Comments by David Vespremi
January 03, 2012
Craig, perhaps you are missing the distinction being made here between placing the blame on the shoulders of the ill-informed and unsupervised visitors as opposed to how the county, which is in a position to know better, chooses to promote the reserve and host those visitors. In other words, if the county is the trusted steward and custodian of the Reserve, and the Reserve's primary function is to serve as a Marine Sanctuary, then it stands to reason that as a good custodian and steward of the Reserve,…
December 19, 2011
Interesting dialog, and the old refrain I have frequently heard over the years re: FMR is how much more could be done to protect the marine wild life with more and better resources. Anneliese, I'm not sure I follow your perspective. On the one hand, you say: "The county hasn’t money for coastside requests. Don’t demand that it “live up to its responsibilities.” Then Sabrina points out the funding shortfall, in essence, agreeing to your point about too little funding to go around and you respond:…
November 29, 2011
"How much could be done to lessen the damage without limiting public access?" Why not limit public access? It is a marine reserve, after all. That means in this instance, marine life comes first. Ways to limit public access might include restricting access to various parts of the reserve to guided tours on weekends, charging for parking, and enforcing a "by reservation only" policy for group visits. There are plenty of places along the coast where people come first in the enjoyment of the beach.…
April 21, 2011
Love this:
Where do you live?
Half Moon Bay
El Granada
Miramar
Montara
Princeton-by-the-Sea
Other (please specify)
Note that Moss Beach isn't even a choice.
Student project id off to a really bad start...
-- DavidV
March 23, 2011
Are the addresses in the Moss Beach listings correct, because they all say HMB?
-- DavidV
January 05, 2011
Glad to hear it. I intend to give them another chance as well.
-- DavidV
January 04, 2011
Funny, we went yesterday and found it entirely unremarkable. To each their own.
-- DavidV
September 12, 2010
And on a positive note - I am glad to see folks investing in building architecturally interesting homes on the coast. Houses like this are to be celebrated. It is obvious that a great amount of thought, talent, care, and attention to detail was put into its design and execution. Those making pointed comments on this thread will want to remind themselves of their responses here the next time a cheap builder monstrosity picked out of a book or ordered from a catalog goes up on the bluff top for all…
September 05, 2010
"How fast was did one or both of them have to be going to roll such a heavy car? This is just crazy."
15-20mph?
Having owned one, I can tell you from first hand experience that they are fairly top heavy and likely wouldn't need to be hit at any great speed to topple like that.
Incidentally, the headline is wrong. It's a Land Rover Discovery, not a Range Rover.
August 16, 2010
See also my fellow MCC member, Bill Kehoe's, comments here:
https://coastsider.com/index.php/site/news/save_the_fitzgerald_marine_reserve/100815/
-- DavidV
April 30, 2010
I posted the MCC's recent letter on Montara Fog, but I suppose it belongs here as well. This way we have a compendium of the questions pending re: Big Wave: Re: Big Wave – Big Wave EIR Status Dear President Gordon and Members of the Board, We are writing to express concern over what we perceive to be a number of deficiencies with the Big Wave DEIR CEQA process. The following are three broad areas of concern for attention by the Planning Department. First, we would like a road map of the process…
April 23, 2010
Lisa - is this is correct, the funds have all been allocated and none were earmarked for the Midcoast: http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/portal/site/smcrecovery/menuitem.0e0d3e5b29097a433d706330d17332a0/?vgnextoid=768a48178acb4210VgnVCM1000001937230aRCRD&vgnextfmt=DivisionsLanding Total Funding: $1.7 million Funding Category: Transportation Implementation Team: James C. Porter, Director, Director, Department of Public Works Programs: Local Streets and Roads System Preservation Projects Program Description:…
April 23, 2010
For those that are interested, here is how the funds are being awarded/allocated in SMC:
http://www.recovery.ca.gov/html/funding/stimulus map/stimulusmap.shtml?county=San Mateo
-- David
April 23, 2010
"In short, do you blame county or local leadership for this failing?" While there is plenty of blame to be shared by both, local leadership has the excuse of being an overworked volunteer advisory board, whose input appears to often be disregarded or dismissed outright. This is certainly not the case for Half Moon, for example, which has the benefit of a paid full time City Council. As for the County, if they already have staff assigned to writing grant requests on behalf of Pacifica, Menlo Park,…
April 16, 2010
Neil, For the record, I don't think I called the Supervisors names in my post above (or elsewhere, for that matter). The position I am stating above re: the LCP amendments is consistent with the position that the MCC has taken on this issue. While you raise some interesting points worth further discussion, my observation above was more directed towards a desire to address what appears to be a significant chasm between the MCC and the BOS on vital issues impacting the coastside than on the merits…
April 16, 2010
The Mid Coast Community Council exists in large part as an advisory board to keep the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors informed of public sentiment on issues impacting the Midcoast. How telling that while the Mid Coast Community Council - which covers a geographic area entirely withing the coastal zone, and thus under the purvey of the California Coastal Commission and LCP - took a strong position in support of the California Coastal Commission, the Board of Supervisors chose to either disregarded…
March 04, 2010
"I think you can, and stop calling it an expressway, it’s not." Legally it is an expressway. You may not like it, but it is what it is. This was explained in detail both at the MCC meeting and at the MPRC traffic and trails meeting. As such, legally, the posted speed limit cannot be lower than 45mph regardless of what the roundabout configuration or advisory signs attempt to do to discourage cars from traveling the legal speed limit. "I’ve stated on at least three separate occasions: there is…
March 04, 2010
"Hey, what about a crosswalk where there is no roundabout!? I know, it’s a revolutionary concept… maybe that is just pushing the envelope too far, so I’m not surprised you were unable to conceive of it. Call me a risk-taker!" Tone, Tim. So you're suggesting traffic signals then? Can't have a crosswalk in the middle of an expressway otherwise, right? Last I checked, traffic signals are neither cheap nor aesthetically pleasing, nor great for keeping traffic moving. "Did the expert indicate that…
March 04, 2010
"Crosswalks are cheap and can be put anyplace where they are deemed convenient. Is it that hard to understand?" Yes, apparently. How are crosswalks incorporated into roundabouts as proposed in the draft report cheap? How much cheaper is a roundabout with crosswalks than an underpass? Overpass? I haven't seen numbers attached to either, so I remain in the dark on their true cost. Perhaps you have seen these numbers compared and can share those for the purposes of advancing the discussion? "You seem…
March 04, 2010
"I’m also not sure that the charettes (with which Carl seemed to agree above) aren’t right: that people will only walk so far out of their way to use an underpass. If that is the case, it renders them relatively ineffective." But they would go out of their way to cross at a crosswalk? "So, you are saying that existing signalized intersections (that bring traffic to a full stop) are illegal?" They probably should be. Presumably, the reason these are allowed is when green, traffic flows unrestricted…
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