitality Network (UiN)
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RECEIVED
OCT 18 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
Pursuant to our recent conversation, attached are documents concerning both law enforcement
concerns (at the churches and the day center), as well as the results of my contacts with police
agencies where IEN networks have been established.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
FROM BURLINGAME POLICE DEPT. (WED)10. 18' 00 10:37/ST. 10:36/NO, 4862744283 P 3
BURLINGAME POLICE DEPARTMENT
IRN REFS RAL CONTACTS WITH POLICE
October, 2000
A random police department contact sampling was initiated to determine if any major (or
associated) police problems occurred as a result of an IHN shelter locating within their
ju nsdiction(s). The sampling involved communities and (or) police agencies similar in size as
Burlingame (as noted below). Other large police agencies (Roxwke, VA, Chattanooga, TN and
Buffalo, NY) were not contacted as their cities' size, population and police departments are a
great deal larger than Burlingame and unsuitable for these comparison purposes.
1) Ambler, Pennsylvania, Police Department
Community Profile: 9,000 population;10-15 minutes outside of Philadelphia
Contact: Sgt. William Frank_ (B)215-646-5300
Comments: IHN in operation for about 10 years. Orignnally rotated church sites, but now
bought and renovated a budding.
Pro: The organization polices themselves. IHN characterized as a good organization that
has helped the local police.
Con: Some minor noise complaints, residents of the program were evicted. Only one
`""� actual problem - Boyfriend visited the church site where a family was housed without the
knowledge of the organization (sold drugs).
2) Pinehunt, North Carolina, Police Department
Community Profile:10,000 population
Contact: Lt. Glen Wilson (B)910-295-3141
Comments: IHN is a new program, in existence for about 3 months. The program
involves the entire county. City had to change/aLer zoning law to allow sleeping in
churches. Yearly review for problems (or) issues. Church notifies the police department if
homeless stay in churches. Citizen/resident concerns because one church site was across
from a grammar schooL
Pro: Good program. No complaints.
Con: Not an official incident - one of the first people in the program (single male) lied
(screening interview issue), resulted in him stealing small quantities of money from the
site.
',%W 3) Rockhil, South Carolina, Police Department
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Community profile: 50,000 population; 50 miles south of Cbarlotte
Contact: Lt. Glenn Robinson (B)803-329-7259
Comments: IBN relatively new and is directly associated with the Pilgrims Inn (a shelter
agency in their area) that has been in existence for the past 50 years. IHN began in early
2000 and Rockhill P.D. has had no police problems associated with the organization.
Described as a legitimate organization with off shoots in Texas, Ohio and the Denver,
Colorado area). Local rep is Kate Burns, 903-329-2456.
Pro: Described as a good program for families to get back on their feet by providing
temporary shelter, food, etc. (1 week at a time) at 4 participating churches. Assists in
fundraising for Pilgrims Inn (related to United Way).
Con: No adverse comments on the program to date.
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Burlingame Police Department
` W Law Enforcement Concems - IHN
October, 2000
I. SCREENING PROCEDURE:
A. Extensive Background Check by staff- to include, Completeness, Thoroughness
Necessary
1) Red Flags - To he determined and what constitutes a red flag
B. Notification ofLaw Enforcement via 911 ifpotential (or actual) threats, disturbances,
etc. occur at the time of screening or any time at the 1720 lhcility location
1)1HN staff should understand and be educated to know that the number of calls
to Law Enforcement won't jeopardize the network However, reluctance of staff
to call regarding potential or actual problems could result in civil or criminal
remedies
II. CHURCH SITE ISSUES AND CONCERNS
A. Request notification of Law Enforcement (Operations Division Commander) when
families will he housed (start and end) at any church in Burlingame in the event of
emergencies (fire, ambulance, major event or disaster in the area, etc.)
a,.. 1) Number of residents, location, length of stay, ages, special medical needs of any
temporary resident, etc.
B. Church Monitors throughout the night
1) How many, all night, a portion of the evening, etc?
a) Concerns if unauthorized visitors that have not been screened (lE -
boyfriends, etc.) Arrive at the location
b) Residents leaving the premises or wandering throughout the facility
during the night
C. Educating Church Monitors to the above RN and Police), as well as the procedures
for making "Citizen's Arrests".
UL STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ISSUES
A Need for education and re -enforcement of both Staff and Volunteers to notify Law
Enforcement in the event of any potential (or actual) problems or issues that might arise at
the church site, the day center (1720 ECR) to include (but not limited to the following):
1) Threats of (or actual) violence at ANY Network facility
2) Disuabances of the Peace
3) Assault and (or) Battery
4) Domestic Violence/Child Abuse
B. Need to involve Children's Protective Services in the event an adult is arrested and the
WAW children are left without the supervision of an adult relative
ROUTING FORM
DATE: August 21, 2000
TO: _CITY ENGINEER
_✓CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL
_FIRE MARSHAL
SR. LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR
CITY ATTORNEY
FROM: CITY PLANNER/PLANNER
SUBJECT: Request for conditional use permit for a temporary shelter for homeless
families in an existing church at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3,
APN: 028-281-050.
SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION MEETING:
STAFF REVIEW BY MEETING ON: Monday, August 21, 2000
THANKS,
Maureen/Erika/Ruben Z� OS Date of Comments
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ROUTING FORM
DATE: August 21, 2000
TO: _CITY ENGINEER
_CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL
✓FIRE MARSHAL
SR. LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR
CITY ATTORNEY
FROM: CITY PLANNER/PLANNER
SUBJECT: Request for conditional use permit for a temporary shelter for homeless
families in an existing church at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3,
APN: 028-281-050.
SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION MEETING:
STAFF REVIEW BY MEETING ON: Monday, August 21, 2000
THANKS,
Maureen/Erika/Ruben Z, Date of Comments
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BURLIN4.Mi i CITY OF BURLINGAME
APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING COM USSION
Type of Application: Special Permit Variance Other Conditional Use Permit
Project Address:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino Real, Burlingame, CA 94010
Assessor's Parcel Number(s):
028-281-050
APPLICANT
Rector, vardens, Vestry
Name: St. Paul s Episcopal Church
Address: 415 El Camino Real
PROPERTY OWNER
Name: Same as Applicant
Address:
City/State/Zip: Burlingame, CA 94010 City/State/Zip:
Phone (w): 348-4811 Phone (w):
(h)
fax: 348-2126
ARCIM CT/DESIGNER
Name: Not applicable
Address: (no construction or renovation)
City/State/Zip:
Phone (w) :
(h)
fax:
(h)
fax:
Please indicate with an asterisk * the
contact person for this application.
*Deborah Cleveland
St. Paul's IHN Coordinator
650-347-6716 (H) 510-739-2405 (W)
*Stuart Coxhead
Rector
650-348-4811 (W)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To participate in the recently formed San Mateo County Inter-
faith Hospitality Network IHN as one of nine re igious congregations ree in
Burlingame) providing dinner and overnight accomodations only on a rotating basis to
three to five homeless families (maximum of 14 people).
AFFIDAVIT/SIGNATURE: I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the information given
herein is true and correct to the best of my lmowlediee and belief.
Signature i l&=r 14 Date
I know about the proposed application and hereby authorize the above applicant to submit this
application to the Planing Com4ss}eq. _
'Property Owner's Signature' Date
_--_—_—FOR OFFICE USE ONLY --
Date Filed: 8 1 4. o n Fee:
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AUAUG -I '4`'2000
Planning Commission: Study Date: Ll • o a Action Date: 9• 25 • o0
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ATTACHMENT
August 2, 2000 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Dear Burlingame Planning Commissioners:
The San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network will provide temporary
accommodations for three to five families per night in any one of nine locations. It
is our response to the critical need for more affordable housing in this area. We
have adopted the Interfaith Hospitality Network model because it has been
extremely successful in 75 other cities. Hospitality is provided for a small group,
only three to five families, to allow for personal contact with the parents and
children. We feel that compassion can bring a tremendous amount of support to
these families at this time.
The program consists of two parts: the congregations who provide the overnight
accommodations and the Day Center facility that is staffed by a professional case
worker. The three families arrive at the host congregation at 6:00 p.m. and are
greeted with a warm dinner. There are activities for the children after dinner until
their bedtime. Each congregation provides overnight volunteers to be with the
guests. The guests have breakfast in the morning and leave the congregation by 7
a.m. Each congregation hosts for one week every two to three months. The current
host sites are: in Burlingame, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Catherine's Roman
Catholic Church, and First Presbyterian Church; in San Mateo, Transfiguration
Episcopal Church, Hope Lutheran Church, Hillsdale United Methodist Church, the
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, and the Congregational Church of San
Mateo; and in Redwood City, Temple Beth Jacob. The guests are transported to and
from the Day Center in Burlingame by private van. The Day Center provides case
management, computers, phones, showers, laundry facilities, storage facilities and
parking. It will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Because the Interfaith Hospitality Network is primarily volunteer driven and
staffed, our guests will be triple screened to ensure that they are appropriate for our
program. We will not be able to take families with issues of serious drug or alcohol
abuse, mental illness or domestic violence.
The San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network has had a great amount of
help and support from many organizations in developing this program. The law
firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati has taken a special interest in the
project. They have coordinated our non-profit incorporation process. Episcopal
Charities, a well known provider of social services in San Francisco, is a third party
provider, handling our administrative and development work. The County of San
Mateo has provided $52,500 toward our first year of operation. We have had a
great amount of support and counsel from Shelter Network, Samaritan House, and
C.A.L.L. Primrose throughout our development.
RECEIVED RECF
AUG 14 2000
AUG = }
CITY OF BURLINGAME
CITY OF AME
PLANNING DEPT.
PLAN; rT.
We know that there is a critical need for more emergency housing programs in San
Mateo County for families. Presently; this service is _randomly provided by two day
motel vouchers, supplied by police departments to families who cannot find room at
First Step for Families. Recently, First Step for Families has had as many as forty
pre-screened families on their waiting list. Many of these families have very smaL1
children — even newborns, living in cars with their parents. We are especially
concerned about the impact that being without a permanent home has on them.
The opportunity for volunteers to help resolve this crisis is most important. We
appreciate your support as we move forward in this outreach ministry for families.
We are most encouraged by the model of support that the City of Los Altos has for
the Alpha Omega Shelter program. Members of the City Council take turns
providing the meals for this program. We hope to find the same spirit in this
location of the Peninsula.
We look forward to having our application for a conditional use permit approved so
that we may continue our efforts to help those without homes in our community.
Sincerely,
doIStCo e
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
415 El Camino Real
Burlingame, CA 94010
Father Albert Vucinovich
St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church
1310 Bayswater
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dr. Paul G. Watermulder, Senior Pastor
First Presbyterian Church
1500 Easton Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
National
• , Interfaith
Hospitality
Networksm
120 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Telephone: 908.273. 1 100
Fax: 908.273.0030
NATIONAL INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORKS
FACT SHEET
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1988, NIHN HAS:
• Established and supported 64 Interfaith Hospitality Network affiliates
(75 Network programs) in 24 states, including the District of
Columbia, and is currently developing 48 others across the country.
• Enabled nearly 2000 congregations of all denominations to work
together in outreach ministry each year.
• Enabled over 70,000 people to volunteer in Network programs
annually.
• Provided shelter, meals, and comprehensive assistance to over 14,000
homeless family members last year, 60% of whom are children and
one half of those are under the age of 5.
• Helped approximately 70% of guest families find permanent housing.
• Assisted more than 7,000 adults in job search or job training
programs annually.
• Received the 1988 New Jersey Pride Award in Social Services from
Governor Kean.
• Received the 1992 President's Annual Points of Light Award, the
country's highest recognition for volunteerism. NIHN was one of 21
recipients chosen from over 4500 nominees.
• Selected by the United States Information Agency as model program to
represent American volunteerism to representatives from 12 znl--
countries.
• Demonstrated through its many thousands of volunteers that
Americans do care about the homeless. The Network program gives
people who want to help, a way to help.
RECEIVED
AUG 1 4 20U0
CITY OF BURLINGAME
December 5, 1999 A Community Response for Homeless Families PLANNING DEPT.
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The Planning Commission is required by law to make findings as defined by the City's Ordinance
(Code Section 25.52.020). Your answers to the following questions can assist the Planning
Commission in making the decision as to whether the findings can be made for your request.
Please type or write neatly in ink. Refer to the back of this form for assistance with these
questions.
1. Explain why the proposed use at the proposed location will not be detrimental or injurious to
property or improvements in the vicinity or to public health, sqfety, general welfare, or convenience.
SEE ATTACHMENT
2. How will the proposed use be located and conducted in accordance with the Burlingame General
Plan and Zoning Ordinance?
SEE ATTACHMENT
3. How will the proposed project be compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of the
existing and potential uses on adjoining properties in the general vicinity?
SEE ATTACHMENT
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ATTACHMENT TO
ST. PAUL' S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
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1. Explain why the proposed use at the proposed location will not be detrimental or
injurious to property or improvements in the vicinity or to public health, safety,
general welfare or convenience.
We believe that there will not be any detrimental or injurious consequences as a
result of our hosting families in transition in our church. We refer to these families
as "guests" as we intend to treat them as guests in our church home rather than as
residents of an institution. These guests will be triple screened in conjunction with
C.A.L.L. Primrose and Shelter Network's Families in Transition Program and no one
with issues of drug or alcohol abuse, mental illness or domestic violence will be
enrolled. There will be only three to five guest families (a maximum of fourteen
people) at any given time, many of whom will be young children, and a maximum of
seven hosts (no more than five at one time), some of whom may also be youth
participating in this program with their parents, making the size of scope of this
activity significantly less than the impact of the majority of our church programs. A
van will generally bring the guests back and forth every day from the day center
facility, so there will be little or no parking impact beyond two or three cars brought
by hosts. Shower and personal laundry needs will also be taken care of at the day
center facility, so our existing bathrooms are more than adequate to handle this use.
Hot dinners will be brought from home by the diner hosts or prepared in the church
kitchens which are often used by the churches to prepare much larger meals for
congregational events than those required for the EH N program. Guests' personal
goods, beyond those needed for everyday use at the church, will be stored in locked
lockers at the day center.
There are strict guidelines for our guests, such as lights out and in bed by 1 Opm,
and once these families arrive at our churches, they are not allowed to leave
the Church property and are not allowed to receive guests either. At least two staff
members will always be present to assist and supervise them.
Under the IHN rules, each participating congregation must obtain volunteer
commitments from at least 50 members, neighbors or members of supporting
congregations. All three Burlingame churches have obtained commitments in excess
of these numbers. Volunteers will initially be trained by the national EHN
organization which has assisted local groups in the organization of 75 local operating
IHNs and will receive continuing support and training from the paid director of the
local San Mateo County IHN.
RECEIVED
AUG 14 Z000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
2. How will the proposed use be located and conducted in accordance with the
Burlingame General Plan and Zoning Ordinance?
Two of the three churches, St. Paul's and First Presbyterian Church of
Burlingame, are located in a R-3 zone — medium to high density multi -family. The
third church, St. Catherine of Sienna, is located in a C-1 commercial zone. All three
are located along El Camino Real which is a transportation corridor. Although the
churches are not principally residences, two of the three churches do already provide
permanent residential accommodations for some members of their clergy on the
property, a common feature of churches throughout history. By hosting three to five
additional families during each church's assigned week, each church will be
increasing the number of family units staying overnight on the property (each of
which consist of a substantial portion of a city block) to a number which is well
below the size limits of the type of multi -family housing permitted by an R-3 or C-1
designation. Indeed the features that usually accompany multi -family use of a
property and put a greater burden on neighbors and public services in such a
neighborhood will not be present here. The rules of the Hv program permit, no
visitors, no mail, no use of public phones inside or outside the church and no leaving
the specific church building in which the program is operated (other than for
supervised activities on other parts of church property). In general, the HV rules to
be imposed on our guests are far more numerous and strict than any imposed on other
group activities operated at the three churches and should result in minimal to no
impact on the neighborhoods.
3. How will the proposed project be compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and
character of the existing and potential uses on adjoining properties in the general
vicinity?
We will not be making any interior or exterior changes or additions to our existing
structures. We will only be using existing facilities in a manner consistent with
current use.
Because we are Churches, we worship and do community service. As such, our
activities are somewhat unique in comparison to the other business and residential
activities around our neighborhood. However, at its core, the IHN program consists
of only three activities, all of which are already common components of our existing
church programs: (1) a meal shared in fellowship; (2) an evening program designed
to renew the spirits of participants and provide strength for the next day's challenges;
and (3) an overnight stay. Although none of the churches have specifically included
homeless families in these activities in the past (which range from the Men's
Breakfast, Lenten Dinner Series, Women's Guild luncheons, bible study groups, adult
education programs, high school youth group lock -ins and overnight stays by visiting
choirs), all of the churches now have church- and/or community- sponsored programs
which are designed to assist people with significant spiritual, emotional or physical
needs which are already bringing people from all walks of life with a variety of
special needs to our churches. These programs include the 12-step programs for
those recovering from various addictions, a program for children suffering the
emotional difficulties of parental death or divorce; and programs directed at
disaffected teens. We believe that our guest families' needs will not differ markedly
from those whose needs the churches already serve except that a significant source of
our guests' needs will be based on their current homelessness.
The EHN program should have no negative impact upon or otherwise change
the character of our neighborhoods and have no influence upon the existing or
potential uses on adjoining properties in the general vicinity.
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° ST. PAUL' S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
DURlIH4AM[
_ '!• PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
IHN
Numbers
are below
line and
are for
host weeks
only.
1. Proposed use of the si
qPP Attachment
2. Days and hours of operation.
See Attachment
3. Number of trucks/service vehicles to be parked at site (by type). See Attachment
__2 .,, ..,,,,,l,PT of PmnlnvPPc (includiriLy owner) at this location:
4. L'ULTu116
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Existing
In 2 Years jIn
5 Years
Hours of
Operation
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
6
< 1
SE
SE
Weekdays
Full-time
Part-time
5
< 1
4
1
Weekends
Full-time
8
< 1
Part-time
.,fw;c;tnre/r,ietnmers who may come to the site:
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Existing
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In 2 Years
In 5 Years
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
1.70 3 50 21
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
71 3 50 21
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
74 3 53 21
Hours of
Operation
Weekda s
Y
Weekends
17 4-5
50 21
177 4-5
50 21
184 4_5
53 21
6. What is the maximum number of people expected on site at any one time (include owner,
employees and visitors/customers): SEE ATTACHMENT
7. Where do/will the owner & employees park?
SEE ATTACHMENT
SEE ATTACHMENT
8. Where do/will customers/visitors park? D
2000
9. Present or most recent use of site. SEE ATTACHMENT ME
PLANNING DEPT.
10. List of other tenants on property, their number of employees, hours of operation (attach
list if necessary). SEE ATTACHMENT
2.
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ATTACHMENT TO
ST. PAUL's EPISCOPAL CHURCH
PLANNING COMNUSSION APLICATION SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Proposed use of the site:
Host three to five homeless families (maximum of fourteen people, including
children) on a rotating basis with nine other religious congregations (three in
Burlingame) one week every two — three months for dinner and overnight.
Days and hours of operation:
Host weeks only (4-5 times a year):
I s` Sunday to be determined set-up
4-5 parishioners
5: 30 pm
dinner prep.
2-3 parishioners
6. 00 pm
guests arrive
maximum of 14 guests
7: 30 pm
activity begins
2-3 parishioners
9: 00 pm
overnight hosts
arrive
2 parishioners
7. 00 am
guests depart
all guests
7.15 am
overnight hosts
depart
2 parishioners
Mon. Fri. Same as
1' Sunday, except no set-up
2" Sunday 7. 00 am
guests depart
all guests
7:15 am
overnight hosts
depart
2 parishioners
8: 45 am
take -down
4-5 parishioners
Note: During one week before host week two -three parishioners will make one
trip each to the church to drop off food staples for bag lunches and cold
breakfasts and to return clean linens washed at home. During week following
host week, one parishioner will pick up used linens to take home and wash. Times
of these activities will be at the individuals' convenience.
Number of truck/service vehicles to be parked at site (by type):
IHNwill operate two vans at the church during host weeks. The first, a small
commercial van, will drop off cots on the I" Sunday and pick up cots on the P E C E I V E Q
AUG 14 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
Sunday of each host week. Each visit to the church should last less than one-half
hour. The second van, a 14 passenger vehicle, will make one drop-off and one
pick-up visit to the church each day during the host week. Each visit should last
less than 15 minutes. Vehicles will otherwise be parked at the day center site.
4. Current and projected maximum number of employees (including owner) at this
location:
See original of Supplemental Form for chart. Note that church staff are not
assigned regular evening hours but do occasionally attend evening meetings or
other programs at the church in their official capacities. In addition, occasional
weddings and certain holiday services are held during evening hours. On an
annual basis these numbers average out to less than one. All of the clergy have
volunteered to take shifts as hosts of the IHNprogram.
5. Current and projected maximum number of visitors/customers who may come to
the site:
See original of Supplemental Form for chart. The numbers above the line
represent average maximum numbers of parishioners and community members
attending meetings, services and events at the church without IHN. A few special
events such as the rummage sales, Christmas services, weddings and funerals can
dramatically increase these numbers on any individual day without substantially
increasing the annual daily maximum average. The number below the line
represents the actual maximum numbers of people (parishioners and homeless
families) involved specifically in the IHNprogram on any day during a host week.
Although the number of non IHNpeople at the church is planned to increase over
time as we fulfill our Christian mission by working to expand our membership
and the number of people in the community whom we serve, the numbers of
people in the IHNprogram will not increase. Under IHN rules, 14 is the
maximum number of guests which can be accommodated at a single host site.
6. What is the maximum number of people expected on the site at any one time
(include owner, employees and visitors/customers):
The IHNprogram at St. Paul's will occupy the largest room in the church, Foote
Hall (the parish hall), for the entire host week. Other large groups and activities
which may regularly or occasionally use this hall such as the rummage sale,
Christmas Tea and Bazaar, Faithful Families, drama groups and the Boy Scouts,
will be rescheduled to other weeks. As a result, even with IHN, which is expected
to bring a maximum of 19 people to the church at any one time (maximum 14
guests and, including overlap between shifts, S parishioners), the number of
people at the church is not expected to exceed 70 and will often be less than
during non IHN host weeks.
7. Where do/will the owner & employees park?
Church staff park in spots reserved for them in the lot adjacent to the church
office building.
8. Where do/will customers/visitors park?
Parishioners will park as usual in the two church lots or on the street. Guest
families will park their cars, if they have any, at the day center and ride the van to
the church. Guests with cars who prefer to drive to the church or must drive
because their job hours are incompatible with the shuttle van times will also park
in the church lots or on the street. The maximum number of cars expected to be
parked by parishioners involved in IHN at any one time is four. The maximum
number of cars which conceivably could be parked by IHN guests is three,
however, the vast majority of the time guests are expected to arrive by van only.
IHNguest families may not entertain or receive visitors when at the church so no
additional parking or traffic will be created by this program beyond what has
been described here.
9. Present or most recent use of site:
Foote Hall, also known as the Parish Hall, is the largest room in the church and
is heavily used by the church for its own functions such as coffee hour following
the Sunday 10 o'clock service, the twice yearly rummage sales, the annual
Christmas Tea and Bazaar, Faithful Families, parish festivals, Mardi Gras,
Lenten activities, parish forums and large meetings. In addition, the church
believes part of its mission is to serve the needs of the community by making its
facilities available to non-profit community groups such as the Boy Scouts and
local drama groups
10. List of other tenants on the property:
The only "tenant" is the St. Paul's Coop Nursery School which operates a
daytime program for preschoolers in a separate building on the property. The
school does not use Foote Hall and does not have evening programs. The hours
of the school do not overlap the hours if the IHNprogram. The director of the
school has been notified in person of the IHNprogram.
