Daily Journal Report -
Citizens worried about smelly cats and barking dogs moving onto Rollins Road in Burlingame should get their complaints ready and head down to the Planning Commission meeting Monday. Ken White, president of the Peninsula Humane Society, said the nonprofit wants to work with the community to be a good neighbor. To do that, it decided to conduct an in-depth environmental study addressing concerns of the public. First it needs to know what citizens are concerned about. Next week's Planning Commission meeting will give citizens a chance to voice concerns and add items to be studied to the list. In September the PHS presented a plan for a new facility in Burlingame to a large crowd of concerned citizens. The reaction inspired the group to look a bit deeper at how it will affect its new neighbors. When the facility was first proposed, nearby business and property owners on the industrial street sent letters to the city complaining of potential noise, smell and increased traffic and parking concerns. The questions by neighbors and objections by neighbors really deserve the most intense investigation,? said PHS President Ken White. The new facility would focus on homes for homeless animals, rehabilitation for animals as well as education, he said. Some comments already prompted changes, like making a fence a solid wall to ensure animals won't get loose. It will not feature certain activities like housing of stray, injured and aggressive animals, euthanasia of non-adoptable unwanted animals, lost and found services and 24-hour ambulance services. These actives will remain at the PHS/SPCA center at Coyote Point Park. Currently the PHS leases the land at 12 Airport Blvd. from the county for $1 per year as part of the animal control contract. That contract expires June 30, 2008. White said there is now an agreement in writing to sit down in June 2006 to negotiate a deal through 2011.
The Burlingame site is scheduled to open on July 1, 2008.
- Written by Fiona
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