Efforts to save a 41-year-old business in Burlingame could get a little help from the landlords -- the city itself, as the council considers lowering the rent.
On Monday, the Burlingame City Council will consider altering its lease with Sam's Italian Sandwich Company at 1080 Howard Ave. to help keep the beloved shop open. The proposal is to lower the monthly rent to $1,700 per month for an annual reduction in rent of $6,563.52. It also calls for the city to use the $4,000 security deposit to pay delinquent rent and allow the tenant to pay $100 installments toward a new deposit of $2,000, according to the contract.
The move would help the mom-and-pop business. A community effort was started last week, at savesams.com, to raise $10,000 in donations to support the shop that opened in downtown Burlingame in 1972.
At the same meeting, the council will consider appointing Carol Augustine as the city finance director/treasurer. Augustine, who was the finance director of Menlo Park, will be filling a role left open from when Jesus Nava left late last year.
In other business, the council will give the final approval of the process for appointing a city clerk.
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In 2009, Burlingame voters decided the city clerk would no longer be an elected position. City Clerk Mary Ellen Kearney, most recently elected in 2009, would serve through 2013 when the post would become appointed. But how to appoint the position has yet to be determined. At its last meeting, the council opted to have the city manager appoint someone to the position.
Lastly, the council will hold a public hearing to discuss joining the county-wide single-use bag ban.
The council meets 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 at City Hall, 501 Primrose Road.
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