Politics & Government

Council to Discuss Pipeline Explosion Matters at Today's Meeting

The agenda for the June 14 City Council meeting also includes an update about the Treetops apartment project and Caltrain grade separation project.

Today's will be full of discussion about the Sept. 9 pipeline explosion and the city's recovery efforts.

The fire donations subcommittee set up to distribute the money donated to the city following the fire has updated the council but is not expected to give an update at today's meeting, which starts at 7 p.m.

Of the $399,000 donated to city, the subcommittee decided to after initially distributing checks to 99 homeowners who were affected by the fire. The extra money was held so that residents could apply for additional grants to cover other emergency expenses they might have encountered.

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After a six-month period, the city received 71 applications for those emergency grants, although the subcommittee only granted 35 of those requests. All of the residents are supposed to be notified by Wednesday about the subcommittee's decision.

As the one-year anniversary of the fire is approaching, the city is also thinking about planning an event to commemorate the day San Bruno changed forever. 

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The council will be giving input to staff at the meeting about how the city should proceed with planning the event. Several nonprofit and religious organizations have already expressed interest in participating in the planning.

Most importantly, the city will be seeking input from residents of the Crestmoor neighborhood, a staff report said.

And because the fire damaged not only people's homes and lives but also the infrastructure of the neighborhood, the council will be voting today on hiring an engineering firm to design the renovation plans for that infrastructure work. That work will include reconstructing roadways, sidewalks, sewer and storm drains and the park at Glenview Drive and Earl Avenue.

In other action, the council will be holding a public hearing to determine whether to grant Apartment Investment and Management Co. a six-month extension for its project to , which have been an eyesore in the Pacific Heights neighborhood for years.

AIMCO was supposed to start construction on the Treetops apartments by no later than June 24, after the council gave the developer a 12-month extension last June. 

However, because the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking longer than expected to approve the project's financing, AIMCO has asked the city for another six-months. 

If the council approves the extension, then AIMCO will have six months to pull building permits with the city and begin construction.

Additionally, the council is supposed to receive an oral report at the meeting about the progress of the .


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