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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1998-07-15Mayor Eugene R. Mullin Council: James L. Datzman Joseph A. Fernekes Karyl Matsumoto lohn R. Penna MINUTES City Council Municipal Services Building Community Room July 15, 1998 s__ _P __E _C ! A k MEETING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO JULY 15, 1998 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 54956 of the Government Code of the State of California, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, the 15th day of July 1998, at 6:00 p.m. in the Municipal Services Building, Community Room, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California. Purpose of the meeting: Healthy Community Update: · Learning Center · Health Clinic · Day Care and Child Care Coordinating Council · Training Opportunities Dated: July 9, 1998 City of South San Francisco CALL TO ORDER: ROLL CALL: AGENDA (Cassette No. 1) ealthy Community Update: * Learning Center ACTION TAKEN 6:10 p.m. Mayor Mullin presiding. Council Present: Council Absent: Fernekes, Matsumoto, Penna and Mullin. Datzman City Clerk Battaya stated Vice Mayor Datzman informed her Office he was in Southern California and would not attend tonight's meeting. Director of Community Outreach Quinn related: building a healthy community will start in oldtown 7/15/98 Page 1 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN .__.Healthy Community Update: · Learning Center - Continued. 7/15/98 Page 2 section of S.S.F.; it will be a welcoming for youth and adults; staff is looking at a temporary location at the old bank building, Baden and Linden Avenues, presently being used by Human Resources and the City Attorney who will move out at the end of this month or next month; getting it ready for the learn- ing center will take a year or less if the permanent site is available at Spruce Gym; hiring a research worker to raise visibility for the community buy-in; staff is holding a naming and logo contest with the School District and $100.00 was provided by the Lions Club; staff expected to have a winner and go forward, but the community was not happy with the results, so we are going with the community center and coming back to look at the naming again. Recreation Superintendent Ranals related: the vari- ous programs being offered, i.e., art, music, dance and ethnic dancing, sign language, basketball and others that are relevant to building social behavior, body coordination and motor development to help the child survive with learning skills; North Penin- sula Neighborhood Services and Peninsula Commu- nity Foundation are helping; classes start for chil- dren as young as 1 1/2 years old, although most start at 3 1/2 years in the enrichment class offerings for children; interactive programs for adults and children; licensed pre-schools; before and after- school childcare; computer literacy; caregiver/parent support; and there is an 80-85 % recovery for the classes. Director of Project Read Sheldon related the current offerings of the Library: Project Read, monthly storytimes, family learning activities, craft activities, science club, field trips to museums, children's services in storytimes, reader leaders, summer read- ing program and school visits; for adults there is 1 on 1 tutoring, work place classes, tutor training, parent workshop and computer lab. She related the initial services to be offered in November: individ- ual tutoring in the computer lab, family literacy activities, parenting workshops, youth mentoring, paired learning and family counseling for educa- tional issues. Expanded services beginning in Janu- ary are basic skills in English tutoring, computer lab classes, native language tutoring, youth tutoring and community issues forums. She spoke of the expand- ed services at Spruce site: park and recreation classes made more available, adult school classes on second language, Skyline College courses with job AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 217 .___Healthy Community Update: * Learning Center - Continued. Health Clinic 7/15/98 Page 3 skills training, and project-based learning. Mayor Mullin was concerned that this does not deal with teens, who are drop outs or graduates who are not doing much. He suggested using the Baden site to get it in operation in the interim. He has attended meetings with Skyline staff about small site programs and they seem to be in favor. Director of Project Read Sheldon stated she hopes to see kids come in, find it friendly and maybe have a graffiti wall. Director of Community Outreach Quinn related: the City is prepared to underwrite this multi-year pro- gram through the General Fund and every effort will be made to offset City costs; the City has set aside $100,000; $60,000 in corporate and foundation support has been committed; the Library has applied for a $65,000 LSTA grant; a handful of Bay Area foundations have expressed interest in providing additional funding; Leslie Sheldon is in the process of writing a grant to the San Francisco Foundation, and did write one to the Peninsula Foundation; AVIS committed $50,000. She further related: prior to opening of the health clinic the County operated a small public health clinic in the City; 30% of OldTown are health care recipients; since the clinic closed, over 40% of S.S.F. patients have gone underserved; proposed medical services are prenatal care, pediatrics, women, infant and children, family planning, adult primary care and optometry. She stated the timeline: architect is currently finishing the plans; July 27 - August 27 is the bid for a contractor; August 27 - September 10 is the bid selection; September 10 - November 30 the renovations will be completed; November 30 - December 30 - County moves in and the ribbon cutting. City and County funding: City will purchase the building and fund the renovations and tenant improvements; County will cover operational costs, $1 million which in- cludes the rent; equipment and any miscellaneous expenses not covered by the County will be amor- tized in lease agreement. Additional funding: Seton Medical Center may contribute $50,000; Peninsula Community Foundation will provide $20,000; Kai- ser Permanente provided an in-kind donation of about $6,000 worth of medical equipment, and has expressed interest in providing additional