City Council approves resolution of support for new middle school

The Half Moon Bay City Council unanimously approved a resolution of support for Cabrillo Unified School District’s plan to build a new middle school at Tuesday’s meeting, regardless of the location chosen by the school board.

The city is considering expediting the construction by such measures as hiring additional temporary staff in its planning department, as it did to expedite the rebuilding of Cunha’s Market. Other recommendations from City Manager Debra Ryan were to assign a project team to the rebuilding right away, and to use traffic estimates from the city’s Local Coastal Program.

Approval of the resolution followed presentations by school board members Roy Salume and John Moseley, who have been meeting in a joint subcommittee with City Council members Jim Grady and Mike Ferreira. Salume and Moseley didn’t speak on behalf of the school board, and didn’t shed any light on whether the school board could actually make a decision at its next meeting. Salume expressed an interest in formalizing the board’s relationship with the city regarding the middle school, possibly with a contract.

CORRECTION: This story originally said that the resolution was changed to support the middle school regardless of location. That was how the resolution was originally written.