Special Supervisors Study Session on Fuel Load reduction and Weed Eradication

The SMC Board of Supervisors will hold a special study session on Fuel Load Reduction and Weed Eradication, at 9AM on Wed, Oct 14th, 2020

Anticipated Speakers:
   Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3, Board of Supervisors
   Richard Sampson, Division Chief, CAL FIRE San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit
   Nicholas Calderon, Parks Director, County of San Mateo
   Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director, SMC Resource Conservation District

Sponsors: Supervisor Don Horsley
Zoom: https://smcgov.zoom.us/j/94362389957

UPDATE:  Study Session Video

Community Climate Action Plan updates and meetings

There will be 5 meetings on the coastside during the month of October, one of them in Spanish.

See the flyer for more details.  Here is the section with the meeting information:

Upcoming Opportunities. Join us at a workshop to share your ideas and priorities. Your input will directly inform plans that will shape our future.

SMC & Half Moon Bay (English y Español)
  OCTOBER 15, 2020 at 6 PM
Youth Climate Ambassadors & Heirs to Our Oceans (English)
  OCTOBER 17, 2020 at 6 PM
Senior Coastsiders (English) OCTOBER 21, 2020 at 4 PM
ALAS (en Español), OCTOBER 22 at 6 PM, OCTOBER 29 at 6PM
Sustainable Pescadero OCTOBER 27 at 7PM

REGISTER: https://bit.ly/CoastClimateAction

Free wood chipping program, parts of El Granada 25-26 October 2020

The San Mateo Resource Conservation District, in coordination with CalFire, is offering a free chipping program for large brush and small trees or limbs, up to 8 inches in diameter.

October 26 - 27
Selected Streets for El Granada:
• El Granada Blvd (including side streets)
• Dunn Rd
• Columbus Ave (between Isabella Rd and Santa Maria Ave)
• Del Monte Rd (between Avenue Portola and San Pedro Rd)
• Dolores St
• Avenue Balboa (between Valencia Ave and Montecito Ave)

This flyer describes the event in more detail, and this brochure gives more general information.

2020 Coastside Candidate Forums

Sponsored by the Midcoast Community Council and League of Women Voters North and Central San Mateo County

This year the forums are conducted online on the Zoom platform.  Click here for instructions on how to join each forum.

For the virtual forum, YOU can submit questions in advance by sending questions to: lwvncsmc.questions@gmail.com, and put the race (e.g. "Harbor District" or "CUSD") in the subject line. Questions can also be sent to this address during the live forum.

Harbor District info:

Topic: Candidate Forum for San Mateo Harbor District 4

Time: Sep 21, 2020, 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

UPDATE: Video recording of Harbor District Candidate Forum for District 4

MCC forum

Topic: Candidate Forum for Mid-Coast Council

Time: Sep 21, 2020, 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

UPDATE: Video recording of MCC Candidate forum

CUSD Forum

Topic: MCC-hosted CUSD Districts B & D Candidate Forum

Time: Sep 22, 2020, 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

UPDATE: Video recording of CUSD Candidate forum

MCC Regular Meeting - September 23, 2020 (Zoom only)

MCC Regular Meeting Agenda for September 23, 2020.
The meeting will be conducted remotely as a telephone and video conference via Zoom. There will be no public meeting room for the meeting. Instructions for accessing the meeting and for making comments are available at the top of the agenda. 

Supporting material:
4a. Wildfire defensible space: presentation
4b. Connect the Coastside: Outreach Summary Report -- presentation
4c. Summary Public Comments at MCC meetings June-Aug by topic 

UPDATE: 9/23/2020 meeting minutes and video