Donna Colson
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- Meetings spoken in
- 17
- Total speaking time
- 4:39:47
- Avg per meeting
- 16:27
- Segments
- 3386
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Top issues during term (12)(Environment)
Reach codes for existing buildings
No direct city cost; heat pumps can cost homeowners $1,000-$3,000 more upfront than standard AC, offset by rebates.
Environmental Justice Element / Equity Focus Areas
Future capital improvement spending will be directed first toward infrastructure needs in the three mapped equity focus areas.
Shoreline flood protection and waterfront open space
~$175,000 from general fund, taking unassigned balance nearly to zero.
Glyphosate use in Burlingame parks and open space
Going fully pesticide-free like Menlo Park could cost roughly $1 million a year in extra contractors and staff — money the balanced budget doesn't have.
Make Polluters Pay Climate Super Fund
No direct fiscal impact on the city from a support resolution.
Youth Advisory Committee sustainability initiative
YAC raised $556 plus $79 last year through its café fundraiser and plans to expand fundraising efforts.
Closed Burlingame landfill
$281,730 budgeted annually for compliance, with about $35,000 billed back to Topgolf.
Tree removal and replacement on the hospital campus
Ban on watering ornamental turf (AB 1572)
Potential fines of up to $1,000 per day for persistent violators, set by state statute.
Solar and battery storage at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
Sutter funds it through a power purchase agreement — no upfront city cost, and the hospital saves about $236,000 in year one.
Recology labor negotiations and garbage service continuity
Not stated; potential service disruption risk to residential garbage collection.
Themed block tree designations
No fiscal impact; changes which street trees property owners may plant.
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Colson was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (1)(Environment)
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