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Will You Attend the Half Moon Bay City Council Special Meeting?

Time to give input on our tax dollars at work. Special meeting on Jan. 29 addresses Measure J money, Half Moon Bay capital improvements, almost $87 million in anticipated need.

Anyone want to know where the Measure J money is going to go? Anyone want to know what the Council's top priorities are for capital Improvements over the next five years? Did you know that the expectation for Measure J money has now changed to $1 million per year for each of its three years, now bringing the anticipated total to $3 million?

The Half Moon Bay City Council is holding a Special Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 29th at 5 p.m. at the newly built Department Operations Center at 537 Kelly Ave.

Here's the agenda.

Under the heading of "Fiscal Impacts, on page one, we see from the Agenda (in part): "The plan estimates just over $6 million in expenditures for the next fiscal year and a total CIP budget of almost $87 million, including these long range unfunded projects."

The Agenda is 52 pages in length, complete with graphs, charts and suggestions.

There is one item, right on the first page of the Agenda that caught my attention immediately, that I have a question and concern with. It is a very subtle, but very concerning point that I hope others see so I don't feel so alone in my opinion on it.

There has been much discussion about Half Moon Bay expenditures and future expenditures. Now's your (our) chance to have input (limited) on our tax dollars at work and how they will be prioritized and spent.

Take a gander. See where staff feels our money needs to go over the next five years and beyond.

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Jon DeLong May 18, 2013 at 06:45 pm
With so many good Mexican restaurants in the area, why bother?
Cid May 17, 2013 at 06:14 pm
I enjoy an occasional Taco Bell, but in the same shopping center as Happy Taco with far better,Read More authentic LOCAL Mexican food! Nah! I do enjoy the Combo locations that have KFC & TACO BELL. (Face it, Americans like to have choices!). With no drive-through, perhaps it will be better than the average suburban stores along the El Camino. As for another chain restaurant in Half Moon Bay...What did you expect? Demographics will continue to dictate that we can still expect to keep our "Fast-Food-Free-Zone" between Linda Mar and HMB while "City Councils or Planning Departments in the Cities will attract them....for their tax base.
Dee May 15, 2013 at 08:07 pm
Seriously? Taco Bell? Next to New Leaf? How did this happen? Not happy about this addition and notRead More looking forward to seeing Taco Bell trash all over the place. Not sure about KFC ... we already have a fast food chicken place at Popeyes so we certainly don't need another. The high school students will probably frequent Taco Bell the most and keep it in business but I will not be going there that's for sure.
Carol Wexler May 18, 2013 at 02:42 pm
I would consider volunteering at the California State Parks but dogs are not allowed and I wouldRead More need to bring my dog.
pae May 18, 2013 at 11:22 pm
Misha, I understand where you're coming from, but that's what we don't want to do. One reason thatRead More all dog owners are being discriminated against is those few who don't follow the rules. It doesn't matter that there are bicyclists and horseback riders who don't follow rules, they're "OK," it's the dog owners who pay the price. We want an area where our dogs can exercise freely and legally, where we won't be bothered by people who are afraid of dogs or dislike them, and where they're not at risk from horses who spook. For those of us who live surrounded by Rancho land especially, we don't want to have to drive miles to a small, fenced lot with crowds of others seeking to exercise their dogs in the same small area. We're paying for this open space with our tax dollars, and we want to have access to it. There's plenty of room for everyone.
Misha Flores May 17, 2013 at 09:35 am
To be honest I would probably just let my dog run around without a leash anyway, except there's soRead More much darned poison oak around these hills. I don't want her to get contaminated and then I hug her and trouble ensues.
Anne Martin May 16, 2013 at 04:29 pm
I don't own a dog now but empathize with the dog owners who have been deprived of the right toRead More allow their dogs to run free in the national recreation area that we as taxpayers own. As a taxpayer, I want to know the rationale for this policy. If it is to protect horses from being frightened by dogs what is the basis for that? How many horses use the open space? It appears that dozens of people who have been able to enjoy walking with their dogs in the open space adjoining their neighborhood are now being grossly inconvenienced because some faceless bureaucrats are creating rules that may have no basis in reality.
Chris Vance March 23, 2013 at 03:00 pm
What are you doing with the excess Undaria pinnatifida that is found? Can we get some of it for ourRead More compost piles at the Pacifica Sanchez Library Garden?