[4:35] at the regular meeting of the

[4:38] Midcoast Community Council on

[4:39] September 23. Um, would

[4:41] you like to take a

[4:42] roll call?

[4:43] Of course.

[4:45] Scott? I am here.

[4:46] Antonio?

[4:48] Here. David

[4:49] ?

[4:49] Here.

[4:50] Kerosene?

[4:50] Here.

[4:51] And

[4:52] the recording continues.

[4:54] Um, Line, we need to

[4:55] vote to

[4:57] let you be

[4:58] here and vote

[4:59] with us.

[5:00] Thank you to us.

[5:02] Yes, I would like to. Let's do it

[5:03] through approval. Everyone

[5:04] who supports

[5:05] Connie being a

[5:05] voting member

[5:06] tonight,

[5:07] say yes.

[5:08] By.

[5:08] Good.

[5:09] You are voting now.

[5:13] So, I'm going to change the

[5:14] order of our

[5:15] agenda a little bit. On

[5:18] the second point, I would

[5:19] simply like to

[5:20] get your

[5:20] approval for

[5:21] today's agenda.

[5:23] So I just

[5:24] need a suggestion

[5:25] and a second word and we

[5:26] can move on.

[5:27] Okay, I propose

[5:28] to adopt the agenda as

[5:30] it was

[5:30] published.

[5:31] Good. One second.

[5:33] Agreed.

[5:35] Okay, we adopt the agenda. Okay, then the first one. Wait a minute.

[5:39] We really need to hold a vote. Oh, we will

[5:40] vote. Good.

[5:41] Yes.

[5:47] This gives us the opportunity

[5:48] , if there is something here that

[5:49] you feel is incomplete

[5:51] or that you don't

[5:51] like about the

[5:52] agenda that

[5:53] we have set for

[5:54] today, we can

[5:55] cross it out if the

[5:57] board wishes to do so

[5:58] . Good. So, do I see Dave?

[6:03] Is Dave online? From

[6:08] Redwood City. Yes.

[6:09] Okay, so I don't think

[6:10] we have a

[6:12] representative from the Board of

[6:13] Supervisors tonight. And or

[6:16] No, he couldn't come

[6:18] . He can't come

[6:19] this week.

[6:21] Good.

[6:24] Is there anyone from the Granada Utilities District? Or the Half

[6:29] Moon Bay City Council

[6:30] . So that leaves

[6:34] Oh, oh. That's all. That

[6:36] leaves Timothy for the

[6:38] RCD report.

[6:39] Come on, Timothy.

[6:40] Hello everyone. How are

[6:42] you? Nice to see

[6:43] you all.

[6:44] Nice to see you.

[6:45] Always good to see

[6:46] you, Timothy.

[6:48] Nice to see you all. Always. I have

[6:51] some quick news

[6:52] about, I think, four

[6:53] different projects. Can you

[6:55] hear me well?

[6:57] Yes.

[6:57] Good. That

[6:58] sounds good.

[7:03] About four different

[7:04] projects that we

[7:05] talked about earlier,

[7:06] which are either about

[7:07] to start, have

[7:08] just started, or

[7:09] , unfortunately, will be

[7:10] postponed.

[7:43] So the first one is the Pedro Point Headlands Wildfire Resilience Project and Highway 1 Evacuation Improvements. This is a project that we've already discussed with you, just north of the tunnels, right along Highway 1. RCD is managing vegetation outside the Caltrans right-of-way, and Caltrans is managing vegetation directly in their right-of-way for this project. RCD work

[7:47] So the first one is the Pedro Point Headlands Wildfire Resilience Project and Highway 1 Evacuation Improvements. This is a project that we've already discussed with you, just north of the tunnels, right along Highway 1. RCD is managing vegetation outside the Caltrans right-of-way, and Caltrans is managing vegetation directly in their right-of-way for this project. RCD work

[7:47] will begin on October 6

[7:49] . And they will be

[7:52] limited in time before the

[7:54] rainy season begins. We're just

[7:56] going to remove

[7:57] a few dangerous

[7:58] trees. And then

[7:59] we plan to return

[8:00] next spring to

[8:01] conduct an additional

[8:02] reduction in the amount of

[8:03] fuel material.

[8:05] We want to be very

[8:06] cautious in our

[8:07] actions ahead of what

[8:08] could become an

[8:09] extremely wet

[8:10] winter. So we're

[8:12] removing some of the

[8:13] dangerous trees, and

[8:14] then we'll come back

[8:15] next spring when

[8:16] everything's dry to

[8:17] do some more

[8:19] combustible material reduction work.

[8:21] Caltrans likely

[8:23] won't be able to begin

[8:24] its work until spring.

[8:32] These works

[8:32] will involve

[8:33] closing one

[8:34] lane of traffic and

[8:35] regulating traffic;

[8:36] Notices of

[8:37] the start of work will be

[8:38] sent out

[8:39] in advance as soon as

[8:40] we can

[8:41] start them in

[8:42] the spring, when everything

[8:43] dries out.

[9:07] As a reminder, these projects will remove trees up to 8 inches in diameter and shrubs up to 8 inches in diameter, as well as dead, dying, or diseased trees up to 16 inches in diameter, as well as potentially any hazardous trees regardless of size. This project is funded by the State Coast Guard Agency and was also partially funded by Measure K and the Department of Conservation.

[9:13] As a reminder, these projects will remove trees up to 8 inches in diameter and shrubs up to 8 inches in diameter, as well as dead, dying, or diseased trees up to 16 inches in diameter, as well as potentially any hazardous trees regardless of size. This project is funded by the State Coast Guard Agency and was also partially funded by Measure K and the Department of Conservation.

[9:25] We created a website for this project. I

[9:27] will post the link in the

[9:28] chat. The site also has a

[9:32] QR code

[9:33] that you can use

[9:34] to sign up for

[9:36] traffic alerts from Caltrans

[9:37] specifically for

[9:38] this project.

[9:45] Additionally, the Coastal

[9:46] Trail or what

[9:48] will become the Coastal

[9:49] Trail from Devil's Slide

[9:50] down to Ace Hardware will be

[9:52] closed from October 6th to

[9:53] October 16th while we

[9:54] carry out

[9:56] hazardous tree removal work. Signs

[10:00] will be installed at the site

[10:01] , and

[10:02] public

[10:02] notices

[10:03] were

[10:04] sent out today, I believe.

[10:12] That's all the information about this project, and I think I'll have time for questions at the end, if you have any. The next

[10:15] update is for the

[10:16] Highway 92 project.

[10:18] So this project is another

[10:21] fuel reduction project

[10:22] along

[10:23] Highway 92,

[10:24] starting at Skyline

[10:25] Boulevard and going down the

[10:26] eastern slope of the

[10:28] hill toward

[10:29] Interstate 280. We

[10:32] received

[10:34] bids for

[10:35] this project, and

[10:36] unfortunately they came in

[10:39] $1.5 million over budget. Hmm, that's quite a

[10:43] significant amount. Therefore, we

[10:49] are suspending this

[10:50] project until next

[10:52] year to coordinate

[10:53] with CalFire, SFPUC, and Caltrans,

[10:54] try to raise

[10:56] additional funds,

[10:57] review the current

[10:58] project, and see how

[11:00] we can

[11:00] adapt. So,

[11:07] this fall, there will be

[11:08] no

[11:11] traffic control or

[11:12] lane closures on that section of road. We hope to

[11:16] be able to

[11:17] launch this project

[11:18] next year.

[11:21] The next project

[11:23] concerns GGNRA lands

[11:24] . So, the GGNRA staff has

[11:26] already presented

[11:28] this project to you before.

[11:33] It's called the "

[11:35] Montera Prairie Restoration Project" and

[11:37] involves removing

[11:38] some

[11:39] Monterey pines, as well as

[11:40] invasive

[11:40] shrubs. The

[11:45] plant species is cotoneaster. And

[11:49] also some

[11:50] bakharis for

[11:51] pasture restoration,

[11:52] and, in addition, for

[11:53] the removal of combustible

[11:54] materials in the area of the

[11:55] interface of wildlife

[11:56] and development. This

[11:59] takes place in

[12:00] Montara or a little

[12:01] north of Montara,

[12:02] near the elementary

[12:03] school. We have an

[12:09] interagency agreement with

[12:10] GGNRA, so we support

[12:12] them in this project, we

[12:13] have hired a contractor,

[12:15] Brush Hog, and

[12:16] work is scheduled to

[12:17] begin on

[12:18] September 29th.

[12:36] They will run mostly along the San Pedro Mountain Road or Trail, right behind the elementary school, and then a little towards Second Street around the school. I'll

[12:40] lay out the map, I

[12:41] have a map that I'll send

[12:43] to the chat. The main goal,

[12:45] as I said, is to

[12:46] preserve and

[12:46] restore grasslands,

[12:48] but it also has the

[12:49] added benefit

[12:50] of reducing

[12:51] the amount of combustible

[12:52] materials at the

[12:53] wildlife-

[12:54] building interface.

[13:02] Additionally, as an additional

[13:03] part of the same

[13:04] contract, the contractor

[13:05] will restore the

[13:06] firebreak

[13:07] behind Coral Reef. I think this is

[13:16] best explained

[13:17] with a map, which

[13:19] I will also drop into the chat.

[13:24] This will be a 50 foot

[13:25] clearing of

[13:26] brush behind the

[13:27] houses on Coral Reef. And

[13:32] unfortunately, I can't

[13:33] remember the other name of

[13:35] the street, I apologize.

[13:39] The latest project is the

[13:45] King’s Mountain Strategic Combustible Materials Reduction Project, which

[13:46] began on September 14.

[13:49] This project

[13:49] involves maintenance of

[13:52] reduced

[13:54] combustible areas along

[13:55] Highway 35 between 92 and 84. It

[13:57] also includes the creation of a

[13:58] protected area

[13:59] around

[14:00] Kings Mountain Elementary School and

[14:01] some secondary

[14:03] roads there. Um, there are traffic

[14:05] regulations in place there now

[14:06] . Um,

[14:10] but it seems like it's from 8:00

[14:11] AM to 4:00 PM while

[14:12] the work is ongoing, and the

[14:14] current phase is

[14:15] just reducing the

[14:16] amount of fuel

[14:18] on Highway 35, and it's

[14:19] scheduled to be completed

[14:21] by September 30th. So if

[14:24] you're driving on Skyline,

[14:25] you might notice traffic

[14:27] controllers and

[14:28] one

[14:29] lane closure while this is

[14:30] going on. And the

[14:32] Fire Safety Council,

[14:33] Denise Ania,

[14:34] is

[14:34] implementing this

[14:36] project. Um, we

[14:39] got a grant and

[14:40] she helps us

[14:41] manage

[14:42] contractors and everything

[14:43] . So, this is currently

[14:46] in the process of being implemented.

[14:49] Um, and I'll drop a

[14:50] few more links into the chat

[14:52] specifically regarding this

[14:53] project and those maps

[14:54] I mentioned.

[14:57] Um, and that's it. I know

[15:00] it felt like a

[15:01] marathon, but

[15:02] it was great. Thanks

[15:03] for the update. Does the

[15:05] council have any questions?

[15:11] from the public? I have one

[15:12] question.

[15:15] Okay, please, let's listen. Thank you very much, Timothy, for

[15:16] coming and letting

[15:18] us know. Um, we also really appreciate

[15:20] the update from

[15:21] Golden Gate. That's really

[15:23] nice to hear, as is the fact that

[15:24] you're collaborating.

[15:26] This is not entirely

[15:27] related to the project,

[15:28] but perhaps as a

[15:29] continuation of the topic.

[15:41] One of the things that, um, in terms of looking at fire hazards and risks—we hear from the fire department that our neighborhoods have a high level of risk. But when I did some

[15:46] research on the

[15:48] California utilities, I saw

[15:49] that they don't consider

[15:50] some of these areas to be Tier

[15:52] 2

[15:53] or Tier 3 because

[15:55] they look at

[15:56] vegetation and so on.

[15:57] If you could somehow

[15:58] come back and

[15:59] help us

[16:00] understand how this

[16:01] works, what

[16:02] components

[16:03] are being considered, and where is the

[16:04] source of this

[16:05] information? I think it would be

[16:06] very useful

[16:07] for the public.

[16:08] So,

[16:09] of course. Yes.

[16:22] And this is something that I know they use different models for, and I know more about fire hazard zone models than I do about utility models, but I'm curious to find out myself. So I can

[16:25] totally, um, get a little bit into

[16:27] it. I

[16:28] just gave a

[16:29] presentation to the

[16:30] emergency board

[16:31] where

[16:32] Yes.

