City Staff Struggle to Align Residents Traffic Calming Needs on Poplar with “Complete Streets” ADA Funding Requirements

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, January 19th, 2022 by Zoom.

 

 

The Memo from City Staff to City Council

DATE: January 19, 2022 TO: Mayor and City Council

FROM: Bob Nisbet, City Manager

SUBJECT: Coastal Development Permit for Poplar Street Calming and Safety Project – 01/19/22 City Council Meeting

On December 14, 2021, the Planning Commission considered the City of Half Moon Bay’s application for a Coastal Development Permit and Tree Removal Permit to allow construction of the Poplar Street Traffic Calming and Safety Project (Poplar Project). The Planning Commission heard testimony, deliberated, and continued the matter by a vote of 3-0-2 (with two members recused due to FPPC conflicts of interest).

By this memo, the City Manager requests that jurisdiction over the Poplar Project be transferred to the City Council pursuant to Half Moon Bay Municipal Code 18.20.050.

Typically, CDPs are considered by the Planning Commission, and may be appealed to the City Council. The Community Development Director thus assigned this matter to the Planning Commission and the Planning Commission accepted that determination.

However, Half Moon Bay Municipal Code section 18.20.050 provides for City Council consideration in the first instance where the Council has final approval authority for other discretionary actions. In addition, the applicant (in this case, the City) may challenge the initial determination of jurisdiction.

The City acknowledges the detailed input from the Planning Commission on the Poplar Project and intends to incorporate it into the final proposal submitted to the City Council.

The City Council has ultimate funding responsibilities for this project and will also consider 21 separate agreements with Poplar Avenue property owners for funding of improvements in front of their properties. Moreover, the City seeks an expedited timeline in light of grant funding.

For these reasons, I request that this matter be referred to the City Council.

We are intending to schedule the hearing for February 15, 2022.

 

The Full Agenda for 1/19/2022

[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.coastsidebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/f3d5424664cb5684c5e3981d5a7c54830.pdf”]

 

 

More on Poplar Complete Streets Project on HMB City Site

More on Poplar Complete Streets Project on Coastside Buzz

 


City Council of Half Moon Bay Meets ~ 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00pm

HMB City Council Agendas and Zoom Links

 

HMB City Calendar

The New Now ~ Virtual Remote Public Agency Meetings

Watch streaming, or the Pacifica Coast TV video, that we will post. Stay tuned!
The meeting will be held at the Adcock Community Center for any members of the public who wish to speak in person, though we do encourage all members to participate remotely.
The meeting will be:

Members or the public are welcome to submit comments (in accordance with the three-minute per speaker limit) via email

to [email protected] prior to or during the meeting, via Facebook live during the meeting, and via two phone lines during the meeting – (650) 477-4963 (English) and (650) 445-3090 (Spanish).
The City Clerk will read all comments into the record.

 

 

      1. Debbie Ruddock

        Mayor
        Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
      2. Deborah Penrose

        Vice Mayor
        Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
      3. Robert Brownstone

        Councilmember
        Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
      4. Joaquin Jimenez

        Councilmember
        Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)
      5. Harvey Rarback

        Councilmember
        Phone: 650-726-8250 (leave message with Clerk’s office)

The City Council of Half Moon Bay

The City Council of Half Moon Bay is the City’s governing body, and consists of five elected members. The Council sets priorities and policies, makes final decisions on all major City matters, adopts ordinances and resolutions, appoints the City Manager and City Attorney, and approves the annual budget.

City Council members are elected at-large to four-year, overlapping terms. There are no term limits in Half Moon Bay. The City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Vice Mayor, on an annual basis.

The Half Moon Bay City Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month starting at 7 pm at the Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue.

Meetings and Agendas

The City Council typically meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at 7 pm, at Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue. City Council meeting schedule, agendas, minutes, and videos are available online. Planning on attending a City Council Meeting? Please visit our “Commenting at a City Council Meeting” information page. You can also learn about City Council Procedures and Decorum.

Strategic Elements

The City Council develops Strategic Elements to help focus the City’s actions and work plans on its key priorities. The Strategic Elements are aimed at providing high quality public services and facilities in a fiscally sustainable, responsive, and friendly manner, which fosters a safe, healthy, and thriving community.

 


Half Moon Bay City Council Subcommittees

  • CSFA Grant Selection
  • Education
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • Legislative Affairs
  • Mobility

Half Moon Bay City Council Strategic Plan

The City Council develops Strategic Elements, Priorities, and a Capital Improvement Program to help guide the City’s actions and work plans, and focus efforts on addressing the City’s identified priority initiatives. Together, these comprise the City’s Strategic Plan.

Below is a summary noting each of the Strategic Elements and Priorities.

Click herefor more detailed information and explanations of the Strategic Elements and Strategic Priorities.

 

City Council Strategic Elements

Fiscal Sustainability
Healthy Communities 
and Public Safety
Inclusive Governance Infrastructure and Environment

The overarching Strategic Elements describe how the City will conduct its operations in service to the community, and are based on the principles and values that outline the City’s purposes. They offer focus toward the City Council’s key priorities, and are aimed at providing high quality public services and facilities in a fiscally sustainable, responsive, and friendly manner, fostering a safe, healthy, and thriving community.

 

City Council Priorities – FY 2019-20

Affordable Housing Emergency Preparedness Traffic and TDM Sustainability Minimum Wage

Priorities are more specific areas which the City Council deems as critical to address during a given fiscal year (or over multiple fiscal years). Each Priority has a specific set of actions to be taken, which in turn contribute to and outline the staff’s objectives and work plans.

 

City Council Priorities – FY 2018-19

Housing Homelessness Cannabis Short Term Rentals Parks Master Plan

Click here for more details on the FY 2018-19 Council Priorities.

 

Capital Improvement Program

The City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) addresses the community’s needs for planned infrastructure improvements over a rolling five-year period. The CIP is intended to respond to the identified needs of the community, to ensure major infrastructure – such as streets, parks, trails, public facilities, sewers, and drainage – are well-maintained for maximum safety, public use, and enjoyment. Click here to download the Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2019-20 to 2023-24.

Coastside Buzz
Author: Coastside Buzz

Me