San Mateo County Parks to Remodel Fitzgerald Marine Reserve to Meet ADA Requirements and Create Better Wayfinding; to be Completed by Fall

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VIDEO. From the San Mateo County Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, as a hybrid meeting. Agenda. Staff Report Item #4.

Proposal
The San Mateo County Parks Department is seeking a Coastal Development Permit to make site improvements at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Park site and to make the site into an into an ADA-compliant picnic space. The project includes the following scope of work:
a. Installing a new 130-foot-long wooden split railing fence along California Avenue,
b. Installing a new base rock pathway from California Avenue to Ranger Station,
c. Constructing two new 12-foot long by 17-to 19-inches high concrete retaining sitting walls around an existing whale skeleton approved under PLN2023-00056,
d. Installing three new memorial benches,
e. Installing three new wooden picnic tables,
f. Installing a new snail statue

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San Mateo County Plannning Commission

• Frederick Hansson
  2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2019 to Jan 06, 2023
  Title
  Member
  Representing
  Second District
• Carlos Serrano-Quan
  2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2025 to Dec 31, 2028
  Title
  Member
  Representing
  Fifth District
• Manuel Ramirez Jr.
  2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2024
  Title
  Member
  Representing
  Fourth District
• Kumkum Gupta
  1st Term
  Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2024
  Title
  Member
  Representing
  First District
• VACANCY for Lisa Ketcham
  2nd Term
  Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2026
  Title
  Member
  Representing
  Third District
• Steven Monowitz
  No Term
  N/A N/ATitle
  Staff
  Representing
  Community Development Director
• Diana Shu
  No Term
  N/A N/ATitle
  Staff
  Representing
  Department of Public Works
• CONTACT
  Angela Montes, Commission Secretary
  455 County Center, 2nd Floor
  Redwood City, CA 94063
  Phone: (650) 363-4161
  E-Mail: planning_commission@smcgov.org

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