Oyster Point Marina Underwater

Please checkout my presentation about chronic flooding at the Oyster Point Landfill.

The map below indicates the area the color photo were shot.

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Please click the map to see a larger version. The map photo represents a low tide.

Harbor signs new contract with divisive manager

Half Moon Bay Review  .  Mark Noack  .  June 18, 2014

Unfriendly Meeting Agenda: June 4, 2014

I'm disappointed the June 4, 2014 Harbor District meeting agenda includes Public Comment at the end of the meeting. Standard practice by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and other public agencies is to hold Public Comment at the beginning of the meeting, not the end.

I'm also disappointed that Item 19 "Commissioner Agenda Setting" is not included near the beginning of the public meeting. With the board majority enforcing a self-imposed 10:00pm "hard-stop" it will be impossible for Commissioners to place items on a future agenda and impossible for the public to comment on items not included on the agenda.

It's unlikely the Commission will be able to hold Closed Session and cover all 19 agenda items before 10:00pm.  

Meeting Location:

• Sea Crest School Gymnasium
• 901 Arnold Way
• Half Moon Bay, CA 94109

Meeting Time:

• 6:00pm

Link to Agenda PDF

Link to Board Packet PDF  -file takes time to load

Please attend the meeting

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From the Brown Act:

54954.3  (a) Every agenda for regular meetings shall provide an
opportunity for members of the public to directly address the
legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or
during the legislative body's consideration of the item, that is
within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body,
provided that no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on
the agenda unless the action is otherwise authorized by subdivision
(b) of Section 54954.2.  [...]  Every notice for a special
meeting shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to
directly address the legislative body concerning any item that has
been described in the notice for the meeting before or during
consideration of that item.

Those two provisions taken together mean that all regular meetings must allow public comments on items not on the agenda, but special meetings only need to allow comments on items which are on the agenda.  Of course, any public-friendly agency will generally allow non-agenda comments at most special meetings.

Harbor Patrol Rescues Five Adults and One Child

On June 13, 2013, Harbor Patrol rescued a father, his 11-year-old son and two couples about two miles outside Pillar Point Harbor.

photo by:  Harbor Patrol

 I received the message below from Harbor Master Scott Grindy.

Today Pillar Point Harbor staff responded to a distress call of a vessel returning to the harbor that was taking on water and sinking.

All six passengers were rescued and a good amount of gear and portable fuel tanks were salvaged. The vessel went down outside of the harbor between the two marker buoys in about 40 + feet of water.

United States Coast Guard Captain of the Port from San Francisco called harbor staff and thanked them soon after the event for their valiant efforts of life saving and responding so fast.

Too early at this time to determine cause of the vessel taking on water and or when/if a salvage operation will occur.

Hats off to our staff at Pillar Point Harbor!

Scott