THE WEEKLY BUZZ MAIL!

VIDEO.     Presentation (Moren) Approve a proposal from consultant Damitz for an amount not to exceed $64,500, and increase the Capital Expenditure Appropriations by the same, to complete project management and long-term permitting work associated with the Surfers Beach Restoration Pilot Project and authorize General Manager to amend the contract for such work.

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Thank you, Coastsiders!

Firefighters, Medics, Sheriffs, and Harbor Patrol are the usual suspects when you think of first responders and of course we continue to serve, but COVID-19 has evoked a much broader citizen response as so many of you have taken individual actions big and small to help our community stay safe, healthy, and resilient.  Coastside generosity, ingenuity, kindness, and compassion are evident everywhere – giving us hope, supporting public health, and literally putting food on local tables. We thank you!

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VIDEO. During General Comment Todd Korth commented remotely by phone.

Meet Todd Korth’s  “Safer Than Safeway Game Plan” to allow direct to consumer dock sales. The docks are safer than Safeway.  There will be social distancing, gloves, masks and sanitizer, our in the open air.

He asserts that the wholesale fisherman are anti-competitive and corrupt and adversarial to the commercial direct to consumer fisherman.

May 5th is opening for Salmon Season. Buy American fish off Pillar Point docks, not the Safeway freezer section.

He asked the commissioners “What is your plan for us”~ Todd Korth

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REPORTS. San Mateo Resource Conservation District Pillar Point Harbor Water Quality Update and Proposal for Continued Assistance;

Presentation (Moren) Authorize the General Manager to enter into a contract not to exceed the amount of $300,000, for a period of 3 years, with the San Mateo Resource Conservation District to continue their work monitoring water quality at Pillar Point Harbor, identifying sources of contamination and suggesting ideas to mitigate them.

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Big Wave Risk Assessment Group 2020 Half Moon Bay Training Summit (Moren)

Recommend the Board consider the attached proposal from Big Wave Risk Assessment Group (BWRAG), and if the Board chooses to do so, direct the General Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with BWRAG for a sponsorship fee of $20,000 for a professional two day water safety and emergency first-aid training summit.

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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP for engaged, newlywed and seriously dating couples.

I know, these times are tough right now… I am hearing a lot of my couples struggle with being cooped up together, and the relationship issues they had before only get amplified under stress.

It is important for couples to learn the skills we teach, especially during these times. So we have decided to teach our next workshop over a new platform so that couples can still attend. For the first time and possibly the last time, we are going to hold our May 8 & 9th Marriage Prep 101 Workshop virtually via Zoom! This means you can join us from the comfort of your own home, from anywhere in the U.S.!

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Link includes the presentation PowerPoint.

In accordance with the San Mateo County Health Officer’s March 16, 2020 and March 31, 2020 Shelter-In-Place Orders and Governor Newsom’s Executive Order No-29-20, this will be a teleconference meeting without a physical location to help stop the spread of COVID-19. This meeting will be conducted entirely by remote participation, in compliance with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 allowing for deviation of teleconference rules required by the Ralph M. Brown Act.

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RESOURCES from Village of the Coastside (VOTC).

Dear Members,

I hope you’re enjoying our ideas for diversions, entertainments and shopping. Any resources we can share with each other may be important to someone else, so please share yours.  Follow, post, comment on the VOTC Facebook page! This month we are promoting our Coastside GIves Fundraiser on May 7th.  Like our posts on Facebook! Pass it on to your friends!

Humor
“This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat.  It was obvious she thought her cat understood her. I came into my house and told my dog…we laughed a lot.”

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ARTICLE.    Hope everyone is laying low and staying healthy. Warning: this is a long post that addresses many questions and conversations I have had over the past week on topics that are very important to many right now.

We are all experiencing and adapting to unprecedented times right now. My week was made even crazier by being re-taught the meaning of “out of context”. For those who read it, the LA Times article with subsequent twists made by additional media outlets was a major disappointment — and caused some people extra angst which is not needed right now.

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Let’s come together and join digital hands as a community around our health and wellness.

Bring a hot cup of tea, favorite snack or beverage, while exploring integrative solutions for living well in difficult times.

We are a panel of health and wellness providers who frequently work together and are offering this event in appreciation and in service to our communities.

Our intent is to invite you to join us for a morning of learning self care tools to support the health and wellbeing of you and of those you love. We will be sharing tools and recommendations to handle stress, as well as, general preventative health and wellness practices from a variety of disciplines.

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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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On Saturday, April 25th at 7:00 pm, the Coastside Jewish Community is hosting an online gathering for the 400+ Jewish residents on the Coastside!
It will be an enlightening and entertaining encounter featuring celebrities and notable Coastsiders along with live music, Jewish humor, local trivia and a few words from our beloved rabbi and board members.
Bring the mishpacha for this rare chance to meet and shmooze with your fellow Coastside yiden.
What’ll it cost you? Bupkes! In other words, it’s free but registration is required to prevent anti-Semites from crashing the party.
Register here for a unique code that will allow you to join us on April 25 at 7pm.

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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).