CITY OF BURLINGAME
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to the meeting at the Plamling Department at 501 Primrose Road,
Burlingame, California
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415 EL CAMINO REAL
Action on an application for a conditional
use permit for temporary homeless family PUBLIC HEARING
shelters in an existing church to serve NOTICE
homeless families at 415 El Camino Real,
zoned R-3. (APN: 028-281-050)
FIELD tl)_
The City of Burlingame Planning Commission FIELD(2)
announces the following public hearing on FIELD`S)
Monday, October 23, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. in the
City Hall Council Chambers located at 501
Primrose Road, Burlingame, California.
Mailed October 13, 2000
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RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
RESOLVED, by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
conditional use permit to use a social hall for emergenc //temporary housing for homeless families with
children in an existing, church at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3, APN: 028-281-050, St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, property owner;
WHEREAS, said matters were heard by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame on
October 23.2000, at which time it reviewed and considered the staff report and all other written materials and
testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Planning Commission that:
l . On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and comments
received and addressed by this commission, it is hereby found that there is no substantial evidence that the
project set forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption, per
Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists of the operation
of existing private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead
agency's determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the minutes and recording of said
meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records
of the County of San Mateo.
CHAIRMAN
I. Ann Keighran , Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission
held on the 23rd day of October, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS:
NOES: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS:
SECRETARY
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
415 EL CAMINO REAL
effective November 6, 2000
that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the
existing church social hall, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the
plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor
Plan, and Social Hall Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the
hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five
homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and five staff members; the emergency housing for
homeless families shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven
(7) consecutive days per each of 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Operations Division Commander of the Police Department and the Fire
Marshal of the Fire Department shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families; the report shall include the number of people,
ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met;
5. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless
families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as stated in these
conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; and
6. that the use of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the
building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998
Edition as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
7. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually in January for compliance with the
conditions of approval.
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
conditional use permit to use a social hall for a temporary overnight shelter for homeless families in an
existing church at 415 El Camino Real, zoned R-3 APN: 028-281-050; St Paul's Episcopal Church_
property owner;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on said application on October 23,
2000, at which time said application was APPROVED;
WHEREAS, this matter was APPEALED to City Council_ and a hearing thereon held on
November 29- 2000 , at which time it reviewed and considered the staff report and all other written
materials and testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Council that:
1. On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and comments received
and addressed by this Council, it is hereby found that there is no substantial evidence that the project set
forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption, per Article 19.
Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists of the operation of existing
private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's
determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the minutes and recording of said
meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records of the
County of San Mateo.
MAYOR
I, ANN MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 29th day of November,
2000, and adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
415 EL CAMINO REAL
effective NOVEMBER 29, 2000
1. that the emergency/temporary overnight homeless shelter use for families with children shall be
limited to the existing church social hall, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and
as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000,
Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Social Hall Floor Plan;
2. that the temporary/emergency overnight housing for homeless families with children shall
operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited
to a maximum of five homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and staff/volunteers; the
temporary shelter shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more
than seven (7) consecutive days per each of the 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the Fire
Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report shall include the
number of people, ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with children
and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all
requirements shall be met;
5. that as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall be
required to do a Megan's Law check of each client before the client or any family member is
assigned to stay at St. Paul's Episcopal Church;
6. that at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Paul's Episcopal Church site, including one
of the persons staying over night with the clients, shall be trained how to deal with the type of
adversarial situations which may arise in such a program; and that the training materials addressing
confrontation shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the by the Burlingame
Police Department Operations Commander;
7. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of
homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as
stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit;
8. that the use of the social hall and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to
the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition, as amended
by the City of Burlingame; and
9. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the
conditions of approval.
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BURUN�AME PLANNING DEPARTMENT
501 PRIMROSE ROAD
BURLINGAME, CA 94010
TEL: (650) 558-7250
415 EL CAMINO REAL
Appeal of a Planning Commission approval on
an application for a conditional use permit PUBLIC HEARING
for a temporary homeless shelter for 5
families with children (14 people maximum) in NOTICE
an existing church at 415 E1 Camino Real,
zoned R-3.(APN: 028-281-050)
The City of Burlingame City Council announces
the following public hearing on Wednesday.
November 29, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. in the City
Hall Council Chambers located at 501 Primrose
Road, Burlingame, California.
Mailed November 17, 2000
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To: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 2000
FRoM: CITY PLANNER
AGENDA
ITEM # 4B
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DATE 11.29. oo
SUBJECT: Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use
an Auditorium for Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with
Children at St. Catherine's Church 1310 Bayswater Avenue, Zoned C-1.
RECOMMENDATION:
City Council should hold a public hearing. Affirmative action should be by resolution and should
include findings. The reasons for any action should be clearly stated for the record. For
reference the possible action alternatives and criteria to be used for making the findings for a
conditional use permit are included at the end of the staff report. Council action should be taken
by resoultion.
The conditions approved by the Planning Commission are as follows:
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be
limited to the existing church auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor
areas, as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped
August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate
within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to
a maximum of five homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and
staff/volunteers; the emergency housing for homeless families shall be limited to operate
when the Parish School at St. Catherine's is not in session for a maximum of six times a
year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive days per each of the 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the
Fire Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this
facility for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report
shall include the number of people, ages, and any special medical conditions;
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` Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St Catherine's Church 1310 Baysivater
Avenue, Zoned C-1. November 29, 2000
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with
children, and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all
requirements shall be met;
5. that, as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider
shall do a Megan's Law check of each client before the client or any family member is
assigned to stay at St. Catherine's Church;
6. that at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Catherine's site, including at least
one of the assigned persons staying over night with the clients, shall be trained on how to
deal with the type of adversarial situations which may arise in such a program, and that
the training materials shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the
Burlingame Police Department Operations Commander;
7. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or
number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which exceed
the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use
permit;
8. that the use of the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements
or changes made to the building or within the building for this use shall meet all
California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of
Burlingame; and
9. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance
with the conditions of approval.
Planning Commission Action
At their meeting on October 23, 2000, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and voted
6-1 (C. Luzuriaga dissenting) to approve a conditional use permit for St. Catherine's Church to
use the auditorium and related facilities to house 5 homeless families with children (not to exceed
14 people) 6 weeks a year during the time when the school on the site is not in session. In their
comments in favor the commissioners noted: the focus of this use permit is on the use of this
facility by 14 people on occasion, since this facility shelters hundreds of people regularly, this use
is within the scope of what regularly occurs on this site and these 14 people are screened more
than our neighbor's guests so do not see a planning/safety issue; feel background check and
Burlingame Police Department participation are adequate for safety, use of Megan's law will
identify child abuse and molestation; this is not a moral issue for the Commission, it is a use issue;
not see detrimental effect with the required annual review, a lot of people will be watching this
program and they will report their concerns; the effect on the community is minimal for planning
review there is enough space, parking is available, they have done things to address the risk;
there is no guarantee of no risk but the risks are the same in the community as a whole; see that
conditions include participation by the applicant with local fire and police, any complaint will
result in review and if problems arise can add conditions in the future; using St. Catherine's when
school is out of session is a good compromise. Commission asked that two conditions be added:
that IHN would be required to do a Megan's Law search of each client and that, of the people
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. ` Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St. Catherine's Church 1310 Bayswater
Avenue, Zoned C-1. November 29, 2000
staying on the site with the clients, at least one be well trained to deal with adversarial situations.
These additions to the conditions were agreed to.
Comments in opposition: Commission's charge is to evaluate the project within the parameters of
the conditional use permit, this proposal includes annual review and no program when school is in
session, but the stakes are high and some parents with children in the school are opposed, so
cannot support.
BACKGROUND:
The Reverend Albert Vucinovich, Pastor at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, is requesting
a conditional use permit in order to provide a temporary/emergency overnight shelter for five
homeless families with children (maximum of 14 people) in the auditorium on the church site at
1310 Bayswater Avenue, Zoned C-1 (CS 25.36.030 - 15). These families will be housed one
week at a time, six times a year, during the times when the parish school is not in session. The
applicant submitted plans showing the portion of the site to be used for the program and how the
16 rollaway beds would be placed in the auditorium. While there will be a maximum of 14 people
in the program on site at one time, two representatives of the church community will also stay
over night with the families. Volunteers will prepare dinner, evening activity until lights out at
10:00 p.m., and breakfast. Homeless families will stay at St. Catherine's no longer than one week
(7 days) at a time. The facilities would be available 6 times a year. The temporary housing use
will be on -site from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. each of seven days; families participating will not be
allowed to leave the premise, with lights out, after 10:00 p.m.
The Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is responsible for identifying and screening the
homeless families who participate in the program and church stays, coordinates the use of the
participating churches, trains the volunteers and provides counseling and social services to the
families during the day at the Day Center located at 1720 El Camino Real in Burlingame. The
Hi N provides transportation by van for all the families from the El Camino site to the church
each day, arriving at 6:00 p.m. and has the van pick up the families each day at 7:00 a.m.,
returning the families to the Day Center. From that location the families take children to school,
to look for housing, and to go to work. The cars of those families which have cars are parked
overnight at the Day Center site unless special permission is given by the HiN program director.
The transportation van is stored at night at the Day Center. The van which weekly delivers and
picks up the rollaway beds is on the church site each week only long enough to make the delivery,
set up, take down, and remove the beds.
History of Application Review
The Planning Commission first reviewed St. Catherine's application for a conditional use permit
to house five homeless families with children (not to exceed 14 people) at study on September 11,
2000. The item was set for public hearing on September 25, 2000 (Planning Commission
Minutes, September 25, 2000). Following the public hearing the Commission noted that there
were still some misunderstandings with the program and gaps in information. They felt that these
could be best addressed by the applicant meeting with the affected neighbors and discussing
concerns. They also asked for additional information on the triple screening of the families
served. The commission then continued the action to their meeting on October 23, 2000.
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' Appeal of Planning Commission's Approval of a Conditional Use Permit to Use an Auditorium for
Emergency/Temporary Housing for Homeless Families with Children at St Catherine's Church 1310 Bayswater
Avenue, Zoned C-1. November 29, 2000
In response EHN held three community/neighborhood meetings. Each of the three meetings was
run by the Peninsula Conflict resolution Center. (Notes for the first two meeting area in the
Planning Commission Staff Report; notes for the at St. Catherine meeting are at the front of the
City Council Staff Report.) The third meeting was at St. Catherine's church. Following this
meeting at St. Catherine's the 1HN asked that the St. Catherine's application be amended to limit
the 6 week involvement of this church to times when the parish school was not in session. The
Planning Commission made this amendment to the conditions of approval.
Following the three community/neighborhood meetings the Planning Commission reopened the
continued public hearing on October 23, 2000. The application was renoticed for the October 23,
2000, meeting.
Code Requirements
Each zoning district includes permitted and conditional uses. The difference between these two
designations are that permitted uses can go in as a matter of right without any review.
Conditional uses are so identified because whether they are compatible with the intent of the
zoning depends upon specific factors of the use. The task of the City Council is to determine
whether the proposed project falls within the criteria of the conditional use.
The site is zoned R-3 and code section 25.32.030-6 identifies church uses as a conditional use in
the zone. CS 25.32.030-6 states: 'In association with a church or other religious or nonprofit
institution, provision temporary shelter for homeless individuals or families, provided that the
facility is located within a transportation corridor and the use does not occur continuously at any
one location for more than six months of any twelve month period."
ATTACHMENTS:
Action Alternatives and Criteria for a Conditional Use Permit
Monroe letter to The Reverends Daniel Nascimento and Albert Vucinovich, St. Catherine's
Church, November 8, 2000. Notice of Appeal Hearing.
Claire Haggarty letter to Ann Musso, City Clerk, November 6, 2000, requesting appeal.
Planning Commission Minutes October 23, 2000
Interfaith Hospitality Network Community Meeting, St. Catherine's Church, Notes date stamped
October 23, 2000.
Planning Commission Staff Report, October 23, 2000, with attachments
Public Notice of Appeal Hearing, mailed November 17, 2000
Resolution
Plans date stamped August 14, 2000
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RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT)
RESOLVED, by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
conditional use permit to use an auditorium for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with
children in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue zoned C-1 APN• 029-222-110 & -120• Roman
Catholic Arch. Of S.F., property owner;
WHEREAS, said matters were heard by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame on
October 23, 2000, at which time it reviewed and considered the staff report and all other written materials and
testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Planning Commission that:
1. On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and comments
received and addressed by this commission, it is hereby found that there is no substantial evidence that the
project set forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption, per
Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists of the operation
of existing private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead
agency's determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the minutes and recording of said
meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records
of the County of San Mateo.
CHAIRMAN
I, Ann Keig_hran , Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission
held on the 23`d day of October, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS:
NOES: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS:
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SECRETARY
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE
effective November 6, 2000
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the
existing church auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the
plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor
Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the
hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five
homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and five staff members; the emergency housing for
homeless families shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven
(7) consecutive days per each of 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Operations Division Commander of the Police Department and the Fire
Marshal of the Fire Department shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families; the report shall include the number of people,
ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met;
5. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless
families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as stated in these
conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit;
6. that the use of the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes
made to the building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire
Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
7. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually in January for compliance with the
conditions of approval.
4b 1310 Bayswater
St. Catherine's
ACTION ALTERNATIVES
1. City council may vote in favor of an applicant's request. If the action is a variance,
use permit, hillside area construction permit, fence exception, sign exception or
exception to the antenna ordinance, the Council must make findings as required by the
code. Findings must be particular to the given properties and request. Actions on use
permits should be by resolution. A majority of the Council members seated during the
public hearing must agree in order to pass an affirmative motion.
2. City Council may deny an applicant's request. The reasons for denial should be clearly
stated for the record.
3. City Council may deny a request without prejudice. This action should be used when
the application made to the City Council is not the same as that heard by the Planning
Commission; when a Planning Commission action has been justifiably, with clear
direction, denied without prejudice; or when the proposed project raises questions or
issues on which the Council would like additional information or additional design
work before acting on the project. Direction about additional information required to
be given to staff, applicant and Planning Commission/City Council for the further
consideration should be made very clear. Council should also direct whether any
subsequent hearing should be held before the City Council or the Planning
Commission.
REQUIRED FINDINGS FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT:
In order to grant the following must be found to exist on the property:
(a) the proposed use, at the proposed location, will not be detrimental or injurious to
property or improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public
health, safety, general welfare, or convenience;
(b) the proposed use will be located and conducted in a manner in accord with the
Burlingame general plan and the purposes of this title;
(c) the Planning Commission may impose such reasonable conditions or restrictions as it
deems necessary to secure the purposes of this title and to assure operation of the use in
a manner compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of existing and
potential uses on adjoining properties in the general vicinity.
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BSJRLINGAME
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CITY OF BURLINGAME
PlanainB De -
November 8, 2000
Rev. Daniel Nascimento
and
Rev. Albert Vucinovich
St. Catherine Church
1310 Bayswater Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
City Hall - 501 Primrose Road
Buftpme, Callfania 94010-3997
Dear Reverends Nascimento and Vucinovich,
Tel. (650) 558-7200
At the City Council meeting of November 6, 2000, the Council scheduled an appeal hearing on your
project to provide a shelter for a maximum of 5 homeless families with children six weeks a year at 1310
Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1. A public hearing on this appeal will be held on Wednesday, November
29, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA.
We look forward to seeing you there to present your project. Please call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
Margaret Monroe
City Planner
MM/s
1310BAYS.acc
c: Most Rev. William Levada
455 Church Street
San Francisco CA 94114
Claire C. Haggarty
P O Box 117388
Burlingame CA 94011-7388
November 6, 2000
Ann T. Musso
City Clerk
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Ms. Musso,
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
AN APPEAL HEARING SHOULD BE
SET FOR NOVEMBER 20TH
FOR 1310 BAYSWATER.
Ann T. Musso, City Clerk
Per our telephone conversation, please accept this as my formal request to appeal the
recent use permit issued by the planning commission for St Catherine of Siena Church to
house the homeless on a rotational basis in conjunction with the Interfaith Hospitality
Network.
My check for $250.00 in enclosed. As I understand it, I will be notified of the exact date
and time when the hearing will be held.
If any further action is needed, please notify me at (650) 342-9701.
Thank you for your assistance.
Very truly yours,
Claire
City of Burlingame Planning Commission Minutes
October 23, 2000
IX. REGULAR ACTION ITEM
*7. 1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE - ZONED C-1- APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR
A TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY SHELTER IN AN EXISTING CHURCH TO SERVE HOMELESS
FAMILIES (REV. ALBERT VUCINOVICH, ST. CATHERINE CHURCH, APPLICANT; MOST REV.
WTT T TAMS T YADA, PROPERTY QWNER)
Reference staff report, 10.23.00, with attachments. CP Monroe reviewed the staff report, criteria of the code ,
conditional use permit request and staff comments. Seven conditions were suggested for consideration including an
amendment to the conditions to limit the use of St. Catherine's church for temporary/emergency housing for five
homeless families (a maximum of 14 people) to the times when the Parish School is not in session. Commission had
no questions of staff.
Chairman Luzuriaga opened the public hearing. The following spoke in support of the application: The Reverend
Albert Vucinovich, pastor of St Catherine Church; Gary Beswick, 1512 Carol Ave.; Michael Engemann, 810 Alpine
Ave.; Wendy Verba, 1548 E Ralson Ave.;Dena Zwingle, 774 Walnut Ave.; Clare Carey Willard, 1457 Bellevue;
John Kelly, 1039 Paloma Ave.; Marsha Jurison, 405 Burlingame Ave.; Mary Hansell, 1633 McDonald Way;
Cassandra Benjamin, 1560 S. Amphlett Blvd.; Sister Maureen Hally, 1511 Newlands Ave.; Nancy Padilla, 909
Linden Ave.; Jeannine Culligan Derek, 627 Plymouth Way; Annie Crouih, 615 Barroillet Ave.; Pamela Gehrke,
1412 Edgehill Drive; Barbara Zukowski, 1108 Capuchino Ave.; Tessa Beswick, 1512 Carol Ave.; Tom Roberts,
474 Cumberland Road; Cathy Baylock, 1527 Newlands Ave.; Eliza Boughe; Daniel Lonin, 615 Barroillet Ave.;
Karyl Eldridge, 415 Primrose Road; Merna Gonzolas, 1508 Burlingame Ave.; Chad Smith, Interfaith Hospitality
Network; Pat Journey, 1445 Balboa; Virginia Fox, San Mateo; Elain Yastishock, 221 N. El Camino Real; Paul
Watermoulder, Pastor First Presbyterian Church; Joan Zepheral, 740 Laurel; Charlene Schmitz, Bellevue.
Commenters noted: Planning Commission's action is on the use permit, it is a healthy step to help families in the
community; over 100 volunteers at St. Catherine's will be sure children are kept safe; housing market is increasingly
tight, Section 8 housing has disappeared, housing is a right and the community needs to provide shelter; live near
program but concern is about a community closed to different people; participants a lot like us but circumstances have
caused them to have no shelter; it is safe, take my Girl Scout troupe to do volunteer work at a similar program near
by; human services agencies will screen people; ran a homeless shelter in San Mateo for 15 years, never received
a personal phone call from neighbors complaining about the program; good to see religious groups cooperate; have
been homeless due to bad luck, people need help to get their lives in order, children suffer and the scars can stay a
long time; work with San Mateo County pre -natal to 3 program, know from experience that rents cause people to
share houses and move to frequently, children need a safe, stable place to become healthy, whole people; there are
now 48 families on a waiting list for shelter tonight, that is 150 people without shelter in this county tonight, this
program would help them; since Richard Allen Davis the Shelter Networks screening process has been changed; but
here we are talking about families, young mother, pregnant with a young child who has lived in the county 7 years;
work with low income housing programs and tutor children of battered women, this is an opportunity for 3 to 5
families who suffer the greatest loss, the loss of hope; am concerned about the safety of the children in school, and
feel safe about this program; live in Burlingame, have suffered this kind of situation which results in homelessness
and want to participate as a volunteer; IHN house rules address the fears that people have expressed; support the
change which has St. Catherine's participate outside of the school year; Commission concern should be is there
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something different about the program in Burlingame so that it would not operate safely and soundly in Burlingame;
if this project fails we will be no closer to providing shelter for those in need; need to work together to bring dignity
to each of us; as student at St. Catherine's required to do community service, now at SI must do 100 hours of
community service working with people less fortunate than ourselves to graduate, this is an opportunity for
volunteers, need to take a risk if there is any harm can stop, opposite of love is indifference; am residential relator,
facing the highest housing costs ever, last year this was the most expensive housing market in the nation; religious
community wants to help provide services to homeless; need the day center or the entire program will not work, if
can save two redwood trees can save this program; want such compassion in the neighborhood I choose to live in;
governing board of the First Presbyterian church supports Father Vucinovich in this application and see the religious
community as called upon to give leadership in meeting the community needs, the decision to adjust the rotation to
have the program at St. Catherine's when the children are away is a response to the direct concerns expressed, give
the program a chance to be hospitable; feel screening is very thorough, have similar program in San Ramon and have
had no problems.
The following spoke in opposition: Louise Natoli, 117 Bancroft Road; Janet Lena, 25. E. Carol; Claire Haggarty,
2546 Butternut Drive; Joe LaMariana, 1336 Balboa Ave.; Lynn Bernard, 143 Dwight Road; Marc Klaas, Sausalito;
Ron Gonzales, 1508 Burlingame Ave.; John Shapiro, 129 Humboldt Road; Steve Shivs, 1525 Chapin Ave.; Keith
McWilliams, near St. Paul's; Marie Metcalf, 401 Occidential; Bev Bernard, San Bruno.
They commented: hope to remain friends when this is done, thank Father Al for adjusting the program to summers
only, need to address safety regarding volunteers, weapons, alcohol and drugs on site; concern with screening of
clients, need to be broader than the county, this is not a moral issue before the Planning Commission but a conditional
use permit; live one block away concerned about the safety of the neighborhood and children walking downtown;
cannot rely on good intentions, have not had good responses from the applicant on background screening will
eventually have a tragedy, conditions do not include a policy or procedure for neighbors to review; problem not
clients but people who wish to see them; when the homeless hear about the program they will come looking for food
and shelter at any time of the year; Burlingame police called three small cities for information, 2 of the 3 had some
kind of police action, one had sale of drugs on site; Shelter Network knew Davis on parole but allowed him housing
anyway, parents are concerned about children, the issue is doing criminal history at an appropriate level, what they
are proposing not enough, do not use Megan's law which is free or fingerprint tests; this program should just be for
Burlingame people; a lot of people make bad choices which affect children it is their responsibility; today had to
discipline an employee for living in the office parking lot am concerned, worst effect here is division of congregation,
there are 220 families in the school and 2200 families in the parish, the issues concern them not the Planning
Commission; have not provided specifics on how the screening is done, once approved how will we know about
changes to the program or violations, St. Paul's tried to do this without a permit; have had intruders in backyard and
friend in Burlingame had someone prey on his daughter, do the police feel up to the job if this program comes in,
happy St. Catherine's decided to work around the school year, but what will this do to St., Paul's and First
Presbyterian; what are the qualifications of the volunteers and how are they trained to deal with confrontation; asked
for national statistics on the safety of this program, given information on 6 communities of applicant's choosing,
don't know if we have heard what the problems are, we are given this program this way or not at all; San Bruno
residents fought the use of their armory for a homeless shelter because it was within 65 feet of an elementary school,
the program was not presented honestly, it is the duty of applicant to answer questions for the children's safety.
There were no further comments from the floor and the public hearing was closed.
Commissioner comment: focus is on the use permit and the use of this facility by 14 people on occasion; this facility
shelters hundreds of people regularly, don't know about those groups, but these are 14 people, not necessarily bad
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or criminals; 14 people screened more than our neighbor's guests, do not see a planning impact; feel background
check and police department participation are adequate for safety. Police Chief Missel noted that the maximum
criminal check is the NCIC, this is not a criminal investigation, cannot guarantee all problems will be identified.
