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Home My WebLink About1151 Vancouver Ave - Approval LetterM1 EXNIBIT A BURLIN( m C�:.�e Li�u a� ��xxZi��n�e SAN MATEO COUNTY CITY HALL-501 PRIMROSE ROAD BURLING/>ME� CALIFORNIA 94010 November 27, 1984 Anne Parsons, President High Hopes, Inc. P. 0. Box 1143 Burlingame, CA 94010 Dear Ms. Parsons, TEL:(415) 342-B931 Since there was no appeal to or suspension by the City Council, we wish to advise the November 13, 1984 Planning Commission approval of your special permit to conduct a day care program for developmentally disabled adults at Roosevelt School, 1131 Vancouver Avenue became effective November 19, 1984. This application was to allow you to conduct a day care program for up to 12 developmentally disabled young adults at Roosevelt School in the kindergarten classrooms. The November 13, 1984 minutes of the Planning Commission state the permit was approved with the following conditions: 1) That the program should be operated in a manner con- sistent with the September 27, 1984 and October 14, 1984 letters of Anne Parsons except that the hours of operation shall be 9 ANI to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, and 10 AM to 6 PM, Saturday and Sunday, year- round; 2) 3) That the facilities shall be licensed by the State for 12 students and the staff of 4; That the staff shall park their cars on street ad- jacent to the kindergarten; and 4) That this use permit be reviewed for compliance in June, 1985 and on the basis of complaint thereafter and any change in program, hours, size or staffing shall require an amendment to this use permit. Ga � O � � �.^ C�T C.: In their comments on the proposed project the Planning Commission suggested that the staff of High Hopes might contact Cardin School staff to see if they could use the Cardin School designated on- site parking spaces on the weekends. Any site improvements or construction work will require separate application to the Building Department. Sincerely yours, ' �Q��uCX� W' 1 `11"�_ .'iargaret Monroe City Planner cc: Pete Kriner, Chief Building Inspector James E. Black, Superintendent of Schools Burlingame School District Assessor's Office, Redwood City (Acreage, City of Burlingame; APN 027-340-150) � U1 O iV .�:.. �� V� W 85024553 ,"u°C'Ed A � , '� .��:. �,_ � � .�� ,�..�.t,,�� . � � � `;I, � `-��n. ��F � �'r;,;; i��i i� -�.s �i"� ��5 L�i?- - � � �� ?� i'�Hi�`-U: V:�::ti; 'j:_ r OFFi;;I,�.(_ r;ECp;;,�sr. h1� :� A� ; .L � ' 0 Pi��.�� 0 C T 15 198� CiTr CF �ua��vr,.titE W- 1d�iIR�('s Uc'%1f, Planning Commission City of 8urlingame 8uriingame City Hall Burlingame, Galifornia 94010 Dear Commissianers: Exhibit "A" High Nopes, Inc. P.O. Dox 1143 Burlingame, California 94010 Gctober 14, 1984 On his twenty-�ecand birthday ea�h developmentally disaoled person is graduated from whatever publi� schoal program in which he is currently enrolled. He is "graduated", not be�ause he t�as rea�hed a certain level ❑f competency ❑r function, but simply because he��tWenty-two years old and n❑ longer the respon- sibility ❑f his school district. The natural cantinuum for a r,on-disabled person ;�ho has graduat�d from the pu5lic school system is att2ndanc2 at collegs cr trade school, ur ❑btaining a job. A handicapped person is equipped to parti�ipate in n�n� ❑f these be- cause of his level of function ❑r behavior. A limited number of these persons who ca� meet th� standarcis 9et forth by the two facilities that serve the adult developmentally disabled in this county can attend ai�he: Poplar Center or 'r;ainos. Those wh❑ do not qualiry have no whzrz to g❑ in 5an Niatea Ccunty, Not only have tnese disa�led persona lost thair training programs, �ut r��r2a- tion prograns ti�ey have been att2nding after school nours are now closed t❑ them because t`�ey ar� �oo old. What happens to such a person wh❑ is one day happily structured int❑ a world of learning, associatian with his aeers, recreatirg and socializing, and the next day, his birthday, is excluded fror� all programs because he had the audacity to become twenty-tw❑ years of age? He aits at hame losing all the benefits of his years af training, acting out his frustrations because he is bared and isolated, and driving his parents and siblings into a state ❑f anxi- ety hecause they c�c not kn�w haw to dzal �;ith him. The state agen�ies such as Golden Gatz Reyicnai Center knaw tnat there are nany such individuals in our county and they are forced io tell inquiring parents that thare are n❑ fa�ilities for their adult develapmentally disabled child in ❑ur community. Institutianalization is encouraged by the state agencies and many parents are forced t❑ t�ke that optian simply because they can no longer cope with an adult child sitting at home vegetating day in and day out, year in and year ❑ut. High Hopes intends to attempt to fill this need for a snall group of indivi- duals by offering an educatianal-treining program in the morning followed by recreation an❑ socialization in the afternaons with a ueek-end activity program empha�izing appropriate behavior in community activities. � � O N �. �� vi W � The marning program whieh will start at 9:❑0 a.m. will be staffed on a two student to ❑ne staff inember ratio and will offer the fallowing activities to eight persons which will be individualized taward each persons needs as determined by th� intake evaluation process. 