FOOTNOTES
  1. Regional Ocean Coastline Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area, ABAG (1973)
  2. Table H-1, Roadway Segments Level of Service and Standards, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995) Highway Congestion Monitoring Report, California Department of Transportation (1996)
  3. Exhibit 12.14, San Mateo Countywide Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  4. Bay Area Futures: Where Will We Live and Work?, ABAG (11/97)
  5. ABAG Projections '98
  6. ABAG Projections '98 indicate an additional 4,870 housing units will be built in the subregion between the year 2000 and 2020 including 2,170 units in Half Moon Bay, 1,990 units in the Midcoast and 710 units in Pacifica.
  7. ABAG job growth projections for the subregion between the year 2000 and 2020 show a total of 1,830 additional jobs including 790 jobs in Pacifica, 410 jobs in the Midcoast and 630 jobs in Half Moon Bay.
  8. Based on interviews with transportation managers at Oracle, Genentech, and Franklin and staff at the Multi-City Transportation Systems Management Agency (MTSMA).
  9. Conversation with staff at RIDES for Bay Area Commuters and MTSMA.
  10. Page 5-2, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program, (1995)
  11. Exhibit 1.25, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  12. Page 5-5, Trip Reduction/Travel Demand Element, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  13. Exhibit 1.25, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  14. ibid
  15. San Mateo County Planning and Building Division (January 1998)
  16. ibid
  17. Citizens Utility Company, the water provider serving Midcoast communities north of El Granada, currently lacks water capacity for additional development.
  18. Average gross production values provided by the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner do not account for expenses such as irrigation costs, fertilizers, pesticides, salaries, transportation, packaging etc. which would need to be deducted to obtain an actual value per acre to the grower.
  19. Cumulative impacts are the combined effects of a series of development activities or natural effects. Although an individual project may not greatly affect the natural or human environment, the cumulative impacts created by many different projects over time may significantly alter these environments.
  20. Half Moon Bay Preliminary Economic and Business Development Strategy (12/97)
  21. ibid
  22. At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt (Greenbelt Alliance, 1998)
  23. Based on field observations and interviews with John Hernandez, San Mateo County Trails Advisory Committee (10/97)
  24. ABAG Projections '98
  25. Policy 2.49, Desired Level of Service, San Mateo County Local Coastal Program (1992)
  26. Highway Congestion Monitoring Report, California Department of Transportation (1996)
  27. Table H-1, Roadway Segments Level of Service and Standards, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  28. Exhibit 12.14, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  29. Exhibit 1.25, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  30. Journey-to-Work in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package, Working Paper #5, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (4/93)
  31. Bay Area Futures: Where Will We Live and Work?, ABAG (11/97)
  32. ABAG Projections '98
  33. ABAG Projections '98 indicate an additional 4,870 housing units will be built in the subregion between the year 2000 and 2020 including 2,170 units in Half Moon Bay, 1,990 units in the Midcoast and 710 units in Pacifica.
  34. ABAG job growth projections for the subregion between the year 2000 and 2020 show a total of 1,830 additional jobs including 790 jobs in Pacifica, 410 jobs in the Midcoast and 630 jobs in Half Moon Bay.
  35. Based on interviews with transportation managers at Oracle, Genentech, and Franklin and staff at the Multi-City Transportation Systems Management Agency (MTSMA).
  36. Conversation with staff at RIDES for Bay Area Commuters and MTSMA.
  37. Page 5-2, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  38. Exhibit 1.25, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (June 1997)
  39. Transportation Action Plan, Bay Area Council (5/97)
  40. Page 5-5, Trip Reduction/Travel Demand Element, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  41. Table H-1, Roadway Segments Level of Service and Standards, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  42. Exhibit 12.14, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report, (June 1997)
  43. It should be noted that the term TSM is oftentimes used as a catchall for all TDM and TSM measures.
  44. The survey identified 555 Coastside commuters interested in shuttle service including 166 in El Granada and 116 in the Ocean Colony community of Half Moon Bay.
  45. San Mateo County LCP Policies 2.58 (a-d), 2.59 (a-d), and 2.60-2.63 all address commuter transit use. However, the Half Moon Bay and Pacifica LCPs do not contain commuter transit policies.
  46. Conversation with Dan McCoy, MTSMA.
  47. Conversation with Rich Booth, Genentech Transportation Manager (11/97)
  48. Limited employee interest in vanpooling may also be linked to the Oracle policy requiring employees to assume full responsibility for funding the lease on the van as well as the necessary liability insurance.
  49. Based on phone conversations with the following individuals between 10/97 and 1/98: Randy Smith, Facilities Director, Oracle; Dave Steria, Facilities Director, Genentech; Richard Booth, Transportation Program Manager, Genentech; Robin Manley, Transportation Program Coordinator, Oracle; Christine Lewman, Transportation Management Coordinator, Franklin.
  50. ibid
  51. Page 5-5, Trip Reduction/Travel Demand Element, San Mateo County Congestion Management Program (1995)
  52. ABAG Projections '98
  53. ibid
  54. San Mateo County Planning and Building Division (1/98)
  55. ibid
  56. CMAQ Subcommittee, Transportation System Goals (10/26/94)
  57. Exhibit 1.6 of the June 1997 San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report indicates that despite a $3 billion investment in BART and Caltrain improvements and more convenient access to these systems compared to Coastside commuters, nearly 90 percent of all commuters Countywide will continue to drive to work in the year 2010.
  58. ABAG Projections '98
  59. Current Local Coastal Program buildout figures for the subregion allow nearly 6,000 additional homes to be built between 1995 and 2010.
  60. Average gross production values provided by the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner do not account for expenses such as irrigation costs, fertilizers, pesticides, salaries, transportation, packaging etc. which would need to be deducted to obtain an actual value per acre to the grower.