Do not know if the Federal Department of Justice would do evaluation for a shelter. Megan's Law will identify,
through the sheriff's office, records of child abuse, molestation. Commander VanPatten noted was given the names
and locations of 6 programs, surveyed police departments in three that were in smaller communities, like ours, late
last week was given about 24 additional names have not checked these out so do not know what each police
department response would be.
Chairman Luzuriaga reopened the public hearing: Diana Linn, Director IHN, Claire Haggarty, 2546 Butternut Drive,
Angela Johnson, Ralston; Carol Costa, 1265 Balboa; Tim Johnson; Marc Klaas, Sausalito; Carol Spencer, 1100
Dufferin Ave., Catherine Wetherwax, 1611 Ralson, spoke. Screening process occurs from intake agency as well
as Shelter Network and IHN, talk to employers, landlords, credit check, call District Attorney for criminal record
in San Mateo county and any other counties may have lived in the past 10 years, do not do a nationwide check, but
doing as much or more than any other social service agency. Volunteers will be trained, including by police and fire,
if person comes to church after 10 p.m. door will not be opened, if not leave will call police, if participants do not
follow rules they are asked to leave. Have a number of licenses in the case of each have had to give permission to
the Department of Justice for clearance; there are 80 networks nationwide, the national does not keep statistics on
the number of police calls, there have been no serious acts of violence or vandalism; participants only need to be
clean and sober for a period of 90 days, too short a time; nonprofit program should evaluate law enforcement calls;
Commission in design review is concerned with size of trash areas, should be concerned with infringement on
property rights; do not know more desperate people than those without housiing; three programs police looked at had
two incidents over how many people and how long a period. There were no further comments from the floor.
Chairman Lurzuiaga closed the public hearing.
Commissioner comments: whatever the decision some will be happy, others upset, Commission's charge is to
evaluate the conditional use permit whose conditions require annual review, no program when school is in session,
but the stakes are high, cannot support. This is not a moral issue for the Commission, not see a major detrimental
impact to the city, conditions are needed including the January review, a lot of people will be watching this program
and will report concerns, in general it has a minor effect and will vote in favor of 1310 Bayswater. Effect on
community is minimal regarding planning there is enough space, there is parking available, they have done things
to address the risk exposure, can support. Agree that the conditional use permit issues are addressed by the facilities
which are able to provide room and parking. The risks are minimal but there is no guarantee of no risk, but it is the
same in the community as a whole; families with children need help, issue of evaluation and see conditions involve
participation in evaluation, feel better; any one can complain and it will be reviewed by the city, can add conditions
in the future; support fully for St. Catherine's when school is out, a good compromise.
C. Boju6s noted that there is not a detrimental effect caused by the proposed program as amended, IHN will take
responsible steps to review participants, a lot of people will be watching and they will be vocal, in addition there is
a one year review requirement, so move approval by resolution for the reasons stated in the record with the
conditions as amended by the City Planner. The motion was seconded by C. Osterling.
Comment on the motion: would the commissioners consider adding two conditions to this application: that the IHN
be required to do a Megan's Law search of each client and that, of the people staying on the site with the clients,
at least one be well trained to deal with adversarial situations.
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The maker of the motion and the second agreed to the amendment to the conditions, and the conditions are as follows:
1) that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the existing church
auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, as shown on the plans submitted to the Planning
Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan; 2) that the
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five homeless families with a maximum of 14
persons and staff/volunteers; the emergency housing for homeless families shall be limited to operate when the Parish
School at St. Catherine's is not in session for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive
days per each of the 6 times; 3) that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and
the Fire Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report shall include the number of people,
ages, and any special medical conditions; 4) that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for
families with children, and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall
be met; 5) that, as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall do a Megan's
Law check of each client before the client or any family member is assigned to stay at St. Catherine's Church; 6) that
at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Catherine's site, including at least one of the assigned persons
staying over night with the clients, shall be trained on how to deal with the type of adversarial situations which may
arise in such a program, and that the training materials shall be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by
the Burlingame Police Department Operations Commander; 7) that any changes in operation,, including hours and
frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which
exceed the maximums as stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; 8) that the use of
the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made to the building or within
the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of
Burlingame; and 9) that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the
conditions of approval. The motion was seconded by C. Osterling.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to approve the conditional use permit to allow a homeless
shelter for families at St. Catherine's Church for no more than 6 times a year for no more than 7 consecutive days
during the time when the school is not in session. The motion passed on a 6 - 1 (C. Luzuriaga dissenting) voice vote.
Appeal procedures were advised. This item concluded at 11:05 p.m.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a brief recess so that the room could be cleared. He then noted that because of the
overlapping testimony already heard, it would be appropriate to take items 8 and 9 together in one hearing and item
10, the Day Center
as a sep ate hearing.
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Interfaith Hospitality Network
Community Meeting
St. Catherine's Church, Burlingame
2/19/00 •7:30 —10:00
Facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
OCT 2 3 '2000
CITY 0'F BURLINGAME .
PLANNING DEPT.
The following are concerns raised that are specific to the St. Catherine's site. These are concerns
that were different from/in addition to concerns brought up at the two previous community
meetings (10/11 and 10/12 — these notes are available separately). Responses to these concerns
were made at the 2/19 meeting but are not recorded here.
• Preventing guests/others from accessing other parts of facility.
• Protecting from diseases and illnesses.
• Ensuring cleanliness.
• Do other sites have children (e.g., K-9) in near proximity?
• What bathrooms will be shared?
• How will this program be segregated from other St. Catherine's programs?
• Frustration with community forum format.
• Will children have to stay in class all day on rainy days?
• Will searches for dangerous items be done?
• Security of side doors.
• Insurance/indemnity if problems occur.
• Why not have this program only in the summer., when school is out?'
• Desire for a walk-through of similar programs.
• What is relationship between the Parish and the school?
• How is testing for tuberculosis done?
• Who works with the school principal to identify problems with this program?
• Have any churches dropped out of program and why?
• Can this program be reviewed later?
• Will program affect zoning of area?
• How can we have a voice in this decision -making process?
These notes compiled by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
AFTER PREPARATION.'
OF STAFF REPORT
City of Burlingame
Conditional Use Permit
Address: 1310 Bayswater Avenue
Item #
Action
Meeting Date: 10/23/00
Request: Conditional use permit to use an auditorium for emergency/temporary housing for homeless
families with children in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1 (C.S.
25.36.030, 15).
Applicant: Rev. Albert Vucinovich, St. Catherine Church APN: 029-222-110 & -120
Property Owner: Roman Catholic Arch of S.F. Lot Area: 1.42 acres
General Plan: Church, Other . Zoning: C-1
Existing Use: St. Catherine Church.
Proposed Use: Emergency/temporary housing for three to five homeless families (maximum of 14 people)
in an existing church facility for one week at a time, a maximum of six times a year.
Allowable Use: This use is allowed as a conditional use per Code Section 25.36.030,18 which states that the
following is allowed: "In association with a church or other religious or nonprofit institution, provision of
temporary shelter for homeless individuals or families, provided that the facility is located within a
transportation corridor and the use does not occur continuously at any one location for more than six months
of any twelve month period."
The Planning Commission must determine that this use will operate within the parameters of the use as
described; within the criteria for a conditional use; and determine that the proposed use will be compatible
with the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and with existing and potential uses in the neighborhood.
Summary: The applicant, St. Catherine Church, is requesting a conditional use permit in order to operate
a temporary overnight shelter, a maximum of six times a year, for three to five homeless families (maximum
of 14 people) in an existing church facility at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1. St. Catherine's will rotate
providing this service with other churches in Burlingame and San Mateo County.
St. Catherine's would like to participate in the San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
program which provides temporary accommodations for three to five homeless families. St. Catherine's is
one of three churches in Burlingame and one of nine churches in San Mateo County participating in the IHN
program. Within St. Catherine's, the auditorium, restrooms, and the kitchen will be used to accommodate
the families staying at the church. Plans date stamped August 14, 2000, indicate that 16 rollaway beds would
be provided in the auditorium (14 guests and two overnight staff members for supervision). St. Catherine's
congregation would provide participating families with a meal, an evening program to prepare participants
for the next day, and an overnight stay one week at a time. There are no interior or exterior tenant
improvements required at the church to provide this service.
Conditional Use Permit
1310 Bayswater Avenue
The San Mateo County IHN provides homeless families with shelter, meals, job search and training
assistance. The program consists of two parts: churches which provide overnight accommodations and a day
center facility staffed by a professional case worker. The families arrive at the host church at 6:00 p.m. and
are greeted with a dinner prepared by dinner hosts and brought to the church, or the dinners will be prepared
at the church kitchen. The families would have breakfast at the church in the morning and would leave the
church by 7:00 a.m. From the church, the families would be transported by a private van to the day center
facility proposed to be located at 1720 El Camino Real (see concurrent conditional use permit application for
day center facility).
Homeless families participating in the IHN program will be triple screened in conjunction with C.A.L.L.
Primrose and Shelter Network's Families in Transition Program and no one with issues relating to drug or
alcohol abuse, mental illness or domestic violence will be enrolled. The IHN guidelines require families to
be in and "lights out" by 10 p.m., do not allow the families to leave the church premise (other than for
supervised activities on church property) and do not allow families to receive visitors at the church site. In
addition, the IHN does not permit mail to be delivered to the families and no use of public phones inside or
outside the church is allowed.
During the week before the host week, a church member will make one trip each to the church to drop off
food staples for bag lunches and cold breakfasts and to return clean linens washed at home. During the week
after the host week, one member will pick up used linens to take home and wash. These activities will occur
at the parishioners' convenience.
IHN will operate two vans at the church during the host week. One small commercial van will be used to
deliver and pick up the roll -away beds on the first and last day of the host week and should not take more than
one-half hour. The second van, a 14-passenger vehicle, will make one drop-off of participants and one pick-
up visit to the church each day during the host week and should not be at the church for more than 15 minutes.
The two vans will be parked overnight at the day center facility (1720 El Camino Real). Families with
personal vehicles will park at the day center facility and be transported by a van to the church. The program
administrator has to approve guests with cars who must drive directly to the church because their job hours
are incompatible with the shuttle van times. These guests will park in the church parking lot. The applicant
notes that the maximum number of vehicles that could be parked by IHN guests is three. However, most
guests are expected to arrive by shuttle van only. The applicant indicates that there are 86 parking spaces
available in the church lot and school yard for church functions at St. Catherine Church.
St. Catherine's notes that the number of employees at the church will not increase as a result of this program.
The number of people at the church is not expected to exceed 70, including the homeless families. The church
currently has 18 full-time and eight part-time employees on weekdays and three full-time and one part-time
employee on weekends before 5 p.m. The number of full-time and part-time employees on weekdays before
5 p.m. is expected to increase by one employee in the future. St. Catherine's currently has a maximum of 500
visitors on weekdays before and after 5 p.m., and 700 visitors on weekends before 5 p.m. and 600 after 5 p.m.
The projected numbers in the evening are based on special school events like school plays and special
religious celebrations. The applicant has scheduled to host the homeless families around the busy times.
During the host week, evening activity will be minimal with a maximum of 60 people at the church on
weekdays and 40 people on weekends during the host week.
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Conditional Use Permit
1310 Bayswater Avenue
Staff Comments: See attached. Planning would note that several letters of support and objection to the
project were submitted. These letters have been compiled and are included with this report.
Study Meeting: At the September 11, 2000, Planning Commission study meeting, the Commissioners had
no questions and directed this item to be placed on the September 25, 2000, consent calendar (September 25,
2000, P.C. Minutes).
Action Meeting (September 25, 2000): At the September 25, 2000, Planning Commission action meeting,
the Commission directed this item to be continued to the meeting of October 23, 2000, as an action item
(September 25, 2000, P.C. Minutes). The Planning Commission noted that there are still some
misunderstandings with the program, that there are gaps in the information, and that the concerns could be
mitigated if the public's questions were answered and if the applicants and neighborhood residents met to
discuss their concerns regarding the program. The Commission also asked for additional information on the
success of this program in other places, information on the three -step screening process, qualifications of staff
hired by the program, and additional information on police calls relating to this program in other communities.
A community meeting was held at each of the three church's applying for a conditional use permit. Each
meeting was facilitated by the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) and was attended by the
applicant and neighborhood residents. The meeting was conducted in a question -and -answer format. The
meeting minutes, dated October 11, 2000, were prepared by PCRC and are provided in the staff report for your
review. The applicant notes that he would respond to the Planning Commission's questions at the October
23, 2000 action meeting.
City of Burlingame Police Commander Jack Van Etten contacted the Police Dept. in several communities
where the IHN program has been working. He prepared a memo (dated October 18, 2000) summarizing the
police experience in those communities. Commander Van Etten notes that he would like the Police and Fire
Departments to be involved in training of program volunteers to make them aware of the range of Police and
Fire services and how best to access those services where needed.
Criteria for a Conditional Use Permit: In order to grant a Conditional Use Permit the Planning
Commission must find that the following conditions exist on the property (Code Section 25.52.020 a-c):
(a) the proposed use, at the proposed location, will not be detrimental or injurious to property or
improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, general welfare, or
convenience;
(b) the proposed use will be located and conducted in a manner in accord with the Burlingame general plan
and the purposes of this title;
(c) the Planning Commission may impose such reasonable conditions or restrictions as it deems necessary
to secure the purposes of this title and to assure operation of the use in a manner compatible with the
aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of existing and potential uses on adjoining properties in the general
vicinity.
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. Conditional Use Permit
1310 Bayswater Avenue
Planning Commission Action: The Planning Commission should hold a public hearing. Affirmative action
should be taken by resolution and should include findings for the conditional use permit. The reasons for any
action should be stated for the record. At the public hearing the following conditions should be considered:
Conditions:
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the existing
church auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the plans
submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor Plan, and
Auditorium Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the hours
of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five homeless
families with a maximum of 14 persons and five staff members; the emergency housing for homeless
families shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7)
consecutive days per each of 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Operations Division Commander of the Police Department and the Fire
Marshal of the Fire Department shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families; the report shall include the number of people, ages,
and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met;
5. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless
families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as stated in these
conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit; and
6. that the use of the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes made
to the building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire Codes, 1998
Edition as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
7. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually in January for compliance with the conditions
of approval.
Ruben Hurin
Planner
c: Rev. Albert Vucinovich, St. Catherine Church, applicant
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
Present:
Absent:
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CITY OF BURLINGAME PLANNING COMMISSION
501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA
September 25, 2000
7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
Chairman Luzuriaga called the September 11, 2000, regular meeting of the
Planning Commission to order at 7:05 p.m.
Commissioners Boju6s, Deal, Dreiling, Keighran, Osterling, Vistica and
Luzuriaga
None
Staff Present: City Planner, Margaret Monroe; Senior Planner, Maureen Brooks; City
Attorney, Larry Anderson; City Engineer, Syed Murtuza; Fire Marshal, Keith
Marshall
MINUTES The minutes of the August 28 and September 11, 2000 regular meetings of
the Planning Commission were approved as mailed.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The order of the agenda was approved.
FROM THE FLOOR
Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1C(1), 1500 Easton Avenue, 1C(2), 415 El Camino Real, and 1C(3), 1310 Bayswater
Avenue, were removed from off the consent calendar and placed on the regular action calendar before Item No. 5,
1720 El Camino Real. Jennifer Pfaff, 615 Bayswater Avenue, commented regarding the proposed office project
at 999 Howard Avenue. She noted that she is pleased that the applicant chose the office project instead of the self -
storage facility, but is still unhappy that a 3-story proposal was submitted rather than two-story, and noted she is
curious to see the shadow studies for the proposal; would also like to see information on how many people will be
working in the building, would like to see how to make the railroad tracks safer; noted that this is an entrance to our
neighborhood and the project could be truly beautiful if it were two story with a hip roof with terra cotta tile.
STUDY ITEMS There were no study items.
ACTION ITEMS
Consent Calendar - Items on the consent calendar are considered to be routine. They are acted on simultaneously unless separate
discussion andlor action is requested by the applicant, a member of the public or a commissioner prior to the time the Commission votes
on the motion to adopt.
IA. 2616 HALE DRIVE - ZONED R-1 - APPLICATION FOR DESIGN REVIEW AND SPECIAL
PERMIT FOR DECLINING HEIGHT ENVELOPE FOR A SECOND STORY ADDITION (DONNA
WILLS AND ERIC COLSON, APPLICANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS; WINGES
ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECT)
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There was discussion o/mo Chai an Luzuriaga callevote on the mo ' n to approve.
Ap al procedures were atem conclud at 7:37 p.m.
September 25, 2000
The motion assed on a 7-0 oice vote.
1C. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY
SHELTERS IN THREE EXISTING CHURCHES TO SERVE HOMELESS FAMILIES:
1. 1500 EASTON DRIVE - ZONED R-1/R-3 (REV. DR. PAUL WATERMULDER, FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BURLINGAME, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER)
2. 415 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED R-3 (RECTOR WARDENS, VESTRY, ST. PAUL'S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH, APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER)
3. 1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE - ZONED C-1 (REV. ALBERT VUCINOVICH, ST.
CATHERINE CHURCH, APPLICANT; MOST REV. WILLIAMS LEVADA, PROPERTY
OWNER)
5. 1720 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED C-1- APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR
A DAY CENTER FACILITY TO SERVE HOMELESS FAMILIES (REV. CHANNING SMITH, SAN
MATEO COUNTY INTERFAITH, APPLICANT; MILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL, PROPERTY
OWNER)
Reference staff report, 9.25.00, with attachments. City Planner presented the staff reports, reviewed criteria and
Planning Department comments. Five conditions were suggested for consideration for each of the church site
applications. Commission had no questions of staff.
Chairman Luzuriaga opened the public hearing. Chad Smith of the Transfiguration Episcopal Church and
spokesman for the Interfaith Hospitality Network, project applicant, noted that a year ago, the religious community
decided to respond to the issue of homelessness in San Mateo County and looked at the model used in other
communities by the Interfaith Hospitality Network, the program uses existing space, is smart, low cost, dependent
on community support; the program in San Mateo County would include 9 host sites, each site would host 3-4
families for one week every two and one-half months, families in need of housing are triple -screened, program will
not take families with substance abuse or domestic violence issues; the proposed day center would provide case
management, laundry and shower facilities, there are now two other day service or care facilities in this building,
Senior Focus and an Alzheimer's care facility; housing for young working families is also a health care issue, they
need help to address their circumstances; there are 30 families now on the waiting list, children do not adjust well
to the homeless experience, found overwhelming support in the community, those wearing IHN stickers in the
audience are in support of program, also received support from Mills Peninsula Hospital, and are working in
partnership with Shelter Networks.
Commissioners asked: families will be at any of the locations for one week, will it be the same group of families
at the different facilities each week; is Burlingame the first place they have applied for use permits; since the center
is a day center, not day care center, what happens with the kids during the day, what do families do at day center
if not working; is there a track record of how long it takes to initiate a life plan, if family returns over and over is
there another method used to help; what is the logic for moving families week to week.
Applicant response: families would stay in the program until there is room in First Step for Families or in
permanent housing; churches in program will only provide place to sleep and meals, showers will be at day center;
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there will'be 3-5 families`at any facility at one time; have applied and received approval for use permits in San
Mateo, Redwood City did not require use permits; parents are responsible for their own children, some are in day
care or go to school, some parents take care of children at center; working parents will be driving to work during
the day, use center as time to rest, put together life plan, create structure to move in a particular direction tends to
take about 30 days, may take longer because of housing issue in this area; Call Primrose and First Step for Families
provide other programs, families are moved week to week to reduce the impact on the community, other programs
at the churches only need to take a week off.
Reverend Dr. Paul Watermulder, 325 Barriohlet, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Reverend Daniel Nascimento,
1310 Bayswater Avenue, Associate Pastor at St. Catherine's Church, and Reverend Stuart Coxhead, Rector for St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, spoke about the program as it would be at each of their churches; searched for most
responsible way to address issue of housing on Peninsula, minister to families in transition, sent letters to people
within walking distance of the church, after meeting held at First Presbyterian Church with 35 neighbors, everyone
was supportive; do not intend to expand program; done research on legal background of IHN, checked out okay,
other programs at churches have had concerns with parking and noise, if neighbors alert church to problem will
respond immediately; homeless carries stigma, there is concern for fears from congregation, once understand it is
functional families, concerns are alleviated, although there are risks, we will accept risks because see value of
bringing hope and stability, children given the attention they need, love and affirmation to get family back on their
feet.
Public Comment: Janet Uliana, 25 East Carol Avenue, Yvonne Lembi-Detert, 1465 Burlingame Avenue, George
Zannis, 1515 Carol Avenue, Lynn Linardon, 143 Dwight Road, Louise Natoli, 117 Bancroft Road, Bob Johnston,
1133 Killarney Lane, Doreen Campanilo, 1620 Howard Avenue, and Mario Palani spoke in opposition to the
proposal at St. Catherine's Church; it looks like this will occur more often than every 2 V2 months, men's restroom
is located outside the main building to be used for the homeless program, there will be conflict with ongoing evening
activities, concern with health and safety of children at St. Catherine's, how will triple screening work, how do we
know they are not HIV positive, will not leave needles strewn in playground, when program is at St. Catherine's,
children in school will not have hot lunches, students should have right to use all facilities at school, there could
be other ideas such as job fairs, having children donate food and clothing, or put facility at senior center; taking
people in that cannot afford to live here, bringing people in to try to find housing is impossible, will have to stay
on list for a long time; how can we be guaranteed that people won't be coming to the facilities and knocking on the
doors to be let in, how will volunteer people be trained to deal with this; would gladly help anywhere that wasn't
used by kids, what does medical screening consist of, thought medical records were confidential, concerned that
there is only one bathroom in facility, no hot water; can there be settlement if all parties brought together, try to
resolve to everyone's satisfaction.
Terri Malaspina, 1512 Chapin Avenue, Mark Metcalf, 401 Occidental Avenue, Steve Shive, 1525 Chapin Avenue,
Scott Mason, 344 Occidental Avenue, 405 Occidental Avenue, and Richard Jones," 407 Occidental Avenue,
expressed opposition to the proposal at St. Paul's Episcopal Church; there is no guarantee that there will not be
problems, there are no controls, idea will snowball; statistics show that at least half of the homeless have
drug/alcohol problems, there is risk that mistakes will be made in screening, monitoring of program will fall on
homeowners, request that all screening information be given to neighbors, needs to be recourse if program doesn't
go smoothly, people need to live where they can afford to live, not one person that lives directly across from
facilities is in favor, if something goes wrong, people next door will be affected.
Tony Dicenzo, 1320 Castillo Avenue, Virginia Pegley 1344 Vancouver Avenue, and Sally Ross, 1248 Drake
Avenue, spoke regarding the facility at the First Presbyterian Church; at first there were concerns, church has been
responsive, will work with neighbors to resolve issues; want to know if any other locations were explored, why does
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it need to be in a residential neighborhood; support program, looking forward to opportunity of sharing the volunteer
experience with my children, they will see that not everyone has benefits they do; can see them playing with these
kids, see that these families are not that different from the rest of us; presented a petition signed by 60 neighbors
in opposition.
Cheryl Johnstone, 1148 Dufferin Avenue, Mario Knapic,1108 Dufferin Avenue, Jonathan Gemora, 1104 Dufferin
Avenue, Michael Lennon,1128 Hamilton Lane, Grace Wu,1132 Dufferin Avenue, Jim Hansen,1116 Dufferin, and
Edward Chen, 11 13,Dufferin Avenue, spoke in opposition to the day center at 1720 El Camino Real; the proposed
day center will be bad for the neighborhood, add more problems to the ones we already have, there are already buses
for the two senior centers at that location, say program will include a few families, soon will have homeless all over
area; like to see credentials of people running the program, concern with safety of children.
