I recently had the opportunity to hear from Millbrae councilman and former mayor Dan Quigg. It’s good on occasion to hear a different perspective from a different city and to move outside of the box that is San Bruno. Millbrae is our neighbor to the south and shares critical services such as fire and soon, police. Millbrae faces some of the same challenges as San Bruno, such as declining revenues, dealing with the state’s money grab and using shared services to decrease expenses.
About Dan Quigg
From the Millbrae city website, “Daniel Quigg was elected back to the City Council in 2007 after leaving the Council in 2005 due to term limits. He previously served on the City Council from 1993-2005. He served as Mayor of Millbrae in 1996-97 and 1999-2000. He was elected Millbrae City Treasurer in 1980 and served through 1993. He represents the City on the Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency, the County’s Congestion Management/Air Quality Committee and Regional Housing Needs Assessment Committee, and is the Council’s liaison to the Millbrae Chamber of Commerce. He has lived in Millbrae for over 30 years with his wife, and owns and operates a small business in the community. His areas of interest are economic development, youth and senior activities, and citizen involvement.”
Upcoming Millbrae Highlites
- Next month, Millbrae and San Bruno will begin sharing police services. San Bruno’s own Neil Telford will continue to lead the shared efforts as police chief.
- Millbrae has applied for and received state funding and is planning to build a new water treatment plant. The city purchased land from CalTrans on Millbrae Avenue on the east side of the 101 freeway and has slated that land for this effort.
- Millbrae has been hit hard by the state and has had $1.2 million dollars in redevelopment funding taken away as part of the state’s balanced budget money grab. Millbrae’s property tax revenue has been affected as well. Millbrae, like San Bruno, is part of the League of California Cities.
- The Lion’s club cabin, on the property of Taylor Intermediate school and long used by the local Lion’s club, has been closed since 9/11. The city plans to reopen the cabin, built in the 1950′s, as a community center.
More about Millbrae
Millbrae, like San Bruno, is part of the Grand Boulevard initiative to revitalize the El Camino corridor as it runs through the peninsula. Millbrae has completed it’s 52 unit mixed use project on the west side of El Camino at 88 South Broadway, an exemplary project. More information about Millbrae’s efforts as part of the Grand Boulevard project can be found here. Millbrae also boasts it’s own historical society, formed in 1970, and operates a historical museum near the downtown area. The Millbrae Chamber of Commerce has been proud to host a farmer’s market since 1993. The Millbrae library was completely rennovated and is now an attractive state-of-the-art library with 100% free Wi-fi coverage, computer labs, study group rooms, meeting rooms, expanded children’s library, extensive audio/video borrowing library and comfortable reading areas.
For even more information on the city of Millbrae, visit the city’s website at http://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/.