[16:33] Um, someone from PG&E

[16:34] spoke to me and

[16:35] she gave me her

[16:37] contact information. So,

[16:39] I think this would be a

[16:40] good place to

[16:41] turn and start

[16:42] getting some

[16:43] background information. It would be

[16:44] great because

[16:46] we appreciate all the work the

[16:47] district does, and

[16:48] we also have Golden Gate, which is a

[16:50] completely different group, and

[16:51] trying to understand

[16:52] all the measures and how they

[16:54] apply to us really

[16:55] helps. Of course,

[16:57] due to concerns

[16:58] about insurance and

[16:59] risk reduction.

[17:01] So, thank you. I appreciate

[17:02] you taking on this and

[17:03] agreeing to help

[17:05] with the organization.

[17:05] It may not be your

[17:07] job, but I really

[17:08] appreciate it. I think the community does too.

[17:30] Yeah, I mean, another announcement is that there's a statewide wildfire coordinator program where each county has a designated coordinator, and I was just designated as that coordinator for San Mateo County, so that's kind of my job. This is perfect. This is

[17:31] Yeah, I mean, another announcement is that there's a statewide wildfire coordinator program where each county has a designated coordinator, and I was just designated as that coordinator for San Mateo County, so that's kind of my job. This is perfect. This is

[17:31] great. Well, congratulations.

[17:34] Thank you.

[17:35] Yes, and, you know, it's not just

[17:37] me. There is support from

[17:38] the county and from the

[17:40] Fire Safety Council. So

[17:43] yes, I would be happy to study

[17:44] this issue and be able

[17:45] to report on the

[17:46] results, and if it would be

[17:47] appropriate to

[17:48] come back and

[17:49] make a presentation,

[17:50] I would be happy to do so.

[17:52] This will be just

[17:53] fantastic. Thank you very much

[17:55] . I appreciate it.

[17:56] Yes, no problem.

[17:57] That's it, Scott. Thank you.

[17:59] OK. I don't

[18:01] see any more

[18:02] hands up, so I want to

[18:03] thank Timothy, and

[18:04] I'll see you

[18:04] next time

[18:06] you want to give

[18:07] us an update.

[18:07] Class. It was nice to

[18:09] see you. I'll drop these

[18:10] cards in the chat, and

[18:12] Yes, that would be great.

[18:13] Thank you.

[18:14] Good evening.

[18:15] Thank you, Timothy. Thank you,

[18:16] Timothy. See you later.

[18:18] Yes.

[18:18] Okay, next

[18:19] item on the

[18:20] agenda—

[18:21] public comments.

[18:32] So, if you want to make a three-minute comment on anything that's not on today's agenda, just raise your hand and I'll give you the floor. I don't see any

[18:35] hands raised at this

[18:36] point. So, I'm

[18:38] closing the time for

[18:39] general

[18:40] public comments and

[18:41] moving on to our

[18:42] fourth

[18:43] agenda item, which is

[18:47] Apologies. This is

[18:49] our...Okay, I

[18:50] made a mistake.

[18:52] We move on to the

[18:53] agenda

[18:54] requiring approval, and

[18:55] we need to

[18:56] approve the minutes of the

[18:58] August 12th meeting. Therefore, I

[18:59] propose to approve

[19:01] the minutes of the meeting

[19:02] of August 12. I

[19:03] support. OK.

[19:06] I am ready to

[19:06] vote.

[19:08] Scott?

[19:08] Yes.

[19:09] I will say this. Tony? David

[19:11] ?

[19:12] Yes.

[19:13] Tommy?

[19:15] Yes.

[19:15] Good.

[19:16] So, finally, this is

[19:17] over. Okay,

[19:18] now let's move on to

[19:19] our agenda

[19:20] .

[19:23] Camilla Young is with us today. She is the

[19:24] county's senior planner,

[19:25] and she will assist us in our

[19:26] work of reviewing

[19:28] building permits

[19:29] coming through MCC.

[19:32] So, Gus, will you run

[19:33] her presentation?

[19:35] Yes, I already launched it

[19:36] .

[19:37] Um, thanks for inviting me. Thank you

[19:39] , Clara, for

[19:40] suggesting this.

[19:41] I think this is really

[19:42] necessary. I

[19:43] don't know if

[19:44] we need to put her on

[19:44] camera.

[19:46] Yeah, so we have Oh, okay. Perfectly. Um,

[19:48] thanks for inviting

[19:49] me. I think this is a

[19:51] great idea. I think this

[19:52] supports our

[19:53] communication.

[19:55] Helps us

[19:57] get to know MCC better,

[19:57] especially new people

[19:59] in our team.

[20:02] Clara does a great job of

[20:04] managing,

[20:05] taking requests and

[20:06] engaging MCC to

[20:07] review or

[20:08] comment on them, then

[20:09] returning them to the

[20:11] district. So I think we have a

[20:14] good

[20:15] partnership

[20:17] that we would like to

[20:18] continue.

[20:22] Okay, next slide. Good. Yes,

[20:23] continue. Everything is

[20:25] fine. So, the

[20:26] planning department, I work

[20:28] for the

[20:29] San Mateo County Planning Department. We are

[20:31] involved in all kinds of

[20:33] projects and their

[20:34] review. These can

[20:38] be long-term

[20:39] projects where the county

[20:41] initiates an ordinance

[20:42] or plan, such as the

[20:44] Prince Plan. And we want to

[20:47] present this to the

[20:48] public. These

[20:49] could be current

[20:50] planning projects

[20:51] where someone wants to

[20:52] build a new

[20:53] hotel or subdivide a

[20:54] plot of land, and

[20:55] we send that to the MCC

[20:56] for comment.

[20:59] Examples of

[20:59] long-term

[21:00] projects that may

[21:02] be referred to the MCC

[21:03] are transportation

[21:04] projects, new plans,

[21:05] policies, and regulations.

[21:09] Examples of current

[21:10] planning projects

[21:12] you will see are

[21:13] design permissions for

[21:14] mostly

[21:15] single-family

[21:15] homes. Sometimes a

[21:19] single-family

[21:20] home comes with an

[21:21] excavation permit

[21:22] , or a

[21:23] nonconforming

[21:24] use permit, when

[21:25] someone wants to

[21:25] build on a

[21:26] non-standard-

[21:27] sized lot with a bunch of

[21:28] exceptions. Or even a

[21:32] cliff-top development that might

[21:33] interest you. We have

[21:36] small commercial

[21:38] lots in the

[21:38] unincorporated

[21:39] part of the county, so

[21:40] we can direct

[21:42] use permits, like

[21:44] Granada Park, which they are

[21:45] creating. They

[21:47] need permission to

[21:49] use. These are not

[21:50] residential, but

[21:51] mostly residential

[21:52] projects. We

[21:55] could also send

[21:56] the project to a preliminary

[21:57] workshop on

[21:58] large-scale development.

[22:04] These are larger

[22:05] developments where we

[22:05] try to do some

[22:07] advance

[22:07] notice to

[22:08] the public to

[22:09] get your early

[22:10] comments so

[22:11] the developer can

[22:12] take them into account and make

[22:13] adjustments before

[22:14] submitting the application. That's what

[22:19] we did with the

[22:20] Granada Park project on the

[22:21] Vernon Strip. So this

[22:23] will be processed as a

[22:25] PRE case, not a PLN case.

[22:27] Next slide. So

[22:33] , we just talked

[22:34] a little bit before the meeting

[22:35] about

[22:36] what MCC would like to

[22:37] focus on, and

[22:38] of course there are

[22:39] rules; we protect

[22:41] sensitive

[22:42] habitats, dark

[22:43] night skies, and trees.

[22:47] Of course, you know,

[22:48] transportation.

[22:51] But MCC has its own goals. I...

[22:53] you know, it's up

[22:54] to you what

[22:55] you want to

[22:56] focus your

[22:57] comments on. And sometimes it

[22:59] will coincide with the

[23:00] district's rules, and

[23:01] sometimes it won't. But in

[23:03] any case, this is something that

[23:04] interests your

[23:05] community, and this should be

[23:06] reflected in your

[23:07] comments. So the

[23:09] most

[23:09] productive feedback

[23:11] should be objective.

[23:13] It should contain a

[23:14] link to the

[23:14] policy.

[23:20] Many things that concern residents of the districts are covered by regulations. So if you need

[23:21] help finding these

[23:22] rules, you

[23:23] can always contact

[23:24] us. Where we can

[23:25] find a rule, we

[23:26] can certainly

[23:27] enforce it. Where

[23:29] we cannot find

[23:30] a rule, we have no

[23:31] authority to

[23:31] enforce it

[23:32] . But you know

[23:35] , an applicant can be

[23:36] pressured even outside the

[23:37] rules. Simply

[23:39] through the

[23:40] public comment process,

[23:41] they can be bombarded with

[23:42] appeals. Or

[23:43] there are strategies to

[23:44] get someone

[23:45] to listen. Ahem. So,

[23:51] yes. If the MCC position

[23:54] contradicts the LCP, then this is where

[23:56] we obviously cannot

[23:58] apply it. Ahem.

[24:04] Or sometimes we just won't agree. Sometimes the

[24:05] staff position

[24:06] will differ from the

[24:07] MCC position. So this

[24:09] will be brought up for

[24:10] hearing. The hearing authority

[24:12] will consider your comment,

[24:13] consider the

[24:14] staff's recommendations, and decide

[24:16] how to proceed. Are

[24:16] we interpreting this correctly

[24:17] ? So,

[24:19] next slide. Although it's still

[24:23] useful to have

[24:24] these comments.

[24:25] At the same time, when we

[24:26] turn to the MCC, we

[24:28] also turn to

[24:29] other regulatory

[24:30] authorities. This project

[24:32] is being reviewed by the

[24:32] fire department,

[24:34] public works department,

[24:36] Caltrans, Coastal

[24:37] Commission, and

[24:37] water and sewer

[24:39] services. So, we

[24:40] collect all these

[24:41] comments at the same time

[24:42] by a certain deadline

[24:43] so that we can say to the

[24:44] project applicant: "

[24:45] Okay, improve the

[24:46] project according to

[24:47] all these comments."

[24:48] I mean, you can

[24:49] already see where this is

[24:50] going.

[24:59] If MCC says something like the lighting is too bright or something else, they see where it's going and decide to adjust the project before it goes to approval. Um,

[25:01] so yes, we are

[25:02] consolidating

[25:03] the comments. Um, if we

[25:04] get the

[25:05] revised plans, we'll

[25:06] send them back to

[25:07] MCC if they're significantly

[25:09] changed. If it's just

[25:10] little things here and there, uh

[25:11] , maybe not. But you

[25:13] will be

[25:13] notified when it

[25:14] comes to

[25:15] hearings. Um, and then you

[25:17] can

[25:18] review them again to

[25:19] see if there have been

[25:20] any changes to the project

[25:21] . Um, so the project may

[25:23] not solve all

[25:24] your problems, but

[25:25] they will be

[25:26] required

[25:26] to comply with current

[25:28] regulations. But at

[25:28] the hearing, you can

[25:29] write another

[25:30] letter and say: "Well

[25:32] , the project did not take

[25:33] our comments into account."

[25:35] We still have these concerns. Um, so

[25:36] you can

[25:37] employ certain

[25:38] strategies to

[25:39] get them

[25:39] to listen. Okay,

[25:41] next slide. So

[25:44] , we would like to

[25:44] know which

[25:45] way of receiving

[25:46] our referrals is

[25:47] best for you. Um, with

[25:50] Claire, I think we

[25:51] used a

[25:54] file sharing link.

[25:54] Some of them work,

[25:56] and some don't.

[25:57] Yes, I know. Yes.

[25:58] We, we, we

[25:59] can always view PDF

[26:00] files if you

[26:01] receive them that

[26:02] way.

[26:04] Yes, they are not very big. Yes.

[26:05] So we'll keep

[26:06] trying

[26:06] file sharing because I think

[26:07] it's easier for

[26:08] everyone if it works.

[26:09] So, yeah, be sure to

[26:10] let us know if

[26:11] it doesn't work. But I

[26:12] know you guys don't

[26:13] use Bluebeam,

[26:14] right?

[26:14] Um, sometimes one of the

[26:15] problems is when

[26:16] they send us

[26:17] referrals, if I

[26:18] can voice that, can

[26:19] I?

[26:19] Of course.

[26:20] They send it to the

[26:22] Big Sky County Council address in

[26:23] Gmail.

[26:24] Yes.

[26:24] And we cannot

[26:25] reply from this

[26:26] email address.

[26:27] So if they

[26:28] send it to

[26:29] each of us

[26:30] individually, then

[26:30] we can

[26:31] respond.

[26:32] Yes. I'll make sure that

[26:33] they—I'll make sure that

[26:34] the planners

[26:34] continue to

[26:35] do that, because I'm taking

[26:36] all your email

[26:36] addresses from your

[26:37] webpage,

[26:37] because that's something that's

[26:38] constantly updated

[26:39] . And then

[26:39] I just put them all in

[26:41] file sharing.

[26:44] Yes, because It works much better. Yes. Okay, I'll

[26:45] remind him of

[26:47] that.

