HMB City Council meeting focuses on Slide problems

Frustration with the closure of Highway 1 on Devil’s Slide was evident in Tuesday night’s Half Moon Bay City Council meeting.

Representatives of State Senator Jackie Speier, Assembly Member Gene Mullin, Supervisor Rich Gordon, Caltrans, the County Sheriff, CHP, County Office of Emergency Services, SamTrans, HMB Fire Protection District, Cabrillo Unified School District, Harbor District, HMB Chamber of Commerce, and Community Transportation Collaborative all converged on the Adcock Center to tell a packed meeting what they were doing to alleviate the impact on the community, or (in the case of Caltrans) fix the Slide.

• The Harbor District is looking at making their parking lot at Princeton available for ride-sharers.
• The Fire District has had to adjust its dispatch to account for the fact that Pacifica fire engines are no longer available on the Coastside, working more closely with the Bayside departments and Pescadero.
• The City Council, as did the Midcoast Community Council, expressed concern about landslides and water running across the road on Highway 92.  We’re starting to see potholes on the Highway.

KTVU, Channel 2, was at the meeting and reported it as part of a relatively extensive report on the impact of the outage on the Coastside.  You’ll see some of your neighbors in the story. It also begins with an important message for those of you who are having difficulty deciding which toilet paper to buy.

Much later in the evening, the City Council announced $23,000 in 2006 Human Services funding:

• $5,000 Senior Coastsiders
• $5,000 Coastside Opportunity Center
• $5,000 Coastside Adult Day Care
• $4,000 Coastside Infant Toddler Center
• $3,000 Sonrisas
• $1,000 Coastside Parents’ Nursery School