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San Bruno City Council Meeting 10-13-09 10c. Development Activity
A
You
and
good
evening,
honorable
mayor
and
city
council,
before
I
dive
into
the
individual
developments
in
san
bruno
and
the
status
of
those
developments.
I
wanted
to
give
a
bit
of
a
context
to
the
situation
of
the
developments
in
san
bruno.
As
the
city
council
knows
during
the
development
boom,
which
I
would
define
in
san
bruno,
at
least
of
2002
through
2007,
the
city
approved
over
1500
new
units
within
the
city
of
san
bruno
and
a
majority
of
those
were
constructed.
A
There
are
some
that
are
actually
under
construction
right
now
at
the
crossing
and
at
summerhill
and
in
other
areas
of
town
and
there's
also
a
number
of
units
that
have
yet
to
be
constructed
and
are
there's
no
immediate
plans
to
construct
those.
And
if
you
talk
to
developers
about
this,
it's
not
really
a
demand
issue.
There's
still
a
demand
for
housing
out
there
within
the
bay
area.
That
might
not
be
the
case
forever.
There
is
of
the
country,
but
there
still
is
a
demand
for
housing
within
the
barrier
it
for
most
developers.
A
It
comes
down
to
a
lending
issue
both
for
lending
for
the
developments
of
construction
of
the
developments,
the
developments
themselves,
as
well
as
for
the
as
well
as
for
the
people
that
are
trying
to
obtain
the
loans,
and
although
it
doesn't
seem
as
bad
as
it
seemed,
perhaps
in
last
November.
It
still
does
not
appear
that
banks
are
lending
money
for
large
developments.
At
this
point,
that's
on
the
housing
side,
as
well
as
the
retail
side.
There's
been
very
little
movement
in
terms
of
new
retail
businesses,
especially
on
the
National
Front.
A
I
would
say,
within
the
last
month
or
two
I've
started
to
get
calls
from
developers,
especially
interested
in
our
transit
corridor
plan
and
what
we're
planning
to
do
there,
and
I
would
say,
without
that
plan
and
what
they're
seeing
that,
but
what
might
come
to
fruition
because
of
that
plan
we'd
be
getting
zero
calls
from
interested
developers
at
this
point.
So
people
are
following
that,
following
along
with
that
process,
it
doesn't
look
like
the
powerpoints
the
coming
on
yet
I
just
had.
A
A
The
planning
stages
was
a
planning
application
and
that
is
at
the
peace,
lutheran
church
site,
and
that
is
at
the
corner
of
san
bruno
avenue
and
glen
view
avenue
just
north
of
the
Glen
View
Terrace
site,
and
it
was
a
development
proposal
to
basically
split
off
half
of
the
peace,
lutheran
church
site
and
build
five
single-family
homes.
There
was
originally
applied
about
six
months
ago.
They
were
going
through
the
process.
They
were
working
as
partners
with
the
church.
The
developers
were,
unfortunately,
there
was
an
illness
within
the
developers
family.
It
was
a
family
owned
business.
A
Within
the
last
two
weeks.
They
actually
withdrew
their
application,
so
that
application
is
not
going
forward.
At
this
point,
the
church
plans
to
move
forward
with
a
portion
of
their
development,
a
portion
of
that
application
right
now
to
make
it
more
development
ready.
They
plan
to
go
forward
with
a
lot
split,
so
they
could
go
ahead
and
sell
that
lot
to
a
potential
developer
and
they'll
be
easy
easier
to
go
through
the
process
in
the
future
I'm
going
through
these
developments
in
order
of
the
number
of
units
that
one
was
five
units.
A
Second
biggest
development
is
the
Cedar
Grove
town
homes
are
actually
Cedar
Grove
single-family
homes
at
55,
99
cedar
on
the
corner
of
pepper.
You
may
remember
that
this
is
the
old
peninsula
Christian
Fellowship
Church
site.
After
a
lengthy
planning
process,
they
were
approved
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
Unfortunately,
that
developer
went
out
of
business.
He
was
based
in
Bakersfield
and
there
ain't
MIT
there
aren't
as
many
Bakersfield
based
developers
around
anymore.
A
At
this
point,
the
the
church
is
trying
to
sell
the
development,
the
14
homes
or
on
the
market
for
2.75
million
I
crest
right
south
of
there
24
single-family
homes.
Half
of
them
were
built,
there's
people
within
all
12
homes,
only
a
small
part
for
the
twelve
actually
sold
the
rest
are
being
rented
out
but
they're
being
rented
out
for
a
good
rate.
That's
helping
offset
some
of
the
losses.
A
Probably
the
most
interesting
project,
the
downtown
cinema
site,
as
you
know,
that's
taking
the
place
of
the
old
cinema
building
downtown,
as
well
as
the
two
bars
next
door,
and
got
approvals
to
replace
it
with
48.
