Sewer Authority Needs to Move Electrical Plant Out of Flood Zone but Board Considers FEMA’s Fickle Funding of Design Alternatives and Whether or not Construction Funding will Follow

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VIDEOS. From the Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) meeting on Monday, June 9th, 2025 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting. Agenda. Staff Report Item #4B: “Authorize General Manager to Enter into Contract with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. in an Amount Not to Exceed $404,440 for the Electrical System Relocation Project Funded by FEMA.” Electrical Relocation Presentation.

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Our regular office hours are 7:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The Authority can be reached 24-hours a day at: (650) 726-0124.

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Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside
1000 Cabrillo Hwy N.
Half Moon Bay,  CA  94019

SAM Board from left. Paul Nagengast (HMB), Nancy Marsh (GCSD), Scott Boyd (MWSD), Debbie Ruddock (HMB), Barbara Dye (GCSD), Kathryn Slater-Carter (MWSD).

The Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) provides wastewater treatment services and contract collection maintenance services for a population of approximately 24,000 in the following areas:

• City of Half Moon Bay
• El Granada
• Miramar
• Montara
• Moss Beach
• Princeton by the Sea

SAM Directors

SAM is a joint powers authority (JPA) created by its three member agencies: City of Half Moon Bay (City), Granada Community Services District (GCSD), and the Montara Water and Sanitary District (MWSD).

The JPA is a separate, independent, public agency created by the member agencies to perform functions and share powers common to the member agencies. Those powers are outlined in a joint exercise of powers agreement (Agreement). The Agreement creating SAM can be found on the Documents page.

Each Agreement identifies how the independent agency will be governed. In the case of SAM, each member agency appoints two members from its governing board to represent it on the SAM Board of Directors, for a total of six directors.

The Agreement also establishes the weight of each director’s vote. The vote by each representatives from the City is given the weight of two votes. The vote by each representative from GCSD and MWSD is given the weight of one vote. The total number of possible votes is eight. A quorum is a minimum of five votes and resolutions require at least six votes to pass.

2025 SAM Directors

Deborah Ruddock ~ Chair, Representing the City of Half Moon Bay

Kathryn Slater-Carter ~ Vice Chair, Representing the Montara Water & Sanitary District

Nancy Marsh ~ Secretary/Treasurer, Representing the Granada Community Services District

Barbara Dye ~ Director, Representing the Granada Community Services District

Paul Nagengast ~ Director, Representing the City of Half Moon Bay

Scott Boyd ~ Director, Representing the Montara Water & Sanitary District