[26:47] OK. So, I think,

[26:50] you know, in terms of successes,

[26:52] Claire, you always

[26:53] try to

[26:53] respond by the

[26:54] deadline, which is very

[26:56] helpful.

[26:57] We are trying.

[26:59] Mostly. Um, and it's

[27:01] good to have a

[27:02] person in charge,

[27:03] like Claire was. Um,

[27:05] let me...

[27:06] Well, there's a committee here. It's

[27:08] not just me.

[27:09] I know.

[27:10] This is me and Tony.

[27:11] Yes.

[27:11] Good. OK. Um, and

[27:15] we have a good,

[27:16] mutually respectful,

[27:17] cooperative

[27:17] relationship, so I'd

[27:18] like to keep that. This is

[27:20] great. Um, next

[27:22] slide. Seventh. Good.

[27:27] Well, the district wants

[27:28] to understand the MCC process a little bit.

[27:30] For example, when

[27:31] do you decide to make a

[27:32] referral for a

[27:33] meeting? Or when you

[27:34] decide, “Oh, we’ll

[27:35] just comment on

[27:36] it in an

[27:37] email”? How do you

[27:39] solve this?

[27:40] Well, we

[27:41] have

[27:43] one issue on our agenda today regarding

[27:44] RV parking.

[27:45] Ugh.

[27:48] And, um, it felt like

[27:49] we had already looked at

[27:50] it in different ways, and we

[27:52] felt like

[27:53] some changes were needed to what

[27:54] was being asked, and we

[27:55] wanted to give you a

[27:56] fuller understanding of

[27:58] what the

[27:59] community wanted. So this is an

[28:02] example of what would be

[28:03] on the

[28:04] agenda. If

[28:05] it seems like it's

[28:06] more than just: "

[28:07] Here's the house, is everything

[28:08] okay?" If it's something

[28:09] that can impact the

[28:10] wider community in a

[28:11] more significant way, then

[28:12] we'll put it on the

[28:13] agenda.

[28:15] Of course. Hmm, that's what I

[28:17] thought. And, um, regarding

[28:21] the presence of

[28:22] county staff,

[28:23] for example, when a

[28:24] project, say,

[28:26] RV parking,

[28:27] comes to MCC, is it

[28:28] your

[28:29] practice to notify

[28:31] the planners and

[28:32] perhaps the applicant?

[28:34] Good.

[28:35] Hmm, I'm not sure

[28:36] about the applicant. I

[28:37] think usually when

[28:38] we notify

[28:39] the planner, they

[28:40] notify

[28:41] the applicant themselves.

[28:41] OK. All of them.

[28:43] Um, but we need to

[28:45] standardize this a little bit.

[28:47] Yes. Um, I wouldn't want

[28:49] the planner to be

[28:50] on vacation, and I

[28:51] hope there's

[28:52] enough time to

[28:53] check with the

[28:54] planner if

[28:55] they're available. Sometimes

[28:56] you can have a

[28:57] meeting without us, but

[28:58] if you have a lot of

[28:59] questions, it's better for us to

[29:00] be there, probably

[29:01] to answer those

[29:02] questions. A.

[29:05] So can we

[29:06] talk about this

[29:07] person? I just want to

[29:09] understand what you are

[29:10] asking. Let's say,

[29:13] for example, we have a

[29:14] comment and we

[29:15] send it

[29:16] back to you for something

[29:17] called

[29:18] planning. It could

[29:20] be a house or something

[29:21] simple, or anything

[29:22] else. Um, and would you like to

[29:24] discuss this with us

[29:26] at a meeting? Is that what you

[29:27] mean?

[29:29] Rather, you want

[29:30] us to be there to

[29:31] answer

[29:32] questions so we

[29:33] can better

[29:34] help you make

[29:35] informed

[29:35] recommendations.

[29:37] Good.

[29:37] Yes.

[29:38] So if we're putting

[29:39] this on the agenda

[29:40] , then maybe we

[29:41] should have a chat

[29:42] .

[29:42] Okay, I understand.

[29:43] Yes, especially if the

[29:44] community has many

[29:45] questions.

[29:45] Okay, if it's on the

[29:47] agenda, we'll make sure

[29:48] you know and be

[29:49] here if you can.

[29:50] If we can, yes.

[29:51] Good.

[29:51] I mean, yes.

[29:59] But if you think you can handle it yourself, for example, you don't have any questions, you just don't like something, or something else, that's okay too. Maybe

[30:00] we don't have to

[30:01] be present. Ahem. Is

[30:02] there an official way to

[30:04] say this?

[30:05] Yes.

[30:05] Good.

[30:06] This does not comply with

[30:07] certain rules.

[30:08] It's good to refer to

[30:09] the rules to be

[30:10] objective.

[30:10] I believe the city was supposed to

[30:11] be here tonight

[30:12] .

[30:13] It seems they

[30:14] were notified, but I'm not

[30:15] sure. What about...what about the

[30:18] RBE meeting?

[30:20] Ugh. No. Uh, yeah,

[30:24] maybe you

[30:25] can decide for yourself how

[30:27] you want to do it

[30:28] procedurally. But we...uh

[30:31] , let's see

[30:32] , let's take some time with the

[30:33] staff to

[30:34] clarify, we can,

[30:35] yes. And so we

[30:36] get your full

[30:37] attention, and then you

[30:38] can use

[30:39] your written

[30:40] feedback to

[30:41] single out...what we

[30:42] get from you is that

[30:43] you

[30:44] summarize all the

[30:45] public

[30:45] concerns.

[30:46] For example, people

[30:47] come to this

[30:48] podium and say whatever they

[30:49] want.

[30:49] Yes.

[30:50] And then you

[30:50] summarize it all in a

[30:52] beautiful letter. We

[30:53] appreciate it.

[30:54] Good.

[30:55] Yes. That's what we

[30:56] get.

[30:58] And when we're not putting

[31:00] something on the

[31:00] agenda, when it's just the

[31:02] committee responding to

[31:03] the planner, one of the

[31:04] things I've noticed is

[31:05] if we ask

[31:06] the planner

[31:07] questions, they're

[31:08] usually very

[31:09] helpful in

[31:10] clarifying things for

[31:11] us at that lower

[31:12] level.

[31:13] Right.

[31:14] Yes.

[31:15] feel free to

[31:16] contact the

[31:18] project planner at any

[31:19] time. Okay, next

[31:21] slide.

[31:23] Let me

[31:24] correct it.

[31:24] So I wanted to give

[31:25] you our

[31:26] organizational chart

[31:27] so you know who

[31:28] to contact.

[31:33] Director Steve Monowitz, Assistant Director Sophie Mintier. I am one of

[31:35] four senior

[31:36] planners.

[31:37] Summer and I work the most

[31:38] on the

[31:39] coast. Yes.

[31:41] Long-term

[31:42] planning—Barat,

[31:43] he's a kind of

[31:44] manager, a

[31:45] planning manager. And

[31:47] Chanda, you'll see

[31:49] her name in

[31:50] transportation matters. Will

[31:53] Gibson was involved here in

[31:54] the rezoning of El

[31:55] Granada, in

[31:57] housing issues. And Katie

[32:00] is currently working on a

[32:01] plan to counter

[32:02] the dangers. So when

[32:06] you see these

[32:07] names, you

[32:08] will understand the

[32:08] context. If you have any

[32:12] general

[32:13] questions about

[32:14] planning, you can

[32:15] write to our email.

[32:17] This is our general

[32:18] line where you can

[32:19] get a quick

[32:20] answer. If you can't

[32:21] get through

[32:22] or don't want

[32:23] to contact a

[32:23] professional

[32:24] planner, but

[32:25] have a quick

[32:25] question. That's all,

[32:27] actually.

[32:28] Good. Thank you.

[32:31] Do the council members have any

[32:32] clarifying questions?

[32:34] No, thank you for coming.

[32:36] Thank you very much. That was

[32:37] really helpful. Oh,

[32:38] sorry, I

[32:39] still have one

[32:40] question. Can I

[32:41] get a copy of this

[32:42] presentation for

[32:43] reference?

[32:43] We have it, and you

[32:44] can...Okay. It is in

[32:45] our archives. Thank you

[32:47] .

[32:47] OK.

[33:03] You know, generally we pay attention to—help me if anything: drainage, landscape... lighting, lighting, sometimes windows. Windows, and also...

[33:04] I'm not sure if I

[33:05] 'm saying this correctly, but

[33:06] how close the

[33:07] property is to the street or

[33:08] sidewalk.

[33:09] Indents. Indents.

[33:12] And proximity to

[33:13] objects that we

[33:14] consider

[33:14] dangerous or

[33:15] environmentally

[33:16] sensitive.

[33:17] have an escape route

[33:18] through a window in case of

[33:20] emergency or fire.

[33:21] Sometimes it gets a little

[33:22] cramped in there. Are

[33:24] these the things you

[33:25] want to hear about?

[33:28] Yes.

[33:28] but...

[33:29] I mean...

[33:31] But this... The

[33:31] indents are already

[33:32] defined.

[33:34] It seems we've

[33:35] figured out the lighting thanks to the

[33:37] design review resolution.

[33:39] Em. Yes. No, we're interested in

[33:42] hearing about all of this.

[33:44] I have a question.

[33:50] Regarding all the policies and regulations you reference—is there a place where we can find it? I

[33:53] think it would be useful

[33:54] to know: if we are to

[33:55] consider this, where

[33:57] exactly to look for these

[33:58] references.

[34:00] Yes.

[34:04] It would be helpful if you know where, because I don't. We have a bunch of different

[34:05] regulations,

[34:07] but you can find

[34:08] them if you Google

[34:10] “San Mateo County Planning and

[34:11] Building,” go to

[34:12] our website, there’s a

[34:13] “regulations” tab—and

[34:14] there’s more

[34:15] information than you’ll ever

[34:17] need.

[34:21] For example, coastal and non-coastal zones. I can imagine.

[34:23] But is there any

[34:23] way we can have a

[34:25] reference to these things?

[34:26] In particular, the Local

[34:27] Coastal Program

[34:28] and the Master Plan.

[34:29] These are the two main

[34:30] documents. And then you

[34:33] have all your specific

[34:35] plans, like the

[34:37] Connect the Coastside transportation plan and

[34:38] things like that.

[34:46] So you can kind of understand that... Maybe we should divide it into coastal and non-coastal zones, but that page answers everything. Good. Thank you.

[34:48] This is on the site, there

[34:50] is a "

[34:51] planning" tab at the top that

[34:52] redirects you to

[34:53] most of these

[34:54] sections.

[34:55] Of course. But...but the

[34:56] zoning rules

[34:57] have changed.

[34:58] All zoning regulations have also changed.

[35:00] Yes. Er

[35:01] , not exactly.

[35:02] Not quite?

[35:03] No, we did it

[35:04] out of confusion, because

[35:05] we integrated the old

[35:06] rules into our

[35:07] county

[35:08] codes. All the

[35:09] section numbers have changed,

[35:10] but the rules themselves

[35:11] actually haven't.

[35:11] Of course.

[35:13] OK.

[35:14] So, I have one more

[35:15] question, and then I'll

[35:16] turn to the

[35:17] public. I

[35:22] think in one of the

[35:23] last

[35:24] building permits we

[35:26] reviewed, Claire, the one

[35:27] submitting the plan,

[35:28] requested a setback

[35:29] smaller than the

[35:30] code required. Is this a

[35:36] typical situation? They

[35:38] say, "Hey, I want 3

[35:39] feet instead of 5 feet."

[35:41] Do they clearly

[35:42] point it out to me,

[35:43] or do they just

[35:44] put it in the plan and

[35:45] see if

[35:46] we notice it or not?

[35:49] No, they should

[35:50] clearly state this unless

[35:51] it is an allowed

[35:52] exception. For example,

[35:53] for ADUs (accessory

[35:54] dwelling units), the

[35:55] setback is 4

[35:56] feet. And for detached

[35:58] garages, the setback

[35:58] is 3 feet. So

[36:00] , they did not ask for

[36:01] any exceptions

[36:02] other than those permitted. But

[36:04] if the house has a

[36:05] 3-foot setback, this is an

[36:06] exception that should

[36:07] be

[36:08] detailed in the design

[36:09] documentation.

[36:11] So, I'll ask

[36:13] one more question, it's

[36:14] a little off

[36:15] topic. Let's say we're in a

[36:17] very high

[36:18] fire danger area, and

[36:20] 3 feet is

[36:21] narrow enough for a firefighter

[36:22] to get through. So I'm

[36:24] thinking about fire

[36:25] hazards. Would

[36:27] you say the setback for an ADU

[36:29] should be 5 feet

[36:30] instead of 4?

[36:33] You can't say that. No, this is the state standard of retreat.

[36:44] And the thing about fire is not so much about escape routes, but about the fact that everything within 5 feet of the lot line has to be fireproof. That is,

[36:46] we can't...they don't

[36:46] want the fire

[36:47] to spread to the

[36:48] neighboring area.

