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May 14th, 2020
THE WEEKLY BUZZ MAIL!
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VIDEO. Census Response Rates as of 5/4/20.
At 67.7% San Mateo County has the highest census response percentage than any county in the state.
City of Half Moon Bay has a 71.2% response rate (it was 63.5% on 4/20/20 – 7.7% increase).
Let’s get it to 100% so we get the most money we can from the Federal Government.
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VIDEO. Andrew Michael, Ph.D., is a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Science Center in Menlo Park where he combines observations of earthquake processes and statistical models to determine earthquake probabilities, to evaluate earthquake prediction methods, and to understand how stress and structure function as part of the seismogenic process.
Stephanie Ross, Ph.D., is a USGS research geophysicist with the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center. Dr. Ross’ research focuses on paleotsunamis (tsunamis caused by earthquakes and landslides) with the goal of tsunami hazard mitigation and risk reduction.
PART 2: Tuesday, May 19th from 6:30-7:30 PM Coastside CERT and the Earthquake Country Alliance will host Part 2 of the Coastside Great Shake-IN – The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety and the UC Berkeley MyShake App
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VIDEO. City of Half Moon Bay Public Works Director, John Doughty had a simple and inexpensive idea. Park your cars in front of your homes, so 10+ mile visitors can’t?
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Covid-19 Industry Guidance for Dine-In Restaurants
The California Department of Public Health and CAL OSHA present the Covid 19 Industry Guidance for Dine-In Restaurants as of May 12th, 2020.
27 counties are in negotiation to adopt the new protocols, but not San Mateo County, yet.
Key prevention practices include:
- physical distancing to the maximum extent possible,
- use of face coverings by employees (where respiratory protection is not required) and customers/clients,
- frequent handwashing and regular cleaning and disinfection,
- training employees on these and other elements of the COVID-19 prevention plan.
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OWN VOICE ~ InPerspective by Gregg Diegez.
After one of our MIT Clean Tech seminars last year, I told several friends to expect EV batteries at $25/Kwh by 2025 – which would mean Electric Cars with 1,500 miles of range – for the same cost as my 300 mile range Chevy Bolt. [Of course, people may choose to pay even less cost for less than 1,500 miles of range] AND, I pointed out that industry was already ahead of the cost curve predicted for 2020, which was $125/Kwh, down from about $300/Kwh in my Bolt’s 2017 battery technology. This continues a trend: from 2010 to 2019, lithium-ion battery prices (when looking at the battery pack as a whole) have fallen from $1,100 per kilowatt-hour to $156/kwh—an 87% cut. Previous press reports had suggested that we’ll reach the $100/kwh mark earlier than previously anticipated—by 2023, and I was expecting to beat even that pace of price reductions.
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ARTICLE from Half Moon Bay Battalion Chief, Dave Cosgrave:
This week marked our first anniversary since the Coastside Fire Protection District Board of Directors voted unanimously to sponsor Coastside CERT at a special board meeting packed with CERTs and supporters. What a year it has been!
We thank the Board, Chief Ian Larkin, and all of you who have stepped up to neighborhood and central program leadership roles as we have grown since May 2, 2019.
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ORDER 5/11/2020. For the purposes of this Order, a Highly Regulated Vehicle-Based Gathering is a gathering where during the entirety of the gathering every participant, excluding the Host, Personnel, and security, except as expressly provided herein, remains in a fully enclosed motorized vehicle parked at least six feet apart from other vehicles and where all occupants of each enclosed vehicle are members of a single household. For clarity, an enclosed vehicle does not include a motorcycle, a convertible with the top open, a vehicle with no doors, or bicycle.
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VIDEO (PODCAST). If you have not emailed the City with your opinion, please do so:
Jill Ekas: jekas@hmbcity.com, Community Development Director.
The Dunes at Half Moon Bay website debuted Apr 2018 with plans for:
206-room luxury hotel with 15,000 s/f conference center/spa,
173-space RV park with clubhouse & general store.
The “Surf Beach/Dunes Beach” area (map) is 50 acres bisected by Young Ave, and bounded by HMB State Beach on the west and south, Hwy 1 on the east, and the partially developed Naples subdivision on the north.
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Commercial Tenant Eviction Moratorium
Consider adoption by a 4/5 vote of an Urgency Ordinance Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Commercial Tenant Evictions for Non-Payment of Rent for Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic through May 31, 2020, unless extended or replaced by the City Council
City Manager takes 10% furlough pay cut and Workforce Reduction Plan
By motion, approve Amendment No. 2 to the City Manager Employment Agreement with Bob Nisbet, effective May 1, 2020, to adjust the annual salary from $236,500 to $215,000 reflecting a 10 percent salary reduction/furlough in light of financial and budgetary challenges resulting from COVID-19.
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RESOURCE. Check out the new, interactive San Mateo County community COVID-19 web portal community.zonehaven.com. There, you can find location-specific information on a variety of services and business and the status of each. As a note, the site works best with Chrome or Safari.
For any questions, or to update your business’s information, please contact the City’s Emergency Services Analyst Corie Stocker, at cstocker@hmbcity.com.
~ From Half Moon Bay City Council, Mayor Adam Eisen’s Weekly Email 5/12/2020.
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Great Local Coastal Content Every Week.
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CONTACT us.
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COASTSIDE BUZZ CALENDAR
FREE and Self-Submit
MANY EVENTS ARE CANCELLED or
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19 VIRUS
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Are you interested in having an eco-friendly garden? Join for a one hour webinar as we learn how to capture and harvest rainwater from your roof. We’ll discuss how rain barrels help in pollution prevention, their many benefits, what you need to get started at home, and how you can save money with the installation of a new rain barrel with the countywide rebate. We’ll also explore how rain gardens can be used in your home to help decrease water usage and property flooding using native plants.
