Things To Know In & Around San Bruno:
(Note: I am still awaiting the ability to attach pdf files to expand upon events).
Monday, May 27th - The 72nd Annual Memorial Day Observance - Golden Gate National Cemetery - 1300 Sneath Lane (Veterans Way) San Bruno - "Never To Be Forgotten". Join in honoring our fallen heroes. Band concert begins at 10:30 a.m. - Program and speakers at 11:00 a.m. An $8.00 luncheon, sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 409, will follow the program at the American Legion Hall, 757 San Mateo Avenue. Proceeds will benefit the American Legion Auxillary and the Avenue of Flags Committee. Please RSVP to Carolyn Livengood, 650-355-5533.
Tuesday, May 28 – DEADLINE - San Mateo County Community College District is looking for candidates who wish to fill the vacancy on the Board of Trustees. Application form can be viewed and completed on line at www.smccd.edu or it can be obtained from the receptionist at the District Office at 3401 CSM Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402. Deadline for receipt of application is 5 p.m. on Tuesday May 28th. Application and accompanying materials can be emailed to brooksv@smccd.edu or delivered to the District Office by the deadline. More info: Barbara Christensen, Director of Community/Government Relations at Christensen@smccd.edu
Thursday, May 30 - 2013 San Mateo County Heroes Breakfast - 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Poplar Creek Grill 1700 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo. Info 650-259-1750.
Thursday May 30 - Rethink Your Retirement - 9:30 AM – Noon San Bruno Senior Center. This course covers how to make the most of your savings and investments and accomplish objectives such as tax-efficient income planning, inflation protection and providing a legacy. It will also help you plan for health care, long term care, end of life decisions, as well as explore fun & fulfilling activities & hobbies. $20 for Residents; $25 Non-Residents. Pre-register at the Front Desk, includes a 60-page illustrated workbook.
Friday, May 31 – DEADLINE - Streets Alive! Parks Alive! San Bruno Parks Scavenger Hunt. Your goal is to find the parks from the clues listed on the flier and taker a photo with your family. Once you have found all of the parks, turn in the photos at the Recreation Center in exchange for free swim passes for each member of your family who participated in the scavenger hunt. Submission Deadline: May 31st. To submit your photos via E=Mail contact Danielle Brewer at dbrewer@sanbruno.ca.gov. To submit your photos in person, drop them off at San Bruno Recreation Center, 251 City Park Way. To submit your photos by mail, send them to 567 El Camino Real, San Bruno, CA 94066.
EARLY June - San Francisco International Airport has advised that in early June the contracted goats will again be showing up from San Bruno Avenue all the way to Millbrae Avenue just EAST of the San Bruno City limit’s line on the Airport property to eat a fire break along the property lines. SFIA tries to provide this much needed service yearly just before the 4th of July fireworks season. The businesses and residents of San Bruno thank SFIA for this service.
Saturday, June 1 - San Bruno AYSO registration – 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. San Bruno Park & Rec. Teen Room info: www.sanbrunoayso.org or E=Mail registrar@sanbrunoayso.org
Sunday, June 2 - San Bruno AYSO registration – 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. San Bruno Park & Rec. Teen Room info: www.sanbrunoayso.org or E=Mail registrar@sanbrunoayso.org
Sunday, June 2 – SEEKING Cap Band Alumni to perform with the current CAP band during the parade. Contact: Vonda Walsh autumncrafts@hotmail.com
Sunday, June 2 – Posy Parade – Princess forms and info c/o San Bruno Lions Club, 575 San Mateo Ave or Harry Costa 871-9425. Start building your floats NOW.
Tuesday June 4 - Beginning of 10 weeks of $1.00 Children's movies at 10:00 a.m. at Cinemark at The Shops at Tanforan. Children & adults $1.00 each or buy a 10 ticket pack for $5.00. Details: http://www.cinemark.com/images/smc2013/SMC2013_ColorFlyer_494.pdf
Friday, June 7 – DEADLINE - The San Bruno Community Services Department is currently looking for sponsors for their annual "Concerts in the Park." The goal of the concerts is to bring families and community together to enjoy local talent in our beautiful park. The past concerts have been a huge success, and they are looking forward to another great year with a great lineup of bands. This year, they are accepting monetary donations to offset the costs of the performers. By sponsoring the event, your business will receive many opportunities for exposure. For more information on the levels of sponsorship please contact The Recreation Division at (650) 616-7184. All sponsors must be secured by June 7, for promotional purposes!
