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| Compare to: Pacifica, CA, a city that began with a contiguous land use plan. |
| San Mateo, CA, a developed city community, contiguous. |
.... "Larger ideas include offering more publicly accessible electric vehicle charging stations and there is a big push for renewable energy sources such as solar panels, Kleinburm said. (Kathy Kleinbaum is San Mateo's senior management analyst and sustainability coordinator.)
.... “Most of the emission reductions that we’re going to need to achieve are going to have to come from private property; both from new developments getting built being more energy efficient … but also the existing building stock; all the single-family homes and businesses out there,” Kleinbaum said.
.... Typically, measuring greenhouse gas emissions is a combination of data from Pacific Gas and Electric, monitoring driving or freeway miles, how much garbage cities generate and other information, Kleinbaum said. Between the 2005 and 2010 surveys, San Mateo’s emissions went down 9 percent, Kleinbaum said. But with advancements in technology, data may have changed." Read article.
Related - Institute for Local Government/Sustainable Communities: includes Best Practices Framework, pdf 35 pages, and Land Use and Community Design.
From Land Use and Community Design: "Agency. Well-planned communities with a balance of housing, jobs, shopping,
schools and recreation give people the option of walking, biking, or
using transit rather than driving. This results in lower greenhouse gas
emissions and also promotes physical activity, economic development, and
more vibrant, healthy and sustainable communities. "Encourage compact, efficient and contiguous* development." Develop general plan policies that integrate diverse land uses –
including housing, employment and community services – at appropriate
densities to help reduce automobile travel and promote walking,
bicycling and other opportunities for physical activities". Read more.
* Definition of contiguous. Merriam-Webster, "1. being in actual contact, touching along a boundary or at a point. 2. of angles : adjacent 2. 3. next or near in time or sequence. 4. touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence <contiguous row houses>. Related to contiguity. Wikipedia, "A contiguity is a continuous mass, or a series of things in contact or in proximity. ... Geography: " Political or geographical land divisions that, as a group, are not interrupted by other land or water is contiguous."
Note photographs: San Mateo from San Mateo Real Estate/Local Vector; Pacifica empty space from from Pacifica Motor Inn.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
13 comments:
I know which of those 2 photos represents a town I'd prefer to live in. Hint: the one with empty rolling hills, ocean shore and lots of trails. I suggest moving to San Mateo gor those who prefer 'contiguous' development. Or Los Angeles.
Wow, 7:05; mentioning San Mateo and Los Angeles in the same breath. Get out of town much??
Nobody is saying we should be another San Mateo or Daly City. That's just another diversion from the nimby's. Why don't you move to Montara if you want zero growth 7:09?
All the nimby's have are lies and diversions. How's that working for you?
709, the choice is not yours, we all live here. This is not a big city, and permanent "patches of empty space" of what otherwise would be productive land (made permanently unproductive) does not provide a city economy, or balance the city budget. With a better city infrastructure, the "empty rolling hills, ocean shore and lots of trails" (your words) are not going away. So that ruse doesn't work either.
But do you offer solutions to fix our broke and broken city, or shall we all continue to hum that catchy mythical tune of the last 12 years, "our environment is our economy"......????
736 The battles in this town are so vicious because the stakes are so low.
You're fighting over scraps. We're a broken down bedroom community with 50-60% perm open space, no industry, negligible commercial. That's a losing combination.
We still have a shot at light industry. Maybe something in the quarry. And tax benefits from new hotels or adding rooms. Don't be so pessimistic 834
936 Get real. Of those three tattered old dreams you mention, the only one that would result in significant city revenue AND might actually happen, is new or expanded hotels. A decent 4 star property of 150 rooms could generate a million a year in TOT, plus incidental spending and jobs. Nothing in the pipeline. Meanwhile, let's hope our nice and well-run HIE proceeds with their expansion. They could very well be the only bright spot this decade.
Do thank the WSP nimbys for stinking up the quarry and adding more regulatory agencies to protect it. Loeb's poison pill wasn't enough so they doubled the dose with a WWTP. It's that old Pacifica nimby strategy...if it's in danger of being developed, either scheme-up a give away or put a public facility on it. Bonus points for a sewer treatment facility. Linda Mar Blvd, across from the shopping center, you're next!
It would be a wasted opportunity if the quarry was to become a light industrial zone rather than tourist-serving or retail.
Light industrial is what we have along Palmetto between Lacy Middle School and the SF RV Park. I don't know anyone who thinks that's the best use of oceanfront property.
Premium Outlets and a nice hotel for the quarry. Throw in a miniature golf course. All widely separated. Lots of big fans for those days it reeks.
Next time you are down in San Mateo go over and look at the old Bay Meadows practice track and the previous horse racing facility on El Camino.
Now drive by the Quarry.
End of discusssion!
1041 Shout out to The Mayor for being one of the WSP nimbies that put the sewer plant in the quarry. Did she understand the consequences? Plenty of other nimbies did. Maybe she was fooled by the state of the fart plant that wouldn't stink. The stink is the least of the obstacles to growth that nimby coup caused.
Those nimbys sure are a crafty bunch.
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