>>> CLICK to REGISTER ~ READ MORE
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Do you want to start composting at home? Join us for a no-cost, two-hour ONLINE workshop through the County of San Mateo’s Sustainability Academy to learn the basics of starting your own backyard and worm composting system!
Learn how to turn your food scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into nutrient-rich compost that helps your garden retain moisture, suppress weeds, and prevent soil erosion, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Admission is free!
County residents get a $65-$100 discount off compost or worm bins.
>>> CLICK to REGISTER ~ READ MORE
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California defines Certified Farmers’ Markets as “essential services” in the Shelter in Place order. When we open for the season there will be several changes in place to support the wellbeing of our farmers, our staff, and our shoppers. We are asking the community to keep these protocols in mind, and be as committed to keeping our local farmers, ranchers, fishers and foodmakers healthy during this remarkable time as we are committed to doing the same for you.
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The 2020 Left Coast Annual (LCA) Exhibition was scheduled to open at Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, on Friday April 10, 2020. As the world turned upside down with the spread of COVID-19, it became clear that the exhibition would not be able to take place in-person as communities responded to shelter-in-place orders to protect public health. Artists and Sanchez Art Center Staff, (Janet Barker, Program Manager and Cindy Abbott, Executive Director) pivoted to create this first show in new virtual galleries.
Click HERE or enter SanchezArtCenterVirtualGalleries.org in your browser bar to enter the galleries.
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No One will be allowed into the market area before 9 AM, and/or all required sanitation protocols are in place.
- The first 45 minutes of the market day are reserved for Seniors.
- Help Us! Keep six feet distance between you and fellow shoppers. We need everyone to be observant and respectful of this basic requirement.
- Do not handle anything you do not intend to buy. If you touch it, you have to buy it.
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CoastViews Music Weekly Entertainment Guide
ALL LIVE MUSIC IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE COVID 19 VIRUS
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Coastside Agency Meetings GOING REMOTE!
Stay Tuned.
HMB City Council ~ 1st / 3rd Tues. @ 7:00pm
HMB Planning ~ 2nd /4th Tues. @ 7:00pm
HMB Parks and Recs ~ 4th Wed. only @ 6:00pm
Sewer Authority Mid-Coastide (SAM) ~ 2nd / 4th Mon. @ 7:00pm
Granada Community Services District ~ 3rd Thurs. only @ 7:30pm
Montara Water & Sanitary District Meetings ~ 1st / 3rd Thurs. @ 7:30pm (second meeting often cancelled, so call ahead)
Coastside County Water District ~ 2nd Tues. only @ 7:00pm
Midcoast Community Council Meeting ~ 2nd / 4th Wed. @ 7:00pm
Coastside Fire Protection District ~ 4th Wed. only @ 6:00pm
San Mateo County Harbor District ~ 3rd Wed. only @ 6:30pm
Cabrillo Unified School District ~ 2nd Thurs. @ 7:00pm
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Meet Larry Anderson.
Are you a business?
Want to get your taxes done early?
Larry can help.
He can come to you, too.
(In Pacifica and SF. We also speak Japanese!)
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Learn to sail! This is a safe and fun way for youth ages 8-16 to learn how to sail in either an Optimist (Opti) or Laser. Both boats are extremely popular recreational dinghies that also feature prominently in competition. Most certainly STEM! (science, technology, engineering, and math).
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Other Businesses on the Coastside Buzz Directory
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Are You a Small Business?
ONLY $250 for Buzz Directory webpage. ONE-TIME FEE!
When you sign up for our COASTSIDE BUZZ DIRECTORY we not only offer a one-time free Buzz Facebook Boost,
but we can also feature you here, on the Weekly BuzzMail!
Want to talk about it first?
Contact Michelle Dragony at mdragony@coastsidebuzz.com.
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PODCAST. Here are almost two hours of BTS stories recorded by Michelle Dragony of Coastside Buzz from 2016 to 2019. Stay tuned for new podcasts in the new year.
Don’t you think this would make a great podcast for NPR? Could have lots of amazing, world-class guest readers!
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Teach your Kids to Listen and Imagine with Bedtime Stories
Prepare your child for a relaxing audio podcast experience. Whether in the car, the store, or before bed, let your child immerse their ears in their imagination. School is largely auditory. So, prepare your kid to listen and visualize a story without TV or video. Just listen!
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- Use and share the Buzz Directory! If you're a business the Coastside Buzz Directory is only $250 ONE-TIME FEE for an unlimited webpage with all your important contact information. All of which is shared to the Buzz Facebook and Instagram platforms
- LEARN MORE!
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Infinite Content ~ Coastside Buzz is a website on the internet. You can tell a story by article/photo-essay, podcast and video. The story can be as long as it has to be.
“To Give You a Voice, in Your Own Words ” ~ Support local content that is not editorialized, and aims for original sources as often as possible. Submit your own content. Produce free (if you know how) or low-cost content (if you need help), whether via articles (photo-essays), podcasts and/or videos.
Stories are no longer constrained by physical space like newspapers and radio. On Coastside Buzz every story gets its own infinite web page. That means infinite space for a story which can be an article, a podcast, a video, or all three. Tell your story, the way you want to tell it. Come play and help us produce great local content.
Free Self-Submit Coastside Buzz Calendar ~ Access 24/7/365 from any device. Find all the live music, community events, government meetings, senior activities and foodie specials happening on the Coastside. Missing something? It's FREE and self-submit...Go!
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Buzz Kaizen! ~ The Buzz Bees always continue to tinker and innovate with Coastside Buzz ~ constant incremental improvement. Have ideas? Let us know.
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