Saturday, June 8 – Disaster Preparedness Day at the San Mateo County Fair. Get Ready: Sign Up for Emergency Alerts Are you ready for the Big One - or any other disaster? One step you can take is to sign up to receive emergency notifications from the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services. Go to https://www.smcalert.info/ to sign up and for more information. Find out how to prepare for a disaster at San Mateo County Disaster Preparedness Day on Saturday June 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the San Mateo Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo. Once again Disaster Preparedness Day is being held on the opening day of the San Mateo County Fair. You and your family receive free admission to the fair and free parking if you arrive before 11 a.m. Talk with emergency responders, learn how to put together an emergency kit, watch demonstrations and have some fun at Fiesta Hall. For more information, contact Office of Emergency Services at (650) 363-4790 or the Office of Supervisor Adrienne J. Tissier (650) 363-4572.
Sunday, June 9 - SAVE THE DATE - The San Bruno Chamber of Commerce with the City of San Bruno and the West Coast Farmers' Market Association are finalizing their permit application for their Farmers Market Grand Opening Sunday and continuing through the last Sunday in November back on San Mateo Avenue between Jenevein and Sylvan. Non-Profit groups desiring to obtain a 10 x 10 foot space should contact the Chamber at 650-588-0180 or office@sanbrunochamber.com
Friday, June 14 – SAVE THE DATE – World Blood Donor Day. Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. To signup to donate or with questions: 1-888.393.GIVE (4483)
Monday June 17 - Beginning of FREE SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM Monday through Fridays June 17- Aug. 9 at Allen School 875 West Angus Avenue. Free lunches will be given to children 18 years and younger. Lunches must be eaten in the school cafeteria. No food may be taken from the school. July 4th is a holiday, and there will be no lunch that day.
Saturday July 20th & Sunday July 21st – Relay For Life Millbrae – Mills High School. www.relayforlife.org/millbraeca Support our neighboring City's Event. The American Cancer Society through its Relay For Life has multiple possible events that your group can undertake throughout the year such as: Relay Recess; Relay Field Day; and Be A Fight Back Star. Info 1-800-227-2345
Thursday, August 1 – SAVE THE DATE – 1st Annual North County Business Expo sponsored by the San Bruno Chamber of Commerce. Info: 650-588-0180 office@sanbrunochamber.com
Fridays in August – 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, & 30th – SAVE THE DATES – Concerts in the Parks.
Tuesday, August 6 – SAVE THE DATE – National Night Out ACTIONS by San Bruno City Council - Council meets at 7 p.m. the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at the Senior Center and the meetings are televised live on San Bruno Cable Channel 1 and are re-broadcasted later in the week. Contact San Bruno Cable at 616-3100 for exact airing dates and times. All San Bruno residents are invited to attend these meetings and you can speak on any agenda item. The City and the Council seek YOUR input. Decisions on how San Bruno is run start at the Council meetings. YES, your input CAN make the difference. The City posts the meeting agendas and the meeting agenda packet that contains most all of the detailed staff reports provided to the Council members at http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/city_agendapackets.html usually by early evening the Fridays before the Tuesday meetings. Review of these documents will give you much detailed information on the various agenda items – much more than just as listed in the meeting agenda.
Wednesday, Aug 28 - First Day of San Bruno Park School District classes. BE THERE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Wed, August 28, 2013. San Bruno Park School District’s policy states, any student who does not attend on the first day of class may lose his or her place.