Mary Watt, Call Primrose, 139 Primrose Road, Ellen Judd, 500 El Camino Real, Wendy Verba, 1548 Ralston
Avenue, John Anderson, 702 Newhall Road, Ariana Spiegler, 1445 Bellevue Avenue, Diane Linn, 1720 El Camino
Real, Director of IHN Network, Marsha Jensen, IHP Coordinator for Saint Catherine's, Beth Southorn, 325 Villa
Terrace, San Mateo, First Step for Families, Tim Fox, 1020 Paloma Avenue, Theresa Webb, Charlene Schmitz,
1237 Bellevue Avenue, Jonas Harschel, 8 Mariposa Court, Howard Page, 111 Central Avenue, Tom Roberts, 474
Cumberland Avenue, Homeless Coordinator for San Mateo County, John Carson, 500 El Camino Real, Carolyn
Parker, 733 Lexington Way, Clarence Cravalho, 1265 Vancouver Avenue, Brian Moriarty, 340 Occidental Avenue,
commented in support of the program; there are families in crisis waiting to get in to Shelter Network, have no
option but to live in cars on the streets; this program will give place to sleep to 14 people; support program, should
be concerned with health and safety of all children; hope can live in community that can do this, is minimally
intrusive, live in time where teachers, police officers cannot afford to live here; concerns seem to be fear of
unknown, we come into contact with homeless everyday; children in program are in school/day care during the day,
there is a model for this program nationwide, any family that is not in compliance will be exited, goal is to get
people into permanent housing; there will be 6 to 8 volunteers on site between 6:00 and 9:30 p.m., after that there
are still volunteers there; will occur six times a year at each facility; in First Step for Families program, 85% of
families served found permanent housing, this population is willing to overcome the situation, want to go to school,
average child in program is seven year old girl, talking about children that need nurturing, support, education; 75
other cities have had this program, felt that all concerns have been addressed; should be tried for a year and
reviewed; would be happy that if my children were in trouble, the church would help in this way; we have so much
would like to share it with people with problems; participants are people that have resided in San Mateo County;
can there be security personnel on site.
Mary Watt, of Call Primrose, Beth Southorn of First Step for Families, and Diane Lynn, Director of IHN Network,
offered comments on the concerns raised; regarding length of stay, whether they are the same 14 people or different,
should be no concern; people cannot walk in for services, have to be referred by First Step for Families; first step
is to go to Call Primrose, they identify the appropriate program for the family, start the screening process; all people
doing the screening are trained in this field, look for patterns, consistency.
Commissioners asked: how are criminal and health records accessed, is a complete background check done, how
long does it take; criminal and medical records are confidential how do you obtain records; how do you deal with
people who walk up on the street; are only San Mateo County residents eligible, how far back do you check.
Applicant response: complete background check is done, doesn't take weeks, matter of one or two days, people sign
releases for medical and criminal records, if they don't sign, would not be accepted in program, only San Mateo
County residents are eligible, look at entire life history, do thorough check, in existing programs, people don't walk
up to facilities.
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Further comments: majority who come to program are first-time homeless, families give permission to check with
physicians, landlords and employers; similar program in Los Altos, City Council supports and participates in
program and property values are not an issue; all volunteers receive at least 3 hours training and have coordinators
with much more training, families will not be performing functions different from parishioners, will be using health
precautions normally used; homeless sometimes come up to churches now, when they do they are referred to
agencies such as Call Primrose.
Further commission questions: at day center, when people look for housing, do they look only in this area or outside
as well, have there been any adverse affects in other areas with this program; concern with children attending
schools associated with churches, would there be opportunity for interaction, what is the age range of children in
program; what happens at 1720 El Camino Real between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; what would prevent homeless
people who are not in program from coming to facility; do they anticipate placing people in affordable housing in
this area; will families be socializing with their friends at the day facility.
Applicant responses: people are encouraged to look for housing both inside and outside this area; in 5 years, there
were no complaints with the program in Cincinnati, the impact on the community has been positive with
participation; there is no overlap with school in the use of facilities, they would be on the same site but in different
rooms, there is no criteria on age of children, but average is a 7 year old female; San Mateo program has not yet
started, need all facilities in place before program can start; most family members will be at jobs or in school during
the day, use day center for showers/laundry, some parents will spend a portion of the day at center, will be doing
job hunting, apartment hunting, case management, making plans to get back on their feet; will not allow walk-in
traffic, must have a referral, people at facilities will be sleeping in tents and on roll -away beds, people will not be
beating doors down to get in, are just providing basics of safety, shelter and food; people in this circumstance
generally are not interested in socializing at center, more pressing issues to think about.
Chairman Luzuriaga closed the public hearing.
Commission comment: when read packet and listened to comments, found program is well-intentioned, not 100%
convinced that there are not still concerns; may be best to postpone action to get questions answered, support the
program in Burlingame, there are still some misunderstandings, gaps in information; good program, but understand
apprehension, if some questions answered and if groups could get together, maybe concerns could be mitigated,
would like to get information on success of programs in other areas, more information on the three -step screening
process, qualifications of staff, provide records from other communities, have there been any police calls, what
happens if someone not in the program arrives at church; consider reviewing project after a year and see what can
be improved; this is an opportunity to show our children, future citizens how well off they are; these are families
that have lived in county; understand parents concerns, issues at St. Catherine's need to be addressed.
C. Osterling made a motion to continue the hearing on these applications to the Commission's October 23, 2000
meeting, provided the information requested is gathered and the applicant communicates with others in community
to try and address concerns. The motion was seconded by C. Bojues. There was no discussion on the motion.
Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to continue. The motion passed on a 7-0 voice vote. This
item concluded at 10:07 p.m. The commission took a break until 10:20 p.m.
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STUDY ITEMS
1. APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS FAMILY
SHELTERS IN THREE EXISTING CHURCHES AND FOR A DAY CENTER FACILITY TO SERVE
HOMELESS FAMILIES:
d. 1720 EL CAMINO REAL - ZONED C-1 - DAY CENTER FACILITY (REV. CHANNING
SMITH, SAN MATEO COUNTY INTERFAITH, APPLICANT; MILLS PENINSULA HOSPITAL,
PROPER TV OWNER)
CP Monroe presented the staff report. Commissioners asked: can the parking variance be conditioned in such a way
that it would not allow a future office use of this area; how many of the clients and project vehicles will be parked
overnight on this site, is it more or less than 7; when updating the Housing Element a multiple family overlay zoning
was placed on this area, would staff provide a history of this decision and review its entitlement. Chairman Luzuriaga
set this item for the action calendar, if the information required is submitted in time, at the September 25, 2000,
meeting. This item concluded at 7:22 p.m.
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C. 1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE - ZONED C-1 - HOMELESS SHELTER (REV. ALBERT
VUCINOVICH, ST. CATHERINE CHURCH, APPLICANT; MOST REV. WILLIAMS LEVADA,
PRQPF.RTV QWNF.R)
CP Monroe presented the staff reports for these three items together since the program would operate within the same
parameters at each of the participating churches. She noted the differences in parking available on each church site.
C. Dreiling noted that he had had a business relationship with the First Presbyterian Church which he believed was
within the last year so would abstain from discussing that item tonight and from voting on that use permit at the action
meeting.
Commissioners asked: a couple of neighbors had discussed this project with one commissioner and were welcoming
it with keen interest, in that light would suggest that these three church permits be placed on the next consent calendar
for action; perhaps this should be a regular action item because of the magnitude of the program and number of sites
involved; consent items are noticed in the same fashion as regular action items and any item can be called off by any
member of the public.
Chairman Luzuriaga moved that these items be placed on the regular action calendar for September 25,2000, provided
all the information required is submitted in time. There was no second to the motion. C. Bojues then moved to put
items 1a through 1c, the conditional use permits for the churches on the consent calendar, and retain the Day Center
project on El Camino on the regular action calendar. C. Osterling seconded the motion.
Discussion on the motion: it is not appropriate to put a variance on the consent calendar, so the Day Center should be
on the regular action calendar.
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Chairman Luzuriaga called for a voice vote on the motion to place the three church applications on the consent
calendar. The motion passed on a 6-0-1 (C. Keighran absent) voice vote.
2. 1010ZNENCLOSING
AC WAY - ZONED C - MITIGATED NEGAT DECLARATION AND VARIANCE
FOR THE S S LOT FOR A FIRST F OOR EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING
AUTRSHIP (KENNET RODRIGUES &PAR RS, APPLICANT AND ARCHITEC;E.
TAMNAV_P
Ventrce,
presented the staffreport. ommissioners asked: whe will the traffic signal be installed at dillac and
other auto sales lots mee he fencing/hedge rXqrent; this is a gateway site, this improv ent is good
cant, would like him t ddress which compohe project favor the city and the pass by at this City
fer to the proposed mmercial design reviines especially gateway sites and rovide a serious
parking area in ri t-of-way is leased fromif this area were no longer avai ble, how would it
se; lot of discussi n in the staff and negaration about how the additio o the building would
affect sight lines for tr ffic but no illustrations ere provided, please provide sig line graphics, what
corrections/changes wo d need to be made if this we built, and how would sight lines aff t the use of the site; this
site is one of the first gs one sees when coming the Broadway off ramp which incre es the expectation of what
this building shoul be, would like to see the 'ghting plan for the interior and the xterior and more landscape
information, the re ering shows nice land . g but it is not reflected on the plan; w at kind of landscaping do they
intend to put alo g the Broadway edge; lighti is critical this industry tends to over 'ght; this building will be the first
thing one sees d it is a very futuristic, met clad structure, it raises concern sinc it is not representative of the city;
this buildin is designed as a billboard d lighting will be key, at night it w' look like a picture, want to review
lighting; b ilding is so horizontal nee vertical landscaping, a lot of trees at get big would strongly reflect the
substanc of Burlingame; agree this is a request for a variance for fen or hedge, trees would be appropna
replac ent; would the applicant s mit samples of the color scheme. ere were no additional questions frorre
C/iairman Luzuriaga set this it for the regular actioICUSSIONANDIORACTIONISREQ
meeting of September 25, 2000, pro tding that
all the information request e is submitted to the PDeent in time for packet preparatio This item
concluded at 7:39 p.m.
VII. ACTION I MS ACTION ITEMS
CONSE CALENDAR -ITEMS ON THENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO E ROUTINE. THEYARE
ACTEDO SIMULTANEOUSLYUNLESSSEPARNANDIORACTIONISREQU TEDBYTHEAPPLICANT,
A MEMB R OF THE PUBLIC OR A COMMISSIOTHE TIME THE COMMISS N VOTES ON THE MOTION
TOAD PT.
Chairman L 'aga noted that the applicant for i m 3c, 1337 Paloma Avenue, had r uested that it be removed frin
the consent alendar. He set 1337 Paloma Ave e, item 3c, asthe first item on the egular action calendar. He ed
if anyone n the audience or any com/DR-1
wished to take any other items the consent calendar. The were
no fort r requests.
3a. 4 KAREN COURT- ZO- APPLICATION FOR HILLSIDE AREA CON RUCTION
PERMIT FOR A FIRST FLDITION (DAVID GUO MYLI PUYAT, APPL ANTS; NORI
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RECEIVED.
OCT 1-6.2000
CITY OF•BURLINGAME
PLANNING 'DEPT.
Facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
These notes capture major areas of concerns and responses discussed at the meeting;
they do not capture every comment made during the meeting.
MEETING NOTES
1) How would neighbors benefit from increase in police calls; would like Mr. Coxhead-:to'
answer. . .
Adds diversity, pride.
Some programs have virtually no police problems.
Reduces social problems.
Developed liaisons for all programs.
Homeless families do not cause problems (stay in cars or with friends). Generally
single males are the: problem. Burlingame has had one male adult arrest for
accosting a woman near railroad tracks. PD arrests if there is a
problem —usually drugs.
2)'Is there a national statistic for numbers served/police calls?
(unavailable at meeting)
3) Can -they use their own cars? Traffic concerns.
Policy is transportation by van. Exceptions for emergencies/hardship.
4) How many people?
No more than 5 families/14 people.
5)-How was 14 arrived at?
This is the interfaith Hospitality Network model.
C) Is the $100,000 renovation on the day center well spent?
Cost of construction at the day center will be about $110,000.
7) Would Rev. Smith go back for approval for more people?
Never more than 14 in one place.
Would try to get more congregations involved.
8) Will police department provide (criminal) records of individuals? How to.p ' vent
criminal background persons?
These are not criminals. Therefore police department can't run check
Programs calls county and ask6 regarding background
They will also do a full background check, including evictions, for every person.
9) Claims about below market housing, would like landlord to come to meeting.
There are low cost landlords, but not in Burlingame
i> 10) Any successor group? (After 2 week stay)
Allowed an extension of 30 days max —if following rules.
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11) Who will regulate?
People are asked to leave/terminated by program if problem
City would get involved only if there are complaints.
County controls to some degree through its funding.
Church will monitor parking and other problems as will the program itself
12) Where are the people coming from? Is Burlingame carrying too high a percentage,
67%? (Day center, 50%, 9 churches —Burlingame 1 /3 of the activities)
Other services for the homeless are throughout county.
13) Who is liable if there is a problem?
Agency and sites have generous insurance
14) Training of staff if disputes among participants?
Minimum of 3 hours plus extensive training of the coordinators.
Burlingame police department is back up
15) Have non-residential locations been considered?
No, not other than the Day Center
16) Why not team up with South San Francisco? (Group solutions)
This is a different type of program as it is for families.
South San Francisco only single persons.
A family = parent or relative with one or more children.
Good for people to see who homeless are.
17) What about visitors to the guests? (Training of staff)
No guests allowed. Don't serve domestic violence situations/victims:
18) Was there an attempt to hide the ball? '
Rev. Smith was not aware of ordinance. When they found out a permit required
they notified neighbors.
20) How will notification of schedule be handled?
Police will be notified.
Noticing is still up for discussion/input.
The neighbors could call the host site or contact person.
21) Can we see grant? ,: .
Suggests a budget be shared; Diana is only employee currently. Information-'.
Will be available.
22) Who lives close by who are in favor?
(no survey has been done of community)
23) Do paid staff/screeners live in Burlingame?
Diana is only staff member; she does not live in Burlingame.
24) Total number of people helped in a year?
Number of families in Network: 50.60 families will be helped
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RECEWED,....
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Community Meeting OCT 16 2000
B�RL.T
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First Presbyterian Church, Burlingame CITY. OF INGAM
PLANNING' b'E P T
10/12/00
Facilitated by Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center
These notes capture major areas of concerns and responses discussed at the meeting,
they do not capture every comment made during the meeting.
MEETING NOTES
The group comes to stay at the church for one week and then is gone far eight w""' ka:
1) Please explain how the residents will benefit from this permit.
Volunteers will help find housing and jobs for the people in the program.
There is a mindsct change about homeless families in the community.-.
The community needs to keep the homeless healthy and educated.
The families can stay in the community.
Church members can interact with homeless families, the youth can do.
community service.
2) Describe the selection process for the program at 1720 El Camino Real.
Laura Peterhans and someone else went to Mills -Peninsula and asked if'they
would house the program. They agreed.
it is a good landlord and the rent is good.
3) Are there other options?
We would have to find a space for a day program.
Churches chose to participate and are cooperating with each other.
$.100,000 is being spent to fix up the space at 1720.
4) What are the criteria for application to the program? How far back does -the criminal
screening go? What are the qualifications of the screeners?
There are three rounds of screening through the agencies.
The participants sign a 16 point list of ground rules. _
.The applications are routed from several service agencies.
Shelter Network meets with the families to find if a match is, possible.
No one with mental health problems, substance abuse, or family abuse recoils'.
for the last 90 days is taken into program. :.
The families are case managed on a weekly basis to find housing.
Background checks going back 10 years in the county are done.
The safest, highest functioning families are taken.
Credit checks and employment checks are done.
5) What other cities have this program?
The program is in 25 states.
There are 80 shelter networks in the 25 states.
They have been in place from 14 years to 3 months.
Almost all are in suburban area churches.
`6)-What are the locations of the shelters in the cities?
:,: Churches.
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7) What is the process for visitors?
They must show their license and have permission to be there.
If they are suspected to need a breathalyzer test, or toxicity screening, they are
asked to leave.
The primary screening is the Shelter Network screening.
8) What is the % of success of operating the programs.
Over 80% of the families find and remain in permanent housing.
Follow-up is done in 2 months
Families stay in touch with the director of the program
9) What are the infant facilities like?
There are cribs at the host sites and the day sites.
One parent must be with the child.
There is a case plan if there is a need for child care.
Paid staff is always at the day center
Parents are responsible for finding child care- help get in touch with 4C's
Children supervised or parents responsible for child care-TANF
Belongings are stored elsewhere
10) How are records out of the county accessed?
If social services knows that someone has lived or worked in another -county. -
those records are checked, and go back 10 years.
1-1) What is the track record or incidents from the police? What is the response of other
communities around the country?
There have been no problems with any families. if they come in at night; they
are given a pass to a motel.
98% of the problems comes from single males who live by the railroad tracks and
have chosen a life style that includes alcohol and drugs- the police try to refer the
men to social service agencies
Contacted three similarly sized communities, with similar programs
A noise complaint, the resident was evicted
A boyfriend came to the site and had sold drugs, was evicted
A single man stole money, $25, from various people at center.
A concern because the program was located across the street from a
school
Two police departments said that it was a good program to help people
get back on their feet
12) 1vNhat is the process for revoking a conditional use permit, or the conditions for (he'
permit? What are community options once a permit is granted? -
There would be complaints made at a public hearing
A staff report about the conditions, number of people, or the location,.
If the program doesn't stay in the parameters of the permit
The permit has a review time that goes with the property
13) Could you clarify the subject of tents?
Tents are used on the inside of the host site so that families can have some
privacy.
14) What•are the projections for the users to get housing in the local area?: •; <' ":•
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15) How does IHN complement the Shelter Network? What is the role of Shelter
Network?
There are intake coordinators from 33 agencies
People who fit the program are referred by the agencies.
There were 38 families on the waiting list yesterday, and there are 42 today.
16) How do users find out about this program?
They are referred from the Shelter Network or another agency.
17) Are there time limits on the length of stay?
30 days. There is an extension only if they are doing what they should.
18) Are these families or single people?
These are only families. y
19) Why did 1HN keep this secret for two years with no community input until the last
minute?
This started last June. At first the churches needed to get organized. It doesn't .
feel last minute to us, we have been working hard and have not meant to leave <
communityout. Each host site is responsible for telling the neighbors about the
program.
20) What is the definition of a family member?
Adults with children
Long term relationship with children
Majority are women with children
21) Are there personal vehicles and where do they keep them?
The families are transported from the night site to the day site by van:. ;
Cars can be used from the day site to get to work for example.
Permission is needed to use a car to get to the night site.
There'will be evening traffic from the volunteers coming to the nighi'site. '
22) What are the plans for the weekends for the families?
They can stay at the center, but are encouraged to visit out in the community,': .
Activities are planned for the children.
23) Who educates the children, and who pays for it? Who takes care of their •needs?
The McKinney Act ensures the right of education for all children. .
Families can choose between staying in the same school, or going to the school
on the schedule where they are staying.
Parents are responsible for transporting their children to the school where they
were going to school.
24) What is the policy about pets?
No pets are allowed.
Volunteers can make arrangements with families.
25) How are drop -ins handled?
We don't have drop -ins. They would be referred to another agency.
26) What is the impact on the neighborhood of the day center? (Reverend Smith):-'.:-.: =
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27) How is the medical history of a person handled?
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There are specific questions and answers in the interviews the families go
through. There is a requirement that everyone is tested for TB.
20) Who will evaluate the program?
There will be a report from the Shelter Network to the county and the funders.
There will be inspections of the program.
The county evaluates and monitors, the program.
29) Are they building at 1720?
No. The program is not building at 1720. There. is an application for
Improvement-,.
30.) Why can't the Peninsula Hospital unused wing be used now?
We don't know. They made the decision about which space to lease.
3f) Have the police ever been called to a housing project, and if Ao, what kind of a'-
...'problem was it?
This has already been answered.
32) Is this a permanent program?
33) Why was there no town hall meeting for neighbors around using 1720?
This has already been answered.
34) if the families don't find housing, do they recycle through the program?
Rollover is possible, but usually they can fund something.
35) Why aren't other cities responsible for their own homeless?
Other cities have shelters of various types. The homeless of this city have been
sheltered by other cities for 10 to 15 years.
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BURLINGAME POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTER OFFICE MEMO
TO: Meg Monroe, City Planner COQ
PROM: Commander Van Etten, Acting Chief of Poli ACV
DATE: October 18, 2000
RE: Law Enforcement Concerns - Interfaith Hospitality Network (UN
RECEIVED
OCT 18 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
Pursuant to our recent conversation, attached are documents concerning both law enforcement
concerns (at the churches and the day center), as well as the results of my contacts with police
agencies where IHN networks have been established.
Please feel &ee to contact me if you have any questions.
.-.FROM BURLINGAME POLICE DEPT. (WED)10. 18' 00 10:37/ST. 10:36/NO. 4862744283 P 3
BURLINGAME POLICE DEPARTMENT
%*W IIiN REEF 1RAL CONTACTS WITH POLICE
October, 2000
A random police department contact sampling was initiated to determine if any major (or
associated) police problems occurred as a result of an IHN shelter locating within their
jurisdiction(s). The sampling involved communities and (or) police agencies similar in size as
Burlingame (as noted bclow). Other large police agencies (Roanoke, VA, Chattanooga, TN and
Buffalo, NY) were not contacted as their cities' size, population and police departments are a
great deal larger than Burlingame and unsuitable for these comparison purposes.
1) Ambler, Pennsylvania, Police Department
Community Profile: 8,000 population, 10-15 minutes outside of Philadelphia
Contact: Sgt. William Frank- (B)215-646-5300
Comments: IHN in operation for about 10 years. Originally rotated church sites, but now
bought and renovated a building.
Pro: The organization polices themselves. IHN characterized as a good organization that
has helped the local police.
Con: Some minor noise complaints, residents of the program were evicted. Only one
actual problem - Bo pr yfiiend visited the church site where a family was housed without the
knowledge of the organization (sold drugs).
2) Pinehurst, North Carolina, Police Department
Community Profile: 10,000 population
Contact: Lt. Glen Wilson. (B)910-295-3141
Comments: IHN is a new program, in existence for about 3 months. The program
involves the entire county. City had to change/alttr zoning law to allow sleeping in
churches. Yearly review for problems (or) issues. Church notifies the police department if
homeless stay in churches. Citizen/resident concerns because one church site was across
from a grammar school.
Pro: Good program. No complaints.
Con: Not an official incident - one ofthe first people in the program (single male) lied
(screening interview issue), resulted in him stealing small quantities of money from the
site.
',�,, 3) Rockhill, South Carolina, Police Department
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Community Profile: 50,000 population; 50 miles south of Charlotte
Contact: Lt. Glenn Robinson (B)803-329-7259
Comments: HiN relatively new and is directly associated with the Pilgrims Inn (a shelter
agency in their area) that has been in existence for the past 50 years. IHN began in early
2000 and Rockhill P.D. has had no police problems associated with the organization.
Described as a legitimate organization with off shoots in Texas, Ohio and the Denver,
Colorado area). Local rep is Kate Burns, 803-329-2456.
Pro: Described as a good program for families to get back on their feet by providing
temporary shelter, food, etc. (1 week at a time) at 4 participating churches. Assists in
fundraising for Pilgrims Inn (related to United Way).
Con: No adverse comments on the program to date.
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Burlingame Police Department
Law Enforcement Concerns -1HN
October, 2000
I. SCREENING PROCEDURE:
A. Extensive Background Check by staff- to include, Completeness, Thoroughness
Necessary
1) Red Flags - To be determined and what constitutes a red flag
B. Notification of Law Enforcement via 911 if potential (or actual) threats, disturbances,
etc. occur at the time Of screening or any time at the 1720 $cility location
1) Ili staff should understand and be educated to know that the number of calls
to Law Enforcement won't jeopardize the network However, reluctance of staff
to call regarding potential or actual problems could result in civil or criminal
remedies
H. CHURCH SITE ISSUES AND CONCERNS
A. Request notification of Law Enforcement (Operations Division Commander) when
families will be housed (start and end) at any church in Burlingame in the event of
emergencies (fire, ambulance, major event or disaster in the area, etc.)
