The March 4 meeting of the Half Moon Bay City Council was shorter than usual.
The only non-routine item was the rescinding of a coastal development permit for a lot merger and rezoning. The zoning change was separated out so that the Coastal Commission could consider it.
The discussion of planning-director permits was pulled out of the consent calendar, and former planning commissioner Jack McCarthy commented on the inappropriateness of a permit for the creation of a corporation yard for CCWD’s pipeline project on Bev Cunha Country Lane (formerly Sewer Plant Road).
- Opening and introduction of PRIDE committee [4 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Closed session report [3 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Oral communications [28 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- City council reports [12 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Staff reports [16 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Consent calendar [3 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Rescind approval of CDP and begin rezoning [7 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
- Discussion of planning director-issued permits [5 min] | Quicktime | Flash |
I'm glad Jack McCarthy raised the issue about CCWD's illegal corporation yard built without a permit, in close proximity to Pilarcitos creek. The size of the damn thing is unbelievable.
When the CCWD pipeline project was heard by the HMB Planning Commission in August 2006, Jack and I tried to pin them down about where the staging areas for this huge project would be. We wanted to make sure that CCWD did not tear up environmentally sensitive habitat areas. CCWD refused to provide that information and the project was pushed through. Now we have CCWD tearing up environmentally sensitive habitat areas.
BTW, this was the same Planning Commission meeting that had CCWD director Chris Mickelson (an elected official) standing at the back of the room giving us obsence and and threatening while he was getting paid to attend the meeting by CCWD ratepayers.
The bottom line is that CCWD's corp yard is an illegal development that has been ok'd by HMB Planning Director Steve Flint--a guy who is not known for standing up for the rules, to put it mildy.
But the real blame here falls on the City Council members who likely told Flint to give CCWD whatever they wanted, i.e., (ex CCWD director) John Muller, Naomi Patridge and Marina Fraser. The latter two would obviously like nothing better than to destroy any environmental resources on that parcel to further their future development plans.