CONTINUING EVENT NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT: San Bruno Library: Discover & Go, brought to you by the Friends of the San Bruno Library, provides San Bruno Library card holders with FREE or discounted passes to local museums and other cultural institutions. Make reservations online and print passes from home. Each Discover & Go pass expires immediately after the reservation date. http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/library_discovergo.html
CONTINUING EVENT NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT:
San Bruno City Pool Schedule: http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_images/Summer_2013/PoolSchedule.pdf Life Guard Training Classes: http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_images/2013_Winter_Spring/2013LGClasses.pdf SUMMER CAMPS: http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_images/Summer_2013/SummerCamp.pdf Picnic Rental Policy & Info http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_picnic_rental.html
Where are San Bruno’s Parks? http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_locations.html
Park & Recreation Facilities:
http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov/parks_facilities.html
CONTINUING EVENT NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT: The City of San Bruno is seeking volunteers: The City has numerous commissions and committees that through volunteers provide a vital service to the City. Currently there are two (2) openings on the Citizens Crime Prevention Committee and one (1) opening on the Bicycle & Pedestrian Committee, additional vacancies on other committees and committees MAY be open. To obtain the necessary volunteer interest form for ALL City committees and commissions email City Clerk Carol Bonner at cbonner@sanbruno.ca.gov.
CONTINUING EVENT NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT: The San Bruno Education Foundation is looking for volunteers to join the SBEF Board. If you are interested or know someone who you think might like to join the board send us an email at info@sanbrunoedfound.org
CONTINUING EVENT NEEDING YOUR SUPPORT: The San Bruno Citizens' Crime Prevention Committee (that meets the 2nd Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall). The City of San Bruno, through its Citizen’s Crime Prevention Committee, is the place to turn for “How to Start a Neighborhood Watch Block”. Call the SBPD at 616-7100 and ask that their Neighborhood Watch info be sent.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Meetings Set for San Mateo County’s Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Committee A committee that will review the boundaries of San Mateo County’s supervisorial districts and possibly recommend changes will hold its first meeting June 6 in San Mateo. Four additional meetings are also scheduled: June 15 in Half Moon Bay; June 18 in Daly City; June 25 in East Palo Alto; and July 11 in Millbrae. Details are below. The Board of Supervisors created the nine-member boundary adjustment committee after voters changed the County Charter in November. The change requires that only voters within a district can elect a supervisor who lives in that same district to represent them. Under the prior system voters countywide elected all five supervisors. Print a flier from: http://sanmateocountynews.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/smc-boundary-adjustment-workshops_5-17-13.pdf With heightened interest in district-based elections, the Board of Supervisors tasked the committee with hearing public comment, studying current and potential boundaries and recommending possible adjustments. The kick-off meeting will be held Thursday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 725 Monte Diablo Ave., San Mateo. The committee and public will receive a report from a demographer and then learn how to use an online mapping tool to review the current boundaries and draw possible districts. The committee will also receive public comment. Four additional meetings will be held throughout the county. These are:
Saturday, June 15, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Cunha Intermediate School Library, 600 Church Street, Half Moon Bay
Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., War Memorial Community Center, 6655 Mission Street, Daly City
Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., East Palo Alto Council Chambers, 2415 University Ave., East Palo Alto
Thursday, July 11, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Millbrae Community Center, 477 Lincoln Circle, Millbrae At the final meeting in Millbrae, it is anticipated the committee will consider possible draft boundary changes. An additional five meetings will be held in late summer to present possible draft changes to the public for comment before any recommendation is presented to the full Board of Supervisors. Under State election law, districts must be approximately equal in population. In establishing the boundaries of the districts, the Board of Supervisors may give consideration to the following factors: (a) topography, (b) geography, (c) cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory, and (d) community of interests of the districts.” The committee members chosen by the Board are: Supervisors Adrienne J. Tissier and Warren Slocum; Gonzalo “Sal” Torres, a Daly City Council Member; Laura Martinez, an East Palo Alto Council Member; and public members: Hayden Lee of Millbrae; Raymond Lee of San Mateo; Barbara Arietta of Pacifica; William Nack of Menlo Park; and Rebecca Ayson of Daly City. Each public member resides in one of the five current districts. Additional information about the process will be posted at www.smcgov.org/bos under “Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Committee.” Media Contact: Marshall Wilson, San Mateo County Communications Director 650-363-4153 or mwilson@smcgov.org