[36:49] Well, there are zones.

[36:50] We have "zone zero,"

[36:51] meaning zero feet.

[36:52] Oh, yes. And that's all...yes.

[36:54] Of course.

[36:54] So I'm surprised

[36:56] they can build

[36:57] in "ground zero" which is...

[36:58] Yes. Uh

[36:59] , but that's nothing.

[37:00] Yes, they must

[37:01] use

[37:02] fireproof

[37:02] materials.

[37:03] Oh, of course.

[37:04] Yes. Yes.

[37:05] OK.

[37:06] Thank you.

[37:06] OK.

[37:07] Good.

[37:11] So, I see Sid has a question. Hello, Camillo.

[37:13] Hello, Sid.

[37:15] Uh, this is an old question.

[37:24] Uh, back when we submitted our public comments through MCC regarding Midpen Cypress Point. Uh

[37:29] , it seems like

[37:30] BKF engineers kept saying that

[37:32] if the retention

[37:33] ponds on the site

[37:34] overflowed,

[37:35] the water would just flow into the

[37:36] storm drain

[37:37] on Carlos Street, but

[37:39] in fact,

[37:40] there is no

[37:41] storm drain on Carlos Street

[37:43] . And so then they

[37:48] said they would release

[37:49] it into the Montera Creek,

[37:51] which flows

[37:52] directly into a

[37:53] marine reserve,

[37:54] which is an ASBS, an area of

[37:55] special

[37:56] biological

[37:57] significance. So,

[38:02] we are at this

[38:03] stage now. They're building,

[38:04] trying to find

[38:06] storm drains

[38:07] and all that. And uh,

[38:10] recently MWSD

[38:11] had a problem:

[38:12] their sewer

[38:14] line wasn't going to be able to go

[38:15] where they originally

[38:16] planned because

[38:18] Caltrans came along and said, "Oh,

[38:19] we might

[38:20] need this spot

[38:21] for a highway change when

[38:23] we

[38:23] get to it." I think this is a

[38:28] project for 2032,

[38:30] you know? They're

[38:31] putting the cart

[38:32] before the horse when it comes to

[38:33] Cypress Point.

[38:36] But the intersection of 16th

[38:38] Street, Carlos and Highway

[38:39] 1 is very problematic in terms of

[38:40] visibility

[38:42] for Caltrans specialists, and I don't

[38:43] think they

[38:44] really want

[38:47] left turns there. So they

[38:50] might have to

[38:51] reconstruct that whole

[38:52] intersection, but that's where the

[38:55] main

[38:55] sewer

[38:56] connection was supposed to be. And now there are

[38:59] rumors that this

[39:00] too will have to be

[39:01] postponed. So I

[39:04] wanted to know if

[39:05] you had any

[39:06] information on whether

[39:07] they were still going to

[39:09] direct this

[39:10] stormwater into

[39:11] Montera Creek, because I

[39:12] know I specifically

[39:13] objected to

[39:14] it since it

[39:15] flows into...er, a

[39:16] protected

[39:17] marine

[39:18] reserve.

[39:21] Well, if you have that

[39:22] question, this is a good

[39:23] example. You can

[39:27] make an

[39:28] appointment with the

[39:29] building or

[39:30] planning department and we

[39:31] will share the civil plans with you

[39:33] and show you exactly how the

[39:34] drainage will work

[39:35] once

[39:36] construction is complete. We will

[39:39] be able to show you

[39:40] all the stormwater basins,

[39:41] all the water intakes, and

[39:42] other equipment. So

[39:44] you can just

[39:45] sign up for

[39:46] I guess they had to

[39:47] create new ones because

[39:49] their original

[39:50] plan was to

[39:51] direct everything into the

[39:52] so-called storm

[39:53] drains to Carlos, which

[39:55] don't actually exist.

[39:57] So there are only gutters

[39:58] along the curb, and it's

[39:59] not a storm

[40:00] sewer.

[40:01] Something is changing and we

[40:02] don't know

[40:03] the details yet until they

[40:04] submit the plan, but we'll

[40:05] show you it as it becomes available

[40:06] .

[40:07] OK.

[40:08] Or the

[40:08] project planner may know

[40:09] more than is shown.

[40:11] Okay, thank you.

[40:15] OK. I see Greg

[40:17] raised his hand. I'm listening

[40:18] , Greg.

[40:19] Thank you. Sid brought up

[40:21] my topic, and I don't know

[40:22] if I should ask

[40:24] Camilla about it.

[40:25] Maybe this is worth

[40:26] discussing later,

[40:27] but the

[40:28] next

[40:29] flood season is coming. You may

[40:30] recall that we

[40:31] prepared a

[40:33] 270-

[40:34] page stormwater report and provided

[40:35] comments on the draft

[40:36] EIR for Cypress Point. In

[40:38] the context of what

[40:39] Sid is saying: there will be a flood,

[40:40] and it will be serious.

[40:42] So I encourage you

[40:43] to follow this,

[40:44] but there is an even bigger

[40:45] problem. Here is an example

[40:47] . Many eucalyptus trees were removed in Quarry Park

[40:50] . We will

[40:51] likely get

[40:52] significantly more runoff

[40:53] due to the loss of these

[40:55] water-absorbing plants.

[40:57] We've already had floods on Santa Maria.

[40:58] You may

[40:59] remember Bernice

[41:00] Silveira coming

[41:01] and testifying about this. At a

[41:03] planning meeting

[41:04] a few years ago,

[41:05] when Nick was still working,

[41:06] they said, "We're

[41:07] not going to do anything

[41:08] about the drainage in

[41:09] Quarry Park." This is now

[41:12] managed by One Shoreline,

[41:13] an agency

[41:13] dealing with

[41:15] sea level rise. I met with

[41:18] Len Matherman

[41:19] around 2021, and at that time

[41:20] he had no

[41:21] intention of

[41:22] doing anything about

[41:23] flooding, even though it is

[41:24] clearly stated in

[41:25] his charter.

[41:27] Things have changed since then:

[41:28] he hired Summer

[41:29] Bundy, the staff has doubled

[41:31] , and now

[41:32] there are signs on their website that

[41:33] they

[41:34] will be dealing with

[41:35] floods. But when I

[41:39] spoke to

[41:39] Summer Bundy via Zoom

[41:41] about a month ago,

[41:42] she didn't know they were

[41:43] responsible for

[41:44] Quarry Park and its

[41:45] drainage. And by a strange

[41:49] coincidence, she

[41:50] said that the very

[41:50] next day there would

[41:51] be a big

[41:52] meeting involving

[41:53] many

[41:53] departments,

[41:54] including

[41:55] the Department of

[41:55] Public Works and

[41:56] Planning, I can't

[41:57] remember them all. And this

[41:58] meeting was called,

[41:59] drum roll

[42:01] please, by Kimberly

[42:02] Williams, who

[42:02] was going to find out

[42:04] who was responsible

[42:05] for dealing with the

[42:06] consequences of the flood. And

[42:07] you may remember

[42:08] that the

[42:09] stormwater report had a

[42:10] dozen questions: Second

[42:11] Street, Monterey, and

[42:12] so on.

[42:40] So I'm just going to call on the council and maybe ask Camilla if she knows who the hell is responsible for making sure that the issues in the MCC stormwater report are addressed, and that the planning standards, which were scientifically inadequate when we did that report, as documented by the National Academy of Sciences, uh, are updated to be forward-looking, not backward-looking, and that we don't build more impervious surfaces with inadequate stormwater design calculations. So that's

[42:43] So I'm just going to call on the council and maybe ask Camilla if she knows who the hell is responsible for making sure that the issues in the MCC stormwater report are addressed, and that the planning standards, which were scientifically inadequate when we did that report, as documented by the National Academy of Sciences, uh, are updated to be forward-looking, not backward-looking, and that we don't build more impervious surfaces with inadequate stormwater design calculations. So that's

[42:43] a request for the

[42:44] future

[42:45] agenda, you'll see

[42:46] when the

[42:47] flood happens, whether

[42:48] Caltrans handled the

[42:49] flooding on

[42:51] Highway 1 well enough, you know, the lake

[42:52] by the airport. But I

[42:55] think this year will be

[42:56] particularly interesting for

[42:57] concern, and who the

[42:59] hell is

[42:59] responsible?

[43:00] It depends, I think, on

[43:02] where exactly the

[43:03] water accumulation occurs.

[43:04] If there is

[43:05] water accumulation in the park, then it is a

[43:06] matter for the park

[43:07] service. If the

[43:07] water accumulation

[43:08] occurs on

[43:09] Caltrans property, it is

[43:11] Caltrans' responsibility. If it's, uh, I

[43:13] mean the

[43:15] flood control district, which is the

[43:16] shoreline, it

[43:17] deals with

[43:19] waterway work. So

[43:23] I'm not sure exactly how

[43:25] they're involved,

[43:26] but if you say

[43:27] they're involved,

[43:28] then they're

[43:29] involved. You just

[43:33] need to find out

[43:34] who has jurisdiction.

[43:36] You know, it

[43:37] happens in a

[43:38] specific area, and

[43:39] who has jurisdiction

[43:40] over it. You just

[43:43] have to

[43:44] let me see,

[43:45] Camillo. Glad, I think

[43:46] you should keep an

[43:47] eye on this.

[43:50] So, Greg, I'll contact the

[43:52] county. Can you

[43:57] send me

[43:58] specific places

[43:59] I can

[44:00] ask them about? Not in general,

[44:04] but something specific

[44:06] that you want

[44:06] to know about, who is

[44:07] responsible for

[44:08] flooding or

[44:09] stormwater.

[44:12] Yes, I will do that, and I

[44:13] think the next

[44:14] speaker

[44:15] will send you something too.

[44:16] Good. Keep going,

[44:18] Burnett.

[44:19] Yes, thank you.

[44:22] I just wanted to make a comment. I raised

[44:24] this issue with the

[44:26] Parks Commission, and they

[44:27] decided that it was

[44:28] outside their

[44:29] jurisdiction and that it

[44:30] should be decided by the

[44:31] agency you

[44:32] just mentioned. So it's

[44:40] interesting that the

[44:40] district representative

[44:41] noted that this should be

[44:42] decided by the group

[44:44] in whose territory

[44:46] the flooding is occurring, because the water is

[44:47] flowing from the park onto the

[44:48] roads. But when this

[44:53] issue was brought up, as I

[44:54] said, to the

[44:55] Parks Commission,

[44:56] they said, “Oh,

[44:57] sorry, that’s not our

[44:58] problem. This is a

[44:59] flooding problem. Call

[45:01] ...what's that, I can't

[45:02] remember the name.

[45:03] One Shoreline.

[45:05] should

[45:06] handle this,” and they

[45:07] just shrugged

[45:09] and walked away. This is

[45:11] just so you know

[45:12] what's going on with this

[45:14] issue.

[45:16] This is likely a mix of

[45:17] DPW

[45:19] and Caltrans responsibilities. If water

[45:20] is accumulating on

[45:21] the roads, it's Caltrans and

[45:23] DPW. Things like that.

[45:25] Thank you, Vernatt.

[45:26] This complicates everything.

[45:31] Okay, I'll reach out to the

[45:32] county to see

[45:33] what they

[45:34] think about

[45:36] coastal wastewater now.

[45:39] Perhaps this also

[45:40] applies to

[45:41] interdepartmental meetings,

[45:42] if they are still

[45:43] being held.

[45:44] Okay, yes, that would be a

[45:45] good

[45:45] agenda item for

[45:46] them. A valid

[45:47] remark.

[45:49] Thank you, Vernatt. Okay, please.

[45:51] Thank you.

[45:51] Good night, have a good

[45:53] evening.

[45:54] Good. So, the

[45:56] next item on

[45:57] our

[45:58] agenda concerns the

[45:59] new ordinance

[46:00] restricting parking for

[46:01] large

[46:03] vehicles on

[46:03] Capistrano Road. It

[46:07] seems to be the stretch

[46:09] from Highway 1 to the harbor,

[46:10] ending

[46:12] near the Mesa Luna restaurants

[46:13] .

[46:22] We have a letter...so the parking ordinance only applies to this street. We have a letter

[46:26] that...can you

[46:27] open this letter?

[46:30] Yes.

[46:30] I? No.

[46:32] You?

[46:32] On the agenda?

[46:33] Perhaps you can

[46:34] open it from the

[46:34] agenda.

[46:35] It is among the added materials on the website.

[46:38] Good.

[46:38] Both.

[46:39] So we will review

[46:40] this letter and

[46:41] see if we can

[46:42] approve it. The county is

[46:45] only asking for our

[46:46] letter of approval,

[46:47] but the letter

[46:48] also mentions

[46:49] the idea of extending

[46:51] the large

[46:52] vehicle parking restrictions to the rest of

[46:53] El Granada.

[46:56] Along with other things

[46:58] .

[46:58] And there's something else there. I

[47:00] just...

[47:01] This is the letter that you...

