HMB issues letter to citizens explaining the city’s appeal, announcing workshop

Half Moon Bay has issued a letter to its citizens explaining its plans to appeal the Yamagiwa decision.  The terms in the letter are not significantly different than those described in the County Times last Friday, with the possible exception of a paragraph that says it plans to negotiate with Chop Keenan.

The city is open to settlement discussions with Mr. Keenan while the appeal is ongoing and expects those discussions to start soon. The city decided to appeal before entering settlement discussions because a failure to timely appeal would have prevented the city from appealing the decision at all, causing the damages award to become due immediately.

The city plans a workshop on Tuesday January 22, at 7pm at the Adcock center "for the purposes of providing information and answering questions on the case, and listening to suggestions and opinions from the community."

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