NOTE: The CUSD board normally meets on Thursdays. This is the regular meeting that was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 11.

The Cabrillo Unified School District board of directors will meet Wednesday to finalize its layoff plans, among other agenda items, at its monthly meeting Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm in the Cunha Intermediate School library.

The agenda includes the following resolutions [pdf]:

• Second Interim Financial Report and Budget Revision for Fiscal Year 2009-2010.
• Enter into a CSBA Sponsored Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note Agreement for 2010-2011.
• Reduction and/or Discontinuation of Classified Positions.
• Decrease the Number of Certificated Employees.
• Criteria for Determining Order of Seniority for Employees with Same Date of First Paid Service.

A protest is planned for the meeting. Parents and interested commmunity members are asked to bring signs and wear pink to protest the cuts.

Signs and pink are also requested for a pink slip protest at HMB High School from 6:45 to 7:45am, at the base of the hill.

The county’s Charter Review Committee is holding its next public hearing in Half Moon Bay at Cunha Intermediate School, on Wednesday March 10, from 5:30 to 7:30.
 
The Committee is reviewing the county’s charter and, after public hearings, will make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for amendments to be submitted to county voters.
 
The general purpose of a county charter is to provide a measure of home rule to the counties of the state. The charter defines San Mateo County’s structure, powers and functions. It’s akin to a local constitution.
 
In its review of the Charter, the Committee will specifically address the Civil Grand Jury recommendations regarding Board member elections and filling Board vacancies, and  the method of electing members of the Board of Supervisors from the current “at large” system to a “by district” system. In addition to other items the Committee will consider consolidation and reorganization of departments and other organization improvements requiring a Charter amendment.
 
The Committee will meet at least once in each of the five supervisorial districts in addition to meetings held at the County seat in Redwood City.  The schedule and all materials provided to Committee members are available at its Web site.
 
Video recordings of each meeting will be posted on the Charter Review Committee’s Web site:   
http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/CharterReviewCommittee.
 

The San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) and the City of Pacifica, in partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) held a “scoping” meeting tonight on widening Highway 1 near the quarry and Rockaway Beach, according to Pacifica Riptide.

The purpose of the project is to reduce congestion on the segment of Highway 1 within Pacifica, from approximately 2,300 feet north of Reina Del Mar Avenue to approximately 1,500 feet south of Fassler Avenue/Rockaway Beach [Google map] [...]

“The project scope may include widening from four lanes to six lanes (three through lanes in each direction) and improvements at the SR1/Reina Del Mar Avenue and SR 1/Fassler Avenue/Rockaway Beach Avenue intersections, including additional lane capacity and signal timing improvements,” Hurley says.

The meeting is the first step to creating a Draft Environmental Impact Report.

Three Coastsiders are among the six women to be inducted into the San Mateo County Women’s Hall of Fame on March 18..

“It is the great privilege of the Commission on the Status of Women to recognize the contributions and achievements of these exceptional women and young women,” said Jei Africa, President of the Commission. “The Women’s Hall of Fame is a reminder of the wealth of talent and generosity women bring to our county communities every day of the year.”  Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/95677.

• Denise Aquila of Half Moon Bay, a realtor who has a passion for helping where there is a need, is nicknamed the “Coastal Soccer Queen” for bringing professional-level soccer to high school students on the Coast by founding a chapter of the American Youth Soccer Organization; she serves as a Commissioner for the Regional Housing Endowment and Trust to help create local affordable housing options, seeks to impact family violence as an Advisory Council Member of Communities Overcoming Relationship Abuse and is a cancer survivor who raises substantial funds for cancer research by running marathons.
• Kerry Lobel of Pescadero, current Executive Director of Puente de la Costa Sur Resource Center in Pescadero, is a nationally recognized leader who is honored for her work developing programs for South Coast immigrant agricultural workers and their families; offering opportunities for empowerment, education, youth summer employment, mental health services, drug & alcohol prevention, legal services, tax preparation and access to dental care.
• Julia McKay McKeon of Moss Beach, who has been a catalyst for improving healthcare and quality of life on the San Mateo Coastside through more than two decades of volunteer and professional leadership resulting in the development of the Sonrisas Community Dental Center and two other health related non-profits serving the health needs of thousands of low-income Coastside residents.

To all former CFMC patients - HMB Phoenix Project has been given court-ordered guardianship of the remaining 34,000 patient medical records from the bankrupt clinic, in order to facilitate distribution of as many as possible before the August destruction date. We are open Sundays only, from now till August, 10am-4pm, at the new practice, Purisima Family Medicine, 575 Kelly Ave, corner of Church St, which has generously allowed us to use their office as the distribution site. No records are kept there during the week, so please do not disturb the staff - contact us through the website, http://hmbphoenix.org/latestinfo.php.

The easiest method is to email names and birthdates to me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) - I can look them up and let you know when they’ll be available for pickup, usually within a week. Or you can download a release form, put all the family’s names on it, and fax it to me at 318-3634. This is a free service to the community, however a small voluntary contribution of $5 per patient will help us cover our expenses and continue the process. Please help spread the word!

Regards,

Grant Weiss, MD

An attorney representing the Committee for Green Foothills has put the county on notice that Big Wave’s plan for story poles is inadequate [pdf]. The developer plans to erect poles showing less than half the actual square footage of the project.

On February 17, Camille Leung, county Project Planner wrote, “per the applicant, poles will go up for the wellness center and storage building and the northern office building (closest to mobile home park). No poles will go up for the communication building.” 

Big Wave is requesting a permit to build four office buildings, no just one. The CGF believes that the proposed story poles would not meet the developer’s and the county’s obligations under the California Environmental Quality Act.

CGF’s attorney notes that this would not accurately represent the impact of the project. They go on to note that the California Environmental Quality Act requires applicants to provide “an adequate, accurate analysis of a project’s aesthetic impacts…. a paramount consideration is the right of the public be informed in such a way that it can intelligently weigh the environmental consequences of any contemplated action and have an appropriate voice in the formulation of any decision.”

The placement of story poles has been delayed because the developer has not yet updated the project’s Environmental Impact Report.