*OSW' I) Number of residents, location, length of stay, ages, special medical needs of any
temporary resident, etc.
B. Church Monitors throughout the night
1) How many, all night, a portion of the evening, etc?
a) Concerns if unauthorized visitors that have not been screened (IE -
boyfriends, etc.) Arrive at the location
b) Residents leaving the premises or wandering throughout the facility
during the night
C. Educating Church Monitors to the above (1HN and Police), as well as the procedures
for making "Citizen's Arrests".
UL STAFF AND VOLUNTEER ISSUES
A. Need for education and re -enforcement of both Staff and Volunteers to notify Law
Enforcement in the event of any potential (or actual) problems or issues that might arise at
the church site, the day center (1720 ECR) to include (but not limited to the following):
1) Threats of (or actual) violence at ANY Network facility
2) Disturbances ofthe Peace
3) Assault and (or) Battery
4) Domestic Violence/Child Abuse
B. Need to involve Children's Protective Services in the event an adult is arrested and the
children are left without the supervision of an adult relative
DATE:
August 21, 2000
ROUTING FORM
TO: CITY ENGINEER,
Afflffiks-
FIRE MARSHAL
_SR. LANDSCAPE INSPECTOR
CITY ATTORNEY
FROM: CITY PLANNER/PLANNER
SUBJECT: Request for conditional use permit for a temporary shelter for homeless
families in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1,
APN: 029-222-120.
SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION MEETING:
STAFF REVIEW BY MEETING ON: Monday, August 21, 2000
THANKS,
Maureen/Erika/Ruben
Date of Comments
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r CITY OF BURLINGAME
. J APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
Type of Application: Special Permit Variance Other C C,ndZ-k anc,l use AeAVA--�
Project Address: St. Catherine Church -- 1310 Bayswater Ave, Burlingame, 94,
Assessor's Parcel Number(s) : 0 2 9- 2 2 2- 120
APPLICANT PROPERTY OWNER
Name: Rev. Albert Vucinovich Name: Most Rev. William Levada
Address: 1310 Bayswater Avenue Address: 445 Church St.
City/State/Zip: Burlingame, CA 94010 City/State/Zip: San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone (w): (650) 344-6884
(h): (650) 344-6884
fax: (650) 344-1022
ARCHITECT/DESIGNER
Name: not applicable
Address: no design changes
City/State/Zip:
Phone (w):
(h):
fax:
Phone (w): (415) 565-3600
(h)
fax:
Please indicate with an asterisk * the
contact person for this application.
Rev. Daniel Nascimento
1310 Bayswater Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650) 344-6884
Fax: (650) 344-1022
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Interfaith rotational shelter program.
(please see attached description)
AFFIDAVIT/SIGNATURE: I hereby rtify under penalty of perjury that the information given
herein is true and correct to the best of I
knowledge and belief.
` ust 3, 2000
Applicant's Signature ate
I know about the proposed application and hereby authorize the above applicant to submit this
application to the Planning Commission.
ATTORNEY -IN -FACT
Property Owner s Signature Da e
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Date Filed: 8.14-oo Fee: -$ 33 5 . o o
Planning Commission: Study Date: 9 -0 - n Action Date: 01- 2. 5 - D a
ATTACHMENT
August 2, 2000 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Dear Burlingame Planning Commissioners:
The San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network will provide temporary
accommodations for three to five families per night in any one of nine locations. It
is our response to the critical need for more affordable housing in this area. We
have adopted the Interfaith Hospitality Network model because it has been
extremely successful in 75 other cities. Hospitality is provided for a small group,
only three to five families, to allow for personal contact with the parents and
children. We feel that compassion can bring a tremendous amount of support to
these families at this time.
The program consists of two parts: the congregations who provide the overnight
accommodations and the Day Center facility that is staffed by a professional case
worker. The three families arrive at the host congregation at 6:00 p.m. and are
greeted with a warm dinner. There are activities for the children after dinner until
their bedtime. Each congregation provides overnight volunteers to be with the
guests. The guests have breakfast in the morning and leave the congregation by 7
a.m. Each congregation hosts for one week every two to three months. The current
host sites are: in Burlingame, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, St. Catherine's Roman
Catholic Church, and First Presbyterian Church; in San Mateo, Transfiguration
Episcopal Church, Hope Lutheran Church, Hillsdale United Methodist Church, the
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo, and the Congregational Church of San
Mateo; and in Redwood City, Temple Beth Jacob. The guests are transported to and
from the Day Center in Burlingame by private van. The Day Center provides case
management, computers, phones, showers, laundry facilities, storage facilities and
parking. It will be open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Because the Interfaith Hospitality Network is primarily volunteer driven and
staffed, our guests will be triple screened to ensure that they are appropriate for our
program. We will not be able to take families with issues of serious drug or alcohol
abuse, mental illness or domestic violence.
The San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network has had a great amount of
help and support from many organizations in developing this program. The law
firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati has taken a special interest in the
project. They have coordinated our non-profit incorporation process. Episcopal
Charities, a well known provider of social services in San Francisco, is a third party
provider, handling our administrative and development work. The County of San
Mateo has provided $52,500 toward our first year of operation. We have had a
great amount of support and counsel from Shelter Network, Samaritan House, and
C.A.L.L. Primrose throughout our development. RECEIVED
AUG 1 4 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
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a..RIJNQAME
The Planning Commission is required by law to make findings as defined by the City's Ordinance
(Code Section 25.52.020). Your answers to the following questions can assist the Planning
Commission in making the decision as to whether the findings can be made for your request.
Please type or write neatly in ink. Refer to the back of this form for assistance with these
questions.
1. Explain why the proposed use at the proposed location will not be detrimental or injurious to
property or improvements in the vicinity or to public health, sgfety, general wey'are, or convenience.
(Please see attachment)
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2. How will the proposed use be located and conducted in *accordance with the Burlingame General
Plan and Zoning Ordinance?
(Please see attachment)
3. How will the proposed project be compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and character of the
existing and potential uses on a4loining properties in the general vicinity?
(Please see attachment)
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ATTACHMENT TO
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA CHURCH
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
1. Explain why the proposed use at the proposed location will not be detrimental or
injurious to property or improvements in the vicinity or to public health, safety,
general welfare or convenience.
We believe that there will not be any detrimental or injurious consequences as a result
of our hosting families in transition in our church. We refer to these families as "guests,"
as we intend to treat them as guests in our church home rather than as residents of an
institution. These guests will be triple screened in conjunction with C.A.L.L. Primrose
and Shelter Network's Families in Transition Program and no one with issues of drug or
alcohol abuse, mental illness or domestic violence will be enrolled. There will be only
three to five guest families (a maximum of fourteen people) at any given time, many of
whom will be young children, and a maximum of seven hosts (no more than five at one
time), some of whom may also be youth participating in this program with their parents,
making the size of scope of this activity significantly less than the impact of the majority
of our church programs. And we will only be hosting these guests at our site, one week
in the evening every other month, 4-5 times a year.
A van will generally bring the guests back and forth every day from the day center
facility, so there will be little or no parking impact beyond two or three cars brought by
hosts. Shower and personal laundry needs will also be taken care of at the day center
facility, so our existing bathrooms are more than adequate to handle this use. Hot dinners
will be brought from home by the diner hosts or prepared in the church kitchens which
are often used by the churches to prepare much larger meals for congregational events
than those required for the IHN program Guests' personal goods, beyond those needed
for everyday use at the church, will be stored in locked lockers at the day center.
There are strict guidelines for our guests, such as lights out and in bed by 1 Opm, and
once these families arrive at our churches, they are not allowed to leave the Church
property and are not allowed to receive guests either. At least two staff members will
always be present to assist and supervise them
Under the IHN rules, each participating congregation must obtain volunteer
commitments from at least 50 members, neighbors or members of supporting
congregations. All three Burlingame churches have obtained commitments in excess of
these numbers. Volunteers will initially be trained by the national IHN organization which
has assisted local groups in the organization of 75 local operating IHNs and will receive
continuing support and training from the paid director of the local San Mateo County
IHN.
RECEIVED
AUG 14 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
2. How will the proposed use be located and conducted in accordance with the
Burlingame General Plan and Zoning Ordinance?
Two of the three churches, St. Paul's and First Presbyterian Church of Burlingame,
are located in a R-3 zone — medium to high density multi -family. The third church, St.
Catherine of Sienna, is located in a C-1 commercial zone. All three are located along El
Camino Real which is a transportation corridor. Although the churches are not
principally residences, two of the three churches do already provide permanent residential
accommodations for some members of their clergy on the property, a common feature of
churches throughout history. By hosting three to five additional families during each
church's assigned week, each church will be increasing the number of family units staying
overnight on the property (each of which consist of a substantial portion of a city block)
to a number which is well below the size limits of the type of multi -family housing
permitted by an R-3 or C-1 designation. Indeed the features that usually accompany
multi -family use of a property and put a greater burden on neighbors and public services
in such a neighborhood will not be present here. The rules of the IHN program permit
no visitors, no mail, no use of public phones inside or outside the church and no leaving
the specific church building in which the program is operated (other than for supervised
activities on other parts of church property). In general, the IHN rules to be imposed on
our guests are far more numerous and strict than any imposed on other group activities
operated at the three churches and should result in minimal to no impact on the
neighborhoods.
3. How will the proposed project be compatible with the aesthetics, mass, bulk and
character of the exerting and potential uses on adjoining properties in the general
vicinity?
We will not be making any interior or exterior changes or additions to our existing
structures. We will only be using existing facilities in a manner consistent with current
use. Because we are Churches, we worship and do community service. As such, our
activities are somewhat unique in comparison to the other business and residential
activities around our neighborhood. However, at its core, the IHN program consists of
only three activities, all of which are already common components of our existing church
programs: (1) a meal shared in fellowship; (2) an evening program designed to renew the
spirits of participants and provide strength for the next day's challenges; and (3) an
overnight stay. Although none of the churches have specifically included homeless
families in these activities in the past (which range from the Men's Breakfast, Lenten
Dinner Series, Women's Guild luncheons, bible study groups, adult education programs,
high school youth group lock -ins and overnight stays by visiting choirs), all of the
churches now have church- and/or community- sponsored programs which are designed
to assist people with significant spiritual, emotional or physical needs which are already
bringing people from all walks of life with a variety of special needs to our churches.
0
These programs include the 12-step programs for those recovering from various
addictions, a program for children suffering the emotional difficulties of parental death or
divorce; and programs directed at disaffected teens. We believe that our guest families'
needs will not differ markedly from those whose needs the churches already serve except
that a significant source of our guests' needs will be based on their current homelessness.
The IHN program should have no negative impact upon or otherwise change the
character of our neighborhoods and have no influence upon the existing or potential uses
on adjoining properties in the general vicinity.
CITY OF BURLINGAME PLANNING; 650 696 3790; Aug-3-00 5:05PM; Page 4/4
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA CHURCH
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
Proposed use of the site. Rotational Homeless h _1 Pr Proaram (IHN)
2. Days and hours of operation. Sun -Sat, 1 week every 2 months, 6: 30pm-7am
3. Number of trucks/service vehicles to be parked at site (by type), 1 max on Sun afternoon
for set up one week and take down the next week.
4. Current and projected maximum number of employees (including owner) at this location:
Existing
In 2 Years
In 5 Years
Hours of
Operation
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
AM- After
PM 5:00 PM
Weekdays
Pull -time
18
4
19
4
19
4
Part-time
8
1
8
1
9
1
Weekends
Full-time
3
3
3
3
3
3
Part-time
1
0
1
=0�1
1
0
5.
Current and projected maximum number of visitors/customers who may come to the site: * pleas.
see
Existing In 2 Years In 5 Years attach-
ment
Hours of
Operation
AM-
PM
After
5:00 PM
AM-
PM
After
5:00 PM
AM-
PM
After
5:00 PM
Weekdays
500
500
500
500
500
500
Weekends
700
600
725
625
750
650
6. What is the maximum number of people expected on site at any one time (include owner,
employees and visitors/customers):
1,000 for school Christmas program and Christmas services.
7. Where do/will the owner & employees park? Church parking lot or cif parking 1
8. Where do/will customers/visitors park? Church lot (16 spaces) ; school yard (70 )
2 city parking lots accessible from Park St. (196 spaces)
9. Present or most recent use of site. Church and school
RECEIVED
10. List of other tenants on property, their number of employees, hours of operation (attach
list if ne gj,-gym). AUG 14 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
P1 ANIN11W; nFPT.
c
ATTACHMENT TO
ST. CATHERINE OF SMNA CHURCH
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
5. Current and projected maximum number of visitors/customers who may
come to the site:
Our projected highs in the evening are based on special school events like school
plays, and special religious celebrations. We have scheduled to host our "guests"
around those busy times. During the host week, evening activity will be minimal,
and there will probably be at the most, 60 people around our facility on weekdays,
and 40 on weekends. We will only be hosting up to 14 people, in this homeless
program.
RECEIVED
AUG 1 4 7000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
ATTACHMENT TO
ST. CATHERINE OF SMNA CHURCH
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION SUPPLEMENTAL FORM
5. Current and projected maximum number of visitors/customers who may
come to the site:
Our projected highs in the evening are based on special school events like school
plays, and special religious celebrations. We have scheduled to host our "guests"
around those busy times. During the host week, evening activity will be minimal,
and there will probably be at the most, 60 people around our facility on weekdays,
and 40 on weekends. We will only be hosting up to 14 people, in this homeless
program.
RECEIVED
AUG 1 4 7000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
RECEIVED
AUG 1 4 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
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CITY OF BURLINGAh
PLANNING DEPT.
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CITY OF BURLINGAME
DEPARTMENT
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I 1310 BAYSWATER ACE a conditional
an application f o homeless family PUBIC HEARING
Action °n for temporary
permit a church to serve NOTICE
use p an existing Avenue,
shelter in at 1310 Bayswater
homeless families
zoned C-1- (APN: 029-222-120) FIELD(.1)_
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of Burlingame Planning on
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1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE
Appeal of a Planning Commission approval on
an application for a conditional use permit PUBLIC HEARING
for a temporary homeless shelter for 5 -
families with children (14 people maximum) in NOTICE
an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue,
zoned C-1.(APN: 029-222-120)
The City of Burlingame City Council announces'
the following public hearing on Wednesday,.
November 29, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. in the City
Hall Council Chambers located at 501 Primrose
Road, Burlingame, California.
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RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT_
RESOLVED, by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
conditional use permit to use an auditorium for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with
children in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1 APN• 029-222 110 & 120 Roman
Catholic Arch. Of S.F., prope owner; —
WHEREAS, said matters were heard by the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame on
October 23, 2000, at which time it reviewed and considered the staff report and all other written materials and
testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Planning Commission that:
1. On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and comments
received and addressed by this commission, it is hereby found that there is no substantial evidence that the
project set forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption, per
Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists of the operation
of existing private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead
agency's determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the minutes and recording of said
meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records
of the County of San Mateo.
CHAIRMAN
I, Ann Keighran , Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify
that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission
held on the 23`d day of October, 2000 , by the following vote:
AYES: COMMISSIONERS:
NOES: COMMISSIONERS:
ABSENT:. COMMISSIONERS:
SECRETARY
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE
effective November 6, 2000
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the
existing church auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, and as shown on the
plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First Floor
Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the
hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five
homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and five staff members; the emergency housing for
homeless families shall be limited to operate for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven
(7) consecutive days per each of 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Operations Division Commander of the Police Department and the Fire
Marshal of the Fire Department shall be notified one week in advance of each use -of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families; the report shall include the number of people,
ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use and that the site shall be regularly
inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be met;
5. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of homeless
families or total persons participating in the program, which exceeds the maximums as stated in these
conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit;
6. that the use of the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes
made to the building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire
Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
7. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually in January for compliance with _ the
. conditions of approval.
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION
AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame that:
WHEREAS, a categorical exemption has been proposed and application has been made for a
conditional use permit to use an auditorium for emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with
children in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue. zoned C-1. APN: 029-222-110 & -120• Roman
Catholic Arch. Of S.E. property owner;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on said application on October 23.
2000, at which time said application was APPROVED;
WHEREAS, this matter was APPEALED to City Council and a hearing thereon held on
November 29. 2000 , at which time it reviewed and considered the staff report and all other written
materials and testimony presented at said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby RESOLVED and DETERMINED by this Council that:
1. On the basis of the Initial Study and the documents submitted and reviewed, and comments
received and addressed by this commission, it is hereby found that there is no substantial evidence that
the project set forth above will have a significant effect on the environment, and Categorical Exemption,
per Article 19. Categorically Exempt per Section: 15301 - Existing facilities, Class 1, consists of the
operation of existing private facilities... involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time
of the lead agency's determination, is hereby approved.
2. Said conditional use permit is approved, subject to the conditions set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto. Findings for such conditional use permit are as set forth in the minutes and recording
of said meeting.
3. It is further directed that a certified copy of this resolution be recorded in the official records of
the County of San Mateo.
MAYOR
I, ANN MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing
resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 2 th day of November,
2000, and adopted thereafter by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
CITY CLERK
EXHIBIT "A"
Conditions of approval for categorical exemption and conditional use permit.
1310 BAYSWATER AVENUE
effective NOVEMBER 29, 2000
1. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall be limited to the
existing church auditorium, associated support facilities, on -site outdoor areas, as shown on the
plans submitted to the Planning Department and date stamped August 14, 2000, Site Plan, First
Floor Plan, and Auditorium Floor Plan;
2. that the emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children shall operate within the
hours of 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. with two meals provided; the use shall be limited to a maximum of five
homeless families with a maximum of 14 persons and staff/volunteers; the emergency housing for
homeless families shall be limited to operate when the Parish School at St. Catherine's is not in
session for a maximum of six times a year, for no more than seven (7) consecutive days per each
of the 6 times;
3. that the City of Burlingame Police Department Operations Division Commander and the Fire
Department's Fire Marshal shall be notified one week in advance of each use of this facility for
emergency/temporary housing for homeless families with children; the report shall include the
number of people, ages, and any special medical conditions;
4. that the use shall be limited to an emergency/temporary housing use for families with children,
and that the site shall be regularly inspected by the Fire Department and all requirements shall be
met;
5. that, as a part of the screening process, the Interfaith Hospitality Network or provider shall do a
Megan's Law check of each client before the client or any family member is assigned to stay at
St. Catherine's Church;
6. that at least one of the supervising persons on the St. Catherine's site, including at least one of the
assigned persons staying over night with the clients, shall be trained on how to deal with the type
of adversarial situations which may arise in such a program, and that the training materials shall
be reviewed regularly by a representative selected by the Burlingame Police Department
Operations Commander;
7. that any changes in operation, including hours and frequency of use, floor area, or number of
homeless families or total persons participating in the program, which exceed the maximums as
stated in these conditions, shall require an amendment to this use permit;
8. that the use of the church auditorium and its associated facilities and any improvements or changes
made to the building or within the building for this use shall meet all California Building and Fire
Codes, 1998 Edition as amended by the City of Burlingame; and
9. that this conditional use permit shall be reviewed annually, in January, for compliance with the
conditions of approval.
LETTERS
CON
CITY OF BURLINGAME COUNCIL MEETING
501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA
November 29, 2000
7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
4a. 415 El Camino Real - zoned R-3 - application for a conditional use permit for a temporary
homeless family shelter in an existing church to serve homeless families (Rector Wardens, Vestry,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, applicant and property owner) (44 noticed).
4b. 1310 Bayswater Avenue - zoned C-1 - application for a conditional use permit for a temporary
homeless family shelter in an existing church to serve homeless families (Rev. Albert Vucinovich,
St. Catherine Church, applicant; Most Rev. Williams Levada, property owner) (135 noticed).
October 11, 2000
To Whom It May Concern: PLANNING COMMISSION OF BURLINGAME
I am writing with concern as a Burlingame resident and school parent, regarding the sheltering of the
homeless at Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary School. I am aware that there is a need in the community
for such a shelter but along the same note, I also have great concern that an elementary school is the
center location for the shelter. At this time, I feel that there is no way to guarantee the safety of our
children and I believe the city of Burlingame would not just automatically approve the given situation
without much thought. I am sure that there are other sites in the city of Burlingame, which would provide
the necessary and appropriate accommodations for the homeless families etc., without having to involve an
elementary school. I personally feel that this is a very tough call, both spiritually and morally for myself
but it is a definite concern as a parent.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Agnes Mck ie
RECEIVED
OCT 1 8 2000
CI PLANNING DEPT.
r
CATION RECEIVED
PREPARATION
AFF REPORT
Dear
J
I am writing this letter with much concern as a Burlingame
resident, regarding the sheltering of homeless at St. Catherine
of Siena Elementary School, First Presbyterian and St. Pauls
Episcopal in Burlingame.
My concerns are that I don't understand why they have chosen
three place, first: all in Burlingame, second: that all have some
type of school attended by children. I feel that changing the
use of permits at those locations is not a good idea. Those
locations are meant to be for the use of those parishioners and
school children and the use should stand as such. None of the
locations have the facilities to actually house live -ins. Also,
to promote better self esteem and stability for those who are
homeless, why would you want to move them around constantly
rather find a place where they can stay for a period of time. In
at dark and out at dawn is not a promotion of better self esteem.
Helping these homeless families is certainly a good idea but it
should happen in whatever city they are from so -,that those
children can continue attending school in their own district and
not have to be bused. Again all that moving around will not
promote better self esteem and stability in their lives at a time
when it is really needed.
(,.S'
inc rely you
oan Auran
1323 Bernal Ave
Burlingame; CA. 94010
RECEIVED
OCT 17 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
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ALBERT'S ANTIQUES
Restoration
1313 So. Railroad Avenue
San Mateo, California 94402
(650) 345-2321
(650) 345-2326 FAX
October 11, 2000
Planning Commission
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Commissioners:
Showroom
310 So. San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, California 94401
(650) 348.2369
RECEIVED
OCT 12 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
As a Burlingame resident, I am writing this letter with much concern
regarding the sheltering of homeless at Saint Catherine of Siena Elementary
School, at which my two children attend.
My main concerns are the safety, health and welfare of my children, -'the
other 300 students, parishioners, and neighbors of St. Catherine's.
I have attached a very disturbing Times article regarding the Polly Klaas
murder. As you can see from the article, Shelter Network knew of Richard
Allen Davis' background when he was admitted to its homeless shelter in
San Mateo. This is the very same agency that is supposedly "Triple
Screening" (what ever that means!) for this ridiculous proposed permit.
Who's to say this huge, deadly mistake will not happen again! Why put
over 300 children at risk? If some thing were to happen to any one of these
precious children, would you want to live with that on your conscience? I
know I wouldn't!
Since I strongly believe there is no way to guarantee the safety of our
children, I feel you would be very imprudent to approve such a risky plan at
this or any other time.
Sincerely,
Andrea Gee ) rn
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Davis' V-01eiit-.; gt
official -says shelter knew
'he kheitefr in San Milt�b w�lrib >e1� O!lViR s<teydd. •
an'q.bf Is S. cnmmal record
ilk► MUS"ALL VV1LSON
Timed Staff Writer
tt3 `j l� spbkesovd-
man fGr..9heltlt', Network said
Iziday tkie,agency,kriew Richard
Allen Davis was- on urole when
-he was admitted to Its homeldsd.
shelter but was kept iri. the dark
',atfM hie'vlolem-p k. .
A top :v[iloial' with: the state:
• ever add
STEW* Neta!ork knew
all a1 17avis' babkground. .
".That's thy. podtiah': ThO.,
`werd awsttiM his parole status,"
` - 1-sadd Roe. Chpn,�regional director'
for the parole $ivision. "We did
everything properly."
Yet Sue Chr(O tdneen of Miter
Network said a check into Davis'
background — and discussions
with his parol+d officer — faflbd
to turn up evidence that David,
the suspect in the Polly Klass
kidnapping case, had d history of
violence.