[47:03] Yes, we'll find that

[47:04] letter.

[47:04] Yes, I have to

[47:05] guess.

[47:06] I hope it

[47:07] shows. Yes.

[47:15] Good. That's

[47:19] it.

[47:20] Thank you.

[47:23] We have teamwork here. What is it?

[47:24] This is teamwork.

[47:25] Yes, that was great.

[47:26] OK. This is the same

[47:28] letter. Um, and if Connie is

[47:31] still with us, are you still here,

[47:32] Connie?

[47:34] I don't see her.

[47:36] Good. Um, why don't we

[47:38] just stay in

[47:39] touch.

[47:40] I'm still in touch. Sorry.

[47:41] Good. I am here.

[47:43] about the letter. He is before our eyes now.

[47:46] Um, no, I think you can

[47:48] tell me if you don't

[47:49] mind, because I'm in the car.

[47:50] Good. So, why do

[47:53] n't we take a look at

[47:54] this? If you haven't

[47:55] had time

[47:56] to read it yet, please

[47:57] do so now. And

[47:59] if you have any

[48:00] questions, we will

[48:01] discuss them.

[48:37] So, what are your thoughts? So, essentially,

[48:39] the letter says, "Yes,

[48:40] we support."

[48:42] We sympathize.

[48:44] We, we, we said we supported it. Well, we

[48:46] support the

[48:48] parking ban on

[48:49] Capistrano. Ahem. There's an

[48:51] extra space here.

[48:53] But it's a PDF, right? You can't

[48:55] fix it.

[48:56] Yes, I can't

[48:56] edit.

[48:57] Good.

[48:58] But maybe you did it in Google Docs.

[49:01] Oh, I think

[49:02] Connie has this document. Oh,

[49:04] so we'll

[49:05] check for this

[49:05] extra space. I'm not

[49:07] going to I can

[49:08] open it again.

[49:10] Claire sent me the

[49:11] latest

[49:12] edit, if I

[49:13] missed anything then

[49:14] yes.

[49:14] I'm not going to

[49:15] argue about the

[49:16] extra space. Ahem.

[49:20] So, essentially, we're

[49:21] saying we

[49:21] support the

[49:23] parking ban on

[49:24] Capistrano because,

[49:25] you know, it's part of the

[49:26] public realm

[49:27] . There are

[49:30] sanitary problems.

[49:33] There are problems with fire safety, etc. But we are

[49:35] also asking the county

[49:36] to review its policy

[49:37] on

[49:37] oversized

[49:38] vehicles

[49:40] in the rest of the

[49:41] coastal area. This is, in fact, what

[49:42] is said in this

[49:43] letter. Ahem.

[49:46] In simple language, right?

[49:47] But it will go to a

[49:48] higher level in this

[49:49] some

[49:50] I want to tell you

[49:52] But there is there is potential for

[49:53] this, but we we

[49:54] our jurisdiction here,

[49:56] so we are trying

[49:57] to solve it here. Um,

[49:59] about a year ago I

[50:00] was giving a presentation

[50:01] with photos

[50:02] showing

[50:03] all the

[50:03] large

[50:04] vehicle parking lots

[50:05] , it was a random

[50:06] sample. I haven't

[50:07] checked every

[50:08] large

[50:08] vehicle, and

[50:09] we can

[50:10] come back to that

[50:11] to see what exactly it's all about

[50:12] . And we

[50:13] received comments

[50:14] from the community

[50:15] saying that there are

[50:16] problems.

[50:18] My streets can be 20 feet wide. Um, I

[50:20] can't get out of

[50:21] my yard because of the

[50:22] boat parked

[50:23] on the very narrow

[50:24] street. So we

[50:26] hope this will

[50:27] encourage the county to

[50:28] help us with

[50:30] large

[50:31] vehicle parking.

[50:34] It suits me.

[50:35] Good. So, can I

[50:37] get a proposal

[50:38] for approval of this

[50:39] plan?

[50:40] Wait, can I

[50:41] also point out,

[50:42] Scott, we've also

[50:43] added the

[50:44] ordinances that are in effect in

[50:45] the county to the disk, because you'll

[50:46] see that there's

[50:47] quite a

[50:48] variety of

[50:49] regulations out there today. It's a bit chaotic, but useful as a reference, as some areas have restrictions on overnight parking, others have restrictions based on street width, and so on.

[51:02] So we hope

[51:03] that as we look at this,

[51:05] we will see

[51:05] opportunities for

[51:06] some consistency

[51:08] given the

[51:08] differences that we

[51:09] see across the district. So, there

[51:13] 's an app there. "

[51:15] Summary of Resolutions," it's

[51:16] called, if

[51:17] you want to open it.

[51:21] Who…Can you

[51:22] open the file that

[51:23] says “summary of

[51:24] resolutions”?

[51:25] It's on the website. Good.

[51:27] OK.

[51:28] I can't

[51:29] share my screen and

[51:30] open this at the same time. Oh,

[51:32] please.

[51:33] I think I can

[51:34] open it.

[51:37] Why is it unavailable? Please open

[51:38] it.

[51:39] No.

[51:39] I'll have to

[51:40] come back here.

[51:41] That would be good.

[51:44] This is a summary of most of the resolutions. Okay, I'm there

[51:46] .

[51:50] Let me go back here and here. Good.

[52:01] Oh yeah, I remember watching that. So

[52:03] yeah, it's just a list of

[52:04] all the various

[52:05] resolutions, and I talked

[52:06] about some of them in a

[52:07] presentation I

[52:08] did about a year

[52:09] ago. And it would be good

[52:12] if we had a

[52:13] comprehensive resolution.

[52:16] These... these are examples of

[52:17] existing regulations

[52:18] for

[52:18] large

[52:20] vehicles, and I think

[52:21] we would like to have something

[52:22] similar. That's what we're

[52:25] talking about, right,

[52:26] Connie?

[52:28] Yes, Pacifica was

[52:29] the strictest,

[52:30] obviously, if

[52:31] you look at that

[52:32] summary, and they

[52:33] went through the

[52:34] lawsuits, and it was

[52:36] upheld, it seems.

[52:38] I mean,

[52:39] supported, not

[52:40] rejected,

[52:41] supported in the courts

[52:42] as well, so.

[52:47] Okay, I don't think

[52:49] we have anything else to add to

[52:50] this letter. If you

[52:51] all approve…if I

[52:53] …So, I should

[52:54] address the

[52:54] public. Do

[52:56] we have any comments from

[52:57] the public regarding

[52:58] the restrictions on

[52:59] oversized

[53:00] vehicles on

[53:00] Capistrano? Oh hey

[53:03] Greg, keep going.

[53:07] I would just like to

[53:08] see the word "

[53:09] evacuation" in the

[53:10] paragraph that talks

[53:11] about some of the problems.

[53:13] Because there is a significant

[53:14] health

[53:16] and safety issue there, which, as

[53:17] you all know, we

[53:18] have been complaining about for years.

[53:23] Okay, if we

[53:24] approve this, then, Connie,

[53:26] when you

[53:27] edit this and

[53:28] remove the word "

[53:29] draft," can you add

[53:30] the word, uh, "

[53:32] evacuation issue"?

[53:35] Yes, of course. I

[53:36] completely agree with

[53:38] Craig. I think this is a

[53:39] very good

[53:40] recommendation.

[53:43] So let's go, I

[53:44] propose to approve

[53:45] the letter in this

[53:46] form, with the addition of

[53:47] uh evacuation when we

[53:49] talk about uh

[53:53] issues of

[53:54] concern.

[53:55] Yes, anxiety.

[53:57] OK.

[53:58] Yes, in the concerns section. Okay,

[54:00] I support it. Okay,

[54:02] let's vote.

[54:04] By. Horses?

[54:07] Yes.

[54:07] You? OK.

[54:08] Yes.

[54:09] David.

[54:10] Yes.

[54:11] Bonnie.

[54:12] Yes.

[54:13] I am in favor.

[54:13] OK.

[54:15] Okay, the issue is closed. Uh,

[54:18] Bonnie, when you fix it, can

[54:19] you send a

[54:21] letter to where, uh,

[54:22] this document is? Thank you.

[54:26] OK. The next

[54:28] point, uh, I'll talk

[54:30] about it and then

[54:31] let Bonnie take the

[54:32] floor. We asked

[54:39] Monterey Sewer and Water to provide a

[54:40] response to the

[54:41] issues that

[54:42] are occurring at Seal Cove

[54:43] in Moss Beach, and they

[54:44] sent us a letter in

[54:46] response, and uh, that's

[54:47] also one of the

[54:48] supporting

[54:49] materials, right,

[54:50] Bonnie?

[54:56] That's right.

[54:57] Yes.

[54:57] Mhm.

[54:58] Therefore, this agenda item

[54:59] is for

[55:00] informational

[55:01] purposes only. So if we

[55:02] can bring that up on the

[55:03] screen and take a look.

[55:05] If anyone is wondering

[55:06] what Montera

[55:08] Sewer and Water's answer is, here it is.

[55:24] So, Connie, do you want

[55:26] to summarize this

[55:27] letter?

[55:28] Uh, I don't really

[55:29] want to speak for

[55:30] them.

[55:33] I prefer people to read their answer, Scott. I don't want to

[55:34] distort anything,

[55:36] but I think it will be

[55:37] better this way. Yes. Well

[55:38] , I appreciate it. So,

[55:40] this is information for the

[55:41] community. We

[55:43] turned to them. This was their answer.

[55:47] They didn't show any

[55:48] desire to come and

[55:49] talk to us

[55:50] in person, and that's the only—

[55:51] that's the only communication

[55:53] we had with them. Uh

[55:56] , and we're sorry that, uh,

[55:57] if you were hoping to have a

[55:59] chance

[56:00] to talk to them

[56:01] in person about the

[56:01] issues that were happening

[56:03] at Seal Cove, that's not going to

[56:04] happen. This is the only

[56:06] answer they are

[56:07] providing at this

[56:08] time. So, uh, you

[56:10] can check

[56:11] this out too. This is on our

[56:13] agenda as a

[56:14] supporting issue. And,

[56:18] really, that's all we

[56:19] have to say. People in the

[56:22] community asked for

[56:23] this, and this is what the Monterey Peninsula

[56:24] Water District provided us

[56:25] .

[56:27] Oh go on Brett.

[56:31] Is it time for public comment on this?

[56:35] I was just going to

[56:36] say, if there are

[56:37] any other comments on

[56:38] this,

[56:39] please let us

[56:40] know. Continue.

[56:42] You know, I live here and have been

[56:45] actively involved in the

[56:47] water and

[56:48] sewer district for many years. I do

[56:50] n't think I can speak

[56:51] for the district. I am

[56:53] only speaking as an

[56:54] observer. There are a

[56:55] lot of

[56:56] lawsuits here. There is a big

[56:58] problem with why so

[57:00] much of that

[57:00] construction was allowed. And you know

[57:02] , there are a lot of

[57:03] questions about the money

[57:04] that is spent on

[57:05] constant repairs of these

[57:06] lines. Problems and

[57:08] precedents arise

[57:10] everywhere.

[57:21] So I assume they don't want to come to your meeting because of pending lawsuits, and anything they say could be used in court. However, you can

[57:22] come to their meetings,

[57:23] talk to

[57:24] them there, and hear

[57:26] their position. They're not

[57:28] hiding.

[57:31] So it's just a big problem. A related

[57:33] problem is

[57:34] that a few

[57:35] months ago LAFCO

[57:36] completely re-

[57:37] prioritized the

[57:39] municipal service usage schedule

[57:40] . Jackie Speier was

[57:41] particularly upset by

[57:43] the comments from

[57:43] Seal Cove residents.

[57:45] So, they are going to

[57:46] look in detail at

[57:47] consolidating the

[57:48] number of institutions and

[57:49] everything else on the

[57:50] coast. I

[57:50] ran for an

[57:51] alternate

[57:52] public member position,

[57:53] but they knew I was

[57:54] causing trouble,

[57:55] so they didn't choose me.

[57:57] But I plan to

[57:58] stay involved

[58:00] , as you all know. And

[58:02] we'll have to

[58:03] see what

[58:04] that leads to. I

[58:05] mean, this would

[58:06] potentially cause

[58:07] huge

[58:08] problems for the

[58:09] mid-coast

[58:10] , because such a

[58:11] consolidation

[58:12] raises all sorts of

[58:13] questions about who

[58:14] inherits what

[58:15] liabilities and

[58:16] fiscal debts from

[58:17] whom. This will be a

[58:18] serious matter. So that's all

[58:20] I'll say.

[58:21] If you want to know

[58:23] more, go to their

[58:24] meetings and talk to

[58:25] them there.

[58:27] Thank you, Greg. I see

[58:29] you raised your hand, Sid.

[58:30] Continue.