  61. Transportation Action Plan, Bay Area Council Report (5/97)
  62. Half Moon Bay Preliminary Economic and Business Development Strategy (12/97)
  63. ibid
  64. The percentage of employed Midcoast residents working in managerial/executive and professional occupations is assumed to be at least as high (and probably higher) compared to Half Moon Bay where 40 percent of the employed residents work within the City compared to less than 10 percent that do in the Midcoast.
  65. Half Moon Bay Preliminary Economic and Business Development Strategy (12/97)
  66. As of 9/1/98, 50 hotel units were under construction and another 240 units were undergoing permit review.
  67. As of 9/1/98, 21 hotel and B&B units had obtained permit approval and another 92 units were pending permit approval.
  68. Highway Congestion Monitoring Report, California Department of Transportation (1996)
  69. Page 12.28, San Mateo County Transportation Plan: Alternatives Report (July 1997)
  70. San Mateo County Planning and Building Division (1/98)
  71. Transfers of water reserved for priority commercial and industrial uses to non-priority residential uses is reducing the supply of existing reserves.
  72. Based on phone conversations with the following individuals between 10/97 and 1/98: Randy Smith, Facilities Director, Oracle; Dave Steria, Facilities Director, Genentech; Richard Booth, Transportation Program Manager, Genentech; Robin Manley, Transportation Program Coordinator, Oracle; Christine Lewman, Transportation Management Coordinator, Franklin.
  73. ABAG's Regional Ocean Coastline Plan (1973)
  74. At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt (Greenbelt Alliance, 1998)
  75. In the unincorporated area of the subregion, San Mateo County has predominantly zoned all remaining lands designated for either agriculture or open space with allowable development densities ranging from one dwelling unit per 40 acres to one unit per 160 acres.
  76. Draft Pacifica Boundary Study, GGNRA (May1997)
  77. Resolution 61060, approved by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (May 1997)
  78. Based on meeting with Peter Grenell, Pillar Point Harbor General Manager (12/97) and subsequent phone conversations with staff.
  79. Preliminary Pacifica Citywide Trails Master Plan, (October 1992)
  80. For shoreline access, recreation, open space and resource conservation policies refer to the following documents: Half Moon Bay- LCP Chapters on Coastal Access and Recreation, and Agriculture (amended 1993); Midcoast- San Mateo County General Plan Chapters on Park and Recreation Resources, and Urban Land Use (November 1986), LCP Shoreline Access, Agriculture and Recreation/Visitor-Serving Facilities Components, Tables 10.5, 10.6 and Existing Shoreline Access Map (August 1992), Montara-Moss Beach-El Granada Community Plan Chapters on Natural Resources and Park and Recreation (1978); Pacifica- General Plan Open Space, Land Use, Circulation Elements (August 1996), LCP Land Use, Access Components, Beach Access Map (March 1980).
  81. Based on field observations and interviews with John Hernandez, San Mateo County Trails Advisory Committee (10/97)
  82. Although the original Farallone City subdivision plan and map approved by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 1908 dedicated the blufftop between Montara and Moss Beach for a public walkway named the Marine Walk, the same Board rejected the proposed public trail.
  83. Regional Ocean Coastline Plan, ABAG (1973); California Coastal Plan, California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission (1975). The former was an advisory document only and the latter was never formally adopted by the State Legislature.
  84. Policy 10.4, San Mateo County LCP (1992)
  85. ibid, Table 10.6, Assessment of Access Trails and Shoreline Destinations and accompanying Existing Shoreline Access Map
  86. ibid, 11.13(a)
  87. ibid, 11.13(b)(1), (b)(2a)
  88. ibid, Policy 11.26(b)
  89. San Mateo County Trails Plan: Draft Revisions (1995)
  90. San Mateo County LCP (1992)
  91. ibid, Policies 11.27(c)(d)
  92. ibid, Policy 10.35(d)
  93. ibid, Policy 10.41
  94. For example, County-owned blufftop land and street-end vista points located within the boundaraies of the Fitzgerald MarineReserve are identified in the LCP as high priorities for public funding.
  95. Policy 10.33, San Mateo County LCP (1992)
  96. ibid, Policy 11.6(a)
  97. The Coastal Access Acquisition and Development Fund was established after certification of the LCP in 1981. As of 1997, approximately $26,000 had been deposited into the Fund. However, $25,000 was directed from the Fund to support the current Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Master Plan update.
  98. Policy 2-2, Half Moon Bay LCP (1993)
  99. Page C-60, Pacifica LCP (1980)
  100. ibid, Pages C-62, C-63
  101. Several court rulings following passage of the Coastal Act have clarified government regulations addressing public shoreline access. In particular, the United States Supreme Court decision in Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) limits government use of access requirements as a permit condition by requiring that public agencies demonstrate a nexus between the condition and the burdens imposed by the development. As a result, local governments within the subregion must consider the Nollan decision when mitigating the impact of private development on shoreline access.
  102. Letter from Coastal Commission to San Mateo County (3/3/95). One unaccepted OTD in the Midcoast includes a lateral and vertical easement located within the boundaries of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve at 150 Moss Beach Way.
  103. Page 24, Half Moon Bay LCP (1993)
  104. ibid, Page 25
  105. Pacifica LCP, Page C-61 (1980)
  106. ibid, Page C-63
  107. Proposals to build commercial projects at Mori Point and San Pedro State Beach have been rejected by residents either through a citywide election or through the planning process.
  108. Letter from Coastal Commission to Pacifica (6/22/95)
  109. Starting a Land Trust, The Land Trust Alliance (1990); Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation, Trust for Public Land. (1995); Funding for Land Protection: A California Primer, Planning and Conservation League (March 1993)



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