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
Connect the Coastside (Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan): County presentation of recommended transportation improvements and land use policies to minimize and mitigate the impacts of Midcoast growth:
Draft report - appendices - webpage (preview of County Public Workshop #4, Apr 7)
Coastside weekend shuttle grant application (schedule & route)
Consent agenda: Minutes for March 8, 2016
Local non-profit MidPen Housing held an Open House at Farallone View School March 16 to collect community input and answer questions about a potential affordable housing development at the 11-acre former Navy barracks site at Carlos/Sierra in Moss Beach (handout). Most of the large crowd in attendance was organized with signs/stickers opposing high density housing and increased traffic congestion. Their spokesperson's address opposed any development on the site, urging its preservation as a park.
MidPen is considering a potential affordable housing development on the site, which could give preference to residents with Coastside jobs. The site would be developed at the same medium density as the surrounding neighborhood, even though the zoning allows for medium-high density. Instead of the 148-unit mixed affordable/market-rate project approved for this site in 1986, MidPen proposes no more than 80 units, with all rental units affordable to families earning 30-60% of county median income (currently $103,000 for family of four). The one- and two-story duplexes and triplexes would be clustered so that a significant portion of the site could be dedicated to permanent open space. MidPen is committed to community outreach and engagement to craft a thoughtful proposal that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. See MidPen presentation at MCC Feb 10, and background/related info on MCC Affordable Housing page. MidPen's contact for questions/comments is Felix AuYeung, fauyeung@midpen-housing.org.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
6:30 PM
Pacifica Community Center
540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica
Midcoast and HMB residents are invited to attend and join the discussion sponsored by Pacifica’s Environmental Family and the Pacifica Climate Committee to consider some of the immediate local challenges of sea level rise.
Moderator is Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager at Bay Conservation & Development Commission. Speakers are Hilary Papendick, Climate Resilience Specialist with the County Office of Sustainability, Patrick Barnard, coastal geologist at USGS, Bob Battalio, coastal engineer at Environmental Science Associates, and Joshua Cosgrove, NCCWD board member.
UPDATE: Meeting video/presentations/maps
MCC will co-host a special meeting (agenda)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 7:00 PM at
Cypress Meadows, 343 Cypress, Moss Beach,
to review and gather community feedback on the County's Draft Short-Term (Vacation) Rental Ordinance. More info.
MCC regular meeting for March 9, 2016, is CANCELED.
USGS Evening Public Lecture Series events are free and are intended for a general public audience that may not be familiar with the science being discussed. Lectures are held at the USGS Menlo Park Campus in Building 3, 2nd floor Rambo Auditorium, Menlo Park. Also available to watch live online.
