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Big Wave impact report nearly complete

EIR process continues before planning vote

By Greg Thomas [ greg@hmbreview.com ]
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010 - 10:12:23 am PST

The final version of a highly debated environmental impact report for Big Wave might be close at hand.

The proposed Princeton development calls for a 225,000- square-foot, three-story office park paired with a cooperative-style wellness center for developmentally disabled people on Airport Street, between Half Moon Bay Airport and Pillar Point Air Force Station.

Coastsiders and other concerned parties submitted more than 300 comments on the draft report before the comment period closed on Christmas Eve. Those comments are being incorporated into the final report, which county officials have assembled.

Kids helping kids Students in Melissa Moriarty'€™s fourth- and fifth-grade class at Hatch Elementary School held a bake sale Friday to raise money for needy children in Haiti. In the wake of last month'€™s devastating earthquake there, Hatch students wanted to make a donation to UNICEF. The international relief organization has said it is focusing on the many needs of children in Haiti. Hatch students raised $275 during Friday'€™s bake sale alone.

A Big Wave study session, hosted by the county Planning Commission last week, wraps up the public review process for the draft report. County planners are reportedly working with authors of the report to respond to the concerns raised during the comment period; several people who submitted comments complained that the report was inadequate and misleading.

The process calls for concerns to be addressed before the Planning Commission votes on the project. Originally, the Planning Commission was to vote on the EIR on March 10.

But planners can’t say when the follow-up might be. Camille Leung, head planner for the county on the Big Wave proposal, said late February is a “highly tentative” and “optimistic” date for the release of the final report given the number of comments. A final Planning Commission hearing will follow the release of the final report.

Story poles showing the physical stature of Big Wave are required to be in place 10 days prior to that hearing.

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