Second
and
third
story
condos
as
well
as
15,000
square
feet
of
retail.
This
one
is
paused
to
at
this
point
because
of
lending
the
developer
first
had
American
lenders
that
were
interested.
They
fell
through.
They
had
he
also
a
Chinese
lenders
that
were
interested.
Those
have
not
come
come
forward,
yet
we
talked
to
him
today.
A
He
says
that
he
has
two
new
investors
interested
they're
talking
to
him
within
the
next
month
or
two,
and
hopefully,
he'll
have
word
back
to
us
by
the
end
of
the
year.
What
the
status
of
the
development
is.
He
still
is
anxious
about
it.
It's
just
about
getting
the
money
together
to
build
actually
constructed
a
one
that
the
council
was
not
seen.
Yet
there
is
a
condominium,
actually
an
apartment,
complex
on
Whitman
way
across
the
street
from
shelter
creek.
It's
a
48
units
called
park,
plaza
apartments.
A
They
originally
got
approval
to
become
condominiums
back
in
1981
shelter.
Creek
came
online
at
the
same
time,
so
they
weren't
as
marketable.
They
pulled
back
their
application
after
being
approved
now
they're
going,
they
are,
but
they
still
had
their
state
approval
for
the
subdivision
map.
So
now
they're
going
ahead
again
for
their
local
approvals.
There
has
been
an
extensive
outreach
effort
with
the
existing
tenants.
There's
many
long-standing
tenants
there.
A
We
have
a
number
of
provisions
in
our
ordinance
to
help
protect
those
tenants,
especially
senior
din
disabled
tenants
and
we're
making
sure
that
the
developer
goes
by
those
rules
and
actually
it's
a
pretty
good
for
being
25
years
old.
It's
a
pretty
good
condo
ordinance
in
that
it
does
protect
the
existing
residents.
Many
who
have
lived
there
for
over
20
five
years,
they're
going
to
have
a
chance
to
be
the
first
to
buy.
If
not
they
will
get.
A
They
were
able
to
stay
there
if
they're
seniors
for
over
five
years
without
rent
increases
and
other
people
who
live
in
there
will
get
moving
expenses
paid
and
up
to
four
months
paid
in
a
equal
apartment
within
the
area,
mariemont
70
homes,
that's
the
old,
Carl
Sandburg
site.
This
one
has
been
moved
moving
forward,
it's
been
slower
than
expected,
obviously,
but
all
70
homes
have
been
the
building
permits
have
been
obtained.
39
have
been
completed
at
this
point
about
30
have
been
sold.
A
They
came
back
and
downsized
about
a
dozen
of
the
homes
to
a
smaller
footprint
and
from
the
talking
to
developer
those
actually
sold
right
away
because
I
got
it
to
a
lower
price
point,
a
smaller
home
and
they're
they're
more
popular
than
some
of
the
larger
footprints
that
were
approved
they're
the
largest
project
that
we
have
going
on
right
now.
It
was
recently
named
as
the
SN
Kay's
project
at
the
crossing
is
known
as
acapella,
the
acapella
apartments
and
condominiums.
There
are
two
buildings:
a
total
of
350
units
163
will
be
rented
as
apartments.
A
Obviously,
this
is
the
development
as
impacted
an
existing
neighborhood
the
most.
This
is
a
308
unit
apartment
building
that
really
wasn't
built
out
long
ago
in
1985
it
was
vacated
in
2005
and
a
sit
vacant.
Since
that
time,
the
City
Council
has
approved
two
versions
of
this.
They
approves
the
510
unit
in
July
of
2007,
with
a
particular
architectural
design.
About
a
year
later,
the
developer
came
back
saying
that
construction
was
too
expensive.
A
They
proposed
a
new
construction
type
with
a
new
parking
plan,
unfortunately,
because
of
the
lending
environment
that
object
never
came
to
fruition
either
they've
come
back
to
the
city
recently
saying
that
they
don't
want
to
go
forward.
They
most
likely
don't
want
to
go
forward
with
that
510
unit
building.
A
At
this
point,
they
want
to
remodel
the
existing
308
unit
building,
so
we're
working
with
the
developers
at
that
time
to
a
secure
the
site
make
the
site
as
look
as
good
as
possible
being
a
vacant
site,
while
at
the
same
time
making
making
the
entitlement
process
fluid
enough
so
that
they
could
go
forward
at
the
earliest
point
to
remodel
the
existing.
If
that's
the
path
that
they
choose,
so
we've
been
working
with
them
over
the
last
couple
weeks
to
help
that
come
to
fruition
on
the
retail
side.
A
The
council
knows
well
that
recently
about
a
12,000
square
foot,
retail
development
was
approved
at
the
crossing
spoke
to
the
developer
this
morning
they
pulled
their
building
permits
last
week.