'.''That' iskW'6r Violenae is
really Nutted At,". Christen6en
said. "We havb the obligation
.and desire to see that these
things don't happen. Our staff
live there overnight and we want
to assure their safety as well as
that of residents."
. Christensen acktibWledked
discrepencies in the version of
events given by her agency and
the state.
"We disagree - on abrne things.
We need to get together amd
resolve that."
Davis, 39, 'fired for "some
months durht •the late summer
and fall," Christensen said, at
Turning Point, a homeless 'shel-
ter for clients whb have passed a
background check to make sun
they pose no safety threat to
shelter staff, shelter residents or
neighbors.
• But Davis hex r newly 20-year
record of lawbreaking and v10-
lenoe. He was paroled in June
from, state prison after serving
eight years for robbery and kid -
See SHELTER, Page A2
;a. • tyre Shelter
Continued from Page One
happing, his second kidnapping
' tonviction.
Se ;' "We were never told that,".
p e
Y . arcq directors
s nt of
�,, %�� `'� ' �� , G a ot.dfrectors that over-
t*.. EildNtvogi' 194s s �.,; a l411elter Network, -which
indfbkke wlth Mr. Mti6- '%ruing Point.
lesottpr ". Coy toHl Mir ,,r "I!' die had beer, told that, he
ntroY. i .oi a ai*'ht.""''- �*Wd not hat" been in our shel-
►t controll*s applhiid4'd: ' tee"she noted..;;
we. erai ire .amilea: The geese Davis lived' at Turn-
dovrYt'here"'laid Missionig liolnt rekindled ill feelings in
is Susses 1 kiu_. 'the. Sunnybrae neighborhood, .4
capfure oecurl•ed'3d7 :*here .Sheller Network
tbovb th'e Pacific Oebad. attempted, earlier thid year to
:hing west by the book, locate a new. facility.. , ..
last, tear s •i�eddue bf thd ' "Some fesidents Ate angry,"
id I • leaf satellite which said Paula Grey, president of the
be ca t by has . Hub- • Sunnybrae - Ndighborhood Asso-
inlike- 1telaatt-twa*• ciation: ��.,
od for �eap[tit ' aM sel"vib= Grey. s4the'revelation Davis
if' was at Turaing Point confirmed
g`ia9'bi It+dh ' tb lb, the wont Mars about the pro-
fed in, 1990 •arid. named
ie late aitrokonm Edwin
'e, needs badly to be.,.
d. Iti:+risidd liAgurred
e of a fidesh irroc seen jn . ,::...,. .
suit of a manufacturing. CAR 345-4322
Its solbr wings -shudder.
a gyroscopes ,are broken. } : t0 . 6
aputlr tneihory-:9s dimin- �e" Y ,
Its magnetometers are Ophdoh, through
:tting by. And -its ultra- Sunday night~
light detector -bon power Y ;;;:;;:•;,_. .
man •aid 4+twear s: `•�,.;;;>�.: ��:.•......::;;<...
ether, fppaceew hope f f
rt ;:;r,.k;G:2e ... :: t:�<. %v.'%f ;:,•: G •p'•: :`i2 : C:.
Ave these •p ems by. z :�� >>
og I n" itfclud.
million wor •.of coirec-s 1. Yti, fib ldtAker what theics. .�.,,., .
specei►alkeii"tki, leave cost......
in in pairs to•viork on'ths 2. Yes, at least for those -with
)pe, beginningaround '• • More than 10 felonles. .
ht Saturday. ve spaos- 9; Y1b„ at least for those with
e d ays -;aUxB,planned pq; coil- A ,A> ',shire flan eve felordes.
d. .
►ptical ropairs the driv-" 4. `It de#th& on the cost.
ce behind Endeavour's & No, the cost k too great.
dIlion mission — should 6, No, building prisons Isn't
Hubble to fulfill all its _„_•,__ ,
Oosed shelter. She said residents
feared the proposed shelter
would become home for crimi-
nals despite assurances by Shel-
ter Network it would not.
"They (Shelter Network)
.stated they had a real good
•screeniw$ process. I don't think
1.they-d6," she said. "It's unbe-
+ lfevabfe he (was at Turning
Point) with all the crime history
he had.."
Sheltet Network withdrew the
proposal whah the landowner
backed out►
. Advocates for the homeless
'said they don't want Davis' dark
history and his stay at Turning
Point to reflect on those in need.
"My hope is we play this down
as much as possible," said John
Kelly, director of Samaritan
House, a non-profit social' ser-
vice agency. "One person acting
out does not represent a commu-
nity of people. hopefully, we can
understand that."
Chun said D via contacted
Shelter Network hbout staying at
Turning Point ;while still in
prison serving out his kidnap-
ping sentence. He said Davis
was "a self-refertal" and that his
parole agent had contact with
Shelter staff.
Yet Christensen said Turning
Point only accepts clients who've
been referred by other agencies.
She declined to discuss Davis
specifically, but -paid the shelter
takes in only people referred
who pass q ,lengthy background
check.
Davis'Aroubla i withlthe law as
an adult began ,with en arrest
for drunken and disorderly
behavior in Redwood City. Over
the years he was convicted for
kidnappings robbery, assault,
burglary and firearms viola-
tions. He. had • boen arrested for
sexual assault but was never
convicted. '
Petalumat pofil a and the FBI
say Davis is the prime odspect 14
the Oct. i kidnapping of Polly
Klass, who was playing a boa.-,4.; •
game with two friends when a
bearded man took her at knife- .
point from her bedroom.
Davis has not been charged- ;
with the kidnapping. He is being
held in the Mendocino County
jail on a drunken driving convic-
tion. ;
Shelter NetwoA staff have '
long sought to aWift neighbors
that its shelters would not house ;
violent offenders. It is neither a
halfway house er• a treatment
facility but "'ace to get a
shower, eat and bleep while
attempting to find a job and per- ;
manent housing.
Schultz saidthe fact that
Davis stayed af.Turning Point
will not give Shelter Network a
black eye. -
"I. don't thb* W. I think our
reputatiowstandsdt its own.' ;
searching water towers and
'In his driver's license, :and, find -
reservoirs in the area where a
ing no outstanding warrants, let '
woman complained Davis was
him go.
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trespassing on Oct. 1. Investiga-
Weeks went by in which 8 mil- '
tors also looked for evidence at
lion fliers showing a composite ;
over to the Sonoma County Dis-
an Indian reservation where
sketch of Polly's abductor were '
trict Attorney next•week. • ' •
authorities on Tuesday arrested
faxed, mailed and trucked all ;
Polly was abducted by a
Davis, who has a long criminal
over the world from Petaluma. j
bearded stranger= she and two
history including two kidnap-
The break in the case camer
friends held a slumber party In
ping convictions.,
last weekend, when the woman ;
her room. The man bound and
In a strange encounter, tanta-
who had reported. Davis trea-
ganged Polly's,eompanions
using in restrospect, Davis was
passing called deputies again to ,
before taking her away.
questioned by Sonoma County
say she had found suspicious '
Police declined to eotninent on
Sheriffs deputies responding to
items on her property.
conflicting news reports that
the trespassing complaint about
The items included a sweat- ;
Davis had been Identified by the
an hour after the -abduction.;
shirt, strapping tape with
two girls who were shown police
Authorities said his behavUr
shmads of hair stnek to it and a ;
lineups and photon:
vies odd: He told deputies he
bit of what appeared to be a pil-
Asked why chatt"d. had not
was sightseeing, even though it
lowcase smeared with makeup,
yet been filed against Davis,
Was pitch dark, and blurted out
numerous local media reported, '
Petaluma Police Chief Dennis
that he had just changed shirts,
citing unidentified sources.
DeWitt said, "Theft has been a
though he hadn't been asked.
A deputy checked Davis' crim- y
great deal ofwork done,on this
But the deputies were
inal history and sent the items to
case and that has to be docu-
unaware of an all -points bulletin'
an FBI lab.
oily
mented for the district attor-
just out on the kidnapping. They
So far, police have slid
ney!#
were listening to a different
that evidence found was linked ;
On Friday, divers began
radio frequency. So they called
to the abduction.
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TO OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS
Please join us for an informal discussion
about neighborhood concerns including IHN,
program sheltering temporarily homeless
young families once every nine weeks.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING
2 PM THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th
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concerned about IHN next Wednesday; October
11, 7:30 PM at St. Paul's.
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OCT 1 12000
CITY LANNING DEPT.
Mayor Rosalie O Mahoney and September 30, 2000
Member of the Planning Commission,
I am writing to you in response to the news article in the San Mateo County Times
dated Friday, September 29 as well as the Planning Commission Hearing of
Monday, September 25.
First of all, I am appalled at the lack of compassion that the Planning Commission
and in particular, Commissioner Martin Dreiling as he has quoted "some
residence being hysterical ". I don't not feel that the residence of Burlingame were
nor are "hysterical". Remember we are the tax pavers and we have concerns
about the communi&in which we lien and are raising our children. We want to
know what we can expect 10 years from now. Has anyone on your board even
considered doing a study on this matter? IHN has only been in existence for 10
years.
As for the Planning Commission meeting last Monday, I was rather suprised that
the Planning Commission did not require an individual from each facility to
answer their questions. Rather they allowed Rev. Chad speak for all three sites
even though each church has applied for their own permit. Rev. Chad is not listed
anywhere on St. Catherine's permit, yet he answered questions involving St.
Catherine. I also had mentioned that night that St. Catherine of Siena had
discrepancies in what they had submitted on their application, and not one on the
Commissioners addressed it. Mayor, let me fill you in on this information:
1. St. Catherine stated that "during the host week, evening activity will be minimal
with a maximum of 60 people at the church on weekdays and 40 people on
weekends during the host week. " I pointed out to the Commission that actually
ev ry Wednesday except two weeks at Christmas and Easter there will be closer to
130 people. This is due to the Catholic Education classes for children 5-9 grade,
as well as R.C.I.A. (adult religious education) from September May. The boys
would be using the say restroom as the IHN male members, which brings me to
point number 2.
2. Please see attached photos of the St. Catherine facility as outlined. I have
highlighted the actually area that is within the building. The boys/mens room is
actually outside the facility. Therefore after 10 p.m. they would have to go outside
to use the facility. There is only one women's stall and one sink without hot water
in the building. It is stated in the application that "no interior or exterior
improvements were required to the church to provide this service ".
3. St. Catherine of Siena Church also posted in their weekly bulletin dated July 9,
dates with which they woad be housing families. It wasn't until August 3 that they
submitted an application. Now, September 17 bulletin they have posted a new date
that they-YO be housing the homeless. I am surprised that they fill this confident
about the application and it's process. The bottom of the Routing Form has "Site
inspection necessary for approval" written on the bottom of it. I can't believe that
anyone has actually look at the site. If they had they would have seen this
problem, as well as the fact that there are ta smoke detectors and sprinklers in
the auditorium.
I have other concerns as well. I have three daughters, two of which are teenagers
and I worry about there safely since the members of IHN will not be "locked" up
unti110 p.m. One of the Commissioners held up a photo of his 11 month old son
and said he wasn't worried about the shelter or the safety of his son. Well first of
all I thought that was totally inappropriate and it seemed he must have planned to
make this "show" since he happened to have the snap shot with him. Furthermore,
you can hardly compare an 11 month old baby who is always in the care' of an
adult to school aged children. I have to not only worry about living so close to the
facility but I also have children that attend the school. We have parents, some
single mothers that send their children to the daycare program provided by the
school until 6 p.m. and now they will have to find other means for there children in
order to help the IHN.
I can't believe that the Planning Commission as well as the City Council members
also have not taken into account the closeness of the shelters. I personally am
looking at 3 sites 18 weeks out of the year with it being within 1.6 mile of my home.
In closing, I can only hope that if you do pass this permit and our beautifully
community becomes the "hot spot "for homeless outside the IHN that each and
every one of you will be able to sleep at night knowing what you have done to the
city and residents of Burlingame.
Sincerely,
Janet Uliana
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Address: 1310 Bayswater Avenue
Meeting Date: 9/11/00
Request: Conditional use permit to use an auditorium for a temporary overnight shelter for homeless
families in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1 (C.S. 25.36.030, 15).
Applicant: Rev. Albert Vucinovich, St. Catherine Church APN: 029-222-120
Property Owner: Roman Catholic Arch of S.Y. Lot Area: 1.42 acres
General Plan: Church, Other",� �L�''1 Zoning: C-1
Existing Use: St. Catherine Church.
Proposed Use: Temporary overnight shelter for three to five homeless �amilies �r axifnum of 14 people in
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Allowable Use: Temporary shelter for homeless families provided that .the facility is located within a
transportation corridor and the use does not occur continuously at any one location for more than six months
of any twelve month period.
Summary: The applicant, St. Catherine Church, is requesting a conditional use permit in order to operate
a temporary overnight shelter, a maximum of six times a year, for three to five homeless families (maximum
of 14 people) in an existing church facility at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1. St. Catherine's will rotate
providing this service with other churches in the area.
St. Catherine's would like to participate in the San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
program which provides temporary accommodations for three to five homeless families. St. Catherine's is
one of three churches in Burlingame and one of nine churches in San Mateo County participating in the IHN
program. Within St. Catherine's, the auditorium, restrooms, and the kitchen will be used to accommodate
the families staying at the church. Plans date stamped August 14, 2000, indicate that 16 rollaway beds would
be provided in -the auditorium (14 guests and two overnight staff members for supervision). St. Catherine's
congregation would provide participating families with a meal, a evening program to prepare participants
for the next day, and an overnight stay one week at a time here are no interior or exterior tenant
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The San Mateo County IHN provides homeless families with shelter, meals, and job search and training
assistance. The program consists of two parts: churches which provide overnight accommodations and a day
center facility staffed by a professional case worker. The families arrive at the host church at 6:00 p. . nd
are greeted with a dinner prepared by dinner hosts and brought to the church, or the dinners will be prepar d
at the church kitchen. The families would have breakfast at the church in the morning and would leave th
church by 7:00 a.m. From the church, the families would be transported by a private van to the day cente
facility proposed to be located at 1720 El Camino Real (see concurrent conditional use permit application f
day center facility).
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Primrose .and -Shelter Network's Families in Transition Program and no one with issues of drug or alcohol
abuse, mental illness or domestic violence will be enrolled. The II3N guidelines require families to be in and
"lights out" by 10 p.m., do not allow the families to leave the church premise (other than for supervised
activities on church property) and do not allow families to receive visitors at the site. In addition, the HIN
be delivered to the families and no use of public phones inside or outside the church
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During the week before the host week, a church member will make one trip each to the church to drop off
food staples for bag lunches and cold breakfasts and to return clean linens washed at home. During the week
after the host week, one member will pick up used linens to take home and wash. These activities will occur
at the parishioners' convenience.
IHN will operate two vans at the church during the host week. One small commercial van will be used to
deliver and pick up the roll -away beds on -the first and last day of the host week and should not take more than
one-half hour-. The second van, a 14-passenger vehicle,'will make one drop-off of participants and one pick-
up visit to -the church each day during he host week and should not be at the church for more than 15 minutes.
The two vans will be parked overnight at the day center facility r(ted b a van Camino 1720 h R al). Families Guests with h
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personal vehicles will park at the day center facility and be transported Y
cars who prefer to drive to the church or must drive because their job hours are incompatible with the shuttle
van times will park in the church parking lot. The applicant notes eatthe maxmum number to arrive by shuttleofvehicles
vanonly.
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could be parked by IHN guests is three. However, most guests aexpected
The applicant indicates that there are 86 parking spaces available in the church lot and school yard for church
functions at St. Catherine Church.
St. Catherine's notes that the number of employees at the churchfamilies. will t increase.
The church currently has 18 full-
eople
at the church is not expected to exceed 70, including the homeless
time and eight part-time employees on weekdays .and three full-time and one part-time employee on
weekends before 5 p.m. The number of full-time and part-time employees
on has a mkdays before aximum of 500 visitors
expected to increase by one employee in the future. St. Catherine's Y
on weekdays before and after 5 p.m., and 700 visitors on weekends before 5 p.m. and 600 after 5 p.m. The
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rojected numbers in the evening are based on special school events like school plays and eless families around the busy times. 1 During the
elebrations. The applicant has scheduled to host the hom
host week, evening activity will be minimal with a maximum of 60 people at the church on weekdays and
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CITY ATTORNEY
FROM: CITY PLANNER/PLANNER
SUBJECT: Request for conditional use permit for a temporary shelter for homeless
families in an existing church at 1310 Bayswater Avenue, zoned C-1,
APN: 029-222-120.
SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION MEETING:
STAFF REVIEW BY MEETING ON: Monday, August 21, 2000
THANKS,
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Page, Two St. Catherine of Siena July 9, 2000
A Jubilee year is for the Church "a year of the
Lord's favor, the year of the remission of sins
and of punishment due to them, a year of
reconciliation between disputing parties, a
year of manifold conversion and of
sacramental... penance." With these words,
Pope John Paul reminds us of the importance
of reconciliation and of the Sacrament of
Penance in the life of the Church.
What happens in the Sacrament of
Reconciliation?
In the Sacrament of Reconciliation "the sinner
who, by the grace of God, embraces the way
of penance, and returns to the Father. The
penitent also returns to Christ who gave
Himself up for us and to the Holy Spirit who
has been poured out on us abundantly."
Likewise, "those who by grave .sin have
withdrawn from the communion of love with
God are called back in the Sacrament of
Penance to the life they have lost. And those
who through daily weakness fall into venial
sin draw strength from a repeated celebration
of the Sacrament of Penance to gain full
freedom of the children of God." (From the
Sacred Congregation of Worship on the Rite
of Penance).
JUBILEE - YEAR PILGRIMAGE TO ST.
PATRICK'S SEMINARY: Those who are already
sjgned-up to go to St. Patrick's Seminary next Tuesday,
July 11th are asked to be at the Burlingame Avenue S.
P. Station by 9:15 A.M. at the latest as the train leaves
at 9:28 A.M.. A light lunch will be provided. Retum to
Burlingame approximately by 3:30 P.M.
Archbishop Levada extends an invitation to all the
Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of San
Francisco to come and attend the Jubilee Mass
2000 at PacBell Park. This is a unique
opportunity where members of our diverse local
Church come together as one Body of Christ
Mark your calendar for .the 28th of October. We will
leave Burlingame Train Depot at 10:55 a.m. to begin our
pilgrimage that day and be back at 6:30 p.m. Entrance
tickets are free and we already have assigned seats.
Doors open at 12 noon; Call to Worship begins at 1:30
p.m; Mass will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m.
This Vigil Mass will fulfill the Sunday obligation. If
you want to join this pilgrimage with us, call Marlin at
344-6884.
Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN)
Well, plans are underway to begin our San Mateo IHN, to
help homeless families transition back into permanent
housing. We will be host to 3-5 families, 5 times a year, in
the evening at our auditorium.
The dates are:
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June 10-16
Aug 5-11
This is a wonderful opportunity for us to share the
blessings God has given us, and to make a significant
difference in the life of families when they are most in
need and when their self esteem is at their lowest. I'm
glad that so many of you have stepped forward to offer
your services. We will need all of you, and certainly
your prayers. Questions or comments, please call Fr.
Dan, 344-6884.
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` WENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
MASS INTENTIONS
SEPTEMBER
16 - SEPTEMBER 23, 2000
sat(9/16) 5:ooPM
Anna Cavagnarot
Sun
7:30AM
Mrs. Paula Hermest
(9/17)
9:OOAM
All Parishioners
10:30AM
Maria Molinellit
12 Noon
Allan O'Regant
Mon
7:OOAM
Valentin Ynocencia Javiert
(9/18)
12:05PM
Marie Hsu Liangt
Tue
7:OOAM
Anthony Pauyot
(9/19)
12:05PM
Pietro Spediaccit
Wed
7:OOAM
Matilda Farmert
(9120)
12:05PM
Howard Pearsont
Thu
7:OOAM
Sean Byrnet
(9/21)
12:05PM
Sp. Intention - Christian Petak
Fri
7:OOAM
Jorge Hernandezt
(9/22)
12:05PM
Rodney Willoughbyt
Sat (9/23)8:OOAM
Msgr. John Phelant
LET US PRAY... For all our faithful departed,
especially Veronica Laura Hutnick, may they be
welcomed into the reign of everlasting joy. For all
members of our parish "who are ailing, or recuperating
from their ailment or surgery, may they get well soon.
Your Last Sunday's Collection ..... $8,341.00
Catholic Communications .... $2,012.00
envelope
Counts Thank you for your generous support:
FR. MILES RILEY will be at St. Catherine's on
October 7th and 8th to preach at all the Masses.
MUSIC CORNER: Children's Choir meets on
Tuesday at 5 p.m., Adult Choir meets on Thursday,
7:30-8:30 p.m., in Church.
CORRECTIONS: IHN NEWS: St. Catherine's
parish will be hosting our first interfaith network week,
November 26th. We have many poeple who have
volunteered for this mission. IHN will be having a
training session for all volunteers on September 20th at
7 p.m. Location: St. Paul's Church, 415 El Camino
Real, Burlingame, Ca. If you would like to volunteer for
this mission or know more about it, please call Marsha
Jurasin, 650-548-1527. Thank you._
The Annual "White Mas ' to honor
Physicians, Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists,
Medical Professionals and ther s ouses will
be held on Sat., Oct. 21, 5:30 p St. Mary's
diathedral, SF. Celebrant: Most Rev. kr hbishop William
Levada. Banquet follows at Xavier Hall U.S.F. , Guest
Speaker. Dr. William Andereck, M.D., opic."How Has
the Doctor Relationship Weathered in anaged Care?°
For tickets: please call Fr. Frank Mu ay at 650-548-
9946 or Dr. Gerald F. Murphy at 415- 1-0740.
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Archbishop's Annual Appeal Update:
i Refund from the 1999 Appeal: $ 630.00
Goal for 2000: $98,000.00
Amount pledged as of July 31st: $91,857.00
1 Amount paid: $78,797.00
We still need $6,143. Your contributions are either
very appreciated or will be gladly accepted.
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THAT WE MAY BE ONE: in orderto be one, we
sing the songs of many.
While we have sung 'newer' songs with much rhythmic
vitality and strong contemporary words. For the past couple
of years, it's time to go back and pick up some of the great
traditional tunes we left behind when I came.
The older people in our congregation have blessed us
greatly by accommodating contemporary songs that felt
uncomfortable at first. Thank you! May you bear with
us, as we all learn some of the more traditional hymns
that younger members never had a chance to learn.
As we incorporate some traditional hymns into our
parish repertory in the next couple of months. I invite
you_to give me your input and let me know how it feels
as time goes on.
All of us will be stronger when we sing one another's
music to the glory of God. —Vicki Hurd
FROM THE ARCHDIOCESAN FAMILY LIFE OFFICE:
Retrouvaille: A weekend desgined to heal and renew
marriages. The word retrouvaille simply means
"rediscovery'. The next weekend will be held Nov. 10-
12, 2000. Call (415) 893-1005 for details.
Catholic Family Retreat, October 13-15 at St. Clares
Retreat Center in the Santa Cruz mountains. Single
and couple families welcome. This weekend is
sponsored by Retrouvaille in order that families can
connect and enrich one another. Call Ed and Peg
Gleason 415-221-4269 for info. Partial scholarships
available.
Home Builders: Ongoing enrichment for young
married couples (6 week program). Call (415) 565-3688
for information.
Separated and Divorced Catholics: To obtain
newsletter of gatherings, call: (415) 389-9780 or (415)
666-0876.
Parent -Teen Builders: A six week home program...
starts November 7. Call (415)565-3688 for information.
WEBSITE: www.CatholicFamilyLife 2000.com
I SCHOOL OF PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
FALL 2000 COURSES: Serra High School, San
Mateo, Tuesdays, 9/19-10/24, 7:30 -9:00 pm. Four
different classes being offered. For more info, please
call 415-2n42-9087 or e-mail: spl@att.net.
