Midcoast Community Council Hears Latest Plans from Cabrillo Unified for El Granada Elementary Parking Lot Lighting with Worry

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VIDEO. From the Midcoast Community Council meeting on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting.

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More on El Granada Elementary Parking Lot Lighting on Coastside Buzz

Cabrillo Unified Hosts Community Forum for CPD Feedback for El Granada Elementary Parking Lot Lighting; Latest Plan is to Reduce Number of Poles and Reduce Pole Height; April 24, 2025

New Cabrillo Unified Board Votes to Reopen Lighting Design for El Granada Elementary Parking Lot After MCC Insisted on Dark Skies Standards to be Balanced with Student Safety; February 6, 2025

CUSD Construction Manager Reports that for First Time in his Career DSA Changed Design Plans for El Granada Parking Lighting after Midcoast Community Council Advocacy on Dark Skies; October 24, 2024

San Mateo County Planning Approves El Granada Elementary’s Permits for Phase 1; Lighting Permit will Require Separate Application; May 2, 2024

CUSD Superintendent Reviews Community Lighting and Visual Corridor Concerns for the El Granada Elementary Modernization; January 21, 2024

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Midcoast Community Council (MCC) Meetings ~ 2nd & 4th Wednesdays @ 7:00pm

The MCC is an elected Municipal Advisory Council to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, representing unincorporated Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar.

Regular MCC meetings are on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM at Granada Community Services District (GCSD) meeting room, 504 Ave Alhambra, third floor, El Granada. 
Meetings are in hybrid format and the public is encouraged to attend remotely. All MCC meetings are open to the public, and are agendized and posted according to the requirements of the Brown Act.

MCC Agendas and Zoom Links
Regular meeting agendas are posted 72 hours in advance.
Special meeting agendas are posted 24 hours in advance.
Comments by email, remotely or in person.

Archived MCC meeting videos on PCTv

Lots and Lots of Documents!   Check out the menu bar.   Thanks to exMCC’s Lisa Ketcham (now on the San Mateo County Planning Commission) for an incredibly well curated website archive on local planning issues.

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2025 Midcoast Community Councilmembers
MCC: midcoastcommunitycouncil@gmail.com
P.O. Box 248, Moss Beach, CA 94038

Claire Toutant, Chair – 3rd Term Ends: Dec. 2026
Phone: 650-676-5847‬
Email: midcoast.claire@gmail.com 

Kimberly Williams, Vice Chair – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2026
Email: midcoast.kimberlyw@gmail.com

Connie Santilli, Secretary – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2028
(just installed; email to come)

Kevin Sniecinski, Treasurer – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2028
(just installed; email to come)

Scott Bollinger – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2026
Phone: 650-773-4425
Email: scottbollingerMCC@gmail.com

Gus Mattammal – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2026
Phone: 650-451-5335
Email: midcoastgus@gmail.com

Chris Rogers – 1st Term Ends: Dec 2028
(just installed; email to come)