They
expect
to
start
construction
next
week,
and
that
includes
a
5,300
square
foot
restaurant,
which
will
be
the
first
tenant
in
there
regarding
other
residential
activity.
A
Overall,
obviously,
it's
slowed
large,
larger
residential
additions,
which
are
generally
the
ones
that
required
use
permits.
During
the
peak
years,
there
was
about
70
to
80
use
permits
a
year,
we're
now
down
to
about
30
to
40,
which
is
30
to
40,
which
is
actually
consistent
with
historically
during
the
90s
and
early
2000s.
The
number
of
use
permits
that
we
have.
What
we've
noticed
is
a
trend.
A
People
who
are
perhaps
going
to
expand
before
are
now
doing
remodels,
making
their
existing
homes,
nice
or
redoing
the
floor
plans
to
accommodate
their
family
or
just
doing
smaller
additions.
Bump-Out
single
storey
additions,
rather
than
proposing
the
large
additions,
as
I
stated
earlier
in
the
presentation
for
the
last.
A
Since
everything
fell
out
last
October
there's
been
little
national
type,
expansion
or
remodel
of
existing
places,
but
an
encouraging
sign
is
that
over
the
last
month,
there's
been
four
national
chains
that
have
come
to
us
with
tenant
improvement
plans,
courtyard
marriott
debate,
hill,
starbucks,
wells
fargo
as
well
as
old
navy,
have
all
have
tenant
improvement
plans
in
or
going
to
start
construction
soon
and
they're,
not
elaborate
remodels.
But
it
is
good
to
see
that
some
people
are
starting
to
spend
money
to
fix
up
their
existing
commercial
space.
A
Regarding
new
businesses,
I
guess
some
would
say
on
the
opposite
ends
of
the
spectrum
at
tanforan.
Hooters
recently
picked
up
their
tenant
improvement.
Permit
they're
expected
to
be
open
in
December.
Also
at
tanforan
store,
called
romper
room
is
going
to
open
sometime
they're,
just
pulling
their
tenant
improvement
right
now
at
first
I
thought
it
was
a
kid's
type
clothing
store,
but
it's
actually
a
kids
play
area
where
you
could
go
in
kind
of
like
a
chucky
cheese
type,
small
store,
but
a
smaller.
A
smaller
footprint
there's
also
a
noose
brazilian
steakhouse
proposed.
A
That's
currently
on
el
camino,
that's
proposing
to
move
down
to
where
kids
cut
was
located
on
san
mateo
avenue.
The
trend
in
san
bruno
is
a
lot
brighter
than
it
is
in
other
areas
of
the
state.
The
state
recently
approved
a
subdivision
map
ordinance,
which
extended
developments
that
were
approved
during
the
thing
between
2005
and
2008,
and
it
automatically
extended
those
map
approvals
for
three
additional
years.
A
An
interesting
idea
that
Burlingame
have
and
I
think
other
cities
are
doing
is
that
not
only
they
would
match
up
that
state
approval
of
the
subdivision
maps
and
actually
extend
local
approvals
by
a
period
of
three
two
to
three
years.
That
way,
everything
that
was
approved
but
is
paused
at
this
point,
the
developer
would
not
have
to
come
back
and
go
through
an
entitlement
process
again
which
would
further
delay
developments.
A
B
B
Has
there
been
any
discussion
about
the
vacant
vacancies
that
are
san
bruno
at
that
intersection,
where
the
great
separation
will
be?
What
I'm
getting
at
is
we've
got
vacancies.
We've
got
some
eye
sores,
and
it
goes
all
the
way
up
to
the
western
part
of
the
city.
Where,
at
what
point
does
the
city
say
enough?
Is
enough
I
mean
we
can't?
We
can't
be
just
telling
you
to
cut
the
weeds
down
and
all
that
and
clean
up
the
properties.
What
point
you
know,
can
we
I
don't
know
for
something
on
them?
Yes,.
A
There's
we're
one
of
the
few
cities
with
that
small
of
height
limit
that
they
could
go
other
areas
where
you
could
build
four
or
five
stories
and
be
able
to
actually
get
something
to
pencil,
especially
when
you
look
at
an
area
around
a
train
station
where
you
can
really
support
those
densities
and
I
I.
Think
that's
the
idea
behind
the
transit
plan
to
take
a
look
at
that.
Regarding
those.
Regarding
those
other
question,
yeah
I
mean
it's
a
difficult
is
a
difficult
situation.
You
could
get
them
to
maintain
your
property.
A
You
could
get
them
to
keep
it
to
a
certain
level,
but
there's
other
I
mean
you
could
use
redevelopment
in
other
ways
to
look
at
those
properties
and
see
what
we
could
do
as
a
redevelopment
agency
to
help
encourage
those
properties
to
develop.
But
that's
something
that
we
have
to
further
explore
the.