In November, Burlingame's voters approved Measure I, a retail transactions and use tax of ¼ percent, which effectively increases the sales tax rate in Burlingame from 8.75 percent to 9 percent. 

In addition to requiring a separate external audit of the collections and expenditures of the new transactions tax, the Measure also provides for the establishment of a Citizens' Oversight Committee appointed by the City Council to review and report on the receipt of revenue and expenditure of funds from the Measure I tax. Members of the Committee shall be residents of the City or representatives of Burlingame businesses. 

The Oversight Committee shall annually review the auditors' findings regarding the revenues and expenditures and transmit a statement regarding that review to the City Council. In addition, the Oversight Committee shall provide oversight of any bonds that are backed in whole or in part by the Measure I revenues. 

The City is seeking to fill five seats on the Measure I Citizens' Oversight Committee. The application deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2018.  Click here for the application. 

Calling all Burlingame residents, students, and businesses! We have just launched a new Adopt a Drain program where you can adopt your very own storm drain. Storm drains in the City carry both untreated rainwater and pollutants directly into the SF Bay. By adopting a drain, you can keep litter or debris out of waterways and help reduce flooding. Did we mention you can name your drain too? Click here to find a drain near you!

Public radio's Ira Glass, master storyteller and the creator and host of the groundbreaking radio program This American Life, will be the inaugural guest for the Burlingame Library's new Speaker Series, Guess Who's Coming to the Library! on Sunday, March 18, 2018.

 

The Speaker Series will be held in the historic and beautifully renovated Reading Room of the Burlingame Public Library main branch. The series will feature experts and original voices in the arts, current affairs, science and technology. Speakers will include authors, artists in all creative realms, community, government and business leaders, as well as innovators in a variety of fields.

 

For more information click on Burlingame Library Foundation Events .

Learn about this CEC campaign, supported by Burlingame, PCE, and San Mateo County Office of Sustainability.

Help the City's street sweepers clean your streets by moving parked on the morning (or night before) sweeping occurs. Check out our new street sweeping map to find out when our sweepers will be in your neighborhood.

Do you pledge to leave a cleaner and greener planet for the next generation? 

 

Local sustainability leaders and the City of Burlingame did and switched their home and commercial electricity to Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) ECO100 - 100% carbon free.

 

Now, the #OptUpBurlingame campaign, a Citizens Environmental Council (CEC) program, provides business owners and  residents incentives that challenge you to do the same.

 

Switching to ECO100 is a powerful action you can take to help the earth. For the average household, it's only about $2.50 more per month than what you would usually pay PG&E.

According to the developers, the pile driving at Burlingame Point, the old drive-in site by the Bay, will be completed at the end of this week. This massive project, about twice the square footage of Mills Peninsula Hospital, is one of the largest projects Burlingame has approved in more than 40 years. When it's done, the roadway will be reconfigured, there will be numerous new walking paths by the Bay for residents and workers, and there will be four glass towers housing biotech and other innovation company workers.  The next phases of construction for this project should have a reduced noise impact on Burlingame's residents and business community. 

Learn more about approved project in Burlingame by clicking here.

True leaders first learn to lead themselves. The Burlingame Recreation Center is excited to offer "Beginning Leadership Skills" with Jim Wiltens. This highly-interactive and engaging program introduces leadership - one of our society's most-valued traits - to children while they are building lifelong behaviors. Working as a team with a parent, students learn skills that enable them to build positive attitudes and reinforce self-esteem. Key topics may include techniques to manage one's attitude, develop charisma, set and achieve goals, handle fear, make friends and overcome power-sapping language. Jim's multi-sensory approach to teaching takes advantage of all that brain science tells us about how people learn. To register click here or for more information call 650-558-7308.

Burlingame got some new solar projects this year thanks to the SunShares program. Close to 30 households signed up for a solar audit and six solar contracts were signed in Burlingame. Great job Burlingame!

 

If your home is not suitable for solar consider ECO100 - a 100% renewable energy electricity rate offered by Peninsula Clean Energy. For a few dollars a month you can power your home with renewable, carbon-free electricity without the investment of installing solar. Sign up here.

Every Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

 Click here for more information and to see a video!

Central County Fire Department leaders will share what they learned on the scene of the recent wildfires and explain what you can do to help prevent wildfires at a free program called "Lessons from the Wildfires".

 

This program is sponsored by the Town of Hillsborough, the City of Burlingame, and the Burlingame and Hillsborough Neighborhood Networks. It will feature Fire Chief John Kammeyer, Deputy Fire Chief Drew Flinders and Deputy Fire Marshal Christine Reed, who will discuss our local wildfire management, measures you can take to protect your home, emergency communication channels, the evacuation process and essential items to include in an emergency "go bag" that you can grab as you leave. They also will answer questions from the audience.

 

Join us for a Lunar New Year Celebration, with a calligraphy demonstration, concert, and refreshments!  Chinese calligrapher Mak Ming Chan will demonstrate the 5 calligraphy styles, large and small, with phrases to celebrate the Lunar New Year from 1:30 p.m.- 2:30 p.m, . A select few will be raffled off!  Mr. Mak Ming Chan of Ming's Chinese Calligraphy is an esteemed artist and teacher of calligraphy. His works appear in the Hong Kong Museum of Art and China's National Museum, and commissions include a large piece adorning the new CCSF Chinatown building. 

From 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Bay Breeze will present their "Love Stories by Pipa" concert! Bay Breeze is an acoustic music band who presents Chinese traditional and movie music with a fusion of eastern/western musical instruments. With passion in music and deep connection with the Chinese culture and the Bay Area local communities, the band is excited to share the "Love Stories by Pipa" concert with you.