CUSD eyes four lots on Kelly, including Chamber of Commerce HQ

The Cabrillo Unified School District is taking a close look at buying three lots on Kelly Stratas part of its imminent decision Thursday to renovate the current middle school.

Thursday’s meeting includes a closed session where the board will consider buying lots located at 500, 510, 514, and 520 Kelly Avenue, at the corner of Kelly and Highway 1 [Google satellite photo].  Members of the board raised the need to acquire these properties, which would give the school a much more rectangular site, almost as soon as it became clear that the Cunha site was the clear winner among the four site options evaluated.

The most prominent of building on these lots is the Victorian building at 520 Kelly Avenue that houses the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce, which the Chamber describes on its website: "Our offices are located in the historic Alves House (originally known as the Ben Cunha House), built in 1908. This prominent Half Moon Bay landmark is an elegant house that was built in very late Eastlake style architecture - note the scalloped shingles and the polygonal tower."