MCC Meeting Apr 13, 2016
Agenda for April 13, 2016, 7:00 PM at GCSD
504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd floor, El Granada
Devil's Slide Ride handout. Sister Cities presentation
Connect the Coastside (Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan):
MCC comments (approved) - presentation
Report - Appendices - background
Consent agenda:
Minutes for March 23, 2016
Comments to Board of Supervisors in support of Planning Commission denial of Use Permit amendment to legalize use of La Costanera restaurant outdoor patios (PLN2015-00297) - background
Pilot Surfers' Beach Sand Replenishment Project
Although the Army Corps has not yet formally announced the results of their 2009-2015 analyses of methods to mitigate increased coastal erosion caused by Pillar Point Harbor east breakwater, it is clear they won’t be recommending a federally funded project due to inadequate cost/benefit ratio. This table summarizes the design measures analyzed and conclusions of their 2015 Coastal Engineering Appendix. Their preferred alternative was to move 150,000 cubic yards of harbor dredged material to Surfers' Beach and southward to the Miramar revetment (figure).
In 2015 the Harbor District initiated a Pilot Surfers’ Beach Sand Replenishment Project as a reduced (half) scale of the Army Corps preferred alternative. The pilot project involves a one-time placement of 75,000 cubic yards of upland sand from inside the breakwater onto Surfers’ Beach above the mean high water line (80-140 ft width available) and thus not in the Marine Sanctuary. (slide presentation)
The District is seeking grant funding from CA Div of Boating & Waterways with the goal of construction in spring/summer 2017, over 4-6 weeks, then monitoring for two years. If the monitoring program finds that the project is effective and does not cause unacceptable environmental impacts, then a larger beach nourishment project would be pursued in the future.
Current federal regulations do not allow placement of dredged material in the Marine Sanctuary, but their Management Plan is under review and updates are expected in 3-5 years that could allow for permitting larger-scale beach nourishment using a harbor dredge source (Marine Sanctuary letter of support and minutes of Beach Replenishment Committee meeting May 2015).
More info and documents about Surfers’ Beach Erosion here.
Jerry Hill & Kevin Mullin Open House Apr 14
Join State Senator Jerry Hill and Assemblymember Kevin Mullin at their
Open House: Thursday, April 14, 2016, 4-6 PM
1528 S. El Camino Real, Suites 302/303, San Mateo
RSVP by clicking either of their names above. Feel free to bring your ideas, questions, and concerns about legislative issues affecting the community.
Library Design Community Meeting Mar 29
The meeting will include a presentation of the design for the new library, and an opportunity for questions and answers.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 6:30-8:00 PM
Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Ave, HMB
The new HMB library is being planned and built by a partnership of the City of Half Moon Bay, the San Mateo County Library, and the County of San Mateo.