Midcoast Community Council
An elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors,
representing unincorporated Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar
Location:
Granada Sanitary District (GSD), 504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd Floor, El Granada.
AGENDA highlights (with links to supporting documents):
Process for Public Forums on Highway 1 Improvement Projects
MCC Regular Meeting Start Time Change to 7PM (tabled)
MCC Regular Meeting Place Change to GSD (tabled)
Impact of Special Events on the Midcoast
Special Events Process for the Midcoast (presentation-Kehoe) (not adopted)
UPDATE: 1/23/13 MINUTES
AGENDA
Location: Granada Sanitary District, 504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd Floor, El Granada.
SamTrans presentation re proposed Midcoast bus service changes. (11/14/12 MCC comments)
La Costanera restaurant - consideration of Initial Study & 12/20/12 Negative Declaration for Use Permit Amendment to expand restaurant hours on Fridays/weekends, formalize State Beach parking lot, and legalize exterior building improvements.
Highway 1 Action Plan Committee proposal (not adopted)
Draft County Proposal for Public Review of Projects funded by SMC Transportation Authority Congestion Management Program
Devil's Slide Task Force meeting notes 12/18/12
UPDATE: 1/9/13 MINUTES
Harbor District General Manager is holding a public meeting Jan 8, 3pm, at HMB Yacht Club, to discuss the boat launch ramp dredging scheduled for this spring. Local surfers and others have questioned the continued placement of dredge material on Perched Beach (near kayak stand) when other eroded local beaches (Surfers Beach and Princeton shoreline) cry out for beach replenishment. Link to HMB Review article.
UPDATE 1/15/13: The Harbor District will add a new page to their website, available by February, on Pillar Point Harbor Dredging. The page will also maintain information on Surfers Beach and Princeton shoreline erosion, and other dredging-related issues. Background documents will be available and upcoming meetings, including Army Corps on Surfers Beach, and County Princeton Planning process as it relates to shoreline erosion.
AGENDA highlights:
Montara Coastal Access & Views from County Rights-of-Way. As followup to 10/24 MCC presentation, Deputy County Manager Peggy Jensen will address issues of diminishing public coastal access and views from county streets and rights-of-way, focusing on the area from Montara State Beach south to 8th Street. Summary presentation with questions to be answered.
La Costanera Restaurant Hours of Operation and Montara Beach Parking. Presentation and consideration of MCC comments (approved) on restaurant application to modify their Use Parmit to allow daytime hours. Original permit limits hours to 5pm to closing time in order to provide public beach parking in the shared lots. 12/5/12 CCC letter to property owner -- 2011 MCC letter re violations -- 2010 MCC comment
UPDATE: 12/12/12 MINUTES
UPDATE: La Costanera Mitigated Negative Declaration released 12/20/12. Public review period ends 1/20/13.
Princeton Boatyard Development Planning Commission appeal Wed. 12/12/12, 9:15AM, Board of Supervisors Chambers, 400 County Center, Redwood City. MCC comments -- Staff Report
UPDATE 12/12/12:
Planning Commission hearing on the Boatyard Project appeal was continued to date uncertain. Planner said she needed time to adequately respond to concerns raised in letter from Committee for Green Foothills yesterday. Commissioner Slocum asked for more information to be included on:
--effect of sea level rise on the erosion study and building setbacks,
--“area-wide shoreline protection program and access solution” lateral access trail,
--how the project relates to the Princeton long-range planning process getting underway, and other issues.
She noted the recent nearby Big Wave Project approved by County but denied at Coastal Commission and asked staff and Commissioners to reflect on what might be learned in reviewing projects going forward.
Commissioner Hansson commented that he doesn’t understand how the proposed warehouses on the limited and precious available shoreline area will support the Midcoast.
