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RESOLUTION NO. 004-2022
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME SETTING A
PARKLET RENT STRUCTURE
WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council initiated a series of measures to facilitate safe outdoor
dining in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the measures included implementing temporary weekend street closure
programs for both Downtown Burlingame Avenue and Broadway and installing parklets on side
streets in the Downtown Burlingame Avenue area; and
WHEREAS, the street closure program was discontinued in favor of allowing full-time
parklets; and
WHEREAS, at the August 16, 2021 City Council meeting, the Council approved the
extension of the parklet program through Labor Day (September 5) 2022; and
WHEREAS, at the December 6, 2021 City Council meeting, recognizing the popularity of
the parklet program and the need to provide additional certainty to businesses, the Council
approved extending the parklet program through December 31, 2022, with the provision that a rent
be charged for use of publicly -owned space; and
WHEREAS, at the December 6, 2021 meeting, the City Council reviewed and discussed a
rental structure patterned after the City of Mountain View's Sidewalk Cafe Program, in recognition
that the Mountain View program was established more than two decades ago and is oriented
towards long-term use of parking spaces for sidewalk dining; and
WHEREAS, the City Council also reviewed rent and fee structures from the City of San
Mateo, Redwood City, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Los Gatos, and Capitola; and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed a motion to adopt a $1,500 per year rent program, with
cleaning fees to be adopted in the future and with any future fee escalation to be approved by the
Council, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the information contained in this Resolution and
the accompanying staff report and attachments at a meeting held on January 3, 2022; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to set the rent for parklets for calendar year 2022.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated into this Resolution
by this reference.
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RESOLUTION NO. 004-2022
Section 2. The rent structure ("rent") listed in Exhibit "A" to this Resolution, attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference, shall be imposed on a January to December calendar -year
basis at the rate set forth in Exhibit "A."
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
Ricardo Ortiz, Mayor
I, MEAGHAN HASSEL-SHEARER, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, certify that the foregoing
resolution was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 311 day of January,
2022 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, O'BRIEN KEIGHRAN, ORTIZ
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Meaghan Hassel -Shearer, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 004-2022
EXHIBIT A
Parklet Rental Structure
Rental Rate: $1500 flat rate for use of parklet area for the calendar year concluding on December
31, 2022
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