Sewer Director Ruddock Reports on Congressman Sam Liccardo’s Progress for $50k Army Corp “New Start” Project Grant to do Initial Analysis to Determine Federal Interest and Possible Funding for SAM Flooding

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VIDEO. From the Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside (SAM) regular board meeting on Monday, January 12th, 2026 at 7:00pm, as a hybrid meeting. Agenda. Director Debbie Ruddock comments during the Director Reports.


OneShoreline Approves Contractor to Secure Army Corp Funding for Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside Flood Resiliency after 2022 Flooding of the Electrical Room;

Army Corp Changes Economic Benefits Computation from Only Federal to Now Include Regional, Environmental and Non-Monetary Benefits which may Help Breakwater and Sewer Plant;

OneShoreline’s Request for US Army Corp of Engineers to Begin Analysis of Federal Interest for Storm Flooding of the Sewer Authority Water Treatment Plant Looks Promising for 2025;

OneShoreline Working with Congresswoman Eshoo and Senator Becker to get $2M into Army Corp Budget to Adapt Sewer Plant to Sea Level Rise Using Integral Research;

Sewer Authority Working with Army Corp of Engineers and OneShoreline on Feasibility Study to Make Coastside Waste Water Treatment Resilient to Climate Change, Including Alternative Plant Locations;

Sewer Authority Models 2022 New Years Storm as Part of the “SAM Facility Vulnerability Study” Hydrodynamic Flood Modeling;

Sewer Authority Approves Funding for Integral Consulting to do a Facility Flood Hazard Model for Neighboring Pilarcitos Creek and the Kehoe Channel;


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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.

Our Address is:
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.

2026 SAM Directors

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

Nancy Marsh ~ Vice Chair, Representing the Granada Community Services District

Paul Nagengast ~ Secretary/Treasurer, Representing the City of Half Moon Bay

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

Barbara Dye ~ Director, Representing the Granada Community Services District

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

 

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