Moss Beach Residents Express Concerns for Asbestos Removal at Cypress Point Affordable Housing Site and Carlos St. Storm Water Runoff into Fitzgerald Marine Preserve; County Responds

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VIDEO and LINKS. From the Midcoast Community Council (MCC) meeting on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting with remote comment. Public comment with Gregg Dieguez, Ann Rothman Cid Young and Dan Haggerty.

1. Letter from San Mateo County Planning’s Steve Monowitz, Director of Planning & Building.

2. San Mateo County Cypress Point Affordable Housing webpage. Includes link to:


3. MCC Cypress Point webpage.


4. Carlos Street, June 2026: Midcoast Mulitmodal Parallel Trail Gap Closure Project Feasibility Study
This Feasibility Study (Study) defines and evaluates the vision to improve bicycle and pedestrian mobility
and close the Trail gap in Moss Beach on Carlos Street. County staff pursued and were awarded support
through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Active Transportation Technical Assistance
Program, funded through the OBAG 3 Program, for this Study. The goal of this Study is to identify
potential alternatives to be studied and carried forward into preliminary design and future project
development. This Study outlines potential benefits, challenges, and impacts of each alternative from a
technical perspective only and did not include stakeholder and community engagement, which will take
place in subsequent phases of work.

Fire Station 44 sits on Stetson Street, one street east of Carlos Street. At coordination meetings early in
this Study, staff from the Coastside Fire Protection District (CFPD) noted that their fire trucks use Carlos
Street from Sierra Street to SR 1 when responding to incidents north of the fire station. In addition, they
noted that the existing 16’ to 18’ paved roadway widths of Carlos Street were substandard. International
fire code dictates that the paved roadway width should be 20’ minimum. CFPD acknowledged that
pedestrian and bicycle improvements done outside of the roadway would be unlikely to trigger a
requirement to upgrade and expand the roadway width to meet the 20’ minimum requirement.

County of San Mateo Department of Public Works staff also acknowledged the existing sub-standard
roadway widths and expressed that the roadway should be widened to 20’ minimum if significant
improvements were to be undertaken in this area.

5. Dolores Silva Nextdoor, March 2nd, 2026: Initial observance of hazardous asbestos removal.

2023 Site Plan Rendering

Carlos Street Gap Closure


More on the MidPen Cypress Point Low Income Housing Project on Coastside Buzz

Cypress Point’s 71 Housing Units Exceed San Mateo County’s Midcoast LCP Limit of 40 New Units/Year: Planning Permits Still a Go, Active Building Permits a Go, but No New Building Permits Until 2028;

Moss Beach Neighbors Receive Courtesy Notice from Devcon Construction that Cypress Point 71-Unit Low Income Housing Project Will Begin December 16th, 2025; 20 Months to Completion;

San Mateo County Supervisors Approve “No Parking Zone” for Carlos Street in Moss Beach on Coastside Fire Protection District’s Request to Maintain Emergency Access as Part of Cypress Point Housing Permitting;

MidPen’s Cypress Point Low Income Housing Project Receives $3.5M as State Gap Funding and Metzgar Street Gets $1M for Pre-Development from San Mateo County’s Affordable Housing Fund;

CFPD Fire Marshall’s Report for Cypress Point Building Permits (18) are Still Incomplete (since 2022); Narrow Roads Access do not Meet Fire Engines Requirements for Fire Code Compliance;
Midcoast Eco Loses Cypress Point Appeal Against California Coastal Commission in San Francisco Superior Court
;

Moss Beach Cypress Point Low-Income Housing Project Timeline: Financing Committed by October 2024, Construction Begins April 2025 and Lease-Up January 2027;

$40 Million Allocated by San Mateo County Supervisors to Spur New Affordable Housing Including $12M for the Moss Beach Cypress Point Project;

Supervisor Mueller Advises SMCo Supervisors that Cypress Point Midpen Affordable Housing Project Approval Must Have Continued Commitment for Traffic Flow and Safety Mitigation Costs;

San Mateo County Planning Commission Approves Cypress Point Affordable Housing Driven by AB 1449 and Compassion;

MCC’s Rothman Digs in Deep on Cypress Point Housing Location with Legal Questions and Examples of Non-conformity to AB 1449’s CEQA Exemption;

Supervisor Mueller Asks DEM to Use New AI Evacuation Tool to Analyze Moss Beach Cypress Point 71-unit Housing Project Evacuation;

AB 1449 Makes the Moss Beach Cypress Point 100% Affordable Housing Project Exempt from CEQA Process for their Coastal Development Permit;

San Mateo County Gets $40k Grant for “Moss Beach Parallel Trail Gap Closure Study” at Carlos Street and Cypress Point Housing Development;

Cypress Point Housing Comes Back to San Mateo County Coastside Design Review Committee, Before Heading to Planning Commission for Final EIR Approval;

Watch the PUBLIC HEARING for Moss Beach Cypress Point Affordable Housing Draft Environmental Impact Review (EIR);

ACA 1 Legislation Will Create New Funding Stream to Fund Infrastructure Needs Caused by Affordable Housing Projects Like Cypress Point;

Cypress Point. Why Does San Mateo County Allow Midpen Housing to Propose Design Plans Before an EIR Study for Traffic, Storm Water, Soil Analysis?;

State Awards $17.8M to Midpen’s Cypress Point 71-unit Apartment Project in Moss Beach; 18 Units for Farmworkers;

Midcoast Pleas with Planning Commission to Complete an EIR to include Traffic, Transport, Sewer and Water Capacity, Hazmat and Runoff for Midpens’ Cypress Point;

The Hidden Impact of the Cypress Point – MidPen Housing Project
;

Cypress Point Low Income Housing Vendor Midpen not Required to Construct Complete Streets, So Who Will?;

Midcoast Thinks the Cypress Point Affordable Housing Project is a Bad Fit; Mayor Ruddock Wonders if Midpen Should Move it to Half Moon Bay?;

Cypress Point Housing Development is Back. Coastal Development Permit Application Submitted; County to do Initial Study and EIR;

California Coastal Commission Approves 71-Unit MidPen Low Income Housing at Cypress Point in Moss Beach;

MCC Gives Update on the Moss Beach MidPen Cypress Point Project Timeline and Process;

Local Land Use Expert, Mike Ferreira, Compares North Wave Crest to MidPen Cypress Point;
10+ Year Plan for Transportation Projects Including Cypress Point in Moss Beach
;

No Cypress Point Meetings Until After April According to SMCo Planning;

InPerspective Editorial ~ Cypress Point (MidPen) Craziness;

Cypress Point MidPen Project ~ No Cumulative Impact Analysis?;



San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (BoS) Agendas

The Supervisors meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 9:00am, as a hybrid meeting.

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