1. Reading and writing skiils 2. 8asic counting skills (money handling, etc.) 3. Communication skills (speech, sign language, communi�ation boards� etc.) 4. Self-care activities (personal hygiene, dressing, graoming, etc.) 5. Activities of daily living training (food preparation, housecleaning, bed-making, �lothe� washing and caret etc.) 6. Survival skills (crossing straets, taking public transportation, etc.) 7. Pre-workshop skills (sorting, assembling, etc.) At 2:30 p.m. -�he program will include four more students cor�ing fram ❑ther facilities and will shift t❑ physical education, sensarimotor training, music and art therapy, game playing, and a continuation of survival skills. Q� CJ1 Cn weekends the building uill be us�d as a home base for a 5aturday-sunday � respit� pragram. Some carry-over recreational activities will be conducted, � hut the f�cus of this segment or the program will be hehavior training at �'� community functions su�h ae shopping at malls and s�permarkets, eating in W restaurants, enjoying novies, reading at thz libraries, bowling at the local alleys. Eight cZients with four staff will be the ratia. The goals of High Hopes are to ofrzr t❑ this target group a� extention ❑f the trainir�g th�y have enjoyed for twenty-tw❑ years, t❑ teach them independent Iiving skills and how to survi�e in pre�arious situations, to prepare them to partiripate in a worl<shop environment, and to pravide them with a normal outlet for their recreational and sacial�zation needs. Abova all we desire to give their lives sams mzaning and dignity. We have high hopes for a group in ❑ur soci�ty that has historically been cast aside as hopeless. Eile wish to provide quality to �h�ir lives hy simply giving them a place t❑ g❑ t❑ re�eive all the ingredients that go toc,ether to make a life worthwhile. I request a special use permit for the building at 11j1 Vancouver Avenue based on th� above in�'ornaticn. Yflurs truly, f /�� / /� , L��✓✓L`�JW�/G" ,-� Ann Parsons, PresiCent High Nopes, Inc. � • �� - �• 4 Meg N'�nroe, City Planner Malcolm Towns, Fire Chief 1131 Vancouver October 16, 1984 ��:��1lkf) 0 C T 17 1984 aTM� � I have reviewed the plans submitted for this special �smit request and have the following comments : 1. The operation is to comply with all State Fire Marshal's requirements as stated in Title 19 of the California Administrative code. 2. A license request from the State Fire Marshal must be received by this office and an inspection conducted prior to use of the facility. �� y—= ' r-��_L �:._ -r �-� Malcolm Towns Exhibit "A" � � O tV ».. G� C!1 W 6 �t�:�IVEi�. SEP 27 1984 �P1..�NNING �pEPT� City of Burlingame Planning Department City Hall Burlingame, California Dear Sir: Exhibit "A" High Hopes, Inc. P.�. Box 1143 8urlingame� California High Hopes� Inc. is dedicated to providing training� recreation, education, and socialization t❑ the older teen and young adult developmentally disabled person and proposes to ❑ffer a program directed toward this goal in the kindergarten building of Roosevelt 5chool. Enrollment in the proposed program will be limited to students be- tween the ages of sixteen and thirty years. The maximum census for the program will be twelve students. When the pragram operates at full capacity there will be four full- time staff inembers who will be using street parking adjacent to the 1131 Uancouver building. Students will require no parking spaces because they will be dropped off and collected by private cars or schaol buses. Peak traffic hours will be 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The program is similar to the one which has functioned in the building for the last four years except that it will serve the young adult age group. The impact upon the neighborhood should nat change. The building is ❑ne large room measuring twenty-six feet by forty-twa feet. There are two bathrooms and a cloak room. The playground area will be utilized at various intervals during the day's activities for physical education classes and recreation. The program is seeking licensing as a day care center fram the 5tate of California Community Care Division. In order to qualify for that license the facility must meet all fire, safety, and sanitation codes of the city and state. We respectfully request the granting of a special use permit to our program. Yours trul �CZ.t G-�(.� I f Ann S. Parsons President rL CJt O tJ .� �^, U1 C.: