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VIDEO. From Midcoast Community Council (MCC) meeting Wednesday 1/13/2021 @ 7:00pm.
The MCC meeting reviewing the Mirada Bridge project is tonight. Pat Tierney sent out the well thought out email below recently. It is informative for people trying to decide how to support a resolution.
Many people are not aware of these events and the topics. ~ Alec Hogg, Miramar resident
Wednesday, 1/13/2021 @ 7:00pm Midcoast Community Council (MCC) Zoom meeting:
Agenda and Zoom Link for 1/13/2021
Miramar Neighbors,
This is a friendly reminder to make a comment about replacing the Medio Creek Coastal Trail Bridge where it is currently located, at the Wednesday 1/13, 7pm Midcoast Community Council virtual meeting.
Here is a link to the Zoom MCC meeting in which the first agenda item is a discussion on the recently completed Medio Creek Bridge Negative Declaration (ND) by San Mateo County.
As you may recall from my Dec. 28 email, the ND is very important because the County basically is saying any adverse impacts from their plan to replace the bridge at its current location are minor or can be mitigated, and that they should continue pursuing the proposed replacement.
This is a critical document and meeting at a critical stage in replacing the bridge. If MCC supports the ND then it sends a strong message to the County and Coastal Commission that MCC now feels replacing the bridge at its current location, versus inland (on Alameda) is acceptable or even supported.
If they reject the ND, then it likely delays replacement to 2022 (the county wants to complete the replacement in 2021) or greatly diminishes the chances of ever constructing a new bridge at the current site.
We really need Miramar residents to tell the MCC either by email (midcoastcommunitycouncil@
1. You support replacing the bridge at its current location
2. You want construction to begin in spring 2021 inorder to open the bridge as soon as possible.
3.. Replacing the bridge at its current location is the least expensive, least environmentally disruptive and quickest replacement alternative.
4. You agree with the Negative Declaration, that any new adverse impacts would be minor or can be mitigated.
5. You want MCC to support the Negative Declaration in order to move the bridge construction process forward.
If you’d like more details, see our list of Reasons To Replace Medio Creek Bridge at Current Location, shown below. We currently have 54 signatures on the petition to replace the bridge where it is now. Send any questions to me.
I hope to see you at this Wednesday’s MCC virtual meeting, as we need your show of support.
Regards,
Pat Tierney, 241 Mirada Rd.
Wednesday, 1/13/2021 @ 7:00pm Midcoast Community Council (MCC) Zoom meeting:
Agenda and Zoom Link for 1/13/2021
SUMMARY OF REASONS TO REPLACE MEDIO CREEK COASTAL TRAIL BRIDGE AT CURRENT LOCATION
1. The Medio Creek Coastal Trail Bridge is an incredibly important asset of the Miramar community for transportation and area tourism and its closure has had negative impacts.
2. Replacing Medio Creek Bridge at its current location (RMCB) is the quickest way to open the coastal trail and improve coastal access without the lengthy detour.
3. RMCB is also the least expensive alternative, except for the current detour, to replace that section of the Coastal Trail in the short and long term.
4. All parties agree replacing Medio Creek bridge in its current location (RMCB) is feasible from an engineering perspective
5. Three different engineering studies (CSW Stuber Mirada Road Project Benefits and Alternatives Analysis (October 2019), PARIKH’s Geotechnical Design Recommendations (January 2020) and the Count Department of Public Works submission (June 3, 2020)) state the bluff stabilization proposed at the mouth of Medio Creek will be effective.
6. RMCB is simply a maintenance issue, while building a bridge elsewhere is a significant new project requiring more analysis and starting of new regulatory applications.
7. Reliance on the current detour route, along Mirada and Miramar Roads, Highway 1 and Medio Ave, for access to the Coastal Trail poses an increased public safety hazard.
8. The Miramar community is united to replace the bridge at its current location, as indicated by a petition, signed by 51 Miramar residents, supporting replacing the bride at its current location as soon as possible.
9. The proposed aluminum bridge will last 40 years, according to the October 2019 CSW Engineering Analysis. Even if a new Medio Creek bridge had to be replaced in 20-40 years it is still cost effective versus waiting 10 years for a bridge at another interior site.
10. Section 30235 of the Coastal Act includes language allowing improvements to protect coastal-dependent uses and existing structures. We believe that the Mirada Road pedestrian bridge meets this criterion.
11. The October 28 Midcoast Community Council (MCC) letter to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) was premature because they did not give reasonable notice and seek feedback from those who would be most immediately and directly impacted by the contents of the letter, the residents of Miramar.
12. Medio Creek bridge affects all of the Mirada Road area and the County and City cannot try to piece-meal the issues. The County, City, State Parks, and the Harbor District need a plan, including safe beach assess points, roads, parking, restrooms, trash collection, etc., for all of the Mirada Road area and the coastal trail that traverses it.
13. Sand erosion at the bridge foundation, to some extent, is man-caused due to harbor construction stopping sand replenishment, so a man-made bluff stabilization is appropriate
14.The bridge area is a relatively small space/pocket which is surrounded by large areas of rip rap. The proposed armoring and bluff stabilization would have very little or no impact on sand transfer to the south.
Wednesday, 1/13/2021 @ 7:00pm Midcoast Community Council (MCC) Zoom meeting:
Agenda and Zoom Link for 1/13/2021
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