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
MCC Regular Meeting Agenda for February 24, 2021
The meeting will be conducted remotely as a telephone and video conference via Zoom (link). 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 Materials:
Connect the Coastside Presentation
Covid-19 Vaccine Presentation by Louise Rogers
Minutes for January 23, 2021 Annual Administrative & Planning Retreat
Peninsula Family Service affordable transportation program for older adults
expanding service area to central San Mateo and the coast.
Got Wheels!, the affordable transportation program launched by Peninsula Family Service last year in Daly City and extended this summer to Colma and Brisbane, is moving forward to serve nine other cities in the county and a major commuter hub in the region.
Effective Nov. 25, 2020, residents of South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, Hillsborough, El Granada, Montara, Moss Beach and Half Moon Bay who are 70 years and older are also eligible to apply for membership in Got Wheels! Members are provided up to six one-way rides a month for $5 each one-way ride within the geographic area and San Francisco International Airport. PFS subsidizes remainder of the fare.
See the flyer and application for more informaton.
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) at their Feb 12, 2021, meeting approved the Coastal Development Permit authorizing construction of approximately 300 feet of living shoreline and stormwater/drainage improvements along Pillar Point Harbor West Trail. The popular recreation area and essential emergency access to the west breakwater has been threatened with closure due to erosion since 2011.
The CCC staff report calls this a “win-win for the public and coastal resources … an important project, not only for the Pillar Point Harbor area and its users and habitats, but also for the Commission, where the promise of living shorelines can be put to the test, and where lessons learned here can be applied elsewhere along the California coast.”
The natural shoreline component is designed to protect the trail from chronic erosion using nature-based design techniques -- cobble berm and rock fingers, topped with a re-created sandy beach using harbor dredge material, and vegetated back dunes.
The stormwater component will improve the aesthetics, function and maintenance needs of the existing storm drain system by re-routing runoff into a biofiltration area west of the trail to an alternate outlet into the marsh.
Construction by the Harbor District, which owns the West Trail, is expected to occur over 4 months beginning in spring 2021, followed by native planting of dune & biofiltration basin in the fall. There will be 5 years of physical and biological monitoring.
Learn more about Midcoast shoreline management planning and projects:
Pillar Point Harbor -- Princeton Shoreline -- Surfers’ Beach --
MCC Regular Meeting Agenda for February 10, 2021
The meeting will be conducted remotely as a telephone and video conference via Zoom (link). 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.
NOTE: Automatic closed-captioning will be enabled for this meeting as an experiment, to see if it helps those with audio problems.
Supporting Materials:
Mirada Road / Medio Creek Bridge Letter
Parks Commission 2/4/21 Agenda with meeting instructions.
Parks Director letter describing the Pump Track Preferred Design.
The outcome will be a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors.
