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Developer Charles “Chop” Keenan will be allowed to build 129 new houses on Beachwood and the adjacent Glencree property [pdf of city’s press release] as part of a settlement agreement with the city over the Beachwood lawsuit. This returns the two properties to their planned development states in 1990, and gives Keenan the right to 46 houses beyond Beachwood’s original size of 83. The settlement is dependent on the passage of AB 1991, which will exempt the development from state and local review, including (presumably) the Coastal Act. The bill is sponsored by assemblyman Gene Mullin and senator Leland Yee. The city will also put a stoplight at Bayview, which will be paid for by the developer. The cost could be shared with future developments that use Bayview for access. The city says that this “would also facilitate access to other new developments”. This opens the door for the reconfiguration of Pacific Ridge to enable the building of the Foothill Bypass from Highway 1 to Highway 92. The development will not be subject to the growth limitations of the city’s Measure A, which limits growth in Half Moon Bay to 3% per year. Keenan will pay the city $2.25 million to offset the city’s costs and for the development rights. If the legislation fails and the development rights are not granted, the city will owe the Keenan family trusts $18 million. The city council approved the settlement with a vote of 4 to 1. Council member Jim Grady voted against. UPDATE: You can download the settlement agreement from Coastsider. http://coastsider.com/index.php/site/news/2663/

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Anneliese Agren: Ray Olson is a troll. Posted 05/16 at 8:40pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Ray Olson: Oh Carl, it only took you a day for to write your VERY verbose, pompous,… Posted 05/16 at 8:33pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Carl May: It doesn’t hold true in all cases, but damage to natural features and values in… Posted 05/16 at 7:11pm in Opinion: Money is need for for Midcoast parks -- could Parks For The Future help?

Carl May: Ray, You are flailing. Of course I have seen these definitions. I have even written… Posted 05/16 at 6:31pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Jim Sullivan: Dave Holland moving on, I hope not.... for awhile anyway. I absolutely support Measure O.… Posted 05/16 at 8:57am in Opinion: Money is need for for Midcoast parks -- could Parks For The Future help?

Leonard Woren: Years ago the CCC approved the project, allowing 19 houses to be built on the… Posted 05/16 at 5:38am in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Ray Olson: Oh, and one other thing… My point about deciding that 20 homes can be built… Posted 05/15 at 9:10pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Ray Olson: I’ve read the link that Francis has provided before, and I think I can count… Posted 05/15 at 9:07pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Carl May: Still looking for that definition that “literally” makes “all land” in the coastal zone a… Posted 05/15 at 8:00pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

Francis Drouillard: Ray, http://tinyurl.com/5nksdf has the definition of wetlands. As you can see it is codified into… Posted 05/15 at 6:31pm in Local Government Committee passes AB1991 -- next stop: Appropriations Committee

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