[58:34] They won't say anything at the meeting. Because

[58:37] I know one

[58:38] persistent

[58:38] resident, Andrew

[58:39] Boston, who

[58:40] comes to almost

[58:41] every meeting and

[58:42] raises this issue,

[58:43] and they just sit there

[58:45] in silence and don't say a

[58:46] word to him. As for

[58:50] lawsuits,

[58:51] they are probably afraid of

[58:52] lawsuits, but no lawsuits are ever mentioned in

[58:53] closed sessions

[58:55] .

[59:00] So this could just be a diversionary maneuver. I don't know.

[59:05] It would seem that

[59:06] over a year has passed and they

[59:07] should have put this on the

[59:08] list of

[59:09] closed session issues,

[59:10] but it hasn't.

[59:31] You know, when we were involved in that Half Moon Bay lawsuit from 2017, this issue was on the agenda of every closed session for a long time until it was resolved, but ultimately, I don't know. Maybe it's just a

[59:32] You know, when we were involved in that Half Moon Bay lawsuit from 2017, this issue was on the agenda of every closed session for a long time until it was resolved, but ultimately, I don't know. Maybe it's just a

[59:32] way to avoid

[59:33] meeting you and

[59:34] telling you what's

[59:35] going on. But

[59:42] sometime in 2006, the

[59:43] bulletin said

[59:45] they were doing

[59:46] research on how to

[59:47] make the pipes

[59:48] above ground or something

[59:49] like that so they wouldn't get

[59:50] cut off during

[59:51] ground movement—I

[59:53] mean ground movement, not an

[59:54] earthquake. There is such a

[1:00:01] slow and

[1:00:02] steady

[1:00:03] landslide there. I've lived there since '88

[1:00:05] , and nothing has happened to my property

[1:00:07] .

[1:00:11] Some of the facilities had

[1:00:13] foundation problems, but the

[1:00:14] main thing is that they

[1:00:15] purchased this

[1:00:16] water system in

[1:00:18] 2003 and never

[1:00:19] did any major

[1:00:20] repairs—yes, they

[1:00:21] fixed the pipes, but they

[1:00:22] never

[1:00:23] upgraded anything. Or,

[1:00:29] despite the

[1:00:29] research, they

[1:00:31] apparently did nothing based on

[1:00:32] its results

[1:00:33] . So, I think

[1:00:37] they were just doing something to get

[1:00:40] away with it. So I'm

[1:00:43] not sure if they will ever

[1:00:45] do it.

[1:00:49] At the Planning Commission meeting today,

[1:00:50] Steve

[1:00:51] Manowitz said

[1:00:52] Cottonshires

[1:00:53] is installing

[1:00:54] monitoring

[1:00:55] sensors to

[1:00:55] track movements.

[1:00:59] It seems to be

[1:01:00] related to

[1:01:01] satellites.

[1:01:04] They once mentioned that they would

[1:01:05] install

[1:01:06] piezometers to

[1:01:06] monitor

[1:01:07] groundwater movement, but

[1:01:08] he

[1:01:09] didn't talk about that today. The meeting

[1:01:14] ended abruptly

[1:01:16] before I could

[1:01:17] raise my hand and

[1:01:18] ask, but they

[1:01:19] still approved

[1:01:20] the construction of

[1:01:21] another house. That is,

[1:01:23] they allowed

[1:01:24] permits to be obtained in

[1:01:25] Seal Cove today at the

[1:01:28] Planning Commission meeting. They

[1:01:30] allow people

[1:01:31] to build as long as they

[1:01:32] act carefully. This

[1:01:36] was a site in the third

[1:01:37] zone, partly in the

[1:01:38] second.

[1:01:40] So she's not right on the edge of a cliff. And

[1:01:43] this is the main place where

[1:01:44] problematic

[1:01:45] issues arise—in the first

[1:01:47] zone.

[1:01:57] Anyway, I, I, I don't, I can't say anything about Montara Water and Sanitary because they don't mention it in our meetings anymore. But that's all

[1:01:59] I know.

[1:02:00] Thank you.

[1:02:01] Sid.

[1:02:02] Of course.

[1:02:04] I guess we have

[1:02:05] no more comments.

[1:02:06] Hmm, I don't know.

[1:02:07] Continue. Uh

[1:02:08] -huh. I think I, I, I, I would

[1:02:13] understand if they

[1:02:14] didn't want to come and

[1:02:16] talk on the record

[1:02:17] about things that

[1:02:18] could potentially

[1:02:19] lead to

[1:02:20] lawsuits. Um, I think the same goes for

[1:02:23] Sid

[1:02:25] Pleasant.

[1:02:41] Uh, I think that some of the suspicion that people have towards each other, and that institutions have towards each other in this area—and probably everywhere—has made it very difficult for the community to understand what's going on with things that are really important to them. Uh, I'm not

[1:02:45] Uh, I think that some of the suspicion that people have towards each other, and that institutions have towards each other in this area—and probably everywhere—has made it very difficult for the community to understand what's going on with things that are really important to them. Uh, I'm not

[1:02:45] sure what the

[1:02:46] solution here might be. Um,

[1:02:48] I think the efforts

[1:02:50] we

[1:02:51] made at the time to get different

[1:02:52] institutions to

[1:02:53] communicate more

[1:02:54] honestly with each other were

[1:02:55] well-intentioned, but I do

[1:02:57] n't know if it's going to get anywhere at all

[1:02:58] . But

[1:03:00] I think that maybe

[1:03:02] this is one of the few

[1:03:03] possible solutions

[1:03:04] because there is a lot of

[1:03:05] mistrust, and to some

[1:03:06] extent I don't blame

[1:03:08] people for

[1:03:09] not wanting to

[1:03:10] talk publicly about things that

[1:03:11] could

[1:03:12] expose them to

[1:03:13] legal risks. This is a

[1:03:15] real problem.

[1:03:17] Yes, definitely. Okay,

[1:03:21] it seems everything is

[1:03:22] clear. I am closing

[1:03:24] this agenda item

[1:03:25] . It was

[1:03:26] only informational.

[1:03:27] Hmm, I'm sure we'll

[1:03:29] hear more about Seal

[1:03:30] Cove in the future.

[1:03:40] Okay, so the next item on the agenda, and I'll just, I'll be very brief on it and I'll hand it over to Claire and Connie. There is a small clinic there, near the

[1:03:44] Half Moon Bay Farmers Market, next to the

[1:03:47] Half Moon Bay Adult Day Wellness Center

[1:03:48] . Um,

[1:03:50] they don't accept

[1:03:51] private insurance

[1:03:52] , but we wish they

[1:03:53] did. They, uh, and

[1:03:55] it would open up more

[1:03:57] healthcare opportunities for

[1:03:58] people on Midcosta.

[1:04:00] So keep going, Claire.

[1:04:02] Uh, Connie, do you want to, do

[1:04:04] you want to tell

[1:04:05] me?

[1:04:06] No, you continue. Take my

[1:04:07] word, Claire, because you

[1:04:08] were involved just as much as

[1:04:09] I was, so yes.

[1:04:11] Good. Um, this is a letter

[1:04:14] that, um, the senior-friendly health care group

[1:04:19] put together with

[1:04:20] Connie's help. Um, and it was

[1:04:25] sent out by several

[1:04:27] different members of that

[1:04:28] medical group,

[1:04:29] including, I believe, the

[1:04:30] city of Half Moon Bay and,

[1:04:32] um, Puente, as well as

[1:04:33] some other

[1:04:34] institutions that are

[1:04:35] involved in the

[1:04:37] health care planning collaboration

[1:04:38] . And, in general,

[1:04:43] we have very limited

[1:04:44] primary health

[1:04:45] care on the

[1:04:46] coast. We have

[1:04:50] no lab,

[1:04:51] no x-ray, no

[1:04:52] urgent

[1:04:53] care, other than

[1:04:54] what is available at the county

[1:04:55] clinic, which is

[1:04:56] out of reach for

[1:04:57] most people

[1:04:58] living on the coast

[1:04:59] because they

[1:05:00] only accept the

[1:05:01] uninsured, the

[1:05:02] homeless,

[1:05:02] farm

[1:05:04] workers, and people with

[1:05:05] health

[1:05:06] insurance.

[1:05:10] Personally, I think it would be

[1:05:11] wise for the county to

[1:05:12] start accepting

[1:05:13] private insurance

[1:05:15] because it would be a

[1:05:16] source of revenue for the

[1:05:17] county. And also because

[1:05:20] it would help

[1:05:21] meet some of

[1:05:23] the needs of people who

[1:05:24] live here and don't

[1:05:25] fall into other

[1:05:26] categories. So, this is

[1:05:29] just a letter that

[1:05:31] various members of this

[1:05:33] health care coalition are sending

[1:05:34] to the county asking them

[1:05:35] to consider

[1:05:36] accepting

[1:05:37] private

[1:05:38] insurance or

[1:05:39] health insurance,

[1:05:40] or something else,

[1:05:41] other than the categories that

[1:05:42] I just mentioned. Therefore.

[1:05:48] So I just wanted to

[1:05:49] add that Ray Mueller

[1:05:50] shared

[1:05:51] his thoughts with us, he

[1:05:52] also asked the county

[1:05:54] health department

[1:05:54] to look into

[1:05:56] this issue since

[1:05:57] they accept

[1:05:58] private insurance

[1:05:59] in Santa Clara County.

[1:06:03] And although they say there are

[1:06:05] some financial difficulties associated with this

[1:06:06] ,

[1:06:07] it does exist, their

[1:06:08] district clinics

[1:06:09] accept private

[1:06:10] insurance. So he's

[1:06:14] asking our San

[1:06:15] Mateo County to do the

[1:06:16] same, and he's asked

[1:06:17] us to also express

[1:06:18] our concerns and

[1:06:19] our desire that

[1:06:20] they do the same

[1:06:22] here. So, that was another piece of

[1:06:25] information

[1:06:26] I wanted to share.

[1:06:29] Thank you, Connie. Do we

[1:06:31] just see this

[1:06:32] letter? Do you want to

[1:06:33] bring it up on screen

[1:06:34] for consistency? We'll

[1:06:35] make sure we

[1:06:36] all look at it

[1:06:37] .

[1:06:43] Because we are bringing out all the other letters that were worked on in this meeting. And I've already

[1:06:47] reviewed it, and

[1:06:48] if you haven't

[1:06:49] seen it, let's

[1:06:50] take a moment and

[1:06:51] then move on to the

[1:06:53] vote. Yes.

[1:07:05] For us, there are no downsides to the clinic accepting private insurance. This must happen.

[1:07:10] I don't see any arguments against this. Yes. Yes. Okay, are you

[1:07:23] ready to vote?

[1:07:25] I would comment,

[1:07:26] Sid, that's...Oh.

[1:07:27] Keep going, Sid.

[1:07:28] Sorry.

[1:07:30] Well, first of all, who is

[1:07:31] Chalva? I noticed

[1:07:33] you mentioned Mike

[1:07:34] Callaji in this

[1:07:35] letter, but you might

[1:07:36] want to address

[1:07:37] it to both of them, and I don't know

[1:07:38] who Chalva is.

[1:07:39] She is the head of the

[1:07:40] health department.

[1:07:41] Oh, of course. I see. I did

[1:07:44] n't know her name was

[1:07:45] Chief. Is she an

[1:07:47] American

[1:07:48] Indian or something?

[1:07:50] She is Indian.

[1:07:51] A.

[1:07:53] Or someone else.

[1:07:54] But this is "chief". This... Her

[1:07:55] position is manager (chief

[1:07:57] ).

[1:07:57] She is American.

[1:07:59] Yes, the job title in

[1:08:00] the district is head of the

[1:08:01] health department

[1:08:02] .

[1:08:03] Of course. OK. Well,

[1:08:08] last Thursday I

[1:08:09] was at Jackie

[1:08:10] Spear's "Seniors on the Move" event and

[1:08:12] happened to meet

[1:08:13] Ray Mueller. And, you know

[1:08:15] , I also attended

[1:08:16] Tuesday's

[1:08:17] Board of

[1:08:18] Supervisors meeting via Zoom and

[1:08:19] raised the issue of

[1:08:21] Seiden Coastsiders. And Jackie

[1:08:23] said she was like

[1:08:24] LAFCO; she was a little

[1:08:25] tired of hearing

[1:08:26] people talk about it all the time

[1:08:27] , and they

[1:08:28] thought it was worth

[1:08:29] trying

[1:08:30] to get them to come and

[1:08:32] talk to the Board of

[1:08:33] Supervisors.

[1:08:36] Because Ray, you know,

[1:08:37] he has a lot of other

[1:08:38] things to do, but he's

[1:08:39] tired of bothering them

[1:08:40] because they never

[1:08:42] do anything.

[1:08:49] Anyway, she's

[1:08:51] on our side on the

[1:08:52] Seaton opening, but

[1:08:53] for now...I think it's a

[1:08:54] valid point, and

[1:08:56] maybe you should

[1:08:57] reach out to the entire

[1:08:58] Board of

[1:08:59] Supervisors, because it could

[1:09:00] be helpful.

