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VIDEO and PRESS RELEASE. Press release is from Anna Eshoo on December 12th, 2024
Video is from the San Mateo County Harbor District meetings on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 at 10:00am as a hybrid meeting. Public comment only in person or by email. Meetings are currently being held in person at the SMCHD Administration Building, 504 Avenue Alhambra, Ste. 200, El Granada.
General Manager’s Report for the Commissioners Special Meeting on December 18th, 2024.
I’m pleased that the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2024 Bill Conference report was issued. The Pillar Point project survived the conference project and remains in the Bill.
The Water Resources Development Act is a complex and comprehensive legislative package that directs the Army Corps of Engineers to construct projects that improve rivers and harbors, flood protection and storm mitigation, and wastewater and stormwater infrastructure.
The bill authorizes a project I requested for Pillar Point Harbor in our District. The erosion of beaches near the Harbor is the unintended and unforeseen consequence of the breakwater the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built in 1960 to make Pillar Point Harbor safe and protect the local fishing fleet. With the authorization, the Corps can determine what mitigation and prevention measures are required to address damage caused to the shores and beaches in northern Half Moon Bay by the installation of the breakwater. I’m proud to have initiated this important first step in the process for the benefit of all Coastal residents and its many visitors.
NOTE: The WRDA authorization should be signed by President Biden before the end of the year. Authorization is not appropriation (aka funding).
San Mateo County Harbor District Update on WRDA-2024 Pillar Point Sea Level Rise and Princeton by the Sea Shoreline Project: Eshoo Help, Multi-jurisdictional Cooperation and ACOE Funding;
Army Corp Changes Economic Benefits Computation from Only Federal to Now Include Regional, Environmental and Non-Monetary Benefits which may Help Breakwater and Sewer Plant;
San Mateo County Harbor District Announces Army Corp Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) Funding for Initial Feasibility Study of Pillar Point Harbor’s Damage by the Breakwater;
More on the Harbor District on Coastside Buzz
San Mateo County Harbor District Board Meetings ~ 3rd Wednesday @ 10:00am
Watch remotely. Comments and questions by email.
Please note that email correspondence sent to or from members of the Harbor Commission via the District’s website are considered public records and may be subject to disclosure and additional distribution pursuant to the Public Records Act and the Brown Act.
Harbor District Agendas and Remote Meeting Links
2024 Board of Harbor Commissioners Contact Information:
Please note that email correspondence sent to or from Members of the Harbor Commission via the District’s website are considered public records and may be subject to disclosure and additional distribution pursuant to the Public Records Act and the Brown Act. To email the entire Harbor Commission, click here.
Tom Mattusch, President
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 619-0459
Kathryn Slater-Carter, Vice President
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 583-4400
George Domurat, Secretary
Email: [email protected]
(650) 583-4400
Virginia Chang Kiraly, Treasurer
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 730-3911
William Zemke, Commissioner
mail: [email protected]
Phone: (650) 730-9239
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