Half Moon Bay buys 22-acre park site

The city of Half Moon Bay closed escrow on the 22-acre Nurserymen’s Exchange property Tuesday afternoon.  The site is now the property of the city, according to the city council at last night’s meeting.

Now that the deal is done, the city is preparing to move on to planning the new park.

The tentative plan, according to city manager Debra Ryan, is to hold an open house where people could walk the site and then go to a meeting to determine who would be assigned to the planning committee. "I just walked the park and it’s really different to be on the site," says Ryan.

The meeting would include the Planning Commission and the Park Commission. The city’s goal would be include citizens from the immediate neighborhood, someone from each precinct in the city, and representatives of other stakeholders, such as the schools. 

"We’re trying confirm Saturday, November 6 as the date for the meeting," says Ryan.

Last night’s City Council meeting will be shown on Midcoast Community TV, cable channel 6, tonight at 7pm.