Comments by Kim Rowden

County to decide if extensive Montara/Moss Beach property will be open space or houses

April 19, 2005
Lots of good ideas - but keep in mind the big picture. Use the leverage you have as a community, work with CalTrans and the County instead of fighting them. Get a plan in place to not only protect the area but to also lay out a plan for the future transit needs of the coast. The existing state of Highway 1 is not up to the job of managing the current traffic use - let alone even a modest increase for the coming years. Get together on a proposal for upgrading and widening the highway where needed…

MROSD splits the coastside between two wards

November 12, 2004
At the local meetings hosted by the MROSD we learned that the wards were drawn up using the census blocks - to provide the greatest accuracy in knowing the exact population of a given area (usually a city block). The blocks on the coast side cover a large geographical area because the population is so sparse. I have sinced checked the exact block layout around Kings Mountain on the Census website - and it looks very much like the MROSD used the Census Tracts (and not the smaller Groups or discrete…