Friday, November 16, 2012, 2:00-4:00PM, at the Burnham Strip – across from 525 Obispo Rd., between Highway 1 & Obispo Rd, El Granada. Free & open to the public – registration is required by November 9. Event hosted by the Directors of Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside, Granada Sanitary District and Montara Water & Sanitary District.
First rain causes closed beaches
Results of beach and creek-mouth water quality sampling Monday morning 10/22 after the season’s first rain has left beaches posted closed up and down the Coastside for bacteria that could make you sick. It is the flushing of the watershed where we live that causes this pollution, from our yards, trails, and streets, to the storm drains, to the creeks, to the ocean.
Posted beaches: Linda Mar, Pillar Point Harbor at Capistrano Beach, WestPoint, and Maverick’s parking lot, and HMB beaches Roosevelt, Dunes, Venice, Francis.
Posted creeks at the beach: Calera, San Pedro, Martini, San Vicente, North & South Roosevelt, Frenchman’s, Pilarcitos, San Gregorio, Pomponio, and Gazos.
Learn about what is being done to monitor, study and implement solutions. Find out how you can contribute to this effort. Check out the County web page for Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ASBS Pollution Reduction Program.
SamTrans proposed Midcoast bus changes
There is still time to comment on the draft service plan:
294 would no longer run thru the Midcoast. It would only run from HMB to San Mateo with added weekend service.
17 would be extended to Pacifica 7 days/wk, but there would be no increase in frequency to replace the lost 294 through the Midcoast.
Contact Lauren Dong at SamTrans at ssp@samtrans.com or 650-508-6338 with your comments.
UPDATE 10/25/12: Current 17 schedule shows about 12 trips per weekday in each direction through the Midcoast. Current 294 schedule shows about 10 trips per weekday in each direction through the Midcoast.
What is your vision for County Parks?
Take this 5-minute survey to help San Mateo County Parks Department plan for the future. Survey closes on October 30, 2012.
10/24 FMR parking lot meeting postponed
The 10/24 Planning Commission Field Study Session at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve has been cancelled due to lack of quorum. All items from 10/24 have been postponed to 11/14/12.
UPDATE 11/1/12: Planning Commission 11/14 agenda – note: If it is raining at 11:00 AM on the day of the meeting, the field trip will not occur, but the study session will be conducted with a slide presentation in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in Redwood City. Call Angela Chavez, Project Planner at 11:00 AM to confirm study session location (650-599-7217)