VIDEO. Midcoast Community Council interviews OES Manager of Emergency Services for San Mateo County, Kevin Rose. Rose talks on means of communication on the coastside in an emergency: SMC Alert (sign up, 99k signed up, only 1 in 8 in SMCo; 760,000) WEA (wireless emergency alert-like CHP Amber alert) Emergency alert system on TV and […]
City Council to Consider Award of DESIGN Contract for Poplar Complete Street Project
VIDEO. The City Council will consider awarding a contract for design and environmental review for the Poplar Complete Street Project at its upcoming meeting, and the community is invited to attend. The agenda, staff report, and attachments can be downloaded here. This discussion will be about awarding the design contract for this project. It will […]
Did You Know Montara Water is the Best Water on the Peninsula?
VIDEO. General Manager, Clemens Heldmaier’s staff gives a very informative monitoring report on the state of the unique bedrock Alta Vista well and aquifer (@23:54). Did You Know Montara Water is the Best Water on the Peninsula? (@1:03:45) Learn more about the dynamics between the board and staff (@1:15:15). (650) 728-3545 Website is down, but […]
Brian Molver, OES Coastside Emergency Coordinator on our Incident Command System and Evacuation Plans
VIDEO. Office of Emergency Services (OES), Brian Molver , our Coastside Emergency Coordinator talks abour our coastal Incident Command System and Evacuation Plans at the 4/24/19 MidCoast Community Council Meeting. Fire, earthquakes, tsunami and storms are our disasters to prepare for. Observe, Act decisively move out of harms way. KCBS 106.9 FM / 740 AM […]
Poplar Beach Gateways Plans Presented to Public by City HMB Planning
POWERPOINT. Download the Powerpoint and share! Email the City Staff, City Planning Dept. and/or City Council if you have questions or suggestions.
Video of Public Meeting with PGE, Comcast, Cal Trans, ATT ~ Wed. 4/25/19 @ 7pm @ HMBHS
VIDEO. Around 100 people showed up, but we know that a lot more people want to hear from these people regarding power and connectivity outages. Thanks to Senator Jerry Hill for organizing. Watch for yourself. You will learn a lot about how power, communications and agencies work on the coast. From the City of HMB: […]
Cal Trans Takes Questions from Mid-Coast Community Counsel about March 12th Outage
VIDEO. MCC member, Michelle Weil, gives an illuminating timeline report of this event. Watch the video so you really understand the variables involved. Midcoast Community Council ~ An elected Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors representing Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar PO Box 248, Moss Beach, CA 94038 […]
Ocean View Park Planning ~ New Bathroom, More Turf, Move Picnic Tables
VIDEO. Bathrooms will have on-time locks (to keep people out after dark) with panic hardware (so you can get out easily). First project from the Parks Master Plan.
Big Vacation House in Planning in Miramar ~ Size? Drainage? 2nd Home?
VIDEO / PHOTOS. Planning Commission (Tues. 7pm, 4/9/19) and public comment (Miramar neighbors) asked about drainage for the Pullman Waterway (aka Ditch). The concern was that with more roof coverage, creating more non-permeable surface, this project will demand the need for more drainage control along the ditch. More complicated, is that the ability to mitigate, […]
Devils Slide Tunnel History Lesson from Sierra Club’s Lennie Roberts
VIDEO. Imagine 1-200,000 people living on the Coastside!?! CalTrans and San Mateo County were “tunnel vision” about freeways and wanted to put a six lane bypass over Montara Mountain in the 50’s and 60’s. CalTrans liked their freeways so much that they changed the professional conclusions of their staff for the EIR. Professional biologists said […]