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Hi Neighbors – I chair the Granada Community Services District Parks Advisory Committee. GCSD has had three public outreach efforts over the last two years to gather community input on features and landscape design for a new Park on the Burnham Strip, along the west side of Obispo Road. The Preliminary Plan is now ready for the next round of community review and feedback, before it is submitted to SM County to begin the formal review process. That’s a long process with multiple public hearings so this isn’t the last opportunity to comment but it’s important!
Since we can’t have big public meetings right now, we are asking the community to review the plan online and provide feedback by email over the next several weeks. The GCSD Board will convene a special public meeting (likely by Zoom) in the late summer to decide on any revisions before the plan is submitted to the County.
You may view the overall design, a written report, a slide presentation and video of the slide presentation by landscape architect Tom Conroy from Kikuchi+Kankel here: www.granada.ca.gov/parks.
Please submit your feedback by email to [email protected].
PLEASE DON’T POST YOUR FEEDBACK HERE ON ND – WE WON’T BE MONITORING THIS POST FOR FEEDBACK. PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
FYI the Parks web page also has links to all of the community input that drove this preliminary plan: a June 2018 event on the strip, the September 2019 community survey (>500 responses) and the October 2019 community workshop, where more than 50 participants created 6 detailed maps of the features they’d like to see. The comments we receive to the above email address will be also compiled and published later this summer. While we reserve the right to eliminate comments that are disrespectful or unrelated to the topic, we will continue our practice of making verbatim feedback publicly available, just as it would be at a public meeting.
There are many details which are not yet developed, e.g. the vegetation plan, the exact playground elements, etc. – those will be developed over time as feedback and revisions are received from the County, the Coastal Commission, the CEQA review, more community review, etc. Right now, the important thing to review is the overall concept and the types of features included.
We will send reminders by mail and by ND post to provide your feedback over the next few weeks – we are hoping for feedback from hundreds of GCSD community members, even if it’s just a line or two. The Board and Parks Advisory Committee are committed to having our community drive the design of our new local Burnham Park!
~ From Granada Community Services District, Parks and Recs, Nancy Marsh
Burnham Park Preliminary Plan Released for Public Review
All comments are welcome and will inform any revisions to the preliminary plan prior to submission to San Mateo County for review. Please email comments to [email protected].
Plan overview: The ADA-compliant plan is designed in three sections: a “village green” to the south, preserving the view down Avenue Portola, an active recreation area in the center across from existing buildings, and a large area to the north with small picnic and exercise areas, natural landscaping, and ocean views. A mix of wide and narrow trails run throughout the park, and at the south end a new trail would lead to the highway crossing and Coastal Trail at Coronado Avenue.
Parking lot: Compliance with the required setbacks for the riparian areas on either side of the current dirt lot would substantially reduce the size of the lot, so in this plan it would be moved to allow for 33 parking spaces, and on-street parking would be improved. San Mateo County is also exploring parking improvements in the Caltrans right-of-way adjacent to Highway One.
Highway 1 Crossing: CalTrans owns the strip of land between the proposed park area and Highway 1; GCSD does not have any jurisdiction over that property. San Mateo County’s Connect the Coastside effort is considering options for additional Highway 1 crossings. More information can be obtained at https://planning.smcgov.org/connect-coastside.
Environment: Based on recommendations from the Resource Conservation District, biotreatment areas have been added and existing streams have been made more sinuous to improve the quality of storm-water runoff that drains to the ocean.
Cost: Funds for building and maintaining the park will come from existing annual property tax allocations to GCSD; grant opportunities are also being explored.
Community driven: This preliminary plan reflects community input gathered in three GCSD outreach efforts in 2018 and 2019; the detailed reports from these efforts are available at granada.ca.gov/parks. GCSD now asks for your feedback on the preliminary Burnham Park plan to inform any further revisions before the plan is submitted to San Mateo County for review. The County review and permitting process will provide additional opportunities for public comment.
Comments: Please review the preliminary plan details and send your comments to [email protected]. We are committed to making this a real community park!
Click on the links below for more details in the the Burnham Park Report and Preliminary Landscape Plan Presentation:
- K + K Letter Report for Burnham Park
- Burnham Park Preliminary Plan Presentation Slides
- Burnham Park Preliminary Plan Presentation Video
GCSD Parks Committee Discusses Burnham Park Draft Plans
VIDEO. What do you think?