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Higti*py: j Monday morning. Local brusselp sprout farmers, are concerned about falling
prlces for their crops, and have petitioned Congress for financial relief. Meanwhile, the har-
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Iollution, state regulators approved
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squiring state-of-the-art filters on new
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Residents o se
homel. shelter:.
By Amy Yarbrough .
STAFF WRITER
BURLINGAME — A church shelter program to
house. San Mateo County's homeless has won
support from two local cities, but it is meeting
heated opposition.from residents of Burlingame.
Church officials are asking the city to approve
permits for rotating overnight shelters to operate
at three local churches. The host sites — coupled
with five in San Mateo and one th Redwood City
— would take turns hptising up to 14.people for a '
week at a time.
.Proponents say it will provide a much needed
seMce to families down on their -luck. But some
neighbors of the churches said they have been .of-
fered very little information about the program,
and what they have heard leaves ilttle'to praise.
"It's .not a good area. It's not a good fa6111ty to
house people," said John Mala*pina, who lives
with his wife Terri right next door to Saint Paul's
Episcopal Church, one of the potential sites in a '
largely residential area.
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abortion hailed.. the moyp as' ''moment of conceptto:
long overdue. But opponiehts •:'t; '4ral 'death.". ,Gillogfe;
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Mission Ranch% Inn "near p
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with Dlsabilities -Act.'Eastwood •: m
The five -man, ' threes
woman jury deliberated. for 200 feet • away,
four, hours Thursday • and. dtiveway; the dnly.
today before reaching a viir- ,guest room"wa3,$2;
;dict'in U.S, District Court: ;' and there'was.no r!
' Zum : Brunnen. 61, who, main oince. '.•
.haa muscular dystrophy,. Eastwood was ft
sued Eastwood ,Sri i 199A.• a; for, two minor viol
year after she and hey hus- enough alp to th'
band; Michael.'say. they had 'and no ra>zip Sec'
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ernment' offi j
were, not imumediatdya�yti _ The violence came at a time
4e for comment. because' of the_:. 'of deadlock in peace talks. Ne-
^'Jewish New -Year, which began` `godations are hung up because
ai sundown today, of rival claims to sovereignty
*- As the clashes raged.-
iy Sharon defended his g over the walled compound.
visit to Both sides have said they.
1- the holy. shrine. his state of...
:d Israel cannot afford that an Is- would not grant the other sole
ie raelt citizen will not be able to. control. U.S. mediators have
3- visit part of his country, not to floated compromise ideas, but
,d speak about the holiest place none has been accepted by
* for the Jewish people all both Israel and the Palestin-
* around the- world," Sharon ians.
oard at Mavericks
e coffee shop this morning with
fellow surfer Mike Kasic.
1 Neither surfer saw the shark
i before it bit, Coats said.
Harbor master -Dan Tempko
sent patrolman on a boat and
two personal water crafts out to
get the remaining surfers out of
the water. There were about five
surfers still out
Surfers have been advised to
stay out of the water for the time
being but Tempko could' not. say -
whether the beach would be
closed. The harbor notified the
Half Moon Bay fire department
and the San Mateo County Sher-
iff's Department
"We've never had this happen
before," Tempko said. "Ill have
to call some of the other areas (to
see what to do)."
Tempko could not recall the
last time a shark attack was re-
ported at Mavericks, but esti-
mated it was at least nine years
ago.
offert Part of the San Mateo County
m i fe is ` Interfaith Network, organizers
p one are asking the city for permits
to operate at Saint Paurs Epis-
our process before we use it ... It "If someone chooses RU-486, copal, St. Catherine's and First
(RU-486) will be reviewed by a we're here to help them throw Presbyterian churches.
physicians' review group," said
Hilary LeFort, public affairs rep-
resentative for Kaiser Perma-
nente's South Bay region. The
policy is the same at all Kaiser
hospitals, she said.
County Health Director Mar-
garet Taylor said a County phy-
sicians' group would also review
the issue before deciding
whether to provide mifepristone
in the County health center and
clinics. The cost of the pill
might be an issue, she said,
Regardless of whether a
Person approves of mifepris-
tone, it can be emotionally diffi-
cult for any woman to use it,
said Susan Robertson, associate
director of Pregnancy Care Cen-
ters in San Carlos and Menlo
Park.
Robertson said her nonprofit
organization does not take a po-
sition .fah or against legalized
abortion. It provides free sup-
port and counseling for women
going through unwanted preg-
nancies, regardless of whether
they opt to have an abortion,
she s5.id.
the healing process. Just like
any pregnancy loss, whether it's
miscarriage or abortion; often
women do. experience emo-
tions," she said.
RU-486 was developed in
France and became available
there in 1988. In 1989, the FDA
banned importation of the drug
for personal use. In 1993, Presi-
dent Clinton ordered a re-evalu-
ation of the ban and sought
ways to provide RU-486 for U.S.
.researchers after its French
manufacturer, under anti -abor-
tion pressure, refused to supply
it.
Mifepristone blocks a hor-
mone vital to sustaining preg
nancy and works only during
the first seven weeks of preg-
nancy. when an embryo- is about
one -fifth of an inch.
Two days after taking mife-
pristone, women take a second
drug that causes cramping and
bleeding as the embryo is ex-
pelled, much like a miscarriage.
Staff writer Rebecca Wallace
and Associated Press contrib-
uted to this report
They are also seeking ap-
proval to operate a day center at
a medical building at 1720 El
Camino Real, which would
house job programs and give
the non -working homeless a
Place to shower and pursue
housing leads during the day.
"They can't be standing at a
Pay phone and putting in quar-
ters and trying to find an apart-
ment," said director, Diana
Linn.
Despite the support of the
other cities and $52,000 in
funding from The County, Linn
said the organization has not
launched the program, because
it needs a minimum of the eight
churches and synagogues in
order to make the program
work.
The shelter would offer clean
cots. she said, but not a cushy,
longterm home.
"What we're offering families
isn't very comfortable and fancy.
but - it sure Is better . than
sleeping in your car with your
baby," Linn said. She added the
shelter would not accent anvli-
Zimmer uo i m 1.�
surprised • b emarks
Y r
Continued from NEWS-1
The Malaspinas joined other
church neighbors Monday who
packed, city council chambers
for a heated marathon meeting.
The planning commission con-
tinued the discussion until Oct.
23.
Commissioner Stanley Vis-
tica said it was pretty clear resi-
dents wanted more information,
including about the reputation
of similar programs.
"I think what they're' pro-
posing Is a good program . .
but there wasn't any real evi-
dence of a proven track record,"
he said.
Commissioner - Martin
Dreiling, on the other hand,
said he was surprised at what
some of'the residents said, de-
scribing it as "hysterical."
"A lot of it was just fear," he
said, adding that some people
seem to have a tainted view of
Shelter residents and who the
homeless are. "It was just pro-
filing. -
01
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lens, and it would be mostly
the working homeless with
young children.
But some -residents said thd:
shelter idea came as a surprise•
and 'no one seemed' to answerti
all their questions about thZp
screening process and how t1op
facilities would be operated oa
weekends, w
Brian and Jennifer Moriartye
who live on Occidental Avenub;
near St. Paul's Episcopal!
Church said they're not op•s
posed to the idea of a homeless
shelter down the street, but thej
churches clearly need to put;
more thought behind their pra:4
posal and plan for the future. i
"It's one of those issuesr,
where you kind of feel bad. to
have concerns," said Brian Mo.,,
riarty.
"I think if they get their ducks -
in a row ... a. majority of- thk
People are going to back off," hea
said.. "Everyone is basically,'
saying get all your. information)
together and let us -make an ed4'
ucated decision." 9
Mayor Rosalie O'Mahoner
was surprised to see her name-,
and phone number plastered'on4
the flier recently circulated ton
neighbors informing them of the:
meeting. particularly because
the Council hasn't really had a,'
hand in the issue.-
s
O'Mahoney said she's . re-4
ceived some 60 calls from rest;
dents as a result of the flier —�
the majority being either upset; -
Or misinformed about the pro
posal with "grave fears abouta
the unknown." i
a
She credited the Planning*
Commission but said now the;
organizers need to fill in anya
missing pieces. .. ,
"It's up to the church groups-'
who would like to offer the serves
ices and the community to tall4'-
to each other." c s
• ,a
The shelters will be discussedna
at two forums, scheduled , v47,
7.•3O to 9.30 p.m. Oct. 11. ae,
Saint Paul's Episcopal, 415 B14
Camino Real in Burlingame■
crud frmn 7.-30 to 9.30 p.m. Oct 4
4 at Arst_Pnesbyterian Churcha
of Btfrdingame, 1500
Drive. - The Peninsula
Sep.25 '00 7:08 1000 FELICIA ETH
TEL 415-375-1277 P. 1
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The Burlingame City Council
Burlingame City Hall
Burlingame, Ca.
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OMMUNICATION\! f-``
AFTER PREPARAMON i
OF STAFF REPORT
Sept. 2.5, 20000
RECEIVED
SEP 2 5 2000
FAX # 696-3790
CITY OF BURLINGAME
Dear City Council Members; PLANNING D E P T
As those charged with oversseing what transpires in this town, you shoud be aware of a
letter I have just sent the Planning Commission Board Members: The letter reads as
follows:
"1 am writing encouraging you to delay any final decision this evening on granting permits
to several church's allowing them to house homeless shelters on their premises. I strongly
feel the members of the community deserve to hear from the Church and the town
regarding all particulars - what is involved, how the program will play out, what impact it
will have on our neighborhood, whether this change in status is for a limited time, or
permanent, etc. and to date we have heard nothing. And I might add there seems to have
been little newspaper coverage.
While it may be possible that homeowners directly next door or across the street have
some information, as a homeowner with two young children who lives but one block away
on the corner of Balboa and Sherman Ave., I have received no notification from the
Church, no information on the this project, no leaflets nor visits from Church members
explaining any of this, nothing. This is bad community relations pure and simple.
Frankly 1, as I'm sure many who live in the surrounding area, have a fair number of
questions. As someone who has volunteered at the Shelter Network in the past, I am not
necessarily opposed, but I having no.information is a mighty strong factor in feeling
negatively inclined. It may well be that opening up the Church to the homeless is a nice
idea, but it is often easy to be nice at someone else's expense. I believe it is the Planning
Commission's responsibility to make sure that is not the case by making sure that the
community is informed, involved and comfortable with he decision. Given our being in the
dark on this issue, it is clear more work needs to be done before any acti is taken."
Sine ely,
elicia Aron
5 1 tiM Sherman Ave.
i Burlingame, CA. 94010
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T H E P R I N G L E G R O U P
P R I N G L E C O N S T R U C T 1 0 N C 0 M P A N Y
September 20, 2000
Margaret Monroe,
City Planner
Planning Department
City of Burlingame
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Re: 1310 Bayswater Ave.
Dear Ms. Monroe:
^ A^4L1N11CAT1ON RECEIVEF
AFTER FR EOAP r
OF STAFF RED--,:.
We are in receipt of the Public Hearing Notice on the application to grant conditional use
permits to St. Catherine's Church for temporary homeless family shelter.
Our office building is located at 90 El Camino Real directly across the street from the
church. We would like to go on record as being adamantly opposed to any variance or
zoning change which would permit temporary or permanent living quarters on the church
premises for other than church officials and staff.
We believe it would be detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood to allow this type of
program to be established.
Thank you,
,,�' 4
1117
Douglas Pringle
RDP/djp
RECEIVED
SEP 2 5 2000
CITY OF
PLANNING DEPT-���
90 El Camino Real Burlingame California 94010 ^p 650 344 5700 0 650 344 5705
Ruthellen Rosenberger
1109 Du=e Ave.
Burlingame, CA 94010
14
LETTERS
CITY OF BURLINGAME COUNCIL MEETING
501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA
November 29, 2000
7:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
4a. 415 El Camino Real - zoned R-3 - application for a conditional use permit for a temporary
homeless family shelter in an existing church to serve homeless families (Rector Wardens, Vestry,
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, applicant and property owner) (44 noticed).
4b. 1310 Bayswater Avenue - zoned C-1 - application for a conditional use permit for a temporary
homeless family shelter in an existing church to serve homeless families (Rev. Albert Vucinovich,
St. Catherine Church, applicant; Most Rev. Williams Levada, property owner) (135 noticed).
0ct-06-00 10.28A
Larry D. Jensen
300 West 4["' Avenue
San Mateo CA, 94403-4306
Mayor Rosalie O'Mahony
City Hall
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
October 6, 2000
Dear Mayor O' Mahony,
I am pleased to introduce myself to you as a board member of the Interfaith Hospitality
Network. of course, I would feel honored if The City of Burlingame would join in full support of
the purpose and procedure of IHN.
The: major reason that I joined 11 IN was the abiding belief that when attention is paid to
those at or near the bottom of a community social order, that those at the top are likely to live an
even more secure and better life. Those in the middle will also benefit enormously.
Accordingly, those who live with privilege should be the first to recognize the rewards of
extending effort to those without privilege.
As concerned citizens, the essential questions, it would seem, are these:
Is a community better off and more secure to allow children and their parents, who are
without appropriate shelter, to continue to fend for themselves? Or, is the community better ot'f and
more secure to readily allow organirations of stature, such as our great religious institutions, to help
in alleviating the condition of a family without appropriate care and shelter?
And, is it not a typical and negative human feeling, especially among children, that "without
home" and "without hope" is a likely synonymous condition?
With respectful regard,
La U. J ncn �..
Advance Fax to (650) 342-8386 — Original letter follows by mail.
Tcle: (650) 349-4477 Facsimile (650) 345-2204 email: jensen659AhpJenai1.com
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Ocr,her 5.2000
Mayor Rncalle O'Nlahony
City Hall
SO Primrose Ruad
l3urling11mc, CA 94010
Fax: 650-342-8386
Dear Mayor O'Mahony:
i understand your have received several tcicphone calls from residents uppused to the efforts of lttc
Interfaith tlospitality Network to -,crve homeless furnilics in your community. As x resident of Foster City
and a member of Peninsula Sinai Cungrcgwion, 1 support the efforts of the Network.
IHN lends a helping hand to individuals in our community who desperately need our ouppor( and who, but
fur any number of circumstances, find ilhcrnsclvcs left behind in the rampant ,end miraculous prosperity
enjoyed by vur community. I have been impressed with Rev. Chad Smith's dedicated tend tircicss- eflorts to
cstah)ish the. Network with an ccurncnical mix of Churche> and Syriagugucs in our community.
) understand the Burlingame Planning Commission will hear our request for special use permits on
Monday, October 23rd ar 7:00 p.m. In the Burlingame City Hall. The Commission must see (tic importance
of the Network and the: dedication, passion, persistence and good intentions of the organizers of this effort.
I strongty favor the establishment of the Day ('enter and would call upon you to use your inllucncc to ace
that the Network is allowed to begin its impurtant work in as timely a manner as possible.
Thanks for your time and concern.
:: I A,-e
Stcvc Lipman
766 Edgewater Blvd. #103
Foster City, CA 94404
650-571-0889
JUDITH M. BENSON * 324 CHAPIN LANE . BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA gY010
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CITY OF BURLINGAME
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August 26, 2000
Planning Commission
City of Burlingame
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Commissioners:
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED
AFTER PREPARATION
OF STAFF REPORT
RECEIVE.D
SEP 0 6 2000
CITY OF BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT
As Burlingame residents and members of a congregation in San Mateo County that is trying to
assist homeless families, we implore you to quickly grant a variance for the churches in
Burlingame that are a part of this very important mission.
There are many people who live in this wonderful area that are just one pay check away from
joining the ranks of the homeless. Even though there are many organizations assisting some of
the homeless adults in San Mateo County, the numbers keep growing in leaps and bounds. As of
yet., however, there has not been an answer to What do we do about the homeless families in our
communities?". At a time when families need to "stick together", they are often forced to be
separated; Dad goes to the men's shelter and Mom and the kids go to shelters for women and
children. An alternative to the shelters, is living in the family car (if they're lucky to have one)
and hitting the shelters for showers and food. Can you imagine being able to keep your children
in school under these conditions?
We are not asking that you allow the churches to house drug addicts or alcoholics, we are asking
that you allow the churches to house familiec. That is: Dads and Moms and children, a week at
a time, several times a year.
Clearly, this is not an answer to the overall problem, but surely it is a safety net to try and catch
these people, these children, before they fall into an even deeper despair and indignity.
Sincerely,
The Reverend Michael and Karlene Harvey
920 Linden Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
CC: City Council
Tnterfaith Hospitality Network
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Planning Commission
City of Burlingame
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame„ Ca 94010
August 21,2000
Re: Permit for St Paul's
Dear Commissioners:
During my thirteen years on the City Council, I was known as a staunch
protector of our residential areas. I still hold strongly to that view.
I would not support a special permit that would harm the integrity of any
neighborhood. I believe St Paul's Episcopal Church, my church, has taken
every step to insure that the week we house a few hand-picked homeless
families will not in any way adversely impact the neighborhood.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Since/rely yours,
Gloria Barton
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San Mateo County
Interfaith
Hospitality
Networkm
3900 Alameda de las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94403
650 341-8206
Board of Directors
Rev. Chad Smith, Chairman
Emily Hall, Secretary
Jerry Brooks
Skip Howie
Larry Jensen
Sherlyn Kistner
Mary Watt
Laura Peterhans
Beth Southorn
A Community Response for Homeless Families
RECEIVED
15 November 2000
COMMUNICATION RECEIVED NOV 1 7 2000
AFTER PREPARATION
OF STAFF REPORT CITY Of BURLINGAME
PLANNING DEPT.
Honorable Mayor and Burlingame City Council Members:
The San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network (W is offering
overnight accommodations and meals for 3-5 homeless families in
synagogues and churches throughout the County. Our Family Day Center at
1720 El Camino Real will provide case management support for securing
employment and permanent housing; as well as the basic necessities of
shower and laundry facilities. II -IN is a volunteer -based organization providing
safety, compassion, hope and direction in an extremely effective and
economical program. This model is successful in 80 other NIN Networks
across the country and many similar programs locally.
We will be implementing the conditions of our Use Permits as approved by
the Burlingame Planning Commission. We will be screening adult applicants
with ' Megan's Database" through the County Sheriff's Department to rule out
registered sex offenders, and working closely with the Burlingame Police
Department to train IHN volunteers in emergency response and conflict
resolution. The Police and Fire Departments will be notified of our rotation
dates and client profiles.
Please find enclosed some additional information:
• Corrections to the Planning Commission Notes
• National IHN 1999 Program Services Report
• Recent Articles on IHN:
A Network of Faith — Family Circle Magazine
Karen Olson receives award from Bush for Hospitality
Networks — Independent Press
Summit's Olson featured in a book — Independent Press
Marketing Hope — New York Times
The President's Summit for America's Future / Suburban
Homeless Organization Finds a Way To Beat The Not -
In -My -Backyard Mentality — NonProfit Times
• Drafts of client intake and notification forms:
Initial Contact Form
Information for Guests
Intake Form
Family Health Information
Family Financial Worksheet
Background and Reference Checks
Information Release
Guest Guidelines
Family Profile
Weekly Planning Worksheet
Network Evaluation Survey
Guest Exit Form
Census Summary
The IHN Board is looking forward to establishing a task force or community
outreach committee that will include local officials and residents, and
contribute to the program review process. Our small agency has been
fortunate to receive the support and assistance of so many established social
service organizations and concerned individuals. We are grateful for your
careful consideration and support in allowing us the privilege of offering
services to these families within our community.
Sincerely,
A�� cl--�
Diana Linn
Network Director
Corrections to the Planning Commission Notes
CALL Primrose may be one of several agencies to perform the first round of intake
interviews and screening for IHN families. CALL Primrose is located in Burlingame, but
families may first contact any of thirty similar agencies within the County, including the
seven core service centers.
Our policy states that guests will arrive at the host church sites at 6:00 PM and remain
there until 7:00 AM. However, in the best interest of families, there may be extenuating
circumstances in which the Director permits other arrangements. Families will be granted
leave for doctor, therapy and support group appointments, meetings with their child's
school, etc. In these cases, the Director will notify the host site coordinator and
volunteers that a particular parent or family will be arriving later.
Families will not be permitted to use the church's private telephone; however, they are
welcome to use pay phones on site.
The number of volunteers and the number of trips to the churches (to deliver food or
bedding) during the week prior to hosting may vary, but will be kept to a minimum.
A commercial van will be rented to deliver and pick up the beds and tents; it will not be
parked at 1720 El Camino Real. It is hoped that we will eventually own a van for this
purpose which would be parked at this facility when not in use.
As the use permit allots 10 parking spaces in the garage for 1720 El Camino Real, it is
anticipated that the vans, staff, volunteers and guest families will be able to park in the
garage during the daytime. Vans and guest family cars will be parked in the garage
overnight.
Our program will host no more than 14 people at any one time. While staying overnight
at a host church, there will always we at least two volunteers with the families at all
times. There may be an additional 10 or so people in the facility with the families
including volunteers and their children, IHN Coordinators, the Director, clergy, MIN
Board members and visitors from the County or neighborhoods accompanies by one of
the above lHN representatives.
The Burlingame police and fire departments will be notified prior to each rotation at a
Burlingame church. (Similarly, police and fire departments in Redwood City and San
Mateo will be notified when their sites are hosting.) The exact number, family make-up
and ages will most likely change during the week as new intakes are received and
families find other housing arrangements. We will discuss with the departments if they
prefer to be kept informed of each of these changes. It is notable that families sign in at
the host site each evening, and there is always a record of the number of IHN guests on -
site in case of fire or emergency.
The diagram of the church space shows the placement of beds without the use of tents.
Gazebo -like tents (similar to those used for booth spaces at local art and craft fairs) will
be erected to allow privacy for the families. The beds for each family will be placed
inside the tents.
National
• Interfaith
Hospitality
Networksm
October 26, 2000
Diana Linn, Director
San Mateo County IHN
3980 El Camino Real #83
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Dear Diana,
71 Summit Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Telephone: 908.273. 1 100
Fax: 908.273.0030
Email: nihnnj@aol.com
I'm delighted to send you an article "hot off the press" from the November 2000 Family
Circle magazine describing the National Interfaith Hospitality Network. Family Circle
keyed in on one statement of Karen's so clearly, "You only have to see the face ofa
homeless child to realize the magnitude of the problem." Additional articles enclosed
give you a glimpse of the type of recognition IHN has received nationally; from President
Bush's presentation of the Point of Light Award, to inclusion in Congressman Kasich's
book on "ordinary people doing extraordinary things", to an invitation to participate in
President Clinton's "Summit for America's Future", this program has a great deal of
support throughout our country.
The enclosed 1999 Program Services Report represents the great deeds done by the IfINs
nationwide. Nearly 14,000 family members were assisted last year, 59% were children.
Nearly 80% were able to move into permanent or transitional housing as a result of the
services provided by the Networks.
Networks use different means to screen families for appropriateness for the IHN program,
based on the level of involvement of other collaborating social service agencies in their
communities. Less than 1.5% of guests brought into the program leave during the first
week, the time that "poor fits" would generally come to light. NIHN does not collect
statistics about incidents requiring outside intervention, though anecdotal information
indicates very few occurrences.
Sincerely,
6t-c.Yt.� x
Barbara Heisler Williams
Director, Affiliate Services
A Community Response for Homeless Families
. National
} Interfaith
Hospitality
Networksm
National Interfaith Hospitality Network
1999 Program Services Report
(January 1, 1999 - December 31, 1999)
Census
Number of IHN Affiliates
(operating 74 Network programs)
Individuals served
Families served
Number of children
Percent of total who are children
Number of children age 6 and under
Percent of total children age 6 and under
Average length of stay (days)
Housing Status at Exit
Percent of families securing permanent housing
Percent of families securing transitional housing
Family Composition
Yugo -Parent Families
Single Mother Families
Single Father Families
Other Family Composition
Racial Background
African -American
Asian
European -American
Hispanic
Native American
Other
Individuals served, other than as guests,
who received some form of assistance
Total individuals served
71 Summit Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Telephone: 908 •273. 1 100
Fax: 908.2 73.0030
Email: nihnnj@aol.com
64
7,655
2,119
4,518
59.0%
1,833
40.6%
46
59.0%
19.9%
29.8%
57.1%
4.8%
8.3%
50.4%
1.0%
34.2%
9.3%
2.3%
2.7%
6,186
13,841
A Community Response for Homeless Families
women who make a difAm,feren
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By Sandra E. Lamb
i Ya0� aren Olson grew up believing that the face
- - of homelessness was that of the di-
1 ,.. sheveled, solitary and incoherent
man who slept over the subway
grate on a New York City street.
