Half Moon Bay’s Stone Pine Cove Farmworker Housing Project Discovers Two Red-legged Frogs

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VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, August, 20th, 2024 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.

Full Staff Report

Staff Recommendation: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with SWCA Environmental Consultants in the total amount of $205,652.31 to provide biological monitoring during construction activities at the Stone Pine Cove Affordable Housing Project located on a portion of 880 Stone Pine Road.


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880 Stone Pine Investment History

The 880 Stone Pine farmworker housing project has received $3.25M in grants from State Funds, the Sobrato and Chan-Zuckerberg Foundations to go towards their Construction Budget. 

  • In August 2024 the City extends SWCA’s biological monitoring project contract from $30k to $205k.
  • In June 2024 the City allotted $1.2M from their affordable housing fund to pay for infrastructure including Coastside County Water District hook-ups.  Sewer will also have to be paid for. 
  • In May 2024 the County approved $11.5M for grading and other ground preparation work (like digging trenches for utilities). 
  • Also in May 2024, the BOS awarded $6M towards buying 47 manufactured homes. $5M of that was awarded to the County as a grant from the Joe Serna Farmworker Housing Grant Homeownership Program to purchase manufactured homes for low-income farmworker families.
  • In July 2023 the BOS also negotiated a loan with the City of Half Moon Bay for a $3.2M loan at 3.13% for 10 years to discharge an iBank Loan which originally funded the purchase of the property from POST (Peninsula Open Space Trust) originally for the City Corp Yard, buy the loan had to be reconfigured so that affordable housing might be built on it.


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  1. Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, District 3, 2024 Election
  2. Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, District 2, 2024 Election
  3. Councilmember Robert Brownstone, District 1, 2026 Election
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Map 503b Adopted 3.15.2022

From left to right 2024 Half Moon Bay Councilmembers: Robert Brownstone, Vice Mayor Harvey Rarback, Mayor Joaquin Jimenez, Deborah Penrose and Debbie Ruddock.

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