[1:09:09] Because everyone...I

[1:09:10] mean, I'm talking about

[1:09:12] this, other people say

[1:09:13] we don't have

[1:09:14] health

[1:09:15] care here,

[1:09:16] you know, no

[1:09:17] emergency services;

[1:09:30] but also to mention, there's a meeting coming up soon because they're going to try to open a district branch here for things like... what exactly? We already have it.

[1:09:31] Oh, okay. Where is he?

[1:09:35] In the parking lot of Ted Egg Talk, and

[1:09:37] it's not just...Oh. It is

[1:09:39] not just

[1:09:40] for people without

[1:09:41] insurance.

[1:09:43] Sorry. I didn't just mean

[1:09:45] health.

[1:09:46] It's like a county office

[1:09:47] for

[1:09:48] permits and anything

[1:09:49] you might need to

[1:09:51] do through the county

[1:09:52] so you don't have to drive all the way to

[1:09:53] Redwood City. And he

[1:09:54] said that

[1:09:55] hopefully it

[1:09:56] will be

[1:09:57] big enough to be an

[1:09:58] evacuation center

[1:09:59] when we

[1:10:00] need it.

[1:10:01] Another topic, right? This is

[1:10:02] different.

[1:10:03] That's right.

[1:10:13] I just wanted to say that this is a thing of the future, and it would be great if they could combine it with a small medical aid station if the Seaton issue never gets resolved. In

[1:10:14] any case, that's all.

[1:10:16] Thank you.

[1:10:16] Thanks, Ed. I propose

[1:10:19] to approve the letter. I

[1:10:20] support.

[1:10:24] Wait a minute. Okay,

[1:10:26] Connie.

[1:10:28] Yes.

[1:10:30] Kerosene. Yes.

[1:10:31] David.

[1:10:32] Yes.

[1:10:33] I also vote "yes".

[1:10:35] Thank you. So, we're

[1:10:37] ahead of schedule,

[1:10:38] and that's great. Uh, and, uh,

[1:10:48] when we were transitioning

[1:10:49] from

[1:10:50] Kimberly to me and

[1:10:51] Connie as

[1:10:52] vice chair, we found it

[1:10:55] difficult to manage

[1:10:56] the responsibilities of keeping

[1:10:57] the community informed

[1:10:58] about our activities.

[1:11:12] We use

[1:11:13] Mailchimp and our website,

[1:11:14] which we try

[1:11:16] to update together with

[1:11:17] other

[1:11:18] community members, and it became

[1:11:19] apparent that there was

[1:11:20] no clearly

[1:11:21] defined process for this.

[1:11:31] When it's your

[1:11:32] turn to do it and

[1:11:33] you have no training

[1:11:34] or instructions, it's

[1:11:36] very difficult. This

[1:11:38] prompted us

[1:11:39] to think that

[1:11:40] perhaps we should

[1:11:41] change our processes.

[1:11:49] And the next item on the

[1:11:50] agenda—I

[1:11:51] want us to start

[1:11:52] thinking about streamlining

[1:11:54] our

[1:11:54] administrative

[1:11:55] tasks in MCCD so that they

[1:11:56] are more

[1:11:57] efficient,

[1:11:58] such as direct

[1:11:59] payments to the district, and

[1:12:00] that would take

[1:12:01] some of the

[1:12:01] administrative

[1:12:03] burden off of us. Some of my

[1:12:15] suggestions: I would like

[1:12:16] us to have our own

[1:12:18] URL, our own

[1:12:19] website, and our own

[1:12:20] email.

[1:12:28] Maybe I would like

[1:12:30] someone else to

[1:12:31] administer this from the

[1:12:33] county administration side. So when

[1:12:37] we create an

[1:12:38] agenda, we don't

[1:12:39] do

[1:12:39] web design. We

[1:12:40] send it to someone

[1:12:42] who knows

[1:12:43] web design. So in

[1:12:47] the future, I would like to

[1:12:49] rely on the resources of

[1:12:50] the county to conduct

[1:12:51] business the same way

[1:12:52] they

[1:12:53] normally do. And, as I

[1:13:00] said, I

[1:13:01] just wanted to open this up

[1:13:02] for

[1:13:03] discussion, because

[1:13:04] Gus, you

[1:13:06] were the chairman at one time, and this was part

[1:13:07] of your

[1:13:08] duties. And I don't

[1:13:11] know if you personally

[1:13:12] worked with the website

[1:13:13] or not. Okay, so uh I do

[1:13:16] n't remember who

[1:13:17] did it. I don't remember.

[1:13:19] Probably Greg. That's either Greg

[1:13:20] Good.

[1:13:23] Most likely, Greg. So it would be nice

[1:13:24] if we had this

[1:13:25] clearly defined. And to

[1:13:28] be a person

[1:13:30] we can always

[1:13:31] rely on. And I would

[1:13:32] like the district to take on

[1:13:34] some of these

[1:13:35] responsibilities. Uh, oh, here's

[1:13:38] Greg. So, take a look

[1:13:40] . Here are my comments at

[1:13:42] this point. This agenda item

[1:13:44] is for

[1:13:45] discussion. I don't

[1:13:48] know, I don't know how to

[1:13:49] make these things

[1:13:50] better.

[1:13:53] Well, but I would like to. Yes.

[1:13:55] Yeah, I would like to

[1:13:56] point out, I think

[1:13:58] last year when

[1:13:59] we were discussing this,

[1:14:00] Kevin mentioned

[1:14:01] Google, but he meant

[1:14:03] Google Workspace and

[1:14:04] things like that. But then I

[1:14:07] contacted the

[1:14:10] Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council, and they are

[1:14:11] really being helped by the

[1:14:12] county with

[1:14:13] email, domain, and

[1:14:14] website. So I

[1:14:17] told Scott that I

[1:14:18] thought it would be worth

[1:14:19] reaching out to them

[1:14:21] again and finding out how

[1:14:22] it was working for them, whether

[1:14:23] they were happy with it,

[1:14:25] and the pros and

[1:14:26] cons. So I'll take that

[1:14:27] as the

[1:14:28] next step.

[1:14:31] Continue.

[1:14:38] Um, I'm just not sure if there's a procedure here or if it requires more than one person, but I'd be happy to join in too, I'm very tech-savvy. Good.

[1:14:39] And I will be happy to

[1:14:40] act as a

[1:14:41] coordinator or

[1:14:42] Good.

[1:14:42] if Connie wants to

[1:14:43] do it with me, or

[1:14:44] I can do it myself,

[1:14:45] or whatever, but I'm

[1:14:46] willing to explore this

[1:14:47] issue and I'm

[1:14:47] OK.

[1:14:48] ready to

[1:14:49] do this.

[1:14:52] So, I, I'm going to...

[1:14:53] Dave Olson is going to do

[1:14:55] another

[1:14:56] training session for us, and there's a

[1:14:57] recording on Zoom that we

[1:14:58] can watch

[1:15:00] in the future. So the

[1:15:04] next time

[1:15:05] it happens, I'll

[1:15:06] definitely make sure

[1:15:07] you're there.

[1:15:09] Good.

[1:15:09] And

[1:15:12] I can include him

[1:15:13] in the meeting with the

[1:15:14] Pacifica team

[1:15:15] as well.

[1:15:16] Good. And these are the things

[1:15:18] I would like to

[1:15:19] fix in the

[1:15:20] future. I would also

[1:15:24] like to have the payment

[1:15:25] go directly...

[1:15:26] Well, when Dave

[1:15:27] explains and trains you

[1:15:29] on exactly how the

[1:15:30] website works, how we

[1:15:32] maintain it, how

[1:15:33] we pay for it, and

[1:15:34] all that. We'll bring this up again

[1:15:37] , we'll

[1:15:38] bring this up again and

[1:15:40] see what you

[1:15:41] think.

[1:15:41] Good.

[1:15:42] And we'll see what we

[1:15:43] can do about it.

[1:15:45] Plus information from

[1:15:46] Pescadero and

[1:15:49] let's see exactly how

[1:15:50] they do it and how they

[1:15:51] get funding for it

[1:15:52] . The

[1:15:53] next problem

[1:15:55] we encountered

[1:15:56] was with Mailchimp. And we

[1:15:58] realized that without

[1:15:59] instructions, it was difficult

[1:16:00] to send our

[1:16:01] agenda to the

[1:16:02] community through our

[1:16:03] huge

[1:16:04] mailing list. At the very least,

[1:16:07] what we should do

[1:16:08] is try to

[1:16:09] pull this

[1:16:10] mailing list from Mailchimp so that we have it

[1:16:12] . And then,

[1:16:13] if we want to

[1:16:14] use

[1:16:14] some other system

[1:16:15] to send

[1:16:16] messages. So,

[1:16:17] again, I think

[1:16:18] we should work

[1:16:19] on this in the future

[1:16:21] . Em. I, I, I'll just

[1:16:24] leave it as it is for

[1:16:26] now, on this

[1:16:27] agenda item

[1:16:28] . I, I want

[1:16:29] us to think about this before the

[1:16:30] next meeting.

[1:16:46] If you have ideas, if you know a better way to let the community know our agenda, if we cancel a meeting, if we have a second or third meeting in a month and we want to give them notice, there has to be an easier way to do it. And if not, I'd

[1:16:50] If you have ideas, if you know a better way to let the community know our agenda, if we cancel a meeting, if we have a second or third meeting in a month and we want to give them notice, there has to be an easier way to do it. And if not, I'd

[1:16:50] like to write

[1:16:51] instructions on how to

[1:16:52] do it so we can

[1:16:54] have them somewhere where you can

[1:16:55] follow the instructions,

[1:16:57] with passwords and

[1:16:58] stuff. So that we can

[1:17:00] do it more easily and not

[1:17:01] have to

[1:17:02] start from scratch every time.

[1:17:03] So let's create a process and

[1:17:05] figure out how

[1:17:05] to optimize, um, how

[1:17:06] can we

[1:17:07] optimize our

[1:17:08] mailing and

[1:17:09] email campaigns.

[1:17:10] Only by

[1:17:11] email. Okay, just by

[1:17:13] email.

[1:17:17] I also think, yes, I

[1:17:18] definitely agree, that

[1:17:19] we need to

[1:17:19] document the

[1:17:20] process of transferring

[1:17:21] cases.

[1:17:22] That's the minimum that we...

[1:17:23] Yes, that's what we should

[1:17:24] do, but I think

[1:17:25] we should

[1:17:26] approach the county,

[1:17:27] as you say. I

[1:17:27] really think we

[1:17:28] need more

[1:17:29] support from them.

[1:17:30] We should also

[1:17:31] reach out to North

[1:17:32] Fair Oaks. I know, yes,

[1:17:34] this is another

[1:17:34] unincorporated

[1:17:36] territory. As far as

[1:17:39] I understand, this group is

[1:17:41] supported by the district.

[1:17:43] Good.

[1:17:44] They have people who

[1:17:45] help

[1:17:46] run meetings and

[1:17:47] so on. So I have a

[1:17:49] contact there. I'll contact

[1:17:50] them to see

[1:17:51] what their...

[1:17:52] That would be great. ...

[1:17:53] what support they have

[1:17:54] to see if

[1:17:55] we can

[1:17:56] take advantage of it a little bit or

[1:17:57] at least get

[1:17:58] more help.

[1:18:10] Perfectly. I agree. The

[1:18:14] problem with North Fair Oaks is that

[1:18:16] they are not elected like we are.

[1:18:17] Right. They are

[1:18:18] intended.

[1:18:19] They, they are actually the

[1:18:20] county body.

[1:18:21] Yes.

[1:18:22] And we don't want that to

[1:18:23] happen to us.

[1:18:24] No, but I just think

[1:18:26] that this...they are a council...

[1:18:27] We'll take the

[1:18:28] information.

[1:18:28] I think we

[1:18:29] should also be a little

[1:18:30] more... It would be

[1:18:31] great to have this

[1:18:32] information.

[1:18:37] We can compare what Pescadero gets and what they get. That would be great.

[1:18:39] They get

[1:18:40] little.

[1:18:40] Good. Then I

[1:18:41] go

[1:18:42] public? Yes,

[1:18:43] of course. OK.

[1:18:46] Keep going, Greg. People are constantly

[1:18:47] taking away my words.

[1:18:49] We met with

[1:18:50] North Fair Oaks a few

[1:18:51] years ago. I don't

[1:18:52] remember who was with

[1:18:54] me. I think, Gus,

[1:18:55] we were in the west of the

[1:18:56] county at their

[1:18:57] emergency center

[1:18:58] .

[1:19:00] And we met with one guy. Well, Warren

[1:19:01] Slocum, I think,

[1:19:03] was the

[1:19:03] county supervisor at the time. And

[1:19:05] he provided them with

[1:19:06] all kinds of additional

[1:19:07] support.

[1:19:09] Yes.