Comments: Please review the preliminary plan details and send your comments to [email protected]. We are committed to making this a real community park!
Parks and Recreation
Burnham Park Preliminary Plan Released for Public Review
All comments are welcome and will inform any revisions to the preliminary plan prior to submission to San Mateo County for review. Please email comments to [email protected].
Plan overview: The ADA-compliant plan is designed in three sections: a “village green” to the south, preserving the view down Avenue Portola, an active recreation area in the center across from existing buildings, and a large area to the north with small picnic and exercise areas, natural landscaping, and ocean views. A mix of wide and narrow trails run throughout the park, and at the south end a new trail would lead to the highway crossing and Coastal Trail at Co
ronado Avenue.
Parking lot: Compliance with the required setbacks for the riparian areas on either side of the current dirt lot would substantially reduce the size of the lot, so in this plan it would be moved to allow for 33 parking spaces, and on-street parking would be improved. San Mateo County is also exploring parking improvements in the Caltrans right-of-way adjacent to Highway One.
Environment: Based on recommendations from the Resource Conservation District, biotreatment areas have been added and existing streams have been made more sinuous to improve the quality of storm-water runoff that drains to the ocean.
Cost: Funds for building and maintaining the park will come from existing annual property tax allocations to GCSD; grant opportunities are also being explored.
Community driven: This preliminary plan reflects community input gathered in three GCSD outreach efforts in 2018 and 2019; the detailed reports from these efforts are available at granada.ca.gov/parks. GCSD now asks for your feedback on the preliminary Burnham Park plan to inform any further revisions before the plan is submitted to San Mateo County for review. The County review and permitting process will provide additional opportunities for public comment.
Comments: Please review the preliminary plan details and send your comments to [email protected]. We are committed to making this a real community park!
Click on the links below for more details in the the Burnham Park Report and Preliminary Landscape Plan Presentation:
GRANADA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Monday, July 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.
Monday, July 6, 2020 Agenda
The Parks Advisory Committee (PAC) serves the GCSD Board of Directors by providing recommendations on and assistance with parks and recreation related issues.
The PAC is advisory only, and does not have any decision-making authority.
CALL TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM: Below is information on the 7 pm July 6 PAC meeting.
This will be held via a zoom conference. Just click on the link below to join the meeting and enter the password if prompted, or you can call in using the number below.
Be sure to mute your mic unless you want to speak.
More on Quarry Park Pump Track
More on Burnham Strip
Granada Community Services District (GCSD) Meeting ~ Every 3rd Thursday
Links to previous GCSD meetings’ videos.
The Granada Community Services District (GCSD), formerly the Granada Sanitary District, gained park and recreational jurisdiction on October 1, 2014, for the unincorporated areas of El Granada, Miramar and Princeton (i.e. the “GCSD Community”) by a positive vote of 60% of the voters in the District. This reorganization allows the district to provide parks and recreation services in addition to the sewer, solid waste and recycling services it currently provides to over 2,500 residences and businesses in the District as well as the northern portion of the City of Half Moon Bay. Solid waste and recycling services are provided by Recology of the Coast under a franchise agreement with GCSD.
The parks and recreation function is funded by utilizing a portion of GCSD’s share of San Mateo County property tax revenues, not from sewer charges. GCSD’s goal is to provide parks and recreation services that benefit the GCSD community, with a commitment to robust neighborhood outreach on new projects.
Granada Parks Advisory Committee (PAC) Agenda
GCSD owns the undeveloped “Burnham Strip” property along Obispo Street between Coronado Street and Avenue Alhambra in El Granada, which may be developed as an El Granada gateway park.
Additional potential park areas are a small GCSD-owned parcel on Capistrano Road in Princeton and the road medians in El Granada. GCSD and SMC completed a Permit Agreement in February 2018 which allows the District to make improvements to the El Granada Medians. GCSD may implement landscaping, seating, and active and passive recreational improvements on these properties, following an open and transparent community outreach process and all required permit and environmental review processes.
El Granada in 1972. Look at that big triangle of land that is now completely eroded!
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