City Accomplishments
During the past few years, the City of Burlingame and the Burlingame City Council, have made some remarkable achievements. Some of them include:
- 1. Facilitating the successful $20.5 million upgrade to the Burlingame Ave train station by Caltrain
- 2. Assisting Caltrans in completing the new Broadway Pedestrian bridge
- 3. Dedicating a full-time worker to focus on cleanliness of downtown areas
- 4. Participating in educating the public about the storm drain measure which will allow us to upgrade our infrastructure. This measure passed in May of 2009
- 5. Planting 172 trees throughout the community using Cal fire grant funds
- 6. Implementing the use of biodiesel fuel in some of the city maintenance vehicles
- 7. Creating a Green Ribbon Task Force to inventory “green” and sustainable practices and evaluate appropriate measures to undertake. This led to the approval of a Climate Action Plan
- 8. Amending our Bayfront Specific Plan and adopting new zoning for the north end of our city to entice new types of development in our city.
- 9. Offering CrimeReports.com to the public which is an interactive website that sends alerts about crimes in our city
- 10. Implementing Granicus so that the community can watch council meetings online
- 11. Winning seven national library awards for public relations
- 12. Presenting Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classes to the community
- 13. Hiring a part-time Economic Development Specialist to bring new businesses to our city and help all businesses navigate through the planning and building process
- 14. Creating a Community Insight team that gives the Council feedback on various city issues
- 15. Creating a comprehensive Urban Forest Management Plan
These items represent a small portion of accomplishments. Please refer to the following website for more details: http://www.burlingame.org/Index.aspx?page=657
These milestones truly represent the true dedication of our City Staff, City Council and involved community members!