[1:19:09] So, you know, I admit

[1:19:11] that their status is a little

[1:19:12] different, but it

[1:19:13] seems quite

[1:19:14] real. Another

[1:19:16] small comment:

[1:19:17] we can do

[1:19:19] another night training

[1:19:20] like last time on

[1:19:21] Mailchimp, Scott. I almost

[1:19:23] guarantee that we will

[1:19:24] be able to dump

[1:19:26] all of these contacts into a

[1:19:27] spreadsheet. But this

[1:19:29] time, we should probably

[1:19:30] do it from the

[1:19:31] same room.

[1:19:33] I really appreciate the help

[1:19:34] you gave us

[1:19:36] a few weeks ago. And I would definitely appreciate help in the future.

[1:19:45] So, in the near future we will be using Mailchimp. So it would be

[1:19:47] great to have a

[1:19:48] documented

[1:19:49] sequence of steps on

[1:19:50] how to do this. And if

[1:19:51] we can go through this

[1:19:52] process and record it

[1:19:53] , that would be great

[1:19:54] . And I would be very

[1:19:55] grateful for that.

[1:19:56] So, can I

[1:19:57] contact you,

[1:19:59] Greg, to get what

[1:20:00] I sent? I

[1:20:01] was able to come up with something

[1:20:02] to at least

[1:20:03] send out the

[1:20:04] agenda again. So, can Tony and I get in touch with you, Greg, and go over this again?

[1:20:09] Of course you can.

[1:20:11] Thank you.

[1:20:13] OK. I don't see

[1:20:15] any comments or

[1:20:16] other issues that we

[1:20:18] should discuss on

[1:20:19] this agenda item

[1:20:20] . Therefore, I

[1:20:22] will move

[1:20:22] directly to

[1:20:23] the activities of the council. Does

[1:20:27] anyone want

[1:20:27] to report on any

[1:20:29] council activities at

[1:20:30] this time? OK. It's

[1:20:35] nothing. I had

[1:20:36] one thing. I

[1:20:38] have updated the information

[1:20:39] for the Halifax City Council again

[1:20:40] . I met

[1:20:42] with the sheriff and they

[1:20:43] will be present at

[1:20:44] one of our

[1:20:45] next meetings.

[1:20:48] So the sheriff will come and

[1:20:49] tell us what's

[1:20:50] going on. And

[1:20:51] maybe he'll

[1:20:52] tell us about

[1:20:53] Flock cameras. They had a

[1:20:55] discussion

[1:20:56] about the Flock camera rules at

[1:20:57] the last part of

[1:20:58] my

[1:20:59] city council meeting. Ahem. So

[1:21:06] I haven't thought about the

[1:21:07] next

[1:21:08] agenda yet.

[1:21:09] Hey, can I

[1:21:10] say something about the

[1:21:11] council's activities,

[1:21:12] Scott?

[1:21:12] Continue. I am ready.

[1:21:14] Um, there was a meeting of the

[1:21:18] San Mateo Interagency Infrastructure Planning Group,

[1:21:20] or I think that's what

[1:21:21] it's called,

[1:21:22] but they were finalizing

[1:21:24] their process and

[1:21:24] discussing how they could

[1:21:26] best work

[1:21:27] together, and they have their

[1:21:28] next

[1:21:30] meeting on October 1st. So I'll

[1:21:32] join in to

[1:21:33] see what's

[1:21:34] going on there.

[1:21:44] Charles, our consultant, said that after this meeting he would lay the groundwork for how he thought future meetings could be conducted. The One

[1:21:47] Shoreline team is essentially already

[1:21:48] providing

[1:21:49] coordination, so we

[1:21:50] won't need

[1:21:51] Charles' help with

[1:21:52] that going forward.

[1:22:05] But he promised to prepare his recommendations for the structure and provide them to us to complete the work he helped organize and launch. So I

[1:22:08] will have more

[1:22:09] information after

[1:22:10] the meeting on October 1st, that's

[1:22:11] all.

[1:22:13] Thank you, Connie. Regarding

[1:22:15] the list of future

[1:22:16] agendas

[1:22:17] we have here:

[1:22:18] we have already

[1:22:19] done the planning and training. The sheriff will be

[1:22:21] present at our

[1:22:22] next meeting.

[1:22:23] We will discuss

[1:22:24] the rules for

[1:22:24] large

[1:22:25] vehicles

[1:22:26] . We have a few more

[1:22:30] issues that I

[1:22:31] need to look into, and

[1:22:32] SamTrans wants to

[1:22:33] come in and give us an

[1:22:34] update.

[1:22:38] So, representatives from

[1:22:39] SamTrans and the Sheriff's Office

[1:22:41] will be among our

[1:22:42] guests at the next

[1:22:43] meeting. Ahem. I don't

[1:22:47] see the need to write

[1:22:49] any letters or do

[1:22:50] anything like that at the

[1:22:51] next meeting.

[1:23:06] I don't see anything lined up, so I'll take any suggestions from our youth council on what else could be included on the agenda. Yes.

[1:23:06] Oh, please, Sid. I see

[1:23:08] you raised your hand. I

[1:23:11] don't know if this is

[1:23:12] related to the

[1:23:13] council's activities, but

[1:23:14] what are you doing to

[1:23:15] attract people to MCC?

[1:23:18] Do you have any vacancies for the

[1:23:20] upcoming elections, or am I

[1:23:21] mistaken?

[1:23:23] Yes, there is. We have

[1:23:27] a vacancy now, we are

[1:23:27] recruiting

[1:23:28] people and...I don't know if...

[1:23:37] We will

[1:23:38] need to

[1:23:39] do something about it by the end of the year. I

[1:23:43] should have put

[1:23:45] this on the agenda

[1:23:46] , but I didn't

[1:23:47] . But thanks,

[1:23:48] Sid, for pointing

[1:23:50] this out to us again. We must

[1:23:51] act on this.

[1:23:52] Good.

[1:23:55] Please, Connie.

[1:23:57] No, I meant to say

[1:23:58] that, you know, I know I've

[1:23:59] been reaching out to people,

[1:24:01] especially in Montara and

[1:24:02] Moss Beach, so that we can

[1:24:03] get different

[1:24:04] representation.

[1:24:05] People that I know, and I

[1:24:06] , you know, asked

[1:24:07] a few people if

[1:24:08] they knew anyone who could get involved

[1:24:11] in community

[1:24:12] service and help.

[1:24:13] So I know I

[1:24:14] tried to find

[1:24:15] people for the vacant

[1:24:16] position. I hope

[1:24:18] other council members

[1:24:19] do the same.

[1:24:22] Thank you, Connie.

[1:24:23] Continue. Yeah, I

[1:24:24] just wanted to add to

[1:24:25] Greg's words, I've

[1:24:26] talked to three

[1:24:27] or four people

[1:24:28] who said they were

[1:24:29] interested. But

[1:24:29] sometimes it's hard to get

[1:24:31] feedback,

[1:24:32] you know.

[1:24:32] OK.

[1:24:38] I'll just turn to Greg. So I don't know, maybe

[1:24:39] through Mailchimp we

[1:24:40] can send out a

[1:24:41] message to our

[1:24:43] list that we're

[1:24:44] looking for more people,

[1:24:45] and when we decide

[1:24:47] on a meeting, we'll

[1:24:48] take all the

[1:24:48] candidates,

[1:24:49] vet them, and

[1:24:50] vote on them.

[1:24:56] We will have to

[1:24:57] let the community know

[1:24:58] what day we will

[1:24:59] do this. But this is an

[1:25:00] important

[1:25:01] agenda item.

[1:25:02] Greg suggests, I

[1:25:02] meant to say, Greg

[1:25:03] suggests reaching out

[1:25:05] to the person who

[1:25:05] ran

[1:25:06] last

[1:25:07] time but wasn't

[1:25:08] elected. Yes, we should

[1:25:09] do that too. Thank you.

[1:25:11] That's a good idea.

[1:25:12] Keep going, Michelle.

[1:25:17] Well, I have this

[1:25:18] website, and you can

[1:25:19] put

[1:25:20] any

[1:25:21] message on it, and it will

[1:25:22] reach more people

[1:25:23] than you. And

[1:25:26] last time, so

[1:25:36] last cycle, the district

[1:25:37] didn't even create

[1:25:38] a webpage for you

[1:25:40] 5 days before the

[1:25:41] deadline. That's what they

[1:25:47] did. So I put the information out there, and everyone who applied, somehow, maybe it was through voicemail, but I was on Instagram. There

[1:25:58] was no one else on Instagram

[1:25:59] . No one else

[1:26:00] was on Facebook. There

[1:26:01] was no one else on Nextdoor.

[1:26:03] So who do you think

[1:26:04] saw what I

[1:26:05] posted? So,

[1:26:08] if you want to

[1:26:09] publish a

[1:26:10] press release, I can

[1:26:11] do that. And I'm still

[1:26:14] ready to be on duty

[1:26:15] at post

[1:26:16] offices.

[1:26:18] OK.

[1:26:19] Challenge accepted.

[1:26:20] I know. Listen, do you

[1:26:23] have an office there?

[1:26:25] Sorry? Do

[1:26:26] you have an office in the harbor?

[1:26:28] Oh, yes. I have a

[1:26:29] small studio, yes.

[1:26:30] Good. I'll definitely be there to

[1:26:33] figure out how

[1:26:34] best to spread the

[1:26:35] message with

[1:26:36] you.

[1:26:37] Agreed. Thank you.

[1:26:38] Good. I'm just

[1:26:39] knocking on your door

[1:26:41] .

[1:26:41] Well, write me a

[1:26:42] message, just in

[1:26:43] case, you know

[1:26:44] ...

[1:26:44] I'll write to you. Okay

[1:26:46] .

[1:26:48] Keep going, Claire. Um, Michelle aptly

[1:26:49] pointed out that we

[1:26:50] need to, you know, we

[1:26:52] can't actually

[1:26:53] conduct interviews

[1:26:54] for an open position

[1:26:56] without the district's consent. They

[1:26:57] need to announce

[1:26:59] that we have a

[1:27:00] vacancy.

[1:27:00] I understand. Good.

[1:27:02] So, you need to

[1:27:02] coordinate this with the district

[1:27:03] .

[1:27:04] Got it. Okay.

[1:27:05] And sometimes they are very

[1:27:06] slow. You said

[1:27:07] they have to

[1:27:08] take care of everything themselves

[1:27:09] .

[1:27:09] But they... But it's not

[1:27:10] necessarily more

[1:27:11] efficient than us.

[1:27:12] Of course. And one more thing.

[1:27:16] Michelle, thanks for

[1:27:17] bringing up the

[1:27:18] social media issue, but if I

[1:27:19] remember correctly,

[1:27:21] when the

[1:27:22] district attorney came in,

[1:27:23] he said that

[1:27:24] posting anything on

[1:27:25] social media on behalf of the

[1:27:26] district or MCC was probably

[1:27:28] not the best idea.

[1:27:30] In fact, this is not true.

[1:27:31] You can

[1:27:32] publish. I can

[1:27:34] publish. I am the press.

[1:27:37] I have freedom of speech. I can do whatever I want

[1:27:39] .

[1:27:40] No, no, I meant

[1:27:41] myself as a council member

[1:27:42] or, you know, other

[1:27:44] council members. Of course,

[1:27:46] yes, you have freedom of

[1:27:47] speech, but I didn't want to, you

[1:27:49] know, I was thinking about

[1:27:49] posting something on

[1:27:50] my personal

[1:27:52] Facebook or something, but I did

[1:27:53] n't want to touch it

[1:27:54] , because I was pretty

[1:27:55] sure he

[1:27:56] said it was a bad

[1:27:57] idea.

[1:27:57] We can

[1:27:58] publish, well, like the

[1:27:59] agenda,

[1:28:00] things like that. But I think

[1:28:02] he meant that

[1:28:04] we shouldn't

[1:28:04] publish our

[1:28:05] opinions and all that.

[1:28:07] Got it. Good.

[1:28:08] Thanks for the clarification.

[1:28:10] Okay, Michelle. I am

[1:28:11] grateful, and I should have

[1:28:12] taken up

[1:28:13] your offer

[1:28:14] to help us with

[1:28:16] communication a long time ago.

[1:28:17] Well, I'm still here,

[1:28:19] Scott.

[1:28:19] Thank you.

[1:28:20] Please.

[1:28:23] Okay, then let's

[1:28:24] finish.

[1:28:32] If no one else has anything to add now. Thank you.

[1:28:34] Yes, thank you all. 8:28. Oho.

[1:28:37] We are accelerating. We are accelerating.

[1:28:39] We, we're doing it now. We are on

[1:28:41] the rise.

[1:28:42] Thank you.

[1:28:42] friends.

[1:28:44] Thanks, guys. Go ahead,

[1:28:45] team.

[1:29:13] M-hm.

MCC 9/23/26 - Midcoast Community Council Meeting - September 23, 2026

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