Caltrans completed a Transportation Concept Report in April 2018 for Highway 1 in San Mateo County. The report evaluates current and projected conditions to communicate a vision for development over a 25-year planning horizon (to 2040). The future concept generally keeps the route’s existing capacity and function.
MCC Meeting June 13, 2018
MCC Agenda for June 13, 2018, 7:00pm at GCSD
504 Ave Alhambra, 3rd floor, El Granada
Supporting material:
Sheriff Coastside Patrol news release
Caltrans Adopt-a-Highway: presentation, permit, safety check list
Local government study session: presentation
Consent: Minutes for May 9, 2018
Parallel Trail: Letter in support of grant application
Romeo Pier 1940’s - 2018
The distant view of Romeo Pier is a rustic reminder of the bygone sardine fishing/cannery era in Princeton by the Sea. The reality revealed in close up, however, is a long-neglected, badly deteriorated relic that has been falling piece by piece into the harbor for years, with the inevitable collapse possible in the next big storm. In 2013, MCC raised concerns about an imminent marine debris disaster. The Harbor District has obtained permits and contracted for pier removal during June 2018 at a cost of $2.3 million. See District pier demo page for ongoing updates.)
When Romeo Packing switched from fish-based to chemical fertilizer in the 1970’s, the Harbor District began leasing the pier, and then purchased it outright in 1996 for $185,000, even though they did not own land access. At the same time the District decided NOT to buy the half-acre boatyard on Princeton shoreline for $200,000. The same Harbor Commission 3-2 majority prevailed on both votes. Only two years later, in 1998, Romeo Pier was permanently closed as unsafe, with decking collapsing and many pilings no longer reaching the ground.
Midcoast Design Standards Study Session 6/7/18
Coastside Design Review Committee (CDRC)
Special Meeting: Open Study Session
to discuss revision of Midcoast Design Standards
June 7 - 10:30am – 1pm -- Agenda
504 Ave Alhambra, third floor, El Granada
The Midcoast has a coastal, semi-rural, small town, diverse character that residents value and want to preserve. The purpose of the Midcoast Design Standards is to encourage new single-family homes and additions that have their own individual character, while ensuring that they are complementary with neighboring houses, the neighborhood character of each Midcoast community, and the surrounding natural setting.
CDRC members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors to review new development in the unincorporated communities of Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar, for compliance with the Midcoast Design Standards.
Midcoast Residential Design Standards 2010
Community Design Manual 1976 (applies to commercial development)