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The Local Coastal Plan

Feb 2, 09:59 PM Filed under

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According to their websites, the SMC Board of Supervisors (BOS) most recently Approved LCP for the unincorporated county is dated 29 April 1998. The most recent CA Coastal commission (CCC) certification of the HMB LCP is 4/10/96 with 10 amendments, and for SMC County it is 4/1/81 with 44 amendments. CCC lists ten segments along the North Central Coast. HMB has the most recently certified LCP. Currently the City of HMB and the Midcoast are proceeding with an Update to their LCP. HMB submits their LCP Update directly to the CCC, and Midcoast to the BOS.

Proposed LCP updates have evolved from a series of meetings and workshops and are pending review and approval by SMC BOS & the CA Coastal commission (CCC). The scheduled approval by SMC BOS for the Midcoast LCP, and approval by CCC for HMB foundation policies is April 2005. Coastal Property Owners and Residents need access to all proposed LCP updates to understand the impact on their land use and their land value. This LCP Update process has been ongoing for several years, usually through local meetings attended by 30-60 people. The TOTAL list of citizens involved in this process for Midcoast according to George Bergman in the SMC Planning Dept is 300 people (only 2.5% of the Midcoast region of 12,000 people).

No complete updated LCP is available for direct comparison with the last SMC BOS approved document or the last CCC certified document. The HMB City Council LCP and the Midcoast LCP approval processes seek approval by April 2005. What is the rush? Why not complete all documents first and review with ALL affected residents and property owners? What is the impact to our properties? Which specific properties will have diminished value? What will be the impact to stakeholder groups? (Schools, Businesses, homeowners, farmers, tourists, seniors, and low income families?) MOST proposed changes to the LCP will have an impact on land use and property values with no remuneration to owners.

Keywords: Local Coastal Plan, San Mateo County, Coastside, Half Moon Bay