funding AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Healthy Community Update: · Health Clinic - Continued. · Day Care and Child Care Coordinating Council providing additional funding and staff time. Director of Community Outreach Quinn spoke of the child care master plan: child care centers - 2 infant centers with space for 65 children, 14 preschool centers with space for 783 children, 11 school age centers with space for 459 children; family child care homes - licensed for 8 children - 43 = 344 spaces, licenses for 14 children - 24 = 336 spaces; estimated number of children needing care is 5,828; total spaces currently available - 1,987 (34%); esti- mated need is 3,841 or (66%); age range of children - under 1 year is 461; 1 and 2 years is 1,101; 3 and 4 years is 1,067; 5 years is 520; 6 years is 503 and 7 to 9 years is 1,437; the City is working in collabo- ration with Child Care Coordinating Council to explore, train and license current at-home child care providers to upgrade their skills and encourage entry into the child care market; develop new child care facilities both east and west of 101; exploring facili- ties downtown: Paradise Valley Park - two to three portables providing space for 50-75 children could be placed at this park adjacent to the baseball field; Cypress Park - one portable for up to about 25 children could be placed there; the Park could be relocated to the green spot at Linden and Pine; Paradise Valley Park estimated cost for portables, park reconfiguration and improvements are $150,000-$200,000 and Cypress Park - estimated cost for portables, park reconfiguration and im- provements is $100,000 and the Green Spot conver- sion is $200,000; staff is exploring the development of age appropriate facilities in areas where the need is the greatest and the Park, Recreation and Mainte- nance Services and Director of Community Outreach will work with 4Cs to better identify the need and facilities. She related plans for child care at the CalTrain Station: $150,000 in Measure A Caltrain funds have been secured for design and preliminary engi- neering of the new CalTrain Station; Federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) funds may be available to finance a large portion of this project; City has been in discussions with Supervisor Mary Griffin, 4Cs, Chamber of Commerce, SamTrans, Multi-City TSM Agency, Metropolitan Transportation Commission regarding feasibility and regional coordination of this concept; means for financing facilities - development fees, 7/15/98 Page 4 AGENDA ACTION TAKEN Healthy Community Update: · Day Care - Continued. · Training Opportunities 7/15/98 Page 5 Federal and State funding, subsidized/non-subsidized care. Discussion followed: City Manager Wilson stated the question is whether to consider a develop fee for child care, as was done on Terrabay; Director of Economic & Community Development Van Duyn stated staff will bring the Borba and other properties to Council on 8/19/98; is there enough development fees to fund these kinds of programs for a new home or a new business; Councilman Penna is not com- fortable with doing that; Mayor Mullin suggested looking at certain funding based on space; City Manager was thinking of contributions on condo builders; Councilman Penna stated that is something different, but he was concerned about the small individual who wants to build a house. Director of Community Outreach Quinn related: there will be job training/social entrepreneurship in horticulture, small business, job training and educa- tion at the Mazzanti Nursery site; Regional Occupa- tion Program (ROP); San Francisco League of Ur- ban Gardeners (SLUG), and Executive Service Corps marketing research with retired professionals. She elaborated on where staff is now: ROP and SLUG will develop a proposal for a partnership; ROP will oversee the educational piece and SLUG will manage daily operations and entrepreneurial pieces; it is likely that ROP will begin offering horticulture classes at the site beginning in the Spring of 1999 semester; SLUG will fold in the entrepreneurial piece in the Summer of 1999. Discussion followed: Councilwoman Matsumoto hopes this will instill a sense of self esteem; that is where the entrepreneur comes in; Councilman Penna has a luncheon next week and he will mention this meeting; City Manager already met with them and they are aware of the program. City Librarian Sommer related the next steps: Community Learning Center - waiting for the bank to be vacated and working up plans; secure Spruce site; hire coordinator and support staff; form Steering Committee with individuals from the com- munity for partnering agencies and community members; furthur develop programs are based on outreach campaigns; Health Clinic - renovate build- ing by end of November or December; working on lease agreement right now; Child Care - continue AGENDA ACTION TAKEN 5,2..0 Healthy Community Update - Continued. * Training ADJOURNMENT: working with 4Cs on training and need identifica- tion; continue working with SamTrans and other transportation agencies; further investigate facility development - Park & Recreation to identify facili- ties and have neighborhood meetings to gauge com- munity support on Cypress Park; approach potential providers and meet with Bright Horizons, who are the providers for Genentech; Job training/social entrepreneurship - assist in proposal developments, create timeline, identify product(s) to grow and sell, specialized grains, flowers and herbs. Discussion followed: Mayor Mullin complimented staff for being on track on such a multi-faceted pro- gram; Councilmembers Fernekes and Penna agreed; Councilmember Matsumoto has a concern about duplication of efforts, as well as the cost of the program services. M/S Penna/Fernekes - To adjourn the meeting. Carried by unanimous voice vote. Time of adjournment was 7:55 p.m. · ,ESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, · Clerk ar ara attaya, City City of South San Francisco APPROVED. City of South San Francisco The entries of this Council meeting show the action taken by the City Council to dispose of an item. Oral communica- tions, arguments and comments are recorded on tape. The tape and documents related to the items are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for inspection, review and copying. 7/15/98 Page 6