Fix Pacifica: MidPen proposes affordable Moss Beach housing: Nonprofit to present designs for midcoast redevelopment

July 09, 2016, 05:00 AM By Samantha Weigel Daily Journal - See more at: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2016-07-09/midpen-proposes-affordable-moss-beach-housing-nonprofit-to-present-designs-for-midcoast-redevelopment/1776425164795.html#sthash.OGmA96u0.dpuf

July 09, 2016, 05:00 AM By Samantha Weigel Daily Journal

With the cost of living indiscriminately rising across the Bay Area, one of the region’s most prominent affordable housing developers is hoping to assuage an apprehensive coastal community and create residences for low-income workers at an 11-acre Moss Beach site.

On Monday, MidPen will present two preliminary design proposals during an open house where attendees can, for the first time, see visuals of the nonprofit developer’s plans to keep nearly half of the land as open space while creating up to 80 new apartments.

Although zoning allows for up to 176 units, the nonprofit incorporated public feedback as it scaled back and seeks to complement the surrounding neighborhood.

Spread between two-story duplexes and triplexes, the proposal includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. It would also be the first residences set aside as affordable on the midcoast, which includes Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton and Miramar, said Felix AuYeung, MidPen’s director of business development.

“Obviously affordable housing in the Bay Area is needed everywhere, and along the midcoast, you will see that there are very few apartments and certainly no restricted affordable rentals or homes that are part of that housing stock,” AuYeung said. This project “would expand the range of housing options that are available for people that work there and make that economy work.”

The majority are people in the accommodations and food services industries, who are relied upon to support tourists visiting the coast. Other employers include local schools, fire stations, shops, a hospital, the water and sewer districts, airport, industrial warehouses and agricultural sites, AuYeung said.

Of the approximate 1,364 jobs on the midcoast, more than 1,000 live outside the area and 44 percent commute more than 10 miles. The majority also make around $40,000 a year, AuYeung said, citing census data.

MidPen will do what is legally possible to give preference to those already working on the coast and although exact requirements are yet to be determined, the units will likely be set aside to those who make between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area’s median income. The 2016 area median income in San Mateo County is about $117,200 for a family of four.

Traffic and preserving open space were primary concerns expressed by the public during the nonprofit’s first community workshops. Thorough environmental studies will be conducted later on and AuYeung noted targeting those who work in the area would ideally reduce in-commute traffic.

Census data show the majority of those already living on the midcoast commute to work outside the area and congestion during summer weekends and special events is an existing problem. Therefore, the new development would likely contribute only a small percentage to current conditions, AuYeung said.

But developing on the coast has long been a sensitive issue and the surrounding neighborhood has expressed concerns.

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MidPen Housing is in the midst of conducting public outreach as it seeks to redevelop a former Navy barracks site off Highway 1 near Sierra Street into a medium-density rental community targeted to those already working on the coast.
On Monday, MidPen will present two preliminary design proposals during an open house where attendees can, for the first time, see visuals of the nonprofit developer’s plans to keep nearly half of the land as open space while creating up to 80 new apartments.
Although zoning allows for up to 176 units, the nonprofit incorporated public feedback as it scaled back and seeks to complement the surrounding neighborhood.
Spread between two-story duplexes and triplexes, the proposal includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. It would also be the first residences set aside as affordable on the midcoast, which includes Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton and Miramar, said Felix AuYeung, MidPen’s director of business development.
“Obviously affordable housing in the Bay Area is needed everywhere, and along the midcoast, you will see that there are very few apartments and certainly no restricted affordable rentals or homes that are part of that housing stock,” AuYeung said. This project “would expand the range of housing options that are available for people that work there and make that economy work.”
The majority are people in the accommodations and food services industries, who are relied upon to support tourists visiting the coast. Other employers include local schools, fire stations, shops, a hospital, the water and sewer districts, airport, industrial warehouses and agricultural sites, AuYeung said.
Of the approximate 1,364 jobs on the midcoast, more than 1,000 live outside the area and 44 percent commute more than 10 miles. The majority also make around $40,000 a year, AuYeung said, citing census data.
MidPen will do what is legally possible to give preference to those already working on the coast and although exact requirements are yet to be determined, the units will likely be set aside to those who make between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area’s median income. The 2016 area median income in San Mateo County is about $117,200 for a family of four.
Traffic and preserving open space were primary concerns expressed by the public during the nonprofit’s first community workshops. Thorough environmental studies will be conducted later on and AuYeung noted targeting those who work in the area would ideally reduce in-commute traffic. Census data show the majority of those already living on the midcoast commute to work outside the area and congestion during summer weekends and special events is an existing problem. Therefore, the new development would likely contribute only a small percentage to current conditions, AuYeung said.
But developing on the coast has long been a sensitive issue and the surrounding neighborhood has expressed concerns.
Although the site received approvals for 148 units several decades ago, AuYeung said they’re trying to be mindful and conform with the surrounding environment of primarily single-family homes.
- See more at: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2016-07-09/midpen-proposes-affordable-moss-beach-housing-nonprofit-to-present-designs-for-midcoast-redevelopment/1776425164795.html#sthash.OGmA96u0.dpuf

MidPen Housing is in the midst of conducting public outreach as it seeks to redevelop a former Navy barracks site off Highway 1 near Sierra Street into a medium-density rental community targeted to those already working on the coast.
On Monday, MidPen will present two preliminary design proposals during an open house where attendees can, for the first time, see visuals of the nonprofit developer’s plans to keep nearly half of the land as open space while creating up to 80 new apartments.
Although zoning allows for up to 176 units, the nonprofit incorporated public feedback as it scaled back and seeks to complement the surrounding neighborhood.
Spread between two-story duplexes and triplexes, the proposal includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. It would also be the first residences set aside as affordable on the midcoast, which includes Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton and Miramar, said Felix AuYeung, MidPen’s director of business development.
“Obviously affordable housing in the Bay Area is needed everywhere, and along the midcoast, you will see that there are very few apartments and certainly no restricted affordable rentals or homes that are part of that housing stock,” AuYeung said. This project “would expand the range of housing options that are available for people that work there and make that economy work.”
The majority are people in the accommodations and food services industries, who are relied upon to support tourists visiting the coast. Other employers include local schools, fire stations, shops, a hospital, the water and sewer districts, airport, industrial warehouses and agricultural sites, AuYeung said.
Of the approximate 1,364 jobs on the midcoast, more than 1,000 live outside the area and 44 percent commute more than 10 miles. The majority also make around $40,000 a year, AuYeung said, citing census data.
MidPen will do what is legally possible to give preference to those already working on the coast and although exact requirements are yet to be determined, the units will likely be set aside to those who make between 30 percent and 60 percent of the area’s median income. The 2016 area median income in San Mateo County is about $117,200 for a family of four.
Traffic and preserving open space were primary concerns expressed by the public during the nonprofit’s first community workshops. Thorough environmental studies will be conducted later on and AuYeung noted targeting those who work in the area would ideally reduce in-commute traffic. Census data show the majority of those already living on the midcoast commute to work outside the area and congestion during summer weekends and special events is an existing problem. Therefore, the new development would likely contribute only a small percentage to current conditions, AuYeung said.
But developing on the coast has long been a sensitive issue and the surrounding neighborhood has expressed concerns.
- See more at: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2016-07-09/midpen-proposes-affordable-moss-beach-housing-nonprofit-to-present-designs-for-midcoast-redevelopment/1776425164795.html#sthash.OGmA96u0.dpuf