But, she says, in 1981, when her job in New Jersey
periodically took her into New York, "All of a sudden
.it was hard to walk a block without seeing someone
homeless." And they weren't just men.
One morning, hurrying to a meeting, she passed a
homeless woman. "She was hunched over and had safety
pins holding her coat closed. On impulse, I rushed across
the street and bought her a sandwich. I was just going to
give it to her and run because I was late." When the
woman said, `Thank you. God bless you," Karen stopped.
"We began talking, and she took my hand." During the
next 20 minutes, "I went beyond her appearance to hear
about her life. She had been married. She was somebody's
mother. She had worked. But through one circumstance
after another, including depression and hospitalization,
she had ended up on the street." Most significantly, says
Karen, she had learned the woman's name: Millie.
That conversation changed Karen's life. "I realized that
homeless people are people just like you and me, who
have had one more calamity than they can handle. And
without family support they ended up on the street"
When Karen, a single mom, told her two sons, Brad,
12, and Doug, 10, about Millie, "Doug said, `Mom, let's
bring sandwiches into New York and give them to home-
less people.'" So on every other weekend the three pre-
pared bag lunches and traveled 35 miles to deliver them.
."We began by making 25, and that wasn't enough. Then
50. Then 100. We ended up doing this for several years."
Karen and the boys began to learn the names and the
details of the lives of the people they helped —like Abe, the
photography salesman; Arthur, the World War II veteran;
and Lucille, the former teacher. "We got to know them and
they got to know us. People were hungry for food, but they
were more hungry for human compassion," Karen says.
Helping the homeless has since become a passion for
Karen, one that led her to create an organization of
mchurches and synagogues that open
up their doors to homeless families
on a weekly rotating schedule. To-
day more than 70,000 volunteers from 2,000 congregations
in the National Interfaith Hospitality Network have helped
host, feed and care for 85,000 homeless family members
since the organization's founding in 1988.
Says Karen, "My whole life I had wanted to do some-
thing to help people." She adds, "In a world so broken and
in need, there's a ministry for everybody."
She was shocked to learn that families were the fastest -
growing segment of the homeless population in the United
States. In her area, she says, `There were some shelters for
intact families, but not nearly enough. So a mother with chil-
dren could often come into a program, but not the husband.
Or sometimes, not even the son if he was over twelve."
In 1984 Karen left her job —she had been a consumer
promotions manager at a major corporation —because, she
says, "I realized I really wanted to be working at this full-
time." She organized a conference in New Jersey on home-
lessness in 1985 and invited interested religious groups.
"It was that conference, I believe, that opened people's
hearts and eyes," Karen says.
Thirty people who had attended started to meet regu-
larly to discuss shelter possibilities for homeless families
in their community. In 1986 they had a plan. Ten churches
and a synagogue would take turns hosting homeless farm
lies for one week at a time —which meant that each facility
would house and feed a few homeless families every 10
weeks —"something manageable," says Karen.
But, says Karen, "I didn't want to start a network that
didn't have a day program." When the YWCA in Elizabeth,
New Jersey, agreed to provide space for a day No. ► No. ► ► ► ►
Sandra E. Lamb is a writer in Denver, Colorado.
11/14/oo Family Circle 19
Karen Olson receives -
award fr*
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Hospitality Networks
AREA — National Interfaith
Hospitality Networks (NIHN), a
grass roots organization that pro-
vides a comprehensive approach to
helping homeless families regain
their independence, is the only vol-
unteer organization in New Jersey,
New York or Connecticut to be
honored by the White House as one
of this year's "Points of Light" Or-
ganization founder and executive
director Karen Olson of Summit,
along with volunteer Kim Delatour
of Berkeley Heights, received the
award on behalf of NIHN's 24,000
volunteers at a White House
luncheon and ceremony on May 1.
The nondenominational program
links local congregations together
to form "networks" that provide
shelter, meals and emotional sup-
port to homeless families.
Network congregations work in
cooperation with community ser-
vice organizations to help homeless
families get back on their feet. Vol-
unteers, working in their own chur-
ches and synagogues, prepare and
serve meals, dine with then home-
less "guests," play with children
and assist them with school work
and help guests to find housing,
jobs and job training. Seventy per-
cent of the families in a network
secure permanent housing.
In 1981, Karen Olson was a sub-
urban business commuter. Her con-
cern for .the people she passed on
her daily commute into New York's
Port Authority Bus Tm ninal .
prompted her to buy a sandwich
one day for "Millie," a 70-year-old
homeless woman. Serving that
sandwich changed" the course of
Ms. Olson's life. Believing that
there were many others, lice her,
who cared about the homeless, she
fonded the first Interfaith
Hospitality Network (H" in
Union County in 1986. The
program's succes has led to a wide
replication, and 24 networks, corn -
prised of nearly 24,000 volunters,
now operate in four states. Ms. Ol-
son now directs the office of NIHN,
a nonprofit group that develops and
supports community IHN.
programs.
POINT OF LIGHT — Karen Olson of Summit, at right, founder and execu
re director of National Interfaith' Hospitality Networks, receives a
tndshake and an award from President Bush.at a White House ceremony;
snoring the nation'soutstanding volunteer organizations. First Lady Bar,,
ira Bush joins in the congratulations.
"Over the past five years, our in- Church in New providence. "It has
dvement has turned into much afforded us the opportunity -to share
ire than a helping hand from us our blessings with others. It has
a handout to our guests," said sensitized us to the problem of
,in Delatour, who coordinates the homelessness and has encouraged
N program at Faith Lutheran . - us to become advocates."
Wednesday, November 25, 1998
The Independent Press
Summit's Olson featured in a book
SUMMIT - "Often, as I speak to
people who serve others, I find there
has been a decisive moment in their
lives when they said to themselves,
'I won't stand by idly anymore - I'll
do something!' Rarely is that
moment clearer than in the life of
Karen Olson, who began with a sim-
ple, spontaneous act of kindness and
went on to build a national volunteer
program that has touched thousands
of lives," says Congressman John
Kasich (R-Ohio) in the preface of a
chapter of his new book, "Courage
is Contagious, Ordinary People
Doing Extraordinary Things to
Change The Face of America," pub-
lished by Doubleday.
In the book, Congressman
Kasich, who is the House Budget
Committee Chairman, dedicates a
chapter to Ms. Olson's quest to help
the nation's homeless. What started
out as an act of kindness - the gift of
a sandwich to a homeless woman -
has grown into the National Inter-
faith Hospitality Network (NIHN), a
not -for -profit organization based in
Summit that assists religious and
community organizations in devel-
oping and operating programs to
provide shelter, meals and compas-
sion to homeless families across the
country. In 1998, with 57 networks
(33 more are in development) in 23
states, the organization's 60,000 vol-
unteers in 1,200 congregations pro-
vide assistance to more than 12,000
homeless persons annually.
Ms. Olson said she believes peo-
ple need a way to help others.
"NIHN is a vehicle that gives
people who want to help a way to
help," she said.
"When Karen Olson and others in
the book created vehicles for ser-
vice, volunteers flocked to them,"
said Congressman Kasich, whose
book profiles 20 people who have
helped change the face of America.
"It's the `field of dreams' approach.
Build it and they will come"
In the case of Ms. Olson, it was
bridges that she helped build to con-
nect people with the homeless. The
foundation for those bridges are the
congregations that provide the
space, caring and commitment to
make the programs work.
. "Me network is a vehicle that
allows relationships to occur and
that opens doors to other things,"
said Ms. Olson. "More than 70 addi-
tional programs have resulted from
networks. These initiatives include
the renovation of affordable hous-
AN ACT OF KINDN SS — Congressman John Kasich has written a book about outstanding efforts undertaken by
what he terms"' orinary people. Among those profiled is Karen Olson of Summit, who built on a single, seem-
ingly small act of 4indness and founded the National Interfaith Hospitality Network.
ing, transitional ho sing, healthcare
services and mento ` g programs."
Volunteers are a backbone of
the organization. blargo Haldeman
is the network coordinator for the
Summit Unitarian Church, which
provides shelter d meals- for the
homeless four timei a year.
"I think one of t a major reasons
I became involved i as that I wanted
my three children o learn that the
homeless are real eople who are
encountering diffic lties," she said.
"They are not scar, people, nor are
they different from all of us. Home-
less people are peo le without a job
or home at this poin . Now, when the
Unitarian Church isl the host congre-
gation, my children are always talk-
ing about who will become their
new friends. There's a lot of close-
ness that happens. My son even went
to visit one woman he met when she
delivered a baby in the hospital."
"Once volunteers see first-hand
the difficulty families face in locat-
ing affordable housing, finding a job
that pays a living wage, obtaining
child care and healthcare, they
respond," said Ms. Olson. "They are
motivated to act. It continues to
amaze me what volunteers will do to
help families — find housing, pro-
vide security deposits, even cars.
They've celebrated birthdays,
become godparents, employed fami-
lies in their companies and have
remained in touch with families well
after they have left the network."
With cutbacks in government ser-
vices and welfare, Ms. Olson said
the need for NIHN is greater than
ever.
Congressman Kasich hopes his
book spurs people to do similarly
extraordinary things for their fellow
human beings.
"It all begins in the community,
said Ms. Olson. "NIHN provides a
way for thousands of Americans to
address a major national problem by
working locally. If we don't help,
who will?"
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Initial Contact Form
Date/Time
Referral taken by
# beds available
Name: Age
Partner: Age
Children: Age
Age
Age
Age
Referred by:
Phone:
Current Living Situation: _
Reason for homelessness:
How long homeless:
Employment/Income:
Transportation:
Alcohol/Drug Issues:
Mental/Physical Health Issues:
STATUS
Appt. Set
Waiting List
Accepted
Outcome
Denied
Reason
Guest Declined
Reason
(name and agency)
San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network
Intake Form
Network entry date: _
SMIIIN Intake worker:
Name
Time:
Departure date:
Age Sea Date of birth Social Security Number
M/F-
M/F-
M/F-
M/F-
M/F-
M/F
Pregnant? Yes No if yes, due date:
If not in household, parent(s) of children / location / visitation:
Family contact numbers:
Name Number — Cell/WorkNM/Pager Number - Cell/Work/VM/Pager
Name
Mailing address:
Number — Cell/Work/VM/Pager Number - Cell/Work/VM/Pager
Emergency contact person:
Address:
Relationship:
Telephone: _
Referred by Shelter Network Yes No (If no, referred by
Agency contact: Telephone:
Agencies currently assisting family:
English? Yes No Preferred language:
HOUSING
Where did your family sleep last night?
First time homeless? Yes No Length of homelessness:
Reasons for homelessness:
Eviction Health reasons / Medical bills
Rent increase Unemployment
Divorce / Family breakup Fire / Other disaster
Inadequate housing Domestic violence:
Other:
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Family Health Information
Date:
Names of all Family Members Age
Family Physician:
Phone:
OB/GYN:
Phone:
Name of Dentist:
Phone:
Are children's immunizations up-to-date? yes
no don't know
Do you have any medical insurance?
yes
no clinic card
Is anyone in the family pregnant?
yes no
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Allergies/Medical Conditions
Name:
Allergy/Condition:
Name:
Allergy/Condition:
Name:
Allergy/Condition:
Name:
Allergy/Condition:
Is any member of the family currently using any medications?
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
Name:
Medicine:
Dosage:
For the protection of guests and volunteers, all medications must be given to the hosts for
safe storage. Guests must ask for medication when needed; hosts are not responsible for
dispensing any drugs.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Background and Reference Checks
Name:
SS#: _
Other names used:
Current Employer:
Address:
Phone: _
Previous Employer:
Address:
Phone: _
Previous landlord:
Phone:
3 Professional or personal references:
Name:
Phone:.
Relationship:
Name:
Phone:
Relationship:
Name:
Phone:
Relationship:
Referring Social Service Agency:
Contact Name:
Phone:
Child(ren)'s School
Child's Name:
Grade:
School Name:
Phone:
City: Teacher/Principal:
Child's Name:
Grade:
School Name:
Phone:
City: Teacher/Principal:
San Mateo County Criminal Background Check:
District Attorney's records are clear? Yes No
Summary:
Credit and Tenancy Report:
Summary:
Megan's Database Check (for registered sexual offenders): Clear? Yes No
Reference checks completed by: Date:
Comments:
Interfaith Hospitality. Network Guest Guidelines
We welcome you to the Interfaith Hospitality Network. For the comfort and safety
of everyone, the following guidelines have been established. Please read the
agreement, list family members, and sign below.
1. 1 will seek housing, financial assistance, and/or employment on a daily basis
while staying in the Network, and I will meet regularly with the Network
Director to tell him or her of my progress.
2. My school -aged children will be enrolled in and attending school daily.
3. The Network is a drug -free and alcohol free environment. 1 will remain
substance free while in the program. I understand that anyone under the
influence of alcohol or drugs will not be accepted into the Network.
4. No weapons or things that can be used as weapons are permitted onto the
property of the Family Day Center or any host congregations.
5. There is no smoking in any Network building. 1 will smoke only in defined
smoking areas outside the buildings.
6. 1 understand that for the safety of children and all other guests, all medication
must be given to IHN staff for safe storage and transport in a locked box.
7. 1 will treat staff, volunteers, and other guests with respect and courtesy.
8. 1 will provide a nurturing environment for my children. 1 will not leave them
unattended at any time. I will discipline my children with patience and
understanding. I understand that if I am unable to care for my children or
myself; and if we display behavior that is violent, threatening, disruptive or
dangerous, we will be asked to leave the program.
9. 1 will keep all areas clean by picking up after my family and assisting with
housekeeping chores. I will eat only in the kitchen and dining room areas,
unless otherwise specified by the host congregation.
10. To ensure the safety of all, 1 will obtain pre -approval from the Network
Director and will notify the hosts if I will arrive late and/or miss dinner. I will
obtain pre -approval from the Network Director, sign out, and notify a host if I
have to leave the congregation site in the evening. I understand that my bed
cannot be guaranteed if I choose not to return.
11. If I miss the Network van, I must notify the Network Director and find public or
alternate transportation to the host congregation.
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Family Profile
Complete this form with information taken during intake. Provide a copy to each primary
coordinator to introduce the family when it enters the Network.
Date Entered IHN:
Family Members:
Medical Needs/Medications:
Allergies/Special Dietary Needs:
Family Physician: Phone:
Employment/Hours of Work:
School Info:
Date of Birth:
Make/Year of Car: Color: License Plate #:
Emergency Contact: Phone:
Relationship:
Evening activity(ies) that may prohibit guests' return at 6:00 p.m.:
Special needs:
Appendix V
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Network Evaluation Survey
Name (optional):
Length of stay at IHN (days/weeks):
Please return this form to the IHN office. Thank you.
1. What was most helpful to you while you were a guest with IHN?
2. What was least helpful to you?
3. What other services would have been helpful to you and your family?
4. Would you be interested in becoming an IHN volunteer?
5. Please add any comments or suggestions you have that could help us
improve the Network
Thank You.
Please return this form to the IHN office.
88 Interfaith Hospitality Network Director's Manual
NIHN Monthly Statistics
San Mateo County Interfaith Hospitality Network
Census Summary
to / /
i - Number of individuals served New this month
Number of family units New this month
Total number of children (under 18) New this month
Number of children age five and under New this month
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2. Average length of stay in network
• Number of families who left within seven days
• Number of families receiving a 30-day extension
3. Family residence prior to becoming homeless
San Mateo County #Families
• Counties of San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara
• California (other counties)
• Outside California -------
4. Family Housing # Families
• Permanent housing
• Transitional housing
• Emergency shelter
• Asked to leave the Network
• Housing status unknown
• Housed with another agency
• Shelter Network
• ClaraMateo Alliance
• HIP Housing
• Other:
S. Family Composition # Families
• Two -parent families
• Female -headed single parent families
• Male -header single parent families
• Other family composition
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Mr. & Mrs. Mark Metcalfe
401 Occidental Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
The City of Burlingame
City Council
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
Dear Mayor O'Mahony and Council Members,
We are neighbors of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Burlingame writing to ask for your thorough
evaluation of the Interfaith Hospitality Network. We do not support the introduction of this
program into our neighborhood due to the lack of crucial information regarding the program. This
information has been repeatedly requested and we have received no response from IHN.
Specifically, we have requested a copy of the grant as prepared for the funding agency Including a
budget line), validated safety statistics for locations currently in operation around the country (we
know from Commander Van Etten's small sampling of 3 locations that the program does not
operate without incident), and a detail of documented screening procedures in place.
Another yet to be discussed topic is that of accountability. Should an injurious incident occur
(accidental or otherwise) as a result of this program — to property, participants, neighbors, or even
volunteers, who is liable? Accountable? This information is vital in evaluating the appropriateness of
such a program for a residential setting.
To this end, we respectfully request that the City Council meeting on November 29d, be used as a
forum to present and gather facts. Over and over our attempts to obtain information have been
obscured by emotional and religious posturing which considerably extended the length of the
Planning Commission meeting and serves no purpose but to detract from the facts that we so
desperately need to consider. (Planning & Zoning made no attempt to limit the repetition of
comments from one speaker to the next, which resulted in a city meeting that seemed more like
Sunday mass). This is not a religious decision.
We ask you to give this matter the careful consideration it is due. It has many implications.
Thank you.
Sincere
& Mark Mfe js
SAi11t CAtlieriiie of Sie»A Church
1310 Datiswater Avetiue, Durli"garv►e, CA 94010-4313
City Council of Burlingame
City Hall: 501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, CA, 94010-3997
Dear Members of the Burlingame City Council,
(650) 344-6$84 E%X: (650) 344-1022
17 NOV 2000
I am writing to you concerning St. Catherine of Siena Church's involvement in
the Interfaith Hospitality Network.
After my appointment as pastor of St. Catherine's I soon realized that Burlingame
is like every other municipality in one respect: some of its constituents are homeless.
Poverty in any form, whether it be hunger, homelessness or the like has always been seen
as opportunities for religious communities to practice what they preach, namely that we
are all brothers and sisters of the same "Father" and, as such, must care for each other.
In the past St. Catherine's has helped organizations such as Samaritan House and
the St. Vincent de Paul Association through donations of money, food, clothing and
volunteers. Yet, until the arrival of the Interfaith Hospitality Network we never thought it
would be possible for us to directly help house the homeless. When we heard of this
program, St. Catherine's Parish Council and I discussed the possibility of joining IHN
and the Council voted seven to one in favor of participation. We have a commitment to
young families because of our school community, and we thought that this would be a
way of furthering that commitment. We then contacted IHN and began the affiliation
process. To inform the community and to answer questions which might arise, two
informational meetings were held.
When it was time to go before your Planning Commission, it became evident that
old concerns, as well as new one's had arisen, or had been amplified. It was the
Commission's desire that a town -hall meeting be held with the Peninsula Conflict
Resolution Center's representative moderating the evening. The meeting was held on
October 19th, and about 150 persons were in attendance. We tried to anticipate some of
the questions, namely health and safety issues and had the Infectious Disease Officer for
the County of San Mateo, as well as Commander Van Etten from the Burlingame Police
Department. In addition, the following were also in attendance for that meeting: the
County Director for Homeless Programs, the Director of Shelter Network, the Director of
the Interfaith Hospitality Network, as well as two representative from an East -bay parish
which has a similar program. For forty five minutes the moderator took questions from
the audience, and then for an hour and forty five minutes they were answered to the best
of our ability.
The planning Commission Meeting was held that following Monday. Since one
of the great fears of St. Catherine's school parents was the danger to their children that
the homeless might attract, I requested a change of our use permit to stipulate that we
would be involved in the program during school vacations (Christmas and Easter) as well
as summer vacation. As your records note, the meeting was held and the vote was six to
one in favor of granting a use permit.
As the above mentioned decision was appealed, we want you to be assured that
we still want to pursue this program and help to care for at least some of our homeless
young families. We already have over 50 volunteers who are committed to helping us in
this project, and, if the experiences of other churches with similar programs is an
indication, that number of volunteers will increase dramatically. Finally a member of the
Planning Commission examined the facilities and found them sufficient to participate in
this program.
As in any community there are pro's and con's concerning a proposed program.
Yet, we who favor this program are excited about the possibility of helping the young
families to be able to be on their own again and have a normal life, as most of us have
enjoyed.
Thank you for considering our request to implement this nationally praised
program.
Sincerely yours,
R.L.
Rev. Albert Vucinovich
Pastor, St. Catherine of Siena Church
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650-347-9674
November 29, 2000
The City of Burlingame
City Council Members
501 Primrose Road
Burlingame, Ca 94010
Attention: Mr. Joe Galligan, Mayor
Subject: 415 El Camino Real, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, IHN Screening
Dear Mayor and City Council Members:
I would like to extend the comments made by the speaker who addressed the RISK of this
program by discussing the GUEST SCREENING PROCESS that IHN proposes to use.
This screening process appears to be both UNDOCUMENTED AND INADEQUATE.
The process is UNDOCUMENTED as a reading of the September 25, 2000 Planning
Commission Minutes will show that the residents and commissioners asked repeatedly
for a more detailed explanation of the screening process and now, more than TWO
MONTHS LATER, no written materials are available for our review.
In an August 2, 2000 letter to the Planning Commissioners the three clergymen from each
of the affected churches wrote, `Because the IHN is primarily volunteer driven and
staffed, our guests will be triple screened to ensure that they are appropriate for our
program. We will not be ABLE to take families with issues of serious drug or alcohol
abuse, mental illness or domestic violence." Since the leaders of this program are relying
so VERY heavily on this screening process, should it not be documented in a step by step
fashion for all to see? How can one know where the screening process should be
improved if it is undocumented? How can one know if the screening process is being
followed if it is undocumented? We want to see DOCUMENTED SCREENING
PROCEDURES with VERIFIABLE INCIDENT STATISTICS showing all disturbances
and violence related incidents. If they want to position themselves as a nationally run and
respected program, they need to act like one by providing the documentation one would
expect of such an organization.
The screening process, whatever it really is, is INADEQUATE. Commander Van Etten
discovered that in the Pinehurst North Carolina IHN affiliate, "a IHN representative
attributed a theft of cash from the host church" to the fact that the "guest had lied on their
application". How can it be that a screening process is so weak that it depends on the
truthful answers of the applicant?
Horrendous mistakes have happened in the past during the Shelter Networks screening
process. While it is true that Richard Allen Davis, as a single male, would not be directly
eligible for this program, all violent people are not childless. If the process has failed so
terribly in the past, why should we think it would be flawless in the future? The fact is
that the Richard Allen Davis case is prime evidence of a flawed screening process.
The screening process only checks for criminal activity in San Mateo County. Family
members can have committed crimes in surrounding or other counties and these would
not be found during the criminal background screening. How can we be certain that a
guest has not committed terrible crimes a county or two away?
What screening is being done for tuberculosis and other highly communicable diseases?
While proponents argue that these guests are screened more tightly than a new
homebuyer, it is true that the incidence of TB is far higher in the homeless population
than in the population at large.
I agree with the earlier speaker that because of the RISKS this application has clearly
failed to meet the requirements for a conditional use permit in showing that: The
proposed use at the proposed location will not be detrimental or injurious to property or
improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public health, safety,
general welfare or convenience.
I urge you to DISAPPROVE the Conditional Use Permit.
Very truly yours,
effrey P g